hello and welcome to bbc world news. pope francis has addressed the thousands of people who gathered at st peter s square in the vatican, a day after the death of benedict xvi. the pope described his predecessor as a faithful servant of the gospel and the church. our religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican. we heard from pope francis a couple of times today, first at a mass for peace that was held in st peter s basilica behind me. he talked about entrusting our beloved pope emeritus benedict xvi, to the holy mother, to accompany him from this world to god. and then later, pope francis appeared at a balcony here at the vatican for what is his regular sunday lunchtime homily, where he started this week by asking people to join together, as you rightly say, to pray for the man he called a faithful servant to the gospel and to the church. extraordinary scenes, though. we saw thousands of people pour into the square from every side. vatican police told us a short while ago
and croatia begins the new year with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. pope francis has addressed the thousands of people who gathered at st peter s square in the vatican, a day after the death of benedict xvi. the pope described his predecessor as a faithful servant of the gospel and the church. our religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican. we heard from pope francis a couple of times today, first at a mass for peace that was held in st peter s basilica behind me. he talked about entrusting our beloved pope emeritus benedict xvi to the holy mother, to accompany him from this world to god. and then later, pope francis appeared at a balcony here at the vatican for what is his regular sunday lunchtime homily, where he started this week by asking people to join together, as you rightly say, to pray for the man he called a faithful servant to the gospel and to the church. extraordinar
paid tribute to the late queen, elizabeth ii. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i m gavin ramjaun. a miserable start to the new yearfor spurs unai emery s aston villa come away with the points at the tottenham hotspur stadium. sterling s on the mark for chelsea, but did they hang on to beat forest and continue the kick start to their season. and high fives all around, as great britain reach the play off round of the inaugural united cup. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. it s a been a new year s day to forget for tottenham fans the opening game of 2023 saw them beaten at home by an aston villa side, enjoying a resurgence under unai emery. the loss piles the pressure on spurs boss antonio conte, yet to win since the season resumed last month. jo currie was watching. inconsistent form left tottenham starting to entry three in fifth, a win against aston villa would take them back into the top four. a lackluste
right now, he is receiving dignitaries from various people coming to the end of the day of ceremony. we ve seen him out and about travelling on a very impressive motorcade, and the actual inauguration process itself, and that sash you can see there, the green and yellow sash has a lot of significance which we will come to in a moment. this is something that has been controversially seen. this is the moment he formally received it from a faneuil of people up on stage there a panel. traditionally, the sash is given by the outgoing president, but this time, things were different. jair bolsonaro was not present at the ceremony he s currently in florida in the us. he refused to take part. a big significant breakfrom he refused to take part. a big significant break from tradition on that. we have been hearing from lula about what his priorities are. translation: 0ur translation: our goal is to achieve zero deforestation and a zero greenhouse gas emissions in the energy masks.
stranded on a cruise ship off the australian coast after a potentially harmful case of bio foul . we speak to one of those onboard. we start with some breaking news from perth, in scotland. three people have died after a fire broke out at a hotel there. emergency services, including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the new county hotel on county place at about five am local time. let s get more on this with our correspondent, gareth barlow. a developing situation. we know three people have died. several emergency service vehicles remain on scene as well. there is a police cordon and the rest of the guests have been evacuated. the hotel is a 28 room and suite hotel, close to the railway station in the centre of perth, and at 5:10am this morning, the ambulance service of scotland and the fire service ending 21 ambulance vehicles and nine fire appliances to that incident. we have heard from the deputy first minister, john swinney, a local msp, on twitter,