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Billionaire Elon Musk, a staunch ally of newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump, performed back-to-back salutes at a rally following the Republican president’s inauguration Monday, placing his right hand flat on his heart before raising it palm-down in a gesture that evoked the Nazi salute still popular with far-right groups.

Paris Saint-Germain risk an early exit from the Champions League if they lose to Manchester City on Wednesday, having been handed what seems like the toughest draw of any team.

Newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump has said he’s “not confident” that the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement will hold as the hard-won truce entered its third day on Tuesday. Speaking after his inauguration, Trump described Gaza as “a massive demolition site”. 

We look at reactions and analysis as Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States. The international press is slightly more negative as they ponder a potential US withdrawal from the WHO. Elsewhere, Elon Musk is under fire for what some have described as a Nazi salute. Finally, First Lady Melania Trump sends the internet into overdrive with her choice of headgear.

An Afghan fighter serving a life sentence in California after having been arrested in Afghanistan nearly two decades ago is being released in exchange for two US citizens imprisoned in Afghanistan, the Taliban government said in a statement Tuesday. 

South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached in December following his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, appeared at his impeachment hearing for the first time on Tuesday. Responding to the judges’ questions, Yoon denied having ordered the military to “drag out” lawmakers from the country’s parliament. 

Colombia declared a state of emergency and launched a military offensive against left-wing guerrillas following violence that claimed over 100 lives, threatening the peace process. The unrest spread across three departments, displacing 20,000, fueled by militia turf wars linked to the cocaine trade. President Gustavo Petro’s administration faces a significant challenge.

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of “Manifest Destiny” and laying out plans for space exploration, including “American astronauts planting the stars and stripes on the planet Mars.” For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on Trump’s Gilded Age and McKinley-esque vision for America, FRANCE 24’s Genie Godula welcomes Dr. Donald P Green, Award-winning Author, Researcher and Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University.

🇺🇸 Donald #Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the #WhiteHouse, has been sworn as the 47th US #president.

Here are some of the key moments of  #Trump’s #inauguration day ⤵️

Newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will declare illegal immigration at the US-Mexico border a national emergency, send troops there and ramp up deportations of criminal offenders, outlining the crackdown in his inaugural Address. Trump said he would invoke a 1798 wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act to target foreign gang members in the US, a legal authority last used to detain noncitizens of Japanese, German, and Italian descent in internment camps during World War Two. Trump also said he would designate criminal cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.

What next for Israel, under President Donald Trump? The US president calls himself the most pro-Israel US president in history, and staunchly supported the Jewish nation during his first term. Even before taking office for the second time, he proved instrumental in pushing Benjamin Netanyahu’s government into signing a ceasefire deal.

Donald Trump wants to paint himself as a peacemaker. During his campaign for the White House he insisted that he – and only he – could end the war in Ukraine. According to the 47th US president, his relationships with both Putin and Zelensky makes him uniquely qualified to broker peace. But he’s been vague on how he would do it. What could the new Trump White House mean for the Ukraine War?

President Donald Trump on Monday cast himself as a peacemaker in his second inaugural address, but immediately vowed that the United States would be “taking back” the Panama Canal. For more on what to expect from Donald Trump’s foreign policy, FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen is joined by Mark Storella, Professor at Boston University.

President Donald Trump has promised a flurry of executive action on Day 1, and there are executive orders already prepared for his signature. Those orders will end diversity, equity and inclusion funding, crack down on border crossings and ease regulations on oil and natural gas production. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on Trump’s wide array of pledged executive actions and how history might look back on Biden’s one-term presidency, FRANCE 24’s Nadia Massih welcomes Andrew L. Yarrow, celebrated Author and Journalist, former Speechwriter in the Clinton administration and Senior Fellow at the Financial Security Program.

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of “Manifest Destiny.” In the run-up to his inauguration, he had also said he wanted to acquire Greenland, portraying the overseas Danish territory as crucial for US national security interests, and mused about turning Canada into a US state.

A portrait of former top US military officer Mark Milley – a foe of Donald Trump – has been taken down at the Pentagon, a source in the building said following the president’s inauguration on Monday. Retired chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are traditionally honored with portraits that hang in a corridor near the Pentagon’s River Entrance, and Milley’s had only recently been unveiled at a ceremony earlier this month.

Billionaire Elon Musk addressed a packed arena of Donald Trump supporters on Tuesday, hours after the president took the oath of office for his second term. Musk, one of Trump’s most powerful allies, told the crowd that the inauguration marked a turning point for human civilization, and expressed his excitement over plans to land a manned mission on Mars during Trump’s second term. “I begin to wonder if anyone in this new administration, if anyone in the MAGA universe has ever picked up a history book,” American Journalist Anne Bagamery tells FRANCE 24, reacting to Musk offering Trump supporters what looked like a Nazi salute while he was delivering his speech.

FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen is joined by Etienne Philippe, former Ambassador of France to the United States during Donald Trump’s first presidency. “He must be taken seriously,” the French Diplomat explains as Donald Trump has officially been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.

Donald Trump’s second presidential term could have huge implications for US trade policy, climate change, the war in Ukraine, electric vehicles, Americans’ taxes and illegal immigration. For more, FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen is joined by Ane Bagamery, American Journalist and former International Editor of the New York Times.

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, was sworn in Monday as the 47th US president taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for the rich and powerful tech CEOs. That’s a shift from tradition, especially for a president who has characterised himself as a champion of the working class. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Genie Godula welcomes Steven Feldstein, Author and Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program.

Donald Trump is the first US president to be a convicted felon, a criminal. He was found guilty on 34 felony counts of fraud and false accounting in the hush money affair: cash paid to women with whom Trump had affairs to keep them quiet and not badly affect his election chances back in 2016. But that’s not the only scandal that makes many wonder how such a character can be elected to the highest office in the US.

It’s a second coming and a very different Washington. Four years after his unseating at the ballot box and an insurrection that rattled the world’s most powerful nation, a victorious Donald Trump returns to the White House with the promise of radical change. François Picard’s panel of guests give us their take on his inaugural address and what we can expect from Trump 2.0.