live from london, this is bbc news: alaska airlines grounds boeing 737 max 9 planes after a section of fuselage including a window broke off mid—air, forcing an emergency landing. diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the war in gaza continue, with the eu's chief diplomat warning against a widening of the conflict. it is imperative to avoid regional escalation in the middle east. 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. i'm lucy grey. hello. we start with drama on an alaskan airlines flight in america — which had to make an emergency landing after a part of

the fuselage broke off in mid air. despite the issues, no—one was hurt and everyone was able to leave the plane safely. these pictures illustrate where the part of the fuselage went missing — a panel next to a row of seats. it's not known if anyone was in the seat next to the panel when it failed. audio has emerged of the moment the on—board crew informed flight control of what was happening. take a listen. we are declaring an emergency. we are descending down to 10,000. that is basically the crew declaring an emergency and then carrying out an emergency and then carrying out an urgent descent. alaska airlines said it would temporarily ground all 65 of its 737 max 9 aircraft to conduct inspections. in a statement the ceo said: "we are working with boeing and regulators to understand what occured, my heart goes out to those who were on this flight. i'm so sorry for what you experienced." boeing said a technical team was ready to support the investigation. he plane made an emergency landing in the us state of oregon. it turned back minutes into its flight to california — the 177 passengers

and crew on board landed safely in portland. let's hear now from a passenger who was on board the alaska airlines flight — evan smith — who spoke to reporters after landing back at the airport in portland. wide as a refrigerator and about as high as two thirds of a refrigerator in height. there was a very loud bang towards the left rear of the plane and a whooshing noise, and all the air masks dropped. just a situation i have no control over, and just wait and see what happens. they said there was a kid in that row whose shirt was sucked off him and out of the plane, and his mother was holding on to him to make sure he didn't go with it. it says something that those planes can take that kind of hit and still go ahead and land safely. we can show you now pictures of portland international airport — shortly after the plane landed. these are alaska airlines planes parked on the tarmac. all of their 737 max 9 aircraft

are undergoing inspections. the boeing 737 max has been described as the most scrutinised transport aircraft in history after a series of safety issues. live now to our correspondent shingai nyoka. for more on this story we go live now to aviation safety expert and boeing 777 captain shem malmquist. thank you forjoining us. hello. this is extraordinary. i suppose it is extraordinary everyone was all right. i suppose it could have been much worse. what is your assessment of what happened? you much worse. what is your assessment of what happened?— of what happened? you are correct, it is certainly _ of what happened? you are correct, it is certainly fortunate _ of what happened? you are correct, it is certainly fortunate nobody - of what happened? you are correct, it is certainly fortunate nobody was | it is certainly fortunate nobody was sitting right next to the window, i'm reminded of a few years ago when a window blew out to a southwest airlines 737 and actually pulled a woman out. and also fortunate people sitting nearby had their safety belt fastened. extremely important. it makes a big difference. but in

general this does raise a lot of concerns. this is an aircraft where the particular exit, and that is an opening that is designed to be an exit, was plugged because theyjust did not need that many exits on the aircraft. and so they have these plugs installed and this one apparently blew out. whether that was due to something that went wrong specifically with that installation or whether something that could affect other aircraft, we just do not know yet, it is too early to say. not know yet, it is too early to sa . , ., ., not know yet, it is too early to sa , , ., ., " not know yet, it is too early to sa . , ., ., ~ ., say. this would have looked like a window to everybody _ say. this would have looked like a window to everybody inside, - window to everybody inside, everybody was talking about a window blowing out, but actually it was a door which could have been an emergency exit. it is just that alaska airlines choose not to use it as an emergency exit but the facility is there. it isn't a window

that blew out, it is a door. that's correct. that blew out, it is a door. that's correct 50 _ that blew out, it is a door. that's correct 50 in _ that blew out, it is a door. that's correct. so in this _ that blew out, it is a door. that's correct. so in this case _ that blew out, it is a door. that's correct. so in this case the - that blew out, it is a door. that's correct. so in this case the door. that blew out, it is a door. that's correct. so in this case the door i suppose was not needed due to the configuration, theyjust did not need that many exits. it saves quite a bit of weight to put one of these plugs in instead, it is a common practice with the airline industry. the question is, the integrity and have a happened. in the question is, the integrity and have a happened.— the question is, the integrity and have a happened. in terms of what ha--ens have a happened. in terms of what happens to — have a happened. in terms of what happens to a _ have a happened. in terms of what happens to a plane _ have a happened. in terms of what happens to a plane when _ have a happened. in terms of what happens to a plane when it - happens to a plane when it de—pressurises, can you explain, you mentioned previously that somebody was sucked out of a plane when something similar has happened, can you explain what happens when there is a hole that is created in a plane? is a hole that is created in a lane? , ., _, , is a hole that is created in a lane? , ., , ., ., is a hole that is created in a lane? , ., ., ., plane? there is of course a lot of air that comes _ plane? there is of course a lot of air that comes in. _ plane? there is of course a lot of air that comes in. in _ plane? there is of course a lot of air that comes in. in this - air that comes in. in this particular air plane via the engine compressor system, that's what keeps the aeroplane pressurised. all of

these planes link to some extent, not like in the movies were a small bullet hole will cause a problem. but a large hole like this, all of the air that is the pressurised goes rushing out. i think i saw someplace... rushing out. i thinki saw someplace. . ._ rushing out. i thinki saw someplace... right, someplace... 16,000 feet. right, there wasn't _ someplace... 16,000 feet. right, there wasn't that _ someplace... 16,000 feet. right, there wasn't that large _ someplace... 16,000 feet. right, there wasn't that large a - someplace... 16,000 feet. right, there wasn't that large a pressure differential yet, add cruise altitude it would have been significantly more dramatic. if people were belted in a if they would have still not been pulled out of the aircraft. but it would have been something that had got a lot more attention from everybody on board. in this case, it appears, at least listening to one of the witnesses who had recorded it, that nobody was sitting exactly next to that window in that row. the videos i've seen of — that window in that row. the videos i've seen of people, _ that window in that row. the videos i've seen of people, they _ that window in that row. the videos i've seen of people, they seemed l

that window in that row. the videos| i've seen of people, they seemed to remain extremely calm, which is really important, isn't it? particularly we saw that the other day in japan particularly we saw that the other day injapan with the crash injapan at the airport. the reaction of the passengers is extraordinary. definitely important to stay calm. i think we don't see that enough with passengers not being calm enough. i think the more calm you can be the safer it is going to be. in think the more calm you can be the safer it is going to be.— safer it is going to be. in terms of the boeing _ safer it is going to be. in terms of the boeing 737 — safer it is going to be. in terms of the boeing 737 max, _ safer it is going to be. in terms of the boeing 737 max, it _ safer it is going to be. in terms of the boeing 737 max, it has - safer it is going to be. in terms of the boeing 737 max, it has had i safer it is going to be. in terms of. the boeing 737 max, it has had major issues, hasn't it? it was grounded nearly five years after two planes crashed. it is vital for them to get this investigation carried out as quickly as possible to try and restore faith if that is possible, i suppose. restore faith if that is possible, i su ose. , , restore faith if that is possible, i suuose. , , , suppose. yes, in this case did 'ust ha en to suppose. yes, in this case did 'ust happen to be fl suppose. yes, in this case did 'ust happen to be en fl suppose. yes, in this case did 'ust happen to be on this i suppose. yes, in this case did just happen to be on this aeroplane i suppose. yes, in this case did just i happen to be on this aeroplane type or is it related to other aspects? 0ne or is it related to other aspects? one of the concerns that i have had all along, and it's notjust boeing,

but it is a general view not understanding how much experience matters and it doesn't matter whether we are looking at the pilots or the cabin crew who, in this case, had a big part in keeping everybody calm, it reminds me of the british airways nine with the volcanic ash where the cabin crew did an amazing job. so in this case you had also potentially engineers that maybe if they had newer stuff that did the installation or something like that, they didn't have as much experience, i can have a contributing factor as well. so we just don't know at this point enough information. with the boeing max in general they have been a number of issues and a lot of them seem to be related to some factors related to trying to cut costs,

particularly with some senior people ten years ago or so.— ten years ago or so. really good to talk to you. — ten years ago or so. really good to talk to you, thank _ ten years ago or so. really good to talk to you, thank you _ ten years ago or so. really good to talk to you, thank you very - ten years ago or so. really good to talk to you, thank you very much i ten years ago or so. really good to l talk to you, thank you very much for joining us, aviation safety expert shem malmquist, thank you. thank ou. live now to our correspondent shingai nyoka. a lot of people are breathing a sigh of relief in portland today. absolutely. we have been hearing some accounts from some of those 177 passengers and crew that were on that flight. some of them described it as a trip from hell. there have been some really dramatic accounts of how one of the children who wasn't sitting near where it happened but he was in the same row, and they say that his shirt was ripped off and his mother had to hold onto to prevent him from going with that shirt. and so a lot of concerns, but i think a lot of people relieved to be on the ground

safely now. we have heard from the alaska airlines, a statement from them saying that they have already come as of this morning, completed inspections of about a quarter of those 65 aeroplanes and they say that there are no concerning findings and that the aircraft will return to service as those inspections are completed with their full confidence. it seems some of those planes that were granted, at least, are now going back into service. i, ., least, are now going back into service. ., ~ , ., ,, ., least, are now going back into service. ., ~ ,, ., the diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the war in gaza are continuing, 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. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent wyre davies injerusalem for more on hezbollah's claim of hitting

israel with a barrage of rockets. ever since the day after october the 7th so october the 8th, after the gaza israel war had started, when hamas fighters streamed across the border and killed 1,200 israelis, the very day after that, hezbollah started firing across the northern border. and there's been a conflict on that border between israel and hezbollah ever since. and 150 hezbollah fighters have been killed. several civilians, several israeli soldiers, 80,000 israeli citizens, and about 100,000 on the lebanese side have had to leave their homes because it is a very dangerous border. i was up there a few months ago and there is a lot of cross—border fight and that continues. but, and this is a crucial but, according to the united nations, which tries to keep the peace along that border, the fighting and the shelling is largely contained to a five— or six—kilometre stretch either side of the border, along the border. the big fear is if there's a miscalculation or if there's a deliberate attempt to fire from either side much deeper into opposition territory.

and of course, what we saw earlier in the week was the assassination, presumably by israel, of the hamas number two in the lebanese capital, beirut. now, that is more than five kilometres. that's about 80 miles away, if not more, from the lebanese border. and it's that escalation or the potential escalation, of the current conflict on that border between hezbollah and israel into a much broader conflict. something along the lines of we saw back in 2006 that many people are worried about, as we saw the european foreign policy chief. and we've, perhaps more importantly, seeing antony blinken in the region at the minute doing the tour of the capitals, emphasising that an escalation of the current conflict between israel and hamas in gaza is the last thing that's needed in the region. but of course, we have seen flare—ups in the israeli—occupied west bank, the palestinian west bank, where numerous people have been killed since 0ctoberthe 7th. and, of course, houthi rebels in yemen firing on ships in the red sea.

so there is that potential for escalation, which global leaders are keen to avoid. and particularly perhaps because hezbollah described this attack as its preliminary response, didn't it? and as you was talking about, having these long—range missiles, the concern is that, i suppose, that hezbollah is so much better armed than hamas is, isn't it? if you could perhaps explain the difference there. yeah, absolutely correct. even though hezbollah and hamas are allies and they're both funded and armed by iran, hezbollah is a much bigger, much more powerful fighting force. it controls large swathes of southern lebanon, south of the litani river. it is part of the sort of dysfunctional, broken, if you like, lebanese government, but it is a political entity in lebanon. so it is more politically powerful. it is more militarily powerful. it's easier for the iranians to directly arm hezbollah, even though some of those iranian shipments, which tend to come through syria, are often targeted by israel, it's clear that a lot

of them do get through. so hezbollah, the bottom line is, is a much bigger, much more powerful fighting force than hamas. even though they are allies, they're both supplied and supported by iran. so israel now is taking on hamas in gaza. if there was to be an escalation against hezbollah, it could even be even more serious with even more potential casualties and fatalities. the one thing, i think, is perhaps crucially holding hezbollah back is that lebanon itself, the lebanese government does not want to go to war. lebanon is a country that's broken economically. it hasn't really recovered from that huge explosion in the port of beirut a few years ago, which badly damaged the country economically and physically. and lebanon itself does not want to go to war again. so there are considerable internal constraints holding hezbollah back, despite the rhetoric of sheikh hassan nasrallah, hezbollah's leader, over the last couple of days.

wyre davies injerusalem. these are live pictures insidejava, this is the al—aqsa hospitaljust outside in khan younis down in the south —— inside gaza. the humanitarian situation is dire at the moment. we'rejust situation is dire at the moment. we're just watching people sitting around the hospital. we have been watching pictures from outside this hospital for three months and there are always people gathered there and are always people gathered there and a steady stream of ambulances and people coming into view all the time. that is the live of inside gaza. russia has launched a deadly missile strike on eastern ukraine. the reported air strike hit the city of city of pokrovsk — which is about 50 miles northwest of donetsk — 11 people were killed in the attack including children according to the the governor of the ukrainian—controlled part of the region. on a post to telegram vadym filashkin said "11 dead,

including five children — these are the consequences for now of strikes on pokrovsk district," president volodymyr zelensky has said the strke hit a residential building, and private houses. in bangladesh, prime minister sheikh hasina seems almost certain to win a fourth succesive term in office in sunday's election. her government rejected calls for in interim caretaker admistration 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. 0ur 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. 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. the man who brought the first appeal welcomed the met police's decision to widen its investigation into how the prosecutions were conducted. i think the big thing here isjustice, yes, but the truth. it's like when we first brought the court cases. we wanted to establish the truth about everything and if the met investigation exposes more of the truth and what went on there, great. 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. expert witnesses from some

of the trials were already under investigation for possible perjury. now, the met will consider whether fraud offences were also committed. the government said £150 million has already been paid out in compensation to more than 3000 people, even though a public inquiry is still ongoing. 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. in the midst of this renewed publicity, that list is growing. in the past week alone, more than 50 new potential victims have come forward. the post office said it shares the aims of the public inquiry to establish accountability and get to the truth of what went wrong. i haven't got that money and i don't know where it's gone! _ hundreds of innocent people were jailed or financially ruined by the scandal. at least four took their own lives. those still fighting say they hope the public outcry in recent days will help to finally bring them

closure and justice. marc ashdown, bbc news. i've been speaking to former bbc journalist and author of the 2021 book the great post office scandal, nick wallis. we know the ongoing police investigation has basically slowed 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 prosecutions of sub—postmasters that he passed a file to the director of public prosecutions. that was based on perjury, as you heard neil hudgell say. we also know there has been some decisions taken in bad faith by the post office to the extent that lord arbuthnot, 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 pervert the course ofjustice 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 the met police have now realised what political pressure there is on them to start acting quickly about this and perhaps not even waiting until the public inquiry reports, which may not be until early next year. and meanwhile, you need to focus the minds of the victims the minds on the victims in all of this, the people who have suffered so much over the years. we heard jeremy hunt talking there about how millions has already been paid out, but there are people, many people still waiting, out there for compensation? yes, i interviewed the former post office minister paul scully who has done more than most ministers to actually kick—start the process

of redress and accountability from a governmental perspective. and he admitted that the government had messed up compensation. he said, "if i had my time again i would give all the compensation to an independent arbiter." at the moment, it is in the hands of the government and the post office who are the two bodies which wronged the sub—postmasters in the first place. that seems fundamentally unfair. and since last year, the government has been sort of desperately trying to work out how it can get this situation rescued to the degree that 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 over the shoddy compensation schemes that have been set up. but there is no way victims should have been waiting this long. 2019 they won a massive group litigation. 2021 we had the biggest number of overturned convictions in the court of appeal�*s history in a single day and yet there are people who are dying before they receive full

and final compensation. i do understand the government saying that it's doing its best but of course you can talk the talk but you've got to walk the walk, and walking the walk would be putting full, fair and final compensation in these sub—postmasters pocket and it's simply not happening quickly enough. how long is the inquiry expected to take? , , ., , take? just before christmas the retired judge — take? just before christmas the retired judge who _ take? just before christmas the retired judge who chose - take? just before christmas the retired judge who chose the - take? just before christmas the . retired judge who chose the inquiry said he hoped and expected to get all the oral evidence over this calendar year. whether that is in september or december will obviously have a knock—on effect for his final report. there is no deadline on how long he has to take to write the report but he said on the record a number of time he is acutely conscious of needing to expedite his work and create some kind of closure and finality for the people who have been giving evidence, the supposed masters, and the people who have been caught up in this in various ways over the years. my best bet is

that we might see a report in march 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 which it is legally advised to do in a timely manner. so if there are any more upsets to the inquiry this could spill on into next year. hick spill on into next year. nick wallis, spill on into next year. nick wallis. the _ spill on into next year. nick wallis, the author - spill on into next year. nick wallis, the author of - spill on into next year. nick wallis, the author of the i spill on into next year. nick wallis, the author of the great post office candle speaking to me 0ffice candle speaking to me earlier. we have a line to bring you after that alaska airlines had a panel break of one of their planes mid flight. they say that inspections on more than a quarter of our boeing 737 max—9 fleet are complete — and that they haven't found any concerning findings. tweeting: "as of this morning, inspections on more than a quarter of our 737—9 fleet are complete with no concerning findings.

aircraft will return to service as their inspections are completed with our full confidence." here in the uk, a teenage boy has been charged with the murder of 16—year—old harry pitman who was stabbed to death in primrose hill in north london on new year's eve. the boy, who's also 16, has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon. nigel lythgoe has stepped down as judge for the next series of the american reality show so you think you can dance. the former pop stars judge and american idol producer has been accused of sexually assaulting the singer paula abdul. he's denied the allegations, but says the focus of the show should be on the dancers. i will be back with the headlines in a few minutes. stay with us here on bbc news. bye for now. hello there. for many it has been a

much drier day today with some sunshine but again there are still around 200 flood warnings in force because all the rain we have had is still making its way through the major river systems, so for more detail you can check the website. but the drier weather is here for a while now. it will feel colder as it has done today and we will have some frost and lingering fog like we had in cumbria today, thickening up, this evening and overnight under the high pressure. the high pressure will be responsible for the dry weather blocking the systems from bringing the rain in off the atlantic. but it's not altogether dry. there have been quite a number of showers, which will continue to diminish for most this evening and overnight, although we may pick up more across east anglia

and the south—east and they could fall as sleet or snow over the higher ground here, it's certainly going to be cold enough. widespread frost, and of course, because it's been so damp, so wet, there'll be quite a few issues with ice, i should imagine. and certainly first thing sunday morning along with the fog. so potentially some freezing fog around. still quite a keen breeze up in the north of scotland and more of a breeze compared with today in the south and the east. one or two wintry showers around, but they should be easing, one or two showers to the east as well, but fewer further west. that's when we'll see the lengthier spells of sunshine. but it's not going to help our temperatures much, actually. it'll feel chilly wherever you are, and obviously it will be accentuated by that keen breeze. it's going to be picking up more so today across east anglia in the southeast. but then it's a return to frost and fog then through tomorrow night into the start of monday. and that cold air, that high pressure just hangs on this week. but that increasing wind across the southern half of the uk in particular preventing as many fog issues across the far south and the east, butjust making it feel colder still. and temperatures are dropping lower by night, so they're not going to rise as much by day. and you can see starting to get

a bit polluted with some fog around here and there. so we will see some lingering fog as we go through the coming few days. tuesday is a similar set up, although by then that brisk wind may just lift a bit more of the cloud in the south. so we might see a bit more sunshine on tuesday across southern and central areas, perhaps a bit more cloud coming and going further north. but it's drier right across the board. and that drier weather looks set to last through much of the coming week. temperatures may recoverjust a little bit towards the end of the week, but it's dry. bye— bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. downing street files seen by the bbc suggest that uk prime minister rishi sunak had serious doubts about the uk government's rwanda migration policy

when he was chancellor of the exchequer. the papers indicate that his view in early twenty twenty two then was that it would not stop the channel crossings. diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the war in gaza continue, with the eu's top diplomat josep borell in beirut, urging against a widening of the conflict. he spoke shortly after the lebanese militia hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into northern israel. bangladesh has been making final preparation for an election which is being boycotted by the opposition. with voting nearing, the country has seen a spate of arson attacks — including one on a train which has killed four. 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.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly. there are 19 third round ties in the fa cup today, 15 results so far. there was much anticipation in the first meeting in eight years between sunderland and their north east rivals newcastle, and it went the way of the premier league side newcastle 3—0 winners at the stadium of light, and the championship side made life hard for themselelves, the opener came from a dan ballard own goal. and then just seconds into the second half a mistake by pierre ekwah let in miguel almiron who unselfishly passed to alexandar isak. the swedish striker made it three late on from the penalty spot. that's a first derby win for newcastle since 2011. incredible support. i mean, you can see it as soon as you come out onto the pitch and the feeling that gave us was huge. it was a huge motivation today

to win for the supporters after the recent one. we know about the recent results in the derby so everything was there for us but it's still difficult to win and i am very pleased with the players. the lowest ranked team left in the competition, maidstone united, are into the fourth round for the first time in their history. the side form the sixth tier of english football beat league one stevenage, 69 places and three divisions above them, 1—0. no other major upsets. non—league eastleigh, had a man sent off but have taken league two newport to a replay. bournemouth came from 2 down to beat qpr. the prmier leagues bottom side sheffield united had an easy 4—0 win at league two gillingham. five of the eight teams involved in the 4 games that have just kicked off have won the fa cup before, cheslea most recently in 2018 v preston

who won it in 1938. no goals, but very early stages in those four legged ties. it's a weekend of cup football in spain, too, with both madrid clubs up against lower league opposition in the cope del rey. atletico beat third tier lugo 3—1. memphis depay sealing it with two second half goals. real play arandina from one division lower later. barcelona also take on a fourth tier side barbastro on sunday. this is the round of 32. brazilian football legend mario zagallo who won 4 world cups as a player and coach — has died at the age of 92. fifa president gianni infantino says 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 4 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 was also an assistant coach when they became world champions again 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 opener warner. although he was outjust before australia reached their target to win by 8 wickets. he retires as his country's fifth most profilic test run scorer after 112 matches. big weekend in the warm—up events ahead of the australian open that starts next weekend

the top two seeds holger rune and grigor dimitrov meet in tehbrisbane internatonal final. in the brisbane internatonalfinal. in the women's event there, aryna sabalenka will face elena rybakkina in a repeat of last year's australian open final — which sabalenka won. and us open champion coco gauff is still on course to retain her auckland classic title — she'll face elina svitolina in the final. and then all attention will on melbourne and the first grand slam of the year, that will start on a sunday for the first time. the first round is played over three days, not two days, so you take away the intense pressure that you have of either matches finishing late or inclement weather, being challenging by it. so you also to get three weekends in. so now people that work have an opportunity to come and start an event on a sunday rather than a monday, to have a massive opening on a sunday night will

be something special. and that's all the sport for now. we will have an update for you a bit later. more now on mario zagallo mentioned in one of the bulletins there. one of the all—time greats of brazilian football, mario zagallo, has died at the age of 92. he won two world cups as a player, but is best loved in his homeland for his coaching of the great national team that won the cup in 1970. zagallo played alongside the greats such as pele — he retired from the sport after the world cup in germany in 2006 and had been living with numerous health problems. here's our reporter simi jolaoso in the newsroom with more. mario zagallo was one of the most instrumental figures in brazilian football history. he brought victory to his country over four decades — from the 19505 to the 1990s. his family have described him as a loving grandfather, as a victorious professional, and as a patriot who leaves behind great achievements.

well, zagallo was a winger who you could see over here that was part of the team that brought the country back to back world cup victories in 1958 and in 1962 and in 1970, the professor or the old wolf, as he was nicknamed, managed the team that is widely regarded as one of the best international teams of all time. and that squad involved or included pele and carlos alberto. they went on to win the 1970 world cup, beating italy. in 1994, zagallo had his fourth taste at world cup victory when brazil again won and he was assistant coach. and in 1998 he managed the team and got them to the finals, but they were beaten by their hosts, france. zagallo had four children and a wife of 57 years who died in 2012.

his feat of being both a player and a manager to have won the world cup has only been matched by two others, and now his death means that there are no longer any members of that 1958 brazil world cup final team left alive. live now to andrew downie, author and former correspondent in brazil. just talk us through how special zagallo was. i just talk us through how special zagallo was-— just talk us through how special zauallo was. ~' ,., ., zagallo was. i think in the pantheon of brazilian football _ zagallo was. i think in the pantheon of brazilian football gods _ zagallo was. i think in the pantheon of brazilian football gods zagallo i of brazilian football gods zagallo was up there perhaps only pele had a higher position than zagallo. as he said, he played into world cups, he won two and then he went on to coach the 1970 team which is regarded as one of the greatest of all time. he was around for another 50 years

which you can see his longevity. brazilian coach a few times and he got some of the biggest teams of brazil so everyone in brazil knew who zagallo was. the brazilian presidentjust a few minutes ago has declared three days of national mornings that gives you a clue to how revered he was here. ii mornings that gives you a clue to how revered he was here.- mornings that gives you a clue to how revered he was here. if you can 'ust how revered he was here. if you can just explain — how revered he was here. if you can just explain the _ how revered he was here. if you can just explain the history _ how revered he was here. if you can just explain the history of _ just explain the history of brazilian football in terms of, back in 1950 when they did not wind and they got to the final as they hosted they got to the final as they hosted the workup it did not wind in and he came long after and was part of this reinvention of brazilian football, was he not? talk us through that. before i even talk about the football there is an amazing coincidence with zagallo, he was a soldier doing his national service in 1950 and he was at the stadium when they lost in the final match in 1950 ad at the time he was seen as this great disaster for brazilian

fur ball so he was there at the very beginning. he was called up in 1958 to play on the left wing. he was not expected to play because one of pele's team it's was expected to play instead. zagallo came on and he took his place when he was injured and held his position when they won again in 1952 when brazil retained their trophies. again in 1952 when brazil retained theirtrophies. so again in 1952 when brazil retained their trophies. so he was there for their trophies. so he was there for the first two trials. he retired in the first two trials. he retired in the mid—19 60s and became a coach for a team where he played many years. he came in to be the brazil coach very shortly before the 1970 world cup began. he was hired only three months before. so it was a real last minute thing. he was brought in to replace another coach and he turned brazil and sailed through the qualifiers but then struggled at the beginning of 1970 and turn them into a winning team. he installed some steel, brought

back one player who the previous coach wanted to leave out and turned it into an astonishing team that had all of these great players that are now household names. pele, carlos are both he played and managed pele, quite interesting, his history is basically a history of brazilian football, they are intertwined. as as someone who does not know much about these things, why is it that pele is a household name around the world and mario zagallo perhaps is not? i world and mario zagallo perhaps is not? ., ., ., world and mario zagallo perhaps is not? ~ ., ., ., ., , ., world and mario zagallo perhaps is not? ~ ., ., ., .,, ., ., not? i think a lot of it has to do with timing _ not? i think a lot of it has to do with timing because _ not? i think a lot of it has to do with timing because pele i not? i think a lot of it has to do | with timing because pele started to become a household name essentially in the late 19605 and beginning of 19705 with the 1970 world cup because that was broadcast on television. i think that is the big difference. people did not see zagallo play because the 1950 in

1962 world cup5 were not broadca5t 1962 world cup5 were not broadcast live and that is the big difference between zagallo and mike because of course the two men were close friends. zagallo wa5 course the two men were close friends. zagallo was as he said he accompanied pele throughout this period and looked up to him and zagallo came in to coach the 1970 team pele had left him on the sideline a5 team pele had left him on the sideline as the previous coach wanted to for obscure reasons and zagallo had said fir5tly, you will be the centre of this team, don't worry, when we get to the 1970 stadium i will really need you. and pele had won the world cup in 62 and had lost the 1966 and kicked out and brazil have been eliminated in the first round and pele for the wanted to come back and wind the world cup and wanted this to be his 5wan5ong. and i think when zagallo wa5 and i think when zagallo was appointed pele felt the competence of having his friend and mentor almost u5 of having his friend and mentor almost us is coach and that really inspired and the rest of the team

who knew how important zagallo wa5. thank you. author and former correspondent there in brazil. here in the uk a cold weather alert has been issued from today until next friday. it comes as parts of england continue to deal with the aftermath of significant flooding. more than 200 flood warnings remain in place in central and southern england — and the environment agency say5 river and ground water levels remain high. 0ur correspondent fiona lamdin is with one community in gloucester where the clear up has begun. it may have stopped raining, but in longford, in gloucester the water remains. it's hard to believe that i'm on the a38. this is the main route into gloucester, which often gets gridlocked at weekends. 76—year—old ivan has lived here for nearly 50 years. definitely going down, down

about two or three inches overnight. another two or three inches and with a bit of luck it won't be coming in the house. they've stacked all his furniture on his bed, but he's now got nowhere to sleep. it's just been a nightmare. we've had to move everything from the front room into his bedroom. the 5ettee and everything, all the drawers with his pigeon books and records of all these pigeons. we've had to put up high chairs. it's just been a complete nightmare. a few doors along, we meet carole and keith. i was on the settee because it was no good going to bed because i wouldn't have slept. and you're just constantly walking around, checking doors, you know, just looking out the window and trying to monitor everything. but of course, you can't do anything. but in amongst the stress, moments of kindness. i opened the door to a group of my neighbours with a birthday cake and a candle singing

happy birthday to me. and i think because you get so emotional... it was just such a lovely surprise. many on this street now can't use their bathroom5, so they've opened up the community centre. there was something that we'd done similarly during covid where we knew that there might be people who didn't know where to ask for help. so we put together a letter last night. we've been delivering those to as many of the properties as we can get to just saying, you know, the community hall's open for teas and coffees. helpline, telephone numbers, those sorts of things. with sandbags in place and the pumps working away, now all residents can do is wait for the water level to drop. live now to david walters, owner of cressland5 touring park in south lincolnshire which has been hit by the floods. hello and thank you for talking to us about this. are you able to describe what has happened to your

park? 50 describe what has happened to your park? ., , , describe what has happened to your ark? ., , , ., park? so the rains 'ust came on tuesda , park? so the rainsjust came on tuesday, wednesday _ park? so the rainsjust came on tuesday, wednesday literally i park? so the rainsjust came on | tuesday, wednesday literally the river which is only historically gone to around 1.118 metres decided to go nearly two foot above that, well over two metres, completely and other leaks well over two metres, completely and other lea ks lettered well over two metres, completely and other leaks lettered the six acre site in two foot of water. irate other leaks lettered the six acre site in two foot of water. we are 'ust site in two foot of water. we are just looking _ site in two foot of water. we are just looking at — site in two foot of water. we are just looking at pictures - site in two foot of water. we are just looking at pictures of- site in two foot of water. we are just looking at pictures of it. i site in two foot of water. we are just looking at pictures of it. we| just looking at pictures of it. we were shown picture5 two seconds ago of what used to look like and now we are just seeing the tree top5 sticking out of the top of the water. and the caravan5, there are a lot of caravans insight at the time? it is a micro busine55, lot of caravans insight at the time? it is a micro business, with two parts, the storage yard in the 12 pictures so i notified my storage cu5tomers pictures so i notified my storage customers the night before saying i have a bad feeling about this, the

river level is high, the ground water is sitting there and iju5t prepped them for the worst and unfortunately it did happen. i got them geared up to move their vehicles out the way to protect vehicle5 out the way to protect them, but some of the people that were staying on the site got badly affected, unfortunately. in were staying on the site got badly affected, unfortunately.— were staying on the site got badly affected, unfortunately. in terms of the damage — affected, unfortunately. in terms of the damage to _ affected, unfortunately. in terms of the damage to your— affected, unfortunately. in terms of the damage to your property - affected, unfortunately. in terms of the damage to your property and i affected, unfortunately. in terms of the damage to your property and to j the damage to your property and to everything, have you been looking into what you can do, will it be 5alvageable? i into what you can do, will it be salvageable?_ salvageable? i live in a static caravan. _ salvageable? i live in a static caravan, fortunately - salvageable? i live in a static caravan, fortunately he i salvageable? i live in a staticj caravan, fortunately he came salvageable? i live in a static. caravan, fortunately he came to salvageable? i live in a static- caravan, fortunately he came to just within about four inches of destroying this place as well, but my outbuildings got completely soaked, there is debris from the fields that came in with the water and to the water is a milky brown colour so di5covered everything in a 5ludge. it isju5t colour so di5covered everything in a 5ludge. it is just going to colour so di5covered everything in a 5ludge. it isju5t going to be month5 5ludge. it isju5t going to be months of clean—up. sludge. it isjust going to be months of clean-up. sludge. it isjust going to be months of clean-u-. , ., , , months of clean-up. presumably you have not been _ months of clean-up. presumably you have not been able _ months of clean-up. presumably you have not been able to _ months of clean-up. presumably you have not been able to start _ months of clean-up. presumably you have not been able to start that i have not been able to start that clean—up yet.

have not been able to start that clean-pp yet-— have not been able to start that clean-u et. ., , clean-up yet. the main thing is the water sopply _ clean-up yet. the main thing is the water sopply to _ clean-up yet. the main thing is the water supply to the _ clean-up yet. the main thing is the water supply to the site, _ clean-up yet. the main thing is the water supply to the site, the i clean-up yet. the main thing is the water supply to the site, the cap i water supply to the site, the cap snapped into the rising and falling in the pumphouse so i have no water to actually clean anything without the moment. it to actually clean anything without the moment-— to actually clean anything without the moment. it is lovely to be near a river but — the moment. it is lovely to be near a river but that _ the moment. it is lovely to be near a river but that is _ the moment. it is lovely to be near a river but that is the _ the moment. it is lovely to be near a river but that is the danger i a river but that is the danger of it, isn't it? you had never had problems on the scale at all before, how do you? this problems on the scale at all before, how do you?— problems on the scale at all before, how do you? this is unprecedented, it really is- — how do you? this is unprecedented, it really is- i — how do you? this is unprecedented, it really is. i think— how do you? this is unprecedented, it really is. i think the _ how do you? this is unprecedented, it really is. i think the issue - how do you? this is unprecedented, it really is. i think the issue was i it really is. i think the issue was over christmas. _ it really is. i think the issue was over christmas. there _ it really is. i think the issue was over christmas. there was i it really is. i think the issue was over christmas. there was just l it really is. i think the issue was i over christmas. there was just so much rainfall and to the ground was so 5aturated there was nowhere for it to go. so saturated there was nowhere for ittoto. , ., ., so saturated there was nowhere for it to go. absolutely not, no. it's 'ust it to go. absolutely not, no. it's just devastating, _ it to go. absolutely not, no. it's just devastating, it's _ it to go. absolutely not, no. it's just devastating, it's hard i it to go. absolutely not, no. it's just devastating, it's hard to i it to go. absolutely not, no. it's| just devastating, it's hard to put ju5t devastating, it's hard to put word5 ju5t devastating, it's hard to put words to how affecting this is going to be for the long—term project, the revenue in the making is pretty much on my own. iflan revenue in the making is pretty much on m own. ., revenue in the making is pretty much on my own-— on my own. can i ask about

insurance? _ on my own. can i ask about insurance? insurance i on my own. can i ask about insurance? insurance will. on my own. can i ask about i insurance? insurance will cover items, insurance? insurance will cover items. tools. — insurance? insurance will cover items, tools, equipment, i insurance? insurance will cover items, tools, equipment, and i insurance? insurance will cover i items, tools, equipment, and may cover the outbuildings of it as well, but it would not cover the borehole which i'm looking at around 30,000 fix that situation so i have to know close the touring park itself until that has been rectified. i itself until that has been rectified.— itself until that has been rectified. , , ., . ~ rectified. i wish you luck with the clear u- rectified. i wish you luck with the clear pp and _ rectified. i wish you luck with the clear pp and i _ rectified. i wish you luck with the clear up and i hope _ rectified. i wish you luck with the clear up and i hope it _ rectified. i wish you luck with the clear up and i hope it goes i rectified. i wish you luck with the i clear up and i hope it goes well for you as good as it can, thank you so much for talking to us about it. take care. in lincolnshire there which has been badly affected by those flood5. downing street documents seen by the bbc suggest that the british prime minister, rishi sunak, had serious doubts about the uk government's rwanda migration policy when he was chancellor of the exchequer. the papers, written in march 2022, indicate that his view then was that it would not stop the channel cro55ings. a source close to rishi sunak told

the bbc, "the prime minister was always fully behind the principle of the scheme as a deterrent." the scheme to send some asylum seekers to rwanda for processing and potentially resettlement, in order to deter people from crossing the english channel in small boats, was first announced by then—prime minister bori5johnson in april 2022. former cabinet minister, robertjenrick, re5igned a5 immigration minister last year saying the government's emergency rwanda legislation "does not go far enough". today he spoke to sky news and says the prime minister needs to strengthen the bill. i know the prime minister very well and i believe that he does 5ee the urgent need to control our borders, to get the rwanda plan up and running, because that's such a critical element to stopping the small boat cro55ings. but it is important that we get that right. and as i said last year,

i don't think that the bill that's going through parliament is sufficient. if we say we're going to do whatever it takes, we have to d0 whatever it takes. and that means strengthening that bill. is the prime minister committed to it? well, i hope that he will strengthen the bill that's coming through parliament. and i've been very clear that if he doesn't do that, then i will lay amendments to the bill next week to make sure that it is the piece of legislation necessary that is sufficiently robust to do the job that the british public expect. do you think he'll cave in to the left or the right of the party? it's not about that. it's about doing the job and making sure that we have the right piece of legislation. i don't care whether this is the strongest piece of legislation that we've ever done. it has to be one that actually works. we've done three pieces of legislation in as many years. i've said it before, its three strikes or you're out. we've got to make sure this one works. that's what the public expect. earlier, i asked our political correspondent charlotte rose to explain what these documents show. well, as you can see, these documents are from number 10 downing street. they were from march 2022 when bori5johnson was the prime minister,

rishi sunak was then chancellor of the exchequer, and i think we've learnt three things from them. firstly, that rishi sunak was not convinced that the rwanda scheme would act as an effective deterrent to stop people making small boat crossings over the english channel. secondly, he wanted to scale back the scheme in size so that fewer people would be sent to rwanda in the first few years of the scheme because he was concerned about the cost and finally that he didn't want to invest in large scale reception centres in the uk and instead preferred the idea of holding migrants in hotels dispersed across the country because he felt that that would be a better use of taxpayers money. now, in terms of what the government are saying about this, they have pointed out that rishi sunak did fund the scheme as chancellor and that as prime minister he has made it one of his central priorities. they also point out that as prime minister, he is the only person in 10 downing street who has seen a reduction in terms of the number of small boat crossings in the past year. but the labour party, the uk labour party,

which is the official opposition, their shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, have said that they think this plan is a con and they've described it as gimmicks rather than getting a grip. i think the real issue for rishi sunak is going to be within his own party members because there are clearly lots of people like robertjenrick, who we heard from there who have concerns about whether the rwanda bill is going to be effective. as robertjenrick pointed out there, they've already tried twice and the legislation has not been strong enough to get planes leaving to rwanda. and in his words, rishi sunak only has one more chance at this. yeah, it's interesting. the concerns weren't humanitarian or moral, whether they were financial or that they wouldn't act as enough of a deterrent. there's also an interesting line in the document, you know, referring to what you were saying there about the issues within the parties, telling him to consider his popularity with the base. you know, in terms of his opinion on this.

he has made great efforts, hasn't he, to show how much he cares about the rwanda policy, hasn't he, making it one of his top priorities since he's been prime minister? absolutely. i mean, the fact that he puts stop the boats on the front of a podium was meant to show that this was one of his five key pledges that he made to the british electorate. and i guess you might say that that was a somewhat unfortunate decision because in fact, he has seen a fall in the number of small boat crossings of a third this year. now, many previous prime ministers would have been very happy with such numbers, but when you've said that you are going to categorically stop the boats, clearly he's not managed to reach that target despite what the government would say is some of the good work they've done this year in terms of reaching returns agreements with albania and doing increasing work with french counterparts to try and stop the number of boat crossings. interesting, yes. as you say that these concerns were were not moral, they were financial. but clearly, that will still lead to some concerns for people within the conservative party about whether he is truly going to do whatever it takes to make the rwanda plan happen.

from today, more than 20 million people in work in the uk will pay lower national insurance contributions. the main rate falls from 12% to 10%. the treasury says the saving for an average earner will be £450 a year, but labour called it a "raw deal" and economists said many households are still facing the burden of high taxes. the singer michael bolton has announced he's in recovery following surgery to remove a brain tumour. the american pop star announced on instagram that he was diagnosed late last year and underwent immediate surgery. he said he was now recuperating at home. michael had been due to go on tour in february, he says he will now take a �*temporary break�* from touring. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. for many, it's been a much drier day today with some sunshine. but again, there are still around

200 flood warnings in force because all the rain that we've had is still making its way through the major river system. so for more detail, you can check out the website. but actually the drier weather is here for a while now. it will feel colder as it has done today and we will have some frost and some lingering fog like we had today in cumbria. and thatjust thickens up again this evening and overnight under the high pressure. but the high pressure is going to be responsible for the drier weather. it's blocking these weather systems from bringing their rain in off the atlantic. but it's not altogether dry. there have been quite a number of showers, which will continue to diminish for most this evening and overnight, although we may pick up more across east anglia and the south—east and they could fall as sleet or snow over the higher ground here, it's certainly going to be cold enough. widespread frost, and of course, because it's been so damp, so wet, there'll be quite a few issues with ice, i should imagine. and certainly first thing sunday morning along with the fog. so potentially some freezing fog around. still quite a keen breeze up

in the north of scotland and more of a breeze compared with today in the south and the east. one or two wintry showers around, but they should be easing, one or two showers to the east as well, but fewer further west. that's when we'll see the lengthier spells of sunshine. but it's not going to help our temperatures much, actually. it'll feel chilly wherever you are, and obviously it will be accentuated by that keen breeze. it's going to be picking up more so today across east anglia in the southeast. but then it's a return to frost and fog then through tomorrow night into the start of monday. and that cold air, that high pressure just hangs on this week. but that increasing wind across the southern half of the uk in particular preventing as many fog issues across the far south and the east, butjust making it feel colder still. and temperatures are dropping lower by night, so they're not going to rise as much by day. and you can see starting to get a bit polluted with some fog around here and there. so we will see some lingering fog as we go through the coming few days. tuesday is a similar set up, although by then that brisk wind may just lift a bit more of the cloud in the south. so we might see a bit more sunshine on tuesday across southern and central areas, perhaps a bit more cloud coming

and going further north. but it's drier right across the board. and that drier weather looks set to last through much of the coming week. temperatures may recoverjust a little bit towards the end of the week, but it's dry. bye— bye.

are. live from london, this is bbc news. alaska airlines is forced

to ground its fleet of 737 max 9 planes after a mid—air emergency saw a window blown out. police in london confirm they're investigating potential fraud offences in relation to the wrongful prosecution of postal staff. the us secretary of state, antony blinken is back in the middle east to try and quell the violence in gaza. and emergency teams rescue those trapped by the floods in england — 200 warnings are still in place. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. alaska airlines has grounded all of its boeing 737 max 9 aircraft after a panel blew out on a flight to california. the plane had to make an emergency landing with air rushing into the cabin. passengers have spoken about how close those aboard came to being sucked out.

america's national national transportation safety board is investigating the incident.