Tributes are being paid to the former US president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jimmy Carter, who has died at the age of 100. He helped broker a peace accord between Egypt and Israel, but his time in office also saw a struggling US economy and a disastrous attempt to free American hostages seized in Iran. Also on the programme: the president of Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency across the Caribbean nation; and a study finds that a single cigarette can take 20 minutes off a smoker’s life expectancy. (Photo: Former US President Jimmy Carter gives the media an update on his recent cancer diagnosis at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 20 August 2015. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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Hello, welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service, coming to you live from London.
My name's Paul Henley.
From around the world, tributes continue to be paid to the former US President Jimmy Carter, who has died at the age of 100.
He served one term in the White House from 1977.
King Charles said he felt great sadness at the news of Mr.
Carter's death.
Pope Francis offered heartfelt condolences, recording Mr.
Carter's firm commitment, motivated by deep Christian faith, to the cause of reconciliation and peace.
As you might just have heard in the news, there will be a State Funeral on the 9th of January at Washington National Cathedral.
President Biden had this to say.
Jimmy Carter lived a life measured not by words, but by his deeds.
Just look at his life, his life's work.
He worked to eradicate disease not just at home, but around the world.
He forged peace, advanced civil rights, human rights, promoted free and fair elections around the world.
He built housing and homeless for the homeless with his own hands.
And his compassion and moral clarity lifted people up and changed lives and saved lives all over the globe.
Well, it's been said about Jimmy Carter's presidency that it was full of failures, frustrations and missed opportunities.
To what extent was that the case?
I've been speaking to US journalist Jonathan Alter, who wrote a biography of President Carter in 2020.