israel's military says it's completed the dismantling of what it called hamas's military framework in northern gaza, after three months of fighting. us secretary of state antony blinken is back in the middle east to try and prevent the israel—gaza conflict from widening. and emergency teams rescue those trapped by the floods in england — 200 warnings are still in place. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. the us airline regulator has ordered the grounding of more than 170 boeing 737 max 9 passenger aircraft — after a window and section of fuselage blew out in mid—air during a flight. the alaska airlines plane had 177 people on board and was at 16,000 feet when the incident happened — the pilot made an emergency landing, and no—one on board was hurt. the uk civil aviation authority said it was monitoring the situation

closely. graham satchell has this report. pictures taken by a passenger on board flight 1282 not long after take—off. look closely and you can see a whole on the side of a plane. it looks like the window panel has been blown out. this is the pilot talking to air traffic control. more pictures again taken by passengers show the full extent of the damage on what was a terrifying experience for those on board. all experience for those on board. all of a experience for those on board. fill of a sudden i heard a big bang and i didn't know exactly what was going on. but i look up and the oxygen masks were hanging from the ceiling and i looked to my left and there is

this huge chunk, part of the aeroplane missing.- this huge chunk, part of the aeroplane missing. there was a kid in that role — aeroplane missing. there was a kid in that role whose _ aeroplane missing. there was a kid in that role whose shirt _ aeroplane missing. there was a kid in that role whose shirt was - in that role whose shirt was sent off and _ in that role whose shirt was sent off and out — in that role whose shirt was sent off and out of the plane. this in that role whose shirt was sent off and out of the plane.- off and out of the plane. this is the latest _ off and out of the plane. this is the latest incident _ off and out of the plane. this is the latest incident involving - the latest incident involving boeing's best selling model launched in 2015. in 2018 a plane crashed shortly after take—off killing all 189 on board. five months later in march 2019 and ethiopian airlines plane was involved in a similar crashed killing all 157 passengers. that led to all 737 max being grounded by the federal aviation authority for the next 20 months. after this latest incident alaska airlines grounded all 65 of its fleet for inspection, a quarter being given a clean bill of health tonight. just 20 minutes after

take—off the flight made an emergency landing back at portland international airport in oregon. tonight the us federal aviation authority has ordered the temporary grounding of 171 boeings 737 as investigators try to work out exactly what happened. boeing has said they will cooperate with any investigation. let's bring you more about what boeing said in their statement. "safety is our top priority and we deeply regret the impact this event has had on our customers and their passengers. we agree with and fully support the faa's decision to require immediate inspections of 737—9 airplanes with the same configuration as the affected airplane. 0ur north america correspondent shingai nyoka, has the latest. after the faa announcement grounding about 171 planes, united airlines has joined alaskan airlines in grounding its aircraft that are similar in terms of configuration. in a statement it said that it has about 79 of those planes and that

travel will be disrupted. about 60 flights will be disrupted today, so we are starting to see the wider implications of this announcement to ground those flights. and what more can you tell us about how events unfolded in the sky? the details we have had from the faa suggests that about 5pm on friday evening, it was just a routine flight from portland, oregon to california, and there was a popping sound that passengers report hearing and the oxygen masks dropped and there was a gaping hole on the left side of the plane. it is not clear what caused it and those investigations are still ongoing. the national transport safety board has confirmed it will conduct investigations. the faa say it will support those

investigations and so well boeing. and as it cleared at the momentjust what kind of knock—on effect the grounding of these planes and possibly more could have on travel worldwide to? it is not clear at this moment. alaska airlines issued a statement saying that whilst it had earlier grounded 65 of its 737 max planes that it had already conducted inspections on more than a quarter of those by this morning and those had already returned to service. united airlines says it has already completed some of those inspections and so it doesn't seem to be a major process to look into these, or to inspect these aeroplanes. it seems at least for a moment that some of those flights are resuming but as i said earlier united airlines are reporting that it does have a few disruptions today. do we know, this order

to ground 171 aeroplanes, how many are actually operating within the united states? that is not clear but if we do simple maths, about 130 so far between united airlines and alaska airlines. earlier i spoke to terry tozer for his thoughts on what unfolded in the skies. it for his thoughts on what unfolded in the skies. ., , , ., , , . ., the skies. it appears the section that disappeared _ the skies. it appears the section that disappeared was _ the skies. it appears the section that disappeared was an - the skies. it appears the section that disappeared was an area i the skies. it appears the section i that disappeared was an area that was intended to be an option for an emergency exit. alaska airlines didn't order the aircraft with that emergency exit operable and so it ends up with a blank that should be bolted into place. you wouldn't see

anything from the inside of the aircraft, it would just look like it does everywhere else in the cabin, but obviously there was some kind of failure and whether it was a problem as a result of the design or of the way that particular one was assembled when it was built, obviously that is what they will be looking at. how close do you think this incident came to a very serious disaster? it probably wouldn't affect the way the aircraft flew but obviously huge risk to any nearby passengers. as we heard earlier in your report, one young boy lost his shirt, fortunately there was nobody sitting in that window seat and had they been un—belted they may well have been sucked out. min; they been un-belted they may well have been sucked out.— they been un-belted they may well have been sucked out. why do you say it wouldn't have _ have been sucked out. why do you say

it wouldn't have caused _ have been sucked out. why do you say it wouldn't have caused any _ have been sucked out. why do you say it wouldn't have caused any serious . it wouldn't have caused any serious incident, wouldn't the plane have started to de—pressurise? yes. incident, wouldn't the plane have started to de-pressurise? yes, but it wouldn't — started to de-pressurise? yes, but it wouldn't necessarily _ started to de-pressurise? yes, but it wouldn't necessarily affect - started to de-pressurise? yes, but it wouldn't necessarily affect the i it wouldn't necessarily affect the way it flew unless there was some other damage as a result of that failure. fortunately at the altitude when it happened, the cabin will have been roughly half the pressure that it would have been had it reached cruising level. and at 16,000 feet you are very close to the 15,000 foot level where people can breathe without oxygen. and so obviously it would have been a terrifying experience for the passengers, but it probably wouldn't have caused the flight deck crew any serious issues in terms of control. but obviously they would have had to initiate an emergency descent. the chancellorjeremy 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. about 700 subpostmasters were convicted over a period of 15 years.

the cases were all linked to the faulty computer system which made it look as if money was missing from branch accounts. the metropolitan police says it's investigating potential fraud offences arising from the wrongful prosecutions. here's 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. it is no surprise that the metropolitan police has declared their investigation is much broader than perjury and calls into account potential— than perjury and calls into account potential allegations of fraud against — potential allegations of fraud against individuals and the post office _ against individuals and the post office as — against individuals and the post office as a corporate entity. the government said £150 million has already been paid out in compensation to more than 3,000 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. nick wallis is a former bbc journalist and author of the 2021 book the great post office scandal. he said that that the met police investigation is a significant development. we know the ongoing police

investigation has basically slowed to something of a halt in recent months as it taken the evidence coming out of the public inquiry. i think this new development is very significant. we know the high court judge who presided over the litigation which ended in victory for the sub—postmaster is was so concerned about the evidence some fujitsu engineers gave during the prosecution of some postmasters that he passed the file to the director of public prosecutions and that was based on perjury. we also know there have been some decisions taken in bad faith by the post office to the extent lord arbuthnot, a former barrister who has been a supporter of the sub—postmaster is for a decade has said on the record he has no doubt there was a conspiracy to pervert the course ofjustice at the post office which is another criminal offence. the fact we metropolitan police are looking at the post office having defrauded its own sub—postmasters of their money i

think suggests 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. a metropolitan police officer has been suspended after being charged with rape. pc andrej sagaidak has been charged with two counts of rape, one count of non—fatal strangulation and one count of causing actual bodily harm. the officer was off—duty at the time of the alleged offences. at least 11 people, including five children, have been killed in a russian missile strike in eastern ukraine, according to local officials. around six houses were destroyed in the city of pokrovsk, which sits around 80 kilometers from the front line. it saw a deadly bombardment last august which left nine people dead and more than 80 injured. 0ur kyiv correspondentjames waterhouse has more. this eastern town of pokrovsk, it's not a big place. before the full scale invasion, around 60,000 people lived there, but gradually people have been

returning to their homes, despite officials are saying, look, it's not safe because of the constant shelling and missile attack that it is at risk of. we were there a few months ago and you certainly get a sense of how close you are to the fighting. it is where civilians and soldiers rub shoulders. nevertheless, we have this reported attack now where the russians are accused of using the types of missiles used in air defence systems, where they are launched from the ground, on pokrovsk and the surrounding area. several houses have been destroyed, we are told, and we are seeing rescue teams sifting through the rubble. it is a very prevalent threat for pokrovsk. last august there was a bombardment which saw nine people killed around the town's main hotel and restaurant, and i think this is the reality now for settlements close to the front line. so rescue teams are going to continue trying to find anyone

who may have survived. president zelensky in his evening address has said, look, russia needs to know that these attacks will be met with consequences. this week we have seen ukraine launch drone attacks across the border into russia, in response to moscow's biggest aerial bombardment of ukraine, so he is appearing more confident in wanting to respond to the constant missile attacks that russia launches against ukraine. there's been violence in bangladesh on the eve of the country's general election. at least 1a polling stations have been set on fire in the last 2a hours. prime minister sheikh hasina is trying to gain a fourth straight term in office. bangladesh's chief election comissioner has described the violence as an attempt to sabotage the vote. the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party has asked people to shun the poll. international observers including the un have said the poll is taking place in a repressive environment.

0ur correspondent samira hussain has been monitoring events 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. the israeli army says its completed

what it claims is the "dismantling" of hamas's command structure in the northern gaza strip. a spokesman said hamas fighters could operate only �*sporadically�* in the area. according to israel around 8,000 palestinian fighters have been killed in northern gaza and tens of thousands of weapons seized. the hamas—run health authorities say israel has killed more than 22,000 people since the war began. preventing the gaza conflict from spreading is a key objective of the us secretary of state, antony blinken who's on a fresh round of diplomacy in the middle east. he's been meeting turkey's president erdogan in istanbul. he's also had talks with the greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis in crete, before heading tojordan. washington's priorities are to prevent the war from becoming a wider regional confrontation and to secure an increase in humanitarian aid to palestinian civilians. before mr blinken left greece forjordan, he said this. as we have said from day one, we have an intense focus on preventing this

conflict from spreading. a big part of the conversations we will have over the coming days with all of our allies and partners is looking at the steps they can take using the influence and ties that they have to do just that, to make sure that this conflict does not spread. second, we will look at what we can do to maximise the protection of civilians, maximise humanitarian assistance getting in to them and also to get hostages out of gaza. i spoke to dr lisel hintz — assistant professor of international relations atjohns hopkins university ? about the significance of mr blinken�*s visit to turkey. secretary blinken has been carrying out a number of these campaign trips in order to try to quell tensions in the region to prevent the conflict spreading, to secure the release of hostages, to try to get turkey's corporation, to get turkey on board with securing hostages, with humanitarian assistance, potentially with post—conflict

reconstruction efforts. there is also a number of bilateral issues on the table between turkey and the united states that were in the discussion today. but i think secretary blinken began this trip in turkey moving then on to greece, jordan and a number of other countries as a way of signalling to turkey the importance that the us places on trying again to get turkey on board. initially, turkey had taken a very measured response to the attacks in terms of the language that the president was using and not necessarily taking a very condemnatory tone. however, that's changed quite a bit and i think the us is very much trying to secure turkey's cooperation as a key player in the region. how influential do you think he is? we will hear from him shortly. how important is turkey's relationship with the us and how much influence does antony blinken have there? it is a very tense relationship,

there is a number of issues that have caused quite a lot of conflict between the us and turkey, including the us�*s support of the ypg, the syrian militants that the us has armed in the war against isis, and of course, and very pertinent to this discussion, turkey's ties with the akp, the ruling justice and development party's ties with hamas. and so trying to get turkey to reduce those ties, to use any influence it might be able to have in order to again secure the release of hostages, to prevent the conflict from spreading, that's very much what i think secretary blinken is trying to achieve. now of course there is also this issue of the accession of sweden to nato that turkey has been blocking, so that was certainly an issue that the secretary was looking to push today, and of course turkey wanting something in exchange for that, is looking for the us government to approve the sale of f—16 fighter jets to turkey and president erdogan has explicitly linked those issues together.

let's return to that claim by israel that they have dismantled hamas in northern gaza. 0ur correspondent wyre davies joins me from jerusalem. good to see you. tell is a bit more about what the israeli defence force have been saying. the about what the israeli defence force have been saying.— about what the israeli defence force have been saying. the background to this as it is three _ have been saying. the background to this as it is three months _ have been saying. the background to this as it is three months to - have been saying. the background to this as it is three months to the - this as it is three months to the day since the events of october the 7th when heavily armed hamas militants crossed the border into israel at several points and killed more than 1200 mainly israelis and the israeli response has been an unprecedented bombing campaign in gaza, 22,000 people killed according to the health ministry. and israel has said on this three—month date that they have largely achieved their objectives in many parts of

north gaza rendering hamas incapable of running an organised and effective organisation. but there is a lot of work to do militarily in the south and central parts of gaza and that is a message from the israeli military that this conflict will continue for some time yet and it is a message to those internal and external critics. critics who say the israeli military should show some restraint and concentrate on getting the remaining hostages released and also to the external critics like turkey and egypt and qatar and even the americans, with antony blinken, who wants israel to start talking about the day after and show some restraint with regards to the humanitarian situation in gaza, but the israeli military and prime minister tonight have quite clearly said that the military campaign will continue until those objectives are met. you mentioned antony blinken, _ objectives are met. you mentioned antony blinken, he _ objectives are met. you mentioned antony blinken, he is _ objectives are met. you mentioned antony blinken, he is in _ objectives are met. you mentioned antony blinken, he is in the - objectives are met. you mentioned antony blinken, he is in the region| antony blinken, he is in the region as you say, due to be in israel we think on monday. in the meantime he

is also visiting surrounding countries and is on his way to a man and jordan at the moment. he said before he got on the plane his focuses on this conflict from spreading and making sure that he engages with those regional countries to try and assist in that effort. what influenced you think he will be able to bring to bear when he arrives in israel and with those surrounding countries? it is surrounding countries? it is interesting _ surrounding countries? it is interesting he _ surrounding countries? it is interesting he is _ surrounding countries? it 3 interesting he is going to those countries before coming to israel and the palestinian territories. you would think given the relationship between israel and americans that this might be his first port of call but it is not. he is taking a message from those countries, people like president erdogan and people in jordan and egypt, and he is making sure the israelis hear loud and clear the regional message, that they are concerned about the humanitarian situation in gaza but also about the possible accidental

expansion of this war. we already have a second front which is the hezbollah is really fighting along the lebanon border. thus far it has been confined to a six kilometre stretch along the border. it has been contained but with what happened earlier this week when the hamas number two was assassinated in beirut, a long way from the border, that showed that this conflict in the north could quite easily envelop the north could quite easily envelop the whole area. the lebanese government does not want that, the israeli government has said it does not want that, but it is these incidents that could lead all of a sudden to a regional expansion of the conflict and that is one of antony blinken's main priorities, to hammer home to the israelis and other governments and palestinians on the strip. nigel lythgoe has stepped down as judge for the next series of the american reality show so you think you can dance. the former popstars 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. a woman in her nineties has been found alive injapan, six days after a devastating earthquake there. emergency workers pulled her from the rubble of a two—storey building in the town of suzu. she's now receiving treatment in hospital. let me show you some pictures of russian orthodox christmas eve. these are live images are from moscow. these ceremonies are being repeated across russia. but the city closest to ukraine has decided to cancel them because of the recent escalation of cross—border attacks.

hello. flooding still a concern for many although the rain has largely eased and the number of flood warnings is beginning to steadily drop but there are still plenty and play so do take up look at the details on the bbc weather website. a lot drier now than it has been recently. we are set to keep the dry weather through the next few days, cold air with temperature closer to the seasonal average. frost and fog forming through the overnight period, icy stretches with the ground so damp. high pressure set to stick around into next week, just blocking all these atlantic systems pushing in from the west so we should stay dry and settled with some showers towards the east, starting off sunday morning with widespread frost although the temperature a little higher, just above freezing where we keep the layer of cloud. fog lingering on for much of the morning again and very slow to left with some dense patches, the sunshine very weak at this time of year but there will be a lot of sunshine around across

scotland, northern england and northern ireland. sunny spells for england and wales but always cloudy towards the north sea facing coast with a noticeable wind blowing showers on at times. these will be the day's highs, six celsius, although in the north—easterly wind that will feel a good few degrees colder than that. more of the same as we head into monday, perhaps the breeze picking up a little across east anglia and the south—east of england as we head through the day so feeling cold once again but sunny spells around and any fog could linger for spells around and any fog could lingerfor much of spells around and any fog could linger for much of the morning and even into the afternoon. the temperature between three and five celsius but once again some places could possibly feel sub zero and exposure to the brisk north—easterly wind. when they are through the channel as well. into tuesday we see more of the wind are developing towards the south of england and this will allow the cloud to break

up this will allow the cloud to break up a little more the way of sunshine with highs of 3—6 and the fog and some low clouds further north. here is the outlook for a capital cities as we head through the rest of the temperature rising a little as we head into thursday and friday are still looking mostly dry, goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... following an in—air accident

on an alaska airlines flight, us officials demand the grounding of 170 similar crafts located worldwide. earlier, fuselage, including a window had broken off mid—air, forcing an emergency landing. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is back in the middle east to try and quell the violence in gaza. 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. brazilian football legend mario zagallo, who managed a national team widely regarded as the greatest international team of all time, has died aged 92. let's return to our top story. us aviation officials have ordered the temporary grounding of some boeing 737 max 9 aeroplanes. it follows an emergency where a panel blew out on an alaskan airlines flight to california. the order impacts 171 airplanes worldwide. the air alaska plane had to make

an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage. no one was injured. let's look at what we know about the panel which became detached from the fuselage. aviation analyst alex macheras explains how it differs from other panels on the plane. so, what we had seen in this incident is that the aircraft had departed as normal and was climbing to its cruising altitude. and just as it reached around 16,000 feet, we know that a sidewall panel... so to explain this simply, if you are sitting in an aircraft cabin, you're on the seat, the sidewall panels are on the left and right. it's basically kind of this shape, a sidewall, through the tube shape of the aircraft. that panel on the left side that houses a deactivated emergency exit door. so to the passengers, it looks like a normal sidewall panel. but for us in aviation, we know that if alaska airlines were to put more seats into that cabin — for example, as many seats as ryanair manage to squeeze in —

they would be forced by regulators to activate another emergency exit to comply with regulations. so it's a sidewall panel that houses an emergency exit that alaska airlines does not use because it doesn't have a high—density cabin. so from the outside, it looks like a door, but from the inside, its just a normal sidewall panel. it's that panel that at 16,000 feet ultimately triggered, or was part of, a decompression where it had blown out. and that separation of the panel leaving the aircraft, of course, triggers a decompression scenario that crew have to jump into place and into action to ensure that not only are passengers seated with their seatbelts fastened, but they are able to withstand the vacuum that then occurs. because we have had scenarios decades ago in aviation where this has happened and passengers have quite literally been sucked out of the aircraft cabin, removed from the cabin because of that pressure. so it's incredibly dangerous. it's not something that

investigators will be downplaying. and it's a testament to the crew, of course, and the flight crew that they were able to return safely. and, of course, they were quite lucky that nobody was sat in that initial window seat right next to the panel, where it had become separated from the aircraft. and i would just add that typically in air travel, that seat is quite sought after, because it has extra legroom because typically it would house an emergency exit. so it's pretty unprecedented stuff. doctor hassan shahidi is the chief executive of the flight safety foundation, an independent organisation that focuses on safety in the aviation industry. thank you for being with us. from what you have seen and heard in the past few hours, what is your assessment of what may have patted and —— happened? figs assessment of what may have patted and -- happened?— and -- happened? as was reported, this is a very — and -- happened? as was reported, this is a very serious _ and -- happened? as was reported, this is a very serious incident - and -- happened? as was reported, this is a very serious incident in - this is a very serious incident in which it was very lucky that no one was injured and no fatalities put

the crew and the pilot did an excellentjob landing the plane safely and now the authorities will be working together to determine exactly what caused this dislodging of this part of the fuselage. it's important for that investigation to determine the actual cause to make sure that it is understood. what sure that it is understood. what initially will _ sure that it is understood. what initially will they _ sure that it is understood. what initially will they be _ sure that it is understood. what initially will they be looking at? 171 of these planes, similar planes, have been grounded worldwide so they will look at those as well so how does that investigation work in conjunction with checking out the other planes?— conjunction with checking out the other planes? firstly, the faa has rounded other planes? firstly, the faa has grounded this _ other planes? firstly, the faa has grounded this type _ other planes? firstly, the faa has grounded this type of _ other planes? firstly, the faa has grounded this type of aircraft - other planes? firstly, the faa has grounded this type of aircraft and l grounded this type of aircraft and it has requested that they will be inspected and in fact both united airlines and alaskan airlines and others are inspecting these aeroplanes and after the inspection is satisfactory, they will return to

service. meanwhile, the investigators, headed by ntsb, will be investigating all aspects of this and they will be looking at the fuselage and the plug of the part of the fuselage as was reported to determine exactly what went wrong. boeing has had its problems with these planes in the past few years, with two fatal disasters killing hundreds of people and the 737 max was grounded for quite a long time. what will be the key issue for boeing now going forward? boeing will be art boeing now going forward? boeing will be part of— boeing now going forward? boeing will be part of the _ boeing now going forward? boeing will be part of the team, _ boeing now going forward? boeing will be part of the team, with - boeing now going forward? boeing will be part of the team, with the l will be part of the team, with the ntsb, to look into exactly what happened. they will provide the expertise, and work with alaska airlines and the faa to look into the causes of this and why this panel became dislodged. at this point, it is premature to speculate

as to exactly what went wrong but it's important for the investigation to determine the cause of this and make sure that if there are any issues, that they are addressed. share issues, that they are addressed. are ou issues, that they are addressed. are you surprised that nobody was injured or killed in this incident? well, as i mentioned, and as was reported, this is a serious incident. decompression is asian at altitude is a serious. and in this case the pilot did an excellentjob, declaring an emergency and landing the plane but also the cabin crew did a fantasticjob, to make sure the passengers were taken care of and provide instruction to the passengers and make sure that they safely d playing the plane.— safely d playing the plane. doctor hassan shahidil, _ safely d playing the plane. doctor hassan shahidil, thank _ safely d playing the plane. doctor hassan shahidil, thank you - safely d playing the plane. doctor hassan shahidil, thank you for . hassan shahidil, thank you for joining us. parts of england are still dealing with significant flooding. more than 200 flood warnings remain in place in central and southern england and the environment agency says river and groundwater levels remain high. 0ur reporter emily brown has been looking at how widespread

the flooding has been across the country. this is the live flood map on the government website and we have looked at how different parts of the country have been impacted by the flooding in the past few days. in leicestershire, this in but was swept away by flood water in barrow upon soar nottinghamshire county council issued warnings to ten communities across the region as the water reached historic levels. many have been evacuated from their homes here and across other parts of the country could meanwhile, in essex, pupils were rescued from a minibus stranded in flood water and the fire and rescue service had to rescue people and even a dog from the flooded road near chelmsford. in other parts of the country, hundreds of flood warnings were issued, particularly in the west of england, in gloucester where many people have now started to clear up the flood water pump to the full cost of clear whether that means people should

soon be able to assess the damage. experts say a warming atmosphere increases the chance of intense rainfall and storms. but many factors contribute to extreme weather and it takes time for scientists to calculate how much impact climate change has on these particular events. earlier i spoke tojoe cuthbertson — he's a flood and coastal risk manager at the environment agency. he gave me his reaction. my heart goes out to those affected by flooding, it is a really devastating thing to happen and sadly that's been the case for some properties. we think around 1,800 properties so far have been affected by the flooding. at the same time, around 115,000 properties and businesses have been protected by flood defences, so looking at the whole picture there has been a lot of work which we in the environment agency and our partners have done that has made a real difference and allowed people to sleep soundly through this event. in terms of the forward look,

we now have no further significant rainfall in the coming days which is good news, but as you have said the river levels remain very high, particularly the larger, slower responding rivers throughout the country, so thinking of the trent, the thames in particular, some of the places where we have seen impacts, it takes a long time for water to work its way down through the system. that's what we will expect to see over the coming days and we could see some further flooding impacts through the coming days, but fortunately the worst of the rainfall is now over. you talk about the work that the environment agency has done protecting people and making sure that not as many have been impacted as perhaps could have been, but many will inevitably be asking the question, are our flood defences resilient enough? i think in answer to that question, we do a huge amount of work within the environment agency and across many of our partners to build and maintain flood defences. we are currently in a period of record levels of investment

in flood defences with the current £5.2 billion capital flood investment programme which runs through to 2027. and from an environment agency point of view, our role is to make the best use of the money that we can, so we apply it to the places with the greatest risk, we do it where it makes greatest sense and can help the greatest numbers of people and vulnerable locations. so really i would say that we are doing what we can. can we protect all homes and businesses from flooding? no, we don't expect to always be able to prevent all flooding but we make the best use of the money that we have to do the best we can. we understand the environment secretary is in close touch with the environment agency, there isn't, the bbc understands, any plans for an emergency meeting of the government over this. are you happy with the support you are getting from the government to deal with this immediate situation? i think the current flood needs

to just be put in context of some of the floods we have seen in recent years. it has been really devastating and i would not want to take away from all of those people who have sadly experienced flooding on this occasion. but looking back at recent years, we are seeing the investment that has gone into flood defences across the country, and also importantly in warning and informing and raising awareness in helping people to reduce their own risk of flooding, has made a real difference. we are seeing greater, more extreme flooding in frequency with climate change and we expect that to increase. but at the same time, the investment is making a real difference in helping to reduce that impact. staying in the uk, and 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.

documents seen by the bbc suggest that the british prime minister, rishi sunak, had serious doubts about the uk government's policy of sending failed asylum seeker to rwanda. the papers, written in march 2022, indicate that his view then was that the policy would not deter migrants from crossing the english channel from france. a source close to rishi sunak told the bbc, "the prime minister was always fully behind the principle of the scheme." the scheme to send some asylum seekers to rwanda for processing and potentially resettlement in order to deter people from crossing the channel in small boats was first announced by then—prime minister borisjohnson in april 2022. former cabinet minister robertjenrick resigned as immigration minister last year, saying the government's emergency rwanda legislation didn't go far enough. speaking on sky news earlier today, he said the prime minister needs to strengthen the bill. i know the prime minister very well and i believe

that he does see 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 crossings. 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. 0ur political correspondent charlotte rose told me more about what was in these documents. as you can see, these documents are from number 10 downing st. they were from march 2022 when borisjohnson was prime minister and rishi sunak was then chancellor of the exchequer. i think we have 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. finally, he did not 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 would be a better use of taxpayer money. 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, there shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, has said that they think this plan is a con and they have 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 will be effective. as robertjenrick pointed out, they have 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. 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. it's an epic work that will span 18 metres. a new national war memorial will be installed in washington dc later this year and one foundry in gloucestershire has played a key part. the extraordinary work of art has taken pangolin foundry in stroud and american sculptor sabin howard around ten years to create, as amanda parr reports. a depiction of one soldier's journey through the great war and a creative journey like no other for the team here at pangolin. the american sculptor, sabin howard, searched the world for a foundry he trusted and he discovered it in stroud. as you can see, the casting has come beautifully,

really sharp detail. i'm really happy with that. it's been a decade in the making. the process has been astonishing. actors with clothes from the period flew from the states to pose before this rig of cameras. 3d images were then made up in foam and clay and sent back to the us for the sculpting, from life, each figure taking hundreds of hours. and then they've been shipped back to stroud to be cast in bronze. the project of a lifetime. how's the work going? how's the modelling? this week, one more day, next week, five days and then four days. so that's total of ten days of sculpting. and we're finished 60 feet and 25 tonnes. what a project. it'll be america's first ever national memorial to the first world war, and some very well known us citizens have lent their support to the project. it captures the dignity - of the mission that the people

who fought in that war were carrying in their hearts, the trauma - that they endured and the legacy that they left behind. _ and the monument i is...just breathtaking. while its creation has been complex, its narrative will be compellingly simple — one soldier's journey and a young nation coming of age. it's been said this work of art could become the greatest memorial bronze of the modern age, and one gloucestershire foundry will have played no small part in that achievement. amanda palmer, bbc news. 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 jolaosho in the newsroom with more. mario zagallo was one of the most instrumentalfigures in brazilian football history. he had brought victory to his country over four decades, that is 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. but zagallo was a winger who, you can see here, was part of the team that brought the country back to back world cup victories in 1958 and 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 the 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 manager 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. if you've ever felt inspired to visit a location you've seen in your favourite tv show or film, you're not alone. it's known as set—jetting,

and it's a growing travel trend. research suggest that half of all tourists are inspired by programmes and films when making travel plans. and chatham's historic dockyard, which is home to the call the midwife set, is now inviting fans behind the scenes. chrissie reidy has taken the tour. ican i can feel baby's head advancing. it's coming. they going to be born. call the _ it's coming. they going to be born. call the midwife is one of the most popular period dramas on tv. brenda, baby number— popular period dramas on tv. brenda, baby number one _ popular period dramas on tv. brenda, baby number one is _ popular period dramas on tv. brenda, baby number one is on _ popular period dramas on tv. brenda, baby number one is on its _ popular period dramas on tv. brenda, baby number one is on its way... - popular period dramas on tv. brenda, baby number one is on its way... if. baby number one is on its way... if you are a big fan, you will definitely recognise this cobbled street, it's where a lot of the outdoor scenes are filmed and we are here at the historic dockyard in chatham. d0 here at the historic dockyard in chatham. , ., ., here at the historic dockyard in chatham. i. ., here at the historic dockyard in chatham. ., ., in chatham. do you want some water? it is 'ust one chatham. do you want some water? it isjust one of — chatham. do you want some water? it isjust one of many — chatham. do you want some water? it isjust one of many film _ chatham. do you want some water? it isjust one of many film locations - is just one of many film locations attracting what has been called

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been the setting of many movies and shows. the film empire of light buy sam mendes with filmed in margate. the other boleyn girl used no park and dover castle while penn has a place hosted the stars of wolf hall, the sims chronicling the rise of thomas cromwell. filming for the bbc comedy ghost takes place in surrey manor house west horsley place. people look at those shows and they think, i would like to go where they were built and look at the place and see the real places and meal locations and it doesn't matter if they are, these or dramas or murder mysteries, people are really attracted to seeing the places that they see on tv or in film.- they see on tv or in film. perhaps ou they see on tv or in film. perhaps you should _ they see on tv or in film. perhaps you should teach _ they see on tv or in film. perhaps you should teach meet _ they see on tv or in film. perhaps you should teach meet your- they see on tv or in film. perhaps you should teach meet your three | you should teach meet your three card trick— you should teach meet your three card trick in — you should teach meet your three card trick in case we both end up on the streets! — card trick in case we both end up on the streets! the card trick in case we both end up on the streets!— the streets! the booming trend of the streets! the booming trend of the screen tourist _ the streets! the booming trend of the screen tourist is _ the streets! the booming trend of the screen tourist is proving - the streets! the booming trend of the screen tourist is proving a - the streets! the booming trend of the screen tourist is proving a big| the screen tourist is proving a big business, leave no doubt that kent

and sussex have made the cut. 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. now to wales, where a rare eagle has been spotted. the sea eagle has not been seen in wales since the 16th century but a farmer in gwynedd, rhodrijones, filmed the bird flying above his farm last wednesday and again the following day. how exactly it came to arrive in wales remains a mystery. sea eagles can be as tall as 35 inches. rhodri jones told us that was why it caught his eye. the size of it that stood out originally, the fact that they are so rare.

we feel very lucky that it has paid us a visit and moved on somewhere else possibly. were you scared at all? no, it was far enough away and it was quite placid really. i walked within 80, 90 yards of it to get a picture on it didn't seemed to upset and might have seen me too heavy to carry away! he did have quite the eagle eye! plenty more across all the stories we're covering on the bbc news website and you can always download the bbc app. stay with us here on bbc news. we will be back with on the top stories injust a we will be back with on the top stories in just a few minutes. thank you for watching. hello there. flooding still of course a concern for many although

the rate has now largely eased off and the number of flood warnings is continuing to steadily drop but there are still plenty in place so take a look at the details on the bbc website. of course it is a lot drier now than it has been recently, and we are set to keep the dry weather heading through the next few days, and it has been cold out with tempted close to the seasonal average, frost and fog forming overnight and some icy stretches with the ground so damp. high pressure will stick around heading into next week, just blocking these atlantic systems pushing in from the west so we should stay dry and settled with some showers in the east and starting sunday morning with quite a widespread frost although temperatures are a little higher, just above freezing where we keep cloud and fog lingering for much of the morning yet again. it will be slow to lift in places and dense patches out there, the sunshine very weak this time of year, not doing much to burn it back but there will be a lot of sunshine across scotland and northern england

and northern ireland, sunny spell for england and wales but always more cloudy towards the north sea coast with quite a noticeable north—easterly wind blowing showers on shore at times, wintry over the north york moors and perhaps the downs of kent. the will that these will be the highs, 2—6 but in the north—easterly wind it will feel a good few degrees colder. it is more of the same as we head into monday, perhaps the breeze picking up a little across east anglia and the south—east of england heading through the day so feeling colder again but some sunny spells around and any fog could lingerfor much of the morning and even into the afternoon. temperatures 3—5 but once again, some places could feel subzero in exposure to that brisk north—easterly wind put it will be more windy through the channel as well. and on tuesday, we see more wind developing to the south of england and this will allow the cloud to break up a little more so more sunshine probably highs of only

3-6 more sunshine probably highs of only 3—6 and fog and some local out further north point of this is the outlook for the capital city is heading through the rest of the witch, temperatures are rising a little as we head into thursday and friday and still looking mostly dry. bye bye.

live from washington. this is bbc news after a mid—air emergency on an alaska airlines flight — us officials demand the grounding of one hundred and seventy one

boeing 737 max 9 planes worldwide. after three months of fighting, israel's military says its completed the dismantling of hamas' military framework in northern gaza. and three years since supporters of donald trump stormed the capitol — we'll reflect on what happened onjanuary 6th — the day that still divides america. i'm helena humphrey. us aviation officials have ordered the temporary grounding of more than 170 boeing 737 max 9 passenger aircraft — after a window and section of the plane blew out in mid—air during a flight. the alaska airlines aircraft had 177 people on board on friday when it was forced to make an emergency landing. no one was injured. the uk's civil aviation authority

has said safety inspections need to be carried out before the planes can enter uk airspace.