this is the scene right now at muan airport the emergency services are sifting through the wreckage of the plane. there have been protests in the georgian capital tibilisi after the new president — mikheil kavelashvili — was sworn in, despite weeks of rallies against his governing georgian dream party. three people have died while trying to cross the english channel off the coast of sangette near calais. and the palestinian civil defence says seven people have been killed in an israeli strike of a hospital in the centre of gaza city. hello, i'm lucy gray. we start with south korea, where a plane has crashed on landing at an airport. 179 people have died and two members of the crew in the tail section were rescued and taken to hospital. the boeing 737 belonging

tojeju airlines had 181 people on board. they say some passengers fell out of the fuselage during the crash at muan international airport. the government has declared seven days of national mourning. this is the moment the plane skidded down the runway before hitting a wall and bursting into flames. the aircraft was arriving at muan airport from bangkok. the authorities say a birdstrike may have caused the landing gear to malfunction. both of the plane's black boxes have now been found. the airline has issued a formal apology and boeing says it stands ready to support jeju air and extends its condolences to the families. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie is at the crash site and sent this report. this the terrifying moment the plane lands at speed without its landing gear down and careers down the runway, unable to stop before crashing into the perimeter wall.

it explodes instantly engulfed by flames and thick smoke. none of the passengers stood a chance of surviving. the fire service told their families as their bodies were slowly recovered. only the two air stewards at the back made it off alive and to hospital. we're at the perimeter of the airport now, and this fence behind us and wall is what the plane crashed into when it overshot the runway. and just behind me you can see the blackened, charred tail of the plane sticking up. now, this is the only part of the aircraft that is still intact. the rest has been so fractured and splintered that the fire service have said that it's unidentifiable. inside the airport terminal the families gathered to hear the terrible news. this is now a room full of incomprehensible heartbreak as they wait for the bodies to be identified.

for this man it was the first time his great nephews had ever been abroad. they'd gone to celebrate, the youngest taking his college entrance exams, he tells me. their father took them. the boys were so smart and he wanted to treat them. i can't believe the entire family has just disappeared. my heart aches so much. the head of the airline has expressed his deep regret. this is the first fatal crash in his budget carrier's 20—year history. translation: i want to give my sincere apology and condolences to those who lost their lives in the accident and their families. at the moment, it's hard to presume the cause of the accident and we have to wait for the official investigation result from the authorities. it's thought the pilot couldn't activate the plane's landing gear. initial reports suggest a bird might have caused a fire in one of the engines. as the sun set, forensic teams were still searching the surrounding fields while fire crews and engineers surveyed the little

that's left of the wreckage. hoping to answer the many, many questions for a crash that's yet to make sense. the local fire chief gave this update on the rescue operation. translation: we are presuming the cause of the accident to be i a bird strike or deteriorating weather conditions and the exact cause will be determined from a further forensic and joint investigation. we are doing our best to search for more survivors. as a person who has seen the site i can only say i am sad. the families of the victims of the plane crash have gathered at muan airport where they listened as the names of those who died were read out. a warning some may find the following clip distressing. crying. victims�* names are read out.

crying. tributes for the crash victims continue from across the globe, as south korea declares a period of national mourning. acting president choi sang—mok said, " we have a grave situation where a great loss of life occurred... i express my deepest condolences to the many victims. .. i will do all i can for the injured to quickly recover." chinese president xijinping said, "on behalf of the chinese government and people, i express my deep condolences to the victims." here in the uk, foreign secretary david lammy wrote on x — "deeply saddened by news of the plane crash overnight in south korea. my heartfelt condolences go out... to the people of south korea

and thailand, and all those that have lost loved ones." and german chancellor olaf scholz wrote — "we have received the terrible news of a plane crash in south korea with many fatalities... the korea with many fatalities... our condolences go out our condolences go out to the families of those killed to the families of those killed in the crash and we wish those in the crash and we wish those injured a speedy recovery." injured a speedy recovery." live to our seoul live to our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie. correspondent, jean mackenzie. talk us through what the talk us through what the authorities have said about authorities have said about what could have caused this. what could have caused this. there are still so many there are still so many questions about this crash and questions about this crash and so much that doesn't make so much that doesn't make sense. if you have seen the sense. if you have seen the the plane that is still intact. videos, you have this video of videos, you have this video of the plane landing on the runway the plane landing on the runway at the speed without the wheels at the speed without the wheels down and then it's kids along down and then it's kids along the runway until it overshoots the runway until it overshoots the runway until it overshoots the runway until it overshoots the runway until it overshoots the runway until it overshoots the runway and crashes into the the runway and crashes into the perimeter wall, we are just in perimeter wall, we are just in front of the perimeter wall now front of the perimeter wall now and you might be able to make and you might be able to make out behind me but i know is out behind me but i know is dark and blurry, this is the dark and blurry, this is the damaged tail section of the damaged tail section of the plane. this is the only part of plane. this is the only part of the plane that is still intact. the plane that is still intact.

the plane that is still intact. the force of this crash was so intense that the rest of the plane just exploded into fragments and smithereens, so much so that the fire service said that it was unidentifiable any more. reports that we are getting are that the plane's landing gearfailed to come down. you can see that from the videos. what we don't know is why this happened. they have been initial reports that at some point a bird entered one of the engines of the plane and caused a fire. but we don't yet if the two are correlated. in terms of the people who were on board most of them were from south korea, tell us what we know about them. they were presumably holidaying in thailand and what about their ages as well? yes thailand and what about their ages as well?— ages as well? yes yes they were. ages as well? yes yes they were- they _ ages as well? yes yes they were. they were _ ages as well? yes yes they were. they were only - ages as well? yes yes they were. they were only two i ages as well? yes yes they i were. they were only two thai nationals on this flight so most of them were south koreans who had gone on holiday to

thailand for christmas. we have beenin thailand for christmas. we have been in the terminal building for the last couple of hours, talking to some of the relatives. these are people who have lost wives, husbands, children, grandchildren. a complete array of people. some people have lost many family members. i spoke to one gentleman who is too great nephews were on the plane along with their father, so that is three members of the same family. we have read reports of six members of the same family being killed. that is what is so heartbreaking, they haven't just lost one person, many have lost more. just lost one person, many have lost more-— lost more. and it is taking time to give _ lost more. and it is taking time to give people - lost more. and it is taking time to give people that l time to give people that confirmation. we know that hundred and 79 people have died but the relatives of those people haven't been given the confirmation. in people haven't been given the confirmation.— confirmation. in the last half hour they — confirmation. in the last half hour they have _ confirmation. in the last half hour they have confirmed i confirmation. in the last half. hour they have confirmed that they have recovered all 179 bodies, so there is everyone who is on the flight apart from the two flight attendants who

were rescued. butjust because they have been retrieved doesn't mean the bodies have been identified. that process takes a lot longer. some people have been so badly injured that the fire service have said initially it is not possible to tell what the gender they are. because the process of identification are taking so long it is painfulfor the families and that is why they are still in the terminal building. they don't feel they can go home. they need to hear first—hand, they need that confirmation. every so often somebody in the terminal building will get up and read out a few more names. then will be this eruption of pain and heartache. be this eruption of pain and heartache-— be this eruption of pain and heartache. , ., ,., .., heartache. there is a political crisis going — heartache. there is a political crisis going on _ heartache. there is a political crisis going on in _ heartache. there is a political crisis going on in south i heartache. there is a political crisis going on in south koreaj crisis going on in south korea at the moment. this is a huge operation in terms of going through the wreckage and trying to discover what has happened here. we know that the flight boxes have been recovered, but that there is this coordination

of looking after the grieving relatives. who is in charge and who is coordinating these emergency services and everybody working together on this? ., , ., , ,

hundreds of people are protesting in tbilisi as the new president of as the new president of georgia mikheil kavelashvili — georgia mikheil kavelashvili — has been sworn in, has been sworn in, despite weeks of rallies despite weeks of rallies against his governing georgian dream party, against his governing georgian dream party, and the election results. and the election results. the former manchester city the former manchester city footballer is a hardline footballer is a hardline critic of the west and critic of the west and the 4 main opposition the 4 main opposition groups have rejected him and boycotted parliament. groups have rejected him and boycotted parliament. they insist that the elections they insist that the elections held in october were rigged. held in october were rigged. on saturday, thousands on saturday, thousands of protesters in georgia formed of protesters in georgia formed a human chain in the capital, a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. of daily pro—europe demonstrations. similar rallies have similar rallies have been held in other towns been held in other towns and cities across the country. and cities across the country. mass protests have gripped mass protests have gripped georgia since the government georgia since the government said it would delay eu said it would delay eu accession talks until 2028. the outgoing presiden has left the presidential palace after making a defiant accession talks until 2028. speech to supporters.

she said she remained the legitimate officeholder. translation: six years ago.

dr thornike gordadze, is the senior fellow at gnomon wise institute tbilisi, and a former georgia's state minister for european and euro—atlantic integration. he told me that the protesters demand the new election. you see the striking difference between the outgoing president who has the people's support. therey were thousands of georgians gathered around the presidential palace and this semi—secret, uh, inauguration of the de facto president kavelashvili with no ambassadors present with, uh, behind the closed doors in the parliament. even the journalists, were the number of journalists were limited to attend this ceremony. uh, no, uh, sermon was done in front of the army because the president is supposed to be the commander

of the armed forces, because the georgian dream is, it's too risky for them to to have the army at this ceremony. they rely only on the ministry of interiorand, uh, even inside the ministry of interior, some people are already... the support is eroding. we have seen a high ranked officer, uh, from the anti—riot police fleeing. leaving the country and going to the us. giving an interview to bild, german newspapers saying that the orders were coming from russia. so we see here in georgia, um, a problem of legitimacy of this new, uh, of the government, de facto government after this parliamentary elections that were rigged. now, the president was elected by this, at least the democratic countries did not recognise, uh kavelashvili. uh kavelashvili. as new president. as new president.

three people have died three people have died after trying to cross after trying to cross the english channel this the english channel this morning — according to the french authorities. morning — according to the french authorities. firefighters and law firefighters and law enforcement were deployed enforcement were deployed in a rescue operation in a rescue operation after several dozen people after several dozen people ended up in the water off ended up in the water off the coast of sangatte near the coast of sangatte near calais. calais. the recovered bodies were transported by the recovered bodies were transported by the french navy helicopter. the french navy helicopter. four people were four people were taken to hospital. it brings the number taken to hospital. it brings the number of deaths from channel of deaths from channel crossings to 75 this year. crossings to 75 this year. almost 1,500 people almost 1,500 people have made the crossing have made the crossing in the past four days. in the past four days. france that deals with maritime the mp for the pas de calais the mp for the pas de calais region pierre—henri dumont region pierre—henri dumont said: "any attempt to cross said: "any attempt to cross the channel in this way the channel in this way is very, very dangerous — is very, very dangerous — but at this time of year, but at this time of year, it is even more deadly. it is even more deadly. our rescue teams are very good our rescue teams are very good and can get to the area very and can get to the area very fast, but at this time of year, fast, but at this time of year, with the temperature with the temperature of the water dropping, of the water dropping, spending even a few minutes spending even a few minutes in the water can be deadly." in the water can be deadly." with more on this, with more on this, here's our news here's our news correspondent, frances read. correspondent, frances read. details are onlyjust details are onlyjust starting to become clear. starting to become clear. but this is but this is what we know so far. what we know so far. so the government department in so the government department in

france that deals with maritime

evidence to support this. israel has made similar claims when the army forcibly evacuated the kamal adwan hospital, the last functioning medical facility in northern gaza. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has more from jerusalem. smoke could be seen on the upperfloor of the al—wafa hospital building in gaza city. the whole facade of that upper floor was destroyed. you could actually see people moving inside. there was other footage that showed absolute chaos and a huge crowd on the outside gate of the al—wafa hospital, and a body being pulled on a stretcher and taken into an ambulance. sirens could also be heard in the vicinity of the hospital. we heard from the gaza civil defence services who said that those who were injured, some of them are in critical condition. we got confirmation from the israeli army who said that they conducted a strike on the hospital building, and they said that hamas fighters were using that building as a command and control centre, and that it was not the building was not

used as a hospital at the time. now, israel has made similar claims about hospitals being used as command and control centres by hamas before. they said that when they raided and evacuated the kamal odwan hospital on friday and then after that detained the director and medical staff, who some of whom are still there, including the director, being questioned. hamas refutes these allegations, but hamas also called on the un aid to protect medical facilities, but be to send observers to check if these medical facilities are being used for military purposes. the way the who, the world health organisation, say they are appalled by the raid on the kamal odwan hospital, the last functioning hospital in northern gaza. they said that the continuous, the continuous and systematic dismantling of health services in this area puts thousands, tens of thousands of palestinian lives at risk.

azerbaijani president ilham aliyev has told state television that the passenger plane that crashed in kazakhstan, killing 38 people, had been damaged due to shooting from the ground in russia. president aliyev told state media that he regretted that "some circles" in russia had tried to hush up the truth about the crash of the azerbaijan airlines plane, by sowing false narratives about the causes of the crash. russian president vladimir putin yesterday apologies for what the kremlin called a �*tragic incident�* after russian air defences were fired against ukrainian drones. over the past week, suspected reprisal killings of people from the alawite community which syria's deposed president bashar al—assad belongs to have triggered protests. rebels hayat tahrir al—sham who have formed the de facto government of the country have denied carrying out reprisal attacks, and have promised a general amnesty for members of the former regime. tens of thousands of the former regime's forces have been crowding at hts centres to surrender. the bbc�*s yogita limaye has been speaking to them

to understand why the regime fell so rapidly, and whether they believe in the promise of amnesty. just weeks ago, these men were part of bashar al assad's forces. now they are thronging to so—called reconciliation centres run by the insurgents they were fighting against. it's a picture of the transition that's under way in syria. mohammed ramadan was posted on the outskirts of damascus when it fell to the rebels. he's come to hand in his kalashnikov. in return, he'll get a civilian id and an assurance of amnesty. mohammed explains why assad's military collapsed so quickly.

translation: there was no one to give us any orders. many of our commanders fled before us. so i thought, why should ifight and die for someone who didn't even give enough of a salary so i could feed my family? some soldiers told us their daily rations were one egg and a potato, and they were paid less than $30 a month. those we spoke to denied they'd been involved in the regime's crimes. translation: i wasn't involved in any of their bad deeds. i wanted to leave the military because i knew i was on the wrong side. but it was not possible because the government had all my civilian documents. we can't independently verify their claims. what we've largely heard here is the intent to move on with peace. but it does raise questions for syria's new government and its people. given the extent of bloodletting and brutality during 13 years of civil war. is it really possible to forget and move on and away from the capital?

reports of revenge killings are beginning to surface. we're driving into an area dominated by the alawite community, which bashar al—assad belonged to. al amiriya is the hometown of alawite judge munzer al—hassan, who arbitrated property disputes, killed along with two of his colleagues. it's not clear who attacked them, but his brother nizar believes it's part of a backlash against alawites and those who worked for the regime. translation: this is a crime against an innocent person. it's unacceptable. those being killed had no connections to the politics of the regime. hayat tahrir al—sham have denied they've carried out any reprisal and have promised to find the perpetrators. but after the euphoria of the regime's fall, the killings have triggered tensions. yogita limaye, bbc news, damascus. artificial intelligence is being used in more and more walks of life, including the justice system where there are hopes it could make the law less

expensive and more accessible. a seniorjudge overseeing the use of ai in courts in england and wales, has predicted it could help deliver swift and cheap justice to the most disadvantaged in society. our legal correspondent dominic casciani reports. every day in our courts witnesses swear to tell the truth and it takes a skilled barrister but all but the threads of the lies that costs time and money. but is all that about to change? thanks to artificial intelligence at the westway advice clinic in london, many of its clients can't afford lawyers. it saves hours worth of time. big law firms are using ai tools. but thejudge big law firms are using ai tools. but the judge overseeing

guidance in the field thinks they could benefit the poorest. when people have claims which they can't resolve, it was creates a huge economic loss to our society. we in thejustice system do want to find ways in which we can resolve people's problems more quickly and at lower cost. so i think artificial intelligence in time will be one of those tools that we will use. so will be one of those tools that we will use.— we will use. so how far could ai no? we will use. so how far could ai go? this — we will use. so how far could ai go? this is _ we will use. so how far could ai go? this is a _ we will use. so how far could l ai go? this is a demonstration of courtroom software. the tool listens to the witness, it then compares what they say to other evidence and aims to spot inconsistencies or lies quicker than a barrister could. will my loan had friends soon be all out of a job?— loan had friends soon be all out of a job? the truth is that acknowledges _ out of a job? the truth is that acknowledges we _ out of a job? the truth is that acknowledges we are - out of a job? the truth is that acknowledges we are looking j out of a job? the truth is that i acknowledges we are looking at here wiii— acknowledges we are looking at here will enable one or two lawyers _ here will enable one or two lawyers to the job of ten or 20 — lawyers to the job of ten or 20 it — lawyers to the job of ten or 20 it is _ lawyers to the job of ten or 20. it is going to change

access— 20. it is going to change access tojustice and 20. it is going to change access to justice and legal costs _ access to 'ustice and legal costs. , . . access to 'ustice and legal costs. ,. ., ., costs. 'ustice are backing ai but costs. justice are backing ai but want — costs. justice are backing ai but want strict _ costs. justice are backing ai but want strict controls. i costs. justice are backing ail but want strict controls. they want the court room focused on real people with technology helping in a human drama. a reminder of ourtop helping in a human drama. a reminder of our top story this afternoon. that plane crash in south korea. we can tell you that 179 people have been killed and two people survived and were pulled from the wreckage. and were pulled from the wreckage. the high pressure that has trapped the fog is getting

squeezed away. across northern scotland the weather front is bringing some rain. temperatures in england and wales a little bit higher than yesterday, nine or 10 degrees. a bit of a struggle to break the cloud up in the far south—east of england. overnight tonight were going to have variable cloud for england and wales, northern ireland and into scotland it should stay dry here. northern scotland getting wetter through the night and as we hit the colder air in the north of the country there will be some snow falling in caithness and sutherland. milder file further south. in caithness and sutherland. milderfile furthersouth. on monday and continue to tuesday, scotland could get some travel disruption from the central belt northwards. the combination of spells of heavy rain and the potential for some snow in north and east leading to some flooding. snow in nor