good morning, welcome to breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today: the bbc isr emails show it was warned about him in 2017. the most intense escalation of syria's civil war in years. islamist rebels seize control of the country's second largest city aleppo, and are now sweeping south. good morning, welcome to breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today: the bbc is facing more questions about its handling of allegations against the masterchef presenter, gregg wallace, after emails show it was warned about him in 2017. the most intense escalation of syria's civil war in years. islamist rebels seize control of the country's second largest city aleppo, and are now sweeping south.

hello and welcome — i'm luxmy gopal.investigation into the plane crash in kazakhstan found there was "external physical and technical interference". but the report stopped short of accusing any group or country of being responsible. the plane had originally tried to land at grozny airport in southern russia. the head of russia's aviation authority says the plane was unable to do so because of a ukrainian drone attack. pro—government media in azerbaijan has quoted un—named officials, saying they believed a russian air defence missile caused the plane to crash.

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hello, i'm luxmy gopal.zakhstan this week was possibly brought down by russian air defence systems. the kremlin has so far refused to comment on reports the plane was hit by russian weaponry. azerbaijan airlines says that the preliminary results of the investigation into the incident found

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i'm luxmy gopal. we start this hour with a historic moment in french political history.esignation to president macron. he becomes the shortest serving prime minister in the history of modern france. for the first time in more than 60 years, mps have brought down the government by a no—confidence vote by mps. the vote was decisive. 288 votes were needed to unseat mr barnier. in the end, 331 were cast to remove him. the budget, which was the cause of his downfall, is now defunct. france has been plagued by political uncertainty since the summer election resulted in a hung parliament,

hello, i'm luxmy gopal.zerbaijan airlines says that the preliminary results of the investigation into the plane crash in kazakhstan found there was �*external physical and technical interference�*. but the report stopped short of accusing any group or country of being responsible the plane had originally tried to land at grozzni airport in southern russia. tried to land at grozny airport in southern russia. the head of russia's aviation authority says the plane was unable to do so because of a ukrainian drone attack. pro—government media in azerbaijan has quoted un—named officials, saying they believed a russian air defence missile caused the plane to crash. jon donnison reports. this is the moment the plane went down. it's remarkable anyone survived. but emerging from the wreckage, some did. the flight had been diverted to kazakhstan after passengers heard bangs when it tried to land at its original destination — grozny, in chechnya. translation: they say there were two bangs, l but i only heard one. it was

hello, i'm luxmy gopal. the white house says it's seen "early indications" that suggest a plane which crashed in kazakhstan this week was possibly brought down by russian air defence systems. the kremlin has so far refused to comment on reports the plane was hit by russian weaponry. azerbaijan airlines says that the preliminary results of the investigation into the incident found there was "external physical and technical interference". but the report stopped short of accusing any group or country of being responsible. the plane had originally tried to land at grozzni airport in southern russia. the head of russia's aviation authority says the plane was unable to do so because of a ukrainian drone attack. pro—government media in azerbaijan has quoted unnamed officials, saying they believed a russian air defence missile caused the plane to crash. jon donnison reports. this is the moment the plane went down. it's remarkable anyone survived. but emerging from the wreckage, some did. the flight had been diverted

hello and welcome — i'm luxmy gopal.al physical and technical interference". but the report stopped short of accusing any group or country of being responsible. the plane had originally tried to land at grozny airport the plane had originally tried to land at grozny airport

hello, i'm luxmy gopal. a former manchester city footballer has been elected in a vote in georgia's parliament, despite denunciations from the incumbent president and the pro—eu opposition that the process is illegitimate. mikheil kavelashvili is a former mp from the increasingly authoritarian ruling georgian dream party and was the only candidate for the job. it comes after 17 days of pro—eu protests our south caucasus and central asia correspondent rayhan demytrie is outside parliament in the georgian capital, tblisi. a short while ago the head of the central election commission announced the results of the election that took place this morning. it was the electoral college that voted for georgia's next president. it is the first time the head of state is chosen by the electoral college. the nominees were from the current ruling party that has been in power for the last 12 years. the opposition seems to have turned against the ruling party. mikheil kavelashvili is a loyal candidate and part of the ruling p

hello, i'm luxmy gopal. man has appeared in court in germany, charged with five counts of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder after friday's attack on a christmas market in the city of magdeburg. this is the scene live from the market. it seems to be open and plenty of people are milling around there. more than 200 others were injured when they were struck by a car driven through the crowds. the suspect — a 50—year—old doctor originally from saudi arabia was named as taleb al—abdulmohsen. he was placed in pre—trial detention when he appeared in court last night. his social media posts appear to suggest he had been critical of islam. our correspondent anna foster, has been in bernburg today, the home town of the suspect. this is where he lived for almost 20 years after coming from saudi arabia to germany backin from saudi arabia to germany back in 2006. this is a fairly small, quiet town. it has its own christmas market of its own actually, which is very, very quiet this afternoon, just in the cent

hello, i'm luxmy gopal.start with breaking news from germany where the boy who died in the attack at the magdeburg christmas market has been named. andre gleissner was nine years old. his identity was confirmed by the fire department who said he had been a member of the children's fire brigade in the town of warle, about an hour's drive from magdeburg. this is the scene live at magdeburg market. it appears to have reopened and people are walking amongst the stalls. andre was one of five people who died, the identities of the other four, who were all adult women, have not been made public. more than 200 others were injured when they were struck by a car driven through the crowds. the man held by police following the incident, taleb al—abdulmohsen, has been charged with five counts of murder, and multiple counts of attempted murder and detained in custody. he is a doctor, from saudi ariabia, and his motive remains unclear. but his social media posts appear to suggest he had been critical of islam. let's speak

hello and welcome — i'm luxmy gopal.rbaijan airlines says that the preliminary results of the investigation into the plane crash in kazakhstan found there was "external physical and technical interference". but the report stopped short of accusing any group or country of being responsible. the plane had originally tried to land at grozny airport the plane had originally tried to land at grozny airport in southern russia — the head of russia's aviation authority says the plane was unable to do so because of a ukrainian drone attack. pro—government media in azerbaijan has quoted un—named officials, saying they believed a russian air defence missile caused the plane to crash. one of the survivors, subkhonkul rakhimov, has been speaking to russian—language state media. here's his description of what happened to the airliner. translation: they say there were two bangs, l but i only heard one. it was quite substantial. i honestly didn't hear the second one. at first, only some of the oxygen masks fell out, and then they all di

hello, i'm luxmy gopal.embers of parliament in south korea have voted to remove president yoon suk yeol from power over his short—lived declaration of martial law 12 days ago. yoon will be immediately suspended from office and south korea's constitutional court has 180 days either to reinstate him or back his removal. the prime minister will become the acting president. these were the jubilant scenes as tens of thousands of protestors — who had gathered outside the national assembly — received the news. people have been singing �*into the new world' by k—pop group �*girls generation�* as fireworks broke out overhead. here was the moment the results of the impeachment vote was announced. 204 in favour, out of 300, against is 85. and i announce it has passed. in an address to the south korean people after the vote, mr yoon asked politicians to improve the political culture in the country away from confrontation — while also urging support for the acting president. here's our seoul correspondent, jean mckenzie,

our correspondent luxmy gopal explained more about what we've been hearing as the two—year inquiry comesn, it's been more than two years since this inquiry began. it began in february 2022, and i've been speaking to some of the people who have been affected by this, some names that will be familiar to you. and two of them were mentioned by edward henry kc a little earlier. one of them, lee castleton, which you may well know because he was declared bankrupt after being wrongly accused of stealing £25,000 from his branch in bridlington in east yorkshire. and earlier in the past couple of hours, the barrister said that his case reveals manipulation and abuse of the civiljustice system of which the post office is still capable. let me give you another name that you'll be familiar with. if you've been following the developments of this scandal over the past few years. seema misra, who is a former subpostmistress who was jailed while pregnant and was wrongly accused of stealing from her branch in surrey, and edward henry kc, said her example, her case was as dark and appalling as anything you'

hello, i'm luxmy gopal.resident yoon suk yeol from power over his short—lived declaration of martial law 12 days ago. yoon will be immediately suspended from office and south korea's constitutional court has 180 days either to reinstate him or back his removal. the prime minister will become the acting president.

i'm luxmy gopal. we start this hour with a historic moment in french political history. in the past hour, michel barnier arrived at the elysee palace to present his resignation to president macron. he becomes the shortest serving prime minister in the history of modern france. for the first time in more than 60 years, mps have brought down the government by a no—confidence vote by mps. the vote was decisive. 288 votes were needed to unseat mr barnier. in the end, 331 were cast to remove him. the budget, which was the cause of his downfall, is now defunct. france has been plagued by political uncertainty since the summer election resulted in a hung parliament, a result that can't be changed in an election before next july. let's speak to our southern europe correspondent mark lowen, who is in paris. it seems france has lurched from one political crisis to another, all of course connected by this thread of division over the conditions facing people there. it division over the conditions facing people there. it really is a very very _ facing people there. it really is a ver

good morning, welcome to breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben thompson. our headlines today: the bbc is facing more questions about its handling of allegations against the masterchef presenter, gregg wallace, after emails show it was warned about him in 2017. the most intense escalation of syria's civil war in years. islamist rebels seize control of the country's second largest city aleppo, and are now sweeping south. against the masterchef presenter, gregg wallace, after emails emerged showing it was warned about him in 2017. according to the sunday times, the broadcaster aasmah mir complained to the corporation about inappropriate comments he'd allegedly made during the filming of celebrity masterchef. mr wallace's lawyers have strongly denied he engages in sexually harassing behaviour. the bbc said it would "always listen if people want to make us aware of something directly". here's our culture reporter, noor nanji. as some are taking part in celebrity masterchef in 2017. but she has now revealed she complained to the bbc about remarks allegedly made