hello, welcome, i hello, welcome, lam hello, welcome, i am 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. funeral services honouring former us presidentjimmy carter will begin in the next few hours 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 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, deputy 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. 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 ok? 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.

let's speak to our correspondents sion tootill, who's in the village of brynrefail — in north—east anglesey in wales — and phil mackie who's in stratford upon avon. what are people facing there? good afternoon. it is around an hour ago that we got into the yellow warning across the whole of wales for snow and ice. on lower ground we have only had a few drops of rain. north wales' mountains are covered in snow and over my left shoulder you can see snowden with a blanket of snow across it. we are expecting the snow to come to lower ground, particular this evening from 6pm on ones which is when the amber weather warning comes into play for ice and snow. just to remind you of what an amber warning can mean. according to the met office it can mean travel disruption, power cuts and potential risk to life. there is plenty of advice out there for people during this wintry spell. that includes, for snow, trying to

plan ahead and avoid unnecessaryjourneys. public unnecessary journeys. public health wales unnecessaryjourneys. public health wales have put out advice for those battling through the cold. that includes trying to wear many thin layers of clothing, staying indoors where possible and drinking plenty of cold drinks. that is what people are being asked to do during this wintry weather. how likely is it that this will take a while to pass? the weather warning is going to last into sunday. the weather warning is going to last into sunday.— last into sunday. the met office aren't _ last into sunday. the met office aren't quite - last into sunday. the met office aren't quite sure i last into sunday. the met office aren't quite sure ofj last into sunday. the met - office aren't quite sure of how long this snow is actually going to last for. one thing we do know is there is another weather warning in place for large chunks of wales, yellow warning for rain very quickly after the snow, starting from tomorrow morning. there is a chance there will be some people possibly who may go to sleep and it hasn't yet really snowed and then they will wake up, and by the time they wake up up, and by the time they wake up it has gone and rain is in place. it is difficult to know but one thing we do know is we are expecting, in large north

wales, tickly and high ground, 30-40 wales, tickly and high ground, 30—110 centimetres of snow. they could be some disruption this evening. could be some disruption this evenina. . ~ could be some disruption this evenina. ., ~ ,, , could be some disruption this evenina. . ~ ,, , . evening. thank you very much. fill in stratford-upon-avon, i fill in stratford—upon—avon, how do things compare there? still a few light dusting of snow_ still a few light dusting of snow as i drove over here about an hour— snow as i drove over here about an hour ago _ snow as i drove over here about an hourago. it snow as i drove over here about an hour ago. it is 2 degrees and — an hour ago. it is 2 degrees and that— an hour ago. it is 2 degrees and that is as warm as it is going _ and that is as warm as it is going to _ and that is as warm as it is going to get. there are still ice on — going to get. there are still ice on the ground and as it gets— ice on the ground and as it gets colder it will get worse. we are — gets colder it will get worse. we are expecting the snow to come — we are expecting the snow to come in — we are expecting the snow to come in sometime this evening. the amber— come in sometime this evening. the amber weather warning kicks in for— the amber weather warning kicks in for this — the amber weather warning kicks in for this part of the country from — in for this part of the country from 6pm. it could be preceded by freezing rain. freezing rain is far— by freezing rain. freezing rain is far worse, ultimately, than show. — is far worse, ultimately, than show. to— is far worse, ultimately, than snow, to drive on. and so there is a _ snow, to drive on. and so there is a big — snow, to drive on. and so there is a big warning about not going _ is a big warning about not going out at all this evening, taking — going out at all this evening, taking it _ going out at all this evening, taking it carefully, staying local— taking it carefully, staying iocai if— taking it carefully, staying local if you do have to go out, cancelling _ local if you do have to go out, cancelling unnecessary journeys, because even though the gritting lorries will be out — the gritting lorries will be out trying to keep major routes open _ out trying to keep major routes open there is only so much they can d0~ — open there is only so much they can d0~ if— open there is only so much they can do. if you look at some of those — can do. if you look at some of those weather models, so much

show— those weather models, so much show wiii— those weather models, so much snow will be falling over a fairly— snow will be falling over a fairly long period of time it will really accumulate quite quickly _ will really accumulate quite quickly and cause big disruption. it is a saturday night _ disruption. it is a saturday night in _ disruption. it is a saturday night injanuary, early hours of sunday morning, it is not the — of sunday morning, it is not the busiest time of year so that— the busiest time of year so that does help the situation. but there is a? as to how this will test _ but there is a? as to how this will last. certainly the expectation is by tomorrow morning _ expectation is by tomorrow morning for instance it will have — morning for instance it will have turned to rain. most of what — have turned to rain. most of what force tonight will properly have been washed away by that _ properly have been washed away by that i'm a lot of people get up by that i'm a lot of people get up tomorrow. but it could linger— up tomorrow. but it could linger and it will linger longer— linger and it will linger longer the further north you -et longer the further north you get and _ longer the further north you get and that will have a knock—on disruption effect is totally— knock—on disruption effect is totally into tomorrow and certainly monday morning in some — certainly monday morning in some places. it certainly monday morning in some places— some places. it looks like it could take _ some places. it looks like it could take people _ some places. it looks like it could take people by - some places. it looks like it. could take people by surprise. it looks pretty benign where you are. is it coming pretty fast? ~ ., , you are. is it coming pretty fast? . ., , “ fast? when it does come i think it will happen — fast? when it does come i think it will happen very _ fast? when it does come i think it will happen very quickly - fast? when it does come i think it will happen very quickly and l it will happen very quickly and very— it will happen very quickly and very heavily, according to the various— very heavily, according to the various models. of course, you never— various models. of course, you never know _ various models. of course, you never know and weather forecasters will tell you it is very— forecasters will tell you it is very hard _ forecasters will tell you it is very hard to predict snow and sometimes they will issue these warnings —

sometimes they will issue these warnings and it is a very damp squib — warnings and it is a very damp squib. sometimes it will turn to reality— squib. sometimes it will turn to reality and i don't think anyone _ to reality and i don't think anyone can truly say until later _ anyone can truly say until later. people will have seen these — later. people will have seen these warnings. we have been talking — these warnings. we have been talking about this for days. people _ talking about this for days. people know what is coming. i do know— people know what is coming. i do know some people, a friend for instance, who has gone to london. — for instance, who has gone to london. to— for instance, who has gone to london, to see your show is planning _ london, to see your show is planning to travel back tonight and i_ planning to travel back tonight and i think he will try to book and i think he will try to book a hotel— and i think he will try to book a hotel to _ and i think he will try to book a hotel to stay over instead, rather — a hotel to stay over instead, rather than brave the m 40, m42 heading — rather than brave the m 40, m42 heading back to the midlands at about— heading back to the midlands at about 1030—11 heading back to the midlands at about 1030-11 pm heading back to the midlands at about 1030—11 pm tonight. but i think— about 1030—11 pm tonight. but i think it — about 1030—11 pm tonight. but i think it is — about 1030—11 pm tonight. but i think it is hard to know with these — think it is hard to know with these forecastsjust how think it is hard to know with these forecasts just how bad things— these forecasts just how bad things will get. worst case scenario? it is going to be really— scenario? it is going to be really heavy snow with quite a hi i really heavy snow with quite a big accumulation, causing major disruption — big accumulation, causing major disruption tomorrow. best case scenario— disruption tomorrow. best case scenario it _ disruption tomorrow. best case scenario it mightjust wash away— scenario it mightjust wash away and it will be looking like — away and it will be looking like this— away and it will be looking like this again sometime tomorrow afternoon. thank you very much- _

let 5 get some of the day 5 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 400 police officers last year. since the multinational deployment, the un estimates that gangs have increased

their control to about eighty—five 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 34 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. one darts reporter wrote that in the future... the sport will have been split into two eras. pre luke littler... and post luke littler. the 17 year old's impression on darts... and his influence in growing it now includes a first world title

won by beating the three time champion michael van gerwen in the final at london's alexandra palace. having fallen at the final hurdle in his extraordinary breakthrough tournament a year ago this result never appeared to be in doubt. he raced to a 4—0 lead with seven needed for the win... and despite eventually getting three sets of his own van gerwen wasn't really threatening a comeback. the dutchman was the previous youngest champion when he won the first of his world titles in 2014 at the age of 24 it's been crazy. i said previously, just looking up at all the kids with my shirt on and obviously the 180 cards that they want signed. it's good to see and ally pally this year was absolutely rocking. it might go down as one of the best i have been involved with with michael but to get a win over the player who michael is, he's been around for years and years, and obviously he was hoping for his fourth title. but i so wanted my first and i

got it. tottenham are attempting to halt their recent slump in the opening premier league match of the day. they've won just once in the league since november. they're playing the in form newcastle... 1-0 at 1—0 at that point that alexander slac is continuing his rich golf scoring form by putting them ahead. that is one of seven games on saturday. while arsenal are hoping to reduce liverpool's lead to three points if they win the late game at brighton... chelsea play at crystal palace having dropped out of the title race their manager insisted they were never in. two defeats in a row has taken them from second to fourth — 10 points behind liverpool so enzo maresca has asked if we now believe him... i would like to tell you, yes, we are there, because it is something nice, it is not something nice, it is not something to be in the title race. but the reason why i said

it is because i don't think we are ready. as i said i didn't need to wait for two wins in a row to prove myself all you that i was right. after a win in their last game only a second in 14 matches manchester city play west ham with pep guardiola saying he's looking for his current squad to play at the level he knows they can play at before the club looks to make moves in the january transfer window. as much as what i want at the players, get the best level of them, because i said to them many times i know your level. because i was with you every three days and that is why that is the most important thing for the players. right now i don't know what is going to happen. on day one in sydney 11 pick wickets fell as australia and

india battle in the final test, ending with india having a lead of 145 with four second innings wickets remaining. rishabh pant hit 61 offjust 33 balls as others around him failed. for the second innings a row scott boland has taken four wickets. the tourists are 41—6. australia were bowled out for 181 and they lead the series 2-1. meanwhile in cape town south africa are piling on the runs against pakistan on day two... ryan rickelton hit a double century and kyle verreyne also reached three figures. they're past 500... you can follow that on the bbc sport website. as we've been hearing, 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 seventeen year old threw twelve 1805 in the match, to claim the half a million pound prize. bobby george, former professional darts player and phil barrs, darts journalist gave us their analysis. i really enjoyed it. the boy played really well. michael didn't play bad but he missed too many in the first set. he missed two darts and he missed another. he scored not bad, but he didn't get to a double quick enough. luke 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. that 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 do it is good for the game, really, because there are loads

of youngsters out there want to be luke littler. he's a generational talent. um, obviously we've been around for a long time, and we saw this 13 or 14—year—old kid coming through the junior ranks, posting huge averages, and we knew he was special. but i don't think we quite understood how special until this time last year. and then his first year on tour, he hasjust gone on to produce stuff that i say only generational greats can. 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. hello there. well, after a cold and frosty start, the weather story is on the change. in fact, the met office has issued 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, the yellow, 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. it'll be rain across south—west england as we go through this afternoon. ahead of it — a veil of cloud keeping things on the cold side. best of the sunshine perhaps into the far north—east, but here those temperatures struggling to climb above freezing. so as we go through the evening and the overnight period that rain potentially could turn to snow across southern parts of wales, maybe 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 40 centimetres of snow to higher ground. but of course there will be accumulations at lower levels. it is starting to drag on much milder air sojust look at this. 12 degrees across the south—west, but we keep that cold air in place 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 higher 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. cloudier conditions but double digits by the middle part of the afternoon. a real shock to the system. as we move out of sunday into monday the mild air 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 14 killed in the new orleans vehicle attack on new year's day. in the next few hours, funeral services honouring former us presidentjimmy carter will begin, following his death at age 100 last sunday. teenage darts sensation luke littler makes history, becoming the youngest ever

world darts champion at age 17. ajudge has ordered donald trump to be sentenced onjanuary10th in his hush—money case in new york, less than two weeks before he is set to be sworn in as president. but, new yorkjustice juan merchan has signalled that he won't send him to prison. katrina has a well—deserved break, and we're very happy to have you joining us from london. i'm balancing my phone on five blocks of foolscap paper and a book and trying to lean it in the right way, just so that you can see me. so i hope it works. a true broadcaster will find the angle. i'm the loose wheel. i'm the loose wheel in this operation. i know my role. how did you guys spend your new years ringing in the new year? well, i had christmas off,

and then they said come in to work for some easy shifts with some filled