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Power belongs to the American people again, President Donald Trump said after he was sworn in as US president.

He took the oath of office on the steps of the US Capitol in Washington to become the country’s 45th president.

Thousands of Trump supporters travelled across the country to witness the occasion from the National Mall. The moment marks the end of an improbable journey for the property tycoon after a campaign marked by controversy.

In his inaugural address, he promised to be the voice of the “forgotten people”, ignored by Washington politicians. Today, he said, was “the day the people became rulers of this nation again”. “I will fight for you with every breath left in my body and I will never ever let you down,” said President Trump after Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath. “America will start winning again, winning like never before. “We will bring back our jobs, bring back our borders, bring back our wealth and we will bring back our dreams.”

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An unexploded 50kg World War Two bomb found in the River Thames has been removed and exploded.

The operation by the Royal Navy and Metropolitan Police forced Waterloo Bridge, Westminster Bridge and Victoria Embankment in central London to shut.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said the WW2 device had been towed along the river to Tilbury, Essex, where it was safely detonated.

Police had been called to the river at 17:15 GMT on Thursday. The device has been identified as a German SD 50kg bomb, a small armour-piercing ordnance dropped from an aircraft.

The Port of London Authority said the suspected bomb measured 2ft by 1ft (60cm x 30cm). It was identified as a German SD bomb, a small armour-piercing device dropped from an aircraft.

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At least 40 jihadists have been killed in air strikes on a training camp in western Aleppo, reports say.

Most of those killed are said to have belonged to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which is excluded from the current ceasefire.

It is not clear whether US-led coalition, Syrian or Russian planes carried out the attack. Meanwhile the UN Security Council is to discuss preparations for peace talks between the Syrian government and rebels due in Kazakhstan on Monday.

The UN said on Thursday that its Syrian envoy Staffan de Mistura would attend the meeting in Astana, which has been convened by Russia, Turkey and Iran. It will mark the first time the two warring sides have met since UN-brokered talks broke up amid acrimony in Geneva in April 2016.

An intense wave of air strikes is reported to have hit the Sheikh Sulaiman camp, previously headquarters of the now-defunct US-backed Hazm Movement.

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Germany plans to boost defence spending by nearly €2bn (£1.7bn; $2.1bn) this year – but it will remain far short of the Nato target.

Nato estimates for 2016 show that only five alliance members – the US, UK, Greece, Poland and Estonia – will spend a minimum of 2% of national output (GDP) on defence, which is the target.

Germany’s defence spending of €37bn in 2017 will be 1.2% of GDP.

US President-elect Donald Trump says Nato allies are over-reliant on the US. He has questioned whether the US should defend any alliance partner, under Article 5, if so many of the 28 Nato members are not paying their way. He also criticised Nato as “obsolete”.

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has long urged alliance members to meet the 2% target.

Announcing the 2017 spending target, German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said “we’re moving in the right direction, but we can’t do it in one year”. Defence spending also rose in 2016.
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The man who won The Gambia’s disputed election says he will be sworn in as president at the country’s embassy in neighbouring Senegal.

The message, posted on Adama Barrow’s social media accounts, invited the general public to attend the ceremony.

Last-ditch efforts by regional leaders to convince Yahya Jammeh to step down as president failed overnight. He lost elections last month, but wants the results annulled citing errors in the electoral process.

West African military forces, stationed at the border, are ready to enforce a transfer of power in The Gambia, a popular beach destination among European holidaymakers.

UN Security Council backing for intervention is being sought by Senegal, but some diplomats said if Mr Barrow requested help after his inauguration such approval would not be needed.

It is eerily quiet in The Gambia’s capital. Most streets are deserted; shops, petrol stations and banks are all closed. People are mostly staying home uncertain about what may happen as European tourists continue to evacuate their hotels. In some areas, men are standing on the roadside, arms crossed or looking at their phones. Some told us they were waiting for President Jammeh to go and would take to the streets once Mr Barrow was sworn in this afternoon. They said they wanted West African troops to come in as soon as possible. Some also told us they were worried about Mr Jammeh’s actions should there be an offensive against him. But so far we have seen little presence of security forces in the city.

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