he helped eradicate disease notjust 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 a is ordered in south korea following the nation's worst aviation disaster in decades. and rain, snow and strong winds are on the way for parts of the uk to welcome in the new year, with a series of weather warnings coming into force over 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 from 1977 to 1981. he is the longest—lived american leader. as president he brokered a landmark peace accord between egypt and israel. but was hampered at home by a failing economy and a disastrous attempt to free american hostages seized in iran. his bid for a second term ended in a landslide defeat to ronald reagan. in later life he became a tireless worker for peace, the environment and human rights, for which he was recognised with a nobel peace prize in 2002. this is the scene live in washington dc where the flag at the white house is flying at half mast. president biden led tributes tojimmy carter saying america and the world had lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian. whilst president—elect donald trump said americans owed carter a "debt of gratitude".

mr biden confirmed that the former president would receive a state funeral and declared january 9th as america's national day of mourning forjimmy carter. we will assess jimmy carter's legacy shortly but first, our senior north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue looks back at his life. as a candidate and as a president, i'll never tell a lie. that was the essence ofjimmy carter. people may have questioned his ability, but not his honesty, sincerity and passion that propelled a peanut farmer to the presidency. he was born in the deep south in plains, georgia. james earl carter cut short a promising naval career to return home after the death of his father. he turned the family business around. growing peanuts made jimmy carter rich. then came the lure of politics. he served two terms in the state senate and one as georgia's governor before bringing his faith based

politics to washington and a run for the presidency. my name isjimmy carter, and i'm running for president. he campaigned on a pledge to bind america's wounds after watergate and vietnam. i, jimmy carter, do solemnly swear... it was a presidency that would be marked by one lasting foreign policy high and marred by a number of lows. in 1979, joining hands with israeli prime minister menachem begin and egypt's anwar sadat, sealing the camp david peace accords was his finest hour. it's still america's most significant peacemaking moment in the middle east. so let us now lay aside war, let us now reward all the children of abraham who hungerfor a comprehensive peace in the middle east. at home, he was an environmental pioneer, preserving huge tracts of land in alaska and even installing solar panels

at the white house. and an ardent feminist, he encouraged his wife to set up and run her own office in the white house, appointed women to his administration, and declared, "women's rights are the fight of my life." but an energy crisis saw long lines at the pumps, while inflation was rising sharply and his administration seemed listless, ill equipped to cope. worse would follow with the iranian revolution and the interminable hostage crisis that followed at the us embassy in tehran. 52 americans were being held and the commander in chief seemed out of his depth. a botched rescue attempt left eight americans dead. against that background, there was no way he was going to win re—election. in the event, his loss to ronald reagan in 1980 was crushing. butjimmy carter was not about to disappear quietly

into a gilded corporate post—presidential life. he brought his prestigious energy to human rights issues, setting up the carter centre in atlanta, campaigning across the world for democracy and justice. 22 years after leaving office, he was awarded the nobel peace prize for his efforts. morning, everybody. good morning. in plains, georgia, he carried on leading bible study classes. only when he was past 90 would he tell a news conference, with his trademark humour, dignity and humility, and without a shred of self—pity, that cancer had spread to his brain. i think i have been as blessed as any human being in the world with having become the president of the united states of america and the work of the carter centre, and everything's been a blessing for me, so i'm thankful. butjimmy carter carried on his work in the us and around the world,

busy trying to make a difference right up to the very end. at his side for 77 years, jimmy carter said of his wife, rosalynn, "she was my equal partner in everything." in their twilight, president biden made the pilgrimage to georgia to thank them both for their lifetime of public service. and when rosalynn died, her husband made a rare trip out of hospice care to pay his final loving respects. jimmy carter's legacy has been hotly debated and often revised, but few would dispute that america's longest lived president gave, in his own words, his very best. well, president biden led the tributes tojimmy carter. here's some of what he had to say in a televised address. america and the world, in my

view, lost a remarkable leader. he was a statesman, a humanitarian. andjill and i lost a dearfriend. i've been hanging out withjimmy carter for over 50 years, it dawned on me, and i had countless conversations with him over those years, and i always will be proud to say that he used to kid me about it, that i was the first national figure to endorse him in 1976 when he ran for president. there was an overwhelming reason for it, his character. what i find extraordinary aboutjimmy carter, though, is that millions of people all around the world, all over the world, feel they lost a friend as well, even though they never met him. and that's becausejimmy 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 built housing for the homeless with his own hands. and his compassion and moral clarity lifted people up and changed lives and saved lives all over the globe. jimmy carter wasjust as courageous in his battle against cancer as he was in everything in his life. earlier, i spoke to cbs correspondent nicole valdes on the reactions tojimmy carters passing. president—elect donald trump one of several who have spoken sincejimmy carter's passing just saying that former president carter did everything in his power to improve the lives of americans and for that we owe him a debt of gratitude. we also heard from former president george w bush who noted that carter dignified the office, and former

president barack 0bama said he taught all of us what it means to live a life of grace, dignity, justice and service. what do you think the legacy will be ofjimmy carter, both as a president and also his time out of office? it really has been the topic of conversation is that so many remember him not only during his one term in office but since leaving office. a lot of people remember his global humanitarian efforts, it is what the carter centre behind me is based on, the human rights advocacy group year that still to this day works with the president's thoughts in mind here. but during his term, a lot of people remember how he was elected, starting out as the peanut farmer and then becoming a naval officer then governor of georgia, a real resume if you will

for the presidency at the time. and there was a lot going on at the time that led to the tumultuous events not only prior to his presidency, during and of course thereafter. i went around the carter centre when i visited atlanta and you get a sense of how much he did, he was an environmentalist, he brought solar panels to the white house, civil rights campaigner, feminist. he had so much to him that often a lot of people did not realise. he was clearly beloved and i think there are a lot of people here in the state of georgia alone that have made that very clear. it has been just over 12 hours since they announced his passing but we are already seeing a growing memorial of flowers and messages here at the carter centre, some simply saying we love you.

people have spoken to us who remembered voting for him, he may have been one of the first presidents they recall voting for when they were old enough to do so. this is certainly a day many people will remember for a very long time. present biden announced a state funeral. it looks like that is scheduled for later on in the new year onjanuary the 9th, a state funeralforformer presidentjimmy carter. but there are other services we are waiting for detail on, one here at the carter centre, before he is laid out his final resting place in plains, georgia. and there are many more tributes to jimmy carter, along with a look back at his life, on the bbc news website and app.

china described him as a driving force behind the establishment of diplomatic ties between beijing and washington. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with john watson. hello from the bbc sport centre. it's looking like 2025 could be a great year for liverpool as the premier league leaders extended their lead at the top of the table by beating west ham. luis diaz, cody gakpo, mohammed salah, trent alexander—arnold and diogojota all on the scoresheet at the london stadium, where boos rang out at the final whistle from west ham fans. so liverpool are now 8 points clear at the top of the table going into the new year.

there are three more games in the premier league on monday. among them manchester united taking on in form newcastle. it's not been the ideal start for ruben amorim, who has won just four and lost five of his 10 games since taking over at old trafford, and they're just eight points clear of the relegation zone. he might have taken over at the end of the season, but instead joined the club midway through. iam here, i have to focus on the job. it is part of football to have these difficult moments. i already knew that is going to be tough. of course you expect to win more games, to have players with more confidence, to sell the idea and to work and to improve a lot of things. in this moment it's really hard. like i said, we have to survive, to have time and then to improve the team. ac milan have sacked head coach paulo fonseca afterjust

six months in charge. milan were held to a frustrating 1—1 draw with roma on sunday, a result that left them eighth in the serie a table. reports in italy state ex—porto manager sergio conceicao, who had a spell with inter in his playing days, will replace him imminently. there was a thrilling conclusion to the fourth test between australia and india in melbourne, australia winning by 184 runs to take a 2—1 lead in the series. india were set a target of 340 in 92 overs, a sensational bowling performance in the evening session saw australia take the final seven wickets forjust 3a runs as india were bowled out for 155 in the final hour. this was in front of a record attendance for a test match in australia, with 373,691 spectators at the mcg over the five days. when you take all that into account, probably the best test match i have been involved in, in terms of 80,000 the first three days, whatever the crowd

was today, it was huge. it felt like it was swinging a lot as well, never felt we were so far ahead of the game. so overall, one of those great wins. you might by now have heard the story that world chess number one magnus carlsen was made to quit a tournament because he was wearing jeans. here was the norweigian grandmaster getting the boot from the world rapid and blitz chess championships in new york after he refused to change when asked to. but he's since been reinstated and can you guess what he's going to be wearing today. for now, i'm here, and there have been some, i think, slight alterations to the rules. as a matter of principle, i am definitely playing injeans tomorrow. and tyler herro scored 27

points and was then one of seven people ejected, six for their roles in a fight in the final minute of the miami heat's104—100 victory over the houston rockets on sunday night. herro was thrown to the ground by the rockets�* amen thompson with 35 seconds left. players and coaches from both benches then came onto the court. both players were thrown out along with others, unsavoury scenes at the end. and that's all the sport for now. to south korea now and the investigation into the nation's worst aviation diasters in decades. the country's acting president has visited the crash site — and ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation system. mystery surrounds the cause of the crash, although the pilot is believed

to have radioed air traffic control to say the aircraft had suffered a bird strike, shortly before it crash landed and exploded, killing all but two of the 181 people on board. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield hayes updated me from the airport in muan. a bit more information today, particularly from the transport ministry, saying that there was that distress call, that the pilot did call an emergency before trying to land, and had said there had been some kind of bird strike. strike. now, bird strike is when a plane flies through a flock of birds and some of the birds get ingested into the engines, and they can then cause the engines to stall, or indeed to flame out, to lose power. and that in the final, you know, if you're in final approach to to a runway, that can cause a very dangerous situation,

but it doesn't normally end up in this sort of crash. so it's apparent that there are more factors involved here. why did the plane land without deploying its landing gear? why was it a belly landing? why was it landing so fast? why did it land halfway down the runway at speed, meaning there was really no room for it to slow down before it hit these obstacles at the end of the runway and then burst into flames. so this investigation is going to be very difficult. they have recovered the flight recorders. that's the voice, the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. those will be key to understanding what happened in the last minutes of the flight and trying to piece together exactly what happened. but we're in very early stages of that investigation, as you said in your introduction, still reallyjust recovering bodies and human remains from the scene behind me here. and what about the families who are waiting for that information and that dna detail to be able to confirm, i suppose, that their loved ones had died. yeah.

it's a very, very, very terrible scene inside the airport terminal where you can hear wails of people. you go inside the terminal, you can hearfamily members wailing in. the anguish is still very, very raw, very, very real. but there's also been, i think, anger growing today from the relatives. they've been demanding to know more, to have answers, and also to be able to see the bodies of their relatives. we there, inside there, there was shouting from people at officials today, and that gives you a sense of the tension that there is here and the real visceral sense of loss, which you can quite understand. this was a plane full of families. the oldest person we understand was in their 805. the youngest was three years old. these were families who had gone on holiday to thailand to have a lovely time coming home. and it ended in this terrible, terrible way. and their relatives understandably want to know what happened. how was it that this flight took off from bangkok? perfectly fine. flew all the way back here to south korea. apparently nothing untoward happening.

and then just in the last few minutes, as it came into land, a whole series of factors seem to have unravelled. we don't know how and led to this tragedy. the government is asking youtube and other video sharing sites to help direct children to higher quality content. with children's media habits changing rapidly, the culture secretary lisa nandy says she wants to start a dialogue with services that are winning the battle for their attention. in an interview with radio 4's today programme, she stopped short of talking about regulation for children's programmes online, but called for sites to engage in dialogue with the government. we'd much preferfor them to work with us to make sure that children are able to see and find high quality content much more easily. there's something great about youtube, it's democratising. you know, you've got these people who can start their careers

from their bedrooms and suddenly become global superstars, to make a living out of something that they couldn't have done otherwise and we're very well aware of that but there is a balance to be struck here to make sure that children can find that really good quality content. a 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, has decided not to appeal his sentence. at least 17 other men found guilty alongside him have said they will appeal. the french prime minister, francois bayrou, says his government aims to rebuild areas damaged by cyclone chido within two years. mr bayrou was speaking during a visit to the french indian territory — two weeks after it was devastated by the storm. 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. weather warnings for rain, snow and wind gusts of up to 70mph have been issued for parts of the uk on new year's eve and new year's day. yellow warnings are in place for northern ireland, northern england and parts of scotland from tuesday before extending across most of the uk on wednesday. 0ur weather presenter matt taylorjoined me earlier and warned: be prepared for some rain, wind and snow. it's been quite a difficult christmas for travellers. last week, of course, we were plagued by fog across england and wales. we're changing the weather patterns now to something much more turbulent, and that's why we're going to clear the fog, but we're going to see subsequent areas of low pressure, one that's with us at the moment, another one through new year's eve, and then another one is going to come in as we go

through into new year's day as well. and so these are going to be moving their way southwards stage by stage, and each one is going to bring bouts of strong winds, some heavy rain and also potentially some snow as well. now, if ijust take you through the warnings, it really explains what's happening out there, because we've already got some today. today it's rain and snow in scotland, mainly in northern areas, but some strong winds on transpennine routes. the yellow area there, just in the north of england, winds gusting 50—60 mph. into new year's eve, it's still the northern half of the country, could affect some transport and power disruption. strongest of the winds, i think, is going to be the biggest impact in parts of northern england, northern ireland. and then for new year's day it all heads further southwards and snow could be the added feature too. so briefly, where needs to worry most? i think greatest risk of worry is probably parts of northern ireland, northern england for the strength of the wind, and then potentially snow as well, as we go into new year's day. just a case of exactly where that snow falls. and briefly, does it get any better? it does.

i can offer you some optimism, by the time we get to thursday and friday, sunshine is back, but it will be colder. full weather forecast for your area on the bbc weather app or website. an outpouring of tributes to jimmy carter. president biden led the tributes calling him an extraordinary statesman and humanitarian and others have praised him as a peace mediator in the middle east. this is the scene live at the white house coming up to 6:30am. there will be a national day of mourning onjanuary nine. on january nine. stay with us here on bbc news. 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines... tributes from across the world 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 called him a man of principle, faith and humility, while president—elect donald trump says americans owe carter a debt of gratitude

south korea's acting president has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire arline operating system, following sunday's deadly crash. investigations are continuing into the cause of the incident which left 179 people dead. coming up we'll have the research on how a single cigarette could shorten a person's life by more than 20 minutes. and astronomers are preparing to get a glimpse of a very rare star that hasn't been visible to the naked eye for eight decades. president biden has led tributes to jimmy carter, describing him as an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian. he also announced that a national day of mourning would take place onjanuary the ninth, with americans encouraged to visit places of worship to pay homage to the late president.

in 2014, president carter spoke to the bbc�*s katty kay.