in northern gaza after they forcibly evacuated patients. thick fog continues to cause delays and cancellations at some of the uk's busiest international airports. and — these jeans were not made for chess — in fact it led to the resignation of the world's top grandmaster. president putin has apologised to azerbaijan's president for what he called a tragic incident in russian airspace involving the azerbaijan airlines plane that crashed in kazakhstan on christmas day, killing 38 people. there's no direct admission the plane was struck by a russian missile. a statement on the kremlin website says russian air defence was repelling a drone attack while the plane

was attempting to land. in the latest development, president putin has called for an objective and transparent probe into the crash. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow to unpack the kremlin�*s statement. well, here's a phrase you don't hear very often from vladimir putin. i'm sorry, but and it's a key point to make, i think, in a carefully worded statement, the only thing the kremlin actually admitted was that this tragic incident, as the kremlin called it, happened in russian airspace. there was no public admission that it was a russian missile that had damaged flight 843 and caused it to crash in kazakhstan on christmas day. and of course, the suspicion since wednesday has been that it was a russian missile that did this. now, when president putin telephoned president aliyev of azerbaijan, he did admit that russian air defence systems had been in operation at the time that the azerbaijan airlines flight had been trying to land

at grozny airport. he said that the air defences were trying to repel a ukrainian drone attack. no explanation in the kremlin readout of that conversation why that plane was allowed anywhere near grozny airport. if there was a ukrainian drone attack, why the airspace hadn't been closed. so to sum up, what putin didn't say today was, yes, we did this. it was a russian missile that downed the plane. but this is the closest russia has come so far to admitting responsibility for the disaster. let's speak to former air accident investigator tim atkinson... thank you forjoining us. what angle do you expect the investigation to take? the olitical investigation to take? tue: political machinations investigation to take? tte: political machinations which we are seeing won't really affect

what the investigators are doing. it's still very early daysin doing. it's still very early days in the investigation, it's a matter of working out where the evidence is and going and gathering it, whether it is the physical evidence all the recollection of eyewitnesses on board or on the ground. and the enormous amount of electronic evidence both from flight recorders and from ground most systems. it interesting to hear what various players around the investigation are saying but the investigators task is very much fast based. evidence has a half life and it needs to be gathered before it deteriorates. , deteriorates. some people in azerbaijan — deteriorates. some people in azerbaijan believe _ deteriorates. some people in azerbaijan believe that - deteriorates. some people in azerbaijan believe that the i azerbaijan believe that the plane's gps system was affected byjamming, how common is that? gpsjamming or byjamming, how common is that? gps jamming or spoofing is

relatively common in areas where conflict is ongoing. the effect in the flight deck can be for the navigation systems to become confused as to where the aircraft is and it is possible for the pilots to override that and dismissed the gps input on their navigation system and to revert to less high—tech solutions, but what can occur is that the data that the aircraft is transmitting can become erroneous and that in the air defence environment becomes a problem, because someone on the ground who is looking at a radar return, a primary radar return which could be a threat, and asking themselves is this a civil aircraft, if that civil aircraft, if that civil aircraft is spoofing its location, and appears to be somewhere else, then the reassurance which should be there that it is not a military

threat, is missing from the picture. that is the kind of thing which i'm sure investigators are focusing on as a possible factor in this very tragic event. president putin said _ very tragic event. president putin said that _ very tragic event. president putin said that this - very tragic event. president putin said that this tragic i putin said that this tragic event happened when russian air defence systems were repelling ukrainian drones, how likely is this? ~ �* , ., ,, this? we've seen it happen before many _ this? we've seen it happen before many times, - this? we've seen it happen before many times, in - this? we've seen it happen i before many times, in terms this? we've seen it happen - before many times, in terms of it reaching the point at which an aircraft is shot down undesirably or unintentionally. certainly flying civil aircraft in an environment where there is an active air defence operation is obviously a very high risk thing to do. the problem is conversely that a state like ukraine is not... quite recently... not going to advertise what the intentions are in terms of aggressive

actions. and therefore, people operating aircraft into places like this will need to make a decision about whether they believe the airspace is ok to fly into or not. on the one hand transport links have to be maintained, on the other hand where the risk is elevated decisions need to be made effectively and then those operating the air defence systems... i'm pretty certain that the operators of the systems would view this kind of event, if it wasn't intentional as the worst possible outcome of their pretense and all lives but —— their professional lives but —— their professional lives but that's not to say it is easy for them to dismiss what they presume to be an aggressive target and presume it is an civilian airline because it turns out if it's

not that then the whole operation that they are engaged in is defeated. meanwhile funerals have begun taking place for the 38 people who died in the azerbaijan airlines crash. relatives say 13—year—old muhammedali yeganov was flying to grozny to visit his mother when the plane went down on wednesday. the promising young footballer was laid to rest in his home district in baku. demonstrators have taken to the streets of seoul, a day after mps ousted south korea's acting president, less than two weeks after he was appointed. (boxed oov)the vote to impeach mr han was boycotted by the governing party and there were unruly scenes in the chamber as mps surrounded the speaker's chair, shouting and raising their fists. and it's being reported that south korea's suspended president yoon suk yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law. let's speak to robert kelly, professor of international relations

at pusan national university. thank you forjoining us. the catalyst for this all was the proposed introduction of martial law around a month ago. can you recap what has gone on since then?— since then? the big question overhanging _ since then? the big question overhanging this _ since then? the big question overhanging this is _ since then? the big question overhanging this is why - since then? the big question overhanging this is why the l overhanging this is why the martial law declaration was seen as necessary in response to the standard day—to—day gridlock of south korean politics, which is a conservative present in the liberal parliament... i think it was widely seen as disproportionate to the fairly typical democratic wrangling that you see in the situation. pretty quickly the public and the institution responded... is a big point of contention is

how the president's own party will respond. they didn't support the impeachment and then realise just how far he had gone... the prime minister became the acting president and move back the impeachment of him because the... for the impeachment of the president to continue that must go to the highest court which is currently three justices to view it is supposed to be nine and it is currently six. the opposition beached him in this tangle, but it is not a crisis i would argue, it is going through the proper south korean constitutional steps... things aren't spinning off the rails but it is not a crisis.- but it is not a crisis. things are tangled. _

but it is not a crisis. things are tangled. the _ but it is not a crisis. things are tangled. the issue - but it is not a crisis. things are tangled. the issue is. but it is not a crisis. things i are tangled. the issue is can ou aet are tangled. the issue is can you get the _ are tangled. the issue is can you get the justices - are tangled. the issue is can you get the justices on - are tangled. the issue is can you get the justices on the i you get the justices on the court and i would argue that constitutionally it is a smart thing to do. the constitution requires that there would be nine justices on the court. for something as important as the impeachment and removal of an elected president there should be a full complement of justices. it looks like this new acting president will do that and we don't know but that is the core tissue at the moment. it's worth pointing out that the former president the suspended president as we should call him won't necessarily be convicted of the court could return that he shouldn't be impeached. taste court could return that he shouldn't be impeached. we will definitely be _ shouldn't be impeached. we will definitely be following _ shouldn't be impeached. we will definitely be following events i definitely be following events thank you for your time.

the last major functioning hospital in northern gaza has been put out of service after it was evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the idf for weeks and is now empty. the world health organisation said it was deeply concerned for the safety of patients who were forced to leave. the head of the hospital's nursing department told the bbc the army gave them only a is—minute warning to evacuate patients and staff before the israeli army entered the hospital and removed anyone that remained. palestinian health officials say around 100 medical staff were ta ken into an interrogating site and questioned last night. the director of the hospital was also detained. some of the medical staff who have been released have now reached the indonesian hospital. israel has confirmed it has ended its raid on kamal adwan hospital, which it said was being used by hamas as a command centre. israel has not provided any evidence to support this.

patients and medical staff have described what they witnessed during the evacuation. take a listen. translation: at around 4am the army came to the hospitalj and asked all the medical staff and patients and people accompanying them to go into the court. then they grouped everyone, the medical teams alone, the patients alone, then they got ambulances to get us and sent us through the gate. translation: they were shooting through the windows. _ there were artillery shells by the gates. we came out at 7:30am. didn't know what to do, or where to go. the army asked us to leave... the way there there is no road, just deep sand. my father kept having to pull me out of it. it is difficult to walk with an injury.

translation: the patients that were evacuated now has been i held for interrogation for 24| hours, despite their injuries. the army didn't care - that they were injured and left them out in the cold for 24 hours, and they were - left on the roundabout, i and we as paramedics got to the closest point| despite the dangers and evacuated a large number of patients. l we'll shortly be speaking to an israeli diplomat. air passengers are facing delays and cancellations after fog enveloped the uk, severely disrupting international flights. with visibility as low as 100 metres, many flights out of gatwick, one of europe's busiest airports, were either cancelled or delayed for several hours. and weather forecasters say the fog which blanketed much of england and wales will persist. our news correspondent barry caffrey has the latest from gatwick airport. a difficult day for passengers here at gatwick today, as you

mentioned there have been delays of at least two hours, in some cases three orfour hours or more. there have been cancellations by various airlines, including easyjet, british airways, and and welling. but it is notjust here at gatwick, heathrow airport has experienced significant delays and cancellations today and manchesterairport, birmingham, stansted, london luton, and london city, all experiencing delays today. the bad news is it is set to continue over the coming hours. we have heard from nats which is the uk's main air traffic control provider which says that temporary air traffic restrictions are in place while there is this low visibility. they are doing this when it comes to safety, and it is in constant communication with both the airports and the airlines in order to try and minimise the disruption. the advice for any passengers

intending either travelling tonight or indeed tomorrow is to check with your airline before making the journey to the airport. the met office is advising passengers to allow longer for theirjourney given the weather, but it does say that the fog is expected to start a clear by later tonight. the head of the world health organisation has told the bbc that it was public knowledge he was in yemen on thursday when israel launched air strikes at houthi targets. this footage reportedly captured the incident from inside the airport. dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, who's now injordan, said the main target, the international airport in sanaa, was a civilian facility and should not have been hit. at least six people were killed. israel says it was targeting military infrastructure. it was very chaotic. people

were in disarray and running everywhere. no shelter. we work in peterlee exposed. it's a matter of lack if the missile deviated even slightly it could have been on a head. my colleague said after all that, we escaped death narrowly. it is a civilian airport. i think that there are rules to engagement as you know. that has to be respected. that's why we have international laws. what we are saying its international law should be respected. let's speak to alon pinkas, israeli diplomat and writer. we've heard from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu...

minister benjamin netanyahu. .. what minister benjamin netanyahu... what your reaction the fact that this is just getting started is that israel intends to keep on responding and retaliating in the event that these people keep launching missiles. all that it remains to be seen if israel is making a smart move. because the houthi issue does notjust concern israel, they control the access to the suez canal... while mr netanyahu likes to boast and brag, and he is right in the sense that israel will respond, i think that it needs to be part of a broader

international effort rather than an israeli and houthi tit—for—tat. than an israeli and houthi tit-for-tat._ than an israeli and houthi tit-for-tat. ., ., , , tit-for-tat. you have been very critical of _ tit-for-tat. you have been very critical of benjamin _ tit-for-tat. you have been very critical of benjamin netanyahu | critical of benjamin neta nyahu in critical of benjamin netanyahu in the past. what do you think are the potential consequences are the potential consequences are of israel acting on its own against the houthis? t’m are of israel acting on its own against the houthis?— against the houthis? i'm not sure there — against the houthis? i'm not sure there are _ against the houthis? i'm not sure there are going - against the houthis? i'm not sure there are going to - against the houthis? i'm not sure there are going to be i sure there are going to be measurable or concrete consequences but militarily it is not very sustainable. yemen is... of the capital is 2000 kilometres away from israel. in order to fly there and strike military targets or infrastructure, israeli planes need to be refuelled in the air. this is a very lengthy trick back it exposes the

israeli operation and the israeli operation and the israeli planes. you could do it once, you could do it twice, you could do it three times and you could do it three times and you could do it three times and you could even use the navy as a supplement, but that won't cut it because yemen is a big country. it is almost two and a half times the size of britain, it has 38 million people, and just bombing sporadically here and there may not have consequences, but it may not yield anything useful or productive. this needs to be an international effort and when i say international i don'tjust mean the us. take china for example, 60% of china's exports to europe go through the suez canal. it is a vested chinese interest, as it is a vested saudi interest that the houthis be dealt with in a broad international way. be dealt with in a broad internationalway. it be dealt with in a broad international way. it could be

diplomatic it could be military. i'm not making that decision right now, but going at it alone from israel's point of view may not have dire consequences, but equally so will not produce any good results. ~ ., ., , will not produce any good results. ~ ., , ., results. what impact has israel actina results. what impact has israel acting alone — results. what impact has israel acting alone had _ results. what impact has israel acting alone had on _ results. what impact has israel acting alone had on its - acting alone had on its diplomatic relations? the diplomatic— diplomatic relations? the diplomatic relations - diplomatic relations? tt;e: diplomatic relations issue goes back to the immediate aftermath of the back to the imme