teenage darts sensation luke littler makes history, becoming the youngest ever world darts champion at age 17. in the united states... where donald trump has dismissed as an �*illegitimate political attack�* a manhattan judge's orderfor him to be sentenced onjanuary the 10th in the hush money case, ten days before his inauguration. mr trump was convicted in may on 3a felony counts. his lawyers had argued the president—elect was protected our north america correspondent peter bowes reports.

donald trump and stormy daniels, the adult film star with whom the president—elect is accused of having a sexual encounter in 2006. a decade later, in the final days of the 2016 election campaign, the then—republican candidate attempted to buy her silence with a so—called hush money payment of more than $100,000. his conviction last year was for falsifying business records to try to cover up the payment. he's always denied any wrongdoing, but the guilty verdict meant donald trump was facing a possible jail sentence or a hefty fine. he attempted to use his second presidential election victory to have the case thrown out, but the judge refused. instead, he said mr trump would receive an unconditional discharge, so no jail time and no fine, but the guilty verdict remains. donald trump is appealing it, but it means he will be sworn in as president later this month as a convicted felon. in a statement, his spokesman said... that's a reference to the other

criminal cases brought against mr trump after his first presidency, one involving claims he mishandled classified documents at his mar—a—lago home in florida and two relating to his alleged efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election and the subsequent january 6th riots at the us capitol building. for the most part, the cases have already been set aside since the usjustice department has a long—standing policy that a sitting president cannot face federal criminal prosecution. it all paves the way for a stunning turnaround in fortunes for donald trump, a second presidency freed from the legal woes that once threatened to put him behind bars. peter bowes, bbc news. the republican congressman mikejohnson has narrowly won re—election to the most powerful seat in the us house of representatives.

mrjohnson was donald trump's pick for house speaker but in a tense first round of voting, three fellow republicans cast ballots for someone else. at the very last minute, two of them switched their votes to support him, just before the gavel went down. let's take a listen. house will be in order. mr norman, johnson. mr self, johnson. applause and in his maiden speech, he thanked members of congress for re—electing him. today, my friends, our nation is the envy of the world. why? because we have been marked by a spirit and a people who are explicitly that. we are explicitly american. we do not try to be like other

nations we recognise that a strong america is good for the entire world and everybody around the globe knows that. that's right. 0ur north america correspondent rowan bridge sent this update from washington. this is always going to be a day of high drama. at first it seemed that —— johnson was going to sail through their weights and then his critics riding against them. they handed mightjust endeavour handed might just endeavour speaker's handed mightjust endeavour speaker's gavel and now he holds one of the most powerful positions in american politics. his address and other be elected, —johnson his address and other be elected, — johnson echoed much of the america first language as sedan trump is on the campaign trail. this me that donald trump has a key ally in legislation in being able to push forward donald trump agenda in 2025.

daniel lippman is white house reporter for politico. he told us his throughts on donald trump likely reaction to the sentencing date. he did not want this to be on his record or resume for people to hear about his extramarital affair. it's embarrassing to his wife as well, milani, she has had years to over it. he thinks that this is a blemish on his record, or he would not be fighting this as hard. they said we cannotjust let people who are convicted in a jury he's got three when trump himself —— ——jury himself —— —— jury to be scot—free. they said they do not weigh our state charges so there is no get out ofjail card in this distance. it is a malacca slap on the wrist. for people committing crimes in the future, which is business forward, and you are found

guilty, you we are not going to wipe away the slate clean for trump —— but this is business forward. in reality, is not going to get prison time or probation time, is not even going to get a find it so he doesn't have to pay a penny to new york's state —— — newell says taxpayers. for will appeal this and we will have to see what they say about you as least a certain amount of time, it looks likely that he'll be a felon under day one which is not want his right as luck would have wanted especially sisters federal charges went away and even after his presidency in four years, it is unlikely that he will go to jail so i think this is quite the history making moment, but not the type of history was to be making. that's right he was to be making.

a british national has been named among the 1a people killed in the vehicle attack in new orleans on new year's day. london's metropolitan police says 31—year—old edward pettifer from chelsea in west london was among those killed. the uk foreign office says it's supporting his family. during the attack, a man in a pick—up truck drove through crowds on the city's bourbon street before being killed by police. an american college football player, a young nurse, and a mother of a 4 year—old were also among the victims. simonjones reports. awarning, a warning, this report contains some disturbing pictures. described by the fbi as "a premeditated and evil act," a pick—up truck driven into crowds. people running for safety, but 1a were killed and at least 39 others injured. among the dead was edward pettifer, who was 31 and from chelsea. in a statement,

his relatives said: the metropolitan police said officers from its counter—terrorism command were supporting mr pettifer�*s family. the new orleans coroner gave his cause of death as blunt force injuries. the driver, named by the fbi as shamsud—dinjabbar, was shot dead in a gunfight with the police. an islamic state flag was found inside his vehicle. he was a us army veteran. others who were killed include matthew tenedorio, an audio—visual technician, aspiring nurse nikyra dedeaux, hubert gauthreaux, who was 21, and university student kareem badawi, mother of one nicole perez, reggie hunter, described by his family as "being full of life" and martin bech, a former american college football player. hubert gauthreaux�*s family visited bourbon street, the scene of the attack, their grief clear to see. and the former partner

of reggie hunter paid tribute to him. it's devastating. this is my child's father and my son's 11 years old, so it is devastating to come and see what someone would do to other people and they don't deserve it. as the investigation continues, the police say family liaison officers are helping edward pettifer�*s family with the process of returning his body to the uk. simon jones, bbc news. funeral services honouring former us presidentjimmy carter will begin today following his death on sunday, aged 100. carter served as the 39th us president from 1977 to 1981, and is being remembered with a national day of mourning and state funeral onjanuary 9. a number of tributes will take place before then, starting today with a funeral procession from his home town of plains, georgia to the state's capital, atla nta. thomas higgins, who was deputy cabinet secretary in the carter white house told me more about what it

was like to work for late president carter. it was the privilege of my life to work for him, to serve him in the white house. it was a tense time and i suspect it usually is in the white house but for us actually is, there was a lot going on. i always found president carter to be remarkably calm and disciplined. no matter what the crisis what that we were dealing with. he had the soul of an engineer, he was very analytic. but he also had the heart of a true populist, and authentic populist who really was in touch with the average person, owing largely to how he had been raised, i think. person, owing largely to how he had been raised, ithink. a

remarkable man, we were very proud to work for him. it is hard for us now in the early part of the 21st century to fully appreciate what it meant to be born and reared in a very rural part of america, a different pace of life entirely but also, very strong community bonds that crossed any class distinctions. because i had that. he got it intuitively and could relate to people from every walk of life and see the larger issues that were at play in their lives. there is a lot of fake populism in the world today, notjust in the united states, but in other places in europe, for example. it is fake populism, is using some of the language but not really the

policies that are important to people in their day—to—day lives. konta was not one it to wear anything like that on his sleeve, hejust lived it and was authentic —— mccarter was not one to anything like that on his sleeve. ifound not one to anything like that on his sleeve. i found working with him, for example, that is that he did not really care by sue playtex of any given situation that we were in force appeal is a man of very clear principles. —— mckee did not really care about the politics of any given situation. he did not like it, then it was too bad for you. he did what he felt was the right thing to do. former cabinet secretary in the carter white house. the met office says large parts of the uk could face disruption from heavy snow and freezing rain this weekend. it has issued two amber weather warnings, predicting some areas could see up to a0 centimetres of snow and temperatures as low as —10 celsius. the weather could lead to treacherous driving conditions, power cuts,

and even some rural areas being cut off. joe inwood reports. the conditions much of the uk are bracing for have already hit parts of wales. snow and ice can bring rural areas to a standstill if you're not prepared. here they are doing what they can.— prepared. here they are doing what they can. you have to look at staffing _ what they can. you have to look at staffing level _ what they can. you have to look at staffing level to _ what they can. you have to look at staffing level to make - what they can. you have to look at staffing level to make sure i at staffing level to make sure that there are sufficient members of staff available to come in and to make sure that the lorries go as they and has a making sure that the rock salt is based on the road network that we have in place. the road network is vital to a lot of uses, if it is a mainstream users, we have to make sure that we have procedures in place. it make sure that we have procedures in place. it is a icture procedures in place. it is a picture being _ procedures in place. it is a picture being repeated - procedures in place. it is a i picture being repeated across the uk this weekend. a yellow warning for ice is in place for large parts of the country with an amber warning for snow and ice coming in from 6pm. a yellow warning for snow, covering most of scotland then comes in at midnight tomorrow

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designated —— detonators are warm hub and this is designated as i did it means you cannot come here tojust look as i did it means you cannot come here to just look at the box, you can also get a cup of tea or coffee. there is support on offer to people struggling but perhaps even more importantly, you can come along and have a chat and get warm. anne—marie works in a library. when they warm hub is on it in a couple of hours, tell me what is going to be happening and where? irate is going to be happening and where? ~ ., . , is going to be happening and where? ~ ., ., , ., ., where? we normally have warm drinks and _ where? we normally have warm drinks and according _ where? we normally have warm drinks and according and - where? we normally have warm drinks and according and it i where? we normally have warm drinks and according and it is i drinks and according and it is nice welcoming space and you can access the services for free, we have got the free access to the computer it is. it is going to be over here isn't it?— it is going to be over here isn't it? ~ ., ., , ., isn't it? we normally have children — isn't it? we normally have children who _ isn't it? we normally have children who read - isn't it? we normally have children who read the i isn't it? we normally have l children who read the books isn't it? we normally have i children who read the books and play board games and actually access any it printing to feel that they need the time. shouts from live wylie _ that they need the time. shouts from live wylie -- _ that they need the time. shouts

from live wylie -- rock- that they need the time. shouts from live wylie -- rock live i from live wylie —— rock live wire, the company who runs this in warranting. just a little bit about what you do. what is the atmosphere like? as you can see from today, it is really friendly, there's no pressure you can come along friendly, there's no pressure you can come a