This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Danny Cox, and in the early hours of Monday the 30th of December, these are our main

stories. The former US President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. South Korea begins a

period of mourning for victims of its worst a disaster.

Also in this podcast,

The man who stood beside me and said Ukraine is a sovereign, independent nation state,

which will make its own decisions,

is now the man who says that it is not and that it's got to be wiped off the face of the earth.

We look back on 25 years of Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia.

The former American president, Jimmy Carter, has died.

He was 100 years old. He was the longest living president in U.S. history. A Democrat, he was the 39th president of the United States and spent four years

in the White House from 77 to 1981. He went on to gain an international reputation for his work

in promoting human rights.

The BBC's Sarah Smith looks back at his life.

As a candidate, as a president, I'll never tell a line.

That was the essence of Jimmy Carter.

People may have questioned his ability, but not his honesty, sincerity and passion

that propelled a peanut farmer to the presidency.

He was born in the deep south, in plains, Georgia.

James Earl Carter cut short a promising naval career

to return home after the death of his father.

He turned the family business around,

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