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Rescue teams in the central Italian region of Abruzzo are searching for survivors in the wreckage of a hotel that was buried under an avalanche. Giulio De Toro is geology chair at the University of Manchester's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

0655

Martin McGuinness, the former IRA commander who went on to serve as Deputy First Minister in Stormont, is retiring from politics because of illness. The BBC's Peter Taylor reports.

0710

President Trump is inaugurated today, assuming the office and its powers in full. Today’s special correspondent James Naughtie reports.

0715

One of Boris Johnson's first big speeches for the Leave campaign last year was given at a lorry depot in Dartford - the owner Andrew Baxter was a big supporter of the campaign but this morning he will tell the Today programme that he has concerns about government plans to leave the Customs Union.

0720

The founder of the world's biggest hedge fund firm says President Trump's policies will boost global growth - but it's not good news for everyone. Ray Dalio set up Bridgewater Associates in 1975.

0725

Tonight will be the last night that ballerina Michaela DePrince dances on the London stage. Born amidst Sierra Leone’s violent civil war in the mid-1990s, Michaela lived in an orphanage before being adopted and taken to the US where she started to dance. The BBC’s Siobhann Tighe has been speaking to her.

0730

Suspected prostate cancer sufferers should undergo an initial MRI scan to improve detection of aggressive forms of the disease and reduce the number of men undergoing unnecessary biopsies, a study has found. John Taylor has been treated for prostate cancer and has since had an all clear and Dr Hashim Ahmed is the report co-author.

0740

Donald Trump will today assume the highest office in his land and the unofficial title Leader of the Free World. The BBC’s James Naughtie reports from Washington.

0750

Is a second independence referendum the only way to keep Scotland in the single market? Sarah Smith is the BBC’s Scotland editor and Alex Salmond is SNP spokesperson on international affairs and former first minister.

0810

President Trump is inaugurated today, assuming the office and its powers in full. Sir Nigel Sheinwald is former UK ambassador to the US and Anthony Scaramucci was on the Trump transition executive committee.

0830

Martin McGuinness, the former IRA commander who went on to serve as Deputy First Minister in Stormont, is retiring from politics because of illness. Danny Morrison is former Sinn Fein publicity director and Ian Paisley Junior is DUP MP for North Antrim.

0835

The Vendee Globe, nicknamed the Everest of the Seas, is the hardest and most famous sailing race in the world. The last Brit to come second was Dame Ellen MacArthur in 2001 and Alex Thomson has now equalled her record. Alex Thomson was second place sailor in the race and Sir Robin Knox Johnston was the first man to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.

0840

Some supermarkets are struggling to stock courgettes and spinach in particular, blaming empty shelves on bad weather in Spain and Italy. Vicky Cooke is Kitchen Garden keep at Hampton Court Palace and Guy Watson is founder of Riverford Organic Farm.

0850

At 70 Donald Trump is in a new job with no political experience. Have we entered an era when being an intellectual no longer cuts it with voters? Lord Willetts is former universities minister and Baroness Mone is a Tory peer and entrepreneur.





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