south korea's acting president has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire arline operating system after sunday's deadly plane crash. investigations are continuing into the cause of the incident, which left 179 people dead. astronomers are preparing to get a glimpse a very rare star that has not been visible to the naked eye for eight decades. back to our top story and the tributes being paid to the former us president jimmy carter, who has died aged 100. elected in 1976, he brokered a diplomatic breakthrough in the middle east, but was hampered at home by a failing american economy. after leaving the white house, carter forged a career as an international statesman, winning the nobel peace prize for helping to eradicate diseases in some of the poorest

parts of the world. from washington, here's our correspondent rowan bridge. at the white house, the american flag flew at half mast, while the empire state building was lit up in red, white and blue to mark jemmy carter's death. he was the peanut farmer from georgia who rose to the highest office in the land. born 100 years ago in the deep south, he gave up a promising naval career to take over the family farm. that made him wealthy and was his springboard into politics. jemmy carter lived a life measured not by words but by his deeds. just look at his life, his life's work. he worked to eradicate disease, notjust at home, but around the world. he forged peace, advanced civil rights, human rights, promoted free and fair elections around the world. he won election as governor of his home state, and from that took a run at the white house. elected in the wake of the watergate political scandal, he promised always

to be honest. as a candidate and as a president, i'll never tell a lie. he brought a more informal tone to the office. always jimmy and not james. he walked in his inaugural parade rather than being driven. in office, arguably, his greatest success came in foreign policy. let us now lay aside war. let us now reward all the children of abraham who hungerfor a comprehensive peace in the middle east. shaking hands with egyptian president anwar sadat and his israeli counterpart menachem begin, he secured the camp david accords. to this day, the most successful peacemaking moment america's secured in the middle east. but his time in office was marred by rising inflation and an oil crisis which saw long lines at the pumps. his problems were compounded when 52 americans were taken hostage following the iranian revolution. a crisis became a disaster when eight servicemen were killed in a botched rescue attempt.

punished by the electorate, he was crushed in the 1980 election by ronald reagan. after leaving office, he set up the carter center, working on issues of democracy and improving the lives of ordinary people at home and abroad. and more than 20 years after leaving office, he won the nobel peace prize for his post—presidential work. last year, he began receiving hospice care after suffering health issues, including an aggressive form of skin cancer. his children paid tribute to his work as a humanitarian. in a statement, his son chip cartersaid... "my father was a hero not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights and unselfish love. " peanut farmer, president, humanitarian — jimmy carter led a long life dedicated to public service. he showed it was possible to have influence even after leaving the white house, and he left a legacy which outlives him. rowan bridge,

bbc news, washington. each of the living us presidents has issued their own statement, praising jimmy carter for his work in the white house and as a humantarian and diplomat in the half—century that followed. donald trump paid tribute to carter's work in the face of adversity, saying: "the challenges jimmy faced as president came at a pivotal time for our country, and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all americans. for that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude." barack 0bama paid tribute to the "remarkable man" he and his family knew. writing on x, he said: "president carter taught all of us what it means to live a life of grace, dignity, justice, and service." bill clinton acknowledged jimmy carter's work across several decades. he said: "guided by his faith, president carter lived to serve others —

until the very end." as we've mentioned, in 2002, jimmy carterwas awarded the nobel peace prize for his "decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts. " a few months later he appeared on the bbc�*s hard talk programme with tim sebastian. the pair had a wide ranging conversation. here's some of it. president carter, are you proudest of your days since leaving the white house, of your achievements since leaving the white house? were there too many constraints? it's the most powerful office on earth but are there too many constraints on the man who actually holds that office? no, i don't think there are too many constraints. you know, our constitution is now more than 200 years old. it's been very rarely changed. it's the oldest constitution on earth. and every president has lived according to the constitution. and i did too.

i was thinking of cuba, particularly where you issued a directive ordering the normalisation of relations, but it never got that far. no, i didn't do that. i lifted all the travel restraints that prevented americans from going to cuba. and that directive stayed in effect until i left office and president reagan reversed that position. i started to make the first step to normalise diplomatic relations with cuba by forming an interest section, an official office by the united states in havana and by cuba in washington. that interst section has never been closed, even under president reagan or subsequent leaders. and i think that's still intact. and i don't have any doubt in my own mind, which may be quite subjective or prejudiced, that if i had a second term, we would have gone on to normal relations with with cuba. do you still wish you had? wish i had had a second term? my wife does.

i wouldn't want to change my life, the way it's been. it was a very bitter disappointment to me when i was not re—elected, and i didn't have any idea what i wanted to do with the rest of my life. but rosa and i decided to start the carter centre with a very slight glimmer of hope about what it might be. but it has far exceeded our expectations and has given us a very fruitful and exciting and unpredictable and challenging and adventurous, i would say, and gratifying life. so i don't think i would want to undo my life and change it substantially, even for a second term.

this is the scene live in washington, with the flag flying at half mast. international reaction has been coming in. the german chancellor and the un secretary—general highlighting mr ca rter�*s secretary—general highlighting mr carter's work for peace in the middle east. a national day of mourning announced by president biden on the 9th of january. you can get more on the death ofjimmy carter on the death ofjimmy carter on the bbc news website. media in argentina are reporting that five people have been charged, including two with manslaughter, in connection with one direction star liam payne's death. the argentinian online newspaper infobae says five people have been summoned by a judge to appear in court. the singer died aged 31 after falling from a third floor balcony at a hotel

in buenos aires in october. the bbc at the moment are unable to confirm those reports. new waste incinerators in england are to be restricted after research revealed they have become the dirtiest way to generate power. just under half of all rubbish is currently burned to make electricity, but ministers say new incinerators will now be approved only if they address local concerns about the environment and cut the amount of waste that goes to landfill. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath has more. in towns like runcorn in cheshire, energy from waste incinerators have become the major means of dealing with rubbish over the past decade, as local authorities have sought a cheaper alternative to landfill. but this boom in burning bin bags has come at a cost, especially for the people living closest to these giant furnaces. mandy royal's street stands in the shadow of the viridor incinerator in runcorn, the biggest burner in the uk. look how thick it is.

but it's blown straight at our houses and we're breathing all that in. i've lived here since �*98, and then in 2015, they decided to put the incinerator in my front garden. well, it felt like my front garden and ever since, it's just been a nightmare. we've been inundated with flies, rats, smell, noise. it's just been horrendous. who's going to buy my house down here? i can't afford to move my business and sell the house, so i'm sort of stuck. it's ugly and looks like a prison. it stinks, it's noisy. i'm just stuck in this little corner with a big monster staring at me. as well as the impact on communities, a recent bbc investigation showed that burning rubbish has the same effect on the climate as burning coal thanks to all the oil based plastic that now goes up in flames. ministers are concerned over the scale of waste burning as well as stalled recycling rates. so the government is now setting out tougher standards for new incinerators.

not only will developers have to show that a new plant will reduce the amount of rubbish going to landfill, they'll also have to present plans to capture the heat generated from the flames and the carbon emitted from the flue. campaigners against incinerators have cautiously welcomed the plan, saying the new regulations and greater efforts to reuse existing materials could end the need for new incinerators. everything that could be recycled should be recycled. composted should be composted. and this removes material from existing incinerators, thereby undermining the rationale for any new waste incineration capacity. the government insists the new restrictions aren't a ban. but ministers also recognise that the uk's need for incineration could now be reaching its limit. matt mcgrath, bbc news. let's get some of the

day s other news now. dominique pelicot, the ex—husband of gisele pelicot, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating and committing mass rapes against his wife while she was drugged for over a decade, has decided not to appeal his sentence. at least 17 other men found guilty alongside him have chosen to appeal their convictions. the french prime minister is visiting mayotte two weeks after cyclone chido devastated the french overseas territory. francois bayrou flew in to the indian ocean archipelago with other government ministers. he's seeking to address public concern about the slow pace of aid supplies and rebuilding work. president emmanuel macron, was heckled on a visit earlier this month, by locals dissatisfied with the government's reponse. at least 71 people have been killed in a road accident in southern ethiopia. local authorities says a truck plunged into

a river in sidama state, south of ethiopia's capital addis ababa. thousands of georgians protested in the capital tbilisi on sunday as a new president allied with the ruling georgian dream party was inaugurated. mikheil kavelashvili is a former manchester city footballer and a hardline critic of the west. he has been sworn in during a critical political period for the country after the government suspended its application to join the eu. 0utgoing president salome zourabichvili has refused to step down, saying she is the "only legitimate president". let's speak to ekaterine metreveli in tblisi. she is the president of the georgian foundation for strategic and international studies.

it is very hard to know what to expect. the energy in the georgian society is quite strong, as to what will be the response from mikheil kavelashvili. there was a russian narrative that was purely being pushed forward. we do not know what

mikheil kavelashvili will push for. one thing that was obvious yesterday, he signed 15 amendments which are pushing forward the trajectory of further consolidation of authoritarianism in georgia and those amendments concerning freedom, as well as making it easier to fire public servants. he said in his inauguration speech he wanted a —— for everyone to unite society. i don't see how that is possible at all. he has been pushing the anti—western and russian narrative and there is no legitimacy for that on the public side. legally we understand that this is a strange situation, salome

zourabichvili, she has legitimacy from society. unless georgian dream goes and concedes and it wants new elections and freeze everyone he has been detained illegally, i don't think mikheil kavelashvili or anyone else will be able to unify society. thank you for your time. while negotiations continue to try to secure a ceasefire between israel and hamas, the humanitarian situation for hundreds of thousands of civilians remains dire. israel says it doesn't target civilians and is dismantling terrorist networks, but for parents like gaza resident amal alabadla it means caring for a young family in a war zone. with amal�*s husband working in the west bank, amal has been raising their children alone. she's been sharing her

story with the bbc. translation: good morning. i'm 37 years old. i'm an architect and a wife. the 7th of october, 6am was sleeping. i was in bed. i had a dream, i dreamt of war. i was hearing the sounds around me in my dream and then this is happening for real. my husband told me, you do not

know what is happening, get a car and go to the hospital and when i got to the hospital they decided on an emergency caesarean section for me. i wanted to go with my husband. i thought maybe i am going to die. but then the voice of mohammed, i started crying. the second day the new brother wanted to protect him. people were told to leave. i remember an air strike struck our neighbour's house and we were onto the stray holding my children. i left the area and i stayed in a tent for a month. it was so hard to stay

there because it is far away from the hospitals. i went home. there was a ceasefire by then. the day the ceasefire ended the bombing started exactly in my neighbourhood. i was holding my child and they started to bomb around the building and i heard the sound of the bombing coming nearer and nearer and i held my boys tight. it was like my heart was exploding. i displaced rafa. they forced us to leave to khan younis and we could see the destruction on the way.

he did not understand what it was and what happened to the buildings. i have to stay strong for my children. i have to hide this from them. it's like living between two fires, the fear of their safety and the struggle to meet their basic needs. at the same time, there are smiles, their presence gives me the strength to keep going. to fight for them, for a better future for them. astronomers are eagerly awaiting a celestial event that occurs roughly once every 80 years. a star called t cor bor,

which you can't normally see with the naked eye, is set become much brighter and visible in the night sky. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle, has been to a dark skies park to meet stargazers gearing up for the big event. in bannau brycheiniog, also known as the brecon beacons, astronomers are scanning the skies. they're eagerly awaiting a once in a lifetime event to see a celestial explosion, revealing a star that's normally too faint for us to see. so i've got the telescope pointed at corona borealis, and that's the constellation that this star is in. the star she's looking for is called t coronae borealis or t cor borfor short. t cor bor is dim? t cor bor is dim at the minute. so it's about magnitude ten normally. and that is well below what you can see with the naked eye. but that could all be about to change. every 80 years or so, t cor bor is predicted to light up the sky,

but not for long. it's only going to be visible to the naked eye for a couple of days. of course, if you've got a small pair of binoculars or a small telescope, you'll be able to see it for a little bit longer because you've got that magnifying tool. but i do think that its short stint in the sky makes it really special. t cor bor is actually two stars orbiting around each other, a small white dwarf which is a dead star, and a much larger red giant. the white dwarf has an immense gravitational pull, and it's consistently dragging material away from the red giant. over time, this material builds up until it explodes, releasing a huge amount of energy, and this makes t cor bor briefly appear much brighter in the night sky. the last time this happened was in 19116, when michael woodman was 15. the newport schoolboy had stayed up late waiting for his dad to come home. so i looked out of my bedroom window and there, in the ring of the corona borealis, the second star down

was bright, very bright. i thought, well, i've never seen that like that before. the following morning i thought, well, i will get in touch with the astronomer royal. the astronomer royal wrote back and told him, remarkably, that he was the first person in the uk to have seen this. the star spotter became a star himself for a while, with a flurry of media interest and an interview on bbc radio. it did give me some notoriety, that's the word. and they used to say, "cor, he's the chap who saw the star." so who do you think that is? who do you think that is? michael woodman is now 94. there are four generations of his family. seeing t cor bor again will put him in an exclusive club ofjust one. we're all looking at the skies again. and not not only me, but the whole world, apparently. but if i see it, how many other people have seen it? i will be the only one who has seen it twice.

i got to keep breathing. t coronae borealis, which you can't see with the naked eye, is about here. it's going to be noticeable when it when it erupts. i think there'll be a, there'll be a, you know, a bright point. so for stargazers, are there any early signs that t cor bor is about to ignite into brightness? it seems that in the past this has dimmed a little bit before it's actually erupted. and there are signs that maybe at the moment it'sjust dipping a little bit in brightness. so maybe that's a hint that it's getting close to its eruption. there have been a few false alarms that t cor bor was ready to erupt, but for now, astronomers will have to keep watching and waiting. the celestial fireworks will be worth it when they finally arrive. rebecca morelle, bbc news, bannau brycheiniog. the bbc news website has a

guide if you want to try and see this star. the number one chess player, magnus carlsen, has said he will return to the world rapid and blitz chess championships in new york after the sport's governing body agreed to relax the dress code. the norwegian walked out on friday when he was told he couldn't wear jeans. the president of the international chess federation said he'd decided to try out giving officials more flexibility in judgements about attire. carlsen will now return for the blitz championship, which starts on tuesday. he's said he will be wearing jeans. hello. another big week of travel out there this week and potentially some more disruptive weather. not fog this time, turn quieter but strengthening winds for the next three days to take us into wednesday — new year's day, of course. also heavy rain and even

a little bit of snow for some, before things turn quieter, sunnier, but also much colder later in the week. it is this stripe of cloud which extends to the mid—atlantic which will continue to pile in and pulses. the first pulse of persistent rain earlier today has cleared through. further outbreaks of rain for southern scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england, where we will see some very strong and gusty winds on the tops of the pennines, maybe up to around 60mph. cold air in place in the far north of scotland, generally mild elsewhere. plenty of cloud, but at least dry with some brightness across many parts of england and wales. the cold air in place. for scotland, more snow on the mountains tonight. more heavy rain for many, though, giving rise to the risk of yet further flooding. turning wet again too in northern ireland. temperatures for most will be frost—free, the exception being in shetland. for new year's eve, it's going to be a day that gets windier and windier. largely dry for a good part of central and southern england and wales to begin with. outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, turning to brighter weather. showery conditions,

but outbreaks of heavy rain through the afternoon and into the evening across northern england and north and west wales. it's along this central swathe we'll see some very strong and gusty winds. those outbreaks of rain sit across parts of northern england, the midlands and wales as we head towards midnight. quite wintry in the far north of scotland, but for some of the major cities, if you're out celebrating at any of the planned events, at least, as midnight strikes, ithink edinburgh, belfast and probably london should be dry. then, as we go into new year's day itself, watching where this area of low pressure goes and how deeply it develops because we're going to see some heavy rain on it. strongest winds to the south, but on the northern edge, that could be across parts of wales, northern england, maybe southern scotland or northern ireland, there is the potential for a spell of snow, as well. further snow showers, though, in the north of scotland. they will be cold, gusty, northerly winds. it's south—westerly mild ones towards the south where they will be gusting 50mph or 60mph quite easily. it is going to be potentially disruptive through new year's day. as for new year's day, it turns colder from the north.

then, for the rest of the week, sunshine is back, but so is night—time frost.

live from london, this is bbc news. tributes are being paid to the former us president and nobel peace prize winner jimmy carter, who's died at the age of 100. president biden says the world

has lost a remarkable leader. jimmy carter lived a life measured not by words but by his deeds. look at his work. he helped eradicate disease not just at home but around the world. at the white house, the stars and stripes is flying at half—mast in honour of the 39th president. a national day of mourning will take place onjanuary the 9th. in other news today... an emergency safety inspection of all planes is ordered in south korea following the nation's worst aviation disaster in decades. it could be a white new year for parts of the uk as the met office issues a yellow weather alert. we'll have all the details. hello. tributes are being paid from around the world to the former us president and nobel peace prize winner jimmy carter, who's died at the age of 100. he was the peanut farmer who became the most powerful

man in the world, serving one term as president