from being deported by trump's administration — by announcing an app that connects those facing arrest with consulates and lawyers. and a nasa spacecraft makes history by surviving the closest—ever approach to the sun. i'm carl nasman, welcome to the programme. the white house has said it has seen early signs suggesting that azerbaijan passenger plane that crashed on christmas day was possibly brought down by russian air defence systems. the airline itself —— make airline itself says it was due to some sort of external interference. 30 people were killed when the plane came down to miles short of the airport in tactile airport. the airline tried to land in grozny airport but

there was an explosion before there was an explosion before the plane was diverted. jon donnison reports. this is the moment the plane went down. it's remarkable anyone survived. but emerging from the wreckage, some did. the flight had been diverted to kazakhstan after passengers heard bangs when it tried to land at its original destination, grozny, in chechnya. translation: they say there were two bangs, l but i only heard one. it was quite substantial. i honestly didn't hear the second one. at first only some of the oxygen masks fell out, not all of them. investigators are now examining the damage to the outside of the plane. the owner, azerbaijan airlines, said only that it had suffered external physical and technical interference. the kremlin has again refused to comment on speculation that it was mistakenly brought down by a russian air defence system.

translation: i'd like to point out that the situation - on that day during those hours in the area around grozny airport was very difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out, and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. the world health organization says the israeli army has put the last major health facility in northern gaza out of service. on friday the israeli military forcibly evacuated kamal adwan. the israeli military defences said it

targeted military operations but the health minister in gaza said the idf indiscriminately burned down health facilities. china kallio is injerusalem. —— shaimaa khalil. we've managed to get through to the gaza deputy health minister, dr youssef abu el—rish, who gave us an update on the situation. he said the kamal adwan hospital had been completely evacuated with parts of its departments badly burned. he said that the ministry lost contact with some of the health staff, the medical staff, and that some others were taken into questioning in a nearby building. he also added that some of the patients who are in serious conditions and were taken to the in nearby indonesian hospital. the problem is is that this hospital itself was evacuated and bombarded a few days ago so he's saying you can't really call it a hospital, it's a shelter but there is no electrically, no generators, no water, no oxygen, so it's unclear how these patients in serious conditions are going to be cared for. earlier, the head of the nursing department inside the hospital told the bbc that they were given 15 minutes to move medical

staff and patients — some of whom were on ventilators — into the courtyard, and we heard testimony from medical staff that they were told to take their clothes off to be searched. there is a video of a group of men, reportedly in the vicinity of the hospital, walking, not wearing any clothes, in their undergarments, holding their clothes and raising their hands up in a completely destroyed neighbourhood with tanks nearby. 50 people were killed. just before the evacuation, hours before the evacuation, 50 people were killed, five of them medical staff. we were told that by the director of the kamal adwan hospital who said that there was bombardment in a building near the hospital. and you could see in the video there was a drone, a quad copter that was dropping explosives on that building. now, the idf has told us that they're unaware of any medical staff who were killed and that they're looking into the reports,

but they also said they were conducting an operation in the area near the hospital that they called a hamas stronghold. i mean, if you look at the area around the hospital, the vicinity around the hospital, the destruction is nearly complete. the buildings are nearly razed to the ground, there is rubble everywhere — these are neighbourhoods that have been now experiencing relentless bombardment and shelling for weeks and weeks, since that military campaign in october by the israeli military who say they are going after hamas, trying for them not to regroup in the area. and the medical officials have told us that the kamal adwan wasn't just a hospital that offered medicalfacilities, it offered people hope that they were going to get better and now that hope is gone. italy's foreign ministry has said that a prominent italian journalist has been under arrest in iran for more than a week now. cecilia sala works for the folio newspaper and for the podcast company chora media. she left rome for iran

on december 12 with a valid journalist these are, conducted several interviews. here she is reporting from tehran days before her arrest. cecilia sala was supposed to fly back to rome on the 20th but her phone went silent on the 19th. there was no immediate confirmation of the arrest by iranian officials but podcast company says she is being held in solitary confinement in iran's evin prison. donald trump has asked the supreme court to pause a law that would effectively ban tiktok. jump�*s team said in light of the novelty and difficulty of the case the court should consider extending the deadline and give mr trump the deadline and give mr trump the opportunity to pursue a political solution. joining me now far more, professor of law and technology at georgetown university. ray to get you on this story. what is your reaction? this is pretty

unusual to see an incoming president file a motion with the supreme court about a social media app. i the supreme court about a social media app.— social media app. i think it was really _ social media app. i think it was really quite _ social media app. i think it| was really quite spectacular move. it was an unusual move for someone who is not yet president but the president—elect to file an amicus brief and in a pending case before the supreme court. this is, you know, he had promised he would save tiktok. vote for me and i will save tiktok. this is an ever to make good on that promise. we know of course donald _ good on that promise. we know of course donald trump - good on that promise. we know of course donald trump has - good on that promise. we know| of course donald trump has kind of course donald trump has kind of flip flopped when it comes to support the tiktok stop in the beginning it seemed like he was on board with the band and during the campaign in the lead up during the campaign in the lead up to the election he seemed more sympathetic towards the company. we know he has met with the tiktok ceo in recent days. why do you think he has changed his tune here?- days. why do you think he has changed his tune here? well, he “oined the

changed his tune here? well, he joined the app — changed his tune here? well, he joined the app and _ changed his tune here? well, he joined the app and now- changed his tune here? well, he joined the app and now credits . joined the app and now credits the app with potentially is victory so he says that young people in the united states voted far more republican than in prior elections partly because of his ability to persuade people using tiktok. we should say others have filed some briefs, too. tiktok itself, also the aclu, they said this law violates the constitutional right to free speech. what is the argument for that? , ., speech. what is the argument for that? , . ., for that? they argue that the government _ for that? they argue that the government hasn't _ for that? they argue that the government hasn't shown - for that? they argue that the l government hasn't shown that there isn't an easier or less speech restrictive way to control the national security issues that the government has and so essentially the other alternatives, better alternatives, better alternatives, that protect speed but can also protect national security at the same time. ., �* , , national security at the same time. ., �* , ~ time. couldn't uses of tiktok siml time. couldn't uses of tiktok simply go — time. couldn't uses of tiktok simply go to _ time. couldn't uses of tiktok simply go to a _ time. couldn't uses of tiktok simply go to a different - time. couldn't uses of tiktok simply go to a different app i time. couldn't uses of tiktok| simply go to a different app if they wanted to express their

views or make reels of videos, you can do that on several different social media apps so why is this really restricting americans' freedom of speech? america ns�* freedom of speech? yeah, americans' freedom of speech? yeah, one of the arguments as you canjust move yeah, one of the arguments as you can just move to, you yeah, one of the arguments as you canjust move to, you know, you canjust move to, you know, you canjust move to, you know, you can leave twitter and go to blue sky, you can leave this book and go to twitter etc, or x. the reality is every community is different. you may not be successful on a new platform. many of the tiktok creators filing lawsuits say we tried youtube and facebook but we're just not as successful and we will lose our 10,000, 100,000 subscribers or 100 , 000 subscribers or followers 100,000 subscribers or followers if we moved to a new platform and we will lose all that community that we have already built and we may or may not be able to recreate that community on a new platform. this law that passed that would ban tiktok if it wasn't sold by

its chinese owner bytedance, this was passed by democrats and republicans, a lot of consensus on capital hill, despite the apps popularity. walk us through, what are some of the arguments that tiktok could pose a threat to national security? could pose a threat to national securi ? , . ., , security? the basic argument is the government _ security? the basic argument is the government is _ security? the basic argument is the government is making - security? the basic argument is the government is making is . the government is making is that the chinese government, because it has control over the parent company, which is bytedance, chinese headquartered company, could use that pressure on the chinese company to pressure the american company to modify the app, to send chinese preferred speech to americans secretly or to modify the app to surveillance americans so there is covert propaganda or national surveillance that is that the government, the two

main reasons the app should be either forced to change its ownership or be shut down in the united states.— ownership or be shut down in the united states. definitely a uniuue the united states. definitely a unique case — the united states. definitely a unique case and _ the united states. definitely a unique case and we _ the united states. definitely a unique case and we will - the united states. definitely a unique case and we will see i unique case and we will see in the coming days how this plays out in the supreme court. thank you. out in the supreme court. thank ou. ., ~' out in the supreme court. thank ou. ., ~ , ., y out in the supreme court. thank ou. ., ~' , ., , . here in the us we're just weeks away from the second donald trump administration but before that mexico combat government is protecting —— attempting strategy to protect migrants in the us. mexico's foreign ministerjuan ramon de la fuente announced the launch of a mobile phone panic button which can be activated from anyone facing imminent arrest ljy anyone facing imminent arrest by us immigration authorities. he said the mobile app will elect to a 24—hour call centres for mexicans in the us backed ljy for mexicans in the us backed by a team of more than 300 u.s.—based lawyers. translation: in case you find yourself in a situation - where detention is imminent,

you push the alert button. that sends a signal to the nearest consulate and to the relatives whose contact details you saved on the app. donald trump promising some drastic changes to immigration policy when he enters the white house but now some of his high—profile supporters are bickering online over a visa programme for skilled workers. vivek ramaswamy, jump's pick to/ government spending, said... those comments were backed by billionaire businessman elon musk and it angered some trump supporter �*s who are opposed to immigration, among them nikki haley, of course a former republican presidential candidate. she said in

response... let's bring in bbc reporter mike to break this down. they are calling as a make america great again civil war. walk us through this disagreement amongstjumbo's disagreement amongst jumbo's base, elon disagreement amongstjumbo's base, elon musk, vivek ramaswamy speaking out at least in some favour of us immigration laws at some point. i wouldn't go so far as calling this a civil war but certainly a spat. not the one the —— the only one we have seen that there is still these policy decisions that are being played out in real—time and on social media we are seeing i suppose the tech billionaires who are inviting jump against the people against nikki haley and the some more of the anti—immigration crowd including some far right characters who are opposed to these age b—1visas. d0 characters who are opposed to these age b-1visas._

characters who are opposed to these age b-1 visas. do we know what donald _ these age b-1 visas. do we know what donald trump _ these age b-1 visas. do we know what donald trump himself- what donald trump himself thinks about these h one b visas who i guess we should say these are really reserved on day four, people with high skilled backgrounds. that is right. there is a relatively limited number of them and they are for skilled workers. that means a lot of those workers go to work in the tech industry and they work in silicon valley. we definitely know what donald trump thinks about them. he has usually sided with the anti—immigration crowd and he has been critical of these visas. under his previous administration he tightened up the criteria on the h one b visas. his vice presidentjd vance has been a fierce crack critic of the whole programme and has been pretty clear on the campaign trail stop when it comes to immigration, hejust wants less of it across the board, so this does not really appear — this does not like that might look like a arguments that vivek ramaswamy and elon musk are going to win. is part of that government

department of government efficiency, not an official department, but they do and have the ear of the next president. it is interesting have