bolts in need of additional tightening are found on boeing 737 planes after a section fell from one mid—flight on friday. america's latest mission is now endowed after the spacecraft suffered a technical malfunction. the president pays a state visit to china, we look at what he hopes to achieve from this trip. live from a studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it is newsday. thank you for being with us. 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. 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. 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. 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. kevin told me that the pressure is on the biden administrative to committed to influencing benjamin netanyahu into changing the way this conflict is unfolding. 0ne changing the way this conflict is unfolding. one key difference that we are seeing on this visit is a change in tone and emphasis. we know because of— tone and emphasis. we know because of pressure - because of pressure internationally that particularly in the united states, the suppressor to really address the humanitarian crisis, that happening to the palestinians so we see an secretary blinken statement, not only is it 0rgan about israel's defence but he is putting the same level elise in words how could taking the palestinians and paving the way for a future settlement so that they can live peacefully in gaza. the thing that's going to be is what is going to put with these words to show the

audience in the united states that it isn'tjust talk audience in the united states that it isn't just talk that the biden administration really is committed to using its influence with netanyahu and israel to change the way this will has been waged. figs israel to change the way this will has been waged.- will has been waged. as you said, will has been waged. as you said. the — will has been waged. as you said, the sentiment - will has been waged. as you said, the sentiment in - will has been waged. as you said, the sentiment in the l said, the sentiment in the united states seems to have but this is a very divisive topic, isn't it? and also, there is a crucial question of the funding from washington to the israeli government. from washington to the israeli government-— from washington to the israeli government. from washington to the israeli covernment. , . , ., government. yes, we have seen a ma'or government. yes, we have seen a major shift — government. yes, we have seen a major shift in — government. yes, we have seen a major shift in the _ government. yes, we have seen a major shift in the united - major shift in the united states because from nearly the beginning, those on the far left, the democratic party of young people, have stood up very strongly against biden and his support for netanyahu, there even for among the camaro —— american communities to abandon the poles in november, all we've seen is even among those groups that support israel, israel's rights to defence, they are saying that the way that this will has been waged is untenable and we are starting to hear voices and

congress to the house of the senate say that for the us to connect its aid, especially financial aid, connect its aid, especially financialaid, has connect its aid, especially financial aid, has to be conditions and has to be consequences of netanyahu consequences of neta nyahu doesn't consequences of netanyahu doesn't follow those conditions.— doesn't follow those conditions. �* ,., conditions. at the same time, the 've conditions. at the same time, they've been _ conditions. at the same time, they've been concerns - conditions. at the same time, they've been concerns that . conditions. at the same time, | they've been concerns that this conflict could escalate in the broader region, of course, the death of hezbollah, the commander that were reported, how significant is this in your view? �* , , how significant is this in your view? d , , view? it's very significant because _ view? it's very significant because this _ view? it's very significant because this is _ view? it's very significant because this is definitely | view? it's very significant. because this is definitely not something that the us wants was for the interests of ice and the region and it also complicates the long—term goals of the united states. because, what is going to have to war and is and whatever gaza looks like after the war, this going to be buy in for credit in the region and that's a very big ass from the us and that will be very, very difficult to do if this escalates beyond guys so blinken is there try to get

that biden support so that countries in the region can put under pressure to stop iran and its proxies from escalating this conflict. to its proxies from escalating this conflict.— its proxies from escalating this conflict. to the other big story that — this conflict. to the other big story that we _ this conflict. to the other big story that we are _ this conflict. to the other big story that we are tracking - story that we are tracking today. 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. united airlines have granted all there is 737 max nine aircrafts after that incident on friday and they're expecting all of them and have just confirmed that they have found a loose balls on the door plug is their aeroplanes, in fact, the bbc news partner here in america, cbs, says sources have told them that loose bolts have been found on the door plug is of at least five united air planes, that it was an alaska amply and that suffered the

dramatic blowout mid air but all 737 max lines have been granted for inspection and you can understand why after the door plug fell off that the alaskan air flight media and was in fact found in the back garden of a teacher in portland, oregon today. just to explain, a door plug is used when you have an airliner that doesn't need all the emergency exits all the way along diffuser log so weather would have been a dog, they instead feel that in with a panel of door plug instead and that's what fell off that alaskan air flight and you can understand why when you found loose bolts that five of them on other aircraft shows how wearing that is. let's stay in the us because new court documents regarding sex offenderjeffrey 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 her friends.

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. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. i am very much a car person, i like the looks of cars, i like the engines of cars. ijust find them really fascinating. i don't want to stop them enjoying themselves. but this is not — enjoying themselves. but this is not a — enjoying themselves. but this is not a race the a407 is one of four— is not a race the a407 is one of four racing hotspots identified by leicestershire police. _ identified by leicestershire police, people living his say it's a — police, people living his say it's a fatality racing to happen. it's a fatality racing to happen-— it's a fatality racing to ha en. , . ., happen. up and down here when those have _ happen. up and down here when those have been _ happen. up and down here when those have been filed _ happen. up and down here when those have been filed and - happen. up and down here when those have been filed and under| those have been filed and under the ten — 20 cars, up—and—down, racing and its speed never

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dives analyst and a lecturer at the university of western sydney. hejoins me now from there. thank you forjoining us. the election in october was seen by many as a battle between beijing and delhi, is this first day visit is signed at the argument has been warned by china here? the at the argument has been warned by china here?— by china here? the visit indicates _ by china here? the visit indicates that _ by china here? the visit indicates that there - by china here? the visit indicates that there has | by china here? the visit - indicates that there has been strange as between them. traditionally, as you mentioned, the practice has been that the first destination for a new president of the mall dives to be to fill a gap the case this time around which indicates that there has been a level of trained relation between them and in fact, one of his key legislations has been to remove the indian continent in the maldives. which has and still happen,

materialise. again, next to the strained relations, increases of strained relations between them both. the visit definitely could be interpreted as indicators of the tensions between new delhi and male but also the kind of relation that new government, the new administration would seek to do with beijing. administration would seek to do with ihiring-— with bei'ing. also, head of this with beijing. also, head of this visit, _ with beijing. also, head of this visit, india _ with beijing. also, head ofj this visit, india summoned with beijing. also, head of- this visit, india summoned the high commissioner of maldives after officials there called in and prime minister and arranger moody a clown, terraced and a puppet of israel, that's a bit more than just puppet of israel, that's a bit more thanjust a puppet of israel, that's a bit more than just a street relationship? i think it is a consequence that if this happened with the present visit to beijing but this is a separate case, separate incident in which three officials, three government officials, took to the social media to express themselves with regard to some videos of prime minister modi

promoting it as it —— as a tourist destination. 0ur tourist destination. our understanding is the high commissioner in new delhi was summoned in relation to these. these three officials have been suspended by the government but still, because of the nature... they are very derogatory remarks towards minister moody and this was not taken lightly by new delhi and our understanding is the summoning of the high commissioner in new delhi is in relation to this incident. unfortunately coincided with the ongoing visit to china. i understand there seems _ visit to china. i understand there seems to _ visit to china. i understand there seems to be - visit to china. i understand there seems to be some i visit to china. i understand - there seems to be some social media uproar by those posts and

boycott to travel to the islands is being called. how damaging would that be to the maldives? ., ., , damaging would that be to the maldives? ., . , , maldives? potentially very damaging- _ maldives? potentially very damaging. as _ maldives? potentially very damaging. as you - maldives? potentially very damaging. as you might i maldives? potentially very - damaging. as you might know, india has been the biggest source of tourist arrivals to the maldives, 11%. it can be potentially very damaging. we have seen that indian film stars, indian hollywood stars have taken to social media to campaign, campaign against. there has been a social media trend in boycott maldives, promoted by a lot of social media accounts from india so this can be potentially very, very damaging actually. we're talking about bollywood stars with over 14 million followers. so this is, if the maldives government and the maldives don't manage this well, i think

this can potentially cause enormous damage to the tourist arrivals from india to the maldives. some of the things we have seen, very ultranationalist. it could escalate. ultranationalist. it could escalate-— ultranationalist. it could escalate. ., . ., escalate. thank you so much for 'oinini escalate. thank you so much for joining us _ escalate. thank you so much for joining us on _ escalate. thank you so much for joining us on the _ escalate. thank you so much for joining us on the programme - escalate. thank you so much for joining us on the programme to | joining us on the programme to update us on that first state visit from the president of the maldives to china. has put on hold —— is a long—standing —— the minister has told that such a vote is not a priority. we are in the newsroom with the latest. �* ., , ~ , are in the newsroom with the latest. ., , ~ , latest. anthony albanese has . one latest. anthony albanese has one so latest. anthony albanese has gone so far — latest. anthony albanese has gone so far in _ latest. anthony albanese has gone so far in the _ latest. anthony albanese has gone so far in the past - latest. anthony albanese has gone so far in the past to - latest. anthony albanese has gone so far in the past to sayj gone so far in the past to say that it gone so far in the past to say thatitis gone so far in the past to say that it is inevitable that australia will one day become a republic but he has given his

biggest indication yet that these plans and the government's plans to put the republic referendum to australians has really been put on hold at the moment so the assistant ministerfor on hold at the moment so the assistant minister for the republic matt thistlethwaite told the abc on monday that at the moment there is no timeline and the issue is not a priority for australian. and the issue is not a priority foraustralian. he and the issue is not a priority for australian. he said that is due to other issues that are plaguing australia at the moment— things like the cost of living crisis. australia is a constitutional monarchy and that means that king charles is the current head of state and a vote on the republic would be on whether to remove him and have an australian as the head of state. now, this also comes at a time, just a few months ago, australians went to the polls on another referendum, the voice to parliament referendum, and that was overwhelmingly rejected by the

australian public though it is probably not the right time yet for mr albanese to take another vote to the australian people. and of course in terms of the referendum to go republic, this wouldn't be the first time australians go to the polls, is it? ., ., �* it? know it, it wouldn't. mariko _ it? know it, it wouldn't. mariko oi, _ it? know it, it wouldn't. mariko oi, if— it? know it, it wouldn't. mariko oi, if you - it? know it, it wouldn't. mariko oi, if you can . it? know it, it wouldn't. - mariko oi, if you can believe mariko 0i, if you can believe it, it is 25 years this november since australians voted in the republic referendum of 1999 stop back thenit referendum of 1999 stop back then it was rejected by about 55- 45% then it was rejected by about 55— 45% and interestingly, yes was actually spearheaded by malcolm turnbull of course then went on to become australia pot prime minister. but, as i said before, matt thistlethwaite is adamant that this is not the end of the republic campaign at all. he has said it is labour cosmic plan to break away from the royal family cosmic plan to break away from the royalfamily in cosmic plan to break away from the royal family in the longer term —— labour's land. —— plan. he is not giving upjust yet.

uk is under growing pressure to exonerate hundreds of sub—postmasters that have been wrongly convicted of fraud because of a faulty computer system. the computer system horizon mistakingly showed money was missing from their post offices. 0ur political editor chris mason has more. this is alan bates. 24 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'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 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's fair to say! it's been one thing after another. i haven't been able to put the phone down. i mean, it's great in some ways. a huge amount of support for the victims in all of this. statement. minister. and toni . ht statement. minister. and tonight in _ statement. minister. and tonight in the _ statement. minister. mr. tonight in the commons, statement. minister. fific tonight in the commons, tonight this. , , ., this. this is about restoration. - this. this is about restoration. the l this. this is about - restoration. the restoring this. this is about _ restoration. the restoring of people's good names and the restoring of the public cosmic trust both in our personal service and justice system. the government is unwavering in its resolve to tackle it, to compensate those affected and to leave no stone unturned in the pursuit ofjustice. 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's just doubled right in front of my eyes. now it says i'm £4,000 down.

it's about reputations trashed, savings drained, suicides, allegations of a corporate cover—up, lying and an absence of accountability. it is right that these innocent people have their convictions overturned. as a minister has said notjust so that overturned. as a minister has said not just so that they overturned. as a minister has said notjust so that they can begin to the page on this scandal to ensure that it leaves the quick access to compensation they rightly deserve. ~ , , ., deserve. mps debated this for around 1-5 _ deserve. mps debated this for around 1.5 hours. _ deserve. mps debated this for around 1.5 hours. some - around 1.5 hours. some expressed sadness, others, angen expressed sadness, others, anter. f~ , expressed sadness, others, anter. j~ , ., expressed sadness, others, anter. , ., . ., , anger. 8596 of the convictions have anger. 85% of the convictions have still— anger. 8596 of the convictions have still not _ anger. 8596 of the convictions have still not been _ anger. 8596 of the convictions| have still not been overturned and yet it was last spring that the select committee warned that the post —— process was rolling much too slowly and made recommendations for speeding it up. many of those recommendations were rejected. again and again, mps called for palme vandals, the executive of

the post office from 2019 to either be stripped of her cbe or volunteer to hand it back. she has said she is truly sorry for the suffering caused by the post office. alan bates and hundreds of others are watching, waiting and hoping that finally, just as for the sub—postmasters might getting closer. chris mason, bbc news. the company behind the latest american mission to soft—land on the moon has said the planned touch down may not happen. the lander was launched on monday and was due to attempt a landing later this month. doctor maggie lou says it is too early to say if it will be able to 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, 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. and on the way it will be able to do things like, 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. before we go, franz beckenbauer, one of the most famous footballers, has died at the age of 78. he captained his country to world cup victory backin country to world cup victory back in 1974 and then won the tournament once again as manager in 1990. as a player, he was twice named as football of the year and won the coveted ballon d'0r. he was one of only three men to have won the world cup both as a player and manager. that is it for the programme. thank you so much for watching newsday. 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 south west 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 night, 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 ourarea of high pressure, the high, slightly changing shape, so that's what will be bringing some slightly less cold air, but also more in the way of cloud. 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 a boeing 737 max 9s

as a airlines conduct inspections following in—flight incidents. plus, ces, the world's biggest knowledge of the fair is just getting under way where are on the ground in vegas to tell you all about the latest trends. welcome to aged business rapport, with me. we begin this morning with boeing because its shares have fallen by more than 8% on wall street. —— asia business report. it had an incident midway with a boeing 737 max 9s operated by alaska airlines. they are renewed questions about the safety of the plane and is in order to grant dozens of aircrafts that remain in effect. the plane maker has now put out a statement promising to help airlines address and a finding that result from the inspections. after a panel blew

off a boeing 737 max