russia was responsible. gaza's health ministry says medical staff are among hundreds of people held by israeli forces who raided the last major hospital in the north of the territory. hello, i'm carl nasman. we begin with breaking news out of south korea. fire authorities say that at least 47 passengers have been killed after a flight carrying 181 people crashed at south korea's muan airport. two people — one passenger and one crew member — have been rescued from the crash — according to the country's national fire agency. some managers there of the aftermath of that incident. the blaze engulfing that plane. the authority says 80

firefighters are on site to extinguish the fire after thejeju air flight, which was returning to south korea from bangkok, reportedly crashed into a wall off the runway and caught fire. witnesses reported hearing a large explosion after the crash, which happened shortly after 9 am local time. fire crews have been working to put out the blaze on site — the cause of the crash is unconfirmed, but local media reports that a bird strike may have caused the plane's landing gear to malfunction. we will bring you details of that breaking story as we get it and bringing that breaking story as we get itand bringing in that breaking story as we get it and bringing in when we can connect with him our correspondence in bangkok jonathan head where the plane originally took off. we will continue to follow that breaking news for you, a plane crashing in south korea, 181 people on board, just getting reports from fire officials in

south korea 47 people are now did, the death toll has now risen over the past hour or so also hearing two people so far rescued from that crash. jonathan head we can bring you now. where the plane originated on. what is the latest you are hearing about the status of the plane, what might have happened that led to the we have seen one video we are trying to authenticate, films from the side of the runway. it side of the runway. it appears to show the — side of the runway. it appears to show the flight _ side of the runway. it appears to show the flight on - side of the runway. it appears to show the flight on the - to show the flight on the boeing operated byjeju air trying to land running along the runway without the nose wheel deployed and a lot of smoke coming from the rear wheels which would suggest perhaps it was breaking hard and then going off the end of the runway and slamming into either a fence or wall it's not clear, i think it is a fence

and bursting immediately into flame. the pilot had had a problem and done a go around already so the emergency services at muan airport were alerted and would have been there very quickly, they employed a lot of fire engines and others to put the fire out. as things stand 47 confirmed dead 180 people, 181 people on board only two survivors so far. we will have to wait for confirmation as the authorities on the ground we believe the fire was put out some time ago. but it's pretty messy team and it will take time to work out exactly what the numbers of casualties are and we still don't have a breakdown yet of where the passengers came from. given it is a low—cost carrier flying from thailand back to korea to a provincial airport it is likely most of those on board were korean holidaymakers who had been here on holiday in

thailand. , , , ., ., thailand. help us understand a bit more. _ thailand. help us understand a bit more, this _ thailand. help us understand a bit more, this was _ thailand. help us understand a bit more, this was 1er - thailand. help us understand a bit more, this was 1er air, - bit more, this wasjeju air, you say they are one of these budget air carriers, you say they are one of these budgetair carriers, going you say they are one of these budget air carriers, going from thailand to south korea i believe there were a couple of thai nationals on board. we have a sense like you said might have been maybe travellers, holidaymakers people who would be looking for a low—budget ticket between the two countries? a low-budget ticket between the two countries?— two countries? look, there has been an enormous _ two countries? look, there has been an enormous expansion l two countries? look, there has| been an enormous expansion of low—cost carriers in asia, they have a very large population in this region of 2 million people, 2 billion people more than 3 billion if you include india. a big marketa than 3 billion if you include india. a big market a lot of new low—cost carriers, jeju air has been operating for 19 years, we have had new welcome low—cost carriers with safety issues like line here and here indonesia in the past. it is the way most people get around, people from south korea do like to go on holiday at this time

of year to warmer parts of asia. it would be unlikely many thai people would go to this provincial airport they do go to south korea on holiday some of the wealthy ones go to work as well but we believe only two of the people on board were thailand people. jeju air applies to nearly 60 destinations all in this region so a very well—known carrier, it has had only one accident before a non—fatal one this is the first accident of this seriousness to effect the airline and its 19 years of operation. airline and its 19 years of operation-— airline and its 19 years of oeration. , ., ., operation. obviously you are in banukok operation. obviously you are in bangkok to _ operation. obviously you are in bangkok to focus _ operation. obviously you are in bangkok to focus on _ operation. obviously you are in bangkok to focus on south - bangkok to focus on south korea which is a country that has just gone through so much in recent weeks, a couple of different impeachments, of presidents currently the finance minister is the acting president. walk us through, this must be an incredibly tumultuous time for a plane crash like this to happen for south korea? i

crash like this to happen for south korea?— crash like this to happen for south korea? i think, in large accident like _ south korea? i think, in large accident like this _ south korea? i think, in large accident like this will - south korea? i think, in large accident like this will hit - south korea? i think, in large accident like this will hit the l accident like this will hit the country very hard. remember we have had some pretty devastating accidents in the past, back in 2022 there was the great crash the halloween crash where it well over 100 people died and a ferry disaster in 2014, not too far from the airport with a plane crash. an entire generation of children from one town died when that ferry capsized. always in korea there is a lot of public anxiety when there is a serious accident, lots of concern about whether safety failures were to blame and in those past accidents serious flaws were found, at this stage it is too soon to say what the problems were with this accident, whether there was any floor in the way the plane was handled, all the way it was maintained or whether there was

something they had no power over. it is far too soon to say. it does appear from the video we have seen it does look genuine, the nose wheel failed to deploy, the pilot attempted to deploy, the pilot attempted to land with his rear wheels, planes do that and often do it and land quite safely, it is not unknown for that to happen but in this case from the brief video we have seen it is quite clear the plane is still going at great speed without the nose wheel deployed when it goes off the end of the runway, it will take an investigation to assess exactly what caused that. still waitin: exactly what caused that. still waiting to _ exactly what caused that. still waiting to get _ exactly what caused that. still waiting to get more details about exactly what happened, for nowjonathan head reporting from bangkok where we know the flight took off from before it made its way towards south korea. jonathan head thank you very much for your reporting. we will bring you updates on that story as we get them. in moscow, russia's president vladimir putin apologized to the leader of azerbaijan over what he called the "tragic incident"

involving a passenger plane which crashed, killing 38 people on wednesday. he acknowledged that russia's air defences were �*active' at the time but stopped short of saying his country was responsible. there's speculation that the azerbaijan airlines plane came underfire from russian air defence systems as it tried to land in the southern russian city of grozny. it later diverted to aktau airport in kazakhstan, where it crashed. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has more on the apology from moscow. it was an azerbaijan airlines flight. it had crashed in kazakhstan. but was russia responsible? a brief glimpse today of vladimir putin meeting his powerful security council, and then a kremlin announcement. president putin had telephoned azerbaijan's president to apologise for the fact that what he called the "tragic incident" had happened in russian airspace. according to putin, flight 8243 had made several attempts to land at grozny airport, in russia's north caucasus region.

he claimed that grozny and other places nearby had been under attack from ukrainian drones and admitted russian air defence systems had been in operation. azerbaijan said that president aliyev had told president putin that the plane had been subjected to external physical and technical interference in russian airspace. so, words you very rarely hear from vladimir putin, "i apologise", but no public admission that it was a russian missile that caused this disaster and also no explanation why this plane was allowed anywhere near grozny airport during a ukrainian drone attack. aviation experts suggest the aircraft may have been hit by shrapnel from russian air defence missiles. officials in russia had initially claimed the plane had hit a flock of birds. remarkably, 29 people survived this. translation: the plane turned round, and at that moment, - there was a blast outside the aircraft.

my arm was hurt in that blast — a deep wound, as if someone had hit me in the arm with an axe. meanwhile, anotherfuneral of another victim of this disaster. mahammadali yeganov was just 13. in azerbaijan, they continue to mourn. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the last major functioning hospital in northern gaza is now out of service after it was forcibly evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the israel defence forces for weeks and it now stands empty. the world health organization said it's deeply concerned for the safety of patients who were forced to leave. the head of the hospital's nursing department told the bbc that the israeli military gave them only a fifteen—minute warning to clear patients and staff before troops entered the hospital and removed anyone that remained. palestinian health officials

say about 100 medical staff were ta ken in for interrogation. the director of the hospital was also detained. israel said the raid on the hospital is now over, and claims it was being used by hamas fighters as a command centre, without providing evidence. 0ur correspondent emir nader is injerusalem and sent this report. sirens blare. throughout gaza, patients forced out of the kamal adwan hospital by the israeli military are arriving to seek treatment, some brought in with assistance, others arriving by foot, bringing with them stories of how they were interrogated. translation: they took us one or two at a time - to the school's bathroom, ordering us to remove our pants and lift up our shirts. when we refused, they beat us. this happened three times, and each time we were beaten for refusing. eventually we were forced to comply, because they aimed their guns at us and threatened to shoot. for weeks, kamal adwan staff

issued desperate pleas for the israeli military to stop targeting the facility, situated in an area of northern gaza the united nations says israel has placed under a near—total siege. then, on friday morning, the military gave staff and patients 15 minutes to leave. some were marched, nearly naked, to be interrogated. this evening the israeli military said 240 "terrorists" have been arrested from what they've called a hamas stronghold. weapons, they say, were found at the hospital. dr hossam abu safiya, the well—known director of the hospital, israel is calling a suspected terrorist — though without offering evidence. reports we can't verify say he has been beaten. fatima and her daughter were also being treated at the hospital, and forced out and told to walk south. translation: this is my injury. they hit our house with three rockets.

after we went out of the house, they destroyed it, and its four floors collapsed on top of each other. for those who remain in besieged northern gaza, the closure of kamal adwan heralds an even darker chapter, where an injury can now become a death sentence. emir nader, bbc news, jerusalem. 2024 has been one of the most devastating recent years for children caught in armed conflict. a new report published by unicef reveals that more children than ever are living in war zones or are being forcibly displaced. at least 473 million children, more than one in six worldwide, now live in areas affected by conflict. many are missing out on education, facing extreme hunger, and enduring lifelong trauma. the percentage of the world's children living in conflict zones has doubled — from around 10% in the 19905 to nearly 19% today. by the end of 2023, more than 47 million children had been displaced due to conflict

and violence, in countries including haiti, lebanon, myanmar, the palestinian territories, and sudan. earlier, i spoke tojoe english, a emergency communications specialist for unicef. we heard the numbers there — 2024just an incredibly difficult yearfor children in conflict. what has that meant on the ground? what has unicef been seeing in some of the conflict zones there that we just heard from? yes, good to be with you, carl. these numbers often can be a little bit overwhelming, and they can almost even distract from the actual reality of the situation. you know, what we're talking about here is we're talking about millions and millions of children, millions of parents, who can't do that one thing that they want to do, which is keep their kids safe — you know, put them to bed at night, read them a story, knowing that they're going to wake up safely in the morning, make sure they have access to education, to medicine and life—saving vaccines. and what we found when we were doing this analysis is it's not

just the crises that we see on the news every day. this is happening all around the world, in places like myanmar and places like the democratic republic of the congo, which all too often don't get noticed because of the sheer scale of suffering elsewhere. you know, we're saying enough needs to be enough. 2024 has been such a bad year. we cannot, i cannot, stand here in year's time and say it has done worse again. we have to see a change in the world. we heard there the percentage of the world's children living in conflict zones doubling, from 10% to now 19% today. what does that mean for aid organisations like unicef? are there enough resources? are there enough aid workers to help all the children that are in need? the needs are absolutely huge. you know, this year i think 80% of humanitarian work is focused on crises that are created by conflict. you know, so that really shows — we may think of earthquakes or tsunamis or typhoons, but 80% is due to conflict. but that also means that the world has a choice. you know, there are more wars.

there are more conflicts going on now than at any other time since world war ii. so we have to see the international community come together and find ways to bring about peace. because, as you say, the resources to continue pumping this kind of money that is needed, and humanitarian workers — it's been a record year in terms of humanitarian workers killed this year as well. so we have to see a change. we're not asking for any new laws or any new conventions. we're just asking that the laws that exist are upheld. reading your report, the situation is particularly difficult for women and for girls. why is that, and how are they being affected differently? it is. you know, women, girls, children with disabilities, people who may have additional vulnerabilities of any kind — in times of war and times of conflict, that is only exacerbated. and it's a grim irony that it is children, it is women, it is our young girls who are paying the price for these conflicts that an infinitesimally small number

of grown men around the world are responsible for. they're making the decisions. they're making the decisions that are leading to this huge level of suffering. and so what we're doing is we're really calling on the public to raise their voice, but also the leaders with power to do something about this, and all of those who have any kind of influence over them to say enough is enough. you know, we agreed these rules of war, the international humanitarian law, the universal declaration of human rights, the convention on the rights of the child. actions speak louder than words. we want to see real action to protect children in conflict. joe, as we approach 2025 now, what do you expect? is there any reason to hope that next year will be better — that we will see some of these numbers go down? we have to. we have to hope. we have to be an optimistic breed as humanitarians. at the end of this year, we have seen a small glimmer of hope in syria after more than 30 years of conflict. and i have met countless

children whose entire childhoods have been defined by this war. they've been displaced multiple times, either within the country or out of the country as refugees, and over the last couple of days we have seen the hope and the optimism that the hopeful end of the war there has given them. you know, they can start to think about the future. they can start to rebuild their lives. so we need to see this elsewhere in many other countries around the world. tech entrepreneur elon musk has once again voiced his support for the german far right political party, the alternative for germany, orafd, publishing a guest opinion piece in the online edition of the german paper, welt am sonntag. the paper's commentary editor resigned in protest after the piece was published. in the article, musk expanded on a recent post on his social media platform, x, where he wrote, "only the afd can save germany." he argued that the afd represents the hope germany needs as it, quote, "teeters on the brink of economic and cultural collapse." the party is currently polling

second in the run—up to a general election in february and could disrupt a center—right or center—left majority. for more on this, i've been speaking to our correspondent, rowan bridge. look, even a commentary editor of the newspaper resigning after this was published, it seems like a pretty big deal there. can you explain what's going on here? why is this so controversial? i mean, ithink you have to understand german history and the history of german politics and the history of the nazis, which casts a long shadow over german politics and still resonates to this day. and so in the afd, you have an extreme right—wing party which german intelligence agencies have labelled as a suspected extremist group, and so for elon musk to come out and write an opinion piece in support of them is really touching on a really sensitive piece of german history and the third rail, if you like, of german politics here. it's interesting, too, isn't it? because we know elon musk as a billionaire — with spacex, tesla — someone who until recently really had stayed away from politics, and now

we see him wading into the us election too. what's been going on with elon musk, who all of a sudden seems to be wading into just about every election around the world ? he really has. it's notjust in the us. in the uk, he has been critical of keir starmer, now we've got him wading in about german politics, and he has been very prominent in the 2016 campaign. we've seen him by donald trump's side in mar—a—lago. he weighed in, in congress, on the spending row recently. he has changed his personality and has gone all—in on this thing. he is known for his extremely long workdays and all—in persona and he has taken that really towards politics in the last few month and over the last year or so. we have really seen him front and centre, and his influence on those events as well, if you look at american politics in particular. that influence, of course, includes owning x, one of the most influential social media platforms. he has got a lot of money too. he donated a lot to donald trump. when it comes to influence, how much do you think you might

have on germany's upcoming elections? we know those are just a few months away. that's right. elon musk has 209 million followers. i just checked. that is a very large megaphone to shout with. and clearly the social democrats are somewhat concerned about it because one of the most high—profile members came out the other day talking about the need for an antitrust investigation into elon musk. i don't think that's likely to happen, but the fact that opposition politicians are saying those sorts of things, it shows they are clearly worried about the influence that elon musk might have. i think we'll see going forward much he really does impact on that germany election, but clearly we saw he had a significant effect this time around in the united states. let's turn to some other important news

around the world. thousands of protesters in georgia have formed a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. mass protests have gripped georgia since the increasingly authoritarian government said it would delay eu accession talks until 2028. 0pposition anger has grown since parliament chose a government loyalist as president. he is due to take office on sunday. three—quarters of all ports in peru have been closed because of huge waves lashing the coast. as you see here — waves up to four—metres high are sweeping away boats and deluging coastal towns. beaches have also been closed, while authorities blocked fishing boats from heading out to sea. the peruvian navy says the waves are being generated by strong winds off the coast of the united states —— thousands of miles away. we began with breaking news out of south korea. fire authorites say that at least 62 passengers have been killed after a flight carrying 181 people crashed at south korea's muan airport.

you can see some you can see some of you can see some of the images here. the plane burst into flames off the runway. two people have been rescued from the crash — according to the country's national fire agency. the authority says 80 firefighters are on site to extinguish the fire and thejeju airflight, which was returning to south korea from bangkok, reportedly crashed into a wall off the runway and caught fire. that is when it caught fire. witnesses reported hearing a large explosion after the crash, which happened shortly after 9 am local time. it took about 45 minutes for fire crews to put out that blaze. this was at muan airport in the south of the country. the cause of the crash is unconfirmed —— but local media reports that a bird strike may have caused

the plane's landing gear to malfunction. the death toll in that crash rising to 62 people confirmed by authorities there, we know two people have been rescued from that site. pretty miraculous given what we have seen some of those images coming in, you can see the fire from the side of that crash engulfing nearly the entire plane. we have been looking at some of these images coming out of south korea you can see rescue teams on site, we now have live images coming from the airport, this is muan airport airport in south korea in the south of the country, we are hearing from our correspondent in bangkok where the plane originated given the destination not, a likely destination not, a likely destination for many thailand nationals, most, not a likely

destination most of those south koreans returning. this could have been a plane full of travellers returning from thailand, potentially on vacation, breaking news coming in a plane crashing 9am local time we do not know the cause of the crash but authorities reporting 62 people have died in two people so far have been rescued from the flight. 181 people including passengers and crew of that plane were on board at the time. we will continue to bring you updates on that story as we bring them. that is a live image from outside muan airport airport in the south. stay with us here on bbc news. as we push into part two of the weekend the fog should be lifting the stagnant eras pulling away to the near continent picking up a fresh

westerly breeze through sunday which should help disperse the cloud to get more sunny spells but it will stay unsettled across scotland with the weather front bringing persistent rain. my isobars on the charts for sundays in the second half of the country here it stays cloudy and wet all day for southern scotland and northern ireland and large parts of scotland and england the sunshine breaking through. temperature still in single digits across the southeast milder further nor around 11 digits across the southeast milderfurther nor around 11 or 12. as we go through sunday night it stays wet across the northern half of scotland cold air engaged in the system could turn ran into snow over the hills, across northern scotland, a wintry mix there but further south it will be dry with clear spells. throughout monday into new year's eve with further rain until snow across scotland likely to see some travel issues, could bring localised flooding to places so stay tuned to the forecast to keep up—to—date with all the weather

forecast and go online to check out all the latest weather warnings. this is the picture for monday, no pressure to the north of the uk active weather fronts across scotland bringing heavy rain and more hill so, could seashells push into northern and western england and wales, much of those areas will see sunshine and stay largely dry through monday, more of a breeze and milder day cold for northern scotland. as we head out of monday into tuesday, which is new year's eve, another area of low pressure moves through to bring a blustery, windy day for all. outbreaks of rain, particularly in the north and the west. once again, there will be some hill snow across the north of scotland, so some travel disruption is likely. so that rain moving across england and wales later on in the day on new year's eve, so you have to stay tuned to the forecast if you have travel plans, of course. another mild day to come away from northern scotland. another low—pressure system hurtles across the country on new year's day, and as it pulls away, it allows the floodgates to open to a northerly arctic air flow. so after a disruptive day of weather on new year's day,

the first week of january 2025 is looking colder, sunnier, with some wintry showers and frosty nights.

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