throughout the programme. it s tuesday, the 9th of january. our main story. two formerjustice secretaries one conservative, the other labour are leading calls for the government to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of those caught up in the post office it scandal. the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, said various options were being looked at to speed up appeals and compensate the victims. he said more talks would be held today and he hoped to announced a solution very shortly. here s our political correspondent, peter saull. i m the sub postmaster, so i m locked in and everyone else is locked out. so if you want to see my account. this is a scandal going back decades, and now a tv drama watched by millions has pushed it to the top of the political agenda. i know it s probably me because i m really rubbish with technology, but.| ve declared my cash, i ve declared my stock, i ve done it all three times and i still can t get it to balance. mr bates vs
and the japanese authorities say a coastguard aircraft involved in yesterday s fatal collision at tokyo s haneda airport wasn t cleared for take off. the smaller aeroplane collided with a japan airlines passengerjet on the runway, leading to a fireball and the deaths of five people. russia and ukraine have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners of war, after what moscow described as difficult negotiations. this programme continues on bbc one. today, two other parties are out of the starting blocks. on the eve of big speeches from the labour and conservative leaders, today we had a farage free reform uk press conference. and a lib dem stunt. richard tice, the reform leader, and daisy cooper, deputy leader of the lib dems, are here. all politicians are up against some grim economic warnings. i think it s more likely than not we will see the uk entering recession over the course of 202a. it is a coin toss if you look at economic forecasts. so how will the economy play into t
the person leading the polls by a massive margin in the republican presidential nominations is of course donald trump injust under an hour he s expected to give a campaign speech in iowa. well, right from the start of his speech president biden wasted no time laying out the choice for the american people, highlighting differences between him and his likely republican challenger, donald trump. the choice is clear, donald trump s campaign is about him. not america, not you. donald trump s campaign is obsessed with the past but not the future. he is willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. our campaign is different. for me and kamala, our campaign is about america, it s about you, it s about every age and background that occupies this country, it is about the future that we will continue to build together. our campaign is about preserving and strengthening our american democracy. three years ago tomorrow, we saw with our own eyes the violent mob storm the unit
industry for you. no. the bbc has spoken to somebody since your arrest who says exactly those things that with you, it s all manipulation. there s an ulterior motive to everything. is this sophie? 0h, sophie. the fake name. no face. i was so intent on wanting to please him and wanting him to be happy that i was just kind of, yeah, 0k, do whatever you want.” has she accused me of a crime, this imaginary sophie? she s making the point that there. has she accused me of a crime? ..emotional or psychological manipulation. i ve asked you a question. and i allowed you into my house. i m asking you a question. correct. but you re not the boss here because i ve allowed you into my house. i m asking you the questions. correctly, and i m telling you. you get to decide the answers. no, we are equal here. i ve allowed you into my house. you don t come here with a position of authority. i m doing you the favour as legacy media, giving you relevance by speaking to you. and i m telli