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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 1974, 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
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who could glide up the field. his country called him the kaiser, the emperor, and as captain, he made them serial winners. first in 1972 as european champions, then two years later, in a world cup on home soil. it was just the first piece of his extraordinary career. at his club, bayern munich, he won three european cups. franz beckenbauer! he'd end his playing days in the states, with new york cosmos. his first management role came with his country, and at italia 90, he made them world champions. he helped his nation off the field, adding the bid to host the 2006 world cup. beckenbauer was later
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charged with corruption, his trial ending without a verdict. but on the field, his achievements were without dispute in a career forever linked with his sport's greatest prize. franz beckenbauer won it in defence and in the dugout. tributes to beckenbauer have been pouyring in from around the world. germany managerjulian nagelsmann said... honorary president of bayern munich and former team—mate uli hoeness said... wigan are hosting manchester united in the third round of the fa cup.
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it's being seen as a must win for united, while wigan — who've been struggling in league one — could benefit from a good cup run. after 15 minutes at the dw stadium it's 0—0. andre 0nana has had to make a save it in the last few minutes. also a straight from marcus rushford as well but that was hired away by the weeding keeper so 0—0. the winner of that match will play and we know that because the draw for the fourth round has already taken place. let's take a look at the other fixtures —
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for the full draw you can go to the bbc sports website. tiger woods and sportswear brand nike have ended their partnership after more than 27 years. the 15—time major golf champion has used the brand's products and equipment since he turned professional in 1996. woods has signed multiple deals with nike over his career, including a 10—year contract in 2013 that was worth a reported $200 million. woods has had a limited schedule since suffering a leg injury in a car crash in 2021. he said in december he would only play one event per month in 2024 as he recovers from ankle surgery. and that's all the sport for now. we are going to talk about this
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boeing 737 max nine which you recall was involved in a dramatic metre blow out. air accident investigators in the united states say alaska airlines had already placed restrictions on a boeing 737 max nine which was involved in a dramatic mid—air blow out 7? after pilots on three previous flights reported warning lights. the aircraft had been prevented from making long—haul flights over water. its panel door — you can see it's missing here, it blew out mid—flight on friday over the us state of 0regon — has been found in a house back yard. this video taken by a passenger on board the flight shortly after take off shows there was a hole by the side of the plane — where the panel was blown out. here's the call made by the pilot. just 20 minutes later flight 1282 made an emergency landing back at portland international airport in 0regan. luckily nobody was injured. here's the moment jennifer homendy from the us national transportation safety board announced they'd found the door plug.
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i'm excited to announce that we found the door plug. woo! thank you, bob. bob, i will not give you bob's last name, but bob contacted us at witness@ntsb.gov with two photos of the door plug, and said he found it in his back yard. wiping $13 billion off its stock market value. alaska air that runs the max9 cancelled 140 flights monday. dr todd curtis is a former boeing safety engineer and founder of the website airsafe dot com. of the website airsafe.com. i asked him to explain how this could happen with a new aircraft. well, any aircraft, a very complex piece of machinery, and even one that is like the 737 that has been produced in one form or another for over 50 years. so with anything that complex, there's usually some sort of issue that — minor — that has to be resolved with a new aeroplane.
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even a brand new aeroplane has to go through periodic maintenance checks during its lifetime. some of those can happen fairly quickly. so i'm sure this airplane has had routine maintenance up until the point of this event. how important do you think it is that they've recovered the door or the section of the airframe that had disappeared? i think it's absolutely essential that they recover that door to get a full picture of what went on. while they have the rest of the aircraft, the problem that this aircraft had was centred on that door. and by having that to analyze, they can see if there is some sort of manufacturing defect, if some maintenance had been overlooked or any other problem that was not seen before this flight. it's now emerged that there were decompression lights that had been flashing three times previous in the cockpit. in fact, once on the day before on a flight that this aircraft had taken, did they miss the warning signs? well, they didn't miss the warning signs. as the ntsb said in their press
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conference recently, there were three of these events, one in december and two on the two days prior to the event. and at the time of the conference yesterday, the press conference, they saw no direct link between the pressurisation problem and the door problem. but one of the fortunate things about the problem was that even if it was unconnected, because they had that issue, this aircraft was not allowed to do what's called e—top service, flying between the west coast of the us and hawaii. had this event occurred out over the middle of the ocean, it would have been several hours, perhaps rather than a few minutes before the aircraft could have gotten back on the ground. can you just explain what it would have been like in the cockpit from what we've heard, because it blows out at 6,000 feet. what happens then? and what would the pressure change be like inside, inside the cabin? well, at 15—16,000 feet where this event occurred, the atmospheric pressure is roughly half of that on the surface of the earth. so when you have something that
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large, like a door—sized gap in the aircraft, you would have a rapid decompression that would affect all parts of the aircraft. in fact, according to the ntsb, there was damage from several rows behind this door all the way up to the cockpit area. so there was a rather chaotic scene, loose objects, papers and whatnot flying out of the aircraft. in fact, there was a critical checklist that was in the cockpit that was blown out of the cockpit somewhere in the back of the plane. so even if there was not damage, it was affecting how the crew could fly this aircraft. and yet we don't know what the chatter was between the pilot and the co—pilot, because apparently the recording, the voice recorder, has been overwritten. is that typical? correct. that's very atypical. the voice recorder in the us is required to have two hours worth of data and apparently after this event was over, rather than cutting the power off to the voice recorder, the power was left on. and over the next two hours, it silently recorded whatever was in the cockpit,
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which was nothing. and so when the ntsb looked at it, there was no data. now, this has happened during several serious events, including runway incursions and a near crash in san francisco a few years ago, where an aircraft almost landed on top of four other aircraft waiting on the taxiway. after that event, the same situation occurred. the power wasn't taken off the cockpit voice recorder and there was no data. so what, finally, do you think�*s going on at boeing? this is an aircraft that was taken out of service for 20 months because of two previous fatal incidents outside the united states. it comes back into service and now this. what happens, a, to the future of the aircraft, given, i guess, the wide concerns that passengers will now have about flying on it? well, as far as the future of the aircraft is concerned, it's pretty much assured there is a set of orders for this aircraft stretching out several
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years, and they can literally create and manufacture dozens of aircraft a month of the 737 max series and have customers around the world. now, as far as customer concerns about this, that's a legitimate concern. this is an aircraft model that had two very serious fatal crashes within 18 months of its entering service. compare that to an earlier brand new aircraft design, the 777. it had been 18 years between introduction in the first fatal event and the 787 has yet to have a fatal event. doctor todd curtis speaking to me a little bit earlier. the bbc has uncovered evidence that the leader of a christian evangelical church — with millions of followers worldwide — sexually assaulted, raped and tortured dozens of women over a 20 year period. pastor tbjoshua, who died in 2019, founded the synagogue church of all nations in nigeria. multiple victims say they repeatedly raised the alarm with authorities including the foreign office,
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but no action was taken. bbc africa eye's peter murimi has more. everyone here in the stadium say, i lovejesus! tbjoshua was one of africa's most famous pastors, drawing presidents, premier league footballers and millions of followers across the globe. he had huge resources, huge amounts of influence, notjust in nigeria, throughout africa, israel, mexico, singapore. tbjoshua performed televised healings, where members of his congregation claimed to have been cured of aids, cancer and a range of chronic conditions. negative tested for hiv and hiv 2. everybody wanted the privilege to go with, to meet this... ..big giant. tb joshua's closest followers were known as disciples, and lived together for years
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inside his compound in nigeria. it was a psychological prison. we all thought we were in heaven, but we were in hell, and in hell terrible things happen. dozens of these insiders alleged that the pastor repeatedly assaulted, raped and tortured women behind closed doors, with the most recent incidents in 2019. it became so robotic. i disconnected from my body. i just became like... ..a puppet. rape became like a normal, terrifying thing that he would do. it's like you are an animal being slaughtered. i was 17 years old. he would be calling girls in one after the other. . i stayed here almost 14 years. they will be in thousands. some women claim they were forced to have abortions inside his compound following the alleged assaults.
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i had three abortions at synagogue. and from speaking to other women, i'm not the only one. women that he rapes, he forces them into abortion. i never had a choice whether i could keep a potential child or not. people tried to speak up to expose him, but nobody would listen. tbjoshua died in 2021. his wife, evelyn, is now leading the synagogue church of all nations. good morning, viewers all over the world. the bbc contacted the church with allegations in this report. they did not respond to them, but they said previous claims against tbjoshua have been unfounded. today, the church still attracts millions of viewers to its online platforms. some people, they are still living in fear
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for their lives, in fear for the retribution that will come if they do open their mouths. peter murimi, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. dawn on the ashdown forest and immediately we spot a herd of fallow deer. stalker charlie harwood has a huge job on his hands trying to reduce the numbers of the animals, which he says have now reached unprecedented levels. we're estimated to have around 14.2 deer per square kilometre around the ashdown forest. in comparison to where we want to end up, scotland have suggested that five is a healthy number to be around. but shooting the animals is very controversial and some see
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culling as a cruel and ineffective way of controlling numbers. the ashdown forest�*s own countryside manager agrees a dramatic increase in the deer population is affecting native wildlife and says numbers need to be sustainably managed. for more stories, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the launch was flawless. a 1.2—tonne lunar lander launched early monday from cape canaveral, florida, on a vulcan rocket. the peregrine spacecraft, built by a private us space company was carrying a piece of technology developed by british scientists — it was supposed to land on the moon next month, the first us vehicle to soft land on the moon's surface since the appollo missions 50 years ago. but the mission is injeapordy. in fact it might already be at an end.
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there is a problem with the propulsion system. 0ur science correpsondent pallab ghosh reports. comm. go. umbilicals. go. all set and ready to launch. five, four, three. we have ignition. america's first attempted moon landing for more than 50 years. and liftoff of the first united . launch alliance vulcan rocket. but this is not a nasa launch. the space agency paid private companies to build the rocket and lunar lander to put nasa instruments on the moon. absolutely amazing. my heart is still pounding. it was excellent and just, i'm so proud of all the work that the team did to get where we are today. we have vulcan centaur separation. everything looking good. with the first stage released successfully the next stop is the moon, but they're taking the long way round with a landing scheduled towards the end of next month in order to test out the new systems. but seven hours into the launch came news of a malfunction preventing the spacecraft�*s solar
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panels from continuously pointing at the sun to draw power. i guess it's now looking like there might have been another glitch. simeon barber has spent four years developing a british sensor system on the lunar lander. unfortunately, astrobotic have not managed to get kind of a stable attitude control. so positioning and pointing of the spacecraft. so what does this mean for the spacecraft? it needs to point its solar cells in the right direction, so towards the sun. so you need to be able to recharge your batteries in order to have a good state of battery charge for the journey to where you're going. potentially there's also issues with the spacecraft overheating. yeah, worrying times, i'd say. engineers are working hard to find out what went wrong and to regain control of the spacecraft if they can. they say they are making progress in recharging if it doesn't make it to the lunar surface, it's not the end of the world for nasa. it knew that with innovation comes risk and setbacks are part of the development process. pallab ghosh, bbc news.
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let's speak to dhara patel, space expert at the national space centre. nice to see you, thanks for coming on the programme, this is disappointing isn't it? after such a good lunch earlier today, what do we think happened when the spacecraft disconnected from the vulcan rocket? yet, like you said, very exciting that we saw the launch of the peregrine space craft on board the vulcan sent tar on its inaugural flight and it seemed to have been going pretty well, and once it detached from the rocket, the communication systems came on board and everything was looking 0k. and as mentioned, it seems there was some sort of anomaly that prevented the spacecraft from being able to charge its batteries effectively, and that's because those solar cells couldn't be oriented toward the sun where i could draw its power. it looks like part of that underlying cause is something with the propulsion systems. so,
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disappointing, but as we know in space it's very difficult, and with novel technology you're going to have setbacks. 50 novel technology you're going to have setbacks.— have setbacks. so it's not even communication, _ have setbacks. so it's not even communication, it's _ have setbacks. so it's not even communication, it's basically l have setbacks. so it's not even - communication, it's basically these solar panels have to be moved into the right direction and it's that bit that's not happening? yeah, it seems as though _ bit that's not happening? yeah, it seems as though it's _ bit that's not happening? yeah, it seems as though it's not - bit that's not happening? yeah, it seems as though it's not stable i bit that's not happening? yeah, it seems as though it's not stable in its orientation, so they are sort of pointing towards the sun and then sort of moving away, they need to be continually oriented toward the sun to draw that power, that's what they're aiming for. it seems as though that issue has been sort of rectified in some states or some matter, but the underlying problem seems to be the propulsion system and the fact that the spacecraft might be losing propellant and you know, that's worrying in the sense that it's got quite a long journey to the moon and especially considering their spacecraft is planning to land softly on the moon, it's kind of worrying and challenging times. it's kind of worrying and challenauin times. ~ ., ., , challenging times. without the means to effectively control _ challenging times. without the means to effectively control the _ to effectively control the spacecraft then, there's not really any hope of soft landing it on the
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moon, am i right? so any hope of soft landing it on the moon, am i right?— any hope of soft landing it on the moon, am i right? so if they don't have control _ moon, am i right? so if they don't have control of _ moon, am i right? so if they don't have control of the _ moon, am i right? so if they don't have control of the propulsion - have control of the propulsion system and they are not able to effectively use the propulsion that they need to manoeuvre and orientate they need to manoeuvre and orientate the spacecraft as they prepare for that soft landing, it's very unlikely that they are going to be able to make a soft landing. but every step that they make in this mission, every step closer they get, they'll be analysing the data and there will be missions in the future that will land from the income capabilities of this mission and hopefully there will be success in the future if this doesn't quite go to plan. we the future if this doesn't quite go to ian. ., _ the future if this doesn't quite go to ian. ~ ., _~ ., the future if this doesn't quite go to ian. ., ., ., ., to plan. we obviously know that from the aollo to plan. we obviously know that from the apollo missions, _ to plan. we obviously know that from the apollo missions, there _ to plan. we obviously know that from the apollo missions, there were - to plan. we obviously know that from the apollo missions, there were so i the apollo missions, there were so many of them and every time they were refining and adapting to previous missions. so what will be happening now at the control centre? what will they be trying to ascertain or learn from what is going on? so ascertain or learn from what is going on?— ascertain or learn from what is auoin on? , , ., going on? so they will be looking at the data that's _ going on? so they will be looking at the data that's being _ going on? so they will be looking at the data that's being communicated back to them, be able to communicate with the spacecraft but it's trying to find the underlying bolts and
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issues and see if there are workarounds to the problems that there might be. and of course, these companies will have gone through different faults scenarios and it will be sort of working through some of those and also possibly looking at other scenarios that might not have come up and that sort of risk analysis. so it's a little bit of a camino, working game in the sense that they will be working through different steps trying to work out with the issues are and then see if there are any workarounds to the challenges they're facing. it is car in: challenges they're facing. it is carrying packages _ challenges they're facing. it is carrying packages for other countries, i think 21 packages for seven different countries. do they factor in on this, the prospect that things could go wrong, and do they have back—up plans for that? things could go wrong, and do they have back-up plans for that? yeah, so, there have back-up plans for that? yeah, so. there are _ have back-up plans for that? yeah, so, there are lots _ have back-up plans for that? yeah, so, there are lots of _ have back-up plans for that? yeah, so, there are lots of different - have back-up plans for that? yeah, so, there are lots of different what| so, there are lots of different what we call payloads on this mission. being a commercial operated company, yes, nasa had secured some payloads as their scientific it instruments,
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but there are other sorts of technology demonstrations for other companies and organisations across the world. as part of this mission many of those companies and organisations will have been well aware of the fact that this was a first mission and they would have been well aware of the risks and possibility of disaster or challenging situations like this. it's a case of, this is the space industry. things don't always go to plan and there will be hopefully with some of these companies back—up plans or other missions they may be able to take some of their payloads to the moon with. dara able to take some of their payloads to the moon with.— able to take some of their payloads to the moon with. dara patel, thank ou ve to the moon with. dara patel, thank you very much. _ to the moon with. dara patel, thank you very much, there _ to the moon with. dara patel, thank you very much, there is _ to the moon with. dara patel, thank you very much, there is a _ to the moon with. dara patel, thank you very much, there is a page - to the moon with. dara patel, thank you very much, there is a page on i you very much, there is a page on the bbc website tracking the progress of the peregrine mission, but it doesn't look too good at the moment. do you remember the film ratatouille, the story of the mouse who cooked at a french restaurant? well here's a real life story of a mouse has been filmed secretly tidying up a retired postmans shed almost every night for two months. the wildlife photographer rodney holbrook noticed that objects
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he left out of place were being mysteriously put back where they belonged overnight. and so he set up a night vision camera on his workbench to find out what was happening. and he couldn't believe what he found. it had happened before in the past with me, with a friend of mine that lived in severn beach near bristol. because a similar thing was happening here now, i thought, it's got to be a mouse, because the things that was happening, it was filling up old shoes and boots. i've had quite a few places here where the nuts have been put in, stored, you know. i set up the camera, being that i'm into wildlife and i was thinking, if this is a mouse, i'm going to get some good videos here of this mouse doing this action. a lot of the stuff's put in. sometimes most of it gets put in. another time it'd be, like this time, he ain't put quite so much in. but now i recognised it, that this could be a mouse. he was taking the nuts and i
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wondered where he was taking them. but in here, i opened this drawer one day and the old pair of shoes in there was full of the peanuts. what i believe it's got to be, it's actually hiding the nuts from another mouse. another mouse might come along and wouldn't notice them. the news is always about bad news, so to see a bit of fun and joy like this, to see this mouse doing this, i think that's what's done it. and there you are. it's quite amazing. long may it continue. that made my day, we'll be right back. 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
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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 —
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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
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running into that cold air, bringing a threat of some areas of more widespread snow.
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hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. our top story this hour, us secretary of state antony blinken has just arrived in tel aviv after meetings today in qatar and saudi arabia. we will get the thoughts of antony zurcher who is travelling with him. what does the crisis in the red sea
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mean for prices in the supermarkets? some suggestions today that price rises are to be expected in the coming weeks. and a week from the first republican primary in iowa, we will take a look at the state of the race. can haley or de santis make any in roads to donald trump commanding lead in the polls? 0ur panel tonight, the former communications director in number ten, guto harri. and from oakland, california, amanda renteria, who served as political director for hillary clinton in 2016. but let's start in the middle east, secretary blinken making his fourth visit to the region since israel began the bombardment of gaza on october seventh. and he is there at a pivotal moment. today a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu,
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was on the northern border today where he signalled that he is

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