this is the scene in washington dc — where flags are flying at half mast. reports from argentina say five people have been charged in connection with the death of one direction star, liam payne. and — we'll tell you how you might be able to glimpse a very rare star — that hasn't been visible to the naked eye — for 8 decades. hello. i'm annita mcveigh. we start in south korea, where families of the victims of the nation's worst aviation disaster in decades, are calling for more support from the government. all but two of the 181 people on board died as the jay—ju air all but two of the 181 people on board died as thejeju air

plane crashed after landing at muan international airport. some reports say the pilot told air traffic control that the aircraft had suffered a bird strike. south korea's acting president has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation system. our seoul correspondentjean mackenzie is at the scene and sent this report. the bereaved are at breaking point. these outbursts happen every few minutes a day. on from the crash, they're still at the airport, waiting to be reunited with their loved ones�* bodies. "why have only five bodies been released?" this woman yells. "you're useless!" a police official spares her no details. they're too badly damaged, he says. forensic teams are still piecing them together. it's disturbing to hear.

and for shinji ho, it's even worse. his two teenage grandsons haven't even been identified. translation: their father took them to make happy memories. i've been sitting here all day hoping for news. i'm so frustrated. the plane was carrying koreans back from their christmas holidays in thailand when it landed at speed without its wheels down as it crashed. every passenger was killed. investigators are now trying to work out why the landing gear seemed to fail. but the black box is damaged. it will take time to decipher. so today, the attention has turned to what happened on the runway. when the plane made its emergency landing, it was still intact, but because it couldn't stop, it then overshot the runway here. and we now know that it hit this concrete and orange structure that has been raised up on this grassy mound. this is a guidance system that is supposed to help planes land. but this is the point at which the plane exploded into this fireball and into this fireball and fractured into many pieces. fractured into many pieces.

and aviation experts and aviation experts are now questioning why this was positioned are now questioning why this was positioned in this way — in this way — so raised up and so close so raised up and so close to the end of the runway. to the end of the runway. the acting president has the acting president has ordered an investigation of the country's entire ordered an investigation of the country's entire aviation industry. aviation industry. a nearby sports hall has been a nearby sports hall has been turned into a memorial space, turned into a memorial space, but many of the families but many of the families aren't ready to remember. aren't ready to remember. still glued to their still glued to their airport seats without airport seats without answers, they don't answers, they don't know who to blame. the only place they can know who to blame. the only place they can direct their anger is direct their anger is at the forensic teams, at the forensic teams, who are still searching, yet who are still searching, yet to complete their gruelling, unenviable task. to complete their gruelling, unenviable task. jeanne mckenzie, bbc jeanne mckenzie, bbc news, muan airport. news, muan airport. scott hamilton is an aviation scott hamilton is an aviation consultant at leeham company. consultant at leeham company. i asked him about the current i asked him about the current status of the investigation. status of the investigation. we will know very quickly what

was going on with the aeroplane and in the cockpit. the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorders have been recovered. and assuming that they weren't damaged very badly and i haven't heard that they were, those readouts should be coming any day now. so we might hear some good answers within the next next couple of days or even the next couple of hours. now, we heard injean mackenzie's report some discussion about this concrete structure at the end of the runway, which the aircraft collided with. it's called a localiser. it's supposed to assist with landings. what are your thoughts on that? that should not have been constructed as it was on top of a berm, on top of a concrete structure of some kind. most airports also have

what's called a clear president biden has led world leaders in paying tribute

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 he was the peanut farmer who became the most powerful who became the most powerful man in the world, serving one man in the world, serving one term as president term as president from 1977 to 1981. from 1977 to 1981. he is the longest—lived he is the longest—lived american leader. american leader. as president, he brokered as president, he brokered a landmark peace accord a landmark peace accord between egypt and israel. between egypt and israel. but he was hampered but he was hampered by a failing economy at home by a failing economy at home and a disastrous attempt and a disastrous attempt to free american to free american hostages seized in iran. hostages seized in iran. in later life he became in later life he became a tireless worker for peace, a tireless worker for peace, the environment and human the environment and human rights, for which he was a dearfriend. rights, for which he was recognised with a nobel recognised with a nobel peace prize in 2002. peace prize in 2002. this is the scene live this is the scene live in washington dc where the flag in washington dc where the flag at the white house is flying at the white house is flying at half mast. at half mast. here's some of whatjoe biden here's some of whatjoe biden had to say aboutjimmy carter had to say aboutjimmy carter in a televised address. in a televised address. america and the world, in my america and the world, in my view, lost a remarkable leader. view, lost a remarkable leader. he was a statesman, he was a statesman,

a humanitarian. a humanitarian. andjill and i lost 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,

he forged peace, advanced civil rights, in elect ights, he forged peace, advanced civil rights, in elect as its, he forged peace, advanced civil rights, in elect as well. he forged peace, advanced civil rights, hu elect as well.- president elect as well. that's ri . ht. president elect as well. that's right- they — president elect as well. that's right. they have _ president elect as well. that's right. they have been - president elect as well. that's right. they have been tribute | right. they have been tribute paid to him by all of the current and former presidents of the united states and as you say, donald trump, the incoming president of the united states. somebody who would not politically or philosophically agree with little trouble whatsoever. indeed, he had a somewhat tricky relationship with bill clinton, the previous democratic president who also paid a fulsome tribute to him. we have also seen this morning the new york stock exchange held a moment of silence in his honour. and the empire state building was held it up in red white and blue. the colours of the american national flag white and blue. the colours of the american nationalflag in honour ofjimmy carter. we've also seen tributes from world leaders around the world including sir keir starmer and king charles also paid tribute to him. ~ ., ., ., ~ ., to him. what more do we know about the _ to him. what more do we know about the national— to him. what more do we know about the national day - to him. what more do we know about the national day of - about the national day of mourning onjanuary nine that president biden has announced? the funeral ofjimmy carter will be held, the service, the

funeral service will be held in washington at the national cathedral in north—west washington and i would expect that we will see world leaders attending that and probably former presidents, as well. joe biden is due to deliver an address at that funeral. before that, he will lie in a state in the capitol building, the shots of which you were showing before i came on air, he will lie in state in the rotunda which is the domed part of that building. that's an honour that is bestowed upon president since the days of abraham lincoln. once that funeral has taken place, he will then be taken place, he will then be taken back to atlanta, georgia, where he is going to be buried on a family plot in the plains of georgia next to his wife. who he was married to for 77 years on a family plot where he grew up. he lived most of his life there. plains is a place with only about 600 residents of a small place but the place thatjimmy carter really called home. that jimmy carter really called home. ., ., ., ~ , home. rowan, thank you very much. roman _

home. rowan, thank you very much. roman bridge - home. rowan, thank you very much. roman bridge there i home. rowan, thank you very much. roman bridge there in| much. roman bridge there in washington, dc. american—born writer and broadcaster bonnie greer shared her reflections on the profound impact jimmy carter had on her. well, i'm going to be talking to you from the perspective of being a young university student, paying her way through university, having no money, just coming out of the political activism of the vietnam war and the black power movement. just roe v wade, fighting for our rights as women. and the horribleness of watergate, which is very difficult to explain now. it was horrific. so the world was very dark and it was a recession and there was a heat wave. so the world was very dark. everybody was poor except the trumps. and then comesjimmy carter, a guy who in a sense sort of harked back to lincoln. what we understood about lincoln, then about the united states as a moral compass in the world, notjust a great power, not just a country that did

deals, notjust that it was a moral force in the world. we'd just been in vietnam where that was catastrophic and where we were immoral. and suddenly my generation said, let's do something good. we had a criminal president in richard nixon. gerald ford was useless, his vice president. so this guy came on the scene and he was somebody who was simple. he was a southerner, which was incredible for my generation of young black people, because we voted for a white deep south peanut farmer to be the president of the united states. and we were all civil rights movement kids. so all of this was a quite amazing arc of time. and of course, then he tried to broker peace in the middle east. he tried to do a lot of things, but we didn't know at the time how broken the country was. we suspected it, but we didn't know all the pieces. putting that in the context of the time, bonnie, i mean, it's an incredibly powerful description of what he represented at this

point in time looking. and there's so much that we could talk about. but looking at a couple of specific policy areas, how do you assess his contributions in tackling racism, and also, what did it mean for you as a woman to have this man in the white house because he was the first president, wasn't he, to give his wife her own office in the white house? exactly. and we women particularly have been fighting for our rights, for autonomy over our body. and what was wonderful about that was that a anti—slavery constitutional amendment had been used to protect us. and then suddenly we were voting for a southern, uh, guy who had the confederacy in his background. and there he was saying that he was going to change the country, give it a moral compass. we could talk about morality again because we couldn't for the last ten years, it was impossible with vietnam and with richard nixon and watergate and the republicans.

it was impossible. and there are many more tributes to jimmy carter, along with a look back at his life, on the bbc news website and app. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with sarah mulkerrins. hello from the bbc sport centre. the big names in tennis are getting set for a fresh season, with the australian open just around the corner. 24—time grand slam winner novak djokovic hardly needs coaching at this stage, but he's enlisted the help of a familiar face. he'll be working with the recently retired andy murray ahead of the first slam of the season in melbourne which he'll be aiming to win for the 11th time.

being on of the net is actually great for a change because, you know, he has been one of my greatest rivals and, you know, it was strange in a way for me to share all of these insights about how i feel on the court, sharing some of the secrets of what i'm going through, what i'm thinking about, how he sees my game. with somebody that has always been one of the top rivals. there are three more games in the english 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 appointed sergio conceicao as their new manager, with the serie a side confirming the news in a statement in the last couple of hours. this comes after they sacked head coach paulo fonseca after just 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. conceicao has signed an 18 month deal with the italian club. 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 over 373 thousand spectators at the mcg over the five days. when you take all that into account, it's probably the best test match i've been in, in terms of the 80,000 in the first few days. the crowd, it was huge. ifelt like it swing a lot as well. you know, it neverfelt a lot as well. you know, it never felt like it was so far ahead of the game that it was a certain win so, overall, it's one of those great wins. 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. remember you can stay right up to date of all the news on the bbc sport website. back to you, anita. in his final weeks in office, presidentjoe biden has announced almost 6 billion dollars in additional military and budget aid for ukraine. of that, 2.5 billion dollars is designated for security assistance, while $3.1; billion will help repair critical infrastructure damaged by intensified russian

it is the final disbursement. we have been getting reports in the last hour or so of a prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine. each side has been freeing 150 prisoners of war and we're just seeing in the last few seconds and this is from president zelensky saying that ukraine is bringing home 189 prisoners war in this latest swap. slight variation in the figures. so, we have been hearing this in the last short while. we understand that the uae has been involved as a mediator in this prisoner exchange. five people have been charged — three of them with manslaughter — over the death of one direction star liam payne in argentina. those summoned by a judge to appear in court include the manager and several employees of the hotel in buenos aires where the singer died, plus one of the 31—year—old's friends. liam payne fell from a third—floor balcony in october. jessica lane has the latest.

# the story of my life, i take her home.# liam payne's death in october shocked fans around the world. many gathered to remember him outside the hotel where he'd been staying and fell from a third floor balcony. today, the prosecutor in argentina confirmed five people have been charged in connection with his death. local media say liam's friend roger nores, and two members of staff from the casasur hotel have been charged with manslaughter and another two charged with supplying drugs. it was announced last month that three people had been charged, but they weren't named at the time. an autopsy confirmed the 31—year—old suffered internal and external bleeding and multiple traumatic injuries. police found alcohol, a phone and medication in his room, along with destroyed objects and furniture. authorities have examined hours of cctv footage and spoken to hotel staff, medical professionals and friends. # you don't know

you're beautiful.# liam payne found worldwide fame in one direction and later had a son with girls aloud star cheryl. but in recent years he's spoken about the pressures he faced at such a young age. the problem we had in the band, and i don't blame anybody for this, i don't want to seem like i'm whining or moaning. oh my god, look at my life, whatever. but it feels to me like when we were in the band, the best way to secure us because of how big it got wasjust lock us in our rooms and of course, waltz in the room minibar. so at a certain point ithought, well, i'm going to have a party for one. and thatjust seemed to carry on throughout many years of my life. celebrities gathered with his friends and family earlier this month at his funeral. but for police and prosecutors in argentina, the investigation into how he died continues. jessica lane, bbc news. astronomers are eagerly awaiting a celestial event that only happens roughly every 80 years. it involves a star system. called t—corona borealis. our science editor

rebecca morelle explains. i spoke to astronomer and managing editor of fifth star labs, jenifer millard and asked her more about the celestial event. the last time we witnessed this was 80 years ago, almost. and you know, back then we were in the very infancy of astrophotography. so it hasn't actually been captured properly before, and certainly not with all of the modern developments that we have in astronomy these days, especially across the multi—wavelength spectrum. and so to be able to examine this system at all different wavelengths and have all different pictures and spectra, so we can look at chemical compositions and things like that is going to be extraordinary, but we don't know exactly when it's going to go. we arejust waiting for this thing to pop. well, this thing to pop. so tell us more about this thing. what exactly is this phenomenon? why does it happen? why does it happen so rarely? so t coronae borealis is actually two stars. it's not just one. it's two stars that are in a binary system. so they're orbiting each other. one of them is a red giant.

so this is the eventual fate of our sun. in about 5 billion years or so, it will puff up into this red giant as it runs out of fuel in its core. and they've got a very sort of tenuously attached outer atmosphere because they're so bloated they can bloat up to the orbit of venus, earth, even mars or beyond, depending on their size. then the other star is what we call a white dwarf. and this is the remnant core left over of a star like the sun. after it's become a red giant and the white dwarf is actually stealing that red giant's atmosphere, and it's accumulating this material over time. and eventually it gets to a point where there's so much material, the star can't take it any more. and then there's an explosion on the surface of the star. but it doesn't destroy the star. it's like a regulatory process. and then again, once that explosion has happened, we get this bright flash and this is where the star suddenly becomes visible to us. good luck in spotting it if you

are looking out for it. the number one chess player, magnus carlsen, has said he'll 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'll be wearing jeans. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we're saying goodbye to christmas, grey sky and dense fog and hello to wet and windy weather to see in the new year. a conveyor belt of weather fronts sitting out in the atlantic, waiting to dominate the story over the next few days. first signs of rain pushing into northern ireland and southern scotland. very windy across the tops of the trans—pennine routes. to the south of that

we've got some brightness and temperatures, generally at around nine to 11 degrees, somewhat colder conditions in the far north east of scotland. but it's overnight tonight and into the first half of new year's eve that we see this relentless heavy rain continue to push into scotland. and that means that rainfall totals are going to start to add up. so the met office has issued an amber weather warning stretching from inverness down to fort william. here we could see the possibility of some flooding and some travel disruption on a very, very busy travel day. and that amber amber weather warning will remain in force throughout new year's eve as that heavy rain continues to push its way steadily south into the north of england, but still feeding in plenty of wet weather across scotland to the south of that. a slightly quieter story. still pretty windy with it, but largely fine and dry. so if you are heading out towards midnight, it looks likely that the heaviest of the rain is going to be across northern england and parts of north wales. it will be relatively mild with it windy,

but the wind direction coming from the southwest. so as we move towards new year's day, we'll be able to split the country into two. a band of heavy rain and strong gale force gusts of winds moving their way steadily south across england and wales. behind it, the wind direction changing to a northerly. some of those showers will turn wintry in nature and it's going to be noticeably colder, but there will be some sunshine, windy day for all the strongest of the winds with that heavy rain as it moves through east anglia and down through the kent coast. here we mightjust see double figures, but noticeably colder across the country. and that colder theme is going to stay with us as we head through thursday and into friday. at least we've got some sunshine, but it will feel bitterly cold, particularly when you factor in the direction of the wind. so our week ahead, heavy rain and snow accompanied by some strong winds to begin with. as that moves through from new year's day onwards, it turns colder but crisper.

this is bbc news, the headlines: greiving families call for more answers, as south korea's acting president orders emergency inspections of airline safety systems, following sunday's deadly plane crash. tributes continue forjimmy carter,

the 39th president of the united states and winner of the nobel peace prize, after his death aged 100. five people are charged in argentina in connection with the death of the former one direction singer liam payne. and the united nations warns the world is enduring a climate breakdown, with all ten of the hottest years on record taking place in the last decade. now on bbc news: can "degrowth" save the world? so essentially, it's how do we live well on this planet without destroying it? it's a simple question. we are saturated with all this information and of talking of the problem — how can we have spaces to look towards the solution? we've all heard it before. to create a sustainable world, we must move away from fossil fuels- and embrace green technology.

but what if technology alone isn't enough? _