he welcome to bbc news. i'm nancy kacungira. our top stories: 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. officials in ukraine say their military has attacked the headquarters of russia's notorious wagner group in the east of the country. four children are in a critical condition after being pulled from a lake in freezing temperatures in central england. splashdown, from the tranquility base to the 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 thank you forjoining us on bbc news. 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 pan am flight 103 exploded over scotland, 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.

greg died on the plane. his sister is now looking for justice. . sister is now looking for “ustice. , sister is now looking for 'ustice. , . ., ., justice. . he is coming to the us to face — justice. . he is coming to the us to face trial _ justice. . he is coming to the us to face trial and _ justice. . he is coming to the us to face trial and face - us to face trial and face justice through our legal system. i think it is something that we have been fighting for 4/3 decades so i think there is a sense of finallyjust 4/3 decades so i think there is a sense of finally just as 4/3 decades so i think there is a sense of finallyjust as well our loved one. 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 it's 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. we can now speak to bob and aileen monetti, who's son rick was a passenger on pan am flight 103. bob was also a long—time leader of the victims of pan am flight 103, an organization helping victims' families. thank you very much to both of you for making time to speak to us. of course, any development with this case has a very significant meaning to you but start by telling us your reactions to these new charges. well, sent attorney general bar announced the indictments a couple of years ago, the family members and especially my

daughter and otherfamily daughter and other family members have daughter and otherfamily members have been lobbying the us. the attorney general, the fbi and the state department, to bring abu agila masud to the united states for trial. we had been hoping and wishing that this would happen sooner rather than later. we are all getting older in our organisation and a lot of us would like to see some justice done while we are still alive. , some justice done while we are still alive-— still alive. does this feel like a step _ still alive. does this feel like a step towards - still alive. does this feel| like a step towards that? still alive. does this feel i like a step towards that? it still alive. does this feel - like a step towards that? it is a big step _ like a step towards that? it is a big step in _ like a step towards that? it is a big step in the _ like a step towards that? it is a big step in the right direction. especially that he is coming to the united states and not — is coming to the united states and not to scotland. we have suffered _ and not to scotland. we have suffered through scottish law for a — suffered through scottish law for a lot— suffered through scottish law for a lot of years and a number of appeals _ for a lot of years and a number of appeals and it would be much better_ of appeals and it would be much better to — of appeals and it would be much better to have it in the united states — better to have it in the united states where we can be involved and get — states where we can be involved and get to — states where we can be involved

and get to trial and see what is going _ and get to trial and see what is going on and understand what is going on and understand what is going — is going on and understand what is going on. it will be much better_ is going on. it will be much better to _ is going on. it will be much better to get the information out — better to get the information out. ., ., , ., better to get the information out. ., ., ., out. your family and many other families have _ out. your family and many other families have been _ out. your family and many other families have been fighting - out. your family and many other families have been fighting for. families have been fighting for convictions for more than 30 years. does this feel like the final curtain or is there still more to be done?- final curtain or is there still more to be done? well, i don't think fighting _ more to be done? well, i don't think fighting for _ more to be done? well, i don't think fighting for conviction. i think fighting for conviction. what we're fighting for is the truth and where the truth takes us. i don't make eye... is there more to be done? probably but i would hope that once this is done, it will be a big step to bringing some conclusion. what about you, bob? the reality is — what about you, bob? the reality is that _ what about you, bob? the reality is that many - what about you, bob? the reality is that many of - what about you, bob? the reality is that many of the people _ reality is that many of the people involved in these are dead — people involved in these are dead already. and the guy in charge — dead already. and the guy in charge of— dead already. and the guy in charge of abu agila masud is in 'ail charge of abu agila masud is in jail on — charge of abu agila masud is in jail on a — charge of abu agila masud is in jail on a death sentence so he

probably— jail on a death sentence so he probably will not yet out but if abu — probably will not yet out but if abu agila masud faces up and tells us — if abu agila masud faces up and tells us what happened, who was involved. — tells us what happened, who was involved, it will make the whole _ involved, it will make the whole thing transparent, which it has— whole thing transparent, which it has not— whole thing transparent, which it has not been so far. it might— it has not been so far. it might even satisfy the sceptics who think libya did not do it. so some _ who think libya did not do it. so some crucial answers might be provided here. it is a surge for the truth. bob and eileen thank you very much forjoining us today. thank you very much for 'oining us toda . ., ., _, ukrainian officials say their forces have struck the headquarters of russia's notorious wagner group, in eastern ukraine, based at a hotel. wagner are state—sponsored mercenaries, according to western experts. their boss was filmed earlier this year recruiting people in prisons. 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. with me now is azadeh moshiri to talk more about this. i think it is worth, first of all, you reminding us who the wagner group are and what they are doing in ukraine. timer;r wagner group are and what they are doing in ukraine.— are doing in ukraine. they are state-sponsored _ are doing in ukraine. they are state-sponsored mercenaries| are doing in ukraine. they are - state-sponsored mercenaries and state—sponsored mercenaries and they tend to act in the kremlin's interest and do their bidding. that is naturally by they are in ukraine. they have beenin they are in ukraine. they have been in other countries as well, they have been in libya, syria and in crimea during the 2013 invasion of russia waged. while they are state—sponsored

mercenary group, because they are also a private entity, they tend to be a shadowy group, their leader yevgeny prigozhin is a close reader of president putin and he has been accused of human rights abuses and war crimes. —— close friend of president putin. according to reports, what he has been doing is promising prisoners they can have sentences commuted if they serve with a group in ukraine. naturally, this has a lot of risk involved and it was only earlier that the body of a zambian student was returned to relatives and according to the group he was recruited last month and he was serving time for drug convictions and drug charges but the family naturally wonderful exhalation of what happened to him. all of these reasons why this group is

such an important target to ukrainian forces.— such an important target to ukrainian forces. what more do we know about _ ukrainian forces. what more do we know about this _ ukrainian forces. what more do we know about this strike? - we know about this strike? according to the ukrainian governor of luhansk that was a hit on the hotel that serves as a headquarterfor this group. a headquarter for this group. again, a headquarterfor this group. again, the bbc has not verified independently the group's presents at the hotel but according to the government, this meant they were serious russian losses during this attack the backdrop to all this, there is a biting winter going on and get the water is continuing —— war. there is lots of life going on. the latest attack has meant that odesa is suffering a lot of power cuts, russia is still using lethal drugs. ukraine said they managed to hit five of those drugs but five hit

critical infrastructure and that means 1.5 million people are without power during this biting cold and winter. president zelensky did remind ukrainians it takes days not hours to restore power. meanwhile ukrainian forces are still trying to retake occupied territory so it is a difficult winter to come. it certainly sounds that _ winter to come. it certainly sounds that way. _ winter to come. it certainly sounds that way. christie, l sounds that way. christie, thank you very much. —— azadeh moshiri. let's get some of the day's other news: 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 reichsburger. 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. a gulf state — reportedly qatar — is suspected of trying 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. extreme winter weather in the uk has led to london stansted airport suspending all flights. heathrow and gatwick airports have also delayed or cancelled flights as snow, ice and freezing fog swept across the country. the met office has issued severe weather warnings for many areas 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. our 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, then others, fell through and into the water. police, paramedics and firefighters were all called just after 2:30 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 offer theirsupport, including a local church which provided hot drinks for the rescuers. we were quite upset to see so many men working relentlessly and it's just, you know, we could come back and offer some hot drinks to them and we feel really

upset about what has happened. initial 999 calls suggested more children may have fallen in. we were made aware there were up to six people potentially within the water so after rescuing the four children, we continued search and rescue operations within the whole of the lake in order to confirm whether there are any more in the water. the specialist medical advice that we've been given on scene is given the temperature of the water, given the age of those believed to have entered the water, and also the amount of time they're 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. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: tributes are paid to the renowned british ballerina

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ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — a libyan man 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. officials in ukraine say their military has attacked the headquarters of russia's notorious wagner group in the east of the country. nasa's unmanned orion capsule has successfully splashed down in the pacific after a three—week test mission. the orion spacecraft is part of the artemis project which aims to return astronauts to the moon. it captured images like this looking back towards earth. our science editor rebecca morelle reports on the end

of a key stage of an ambitious programme. after a million mile journey through space, our blue planet comes into view. it's time for the orion spacecraft to come home. with images taken from the capsule just after it entered the earth's atmosphere, orion has travelled faster and hotter than any space vehicle has done before. ground control: spacecraft about to go subsonic. - a series of parachutes open, rapidly slowing the capsule down. three good main chutes for orion, and there it is, high over the pacific, america's new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond now in view. then splashdown, the artemis mission is 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... and liftoff of artemis one. the mission blasted off in novemberfrom the kennedy space center on the most powerful rocket nasa has ever built and over 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. 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, mannequins covered in thousands of sensors recorded data from the voyage and this is vital because the next step is to get astronauts on board and eventually land them on the moon. when you take, just like a test 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 for as long as humans have been on the earth and we're going to continue exploring deep space. preparations are already under way for the next mission with new crew capsules being built. we can have a look inside orion's capsule to see what it's going to be like for the astronauts when the rocket 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 is more than twice as much room as the apollo astronauts had for their missions to the moon in the 1960s and '70s. roger on that. 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. rebecca morelle, bbc news. let's now speak to ken kremer, a scientist and journalist and founder of the website space upclose. he joins us live from titusville in florida, near the kennedy space center. thank you very much for talking to us. so, the outermost mission is complete. how big a deal is this?— deal is this? this is a huge deal deal is this? this is a huge deal. this _ deal is this? this is a huge deal. this had _ deal is this? this is a huge deal. this had to _ deal is this? this is a huge deal. this had to be i deal is this? this is a huge i deal. this had to be successful in order to move forward to the next mission, to send people around the moon and eventually walk on the moon again, as happened the last time, 50 years ago, so it really needed a flawless test flight, the rocket worked perfectly, i was there, i watched rocket worked perfectly, i was there, iwatched it, that rocket worked perfectly, i was there, i watched it, that i went around the moon, took great pictures, collected great data, all of the hardware

worked perfectly, and thenjust a few hours ago at splashdown in the ocean and it was the number one objective of this mission, was testing the heat shield coming in at 25,000 miles an hourand shield coming in at 25,000 miles an hour and heating up to 5000 f and with the astronauts have been there had they survived and it all worked out perfectly and the parachutes deployed and they recovered it so now we can move forward to artemas too and items three and beyond. 50 artemas too and items three and be and, , artemas too and items three and be ond. , ., beyond. so rebecca mentioned in her iece beyond. so rebecca mentioned in her piece there _ beyond. so rebecca mentioned in her piece there that _ beyond. so rebecca mentioned in her piece there that already, i her piece there that already, there are plans for the next missions. what is the next step for nasa? �* . missions. what is the next step for nasa? 3 ~ .,, for nasa? it's artemas too. i've for nasa? it's artemas too. i've seen — for nasa? it's artemas too. i've seen the _ for nasa? it's artemas too. i've seen the hardware, i for nasa? it's artemas too. i've seen the hardware, at. i've seen the hardware, at various nasa centres and the orion at the kennedy space centre so they are building the next sls rocket in new orleans, it will be shipped here early next year and then it will be combined with the orion later in the yearand combined with the orion later in the year and the mission artemas too bukari four astronauts living around the moon, they won't go into orbit but around the moon on a ten day flight and they will be

three americans and one canadian survey will be the first person, non—american, to fly and europe again will be involved in that, building the european space agency service module and then, you know, in the future, astronauts will land on artemas three and european astronauts will fly eventually in the future too. and of course zooming out to look at one of the key goals of all of this is really about finding life beyond earth. why is that important?— finding life beyond earth. why is that important? well, why is that important? _ is that important? well, why is that important? that's - is that important? well, why is that important? that's like i is that important? well, why is that important? that's like the | that important? that's like the most important question. are we alone in the universe, right? only know one type of life here on earth. i'm a chemist and what we want to do is find out if there is any life beyond the earth and if it is different and if it is different, we can think outside the box, maybe make new medicines. i'm a medical research is that it would give us a whole new way of thinking about things. so we're going to live off the

land on artemas three with the astronauts in future missions, they are going to drill into they are going to drill into the blue water ice and then you have oxygen and air and rocket fuel and they can carry you onto mars, that's the most likely place that life could be in our solar system and then we would explore beyond that too. much love to explore. thank you very much forjoining us today. —— much left. the british ballerina, dame beryl grey, has died at the age of 95. a commanding figure in the discipline, she made her debut with the royal ballet aged just 14. she later worked with the great russian dancer rudolf nureyev. the bbc�*s tim allman looks back at her life and career. one thing everyone admits about the russians, their ballet is the russians, their ballet is the world public finalist and the world public finalist and the bolshoi theatre is its king. the bolshoi theatre is its kin._ ,, .., the bolshoi theatre is its kini, ,, .., the bolshoi theatre is its kini, ,, �* , king. so special was beryl gre , king. so special was beryl

grey. so _ king. so special was beryl grey, so talented, - king. so special was beryl grey, so talented, she i king. so special was beryl- grey, so talented, she became the first british ballerina to perform with the bolshoi in moscow. tall, charismatic and elegant. she commanded the stage, impressing every audience with her precision and her style. after hanging up her own ballet shoes, she became the artistic director of london's festival ballet, later the english national ballet. instilling in her pupils the same discipline and rigour she had always possessed. bill same discipline and rigour she had always possessed.- had always possessed. all the dancers could _ had always possessed. all the dancers could see _ had always possessed. all the dancers could see what i had always possessed. all the dancers could see what they l dancers could see what they were working for, where they were working for, where they were going. that was important. tributes flooded in on social media. the world ballet describing her as: an english national ballet said she was a dedicated ambassador and talked of her significant legacy and immeasurable contribution to the art form.

they beryl grey was born in london in 1927. legend had it she gave herfirst london in 1927. legend had it she gave her first performance in a local pub at the age of three —— dame beryl grey. she made her official debut as a teenager and will go on to work with some of the greatest names in ballet. she once said she had been very lucky it had been a lovely life and dancing was a very personal expression of happiness. the british ballerina dame beryl grey who's died at the age of 95. before we go, here is a reminder of our top story. 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 pan am flight 103 exploded over scotland, just before christmas

in 1988. the suspect is expected to appear in the us federal court on monday. you are watching bbc news. stay with us. 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 south—west 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 north west england. more snow also heading in for northern and north—eastern 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 north—east 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 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the us says it's taken custody of the libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed an american plane over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988. it gave no information on how abu agila masud entered us custody. a spokeswoman for the families welcomed the news. ukrainian officials say their forces have struck the headquarters of russia's notorious wagner group in eastern ukraine. wagner are state—sponsored mercenaries, according to western experts. the bbc was unable to independently verify wagner's presence but stills posted on social media show extensive damage to the building. four children are in a critical condition in hospital after they were pulled

from a frozen lake in central england. emergency services say they were called