Bolsonaro Sworn in as Brazilian President

Jair Bolsonaro has been sworn in as president of Brazil. In his inauguration speech, he vowed to combat corruption, relax gun laws and free the country from “ideological submission”.

Also in the programme: Jamaica tackles plastic bag pollution; and remembering the passengers of the HMY Iolaire – a ship carrying World War One sailors which sank off the Scottish coast 100 years ago today.

(Photo: Brazil's new president Jair Bolsonaro (right) waves to supporters next to his wife Michelle Bolsonaro, at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil on 1st January 2019. Credit: Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images)