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. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. tens of thousands of new year revellers are set to miss out after organisers of this year's hogmanay celebrations in edinburgh were forced to cancel all outdoor events because of concerns over bad weather. among the events called off — a concert by the rock band texas and the traditional midnight fireworks display to see in 2025. let's speak to our correspondent in edinburgh lisa summers. tell us more about what the organisers are saying. obviously hugely disappointing.

absolutely. this is a huge event for the city. over the years that they have been hosting it, it's really kind of put edinburgh and scotland on the international map as a place to come to to celebrate the new year. we were expecting around 16,000 people to gather in print�*s street tomorrow night to bring in 2025. you mention the concert in the gardens was due to take place as well as a big fireworks display that would be at the castle that was when the last six minutes. organisers have said because of the bad weather we have had the depth in the extreme weather they are expected tomorrow, they been able to continue with the plans to get everything set up. and for that reason they have had to make the difficult decision to make the difficult decision to cancel at the event. it's quite early on to do that. we have had the street party cancelled in years gone by, twice in fact, in 2003 and 2006, because of bad weather. that all happened quite late in the day so it was quite a surprise to hear the afternoon, especially with the weather

actually not too bad at the moment that they had made the decision to cancel all of the outdoor events. but i think give it we are expecting quite terrible weather conditions tomorrow morning, it meant a way that the organisers just want people to be given kind to plan some indifferent and not of the city or travel to the city if the weather is going to be really poor tomorrow morning. be really poor tomorrow morning-— be really poor tomorrow morninu. ., , , morning. people honestly come to edinburgh — morning. people honestly come to edinburgh from _ morning. people honestly come to edinburgh from around - morning. people honestly come to edinburgh from around the i morning. people honestly come | to edinburgh from around the uk and around the world. they will bought tickets perhaps. what have organisers said about the refunds for those?— refunds for those? yeah, we have spoken _ refunds for those? yeah, we have spoken as _ refunds for those? yeah, we have spoken as a _ refunds for those? yeah, we have spoken as a people - refunds for those? yeah, we l have spoken as a people so far who came here or were here specifically for the events and of course they are cute or disappointed that they are not going to get to dissipate in that. some others are quite sanguine actually is safe is better that the event cannot take place safely. there are lots of other informal ways to celebrate the new year in edinburgh and is very well for celebrating the new year. so there will be plenty of people to do. with the organisers have of people there will be plenty of people to do. with the said is that in due course, there will be plenty of people to d is with the there will be plenty of people to d is that the there will be plenty of people to d is that in e there will be plenty of people to d is that in due course, said is that in due course, they will be in touch people they will be in touch people

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celebrations. part of those celebrations. part of those kind of big outdoor set piece events. i think people are disappointed this is happening, but certainly a lot of hotel years are already say that it's not great for business because they were expecting a lot of spin off financially from what would be happening but again it comes down to safety and if the organiser states that they cannot be sure they can put the eval safely, they don't really know what the weather will be like exactly tomorrow, then it's better to make a decision earlier. ., ~ , ., , earlier. lisa, thank you very much in _ earlier. lisa, thank you very much in edinburgh - earlier. lisa, thank you very much in edinburgh for - earlier. lisa, thank you very much in edinburgh for us. . earlier. lisa, thank you very i much in edinburgh for us. lisa mentioned briefly police scotland say cancelling such an event is the difficult decision for the organiser of public safety takes priority safely support the decision. 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 organization says climate change played out on an almost daily basis in 2024 with extreme weather events including floods, cyclones and droughts.

on the last 11 months of data that we do have, we expect this to break the record for the hottest year yet again. and i think it's very clear in guterres' message that he wants to make clear that this is notjust impacting in terms of extreme weather, but actually impacting on the un achieving some of its other goals and outcomes. remember, antonio guterres is the secretary—general for the un as a whole, and so they have many priorities, notjust climate change. they have priorities about education, health care, gender equality. him referencing in this speech climate change is because he wants to make clear that actually those goals are also under threat if we don't tackle climate change. we know women are disproportionately impacted by climate change. we know previously that during the typhoon season that happened this year, children had to be taken out of school due to extreme flooding. that affects their education. so even though climate

change isjust one goal that 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 cop conference, the annual un climate conference in november, that countries couldn't come together on some of the key issues, particularly how they will deal with fossil fuels. even though the evidence is quite clear that climate change is potentially getting worse, that temperatures are increasing, we're not quite seeing if that is enough to spur action when it comes to countries getting on that global level. and esme, as we reflect on the last 12 months, these climate—driven crises have certainly been a feature of the headlines right 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 over to china, temperatures in excess of 40, 50 degrees. and remember, you know, for those temperatures, if you're in a well air—conditioned room, you might be able to cope with that, but that is on top of ongoing crises. we saw palestinians displaced in the gaza strip, so not able

to access or in temporary accommodation, which means they're in tents which might overheat which exacerbates the situation. and all the way through, we saw hurricane helene followed by hurricane mliton, which killed more than 260 people in the us. so no matter your economy or the wealth of your country, we've seen climate change hit countries hard this year. in south korea, 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 correspondent jean mackenzie is at the scene and sent this report. the bereaved are at breaking point. these outbursts happen

every few minutes a day. 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'll 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 mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport. scott hamilton is an aviation consultant at leeham company. i asked him how soon we can expect to get some more details about what exactly happened. 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 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 zone, where the first 300 feet after the end of the runway is clear of any obstacle to prevent any kind of an accident if there's a runway excursion such as this. so, south korea's transport ministry is saying some of the country's other airports have similar localisers installed. obviously, we've heard that the acting president has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation system. what will that likely involve? it would certainly involve

looking at anything that might be in these clear zones, and it could relocate or reconstruct the way these localisers are installed. that'll be very important. and then one also presumes that there's going to be a look at how you keep birds away from the ends of the runway. this is, of course, a big problem over in the united states, and other safety issues with the airlines themselves. aviation consultant scott hamilton. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin ra mjaun. hello there.

we start with the football, which continues later with three more games in the english premier league on monday, among them aston villa hosting brighton. both sides have slipped down the table in recent weeks. chelsea travel to ipswich. the blues can go back into second with a win. and manchester united are home to in—form newcastle. ruben amorim's lost half of his ten games since take charge at old trafford, and they're facing the potential of a third straight league defeat at home for the first time since 1979. the manager of manchester united cannot be ever comfortable. 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 a month, i had four trainings but we are not winning. 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. a few years back, there was little love lost between novak djokovic and the australian nick kyrgios, but the two have formed a friendship recently and have now teamed up to play doubles in the brisbane international. 24—time major—winner djokovic and the 2022 wimbledon runner—up joined forces to defeat austria's alexander erler and germany's andreas mies. they even shared a chest bump and a warm embrace on match point! kyrgios was back on a competitive court for the first time in 18 months following a wrist ligament injury. djokovic preparing for the australian open next month with the help of the recently retired andy murray. being on the same side of the net is actually great for a change because, you know, he has been one of my greatest rivals and, you

know, in a way 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 i see my game with somebody that has always been one of the top rivals. 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 373,000 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 involved in, in terms of the 80,000 in the first few days.

i don't know what the crowd was today, it was huge. i felt like it swung 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, one of those great wins. get more on that story as well as the rest of the sports news at the usual place, bbc sport website and the app as well. and that's all the sport for now. tributes are being paid from around the world to the former united states president and nobel peace prize—winnerjimmy carter, who's died at the age of 100. a national day of mourning and state funeral will be held on january the 9th for the man whose one term as president from 1977 to �*81 was followed by decades of distinguished public service working for peace, the environment and human rights. 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 nationalfigure 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 ambassador stewart eizenstat, former president carter's chief white house domestic affairs adviser during his time in the oval office. this was more than a 50—year relationship. i was his policy director when he ran for governor, when ran for president, and then his chief domestic adviser in the white house from 1977 to '81. and he was, first of all, on a personal level, he was a renaissance man. he was a patriot, in the us

navy as a submarine officer, he was a poet, he was a preacher, he was an author of 32 books, he was an engineer, he was a great woodcutter, he was a fly fisherman. so, on a personal level, he had an astonishing array of interests. he was a tremendously disciplined worker. he came in early, left late. he always insisted on having more information. he wanted the appendices 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, again, he allowed all of his senior staff and their families, knowing we worked 24/7 and didn't 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 jog with him.

he would invite our family over to have movies and popcorn with he and rosalynn. that personal touch was always there, along with being a very demanding taskmaster. and there are many more... and there are many more tributes to jimmy carter, along with a look back at his life, on the bbc news website and app. a us federal appeals court has upheld a $5 million verdict against donald trump, who was found liable for sexually abusing and later defaming the author and journalist ejean carroll. the ruling deals with an assault that took place at a new york department store in 1996 and mrtrump's attempts to dismiss it as a hoax in 2021. in a linked case, he was ordered to pay ms carroll more than $80 million for defaming her and damaging her reputation. the president—elect is also appealing against that verdict. russia and ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war. president zelensky has said 189 people have returned to ukraine.

moscow officials say 150 people are on their way to russia. our reporter olga malchevska told me more. we heard from the russian ministers of defence who said that there was an equal swap, as you mentioned, 150 people from each side have been returned. now, ukrainian side, president zelensky on his official telegram channel, published a different number. he said that ukraine has managed to return 189 people. among them are 187 servicemen and two civilians who had been captured in mariupol by russia. and they say that those people were from azov. we can see some stills and some moving images of those people shared by the ukrainian government on their official telegram channels.

now, the russian side doesn't give as much details, but what they are saying is that they managed to return 150 people and that those people are servicemen according to what we've been seeing. and i've been checking russian official telegram channels as well and their human rights commissioner also shared some images. and she said that she had been speaking to them. while we don't see that much detail again in those telegram channels, but what ukraine has been saying is that that prisoner swap is one of the biggest ones they've had. i was going to say, there have been other prisoner swaps, haven't there? how does this one compare? this one is not the biggest, but it is twice 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 many more people are left. and that number includes the civilians as well. let show you these pictures come to us live from washington, dc where the flag is flying at half mast in tribute to the late president jimmy carter, who has died aged 100. also we can show you atlanta, georgia, the location of the carter centre set up after his presidency were people have been laying flowers. 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 9—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 south—west. 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'. tributes continue to be paid to the former us president and winner

of the nobel peace prizejimmy carter — who has died aged 100. a british teenager has handed himself in to the authorities in dubai to begin a one—year prison sentence for having a sexual relationship with a 17—year—old girl. and the welsh government vows to push ahead with plans to introduce a tourist tax from 2027 — we'll look at what impact it could have. more now on tens of thousands of new year revellers missing out, after organisers of this year's official hogmanay celebrations in edinburgh were forced to cancel all outdoor events because of concerns over bad weather. among the events called off — a concert by the rock band texas — and the traditional midnight fireworks display. with me is our reporter meghan owen. recap what the organisers are saying, this is a huge event, about

45,000 people expected