hello, i'm helena humphrey. the body of the late us presidentjimmy carter has arrived at his presidential library in georgia as america begins six days of funeral ceremonies to pay respect to its 39th president, who died last week at the age of 100. the cortege carrying mr carter's coffin and members of his family made its first stop saturday at the georgia state capitol building in atlanta, where he served as governor during the 19705. the procession then carried on to the carter presidential center. mr carter's body will lie there in repose for the public to pay their respects over the next several days. but far from the sprawling streets of atlanta or the monuments of washington, where his funeral will take place on thursday, mr carter's finaljourney began in the same tiny georgia town where he was born — in plains. our carl nasman is there.

jimmy carter returning for the final time to his childhood home. bell tolls 39 tolls for the 39th president at his family farm, now a museum. jimmy carter was born in plains, georgia, population 500, a century ago. it's a far cry from the white house. the peanut farm had no running water or electricity. surrounded by his family, the president's motorcade left the hospital he helped build, beginning a six—day state funeral. his neighbours in plains lined the streets. his campaign headquarters here catapulted him from a relative unknown to the white house in the 19705. before that, as georgia's governor, carter shook up the south, declaring the time for racial discrimination is over.

but carter's post—presidency is what earned him the nobel peace prize in 2002. his global work promoting democracy and combating disease is headquartered here in atlanta, where his body will lay in repose for the public to pay their respects. a peanut farmer with a presidential legacy. the day's funeral proceedings ending here at the carter centre in atlanta with an emotional private service among the family members ofjimmy carter here, as well as members of the carter center. but this has really been a day where the motorcade retraced the steps, almost literally, of the former president throughout his home state, beginning where he was born and raised in plains, georgia, on a small peanut farm, and then working his way through crowds of people lining streets and lining highways towards atlanta, stopping for a moment of silence, of course, at the georgia capitol, where he of course was once governor of this state. and now the public

will get their chance. they'll be filing in behind us at the carter center to see his body in repose in the next couple of days. but looking ahead, this multi—day state funeral will continue come tuesday in washington, dc. the 39th president's remains will be flown there and laid to rest for two days in the capitol rotunda, and then we'll see that national funeral take place on 9 january. that's where lawmakers and politicians — and of course presidents — will be, not only the 0bamas and the clintons but also the current president and the future president. donald trump has said that he'll be here, despite some acrimony between him andjimmy carter over the years. we also know, of course, jimmy carter has been a friend and ally ofjoe biden over the years. biden as a senator was the first democrat to endorse jimmy carter back during his presidential run in 1976. it's something carter never forgot, and before he passed away, he requested that joe biden give the eulogy at that funeral.

this is the scene in the capital of the state of georgia, the carter centre, where you can see the coffin of the late presidentjimmy carter, who will be lying in repose for members of the public to pay their respects. the cortez will continue to the nation's capital, washington, dc, on tuesday —— cortege. in new orleans, people are lighting candles and laying wreaths in honour of the victims of the deadly truck attack on new year's day. these are the live pictures from the city, where a vigil is taking place on the corner of bourbon street and canal street. that is the intersection where the attack began. people have laid yellow roses to honour the 1a killed. one of the victims was 31—year—old edward pettifer from west london. he was the stepson of alexandra pettifer, who was nanny to prince william and his brother prince harry. earlier, buckingham palace announced king charles was deeply saddened.

0ur correspondent frances read reports. another victim of what the fbi says was a premeditated and evil act, edward pettifer from chelsea in london was 31, and one of 1a who died in new orleans on new year's day. he was the stepson of a former royal assistant. alexandra pettifer, known as tiggy legge—bourke before her marriage, worked for the royal family when prince william and harry were children. she was often seen playing with the young princes, taking on nannying duties and having a long—standing relationship with the family. edward's half—brother, tom, is prince william's godson, who was a pageboy at william and catherine's wedding in 2011. palace sources have said that the king has been informed of edwards death and that he has been in touch with the family to share personal condolences. the prince of wales said that his and catherine's thoughts and prayers

were with the pettifer family and all the innocent people who were tragically impacted. in a statement, edward pettifer�*s relatives said, "the entire family are devastated at the tragic news of ed's death in new orleans. he was such a wonderful son, grandson, nephew and friend to so many. we will all miss him terribly. our thoughts are with the other families who have lost theirfamily members due to this terrible attack." this is the horrifying attack that changed their lives. a pick—up truck rammed into new year's crowds in new orleans at speed. the driver, named by the fbi as shamsud—dinjabbar, was shot dead in a gunfight with the police. families of the victims have been to where it happened this week. the former partner of reggie hunter, who was also killed, paid tribute to him. it's devastating. this is my child's father. and my son's 11 years old, so it's devastating to come and see what someone would do to other people, and they don't deserve it.

the police said family liaison officers were helping edward pettifer�*s family with the process of returning his body to the uk. frances read, bbc news. the biden administration has notified the us congress of a planned $8 billion arms sale to israel. the weapons consignment, which needs approvalfrom house and senate committees, includes missiles, shells and other munitions. washington has rejected calls to suspend military backing for israel over the number of civilians it has killed and injured in gaza. the move comes as israel confirms indirect ceasefire and hostage release negotiations with hamas have resumed in qatar. for some analysis on those ongoing talks, i've been speaking with frank lowenstein. he formerly served as special envoy for israeli—palestinian negotiations at the us state department. so this weapons sale, it comes just a fortnight before we are

going to see president biden leave office. it's going need that approval from the both the house and senate committees. do you see it happening? yes. house and senate committees. do you see it happening?— you see it happening? yes, i think it's _ you see it happening? yes, i think it's very _ you see it happening? yes, i think it's very likely - you see it happening? yes, i think it's very likely to - think it's very likely to happen. i think it's important to president biden that he preserve a legacy of strong support for israel during this war with hamas, and i think congress will be only too enthusiastic to get on board with that. so, yes, ithink that's very likely to happen. i wonder if you think, however, that this is the right time, because you will have heard calls here in the united states, including internationally as well, to suspend military backing for israel due to the number of civilians killed in the war in gaza. so do you think that this is the right time to approve that sale?— is the right time to approve that sale? ~ ., �* ~' that sale? well, i don't think it makes _ that sale? well, i don't think it makes that _ that sale? well, i don't think it makes that much - that sale? well, i don't think l it makes that much difference, honestly, because if biden didn't do it then trump was certainly going to do it. so it's just certainly going to do it. so it'sjust a certainly going to do it. so it's just a matter of whether president biden wants to sort of take credit for this last gesture of support for israel before he leaves office. but i don't think there is any question that the money was going to go through one way or the other. but going to go through one way or the other-— the other. but there is also the other. but there is also the question _ the other. but there is also the question of— the other. but there is also the question of optics. -

the other. but there is also - the question of optics. leaving aside the question of when those weapons actually go to israel and are used on the ground, the message that is being sent to netanyahu here. well, i don't think the message has really changed. i think president biden has really been foursquare behind netanyahu all the way along. he sees the israelis as family, no matter how badly they scrap or defy his wishes, he always gives them another chance because it is important to him on a personal level that that be a big part of his legacy. so this doesn't surprise me at all. i think this is really consistent with the way they have treated this wall the way along. i would like to take a look at the situation on the ground in gaza, the dire humanitarian situation that continues there and the recent events there with the raid on the hospital, for example, in the north, who criticised it as appalling. we know that they have also been strikes in areas that were once described as humanitarian safe zones. do you believe, looking

at that situation, that israel is acting in accordance with humanitarian law?- is acting in accordance with humanitarian law? well, i think there is a _ humanitarian law? well, i think there is a very _ humanitarian law? well, i think there is a very strong _ humanitarian law? well, i think there is a very strong argument that they haven't been and the biden administration has even insinuated that a number of different occasions. the question really is where we go from here. is there anything that can be done to prevent the israelis from cementing a policy of really mass starvation in order to try to starve hamas out of power. in the trump administration is very likely to support that kind of thing, even more than biden administration did. so i think we have a big question about what is going to happen with a 2.2 million people in gaza who are now living in about half the country and, as you pointed out, don't have any food or water or shelter. and there really no long—term strategy on the israelis�* part to address that question. so i think it�*s one of the things that people should be really most concerned about going forward. 50 most concerned about going forward. ., most concerned about going forward, ., ,., most concerned about going forward, ., y., “ forward. so do you think there is a missed — forward. so do you think there is a missed opportunity, - forward. so do you think there is a missed opportunity, then, for a leveraged that the biden administration could have used to reverse some of the humanitarian impact that we are

seeing in gaza?— seeing in gaza? well, sure. they could _ seeing in gaza? well, sure. they could certainly - seeing in gaza? well, sure. they could certainly have i seeing in gaza? well, sure. i they could certainly have done more to put pressure on the israelis to improve the humanitarian situation. but they decided really a year ago that they actually weren�*t going to do that. that was a decision that was made at the highest levels of the administration, so it really doesn�*t surprise me that they have just continued to go down that path. at this point, you know, criticising the israelis for the humanitarian situation really is a criticism of biden himself not having done more to prevent it, so it is not surprising to me that we are trying to downplay the humanitarian crisis there, and give the israelis weapons to try to end the biden term on a positive note with respect to how the israelis feel about it, anyway. in how the israelis feel about it, an a . ,. ,, ., ., anyway. in the discussion that we are having _ anyway. in the discussion that we are having right _ anyway. in the discussion that we are having right now - anyway. in the discussion that| we are having right now comes at a time when we know that negotiations have resumed in qatar. how do you rate the chances for a breakthrough? there has been some talk about potentially seeing a ceasefire before biden leaves office. do you think it will happen?- you think it will happen? yes, well, you think it will happen? yes, well. it's _ you think it will happen? yes, well, it's really _ you think it will happen? yes, well, it's really encouraging . well, it�*s really encouraging that the negotiations and they are sending delegations back to dehart, but at the same time it

is farfrom clear dehart, but at the same time it is far from clear that any of theissues is far from clear that any of the issues that have prevented a deal over the past year have actually been resolved. they are still arguing over who the hostages would be that get released, who the prisoners are, whether they would be a full—scale withdrawal, whether the palestinians can return to the palestinians can return to the north. 0n the fact that they are still arguing with theseissues they are still arguing with these issues after year raises these issues after year raises the question about how badly each side wants a deal. they have both benefited from blaming the other side for the failure of talks, but it is clear that neither side is willing to make the tough compromises to get to a breakthrough. there are extremists in netanyahu�*s coalition who strongly opposes a ceasefire deal, and then there is a time in question. he may think that if trump is in power you will get a better deal because there will be more pressure on hamas. so i will be very surprised if they reach a deal anytime in the next two weeks. but really the big question is whether there has been a meeting of the mines between the parties on whether this is a temporary enter the war, which is what netanyahu wants, ora war, which is what netanyahu wants, or a permanent enter the war, which is what hamas wants. as long as that issue has been resolved, there is really no hope for any kind of medical ceasefire. i think what we�*re looking at is, even if there is

a ceasefire, there is a continuation of this war for at least another year. it�*s not going to be a ceasefire that ends the war, like we saw in lebanon. the real question that we all have to wrestle with his what is the plan over the next year, ceasefire or power, we have still not resolved some of the major issues. especially with 2 million palestinians on the ground. israel�*s military has stepped up its offensive in gaza as pressure for a ceasefire grows. rescue workers in gaza say that the latest wave of israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, including eight children. more than 130 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli attacks in the past 48 hours. israel says it is targeting hamas. and in tel aviv, thousands gathered on saturday to demand the release of hostages in gaza and the resignation of benjamin netanyahu, as the family of a 19 year—old israeli army hostage featured in a video released by hamas appeal to israel�*s prime minister to secure her release.

us secretary of state antony blinken is traveling to south korea this weekend amid a political crisis in seoul. the us state department says mr blinken will meet senior south korean government officials to discuss ways to promote a free and prosperous indo—pacific region. he will also travel to japan before heading to france to discuss challenges in europe and the middle east. mass demonstrations have been taking place in seoul both in support of and against the suspended president, yoon suk yeol — these are the live pictures outside the presidential residence at the minute, where people are still turning out, despite the weather. it�*s snowing there, as you can see. investigators want to bring yoon in for questioning over his failed bid to impose martial law, but have so far been repelled by his supporters and security officers. the warrant is set to expire monday. earlier i spoke to sung—yoon lee, a globalfellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. it is an extraordinary situation.

in the post—20th century world order, and importantly in the post—world war ii order, no sitting president in a democracy has been arrested. but then again, no head of state in an advanced democracy has declared martial law. so this was a colossal political blunder on the part of president yoon. and now the opposition party that enjoys a supermajority in the parliament is very overzealous, according to many people, in trying to physically apprehend and humiliate the president. his fate really rests on the decisions, the deliberations, of the supreme court currently, the constitutional court of south korea, which has six months to decide whether yoon is removed from office or reinstated. so there�*s great political drama unfolding each day in seoul. and of course, we know that he has his security forces around him. do you see the potential

of him having to be apprehended by force? well, so far it�*s been fortunate, a good thing, that there has been no blood spilt on the night of the martial law declaration or a couple of days ago, when hundreds of law enforcement, police and others tried to physically apprehend and arrest president yoon. but one cannot rule that out. i�*m located right now within earshot of a very loud protest outside the presidential residence. it goes on all day every day, and people are getting very fired up and very passionate. those protests are very interesting, aren�*t they? because we�*ve seen demonstrations both in support of him and against. ijust wonder, what is your sense about how divided south korea is right now? well, there�*s great polarisation, as in many other countries around the world. but in south korea, the president has traditionally enjoyed something like an imperial presidency. there is so much concentration of power in the office of the president that one

is easily moved by hubris, i think, and the vicissitudes of political fortune after one leaves the office have not been kind. there have been several presidents who have been imprisoned, one who was assassinated by a trusted aide, one who committed suicide under criminal investigation, one who was deposed by a popular uprising and so on. so, yes, it�*s a very vicious in many ways, political game. and we know that the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is travelling to south korea this weekend. i wonder, what do you expect from his visit? can anything change, or is this more a show of support? i think more the latter. from washington�*s point of view — although no reasonable, responsible statesman can say so — this is a most unwelcome development in terms of us interests, because president yoon been very pro—us and pro—japan, trying to mend fences with japan, korea�*s

former colonial master, which is not always very popular among a large segment of the korean population. so what comes next, so what comes next, with the new trump presidency with the new trump presidency in the united states in the united states and perhaps the removal and perhaps the removal of president yoon from office of president yoon from office and another snap election, and another snap election, and the emergence at and the emergence at the election of a slightly less the election of a slightly less pro—trilateral cooperation pro—trilateral cooperation between the us, south korea between the us, south korea and japan kind of head of state and japan kind of head of state — this is all very murky — this is all very murky and unsettling for the us. and unsettling for the us. dozens of soldiers and military dozens of soldiers and military police officers from guatemala police officers from guatemala and el salvador have arrived and el salvador have arrived in haiti in an effort in haiti in an effort to reinforce security about 85% of the capital, to reinforce security and combat armed gangs. and combat armed gangs. haiti has experienced haiti has experienced a rise in violence, a rise in violence, despite the presence of a un—backed international despite the presence of a un—backed international force. force. the soldiers willjoin the soldiers willjoin the multinational mission already led by kenya, the multinational mission already led by kenya, which sent nearly 400 police which sent nearly 400 police officers last year. officers last year. so far the mission has failed to prevent the violence or stop

the gangs, which now control

creating panic there. it�*s going to take some time for these forces to adjust. but the fact that they are there and that it�*s military — the guatemalans have 150 military police — it adds some much—needed military muscle to what is essentially a police led operation up until now. and so, if i�*m not mistaken, they will be working with kenyan police officers who are already on the ground. how has that deployment been going? so yes, we have 300 kenyan police officers, and also a small contingent, about two a small contingent, about two dozen — a little more than two dozen — a little more than two dozen — from the caribbean, dozen — from the caribbean, led byjamaica. led byjamaica. we�*ve seen that the gangs we�*ve seen that the gangs have the ability to do multiple have the ability to do multiple tax, so the forces in tax, so the forces in the region just north the region just north of port—au—prince — you have of port—au—prince — you have

attacks in port—au—prince, attacks in port—au—prince, then you have then you have attacks going on... attacks going on... at the end of last year, at the end of last year, we saw three major massacres we saw three major massacres that occurred. that occurred. and so there�*s a lot and so there�*s a lot of frustration. of frustration. there�*s a lot of panic, a lot of concerns in haiti. at the end at the end of the year, more than 100 of the year, more than 100 documented murders as a result documented murders as a result of this gang violence, as this mission starts to get of this gang violence, and everyone acknowledges this is probably underreported, and everyone acknowledges this is probably underreported, these are just the cases these are just the cases that we know of. that we know of. and in terms of those gangs, and in terms of those gangs, do we have any indication as to whether they can carry on in this way — the longevity of what they�*re doing? well, what the gangs have shown us, since the arrival of the mss, is the ability for themselves to co—ordinate among each do we have any indication other and the ability to unleash coordinated attacks and create havoc. and so they sat and waited and watched, and when they didn�*t see this mission come out with an enormous amount of force, then theyjust went on the rampage.

how are they now going to react

are they going to support this mission? we know there are a couple of republicans in congress who were not in favour when the state department wanted to give $100 million towards it, which basically forced president biden to use what they called the nuclear option in a lot of cases to override that blockage. we also know that when trump came in his first time, the official un mission on the ground was on its way out, and his administration did not do anything to stop that, even though people were warning that haiti was not prepared to be without a un peacekeeping mission. the biden administration has asked the un security council to transform this current mission into an official un peacekeeping operation so that the funding is guaranteed, and so everyone is waiting to see where will the trump administration side. are they going to continue to support this kenyan mission on the ground, where the biden administration has poured $600

billion into it, or are they going to continue to push for a un peacekeeping operation, where the funding will come from the fees that the un security council members pay? ajapanese woman recognised as the world�*s oldest person by guinness world records has died at the age of 116. tomiko itooka died in a nursing home near 0saka, the city where she was born in 1908. she became the world�*s oldest person after spain�*s maria branyas morera passed away last august at the age of 117. one of three siblings, ms itooka played volleyball as a student and climbed mount 0ntake twice. she is survived by one son, one daughter and five grandchildren. you are watching bbc news. before we go, let�*s take you back to our top story, the scene in atlanta, georgia, where you can see the body of the late us presidentjimmy carter is currently lying in repose at the carter centre,

where members of the public, mourners, are paying their respects to him before the coffin then moves to washington, dc, on tuesday before a final state funeral on the ninth of january. before a final state funeral on the ninth ofjanuary. i before a final state funeral on the ninth of january. i will have more for you on the top of the hour. goodbye for now. hello. snow has been falling across parts of the uk. it has been causing disruption, some icy conditions as well, and i think the problems will go on into sunday. so met office amber warnings remain in force. those warnings have been covering parts of wales, into the midlands and also northern england. and i think it is northern england that will bear the brunt of the snowfall as we head through daylight hours on sunday. through the first part of the morning, still some snow falling across high ground, north wales, the north midlands. could see 30cm in total for some higher ground here. at lower levels, perhaps turning back to sleet and rain in places. but that snow continuing

to fall across northern england, remaining very cold here as we start the day. milder, you�*ll notice, down to the south—west, 12 celsius there in plymouth. now, as we go through the day, where we have that mild air in the south, it will be rain that falls from the sky. quite windy, particularly around the coasts. some really heavy rain setting in once again across parts of wales through the afternoon. snow will continue to affect parts of northern england, particularly over higher ground, maybe more like rain at low levels. some snow into the eastern side of northern ireland, southern and eastern parts of scotland. staying very cold across the northern half of the uk. much milderfurther south — 12 or 13 celsius. as we head through sunday night, this whole weather system just swirls away eastwards. some further snowfall likely across parts of southern scotland, northern england, perhaps down into wales, and the midlands. 0n the back edge of that weather system, frequent snow showers pushing into some northern areas. another cold night. holding onto some milder conditions first thing on monday across the south—east corner. but, as this weather system swings away, it�*ll take rain with it.

behind it, we will start to see some brighter skies developing out towards the west, albeit with a fair few wintry showers. and, with the winds coming down from the north, we will all be back into the cold air through monday afternoon. temperatures by 3:00pm on monday around 2—5 degrees across most parts of the uk. and once that cold air sets in, it will be with us for quite some time. 0ur area of low pressure swirling away eastwards. northerly winds, snow showers in that northerly flow. it may be that we see further weather systems pushing in from the south and west, giving some rain, sleet and snow at times. but certainly a cold week ahead, and there will be some wintry showers.

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. in a world where nature is under relentless attack, there are still places that have been left untouched. this is about as good as it gets, the forest is in excellent condition. the water is crystal clear. mount mabu is an isolated patch of rainforest, almost like an island. this isolation has meant that the animals that live here have evolved uniquely. inaccessible for decades,

due to war, it�*s only now that scientists are discovering mount mabu�*s secrets. sh—sh—sh—sh—sh—sh. wow, that is amazing! this is a bicyclus butterfly. this is a nadzikambia baylissi, which is only found on mount. mabu. mabu forest is quite special for beetles. i collected ten species, half of them were new to science. these ones could be a new species, we hope. it's amazing! will proving what lives here in this forest is unique be enough to secure mount mabu�*s protection? limbui, northern mozambique, familiar territory for professorjulian bayliss. it�*s nearly 20 years since he first came here, having worked out from

satellite images that there