it was hacked by a chinese state—sponsored actor in what's being described as a "major incident." welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. south korea has ordered a complete review of airline safety procedures in response to the country's worst ever plane crash. 179 people were killed when the plane landed without landing gear at high speed, skidded off the end of the runway, and smashed into a concrete structure housing a navigation system, bursting into flames. authorities say they've identified all but 15 of the people who died. they're planning to use dna testing for those they can't identify by their fingerprints. the boeing 737—800 was arriving

at muan international airport in the south of the country. the exact cause is unclear, though investigators are looking at a possible bird strike and landing gearfailure. many of those on board were koreans travelling home after spending christmas in thailand. relatives are still at the airport waiting for news. they are furious about a lack of support and information. we are expecting a press conference imminently from jeju air and we will bring that to you live when it comes. but whilst we wait, here is our correspondent jean mackenzie with the latest. 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'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. in a separate issue, anotherjeju air flight from seoul was forced to return to the airport after encountering a landing gear problem. the boeing 737—800 involved in the latest incident was the same model

as thejeju air plane that crashed on sunday. the airline said an issue with the landing gear was found shortly after take—off, forcing the plane to return to seoul. the issue was rectified before landing and the plane landed safely. 21 passengers refused to get on an alternative flight. jeju airlines was due to give a press conference in the last hour, but that has been delayed. i've been speaking about that with our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes, who is at muan airport. we were expecting to hearfrom jeju air, the company that owned aircraft that crashed on sunday at the airport here. they now have told us they are postponing that press conference till late this afternoon, we're not sure why. presumably they are going to want to communicate to the outside world, but mainly to the families of the deceased, but there have been some other developments here, steve. firstly, some of the bodies

of those killed in sunday's crash have now been handed over to families, the first four bodies were handed over this morning and there will be funerals beginning of the 179 people. but the very, very difficult job of identifying the remains of the others is still continuing. we understand that investigators from the federal aviation administration of the us and boeing are on their way here or indeed have arrived here this morning to join the investigation, and also, that they have cleaned and are now inspecting the black boxes, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. so the investigation is really starting to get under way, but it is going to be a very long process, piecing together exactly what happened to the plane on sunday. they also say they are going to keep the airport here closed for another week because of the recovery operation, so they need to gather all of the debris before they can reopen the runway. so, yeah, theyjust decided that they will extend that

for another week. yeah, certainly seems like things are ramping up on the discovery front of how things went so badly wrong. we saw earlier that the families of those that were involved in this air incident have been at the airport and have been incredibly unhappy with how they feel they have been treated. they do. there is an enormous amount of anguish and anger here amongst the families, and many mixed emotions. obviously families have lost many members. we understand this was a holiday flight, that there were whole families on board that aircraft. in one case, nine members of the same family. so people have lost large numbers of their relatives. that is incredibly traumatic, as you can imagine, but in many cases they have also lost the main breadwinners and their families. this is not a wealthy part of south korea, it is a ruralfarming part of south korea, and so there is notjust the emotional anguish, but also the financial anguish

and people are saying, "how are we going to continue?" "we've lost our main breadwinners." in some cases, children will be left without parents. who will support them, who will provide economic assistance? the government and airline at the moment are not clear about what will happen to them. then there is the issue of the bodies, and this is the big one when you see what people are really angry about here — people want the bodies of their relatives back so they can carry out funeral rites. it is very, very important in south korean religious culture to have a body and to have a properfuneral, and they are being told, in many cases they are just simply isn't a body to return to you. this plane exploded and the debris field is enormous, they are literally recovering human remains from the fields around the airport. that is the point of enormous tension and enormous grief and anger. staying in south korea. a court there has just approved an arrest warrant for suspended president yoon suk yeol after he failed

to report for questioning. mr yoon is facing charges of insurrection for his decision to impose martial law earlier this month. these are live pictures from seoul outside president yoon�*s residence. you can see their protesters are angry and waving flags behind barriers. you might even see some us flags there as well. security forces have been there, holding them back. we know reports overnight from local media safe there were scuffles breaking out between supporters of yoon. we will keep quiet —— close eye on that to see how it develops. president yoon has been summoned three times by investigators for questioning, but failed to appear each time. it is the first time in the country's history an arrest warrant has been issued for a sitting president. the office may also wait for yoon to appear voluntarily, hoping the threat of arrest was sufficient. president yoon�*s lawyers have called the arrest warrant "illegal and invalid".

we will keep a close eye on this story as it develops. now, in other news. a state funeral will be held forformer us president jimmy carter onjanuary 9 at the washington national cathedral as part of a national day of mourning for america's longest living president. mr carter, the former georgia peanut farmer turned naval officer, served as a one—term president from 1977 to 1981. he would later go on to define his legacy after his presidency where he would be awarded the nobel peace prize in 2002 for his humanitarian work around the world. he died at 100 years old. world leaders have been paying their tributes, including presidentjoe biden and president—elect donald trump, with biden saying that mr carter, "embodied the very best of america." these pictures show flags flying at half—mast at the white house in honour of the former president's life and legacy. the bbc�*s tom bateman reports. tributes forjimmy carter from the heart

of american democracy to the traders on wall street who paused in his honour this morning. and at the white house, joe biden ordered the flag at half—staff for 30 days to remember america's longest—living president. whatjimmy carter's an example of is just simple decency — simple decency. and i think that's what the rest of the world looks to america for. i, jimmy carter, do solemnly swear... jimmy carter's one—term presidency was marked by inflation at home and crises abroad, but his landmark achievement was brokering a peace deal between israel and egypt. president—elect donald trump said while he disagreed with mr carter politically, he: former president barack obama said: he was so prompt,

the airport onlyjust had time to give him the red carpet treatment. president carter visited the uk in 1997, touring tyneside and bringing a message of economic revival. howay, the lads! cheering today, king charles recalled the visit and expressed great sadness, saying mr carter: jimmy carter will be given a state funeral next week. it will be a final goodbye to the southerner from humble origins who won the most powerful office on earth, but whose legacy was forged from his work well beyond the white house. tom bateman, bbc news, washington. in what it describes as a major incident, the us treasury says it's been hacked by chinese state—sponsored actors, gaining access to staff workstations. a spokesperson said unclassified documents were also compromised in the attack earlier this month.

the treasury said the compromised service had been taken offline and there's no indication the hackers have continued to access its information. our correspondent rowan bridge has more. 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 department of treasury. they have been accessing unclassified documents, but what is not clear is what the scale of the access is, how many documents have been affected, what sort of documents they may be and how long that access was available to these hackers for. the authorities say they are now working with law enforcement to try and establish the scale of this hack and they say that the system that was affected has been taken offline. there's no indication at the moment that the hackers

have continued to access its information. it was an attempt by hackers who have been linked to china to penetrate, and they did penetrate us telecommunications companies and were able to access, for example, some of the conversations of donaldj trump, the incoming president, andjd vance, his incoming vice president, and they were also able to access a justice department list of people that they have been authorised to tap their phones of people who were thought to potentially be involved in espionage. and in the last few hours, china has responded. chinese embassy spokesperson liu pengyu says: during his meeting with president biden in lima this year, president xi jinping said that: the statement went on to say

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. an 18—year—old british man has begun a year—long jail sentence in dubai after he was convicted of having sex with a 17—year—old british girl who he met on holiday. both from london, marcus fakana and the girl who is now 18, began their romance while on holiday with their families. three afghan members of a human smuggling gang will be extradited to belgium following their arrests in the uk. the gang was responsible for trafficking thousands of migrants from afghanistan into europe. gang members also sexually abused young boys making the journey, filming the abuse to blackmail their victims. members of the gang are facing up to 23 years in prison. paddy hill, one of the six men wrongly convicted of the birmingham pub bombings by the ira in 1974, has died at the age of 80.

the explosions killed 21 people. the men who became known as the �*birmingham six�*, spent 17 years in prison before their convictions were quashed in 1991. you're live with bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky has announced one of the largest prisoner exchanges since full—scale war began with russia nearly three years ago. 189 ukrainian troops are being returned home from captivity and 150 russian soldiers are being returned in the deal, which was brokered by the united arab emirates. will vernon is in northern ukraine where the prisoner swap happened, and has been speaking to some of those who were released. the wait is finally over. sobbing ukrainian families overcome with emotion as they greet their loved ones.

the first time they've seen or spoken to them for years. i'm very happy to return to my own country, to my own land. i have no words to... ..to say what i feel. for those unable to make it, the phone call they've been waiting for. "i'm coming home," says this man. "yes, i'll be home soon." how does it feel to be home? translation: i'm overwhelmed by feelinqs- _ thank god this day has come. we're home. now, we're going to support ukraine with everything we've got. well, some of these men have been in captivity for more than 2.5 years. you can just see the emotion on theirfaces, to finally return to their homeland, ukraine, to their families, just in time for the new year holidays.

the russian authorities said 150 of their citizens had returned from ukrainian captivity and were being given medical treatment. back in ukraine, for some families, the wait continues. these women show photos of their loved ones to those released, hoping someone will recognise them. "we want to know he's alive," says marianna, who's looking for her nephew. "we're asking everyone we see." with thousands of ukrainians still in captivity or missing, the desperate search for many families will go on. will vernon, bbc news, northern ukraine. only two countries in the world ban divorce — the vatican and the philippines. and for those women living in the philippines, the ban has left thousands trapped in abusive relationships or separated, but unable to ever legally remarry. but activists hope that 2025

will see a change in the law. a divorce bill passed the lower house in the summer, but has been stuck in the senate since, where it faces strong opposition from conservatives in this deeply catholic country. i'm joined now by stella sibonga from the divorce pilipinas coalition. thank divorce pilipinas coalition. you forjoining me to talk thank you forjoining me to talk about this. tell me what you are planning to do in the year ahead to try and get this bill passed through the senate. we are planning... inaudible i have been advocating. the house of representatives of the divorce bill in the final reading. looking inaudible this happens in 2025, it could

empower so many of us to reclaim our lives and pursue happiness. 0ur eighth —— outdated marital laws, it is time to break free and build a future full of possibilities. you've personally been trying to get a divorce yourself for more than a decade — could you share your story? since 2012i since 20121 filed... it is really hard to get the divorce here, we have a divorce here since then, during the precolonial until now. the voice is only allowed for muslims and some people, filipino. but for non— filipino muslims, we don't have and we don't allow the divorce. for me, it is really hard because i filed a nullity of marriage and granted by the family court,

null and void, and granted by the family court, nulland void, and i granted by the family court, null and void, and i have a certificate of finality, but the problem is the office of the problem is the office of the solicitor general filed the motion questioning the decision of the court that they are asking the lack of evidence in my case of a nullity of marriage. it is really hard for me. the other lawyer advised for me to find again an annulment to begin a case again, an annulment, but it was too long to process and did very, very expensive, a lot of money to spend on dialogue of... a long time to process, like me. it has been 2.5 years process for a hearing, 2.5 years waiting for the decision. almost five years i wait for my nullity of marriage. i am still hoping i can get my freedom, but it is hopeless because of

the solicitor general.- the solicitor general. what does it mean _ the solicitor general. what does it mean that - the solicitor general. what does it mean that you - the solicitor general. what does it mean that you are l the solicitor general. what - does it mean that you are able to get an invoice in practical terms, what impact does it have on you and your daily life? living in the philippines i feel trapped in a relationship that held me back, notjust for myself, for my children as well. the inability to divorce complicated my personal life as well. i yearn for companionship and the stigma on the divorce means it is impossible to envision a future beyond my current situation. it is tough because of no divorce for the non— filipino muslims people here in the philippines. non- filipino muslims people here in the philippines. thank ou ve here in the philippines. thank you very much _ here in the philippines. thank you very much for _ here in the philippines. thank you very much for talking - here in the philippines. thank you very much for talking to l here in the philippines. thank. you very much for talking to me today about this topic. i wish you all about the best in the year ahead. you all about the best in the yearahead. let's you all about the best in the year ahead. let's turn to some other news from around the

world. the world health organization has called on 0rganization has called on china to share data on the origins of the covid pandemic five years on from its start in the city of wuhan. the who said access to information to help understand how the pandemic began was a moral and scientic imperative. it said that without transparency and cooperation, the world could not prevent future pandemics. an us 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 e jean 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. the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned the world has enjoyed a decade of deadly heat year message, he said the ten hottest years on record had all happened in the

past decade. that includes 2024 which is expected to be confirmed as the warmest year ever. he insisted he had not lost hope. this is climate breakdown in real—time. we must exit this road to ruin, and we had no time to lose. 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. even in the darkest days, i have seen hope, power, change. i see hoping activists, young and old, raising their voices for progress. i see hope in 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 a pack for the future. —— pact. and before we go, more than 1,200 people from sport, business, entertainment and politics have been recognised in the new years honours list. king charles awards the honours after recommendations from the government and members of the public. the former england football manager gareth southgate has been knighted. sir gareth, as he is now, is recognised for guiding the team to back—to—back euros finals. the actor stephen fry, now sir stephen, is cited for his work on mental health awareness and the environment. he said he was "startled and enchanted" to receive the knighthood. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said he was "truly humbled" to be awarded a knighthood. while the labour mp emily thornberry said she was "honoured and surprised" to be made a dame. one of the rarest awards goes to the novelist sir kazuo ishiguro. he is made a companion of honour, a select group which is limited to

65 people at any one time. before we go, let's remind you of our top stories. today both involving south korea. 0ne involving south korea. one where we can see protests outside the presidential residence where protesters and supporters of president yoon have been gathering to make their voices known about the imminent arrest warrant that has been issued, and a possible arrest willie will be following this story, as well as thejeju air crash. stay with us for more. goodbye. hello there. there's going to be a lot of wet, windy and cold weather to come over the new year, but the focus today remains on this amber rain warning that we have from the met office. and within this area, there are already a number of severe flood warnings on rivers. it's been very wet in scotland, some snow melt adding to that as well. the rain turns more showery in mainland scotland. some wetter weather

heads to the northern isles with snow in shetland, and this band of rain clears through southern scotland, northern ireland into england and wales. to the south, it's dry. a windier day, though, particularly across this part of the country, but it is a southwesterly wind, so it's lifting the temperatures to 11 or 12 degrees, except in the far north of scotland, where it's going to stay cold here. now, if you are going to be celebrating new year in wales and northern england, there's a good chance you're going to have some wet weather. that rain will be heavy over the hills and it may well lead to some flooding as well. that band of rain is going to move southwards on new year's day, but on it and just ahead of it, it's going to be very windy. and then to the north, following the rain, snow and ice continues across northern scotland and a wintry mix of rain and hill snow moves down across northern ireland, southern scotland, eventually into northern england as things get colder. temperatures are going to be dropping through the day for most of us, the last of any mild air is in the far southeast of england, where we end the day wet and windy. that weather front, then, does move away,

and then we chase our weather all the way up to the north. it's a north—northwesterly wind that's coming down, and that's going to bring cold air across the whole of the country. and by the time we get to thursday morning, there'll be a widespread frost this time. there could be some icy patches from earlier showers too. most of the snow showers will continue to affect northern parts of scotland. there could be one or two wintry showers for northern ireland getting close to these north sea coasts, but for large parts of the country it will be dry on thursday. and it'll be sunny as well, but it is going to feel an awful lot colder. we've got temperatures typically only 3—5 degrees. at least it's not that windy and the winds will be a bit lighter, ithink, heading into friday, but it's still cold air, widespread frost, some icy patches, a few more wintry showers for northern ireland over the irish sea near some north sea coasts, and most of the snow falling in northern scotland. but, again, it is going to be cold after that frosty start — highs of 3—5 celsius.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. this is formula 1. you're pushing, you're risking. you're finding that limit ofjust before you crash. it captures the world's imagination.

he mimics f1 car that sound. it's now a 40% female fanbase. fastest growing fan _ demographic, 18 to 24—year—old. but what will this ever—more—popular sport look like in the future? it's not a problem of demand. demand will be there. if it's not there, we're going to find it. i predict there'll be technology in ten years we're talking about that doesn't even exist today. the debate is already taking shape. what formula 1 must do is make sure it doesn't lose that entertainment value. i don't want to be too much conservative. i like new ideas. from how it is consumed... a want and desire of the world to have smaller and smaller bite—sized elements that they can then dig into. ..to how it is governed... motorsport people are inherently impatient. ..on everything, from sustainability... what i want to see in ten years is sustainability— as part of everyday practices. ..the role of artificial intelligence... you'll never replace the human. you need that racer instinct. ..and who drives the cars.

i know it's possible for a woman-