and much better future. two airlines find loose bolts on some of their boeing 737 max 9 fleet — just days after part of the fuselage fell off a plane midflight. the alaska airline plane debris was founlsd in this oregon back garden by bob — a physics teacher. my heart did start beating a little faster at that point because i thought, "oh, my goodness, people have been looking for this all weekend, and it looks like it's in my back yard". dog meat is off the menu in south korea as the country's parliament bans the trade of the animal for human consumption. translation: we have eaten this since the middle ages. _ why stop us from eating our traditional food? hello. america's top diplomat is in israel where he's meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu,

to discuss his strategy in gaza — and what happens after the fighting ends. antony blinken is on his fourth tour of the region since october 7th. he's expected to reiterate the need to do everything possible to minimize harm to civilians in gaza. in saudi arabia on monday, mr blinken emphasised the need to prevent the conflict from spreading. the talks come as his brother said one of its commanders was killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. before his meeting with mr blinken, mr netanyahu was on his country's northern border, where he signalled that he's prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon. hamas health officials say more than 23,000 people have been killed in gaza by israeli strikes since the conflict began three months ago. speaking as he met the israeli president, mr blinken said he would share with israel the views of its arab neighbours.

i've just come from a number of countries in the region — turkey, greece, jordan, qatar, united arab emirates, saudi arabia — and i want to be able to share some of what i've heard from those leaders with the president, as well as with the prime minister and the cabinet later today. and, of course, we'll have an opportunity to sit with the families of some of the hostages and discuss our relentless efforts to bring everyone home, and back with their families. and there's a lot to talk about in particular about the way forward, so i look forward to these conversations. as always, it's very good to be with you. president herzog thanked washington for its support of israel. he also condemned south africa for filing a case against israel at the international court ofjustice, which accuses israel of crimes of genocide against palestinians in gaza. and here, with the hypocrisy of south africa, we will be

at the international court ofjustice and we will present proudly our case of using self—defence under our most inherent right under international humanitarian law, where we are doing our utmost, under extremely complicated circumstances on the ground, to make sure there will be no unintended consequences and no civilian casualties. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell has more on what we can expect from antony blinken�*s latest visit to israel. there's so much for him to talk about in this day back—to—back meetings, first for how the war in gazais meetings, first for how the war in gaza is fought with concerns about the high numbers of civilian casualties and the fact people are being newly displaced. the israeli military now says it will lower the intensity of fighting in the coming weeks. 0therwise intensity of fighting in the coming weeks. otherwise he wants to talk about getting more humanitarian aid

into gaza urgently and getting israeli hostages, the dozens of them that remain in hamas captivity, out, and he will be meeting the families of israeli hostages in the course of the day. 0therwise of israeli hostages in the course of the day. otherwise it is the regional spill—over of the war and israel as having very high tensions on its northern border with lebanon where there has been almost daily fighting with the lebanese armed group hezbollah, and he is also bringing another message from his meetings with arab leaders about the need to talk about the way forward for gaza in terms of its post—war governance, but also longer term. are you saying arab states are holding out the possibility of more integration with israel but only, hearsay, if there is a practical pathway to creating an independent palestinian state down the road. nick maynard is a senior surgeon working for the charity, medical aid for palestinians. he's been operating in al aqsa hospital in central gaza

for the last two weeks. he told me why his organisation is longer able to operate in gaza. we've been working at al—aqsa hospital for the last two weeks, but on friday, we were withdrawn for safety reasons. i was operating on a serious blast injury during the day and at about three o'clock, i finished in theatres to come out and find that there had been an attack on the intensive care unit of al—aqsa hospital by the israeli defence force, and the area was no longer deconflicted by the israeli defence force and we were told we had to leave. we have not been able to go back since. already, many of the local doctors

and nurses had started leaving, as the population of middle gaza from the main camps there had all been ordered to evacuate to the south by the israelis. so many of the doctors were living there and had to leave with theirfamilies. all the foreign doctors have now left, and many of the local doctors and nurses are leaving as well. how crucial were the operations of this particular hospital? i understand it was the main hospital in middle gaza? there is no functioning hospital north of al—aqsa hospital at the moment and north of gaza. al—aqsa was supplying medical services to the whole of middle gaza. and it was receiving upwards of 500 patients a day from bomb blasts and gunshot wounds and also, of course, the other health needs of the population, although the predominant admissions were of course related to trauma.

so without any sufficient health care staff, it will be an unmitigated disaster for those people living in middle gaza with effectively no health care facilities at all. you've just come back from gaza. if you could paint a picture of what you've seen first—hand? i've been going to gaza for many years. i have many friends and colleagues there, and since october the 7th, i and other colleagues in the uk have been talking daily to our friends and colleagues in gaza. to be honest, we thought we had a good idea of what was going on, of what was going on, and the reality is far worse. it's impossible to appreciate what an appalling situation gaza is in until you are there and seeing

it and seeing the mass, indiscriminate slaughter of civilians. some of the horrors i saw, and our team saw in al—aqsa hospital, will live with me forever. they were scenes i would never have expected to see in a civilised world. babies, small children coming in with limbs amputated, with the most appalling burns imaginable. absolute horrors. nick, i understand one of your colleagues working in the emergency department was affected by an air strike, and your organisation has found it tough because some of your staff have been caught up in the conflict? yeah, i am out there with a uk based charity, medical aid for palestinians. but map has wonderful local staff in gaza who work for map, and one of the wonderful staff

members who we know well, her family was bombed just a few hours before we were leaving gaza. she was badly injured. her seven—year—old daughter was killed. other members of the family were killed. it was appalling to see this happen, and really rams home to all of us the indiscriminate nature of the killing that is being inflicted on these patients and the civilian population of gaza. quite horrific. we'll have more on the developments from the middle east under secretary of state's visit to israel on the bbc website, where we have live page. united airlines says it's found multiple bolts that needed tightening, during checks on boeing 737 max—9 aircraft.

the inspections were ordered after part of the fuselage of an alaska airlines plane blew out in mid—air. here's our north america correspondent david willis. this giant hole opened up after a panel on the side of the plane dislodged only a few minutes after it had taken off with 171 passengers on board. there was just a really loud boom, which was so startling, and the plane just filled with wind and air. and it's just crazy, because that shouldn't happen, right? you know something's wrong and you don't know what. i didn't know where the air was coming from. the oxygen masks dropped. 171 planes of the same type remained grounded by the us regulator as the safety investigation got under way, and a massive search began for the missing panel — which landed in the back garden of a local physics teacher's home. when i went to investigate it, it was very obviously part of a plane. it had the same curvature as a fuselage. it had a plane—type window in it and it was white, which is why it was gleaming.

preliminary investigations of planes belonging to both alaska and united airlines have uncovered loose bolts on the same panels, and the entire fleet of boeing max 9s is expected to remain grounded for several more days, at least. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. here in the uk, two former justice secretaries — one conservative, the other labour — are leading calls for ministers to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of those caught up in the post office 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". hundreds of postmasters were wrongly convicted of offences including theft and fraud, but a faulty it system was to blame. pete saull reports. i'm the sub—postmaster, so i'm locked in and everyone

else is locked out. so if you want to see my account... this is a scandal going back decades, and now a tv drama watched by millions has pushed it to the top of the political agenda. i know it's probably me because i'm really rubbish with technology, but...|'ve declared my cash, i've declared my stock, i've done it all three times and i still can't get it to balance. mr bates vs the post office tells the real—life story of sub—postmasters and mistresses wrongly accused of stealing because of a dodgy computer programme. so on one hand, you had the post office saying that you're the only one, it must be you. and, obviously, people in the community then start to believe what they're being told by the post office. and that's really difficult, actually — is people... they was a trusted brand — the most trusted brand — now, obviously, that brand, i think�*s destroyed. the huge miscarriage ofjustice has been discussed many times before in parliament — but on the first evening sitting of 2024, a minister under renewed pressure to speed up justice

for the victims. we have devised some options for resolving the outstanding criminal convictions with much more pace. my right honourable friend the lord chancellor will quite rightly need to speak to senior figures in the judiciary about these options before we put them forward. those plans, he insisted, would be announced very shortly — and he said a new independent panel would oversee compensation payments. this is the former post office boss, paula vennells, who received a cbe in 2019. she said that she's truly sorry for the suffering caused. but well over a million people have signed a petition calling for her award to be removed. and now the prime minister says he'd strongly support the honours forfeiture committee taking a look at the case. cheering after years of struggle, it seems there is finally some momentum behind their campaign — but for now, their wait forjustice goes on. peter saull, bbc news.

we will be staying across developments on that story throughout the day on bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. new figures show retail sales increased byjust i.7% across the uk in december — significantly lower than the 6.9% rise in 2022. the british retail consortium says shoppers held back on their festive spending due to a lack of confidence in the economy. the group warned shoppers and retailers they of a "challenging" year ahead. the insurance firm admiral says pothole—related claims soared last year. they said customers made a0 per cent more claims for pothole damage in 2023, at an average cost of over £3,000 per claim. higher—tech vehicles and a general rise in the price of repairs is thought to be behind the spike.

a double—decker bus in kirkcaldy lost control yersterday after it hit freezing rain, crashing into parked cars, before skidding into a garden wall. it had been on its way to a local primary school. luckily no passengers were onboard and no one was injured. an amber health alert has been issued for much of england until friday. you're live with bbc news. south korea's parliament has voted to ban the killing and selling of dogs for their meat. under the law, people who farm, butcher, and sell dogs to eat, will face up to three years in prison — though it won't be illegal to consume the meat. the bill to end the centuries—old practice is supported by pet lovers including the first lady and animal rights groups but has faced protests from dog farmers. 0ur seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie, has the latest. her report contains images of dog meat being cooked. this alleyway is one of the few places you can still come to eat dog meat here in seoul in one of these specialist restaurants. dog meat is considered a delicacy among some older koreans, but it's far less popular now with young people. many of them never eat it now

or have never even tried it, and so consumption is falling. and when we spoke to people about the ban, the generational divide was stark. translation: we've eaten this since the middle ages. - why stop us from eating our traditional food? if you ban dog, you should ban beef. translation: more i people have pets today. dogs are like family now, and it's not nice to eat our family, so i think it's best to get rid of it _ under the new law, those who farm, butcher or sell dogs to eat can be jailed for up to three years, though it won't actually be illegal to eat dog meat. it's hoped that the ban on selling will be enough to stop people from eating it. the ban won't come into force for another three years to give restaurant owners and farmers time to find anotherjob or to transition their businesses. and the government has promised to support those who are forced to switch livelihoods. but the industry has been incredibly

critical of this ban. they've argued that, given the declining popularity of dog meat, the government should have just allowed it to disappear naturally over time. translation: what are | we supposed to do now? we need to be compensated. i think we should accept dog meat, but raise and slaughter them in a hygienic environment. in contrast, animal rights organisations have, of course, welcomed this ban. they have been campaigning for this for a long time, arguing that the practice is cruel and the conditions on the farms where the dogs are kept are poor. previous governments here in south korea have tried to ban this as far back as the 1980s, but the current president and the first lady are known to be animal lovers. they have six dogs of their own, and this is thought to be one of the reasons the bill has now passed.

there's been another earthquake measuring 6.0 quake injapan. it's struck off the central coast. there's been no tsunami warning. this comes as the japanese government says the death toll from the country's new year's day quake has risen above 200. the new year's day quake measuring 7.6 struck the remote noto peninsula — toppling buildings and sparking a majorfire. efforts are continuing to find those who remain missing over a week later but rescuers are struggling with warnings of landslides and building collapses due to rain and snow. australia's prime minister says the country is considering setting up a disaster relief force to help relieve a military overstretched by regular natural disasters. towns in the country's southeast have been evacuated because of flooding. residents in low lying parts of the australian state of victoria have been told its too late to leave, as floodwaters rise following record breaking rain.

our correspondent phil mercer in sydney has more on this. we've heard in the last few hours from anthony albanese, the australian prime minister. 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 it said the military�*sjob to respond to natural disasters was taking it away from its core objective of defending the country, so anthony albanese is suggesting that a permanent force could be on standby to help with natural disasters. also, mr albanese is saying that extreme weather events in this country were becoming more intense and more frequent and in his opinion, these are the impacts of climate change. so what we have seen not only in the last 2a to 48 hours in the southern state of victoria,

with people being told that flooding had 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 the albanese government wants to make australia better prepared. one would imagine that any help to insulate 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 2a hours or so, we have had record—breaking rainfall in the south—eastern 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, is a land well used to nature's extremes, but there is a growing concern that global warming is making these extremes more common and more intense. the company behind the latest american mission to soft—land on the moon has said the planned touch down may not happen. our science correspondent jonathan amos has more. the outlook is very poor today. they have been trying to on get top of this propulsion leak. what seems to be happening is it's losing propellant and as it does so, that is creating a force which is moving the spacecraft out of alignment, which means it is struggling to keep its solar panels pointing at the sun. you need to do that to top the battery up to then power your systems to be able to communicate with earth and do the other things that the spacecraft wants to do.

in orderto maintain the alignment, they are firing the thrusters on the spacecraft. they are overfiring the thrusters on the spacecraft. and, of course, that is using up even more of this propellant which is rapidly depleting. so astrobotic, the company behind this mission, issued a statement overnight saying that they had perhaps a0 hours before the propellant was exhausted and that the spacecraft would start to tumble. at that point, of course, those solar panels will not be pointing at the sun, the battery will discharge, and i'm afraid this mission will come to an end. and then what happens? well, that's it for astrobotic for this particular mission. they are one of three us companies that have been engaged by the us space agency to take supplies eventually but scientific equipment in the first instance to the lunar surface, as nasa thinks about taking astronauts back there towards the end of the decade. at that point, of course,

those solar panels will not be astrobotic have other missions in the pipeline. they are going to put down a big rover for nasa later. the other two companies, together with astrobotic, were going to do six missions at the moon this year. so the attitude from nasa is... it's a bit like a football analogy. they told me that you take a good number of shots on goal astrobotic have other missions in the pipeline. and hopefully one or two of the balls will go in and the others will learn from the experience of what has gone before. so, yes, nasa has a risk appetite for this because these are low—cost missions, but they hope in the long run that these small private companies they have engaged will be able to routinely land on the moon. it's only usually a problem if it keeps those around you awake —

but sleep apnoea is very different. the condition leads to loud snorning and a temporary inability to breath, and it can be dangerous. now a new gadget has been invented to help make diagnosis easier. our reporter david gregory—kumar explains. where else to talk sleep and obstructive sleep apnoea, but in a hotel? and in this box is a device now on trial that will completely change how we diagnose this serious problem. but over time, the...there's obviously an increased risk of accidents, which can be very serious. it also can affect your heart and the cardiovascular system, so that can lead to an increased risk of stroke or problems with high blood pressure. getting a sleep apnoea diagnosis is complex — you pick up this wearable monitor from a hospital, where you're taught how to put it on. then, once it's in place, you try and get a good night's sleep. the next day, you have to return it to the hospital for lengthy analysis. back at the hospital, the data from that device is then analysed by a technician — that can take two or three hours — they produce a report that goes to the consultant, who then gets back in touch with the gp and the patient with the suggested course of action. but all of that can be replaced with this tiny device here —

and it's quicker, easier and cheaper. now being trialled in coventry and warwickshire, this small device is posted to a potential sleep apnoea sufferer. they stick it to their throat, and overnight it records and analyses their sleep, ready for the consultant to look at. our sleep consultant is really pleased with the change because basically it would mean they would spend less time doing all the diagnosis, and more time actually treating the patients. faster, easier and cheaper than the existing test — if the trial goes well, many more patients with sleep apnoea will be diagnosed and helped. david gregory—kumar, bbc news. some developing news from france, that there is a new french prime minister, and at the age of 3a, he is the youngest person to hold the post in modern french history. stay with us. hello.

it's another cold, wintry day out there today. we've got some icy stretches around, some fog patches that are going to linger all day, particularly across parts of northern scotland. but for most of us, thankfully, it is going to be another dry day. still plenty of flood warnings out, but they're starting to reduce in number now. so high pressure driving our weather at the moment. quite a few isobars in the south. this is where we've got the breeziest conditions. breeze coming in from the east or north—east for southern england and wales too. still some wintry showers down towards the channel islands into the afternoon. also some snow flurries for the likes of dartmoor, for instance, as well. one or two light showers could come out of this cloud across north—east england and eastern scotland, but most places dry. plenty of sunshine for central parts of england, wales, northern ireland. temperatures only three to six degrees on the thermometer, but add on the wind chill and it's going to feel typically about minus two or minus three, especially towards southern england and the channel islands. into this evening and overnight, then, most of us looking dry again. we've got a bit more cloud filtering in across scotland

and northern england as well. clearer skies further south and west. it's here that temperatures will fall lowest. so again, a widespread frost to start your wednesday morning, and i think we could well see some icy stretches and some fog patches, especially in the north. through the day tomorrow, we might see a few more showers pushing into north—east england and eastern scotland. they'll be a little bit wintry over the higher ground — the pennines, for instance, southern uplands and the north york moors. more in the way of sunshine further south, but we've still got that brisk easterly wind and temperatures will be up a notch on recent days. so we could see seven or eight degrees on wednesday. not much change into thursday, but we've got this area of high pressure still with us. quite a bit of cloud that's going to be rotating around that coming in from the atlantic and trapped underneath the high pressure, so fairly cloudy in the north and the east, i think. southern england, perhaps parts of northern ireland seeing a little bit of sunshine at times, and it's not as cold as it has been. so seven or eight degrees our top temperature on thursday. thankfully, again, mostly dry. things are then looking largely dry, but somewhat cloudy and murky,

i think, for friday. but it's going to be all change into the weekend because we'll start to see this weather front pushing its way south, not bringing too much in the way of any rainfall. but it will introduce just a few showers and some colder air. so heading into next week, a real drop in those temperatures with the northerly winds developing and a chance of snow showers.

loose bolts — boeing is under renewed pressure as two airlines discovers issues with its 737 max fleet. and a nice suprise for the eurozone... unemployment falls back to an historic low, driven by a big drop in italy... welcome to world business report. i'm lukwesa burak. we start with the latest on the boeing 737 max 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.