this is bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the headlines: a libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed pan am flight 103 over the town of lockerbie in 1988 is in us custody. 270 people were killed in the attack. it is something that we have been fighting for for over three decades, so i think there is a sense of finallyjustice for our so i think there is a sense of finally justice for our loved so i think there is a sense of finallyjustice for our loved ones. a number of people are in critical condition after being pulled from a lake in freezing temperatures in solihull. five people are now confirmed to have been killed in an explosion that destroyed a block of flats in st helier injersey yesterday. in a world first, a teenage girl from leicester has become the first person to be successfully treated for leukaemia with a new

type of cell therapy. splashdown. from tranquility base to taurus—littrow to the tranquil waters of the pacific, the latest chapter of nasa's journey to the moon comes to a close. orion splashes down, bringing a return to the moon one small step closer. days before the 34th anniversary of the lockerbie bombing, it's been revealed that a libyan man suspected of making the bomb is in us custody. 270 people died when a pan am flight exploded over lockerbie just before christmas 1988. it has been a long search for justice for the victims�* families, as our diplomatic correspondent

james landale reports. it was just after seven in the evening on 21st december 1988 when the town of lockerbie was engulfed in flame. pan am flight 103 had left heathrow for new york but in the skies above scotland a massive explosion ripped through its fuselage, and down it came. most of the 259 passengers and crew were american. they all died. as did 11 others whose homes were struck by falling debris. it remains the worst act of terrorism in british history. this is the man the us authorities accuse of making the bomb. abu agila masud, here in libya, where he had been tried and held for separate crimes. two years ago, the us attorney general formally charged masud with making the device which brought down flight 103, but he remained in libya, and only now have the us authorities

been able to get access to him and take him into their custody in circumstances which remain unclear. this woman, whose brother died at lockerbie, hopes justice could now be done. to know now that one of those who was involved in the bombing is coming to the us to stand trial and face justice through our legal system, i think that it is something that we have been fighting for for over three decades, so i think there is a sense of finallyjustice for our loved ones. this is the only man to have been convicted of the lockerbie bombing, abdelbaset al—megrahi, jailed in 2001, but later released and allowed to return home to libya because he was dying of cancer. his conviction was subject to several appeals, doubts that were echoed by some victims�* families, including john moseley, whose daughter died. it fills my mind with questions,

really. first of all, why has it taken so long? secondly, what's he doing in america? this was a crime committed on, or above, scottish soil but which came to land on scottish soil. therefore, it's the responsibility of the scottish legal system, not the americans. so with the anniversary of the bombing only days away, the search for justice for those who died continues 3a years on. james landale, bbc news. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, has the latest from washington. we know that abu agila masud is in us custody and is being extradited to america to stand trial. we don't know exactly where he is now, but he is expected to appear in a federal court here in washington dc soon. the us authorities have been seeking him ever since 2017, when the fbi learned he had confessed in libya to his involvement in the bombing.

and the authorities here have always also wanted to stress that the one trial in 2001 was not the end of this matter, that they have never given up seeking to bring more people tojustice for the lockerbie bombing, so to be able to put on trial here in america, a man accused of being central to that plot, will be considered a major success for law enforcement. and, of course, most of the victims of the lockerbie bombing were us citizens and their families have always wanted to see a trial happening here in america. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in lockerbie. i'm here at the garden of remembrance and many people in lockerbie will be remembering that flight 3a years on. we come up to the 34th anniversary just days before christmas. many of the families who lost loved ones come to lockerbie, particularly at this time of year, to remember and reflect on what happened. some of the uk families have never believed, they don't believe that

libya was involved in the bombing. so today's development, for them, is unlikely to bring any closure, and unlikely to bring answers to those questions that they have been asking now for almost 3a years. joining me now is reverend john mosey, you saw a little of him in our first report. he lost his 19—year—old daughter, helga mosey, in the lockerbie bombing. your response to what we have heard today. well, i am just a bit amazed, really, that it has taken 3a years to come up with this answer. i sat through the whole of the almost two years trial in holland, i went there, took an apartment, with a friend, and ifelt very much there, took an apartment, with a friend, and i felt very much that this wasn't just a friend, and i felt very much that this wasn'tjust a scottish trial, it was a scottish—american trial.

there was so much american involvement and interference in the trial. so i am just wondering where it is going to lead us. if there is solid evidence, of course we would be glad to hear it. but i wouldn't be glad to hear it. but i wouldn't be very happy to hear it in a court thatis be very happy to hear it in a court that is influenced by scotland, who made such a mess of the last trial, or america, whose influence was there as well. i think it has to be an independent country trial. what an independent country trial. what sort of answers _ an independent country trial. what sort of answers are _ an independent country trial. what sort of answers are you _ an independent country trial. what sort of answers are you still looking for now? i sort of answers are you still looking for now?— sort of answers are you still looking for now? i am looking for some honesty. — looking for now? i am looking for some honesty, to _ looking for now? i am looking for some honesty, to be _ looking for now? i am looking for some honesty, to be honest- looking for now? i am looking for some honesty, to be honest withj looking for now? i am looking for- some honesty, to be honest with you. two big questions in the minds of many of our relatives, but one is, why was it allowed to happen, in the light of the 5th of december warning to the american embassy in helsinki? that was written off as being a

hoax, but people and american embassies were warned, they had it posted on the notice board, and they were warned not to fly with american airlines during that period, over the christmas period. it was the only aeroplane of any airline crossing the atlantic, we are told, that had any empty seats on it in that had any empty seats on it in that week before christmas. it was only two thirds full. they told some people not to get on it, but nobody told the public, nobody us, and it could have been stopped, i am sure, if the right cause had been taken. also, the other question, of course, is why has it taken so long, why is the truth being hidden from us in so many different ways? we the truth being hidden from us in so many different ways?— the truth being hidden from us in so many different ways? we would like to know that _ many different ways? we would like to know that. you _ many different ways? we would like to know that. you have _ many different ways? we would like to know that. you have said - many different ways? we would like to know that. you have said that - many different ways? we would like to know that. you have said that a l to know that. you have said that a couple of times now.—

couple of times now. what is your feelin: couple of times now. what is your feeling about _ couple of times now. what is your feeling about why _ couple of times now. what is your feeling about why the _ couple of times now. what is your feeling about why the truth - couple of times now. what is your feeling about why the truth has i couple of times now. what is yourl feeling about why the truth has not emerged? well, it seems to me pretty clear, and to some of us it did from the beginning, although we didn't have any concrete evidence, we just had a gut feeling that things were not adding up, what we were being told. those things now have got concrete proof behind much of it, anyway. i don't know, just things didn't add up. for instance, the link with libya would have been destroyed if the evidence had been there at the court. now the industry thatis there at the court. now the industry that is responsible for circuit board manufacturer, they have pronounced that the fingernail sized piece of circuit board supposedly from a swiss digital timer was manufactured after the event, that it is a home—madejob, if you like.

and if that had been known at the time of the trial, then they link through malta and through to libya would have been destroyed. reverend john moseley. — would have been destroyed. reverend john moseley, thank _ would have been destroyed. reverend john moseley, thank you _ would have been destroyed. reverend john moseley, thank you very - would have been destroyed. reverend john moseley, thank you very much i john moseley, thank you very much indeed. millar a millar search—and—rescue operation in under way in england's west midlands, after a number of people were pulled from a lake near solihull in freezing temperatures. police say those pulled from the water are in a critical condition. west midlands fire service said reports suggested people had been playing on the ice at babbs mill park and fell through. the nature reserve has walking trails and fishing facilities and a river, as well as a lake. 0ur correspondent jon donnison reports. with night now fallen and temperatures around zero all day, emergency services remain at the scene. west midlands police have given few details but say a number of people have been pulled from the partially frozen lake and have been taken to hospital. they are believed to be

in a critical condition. local reports suggest people had been playing on the ice and had fallen through, although that has not been confirmed by police. west midlands fire service say a search—and—rescue operation is ongoing. so presumably they are not certain that they have got everyone out of the water. you could just about make out in the pictures that the lake was at least partially frozen, obviously very, very cold today, and you can tell by the number of emergency services there that police, the ambulance service, the fire service regard this as a very, very serious incident. those people who have been taken to hospital, we don't know if they are adults or children or both, they are in critical condition. let's look at some of the day's other news. ukraine says 1.5 million people are without power in the region of 0desa, after russian drone attacks. the military said ten iranian—made drones were shot down but five hit critical infrastructure. south korea's opposition—dominated national assembly has passed

a motion calling for the dismissal of the interior minister, lee sang—min. the opposition accuses the government of mishandling its response to the halloween stampede in seoul that killed 158 people in october. france has won this year's junior eurovision song contest, which was held in yerevan, armenia. 13—year—old lissardo beat hosts armenia in second place, georgia third and ireland fourth. a minute's silence will be observed in jersey tomorrow after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a block of flats, killing at least five people. it's feared that number will rise as more bodies are discovered. danjohnson reports from st helier. late last night, they accepted the reality that this rescue effort was over.

the impact of this explosion was simply too devastating for anyone to survive. on friday night, the fire service had responded to concerns about a gas leak here. eight hours later, this happened. how much faith can people here have in the emergency services when they've had a suspicion about gas, they've made that call, they've had somebody out, but still lives have been lost? it's awful. but islanders can have confidence in the emergency services. do you accept something must have gone wrong? not at this stage. well, something clearly has gone wrong, because a building has exploded and collapsed, and horribly wrong as well, but we will co—operate fully and openly and transparently with every phase that happens. people are struggling to take in what happened here. it's just heartbreaking, honestly. i just... there's nothing there, you know, and seeing all the other houses with their windows blown out and doors and things

makes it real, you know? if you call out the services, you just hope perhaps they should have been evacuated then. - the difficult work goes on here. not in hope now but in search of answers, for news of those who are missing, and for an explanation of what happened, and whether it could have been prevented. dan johnson, bbc news, jersey. the royal college of nursing has said it would suspend this week's strike action if the government agree to take part in pay negotiations. nurses in england, wales and northern ireland are due to hold the first of two walkouts this thursday, with further action planned on the 20th of december. ministers have insisted they will not engage in talks over pay and will stick to the current 4.75% pay—rise offer recommended by an independent review. a 13—year—old girl from leicester has become the first person to be successfully treated for leukaemia

with a new type of cell therapy. doctors at great 0rmond street hospital in london used modified cells from a donor, which then attacked the cancer, and the teenage patient is now in remission. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh, reports on a remarkable world first. this one's hard. the whole experience has brought me so much closer to my family. alyssa is back at home in leicester thanks to a pioneering new cancer therapy. all other treatment options for her leukaemia had failed. breathe in and breathe out. . thank you, that's a good one. so in may she received a world—first therapy. i know that i've helped other children as well, that other children might be able to get cured because of the research that i've been part in. it is extremely exciting, - so obviously this is a new field in medicine, and it's fascinatingl that we can redirect the immune

system to fight cancer. alyssa's immune system couldn't clear her cancer, so she was given donor cells which had been tweaked using a new technique called base editing. in the lab, three precise changes were made to the cells' dna, and they were then armed to fight her cancer. base editing is part of a genetic revolution which is transforming our understanding of human biology. it is an incredibly precise tool with huge potential to treat, and possibly cure, a range of diseases, especially disorders of the blood. ten children with t—cell leukaemia will have the treatment as part of a clinical trial. there is enormous amounts of innovation going on in terms of how we can use these new tools to manipulate and change bits of dna, and our application is to cure diseases, and i think there is enormous potential to do that across the board.

# home—grown alligator, see you later # gonna hit the road... # alyssa is still receiving drugs to help herfight infection, and she'll have regular hospital checks. for now, cancer is undetectable in her blood. whoo! to have had this extra year, to have even had these last three months where she has been well and she's been at home and she's been doing what she's wanted, that's like a gift in itself. when you see what she's gone through and with the vitality . for life that she has brought - to every situation, it's astounding. look at all these beads. every one of these beads represents a procedure alyssa has undergone. a collection she's hoping to put away for good. the us space agency nasa has announced its uncrewed 0rion capsule has successfully returned to earth. it splashed down in the pacific,

ending a three—week test mission around the moon. it's hoped it now paves the way for the next stage of the plan to take astronauts back to the moon later this decade. i'm joined now by space scientist dr hina khan, who is now executive director of the group tasked with promoting the scottish space sector, space scotland. welcome to the programme. how big a moment do you think this is? yes. moment do you think this is? yes, it's really quite _ moment do you think this is? yes, it's really quite impressive, - moment do you think this is? yes it's really quite impressive, to be able to look at all the things that have happened over the last few weeks, that nasa has been able to launch a spacecraft, the largest system that has ever been launched on a rocket, and then get that module to the moon, orbit and return safely back to earth, something that

has not happened since the 1960s, during the apollo missions, so really exciting to see they successfully managed to get the orion module back to earth. loath? successfully managed to get the orion module back to earth. why is it imoortant— orion module back to earth. why is it important to _ orion module back to earth. why is it important to go _ orion module back to earth. why is it important to go back— orion module back to earth. why is it important to go back to - orion module back to earth. why is it important to go back to the - orion module back to earth. why is i it important to go back to the moon? i think there are always challenges, in our learning and how we can explore areas, you know, we are looking at the possibility of going to mars and other planets as we start to look beyond our own horizons, and those sorts of space travel involves huge distances, and humans have not been back to the moon since the 1960s, so we really need to understand what it means if we want to go to mars and other planets. and for that, our closest, you know, neighbourand planets. and for that, our closest, you know, neighbour and a satellite is the moon, and still being able to test the equipment and infrastructure that we need to do such a large planetary distances, we need to be able to understand how our ability to get to the moon can move forward in those areas. and our ability to get to the moon can move forward in those areas. and why is it important —

move forward in those areas. and why is it important to _ move forward in those areas. and why is it important to send _ move forward in those areas. and why is it important to send astronauts? - is it important to send astronauts? 0ur is it important to send astronauts? our ability to explore goes beyond, you know, our own planet, and we look at all the different exploration missions that are taking place, and we are talking about mars and extra planetary activity, and so we want to explore those areas, both to understand our own planet evolves over time, to understand our own planet evolves overtime, but to understand our own planet evolves over time, but also to understand how we can, you know, add value from where we go in space and expand our understanding. where we go in space and expand our understanding-— where we go in space and expand our understandinu. ~ ., ., ., ._ understanding. mm-hmm. how far away in technological— understanding. mm-hmm. how far away in technological terms _ understanding. mm-hmm. how far away in technological terms as _ understanding. mm-hmm. how far away in technological terms as the _ understanding. mm-hmm. how far away in technological terms as the next - in technological terms as the next stop, mars? irate in technological terms as the next stop. mars?— in technological terms as the next sto,mars? , ., , ,, stop, mars? we still have some steps to no stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before — stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before we _ stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before we can _ stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before we can get _ stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before we can get people - stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before we can get people to - to go before we can get people to mars. what has been really important about this mission is that we have sent this time an unmanned module, but the module itself is being targeted as a manned craft over the next few years, so being able to send this module into space and then orbit the moon, because we need to

have a position within, you know, space environment to be able to get to, you know, mars. so what is happening with the lunar programme as we are looking at lunar exploration, setting up a habitat on the moon, and having almost a stepping stone to get to mars. that journey is going to take, you know, many months, years possibly, because it is such a distance away. it may look in our skies to be our nearest planet, but that does not mean it is close by, and we have never travelled those distances ever before, even with the lunar module that has just come back, that is the furthest a proprietary manned module has ever been before, so we need to understand the impact of radiation, all of the quite difficult circumstances that we are in within the space, how that affects humans, and how it affects our bodies. thank ou so and how it affects our bodies. thank you so much — and how it affects our bodies. thank you so much for— and how it affects our bodies. thank you so much forjoining _ and how it affects our bodies. thank

you so much forjoining us. - now it's time to turn to our 100 women series and meet the oscar—winning actress rita moreno. perhaps best—known for the role of anita in the 1961 film west side story, now, at the age of 91, she's speaking out about racial stereotyping and representation in films and on tv. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal went to meet her. when i could understand what movies were, i wanted to be a movie star. that was the word — not an actress but a movie star. and i still hear that among very young people, and i say to them, oh, let me tell you a few things. you went to hollywood during the golden age of cinema. and you were bigger than life. when i got my contract at mgm studios, which was the studio of my dreams, because that was the studio that made all the great musicals and when i met mr louis b mayer, can you imagine what that meant

to this 15, 16—year—old girl? the man who produced all of those great mgm musicals and they wanted me to sign a contract with them? it was just unbelievable. unbelievable. they did not know what to do with me, because my name was rosita dolores alvario. they changed it to rita moreno. what was that like? because these people have your career in their hands. ifelt, in their hands, a prisoner, and it really worried me, because i was one of those kids that was just afraid to say no to anything. i'm sure you've lost count of some of the racist encounters that you had in the industry, notjust being stereotyped, being puerto rican. tell me what that was like.

i was always an island girl. and it seemed just fine at first, and then it began to occur to me that that would limit me quite a bit, because normally, those kinds of people have accents and almost always the makeup was dark, and that went all the way up to west side story. any actress that plays anita is compared to you. how do you feel about that? i can't tell you how i feel about that. i suppose it is inevitable. i did win some wonderful awards. i won the oscar, of course. you are an egot. yes. you were called the pioneer in the community. la pionera. i try to think of other people

who have come after you who are as famous and notable as you, and there's not a lot. it's better, but we are seriously underrepresented in the hispanic community, which is shocking to me, i'm very upset about it. there should be more of you. there should be so many more of me and then some. it's still difficult. and it breaks my heart. i not only feel it, but i see in how i am employed in what kind of films, the quality of the films that are offered to me, i am still in that bind. and it is not in any way that i mind playing a hispanic, it is the kind of hispanic. i would've gotten farther, which is my deepest regret, had it not been for the fact that i'm hispanic. i would've had a different career. i know it.

hello there. it's been very cold today. winter has its continuing to the new week, staying very cold, widespread sharp frosts, more snow and ice, a risk of freezing fog. many places turning dry, clear skies, tumbling temperatures, and ourfocus shifts to the south east, sleet and snow into the night across the south—east of england, parts of east anglia, 2-5 of england, parts of east anglia, 2—5 centimetres, possible travel disruption. some areas of freezing fog in southern england, the midlands, possibly lincolnshire. called everywhere, widespread frost, typically minus five, as low as minus 13 in the north—east of scotland, the coldest we have seen

all year. but it should be dry and sunny for much of scotland on monday, so too across northern ireland, sunshine across england and wales, but the south—east and the midlands likely to stay grey, misty and foggy, one or two flurries, so these areas particularly cold. in eastern scotland, after a very cold start, temperatures remain below freezing. thejet start, temperatures remain below freezing. the jet stream start, temperatures remain below freezing. thejet stream is start, temperatures remain below freezing. the jet stream is to the south of the uk, that is why we are in colder air, steering low pressure and rain into southern europe once again. an area of low pressure approaching the north—east of the uk from the north sea, that will bring snow showers across northern and eastern scotland, a grey and foggy day through parts of northern wales and the north—west, and another cold day with temperatures struggling to get much freezing. then we shift more towards the north through tuesday, wednesday and into thursday, because this is where we see most of the snow falling, and it

could be quite a lot in northern scotland, perhaps as much as 20 centimetres. the focus shift more towards the north because the wind is picking up, that arctic northerly winds sweeping down across the country, so again it will be northern scotland in the firing line, a lot of snow showers here. elsewhere, dry, a lot of sunshine, a cold, crisp winter day on wednesday, temperatures as high as four or even 5 degrees.

this is bbc news. the headlines... a libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed pan am flight 103 over the town of lockerbie in 1988, is in us custody. two hundred and seventy people were killed in the attack. it is something we have been fighting for for over three decades, so there is a sense of finally justice for our loved ones. a number of people are in critical condition after being pulled from a lake in freezing temperatures in solihull. five people are now confirmed to have been killed in an explosion that destroyed a block of flats in st helier in jersey yesterday. in a world first, a teenage girl from leicester has become the first person to be successfully treated for leukaemia with a new type of cell therapy.

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