let's now speak to the aviation analyst and consultant alex macheras. hello there to you, alex.ld have been watching this story and its developments very, very closely for we do now know that the two black boxes have been found. i think they have been retrieved as well. what are they going to be looking for from that data? the black boxes are going to be crucial if investigators are going to grasp a better idea as tojust what were going to grasp a better idea as to just what were the chain of events that unfolded in those final moments before, as the footage reveals, this aircraft came to a catastrophic halt, impacting with that perimeter wall. although we have so much footage available to us, i would argue that this is one of the most puzzling accidents ever caught on camera in commercial aviation history stub this is also south korea's worst ever aviation disaster. it has shaken the aviation sector there, understandably so, because they have a good safety record on the whole and the airline involved is the largest low—cost airline in south korea, operating often the world's bu

that was alex macheras there.e about this story you can head to the bbc news website, where you can follow our livepage for all the latest updates and developments. protestors have again taken to the streets of the georgian capital tbilisi with the swearing—in of the country's controversial new president, mikheil kavelashvili. there have been weeks of demonstrations against his governing georgian dream party and its victory in the recent disputed elections. the new president is a former manchester city footballer and also a hardline critic of the west — the four main opposition groups have rejected him over fears he will move georgia closer to russia, and they've boycotted parliament. they insist that the elections held in october were rigged. on saturday, thousands of protesters in georgia formed a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. similar rallies have been held in other towns and cities across the country. mass protests have gripped georgia since the governm

that was alex macheras speaking to me earlier.re tracking tonight on bbc news... figures suggest almost 170,000 retail workers lost theirjobs this year. the centre for retail research blamed the losses in part on the collapse of major chains, such as homebase, lloyds pharmacy and ted baker. flights in and out of gatwick are still being affected by some cancellations and delays, although other airports have been returning to normal service. there have been issues at some of the country's busiest airports since friday. gatwick is advising passengers to check with their airline before travelling. there are weather warnings in place for rain, snow and strong winds for parts of the uk on new year's eve and new year's day. a series of yellow alerts will come into force in northern ireland, northern england and parts of scotland from tuesday. three people have died off the coast of france after trying to cross the channel in a small boat to the uk. they got into difficulty off the coast of sangatte — just a few miles from calais. the gov