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 we begin at this hour with breaking news. we are hearing that edinburgh's hogmanay new year's eve celebrations have been cancelled due to concerns over extreme weather. organisers say that the celebrations in scotland are world famous. joining me now to discuss this breaking news we have our reporter megan owens. what more are organising saying at this point?— at this point? following the met office's _ at this point? following the met office's weather - at this point? following the - met office's weather warnings, theyissued met office's weather warnings, they issued where weather warnings for wind and rain

today. organisers have said that all events taking place on monday and tuesday are to be scrapped including a concert in princess street gardens by the rock band texas. according to a spokesperson they said that we have been unable to continue with preparations for the event and the necessary setup. of course, this takes a lot of work behind the scenes to organise. they have said that they have had to cancel the events outdoors due to this extreme weather and forecast conditions. they said that for safety reasons they are having to cancel these events. we have also seen events cancelled on sunday because of wind speeds as well. that was the cancellation of the traditional torchlight procession which normally kicks off these hogmanay events. clearly, many disappointed people at these cancellations due to the extreme weather. we're 'ust seeinu extreme weather. we're 'ust seeing some additionalh seeing some additional information that tonight as well, december30, and number of outdoor events including a

street party and a fireworks display have also been cancelled due to bad weather. megan, as i mentioned in the introduction, the hogmanay, the new year's eve celebrations in edinburgh, are world famous, they bring in a lot of revenue for the city, to scotland, both from tourist within the uk and abroad. this is going to be a huge blow for the businesses that depend on this revenue. exactly. it's a huge event and people, as you said, will be celebrating locally but also will be thousands coming from far wide to celebrate in edinburgh. we know that it's a huge street party, normally 150,000 people come to celebrate, there are bands playing, all over the city, those spectacular firework displays. it dates back to 1993 so it has been going a long time. again, months of preparation have gone into this event so huge disappointment, i'm sure, about its cancellation.-

i'm sure, about its cancellation. ., , cancellation. not the first time that _ cancellation. not the first time that the _ cancellation. not the first| time that the celebrations cancellation. not the first - time that the celebrations have been cancelled because of bad weather last few years. i'm just checking to make sure i'm right on of the year but within the last few years there celebrations have been cancelled as well and if we just look at our live page right now i think we can show you that. you will see that story there and that will be updated as we find out more information about that breaking news. the news that the world—famous hogmanay world —famous hogmanay celebrations have world—famous hogmanay celebrations have been cancelled due to weather. also due to take place today, december 30, cancelled as well. thank you to our correspondent, meg owen, for the latest on the story. the head of the united nations has warned in his new year message that the world is facing "climate breakdown". antonio guterres called for action to cut emissions and switch to renewable energy. the world meteorological organisation says climate change played out on an almost daily basis in 2024

with extreme weather events including floods, cyclones and droughts. let's hear some of what mr guterres had to say. in 2025, countries must put the world on a safer path by dramatically slashing emissions and supporting the transition to a renewable future. it is essential, and it is possible. i see hope in activists, young and old, raising their voices for progress. i see hope in the humanitarian heroes overcoming enormous obstacles to support the most vulnerable people. i see hope in developing countries fighting for financial and climate justice. i see hope in the scientists and innovators breaking new ground for humanity. and i saw hope in september when world leaders came together to adopt the pact for the future. let's speak to our climate reporter esme stallard. esme, certainly not the first time we have heard these sorts

of warnings from him about the climate crisis, with the sort of data from the last ten years backing this particular message, do you think this is going to lead to any rethinking about how to tackle the climate crisis? has about how to tackle the climate crisis? �* , , ., about how to tackle the climate crisis? ~ , , ., ., , crisis? as you said, it was mentioned _ crisis? as you said, it was mentioned last _ crisis? as you said, it was mentioned last year - crisis? as you said, it was mentioned last year in - crisis? as you said, it was mentioned last year in his crisis? as you said, it was - mentioned last year in his new year speech, mentioned last year in his new yearspeech, because mentioned last year in his new year speech, because 2023 broke the record of the hottest year and we don't yet have the data for the 2024 but based on the last 11 months of data that we do have, we expect this to break the record of the hottest year again. break the record of the hottest yearagain. i break the record of the hottest year again. i think is very clear that the message he wants to make clear is that it is not just impacting in terms of extreme weather but actually impacting on the un achieving some of its other goals and outcomes. if you remember, he is the secretary of the un as a whole so they have many priorities notjust climate change. they have priorities about health care, gender equality. him referencing this in the climate change speech he wants to make clear that those goals are also under threat if we don't tackle climate change.

we know that women are disproportionately affected by climate change, we know that previously the typhoon season happened this year, children had to be taken out of school due to extreme floating. even though climate change is just one goal at the un has to tackle as an issue, it does have a knock—on impact on other areas. whether this speech will drive change, it's very difficult. we saw at the kop conference, the annual un climate conference in november, that countries could not come together and some of the key issues, in particular how they do deal with fossil fuels. even though the evidence is quite clear that climate change is potentially getting worse, the temperatures are increasing, we are not quite seeing if that is enough to spur action when it comes to countries getting together on a global level. find together on a global level. and reflect on the _ together on a global level. and reflect on the last _ together on a global level. and reflect on the last 12 months, these climate driven crises have certainly been a feature of the headlines right throughout the year. they absolutely _ throughout the year. they absolutely have _ throughout the year. they absolutely have from - throughout the year. they| absolutely have from every corner of the globe. we started earlier this year in april, we saw a heatwave stretching from lebanon all the way to china,

temperatures in excess of 40, 50 degrees. remember, those temperatures, if you are in a well air—conditioned room you might go to cope with it but that's on top of ongoing crisis. we saw palestinians displaced in gaza strip, are not able to access or in temporary accommodation which might overheat which might exacerbate the situation was of all the way through we saw hurricane after hurricane which killed more than 260 people in the us. no matter your economy, or the wealth of your country, we have seen climate change hit countries hard this year.- countries hard this year. esme, thank you _ countries hard this year. esme, thank you very _ countries hard this year. esme, thank you very much. _ countries hard this year. esme, thank you very much. our- thank you very much. our climate reporter. 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 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 fractured into many pieces. and aviation experts are now questioning why this was positioned in this way — so raised up and so close to the end of the runway. the acting president has

ordered an investigation of the country's entire aviation industry. a nearby sports hall has been turned into a memorial space, but many of the families aren't ready to remember. still glued to their airport seats without answers, they don't know who to blame. the only place they can direct their anger is at the forensic teams, who are still searching, yet to complete their gruelling, unenviable task. jean mckenzie, bbc news, muan airport. 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. let's speak to ambassador stewart eizenstat who was preisdent carter's chief white house domestic affairs adviser during the whole of his time in the oval office. ambassador, thank you for joining us on bbc news. amazing to have someone with your knowledge of the president with us. what was he like during that time. of course, it was post—richard nixon and all of that and what it entailed and what it had done to the american psyche and the belief in democracy. american psyche and the belief in democracy-— in democracy. this was more than 50 year _ in democracy. this was more than 50 year relationship, i l than 50 year relationship, i was his policy director when he ran for governor, president, and chief... in the white house from 19... on a personal level, he was a rare nonsense man, he was in the us navy submarine officer, he was a poet, he was a preacher, he was the author

of 32 books, he was an engineer, he was a great woodcutter, he was a fly fisherman. so come on a personal level he was an astonishing array of interests. he came in early, left late, he always insisted on having more information. he wanted the appendices are to some of our memos, he would send our memos back with circles around misspellings or split infinitives or grammatical mistakes because he expected exactitude. and yet, on a personal level, at the end, he allowed all of his senior staff and theirfamilies, the allowed all of his senior staff and their families, the way we work, 24/7 and it did not see ourfamilies as much work, 24/7 and it did not see our families as much as we could, to come to camp david, the presidential retreat on weekends and i still remember him asking my young teenage son if he would joke with him. he would invite a family over to

have movies and popcorn with he and rosalind. the personal touchis and rosalind. the personal touch is always there. along with being a very demanding task master. i with being a very demanding task master.— with being a very demanding task master. i was wondering what did he — task master. i was wondering what did he make _ task master. i was wondering what did he make of - task master. i was wondering what did he make of that - what did he make of that moniker, the peanut farmer, i've always been curious about that. ., , i've always been curious about that. . , , . , i've always been curious about that. , that. he was perfectly pleased with it because _ that. he was perfectly pleased with it because he _ that. he was perfectly pleased with it because he was - that. he was perfectly pleased with it because he was a - that. he was perfectly pleased. with it because he was a peanut farmer. that was one of his appeals in the primary. a man who worked the earth, who worked the soil. he had worked in an expensive office, and indeed, the most difficult conversation that he and rosalind, a marriage of 77 years, it had was when he in the navy, submarine officer, and his father was dying and he decided he have to go back to save the business and rosalind desperately did not want to go back to plains and the whole trip back from hawaii she did

not talk to him. but she became a great partner in the business and a great political partner. and again, one of the most distinguished first ladies, only the second one to testify in congress on her own legislation, mental health legislation, mental health legislation, and had the first office in her own staff in the white house. he office in her own staff in the white house.— office in her own staff in the white house. . , ., , white house. he was a feminist, too. his international— too. his international achievements overshadowed domestic achievements and in fact, many critics of his presidency say that his domestic policy agenda did not live up to what he should have been. do you think that criticism is fair?- criticism is fair? it's absolutely - criticism is fair? it's absolutely wrong. l criticism is fair? it's - absolutely wrong. almost criticism is fair? it�*s absolutely wrong. almost 70% of our major legislation passed with the highest level as any president. i energy bills, three of them, created the foundation for the energy security we have today.

deregulating oil and gas started the whole renewables, solar, process. all the ethics legislation we have today came from him was doubly created department for education, increased funding for education, he was a great environmental presidents, double the size of our parks. something was truly transformative, he deregulated tra nsformative, he deregulated all forms transformative, he deregulated all forms of transportation and tele— communications. trucks, airlines, bringing air travel to the middle class, railroads, he created the whole era of cable because of his telecommunications deregulation. and here is the southernerfrom deregulation. and here is the southerner from the deep segregated self who was a great civil rights advocate, he appointed a more black americans, hispanic americans and women, and women, to federaljudgeships and two senior administration stop than all of the other 38 presidents put together. he had a very

good domestic record. ambassador, unfortunately, we are out of time but we really appreciate your time and your recollections of that period with president carter. ambassador, thank you very much. and around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. the big names in tennis are getting set for a fresh season, little love lost between these two but all appears well now as they pair up to play doubles. theyjoined they pair up to play doubles. they joined forces to

they pair up to play doubles. theyjoined forces to defeat their opponents. they even shared a chest bump as well and a war embrace on match point here. kyrgios is back on court after 18 months following a wrist ligament injuries. an djokovic is back in court with the help of the recently retired andy murray. 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. football continues later with. .. there are three more games in the english premier league on monday.

the blues can go back into second with a win. manchester united are at home to you newcastle and ruben amorim have lost... 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. the manager matter schneider can become. i know that if we do not win, regardless if they pay the buyout or not, i know that every manager is in danger and i like that. i like that because that is ourjob. so i understand the question and you can say that i am here, i had four trainings but we are not winning. liverpool winger mohamed salah says he is "far away" from signing a new deal at the premier league club. the egyptian contributed to liverpool's 5—0 thrashing of west ham on sunday by scoring his 17th league goal

of the season, as well as providing two assists. however after the game, salah revealed that negotiations are �*far�* from reaching a positive conclusion at this time and insisted that he is solely focused on liverpool's on—field aims this season. 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 34 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. i felt like it swing a lot as well. you know, it neverfelt like it was so far ahead of the game that it was a certain win so, overall, it's one of those great wins. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more later on. we'll see you then. 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. russia and ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners

of war in a deal brokered by the united arab emirates. the russian defence ministry said it had swapped 150 ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of russian troops. with me is our reporter olga malchevska, who is from the region. what do we know about the swap? first of all, we heard from the russian ministers who said that there was an equal swap, 150 people from each side have been returned. ukrainian side, president zelensky, on his official channel, published a different number, he said that ukraine managed to return 189 people and among them are 100 107 servicemen and two civilians. they say that they were also, we can see some stills and some moving images

of those people shared by the ukrainian government and on their official telegram channel. the russian side does not give as much detail but what they are saying is that they managed to return 150 people and that those people are servicemen according to what we have been seeing. i have been checking russian official telegram channels as well and they are human rights... she said that she had been speaking to them, we don't see that much detail in those telegram channels but what ukraine has been saying is that that prisoner swap is one of the biggest ones.— that prisoner swap is one of the biggest ones. they have been other— the biggest ones. they have been other prisoner- the biggest ones. they have been other prisoner swaps, | the biggest ones. they have - been other prisoner swaps, how does this compare? this been other prisoner swaps, how does this compare?— does this compare? this one is not the biggest _ does this compare? this one is not the biggest but _ does this compare? this one is not the biggest but it _ does this compare? this one is not the biggest but it is - not the biggest but it is bigger than the previous one which had been held in october. at that time, we saw reports

that there were 95 people exchanged from each side. according to the ukrainian government, they have managed to return 3956 people together since the beginning of russia's full—scale invasion, which is almost 4000 people but we don't know how may mail people are left. that includes the civilians as well. ., ~ civilians as well. older, thank ou ve civilians as well. older, thank you very much- _ civilians as well. older, thank you very much. just _ civilians as well. older, thank you very much. just a - civilians as well. older, thank i you very much. just a reminder of the breaking news that we brought you this hour. the news that the hogmanay, or new year's eve celebrations in scotland's capital edinburgh, have been cancelled over concerns about extreme weather. organisers said that high winds would falls all events on monday and tuesday to be scrapped including a concert by the rock band texas. we are getting a little bit more detail about this. we scotland are saying that cancelling such an event is a difficult decision for the organisers but public safety takes priority.

they say we fully support this decision. a little bit more from a spokesperson for the hogmanay organisers, saying that due to ongoing wins and clement weather in edinburgh city centre, they regret announcing that outdoor events scheduled for the 30th and 31st of december are unable to go ahead on the grounds of public safety. you have a lot more detail on this big event, of course, it attracts people not just from the uk but around the world. on that all of the day's new stories coming up. so do stay with your is. 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 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: edinburgh's world renowned new year's eve hogmanay celebrations are cancelled due to concerns over extreme weather. 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. five people are charged in argentina in connection with the death of the former one direction singer liam payne. and tributes continue to be paid tojimmy carter — the 39th president of the united states, and winner of the nobel peace prize, after his death aged 100. now on bbc news: it takes a village. this is the house i grew up in. notjust me. also my brother and sister. you guys cuddled up on the sofa. we then had to get a new sofa because you put your foot through it. and for a few years, my mum's best friend and her daughter lived with us too. hello.

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