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. four children are in a critical condition after being pulled from a lake in freezing temperatures in central england. fiji heads to the polls this week following an election campaign marred by allegations of corruption and threats against journalists. 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. and orion splashes down,

bringing a return to the moon one small step closer. days before the 34th anniversary of the lockerbie bombing, a libyan man accused by the united states of being the bomb—maker has been taken into us custody. 270 people died when a pan am flight exploded over the scottish borders just before christmas 1988. as our north america editor sarah smith reports, the suspect is expected to appear in a us federal court on monday. just a few days before christmas in 1988, the town of lockerbie was suddenly engulfed in flame.

pan am flight 103 was flying from heathrow to new york, when over south—west scotland a massive explosion in the cargo hold brought it down in seconds. all 259 passengers and crew died, most of them american, as did 11 others when wreckage fell on their homes. it remains the most deadly terrorist attack in british history. this is the man the us authorities accuse of making the bomb, abu agila mas�*ud, seen here in libya where he had beenjailed for unrelated crimes. two years ago, the us attorney general formally charged mas�*ud with making the device which brought down flight 103. the american and the scottish authorities have always stressed that they would never stop trying to bring other people to justice. it was five years ago that the fbi learned that abu agila mas�*ud had confessed to a libyan official that he had built the lockerbie bomb. now he has finally been arrested and is being extradited to the united states. this man died on the plane.

his sister welcomes the prospect of a court case in the us. to know now that one of those who is 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 finally justice for our loved ones. the only man to have been convicted of the lockerbie bombing, abdelbaset al—megrahi, was jailed in 2001, but released eight years later and allowed to return home to libya because he was dying of cancer. some of the victims�* families still have doubts about his conviction and about the arrest of mas�*ud. it fills my mind with questions, really. first of all, why has it taken so long? secondly, what is he doing in america? this was a crime committed on scottish, well, above scottish soil, but which came to land on scottish soil, therefore

its the responsibility of the scottish legal system. with the prospect of a new trial looming, the 34th anniversary of the bombing will be commemorated quietly in lockerbie in a few days�* time. sara smith, bbc news, washington. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in lockerbie. alexandra mackenzie many alexandra mackenzie people in lockerbie still vividly many people in lockerbie still vividly remember that night, just days before christmas almost 3a years ago. many people would have been flying home for christmas. some of the relatives come back to lockerbie to visit that memorial. some of the victims were from the uk. 11 people died here on the ground in lockerbie. some of the uk families don't believe libya was involved, they don't

believe megrahi was guilty and they don't want to see a trial on american soil. so for some of the uk families, yes, this is a development today but not one they believe is going to bring the closure they have been seeking for many years. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. germany is set to tighten its gun laws following a suspected attempt to overthrow the government last week by a far right extremist group known as reichsberger. the country's interior minister said the state needed to exert "maximum pressure" to remove the group's weapons. prosecutors in belgium have charged four people in connection with an investigation into alleged corruption and money—laundering at the european parliament. it comes as amid suspicions a gulf state, reportedly qatar, tried to bribe parliamentarians with money or gifts. one of the eu parliament's vice presidents has been questioned by police and has now been suspended. zambian police say the bodies

of 27 people found by a roadside north of the capital lusaka show signs of suffocation. hunger and thirst is also being investigated as a possible cause of death. it's thought the men, aged under 40, were ethiopian migrants trying to reach south africa. police said one person gasping for air was taken to hospital. protests by supporters of peru's ousted presdient pedro castillo have continued over the weekend. police now say one person has died after they clashed with demonstrators. last wednesday, castillo was thrown out of office after trying to dissolve congress. his replacement dina boularte named her new cabinet on saturday, but protests against her rule have continued to grow. tributes have been paid to the british ballerina dame beryl grey, who has died aged 95. grey made her debut with the royal ballet at just 1a years old, dancing the lead role

in swan lake at 15. she became the first british ballerina to dance with the bolshoi in moscow, and then the first in communist china. an unmanned capsule that's part of nasa's plan to return astronauts to the moon has successfully splashed down into the pacific after a three—week test mission. it captured images like this, looking back towards earth. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle reports on the end of a key stage of an ambitious programme. after a million—milejourney through space, our blue planet comes into view. it's time for the orion spacecraft to come home. these images 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. 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. i 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, that's 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. for more on this, i spoke earlier tojim free, the associate administrator for exploration systems development with nasa. he shared a bit more about what nasa was hoping to achieve with the mission.

our goal is to have a sustained presence on the moon, we are sending a crew to the moon for 30 days, which takes a lot of systems to develop. we need time on the surface for oursystems, both the technology and the humans, to understand how they adapt to that partial gravity environment before we go on to mars. yes, you mentioned mars. in the decade of the 2030s, not that far away. is that actually 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 flying 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 develop 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 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. of course, we 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, 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 to space, we have contracts with them, with some of them, to build our human lander. for us, the more people who want to go to the 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. ajapanese space start—up launched a spacecraft to the moon on sunday after several delays. it's a step toward what would be a first for the nation and for a private company. ispace inc's mission took off without incident from cape canaveral in florida, after being postponed twice due to inspections

of its spacex falcon 9 rocket. the company says it expects the craft to land on the moon in late april. wintry weather in the uk has led to london stansted airport suspending all flights after its runway was forced to close for snow clearance. heathrow and gatwick airports have also delayed or cancelled flights as snow, ice and freezing fog swept through the country. the met office has issued severe weather warnings for much of the country this week. in the midlands, four children were taken to hospital after being rescued from a lake in the area. witnesses reported seeing six people on the ice prior to the incident. 0ur midlands correspondent phil mackie has more from the scene. as light faded this afternoon, the emergency services were using every piece of equipment available to try to find anyone still missing. the lake had frozen and a group

of children had been playing on the ice, when first one and then others fell through and into the water. police, paramedics and firefighters were all called just after 2.30pm and did all they could when they arrived to save them. they pulled four children out of the water. firefighters and police officers went into the freezing water to pull the children out. they managed to get the four of them to hospital, where they are suffering from cardiac arrest. there is no update on their condition other than to say it is critical. locals gathered to offered theirsupport, including a local church which provided hot drinks for the rescuers. we were quite upset to see so many men working relentlessly and itjust, you know, we could come back and offer some hot drinks to them. feel really upset about what has happened. the initial 999 calls suggested more children may have fallen in. we were made aware that there were up to six people potentially within the water.

so after rescuing the four children, we have continued search and rescue operations within the whole of the lake in order to confirm whether there are any more within the water. the specialist medical advice that we have been given on scene is that given the temperature of the water, given the age of those believed to have entered the water and also the amount of time they have been in there, that this would no longer be a search and rescue operation. the temperature has fallen back below zero but the recovery operation will continue, despite the appalling conditions. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. juniorjubilation — france celebrates winning eurovision but not the one you might expect. saddam hussein is finished,

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

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. 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. four children are in a critical condition after being pulled from a lake in freezing temperatures in central england. a minute's silence will be observed injersey on monday 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 their 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'sjust heartbreaking, honestly. ijust... 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 not in hope of those who are missing, and for an explanation of what happened, and whether it could have been prevented. dan johnson, bbc news, jersey. 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. its 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 against journalists. i asked lucy albiston, a pacific analyst at the australian strategic policy institute, what both parties stand for.

the current prime minister has been prime minister for 16 years, he took over after a coup in 2006, and going up against someone who hosted two coups 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 needs 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 are some of the main issues that voters are deciding on in this election? there's a range of issues that the voters will be deciding on.

0n the part of the government, it's about whether they think the government has done a good job particularly on their covid—19 policies, and infrastructure projects. for the other side, it's about what they can bring to society, including more social policies, protections for different social groups. indo—fijian questions as well. the prime minister has not historically supported the community. a lot of social issues and gender issues that voters will be voting about. is there a concern about possible violence, given the nature of the main 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 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. 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. that's it, we have a winner ofjunior eurovision. it is france's lissandro with his song, 0h 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. huge congratulations, amazing

singing by those youngsters. you have been watching newsday. 0ur our top story, prosecutors in scotland say the libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over the town of lockerbie in 1988 is now in us custody. last month, it was reported that the man mas�*ud had been kidnapped by a libyan militia group leading to speculation he was going to be handed over to the us authorities to stand trial. 270 passengers, crew and residents of lockerbie were killed when the flight from london to new york was blown up over scotland. as we reported earlier, he will stand trial in the us later this monday. that is it, we will be back in the next hour, join us if you can. back with the business news shortly.

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 snowfall, 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. 0vernight, 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 really quite dense for some areas too. further north under those clear skies, we start monday morning with temperatures as low as about —15 celsius around the sheltered glens of scotland. so, a bitterly cold start.

do watch out for lying snow and icy stretches. southern half of the uk in general stays quite cloudy. it could be a few snow flurries coming out of this cloud, probably best of the sunshine in wales and southwest england. further north, we've got clearer skies and most places looking dry but after that, very cold start, temperatures looking dry but after that very cold start, temperatures will struggle to get above freezing in places. through monday evening then, still a few snow flurries working across parts of the midlands, perhaps northwest england. more snow also heading in for northern and northeastern scotland. so, perhaps not quite as cold compared to sunday night as we move through monday night into tuesday morning. but still, subzero really wherever you are and hard frost once again. so, for tuesday then, more snow showers across northern and eastern scotland, one or two working into the northeast of england with that cold northerly breeze. fairly cloudy skies working in from the south and again, some freezing fog that's going to be slow to clear. so, temperatures once again between around about freezing and perhaps three degrees for most of us. the blue colours, the cold air mass still with us and we can trace these wind arrows all the way back to the arctic through the middle of the week.

so, a bit of a change in wind direction, more of a cold northerly wind. that will bring still some wintry showers in the north and east but improved visibility from midweek onwards. so we will be losing all the mist and freezing fog we have seen recently. plenty of more heavy snow showers across northern and eastern scotland and with the sting on tuesday to thursday, it could be between five to 20cm of snow. largely dry elsewhere, temperatures again struggling to get much above freezing. stays cold for the working week but a little bit milder through the weekend by the time we get to sunday, bye—bye.

welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur, and today i'm in oslo for the presentation of this year's nobel peace prize. there are threejoint winners, two of them human rights organisations, one from ukraine, one from russia, the third an imprisoned political dissident from belarus. now, obviously, he cannot be here, but i am joined by leaders of the two human rights groups from kyiv and from moscow.