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 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. hello and welcome to the programme. 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 dumfries and galloway 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. many people here in lockerbie still vividly remember that night. it wasjust still vividly remember that night. it was just days before christmas, almost 3a years ago, many people would have been flying home for christmas, now some of the relatives come back here to lockerbie to visit that memorial. some of the ms were from the uk and 11 people died here on the ground here in lockerbie. some of the uk families don't believe that libya was involved, they don't believe that abdelbaset al—megrahi was guilty and they do not want to see a trail on

american soil, so for some of those uk families, yes, this is a development today but not one that they believe is going to bring the closure that they've 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 "rikes—burger". the country's interior minister said the state needed to exert "maxiumum 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 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 atjust

fourteen years old, dancing the lead role in swan lake at fifteen. 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. with images taken from the capitaljust after it into the capitaljust after it into the earth's atmosphere, 0rion has travelled faster and hotter than any space vehicle has done

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the course of 26 days it performed a close flyby of the moon twice capturing stunning images along the way, revealing remarkable detail of the lunar surface stopping the capsule also flew far beyond, further than any spacecraft built for humans. no people were on board this time. it is a test flight. instead mannequin is covered in thousands of sensors recorded data from the voyage and this is vital because the next step is vital because the next step is to get astronauts on board and eventually land them on the moon. ~ , ., and eventually land them on the moon. ~ ,, ., ~ ., moon. when you take a dislocated _ moon. when you take a dislocated his _ moon. when you take a | dislocated his campaign, moon. when you take a - dislocated his campaign, you take a bunch of small steps that add up to some amazing like the. exploration is not going away. humans have been exploring the earth or as long as humans have been on the earth and we're going to continue exploring space. preparations are already under way for the next mission with new crew capsules being built. we can have a look inside 0rion�*s actual to see what it is going to be like for the

astronauts when the rocket eventually does have a crew, and five metres wide, that's more than for ten feet, it is big. it can accommodate four people inside. in fact there is more than twice as much room as the apollo astronauts had for their missions to the moon in their missions to the moon in the 1960s and 70s.— the 1960s and 70s. roger on that. 50 years _ the 1960s and 70s. roger on that. 50 years since - the 1960s and 70s. roger on that. 50 years since the - the 1960s and 70s. roger on that. 50 years since the last| that. 50 years since the last lunar landing _ that. 50 years since the last lunar landing stopping - that. 50 years since the last lunar landing stopping their| lunar landing stopping their footprints are still imprinted in the dust stopping 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 sites once again. for more on this i spoke earlier tojim free — he's the associate administrator for exploration systems development with nasa. he shared a bit more about what nasa was hoping to achieve with the mission.

0ur our goal is to have a sustained presence on the moon, we are sending crews to the moon for “p sending crews to the moon for up to 30 days and that takes a lot of systems to develop and what we need is that time on the surface for our terms, both technology and humans to understand how they adapt to that partial gravity environment before we go on to mars. , , ., ., environment before we go on to mars. , i. ., a, , mars. yes, you mentioned mars and in the _ mars. yes, you mentioned mars and in the decades _ mars. yes, you mentioned mars and in the decades of— mars. yes, you mentioned mars and in the decades of the - mars. yes, you mentioned mars and in the decades of the 20 - and in the decades of the 20 30s which is not that far away, is that actually possible? it is that actually possible? it is not that far away, that makes me nervous because we have a lot of work to do to get there, but we believe it is possible and that is why it is so important to get these missions done like this artemis one mission so that we can get onto artemis two and start flying crews, understand the safety of our vehicle, understanding the performance of our vehicle that we get so much out of this mission here and then start flying every

year so that we develop those 30 day period and an understanding of the technology we need to live on the surface of another planetary body. {131 of another planetary body. of course during apollo there was a space race between the us and the soviet union, now i think it is fair to say it is with china. do you actually think about this kind of competition with the chinese? i about this kind of competition with the chinese?— with the chinese? i actually don't. with the chinese? i actually don't- my — with the chinese? i actually don't- my job _ with the chinese? i actually don't. my job is _ with the chinese? i actually don't. my job is to - with the chinese? i actually don't. my job is to make i with the chinese? i actually i don't. my job is to make sure don't. myjob is to make sure that our international collaboration, which includes contributions from throughout europe and japan, and really my job is to get that collaboration and effort going good and if i take my eye off that and i think that would be distract it and went deliver what our agency leadership has asked me to do. {131 what our agency leadership has asked me to do.— asked me to do. of course, we are seeing _ asked me to do. of course, we are seeing a — asked me to do. of course, we are seeing a lot _ asked me to do. of course, we are seeing a lot more - asked me to do. of course, we are seeing a lot more private l are seeing a lot more private companies being involved in these space project as well.

what is your view on them? is it a good idea to have private sector involved with yellow i think absolutely is. we've always had private sector involved, may be in a different shape with our traditional contractor, certainly new entrants to space, we have contracts with them, we have contracted with some of them to build our human lender, so for us the more people that want to go to the moon, the better, because people go for their own reasons. 0ur because people go for their own reasons. our goal is to expand the frontier of exploration as our administratorjust said on our administrator just said on that last our administratorjust said on that last interview and to do science, because ultimately science, because ultimately science is at the forefront of our effort. a japanese space startup 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 canavral 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 life ended this afternoon, they were trying to find anyone

missing. first others filter into the water. police, paramedics and firefighters were all called just after 230 and did all they could to save them. they pulled for 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 the condition other than saying it is critical. locals gathered to offer their support including a local church which provided hot drinks to the rescuers. indie local church which provided hot drinks to the rescuers. we were uuite drinks to the rescuers. we were quite unset _ drinks to the rescuers. we were quite unset to — drinks to the rescuers. we were quite upset to see _ drinks to the rescuers. we were quite upset to see so _ drinks to the rescuers. we were quite upset to see so many - drinks to the rescuers. we were | quite upset to see so many men working relentlessly and we could come back and offer some hot drinks to them and we feel really upset about what has happened. really upset about what has happened-— happened. initial 999 call suggested _ happened. initial 999 call suggested for _ happened. initial 999 call suggested for children . happened. initial 999 call| suggested for children fell happened. initial 999 call- suggested for children fell in. we were made aware they were up to six people potentially

within the water so after rescuing the four children, with continued search and rescue operations. the specialist medical advice we've been given on the scene in the temperature of the water, given the age of those believed to have entered the water in the amount of time we've been in there, that this would no longer be a search and rescue operation. longer be a search and rescue operation-— longer be a search and rescue o eration. , ., ., , operation. the temperature has fallen back _ operation. the temperature has fallen back below _ operation. the temperature has fallen back below zero - operation. the temperature has fallen back below zero but - operation. the temperature has fallen back below zero but the l fallen back below zero but the recovery operation will continue despite the 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. cheering and singing saddam hussein is finished,

because he killed our people, ourwomen, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict — conflict that 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 in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre - in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteeing bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. the main story this hour: 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. 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 translation: the biggest sin is desertion. no—one backs down. no—one retreats. no—one surrenders. 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. a former infantry captain in there and now a senior lecturer in security told us more about the significance of this latest attack. we've seen an escalation in the last 2a hours in comparison to the fall of kherson and a little bit of fighting there after. so what we've seen is ukraine trying to attack the wagner group. we're waiting to see if these are verifiable. it does seem from numerous accounts on social media that it has occurred and, of course, they're trying to hit where it hurts the wagner group by concentrating on their command—and—control. the wagner group are interesting, because

they've actually been pressing forward, and in the last 2a hours, around this important town called bakhmut in the luhansk region, and they've made some gains there. there's been heavy fighting on the front lines there, your viewers will probably be aware, through the winnerment and the wagner group have been the ones leading the charge there and they've managed to breakthrough in places. bakhmut i understand are still holding out. but there have been some significant enough gains there. so i would say that it is also in response to those gains. 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 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 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. 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. i asked a pacific analyst at the — i asked a pacific analyst at the australian strategic institute what both parties stand _ institute what both parties

stand for. the current prime minister frank bainimarama took over in 2006 and he's going up against the other who hosted two coups in the 1980s and has been a prime minister as well. so it's basically a battle between those two candidates. prime minister bainimarama is very much trying to prove that he has done well for the country so far and that the country should stick with him. rambuka on the other hand is running on a campaign that fiji very much needs change, and that the change should be him. so really, what voters are going to be voting for in fiji this election is whether they're happy to stay with the bainimarama government or whether they'd like to have some change in fiji. find whether they'd like to have some change in fiji. some change in fi'i. and what are some change in fi'i. and what some h some change in fi'i. and what some of h some change in fi'i. and what are some of the _ some change in fiji. and what are some of the main - some change in fiji. and what are some of the main issue i some change in fiji. and what l are some of the main issue that is voters are deciding on in this election? 50 is voters are deciding on in this election?— this election? so there's a ranue this election? so there's a range much _ this election? so there's a range much issues - this election? so there's a range much issues that i this election? so there's a - range much issues that voters will be deciding on. there's... for the part of the bainimarama government, it's about whether

they think that the bainimarama government has done a good job, particularly on their covid—19 policies and on the infrastructure projects and development that they're continuing to develop. for rambuka, it's about what he thinks that they need to bring to society, including more social policies, protections for different social groups. there's a little bit of indo—fijian questions in there as well. rambuka has not historically supported the inowe—fijian community and he's very much trying to show that he will do that. and there's a lot of social issues as well that they will be voting about. we now know the winner of this year's junior eurovision song contest, which was held in yerevan, armenia. it's france, and 13—year—old lissandro is taking the trophy home, 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'sjust 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. that it for now. thank you so much for watching newsday. 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. 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 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 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 5—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. from the scene.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the other main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello and welcome. my guest this week is kevin lygo, the managing director for itv of media and entertainment, and, as such, he is responsible for all of the programming for itv on its network, and on its new streaming servers, itvx. he began his media career working on the two ronnies as a trainee at the bbc, and also a dealer of islamic art in paris for a while, and this year, he released a book, called �*the emperors of byzantium'. kevin lygo, welcome to the media show. you are a busy man! yes. we will talk about itvx and the culture secretary

and bbc and love island and a book about byzantium