the british government says it hopes to announce plans soon to speed up the appeals of post office branch managers wrongly convicted because of a flawed it system. and the legendary german footballer and manager franz beckenbauer has died at the age of 78. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. we begin in the middle east, where us secretary of state antony blinken is making his fourth visit to the region since israel began the bombardment of gaza on the 7th of october.

he's 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 was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli's now displaced from their homes. with 80,000 israelis now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza stands at 23,000, according to the hamas—run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. on his visit to qatar, secretary blinken said washington has "an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading" and a warning to some members of the israeli government.

well, first in with regard to the lebanon. it's clearly not in the interest of anyone — israel, lebanon, hezbollah, for that matter — to see this 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 way forward that creates the kind 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're working intensely on that effort and doing so diplomatically. 0ur correspondent anthony zurcher is following the visit and sent this update. for the past three days, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has travelled around the regions, first starting in turkey and then hitting a number of arab nations. he has gotten information from these arab leaders

about what it would take to get them to, one, work as hard as they can to keep the conflict in the middle east from spreading outside of gaza, but also what it will take to establish what they call a durable peace in gaza after israel begins to roll down, wind down its military campaign there. so, now that antony blinken has heard what all of these leaders have to say, he is here in tel aviv, and on tuesday, he is going to be conducting an entire day of meetings with israeli leaders. he is going to present to them what the arab leaders want on the tarmac. after having a meeting with saudi arabian crown prince mohammed bin salman in al—ula, saudi arabia, antony blinken told us that one of the things that was still on the table was normalised relations between israel and countries like saudi arabia. that may, in effect, be a carrot that he will dangle to the israeli leaders on tuesday to help convince them to accede to arab requirements for their cooperation in a war in gaza. right now, what the united states is saying is it has to be a unified west bank, gaza government run by the palestinians,

run in the americans views by the palestinian authority. that right now is not something that israel is interested in, but there are going to be a wide range of views and suggestions. the antidote blinken brings to the israelis tomorrow, the ball essentially is in the israelis' court, and we'll see where it goes from then. for the past three days, antony blinken, the us secretary united airlines says it's found loose bolts during an inspection of its fleet of boeing 737 max 9s. inspections began after a section of fuselage fell from an alaska airlines flight in midair on friday. seen here, agents from the national transportation safety board have recovered the plane's door plug.

live now to our north america correspondent david willis. firstly, if you could tell us the latest about these. this all relates _ the latest about these. this all relates to _ the latest about these. this all relates to an _ the latest about these. this all relates to an incident - the latest about these. ti 3 all relates to an incident on friday involving an alaska airlines bearing 29 jets friday involving an alaska airlines bearing 29jets —— max nine. had to turn back in the end after the whole developed in the side of the future laws —— a hole in the fuselage. it caused a great deal of alarm. the federal edge of aviation administration responded to that. they grounded all of these planes. now united, which

operates these same boeing planes, said it has encounters what it called loops bolts —— loops and many of our viewers will remember boeing's other incidents. two fatal incidents that put their representation at risk. —— reputation. that put their representation at risk. -- reputation. indeed, these planes _ at risk. -- reputation. indeed, these planes were _ at risk. -- reputation. indeed, these planes were grounded, l these planes were grounded, these planes were grounded, these 737s which the newest incarnation of that boeing product in 2018—2019, after incidents involving and egypt airlines operate planes and one that crashed in indonesia. boeing is suffering problems

with that share prices, a result of this incident and the grounding of these max nine planes. two thirds operate in the united states. it was of course seeking to launch the max8 and max10 planes. what max8 and max10 planes. what ha--ens max8 and max10 planes. what happens next? _ max8 and max10 planes. what happens next? will _ max8 and max10 planes. what happens next? will be - happens next? will be inspections continue? that's ri . ht, inspections continue? that's right. they _ inspections continue? that's right, they are _ inspections continue? that's right, they are under- inspections continue? that's right, they are under way . inspections continue? that's right, they are under way at| right, they are under way at the moment. a majority of them operated either by alexa airlines or united airlines —— alaska airlines or united. they will take about five hours per jet line i'm told, and that has already led to hundreds of delays here in the united states. . , ., ~ states. david willis, thank you so much for — states. david willis, thank you so much for updating - states. david willis, thank you

so much for updating us. - the uk business minister, kevin hollinrake, says the government has looked "at length" at bringing a bill to parliament which would quash the convictions of post office branch managers who were wrongly found guilty of fraud because of faulty it software. ministers have announced that an independent panel is being set up to oversee compensation payments for hundreds of sub—postmasters who were jailed after the horizon programme made it appear that money was missing from branch takings. 0ur political editor chris mason is in westminster. 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. we're 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 evenjailed. now he finds himself the central character in a hit series. the last couple of weeks have been absolutely bananas, i think it's fair to say. it �*s been one thing after another. it's been one thing after another. i haven't been able to put the phone down. it's 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, the government is unwavering.

at the heart of this scandal is the horizon computer system developed by the japanese company fujitsu. computer system developed by the japanese company fujitsu. but this is about so much more than a disastrous it scheme. it'sjust doubled right in front of my eyes. now it says i'm £4,000 down. it is about reputations trashed, savings drained, suicides, allegations of a corporate cover—up, the government is unwavering. lying and an absence of accountability. to ensure it leads to the quick access of compensation they rightly deserve.— access of compensation they rightly deserve. mps debated this tonight — rightly deserve. mps debated this tonight around _ rightly deserve. mps debated this tonight around an - rightly deserve. mps debated this tonight around an hour . rightly deserve. mps debated l this tonight around an hour and half. some expressed sadness, others anger. half. some expressed sadness, others anger-— others anger. 8596 of the convictions _ others anger. 8596 of the convictions have - others anger. 8596 of the convictions have still- others anger. 8596 of the convictions have still not| others anger. 8596 of the - convictions have still not been overturned. yet it was last

spring _ overturned. yet it was last spring that the select committee warned that the process— committee warned that the process was rolling much too slowly — process was rolling much too slowly and made recommendations for speeding up. many were rejected. for speeding up. many were re'ected. �* ., ., for speeding up. many were rejected-— for speeding up. many were re'ected. ., ., ., ., ., rejected. and again and again, mps call for — rejected. and again and again, mps call for the _ rejected. and again and again, mps call for the chief - mps call for the chief executive of the post office to either be stripped of her cv or volunteer to hand it back. she said she is truly sorry for the suffering caused by the post office. alan bates and hundreds office. alan bates and hundreds of others are watching, waiting and hoping that finallyjustice for the sub postmasters might be getting closer. chris mason, bbc news. new court documents regarding late sex offender jeffrey epstein have been released. it mentions alleged sex tapes filmed by epstein of prince andrew, bill clinton, and sir richard branson.

the three of them have denied any wrongdoing, and the person who made the allegations later said she wanted to withdraw them. the claims were included in hundreds of documents that a usjudge has ordered to be unsealed — as part of a civil claim by prince andrew's accuser — virginia giuffre — against ghislaine maxwell, which was filed in 2015 and settled in 2017. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik has more. a new batch of court documents have been released, this time in relation to a woman named sarah ransom, who herself settled a civil lawsuit with epstein and maxwell in 2018 for an undisclosed amount. sarah ransom says she was abused and recruited into epstein's sex trafficking ring in 2006 when she was 22 years old. now, the latest release includes several of her communications with a columnist from the new york post. in 2016, she claims in them to have witnessed bill clinton, richard branson and prince andrew having sex with one of herfriends. and she says she has copies

of the encounters in her possession and on usb drives. she later tells the reporter that she would like to retract everything she told her. now, all of the men mentioned have denied any wrongdoing and have not been charged with any criminal charges in relation to epstein. now, when miss ransom was asked about her claims again in 2019 by the new yorker, she said that she invented the story of the tapes to draw attention to epstein's behaviour and to make him believe that she had evidence that would come out if he harmed her. now also released are documents that she provided to giuffre, virginia giuffre's lawyers. a number of photos that show herself young women or girls on epstein's private island. she also sent them a picture of ghislaine maxwell lounging on a chair at a time when maxwell claimed she wasn't there.

and in her deposition, she said maxwell was like the mama bear, and the girls were afraid of her because she called the shots and she was epstein's right hand. she likened her time with epstein to a dungeon of sexual hell. 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 18,000 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 criminal justice think tank, indicate recruitment has fallen behind the 9% increase in population recorded since 2010. footballerjack diamond has been cleared of raping and sexually assaulting a woman he had met on a dating app. the sunderland winger had denied attacking the woman in 2022. newcastle crown court heard the pair had a casual sexual relationship after meeting in 2019. you're live with bbc news. the president of ecuador has declared a state of emergency to deal with a wave of riots and crack down on drug traffickers. president daniel noboa ordered the armed forces and police to take control of the country's prisons. 3,000 soldiers and police have been searching for ecuador�*s most powerful drug lord. adolfo macias villamar — the boss of the criminal group los choneros — disappeared from a maximum security prison on sunday.

with more on this is our reporter mimi swaby in the newsroom. firstly, what were the measures being introduced by the government?— being introduced by the covernment? , , government? the president introduced _ government? the president introduced the _ government? the president introduced the 60 _ government? the president introduced the 60 day - introduced the 60 day nationwide safety of an urgency which includes overnight core fuse after riots in six of ecuador�*s prisons. in the escape of the notorious gang leader. this allows authorities to carry out search and use operations across ecuador for "fito" without using a warrant. this comes as 3000 officers and soldiers are scouring the country for this most wanted, most powerful cartel leader, a

really powerful criminal organisation. this comes as riots across the country have really erupted in because nationwide �*s beard and outrage. nationwide 's beard and outrage-— nationwide 's beard and outraae. ., , , outrage. -- have because nationwide _ outrage. -- have because nationwide fear. - outrage. -- have because nationwide fear. do - outrage. -- have because nationwide fear. do we i outrage. -- have because i nationwide fear. do we know outrage. -- have because - nationwide fear. do we know how he managed to escape anyway? we don't he managed to escape anyway? - don't know yet. details are slowly emerging. alongside the president's short video. "no conditions will be made and we will not make conditions with terrorists." videos have circulated of un—uniformed guards surrounded by hooded inmates with knives and there are more more images emerging.

his whereabouts are unknown and this is a really shocking case. he got sentenced to 36 years backin he got sentenced to 36 years back in 2011 for various crimes. authorities have linked the gorman news station to extortion, murderand many extortion, murder and many crimes. extortion, murderand many crimes. —— the organisation. remind our viewers about president noboa because he's only take an office a couple months ago. only take an office a couple months ago-— only take an office a couple months ago. president noboa came into _ months ago. president noboa came into office _ months ago. president noboa came into office in _ months ago. president noboa came into office in november| came into office in november promising to tackle this surge in violence and gang related violence specifically. this escape of "fito" is being seen as a bit of embarrassment to the president. however, clashes between rival gang members are not uncommon. they're actually

really frequent. authorities have said that more than 400 inmates are known to have died inmates are known to have died in such clashes since 2001. mimi, thank you so much for that update. franz beckenbauer, one of germany's greatest ever footballers, has died at the age of 78. he captained his country to world cup victory in 1974 then won the tournament again as manager in 1990. as a player he was twice named as european footballer of the year, and won the coveted ballon—d'0r. beckenbauer was only one of three men to have won the world cup both as a player and manager. rapahel honigstein is a german footballjournalist and broadcaster paid his tribute. well, he was certainly the biggest footballer to, the biggest figure that german football ever produced. and of course, by winning

the world cup, both as a player and a manager, he left an indelible imprint on world football. also, through his playing style. he played with an elegance, with an arrogance even, that broke the mould at the time with this upright stride and no need to look down on the ball, coming from deep positions, reinventing the sweeper position and making his own in a very modern guise, using that freedom that came with it to step into midfield to become a very — a playmaker in disguise, if you will. and a legend for both german football and world football, and one who became synonymous with a certain style of playing. up until this day, defenders who think they're a little bit fancy, a little bit flash, get accused of thinking they're franz beckenbauer when they come out with the ball. that's how big a legacy he's left behind. and the rugby world is paying tribute to the wales, tribute to the wales and british and irish lions

playerjpr williams who has died at the age of 74. commentator: is going to get! williams, williams! _ the former full—back was synonymous with wales and the lions' triumphant tours of new zealand and south africa in the 1970s and was capped 55 times for his country in all. the company behind the latest american mission to soft—land on the moon has said the planned touchdown may not happen. astrobotic said the propulsion system of its peregrine 0ne robot lander is faulty and the system is losing critical amounts of fuel, which made it difficult for the spacecraft to point its solar panels at the sun to recharge its batteries. the peregrine 0ne robot lander was launched on monday, and was due to attempt a landing on the moon late next month. but as ours correspondent

pallab ghsh resorts, all has not gone to plan. comm. go. umbilicals. go. all set and ready to launch. five, four, three. we have ignition.j 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 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 the battery, but there is a critical loss of fuel. 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. astrophysicist dr maggie lieu says it's too early to say if they'll be able to successfully land on the moon. lunar landing missions are difficult — like, over 50% of them do fail, so it's a difficult task. this is a small company doing it for the very first time and it's on a small budget, so it's hard right now. and it's on a small budget, so it's hard. right now, they've been able to realign the solar panels, so they're getting the full energy. they've charged up their battery and that means they can do some things on on the way there to the moon. it's on a trans lunar

orbit, so it's on its way to the vicinity of the moon. i guess there's radiation sensors. so, maybe it can send us back some radiation data, it can send us back telemetry data, so temperatures, pressures and information about the electronic systems forfuture improvements on future launches. right now, it has a propellant leak, and i'm not sure how severe this is. it may be that this means that it can't readjust its orbits. if it's off a little bit, it won't be able to correct it to get on its way to the moon. it may be that it won't be able to get into an orbit around the actual moon or actually make the landing. that's it from the show. thanks for watching. hello. the week has got off to a cold start. some of us even got to see some snow on monday. tuesday will be another cold day, but it should be largely dry with a bit more in the way of sunshine. high pressure is in charge of the scene right now, centred across the north of the uk, where you can see

the ice above squeezing together further south. well, that shows quite a strong wind. and where you're exposed to that wind, it is going to feel very cold indeed through the day ahead. a widespread frost and some icy stretches through tuesday morning. fog could also be an issue in the northern half of the uk, especially in the north of scotland, where some of that fog could linger for a good part of the day. this area of cloud across the southwest of england producing some wintry showers, more cloud rolling in across the eastern side of scotland and northeast england through the afternoon. again, that could bring some wintry showers. most places, though, dry with some spells of sunshine. temperatures on the thermometer, three, four or five degrees. but when we factor in the strength of the wind, particularly across southern areas, these are the feels—like temperatures. including that wind chill, it will feel subzero for many. now as we head through tuesday nights, clear skies for the most part, although more cloud rolling in across scotland and northern england. that may hold the temperatures up to some degree, but for the majority, it is going to be a cold night. temperatures dropping below freezing in many locations.

so quite a widespread frost to take us into wednesday. again, there will be some spells of sunshine, but we will see more cloud filtering its way in from the north east, affecting scotland, northern england, perhaps getting into the midlands, wales, maybe even northern ireland through the day. best of the sunshine down towards the south. still feeling quite cold, but notice those temperatures not quite as low. further north. we will have some slightly less cold air feeding in around our area of high pressure, the high, slightly changing shape, so that's what will be bringing some slightly less cold air, but also more so thursday and friday, generally quite cloudy but not quite as cold. temperatures getting up to around 7—8 degrees, around the seasonal average. however, as we go through the weekend, it looks like this cold front will slip its way southwards and that will reintroduce some cold air from the north. as that cold air floods its way southwards, well, it will bring the chance of snow showers as we head through next week. bye for now.

new questions emerge about the safety of boeing's 737 max planes. as airlines conduct inspections following a mid—flight incident. plus...

ces, the world's largest technology fair is just getting under way, and we're on the ground in vegas to tell you all about the latest trends. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm mariko 0i. we begin with boeing because its shares have plunged by more than 8%. as the aviation giant continues to reckon with the fallout from a mid—flight incident involving a 737 max nine operated by alaska airlines. that's renewed questions emerge about the safety of the plane and an order to ground dozens of aircraft remains in effect. the playmaker has put out a statement to help with any inspections.

our business correspondent erin delmore reports from new york.