were wrongly prosecuted for fraud has forced the former head of the post office to hand back an honour she received from the late queen. former us president donald trump insists he has immunity from prosecution following a court hearing in washington. and france appoints 34—year—old gabriel attal as prime minister. he becomes the youngest and first openly gay man to hold the role antony blinken due to address after rounds of speaking. and france appoints 34—year—old gabriel attal as prime minister. he becomes the youngest and first openly gay man to hold the role in modern french history. more and all of the stores coming up in a moment or two but first let's get the round up the sport. attention turns to the league cup tonight, which has reached the semi final stage. tomorrow, liverpool take on fulham in theirfirst leg,

but tonight its the turn of chelsea who travel to middlesbrough. their boss michael carrick has described the tie as an "unbelievable opportunity", whilst mauricio pochettino says the most important thing this evening is to respect the championship side. it is important for chelsea because this is about winning games and winning trophies. we have in front of a very good opportunity. we have to perform in a best way if we want to reach the final. first of all, it is the second leg. it is most important with our team that we still need to improve a lot and the most important is to respect our opponent, a very good team and it will be very tough to play against them. in terms of cup competitions it is a one—off, it is a relief from the week to week situation

of going for the league, so there is a freshness about it, really. you reenergise in some ways, can be later on the players, round the club, round the town, so that is what cup competitions bring and that is why they can be so unpredictable at times. everton have been successful in their appeal following the red card given to dominic calvert—lewin in the fa cup third round against crystal palace. the striker was set to miss three—matches, after being sent off following a var check, for this challenge on palace defender nathaniel clyne in their fa cup clash which finished goalless. the dismissal has now been overturned by the football association. the football association says it is assessing "relevant information" around the death of sheffield united player maddy cusack before deciding if it needs to take action. the 27—year—old died in september. police did not treat the death

as suspicious and an inquest was opened and adjourned in october. in december, an external investigation into the events leading up to her death found no evidence of wrongdoing by the club but the fa say "it would be appropriate to assess the relevant information of the case". at the australian open, britons billy harris and ryan peniston progressed to the second qualifying round. but in the women's draw, lily miyazaki was beaten on the first day of action in melbourne. british number two dan evans impressed on his return from injury by beating australian rinky hijikata in straight sets at the adelaide international. competing for the first time since october, he won 6—3 6—4 to set up a last—16 match against alexander bublik. emma raducanu has withdrawn from a charity match on tuesday that was part of her australian open build—up. the 2021 us open champion is set

to make her grand slam return next week in melbourne after missing much of 2023 following ankle and wrist surgeries. the masters at alexandra palace where the current defending champion judd trump is up against kyren wilson and it is tense and a nerve eat there. this is the live action right now. judd trump has been in great form winning three ranking events losing the champion of champions final. kyren wilson looking to improve on his runner—up spot from six years ago. coverage continuing on bbc two and the iplayer and whoever wins the next frame will progress so you can get watching that now. to see how that one goes. also on the bbc sport website as well. that is the sport for me for the moment.

bbc analysis is bbc analysis has found 70% of nhs maternity units in england are failing to consistently meet safety standards in part due to a shortage of midwives. staff numbers have risen byjust 7% over the past decade, and 2,500 posts remain vacant. the government says it's increasing training places. our health correspondent, catherine burns, reports from a labour ward and her report shows a baby being born by caesarean section. let's go have a baby! maternity units are places where miracles can happen. where new life begins. hello! congratulations! forfamilies, emotions are at the extremes from fear... i'm nervous and excited at the same time. to sheerjoy and wonderment. i've never seen a baby

being born before. it'sjust amazing. for that first precious touch between dad... hey! hello! and daughter. she's trying to open her eyes. did you want some more breastfeeding support from us? for the staff, there's pride. it's been amazing to look after the women in croydon. they've been so lovely. but they face real challenges, with some leaving the profession they loved. i miss it, but i also mourn it. so i mourn it because i don't see it improving. in november, we revealed that 67% of maternity units in england weren't meeting safety standards. since then, a slight decline. now 70% aren't safe enough. one reason behind this is staffing. there are just 7% more midwives now than ten years ago.

we re were asking to not be overlooked. i think the most important thing is staffing, you know, having the right numbers of workforce, doing the right things, keep women and families safe. it's been a hard year but a successful year since we've last seen _ successful year since we've last seen a — successful year since we've last seen a reduction in our vacancies. so welcome to the labour ward. so this is where the magic happens. exactly. all of ever wanted to do it is such an amazing job all of ever wanted to do it is such an amazingjob and all of ever wanted to do it is such an amazing job and i couldn't change it for anything in the world. there is a there's a shortage of 2,500 midwives in england. 9! nhs trusts have told us about their midwife staffing levels. they vary in size, but on average, trusts are 25 midwives short. i think it's actually been really amazing. oh, that's so sweet. it means a lot.

and northern ireland the average midwife shoreditch is 19 and wales it is 50. scotland doesn't record workforce gaps in the same way. there is a plan and progress to train and hire more midwives. another worry, though, is keeping more experienced staff. i recently thought i have to get out. i can't stay in this environment any more. hannah williams worked as a midwife in a different part of the country. but she felt like she was feeling all the time. at 35, she quit the job she used to love. the reason i left his i decided i could not be wanting those providing unsafe care for people. if you do not have enough midwives to care for the number of people that are requiring your care, then the safetyjust goes. i may have just about preserved safety, butjust preserving safety shouldn't be enough in the nhs. i am optimistic for the future

because we're doing... as england's chief midwifery officer, it's part of kate brintworth�*s job to keep midwives in the role. things already are improving. we've got 700 more midwives imposed. we've seen sickness rates going down, our retention rates are improving. staff are starting to feel and report to us through our frontline conversations with leaders in services that things are feeling better. the department of health says it's invested millions of pounds a year into neonatal care and that will soon go up to 186 million. baby xenia left hospital a day after she was born. and now she's settling into life with mum and dad nicole and michael. when she was born, i was just so happy. the best feeling ever. catherine burns, bbc news.

let me to show you live pictures from tel aviv because we are waiting from tel aviv because we are waiting from that news conference at from a antony blinken it is set through the course of the afternoon but this is his fourth visit to israel since the war began on october the 7th. he has met for the course of today the israeli president, prime minister and the defence minister. we think at the next 5—10 minutes he will be at the next 5—10 minutes he will be at that podium giving his latest thoughts to the media. so as soon as it starts we will obviously carry it life. he says he wants people earning low incomes to keep more of their wages incomes to keep more of their wages in both people today to pay more tax. you set out as economic ideas in a speech in cardiff and our wills corresponded spoke with the plaid cymru leader and began by asking about the position of the party ahead of the general election. it's clear that they is an appetite to

get rid of the self—serving government get rid of the self-serving governmen— get rid of the self-serving ”overnmen , . ., government but changing the uk government _ government but changing the uk government from _ government but changing the uk government from blue _ government but changing the uk government from blue to - government but changing the uk government from blue to red - government but changing the uk| government from blue to red will government but changing the uk - government from blue to red will not resolve some of the problems that we have in wales. clyde come or he is the that party will stand up for issues such as fear funding. we talk about the budget in the senate today we have lost hundreds of millions of pounds and from that budget because the on fairness and let us be the party that stands up for our country, stands up about fairness so we can build the kind of public services in the economy in a better future for wales. you services in the economy in a better future for wales.— future for wales. you say wills is unfairly funded _ future for wales. you say wills is unfairly funded and _ future for wales. you say wills is unfairly funded and yet - future for wales. you say wills is unfairly funded and yet you - future for wales. you say wills is| unfairly funded and yet you know, per head. — unfairly funded and yet you know, per head, public spending and wales is higher— per head, public spending and wales is higher than the uk average, higher— is higher than the uk average, higher than over the border in england~ _ higher than over the border in encland. , . , , higher than over the border in encland. , . ,, ., , ., england. public spending varies from re . ion to england. public spending varies from region to region _ england. public spending varies from region to region in _ england. public spending varies from region to region in england _ england. public spending varies from region to region in england and - region to region in england and the foreman nation to nation and it is higher than in wales and that's just the way it is but what we have seen over the years is a barnett formula introduce half a century ago going well out of date and nothing being brought in instead of it to ensure funding goes to wales where it's

needed. and we know because of our postindustrial heritage and so on that we need that additional funding and wales. it is not coming. we know the uk conservative government are not willing to address the funding issue, but sadly, every single issue from keir starmer is he will stick to the tory orthodoxy proving it does not make a difference who is in power when it comes to let plaid cymru make that stand for our country. it feels like a type of change of government but that does not necessarily mean a change of attitude to wales.— not necessarily mean a change of attitude to wales. plaid cymru will make the case. _ attitude to wales. plaid cymru will make the case. do _ attitude to wales. plaid cymru will make the case. do you _ attitude to wales. plaid cymru will make the case. do you think - attitude to wales. plaid cymru will| make the case. do you think voters will be _ make the case. do you think voters will be impressed when your answer is, well, _ will be impressed when your answer is, well, we — will be impressed when your answer is, well, we should just have more money _ is, well, we should “ust have more mone . ~ ., ., , money. we have to build wherever we are in these — money. we have to build wherever we are in these islands _ money. we have to build wherever we are in these islands a _ money. we have to build wherever we are in these islands a platform - are in these islands a platform where the people know they are treated fairly by uk government. from a welsh perspective i'm looking not the case currently we have a funding settlement for wales that

needs to be addressed. there was a mechanism in place, it is outdated. the man who invented that barnett formula has long said that it is outdated. we need to bring in a new formula and it is plaid cymru that will put the pressure on uk government. of any colour to make sure we are able to build the services to build a fairer wales. in services to build a fairer wales. in westminster you are vastly outnumbered notjust by labour outnumbered not just by labour members — outnumbered notjust by labour members but snp members and members from northern ireland realistically if this— from northern ireland realistically if this were to come wills could be worse _ if this were to come wills could be worse off — if this were to come wills could be worse off. ., ., , ., ., ~ worse off. someone has to make the case for wales- _ worse off. someone has to make the case for wales. the _ worse off. someone has to make the case for wales. the uk _ worse off. someone has to make the case for wales. the uk conservative | case for wales. the uk conservative party has shown they are not interested. the uk labour party sadly who are vying to form the next government are not engaging with this issue of fair funding for wales. plaid cymru will use our influence in westminster to make sure our voices heard. it's simple, the more representation we have that the more representation we have that the stronger the bliss because without it it is not going to be made. even within labour party who

are vying to create that new government, control the government here in wills we are not hearing that pledge on fair funding, vital push for that. the that pledge on fair funding, vital push for that-— push for that. the other part of our push for that. the other part of your speeches _ push for that. the other part of your speeches around - push for that. the other part of your speeches around taking i push for that. the other part of - your speeches around taking control of tax _ your speeches around taking control of tax bands if you're going to change — of tax bands if you're going to change the tax bands ultimately some will pay— change the tax bands ultimately some will pay less some will pay more so can you _ will pay less some will pay more so can you he — will pay less some will pay more so can you be honest with voters with a vote for _ can you be honest with voters with a vote for plaid cymru and those powers — vote for plaid cymru and those powers coming to wales meaning some people _ powers coming to wales meaning some people would pay more tax? | powers coming to wales meaning some people would pay more tax?— people would pay more tax? i believe in creatin: people would pay more tax? i believe in creating a — people would pay more tax? i believe in creating a more _ people would pay more tax? i believe in creating a more progressive - people would pay more tax? i believe in creating a more progressive tax - in creating a more progressive tax system and that means that the people who are able to afford more pay more into the pot. the problem we have currently is the tax powers we have currently is the tax powers we have currently is the tax powers we have are very blurred and totally un—flexible. we are not able to change things like thresholds. we are not able to change things like bands. so a and devised in the south east of england applied to wales with an invitation to tweak it a bit just does not work. we need those levers that we can the positions

that the welsh context. the leader of plaid cymru _ that the welsh context. the leader of plaid cymru there. _ united airlines says it found multiple bolts that needed tightening, during checks on its fleet of boeing 737 max 9 aircraft. the inspections were ordered after part of the fuselage of an alaska airlines plane, blew out in mid air. theo leggett reports. for passengers, it would have been terrifying — an unused cabin door blew off a boeing 737 max minutes after take—off from portland airport on friday, leaving a gaping hole in the fuselage. 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 is wrong and you don't know what. i didn't know where the air was coming from. the oxygen masks dropped. 170 aircraft of the same type were grounded as investigators began examining the plane. the door was found in a back garden not far away.

alaska airlines, which had been operating the flight, says it has since found loose door bolts in other aircraft in its fleet. another american carrier, united, has made a similar discovery. that could indicate a wider problem that goes beyond one aeroplane. we need to, first and foremost, figure out what happened here on this aircraft. if we have a bigger, systemwide or fleet issue, we will issue an urgent safety recommendation to push for change. for boeing, this is extremely serious. the 737 max is its best—selling aircraft, but its safety record has already been badly tarnished. two crashes involving the plane in indonesia and ethiopia a few years ago killed 346 people. the company was accused of putting profits before passengers' lives and hurrying a flawed aircraft into service. boeing insists it has changed since then, and safety is its number one priority.

but campaigners including a former boeing manager say the rush to build planes quickly has caused serious problems in the factories where the plane is built. i get people contacting me all the time. they tell me that it's worse than it was when i was there. so no, i'm not at all surprised. i mean, we are fortunate. this might be a major blessing to have such a highly visible incident occur that will cause them to have to admit that they have some serious problems. in a statement, boeing said... as operators conduct the required inspections, we are staying in close contact with them and will help address any and all findings. we are committed to ensuring every boeing aeroplane meets design specifications and the highest safety and quality standards. but suggestions that lax production standards could have contributed to friday's accident will inevitably put more pressure on boeing and could raise further questions about the 737 max itself. president macron has appointed

a new french prime minister to take overfrom elizabeth borne, who resigned on monday. gabriel attal was the education minister, and at 3a, becomes the youngest prime minister in modern french history. he's also the first person in the post to be openly gay. a macron loyalist, he caused controversy last year when he announced a ban on the abaya, the head covering worn by muslim girls and women, in schools. he will now have the task of leading the french government into the european parliament elections injune. translation: as i take my duties, it is first and foremost _ to the president that i thank. it has been said of the last few hours that the youngest president in history as appointing the youngest prime minister in history. i believe this to be a symbol of audacity and motion,

a symbol too of the trust placed in youth. this generation deserves to be fought for. over the last few months, i've devoted all my energy to restoring hope to this generation and its parents by fighting for the republic's schools. i take with me the fight for the education system. i reaffirm the school is the mother of all battles, which must be at the heart of our priorities, and to which i, as prime minister, will give all the means necessary for its success. it will be one of my priorities. in 2020, gabriel attal spoke with stephen sackur on the bbc�*s hardtalk programme. at the time, he was serving as france's youth minister and was already seen as a rising star in president macron's party. he explained why he had joined emmanuel macron. i was in the socialist party, but i had been waiting for a few years for someone like emmanuel macron to propose this programme. but the very guy who advised macron on his economic strategy — he concluded as he broke with macron, he said, "macron has failed to respond

to the demand for fairness." his first move, cutting the wealth and capital gains tax, earned him the title of "president of the rich" — and as a result, says mr ferri, a former ally of macron, he says, "the desire for insurrection has taken root in france." every reform we made and every reform we've passed for the last two years was the referendum that were announced in emmanuel macron's programme that his allies built with him. there is not any reform that we are doing right now that we passed that wasn't in the programme — which i committed to and which i decided to support — because i think it's easy to say that when cutting taxes is from the right and huge taxes is from the left, i disagree with that. no, it's a question of who you cut the taxes for and the priorities you show — and the priority seems to have been to help the rich

and the big corporations. why did we decide to lower taxes? we decided to lower taxes in order to help companies and to help people invest and create jobs and opportunities for everyone. but what we are seeing right now is that unemployment rates haven't been that low... i talked about your loyalty... a primary school teacher who decided to leave herjob and start painting a picture every day has said she could never have imagined the success she'd have. using the name �*margo in margate', she's built up a huge fan base, and is now launching her own exhibition. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson went to meet her. meet the artist known as margo in margate. i'm loving what i do and i think, hopefully, you know, that shows up in the artwork, as well. the actress drew barrymore is a fan. i'm going to go in hard. margo's work is seen on celebrity gogglebox, and now she has her own solo

show in brighton. a decade ago, margo completely changed her life. she was a primary school teacher in inner—city london when tragedy befell one of her pupils. there was a little girl in my class who was put on... i was actually one of the people who put her on the at—risk register. and, sadly, yeah, she was murdered with her mum and that did actually — that really changed my life. margo decided to quit teaching and pursue her lifelong dream, and for the last ten years has created at least one painting every single day. and so i started drawing little small pictures in my bedroom every night on a desk. and ijust thought, that's what i'm going to do — i'm going to paint every single day for ten years. or the rest of my life i'm just going to keep paint every day, no matter what happens i will have a sketchbook.

despite living in nearby ramsgate, she adopted the name margo in margate. it's great to have the freedom of being a different person. i'm margo mcdaid, but i work as margo in margate and then anything's possible. i have so much freedom as an artist to do and be creative. there's definitely a lot more interest in margate come this a lot more people here. her instagram account grew _ more people here. her instagram account grew popularity. - she has sold more than 16,000 pictures online. shops in margate are very supportive. lots of people come to visit us and have heard about margo and they come to the shop to seek out the paintings. these are looking really good. yes the look these are looking really good. yes they look lovely don't they? super—fan cara is typical of the kind of devotion she inspires. the look of love in the upstairs hallway. love, as you can see, is the theme. now, in the kitchen, this is elvis. this is one of margo's

personal favourites. in our bathroom — you to me are everything. such an amazing house and they look perfectly at home. they are at home. we feel very privileged to have so many— we feel very privileged to have so many in _ we feel very privileged to have so many in our— we feel very privileged to have so many in our home. until last year, margo hadn't sold any pictures for more than £250. that's changing. banksy�*s spokesperson has become her agent and now, at the age of 5a, the mother of two boys has her own show in brighton's helm gallery. margo, how does it feel to see this? it is unbelievable. i absolutely love it. so much colour. and to see everything together in one room, it's. . . it's mind—blowing. it's just fantastic. next, margo has the us in her sights and wants to encourage other people to take risks and follow their dreams.

make time for something that you love doing, and maybe that's where you should go. i love it. i really love it. i can't stop doing it. i willjust keep doing it. i willjust keep doing it. colin paterson, in margate, for bbc news. great stuff there. that's the most it for me. before i go let me show you some pictures from tel aviv we are still waiting for the news conference from antony blinken. stay with us on bbc news, we will bring you the key significant exchanges with reporters there. thank you for watching and see you the same time tomorrow. hello there. well, it was a lovely start to the day across north—west wales, with the early sunrise illuminating these altocumulus lenticularis clouds. a lovely start here. most of us will have more sunshine today. however, the issues that we had last week with heavy rain are still causing problems.

there are still over 100 flood warnings currently in force. it's been another day where we've seen some snowfall across parts of the uk. here in the channel islands, injersey, seeing a few flurries over bodmin moor in south—west england and a few coming from this cloud across the moray coastline in northern scotland, as well. most of us, though, having a dry day with brighter skies. there is more sunshine to go around, but we've still got those very cold winds, particularly gusty winds feeding in across lincolnshire and yorkshire — gusts into the 30s of miles an hour. those temperatures are still well below average for the time of year — 3—5 celsius at best. overnight tonight, this cloud across eastern areas of scotland and north—east england is going to tend to thicken up, so we'll start to see some drizzle arriving. a few mist and fog patches around, as well. otherwise, it's cold with a widespread frost and a risk of some icy stretches, particularly where we see water still seeping in off fields after last week's heavy rain. tomorrow, this cloud a lot thicker, so a dull and damp kind of day for eastern scotland, north—east england, with drizzle around here,

maybe a few spots getting into north—west england, north wales, eastern counties of northern ireland. it continues to be cold. the best of the sunshine in the south of wales and southern counties of england. on into thursday's forecast, the cloud probably gets a bit thinner and so not as much drizzle to go around for these north sea coasts, but the cloud sheets will extend further southwards. still hanging on to a bit of sunshine across the far south of england. otherwise, probably the best of the brighter weather for northern ireland, western scotland and parts of north—west england. we keep this fairly quiet run of weather into friday and the weekend, as well, with some sharp morning frost, largely dry and bright as we go through the day. then, into next week, we could have some trouble on the way. it's going to get a lot colder. northerly winds push in. definitely we'll get some snow showers moving into scotland that could cause some issues, but maybe the weather system moving up from the south bumping into the cold air and so next week

there is the potential of seeing some disruption. weather from the snow showers across northern scotland that will definitely be there, or maybe this area of more widespread snow elsewhere.

at 6pm... the former boss of the post office, paula vennells, will hand back her cbe amid mounting public anger over the subpostmasters scandal. also tonight — 2023 is confirmed as the world's hottest year on record. the boeing airliner that lost its door after take off — and the man who found

it in his back garden. amazed that that could be happening in my yard. south korea bans the centuries old tradition of breeding and selling dogs for meat. and the incredible escape after this... coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news — there's more cup football, we'll look ahead to the first of the league cup semifinals, as championship side middlesborough prepare to take on chelsea. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the former head of the post office, paula vennells, is handing back her cbe as a result of the fallout from the faulty it scandal which saw hundreds of sub—postmasters wrongly prosecuted. after an itv drama about the scandal last week, more than a million people have signed a petition

calling for her honour to be revoked.