after a section of fuselage, including a window, broke off mid—air, forcing an emergency landing. police in london confirm they're investigating potential fraud offences in relation to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub—postmasters by the post office. diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the war in gaza continue, with the eu's chief diplomat warning against escalation. it is imperative to avoid regional escalation in the middle east. three people are arrested over a fire on a bangladesh train which killed at least four people, including a child. it comes ahead of this weekend's election. hello, i'm lucy grave. —— grey.

an alaska airlines passenger plane with 177 people on board has been forced to make an emergency landing in the us state of oregon, after a window and a section of the fuselage blew out in mid—air. the company has grounded its entire fleet of 737 max nine aircraft while safety inspections take place. the uk civil aviation authority said it was monitoring the situation very closely. simonjones reports. relief for all 177 passengers and crew on board to be back on the tarmac after a mid—air emergency. the plane forced to land with a hole in its side and a window missing. the pilot, recorded earlier outlining to air traffic control the severity of the situation. it happened as the plane was 35 minutes into its flight to california. i look up and the oxygen masks were hanging from the ceiling. and then i look to my left and there's this huge chunk, part of the airplanejust, like, missing.

alaska airlines has temporarily grounded all 65 of its 737 max 9 aircraft to conduct inspections. the company's ceo said... boeing said a technical team was ready to support the investigation. there would have been an element of depressurization. although the aircraft was at a lower cruising altitude. apparently it was at about 16,000 feet. that's roughly half of what an airliner would be cruising at during a flight. but nevertheless, they needed to get that plane down safely, which fortunately was done with all lives protected. the boeing 737 max was grounded in march 2019 for a year and a half after two of the type crashed, killing 346 people, due to a problem with the flight control systems. the uk civil aviation authority says it's monitoring this latest incident very closely. simon jones, bbc news.

live now to former aircraft accident investigator and aviation consultant, tim atkinson. hello to you. what do you think could have happened here? good afternoon. _ could have happened here? good afternoon, lucy. _ could have happened here? good afternoon, lucy. well, _ could have happened here? good afternoon, lucy. well, clearly - could have happened here? (13mm afternoon, lucy. well, clearly the door in question, which is slightly unusual in that it is not a plug type door, many aircraft doors are of the plug design which means they are held in the position in the pews are held in the position in the pews are large by the internal pressure and the aircraft when it is in flight. this door isn't like that, it is held there by mechanical means, and obviously it appears that for some reason those means have failed, whether it is due to the design of the door, the assembly, possibly missing parts or mis—assembled parts. it obviously isn't in any sense clear at the moment and it is interesting that the airline concerned has not only

announced a grounding of the 737 max nine is but they are carrying out an inspection, so whether that means they do understand or have some idea of the failure of the mechanism of the door... of the failure of the mechanism of the door- - -— of the failure of the mechanism of the door... you are describing this as a door. — the door... you are describing this as a door, aren't _ the door... you are describing this as a door, aren't you? _ the door... you are describing this as a door, aren't you? but - the door... you are describing thisl as a door, aren't you? but actually, they were saying it was a window. and my understanding is this is an area that can be used as a door by some airlines, but it wasn't being used as a door, was it, by alaska? so does that mean it would have been mechanically held shut? how would it have been held shut? would it have been fused shut? the have been held shut? would it have been fused shut?— been fused shut? the aircraft is assembled _ been fused shut? the aircraft is assembled with _ been fused shut? the aircraft is assembled with provision - been fused shut? the aircraft is assembled with provision for. been fused shut? the aircraft is assembled with provision for a l been fused shut? the aircraft is - assembled with provision for a door in this location, just behind the wing on each side. it can be in emergency exits for higher density passenger configurations, but on aircraft such as this, the door is effectively installed to disabled so that there are no signs on the inside of the cabin that there is an emergency exits there but the

mechanism is nonetheless in place and there is a holder in the fuselage, as it were, which is built with the door rather than a contiguous piece of aircraft skin. that is obviously good benefits in the manufacturing process and it keeps costs down but it does mean that the possibility, any door can open, and in this particular case, clearly what has happened is that this emergency exits door which on the alaska airlines aircraft is not used as an emergency exit door has opened and... used as an emergency exit door has opened and- - -_ used as an emergency exit door has opened and... blown off. one witness described a child _ opened and... blown off. one witness described a child shirt _ opened and... blown off. one witness described a child shirt being _ opened and... blown off. one witness described a child shirt being sucked i described a child shirt being sucked out of the open gap. is it surprising to you that more wasn't sucked out of the plane itself? when you watch the movies of these things you watch the movies of these things you see people being sucked out and it is a horrifying thought of what could have happened. that it is a horrifying thought of what could have happened.— could have happened. that has happened- _ could have happened. that has happened- it — could have happened. that has happened. it is _ could have happened. that has happened. it is clearly - could have happened. that has happened. it is clearly great i could have happened. that has i happened. it is clearly great news in this case that no one was injured and when a door gives away over a

window gives away, or there is some other kind of structural failure in an aircraft fuselage while it is pressurised in flight, there is a sudden and massive out rush of air as the pressure in the cabin stabilises with that outside, and the pressure outside is obviously much less than atmospheric pressure here on the surface of the earth. and in that rush, yes, people have been extracted from aircraft, objects have, you see a rapid misting as the density and temperature of air in the cabin changes and it is a very dramatic thing to witness, and i have no doubt it was very frightening for those on board this light. 50 those on board this light. so presumably, it isjust fortunate presumably, it is just fortunate this happened when it was at 16,000 feet as opposed to higher up? my feet as opposed to higher up? ij�*i suspicion feet as opposed to higher up? m: suspicion is feet as opposed to higher up? m; suspicion is that, from the information i've seen in the public domain, this happened when seat belts were still fastened, and clearly the benefits of being under seat with your seat belt fastened

evenif seat with your seat belt fastened even if the structure next you gives way, you will be restrained, provided that the seat and the floor it is attached to remains in place, and we have seen issues with that in the past. at my suspicion is here that the seat belt signs were still on or at least most of the passengers in that area was still strapped in and it is a good time to mention that any time one is in an aircraft, it is sensible to have the seat belt loosely fastened encase this kinda hype are rare does happen or there it is a bit of turbulence or there it is a bit of turbulence or whatever. or there it is a bit of turbulence orwhatever. —— or there it is a bit of turbulence or whatever. —— hyper rare. but this does come down to the passengers being restrained in their seats at the time. ., ~ i. . being restrained in their seats at the time. ., ~ . ., the time. thank you so much for talkin: to the time. thank you so much for talking to us _ the time. thank you so much for talking to us about _ the time. thank you so much for talking to us about it. _ the time. thank you so much for talking to us about it. aviation . talking to us about it. aviation consultant tim atkinson. the powerful iranian—backed lebanese group, hezbollah, says it's launched a barrage of rockets at northern israel, in response to an explosion in beirut that killed a top hamas official earlier this week. a statement said they hit an air traffic control base

in meron with 62 rockets. the israeli military said it had identified about a0 launches from lebanon, and that it had responded, without giving details. meanwhile, the diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the war in gaza continue — and the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is beginning a fresh round of talks on the conflict with regional leaders. he's been meeting turkey's president erdogan in istanbul. washington's priorities are to prevent the war from becoming a wider regional conflict and to secure an increase in humanitarian aid to palestinian civilians. the eu's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, has been visiting lebanon to discuss the situation in the middle east. at a news conference, he raised his concerns over any escalation between israel and hezbollah. it is imperative to avoid regional escalation in the middle east. it is absolutely necessary to avoid lebanon being dragged into a regional conflict. that is the last thing

that lebanon needs. live now to our correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. we should say that israel and hezbollah have been trading fire, haven't they, over the borderfor the last three months now. but this is a significant increase, isn't it? yes, lucy, this morning, hezbollah said it had carried out a massive rocket attack targeting an israeli military base in northern israel and the group said this was its initial response after the assassination here in beirut of a deputy hamas leader on tuesday in a suspected israeli attacks, and this is an attack that happened in an area of beirut that is hezbollah stronghold, so we heard yesterday from the influential hezbollah leader who

said that this attack would not go unpunished and he vowed to retaliate. so today, more than 60 rockets were fired by hezbollah, targeting this military base and the israeli military said it had identified dozens of rockets from lebanon and that the israeli military had retaliated. i think this happened asjosep borrell was here talking to lebanese officials, including the caretaker prime minister who has very little if any influence over what hezbollah does. this is a powerful shia movement supported by iran, and that acts as a state within a state here in lebanon, a powerful military force but also a huge social and political movement as well. i think the fear is that because these attacks have been happening almost on a daily basis, there is the risk of miscalculation and that lebanon

could be dragged into this conflict. we should also explain how well armed they are. could you just describe it in comparison perhaps to hamas? they have these long—range missiles which i believe they haven't used, the long—range ones yet, have they? haven't used, the long-range ones yet. have they?— yet, have they? exactly, the violence _ yet, have they? exactly, the violence so _ yet, have they? exactly, the violence so far— yet, have they? exactly, the violence so far has _ yet, have they? exactly, the violence so far has been - yet, have they? exactly, the i violence so far has been largely contained to the border between lebanon and israel but hezbollah is a much more powerful military force to hamas and it has tens of thousands of rockets, including missiles that can strike deep inside israeli territory. and israel has long considered hezbollah to be much more formidable enemy then hamas. i think the israelis have been saying, warning hezbollah against any escalation of the situation. they have been saying that if there is an escalation, this could trigger a devastating response. and people here in lebanon on still remember

what happened in 2006 during the war between hezbollah and israel. it's brought widespread destruction to this country here, and now lebanon is going through a massive economic crisis as well so there is no political public support for any kind of military adventure from hezbollah that could drag lebanon into another war with israel. ok. into another war with israel. ok, thank you _ into another war with israel. ok, thank you so _ into another war with israel. ok, thank you so much. _ into another war with israel. 0k, thank you so much. hugo bachega therefore is in beirut. —— there for us. here in the uk, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has said the government will do all it can to speed up compensation for post office branch managers who were wrongly convicted in the horizon it scandal. more than 700 post office branch managers were accused of wrongdoing after faulty accounting software made it appear money was missing. the metropolitan police says it's investigating "potential fraud offences" arising from the wrongful prosecutions. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown.

we will look into each individual case and fight our corner. it started as a lone voice, became a chorus and eventually exposed a national scandal. more than 700 post office branch managers have spent two decades fighting to clear their names. as this week's itv drama showed, some were even wrongly sent to prison. noel thomas was one of them. having a light shone on his suffering has proved cathartic after years of torment. it's been 18 years for me. and, you know, it's been hell for a lot of people. this all centres on the horizon it system, which the post office started using in 1999. it led to accusations of theft and false accounting. eventually, it emerged the system was faulty, but not before hundreds of people were prosecuted. the metropolitan police has been investigating possible offences of perjury and perverting the course ofjustice relating to some of the cases. a solicitor acting for some of those involved said the ongoing public inquiry into the scandal has suggested wider questions. and consequently, it's no surprise

that the metropolitan police have confirmed that their investigation is very much more broader than perjury and takes into account evidence of potential allegations of fraud against individuals and post office as a corporate entity. the government said £150 million has already been paid out in compensation to more than 3000 people. the law operates independently of politicians, but what we have decided as a government is we're not going to wait until that inquiry concludes before paying out compensation. we want it...so we can do everything we can to get the compensation out quickly to the families who have been terribly wronged. i haven't got that money and i don't know where it's gone! _ and that list keeps growing. more than 50 new potential victims have come forward in the past week. the post office has again apologised and said it encourages anyone who believes they have been wrongfully convicted to consider an appeal. we are fighting a war. alan bates was the first to appeal, as portrayed by tobyjones in the tv drama.

today, he said he hopes the public outcry would light a fire under those in power to finally bring justice for those who've suffered for so long. marc ashdown, bbc news. for more on this, i'm joined now by former bbcjournalist and author of the 2021 book the great post office scandal, nick wallis. i should also say you are a consultant on that tv drama we were watching some of there. what is your reaction to this latest development, this investigation into potential fraud offences? we this investigation into potential fraud offences?— this investigation into potential fraud offences? ~ ~ ., ., ., fraud offences? we know the ongoing olice fraud offences? we know the ongoing police investigation _ fraud offences? we know the ongoing police investigation has _ fraud offences? we know the ongoing police investigation has basically - police investigation has basically slow to something of a halt in recent months as it took in the evidence that was coming out of the public inquiry, so i think this new development is very significant. we know that the high courtjudge who presided over the group litigation which ended in victory for the sub—postmasters was so concerned about the evidence that some fujitsu

engineers gave during the prosecution of some sub—postmasters. that was based on perjury, as you heard them say there. we also know there was some decisions taken in bad faith by the post office to the extent that a former barrister who has been a supporter of the sub—postmasters for more than a decade has said on the record that he has no doubt there was a conspiracy to promote the course of justice at the post office, which is another criminal offence. the fact that the metropolitan police are now looking at the post office having defrauded its own sub—postmasters of their money, i think suggests that their money, i think suggests that the met police have now recognised what political pressure there is on them now to start acting quickly about this and perhaps not even waiting until the public inquiry reports, which may not be until early next year.— reports, which may not be until early next year. reports, which may not be until earl next ear. ~ ., early next year. meanwhile, we need to focus the — early next year. meanwhile, we need to focus the minds _ early next year. meanwhile, we need to focus the minds on _ early next year. meanwhile, we need to focus the minds on the _ early next year. meanwhile, we need to focus the minds on the victims - to focus the minds on the victims and all of this, those who have suffered so much over the years. we

hope tojeremy hunt talking about help millions has already been paid out, but there are many people still waiting for compensation. —— we heard. i waiting for compensation. -- we heard. ., heard. i interviewed the former minister who _ heard. i interviewed the former minister who has _ heard. i interviewed the former minister who has done - heard. i interviewed the former minister who has done more i heard. i interviewed the former l minister who has done more than heard. i interviewed the former - minister who has done more than most ministers to kick—start this process of redress and accountability than most ministers and he admitted the government had messed up compensation, and said if i had my time again, i would give all conversation to an independent arbiter. at the moment, it is in the hands of the government and the post office, which are the two bodies were drawn to the sub—postmasters in the first place and this seems fundamentally unfair. since last year, the government have been desperately trying to work out how it can get the situation rescue to the degree they have appointed a group called the horizon compensation advisory board, which is an independent panel which is actually doing some very, very good work in holding the government to account and the post office to

account and the post office to account over the shoddy compensation schemes that have been set up. there is no way victims should have been waiting this long. in 2019, they won a massive group litigation, and in 2021, we had the number of overturned convictions in the court of appeals history in a single day. and yes there are people who are dying before they receive full and final compensation. i understand the government saying it is doing its best but you can talk the talk, but you have to walk the walk, and walking the walk would be putting full, fair and final compensation in the sub—postmaster�* pockets. it is not happening quickly enough. how lona is it not happening quickly enough. how long is it inquiry expected to take as well? , , ., long is it inquiry expected to take aswell? , , ., , as well? just before christmas, the retired judge _ as well? just before christmas, the retired judge you — as well? just before christmas, the retired judge you chose _ as well? just before christmas, the retired judge you chose the - as well? just before christmas, the retired judge you chose the inquiry| retired judge you chose the inquiry said he very hoped and expected to get all the oral evidence over this calendar year. get all the oral evidence over this calendaryear. —— get all the oral evidence over this calendar year. —— you very much hope. whether that is in october or november will have a knock—on effect or his final report and there is no

deadline for when he has to write that final report whittier said on the record the number of times that he is acutely conscious of the need to expedite is work and create some kind of closure and finality for those who have been giving evidence, the sub—postmasters and the people who have been caught up on this in various ways over the years. my best bet is that we might see a report in march of next year. it could come as early as this december, but there have been unconscionable delays to the inquiry, thanks to the post office's failure to disclose the evidence it is legally obliged to disclose in a timely manner. if there are eight mini more upsets to there are eight mini more upsets to the inquiry, this could spill on into next year. —— if there are any more upsets. into next year. -- if there are any more upsets-— into next year. -- if there are any more upsets. into next year. -- if there are any more usets. ., ,, ,, , . ., more upsets. thank you very much for talkin: to more upsets. thank you very much for talking to us- — more upsets. thank you very much for talking to us. as _ more upsets. thank you very much for talking to us. as we _ more upsets. thank you very much for talking to us. as we heard _ more upsets. thank you very much for talking to us. as we heard in - more upsets. thank you very much for talking to us. as we heard in my's - talking to us. as we heard in my's piece, the post office has apologised previously and encourages anyone who believes they have been wrongly accounted for, wrongly

convicted, sorry, says they should appeal. now, it is time for a look at the sports with you. —— with hugh. the fa cup third round week peaks on saturday with 19 ties involving a host of former winners and a couple of teams from non—league football among those trying to provide one of the competition's famous upsets. one of them is maidstone united, and the sixth tier club are playing stevenage, three divisions above them. they are leading by one goal, and that would be the shock we are talking about. newcastle are leading sunderland in the first wear—tyne derby for nearly eight years. an own goal and alexander isak for the premier league team. while coventry, leicester and ipswich are all heading through. these are the games that kick off at 3pm uk time.

among them, eastleigh are the non—league team trying to reach round four. brighton bournemouth and sheffield united are the premier league sides trying to avoid a shock. five of the eight teams in the late games have won the fa cup before. two of them meet at hillsborough — that's sheffield wednesday and cardiff. and also at stamford bridge, where chelsea might hope for the beginning of a cup run against preston to provide some respite from a poor league season so far. it is a really important competition for us because we are not involved in the european competition and in the premier league, we are in a position that we need to grow and to improve a lot if we want to play in the competition next season. but through the fa cup, we can achieve to play next season in europe. brazilian football legend mario zagallo, who won four world cups as both a player and a coach, has died at the age of 92. fifa president gianni infantino has paid tribute by saying the story

of the world cup couldn't be told without zagallo — a true great, whose influence on football, particularly in brazil, is supreme. zagallo had been the last surviving member of the side that lifted the trophy in 1958, which was his country's first title. he won it again four years later, before then going on to manage what is widely regarded as the greatest international team of all time — the pele—inspired side that won the world cup in 1970. zagallo's final triumph came as assistant coach in 1994. david warner signed off his test career with a win, helping australia to a series clean sweep against pakistan with a typically combative innings. man of the series pat cummins helped his team bowl pakistan out forjust 115 in their second innings in sydney, leaving the home side needing 130 to win. 57 of those runs were provided by opening batter warner, although he was outjust before australia reached their target to win by eight wickets. he retires as his country's fifth most prolific test run scorer after 112 matches, and says he wants to be remembered as an entertainer.

to follow the football on our website and through the bbc sport app. that is all for now. there's been a spate of arson attacks in bangladesh, a day before general elections which most opposition parties are boycotting. at least 1a polling stations have been set on fire in the last 2a hours, and a prominent opposition politician in dhaka has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a fire on a moving train on friday, in which at least four passengers were killed. prime minister sheikh hasina seems almost certain to win a fourth successive term in office in sunday's election. her government rejected calls for an interim caretaker administration to oversee the ballot, and one of the main opposition parties, led by former prime minister khaleda zia, has pulled out of the election in protest, and called on its supporters to boycott the vote. our correspondent samira hussain has the latest from the bangladeshi capital dhaka.

the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party, is not contesting the elections. not only have they said that they are boycotting the elections but they also called for a two—day strike, which is already under way. i realise that it looks quite busy behind me but if you can imagine just 2a hours ago, this was just wall—to—wall traffic. it's actually usually a lot more busy. even as we were walking around on the streets, we saw that there are quite a few shops that were closed. some of course abiding by this call for a strike, with others just taking the opportunity to go back to their home districts since they are going to be voting. and then of course, there is that sense of worry in case something does happen ahead of these elections. samira hussain reporting. the us supreme court has agreed to hear an appeal by donald trump next month, which will decide whether he should be allowed to run again for the presidency.

it will consider a judgement in colorado that mr trump's actions during the storming of the us capitol three years ago amounted to insurrection, which means he shouldn't be allowed to stand for the republican presidential nomination. the supreme court ruling is expected to be applied to all 50 us states. greece has reopened one of its most important monuments of classical antiquity, the site of the palace where alexander the great was crowned king of macedonia in the year 336 bc. it's taken 16 years to renovate parts of the place near thessaloniki. the restored sections include some of its massive colonnades. the greek prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, described friday's reopening as an event of global importance. that is all for me for now. do stay with us here on bbc news. —— from me.

the drier and sunnier weather has arrived for many, not for all, and there are of course still numerous flood warnings in four, some of the rivers still making its way downstream, so there is still that concern of flooding, and more details on the bbc website of those warnings. it will feel a lot colder, and under this area of high pressure with little wind around, for most of us, fog becomes an issue, although these tightly packed isobars in the cell for ten put the feel of things and alleviate too many frost worries. we still have some showers coming down through the northern isles, the north—east of england and into southern and eastern areas. the showers are fading down south. but the temperatures are noticeably lower, with sixes and sevens for the most part. that will equate to a much colder evening and overnight with some frost forming. we still have a few wintry showers, and they could even be wintry over the downs in the south—east of england but

they will be few and far between. i think the concern is ice, there has been so much rain around and so much run off and the moment with river so high. there will also be some fog around which like today, lingered in cumbria, and it will likely linger again as we go through the day tomorrow in some parts. but i think i've always a bit more brightness in southern and eastern areas with just one or two showers around but temperatures will again be a notch down and it will feel colder still, particularly as we pick up more degrees across south—eastern areas, still quite keen wind in northern areas and across scotland. so feeling colder than the temperatures on the thermometer will suggest. so that will be a theme, particularly when we have this went across southern and eastern parts of the uk, but with that ridge of high pressure weather is lighter winds, there is very little strength from there is very little strength from the sun to clear that fog out of the way. so by monday, just three to five celsius and if you add on the

strength of the wind it will feel colder still. so a real strop to the system because we haven't had a sharp frost for some considerable time and it has been so wet and mild. —— shock to the system. the good news it is set to stay mostly dry, on the chilly side, the warnings are online.

this is bbc news. the headlines... alaska airlines grounds boeing 737 max 9 planes after a section of fuselage including a window broke

off mid—air, forcing an emergency landing. police in london confirm they're investigating potential fraud offences in relation to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub—post masters by the post office. three people are arrested over a fire on a bangladesh train which killed at least four people, including a child. it comes ahead of this weekend's election. now on bbc news, influential with katty kay: misty copeland. misty copeland made history as the first black woman to become a principal dancer at the prestigious american ballet theatre. we had the absolute thrill of meeting her onstage at lincoln centre in new york.

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