also today, palestinian authorities say seven people have been killed in an israeli strike on a hospital in gaza city. and a seniorjudge overseeing the use of ai in courts in england and wales predicts artificial intelligence could make justice faster and cheaper. hello and welcome to bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. a period of national mourning has begun in south korea after one of the deadliest aviation disasters in the country's history. 179 people are now confirmed to have died. two people — thought to be flight crew — were pulled from the wreckage. they are now being treated in hospital. the boeing 737 crashed during an emergency landing at muan international airport

in the west of the country. authorities say a bird strike may have caused the landing gear to malfunction. both the plane's black boxes which record flight and voice data have now been found. our correspondentjean mackenzie 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. anguished scream this is now a room full of incomprehensible heartbreak as they wait for the bodies to be identified. for mr mang, 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've 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. that report byjean mackenzie. for the latest from the scene at muan international airport, yuna ku from the bbc�*s korea service sent in this update. you can see so many people, especially hundreds of families of the bereaved and government officials to aid them, is still inside the airport.

as you can see from my back, there are emergency shelters set up inside the airport to support those families who are staying up all night inside the airport. they are staying inside the airport because they are still waiting for the government authorities to identify the casualties. only a few hours ago, the government announced that there are total 179 deaths among 181 passengers who were inside the plane. however, dozens of them still needs to be identified, and these families are waiting for the identification result. and that was yuna ku there with the latest from the one international airport. let's now speak to the aviation analyst and consultant alex macheras. hello there to you, alex. i know that you would have been

watching this story and its developments very, very closely for we do now know that the two black boxes have been found. i think they have been retrieved as well. what are they going to be looking for from that data? the black boxes are going to be crucial if investigators are going to grasp a better idea as tojust what were going to grasp a better idea as to just what were the chain of events that unfolded in those final moments before, as the footage reveals, this aircraft came to a catastrophic halt, impacting with that perimeter wall. although we have so much footage available to us, i would argue that this is one of the most puzzling accidents ever caught on camera in commercial aviation history stub this is also south korea's worst ever aviation disaster. it has shaken the aviation sector there, understandably so, because they have a good safety record on the whole and the airline involved is the largest low—cost airline in south korea, operating often

the world's busiest air routes, domestically, across korea, so so many questions with an investigation now censoring on the contributor of what is potentially bird strike but also many other factors that would have resulted in the pilot deciding to attempt what is known in the industry as a deli landing, a landing without the landing gear deployed, something highly unusual but indicative of something going and currently wrong in those final moments —— centring on. there are number of questions being posed on that point, so let's take that first one. you said it is puzzling, and it is puzzling, because many people who have flown a lot will be looking for those flags. we have a looked at those —— we have all video over and over again. the breakflaps, over again. the break flaps, why over again. the breakflaps, why were they not deployed or functioning? i why were they not deployed or functioning?—

functioning? i will tell you what stood _ functioning? i will tell you what stood out _ functioning? i will tell you what stood out and - functioning? i will tell you what stood out and i - functioning? i will tell you what stood out and i first| what stood out and i first looked at it and spoke to colleagues in the sector, it was the absence of the flaps being deployed, the slats, the spoilers but also crucially the landing year. that will point to something going wrong symptoms of a hydraulic failure or perhaps something different, but what i want to make really clear is that despite the fact that we have so many different pieces of footage from different angles and so on, as is often the case, it is a chain of shipping factors that build up, event upon event, in those last few moments that result any kind of traffic outcome that we see being circulated on social media in the last 30 seconds —— can shipping factors, result in the catastrophic outcome. extraction and analysis of what is on the back box will be crucial. investigators will be able to see and hear what happened in terms of the data. there had been reports that the pilot had tried to make a landing earlier but had aborted

it. there'd also been a report that there had been a diversion days ago. what can you tell us about those two points coachella regarding the diversion two days ago. a different set of flight crew but the same— but the same aircraft was involved- _ but the same aircraft was involved. it _ but the same aircraft was involved. it does - but the same aircraft was involved. it does seem i but the same aircraft was j involved. it does seem to point, from what we have in them together, that this was medical related, so aircraft to divert all the time for medical. it does seem to be that. we have not had anything confirmed from the airline that it was anything mechanical or maintenance related, and in terms of the initial aborted landing, yes, we have confirmed outcomes from the air traffic controllers, who been speaking from that press conference, saying the aircraft had initially position to land on a different runway but landed on the runway later impacted that perimeter wall. a lot of it is puzzling and there's not much we can draw from this as of yet but our hope is over the coming hours we will know more. find hours we will know more. and one —— would have the airport

officials set about having such a hard structure, that concrete wall, on the perimeter? is that normalfor airport? wall, on the perimeter? is that normalforairport? it is wall, on the perimeter? is that normal for airport?— normal for airport? it is not so common. _ normal for airport? it is not so common, but _ normal for airport? it is not so common, but as - normal for airport? it is not so common, but as you - normal for airport? it is not so common, but as you can imagine, airports need high—security primitives all around and there is a varying degree as to those primitive fences are made up of, understandably so. the general public are looking at these videos and wondering how such a heavy—duty wall could be at the end of the runway, but i will note that the runway itself is note that the runway itself is not short. actually, it is particularly long, and the aircraft had only managed to make that attempted deli landing somewhere halfway the runway, so i think in terms of the actual wall in the perimeter, is going to be conversation that may be will going to change policy in korea and elsewhere going forward. it is going to be interesting that comes —— what comes of that. alex macheras, thank you very much indeed. a

protestors have again taken to the streets of the georgian capital tbilisi with the swearing—in of the country's controversial new president, mikheil kavelashvili. there have been weeks of demonstrations against his governing georgian dream party and its victory in the recent disputed elections. the new president is a former manchester city footballer and also a hardline critic of the west — the four main opposition groups have rejected him over fears he will move georgia closer to russia, and they've boycotted parliament. they insist that the elections held in october were rigged. on saturday, thousands of protesters in georgia formed a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. similar rallies have been held in other towns and cities across the country. mass protests have gripped georgia since the government said it would delay talks onjoining the eu until 2028. the outgoing president, salome zourabichvili, has left the presidential palace but insisted she is still the legitimate holder of the office of president.

translation: six years ago, i swore allegiance i to you on the constitution. and this allegiance will not change. wherever i am, in the palace or outside the palace, i will come out of here to you, and i will be with you. legitimacy comes from one source. and that source is you. and where there is no trust of the people, there will be no legitimacy. meanwhile, the new president mikheil kavelashvili addressed parliament after being sworn in. translation: georgia has faced numerous storms over _ the centuries and our people, having endured many hardships, have achieved what once seemed impossible in their quest to protect their homeland and dignity. they have fought tirelessly against the world's largest empires and countless enemies for millennia, surviving and preserving the values upon which our nation was built. everyone knows we are one

of the most distinctive and historic nations whose formation began in ancient times. let's speak to tinatinjaparidze, who is a geopolitical risk analyst at eurasia group. hello there and welcome. now that the president has been sworn in, is that the end of the matter, do you think? good evenina. the matter, do you think? good evening- i _ the matter, do you think? good evening. i wish _ the matter, do you think? good evening. iwish i _ the matter, do you think? good evening. i wish i could - the matter, do you think? good evening. i wish i could agree i evening. i wish i could agree with something, that this is it, this is the reality on the cards that the georgian people have been dealt and now that we are awakening in this new reality, we have to accept it. if nothing else, we observed earlier was a split screen reality in motion. on one side, we have the georgian dream's de facto parliament that conducted a closed—door ceremony to inaugurate its candidate, mikael kavelashvili, which is a

vivid, real—life example of the party puzzling current isolation, and then on the other hand, we see hundreds of georgians steadfastly taking to the streets, proclaiming their unwavering support for president zourabichvili as their sole legitimate representative, both at home and abroad. and i'm afraid that this reality will continue over the coming weeks which makes all of this very difficult and all of this very difficult and a very painful pill to swallow, but ultimately georgia's isolation from the west is no longer a looming threat but a reality orchestrated by kavelashvili and his cabinet support since the election, many pro—western parties have not taken part in parliamentary sessions, they boycotted them. that will continue. what is that going to do to the governing of the country? the problem is that the government cannot run in this current reality. the economy cannot run. the wheel cannot keep turning. and ultimately, over time, it will become very, very

difficult for the country to function, for its economy to function, for its economy to function properly, and at the end of the day, the georgian dream government will have to admit that they are unable to continue functioning as usual stopped the situation will remain fluid, but one thing is certain. that he returned to business as usual is no longer feasible for the georgian dream. the party cannot meteor don't act merely retract his policy decisions and expect the protesters subside. —— cannot merely retract. the country as a whole is facing a dead end. holding new elections is the only viable way out of this political crises.— only viable way out of this political crises. those have been the — political crises. those have been the demand - political crises. those have been the demand of - political crises. those have been the demand of the i been the demand of the protesters, haven't they? regarding georgian dream, established by a gentleman, i think he was called... is that correct? what can you tell us about him? is he still functional within the party? in functionalwithin the party? in his functional within the party? in his mind, he is functional, but

ultimately it is very difficult for anyone in their right frame of mind to talk of him as a ligament leader. he was a founder of the georgian dream and has also become self—appointed honorary chairman of the georgian dream, but in many ways, i think he is holding a lot of his cabinet in a bit of a difficult situation right now where those who wants to resign are unable to do so because of allegedly compromised, he has been gathering on his own people in his own party over the past few years, and especially the past few months. he does not it seems, have a whole lot of support left within his own party either. there are of course some the leadership of the high level officials, who are going to continue supporting him, because they are in a dead—end situation, they don't have any other

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