hello. i'm helena humphrey. the body of the late us president jimmy 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. these are live pictures from the carter center, in atlanta, where mourners are paying their respects to the president. 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 1970s. the procession then carried on to the carter presidential centre. 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 final journey 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 1970s. 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 center 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 in the carter center to see his body in repose over 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, 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.

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. a vigil has taken place on the corner of bourbon street and canal street. thats 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: 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're 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, i 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, i think 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? well, i don't think it makes that much difference, honestly, because if biden didn't do it then trump was certainly going to do it. so it'sjust 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's any question that the money was going to go through, one way or 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 screw up or defy his wishes, he always gives them another chance because it's 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 war all 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 kamal adwan hospital, for example, in the north. who criticised it as appalling. we know that there have also been strikes in areas that were once described as humanitarian safe zones, such as al—mawasi. do you believe, looking at that situation, that israel is acting in accordance with humanitarian law? well, i think there's a very strong argument that they haven't been, and the biden administration has even insinuated that on 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? and the trump administration is very likely to support that kind of thing even more than the biden administration did. so i think we have a big question about what's going to happen with the 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's 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. so do you think there is a missed opportunity, then, for leverage that the biden administration could have used to reverse some of the humanitarian impacts that we're seeing in gaza? well, sure. 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 for not having done more to prevent it, so it's not surprising to me that they're 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. and the discussion that we're 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? yes, well, it's really encouraging that there are negotiations and they're sending delegations back to doha. but at the same time, it is far from clear that any of the issues that have prevented a deal over the past year have actually been resolved. they're still arguing over who the hostages would be that get released, who the prisoners are, whether there would be a full—scale withdrawal, whether the palestinians can return to the north. and the fact that they're still arguing these issues after a 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's 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 oppose a ceasefire deal, and then there's a timing question. he may think that if trump is in power he 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 minds between the parties on whether this is a temporary end to the war, which is what netanyahu wants, or a permanent end to 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 is what is the plan over the next year, ceasefire or power. we have still not resolved some of the major issues, especially with two 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 nineteen 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. 0ur correspondent, emir nader, has more from jerusalem. tonight, israeli protesters have clashed with police outside the military headquarters in tel aviv, where they've been calling on the government to strike a deal to return the hostages. it comes after hamas released a video of 19—year—old female soldier liri albag this afternoon, seen as an attempt by hamas to put pressure on the israeli government during ongoing ceasefire negotiations. the israeli president, isaac herzog, has said that the negotiating team must remain at the table until all hostages come home. and the ministry of health in gaza has said that the past

two days have been exceptionally deadly for palestinians, with over 130 having been killed in israeli air strikes, including women and children struck in a series of air strikes throughout the gaza strip. they now say that the indonesian hospital, the last functioning public hospital in northern gaza, is out of service after repeated israeli attacks on the medicalfacility. the israeli military, for their part, hasn't commented on these reports directly, but it said it has struck tens of hamas command and control centres in the past days. us secretary of state antony blinken is travelling 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. investigators have sought 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. here, in the us, tens of millions of people are bracing for extreme winter weather. weather officials say some parts of the country could see the heaviest snowfall in more than a decade. the us national weather service predicts freezing rain and heavy snow will fall across the states of kentucky and virginia on sunday. they've both declared a state of emergency. temperatures in some areas of the us could drop to as low as —18 degrees celsius. and in the uk, the met office has issued yellow and amber warnings across much of the country due to the risk of heavy snow and freezing rain. bristol airport has reopened after it suspended operations but warns that delays to flights are still possible.

the national grid says power cuts have affected parts of birmingham, bristol and cardiff. dozens of soldiers and military police officers from guatemala and el salvador have arrived in haiti in an effort to reinforce 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 multinational mission already led by kenya, which sent nearly 400 police officers last year. so far, the mission has failed to prevent the violence or stop the gangs, which now control about 85% of the capital, port—au—prince, according to the united nations. earlier, i spoke to jacqueline charles, a correspondent with the miami herald. so we know now that security forces from guatemala, el salvador have arrived in haiti. they're there to reinforce a multinational mission tasked with gathering the country's gang violence. what do you anticipate with the addition of these troops to the mission?

well, i'm here to tell you that people have been waiting for this mission to be reinforced as a result of its arrival, and not really being able to take on the gangs as everyone had hoped and expected. and it comes at a very opportune time. what we have seen over the holidays is that gangs have not let down. they have burned and looted several businesses in port—au—prince, not far from the airport, and then this week we've also seen gangs go above in the mountains, creating panic there. of its arrival, and not really being able to take on the gangs as everyone had hoped and expected. and it comes at a very opportune time. what we have seen over the holidays is that gangs have not let down.

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 dozen — a little more than two dozen — from the caribbean, led byjamaica. we've seen that the gangs have the ability to do multiple attacks, so the forces in the region just north of port—au—prince — you have attacks in port—au—prince, then you have attacks going on. at the end of last year, we saw three major massacres that occurred. and so there's a lot of frustration. there's a lot of panic, a lot of concerns in haiti. at the end of the year, more than 51100 documented murders as a result of this gang violence, and everyone acknowledges this is probably under—reported. these are just the cases that we know of. 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 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 as this mission starts to get more boots on the ground? i mean, the biden administration, which is on its way out in a couple of weeks — they have said they want to bring this force to about 1,000 boots on the ground in haiti, and we will wait to see whether that'll make a lot of difference. because it's notjust about the lack of equipment or bodies, but it's really about the ability to strategise and for these forces to go in and know the area they're going in, knowing how they're

going to tackle it and legally be able to take back some of these strongholds. and we've not yet been able to see that. let's turn to some other important news around the world. an award—winning cartoonist has resigned from the washington post after the newspaper refused to publish a satirical cartoon of its billionaire owner, jeff bezos. ann telnaes depicted the amazon boss and other tech billionaires on their knees presenting bags of cash to a statue of president—elect donald trump. the washington post said it rejected the cartoon because it was repetitive and not for political reasons. ajapanese woman, recognized 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. ms itooka is survived

by one son, one daughter, and five grandchildren. new york will shortly become the first us city to charge drivers a fee for entering its centre. the so—called congestion pricing will apply from sunday at 9am local time to 9pm, then from five in the morning until nine in the evening on weekdays. car drivers will now be charged $9, or £7.25, to enter parts of manhattan. there are higher fees for trucks, with tourist buses paying the most. the scheme aims to raise billions of dollars for the public transport network while discouraging people from using their cars. the incoming president and prominent new yorker donald trump says he strongly disagrees with the plan. but it's got many backers, too. among them, rachael fauss, a senior policy advisor at the sustainable transport advocacy group reinvent albany. she spoke with me a little earlier. the congestion zone comes into force at midnight local time, in that very area where you are right now. just walk us through how it'll work. so, starting at midnight,

drivers into the central business district of manhattan in cars are going to be charged $9 during the peak hours of the day. that's going to be reduced by 75% to $2.25 overnight. and that funding raised from the toll is going to go directly into the mass transit system to support the subways, buses, and commuter rails in new york city. we all know how busy the streets of new york can be. do you have any indication at the moment how much this could actually reduce traffic? yes, i think the projections are it's going to reduce traffic congestion 7%, up to 10%. this toll is going to phase in over the next six years, up to $15, and obviously the higher the toll, the more congestion reduction is going to be. but right now, we have some of the slowest speeds in the country. we have vehicles that travel at around seven mph, so anything would be an improvement over seven mph. there are some suburban

communities, perhaps people who live in areas where they're not particularly well connected when it comes to public transport, and they say they're concerned this will punish them, that they don't have other ways of getting into the city, particularly for their jobs, for example. what do you say to them? there's a lot of options for people that actually will mean that not everybody has to pay the full toll. if you are a disabled person, so you have no other choice but to drive, you actually will be exempt from the toll. and if you are also a low—income person, you will be exempt. so the toll is impacting the people who can afford it the most, and by and by and large, 85% of people who work in the manhattan central business district take mass transit. so it's a very small percentage of people who do not. in general, they are much more wealthy and are more likely to be able to afford it. and for those drivers, the speeds are going to improve, and they're going to have a more pleasant commute.

us presidentjoe biden has awarded the presidential medal of freedom — america's highest civilian honour —— to 19 people at the white house. it was a glitzy line—up, so we can't mention everyone, but here are some of those who were honoured. anna wintour, who has served as editor—in—chief of vogue magazine since 1998, the retired la lakers basketball player magicjohnson also received the award. u2 frontman bono adds the medal of freedom to several civilian honours including an honorary knighthood. the former us secretary of state and democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton received cheers from the crowd as she was awarded the medal, as was the actor and parkinson's campaigner michaelj fox, best known for playing marty mcfly in the back to the future movies. and before we go — some more live pictures from atlanta georgia, where events have begun to mark the funeral of the 39th us president, jimmy carter.

his body was taken from the peanut farm where he was born, in the town of plains, to the state capital atlanta, where it will lie until it's taken to washington on tuesday. stay with us here on bbc news. 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 degrees there in plymouth. now, as we go through the day, where we have that mild air in the south, it'll 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 degrees. 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.

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for a queen. and when is elephant ivory not from an elephant? when it's from a 10,000—year—old fossil. chris has the tech to tell the difference. if you were just handed that, could you tell? no, not immediately. yep, it's going to be a mammoth show. those of us who wear glasses know exactly how annoying it can be when they fog up. those of us who wear glasses know exactly how annoying it can be when they fog up. everything goes somewhere. so, here comes the technical bit. condensation occurs when water

vapour from your sweat, breath or the environment around you lands on a cold