israel's military says it has now completed the dismantling of hamas' military framework in northern gaza. and three years since supporters of donald trump stormed the us capitol, we reflect on what happened onjanuary 6th, a date that still divides america. hello, i'm helena humphrey. it's good to have you with us. us transportation investigators are now searching for the cause of an emergency on board a boeing 737 max 9 airplane after a window and section of fuselage blew out in mid—air. us regulators have ordered the grounding of more than 170 of the boeing planes and safety checks are continuing in multiple countries. the alaska airlines flight had 177 people on board, friday, when it was forced to make

an emergency landing. no—one was injured. the uk and european air safety authorities have also implemented inspection orders. in the last hours, boeing has issued this statement: passengers have spoken about how close they came to danger. the bbc�*s graham satchell reports. pictures taken by a passenger on board flight 1282 not long after take—off. look closely and you can see a hole in the side of the plane. it looks like a 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 in what was a terrifying experience for those on board. all ofa sudden, i heard, like, 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 then, i look to my left and there's this huge chunk — part of the airplane — just, like, missing. there was a kid in that row who his 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. this is the latest incident involving boeing's best—selling model that was launched back in 2015. in october 2018, a 737 max operated by indonesian airline lion air crashed shortly aftertake—off, killing all 189 on board. five months later, in march 2019, an ethiopian airlines 737 max was involved in a similar crash, killing all 157 passengers. that incident led to all boeing 737 maxes being grounded by the us regulator,

the federal aviation administration, for the next 20 months. after this latest incident, alaska airlines grounded all 65 of their 737 max 9 fleet for inspection, a quarter of them being given a clean bill of health tonight. just 20 minutes after take—off, flight 1282 made an emergency landing back at portland international airport in oregon. tonight, the us federal aviation administration has ordered the temporary grounding of 171 boeing 737 max 9s as investigators try to work out exactly what happened. boeing said it will cooperate with any investigation. graeme satchell, bbc news. for more, i spoke earlier to politico's aviation reporter, 0riana pawlyk. 0riana, thank you so much for being with us here on the bbc. what more do we know about what might�*ve happened to cause part of a plane to blow out mid—air? so, right now, we know that investigators are looking

at the cause as to why a panelled—over door ended up, as you just said, blowing out mid flight. we that know the flight took off from portland international airport. it reached about 16,000 feet. the pressurisation issue, as the faa called it, occurred and it had to return instead of heading to california. many social media videos showed how that panelling had been missing and luckily, there were no passengers seated right next to the area where the blow—out was, but you can be sure that investigators are going to absolutely look into this, whether it was the speed, the altitude or whether there was something wrong with the manufacturing of the aircraft that led to this panel blowing off mid flight. i mean, thankfully, as you say, no—one was injured but some really dramatic video there on social media. is there a sense there, though, that this could've been worse? absolutely. you already hear from us lawmakers who are sitting on multiple committees of transportation saying that they want an investigation here. they want to know that it's safe for the flying public

to take some of these aircraft and, as we know, the faa this afternoon called for a grounding of roughly 170 of these aircraft until inspections can be done and whether or not this panelled door — which, again, was not in operational use but it was there, it's behind the wings — to whether or not this door blew off for any reason — forfaulty mechanics, for anything that the manufacturer did wrong here — and, of course, as we know, boeing has absolutely been in the hot seat here before for some of its manufacturing issues — especially with the 737 max family, as we saw in 2018 and 2019 of the two back—to—back fatal crashes that required the faa to stand down the fleet of aircraft first. it has very much been in the spotlight — in the hot seat, as you say. i mean, what kind of questions will this latest incident, do you think, raise now for boeing? absolutely. i mean, it's going to be whether or not there was enough

oversight here, whether there was a slip in the manufacturing process, again, why inspectors didn't catch it first before it went into service. this is a very new aircraft. alaska airlines only accepted it in october, a few short weeks ago. so, whether or not, you know, how many flights it's made, what it's done, why it didn't get the proper inspection, perhaps, before it actually conducted these flights over the last several weeks and, again, why this is happening on the back end, as opposed to the front end, of some of these — this oversight. i want to ask about air travel and general, in the united states there were air traffic control issues last year that led to reportedly some close calls at airports, how safe is it to fly right now?— it to fly right now? you will alwa s it to fly right now? you will always hear— it to fly right now? you will always hear regulators - it to fly right now? you will i always hear regulators saying we have the safest skies in the united states but there are causes for concern as some of

the agencies themselves have brought up in recent weeks as well as from lawmakers questioning how safe it is and why these nemesis continue to happen, great example of that recently was the japan airlines flight that occurred just last week where there was a collision on the runway and thatis collision on the runway and that is kind of overshadowing some of the things that a lot of regulators are looking into when it comes to how safe is it, where are some of these misgivings, what is the issue going on whether it is on the air console side or the regulation side or on the pilot side, all of these things could be true but it will be a couple of weeks if not months to know more on what is this confluence of issues going on right now for the flying public and what is it going to take to make it the safest possible flying record across the globe. and you can rest assured people will be looking into this not from a forum perspective from a

us regulation standpoint as well and they are trying to assure with the millions of flights that happen, on a weekly basis, that the flying public is secure. just weekly basis, that the flying public is secure.— public is secure. just briefly ou public is secure. just briefly you were — public is secure. just briefly you were mentioning - public is secure. just briefly you were mentioning the i public is secure. just briefly i you were mentioning the role public is secure. just briefly - you were mentioning the role of regulators and all of this we know the federal aviation administration has been grounding planes and ordering inspections, is that being seen as sufficient?— as sufficient? that's a great question — as sufficient? that's a great question and _ as sufficient? that's a great question and i _ as sufficient? that's a great question and i think - as sufficient? that's a great question and i think you - as sufficient? that's a great l question and i think you could say you want more inspections but fewer inspections in the case of boeing again last month boeing fa called for boeing to inspect a potential loose fault inspect a potential loose fault in a run a system that it has. it is telling that some of these inspections need to happen and telling that the fa is paying attention to request an order some of these inspections to assure their assay protocols in place before some of these aircraft take to the sky. —— there are safe

protocols. the sky. -- there are safe protocols-— protocols. the national transportation - protocols. the national transportation board i protocols. the national i transportation board which investigates these kind of incidents in the us is holding a press conference right now, the chair of that organisation is speaking, let's listen to what she is saying. we bring to . ether what she is saying. we bring together everyone _ what she is saying. we bring together everyone that i what she is saying. we bring together everyone that will i what she is saying. we bring i together everyone that will be part of the factual, fact—finding phase and plan out how we intend to proceed over the next several days. and the next several weeks. we also took some time to designate parties to our investigation. the ntsb always works and what we call a party process, during the fact—finding phase of our investigation. what that means is we together technical expert that would have access to all the factual information, they help us gather that factual

information, but after the fact—finding phase, it is only the ntsb that does the analysis, develops the findings, develops the probable cause, and issues the safety recommendations for. so parties to our investigation are the federal aviation administration, boeing, alaska airlines, the airline pilots association, and the association of flight attendants. again, they are only part of the fact—finding phase, for example, if we need maintenance records and again thatis maintenance records and again that is just an example, we would know who to go to, technical experts are, as part of our party system. now again i mention thatjohn lovell as our investigator in charge, but with him, we have a number of

ntsb staff, that have particular expertise in certain areas. flight operations. survival factors and cabin safety. structures. aircraft systems including pressurisation systems, we have a mentallyjust here. our meteorology and air traffic control team is back at headquarters but is reporting information to us from there and we have a team for recorders. now the recorders will be sent back to our laboratory tomorrow morning at some point. again i mention we arrived just around 315 this afternoon. so, tomorrow is our first full day of our investigation. today was just the planning phase. so, we have a lot of work to do. i imagine i'm going to get a lot with jins about manufacture, design,

maintenance repair, delivery of the aircraft itself. we do not have that right now. right now we had to get on scene, we had to organise, we will have more information tomorrow, eyes expect we will have a press briefing tomorrow also the next day and as long as we need to in order to provide you and the public the information you deserve. so with that i will not speculate on any thing as part of a question and answer portion of this press conference. now i want to emphasise, because those who are here today will likely ask me questions about safety and our aviation system, those watching may be curious about safety or concerned about safety. we have the safest aba vision —— aviation system in the world. it is incredibly safe. we are the global gold

standard for safety around the world but we have to maintain that standard. we are very, very fortunate here, that this did not end up in something more tragic. no—one was seated and 26 a and b where that door bloggers. the aircraft was around 16,000 feet and only ten minutes out from the airport when the door blew. fortunately, they were not at cruise altitude of 30,000 or 35,000 feet. think about what happens when you are in cruise, everybody is up and walking, people do not have seatbelts on, they are going to restrooms, the flight

attendants are providing service to passengers, we could have ended up with something so much more tragic and we were really fortunate that that did not occur here. now, i would like to take a moment and thank some entities and individuals. first and foremost i want to thank the secretary of transportation, he reached out to me todayjust to express support and co—ordination for the investigation. i have been on the phone since this morning and actually really last night with the federal aviation administration administrator, mike whittaker, he has been very communicative with us and very communicative with us and very supportive of our work as we have of theirs today. i am very encouraged that they took swift and decisive action to

ensure continued safety in our airspace. i also want to thank the first responders. the heroes after such tragedies. the port of portland police department and the port of portland fire department. they did an incrediblejob. thank you for all your work. i also want to thank the fbi and the local, you may see the fbi air the ntsb has a memorandum of understanding with the epi to help us collect evidence, we may need equipment at some point during an investigation and they help provide that to us, in this case they are hoping —— helping local enforcement locate the door and components that came off the aircraft in flight. but now we need the help from the public. we believe from looking at radar data are that the door is

around barnes road near i—217 in the cedar hills neighbourhood. if you find that, please, please contact local law enforcement. you can also e—mail us at witness.gov. i am so sorry. i am so sorry. witness@ntsb.gov. it would be a help to us incredibly for investigation if you find that to reach out of because of the are looking for pictures and video from inside the aircraft. again, please e—mail those to witness@ntsb.gov. now... we will update all of you on future press conference .my

press conferences or updates, please check our social media platforms and ntsb.gov. i will take some questions. please state your name, your affiliation, please limit your questions to one question. we will do multiple rounds but i want to make sure others get their questions in. yes. inaudible.— their questions in. yes. inaudible. , ., , ., inaudible. the question is how concerned _ inaudible. the question is how concerned are _ inaudible. the question is how concerned are you _ inaudible. the question is how concerned are you in _ inaudible. the question is how concerned are you in the - inaudible. the question is how concerned are you in the safety | concerned are you in the safety of the boeing 737 max fleet? 0ur of the boeing 737 max fleet? our investigation right now is focusing on this particular aircraft and we are early on in the investigation so we can't make any broad statements about the fleet, but i am very encouraged, again, that the faa took action to temporarily ground this particular aircraft

for inspection and for addressing any potential concerns that were identified through those inspections. yes. inaudible. the question is... where was the nearest person to this particular portion of the structure that blew out, and whether there was a teenager or an adult nearer that particular location. that is part of what our cabin safety and survival factors team had determined. i have asked that question myself but i have gotten different

answers. so until we can really actually determine who was where, i don't want to provide an inaccurate information. hopefully i will have that for you tomorrow. yes. inaudible. the question — you tomorrow. yes. inaudible. the question is _ the question is how long will it take to inspect the max? i don't have that answer but faa can probably provide an answer to you or the airlines themselves. 0ther to you or the airlines themselves. other questions .my yes? themselves. other questions .my es? �* , �* that was the chair of the national transportation safety board speaking at a press conference in portland. confirming that they are still in the fact—finding phase, that the full investigation will begin from tomorrow,

sunday in the us. party to that would be pilots, flight attendants associations and boeing and the faa. she was saying they were fortunate it wasn't more tragic as no—one was seated in those seats next to that door plug and because they were close to the airport when that door blew and not at high altitude, with people walking around. tha nkfully thankfully it wasn't a more tragic incident. she said that only for minor injuries happened as a result of it. the us has the safest flightsafety system in the world and they have to maintain that standard. she also appealed to locals to let them know they find a door that they need for an investigation, which blew out. some details from the press conference. we will keep you up—to—date when we learn more on that story about what exactly happened. turning to some of the news now. at least 11 people,

including five children, have been killed in a russian missile strike in eastern ukraine according to local officials. at least six houses were destroyed in the city of pokrovsk, which sits around 80km from the front line of fighting. a raid on the city in august left nine people dead and more than 80 injured. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, james 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 saying, look, it's not safe because of the constant shelling and missile attack that it is at risk of. you know, we were there a few months ago and you certainly get a sense of how close you are to the fighting. it's 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're launched from the ground, on pokrovsk and the surrounding area. several houses have been destroyed, we're told, and we're seeing rescue teams sifting through the rubble. it's 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've seen ukraine launch drone attacks across the border into russia in response to moscow's biggest aerial bombardment of ukraine, so he's appearing more confident in wanting to respond to the constant missile attacks that russia launches against ukraine. james waterhouse reporting

there. the israeli military says it has "completed the dismantling" of what it calls hamas's military framework in northern gaza after three months of fighting. an israel defence forces spokesman said that about 8,000 militants have been killed and tens of thousands of weapons seized. he said that israel was now focused on dismantling hamas in the centre and south of gaza. the hamas—run health authorities say more than 22,000 people, most of them women and children, have been killed in gaza since the war began. on friday, the united nations called gaza �*uninhabitable'. nearly half of the territory's population is now displaced and faces food, water and medical shortages. meanwhile, on saturday, us secretary of state antony blinken met turkish president recep tayyip erdogan in istanbul at the start of a week—long regional tour aimed at stopping the conflict from widening. we have an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading and a big part of the conversations we'll be having over the coming days with all of our allies and partners is looking at the steps that they can

take, using the influence and ties that they have, to do just that — to make sure that this conflict doesn't spread. polls have opened in bangladesh after a day of violence on the eve of the country's general election. at least 1a polling stations have been set on fire. a police spokesperson said the damage was minimal and should not impact voting. prime minister sheikh hasina is trying to gain a fourth—straight term in office. bangladesh's chief election commissioner has described the violence as an attempt to sabotage the vote. the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party is boycotting the election and has called on the public not to vote. international observers, including the un, have said that the poll is taking place in a repressive environment. documents seen by the bbc suggest that the british prime minister, rishi sunak, had serious doubts about the uk government's policy of sending asylum seekers to rwanda. the papers, written in march 2022 when sunak was finance minister, indicate he was doubtful

that the policy would deter migrants from crossing the english channel from france. a source close to mr sunak told the bbc, "the prime minister was always fully behind "the principle of the scheme." the plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda for processing and potentially resettlement aimed to discourage people from crossing the channel in small boats. it was first announced by then—prime minister borisjohnson in april 2022. a woman in her 90s has been found alive injapan six days after a devastating earthquake there. emergency workers pulled herfrom the rubble of a two—storey building in the town of suzu. she's now receiving treatment in hospital. stay with us here on bbc news. 0urteam in our team in london takes over from here. have a good day. hello there. flooding still, of course, a concern for many, although the rain has now largely eased and the number of flood warnings is continuing to steadily drop.

but there are still plenty of them in place. so do take a look at the details on those on the bbc weather website. of course, it's a lot drier now than it has been recently. we're set to keep that dry weather as we head through the next few days. it's certainly feeling colder. temperatures closer to the seasonal average, frost and fog forming through the overnight periods. also, some icy stretches with the ground so damp too, and the high pressure is set to stick around as we head into next week. it's just blocking all of these atlantic systems pushing in from the west. so we should stay dry and settled with some showers perhaps towards the east. and we're starting off sunday morning with quite a widespread frost, although temperatures a little higher, just above freezing where we keep the layers of cloud, fog lingering on for much of the morning yet again. it's going to be very slow to lift and close some very dense patches out there. the sunshine very weak at this time of year, not doing too much to burn it back. but there will be a lot of sunshine around across scotland, northern england

and northern ireland. sunny spells for england and wales, but always cloudier towards these north sea facing coasts with quite a noticeable northeasterly wind blowing a few showers onshore at times, but wintry over the northern york moors and perhaps over the downs of kent. but these will be the days highs — 2 to 6 degrees celsius, although in the northeasterly wind, it's going to feel a good few degrees colder than that. and it's more of the same as we head into monday. perhaps the breeze picking up a little across east anglia and the southeast of england as we head through the day. so feeling colder once again, but some sunny spells around again. any fog could linger on for much of the morning, even into the afternoon. temperatures between 3 and 5 degrees celsius. but once again, i think some places could possibly feel subzero in exposure to that brisk northeasterly wind. it will be windier through the channel as well. and then into tuesday, we'll see more of a wind developing towards the south of england. and this will allow the cloud to break up a little more. so more in the way of sunshine probably. but again, highs of only 3 to 6 degrees celsius, some fog and some

low cloud further north. and here's the outlook for our capital cities as we head through the rest of the week. temperatures will rise a little as we head into thursday and friday. it's still looking mostly dry. bye— bye.

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