hello, i'm samantha simmonds.begin in the uk, where pressure is mounting on the government to deal with what has been described as one of the uk greatest miscarriages ofjustice. more than 700 sub—postmasters were wrongly convicted in the post office horizon scandal after faulty software made it look like money was missing. their case is in the spotlight following the itv drama mr bates vs the post office, a new four—part series telling the heartbreaking tales of bankruptcies, suicide attempts and jail sentences. the minister responsible for the post office, kevin hollinrake, says the government is "very, very close" to announcing its plans to clear hundreds of sub postmasters who were wrongly convicted. he's due to attend a meeting of the horizon compensation advisory board this lunchtime. they have been sharing their stories on bbc breakfast this morning. here's janet skinner — she was jailed over false claims she stole thousands of pounds. she wants the post office to be removed from both the appeals process, an

hello, i'm samantha simmonds.g of some boeing 737 max 9 aeroplanes. it follows an emergency where a panel blew out on an alaskan airlines flight to california. the order impacts 171 airplanes worldwide. the air alaska plane had to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage. no—one was injured. but passengers have spoken about how close those aboard came

i'm samantha simmonds.ng forward to his day in court after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a film crew member who was shot two years ago.

hello, i'm samantha simmonds.ent in northern ireland. the agreement signals the end of the dup's boycott of the stormont assembly, which has left northern ireland without a locally elected parliament for almost two years. the party's leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the proposals are subject to the westminster government passing laws to address concerns about post—brexit trading arrangements. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. as the democratic unionist party reached a pivot point, protesters tried to increase the pressure. more hardline unionists have been urging the dup not to agree a new deal to restore the devolved government. 130 party members took part in a meeting which lasted more than five hours.

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hello, i'm samantha simmonds. you're watching the context on bbc news.where they've come. all of that is a plan that is working and we can see that it is working because the numbers of people coming to this country are down by over a third, mr speaker. kagame, is the uk deal working? the supreme court says that your country is not safe. is it safe for refugees? ask uk. it is the uk's problem, not rawanda's. - all the signal today from those rebels from yesterday is that most of them now will get behind this bill at this final stage.

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. the democratic unionist party says it's agreed a deal to restore the devolved government in northern ireland. the agreement signals the end of the dup's boycott of the stormont assembly, which has left northern ireland without a locally elected parliament for almost two years. the party's leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the proposals are subject to the westminster government passing laws to address concerns about post—brexit trading arrangements. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. as the democratic unionist party reached a pivot point, protesters tried to increase the pressure. more hardline unionists have been urging the dup not to agree a new deal to restore the devolved government. 130 party members took part in a meeting which lasted more than five hours. but early this morning, the leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he'd won support for a plan to bring back power—sharing. i believe that with the faithful delivery of this package of measures, hard work and dedic

hello, i'm samantha simmonds, welcome to the programme.he international court ofjustice is holding the first hearing today, where it will consider whether israel is committing genocide against the palestinians in gaza. south africa brought the case to the court. israel has forcefully rejected the accusation, claiming it's acting in self—defence. the hague where proceedings have just got under way. south africa are putting forward their arguments today, and israel will do theirs on friday. live now to the hague to speak to our correspondent anna holligan. welcome. just explain who the icj are and how the court makes their decisions. i are and how the court makes their decisions. ., ., , g ., decisions. i am outside the icj now, but we have — decisions. i am outside the icj now, but we have just — decisions. i am outside the icj now, but we have just banned _ decisions. i am outside the icj now, but we have just banned the - decisions. i am outside the icj now, | but we have just banned the camera around to show you what is happening behind

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. us military has blamed iranian—backed militants for an attack on an airbase used by its forces in iraq. the us said the attack involved multiple ballistic missiles and rockets — some were intercepted by air defences but others hit the al—assad base. at least one iraqi service member was wounded and a number of americans are being assessed for brain injuries. attacks on us forces in iraq by militias linked to iran have increased since the gaza war began. the attack on the iraqi airbase came just hours after iran warned that an air strike on the syrian capital would not "go una nswered". the iranian president, ebrahim raisi, claimed israel was to blame for the air strike which killed five senior members of iran's security forces. israel hasn't commented so far. live now to sydney where i'm joined by dr ali mamouri who's a research fellow at deakin university. welcome to you, thank you for being with us. what is your assessment of the latest strike on iraq? assessment of the latest strik

hello, i'm samantha simmonds.than 170 boeing 737 max 9 passenger aircraft — after a window and section of fuselage blew out in mid—air during a flight. the alaska airlines plane had 177 people on board and was at 16,000 feet when the incident happened — the pilot made an emergency landing, and no—one on board was hurt. the uk civil aviation authority said it was monitoring the situation

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. you're watching the context on bbc news.ber of people back to where they've come. all of that is a plan that is working and we can see that it is working because the numbers of people coming to this country are down by over a third, mr speaker. kagame, is the uk deal working? thee supreme court says that your country is not safe. is it safe for refugees? ask uk. it is the uk's problem not rawanda's. - as things stand, the government maintains a quiet confidence that despite all of this noise when that big vote does come, it can win. the british prime minister is facing another test of his authority today, over plans to send migrants to rwanda. after two deputy chairman of his own party resigned. this is the scene in the comments as mps are due to vote on the prime minister is landmark bill. we will review all the details as soon as we got them. pakistan on its territory. the princess of wales temporary spec two step back from duties for health reasons. as china's population falls for the second year in a row we will take a l

hello, i'm samantha simmonds.last hour, us aviation officials have ordered the temporary grounding of certain boeing 737 max 9 aeroplanes. it follows an emergency where a panel blew out on an alaska airlines flight to california. the order impacts 171 air planes worldwide. the air alaska plane had to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage. no—one was injured. but passengers have spoken about how close those aboard came to being sucked out. simonjones reports. relief for all 177 passengers and crew on board to be back on the tarmac after a mid—air emergency. the plane forced to land with a hole in its side and a window missing. the pilot recorded earlier outlining to air traffic control the severity of the situation. yes, we are emergency. we are de—pressurised, but we do need to return back. we have 177 passengers. it happened as the plane was 35 minutes into its flight to california. i look up, and the oxygen masks were hanging from the ceiling. and then i looked to my left and there's this huge chu

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we begin in the uk — where steps to clear the names of hundreds of sub—postmasters convicted in the post office horizon scandal are being considered by the government. in the biggest scandal ever — more than 700 people were prosecuted after faulty software made it look like money was missing. their case is in the spotlight following the itv drama mr bates vs the post office — a new four—part series telling the heartbreaking tales of bankruptcies, suicide attempts and jail sentences. the minister responsible for the post office, kevin hollinrake, says the government is "very, very close" to announcing its plans to clear hundreds of sub postmasters who were wrongly convicted he's due to attend a meeting of the horizon compensation advisory board this lunchtime. many affected have been sharing their stories on bbc breakfast this morning. janet skinner was jailed over false claims she stole thousands of pounds. she wants the post office to be removed from both the appeals process, and the

hello, i'm samantha simmonds.me to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we begin in the middle east and the aftermath of several acts of deadly violence in different countries. the funeral has taken place in lebanon, just outside beirut, for saleh al—arouri, the deputy leader of hamas who was one of several people killed in an explosion in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon, has blamed that attack on what it says was "flagra nt israeli aggression". israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah, banned terrorist organisations in many countries, have close ties to iran, which itself is holding a day of mourning after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. the islamic state group has now said it carried out that attack in the southern city of kerman. alongside this, several nations have issued a warning to the houthi militants

hello, i'm samantha simmonds.greatest miscarriages ofjustice. more than 700 sub—postmasters were wrongly convicted in the post office horizon scandal after faulty software made it look like money was missing. their case is in the spotlight following the itv drama mr bates vs the post office, a new four—part series telling the heartbreaking tales of bankruptcies, suicide attempts and jail sentences. the minister responsible for the post office,

hello, i'm samantha simmonds, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we begin in the middle east — and the aftermath of several acts of deadly violence in different countries. we will return to that story shortly. i want to go straight to iowa, where there has been a school shooting. we understand one person has been killed. the sheriff office is holding a news conference. let's have a look. we are expecting that to take place at any moment, the state trooper they're addressing the cameras. we thought it was going to start, it is notjust yet. we will return to that as soon as it does. let us get more now on the middle east. the funeral has been taking place in lebanon, just outside beirut, for saleh al—arouri, the deputy leader of hamas, who was one of several people killed in an explosion in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah — a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon — the funeral has been taking place in lebanon, hezbollah — a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon — has blamed that attack on what it

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. near the syrian border, at a time and in a manner of its choosing. mr biden blamed the attack on radical iran—backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq. tehran has denied any involvement in the attack in which three service personnel were killed and 3a injured. it's the latest in a series of attacks against us bases in the region since the war in gaza began, as our world affairs correspondent, paul adams, reports. the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian—jordanian border. it's one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. you're watching the context on bbc news.mation trial against donald trump. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mark edwards. hello, the final set of fa cup third round replays are under way in england. three matches to bring you up to date with including an all premiership clash in the shape everton vs crystal palace. we're approaching half time in all the ties, andre gomes has put everton ahead at goodison park with a well struck free kick meanwhile third tier blackpool on the hunt for an upset as they host top flight side nottingham forest. but the opposite of a fairy tale start with the premier league team leading i—0 through andrew omo, also in the third tier. bristol rovers lead second division norwich by a goal to nil pre—tournament favourites morocco began their 2023 africa cup of nations campaign with a convincing win over io—man tanzania in group f. morocco won their sole continental title in 1976 but are firmly among the expected challengers for the trophy in ivory coast following their

hello, i'm samantha simmonds.aviation officials have ordered the temporary grounding of some boeing 737 max 9 aeroplanes. it follows an emergency where a panel blew out on an alaskan airlines flight to california. the order impacts 171 airplanes worldwide. the air alaska plane had to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage. no—one was injured. but passengers have spoken about how close those aboard came to being sucked out. simonjones reports. relief for all 177 passengers and crew on board to be back on the tarmac after a mid—air emergency. the plane forced to land with a hole in its side and a window missing. the pilot recorded earlier outlining to air traffic control the severity of the situation. yes, we are emergency. we are de—pressurised, but we do need to return back. we have 177 passengers. it happened as the plane was 35 minutes into its flight to california. i look up, and the oxygen masks were hanging from the ceiling. and then i looked to my left and there's this huge chunk, part of the a

a very warm welcome, i'm samantha simmonds. the democratic unionist party says it's agreed a deal to restore the devolved government in northern ireland. the agreement signals the end of the dup's boycott of the stormont assembly, which has left northern ireland without a locally elected parliament for almost two years. the party's leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the proposals are subject to the westminster government passing laws to address concerns about post—brexit trading arrangements. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. as the democratic unionist party reached a pivot point, protesters tried to increase the pressure. more hard—line unionists have been urging the dup not to agree a new deal to restore the devolved government. 130 party members took part in a meeting, which lasted more than five hours. but, early this morning, the leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he had won support for a plan to bring back power—sharing. i believe that with the faithful delivery of this package of measures, hard work and

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hello, i'm samantha simmonds. president biden has said the united states will respond to a drone attack on an american military base injordan, near the syrian border, at a time and in a manner of its choosing. mr biden blamed the attack on radical iran—backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq. tehran has denied any involvement in the attack in which three service personnel were killed and 3a injured. it's the latest in a series of attacks against us bases in the region since the war in gaza began, as our world affairs correspondent, paul adams, reports. the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian—jordanian border. it's one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. "we know it was carried out by radical iran—backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq," he said. it'

i'm samantha simmonds. lawyers for the actor alec baldwin say he's looking forward to his day in court after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a film crew member who was shot two years ago. previous charges against the actor were dropped. mr baldwin has maintained he did not pull the trigger. but an independent forensic test has concluded that it could only have happened if the trigger had been pulled. emma vardy reports from los angeles. you were in the room when the lady was shot? i was holding the gun, yeah. 0k. a rehearsal that went terribly wrong. alec baldwin had been getting ready for a scene during filming for the western movie rust in new mexico when a pistol he was holding went off, killing 42—year—old cinematographer halyna hutchins and wounding the director, joel souza. mr baldwin has always claimed he was not responsible for her death, saying he was told the gun did not contain any live rounds. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them, never. t

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start here in the uk. more problems for prime minister rishi sunak here in the uk, as two deputy chairmen of his conservative party resign over a vote on the government's plan to speed up the deportation of asylum seekers to rwanda. lee anderson and brendan clarke—smith say they've resigned in order to vote for amendments to toughen the legislation, but stressed in a letter posted on social media that they're still loyal to the government. dozens of tory mps rebelled against mr sunak and voted for one of the amendments, which would explicitly say the government is not bound by international human rights laws with regards to the rwanda plan, but it still failed to pass. —— two amendments. the second would remove the ability of asylum seekers to block the removal from the uk through legal claims. both still failed to pass. voting is still taking place in a somewhat empty or house of commons cham

hello, i'm samantha simmonds.ervative party resign over a vote on the government's plan to speed up the deportation of asylum seekers to rwanda. lee anderson and brendan clarke—smith say they've resigned in order to vote for amendments to toughen the legislation, but stressed in a letter posted on social media that they're still loyal to the government. dozens of tory mps rebelled against mr sunak and voted for one of the amendments, which would explicitly say the government is not bound by international human rights laws with regards to the rwanda plan, but it still failed to pass. —— two amendments. the second would remove the ability of asylum seekers to block the removal from the uk

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. you're watching the context on bbc news. we have worked through a record number of cases and returned a record number of people back to where they've come. all of that is a plan that is working and we can see that it is working because the numbers of people coming to this country are down by over a third, mr speaker. kagame, is the uk deal working? the supreme court says that your country is not safe. is it safe for refugees? ask uk. it is the uk's problem, not rawanda's. - all the signal today from those rebels from yesterday is that most of them now will get behind this bill at this final stage. uk prime minister rishi sunakfaces a crucial vote tonight on his plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda. this is the scene right now in the commons as mps are due to vote very shortly on the prime minister's landmark bill. we'll bring you the results as soon as we have them. also tonight — pakistan recalls its ambassador to iran in response to a missile and drone attack on its territory. (boxed attack on its territory. and preside

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. outside beirut, for saleh al—arouri, the deputy leader of hamas who was one of several people killed in an explosion in beirut on tuesday.

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hello, i'm samantha simmonds.ska airlines has grounded all of its boeing 737 max 9 aircraft after a panel blew out on a flight to california. the plane had to make an emergency landing with air rushing into the cabin. passengers have spoken about how close those aboard came to being sucked out. america's national national transportation safety board is investigating the incident. in the past hour, alaska airlines said inspections on more than a quarter of their 737—9 fleet have been completed with no concerning findings. simonjones reports. relief for all 177 passengers and crew on board to be back on the tarmac after a midair emergency. the plane forced to land with a hole in its side and a window missing. the pilot recorded earlier outlining to air traffic control the severity of the situation. yes, we are emergency. we are de—pressurised, but we do need to return back. we have 177 passengers. it happened as the plane was 35 minutes into its flight to california. i look up, and the oxygen masks were hanging from

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. us airline regulator has ordered the grounding of more than 170 boeing 737 max 9 passenger aircraft — after a window and section of fuselage blew out in mid—air during a flight. the alaska airlines plane had 177 people on board and was at 16,000 feet when the incident happened — the pilot made an emergency landing, and no—one on board was hurt. the uk civil aviation authority said it was monitoring the situation closely. graham satchell has this report. pictures taken by a passenger on board flight 1282 not long after take—off. look closely and you can see a whole on the side of a plane. it looks like the window panel has been blown out. this is the pilot talking to air traffic control. more pictures again taken by passengers show the full extent of the damage on what was a terrifying experience for those on board. all experience for those on board. all of a experience for those on board. fill of a sudden i heard a big bang and i didn't know exactly what was going on. but i look up an

hello, i'm samantha simmonds.ve spoken about how close those aboard came to being sucked out. america's national national transportation safety board is investigating the incident.

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