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Data extracted from first Jeju Air black box – ministry

1Jan

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Data extracted from first Jeju Air black box – ministry

Investigators hope that data on the flight and voice recorders will provide insights about the crash Investigators have finished extracting data from one of the black boxes from the fated Jeju Air plane that crashed on Sunday, South Korea's transport ministry has said. The data from the cockpit voice recorder will now be converted into an audio file, though authorities said it would take more time to access the data in the second black box - a flight data recorder - which is missing a critical component. Investigators hope that data on the flight and voice recorders will provide insights about the crucial moments leading up to the tragedy. Some 179 people died after the plane crashed into a structure and exploded - making it the deadliest plane crash on South Korean...

Share Covid data, World Health Organization tells China

31Dec

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Share Covid data, World Health Organization tells China

Wuhan in China was where Covid first emerged The World Health Organization has urged China to share data on the origins of the Covid pandemic, five years on from its start in the city of Wuhan. "This is a moral and scientific imperative," the WHO said in a statement to mark what it called the "milestone" anniversary. "Without transparency, sharing, and co-operation among countries, the world cannot adequately prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics," it added. Many scientists think the virus transferred naturally from animals to humans, but some suspicions persist that it escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan. China has not responded to Monday's WHO statement. In the past it has strongly rejected the lab leak theory. In September, a team of scienti...

US Treasury says it was hacked by China in ‘major incident’

30Dec

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US Treasury says it was hacked by China in ‘major incident’

A Chinese state-sponsored hacker has broken into the US Treasury Department's systems, accessing employee workstations and some unclassified documents, American officials said on Monday. The breach occurred in early December and was made public in a letter penned by the Treasury Department to lawmakers notifying them of the incident. The US agency characterised the breach as a "major incident", and said it had been working with the FBI and other agencies to investigate the impact. The BBC has reached out to the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC for comment. The Treasury Department said in its letter to lawmakers that the China-based actor was able to override security via a key used by a third-party service provider that offers remote technical support to its employees. The ...

‘It’s unbearable’: Families mourn after S Korea plane crash

30Dec

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‘It’s unbearable’: Families mourn after S Korea plane crash

Jongluk Doungmanee was due to come home after spending over two weeks in Thailand visiting family A festive trip to Thailand was supposed to be a celebration for Maeng Gi-Su's nephew and his nephew's two sons, who were marking the end of their college entrance exams. Instead, it ended in tragedy when all three died on the Jeju Air plane that crash-landed in South Korea on Sunday morning, killing 179 of the 181 people onboard. "I can't believe the entire family has just disappeared," Maeng, 78, told the BBC. "My heart aches so much." The family were travelling from Bangkok to Muan International Airport, which skidded off the runway after touching down and crashed into a wall shortly after 09:00 local time (00:00 GMT) on Sunday. All of the passengers on ...

S Korea orders air safety probe after deadly plane crash

30Dec

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S Korea orders air safety probe after deadly plane crash

The Jeju Air crash killed 179 out of 181 people on board South Korea's acting leader has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operations, a day after 179 people were killed in the deadliest plane crash on its soil. The Jeju Air plane burst into flames as it crash-landed in South Korea's Muan International Airport, killing everyone onboard save for two victims. Acting President Choi Sang-mok has asked investigators into the incident to promptly disclose their findings to bereaved families. His request also comes as another Jeju Air flight turned back to Seoul shortly after takeoff on Monday, due to an unidentified landing-gear issue. On Monday, the Jeju Air plane departed from Gimpo International Airport at 06:35 local...

Jimmy Carter: From peanut farmer to one-term president and Nobel winner

30Dec

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Jimmy Carter: From peanut farmer to one-term president and Nobel winner

1:55Watch: A look back on the life of former US President Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter, who has died at the age of 100, swept to power promising never to lie to the American people. In the turbulent aftermath of Watergate, the former peanut farmer from Georgia pardoned Vietnam draft evaders and became the first US leader to take climate change seriously. On the international stage, he helped to broker an historic peace agreement between Egypt and Israel, but he struggled to deal with the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. After a single term in office, he was swept aside by Republican Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election, winning just six states. Having left the White House, Carter did much to restore his reputation: becoming a tireless worker for peace, ...

Baerbock predicts new German government will support Ukraine

29Dec

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Baerbock predicts new German government will support Ukraine

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during a plenary session of the German Bundestag.Credit: Kay Nietfeld/dpa Outgoing Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expects the new German government to continue to support Ukraine in resisting the full-scale Russian invasion. Speaking to the Sunday edition of Germany's mass-circulation Bild newspaper, Baerbock said: "No German government devoted to the security of Germany and Europe will abandon the people of Ukraine." Germany goes to the polls on February 23, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition fell apart in early November. The elections are being held as Ukraine marks three years since the invasion on February 24, 2022. "Only a just peace for Ukraine will ensure our peace in freedom in Europe," Baerbock told...

German partner to UNHCR puts global refugees at 122 million

29Dec

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German partner to UNHCR puts global refugees at 122 million

Refugee women sit in front of a UNHCR tent in the Gorom refugee settlement in South Sudan.Credit: Michael Kappeler/dpa The German partner of the UN's refugee body, the UNHCR, on Sunday put the number of refugees worldwide in 2024 at more than 122 million, up from 117.4 million last year. Bonn-based UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe described the figures as "shocking" and noted that the numbers referred to people hoping for protection, security and a future. "It is our joint task to offer these people protection and a future," the organization's head, Peter Ruhenstroth-Bauer, said in a statement. Ruhenstroth-Bauer noted that Sudan was a major cause, with refugees fleeing the civil war that broke out in April 2023, displacing more than 11.8 million people. The situation in the Democratic R...

Manmohan Singh, Indian ex-PM and architect of economic reform, dies at 92

27Dec

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Manmohan Singh, Indian ex-PM and architect of economic reform, dies at 92

Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has died at the age of 92. Singh was one of India's longest-serving prime ministers and he was considered the architect of key liberalising economic reforms, as premier from 2004-2014 and before that as finance minister. He had been admitted to a hospital in the capital Delhi after his health condition deteriorated, reports say. Among those who paid tribute to Singh on Thursday were Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wrote on social media that "India mourns the loss of one of its most distinguished leaders". Modi said that Singh's "wisdom and humility were always visible" during their interactions and that he had "made extensive efforts to improve people's lives" during his time as prime minister. Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of fo...

Family Code: King Mohammed VI chairs a working session

25Dec

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Family Code: King Mohammed VI chairs a working session

King Mohammed VI has chaired a working session on the reform of the Family Code at the Royal Palace in Casablanca. The meeting was held at the end of the mission of the body responsible for revising the text, which submitted a report containing 100 proposed amendments. The Sovereign has referred the matter to the Supreme Council of Ulemas, concerning “certain proposals relating to religious texts on which the Council has issued a legal opinion”, according to a press release from the Royal Cabinet. This meeting also took place after the King had “made the necessary arbitrations on questions on which the Council had issued more than one opinion, or those whose revision required recourse to the opinion of the Sharia. These Royal decisions have given prior...