welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories. police in the bahamas arrest the former head of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, at the request of the united states. more than 30 years after the lockerbie disaster, the accused bomb—maker is charged at a court in washington. the european parliament's president says the institution and european democracy is under attack, following a bribery scandal. and could we be one step closer to abundant clean energy? reports of a major breakthrough in nuclearfusion.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. police in the bahamas have arrested the former ceo of the cryptocurrency exchange ftx, sam bankman—fried. he's also known as sbf. that's after the bahamas received formal notification from the united states of criminal charges against him in connection with the collapse of ftx in november. it's now likely the united states will request his extradition. david willis, our north america correspondent, is with us. what do we need to know about this? ~ ., , , ., this? the attorney general in the bahamas, _ this? the attorney general in the bahamas, has— this? the attorney general in the bahamas, has issued - this? the attorney general in the bahamas, has issued a i the bahamas, has issued a statement a short while ago in which he talks about the arrest of sam bankman—fried, he says

it follows receipt of formal notification as puts it from the united states, that it, the us has filed criminal charges against sam bankman—fried and is likely to request his extradition, the statement goes on to say as a result of the notification received on the us and the material prior bided there whether it was deemed appropriate for the attorney general to seek his arrest. now this is a sealed indictment on prosecutors in new york, the details of which have not been made publicly available, it was expected that would happen when sam bankman—fried appears before a magistrate �*s court in the bahamas and the capital there on tuesday. i can tell you the new york times as putting the charges against him include, wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy and money laundering, those are some very serious charges.

meanwhile, mr sam bankman—fried is in custody as i said in the bahamas, and officials there say they are pursuing their own investigation into his activities, in cooperation with us officials. activities, in cooperation with us officials-— us officials. just remind us why m — us officials. just remind us why fbi has _ us officials. just remind us why ftx has become - us officials. just remind us why ftx has become such l us officials. just remind us i why ftx has become such an important issue?— important issue? well, it's collapse — important issue? well, it's collapsejust_ important issue? well, it's collapse just a _ important issue? well, it's collapse just a month - important issue? well, it's collapse just a month ago, j collapse just a month ago, caused investors to lose a lot of money, and it was revealed it was a massive hole in the company's accounts, and there are reports money had been transferred from ftx to another company, a crypto hedge fund, that was also founded and controlled by sam bankman—fried. mr sam bankman—fried, somewhat unusually in a case like this has gone very public, he has been giving quite a lot of interviews at his home in the

bahamas in which he has denied any fraudulent activities, he has said that there has as he is put in risk management failures but he has sought to distance himself from allegations of fraud, but he is in deep trouble potentially, legally now because separately us and exchange commission, has said that it has authorised charges, of its own, relating to sam bankman—fried's alleged activities, details of those charges will also be revealed on tuesday, and all this comes on tuesday, and all this comes on the eve of an appointment that mr sam bankman—fried had to give evidence to a us house of representatives committee, looking into the collapse of ftx. 0k, david willis our correspondent _ ftx. 0k, david willis our correspondent in - ftx. 0k, david willis our correspondent in a, - ftx. 0k, david willis our| correspondent in a, thank ftx. 0k, david willis our - correspondent in a, thank you very much. the libyan man accused

of making the bomb that destroyed a us passenger plane over lockerbie in southern scotland in 1988 has appeared in court. the explosion killed 270 people. abi agila masud is alleged to have been a member of libya's intelligence service. us prosecutors say he won't face the death penalty. our north america editor sarah smith has this report. abi agila masud was told in court what the charges against him are and that he could face life in prison if convicted. he's accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people when it blew up pan am flight 103, over lockerbie in 1988. two years ago, that then us attorney general, william barr, announced formal criminal charges against masud. why is it important that masud is brought to the us and tried in american court? from a policy standpoint, i think it's important to let it be known that if you attack americans, you are going to be brought to justice, even if it takes 30 years. when we learned in november of 1991, when we came to the determination that this

was the libyans that carried out the attacks, my own personal view was that it was not enough just to go and seek to try the individual agents who were acting on behalf of libya. obviously the intelligence service doesn't go off on its own and do these things. so i felt we had to take direct action against libya and i felt that we should establish the precedent at that point that if you attack, if you engage in this kind of mass atrocity, terroristic attack on the united states that you will be signing your own death warrant. while masud was in custody in libya on separate charges, he confessed to his part in the lockerbie attack. are you convinced there is enough evidence to guarantee a conviction? that is the standard we use in the department ofjustice which is we don't bring charges unless we feel we have admissible evidence sufficient to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the individual is guilty. we know there was an interview he gave that to libyan

law enforcement in which he described his involvement in the lockerbie bombing. do you have evidence beyond that? have you seen evidence beyond that? i can't get into talking about the evidence i saw while i was attorney general, and i certainly don't know what evidence has been developed in the subsequent time. but there is additional evidence? we did spend time developing additional evidence beyond his interview with libyan law enforcement. abi agila masud will appear in court again on the 27th of december. a full criminal trial will not begin until next year. sarah smith, bbc news, washington. the european parliament has been engulfed in a corruption scandal, with allegations that qatar bribed eu officials to try to win influence. the president of the european body said the assembly would be launching an internal investigation over the allegations, and so far belgian police have arrested four people.

our news reporter azadeh moshiri joins us 110w. watchdogs believe this could be the biggest corruption scandal that has ever hit the european parliament, belgian prosecutors and investigators believe for some time a golf time has been buying influence in parliament either with casual potentially with gifts, and they believe they were in particular targeting aids for that kind of operation. qatar denies any involvement or wrongdoing, with investigation stands right now is belgian police have arrested six people and arrest to two. the prosecutor �*s office is they charged them with participation in a criminal organisation, money laundering and corruption, one of those people is eva kaili, one of the 14 people is eva kaili, one of the 1a european parliament vice president selected to that position, the is how high this potential corruption scandal

goes, the bbc has reached out to their office for comment, it is worth listening to what she said in parliament about human rights when it comes to qatar. they committed to a vision by choice — they committed to a vision by choice still some are calling to discriminate them they bully them _ to discriminate them they bully them and accuses everyone engages of corruption but still they— engages of corruption but still they take the companies profiting billions there. currently she has been suspended by the socialist democratic group her group and the european parliament as well as her domestic party. this the european parliament as well as her domestic party.— as her domestic party. this is as her domestic party. this is a big operation _ as her domestic party. this is a big operation how - as her domestic party. this is a big operation how have - as her domestic party. this is l a big operation how have police and prosecutors been looking into all of this? it and prosecutors been looking into all of this?— into all of this? it is really the details _ into all of this? it is really the details that _ into all of this? it is really the details that are - into all of this? it is really the details that are truly l the details that are truly astonishing, it is not a bunch of investigators conducting some bureaucratic investigation in an office looking through some papers, for example the president of the european parliament had to fly back from

malta to brussels to witness belgian police search through an mep's us, that's part of the belgian constitution, she had to be present for that search and they seized about 600,000 euros in cash, after having searched about 16 homes, offices, they even at one point found a suitcase full of cash, in a hotel room, it is the stuff of hollywood movies. they have also ceased things like computers and mobile phones to examine so it's a very big operation. how are european officials reacting to this news? they are not pleased, they have said the investigation is extremely an important and this had at the core of european democracy. the eu ombudsman has called for a complete overhaul of the ethics system that they have, she has also criticised the european suspicions she says the statements have set up

a system which are toothless and it needs more investigative power and sectioning power, they have also taken some action in regards to macron even though the golf state denies any wrongdoing currently but in april the european commission recommended waving some visa requirements for qatar as well as qa, so it waives visas when they travel to the eu for 90 days, that boat was meant to happen in parliament and that has now been suspended. they are recommending further investigations but there is another issue here and it's about trust and some of the eu and europe's most important institutions, and mep saying the actions being taken right now simply not strong enough let's listen to one mp —— mep as part of those questionnaire, part of the left group in the european parliament. some s - ecific european parliament. some specific groups _ european parliament. some specific groups played - european parliament. some specific groups played a - european parliament. some

specific groups played a keyj specific groups played a key role — specific groups played a key role to _ specific groups played a key role to stop any strong language condemning the role of qatar— language condemning the role of qatar in— language condemning the role of qatar in human rights violations in the administration of the world cup. — administration of the world cup, that's the one thing i'm saying. — cup, that's the one thing i'm saying, the second thing is that— saying, the second thing is that scandal was only the part of the — that scandal was only the part of the iceberg on top of the water, _ of the iceberg on top of the water, but it is probably a bigger— water, but it is probably a bigger part of the iceberg under_ bigger part of the iceberg under the water. in which investigations are continuing. so tip — investigations are continuing. so tip of _ investigations are continuing. so tip of the iceberg really does seem like this could the beginning of what we are learning when it comes to this possible corruption scandal at one of the most critical european institutions. it's nearly ten months into russia's invasion of ukraine. russia's no longer advancing in any meaningful way on the battlefield despite hundreds of thousands of reservists being called up. president putin insists his forces are "fighting brilliantly" and says they're heroes. but there are some who refuse to fight. we've heard testimony from servicemen, relatives and activists which suggests some have been subject to mistreatment, threats

and even violence to try to force them back to the front line. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been listening to their stories. the official view from the kremlin is that russians believe their war in ukraine is a noble cause. 0ne they are ready to die for. but after ten months of fighting, not all the soldiers think that. sergei has agreed to tell me about his son, stas, an army officer. we have changed their names to protect their identities. deployed to ukraine, his son refused to fight. he told me it was a difficult decision for him to take, i told him, better to take it. this is not our war. it's not a war of liberation. i will put that in writing, that i refuse to fight, he said. he and several others who refused

had their guns taken off them and were put under armed guard. sergei travelled to the front line in ukraine to try to secure his son's release. eventually, stas was sent back to russia, and revealed the full drama of his detention — how russian soldiers had tried to force him to fight. they beat him and then they took him outside as if they were going to shoot him. they made him lie on the ground and told him to count to ten. he refused, so they beat him over the head several times with a pistol. he told me his face was covered in blood and then they took him into a room and told him, you're coming with us otherwise we will kill you. but someone there said, i'll take him to work in the storeroom. and there are other stories. these mobilised russian troops were locked in a cellar after they said they won't go back into battle. basements turned into dungeons for those who don't want to fight.

human rights activists say cases like these reflect the pressure russian soldiers are coming under in ukraine from their own commanders. translation: it's a way of making i people go back into that bloodbath. but it's not possible to force people to fight in a war. the commanders know only violence and intimidation. they are used to it. why are some russian soldiers in ukraine refusing to go back to the front? in some cases, it is a moral decision. but for many others, having experienced the horrors of the battlefield, it is simply an attempt to stay alive. later, i speak to the mother of a russian lieutenant. she says he contacted her from ukraine to tell her he had

been put in a basement after disobeying orders to advance. he was with four other officers. they hadn't been seen for five months. translation: i was later told that the building they were in was shelled and that all five men were missing. they said no remains were found. it doesn't make sense, it's absurd. the way my son was treated wasn't only illegal, it was inhuman. russia has inflicted enormous suffering on its neighbour. it's threatening its own people, too. my son told me, i never thought my own country would treat me this way. people here don't understand how much danger we are in, not from the opposing side but from our side. for this war, the kremlin is demanding total support. steve rosenberg, bbc news, russia. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: building for the future — why this metal mason

could revolutionise bricklaying in the 21st century. cheering and singing 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 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 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 bbc news — the latest headlines: police in the bahamas arrest the former head of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, at the request of the united states. more than 30 years after the lockerbie air—crash, the accused bomb—maker is charged at a court in washington. to the us now, where reports suggest there's been a major breakthrough in the field of nuclearfusion. scientists at this federal lab in california say they may have found a way to generate more energy than the amount they put in. nuclearfusion works by combining rather than splitting atomic nuclei. hurdles do still remain,

but this net energy gain could bring the world one step closer to an abundant source of clean energy. is this all too good to be true? well the woman to tell us is anna erickson, professor of nuclear and radiological engineering at georgia tech. professor erickson, thank you very much for being with us. this sounds like the holy grail. tell us what these scientists say they have achieved.— achieved. this was very exciting _ achieved. this was very exciting news _ achieved. this was very exciting news for - achieved. this was very exciting news for the i achieved. this was very - exciting news for the community and i'm so happy to share this, looking forward to the announcement tomorrow. it turns out that we may have achieved a breaking even point where we get as much energy as we put in and that would be it, for the first time, it's happening at the national admission facility, you notice the word ignition and it means exactly that, getting that reaction to

be productive, getting more energy than you put in, so looking forward to the wonderful news tomorrow. in layman 's wonderful news tomorrow. in layman '5 terms, how have they layman �*s terms, how have they achieve that? what are they actually done in the lab? fusion fascinates everybody because it is so mysterious but it is all over the place, the son works with fusion, so it's the most natural thing, but it's difficult because in fusion you put two nuclei together and they are positively charged so if you try to put two magnets together, they can repel each other, it can be difficult. same with nuclei, you have to put a lot of work into make them come together so the nuclear forces take over. want to achieve that, once the two nuclei are close enough, the fuse, hence the word fusion and that energy is released. and more amounts than traditional fission energy, so why is it so

difficult? fission and fusion were discovered at almost the same time in the 1930s, ten years later we had the atomic bomb and nuclear power plant operating on this basis. breaking things is easier than putting them together. fusion still remains ahead of us, so this is a great breakthrough but it's a step forward. i but it's a step forward. i can't imagine we are but it's a step forward. i can't imagine we are all going to be switching on our nuclear fusion reactors in our kitchen cupboards tomorrow morning, what hurdles still remain? if what hurdles still remain? if you look at the largest ledger facility in the world, which means it pumps a lot of energy into something very tiny, the target they are working with is the size of an eraser for a pencil, and inside of that he right to make eraser size target there is something even smaller, the secretary target contains those elements that fused together, including

hydrogen, they are both elements of hydrogen. so they are so small, but the engineering has to be incredibly precise. we are talking about precision that is far beyond what can even be a mass scale, however, if tomorrow's announcement is about the breakthrough, then i guess the engineering is working. we will keep our eyes on the story but lovely to talk to you. netflix has released clips from the second half of the series on harry and meghan. in these newly released episodes, meghan says she was �*fed to the wolves' after she joined the royal family, and harry suggests the british media was �*happy to lie to protect�* his brother but never willing �*to tell the truth' to protect him and his wife. these are trailers, the purpose

of the trailer is to attract attention and hype the contents. the programmes last week did not live up to the hype of last week's trailers. but in this instance, the presentation of these two sentences, they were happy to lie to protect my brother, they were never willing to tell the truth to protect us, it's ambiguous. who is the �*they�* that harry is referring to that? is it the palace or the british media? either way, what is the evidence? this requires more than vague generalisations. we had a flavour of this on the oprah winfrey interview, when megan talked about the who made her cry between her over what the bridesmaids wore and she feels that was leaked to the british media in an unflattering way to her, but surely there must be more than that then this suggestion now, and what comes through isjust how angry harry appears to be and how determined he appears to be to get his truth out there. the eldest member of the south korean boyband,

bts, is starting his mandatory military duty on tuesday. jin is the first member to enlist since the group went on hiatus this year, and on sunday he posted this photo of himself with his new military—style buzz cut. the hugely popular group say they'll re—form in several years' time after all seven members have completed their national service. much of the world is experiencing a housing crisis. too many people and too few places to live. but building new homes isn't easy, in part due to a lack of trained workers. in the netherlands they're trying a new and innovative way to solve the problem, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. this is a skilled and venerable tradition. for more than 9000 years humanity has been laying bricks. but what happens when you run short of people who can do thejob? well, how you run short of people who can do the job? well, how about this? a robot bricklayer,

working with precision, accuracy, and most importantly, speed. accuracy, and most importantly, seed. �* . �* speed. translation: he can lay bricks better than a _ bricks better than a bricklayer, i did a competition and it one. bricklayer, i did a competition and it one-— and it one. this metal mason operates _ and it one. this metal mason operates in — and it one. this metal mason operates in human _ and it one. this metal mason l operates in human supervision and can do thejob is around three times faster than any normal bricklayer. it never tires, neverfalters, never needs to take a comfort break, and believe it or not, it may also be good for the environment. �* . �* �* . environment. translation: it's a solution to _ environment. translation: it's a solution to build _ environment. translation: it's a solution to build faster - environment. translation: it's a solution to build faster and - a solution to build faster and without errors, saving time and money, it's also an opportunity to build much more sustainably, with fewer materials and fewer c02 with fewer materials and fewer co2 emissions. with fewer materials and fewer c02 emissions.— with fewer materials and fewer c02 emissions. this company has bou~ht c02 emissions. this company has bought two _ c02 emissions. this company has bought two of— c02 emissions. this company has bought two of these _ c02 emissions. this company has bought two of these machines i bought two of these machines and for now they are only in the testing phase. the hope is that they will soon be bricklaying in earnest, a robot revolution, house building for the 21st century. tim allman, bbc news.

that's it from us, thanks for your company, and we will see your company, and we will see you next time. hello there, for many of us, the cold weather will last for the of this week and we had some sunshine on monday, but it was a really cold start to the day, temperatures in royal deeside, braemar got down to —15.7, the lowest temperature recorded in the uk for over a year and after such a cold start to the day temperatures only got on to —9.3, that made it the coldest day for over a decade according to provisional data from the met office. the cold weather has been brought in by an area of high pressure over greenland, losing its grip. heading into the weekend there are signs of something of a change across south—western areas with some of us seeing a return to milder weather. before we gather, over the next few hours we could have a few

issues around with ice patches around particularly for northern ireland, northern eastern scotland, down the eastern side of england, mist and fog also causing problems in north—east england, the midlands, wales, lincolnshire, visibility down to 100 metres in some places. lowest temperature at about nine o'clock this time of year, the temperature overnight low, record is under threat, it has certainly been over recent hours of. throughout the day there will be a fair bit of sunshine, generally through east anglia and south—east england but still some further showers falling as snow across northern cold to watch out for, cold for just about everyone but we are watching the weather system just move into the english channel, we might even see a bit of menace from this, something we are keeping close eye on. looking at the weather picture into the middle part of the week we will continue with this cold northerly winds,

northern areas of scotland and as the winds pick up here we are looking at some blizzards and drifting up over the high ground, and elsewhere wednesday will bring a largely fine and sunny day, a future was coming down our coastal areas, and it could be wintry, but the most it's a sunny but really cold kind of day with temperatures not changing a great deal through the rest of this week. we are looking ahead later in the week and moving on into the weekend for that change to milder weather conditions, the transition might bring some rain and some snow for one or two of you for a time and eventually south—westerly winds will bring milder air. it looks like the change will head in its over the weekend, you can find out more on that by looking at the bbc weather app on android or apple.

they are used to it. this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. the headlines: police in the bahamas have arrested the former head of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange — ftx . they said sam bankman—fried had been detained as a result of criminal charges being filed in america. a police statement said washington was likely to seek his extradition. ftx filed for bankruptcy last month. a former libyan intelligence officer has appeared in court in washington to face charges of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over lockerbie in scotland more than three decades ago. relatives of some of the victims were in court to see abu agila masud in person. the president of the european parliament says any members found guilty of corruption will face the full extent of the law.

on sunday, a vice—president of the parliament was one of four people arrested and charged with corruption