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post office scandal. paul patterson, head of fujitsu in europe, says that the company has a moral duty to compensate britishcted because of flaws in its software. next — roma have sacked their managerjose mourinho in what was the 60—year—old's tenth full time role as a manager. the club have parted ways with him after a poor run of form, winning only one of their last six serie a games. the former roma captain will replace him. and time now to leave you with 10 seconds of a deer prancing around in the snow in a garden in ayr as it is sweeping across parts of the uk. the deer was spotted in jackie's garden and she said, "as you can imagine, it was a really beautiful surprise." you're all caught up now. see you later. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, marc edwards. the date is set for a hearing into manchester city's alleged breaches of financial rules. saudi arabia avoid an upset as they see off 0man in the asian cup. rugby bombshell as rees zammit quits the sport to try to fulfill his nfl dreams. welcome to sportsday. the premier league chief executive, richard masters, says a date has been set for th

post office scandal. paul patterson, head of fujitsu in europe, says that the company has a moral duty to compensate british its software. next — rome have sacked their managerjose mourinho in what was the 60—year—old�*s tenth full time role as a manager. the club have parted ways with him after a poor run of form, winning only one of their last six serie a games. the former captain will replace him. and time now to leave you with 10 seconds of a deer prancing around in the snow in a garden in ayr as it is sweeping across parts of the uk. the deer was spotted in jackie�*s parts of the uk. the deer was spotted injackie�*s garden and she said, "as you can imagine, it was a really beautiful surprise." you�*re all caught up now. see you later. the art of good conversation is to say the right thing at the right time and in the right way. you have to be original, sympathetic, encouraging, and also keep an open mind. and you really dojust need also keep an open mind. and you really do just need to sit back and listen. influential with me katty kay. watch on bbc iplayer. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, marc

a legal scandal in which hundreds of british post office managers were wrongly prosecuted for fraud hasced the former head of the post office to hand back an honour she received from the late queen. and the former us president donald trump is in court for a landmark legal case about whether he should be immune from criminal prosecution. this is the scene outside the courthouse in washington. more on those stories coming up in the next half—hour. time for a look at the business news now. lovely to have you with us this afternoon. we start with the latest on the boeing 737 max planes — because united airlines says it had found multiple loose bolts on door plugs during inspections of its fleet of max 9 aircraft on monday. inspections began after a section of the fuselage fell from an alaska airlines 737 max 9 on friday. in a statement, boeing says it's committed to the highest safety standards and is staying in close contact with the airlines. alaska airlines also said it has since found "some loose "hardware" on some max 9s. theo legget reports. for passengers, it would have been terrifyi

a scandal in which hundreds of british post office managers were wrongly prosecuted for fraud has forcedoose 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.

the british post office scandal has been dominating headlines in the uk since the recent airing of anrama that depicted the plight of sub postmasters, many of whom were wrongfully prosecuted for theft, false accounting and fraud. while the scandal has been gaining international attention, injapan, fujitsu's home, as mariko highlighted, the media is still notably quiet. our business reporter simon jack has done a report on the company. the director of the gypsy company. the director of the gypsy will be ahead of the parliament select committee at 11 o'clock this morning. the story looking at the questions that should be asked of fujitsu during that grilling. while scandal has been international attention injapan as our report highlighted the media is notably quiet on this. joining me now is philip patrick, a lecturer at a tokyo university and a freelance journalist. good to have you on the programme. give us your take on the impact this is having on fujitsu injapan, in terms of the perception of the company, if at all? i the perception of the company, if at all? ., _ , if at all? i wou

a scandal in which hundreds of british post office managers were wrongly prosecuted for fraud has forcedrance 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.

the post office is a british institution with cousins, a branches across the country, but between 19992015 over 900 postal workers were wrongly convicted of financial crimes. a fault with computer software use by the post office may just look like branches were losing money, but senior management disregard a complaints. the fujitsu software was falsely reporting cash shortfalls. instead funding prosecutions against employees. although i knew i hadn't done that, it was just the stigma i touched that you have to explain if anybody asked the task when what didn't happen. and i just couldn't explain that something that happened which was totally out of my control. and i have to justify it or defended . several victims committed suicide in numerous lives were ruined by the false accusations. my wife had seizures from anxiety which led to epilepsy and my children were bullied. um, my daughter had been spots shots within views, there was 3 for me being allegedly that the face against the end of a ok after years of delays and caring their names and due to be serious based on the scandal has captur

post office it system. former post office boss paula vennells was punished for presiding over the scandal. in typical britishstigation into the post office over potential fraud, but the damage has been done with countless lives ruined through unnecessary prosecutions. andrew, have you been following this scandal? oh, absolutely. >> and i follow this before the drama. brilliant four part series, is one of the series, and it is one of the biggest scandals. there were four suicides, a number of people lost their livelihood and it appalling. what it is absolutely appalling. what this drama has done is to personally . is it? yeah. the this drama has done is to personally. is it? yeah. the big criticism i have two big criticisms of it. partly they blur between what's blur the line between what's a documentary and they say some bits of this are fictionalised in same way as they do in in the same way as they do in the crown, which, which in the same way as they do in the crc detracts which, which in the same way as they do in the crc detracts a which, which in the same way as they do in the crc detracts a little h,

post office convictions . but all post office convictions. but can we still just trust the british justice system ?ish justice system? the former lord chancellor has strong words for his fellow politicians. he joins me shortly , confrontation , and my heated confrontation with richard tice last night has got people talking. >> it's even more important that if someone does a bad job running the country, breaking the country, we, the voters have got to fire them. well reform uk is surging up in the polls. >> so is nigel farage going to join the party and lead the next political revolution? i saw off twice last night, but what about nigel? he's next. you're watching patrick christys tonight with me. mark dolan on monday to thursdays from. six till 930. >> in . my monologue at ten, i'll >> in. my monologue at ten, i'll be dealing with the leader of the opposition, keir starmer, and his rather murky legal career, and why it matters because, of course, he's likely going to be our next prime minister one day. >> it could be nigel farage who joins me now. and nigel, great to have you back on the show. i ha

uk — because the long—running inquiry into the post office scandal has resumed, examining the causes of one of the worst miscarriages ofjustice in britishs were prosecuted — after faulty software wrongly made it look like money was missing from their branches. facing questions today, was robert daily, a former post office official who investigated two of the wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters. here's our business reporter, ben king. bill guam and peter holmes, two subpostmasters who didn't live to seejustice done. both wrongly accused of taking money from their post offices. their names weren't cleared until after their deaths. peter's widow, marion, arriving at the public inquiry today into how the faulty computer system horizon led to one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice in british history, which saw more than 900 convicted. i want to know why, why they didn't listen to him when they said listen to him when he said it was with the computer, why they didn't at least check. i swear by almighty god. former post office investigator robert daily, who helped put both men in the dock, was asked about his training and his obligations to d

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telling the tragic story of hundreds of uk post office workers who were wrongfully accused of theft because of an i.t error between 1999 and 2015, the britishh more than 700 people wrongly convicted of stealing, many put behind bars and lib dem leader sir ed davey , who was leader sir ed davey, who was postal affairs minister when the honzon postal affairs minister when the horizon software scandal was made public, claimed yesterday that he was blocked from meeting campaigners . campaigners. >> um, i was a postman , um, post >> um, i was a postman, um, post the minister for post offices for a short time and i regret um, not doing more. i feel, to be honest with you, matt, i was deeply misled, uh, by post office executive . office office executive. office >> i saw a massive bus and is he just driving it over? people to protect his own skin. oh, i see what's he doing? is he reversing back over again? back over them again? campaigning postmaster, though, alan you just on alan bates, who you just saw on your earlier on, your screen earlier on, reportedly davey in reportedly approached davey in 2010, never meet him as 2010, never got to meet him

pressure on the british government to help hundreds of post office branch managers who were wrongly convicted. hezbollah has confirmed one of its senior commanders has been killed by an israeli drone strike in lebanon. wissam—al—tawil managed many operations in the south of the country.

office? absolutely, this has been described as one of the greatestl described as one of the greatest miscarriages ofjustice in british history. the posta long period. why did it not come to like? today we'll will see the european director of fujitsu testifying before a committee of mps, before the business and trade select committee. that is key because as you heard just a few moments ago, fujitsu has been quite tight—lipped about its role in all of this. this is an opportunity for mps to take a senior member of the executive, a senior member of the executive, a senior executive from fujitsu and ask them specific questions. central to that will be, what did fujitsu know and when? how did that potentially affect the prosecutions? should fujitsu itself be paying compensation? we know there are compensation? we know there are compensation schemes setup. ultimately, it is the taxpayer who will be paying for that compensation, should fujitsu itself, still a major recipient of government contracts, be chipping in question but these are the sort of questions that will be asked of fujitsu. also, the chief executive of the post office will be

what's been described as the biggest miscarriage justice in miscarriage of justice in british history. >> post officester >> yeah. post office minister kevin hollinrake says and the kevin hollinrake says he and the justice secretary are looking to speed up overturning the remaining cases . remaining cases. >> so far, just 93 of these wrongful convictions have been quashed. four people have taken their own lives and many others have been ruined. >> well, mps and members of the public, you and me, have asked whether it really should have taken an itv drama to bring the honzon taken an itv drama to bring the horizon post office scandal into greater focus. theo theo chikomba has this report . chikomba has this report. >> the computer system post office spent an arm and a leg on is faulty. it's been described as one of the worst miscarriages of justice. >> more than 700 postmasters were accused of fraud over a faulty system . for decades. faulty system. for decades. victims of the post office horizon scandal have been fighting to have their wrongful convictions overturned. less than 100 have been successf

government ministers meet today amid calls for mps to face questions in parliament about the post office scandal britishfirst american spacecraft in more than 50 years is on its way to the moon after a successful launch. the ukjustice secretary, alex chalk, will meet the minister responsible for the post office, kevin hollinrake, at the ministry ofjustice this afternoon. they�*ll discuss how hundreds of branch managers — who were wrongly convicted in the horizon it scandal — could be cleared. pressure is increasing on the government to take action over what has been described as the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice in british history. our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, told me what options the government is considering.

to face questions in parliament about the post office scandal british actor idris elba calls on the government to ban the sale of so—called �*zombie�* knives and machetes to stop more young people losing their lives. blast off! the first american spacecraft in more than 50 years is on its way to the moon after a successful launch. the ukjustice secretary, alex chalk, will meet the minister responsible for the post office, kevin hollinrake, at the ministry ofjustice this afternoon. they'll discuss how hundreds of branch managers — who were wrongly convicted in the horizon it scandal — could be cleared. pressure is increasing on the government to take action over what has been described as the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice in british history. our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, told me what options the government is considering. the justice secretary alex scott chalk who is meeting kevin hollinger rake and launched today looking at various legal options, but you are right, the most radical, innovative, whatever word you want to use, end of the spectrum under consideration i

post office boss, paula vennells shows you how you can get one. simply be in charge of an organisation that commits one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in britishval . gets my stamp of disapproval. this is your saturday night showdown discussing all tonight's topics, my brilliant panel joining me tonight are diane spencer, andrew eborn and frances foster. but first, let's get your latest news headlines from sam . good evening. >> i'm sam francis in the gb newsroom. the headlines at eight

post office boss, paula vennells shows you how you can get one. simply be in charge of an organisation that commits one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in britishl . gets my stamp of disapproval. this is your saturday night showdown discussing all tonight's topics, my brilliant panel joining me tonight are diane spencer, andrew eborn and frances foster. but first, let's get your latest news headlines from sam . good evening. >> i'm sam francis in the gb newsroom. the headlines at eight flood hit households affected by storm henke are being offered thousands of pounds in government support . people in government support. people in eligible areas can apply for up to £500 to help with immediate costs , and there's also an offer costs, and there's also an offer of up to £5,000 in grants for some homes and businesses. rs 210 flood warnings remain in place across england, with exceptionally high and in some cases record river levels. great western railway is urging passengers to check for cancellations as several lines are closed due to flooding . are closed due to flooding. newly released court documents suggest. prince andrew had daily massages dur

. >> too many victims wants nothing to do with the british justice system, nothing to do with the post officeing to do with government. they have had enough. >> keep on the momentum of the itv series engendered and press here, everywhere. i think we also still need to listen to the victims. >> in terms ofhose who have died, will their states will abe compensation? >> yes, the government says, their families will get the money. ministers acknowledge today's decision has big consequences, inexcluding the prospect some people who are actually guilty and now paid more than half a million pounds but they believe it's the right call. >> either self the present problem or accept that an unknown number of people who have genuinely stolen from the post office will be exonerated or perhaps even compensated. >> constitutionally, politely, practically, financially, this is a big moment. for the victs, the prospect after so, so long. justice, repayment, clarity. "bbc news," westminster. >> well, in april 2016, a high court claim was issued against the post office by a group of these post masters, a group

too many victims want nothing to do with the british justice system, nothing do with the post office, we need to keep on the momentum that the itv series absolutely engendered, in press, here, everywhere. i think we also still need to listen to the victims. in terms of those that have their convictions| overturned, who have died, will their estates be able i to access the compensation? yes, the government says, their families will get the money. ministers acknowledge today's decision has big consequences, including the prospect some people who are actually guilty are now paid more than £500,000. but they believe it's the right call. we will be faced with the dilemma, either the present problem of many people carrying the unjustified slur of conviction, or accept an unknown number of people who have genuinely stolen from their post office will be exonerated or perhaps even compensated. constitutionally, politically, practically, financially, this is a big moment. for the victims, the prospect after so, so long — justice, repayment, clarity. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. former ne

pressure on the british government to help hundreds of post office branch managers who were wrongly convicted after they were wrongly convicted after they were wrongly convicted of committing fraud. hello, and welcome. hezbollah has confirmed one of its senior commanders has been killed by an israeli drone strike in lebanon. wissam—al—tawil managed many operations in the south of the country. israeli strikes have killed 249 palestinians and injuring a further 510 in the past 24 hours according to the hamas run health ministry and this comes as the top diplomat from america antony blinken is back in the middle east meeting officials in the uae, saudi arabia and israel. further talks on the conflict in gaza. our correspondent sent the very latest. the scale of gaza's humanitarian crisis clearly visible along its southernmost border. hundreds of thousands are now crammed into tents. after fleeing their homes, most have been displaced several times over, by the fighting with israel. angry and weary, this woman believes herfamily remains in danger. "they killed us in schools, in our homes, they wo

too many victims want nothing to do with the british justice system, nothing do with the post office,ernment. they have had enough. we need to keep on the momentum that the itv series absolutely engendered, in press, here, everywhere. i think we also still need to listen to the victims. in terms of those that _ have their convictions overturned, who have died, will their estates be able to access the compensation? i yes, the government says, their families will get the money. ministers acknowledge today's decision has big consequences, including the prospect some people who are actually guilty are now paid more than £500,000. but they believe it is the right call. we will be faced with the dilemma, either the present problem of many people carrying the unjustified slur of conviction, or accept an unknown number of people who have genuinely stolen from their post office will be exonerated or perhaps even compensated. constitutionally, politically, practically, financially, this is a big moment. for the victims, the prospect after so, so long — justice, repayment, clarity. chris mason,

british history. nick read, chief executive of the post office, and paul patterson, europe director at fujitsu, are boththey will be grilled by politicians. a lot more on that in 20 minutes when we look in detail at fujitsu, the horizon software and what happens next. all that still to come. iranian—backed houthi rebels in yemen have confirmed that they carried out a ballistic missile strike on a us—owned cargo ship in the gulf of aden. the militants described the incident as a direct hit, and added that all us and british ships taking part in what they called the aggression against yemen would be targets. on monday, uk prime minister rishi sunakfaced mps for the first time since airstrikes launched on friday. here's our political editor chris mason. this is the ship, the gibraltar eagle, hit by a missile today off the coast of yemen. it sustained minimal damage and no one was injured. but it shows that even after those us and uk air strikes, the houthi attacks are continuing. i call the prime minister. in the commons this afternoon, rishi sunak said the uk decided to hit houthi targets late last week i

too many victims want nothing to do with the british justice system, nothing do with the post office,ernment. they have had enough. we need to keep on the momentum the itv series, absolutely engenders, in press, here, everywhere, i think we also still need to listen to the victims. in terms of those who had their convictions. overturned, who have died. will they eggs states be able to access compensation. - yes the government says their family also get the money. ministers acknowledge it has big consequence, including the prospect some people who are actually guilty are no paid more than £500,000. but they believe it is the right call. we have been faced with the demme will imagine, accept the problem of people carrying conviction an or accept an unknown number of people who have stolen will be exonerated or perhaps even compensated. constitutionally, politically, practically, financially, this is a big moment. for the victim, the prospect after so, so long, justice, repayment, clarity. chris mason, bbc news. westminster. 983 subpostmasters were found guilty of false accounting, theft

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british. last year the post office apologised after it revealed it used racist terms to describe postmasters wronglyas part of the horizon it scandal. a document showed they used terms like chinese, japanese types, dark skinned european types and negroid types. the post office said the language and classifications used in the historical document is completely abhorrent and condemned by today's post office. now several people of south asian heritage who worked in post offices at the time have contacted newsnight to say they feel race played a part in the way people were treated. one man of indian background said he was told by a member of post office staff in 2011, "all the indians are doing it, they have relatives and so they take the money and send it to them abroad." another said about the post office staff he dealt with, "it felt like they thought you were a foreigner and you'd robbed them." and a woman of asian origin said, "it was like we were dumb because english wasn't our first language, that we struggled to make sense of basic accounting." balwinder gill says he was wrongly accused of steal

the met would be better off by the knife crime. police officers plays post as in several british airports calling for information on war crimes. and that by big hebrew, an english they claimed was b a d t to assess the international criminal course investigation of these when the government has coals the i c. c polled at the symmetric. now we spoke to a co founder of guys, a medic, voices on my abdulla, i'm on 2 sides of a, please can pay this part of the public fight against these ready atrocities. and guys that as the 1st thing to say is that the metropolitan police has not taken upon themselves to do this. they have you been approached by the setup was sent to the same as plastic surgeon who was in gaza. witnessing will crime is on a daily basis from the 8th of october until early december, when he escaped on the fire by these or any defense occupation forces. and he has approached the i c, j t. the international center for just as the palestinians are based in london to put together a case for crimes. we are in a situation where we have inputs in lead is including this. this do not co

bbc news has obtained documents showing the british government was complicit in a decision by the post officeo had found bugs in its it system. a sub—committee of the post office board took the decision in april 2014. yet the post office kept the government 5 involvement in it secret. andy verity has this exclusive report. the post office hard independent accountants second site to investigate complaints and is of a horizon commuter system which which generated cash shortfalls which help to prosecute 5ub postmaster. oh, my god. it has doubled right in front of my eyes. they found evidence of computer bug5 doing just that in 76 branches. but instead of coming clean the post office kept insisting in public their system was robust, as they had since the turn—of—the—century. in 1999, the post office launches fujitsu's horizon it system in 20,000 post offices. it seems to show that thousands of sub postmaster had cash shortfalls and over the next decade 983 branch managers are prosecuted, with many sent to prison or losing their homes, or in some cases taking their own lives. in 2013, second site

government which was the british government which was the british taxpayer who was paying the post officeexpensive lawyers to destroy people who could barely afford their own defence and were being obliged , defence and were being obliged, urged to go for a lesser charge to avoid prison seam and misery. we all saw that lovely lady. she was pregnant when they were investigating her, she said . i investigating her, she said. i wanted to commit suicide from the shame, but i couldn't kill the shame, but i couldn't kill the baby . i mean the shame, but i couldn't kill the baby. i mean , the shame, but i couldn't kill the baby . i mean , she went to the baby. i mean, she went to the baby. i mean, she went to the one of the worst women's prisons in the country with rose west for 15 months, and she had done nothing. paula vennells, they're offering them £75,000 first payment for the people who weren't convicted . and paula weren't convicted. and paula vennells was earning . £75,000 vennells was earning. £75,000 a month. all right . so we have month. all right. so we have this vast conspiracy, i t

against a houthi target in yemen, a day afterjoint us—british air strikes across the country and in the uk, the minister responsible for the post officedal — in which hundreds of workers were falsely accused of theft. welcome to the programme. let's start in taiwan, where william lai has won the elections and is set to become taiwan's president. lai is representing the governing dpp — and is set to succeed to the current president tsai ing—wen. lai has been labelled a troublemaker by china, as beijing warned people against voting for him. in his acceptance speech, he said he is "determined to safeguard taiwan from continuing threat and intimidation from china" and will maintain the cross—strait status quo. around 19 million voters were called to elect a new president. my colleague steve lai is in taipei and joins me now.

is that the post office were lying to the sub—postmasters, lying to the victims, lying to courts and judges, lying to ministers of all parties over two decades, and also lying to the britishr documents on time — delaying the inquiry considerably. hundreds of sub—postmasters were convicted after faulty software made it look as if money had gone missing. 0ur correspondent zoe conway has been at the inquiry. today's hearing, so far, has been very technical, very dry, but it's also been incredibly important because it's been about the late disclosure of documents by the post office. the post office has been accused of obstructing this inquiry by producing evidence very late in the day. to give you an example, lastjuly, on the eve of an important evidence session, it announced that it had discovered 4,000 documents that it hadn't shared with the inquiry. as a result, the evidence session had to be delayed. the lead counsel to the inquiry, jason beer kc, today said that has happened several times. in fact, the chair of this inquiry, sir wyn williams, has become so concerned by this that he's threatened criminal sanctions against the post office if it doesn't produce evidence in

the british government says it hopes to announce plans soon to speed up the appeals of post office branch managers wrongly convicted because of a flawed it system. and the legendary german footballer and manager franz beckenbauer has died at the age of 78. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. we begin in the middle east, where us secretary of state antony blinken is making his fourth visit to the region since israel began the bombardment of gaza on the 7th of october. he's there at a pivotal moment. today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli's now displaced from their homes. with 80,000 israelis now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza stands at 23,000, according to the hamas—run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that severa

british airstrikes across the country. in the uk, the minister responsible for the post office has called forjail time for those responsiblearliamentary elections which could define future ties with china. hello and welcome. i'm catherine byaruhanga. the us has launched a fresh strike against the houthis in yemen. military officials say they hit a radar site with missiles fired from the uss carney, based in the red sea. they've described this latest strike as a follow—on action to joint attacks yesterday, which authorities say are designed to degrade the houthis�* ability to attack maritime vessels. earlier, president biden had warned the us would respond if the iran—backed group continued what he called outrageous behaviour in attacking shipping in the red sea. on friday, the us and uk hit around 30 sites across yemen, including the capital city of sana'a. houthi leaders said five people were killed and have warned of more retaliation.

against a houthi target in yemen, a day afterjoint us—british air strikes across the country and in the uk, the minister responsible for the post offices of workers were falsely accused of theft. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. let's start in taiwan, where william lai has won the elections and is set to become taiwan's president. lai is representing the governing dpp — and is set to succeed to the current president tsai ing—wen. lai has been labelled a troublemaker by china, as beijing warned people against voting for him. in his acceptance speech, he said he is "determined to safeguard taiwan from continuing threat and intimidation from china" and will maintain the cross—strait status quo. around 19 million voters were called to elect a new president.

the british government says it hopes to announce plans soon to speed up the appeals of post office branchd it system. and the legendary german footballer and manager franz beckenbauer has died at the age of 78. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. we begin in the middle east, where us secretary of state antony blinken is making his fourth visit to the region since israel began the bombardment of gaza on the 7th of october. he's there at a pivotal moment.

— part two, alan bates vs the post office in 20 years' time for the people who haven't been paid yet. people think the post office is something — an institution, a britishsfield, having worked there for 22 years. his branch had an apparent shortfall of £12,000. i rang the post office for help and they were no help at all. theyjust said i was the only one who was having any problems with the computer system. i'm thinking, i could get audited at any minute and i'm going to jail, it's as simple as that. i had to sell at a loss to get out and to save me... not going to prison, basically. stefan�*s life was in turmoil, but there was more to come — devastating news about his wife, julie. she'd gone for a scan — no idea, me, never said a word. huddersfield hospital rang me, "can you come and see us?" i went and they told me she'd got two months to live. she died eight months later. but all the stress of all this didn't help at all — i think it contributed to it in a big way. the historical shortfall scheme was set up by the post office to help people like stefan — who were affected by the horizon scandal, but not convicted of a crime. it awarded him around £24

. >> pitted by the post office iued and pitted by the post office and pitted by the post office and what's been described as the biggest miscarriage of justice in britishory. >> well, than 1 million >> well, more than 1 million people have now signed an online petition calling for paula. paula vennells, who led the post office when subpostmasters were unfairly prosecuted , to now unfairly prosecuted, to now be stripped of the honour. >> victims of the post office scandal and mps have also said sir ed davey, the lib dem leader, serious questions to leader, had serious questions to answer post office answer as he was post office minister in 2010 and 2012. and they're saying he step they're saying he should step down. bear mind, david, down. bear in mind, david, sanctimonious sir ed davey has called for public figures to step than 31 step down. no fewer than 31 times since he took over leader of the lib dems in april. >> thank you. well, joining us now is conservative lord and former mp lord arbuthnot. very good to see you this morning. so i mean where do we begin with this story? rishi sunak. i mean where do we begin with this story? rishi sunak . and of

the british prime minister says the government is looking at legal options to clear the sub—postmasters wrongly convicted in the post officeppalling miscarriage ofjustice'. more than 700 people were convicted of charges including theft and false accounting, because of a faulty computer system — fewer than 100 of them have been exonerated. rishi sunak, in a wide ranging interview with laura kuenssberg, also said he was committed to the plan to send some migrants to rwanda. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. for rishi sunak, this is set to be a decisive year, issues crowding around. first, the growing calls to exonerate those caught up in the post office scandal. the prime minister was asked if he would act to clear the hundreds wrongfully convicted or have government, not post office, lawyers handle their appeals. the justice secretary is looking at the things that you have described. it would not be right to pre—empt that process. obviously there is legal complexity in all of those things but he is looking at exactly those areas that you have described. it is right that we find every which way we can