wrongfully convicted of fraud because of a faulty computer accounting system. polls close in bangladesh's election — early indications suggest a low turnout of voters, and the current prime minister is expected to win a fourth consecutive term. and hollywood rolls out the red carpet for one of its biggest nights, the golden globe awards. hello. i'm lauren taylor. jordan's king abdullah has warned the us secretary of state antony blinken of �*catastrophic repercussions�* from the continuation of israel's military campaign in gaza. mr blinken is on a tour of the middle east as the us tried to prevent the conflict in gaza from spreading. earlier he met thejordanian foreign minister. king abdullah also urged blinken to put pressure on israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire. next the secretary of state will head to qatar for talks with the emir.

live now to mehran kamrava, professor of government at georgetown university in qatar thanks for being with us. how much influence do the countries that antony blinken visiting at the moment, so say he's in turkey and jordan, how much influence they have on the situation in gaza? flat jordan, how much influence they have on the situation in gaza?— on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot- _ on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot- it _ on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also _ on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns _ on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns out - on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns out that i awful lot. it also turns out that the united states itself doesn't have a lot of influence, or in some ways has taken itself out of the war in relation to israel, so it doesn't seem as if countries likejordan, turkey, can really influence the situation on the ground and exert meaningful influence on either the israelis or hamas for that matter. what about any influence the countries might have on iran to rein in their proxies?—

in their proxies? well, qatar maintains — in their proxies? well, qatar maintains superficial - in their proxies? well, qatar. maintains superficial diplomatic relations with iran but the iranians have tried, they have sought de—escalation of the conflict but at the same time they've tried to maintain some sort of pressure on both israel and the united states through their proxies. i doubt if any of the nearby countries, regional states, would be able to pressure iran to either rein in its proxies or change course at this point. proxies or change course at this oint. , ., , proxies or change course at this oint, , ., , ., proxies or change course at this oint. , ., , ., ., point. tell us a bit more about qatar as they _ point. tell us a bit more about qatar as they have _ point. tell us a bit more about qatar as they have a _ point. tell us a bit more about qatar as they have a big - point. tell us a bit more about qatar as they have a big role l point. tell us a bit more about| qatar as they have a big role in establishing the negotiations that led to a truce and some hostage releases, so what is the state of play on negotiations at the moment as far as you are aware? right play on negotiations at the moment as far as you are aware?— as far as you are aware? right now qatar doesn't _ as far as you are aware? right now qatar doesn't have _ as far as you are aware? right now qatar doesn't have a _ as far as you are aware? right now qatar doesn't have a lot _ as far as you are aware? right now qatar doesn't have a lot of- qatar doesn't have a lot of leveraged over hamas because the

course of the war has changed. early on qatar could go to hamas and say, in return for the villa we have given you here at the agreement to maintain your political leadership unit some hostages. but at some today more than 20,000 palestinians have died and qatar is in no position right now ready hostages, but at the same time continue to get killed and have palestinians get killed, so it doesn't appear that qatar is in a position to negotiate and change things on the ground. antony blinken said so many palestinians have been killed especially children so is there a sign that israelis shifting to different tactics on the ground or not in your view?— different tactics on the ground or not in your view? over the last few da s not in your view? over the last few days we've — not in your view? over the last few days we've heard _ not in your view? over the last few days we've heard reports _ not in your view? over the last few days we've heard reports that - not in your view? over the last few days we've heard reports that the i days we've heard reports that the israelis have pulled out some

troops, largely because of israeli casualties on the casualties that the israeli army has suffered, so it appears that israel needs to engage in a different set of tactics on the ground in order to be able to pursue its objectives and also we need to keepin its objectives and also we need to keep in mind in the united states we are approaching an election season and that is also bound to influence american�*s relations with israel as we move forward. tell american's relations with israel as we move forward.— american's relations with israel as we move forward. tell us a bit about the so-called — we move forward. tell us a bit about the so-called day _ we move forward. tell us a bit about the so-called day after— we move forward. tell us a bit about the so-called day after four - we move forward. tell us a bit about the so-called day after four garzo. i the so—called day after four garzo. what is your assessment of the idea that israel has floated so far what pushback there might be in some of these countries that antony blinken is touring at the moment. fine these countries that antony blinken is touring at the moment.— these countries that antony blinken is touring at the moment. one of the o tions is touring at the moment. one of the options the — is touring at the moment. one of the options the united _ is touring at the moment. one of the options the united states _ is touring at the moment. one of the options the united states and - is touring at the moment. one of the options the united states and israel. options the united states and israel have been putting forward is for the palestinian authority to control gaza and govern gaza but the trouble with the palestinian authority is its own lack of legitimacy amongst

palestinians but also its resources and inability to do so, so really it doesn't appear as if there is a viable solution for the day after. that's a really good question, but one that continues to elude concrete answers. ., ~' one that continues to elude concrete answers. ., ~ , ., y one that continues to elude concrete answers. ., ~ , ., , . as the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting. at least 70 people were reportedly killed injabaliya in northern gaza. the israeli army says it has "completed the dismantling" of hamas's command structure in the northern gaza strip. among those killed in southern gaza is hamza al dahdouh, an aljazeera journalist and cameraman, who was reported to have been hit by an israeli drone strike. hamza had been working alongside his father, who is the aljazeera correspondent in gaza. this is waeed, pictured at his son's funeral, along with other members of his family. dozens ofjournalists have been killed in gaza since fighting began three months ago. 0ur correspondent injerusalem,

shaimaa khalil, has this update. and we also now know from the aljazeera network reporting that their journalist and cameraman hamza al—dahdouh who is also the eldest son of wael al—dahdouh, aljazeera's gaza correspondent, was killed, among otherjournalists, as he was on the road between khan younis and rafah. according to an aljazeera correspondent they were on their way there to film in an area to the north—east of rafah. this was a reported safe zone, according to the israeli army but it had reportedly experienced some bombardment. the team was on their way to cover that when their vehicle was targeted or was struck by a drone strike. we have just been watching live pictures of the aftermath of that vehicle

after it was struck but also of wael al—dahdouh, the al jazeera correspondent himself, standing next to the body of his son for a final goodbye in tears holding his hand. if you remember wael al—dahdouh is the same correspondent who had lost his wife, his grandchild, his 15—year—old son, his seven—year—old daughter in a separate strike in october early on in the fighting, but who himself was wounded when his cameraman was killed when they were filming last month. this is the latest that we are getting from khan younis but also the bombardment continues in central gaza. also worth saying the bbc has reached out to the idf to get their response to this particular incident. we are still waiting for that response. but i think this shows you the difficult picture that antony blinken faces with the fighting on the ground, with the continued tension in the west bank, including what happened injenin as well, you were saying, six palestinians dead, one israeli border officer killed and others wounded when their vehicle struck

an explosive device. this is a very difficult and complicated picture and a complicated situation that antony blinken wants to calm down and also make sure that the fighting doesn't spill over in other areas of the region, specifically in lebanon. the prime minister has confirmed the government is looking at legal options to exonerate sub—postmasters who've been wrongfully convicted of fraud because of a faulty computer accounting system. rishi sunak called the post office scandal an appalling miscarriage ofjustice" and said he hoped to make this right. in a wide ranging interview with laura kuenssberg, the pm also commented on other issues — such as immigration and the timing of a general election — as our westminster correspondent georgia roberts now reports. one of these men is going to take or regain the keys to number ten by the end of this year, with a general election fast approaching. but first, confirmation from rishi sunak that the government

will review the post office's role in sub—postmasters' appeals to overturn their convictions based on the now discredited it horizon system. it is an appalling miscarriage ofjustice. obviously it's something that happened a very long time ago, in the 90s, but seeing and hearing about it again just shows what an appalling miscarriage ofjustice it is for everyone affected, and it is important those people get the justice they deserve it. should they all be exonerated? that is what the compensation schemes are about. hundreds were jailed or left bankrupt and only a small number of convictions have so far been overturned. a former postmistress wants justice. what are you going to do to ensurej we get fair and final compensation, not in dribs and drabs? not at a snail's pace. turning to his flagship illegal migration policy, the prime minister denied that he had expressed doubts about the effectiveness of the plans to send migrants to rwanda in number 10 documents seen by the bbc. i was chancellor at the time, myjob is to make sure we get value for money for taxpayers, to ask questions whenever anybody

wants to spend taxpayers' money. i would expect the same thing of the chancellor now, so of course i would rigorously scrutinise any proposal that crossed my desk. he reiterated promises not to let foreign courts to block flights from taking off, amid concerns from some within his own party. elsewhere, sir keir starmer called on rishi sunak to set a concrete date for the election. i want the election to be as soon as possible. we are ready for it. i think the country is ready for it. most people say nothing is really working, public services are on their knees, "i don't feel any better off now than i did 14 years ago when this government started." so people want that election. there are many political hurdles ahead in the coming months for rishi sunak, including by—elections to fight and keeping his own mps on—side. labour will be pulling out all the stops to project their message of change. when mps return to westminster tomorrow, the battle for downing street will be well and truly under way. georgia roberts, bbc news.

as we've been hearing, the prime minister confirmed a review of the post office, after the it scandal which saw hundreds of post masters and mistresses "wrongfully treated", including several who were convicted. i asked our business correspondent marc ashdown how the review might be carried out. this is hugely complicated. we are talking about 700 convictions over a 16 year period, from 1999 — 2015, when these postmasters and mistresses, the pillars of the village community. they were accused of theft, false accounting, fraud, some of them, because of the discrepancies this system was throwing up. they were accused of theft, false accounting, fraud, some of them, because of the discrepancies this system was throwing up. some of them were even sent to prison. they were accused of theft, false accounting, fraud, some of them, the issue now is how they go about overturning those convictions. 700 of them. at the moment, each and every one

of them has to appeal individually, and to the post office itself, to try and appeal it. after many of them say they were terrorised, traumatised, over many years by this whole saga, scandal, they are perhaps not confident to do that. it has become a big issue because of this itv drama, rishi sunak grilled on it today on the airwaves, and if the government looking at two things. firstly, how to speed up that process of overturning those convictions. perhaps removing the post office entirely from that process. may be passing it on to the crown prosecution service. and secondly how to administer compensation. a lot have got compensation already but the convictions have got to be overturned before compensation can be handed out. there is a public inquiry going on and they tell me there is mounting evidence that there is a case to have a mass exoneration, so the state to intervene and overturn all these cases as one. otherwise it could take years to resolve.

that will be very difficult. that will require some legislation to be passed in parliament. that is tricky constitutionally and politically, but it will be high on mps and' mines when they return tomorrow. might we see a permanent change in how the post office investigates its own issues? there has already been changes. they no longer prosecute in quite the same way they did. and the key change they will be looking at now is how to deal with these legacy issues, these 700 convictions, and there could be more. a body was set up to oversee the compensation process. they could be another couple of hundred cases in the system, so we could be talking more like 900 cases. only 93 also have been resolved, so there is growing pressure to resolve these as quickly as possible. that might require some kind of state intervention as the quickest way to make sure we get some justice, some compensation and some closure for these people, many of whom have two decades also trying to clear their names.

the polls have now closed in bangladesh's general election. voting took place amid tight security, after violence on the eve of the poll. at least ia polling stations were set on fire. on friday, a busy commuter train was allegedly set on fire, killing four passengers. 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. and international observers including the un have said the poll is taking place in a repressive environment. this was prime minister, sheikh hasina, voting a little earlier, the initial results are expected by early monday. 0ur south asia correspondent, samira hussain, is outside a polling station in the capital, dhaka, and told me the latest developments. well, in previous general elections

there has been quite a bit of violence as well, but also, more concerningly, there was a lot of vote rigging, which is why this election, prime minister sheikh hasina was determined to have what she could call free and fair elections. of course, the challenge is that the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party, did not participate. polls have just closed. i am near a polling station and they are going to start counting the votes shortly. but if you look at voter turnout, i mean, just half an hour before the polls closed, we heard from the election commissioner that in fact there was about a 27% voter turnout. that's pretty low. by comparison, in the last general election in the uk, you saw a 67% voter turnout. in the last presidential election in the united states, you saw more than 50% of voters turn out. so it then calls into question

whether or not these results will truly be reflective of the will of the people, given the low turnout and the fact that the main opposition party did not contest. a devastating fire has also raced through a refugee camp in bangladesh 5 southern coastal district of cox 5 bazar. the fire ravaged through one of the 33 camps in cox's bazar. so far, there have been no casualties reported yet as a result of the fire. cox's bazar is the largest refugee camp in the world. fires are common in the camps during the dry season. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh. hello from the bbc sport centre. rafael nadal has pulled out of the australian open, which starts in a week's time. he made his comeback at the brisbane international after nearly a year out with a hip injury and he felt discomfort in the same area during his quarter—final defeat to jordan thompson. a scan has revealed a very small muscle tear. nadal says it's not the same issue that required surgery injune, but he's not ready to compete at the highest level

in five—set matches, and he's returning to spain for treatment and rest. one man who's been thwarted by nadal in the past, the former world number three grigor dimitrov, has won his first atp title in more than six years. the 32—year—old has seen off holger rune — a player in the world's top five and 12 years hisjunior — to win the brisbane international in straight sets. it was tighter than the scoreline suggests. the first set went to a tie—break and there was just one break of serve in the second. an emotional dimitrov said, "it's been a while since i held one of these," as he lifted the trophy. my love affair started 11 years ago out here in brisbane and it continues. i am very thankful that i am able to play in front of you guys and lift the trophy again. it means a lot to me for so many different reasons. i want to say thank you to my team. my parents are not here, they had to rush to the airport, so it's a shame they are not here,

but i will send them a picture. laughter coco gauff has shown why she's one of the favourites to win the australian open. the us open champion, still only 19, came from a set down to beat elina svitolina and retain her auckland classic title. meanwhile, elena rybakina reversed the result of last year's australian open final, beating aryna sabalenka convincingly to take the title in the women's event in brisbane. the former wimbledon champion ending sabalenka's is—match winning streak on australian soil. there are seven more games underway in the english fa cup on sunday with premier league sides unscathed so far in the third round. could there be an upset across the coming hours? luton, holders manchester city, nottingham forest and west ham are all at home to lower league opposition, whilst west brom of the championship face non league aldershot town. the pick of the games is at the emirates where arsenal take on liverpool. last time they faced each other was just before christmas in a 1—1

draw in the premier league and both managers are expecting another close battle. it is special for me and i have so many memories of playing against them and that is because they are a top side, so it requires a big preparation and a lot of detail in everything that we have to do. that was proven again a week ago when we played them at anfield, for both teams. we want to win these games, we want to go to the final, but we want to go to the next round as well, but it's probably the trickiest draw you can get and, yeah, it will be a tough one, but the game here was a good one and let's hope we can show a good performance there as well. golden state warriors forward draymond green has been reinstated following his suspension for striking phoenix suns center jusuf nurkic last month. green has missed 12 games and,

according to the nba, has taken steps that demonstrate his "commitment to conforming his conduct to the standard expected" of players. golden state host the toronto raptors on sunday. while green is eligible to play, he's expected to need time to work his way back into game shape. and that's all the sport for now. also the first day of the masters snooker has started in london and there is coverage on the bbc sport website there. alaska airlines says it's again halting flights by 18 of its fleet of boeing 737 max nine planes that had returned to the air following safety inspections. one of the carrier's planes had to make an emergency landing on friday after losing part of its fuselage midflight. a second american airline, united, says none of its max 9s will now resume flights. let's get the background from our reporter, leigh milner. this video footage was taken by a passenger on board flight 1282 shortly after take—off. look closely and you can

see a hole in the side of the plane, a panel has been blown out. just 20 minutes after take—off, flight 1282 made an emergency landing back at portland international airport in oregon. luckily, no—one was injured. we are very, very fortunate here that this did not end up in - something more tragic. no one wasj seated in 26 a and 26 b, where that door plug is. these pictures show the full extent of the damage in what was a terrifying experience for those on board. there was a kid in that row.

his shirt was sucked off him and out of the plane. his mother was holding onto him. last night, the uk civil aviation authorities written to all foreign owners of boeing 737 max nine airport demanding that inspections are carried out before they can operate in uk airspace. 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. 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. in march 2018, an ethiopian airline 737 max was involved in march 2019, an ethiopian airline 737 max was involved in a similar crash, killing all 157 passengers. that led to all boeing 737 maxs being grounded for the next 20

months. after this latest incident, alaska airlines grounded their 737 max 9 fleet. boeing said they would cooperate with any investigation. hollywood's award season gets under way in earnest on sunday with the golden globes. the globes mark the first major ceremony of film awards season, which culminates with the oscars on march the 10th. barbie and 0ppenheimer are tipped for success, as emma vardy reports. hi, barbie. hi, ken. it was neverjust about a plastic doll. barbie, a satire on a female's role in society, became a sensation last summer... hi, barbie. ..as audiences dressed in pink and headed to the cinema, making director greta gerwig the first female to make a $1 billion movie. i got us both ice cream.

cool i don't know if we can be trusted. for best drama, 0ppenheimer, the three—hour epic about the american physicist who developed the atomic bomb, is battling it out against martin scorsese's killers of the flower moon. leonardo dicaprio is up for best actor, but it's his co—star, lily gladstone, who may become the first native american to win best actress. i didn't realise this was a race. he's on the floor, tom. explain to me what he's doing. and succession, the drama about a media dynasty is predicted to be the big winner in the tv categories. studios are hoping for a boost from the awards, as the globes are the first major event since actors and writers strikes saw hollywood productions grind to a halt, costing the industry dearly. so there's a lot at stake. but the globes are also known as the biggest party in town. throughout the night, the champagne will be flowing, because this event has something of a reputation for being one of the most raucous of awards season. getting ahead is popular

here because winning a golden globe can help influence the oscars in two months' time. emma vardy, bbc news, beverly hills. a quick look at some pictures coming in from the scene in southern and central gaza scene from israel, as antony blinken is holding meetings with leaders in the region and has beenin with leaders in the region and has been in turkey and is now injordan and will head to qatar to try and reduce the risk of the gaza conflict spilling into a regional war and the israeli prime minister has said again that the war would not end until the objective of eliminating hamas and getting the hostages back had been achieved. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. in some areas the fog has not

cleared, notably parts of northern ireland and the central belt of scotland and england and north wales. and following on for some wet weather to start january we have numerous flood warning so the details are on the website there but with high—pressure hanging on not just through the weekend but through most of next week we do have a lot of dry weather for the next four or five days, but it will continue to feel colder and with strong winds in the south that will accentuate the chill, so it looks much drier, definitely but it will feel colder when you add on the wind and ice and fog are real issues through the night time period as well, so the rest of the day, some showers across north—east england, northern scotland and one or two through parts of east anglia, kent and essex and that fog that we mentioned earlier makes it feel colder, so temperature is a bit below par at the moment and they will stay that way for the next couple of days and overnight tonight the fog will thicken and return more widely and ice will develop where we have a lot of standing water and particularly

so where we see the showers popping up so where we see the showers popping up through the night, so it will be widely frosty even where temperatures stay a degree above freezing and the ground will still freeze, so icy and slick, particularly because we have showers falling onto the cold ground and potentially washing off the salt. fog and ice are hazards overnight tonight and there was a met office warning for the south and east where we have this feed of north—easterly wind starting to strengthen further and pushing the showers in, so it looks as though we will see a centimetre or two of snow for parts of east anglia, south—east england and through the day they will drag west on those breeze and you can see it there for the downs we concede two or three centimetres and that will add to the risk of ice and it being slippery elsewhere if you across northern scotland and eastern england are one or two for northern ireland and a few pushing across southern parts of england and the channel islands and with that wind it will feel colder still than

today, so quite a raw day or two to come across the southern half of the uk particularly because of the wind and the stubborn fog problems further north but importantly the dry weather stays with us this week.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us secretary of state antony blinken is holding more talks with middle eastern leaders. jordan's king abdullah has warned

of the "catastrophic repercussions" of israel's campaign in gaza, and said washington had the ability to put pressure on israel to negotiate to a ceasefire. rishi sunak confirms that the government is looking at legal options to exonerate sub—postmasters who've been wrongfully convicted of fraud because of a faulty computer accounting system. the now—discredited horizon software was used by the post office between 1999 and 2015. polls close in bangladesh elections, which are expected to be a landslide for the current prime minister. most opposition parties boycotted the election. stars in the entertainment world are preparing for the golden globes awards ceremony in los angeles. barbie and 0ppenheimer led the nominations — they have nine and eight respectively. now on bbc news, the arts interviews: sir anthony hopkins. 30 seconds to on air!