live from london, this is bbc news. the japan prime minister has confirmed that five coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between two planes at tokyo's haneda international airport. all 379 passengers and crew escape a burning japan airlines aircraft just after it lands in tokyo. ijust came i just came here ijust came here to pick up a friend and luckily they get off the flight but they are not able to get their bikes. —— bags. it was scary, the whole airport just froze. bikes. —— bags. it was scary, the whole airportjust froze. this bikes. -- bags. it was scary, the whole airport just froze.- whole airport 'ust froze. this is the — whole airportjust froze. this is the scene live _ whole airportjust froze. this is the scene live at _ whole airportjust froze. this is the scene live at the _ whole airportjust froze. this is the scene live at the airport . whole airport just froze. this is . the scene live at the airport where emergency services are still trying to extinguish the blaze.

hello, welcome to bbc news now — three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with the news that five members of the japanese coastguard have died after their plane was involved in a collision with a japan airlines flight that was arriving at tokyo's haneda international airport. this is the scene live at the airport where that that plane still smouldering, and flames that you can see coming from certainly one part of the plane. many, many fire engines have been there for the past few hours trying to bring that under control but it is still burning, as you can see. this all happened within the past few hours at haneda international airport. the coastguard aircraft was departing from the same airport to deliver aid to the earthquake disaster area in ishikawa.

these dramatic pictures show flames and smoke pouring from the windows and fuselage of the aircraft as it lands following the collision. it then erupted in flames moments after it came to a stand still on the runway. fire crews tried to extinguish the flames as the 379 passengers and crew managed to safely evacuate from the plane. these pictures taken from a passenger on board the plane as it was landing. you can only imagine what they must have been going through as they sought that smoke from the window of their plane. a short while later, after the forward landing gear had collapsed, the entire plane was engulfed in flames. as fire crews continued to battle the blaze, the tail of the aircraft fell off. airbus have confirmed the aircraft involved in this incident was an a350. japan airlines has a fleet of 17 of this type of aircraft — all of which have been delivered

to them in the past four years. our asia reporter suranjana tewari is in tokyo. she gave me the latest details on the incident. what we saw was a japan airlines passenger plane coming in to land on the runway at haneda international airport. as it was landing it seem to collide with something and create a big explosion and then it continued down the runway and it was still on fire before coming to a stop. that fire has now spread significantly throughout the aircraft. the passenger aircraft, that is. and it did leave behind that is. and it did leave behind that other explosion. the coastguard has confirmed that there was a collision with one of its planes, a smaller plane, and the coastguard

has confirmed to the bbc that it is investigating the incident, the information about the collision coming from nhk, local media here in japan. the airport is one of two in tokyo, two international airports, and it is a very busy airport. lots of passengers coming through. not just busy for tokyo, there is lots of domestic travel, japan is a big country so lots of domestic passengers using air travel to get around, but also a big hope for the region, as well. japan obviously linking the pacific and the atlantic routes. so lots of people flying through routes. so lots of people flying throuthapan. haneda international airport have confirmed they have closed all of the runways because of this fire, as firefighters try to get this blaze under control. that is likely to cause a lot of

disruption to the flights, to passengers coming in and out of haneda airport and of course it is the end of the holiday season, the new year holiday being a big holiday here injapan, as well. so many people would have been using the airport today when this incident happened. live now to air commodore dai whittingham, uk flight safety committee. what uk flight safety committee. is your assessment of have what is your assessment of what we have been seeing in tokyo over the past few hours and an extremely dramatic accident and with this fire engulfing the flame in just minutes. firstly, tragedy for some and miraculous escape for others and it is quite remarkable that all 379 passengers and crew escaped the a350 which clearly stood up very well to what appears to have been a collision on the runway. you will

have seen from the images, that aircraft being quite quickly engulfed in flames, which underlines the need for passengers to evacuate very promptly when they are told to do so. and i think you will have seen, again from some of the videos that were taken internally, smoke and fumes appearing early on in the cabin. that is why you need to be ready to evacuate an aircraft. the certification standard is everyone off in 90 seconds, so you don't have time to waste getting bikes down, getting coats and stuff, you just have to be ready. you have one priority and that is to get yourself off the aircraft. some very lucky people and you will have seen also the footage of the fire crews going there —— getting down your bags. theirjob is to knock down flames are sufficiently to allow people to

get off and once you have got everybody off, after that of course they have an option as to whether they have an option as to whether they continue to fight the fire at close range or whether they let it burn. typically it is safer to let it burn. there was a very sad incident a few years ago of a fireman being killed in dubai when a wing cooked off an aircraft that had been evacuated. it is a very dynamic environment. the cruise were trying to respond to the aircraft of the other end of the runway, the aircraft that had been hit, and sadly we know that there were casualties in there. so very fortunate, but also very rare occurrence and we should not lose sight of the fact that this is hugely unusual to have a collision on a runway of this nature. trier? on a runway of this nature. very rare, thankfully, _ on a runway of this nature. very rare, thankfully, as _ on a runway of this nature. very rare, thankfully, as you - on a runway of this nature. very rare, thankfully, as you say. - on a runway of this nature. very rare, thankfully, as you say. but as you also say, are trained for this very unlikely eventuality. take us

through what would have happened in the moments after this collision and weight became that there was a fire, and you tell me what you think, did it look like the fire started internally or externally? it looks to be an external— internally or externally? it looks to be an external fire. _ internally or externally? it looks to be an external fire. clearly i internally or externally? it looks to be an external fire. clearly at| to be an external fire. clearly at some stage in the collision and the dynamics of that are hugely variable, the investigation will look at the initial points of contact and so on, but where you have fewer lines or tanks that gets breached by that collision, then clearly you have potential for fire. jet fuel is hard to get to burn, funnily enough. so you do need some sort of source of ignition and clearly when you have got an aircraft scraping down a runway like that because it appears to have lost its nosewheel, then you have those conditions. you are inside a

pressure hull, a sealed container, when you are on board and the doors are shut, so that would have been an initial protection against fire from outside, but once that is breached then you very quickly start to get fumes, combustion products, into the cabin, which is why you need tojust get out of there. we have seen footage over the years of people taking videos actually standing up and starting take videos of the evacuation when the priority should be just to leave. the other issue for anybody who finds themselves in that situation is you get away from the aircraft because debris can come off it. you have the products of combustion and with these modern composite built aircraft, you will also get burnt carbon fibre particles which are quite hazardous to health if you inhale those. irate to health if you inhale those. we are looking at pictures as the plane travelled down the runway, the

smaller plane, i think, perhaps, that was hit, and then fire that engulfed the larger plane, the airbus. what happens on board when an incident occurs like this? you have the crew who are then tasked with getting all those 379 people off that plane as quickly as possible. i think is that they are trained to do it in 90 seconds and there is only a certain number of exits. how do they do that and try to maintain order? you can only imagine the fearand to maintain order? you can only imagine the fear and terror in the minds of every single person on the plane. minds of every single person on the lane. ., . ~ . minds of every single person on the -lane. ., . ~ . , minds of every single person on the -lane. . ~ .,, plane. correct. which is why it hel - s if plane. correct. which is why it helps if you — plane. correct. which is why it helps if you listen _ plane. correct. which is why it helps if you listen to - plane. correct. which is why it helps if you listen to the - plane. correct. which is why it i helps if you listen to the briefing before take—off. if you study the evacuation card, images and information card, it is all information card, it is all information designed to help you survive in that sort of situation. for example, iam survive in that sort of situation. for example, i am one of those people, i wear my shoes until the aircraft has come to... before we land, certainly at the top of the

climb i have my shoes on, my passport in my pocket and my phone in my pocket because my priority is to get off if i am required to. others make themselves comfortable, others make themselves comfortable, flip—flops, shorts, whatever. personal choice. when something like this happens, the flight crew will be concentrating on bringing the aircraft to a halt and then they have to decide whether there is a threat to the people down the back of the aircraft, and clearly in this case there was, so there is a process that they will go through to ensure the aircraft is in a condition to evacuate. part of that is indeed pressurising the hull because it makes the door is difficult to open, it may be getting the flaps down, because sometimes thatis the flaps down, because sometimes that is an escape route of the aircraft. then you have the cabin crew who are trained, they go through this process every time they are into that recurrent training

programme, which typically is six monthly, and it is a court function for them and you will hear operators saying the crew are here for your safety, and this is exactly where that comes home to roost. so they will open the doors and theirjob thenis will open the doors and theirjob then is to guide people out. sometimes they will put the crewmember down the slide to help people at the bottom. so from some of these wide—body aircraft, a 380, 777, 350 and the like, you can be coming down from quite a height at quite a speed and it is not unusual for people to have injuries so having someone at the bottom of the slide to collect is fine, but you just need people to get up and get moving and get to the nearest exit because that is what you need to do and if the exit is not open, sometimes they will deliberately keep an exit closed because there is a hazard outside. so in this scenario, where they know, for

example, an open wing exits —— over wing exit, with a fire you don't want to open that so take people out where it is safest. dai want to open that so take people out where it is safest.— where it is safest. dai whittingham, thank ou where it is safest. dai whittingham, thank you for— where it is safest. dai whittingham, thank you for your _ where it is safest. dai whittingham, thank you for your expertise. - where it is safest. dai whittingham, j thank you for your expertise. taking us through the likely events as that plane landed on that runway, crashed and then that fire broke out. josh was an eyewitness and told us about the situation from inside the airport a short time ago. i came here to pick _ airport a short time ago. i came here to pick pp _ airport a short time ago. i came here to pick up a _ airport a short time ago. i came here to pick up a friend - airport a short time ago. i came here to pick up a friend and - airport a short time ago. i came i here to pick up a friend and luckily they get off the flight but they are not able to get their bags and it was pretty scary. the whole airport just kind of froze and people were not allowed to go into departures and then everything just stopped. you can probably see behind me everyone is lined up and they are all trying to get their bags because the people who were boarding planes all had to get off. planes have completely stopped everywhere and,

yeah, it is kind of crazy. so they are all councils, basically. i don't think they are going to come back up again today. —— cancelled. everyone is waiting to get their bags back from the flights that have been cancelled and a lot of people are opting to get their baggage shipped because it isjust opting to get their baggage shipped because it is just too long of a wait. most of the bullet trains are all delayed but they are coming back because the earthquakes have calmed down, and so everyone is looking at alternative ways of transport, getting home, but it is pretty difficult because it is filling up. you can the amount of people who are now unable to get home or go to where they need to go and they will now look for other forms of transport. it is worrying. from inside the _ transport. it is worrying. from inside the import _ transport. it is worrying. from inside the import as _ transport. it is worrying. from inside the import as he -- - transport. it is worrying. from inside the import as he -- outj transport. it is worrying. from - inside the import as he -- out the inside the import as he —— out the airport as he waited a a friend.

emergency crews very much still active on the scene. the smouldering wreckage in situ. it looked like there were flames still lapping the outside of the plane just a short time ago but this situation very much active, incredibly all 379 people on board escaped but very sadly five people on board a japanese coastguard plane with which this air bus collided, have lost their lives. we will have more on this ongoing situation in a few minutes. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some of the story is making news here in the uk. the home office says it's cleared what it's called the "legacy" backlog of asylum claims — meeting a pledge made by rishi sunak. the home secretary says the target has been successfully met — and the process for future claims has been speeded up. but critics — including labour — have accused the government of massaging the figures. a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 46—year—old man in sheffield. chris marriott — a father of two —

was hit by a car while trying to help a stranger. hassanjhangur — who's 23 — was remanded in custody. a target for the number of high—powered electric vehicle charge points near motorways has been missed — according to the rac. the government wanted every motorway service station in england to have at least six rapid or ultra—rapid chargers by the end of last year. data suggests only four in ten now meet this criteria. you're live with bbc news. let's return to events in tokyo at the herminator airport —— haneda international airport with this dramatic incident where an airbus a350 collided with a small coastguard plane in which sadly five

people lost their lives. all 379 people lost their lives. all 379 people on board a japan airlines plane were evacuated safely. let's show you some footage we have from inside the plane in the moments after the planes collided and that situation became more apparent as to what was actually happening. this is from a passenger who could see the smoke from their window and you can hear and see the alarms going off on the plane. the smoke coming out into the plane. the smoke coming out into the plane. the smoke coming out into the plane and then we have heard from an air accident investigator about the events that would have unfolded in the immediate moments afterwards, saying airline crews are trained to evacuate the plane in just 90 seconds but you can only imagine the absolute terror and fear that went on in those moments. live now to ben clatworthy. he is the travel editor of the times newspaper. good to see you, thank you for being with us. what have you thought been

as these events have unfolded in tokyo? as these events have unfolded in to 0? ~ . ,., as these events have unfolded in to 0? ~ . ., , tokyo? what we so often see in the wake of any — tokyo? what we so often see in the wake of any transport _ tokyo? what we so often see in the wake of any transport incident - tokyo? what we so often see in the wake of any transport incident is - wake of any transport incident is that it takes a little time for the full details to emerge. what we are now learning is that what is most likely seems to have happened is that that coastguard plane, the one heading off to the quake disaster zone, had pulled onto same runway the japanese commercial plane was approaching in order to start its take—off. it was sitting at the end of the runway. it was then struck by the arriving japan airways plane. $5 the arriving japan airways plane. as you are a travel editor, what were your thoughts when you are beginning to process this incident and in the immediate few moments when we saw these dramatic pictures, we didn't know what had happened to the people on board. as i said, they are

thankfully incredibly, perhaps miraculously, all still alive. thankfully these kind of incidents are very rare. thankfully these kind of incidents are very rare-— are very rare. they are, and speaking — are very rare. they are, and speaking to _ are very rare. they are, and speaking to aviation - are very rare. they are, and j speaking to aviation experts are very rare. they are, and - speaking to aviation experts today, as you have been doing, one clear message is coming up, that it is nothing short of a miracle that all those passengers, north of 300, were able to get off the aircraft safely. it is a major operation to evacuate people. we all know from when we have travelled, particularly those who have been on a long hauljets, just how long it takes to get everybody off in normal circumstances. that has to be done in about 90 seconds in an emergency like this. what we also saw was that the rear and after the aircraft was engulfed in flames quickly. the fact that those passengers sitting in the rear rows, we don't know exactly the full occupancy of the plane at this stage, that there was a passenger

sitting back there have been able to escape, as well, i think is what is putting those words from the aviation experts are nothing short of a miracle today injapan. aviation experts are nothing short of a miracle today in japan. really interestin: of a miracle today in japan. really interesting to _ of a miracle today in japan. really interesting to get _ of a miracle today in japan. really interesting to get your _ of a miracle today in japan. really interesting to get your thoughts, l interesting to get your thoughts, thank you for being with us. at least 48 people are now known to have died in the powerful earthquake injapan which struck the centre of the country on new year's day. other people are feared to be trapped in the rubble. the prime minister, fumio kishida, says the quake has caused numerous casualties and extensive damage. hundreds of buildings have collapsed or burnt down, many of them in wajima city. some roads are blocked, hampering rescue efforts. mr kishida has ordered army personnel to get to the disaster—hit areas by any means possible, the israeli government has sharply criticised a ruling by the supreme court which struck downjudicial reforms. it said it was the wrong time for such a decision, when israel is at war and needs unity. the reforms sparked months of protests — as the legislation limited the court's powers to cancel government decisions. its opponents said it prevented

proper oversight of the government. the court was split in its decision — eightjudges voted in favour of striking down the law, while seven voted to uphold it. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has not spoken publicly since the ruling, but his senior advisor, mark regev, explained to us a little earlier what the prime minister's position on this has been. his position has been consistent since the war has started, that we have to win this battle against hamas. we have to destroy its military machine and we have to end its rule over the gaza strip. it's a time for israel for national unity. it's clear that the issue ofjudicial reform was was polarising israeli politics. you saw how it had divided the court itself eightjudges to seven. it's an issue that is divisive and the prime minister's opinion is that all issues that are divisive, we should put them aside now and focus on what needs to be done. meanwhile on monday the military said it was pulling some reservists out of the gaza operation

in preparation for "prolonged fighting" it said would continue all year, signalling a shift in its tactics. breaking news coming in via the reuters news agency saying that israel will appear before the icj, the international criminal court at the international criminal court at the hay to dispel south africa's blood libel, in quotes, according to the israeli covenant, after south africa filed an international course ofjustice case accusing israel of genocidal acts in gaza. to talk about all of this, i'm joined byjotam confino, foreign editor ofjewish news, who's in tel aviv. welcome to you, thank you for being with us. let's talk about the supreme court decision first. just explain what it means and what the reaction has been there. first explain what it means and what the reaction has been there.— reaction has been there. first of all, reaction has been there. first of all. expected. — reaction has been there. first of all, expected, the _ reaction has been there. first of all, expected, the government i reaction has been there. first of i all, expected, the government has been very critical towards this landmark ruling, quite an unprecedented ruling from the supreme court, the first time ever they are striking down an amendment to a basic law, and second, some of

the more far right ministers in the covenant are calling it dangerous and extreme, undemocratic. and of course the opposition, as expected, are welcoming this ruling and especially the protest movement who have been organising these mass demonstrations week after week, they are saying they are relieved, really. this is kind of a death blow to the government's judicial overhaul. this reasonableness of law as it was called, would have removed the supreme court tools to see it overturn government decisions if they were deemed unreasonable. the last time it did that was in january, so it is quite relevant to all, really. it called the prime minister's appointment as an interior minister unreasonable in the extreme because he has a criminal past —— of an interior minister. it is an important tool to have checks and balances. imilli

minister. it is an important tool to have checks and balances.- have checks and balances. will it have checks and balances. will it have any effect _ have checks and balances. will it have any effect on _ have checks and balances. will it have any effect on the _ have checks and balances. will it have any effect on the war - have checks and balances. will it have any effect on the war and l have checks and balances. will it i have any effect on the war and the ability to make decisions? it have any effect on the war and the ability to make decisions?- ability to make decisions? it won't because it is _ ability to make decisions? it won't because it is an _ ability to make decisions? it won't because it is an amendment - ability to make decisions? it won't because it is an amendment to - ability to make decisions? it won't because it is an amendment to an | because it is an amendment to an existing law. question is, well the government respect this court ruling? i believe they for now. but when the war is over will they respect the ruling? if they don't we will be in a constitutional crisis where citizens will have to simply make up their mind to obey the supreme court or will they listen to government quest market is astonishing we have got to this. benjamin netanyahu has not said yet publicly if he will respect the ruling. he was asked about this prior to the ruling and did not give a clear answer. tell prior to the ruling and did not give a clear answer.— prior to the ruling and did not give a clear answer. tell us more about the decision _ a clear answer. tell us more about the decision by _ a clear answer. tell us more about the decision by the _ a clear answer. tell us more about the decision by the israeli - a clear answer. tell us more about the decision by the israeli military| the decision by the israeli military to pull out thousands of reservists, what is the reasoning behind this and what could that —— what impact

would that have? and what could that -- what impact would that have?— would that have? first of all, this comes after _ would that have? first of all, this comes after intense _ would that have? first of all, this comes after intense pressure - would that have? first of all, this comes after intense pressure by. would that have? first of all, this i comes after intense pressure by the us. president biden has asked israel repeatedly to shift from a high intensity military operation to allow intensity one simply because the civilian death toll is so high in gaza. israel is currently conducting both air strikes, targeting hamas targets from the sea, with the navy artillery, and it is conducting ground operations. all of that combined is very harsh on the civilian population. now it will take thousands of soldiers out of gaza, five brigades, meaning israel will not be able to conduct the same amount of operations. it will be much more targeted, it will be limited in scope, and that is why the work will drag on. the military saying we should expect it to be throughout the year, 2024, there will be a war in gaza.— will be a war in gaza. briefly, i wrote that _ will be a war in gaza. briefly, i wrote that news _

will be a war in gaza. briefly, i wrote that news that _ will be a war in gaza. briefly, i wrote that news that israel - will be a war in gaza. briefly, i wrote that news that israel is i will be a war in gaza. briefly, i i wrote that news that israel is to appear before the icj at the hague to "dispel south africa's observed blood libel" according to the israeli government, what will that mean? , ., israeli government, what will that mean? , . . , israeli government, what will that mean? ., , mean? israel has to defend itself, it is one of — mean? israel has to defend itself, it is one of the _ mean? israel has to defend itself, it is one of the most _ mean? israel has to defend itself, it is one of the most serious - it is one of the most serious accusations you can get, so it has to defend itself. now it will be up to defend itself. now it will be up to the court to find out if israel has indeed committed genocide or a genocidal act. has indeed committed genocide or a genocidalact. israel has indeed committed genocide or a genocidal act. israel rejects this. it is not the only country that has accused israel, jordan and turkey also have. ., ~ ., accused israel, jordan and turkey also have-— accused israel, jordan and turkey also have. ., ., also have. thank you for your time. let's return — also have. thank you for your time. let's return to _ also have. thank you for your time. let's return to those _ also have. thank you for your time. let's return to those live _ also have. thank you for your time. let's return to those live pictures . let's return to those live pictures from haneda airport where rescue crews are working to bring the fire under control. i am crews are working to bring the fire under control. iam not crews are working to bring the fire under control. i am not sure whether there are any planes emerging from that destroyed aircraft in which all 379 people miraculously escaped with their lives after this japan airline struck japanese coastguard plane

their lives after this japan airline struckjapanese coastguard plane in which five people died. stay with us for all the latest. hello. a new year, but another named storm. this morning the met office have named storm henk, the weather system which is crossing the uk today set to bring potential for damaging and disruptive winds. with it, they've issued a met office amber weather warning for strong winds across parts of the south—west, south—east wales, the m4 corridor, south midlands towards east anglia. these are where the peak gusts are likely to be 60, maybe 70mph, causing some problems, but even more widely across the south we could still see winds top 60mph outside that warning area. some very strong winds today in the north of scotland. in between, the winds much lighter, but rain could be more of an issue. rain's the added feature to this storm, causing some flooding potentially across parts of wales, the midlands. that rain this afternoon sliding across northern england, the far south of scotland and just clips the east of northern ireland. it brightens up compared to this morning through central scotland.

a brighter afternoon in southernmost counties, that rain eases, but the winds will continue to strengthen. a particularly wild evening rush hour across some of the south, particularly east anglia and the south—east before that rain gradually clears. lots of surface water and spray on the roads into the first part of the night and then, later on, a scattering of showers mainly across the south and the west, some of those heavy and thundery. more in the way of persistent rain in 0rkney, with some sleet and snow mixed in shetland — two degrees here, but milder elsewhere to start the day. storm henk, though, is off in towards northern europe as we go through into wednesday. we're still left with a broad area of low pressure, though, and that means we're going to see it as a feeding ground for showers. more persistent rain through 0rkney, sleet and snow mixed in in shetland with strong winds remaining, and still blustery across the south, but nowhere near as windy as today. where you see the showers, especially across central parts of the country, they could be slow moving, there could be some heavy and thundery ones, but there will be some on wednesday who stay dry and a good deal brighter than you'll see through this afternoon. temperatures down a little bit, but still above where they should be for this stage in january. a colder night to take us into thursday. there's still a chance

of some showers around, more particularly the north and the west, but an increased likelihood we could see some more persistent rain through the channel islands just clip into southern counties of england as we go through the second half of the day. temperatures starting to drop, but that area of rain and low pressure will move out the way as we go through into friday. a few showers around on friday, but then for the weekend and beyond it looks like we should see a longer spell of drier weather. it will feel colder with overnight frost and fog, but thankfully no named storms.