uk government ministers meet today amid calls for one mp to face questions in parliament about the post office scandal, in which hundreds of sub—postmasters and mistresses were wrongfully convicted. police in australia dismantle a criminal gang attempting to smuggle hundreds of lizards to hong kong. the atomic bomb drama, oppenheimer, wins big at the golden globe awards in los angeles, taking home several of the night's big prizes. and, the first american spacecraft to attempt to land on the moon in more than half a century is poised to blast off in a few hours time. hello and welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is travelling to the united arab emirates and saudi arabia today, as part of a middle east tour aimed at preventing the regional escalation

of israel's war in gaza. he'll hold talks with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, which are expected to focus on containing the threat posed to international shipping in the red sea by the iranian—backed houthi rebels of neighbouring yemen. his visits come against a background of escalating conflict in the gaza strip, with reports that dozens of people were killed by an israeli airstrike at a refugee camp in the north of the territory late on sunday. the israeli military has not yet responded. wyre davies sent this report from jerusalem. a warning — it contains distressing images from the start. images coming from jabalia in northern gaza today are difficult to watch. reporters quickly on the scene described dozens of bodies lying in the rubble of a destroyed building, many of them women

and children. unconfirmed reports say at least 70 people were killed here in what was reported to be an israeli air strike. the israeli military has not yet responded to a bbc request for more information. across gaza, say aid agencies, the civilian toll is unbearable. this, the aftermath of another attack in khan younis. health officials say that even medicalfacilities, including hospitals, are unsafe as israel's relentless campaign continues against hamas military targets. the staff inside of this hospital are heroes who are doing everything they can without sleep, without food, without knowing if their own families are safe, in order to save the lives of others. so this hospital and the staff in this hospital have to be protected. with an increasing sense of urgency, the american secretary of state is on a whistle—stop tour of middle eastern capitals. with real concern about

the humanitarian situation and the possibility of a region—wide conflict, antony blinken is being urged to use america's influence over israel to demand an immediate ceasefire. but even if washington presses that point, israel's leader isn't yet listening. translation: we are not stopping until victory. - the war must not be stopped until we achieve all of its goals — the elimination of hamas, the return of all of our hostages, and ensuring that gaza no longer poses a threat to israel. i say this to both our enemies and ourfriends. wael al—dahdouh wishes the fighting would end. he's already lost family and several colleagues. today, the aljazeera correspondent buried his son, hamza, also a reporter killed in an airstrike. israel says they were targeting a suspect and were aware of others in his car. the latest of at least 75 local journalists who have been killed in gaza.

paying the highest price to report this war to the world. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good to see you again this morning. talk us through what happened overnight in more detail. ~ . ., , detail. we heard about this strike on — detail. we heard about this strike on northern - detail. we heard about this strike on northern gaza - detail. we heard about this strike on northern gaza on| strike on northern gaza on jabalia, where a house which was inhabiting more than 80 people, some of them are fled to this home to have a refuge, some of the people were in the house they were prisoners and some of the ——in some of the israeli presence at some point. this house was strike by an airstrike on more than 60

people were killed in that house. there is a similar incident that happened in khan younis and southern garnets more than 50 people were killed in a strike on a strike on our house. the main point in this strike, these strikes is that israel is no more giving any warnings before the strikes, thatis warnings before the strikes, that is why we can see more and more, rising numbers of deaths in these homes. this is also has been added to the tragedy that antony blinken talked about, the killing of three journalists, one of them wael al—dahdouh. that put the numbers ofjournalists who were killed in this conflict to 109 journalists, one of them used to be a contributorfor the bbc

arabic radio for a long time. let's talk about the secretary of state, he is travelling to the uae, saudi arabia. what is being sent into the arab press and media about the trip? this is a fifth trip — and media about the trip? this is a fifth trip of _ and media about the trip? ti 3 is a fifth trip of antony blinken in the region and the most wide trip. he has been to turkey, to greece, tojordan, to qatar. it does not look as though he has managed to achieve a lot in these trips so far. his main reason for the visit is to contain the conflict and now we can say comfortably that there are seven fronts in the war in gaza, in the west bank, in jerusalem there was a stabbing in the last 2a hours and in

lebanon on hezbollah strike and also regarding the houthis in iraq and syria. he also regarding the houthis in iraq and syria.— iraq and syria. he is indicating the - iraq and syria. he is indicating the white | iraq and syria. he is - indicating the white house line, trying to get the message to israel that they should not be targeting civilians, women and children etc. what is the feeling to what extent israel is listening to him in that respect? is listening to him in that rested?— is listening to him in that resect? �* , , . respect? apparently, they are not listening. _ respect? apparently, they are not listening. as _ respect? apparently, they are not listening. as we _ respect? apparently, they are not listening. as we can - respect? apparently, they are not listening. as we can see l not listening. as we can see during the antony blinken visit, we can see a rising number of civilians. the civilians are suffering, they have one meal a day, they do not have clean water, they do not have clean water, they do not have clean water, they do not have showers. really, most of them are in a very dire situation. and even if the target antony blinken is trying

to achieve, which is releasing the hostages, this is not moving as well.- the hostages, this is not moving as well. thank you so much and _ moving as well. thank you so much and good _ moving as well. thank you so much and good to _ moving as well. thank you so much and good to see - moving as well. thank you so much and good to see you. . let's get some of the day's other news now. the us aviation regulator says 171 boeing 737 max 9 planes will remain grounded until it's satisfied the planes are safe. thousands of passengers saw their flights cancelled with alaska airlines cancelling 170 flights on sunday, with more planned for monday. republican and democratic congressional leaders in the us say they've agreed the main elements of a $1.6 trillion budget deal designed to avert a damaging government shutdown in january. it's yet to be approved by the house and senate. farmers in germany are beginning a blockade of roads across the country at the start of a week—long protest against plans to phase out fuel subsidies. a concession that saw the government backtrack on plans to remove certain agricultural tax breaks was not enough to stop farmers

expressing their discontent at the proposals. hundreds of brazilian football supporters have been paying their last respects to mario zagallo, who won two world cups as a player, before leading the national team to victory as manager in1970. he went on to win a fourth world cup as brazil's assista nt—manager in 1994. zagallo died on friday at the age of 92. uk government ministers will meet later today — a week earlier than planned — amid calls for one of them to face questions in parliament about the post office scandal, in which hundreds of sub—postmasters and mistresses were wrongfully convicted. so far, fewer than a hundred have had their cases overturned but the prime minister, rishi sunak, says he's looking at ways to potentially clear all of them. marc ashdown reports.

the only way to stop it is to prove that i am not a thief. right? it must pick a bug... years of suffering laid bare in a recent drama. he was accused of theft by the post office and pursued by the cause. £26,000 on missing- _ pursued by the cause. £26,000 on missing. he _ pursued by the cause. £26,000 on missing. he was _ pursued by the cause. £26,000 on missing. he was left - on missing. he was left bankrupt _ on missing. he was left bankrupt and _ on missing. he was left bankrupt and shunned i on missing. he was left. bankrupt and shunned by on missing. he was left - bankrupt and shunned by his community and even considered ending his life. he said the public support has left him stand. it public support has left him stand. , , ., , , stand. it is very lonely being the only one _ stand. it is very lonely being the only one the _ stand. it is very lonely being the only one the post - stand. it is very lonely being the only one the post office | the only one the post office would constantly tell each of the victims so now we are together in this and we need to keep walking forward, no matter how hard it gets. he keep walking forward, no matter how hard it gets.— how hard it gets. he was among 700 ost how hard it gets. he was among 700 post office _ how hard it gets. he was among 700 post office managers - 700 post office managers convicted over a 16 year period from 1999. in fact, faulty software wasn't to blame. the prime minister said the

ministry ofjustice is looking at the best way to speed up the process for overturning convictions and handing out compensation. it convictions and handing out compensation.— convictions and handing out compensation. it is right that we find every _ compensation. it is right that we find every which - compensation. it is right that we find every which way - compensation. it is right that we find every which way we l compensation. it is right that l we find every which way we can do to make this right for the people who were so wrongfully treated at the time. compensation is a part of that but there are legal things possible as well. currently each person _ possible as well. currently each person with - possible as well. currently each person with a - possible as well. currently i each person with a conviction has appealed to the post office directly to try to overturn it. campaigners say many have been lost traumatised and do not trust the process. just 96 conviction have been quashed. they have written to the government urging it to intervene and exonerate all of them as one. the metropolitan police is investigating whether crimes are committed in the way hundreds of people were prosecuted and convicted in what has become known as britain's biggest miscarriage of justice. marc ashdown, bbc news. police in australia have dismantled a criminal gang that was attempting to smuggle

hundreds of lizards to hong kong. detectives discovered more than 250 of the creatures, destined for the international pet market. live now to phil mercer, our correspondent in sydney. australia is home to a wondrous array of fora and flora and the government believes native animals and plants for that matter are increasingly being targeted by criminal gangs who see easy profits to be made in this country by, for example, catching wild lizards and sending them around the world for profit. the pelissier in sme have conducted a series of raids and if they say they have recovered more than 250 lizards. —— the police here in sydney. along with snakes. it is alleged criminal gang has

been catching the creatures in the wild and sending them via post in hong kong. the alarm was raised in september when an illicit consignment was found. that prompted a nationwide investigation andy in these raids in sydney. four people have been arrested and facing various judges have been arrested and facing variousjudges including illegal exporting of native animals. as for the animals are found, the lizards, snakes and eggs, they have been given the once over by vets and a happy ending, they have been released back into the wild. as for the people accused of trafficking or attempting to traffic these animals they are due in court in a few weeks time. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news: police in lincolnshire say two people have died

after their car became submerged in water. it happened on saturday in the early afternoon near grimsby and the mouth of the river humber. police say there was a collision and a blue mercedes 300 left the road. a 16—year—old boy and a ao—year—old man were pronounced dead at the scene. their next—of—kin have been informed. transport for london says there will still be some disruption to tube services this morning despite the rmt union calling off a planned strike. london underground workers had been due to walk out for five days. the union said "positive discussions" meant further talks could take place. the pioneering british surgeon, professor sir roy carne, has died at the age of 93. he carried out europe's first liver transplant operation in 1968. sir roy was regarded as a world leading surgeon, working at addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge. he was the first to use drugs to control the rejection of donated organs. more of donated organs. details on our website.

you're live with bbc news. of donated organs. the atomic bomb drama, oppenheimer, was among the big winners at the golden globe awards in los angeles, taking home several of the night's big prizes, including best director for christopher nolan and best drama film actor for its lead, cillian murphy. other winners included emma stone, who won best comedy film actress for poor things, whilst the french thriller anatomy of a fall took the best foreign language film award. the star—studded event follows a year in which productions ground to a halt because of strikes by writers and actors. live now to la and our correspondent, peter bowes. hello to you, peter. in many ways, this was a good night, was it, for the golden globes given its own history and the fact that we just mentioned those strike actions? it

fact that we just mentioned those strike actions?- fact that we just mentioned those strike actions? it was a aood those strike actions? it was a good night — those strike actions? it was a good night for _ those strike actions? it was a good night for the _ those strike actions? it was a good night for the golden - good night for the golden globesjust because good night for the golden globes just because they were on the year. they have recovered from scandal after scandal and the biggest controversy being a couple of years ago when it was revealed that they didn't have any black voters amongst the about 90 voters, members of the hollywood foreign press association. last year they were essentially taken off the air, the show wasn't televised, there was a revamp of the organisation which is now a for—profit organisation produced and owned by a media company, and it looks very different. there are now some 300 voters, much more diverse voting for around the country andindeed voting for around the country and indeed around the world, and indeed around the world, and it resulted in a show that, quite frankly, was very similar to many, many other golden globes that i have seen around the globe, but i think they have more credibility now that some of these huge failings have been exposed, and seemingly put right.

absolutely. something that was mentioned by some of the winners. talk us through those who got gongs. winners. talk us through those who got gongs— winners. talk us through those who got gongs. yes, and it was clearly about _ who got gongs. yes, and it was clearly about barbie _ who got gongs. yes, and it was clearly about barbie and - clearly about barbie and oppenheimer, we approach the oscars and a battle between those two, perhaps a little bit unfair because one is a drama and what is a musical comedy but it was oppenheimer winning in five of its categories that was the night's big winner. this film is about the man who created and invented the atomic bomb, winning in a slew of categories. barbie wasn't so successful in the artistic categories apart from billie eilish winning for best song. but a significant winning in a brand—new category created by the globes by cinematic achievement of essentially box office achievement, and that is veryjustified because it was the biggest film of last year, taking about $1.5 billion around the world.-

taking about $1.5 billion around the world. and also as well, the _ around the world. and also as well, the french _ around the world. and also as well, the french thriller - well, the french thriller anatomy of a fall, which got best foreign language film, interesting because it is on doing so well. it interesting because it is on doing so well.— doing so well. it is interesting, - doing so well. it is interesting, and i l doing so well. it is - interesting, and i enjoyed doing so well. it is _ interesting, and i enjoyed that movie. i think it is a great movie, a great thriller. it keeps you on the edge of your seat, in the french language, until the final moment, and if you haven't seen it, it is about a man who falls to his death and the entire film is imposing the question, did he take his own life or was his wife involved in his death? they have a difficult relationship leading up until that point. it is, as i say, keep you on the edge of your seat right until the final moment and is quite a cliffhanger. the very fact that it has done so well not only other golden globes, it is pretty good to do well in some of the other shows in the coming weeks and not in english language film, i think about particularly for it. to language film, i think about particularly for it.— particularly for it. to tell us about wreckage _

particularly for it. to tell us about wreckage of - particularly for it. to tell us about wreckage of ice - particularly for it. to tell us about wreckage of ice who l about wreckage of ice who wasn't there to collect his award, a new category and he used to host the golden globes controversially —— ricky gervais. it controversially -- ricky gervais— controversially -- ricky gervais. , ., ., controversially -- ricky gervais. ., ., gervais. it is a former host, a controversial _ gervais. it is a former host, a controversial post _ gervais. it is a former host, a controversial post because i gervais. it is a former host, a controversial post because he said it as it is, he poked fun at the greater good of hollywood, but sometimes they didn't like it, but he was the in this second of two new categories, the first being for cinematic and box office achievement, but the best stand—up comedy routine. he wasn't here on the night. he wasn't here on the night. he wasn't there to pick up his award, perhaps to some relief from certain members of the audience. from certain members of the audience-— audience. and we have to mention _ audience. and we have to mention succession - audience. and we have to mention succession of. audience. and we have to - mention succession of course, which did well, which has been a hugely successful streaming series that manyjust can't seem to live without currently. yes, they will have to live without it in the future because it is finished, it is over, and its final season was i think by general consensus considered to be its best and a slew of awards for most of its

actors in different categories and winning for best drama in the television section of the golden globes. and i think it was one of the producers was that it was a bittersweet moment. yes, greater treatment for them but i get the sense that they didn't really want to end. , . ~ , ., that they didn't really want to end. , ., ., , end. this quickly, what does this say for _ end. this quickly, what does this say for future _ end. this quickly, what does this say for future award - this say for future award ceremonies in terms of what we can see coming up in, say, the oscars in march? i can see coming up in, say, the oscars in march?— oscars in march? i think oppenheimer— oscars in march? i think oppenheimer is - oscars in march? i think| oppenheimer is probably oscars in march? i think. oppenheimer is probably in oscars in march? i think- oppenheimer is probably in pole position now, i think it has cemented that position that a lot of people, critics have been talking about in the last few weeks. i think barbie... it might be controversial but i think barbie will struggle in the coming weeks, especially at the coming weeks, especially at the oscars. if it can't do well at the golden globes, it will be a fight to achieve anything at the oscars i think. irate be a fight to achieve anything at the oscars i think. we shall kee a at the oscars i think. we shall keep a close _ at the oscars i think. we shall keep a close eye _ at the oscars i think. we shall keep a close eye on _ at the oscars i think. we shall keep a close eye on it. - at the oscars i think. we shall keep a close eye on it. thank| keep a close eye on it. thank you very much. cold health alerts have been issued for parts of england this week with temperatures due

to plummet, leading to snow and ice. it comes as many areas are still trying to recover from the aftermath of storm henk, which caused widespread flooding. about 170 flood warnings are still in place in england and wales, and the environment agency says more properties could flood over the next week as river levels rise. jessica lane reports. as the cold weather hits many parts of the country, lots of homes and gardens remain under water, including here in nottinghamshire. there is still water in the conservatory. the conservatory flooded first, so we tried to sandbag a barrier in. hit by flooding earlier this week, erica's had to move in with her neighbours. i've had loads of offers from all over the village. the village have been brilliant, and they have all offered to come and clean up. obviously, i have to wait for the insurance to come and assess the damage first before i move anything. lots of the fields in the area are still under water. and, in fact, there are some houses over here,

and the people in those houses are isolated. the fire brigade has had to send boats out, filled with bottles of water and tins of food to make sure that they have enough provisions to keep them going for the next few days. they've also been checking on other isolated people cut off by the sheer amount of water. people alongside the river lambourn in berkshire were monitoring water levels all last night after some homes flooded. the prime minister met the environment agency earlier in oxford. just manage the water levels as best you can. the government has been accused of being asleep at the wheel by labour in its response to the widespread flooding chaos. ministers say affected communities in england will be able to apply forfunding to help them through these challenging times. even though we've got some dry weather in the forecast, it is going to take a while for the peaks in the rivers to move down through to the sea and take the pressure off communities like those we've

seen in recent days. here in collingham, some of the floodwater has receded. but the cold weather is hitting many in the country trying to salvage their homes and businesses. and with the prospect of more flooding to come, it continues to be a worrying time. jessica lane, bbc news, collingham, in nottinghamshire. now, final preparations are under way for the launch of a spacecraft, which will attempt to land on the moon. that would be interesting enough in itself, but the rocket is also carrying some rather bizarre cargo, as emily brown explains. after only a decade of planning and testing, the first american spacecraft set to attempt a lunar landing in more than 50 years. this is a new partnership between nasa and private industry united launch alliance. this is their malcolm centaur, a private predator to spacex and saturday, from cape canaveral space for station. the rocket is carrying at

robotics peregrine one and the aim is to be the first us graft to make a soft lunar landing since the apollo programme. if take a look at the rocket in more detail. we know it has a height of nearly two metres, i diameter of 5.4 metres and a total mass of more than 500,000 kg. on board our scientific instruments that will probe the lunar environment, hoping to pave the way for the return of astronauts on the moon. but there is also some unusual cargo. the physical bitcoin, cultures by the artist just screams, and controversially, dna and human remains of the star trek creatorjean roddenberry as alice skye five author and scientist arthur c clarke. the vulcan rocket is also carrying late cast members of star trek, as well as former presidentsjohn f kennedy, dwight d eisenhower and george washington. well, the countdown is on. takeoff is expected at

2:18am local time. if you want to know what that is in gmt, it is seven atm gmt. -- 07:18 gmt. we will of course bring it to you live from cape canaveral here on bbc news. make sure you do tune in. you will find lots more detail and background to the stories we're covering on our website, including all the latest from the golden globes in la. all the glamour and the gossip. just head to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. that is to hand whenever you wish to login there. i will be back as promised with the top business stories. we will have more of the us lockdown that will not be taking place hopefully. and the other top business news. i will see you in a moment. hello there. well, the falling rain has now eased. then there's still plenty of groundwater out there, the rivers will also take some time to subside, and the number of flood warnings has been in steady decline, but there are still

plenty of them out there. all of the details on those are on the bbc weather website. but the weather has certainly changed. for the week ahead, it's still looking mostly dry, a few showers for north sea facing coasts. it will be feeling cold. frost, fog and ice all forming through the overnight period, and it's all thanks to this area of high pressure that's been building in through the course of the weekend. it's set to stick around and it will block these atlantic systems moving in from the west, so we should stay mostly dry. this is how we're starting off monday morning — with a widespread frost, some patches of fog out there too and they will be slow to lift and clear as we head through the morning. also, some icy stretches and still some showers streaming in from the north sea and quite a brisk northeasterly wind across the london area, east anglia and the southeast of england, wintry over the higher ground. we could possibly see a light dusting of snow for some places. but those showers forming in lines. as the wind picks up, it becomes more easterly, it will drive these showers further west into central southern england, perhaps even eastern wales. but for many, away from the fog

patches, there will be some weak spells of winter sunshine, some areas of cloud, thickest i think out towards the east again, top temperatures between 2 and 5 degrees celsius, so feeling cold, but feeling even colder still in exposure to that brisk northeasterly winds, and that is always going to feel strongest towards the south. so here, it will feel subzero i'm afraid for most of the day. as we head through tuesday, there's a little more of a breeze towards the south. the wind is picking up, so this will help to break up the cloud. there should be more sunshine, maybe some showers towards the southwest of england and through the channel islands, but otherwise, it is looking dry. again, there will be some weak winter sunshine on offer, temperatures once more between 2 to 5 degrees celsius, but plenty of added wind chill again in exposure to that easterly wind. on wednesday, more cloud, more moisture and some slightly less cold—feeling air perhaps. most of the cloud will be towards the north of the uk, the best of the sunshine will be further south. and you'll notice that

temperatures start to improve a little as we head through thursday and friday. but a lot more cloud around, more moisture in the air, still possibly some frosts by night. bye— bye.

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what impact will the 737 max 9 incident have on boeing? shutdown averted...for now — us congress leaders reach a deal over spending worth over $1.6 billion. diverted ships, as tensions in the red sea continue. we look at the impact of the rising cost of insurrance on the shipping industry. and fully charged — how three former tesla executives have invested big in a sustainable battery plant in south wales. we speak to the ceo. hello, if you havejustjoined us, good to have you with us. we're looking the business stories now. we start in the us where alaska airlines says it had to cancel 170 flights on sunday, after the us federal aviation administration grounded all boeing 737 max 9

jets fitted with the same panel as the one which broke off