hello, i'm martine croxall. vigils are taking place in new orleans on saturday for the victims of the new year's day vehicle attack. it comes as king charles says he is deeply saddened by the death of edward pettifer, one of those killed in the attack. edward is believed to be the stepson of tiggy legge—bourke, now tiggy pettifer, who was nanny to princes william and harry. the 31—year—old british national from chelsea was among at least 1a people killed when a truck ploughed into people celebrating new year on bourbon street. our correspondent frances reed has more. palace sources have said that the king has been informed of the death of edward pettifer in new orleans, and that he is deeply saddened, and that he has been in touch with the family to share personal condolences. the bbc understands that mr pettifer was the stepson of tiggy legge—bourke.

she is also known as alexandra pettifer, who was formerly a royal family assistant. she was often seen playing with prince william and harry when they were children, taking on nannying duties. kensington palace says the prince of wales has been made aware of the sad news and we understand prince harry has also been informed. neither is expected to make any formal comment and there will be no further comment from buckingham palace at this stage. edward, who was from chelsea in london, was one of 1a people killed in the vehicle attack in new orleans on new year's day. his family paid tribute to a wonderful son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend to so many. they said, we will all miss him terribly. the foreign office said it was supporting the family. of course, during the attack a man in a pick—up truck ploughed through busy crowds before being killed by police. the suspect, named as shamsud—dinjabbar, is believed to have acted alone in what the fbi described as a premeditated attack. they also said an islamic state

group flag was found inside the vehicle he was driving. an american college football player, a young nurse, and a mother of a four—year—old were also among the victims of the attack. a warning this report from simonjones does contain 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 14 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 in the next few hours following his death on sunday, aged 100. mr 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 9th. 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 the late president carter. it was the privilege of my life, of course, to work for him, to serve him in the white house. it was a tense time. i suspect it usually

is in the white house, but for us, at least, there was a lot going on. i always found president carter to be remarkably calm and disciplined, no matter what the crisis was that we were dealing with. he had kind of the soul of an engineer. he was very analytic, very disciplined. but he also had the heart of a true populist, an authentic populist, who really was in touch with the average person, owing largely to how he had been raised. a remarkable man. we were very, very proud to work for him. it is hard for us now, in the early part of the 21st—century, mabye, 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, very strong community bonds that crossed any class distinction. and carter had that. he just got it intuitively and could relate to people from every walk of life and see the larger issues, maybe, that were at play in their life. there is a lot of fake populism in the world today, notjust in the united states but in other places, in europe, for example, and it is faux populism. it uses some of the language but not really the policies that are important to people in their day—to—day life. carter was not one to wear anything like that on his sleeve. he just lived it. he was authentic and i found, working with him, for example, that he didn't really care

about the politics of any given situation we were in. he was a man of very firm principles and he lived by them, and if you didn't like them, well, that was too bad for you. he did what he thought was the right thing to do. thomas higgins, a0 cabinet two former cabinet secretary in the carter white house. let 5 get some of the day's other news now. the families of israeli hostages held in gaza have welcomed a decision by prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resume indirect ceasefire talks with hamas in doha. hamas said discussions would focus on a complete end to hostilities. so far israel has rejected any deal that guarantees a permanent end to the conflict before its war aims are achieved. the us has called for a new agreement to achieve the release of the remaining israeli hostages. at least 13 people have been killed in a bus crash in colombia. it was travelling to a popular tourist area near the border with ecuador. 28 people were also

injured in the crash. police say they're investigating whether a mechanical problem caused the bus to veer off the highway. dozens of soldiers from guatemala and el salvador have arrived in haiti to restore security and combat armed gangs. haiti has experienced a rise in violence, despite the presence of a un—backed international force. the soldiers willjoin the mission led by kenya, which sent nearly a00 police officers last year. since the multinational deployment, the un estimates that gangs have increased their control to about 85 percent of the capital port—au—prince. myanmar�*s military government says it'll release almost 6,000 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty marking the southeast asian country's independence day. myanmar has been in turmoil since early 2021, when the military overthrew an elected civilian government and violently suppressed pro—democracy protests, sparking a nationwide armed rebellion. among those still imprisoned

by the junta is the country's former leader, nobel laureate aung san suu kyi. donald trump has dismissed as an "illegitimate political attack" a manhattan judge's order for him to be sentenced onjanuary 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 by presidential immunity. justicejuan merchan rejected this, but indicated he was not inclined to impose a jail sentence and he would likely give donald trump an unconditional discharge. 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 mike johnson 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 mikejohnson 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 and we recognise that a strong america is good for the entire world, and everybody around the globe knows that. that's right.

our north america correspondent rowan bridge sent this update from washington. this was always going to be a day of high drama. and so it turned out. you could feel the tension in the air as the roll call of votes started. at first it looked like mikejohnson would sail through on the first vote and then three of his critics voted against him. some last—minute arm—twisting was enough to get two of them to change their vote and hand mikejohnson the speaker's gavel. he now holds one of the most powerful positions in american politics. in his address to congress after being elected mikejohnson echoed much of the america first language that donald trump used on the campaign trail. this election means that donald trump has a key ally in a key position when it comes to passing his legislation, and be able to help push forward donald trump's agenda in 2025. let's ta ke

let's take it to south korea where protesters are on the streets of seoul. this is our people who are opposed to the impeached president, for whom an arrest warrant was issued, but runs out on monday. the arrest was over his brief declaration of martial law in december. but so far he has not complied with the investigators and those trying to bring him in. instead the security detail given to the president are still looking after him in his compound. 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 minus ten 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 braced for have already hit parts of wales. snow and ice can bring rural areas to a standstill if you're not prepared. here in ceredigion, they're doing what they can. you have to look at the staffing levels to make sure that there are sufficient numbers of staff available to come in and make sure that the lorries go out there. and then in terms of making sure that the rock salt is put on the road network that we have in place for ceredigion. the road network is vital to a lot of users. if it's health service, if it's mainstream users, we need to make sure that, you know, we have procedures in place. it's a 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 until monday afternoon. while the snow is still on the horizon for many, the bitter cold is already

here. it's a worrying time for care agencies who cover rural areas. many of those they look after, including pensioners who have lost their winter fuel payments, are not properly heating their homes. we have had clients who have been afraid to put on their heating because they can't afford to pay the bills. and if they're not warm, then we have to try and encourage them to put on the heating over this period. and if not, if they have hot water bottles, we will have to check the hot water bottles very carefully. are you sure you're 0k? but it's notjust those who are housebound who suffer in this weather. ok, everybody, come on in. at the eastbourne salvation army, they've opened their doors to the homeless, providing beds and a hot meal. it's good to see you. but it's not every night. it's just when the temperature gets too low. and it really is physically so cold that we just want them to come in. we'd like to do it more, but financially

we can't do it as many... so we just do it as much as we can. for those taking shelter here, it is a literal lifeline. so without this place, probably i would be frozen right now. so without some support where you can actually maybe wash your clothes or like, i don't know, take a shower or eat something, there is no way you are going to survive for long. the advice, as the temperatures drop, is to stay inside, only travel if necessary, and look out for those who can't look out for themselves. joe inwood, bbc news. teenage sensation luke littler has become the youngest ever world darts champion, after cruising to victory over michael van gerwen in the final at alexandra palace in london. the 17—year—old threw twelve 1805 in the match, to claim the half a million pound prize. littler shot to fame last year when he finished runner up in the event aged just 16 — but the teenagerfrom warrington, north west england

pulled through as the favourite to go one better this year. speaking to our colleagues at bbc breakfast earlier, the new world champion talked about how he felt druing the final. ijust i just felt very confident going into last night. i didn't put any pressure on myself. i just said to myself, whatever happens, happens. to just said to myself, whatever happens, happens.— just said to myself, whatever happens, happens. to did you en'o it happens, happens. to did you enjoy it because _ happens, happens. to did you enjoy it because mac - happens, happens. to did you enjoy it because mac you - happens, happens. to did you enjoy it because mac you look| enjoy it because mac you look like you're enjoying it. it’s like you're en'oying it. it's another _ like you're en'oying it. it's another big _ like you're enjoying it. it�*s another big occasion. it's back—to—back finals. i enjoyed myself, i didn't put any pressure on myself. we myself, i didn't put any pressure on myself. we can see the trephy _ pressure on myself. we can see the trophy behind _ pressure on myself. we can see the trophy behind you _ pressure on myself. we can see the trophy behind you there. . the trophy behind you there. it's quite a big one. i went to your house about a month ago now, so before all this started. you have already gotten absolutely packed trophy cabinet. where are you going to putit? cabinet. where are you going to put it? are you going to have to extend? i put it? are you going to have to extend?— to extend? i think so. i think we might— to extend? i think so. i think we might have _ to extend? i think so. i think we might have to _ to extend? i think so. i think we might have to get - to extend? i think so. i think we might have to get a - to extend? i think so. i think. we might have to get a special cabinet for it. if not it will

just go on the floor in the living room. bobby george, former professional darts player, gave us his analysis of the final. i really enjoyed it. the boy played really well. michael didn't play bad that he missed in the first set. he scored not bad, but he didn't get to a double quick enough. luke outscored him, so if you outscored him, so if you outscore your opponent, so you have time to go out on the shot, you are going to beat him, and that is what luke did. some use to finish double top, double ten. with double ten, it looked like he had a magnet in it. he didn't miss it all through the tournament. but he has a gift, a marvellous gift to play darts. for a young guy to play darts. for a young guy to do it is good for the game, really, because there are loads

of youngsters out there want to be luke littler. but michael got to the final again. he got a-o got to the final again. he got a—0 down and he was shot. he didn't know where he was. he is an win a set. then he started. he won three sets, but like that reporter set, when luke wanted double 16, which he never leads double 16, you normally lead double ten, but he thought, no, i will go for it, and he got it with his third start, but it was actually booking it with his first two and he got through the first two into the double 16. it's great. i loved it. what to the established players think of this young upstart? it really makes everybody look at their own game, surely?- their own game, surely? when ou aet their own game, surely? when you get a _ their own game, surely? when you get a guy _ their own game, surely? when you get a guy can _ their own game, surely? when you get a guy can play - their own game, surely? when you get a guy can play like - you get a guy can play like that and you are competing, you have got to practice more and get to his level, otherwise you will wipe the floor with

everyone. michael van gerwen, when he was young, 17, he won the world masters and he won a lot of tournaments. and we thought, yeah, but we never thought, yeah, but we never thought they would be another mac to come along, as quick as he did. we knew he played darts, played in the youth, but on the ally pally stage last year, he hit everything he went for. he got to the final. you can't to his lucky when he gets to a final, and this year, it's amazing. i really enjoyed it. it was a match to remember. but then in sport there are a lot of young guys, that can play football, young tennis players, so why not dart players be that young? so why not dart players be that ouna ? ., so why not dart players be that oun. ? ., ., , so why not dart players be that ounu? ., .,, young? how does he cope with the pressure? _ young? how does he cope with the pressure? at _ young? how does he cope with the pressure? at the _ young? how does he cope with the pressure? at the momentl young? how does he cope with l the pressure? at the moment he is very humble, seems to take everything in his stride. but

thatis everything in his stride. but that is surely going to change, isn't it, as he starts to feel the enormity of what he has done? , ., , , the enormity of what he has done? ,., _ �*, ., the enormity of what he has done? , ., _ �*, ., done? obviously he's got good management _ done? obviously he's got good management. he _ done? obviously he's got good management. he doesn't - done? obviously he's got good management. he doesn't talk| done? obviously he's got good i management. he doesn't talk too bad. when he first started he couldn't put words together but now he has got used to talking to people over the last year. he's just got to keep his feet on the ground. don't get cocky, i would say. just play the game as you have played all the way through and he is going to make a lot of money and he has the dart player of the future, without a doubt.- dart player of the future, without a doubt. can he do it auain? without a doubt. can he do it again? yes. _ without a doubt. can he do it again? yes, you _ without a doubt. can he do it again? yes, you can - without a doubt. can he do it again? yes, you can do - without a doubt. can he do it again? yes, you can do it - again? yes, you can do it aaain. again? yes, you can do it again- if— again? yes, you can do it again. if he _ again? yes, you can do it again. if he can _ again? yes, you can do it again. if he can maintain| again? yes, you can do it - again. if he can maintain that, underscoring power he has got, he could do it. you saw the 18 is in that tournament. luke littler, he got 76 and that tournament and last year the record was 73. 76 is

unbelievable. underscoring power of him... michael didn't know what hit him, to be honest with you. know what hit him, to be honest with ou. , ., , with you. they are very different _ with you. they are very different characters. i with you. they are very - different characters. michael van gerwen really likes the limelight, luke littler seems to be very quiet, measured character. to be very quiet, measured character-— to be very quiet, measured character. , ., ' character. yes, two different characters- _ character. yes, two different characters. michael- character. yes, two different characters. michael is - character. yes, two different characters. michael is a - character. yes, two different characters. michael is a nice| characters. michael is a nice boy, he is a pretty nice boy, but he gets involved and he really tried his heart out yesterday. i know him and he must have thought, i can't beat this guy, i can't beat him. but luke littler is like, quite laid—back, really. hejumps laid—back, really. he jumps about laid—back, really. hejumps about when he won, when he hit the double 16, but you don't see reaction when he is playing. hejust see reaction when he is playing. he just throws see reaction when he is playing. hejust throws his darts and he is an amazing dart player. obviously he is going to make all the youngsters who watch him in the world all want

to be like him. they will be playing darts in their nappies! there will probably sell luke littler nappy. you heard it here first from bobby george on bbc news. stargazers around the globe were treated to a stunning celestial scene on friday as venus appeared shining brightly above a crescent moon. the planet was visible to the naked eye from the uk to the us, turkey and china. venus is often called the evening star or morning star because, when it is prominent, it appears like the brightest "star" in the sky. here you can see the crescent moon and the planet venus straddle a cross on top of quebec baptist church in ellaville, georgia. in turkey's capital, ankara, the moon and venus are seen together alongside the kocatepe mosque. in the uk's whitley bay, a shining waxing crescent moon

glows with venus to the right. and in other parts of the world, more astronomical delights as the quadrantid meteor shower continues, captured here in the night sky over the great wall of china. this is pepys in use. the weather story is on the change. the met office has issued an amber weather warnings because we are likely to see some significant disruption later on today for both snow and ice. there are two main areas. snow and ice across wales and the midlands. that comes into force from 6pm. and snow from 9pm across northern england. we are all in this cold arctic air at the moment but this dividing line is a mild south—westerly air

flow and when this weather front collides into that cold air we are going to see some snow on the leading edge and the possibility of some freezing rain as well. there we rain across south—west england as we go through this afternoon. ahead of it as a veil of cloud keeping things on the cold side. first of the sunshine perhaps into the far north—east but here the temperatures struggling to climb above freezing. as we go through the evening and the overnight period that rain potentially could turn to snow across southern parts of wales, may be towards the south—east of england for a time. the heaviest of the snow across wales, through the midlands, up through the peak district and across the pennines, where we could see as much as a0 centimetres for higher ground. but there will be accumulations at lower levels. it is starting to drag on much milder air so just look at this. 12 degrees across the south—west, but we keep that cold air in place further north. that means a speu further north. that means a spell of snow to begin with during the morning and it will

gradually push its way into the scottish borders. maybe the high ground of northern ireland could see a few snow showers. for sunday it stays cold and crisp with a few scattered showers for scotland. much milder behind that weather front. cloudy but double digits by the middle part of the afternoon. a real shock to the system. as we move out of sunday into monday that milder is going to be pushing out of the way over to the near continent. a northerly wind remains in force. if you have that brief milder snap it is not going to last. the cool air is set to return as we go through the week ahead which again means there could be a chance of further wintry showers to come. keep watching the forecast. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines.. weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued for parts of the uk. the met office says heavy snow over the weekend could affect travel. the most severe warnings cover northern england, the midlands and much of wales. the king is said to be deeply saddened by the death of 31—year—old british man edward pettifer, one of 1a killed in the new orleans vehicle attack on new years day. in the next few hours, funeral services honouring former us at age 100 last sunday. teenage darts sensation luke littler makes history — becoming the youngest ever

world darts champion at age 17. he won the final at palace yesterday. let's return now to the weather situation here in the uk now. amber and yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place this weekend, with heavy snow and icy rain forecast. the warning covers most of wales, across the pennies and up into the north of england. for more on this now — i'm joined by our weather presenter louis lear. when it's amber, you know it's serious. , ., serious. yes middle tier that means we — serious. yes middle tier that means we are _ serious. yes middle tier that means we are confident - serious. yes middle tier that l means we are confident there serious. yes middle tier that . means we are confident there is going to be disruption. we been forecasting this for a few

days. and the first amber warning will come to