today at one... live from london. this is bbc news. japan downgrades its major tsunami warning, saying the threat has "largely passed" after a powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the country, bringing down buildings. the new year brings more hamas rocket attacks and more deadly strikes on gaza, as israel says it expects the war to continue throughout 202a. the bangladeshi nobel peace prize winner, muhammad yunus, is given a six month jail term for violating labour laws, in a case he says was politically motivated. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we begin injapan, where a powerful earthquake and several strong aftershocks

have hit the north coast of the main island of honshu — destroying buildings and starting fires. but the threat of a major tsunami has been downgraded — with people no longer advised to move to higher ground. tsunami warnings were also issued in south and north korea and the far east of russia. japan's metorological agency says the quake had a magnitude of 7.6. it struck just after 4pm local time, with its epicentre in the ishikawa region, close to the town of anamizu. several buildings are reported to have collapsed in the nearby town of suzu. this cctv video footage appears to show two coming down. you can see clouds of dust forming above the wreckage at the top left and right of the screen — and the roof on the building in the foreground cracking apart. there are reports of people trapped in the rubble of collapsed houses.

some tsunami waves ofjust overa metre, did reach the coastline — these pictures were filmed in nearby niigata. there had been fears of waves up to five metres in places. nami registering at just nami registering atjust under a metre also reached the coast. this video shows the moment the tremor happened inside a supermarket. the quake has disrupted flights and rail services and there are reports that some major highways have been closed. more than 36,000 homes have also lost power supplies — but the agency which administers japan's nuclear power plants says they have not been affected. some images are now emerging of the damage caused by the quake. these buildings in wajima give an idea of how violent the tremor was. you can see the rubble of what appears to be a collapsed shop at the end of the street.

and these pictures show how dozens of roof tiles were dislodged by the quake — with the frames of some of the homes also badly damaged. 0ne tourist, who's on a snowboarding trip near niigata, described what the earthquake felt like. pretty massive, if you ask me. so the whole room was shaking. the tv was shaking. i had to keep everything on the table. i did feel safe in my room, though, but everything else was shaking. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is following the story from taipei. to the relief of everybody, ithink, injapan, particularly along that coast. it looks as though the major threat of a five metre tsunami has passed. local authorities there say they have downgraded the warning from a serious tsunami to a still morning, but of a lower scale threat to the coast.

and we are now five hours since the earthquake, the initial earthquake struck. there have been several aftershocks, several of them quite large, but as that time has gone on, the threat has begun to wane. i'm not surprised now that they have downgraded the threat. it appears that a big tsunami is not likely to hit that coast. in the meantime, quite a bit of damage, people being told to stay away from their homes if they have evacuated. it is now well into the night injapan, and people who have evacuated to evacuation centres, which you find in every town injapan, on high ground, there are strength and buildings, community centres or schools that are used as evacuation centres during times of disaster, earthquakes, typhoons, things like that. so people will have moved to those places, and i would expect many to stay there through the night until the damage to their properties and to towns has been fully assessed, and then they will probably begin to return home. we have seen damage from one town

in the north where a large fire broke out, it is out of control and appears to be burning a hole neighbourhood, fire services cannot get through to put it out at the moment. older buildings have collapsed in rural areas. this is a remote area ofjapan, many fishing communities will be worst affected, and many roads have been broken up, with huge cracks and rippling of the roads, bridges, and a lot of infrastructure has been badly damaged. and i would expect, in the coming hours, to hear of more injuries and perhaps fatalities from this disaster, but as i said at the beginning, the good news is that it looks like the danger from a large tsunami has now passed. israel's military says it has killed a senior hamas commander — adel msammah — in an overnight strike in central gaza. the bbc has not been able to verify the israel defense forces�* claim

that he led an attack on a kibbutz in southern israel on the 7th of october. there has been no let—up in the israeli air strikes hitting gaza, with at least another 2a people killed overnight. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says almost 22,000 palestinians have now been killed there. israeli tanks are reported to have pulled out of some districts of gaza city ahead of a planned troop reduction. but the fighting rages on elsewhere, and israel's military says it expects the war to continue throughout 202a. in israel itself, the new year began with air raid sirens sounding in tel aviv and other areas, after hamas launched more rockets. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. she gave us more details about last night's rocket attacks. so it was just after midnight local time, people in tel aviv had been seeing in the new year and there were these air—raid sirens that went off, as a barrage of rockets,

hamas said it used longer—range m90 rockets, were fired towards tel aviv, also a part of southern israel. now, israel's iron dome missile defense system was quickly in action. there were the thuds of interceptions bringing down those rockets but really a very grim start to the new year. meanwhile, in gaza itself, in the dark, we had scenes of rescuers scrambling in the rubble of buildings that had been newly flattened by israeli air strikes. some 50 people killed in the latest air strikes in gaza city, about 20 of them people who were taking shelter at the al—aqsa university, we understand. also in the centre and in the south of the gaza strip, fighting there remains extremely intense. live now to maha yahya. she's director of the malcom h kerr carnegie middle east center in beirut.

israel says it expects war to continue during the year — how do you see the conflict developing in the coming weeks? good morning and thank you for having me. ithink good morning and thank you for having me. i think what we are seeing is a move to what they call a low intensity conflict, which explains why some of the troops are being withdrawn from northern gaza. that doesn't mean that the bloodshed is going to decrease to any significant way. we are talking about 22,000 already recognised as dead. the un a month ago were talking about another 7000 to 10,000 under the rubble. what we are looking at is a continuation of the bloodshed. even as pressure increases on israel to dial it down. we are not seen any indication of that in gaza nor in the region for that in gaza nor in the region for that matter.

the army is withsrawing some reservists from gaza — some to free up units in case of a wider conflict with the lebanese armed group hezbollah — how much of a concern is that? well, we have seen a significant escalation in the fighting between hezbollah and israeli forces in the past three months now. however, de—escalation has been incremental. what is worrisome or significant worry over the past few weeks is the rhetoric coming out of israel, which are calls for a ground incursion, a strike against hezbollah. it's ironic the lebanese border has been completely quiet since 2006. israel hasn't had to worry about the lebanese border until now. so, it is a significant concern. the problem

is that should fighting broke out between hezbollah and israel in a much more expansive manner, if israel decides to target beirut and enter into an all—out war, this is going to drag the entire region and probably the world into a much larger conflict. right now we are seeing action by houthis begin shipping in the red sea, the popular mobilisation for spikes in one american basis. it is a coordinated effort between different groups. but this coordinated effort focusing on israel should hezbollah get dragged into it, should hezbollah be targeted in a more significant way in lebanon and should lebanon be targeted. this would also bring in the americans and others unfortunately.— the americans and others unfortunatel . ., ., unfortunately. you mentioned the americans and — unfortunately. you mentioned the

americans and british, _ unfortunately. you mentioned the americans and british, canadian l americans and british, canadian involved in any sort of mediation? we've heard talks about ceasefires from egypt. is there any hope of any mediation in this conflict coming weeks? �* , ., ., ., mediation in this conflict coming weeks? , ., ., ., ., weeks? any mediation will have to include different _ weeks? any mediation will have to include different groups _ weeks? any mediation will have to include different groups or - include different groups or countries. there is no confidence or faith unfortunately in the us diplomacy or in british diplomacy. particularly after the more or less blank cheque that was given to israel to bomb the hell out of gaza and again the result is 22,000 dead and again the result is 22,000 dead and counting and more than 50,000 injured, and areas that are uninhabitable. the confidence in the uk and the us bringing about a resolution is not there. however, the uk diplomacy is desperately needed and the arabs can then be counted on to work with the

palestinians, whether gulf countries, egyptians, jordanians, that have a very important role to play, can also come in and work on the palestinian side. basically, any mediation effort is going to need different parties to bring the warring sides to the table and will also need to include iran. today you cannot have any kind of regional settlement in the region any more, any settlement sorry on the gaza conflict, without iran sitting round the table. . ~ conflict, without iran sitting round the table. ., ~ , ., a court in bangladesh has sentenced the microfinance economist and nobel laureate muhammad yunus and three colleagues to six months in prison for violating labour laws. the four were accused of failing to create a welfare fund for their workers. 83 yunus is credited with lifting

millions out of poverty. their supporters say the case is politically motivated. with the details — here's our south asia correspondent anbarasan ethirajan. muhammad yunus is a well—known, acclaimed economist. he won the nobel peace prize for creating this micro—financing scheme, lifting millions out of poverty in 2006. and this model has been followed in many parts of the world. now, the government has filed a number of cases and according to his lawyer, more than 180 cases in the last ten or 12 years or so, charging him with several complaints, including how they violated labor laws and not creating a welfare fund for the workers. and today's judgment was in connection with that. but mr yunus and his supporters strongly deny this charges. in fact, he has issued a statementjust a few minutes ago where he said, as my lawyers have convincingly argued in court, this verdict against me is contrary to all legal precedent and logic. now, if you look at the background,

there has been a tension between mr yunus and the current prime minister, sheikh hasina, bangladeshi prime minister, and once described mr yunus as a bloodsucker of the poor and accused the grameen bank, founded by mr yunus of charging exorbitant interest rate. mr yunus and his supporters, the grameen bank denied these charges. so there is a bad blood between these two and she always viewed him as some kind of a rival. and she also challenged the international community, whoever wrote letters in support of mr yunus saying you can come to bangladesh and view the legal proceedings in court and then you make your judgment. but many of his supporters, as well as staff members, say they were still in a state of shock following this judgment. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. police in london have launched

a murder investigation following a fatal stabbing of a teenage boy. detectives say they were called to an incident shortly before midnight in the primrose hill area. a 16—year—old boy was pronounced dead at the scene. a male suspect has been arrested on suspicion of murder. almost three million people were seen for an urgent cancer check over the last twelve months — according to new analysis from nhs england. the number being tested has increased by more than a quarter compared with the same period before the pandemic. the government says catching the disease early is crucial to improving survival rates. an increase in the cost of domestic energy has taken effect in england, wales and scotland — adding to the pressure on household budgets in the new year. a higher price cap — set by the regulator 0fgem — from now to april means gas and electricity costs will be 5% higher than the last three months.

you're live with bbc news. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben croucher. hello there and happy new year. andy murray, after being beaten in the opening round of the brisbane international by grigor dimitrov. in a repeat of the 2017 final, murray took the first set 6—4. the bulgarian — who's back up to 1a in the world rankings, admitted to feeling a little rusty on court, but eventually found his stride to take the next two 7—5, 6—2. the second seed called his performance gutsy. elsewhere, naomi 0saka won the first match on her comeback to the court by beating tamara korpatsch in straight sets. the four—time grand slam champion is playing in herfirst tournament for 15 months after taking time off to give birth to her first child. 0saka defeated the unseeded german korpatsch 6—3 7—6 to set up a meeting with karolina pliskova.

it felt really amazing and i think it's something that you don't know you miss until you're away from it. it's just really incredible to also see so many little kids out there. for me, i don't really care too much... that's a lie, i care if i win or lose, butjust the process of it all, i know i trained really hard during the off—season. i think it's one of those things where i feel like i'm playing well enough so come eventually. over in perth, world number one iga swiatek has helped poland become the first nation in the quarter finals of the united cup. she won her singles rubbers against spain's sara sorribes tormo before combining with hubert hurkacz to breeze through the mixed doubles. against sorribes tormo and alejandro davidovich fokina, the polish duo didn't even drop a game to give poland a 2—1victory over spain and confirm their spot at the top of group a. norway kept alive their hopes of making the last eight with a much needed win over croatia. having lost to the netherlands in their opening match, norway's charge was led

by three time grand slam finalist casper ruud, who won singles and doubles to seal a 2—1win. their fate depends on the outcome of the croatia netherlands tie on tuesday. staying in oz and cricket where australia opener david warner has announced his retirement from one—day internationals. warner had already announced his retirement from test cricket before the current series against pakistan but has called time on a one day career that's seen him play 161 matches, score 6932 runs — leaving him 6th on australia's all time list. he has kept the door open to a possible return at the 2025 champions trophy though — if australia felt they needed him. liverpool start 2024 on top of the premier league following arsenal's defeat at fulham on sunday and can extend their lead to three points a little later on. they host newcastle united at anfield, a ground where they've lostjust once in their last 51 league games. newcastle injury hit squad have lost their last four on the road. and in a busy festive period, liverpool bossjurgen klopp is aware of the toll it's taking

on all players. we played five games in 13 days, it's absolutely insane as well. we came somehow through that but now it's about using that extra recovery time. because the next games, and we're still in all cup competitions, so we have a busy january as well. other teams probably have a less busy january which is helpful. we all have to get through that as well and then from february we'll have the same schedule again. tough games coming up that they are the games— tough games coming up that they are the games we relish. we had a lot of space _ the games we relish. we had a lot of space this _ the games we relish. we had a lot of space this season against very good teams _ space this season against very good teams so _ space this season against very good teams so we are not daunted by it. well— teams so we are not daunted by it. we'll attack — teams so we are not daunted by it. we'll attack it and give it our shot — we'll attack it and give it our shot. recent results have been a challenge — shot. recent results have been a challenge for us. the last couple of

performances haven't been as good as they can _ performances haven't been as good as they can be _ performances haven't been as good as they can be so we are determined to -et they can be so we are determined to get back— they can be so we are determined to get back and produce our best footbatt — get back and produce our best football. . ., ., , ., football. live text commentary of that one on _ football. live text commentary of that one on the _ football. live text commentary of that one on the bbc _ football. live text commentary of that one on the bbc sport - football. live text commentary of i that one on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. turning to the war in ukraine — and there have been deadly attacks by both sides. the russian—installed authorities in donetsk say ukrainian shelling has killed four people. meanwhile, ukraine says one person was killed in a russian drone attack in the port area of 0desa. 87 attack drones were destroyed by the air defence systems. president zelensky has promised to increase the domestic production of weapons and ammunition this year — including the construction of at least a million drones. in russia, many people are still willing to believe the kremlin s narrative that the west is to blame for the war. the bbc�*s russia editor steve rosenberg, one of the few remaining western journalists in the country, takes a look at what people in russia think

about the future of the war. so i've driven about 60 miles east of moscow to the town of versova, and i've come here because after nearly two years of war in ukraine and after nearly two years of tough international sanctions, i want to get a sense of what ordinary russians are thinking, notjust about the war, but about life in general and about the future.

you know, going around the town, there are moments when life seems absolutely normal and then suddenly

you see something and you're reminded that, no, it's not normal at all. that this is a country which is waging a war. like when you see on the side of an apartment block a giant mural of a russian soldier who's been killed in ukraine. there's now a museum in the town dedicated to his memory.

so here i am in a supermarket. and as you can see, even after two years of sanctions, there's still plenty on the shelves. but inflation is a worry for russians, no doubt about it.

that's our russian editor reporting. pope francis has celebrated a mass for the world day of peace at st peter's in the vatican. he called on the world to look to mothers and women to find peace and to emerge from a spiral of violence and hatred. he also called for every society to respect, defend under steam winning and try to see things with genuine human eyes and hearts —— defend and esteem women. you can

see the fireworks from around the world on the bbc news website if you missed them yesterday. a very happy new year. hello there. the new year has started dry with some sunshine for many parts of the country. if we have a look at the satellite picture, we've seen a few showers from this cloud in western scotland, but this cloud here is really arriving now from the south—west. that's going to bring some rain. that first weather system is going to be followed by a secondary feature here. those two combined could bring 50 millimetres of rain to parts of england and wales. given how wet it's been, there's likely to be some further flooding. ahead of that wet weather, the temperatures will dip away early in the night to below freezing in eastern scotland. it's going to be much milder, though, in the south—west. we've got the rain here by the evening. that's pushing across england and wales, across northern ireland, up into scotland, as well. briefly, we'll see some snow over the scottish mountains. clearer skies do follow that band of rain, but there's more wet weather returning to the south coast

and the south—west of england later on in the night. temperatures here around about 11 or 12 by the end of the night, by which time temperatures should have lifted a bit in scotland. we've still got some wet weather to move steadily northwards. windy in the northern isles, windy across southern parts of england and wales, particularly around those southern coasts. we've got the spell of rain, maybe for northern ireland, certainly across england and wales. it may well turn a bit drier across the south of england and south wales during the afternoon. temperatures here in those strong winds reaching 1a degrees, seven degrees where we've got a bit of sunshine in scotland, but also some showers. that weather system there bringing that second spell of rain moves away overnight. we've still got this low pressure towards the north—west of the uk. still some brisk winds up towards the far north—east of scotland where we've got a mixture of rain, but perhaps some snow heading towards the northern isles. the wind won't be as strong across the south of england and wales. for much of the uk it will be a case of some sunshine, but also some showers getting blown in on those westerly winds.

we've got temperatures still pretty decent — eight to 12 degrees. as we head towards the end of the week things are going to change because high pressure is going to come to dominate. it may well bring with it some colder air and a north—easterly wind. december was so wet because it was dominated by low pressure and over the next couple of days we'll see further areas of low pressure bringing more wind and rain, but there's an increased chance that, through the rest of the month even, it will turn drier and colder, maybe a little more wintry.

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