welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines. a libyan suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988 is confirmed to be in us custody. 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. 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. four children are in a critical condition after being pulled

from a lake in freezing temperatures in central england. and france winjunior eurovision, pipping hosts armenia to the title. it's 7am in singapore and ”pm in scotland, where, 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 panam flight exploded over lockerbie just before christmas 1988. it's been a long search forjustice 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 helga 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. 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 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. the us space agency nasa has announced that its uncrewed 0rion capsule has successfully returned to earth. it splashed down in the pacific, ending a three—week test mission around the moon, sending back pictures like this one where you can see both the moon and the earth. as our science editor rebecca morelle reports, 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. after a million—mile journey through space, our blue planet comes into view.

it's time for the orion spacecraft to come home. these pictures taken just after it entered the earth's atmosphere, 0rion has travel faster and hotter than any space vehicle before. the spacecraft about to go subsonic. a series of parachutes open, rapidly slowing down the capsule. we've got three good main chutes for 0rion, and there it is, high over the pacific, america's new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond in view. then splashdown — the artemis mission complete. 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. we are adventurers, we are explorers. we always have a frontier. and that frontier is now to continue exploring the heavens.

three, two, one... lift—off of artemis i! the mission blasted off in november from the kennedy space center, on the most powerful rockets nasa has ever built. over 26 days, it performed a close flyby of the moon twice, capturing stunning images along the way, revealing remarkable detail of the lunar surface. the capsule also flew far beyond, further than any spacecraft built for humans. no people were on board this time, it's a test flight. mannequins covered in thousands of sensors recorded data from the voyage and it's vital because the next step is to get astronauts on board and land them on the moon. when you take a test campaign, it's a bunch of small steps that add up to something amazing like this. exploration is not going away. humans have been exploring the earth

as long as they have been on the earth and we are going to continue exploring deep space. preparation is already under way for the next mission. with new crew capsules being built. we can have a look inside 0rion�*s capsule to see what it will be like for the astronauts when it eventually does have a crew. at five metres wide, more than 15 feet, it is big. it can accommodate four people inside. in fact, there's more than twice as much room as the apollo astronauts had for their missions to the moon in the 1960s and 70s. we leave as we came, and god willing, as we shall return. today marks exactly 50 years since the last lunar landing, by apollo 17. their footprints are still imprinted in the dust. no—one thought it would take so long to return. but now others may soon be making their mark, as the moon is within

humanity's sights once again. jim free is the associate administrator for exploration systems development with nasa. hejoins me now from houston. thank you so much forjoining us. as we heard in the report, the next mission is with astronauts on board. but what i thought was interesting, the aim is to go back to the moon to learn how to live. talk us through. that's exactly right, thank you for having me. our goal is to have a sustain presence on the moon, we are sending a crew up to the moon for 30 days, which takes a lot of systems to develop. we need time on the surface for our systems, both the technology and the humans, to understand how they adapt to that partial gravity environment before we go on to mars.— partial gravity environment before we go on to mars. yes, you mentioned

mars. in we go on to mars. yes, you mentioned mars- in the — we go on to mars. yes, you mentioned mars. in the decades _ we go on to mars. yes, you mentioned mars. in the decades of— we go on to mars. yes, you mentioned mars. in the decades of the _ we go on to mars. yes, you mentioned mars. in the decades of the 2030s, - mars. in the decades of the 2030s, not that far away. is that actually possible? not that far away. is that actually ossible? �* , ., ., ., not that far away. is that actually ossible? �*, ., ., ., ., possible? it's not that far away, which makes — possible? it's not that far away, which makes me _ possible? it's not that far away, which makes me nervous - possible? it's not that far away, l which makes me nervous because possible? it's not that far away, - which makes me nervous because we have a lot of work to do to get there! we believe it's possible, and that's why it is so important to get these missions, like artemis i, so we can get onto artemis ii and start playing a crew, understanding the safety of the vehicle, the performance of our vehicle, which we got so much out of this mission here. and then start flying every year so we developed those 30 day periods and an understanding of the technology we need to live on the surface of another planetary body. of course, during apollo, there was of course, during apollo, there was a space race between the us and the soviet union. now i think it's fair to say it is with china. do you actually think about the kind of competition with the chinese? i

actually don't. myjob is to make sure that our international collaboration, which includes contributions from throughout europe and japan, really, myjob is to get that collaboration and effort going forward. if i take my eye off that, i think i'll be distracted and won't deliver what our agency leadership has asked me to do. at}?! deliver what our agency leadership has asked me to do.— deliver what our agency leadership has asked me to do. of course, we are seeing — has asked me to do. of course, we are seeing a _ has asked me to do. of course, we are seeing a lot — has asked me to do. of course, we are seeing a lot more _ has asked me to do. of course, we are seeing a lot more private - are seeing a lot more private companies being involved in these space projects as well. what is your view on them? is it a good thing to have the private sector involved? you know, ithink have the private sector involved? you know, i think it absolutely is. we always have the private sector involved, maybe in a different shape, with our traditional contractor, but certainly new entrants of space, we have contracts with them, with some of them, to build a human lander. for us, the more people who want to go to the

moon, the better. people go for their own reasons. 0ur moon, the better. people go for their own reasons. our goal is to expand the frontier of exploration, as our administrator said in that last interview, and to do science. because ultimately science is at the forefront of our efforts.— forefront of our efforts. thank you so much for— forefront of our efforts. thank you so much forjoining _ forefront of our efforts. thank you so much forjoining us. _ forefront of our efforts. thank you so much forjoining us. thank - forefront of our efforts. thank you | so much forjoining us. thank you. in the uk, four children have been taken to hospital in a critical condition after being rescued from an ice—covered lake. emergency services were called to babbs mill park in solihull in the west midlands on sunday afternoon to reports of six people in the lake. the children taken out of the lake have been taken to two hospitals in the city. there is no further update on their condition.

the lake had frozen and a group of children had been playing on the ice when one and then others fell into the water. police, paramedics and firefighters were called just after 2:30pm and did all they could to save them, pulling four children out of the water. firefighters and police officers went into the freezing water to pull out the children, they managed to get the four to hospital where they are suffering from cardiac arrest. there is no update on their condition other than to say it is critical. locals gather to offer support including a local church which provided hot drinks for the rescuers. provided hot drinks for the rescuers— provided hot drinks for the rescuers. ~ , , ., , rescuers. we were quite upset to see so many men — rescuers. we were quite upset to see so many men working _ rescuers. we were quite upset to see so many men working relentlessly, i so many men working relentlessly, just, you know... we could come back and offer some hot links to them. we feel really upset about what has happened. —— hot drinks. feel really upset about what has happened. -- hot drinks.- feel really upset about what has happened. -- hot drinks. initial 999 calls suggested _

happened. -- hot drinks. initial 999 calls suggested more _ happened. -- hot drinks. initial 999 calls suggested more children - happened. -- hot drinks. initial 999 calls suggested more children may i calls suggested more children may have fallen in. we calls suggested more children may have fallen in.— calls suggested more children may have fallen in. we were made aware that it was up _ have fallen in. we were made aware that it was up to _ have fallen in. we were made aware that it was up to six _ have fallen in. we were made aware that it was up to six people - that it was up to six people potentially in the water. after rescuing — potentially in the water. after rescuing the four children we have continued — rescuing the four children we have continued search and rescue operations within the whole lake to confirm _ operations within the whole lake to confirm whether there are any more within— confirm whether there are any more within the _ confirm whether there are any more within the water. the specialist medicat— within the water. the specialist medical advice we have been given on the scene _ medical advice we have been given on the scene is, — medical advice we have been given on the scene is, given the temperature of the _ the scene is, given the temperature of the water, given the age of those believed _ of the water, given the age of those believed to — of the water, given the age of those believed to have entered the water, and also _ believed to have entered the water, and also the amount of time they have _ and also the amount of time they have been— and also the amount of time they have been in there, that this would no longer— have been in there, that this would no longer be a search and rescue operation — no longer be a search and rescue operation-— no longer be a search and rescue oeration. ~ , ., , . ~ operation. with temperatures back below zero. _ operation. with temperatures back below zero, the _ operation. with temperatures back below zero, the recovery _ operation. with temperatures back below zero, the recovery operation will continue despite the appalling conditions. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. fijians head to the polls this week after a campaign marred by allegations of corruption, prosecutions of rival politicians and threats againstjournalists.

saddam hussein is finished, because he killed our people, our women. 0ur he killed our people, our women. our children. the he killed our people, our women. our children. , ., , ., , ., children. the signatures took only a few minutes — children. the signatures took only a few minutes but _ children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they _ children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they bought - children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they bought a - children. the signatures took only a l few minutes but they bought a formal end to _ few minutes but they bought a formal end to three and a half years of conflict, — end to three and a half years of conflict, which has claimed more than _ conflict, which has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience — than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia _ presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement — the romanian border was sealed and silent _ the romanian border was sealed and silent today~ — the romanian border was sealed and silent today the _ the romanian border was sealed and silent today. the mania _ the romanian border was sealed and silent today. the mania has - the romanian border was sealed and silent today. the mania has cut - silent today. the mania has cut itsetf— silent today. the mania has cut itself off— silent today. the mania has cut itself off from _ silent today. the mania has cut itself off from the _ silent today. the mania has cut itself off from the outside - silent today. the mania has cut| itself off from the outside world silent today. the mania has cut. itself off from the outside world to prevent _ itself off from the outside world to prevent the — itself off from the outside world to prevent the details _ itself off from the outside world to prevent the details of— itself off from the outside world to prevent the details of the - itself off from the outside world to. prevent the details of the presumed massacre _ prevent the details of the presumed massacre from _ prevent the details of the presumed massacre from leaking _ prevent the details of the presumed massacre from leaking out. - prevent the details of the presumed massacre from leaking out. nasa i massacre from leaking out. nasa romania — massacre from leaking out. nasa romania on _ massacre from leaking out. nasa romania. ., ., , romania. on trial for his political life, bill clinton _ romania. on trial for his political life, bill clinton guaranteed - romania. on trial for his political life, bill clinton guaranteed a - life, bill clinton guaranteed a place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached.

this is newsday on the bbc. 0ur headlines. a libyan suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988 is confirmed to be in us custody. and nasa's uncrewed 0rion capsule has splashed down in the pacific, ending its three—week test mission around the moon. ukrainian forces have struck a headquarters of russia's notorious wagner group in eastern ukraine based at a hotel, according to officials in the luhansk�*s region. wagner are state—sponsored mercenaries who act in the kremlin's interests, according to western experts. their boss was filmed earlier this year recruiting russian prisoners.

translation: the biggest sin is desertion. no one backs down, no one retreats, no one surrendered. the recruited prisoners were reportedly sent to fight in ukraine. hence the group has become a target, and while the bbc was unable to independently verify wagner's presence at the hotel, stills shared on telegram show extensive damage to the building. in seperate strikes, ukraine destroyted military in separate strikes, ukraine destroted military compounds in the southern city of melitopol — also thought to station wagner soldiers. meanwhile, ukraine suffered further power outages caused by russian attacks on the country's critical infrastructure. patrick bury is a former infantry captain in the british army and nato analyst, and now a senior lecturer in security at the university of bath. he told us more about the significance of this latest attack.

we have seen an escalation of all kinds of attacks in the last 2a hours, in comparison basically to a three—week lull, since the fall of kherson. ukraine is trying to attack the wagner group, we are waiting to see if these are verifiable. it does seem from numerous accounts on social media that it has occurred. of course, they are trying to hit where it hurts the wagner group, on their command and control. wagner have been pressing forward, and in the last 2a hours around this important town in the luhansk region, they have made some gains, there has been heavy fighting on the front lines there through the winter. the wagner group have been leading the charge there and have managed to break through in places. i understand that town is still holding out but there have been significant gains there, so i would say it is in

response to those gains. the bodies of 27 people who are believed to be migrants from ethiopia have been found by the side of a road in zambia. the bodies were found in an area north of the capital lusaka. police say it's likely they suffocated to death. our southern africa correspondent shingai nyoka has more details. well, the police are still conducting investigations, what we do know is that local residents in that suburb just north of lusaka found 28 people dumped by the side of the road. 27 were deceased and there was one lone survivor, who they say was gasping for breath. he was taken to the hospital. understandably. .. we were told that they were aged between 20—38,

ethiopian nationals, the police believe, because of the identity documents that they have on them. so they are trying to establish what exactly happened. there have been several similar cases in different parts of central africa. in malawi, last october, 29 men were found in mass graves, under similar circumstances. they were also ethiopian. it's a very popular transit route — malawi, zimbabwe, zambia, mozambique, to get to south africa, and police are suspecting that that is what has happened, that they died en route to south africa. fijians are heading to the polls this week after a closely—fought election. going head—to—head are the country's current prime minister, who came to power 16 years ago, and his long time rival, an ex—prime minister and military commander who led two coups in 1987. it's an election that could test the country's democracy, with the run—up to it being marred

by allegations of corruption, prosecutions of rival politicians and threats againstjournalists. i'm joined now by lucy albiston, a pacific analyst at the australian strategic policy institute. firstly, this election is fought between two men who have previously led coups in the country. tell us more about them and what they are standing for. the more about them and what they are standing for-— standing for. the current prime minister has _ standing for. the current prime minister has been _ standing for. the current prime minister has been prime - standing for. the current prime i minister has been prime minister standing for. the current prime - minister has been prime minister for minister has been prime ministerfor 16 years, he took over after a coup in 2006, and going up against someone who hosted a coup, two, in the 80s. it's between those candidates. the prime minister is trying to prove that he has done well for the country and that the country should stick with him. his

opponent on the other hand is running on a campaign that fiji very much need to change and that the change should be him. so what voters are going to be voting for in fiji, whether they are happy to stay with the current government or whether they want some change in fiji. what they want some change in fi'i. what are some they want some change in fi'i. what some of — they want some change in fi'i. what are some of the h they want some change in fi'i. what are some of the main h they want some change in fiji. what are some of the main issues that voters are deciding on in this election?— voters are deciding on in this election? , ., ., ., , , , election? there is a range of issues that the voters _ election? there is a range of issues that the voters will _ election? there is a range of issues that the voters will be _ election? there is a range of issues that the voters will be deciding - election? there is a range of issues that the voters will be deciding on. | that the voters will be deciding on. on the part of the government, it's about whether they think the government has done a good job particularly on the covid—19 policies, and infrastructure projects. forthe policies, and infrastructure projects. for the other side, policies, and infrastructure projects. forthe otherside, it's about what they can bring to society, including more social policies, protections for different social groups. the prime minister

has not historically supported the local community... a lot of social issues and gender issues that voters will be voting about. is issues and gender issues that voters will be voting about.— will be voting about. is there a concern about _ will be voting about. is there a concern about possible - will be voting about. is there a l concern about possible violence, given the nature of the main candidates?— candidates? that's always a possibility _ candidates? that's always a possibility and _ candidates? that's always a possibility and a _ candidates? that's always a possibility and a concern. i l candidates? that's always a - possibility and a concern. i know there is concern within fiji about that. the commander of the military forces did come out and say his forces did come out and say his forces will not be involved in any kind of political activity this time around, which is quite a positive statement for him to have made. any violence will probably be pretty low level and will really depend on what happens after december 1ath, and who comes out victorious and how they behave after that.— comes out victorious and how they behave after that. thank you so much for “oininu behave after that. thank you so much

forjoining us- — we now know the winner of this year'sjunior eurovision song contest, which was held in yerevan, armenia — it's france, and 13—year—old lissandro is taking the trophy home, beating hosts armenia in second place, georgia third, ireland fourth and the uk fifth. our correspondent nina blissett has more. that's it, we have a winner ofjunior eurovision. it is france's lissandro with his song, oh maman. sings in french he said thank you so much to everyone and thank you to his friends as well. it's been the 20thjunior eurovision song contest here in yerevan in armenia. children take part from the ages of 9 to 1a and there were 16 countries that were taking part tonight. the fantastic acts were incredible, it was a night full of pop music, a bit of metal as well

and some ballads. i've been here the past few days and i can tell you that yerevan, the capital of armenia, has really been so excited to be hosting this event. there has been flyers on the roads, on the bus stops, and also here, backstage, in what is called the bubble room, the kids have been so excited. it's just a load of fun for them, they have made so many friends. i spoke to malena, last year's winner, and she said, the best thing she got out of this competition was friends. so hopefully that will be the same for the rest of them. what amazing singing. a libyan suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988 is now confirmed to be in us custody. that is our top story, join us in the next hour,

thank you for watching. hello. it's been a wintry weekend with many places struggling to get above freezing during the days, and we've seen some heavy snowfall for several areas. this is picture taken in gillingham in kent before the sun went down on sunday. so, there's been plenty of heavy snow, around 10cm in places. now, over the next few days, things are staying cold and we've got wintry hazards such as snow showers, ice stretches and freezing fog. overnight, this snowfall is pushing across the likes of east london, essex, up towards norfolk, even as far as lincolnshire. so, 2—10cm of lying snow overnight and freezing fog that's going to be quite dense for some areas too. further north under those clear skies, we start monday morning with temperatures as low of about —15 celsius in southern scotland.

a bitterly cold start and watch out for lying snow and icy stretches. southern half of the uk in general states quite cloudy and it could be a few snow flurries coming out of this cloud and probably the best of the sun in wales and sw england. for the north, we have clear skies them with police looking drive but after that, very cold start, temperatures will struggle to get above freezing in places. through monday evening and still a few snow flurries working across parts of the midlands and still a few snow flurries and perhaps northwest england, more snow heading in for compared to sunday night monday night and tuesday morning. so, for to stay, more showers across more showers across northern eastern scotland so, perhaps not quite as cold compared to sunday night as he moved through monday night into tuesday morning but still, subzero really wherever you are in hard frost once again. so, forjust a more snow showers across northern and eastern scotland wanted to to the northwest of england with the court northerly breeze. fairly cloudy skies in the south and again, some freezing fog and slow to clear.

temperatures once again between around above freezing and perhaps three degrees for most of us in the blue colours, so, bit of a change in wind direction and more northerly wind. that will bring some winter showers into the north and east but they'll left some visibility for midweek onwards and will be losing this, freezing fog we have seen recently. plenty of more heavy snow showers across northern and eastern scotland a bit milder through the weekend especially by sunday.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with mejournalist and author shyama perrera and tim montgomerie, founder of conservatives home. tomorrow's front pages. the daily telegraph leads on news that