in the highlands and the cancellation of edinburgh's outdoor hogmanay events. and former england manager gareth southgate as well as actor stephen fry are among those recognised in the new year's honours list. hello and welcome. 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. and china has responded. chinese embassy spokesperson liu peng—yu says:

the statement went on to say: let's speak to ryan kalember, chief strategy officer at the cyber security firm proofpoint. thank you for coming on the programme. first of all, talking through your initial thoughts?— talking through your initial thouhts? , , ., . thoughts? this is part of what is becoming — thoughts? this is part of what is becoming a _ thoughts? this is part of what is becoming a worrying - thoughts? this is part of what is becoming a worrying trendl is becoming a worrying trend thatis is becoming a worrying trend that is sensitive organisations compromised through their cybersecurity providers who often have the keys to the kingdom as was true in this case. ~ . ~' kingdom as was true in this case. ~ . ~ .,

case. what kind of - i will come to _ case. what kind of - i will come to a _ case. what kind of - i will come to a couple - case. what kind of - i will come to a couple of- case. what kind of - i will. come to a couple of different elements, the chinese responds, what was happening now, but august through what is your understanding of what actually has happened, the mechanics? the software in question is remote access software, existing for a good reason, they are privileged accounts that can really much to do everything to all of the computers in an entire organisation. access documents is about the least important thing that those software tools actually provide. ultimately what has happened is a key that represents the type of access, the technical term is an api key, was compromised through a vulnerability in the software and the chinese state actor could use that to basically meant their own access and access whatever they wish. haw access whatever they wish. how bi a access whatever they wish. how big a compromise _ access whatever they wish. how big a compromise is _ access whatever they wish. how big a compromise is that? is there something the organisation needs to really look at is procedures or as a something that actually they

baseline level of security is ok, just a good performance as 0k, just a good performance as a whereby the hackers if that is the case?— a whereby the hackers if that is the case? what is troubling and ironic _ is the case? what is troubling and ironic is _ is the case? what is troubling and ironic is these _ is the case? what is troubling and ironic is these articles - and ironic is these articles are designed to keep us safe, this is a tool that is supposed to keep you safe from this exact intrusion, but in this case an incredibly powerful tool can be used against you and in that scenario it is very difficult to surmise exactly what has happened because again it is functioning as your own it administrators do. in this case it is part of a larger pattern, the chinese state actors have done this repeatedly, they are very much of a piece the same espionage and motivated action going all the way back to the office of personnel management and other breaches that endangered a lot of sensitive information. what of sensitive information. what do ou of sensitive information. what do you make _ of sensitive information. what do you make of _ of sensitive information. what do you make of the _ of sensitive information. what do you make of the response. do you make of the response from the chinese embassy spokesperson saying this is an irrational claim of cyber attacks from china? i

irrational claim of cyber attacks from china? i would be surrised attacks from china? i would be surprised if— attacks from china? i would be surprised if they _ attacks from china? i would be surprised if they do _ attacks from china? i would be surprised if they do not - attacks from china? i would be surprised if they do not say - surprised if they do not say that because they said that after every single one of these incidents and at this point we are into the dozens if not hundreds of reliably investigated incidents that are traced back to chinese state actors. it started with the chinese pla militarily and moved to the state of security who often does the three contractors but at this point they have targeted numerous different cybersecurity companies including in the uk trying to gain this access into incredibly sensitive targets like the treasury department. great to get your expertise, thank you for coming on the programme. a court in south korea has approved a request for an arrest warrant for president yoon suk—yeol, who's been impeached by parliament and suspended following his attempt to impose martial law. investigators requested the warrant after several attempts to question him failed. his lawyer called the warrant illegal and invalid. the authorities in south korea

say they've identified all but five of the 179 people who died in thejeju air crash on sunday. four of the victims' bodies now have been released, and today theirfamilies will begin the funerals, which will last around three days. but most are still waiting. plane crash investigators have started to inspect the plane's two black boxes but the flight recorder has been damaged. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is at the scene of the crash. bring us up to date with the latest? figs bring us up to date with the latest? �* , , ., bring us up to date with the latest? ~ , i. bring us up to date with the latest? a i. , bring us up to date with the latest? a , , latest? as you can see behind me this is _ latest? as you can see behind me this is the _ latest? as you can see behind me this is the site _ latest? as you can see behind me this is the site of- latest? as you can see behind me this is the site of the - me this is the site of the crash, you can see the tail plane of the aircraft behind me and you can also see in the white clothing over there the forensic teams going through the main wreckage. we can also see large numbers of police and soldiers back out again today in the field beyond the

aircraft because there is a huge debris field spread beyond the perimeter, all of the airport here, into the field, to my left and there was a huge amount of debris still out there in the field and they are going through that, peeking through its bit by bit. we don't know if they are looking for human remains, they may be gathering the debris to gather it together to clear the debris field, that will need to be collected up and taken to a place where they can assemble the wreckage for the investigation. in your introduction, they have started to inspect the crucial bits of evidence. there is basically nothing left of the aircraft so what they are relying on to find what happened is these two recorders that every commercial aircraft carries, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder, they have recovered both and are now with investigators and have been cleaned and inspected and we understand unfortunately the

flight data recorder is damaged and they do not know whether all the data is still in the recorder and whether they can retrieve it. we don't typically know what damage there has been but we know there are ntsb investigators from the us who are here, people from boeing have arrived, and they will join the investigation, the experience teams who have taken part in investigations of other crashes around the world and they will start the process of trying to download the data and find out what happened. that is something they could take weeks or months, these investigations do want for a very long period of time usually and we do not expect to find out anything immediately from what they are looking out there.— looking out there. thank you very much — looking out there. thank you very much for— looking out there. thank you very much for that. - let's get some of the day's other news now. russia and ukraine have carried out a large—scale prisoner swap in a deal brokered by the united arab emirates. the exact figures aren't confirmed.

moscow says 150 people from each side were traded. president zelensky said kyiv brought home 189 prisoners. the world health organization 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 transparency was required to prevent future pandemics. germany's interior minister has said there are indications the saudi suspect in the deadly christmas market car attack in magdeburg earlier this month was mentally ill. on monday, security officials gave evidence to a parliamentary committee, amid public anger at the failure to prevent the attack. the new authorities in syria are reported to have given foreign islamist fighters roles in the armed forces, which are being re—organised following the fall of president assad. sources suggest at least six of around 50 military posts have gone to foreigners.

injust over a week, six babies in gaza have died from the cold weather, according to local health officials. with hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians living in tents and temperatures expected to drop further in the coming days, the un children's agency unicef has warned that more children's lives are at risk. emir nader reports. and a warning — his report includes upsetting scenes. this baby was just 20 days old when her father could this baby was just 20 days old when herfather could not when her father could not weaker. , ~ ,, ~ weaker. trees translation: i found her stiff _ weaker. trees translation: i found her stiff in _ weaker. trees translation: i found her stiff in the _ weaker. trees translation: i found her stiff in the morning | found her stiff in the morning like wood. i took the hospital and they told me your daughter has been dead for an hour due to the cold. i have no food, no drink, only god knows our condition.— drink, only god knows our condition. ,, . , , _ ., condition. she was seen by a doctor for- —

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five people have been charged in argentina in connection with the death of the former one direction star liam payne. the 31—year—old died after taking drugs and falling from a third—floor balcony at a hotel in buenos aires in october. a hotel manager, receptionist and a friend of the singer have been charged with manslaughter. two others who worked at the hotel have been charged

with supplying drugs. our correspondent tom symonds has more. that final night liam payne was intoxicated by drugs, vulnerable, defenceless — according to this new and detailed statement — about events at the buenos aires hotel. prosecutors say staff were aware of his condition, but took him to his room — later found trashed — and left him. investigators believe liam payne fell from the balcony while trying to find the exit. they say there is enough evidence to support a type of manslaughter charge. the businessman rogalia roger nores, liam payne's friend and driver in argentina, abandoned him to his fate, they say. two hotel staff — gilda martin and esteban grassi — acted recklessly by allowing the singer to be taken to his room. another hotel worker, ezequiel pereya, and a waiter, braian paiz, are accused of supplying him cocaine. mr paiz�*s lawyer says, yes, they took drugs, but his client

didn't sell them, and he questions why there are manslaughter charges for those accused of simply not looking after liam payne. translation: what happens in these cases is that there is a witch hunt. they search for people to blame where there are none. people are charged with things they did not commit, or at least people are held responsible for more than they should be. # the story of my life... liam payne's death left his fans distraught, so this is a high—profile case. police gathered hundreds of hours of cctv footage, phone messages and hotel records. what's not in doubt is that the singer's life in the spotlight left him struggling with addiction. when we were in the band, the best way to secure us because of how big it got was just lock us in our rooms. and, of course, what's in the room? a mini—bar. so, at a certain point, i thought, i'm gonna have a party for one, and that just seemed to carry on throughout many years of my life. the argentinejudge overseeing this case has said

no—one involved wanted him to lose his life, but their actions had put it at risk. tom symonds, bbc news. the welsh ambulance service has declared a "critical incident" with many patients waiting hours for an ambulance while the vehicles themselves are queueing outside hospitals to deliver patients. people are being asked to only call 999 if there's a life—threatening emergency. rising flu infections are being blamed for putting the health service in wales under additional pressure. the actor stephen fry and former england football manager gareth southgate have both been knighted in a new year honours list. four sub—postmasters who received wrongful convictions as part of the post office scandal have been given obes. lizo mzimba has more. he is the manager who let the england men's team to two successive finals. gareth southgate has been knighted,

the services you association football. also been knighted for his work with charity or the environment and on mental health awareness, stephen fry. fame or being a known person is at its most helpful is when you can join attention to a cause that really matters, and the national conversation around until health in particular has really improved. the until health in particular has really improved.— until health in particular has really improved. the mayor of london says — really improved. the mayor of london says he _ really improved. the mayor of london says he is _ really improved. the mayor of london says he is truly - really improved. the mayor of| london says he is truly humble to receive a knighthood for political and public service. lee castleton is one of four former sub—postmasters wrongly accused of taking money from the post office 1539 00:17:42,908