a scandal in which hundreds of british post office managers 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. two airlines in the us say they've found loose bolts on their boeing 737 max 9 planes. inspections were ordered after a panel on an alaska airlines plane blew out mid—flight. let's get more on that story. united airlines says it has found multiple bolts that needed tightening, during checks on its 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 the passengers, it was terrifying. an unused cabin door blew off a boeing 737 max minutes after take—off from portland airport on friday, leaving this gaping hole. 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 don't — you know something's wrong and you don't know what. i didn't know where the air was coming from. the oxygen mask 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. it was very obviously part of a plane. it had the same curvature as a fuselage. 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." alaska airlines, which had been operating the flight, says it's since found loose door parts in other aircraft in its fleet. united airlines has made a similar discovery. the 737 max already has a tainted record. 346 people were killed in two separate crashes off the coast of indonesia and in ethiopia a few years ago. defective computer software was blamed.

boeing insists safety is its number one priority. but campaigners, including a former senior manager at the company, say the rush to build planes quickly is putting lives at risk. i get people that contact me all the time. they tell me that it's worse than it was when i was there. we're fortunate, this might be a major blessing to have such a highly visible incident occur that will cause them to have to admit that we have serious — they have some serious problems. in a statement, boeing said... "as operators conduct the required inspections, we're staying in close contact with them and will help address any and all findings. we are committed to ensuring every boeing airplane meets design specifications and the highest safety and quality standards." the investigation is still going on, but friday's incident has already raised new questions about the safety culture at boeing and the way it builds its best selling aircraft. theo leggett, bbc news.

now let's speak to david learmount an aviation safety expert who has been following the investigation. what really gets to me is that these bolts literally are not tight enough and it seems like a simple thing but it has ended up being pretty catastrophic. how could that have been allowed to happen? it is difficult to _ been allowed to happen? it 3 difficult to imagine how such a simple thing that really did not need to happen could have been allowed to happen. let's remind ourselves that these might be coincidental to the actual cause and they may find something else but i think it is actually quite probable that the loose bolts have something to do with this. what we are talking about here is simply quality control, quality control of maintenance and quality control of the delivered aircraft and all of its components. this aircraft had only been in service with alaska airlines for less than three months so it is really, really young

aeroplane still with a new car smell. so there is no excuse for this and coming after the two 737 max crashes in 2018 and 2019, there could not have been a worse event for boeing. it has been working hard at improving its safety culture, but this is going to set them back. thank goodness no one was hurt in this. it must�*ve been terrifying for passengers and crew. you have been looking into reports of accidents for decades now, has this ever happened before, i don't know. i have not heard of fuselage coming out quite like this. let's remind ourselves, it is in a position where an emergency exit door normally is but because that aircraft is never used for high density seating, they closed off those exit doors because they were not needed and they put specially designed plugs in place. i have looked at the fitting system

for putting the plugs in place and if they were fitted properly, it should have been very, very robust. but now that this revelation about loose bolts, we are all wondering whether that is behind it.- whether that is behind it. should will be be worried _ whether that is behind it. should will be be worried about - whether that is behind it. should will be be worried about flying i whether that is behind it. should| will be be worried about flying on these boeing planes?— will be be worried about flying on these boeing planes? frankly, not. boein: is these boeing planes? frankly, not. boeing is an _ these boeing planes? frankly, not. boeing is an amazing _ these boeing planes? frankly, not. boeing is an amazing company - these boeing planes? frankly, not. boeing is an amazing company and | these boeing planes? frankly, not. - boeing is an amazing company and has been around for a long time. they've made some mistakes in the past few years and cutting corners to keep costs low is bound to have been a part of it but they are really trying hard. i have watched over the last two years, trying hard to get better. but this proves that they are not there yet. i better. but this proves that they are not there yet.— better. but this proves that they are not there yet. i appreciate your time and your— are not there yet. i appreciate your time and your expertise. _ are not there yet. i appreciate your time and your expertise. thank - are not there yet. i appreciate your| time and your expertise. thank you very much. president macron has named a new french prime minister to take overfrom elisabeth borne

who resigned on monday. he's the current education minister gabriel attal, who at 3a becomes the youngest prime minister in modern french history. he's also the first person in the post to be openly gay. here's some of what he said in a speech he gave in the past hour or so. president emmanuel macron made this appointment as he attempts to revive his presidency with a reshuffle. let's take a listen to attal as he steps into his new role. 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. a staunch macron loyalist in the first openly gay prime minister and france and a rising star in french

politics noon for being media savvy. his rise has been pretty rapid and has had various roles. ten years ago he was an obscure adviser in the health ministry. he then became a household name when he was appointed government spokesperson during the covid pandemic. he was appointed ministerfor covid pandemic. he was appointed minister for education in 2023 covid pandemic. he was appointed ministerfor education in 2023 but here he was speaking to the bbc as ministerfor here he was speaking to the bbc as minister for youth here he was speaking to the bbc as ministerfor youth in here he was speaking to the bbc as minister for youth in 2020. here he was speaking to the bbc as ministerfor youth in 2020. imilieu here he was speaking to the bbc as minister for youth in 2020. when you look at everyone _ minister for youth in 2020. when you look at everyone in _ minister for youth in 2020. when you look at everyone in the _ minister for youth in 2020. when you look at everyone in the parliament. look at everyone in the parliament or in the government arounds emmanuel macron and its majority you see people from very different social and geographic backgrounds and for me it was actually the few that made me want to volunteer and commit in politics. to make everyone have the same chance. he commit in politics. to make everyone have the same chance.— have the same chance. he sparked controversy — have the same chance. he sparked controversy and _ have the same chance. he sparked controversy and won _ have the same chance. he sparked controversy and won his _ have the same chance. he sparked controversy and won his first - have the same chance. he sparked | controversy and won his first moves as education minister when he announced that he was to ban the muslim abaya dress in state schools. he said in an interview with france news, and...

0ne one of his other signature moves was to lay out plans for france to adopt a school uniform. attal replaces elisabeth borne the outgoing prime minister who was in her role for 20 months but failed in that time to retain a majority. president emmanuel macron will be hoping that this is something that he can change with a new appointment. he will also be hoping that with widespread discontentment in france over rising costs and last yea r�*s discontentment in france over rising costs and last year's pension reform that actually attal will help them to defeat the far right in the european elections injune and with the presidential polls coming up in 2027. that was clearly not attal talking there that was our reporter, megan. we can now speak to david chazan, paris correspondent for the times. good to talk to you and thank you for taking the time to speak to bus. megan covered a lot of the background already but i wanted to

ask you what kind of difference do you think eye—mac will make given his background and age —— attal. he his background and age -- attal. he is his background and age —— attal. he: is certainly the youngest prime minister and president macron wants to inject new energy into his government which appears to have been drifting a little bit. at least thatis been drifting a little bit. at least that is the general consensus during his second term as president. especially because his party lost its parliamentary majority in 2022. he has been struggling to legislate and he is either had to use a very young popular executive decree mechanism to push through bills without a parliamentary vote or he has had to depend on fright wing support. the previous prime minister elisabeth borne was associated with left wing of his party. she was previously associates —— a socialist

and has found it difficult to reach out to the opposition right wing party is that mr macron needs to bring on board in order to gain a de facto parliamentary majority. gabriel attal is seen as better place to do so, although he began his political career on the left of the political spectrum, he is seen as having moved towards the right and would now be situated somewhere in the centre right along with mr macron himself. i5 in the centre right along with mr macron himself.— in the centre right along with mr macron himself. is he going to do what mr macron _ macron himself. is he going to do what mr macron wants _ macron himself. is he going to do what mr macron wants them - macron himself. is he going to do what mr macron wants them to i macron himself. is he going to do | what mr macron wants them to do, macron himself. is he going to do - what mr macron wants them to do, ie is he going to refresh the government, is he going to make people, quite frankly, like mr macron a little bit better? he is certainly one — macron a little bit better? he is certainly one of— macron a little bit better? he is certainly one of the _ macron a little bit better? he is certainly one of the most - macron a little bit better? he: 3 certainly one of the most popular politicians in france according to most of the opinion polls he is one of the three most popular figures will stop mr macron himself is fairly unpopular at the moment so

president macron clearly is hoping to capitalise on gabriel attal�*s popularity. whether that will work or not, remains to be seen. critics are already saying that rather than making mr macron more popular, gabriel attal may be brought down by president macron's own popularity. we will have to see. i think one of the things that has attracted president macron to gabriel attal is his youth. because he is looking at the moment at the european elections coming up injune. marine le pen anti—immigration euro sceptic party according to the opinion polls will do better than any other french political party in the european elections and her campaign or her party's campaign is being led by the

28—year—old who was also seen as one of the most popular politicians in france. so there again, president macron is hoping that gabriel attal will be able to help him. es, will be able to help him. a former bbc correspondent, _ will be able to help him. a former bbc correspondent, thank- will be able to help him. a former bbc correspondent, thank you - will be able to help him. a former bbc correspondent, thank you forj bbc correspondent, thank you for joining us once again, see you soon. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. i'm very much a car person. i like the looks of cars, i like the engines of cars. i just find them really fascinating. i don't want to stop them enjoying themselves, but this is not a racetrack. the a117 around barwell is one of four racing hotspots identified by leicestershire police. people living here say it's a fatality waiting to happen. i've been down here when those lay bys have been full and then another

ten, 20 cars up and down racing at excessive speeds. never seen a speed camera. i've never seen police sat in the lay—by. i'm just asking the police what is being done. we have issued a number of warnings and a number of anti—social behaviour notices have gone out to individuals. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. mehdi yarrahi, a prominent iranian pop music composer and singer, has been handed a sentence of two years and eight months of imprisonment along with 7a lashes. the detention was triggered by the release of this protest music video.

it is titled "roosarito", your headscarf and the song is criticising the hijab law. it was published in august last year, ahead of the anniversary of death in custody of the activist masha amini, after her arrest for allegedely not wearing the hijab. earlier, i spoke to parham ghobadi our persian correspondent about how significant he is and how his arrest is viewed in the country. he's a prominent iranian singer. but to just put it into a context for you, many iranian celebrities, including athletes, film stars, have been arrested in the past year for supporting the protests, only for posting a single story on their instagram account. now he lives in iran and he published a music video asking iranian women to remove their headscarf and untie their hair. and in the video inside the video, you can see women walking

on the streets of iran without hijab. and that is something that iranian government could not tolerate. so when they arrested him against the iranian law, the iranian intelligence agencies released the video to humiliate him, showing how they raided his home and how he was arrested to show him as — theyjust because they wanted to humiliate him. and they published that video as well. and he was imprisoned forfour months. now, as you said, he was charged. he was sentenced to two years in prison, one year, of that is applicable. and he is also outside prison on bail of 30,000 usd, that might not sound a lot to many people in the west, but in iran a worker earns only $100 a month. so that's a huge amount of money. they don't want him to escape and they want him to keep him in iran to serve his sentence. the breeding and sale of dogs for their meat is to become illegal in south korea. the new law, set to come into force by 2027, aims to end the centuries old practice of humans eating dog meat. 0ur seoul correspondent jean mackenzie reports.

reared and slaughtered for their meat. on this farm, more than 1,000 dogs are kept like this — eventually to be used in the centuries—old dish of dog meat stew. but the meat was already falling out of favour. 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... 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. ..though older diners were less enthusiastic about the ban. 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. animal rights activists celebrated a long—fought for victory. those who farm, butcher and sell dog meat will be jailed for up to three years. but the ban won't come into force until 2027, giving farmers and restaurant owners time to plan. the industry has clashed with the government over the bill. the practice should have been allowed to die out naturally, they argued, rather than their livelihoods be wrecked. mrs kim has run dog meat restaurants since the 1980s. "i don't know what we're supposed to do now", she told me. "we need to be compensated. i think we should accept dog meat, but raise and slaughter them hygienically." these dogs were rescued from a farm last year.

hundreds of thousands more will now soon be looking for new homes. jean mackenzie, bbc news, in seoul. let's bring you some breaking news coming into us from ecuador. live television images which we cannot bring you at the moment have shown hooded people inside ecuador�*s tc television station. 0bliging staff to lie down on the floor, shots of also been heard. the incident comes after a spate of kidnappings following the president's decision to declare a state of emergency in ecuador. he will bring you more on that as and when we get it. now, if you like to keep up with the latest innovation in tech gadgets, you'll already be aware that the �*consumer electronics show�* is under way in las vegas. last year 115,000 people attended and this year over 4000 exhibitors will be showing off their wares. artificial intelligence is expected to feature prominently. michelle fleury is at ces in las vegas with more

on what we can expect. i'm actually getting my nails done right now. this is one of the many products here at ces this year that uses artificial intelligence. essentially, it takes 2d, 3d scans of your nails — the size of it, the curvature — then artificial intelligence tells a robot arm how to apply the nail polish. all of this takes about 25 minutes. so, imagine you can have one of these at home. maybe you could be watching the tv while all of this gets done. so just one of the many kind of consumer goods that are here this year at ces. and as you said, i mean, it's going to be a lot of ai in every shape or form. ai in yourfridge, ai in industrial applications. in fact, the first keynote speech this year at ces was just delivered by the ceo of siemens, the oldest company to ever appear here. you may wonder what an engineering firm is doing at a tech conference. they're talking about transforming industrial manufacturing,

again with the help — no surprise there — of artificial intelligence. because of the excitement, more so about generative ai, which has really transformed the world, i think you're seeing consumer, makers of product, retailers, but also businesses trying to figure out how it will fit into our everyday lives. so i don't know. this retails for about $599 here in the united states. is that going to be in a lot of people's homes? maybe. maybe not. but there are lots of products here that are kind of stabs, if you like, attempts by companies to sort of try and define what artificial intelligence will look like in our lives over the next decade or so. let's get more on the post office scandal that has dominated headlines. itv says the drama and documentary that was broadcast is

now being viewed at least 50 million times. now to the home of one of the postmasters featured in the programme to assess the impact the documentary. how much additional but the story before watching the television show? i knew a little bit.— i knew a little bit. therese is one of millions _ i knew a little bit. therese is one of millions of— i knew a little bit. therese is one of millions of people _ i knew a little bit. therese is one of millions of people who - i knew a little bit. therese is one of millions of people who had - i knew a little bit. therese is one l of millions of people who had been watching and had been shocked by the tv drama mr bates versus the post office. {lei tv drama mr bates versus the post office. : :, , , tv drama mr bates versus the post office. _, , , ,:, :, office. of course is the power of television _ office. of course is the power of television to _ office. of course is the power of television to reach _ office. of course is the power of television to reach people - office. of course is the power of television to reach people like l office. of course is the power of i television to reach people like me that's it up at nine o'clock in think i will watch that and ijust think i will watch that and ijust think that they should get as much back possible. i'm not always monitoring. it doesn't heal wounds but they have gone through. anyway, that's it, sorry. it has really affected you? 0h, absolutely, yes, terribly. the village of ibstock is home to the couple michael and susan rudkin. she was wrongly convicted of stealing thousands of pounds

from the post office while her husband lost hisjob. theirs is one of the many shocking stories featured in the itv show. my poor wife is now a convicted criminal. the irony of this, it's taken a programme to blow this all open and the public have really got to grips with what has transpired as a result of this dramatisation, when people have been banging this drum for 20 years. there is a podcast about this scandal. there's a book that has been written about it, there have been documentaries and news articles but it's a television drama on a terrestrial channel, the kind of thing that some people might consider quite old—fashioned, which has finally captured the public�*s imagination when it comes to this story. it's easier to watch, you understand it better

if you're not very academic. so i think it's just a way to get to the millions, rather than the hundreds or thousands with podcasts and newspapers. has it changed the way you feel about this scandal? yes, definitely. people have died through it, as well. i saw the part where somebody committed suicide, and i think it's shocking. this scandal will now be followed much more closely by many more people. navteonhal, bbc news, ibstock in leicestershire. the last few minutes the former royal mail ceo has made a statement saying i would like to express my heartfelt sympathies to individuals and families who were so wrong to buy the tragic miscarriages of justice and for whom justice has been denied for so long i can only imagine it must�*ve been a dreadful experience for everyone concerned. just bring you some context. he was ceo of the royal mail group for seven years but the post office was owned by the royal mail, but its governance was run by different channels or had nothing to do with

the post office. he was not a member of the post office board but he has commented in the statement to those families affected. snoring can be annoying of course, if it keeps those around you awake, but it isn't usually harmful to the person making the noise. however, snoring caused by sleep apnoea, can be dangerous, resulting in breathing difficulties. now a new gadget can help, as 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. 0ur 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.

by stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. tuesday was another cold but much sunnier day for the vast majority of the country. however, there were a few areas that saw some snow, like here injersey and the channel islands. also saw some across south—west england, for example, around bodmin moor and some across the far north of scotland, around the murray coast. still have something of a hangover, though, from the very wet weather of last week. there are still 100 flood warnings in place with some communities still badly affected. satellite picture shows much sunnier weather then across the bulk of the country. we do have some thicker clouds just working in across the far north of scotland, and that's starting to bring a little bit of drizzle in. and as we go through this evening and overnight, the cloud across the north sea is going to thicken. so it will turn damp for these areas with drizzle becoming a bit more extensive. otherwise, it's cold and frosty

with a threat of some icy stretches on roads and pavements as we head into wednesday morning. now, wednesday, that thicker cloud around across east scotland, eastern england, will be bringing some damp weather. you might find an odd spot going across north—west england and eastern counties of northern ireland. best of the sunshine, southern wales parts the south midlands, east anglia, southern parts of england. probably not too bad though for western scotland as well. wherever you are it will continue to be cold for the time of year with temperatures give or take around about six celsius. now heading into thursday, the same area of high pressure is still dominating the weather picture, but it's changing orientation and so, too, are the winds — north—easterly winds this time bringing the cloud in and moving it further southwards. so the sunshine becoming a bit more limited to the far south of england. bright skies again across north western areas. the cloud, a little bit thinner, so there should be less in the way of drizzle for east scotland and around those eastern coastal areas of england. beyond that, through friday and the weekend, the weather pattern stays pretty quiet, really.

some mist and fog patches around a bit of frost, cloud varying but mostly dry with some bright or sunny spells. however, into next week, for those of you who like wintry weather, we get a blast of northerly winds moving in. definitely with snow showers returning to northern areas. we could see an atlantic weather system move into that cold air and that could bring a more widespread area of disruptive snow. so we're pretty certain that snow showers will be across the north coming right down to low levels. question mark as to whether we see that atlantic system bringing a zone of more disruptive snow, but keep in touch with the forecast.

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going to try and win, and that's not the way it goes. it'll be bedlam in the country, it's a very bad thing, it's a very bad precedent. as we said, it's the opening of a pandora's box and that's a very, a very sad thing that's happened with this whole situation. we can't have a country where every four years there is a cycle of political recrimination, where one administration attacks the prior administration. we'll get a judgment in due course, but both sides - will have the opportunity to appeal this to the supreme court - of the united states. it doesn't have to take up the case, but something as momentous - donald trump swaps the campaign trail for the court house. where does presidential immunity begin and end? we will look at the arguments heard in court today, and the implications of the court's pending decision. also tonight — postmasters were told that only they had access to their post office it systems. but was that strictly true?

the union representing the postmasters say they believe not