of the fuselage fell off a plane midflight. a state of emergency is declared in eucuador as police try to track down the country's most powerful drug lord. more calls for the government to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of subpostmasters who were wrongly jailed for theft and fraud. hello. i'm sally bundock. we begin in the middle east where the us secretary of state is in key meetings today in israel where he is expected to discuss the plan for the next phase of the war in gaza. antony blinken has been on another whistle stop tour of the region — it's his fourth visit since israel began the bombardment of gaza

on the 7th of october. his visit comes as 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, where he signaled that he's prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon. to the south, the death toll in gaza, stands at more than 23,000, according to the hamas run health ministry. antony blinken is meeting with benjamin netanyahu today and israeli defense ministers. here's what mr blinken told journalists as he left saudia arabia. everywhere i found when i found leaders determined to prevent the conflict we are facing now from spreading and to do

everything possible to deter escalation and prevent a widening of the conflict. we also spoke _ widening of the conflict. - also spoke about the future for this region and i think there is broad agreement on a few basic objectives. first, that israel and israelis should be able to live in peace and security, free from the fear of terrorist attacks or aggression from any neighbour. second, that the west bank and gaza should be united under palestinian lead governance. third, the future of the region needs to be one of integration not division and not conflict. and fourth, for that to happen we need to see the establishment of an independent listing in state. —— list indian state. no—one i speak to things any of this will be easy and they recognise the hurdles are no—one thinks anything will happen overnight. it we agreed

to work together and to co—ordinate our efforts to help gaza stabilise and recover, to chart a political path forward for the palestinians and to work towards long—term peace, security and stability in the region as a whole. 0ur correspondent anthony zurcher has been following the secretary of state's visit. 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. that is anthony circo who is travelling with the secretary of state. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good to see you again this morning. an important day ahead with all eyes on the meetings

that the secretary of state will have with benjamin netanyahu and others in his government. your thoughts? he is government. yourthoughts? he: is trying to look at the wider view of what is happening now in the conflict in the united states is trying to understand what is the situation we will having gaza after the war will finish wherever this will happen and also the united states is keen to not spread this conflict. 0n the contrary, on the israeli side we saw netanyahu on the northern borders with lebanon and we saw the killing of the leader of hezbollah and that means that while the united states is looking at how this management of the war should be management in the future of the region, israel is keen to find no way

of deescalating the conflict, whether in gaza or on the lebanon front.— whether in gaza or on the lebanon front. , lebanon front. the message we aet from lebanon front. the message we get from the — lebanon front. the message we get from the white _ lebanon front. the message we get from the white house - lebanon front. the message we get from the white house is - get from the white house is that the meetings, the whistlestop tour that antony blinken and has had, he is getting the message they do not want a wider war but the events that have taken place recently show that the prospects for a wider war have increased significantly because of the various killings, et cetera. israel is saying it is a big moment and they are trying to achieve target of everywhere, not only in gaza but as netanyahu said we need to do the same with the west bank and they are trying to spread the conflict with hezbollah. it was not enough to kill the hamas leader, we saw also the leader

of hezbollah and the amount of civilians that are being killed in gaza is an indication as well. the bbc didn't need investigation about the killing of civilians and it was said that the gospel system, the artificial intelligence system that israelis are using is giving them the exact number of civilians that will be killed in each attack and this means that they take the decision of killing these civilians.- killing these civilians. thank ou killing these civilians. thank you once — killing these civilians. thank you once again _ killing these civilians. thank you once again for— killing these civilians. thank you once again for bringing l killing these civilians. thank. you once again for bringing us up you once again for bringing us up to date and our website is doing that as well in the app for detail on the day ahead for the middle east. turning now to united airlines and alaska airlines and united airlines both say they found loose hardware during inspections of their fleet. the discovery comes days after a section of fuselage fell from an alaska airlines

flight in midair over the us state of oregon on friday. the plane made an emergency landing and none of the passengers were injured. live now to our north america correspondent, david willis. tell us more, david. what is the latest from boeing? the sagais the latest from boeing? the saga is turning into something of a pr disaster for boeing with both of the major airlines that operate these planes, the boeing 737 max nine here in the united states reporting that they have come across a preliminary zoo investigation of these fleets and have found loose bowl and this is something that, of course, is thought to have contributed to the incident on the plane that was travelling from portland bound for ontario here in california and had to turn back after that gaping hole appeared

in the side of the fuselage where a panel is in place, supposed to be in place in order to fend off emergency exits on those planes that are carrying fewer passengers than the plain is able to carry. were that to have happened, at a higher altitude, actualfact a higher altitude, actual fact it a higher altitude, actualfact it occurred minutes after the plane had left portland, experts are saying that the outcome could have been catastrophic with people as well as possessions being sucked out the hole in the fuselage. sucked out the hole in the fuselage-— fuselage. and that is a horrific— fuselage. and that is a horrific fort, _ fuselage. and that is a | horrific fort, something fuselage. and that is a - horrific fort, something like a hollywood movie. but the federal aviation administration is looking into this so these planes are grounded for now, aren't they?— planes are grounded for now, aren't they? they are indeed. 171 of the _ aren't they? they are indeed. 171 of the max _ aren't they? they are indeed. 171 of the max nine _ aren't they? they are indeed. 171 of the max nine -- - aren't they? they are indeed. 171 of the max nine -- max i aren't they? they are indeed. i 171 of the max nine -- max nine 171 of the max nine —— max nine have been grounded and they look like they will be

remaining for quite a while because there are investigations now that will particularly be open to scrutiny and to appease the concerns of the travelling public here. this is a popular plane, or it was, at least, because it is easy on fuel and more economically viable for airlines that operate it but there will be a lot of concern but the video footage taken by some passengers on the plane from portland on friday night is quite harrowing in deed. thank you for now, david. and just to say in 20 minutes time in business we will look at this in more detail. what is the implication for boeing and their reputational risk? all of that later. 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. two former justice secretaries — one conservative, the other labour — are leading calls for the government to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of those caught up in the post office it scandal. the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, said various options were being looked at to speed up appeals and compensate the victims. he said more talks would be held today, and he hoped to announced a solution "very shortly". here's our political

correspondent peter saull. i'm not dead and everyone else's lot up. so if you want to see my accounts... . this is a scandal— to see my accounts... . this is a scandal going _ to see my accounts... . this is a scandal going back— to see my accounts... . this is a scandal going back decades l a scandal going back decades and now a tv drama i'm rubbish with technology but... it tells the real—life story of supposed masters and mistresses wrongly accused of stealing because of a dodgy computer programme. 0n stealing because of a dodgy computer programme. on one hand you have the post office saying that you are the only one it must be you and obviously people in the community then start to believe what they are being told by the post office and that is difficult, it was the most trusted brand and that brand is destroyed. the miscarriage _ brand is destroyed. the miscarriage of - brand is destroyed. the miscarriage ofjustice . brand is destroyed. the

miscarriage ofjustice has been discussed many times before in parliament but on the first evening sitting of 2024 a minister under renewed pressure to speak up —— speed justice for the victims. we to speak up -- speed “ustice for the victimsfi to speak up -- speed “ustice for the victims. we have some 0 tions for the victims. we have some options for _ for the victims. we have some options for resolving _ for the victims. we have some options for resolving the - options for resolving the outstanding criminal convictions which must more pace. the lord chancellor will speak to seniorfigures pace. the lord chancellor will speak to senior figures in the judiciary about these options before we put them forward. those plans, he assisted, would be announced very shortly and he said that new independent panel would oversee compensation payments. this is the former post office boss who received a cbe in 2019. she said that she is truly sorry for the suffering caused. for well over1 million people who have signed a petition calling for her award to be removed and now the prime minister says he would strongly support the honours forfeiture committee taking a look at the case. after years of struggle, it

seems there is finally some momentum behind their campaign but for now the wait for justice goes on. peter saull, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voiceover: 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 hugejob 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 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. hello again. you're live with bbc news. it has had to australia. the country is considering setting up country is considering setting up a disaster relief force. that is to help relieve a military overstretched by regular natural disasters. towns in the country's southeast are evacuated due to flooding for the residents in low—lying parts of the courier have been told it is too late to leave as floodwaters rise following record—breaking rains. we talk a lot about

parts of australia dealing with various extreme weather events stop talk us through what the government is recommending. we have government is recommending. - have heard in the last two hours from anthony albanese, he is the australian prime minister, and he is considering setting up a reserve force to help respond to natural disasters to ease the burden on the australian military. last year there was a review of australia's military capabilities and that that the military�*s job to respond to natural disasters was taking it away from its core objective of defending the country. so anthony albanese he is suggesting that a permanent force could be on standby to help with natural disasters and also, mr albanese is saying that extreme weather events in this country were becoming more intense and more frequent, and intense and more frequent, and in his opinion, these are the impact of climate change. so

what we have seen not only in the last 24, 48 hours in the southern state of victoria with people being told that flooding made it too late for them to leave their homes or for other people to seek higher ground, we have seen flooding across eastern australia in the last few weeks, while other parts of the country have been battling storms and bushfires. so certainly in many ways australia is on the front line of climate change, and albanese government wants to make australia better prepared. similarly, this has gone down well, this idea? it similarly, this has gone down well, this idea?— well, this idea? it is in its infancy- _ well, this idea? it is in its infancy. one _ well, this idea? it is in its infancy. one would - well, this idea? it is in its l infancy. one would imagine well, this idea? it is in its - infancy. one would imagine that any help to insulated australia from the extremes of the climate will be welcomed. mr albanese has also announced a multi—million dollar package to help people in the northern state of queensland clear up after devastating storms there.

so certainly in the last 24 hours or so, we've had record—breaking rainfall in the southeastern state of victoria, and also today, warnings of severe thunderstorms, intense rain and the possibility of flash flooding in queensland. so australia in many ways a land will use to nature's extremes but there is a growing concern that global warming is making extremes more common and more intense. {l3h making extremes more common and more intense-— more intense. ok. for now, thank you— more intense. ok. for now, thank you very _ more intense. ok. for now, thank you very much - more intense. ok. for now,| thank you very much indeed. let's go to ecuador now. 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. what's the latest with this state of emergency? it is chaos. the president has declared a national emergency including an overnight curfew, and this is after riots erupted by inmates in the nation's jails and escape from prison of this convicted criminal leader, adolfo macias villamar, also known as fito. the signing of the decree has allowed authorities to carry out a search and rescue operations in this manhunt to try and find ecuador�*s most dangerous and most wanted criminal as he is the leader of a very powerful, very large gang in the country, and one which has a lot of control in the area and inside the prisons. people are wondering if that has some influence on how he escaped. authorities said this gang has

linked to extortion, murder, drug trafficking, a whole range of crimes but said it is in control of ecuador�*s main presence. control of ecuador's main presence-— control of ecuador's main resence. ~ ., ., ~ presence. what do we think will ha en presence. what do we think will happen next? — presence. what do we think will happen next? it— presence. what do we think will happen next? it sounds - presence. what do we think will happen next? it sounds like - presence. what do we think will happen next? it sounds like thej happen next? it sounds like the president of ecuador has declared a state of emergency, he is trying desperately to gain control, but will he? 3000 olice gain control, but will he? 3000 police officers _ gain control, but will he? 3000 police officers and _ gain control, but will he? 3000 police officers and soldiers - police officers and soldiers are currently scouring ecuador trying to find this cartel leader. this is a serious security crisis and the escape of fito is somewhat of an embarrassment for this president only took office in november, vowing to tackle gang—related crime, and the surge of violence especially gang—related violence. in the recent years, ecuador has been plagued, overcrowded resins have been plagued by violent feuds between rival gang members who are incarcerated, this is often resulted in really bloodied massacres of inmates. authorities have said more than 400 inmates have died

in such clashes since 2021 so a huge number. this violence is notjust inside the prisons, but also outside, and this is because there is fighting between drug cartels, over of cocaine roots to the us and europe, so there is a huge swell of violence. this reasonably new president is desperately trying to quell and regain some control as to why he is finally really stating this state of emergency. thank ou so this state of emergency. thank you so much — this state of emergency. thank you so much indeed _ this state of emergency. thank you so much indeed for- this state of emergency. thank. you so much indeed for updating us on that situation. something we will keep a close eye on. now, we want to fill you in on what is happening in south korea today. the south korean parliament is considering a bill to ban the killing and selling of dogs for their meat in a move welcomed by animal rights groups. under the proposed legislation, people who farm, butcher and sell dogs to eat will face up to three years in prison, though, it'll not be

illegal to consume the meat. dog meat is considered a delicacy by some older koreans, but it has fallen out of favour with younger generations. previous korean governments have tried to ban the centuries—old practice, though the current president has made it a priority. so that is something that is taking place in south korea today. tributes are being paid to franz beckenbauer, one of germany's greatest ever footballers, who's 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. 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. next year, the latest business news. we will have more on boeing and the latest business stories. i will see you in a moment. 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 isobars 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 — 3, 4 or 5 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 northeast, 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 in the way of cloud. so thursday and friday, generally quite cloudy but not quite as cold. temperatures getting up to around 7 or 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.

live from london. this is bbc news. loose bolts. boeing under renewed pressure as two airlines discovers issues with its 737 max fleet. all eyes on jobs with

new eu unemployment figures out today. the european central bank will be watching closely for any signs of weakness. and robots have taken over las vegas. we'll be live from sin city as ai takes centre stage at the consumer electronics show. here is michelle and we will be speaking to her injust a moment. we will be live to the consumer electronics show in just a moment but first let's bring you the very latest on the boeing 737 max nine planes. united airlines says it had found multiple loose bolts on door plugs during inspections of its fleet of max 9 aircraft on monday. inspections began after a section of the fuselage fell from an alaska airlines 737 max 9 on friday. in a statement, boeing says it's committed to the highest

safety standards and is staying in close contact