The founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, gave a short speech after the inauguration of Donald Trump, at the end of which he twice showed a hand gesture similar to a Nazi salute. PBS NewsHour WATCH: Elon Musk appears to give fascist salute during Trump inauguration celebration “This election is really important. And I just want to say thank you for making this possible. Thank you. My heart is with you.

In the Liskinsky district of the Voronezh region, as a result of one of the Ukrainian drones that attacked the region falling on the territory of an oil depot, a new fire started, said Governor Alexander Gusev. According to him, air defense forces shot down several drones in the Liskinsky district. There were no casualties, but the danger of an attack in the region remains, Gusev added. The Astra Telegram channel writes that we are talking about the Rosneft oil depot.

The United States under US President Donald Trump will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, according to the first document of the new administration published on the White House website. The document also lists the remaining top priorities of the new president's team. In particular, Trump plans to “make America safe” by tightening immigration policies and also by dominating the energy sector.

Trump and his wife Melania launched their own “meme” cryptocurrencies - memcoins. Projects immediately soared in price - but many experts criticize the president Donald Trump launched the $TRUMP memecoin two days before his inauguration. In the first 24 hours, the trading volume of this cryptocurrency exceeded $15 billion. A couple of days later, his wife Melania Trump followed the example of the president-elect. Moreover, this briefly collapsed the $TRUMP rate.

The leadership of the International Criminal Court (ICC) fears that US President Donald Trump will introduce harsh economic sanctions almost immediately after taking office, which will paralyze the work of the institution, The Guardian writes , citing sources. After the ICC issued warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Galant, the US House of Representatives has already begun moving forward with an ICC sanctions bill.

Photos from his inauguration. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and former presidents came to the ceremony Kenny Holston/Getty Images Donald Trump arrives for his inauguration in the Capitol Rotunda, January 20, 2025.

Donald Trump became the 47th President of the United States. A short summary of his inaugural address America's Golden Age begins now. From this day on, our country will again be respected throughout the world. Until now we have had a government that spends money on protecting other people's borders but not protecting its own, but that will change from today. America's fall is over. I almost lost my life, but God saved me so I could make America great again.

Joe Biden, in his latest move as president, issued preemptive pardons to five members of his family. The statement from the outgoing US president (available only through an archive since Donald Trump took office) talks about the pardon of Biden's brothers James and Francis; the latter's wife Sarah Jones Biden; and the president's sister, Valerie Biden-Owens, and her husband, John Owens.

Grant Baldwin / Getty Images / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Joe Biden on the penultimate day of his presidential term, January 19, 2025 “Biden leaves office nostalgic for a half-century career and disappointed with the way it ended.” The material under this headline appeared on CNN on January 18, two days before the end of Joe Biden's presidential term. In 1972, Biden arrived in Washington as the youngest (29-year-old) senator and left as the oldest (82-year-old) president.

Donald Trump took the oath of office and took office as the 47th President of the United States. Trump's Vice President J.D. Vance took the oath of office first, followed by Donald Trump himself. Trump's inauguration took place not on the steps of the Capitol, as is usually the case, but inside - in the rotunda. The reason for this decision was the cold weather (the president-elect announced the postponement of the inauguration three days in advance).

A court in Iran sentenced rapper Amir Hossein Maghsudlah (known as Tataloo) to death on charges of blasphemy and insulting the prophet, The Guardian writes , citing local media. The publication notes that the rapper became famous by criticizing the actions of the Iranian regime, but in 2017 he took a pro-government position and called on Iranians to vote for conservative leader Ibrahim Raisi in the presidential elections.

In March, the head of the governorship of the Vatican City State will be the nun Raffaella Petrini, Pope Francis announced on the Italian talk show Che tempo che fa. Currently, Raffaella Petrini holds the post of Secretary General of the Vatican Governorate. It will become head after the retirement of the current governor, Cardinal Fernando Verges Alzagi. According to Pope Francis, the work of women in the Curia "progressed slowly but effectively." Now we have a lot of them.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council. In a two-minute fragment published by the Kremlin press service, Putin congratulates Donald Trump on taking office as US President and says that Moscow is ready for dialogue with Washington regarding the war in Ukraine.

Key findings (and key takeaways) from Oxfam's global inequality report Fabian Sommer / picture alliance / Getty Images Favelas next to skyscrapers in the Brazilian city of Salvador Oxfam, an international non-profit organization that specializes in fighting poverty and inequality, has released a report on how the wealth of dollar billionaires is growing, what are the sources of their savings and how the gap between rich and poor is widening.

The former commander of the 155th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces named after Anna Kievskaya has been detained in Ukraine. This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigation , the Office of the Prosecutor General and the Security Service of Ukraine . The name of the detainee is not mentioned in press releases from security forces, however, according to Ukrainian media sources in law enforcement agencies, we are talking about Colonel Dmitry Ryumshin.