as the anxious wait continues for the recovery of their loved ones. us congressional leadership say jimmy carter will lie in state in the us capitol rotunda for two days before his state funeral, after the former president died at the age of 100. and edinburgh's world—renowned hogmanay new year's eve celebrations are cancelled due to extreme weather forecast across scotland. hello, i'm lukwesa burak. the us government has said a state sponsored actor in china has hacked the treasury department, gaining access to staff workstations. a spokesperson said unclassified documents were also compromised in the attack earlier this month. the treasury said it had worked

with the fbi and other agencies to determine the impact of the breach — adding there was no evidence the chinese hackers still had access to treasury information. let's speak to our correspondent rowan bridge, who joins me from washington. hello there to you. just tell us a little bit more about this?- little bit more about this? yes, this is been _ little bit more about this? yes, this is been described - little bit more about this? yes, this is been described as - little bit more about this? yes, this is been described as a - little bit more about this? 133 this is been described as a major incident in the letter sent from the us treasury to lawmakers, which is been seen by the bbc. what appears to have happened is that these hackers got hold of a security key which gave them access to a cloud computing service used by the treasury and from there, they were able to bypass security measures and access workstations of a number of employees in the us departments of treasury. they've been accessing unclassified documents, but what's not clear is what the scale of the access is, how many documents have

been affected and what sort and how long the access is available to these hackers. the authorities say they are working with law enforcement to establish the scale of the hack and they say the system that was affected was taken off—line. there's no indication that hackers still have access to the us treasury building.— hackers still have access to the us treasury building. they're trying to work out the _ treasury building. they're trying to work out the impact _ treasury building. they're trying to work out the impact that _ treasury building. they're trying to work out the impact that this - treasury building. they're trying to | work out the impact that this breach may have had. to put into context, why is this significant? the may have had. to put into context, why is this significant?— why is this significant? the thing is this comes _ why is this significant? the thing is this comes off _ why is this significant? the thing is this comes off the _ why is this significant? the thing is this comes off the back - why is this significant? the thing is this comes off the back of - why is this significant? the thing i is this comes off the back of what's known as the typhoon hack that was discovered by microsoft in the summer, which was an attempt by hackers who have been linked to china to penetrate and they did penetrate us telecommunications company. we're able to access some conversations with donaldj trump andjd conversations with donaldj trump and jd vance. they were also able to

access a list of people that may have been authorised to tap the phones of people who are thought to potentially be involved in espionage. that's quite significant because it may give the chinese an indication of spies in the us who may have been uncovered. this comes on the back of previous hacking attempts by the chinese and something that the us authorities are clearly concerned about. rowan, wh the are clearly concerned about. rowan, why the statement _ are clearly concerned about. rowan, why the statement now? _ are clearly concerned about. rowan, why the statement now? was - are clearly concerned about. rowan, why the statement now? was there | are clearly concerned about. rowan, i why the statement now? was there any indication at the time of the hack, because all we know it took place earlier this month? i because all we know it took place earlier this month?— earlier this month? i think the reason we _ earlier this month? i think the reason we come _ earlier this month? i think the reason we come to _ earlier this month? i think the reason we come to hear- earlier this month? i think the reason we come to hear about earlier this month? i think the - reason we come to hear about this now is that this letter has been sent to lawmakers by the us treasury who are obliged to make them aware of it when the us treasury themselves became aware that this hack had taken place. that letter was then obtained by members of the media and the bbc. that's why the

story has come out now. clearly, it's an embarrassment for the us treasury and for the cloud computing company involved in all this, but it's come out because of the formal process of having to notify lawmakers when they are made aware of such a hack taking place.— of such a hack taking place. rowan, thank ou of such a hack taking place. rowan, thank you very _ of such a hack taking place. rowan, thank you very much. _ of such a hack taking place. rowan, thank you very much. let's - of such a hack taking place. rowan, thank you very much. let's see - of such a hack taking place. rowan, | thank you very much. let's see what this does have once business opens tomorrow. thank you very much. families of the victims of south korea'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 thejeiju air plane crashed after landing at muan international airport. our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie, has more. shouting. the bereaved are at breaking point. these outbursts come 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 shin gyu—ho, it's even worse. his two teenage grandsons haven't even been identified. translation: i've been sitting here all day, hoping for news. i i'm so frustrated. i feel like i'm waiting without an end. the plane was carrying koreans back from 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 flight recorder is damaged. it'll take time

to decipher the data. 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. without answers, the families don't know who to blame. for now, 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.

and the painstaking work continues. these are live pictures coming for us. an image that has become very familiar. the tale of the only remaining part of that flight. emergency workers also working, and it is quite across a large area. painstaking work collecting evidence and any remaining dna. following that tragic crash. following that tragic crash. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has announced one of the largest prisoner exchanges since full scale war began with russia nearly 3 years ago.

189 ukrainian troops are being returned home from captivity and 150 russian soldiers are being returned as part of the deal, which was brokered by the united arab emirates. here's our correspondent in ukraine, will vernon. well, we've just witnessed incredibly moving scenes here as the buses with those 189 released ukrainians pulled up outside this hospital here. they'd onlyjust been taken out of russian territory, and the emotion of these men who came out of the buses draped in ukrainian flags and also the family members that were waiting here to greet them really was overwhelming. there were lots of tears, shouts ofjoy, hugs and kisses. many of the men made phone calls to their families back home to say they were 0k, they were out. many of them, of course, have been in captivity for a very long time, more than 2.5 years in many cases. so, you know, the emotion here was really incredible. the other thing that was particularly touching was there are a lot of family members here of ukrainian soldiers

who are still either missing or in captivity, and they were showing photographs of their loved ones to those who'd just been released, saying, "have you seen my husband, my son, do you know anything about them?" so it really was quite an extraordinary seem to behold. i wonder if you could give us a sense more broadly of where the war is at at the moment? well, the war is going badly for ukraine. despite the jubilant scenes we saw here earlier, the mood is pretty gloomy at the moment here. interestingly some ukrainian officials here in ukraine were telling us that the negotiations with russia over these prisoner exchanges like the one that happened today, it was one of the biggest since the war started, those negotiations are becoming much more difficult because moscow is less when to negotiate because it's advancing on the battlefield. ukraine has a serious shortage

of men for the front—line, it's losing territory. ukrainians here feel that the west is losing interest, too. so 2025 is looking to be a particularly uncertain and worrying year for ukrainians. meanwhile, in his final weeks in office, us president, joe biden, announced nearly $6 billion in additional military and budget aid for ukraine. of that, $2.5 billion is designated for security assistance, while $3.1; billion will help repair critical infrastructure damaged by intensified russian attacks. it's the final disbursement under the 2024 "ukraine security supplemental appropriations act". in a statement, president zelensky said additional us security assistance for ukraine comes at a �*critical moment�* and will help strengthen ukraine�*s defenses along the frontlines. high winds and extreme weather has forced the cancellation of edinburgh�*s world famous hogmanay

celebrations on new year�*s eve. tens of thousands of tickets had already been sold. but organisers say high winds and extreme weather mean they�*ve been unable to continue with preparations for the outdoor events both today and tomorrow. among the events called off, a concert by the rock band texas, and the traditional midnight fireworks display to see in 2025. rain, snow and strong winds will hit large parts of the uk this week, with a series of weather warnings coming into force between today and thursday. an amber alert for rain has been issued for parts of scotland on new year�*s eve, and stormy conditions are expected to spread to the rest of the uk. catriona renton reports from edinburgh. music. this is what people from all over the world come to edinburgh to experience. this was hogmanay last year, and preparations were taking place today for the famous street party, concert due to be headlined by texas and spectacular fireworks.

that was until this afternoon, when organisers announced they have had to cancel on safety grounds after the met office issued yellow warnings for wind and rain. a spokesperson for unique assembly said... of course people are disappointed, but understand. no! we were allowed to go to the castle because of the wind. yeah. oh, my gosh! this is what i came for, this weather, i love it. it was a little bit - blustery for the torches, so i understood that. we kind of came here for the party, so... organisers of other events, like the stonehaven fireballs in aberdeenshire, plan to still go ahead. the fireballs are going

ahead as planned. the only issue would be for the spectators to come and stand for a couple of hours beforehand. already today, the north of the country has been deluged with rain. this is what part of the highland main railway line was up against. and there is an amber warning for rain in place for parts of the area tomorrow. the worst of the weather is due to have passed through scotland by new year�*s day, but there are yellow warnings forwind and rain for the south of england. catriona renton, bbc news, edinburgh. the welsh ambulance service has tonight declared a "critical incident" because of significantly increased demand across the service and extensive hospital handover delays. demand has been very high, with more than 340 calls waiting to be answered at the time the critical incident was declared. a state funeral will be held

forformer us presdient, jimmy carter, on the 9th ofjanuary — part of a national day of mourning for the longest—lived us president. before that, his body will be flown to washington, where it will lie in state in the rotunda of the us capitol from january the seventh. he died yesterday at the age of 100. he served one term as president from 1977 to 1981, and was later awarded the nobel peace prize. a makeshift memorial has been set up at the carter presidential center in his home state of georgia. and this is the scene in washington dc, where flags are flying at half mast. throughout the day, tributes have been paid by world leaders — among them king charles, who said he felt "great sadness" at president carter�*s passing and described him as a "committed public servant". 0ne iconic image ofjimmy carter is from 1984, when he donned a hard hat and picked

up a hammer to work on an affordable housing project for habitat for humanity in new york city. at the time, the project director was 25—year—old rob derocker, whojoins us now. it's it�*s unfortunate we don�*t have the image to show. but essentially, i would like to ask you, the pictures that we have, they weren�*t photo opportunities. he got his hands dirty, didn�*t he? filth. opportunities. he got his hands dirty. didn't he?— opportunities. he got his hands dirty, didn't he? oh, my goodness. and the rest— dirty, didn't he? oh, my goodness. and the rest of— dirty, didn't he? oh, my goodness. and the rest of his _ dirty, didn't he? oh, my goodness. and the rest of his crew. _ dirty, didn't he? oh, my goodness. and the rest of his crew. we - and the rest of his crew. we couldn�*t get him off the site. he was the first one on the job and the last one off the job. for five straight days. now, habitat is essentially global. you have sitting presidents and may be prime ministers who will take a ceremonial hammer swinger. ministers who will take a ceremonial hammerswinger. but ministers who will take a ceremonial hammer swinger. but the idea then that the former leader of a free world who carried around a nuclear football would spend five days

working on a project of the carpenter, nailing plywood into the floor of a some building, was unheard of. he definitely got his hands dirty —— islam building. there hands dirty -- islam building. there were pictures _ hands dirty -- islam building. there were pictures of _ hands dirty -- islam building. there were pictures of him _ hands dirty -- islam building. there were pictures of him painting, - hands dirty —— islam building. there were pictures of him painting, what was he like —— factory building? -- factory building? he was an accomplished _ -- factory building? he was an accomplished carpenter. -- i -- factory building? he was an - accomplished carpenter. -- slums. accomplished carpenter. —— slums. he�*s built furniture. he loved to work with his hands. he recruited not only about three dozen volunteers to help him do that, but it included his wife, who he turned in a bit of a carpenter herself. so many pictures from habitat for

humanity to show him with his beloved rosalind next to him. a lot of his work wasn�*tjust beloved rosalind next to him. a lot of his work wasn�*t just the beloved rosalind next to him. a lot of his work wasn�*tjust the united states. he travelled the world. he was helping with the charity, including south africa, where his aim was to build 1000 homes across africa. for him, he saw this as the path to reconciliation. building affordable homes after apartheid. that came out of his christian faith to reconcile men with each other and with god. he made a post presidency... he made it out of that. there are lots of debates about the effectiveness of his presidency, but i don�*t think there is any question that he was the most active that he was the best former

president that we�*ve ever had. i president that we've ever had. i think his last bill was with nashville 2019. he�*s a former navy man. he worked on summaries or time. did he follow orders or did he give them? ~ �* , , , ., them? well, it's interesting you asked that- _ them? well, it's interesting you asked that. when _ them? well, it's interesting you asked that. when i _ them? well, it's interesting you asked that. when i introduced l them? well, it's interesting you i asked that. when i introduced him them? well, it's interesting you - asked that. when i introduced him to the project, first of all, we went up the project, first of all, we went up a wooden staircase that had been taken out in �*84 because the marble slabs have been sold. we have to put up slabs have been sold. we have to put up a wooden staircase. we get to the top of the building and we look... he looks and sees the world trade center and wall street and all the power and money that representative. then he look north and saw a midtown manhattan, all the bad representative, and that he lives in the back yard of a building —— then

he looked to the north. there was an elderly woman cooking breakfast over a wood fire because she didn�*t have her apartment heat. that really impacted him. he would later write about it. in the most prosperous city in the richest country, you have this. we get out of the car, much the relief of the secret service. we�*re not crazy about him being in a police precinct that had the highest homicide rate. we got out of the car and they said that founder for habitat for humanity, if i can help you here, just let him know. that�*sjust i can help you here, just let him know. that�*s just when i can help you here, just let him know. that�*sjust when i blurted out, well, thanks mr president, what do you say? may be considered as volunteer carpenter �*s your church or something like that. he said he would think about it. he thought

about it for days and said not only was he going to send some carpenters, he was going to be one of the carpenters. several months later, they come from georgia and slept in dormitory space so the church... he was the one who worked the hardest. just church... he was the one who worked the hardest-— the hardest. just very quickly. do ou the hardest. just very quickly. do you believe _ the hardest. just very quickly. do you believe it _ the hardest. just very quickly. do you believe it when _ the hardest. just very quickly. do you believe it when he _ the hardest. just very quickly. do you believe it when he said - the hardest. just very quickly. do you believe it when he said he i you believe it when he said he wanted to work with a charity? was the real action? == wanted to work with a charity? was the real action?— the real action? -- reaction. i've not to the real action? -- reaction. i've got to know _ the real action? -- reaction. i've got to know him _ the real action? -- reaction. i've got to know him a _ the real action? -- reaction. i've got to know him a little - the real action? -- reaction. i've got to know him a little bit - the real action? -- reaction. i've got to know him a little bit and l got to know him a little bit and those of us at habitat to believe it. those who couldn�*t believe it when people in your industry. the media kept asking he�*sjust when people in your industry. the media kept asking he�*s just going to come and make a few