hezbollah and israel. only one third of hospitals across the gaza strip are currently functioning. that is according to the united nations. antony blinken has just arrived in israel. conditions in gaza continue to deteriorate. 250 people have been killed in the last 2a hours the un said uk ministers have met to consider how to clear the names of those wrongly convicted in an the post office scandal. we'll speak to two victims who are still seeking compensation. alaska air cancelled 140 flights today, as more details emerged of that dramagic mid air blow out on a boeing 737 the panel door has now been recovered. and blast off for the first american

moon mission in 50 years but after the textbook launch the spacecraft is running out of power, with the mission now in severe jeapordy. good evening. we start tonight in the middle east, with a number of developments to update you on. the first from lebanon where his brother has confirmed that one of its senior commanders was killed today by an israeli drone strike, in the south of the country. wissam al tawil was the deputy head of the group's radwan force which managed many of the military operations in southern lebanon. in gaza the fighting has intensified, in the last 2a hours israeli strikes have killed 249 palestinians over 500 injured, according to the gaza health ministry. the international rescue committee says it has pulled its medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. all three major hospitals in central and southern gaza now teetering on the verge of collapse.

and there are more than one and a half million palestinians now living in the southern city of rafah, many of them surviving in flimsy tents. the un says 90% of children are facing severe food poverty. all this as america's top diplomat, antony blinken, is flying into tel aviv tonight. before leaving saudi arabia he said it is not in the interests of any country to see the gaza conflict escalate. it's clearly not in the interest ofanyone, israel, lebanon, hezbollah for that matter, to see this escalate, and to see an actual conflict. and the israelis have been very clear with us that they want to find a diplomatic way forward. a diplomatic way forward that creates the kind of security that allows israelis to return home. nearly 100,000 israelis have been forced to leave their homes in northern israel because of the threat coming from hezbollah in lebanon. but also allows lebanese to return to their homes in southern lebanon. and we are working

intensely on that effort. 0ur correspondent hugo bachego is in beirut. can we start with this stroke? is there a's military not commenting tonight, but they say they are responding to cross—border attacks. what effect is going to have? this is another what effect is going to have? ti 3 is another significant development in the violence between hezbollah and israel. there was a picture of this commander alongside an influential leader, he was an important leader inside the group. the attacks have been happening almost every day. hezbollah has been targeting israel and the israeli military has been retaliating, and

the israeli authorities have been warning hezbollah against escalating the situation. they've been threatening to carry out a devastating response, response that would be catastrophic, not only for hezbollah but for israel. i think hezbollah but for israel. i think hezbollah has been calibrating its attacks against israel to prevent a devastating israeli response, and here in lebanon the fear is that this could lead to a major confrontation between hezbollah and israel. many people here still remember what happened in 2006, the devastation caused by the war between israel and hezbollah. there is a massive economic crisis right now and lebanon, so there is no public support for a military confrontation between hezbollah and israel, and these factors have been considered by hezbollah. at the same

time, in israel, some israeli authorities have been defending a bigger offensive against his brother to reduce threats against his brother mac here in lebanon, and also to allow the thousands of residents to return to their communities in northern israel. they have been evacuated because of these attacks, so it is a difficult situation here amid the fears that this situation could escalate and could become a major confrontation between hezbollah and israel. there have also been _ between hezbollah and israel. there have also been films _ between hezbollah and israel. there have also been films from _ between hezbollah and israel. there have also been films from islamic i have also been films from islamic jihad, which have not been shown by us because they were filmed under duress. what part did secretary lincoln played today in these

negotiations? it lincoln played today in these negotiations?— negotiations? it is a difficult situation for _ negotiations? it is a difficult situation for antony - negotiations? it is a difficult| situation for antony blinken, because what he is bringing to the region is that its violence needs to be contained under wider regional conflict should be prevented, and obviously i think one of the key messages here is not only to hezbollah, a key player in lebanon supported by iran, but also the who houthis in the red sea, and they are having a conversation with arab leaders who are incredibly angry and frustrated with what they see as a one—sided policy from the biden administration and very strong support for the israeli government

in this war. they have been blocking the calls and efforts for a ceasefire in gaza, they've been supporting the israelis in this campaign, and there is a lot of anger here in the region at the death and destruction that is happening in gaza. it's all very difficult and attentive as any kind of expectation that any major breakthrough is going to be achieved during this visit by secretary of state antony blinken.- during this visit by secretary of state antony blinken. thank you very much for that _ it's now three months since israel's war on gaza. so far, gaza's health ministry says 23,000 palestinians have been killed so far. more than two thirds of them are women and children. the gaza health ministry says at least 9,600 children are among the dead in gaza. the committee for the protection of journalists says 79 journalists have been killed. and more than 100 aid and health workers have also been killed in the israeli attacks on gaza.

there are still important questions as to what happens the day after it ends. on friday defence minister yoav gallant said israel would be responsible for security in the gaza strip but that palestinians would be responsible for running it. that last bit has been strongly criticised by far right members of benjamin netanyahu's government, who say that palestinian citizens should be encouraged to leave gaza for exile, with the re—establishment ofjewish settlements in the territory. well, as we've been reporting us secretary of state antony blinken is now in tel aviv. he flew in from saudi arabia, where he told arab allies that israel must do more to protect civilians and get aid into gaza. and he insists noboby will be forcibly displaced. have a listen. palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as conditions allow. they cannot, they must not, be pressed to leave gaza. we reject the statements by some israeli ministers and lawmakers calling for a resettlement of palestinians outside of gaza. jasmine el gamal, is a political analyst and former middle east adviser at the pentagon. thank you for being with us. how

effective do you think american diplomacy is right now?- effective do you think american diplomacy is right now? thanks for havin: diplomacy is right now? thanks for having me- — diplomacy is right now? thanks for having me- i _ diplomacy is right now? thanks for having me. ithink— diplomacy is right now? thanks for having me. i think that _ diplomacy is right now? thanks for having me. i think that american i having me. i think that american diplomacy is facing a really tough moment right now. this is secretary blinken's a0 trip to the region, the topics on the table at the same topics on the table at the same topics that he has been talking about and trying to make headway on for the last two months or more. it's getting more humanitarian aid into gaza, trying to get the israeli military to not target civilians and not conduct the bombing campaign in gaza are the way it has been in this indiscriminate sort of fashion, targeting civilian infrastructure, trying to limit it more to hamas soldiers and military commanders, and probably most importantly of all, when you look at the broader

scheme of things, is not allowing this conflict to spill over into the region. these are the same points who's been hammering on his trip to the region, and very little progress has been made on any of them. i suppose a bigger problem for him is that when you look at the countries is visited on this trip, turkey, qatar, the united arab emirates, saudi arabia, their power over hamas and hezbollah is limited, isn't it? in a sense, yes, but any solution to this conflict is really going to have to have the buying in support of these countries. we are notjust talking about getting her mast to lay down its arms will negotiate to release hostages, the way for example qatar and egypt have been getting it to, but we have also been talking about millions of dollars that will be necessary to rebuild gaza, humanitarian assistance, as

you know, the united arab emirates has a hospital in the egyptian side of the rafah border which has been treating people in need from gaza, and so there are so many factors that involve regional countries, so that's why it's really important to involve all of them in these conversations.— conversations. some really interesting _ conversations. some really interesting reporting - conversations. some really interesting reporting today| conversations. some really- interesting reporting today from axe eos about the palestinians who normally cross from the west bank into israel and who are paid, and of course there are stipends that have to go to postings in the west bank. they're very keen that they are paid, because they see it as a stabilising factor. reportedly benjamin netanyahu as the united

arab emirates to stop paying their wages, and there was a fairly definite response that came back the other way, definite response that came back the otherway, but definite response that came back the other way, but the reason that is important, is it not, is it shows the arab states are not prepared to pick up the bill for this. one of the fundamental questions still to be answered is what has happened the day after the conflict ends? that is a really good _ day after the conflict ends? that is a really good question, _ day after the conflict ends? that is a really good question, it's - day after the conflict ends? that is a really good question, it's about | a really good question, it's about responsibility and culpability when it comes to israeli actions and israelis strategy in gaza. they are thinking, wait a israelis strategy in gaza. they are thinking, waita minute, you israelis strategy in gaza. they are thinking, wait a minute, you come in here and break it, and we own it and we have to fix it? so you are asking us to take palestinians in so you will probably never let them back in? you're asking us to pay for their salaries? what exactly is israel's responsibility here? that is what is arab nations are pushing back against. it's not necessarily from the perspective that they are not willing to help the palestinians, as i said, the uae has a mobile hospital they're doing life—saving work, but it's about who is really responsible for taking care of people in gaza, making sure salaries are paid, making sure tax revenues are being passed along? these are things that the israeli

government has had responsibility for in the past, and now it is trying to turn over two arab countries, and the arab countries are just not having it. aha, countries, and the arab countries are just not having it.— are just not having it. a lot of work for _ are just not having it. a lot of work for antony _ are just not having it. a lot of work for antony blinken - are just not having it. a lot of work for antony blinken to i are just not having it. a lot of| work for antony blinken to do. are just not having it. a lot of- work for antony blinken to do. good to talk to the season, thanks for coming on. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. snow has started falling in parts of the uk as the country braces for a week long cold spell. bbc weather says south east england will see a mix of snow, sleet and rain during the rest of monday. the met office has warned of ice and snow across southern england and wales later which could cause travel disruption. research commissioned by bbc panorama suggests police forces in england and wales need an extra 18 thousand officers just to keep up with population growth. the home office says officer numbers are at a record high. but the figures from an independent criminaljustice think tank indicate recruitment has fallen behind the 9% increase in population recorded since 2010.

thousands of old green metal street cabinets once used to store broadband and phone cabling are set to be converted into charging points for electric vehicles. bt group is setting up a pilot project which it's hoped will boost the number of charging stations across the country. you're live with bbc news. rishi sunak is under growing pressure to exonerate hundreds of sub postmasters who were wrongly convicted of fraud because of a faulty computer system. 700 branch managers were convicted between 1999 and 2015 after the computer system horizon mistakenly showed money was missing from their post offices. a new itv drama has put the scandal firmly back in the spotlight. today the prime minister said he would strongly support the honours committee if it chose to look into revoking the cbe awarded to the former post office

boss paula vennells. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. this is alan bates. 2a years ago, he raised an issue with the computer system at the post office he ran in north wales. a quarter of a century on, tobyjones is playing him in a television drama. we are all here to share our experiences. mr bates led a campaign to ensure hundreds of sub—postmasters get compensation and exoneration having been wrongly convicting of theft and fraud, some even jailed. now he finds himself the central character in a hit series. the last couple of weeks have been absolutely bananas, i think it is fair to say. it has been one thing after another. i haven't been able to put the phone down. it is great in some ways. a huge amount of support for the victims in all of this.

at the heart of this scandal is the horizon computer system developed by the japanese company fujitsu. but this is about so much more than a disastrous it scheme. it hasjust doubled right in front of my eyes. now it says i am £4000 down. it is about reputations trashed, savings drained, suicides, allegations of a corporate cover—up, lying and an absence of accountability. this has been described as the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice of the 21st century. the biggest single series of wrongful convictions in british legal history. and yet it has taken a drama on the telly to catapult it to this level of prominence, even though there has been more than two decades of injustice. it means awkward questions forformer labour and liberal democrat ministers, and conservative ones thrashing around trying to sort it out.

people should know that we are on it and we want to make this right, the money has been set aside. what we are now looking at is how we can speed all of that up? understandably — and i am very clear, i want to get that out the door as quickly as possible. the labour later visiting those caught up in the floods in loughborough and leicestershire today wants compensation for the sub—postmasters delivered quickly — and justice too. it might be possible to get these cases back before the court of appeal quickly, i've done that when i was prosecutor, but whatever way it's done, these convictions need to be looked at. the liberal democrats are having to account for themselves too. here is the current leader at sir ed davey back in 2010 with then leader nick clegg. sir ed went on to the postal affairs minister, one of many in the last 20 years. it is clear the post office lied to the victims, judges, the public, to me and other postal ministers

for over 20 years. this is a conspiracy by the post office to deceive people. as the current minister responsible for the post office takes questions on all of this in the commons shortly, alan bates and hundreds of others are watching and waiting. chris mason, bbc news. now let's speak to two former post mistresses, janet skinner who was handed a nine month sentence in 2007 over an alleged shortfall of £59,000 from her post office branch in hull but eventually had her conviction quashed and sally stringer a former postmistress who calls herself as one of the lucky ones. she wasn't convicted, but still suffered significant financial losses. sally, i was just watching you as chris was reporting there, you smiled at the response from rishi sunak. it is quite a spectacle,

isn't it, watching politicians respond to this when they have known so long what the problem was. it is. so long what the problem was. it is, the are so long what the problem was. it is, they are all — so long what the problem was. it is, they are all lying _ so long what the problem was. it is, they are all lying toe _ so long what the problem was. it is, they are all lying toe rags, - they are all lying toe rags, actually, at the end of the day. it's an election year, they are all going to be on the bandwagon to suit themselves, and this whole saga involves them all, across the board. the labour party, the liberal democrats and the tories, and none of them, none of them are going to get out of this without an issue of sorting this out. you get out of this without an issue of sorting this out.— sorting this out. you had some re sorting this out. you had some pretty strong — sorting this out. you had some pretty strong things _ sorting this out. you had some pretty strong things to - sorting this out. you had some pretty strong things to say, - sorting this out. you had some i pretty strong things to say, sally, about ed davey. he said there in that report that this was a conspiracy by the post office to deceive people. he seems to be practising the buck in their direction. would you make of that? i got a letter that i wrote in 2011, i will show it to you. to my mp, who was harriett baldwin, in worcestershire. he replied to her, he replied to an mp, he didn't reply

directly to me, and he lied in that letter to the mp, so he is complicit to the core in this. you can send their outside parliament now with his removal van or whatever else he is doing and bleat, but he is complicit, and he needs to resign. and angry with him. i've not got anything against any of the political parties, but i am angry with them all, and i'm particularly angry with him, and vince cable and jo swinson, and tony blair and david cameron. they can't stop, they can't continue doing this. they got to start to be honest and say sorry, we knew, and we were incompetent. janet, only 93 people have had their convictions overturned, only 30 people have agreed full and final compensation settlements, so there is an awful long way to go in this. what you want to see from the government in the coming weeks? for

them to revoke or responsibility from _ them to revoke or responsibility from the — them to revoke or responsibility from the post office, they need to lose everything as in regards to having — lose everything as in regards to having control of a prosecution, having — having control of a prosecution, having their private prosecution process, — having their private prosecution process, which actually belong to the royal— process, which actually belong to the royal mail originally anyway, and also — the royal mail originally anyway, and also having the authority to go over the _ and also having the authority to go over the compensation. i and also having the authority to go overthe compensation. i mean, and also having the authority to go over the compensation. i mean, who do you _ over the compensation. i mean, who do you know. — over the compensation. i mean, who do you know, if somebody rubgy and stole everything out of your house and then _ stole everything out of your house and then said, i tell you what, i'm going— and then said, i tell you what, i'm going to— and then said, i tell you what, i'm going to decide what to give you back, _ going to decide what to give you back, who — going to decide what to give you back, who does that? in which country— back, who does that? in which country would you find the person who is _ country would you find the person who is committing the crime is actually— who is committing the crime is actually deciding on what course of action— actually deciding on what course of action to _ actually deciding on what course of action to take with you? it just doesn't — action to take with you? it just doesn't happen. can action to take with you? it 'ust doesn't happen.i action to take with you? it 'ust doesn't ha en. ., , , . . doesn't happen. can i 'ust be clear, obviously you h doesn't happen. can i 'ust be clear, obviously you are _ doesn't happen. can ijust be clear, obviously you are owed _ doesn't happen. can ijust be clear, i obviously you are owed compensation, but in terms of your losses, just to be clear, this computer system would generate a loss every month, what

did you do to rectify that? were you spending your own money to balance the books? , spending your own money to balance the books? yes. you had no choice, ou do. the books? yes. you had no choice, you do- you — the books? yes. you had no choice, you do. you have _ the books? jazz you had no choice, you do. you have no choice, the books? 123 you had no choice, you do. you have no choice, you have to put _ you do. you have no choice, you have to put them _ you do. you have no choice, you have to put them right. when the shortages became too big, ijust didn't— shortages became too big, ijust didn't financially have the money to put them _ didn't financially have the money to put them right. so didn't financially have the money to put them right-— put them right. so how much you think you're _ put them right. so how much you think you're missing _ put them right. so how much you think you're missing at _ put them right. so how much you think you're missing at the - think you're missing at the moment? separates the compensation are road. yeah, oh, iwould separates the compensation are road. yeah, oh, i would like to say. i have _ yeah, oh, i would like to say. i have never— yeah, oh, i would like to say. i have never calculated it, if i'm honest — have never calculated it, if i'm honest. when i put it in the thousands of pounds, is a? the horizon — thousands of pounds, is a? the horizon was never, ever right. it was so _ horizon was never, ever right. it was so much easier when we had the lodgers. _ was so much easier when we had the lodgers. we — was so much easier when we had the ledgers, we had a daily ledger, we had a _ ledgers, we had a daily ledger, we had a weekly ledger, we transferred everything _ had a weekly ledger, we transferred everything from the daily. if there was something amiss, you had all of the documentation in front of you. you could — the documentation in front of you. you could go through it, you could

find it. _ you could go through it, you could find it. and — you could go through it, you could find it, and you could balance it to penny's _ find it, and you could balance it to penny's short to then going to the horizon _ penny's short to then going to the horizon system and you're talking, like, _ horizon system and you're talking, like. tens— horizon system and you're talking, like, tens of pounds, hundreds of pounds. — like, tens of pounds, hundreds of pounds, and then obviously for me it became _ pounds, and then obviously for me it became thousands. was pounds, and then obviously for me it became thousands.— became thousands. was at the same for ou, became thousands. was at the same for you. sally? _ became thousands. was at the same for you, sally? was _ became thousands. was at the same for you, sally? was it _ became thousands. was at the same for you, sally? was it thousands - for you, sally? was it thousands of pounds you are putting into the system from your own savings? {lister system from your own savings? over 20 ears, system from your own savings? over 20 years. i — system from your own savings? over 20 years. i didn't _ system from your own savings? over 20 years, i didn't work _ system from your own savings? 02 20 years, i didn't work the paper system, i'djoined in 2002, and my initial kick off at the post office was the day i took the wretched place over, the auditor didn't have the time to do the audit with me. he had the time to do the audit with the previous postmistress, so he politely told me in no uncertain terms that if he didn't do the audit with me and i will open the post office. i should with me and i will open the post office. ishould have with me and i will open the post office. i should have known from that day on that there were issues with that wretched organisation, but each month when the horizon system was put in, you balanced weekly to start with, and at the month you had

to do proper balance. now, every month, without fail, 315, 16 years, that wretched machine would say you're out by 600 quid, you're up by a00 quid, you are by a00 quid, you are very thousand pounds, whatever, and your contract stated that you put it in, you put it out of the till, because we had a village shop, you put it in from that, you put in from your correct cards —— your credit cards, you put it in for your pension, you took it from your poor husband, the whole thing stinks. what you make of the drama? 0bviously these actors are playing your role, what did you make of it? i mean, they were playing my role. i wasn't _ i mean, they were playing my role. i wasn't characterised in it, but everything that went in and that drama. — everything that went in and that drama. i— everything that went in and that drama, i was a part of that. that drama _ drama, i was a part of that. that drama literally is the tip of the iceberg — drama literally is the tip of the iceberg. it could go is so much further. — iceberg. it could go is so much further, but to bring it to make

people — further, but to bring it to make people understand, they've had to watch _ people understand, they've had to watch the — people understand, they've had to watch the drama, and i think that's the only— watch the drama, and i think that's the only way that people have been able to _ the only way that people have been able to take it in, and why it's gone — able to take it in, and why it's gone so — able to take it in, and why it's gone so viral on social media. janet. — gone so viral on social media. janet, sally, iwill gone so viral on social media. janet, sally, i will have to close it there, thank you for coming on the programme. let me wiki read your daily statement, we've been talking to them, he said, i wish i knew then what i know now. it's a conspiracy on a huge scale, it's quite a national scandal. at the front of a man should be the supposed masters who had their lives ruined. we will talk about are plenty more in the course of the next hour with our panel. stay with us. hello there. well, it was a cold day on monday, with a few snow flurries affecting parts of east anglia and southern england. but the big story from last week still hasn't completely resolved itself, in that we still have over 100 flood warnings currently in force. i think the situation will get

better over the next few days, which won't have that much in the way of precipitation coming our way. now, the snow flurries that we did see across east anglia, in south—east england, for the most part weren't very exciting. there were just one or two areas that managed to cover maybe a centimetre or two injust one or two spots. but as we go through this evening and overnight, particularly where we've seen showers by day, we're looking at some icy stretches, but also with a bit of water still coming off those saturated fields, we could have some icy stretches just about anywhere, to be honest, as we head into tuesday morning. so a slippery start to the day both under wheel and underfoot. tuesday will be another cold day, with those easterly winds continuing to make it feel particularly bitter. now weather—wise, much better prospects of seeing sunshine across east anglia, the midlands, south—east england. further northward, still a lot of cloud around, and the cloud will continue to feed in a few showers for eastern scotland and into north—east england. for the most part, these showers will be falling as rain. 0n the whole, the temperatures not really changing very much between what we had today and what we'll have tomorrow —

highs of around four or five degrees for most. by wednesday, the same area of high pressure is with us. it's changing orientation, and we're starting to get these north—easterly winds moving in. they'll bring some patches of drizzle around some of our north sea coasts, with the cloud extending further southwards. best of any sunshine probably for southern wales and southern counties of england. now, beyond that, through thursday, those northerly winds continue to push their cloud sheets ever further southward, so turning cloudy across southern areas. the best of the breaks in the cloud probably to the north and west, the cloud thick enough again around some of our north sea coasts to bring a few showers, mostly light and drizzly kind of features. temperatures coming up a little bit around those eastern areas of england, but still feeling cold. and that cold theme continues through friday and into the weekend as well, with some sharp overnight frosts and temperatures below average by day. now, beyond that into next week, looks like the weather gets a bit more interesting. we get northerly winds diving in, lots of snow showers across the north. we could also have some more organised areas of precipitation

running into that cold air, bringing a threat of some areas of more widespread snow.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. it's emerged there had been warnings about the alaska airlines plane, days before it was involved in a dramatic mid—air blowout.

tributes for one of football's greatest icons have been pouring in, following the news that franz beckenbauer has died at the age of 78. the german and world cup legend had a nearly two—decade—long career, during which he won the world cup as captain of west germany in 197a, then went on to lift the trophy again as manager in 1990. joe lynskey has been looking back on his life. a world cup winning captain, a world cup winning coach. franz beckenbauer was the defender and the leader in football's most exclusive club. beckenbauer. his first time at the tournament was in 1966, when, at 20 for west germany, he played in every match. they lost the final to england, but beckenbauer was emerging as the man at the back who could glide up the field.