this is bbc news. the headlines: japan's prime minister confirms that five coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between two planes at tokyo's haneda airport. all 379 passengers and crew escaped the burning japan airlines aircraft just after it landed. searching for survivors — japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble after a powerful earthquake. the uk government says it has fulfilled its promise to eradicate the backlog of outstanding asylum claims by the end of last year. the skull of a sea monster that was unearthed from thejurassic coast goes on display at a museum in dorset. five japanese coastguard

crew are unaccounted for after their aircraft collided with a japan airlines passengerjet at tokyo's haneda airport. one coastguard crewman escaped and nearly 380 people on board the airliner were evacuated. the airbus a350 jet burst into flames during the incident. these are live pictures from the scene at the airport where you can see the skeleton of that aircraft, the airbus a350 pretty much burnt out. it it has been burning for hours with the screw on site still trying to douse the flames. let's show you the pictures of people exiting that plane that we have been talking about. the emergency evacuation in the moments after the accident where you can see the fire burning at the back of the plane.

and this inflatable slide which was put up within moments of the plane coming to land. we are repeating them on loop so you can see them on them on loop so you can see them on the right—hand side of your screen because they are quite small and it is dark but you can see the outline of those figures quickly evacuating from the plane. i was speaking to an air accident investigator a short a ago that aircrew are trained to evacuate the entire claim within 90 seconds and there was clear and immediate urgency to get the people of that plane as quickly as possible. all 379 on board the airbus incredibly survived this incident before the plane was engulfed by those flames. we are going to keep those slight pictures up going to keep those slight pictures up with you on the top right hand there. we will move on to our other

main story now. 48 people are now known to have died in monday's earthquake in centraljapan. many more are believed to be trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings, most of them in the port of wajima. if live now to barnie davis who lives in kanazawa injapan with his wife and two daughters and was at home when the quake happened. ta ke take us through what happened to you when the earthquake struck. it was when the earthquake struck. it was about l"10pm _ when the earthquake struck. it was about 4:10pm in _ when the earthquake struck. it was about 4:10pm in the _ when the earthquake struck. it was about 4:10pm in the afternoon. - when the earthquake struck. it was about 4:10pm in the afternoon. i i when the earthquake struck. it was l about 4:10pm in the afternoon. i was at home by myself, my wife and daughters were out shopping. recently we had had a few small earthquakes but this one just continued and got bigger and bigger. itjust got bigger and bigger. the fridge door was banging open. my cats were going crazy. i will fridge door was banging open. my cats were going crazy.— cats were going crazy. i will play in those pictures _ cats were going crazy. i will play in those pictures that _ cats were going crazy. i will play in those pictures that you - cats were going crazy. i will play in those pictures that you sent l cats were going crazy. i will play. in those pictures that you sent in. take us through what happens. figs

in those pictures that you sent in. take us through what happens. $5 i take us through what happens. as i sa , as it take us through what happens. " i say, as it started shaking i thought it was just a small one, so i started taking a video for my family so my family could save. then just got and worse. my cats were flying around. things were flying off the shelves. when i went upstairs everything had fallen down it was crazy. as soon as the shaking stopped i got in touch with my family, we had a group call. they had been out shopping and the moment the sheik and got serious everyone in the shopping centre, their phones started going with the alert. they all got down, covered their heads and evacuated when the shaking stopped. did and evacuated when the shaking sto ed. , , ., , stopped. did this feel more severe than the previous _ stopped. did this feel more severe than the previous incidents? - stopped. did this feel more severe than the previous incidents? i - stopped. did this feel more severe| than the previous incidents? i have been in japan _ than the previous incidents? i have been in japan since _ than the previous incidents? i have been in japan since 2,000 - than the previous incidents? i have been in japan since 2,000 and - than the previous incidents? i have been in japan since 2,000 and thisj been injapan since 2,000 and this is the worst i have experienced. about 12 years ago, that one we felt

that one here. there has been another earthquake in the same place in wajima but this was definitely the worst. how worried for you? i was more worried about my family because i knew i would be ok. i say worried, but i knew they had had a direct quote —— they had had earthquake training at school, they need to get under something, get under a table or a chair, or get in a doorframe is what under a table or a chair, or get in a door frame is what people say. i was fairly confident it would be ok but when we got home we saw that everyone was evacuating, which we haven't done before. wejust everyone was evacuating, which we haven't done before. we just got lots of stuff together, drinks, snacks, coats and what had you, and walk to the local elementary school gym which was our evacuation points. i'm so glad yourfamily are gym which was our evacuation points. i'm so glad your family are safe and well. live now to japan, where we can speak to satoshi ide.

he's a professor at the university of tokyo. what did you experience? i was in tokyo and i heard the alarm. it was a five point something earthquake they said. the shaking was felt even in tokyo. i saw it was a really bad one. ~ , ., , . in tokyo. i saw it was a really bad one. . , ., , . in tokyo. i saw it was a really bad one. ~ ,, , . no, one. were you expecting this? no, no. in one. were you expecting this? no, n0- in wajima _ one. were you expecting this? no, no. in wajima there _ one. were you expecting this? no, no. in wajima there has _ one. were you expecting this? no, no. in wajima there has been - one. were you expecting this? no, no. in wajima there has been a - one. were you expecting this? no, . no. in wajima there has been a swarm of earthquakes over three years so there was a probability of a large earthquake, it had been relatively high probability. what earthquake, it had been relatively high probability-— earthquake, it had been relatively high probability. what do you think will ha en

high probability. what do you think will happen next, _ high probability. what do you think will happen next, how— high probability. what do you think will happen next, how concerned i high probability. what do you think i will happen next, how concerned are you about the possibility of aftershocks? it you about the possibility of aftershocks?— you about the possibility of aftershocks? it is clearly very difficult to — aftershocks? it is clearly very difficult to say. _ aftershocks? it is clearly very difficult to say. there - aftershocks? it is clearly very difficult to say. there is - aftershocks? it is clearly very difficult to say. there is a - difficult to say. there is a probability of a larger earthquake are higher than usual. usually we have aftershocks after a large earthquake. there has been swarm earthquake. there has been swarm earthquake activity so it is difficult to know what will happen next. . ~ difficult to know what will happen next. ., ,, , ., difficult to know what will happen next. ., ~' , ., , difficult to know what will happen next. ., ,, i. , . difficult to know what will happen next. . ~ , . ., difficult to know what will happen next. ., ,, , . ., , next. thank you very much for being with us. we have arrived at the small peninsula where the earthquake happened and we keep coming across

these areas of destruction where homes have been partially destroyed or some of them completely collapsed. they tend to be these older homes that are made of wood, the house that haven't been built to withstand the sort of earthquakes. we are trying to get closer to the epicentre, to a city where we know at least a dozen people have been killed and many more are trapped in their homes because they have completely collapsed, but we are struggling to get there because if you look at this road it is totally ruptured and blocked off. this is what we keep coming up against, these routes that are totally unacceptable —— inaccessible. we know that the rescue teams are struggling to reach these worst affected areas, so it means that we are still trying to piece together the extent of the damage and how many people have been killed and injured in this earthquake. people pup injured in this earthquake. people pup is not worst fears about this earthquake have materialised. the tsunami that was forecast to his the

coast last night didn't happen, but even so this has been a terrifying day and night for people because the memories of that earthquake here in 2011 and a huge tsunami that followed that killed almost 20,000 people, those memories are still so fresh in people's mines, then you have the constant aftershocks that we have been happening since yesterday afternoon. we had a strong one just a couple of hours ago. the authorities are warning that there may be more major aftershocks in the day to come. what this earthquake has done is remind peoplejust how vulnerable they are to these disasters. heavy russian air strikes on ukraine have killed dozens of people. russia attacked kharkiv with waves of different missiles during the morning rush hour. there were also missile attacks on the capital, kyiv. military authorities issued air raid alerts that lasted for at least three hours. ukraine's air force commander says —

in terms of number and types of missiles, today's russian air strike was a repeat of a major attack on december the 29th. this latest attack came a day after president putin vowed to intensify strikes on ukraine. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, sent this update. russia attacked kharkiv with waves of different missiles this is how close the missile got to hitting this block of flats. the crater is about five meters deep. and just look at the devastation caused, you can see the windows completely not blown through, blasted through. you can see drying laundry or what was once drying laundry inside. smoke is billowing higher up and even the block on the other side has been blown through. and the buildings across the road from there, such is the force generated from blasts like this. in case it wasn't obvious, this is from a missile. but russia uses drones as well. and to be honest with you, we haven't seen attacks like this since the early days and weeks of the invasion. last night there was a six—hour missile and drone attack where air defenses could be heard all night. and then there were again explosions. this morning, vladimir putin said he wanted to respond to a ukrainian drone attack across the border

into russia this week, despite it being in response to russia's biggest ever aerial bombardment of ukraine. the timing is also significant as well because there were fears russia had been stockpiling missiles like these to use around the new year period. and with no more military aid set to arrive from the us for now, attacks like this test air defense systems which rely on continued western help to be replenished in the long term. so it's incredibly uncertain. it's an incredibly critical time for ukraine. the government says it has cleared the backlog of asylum claims. according to the home office, more than 112,000 asylum cases were processed by officials last year, exceeding a promise made by the prime minister rish sunak. by the prime minister rishi sunak. it's about disrupting the supply

chain of engines and boats that are used to ferry people across the channel. it's about going after the money of these people smugglers and it is about working hard, both at the uk border and across europe. that is what's driven this 36% reduction at the same time is that europe is seeing an 80% increase. we are a positive outlier because of the actions that we have taken. so this is not about the weather, this is about the work that the home office officials have been doing both domestically and with our counterparts across europe. joining me is our home editor, mark easton, and chief political correspondent henry zeffman. mark, the government? james cleverly they are talking about the small boat arrivals rather than the asylum numbers, and this is where it gets quite complicated. just over a year

ago that rishi sunak told parliament that he intended to abolish the backlog of people waiting in the asylum system for an initial decision. then it was later clarified that that meant people who were in the system onjune the 28th 2022, so a very specific part of the problem. have they managed to reduce that? yes, they have very significantly. have they abolished it? well, you pay your money and you takes your choice, really. the government says although there are still 4500 government says although there are still a500 cases which have not been resolved, and they are complex cases and they have all been processed in some way or another, so yes they have kept their promise. 0bviously, have kept their promise. obviously, the critics of the government say they have just massaged the numbers because not only are there still a500 people left from that original

legacy backlog, but of course there have been the case ofjoining the system and since that day injune weren't of course the number was zero it has now risen to 9a,000 applications, probably representing something like 125,000 people in a backlog, not the backlog that they intended to eradicate, but i backlog. the government has certainly improved its efficiency in the way they are dealing with asylum applications, they are getting through a lot more cases. there are some questions about the quality of those decisions. a lot of cases have simply been ruled out because often the claimants have lost touch with the claimants have lost touch with the home office. you still have those complex cases, reads designated in a new category and then taken out of the arithmetic. what we will see frankly to some people claiming that today is the day that a pledge was delivered and critics saying that today was a day when we knew a promise had been

broken. , . ~ when we knew a promise had been broken. , ., ,, ., broken. henry, talking of those critics, labour— broken. henry, talking of those critics, labour not _ broken. henry, talking of those critics, labour not surprisingly l critics, labour not surprisingly perhaps saying that those figures have been massaged. thea;i perhaps saying that those figures have been massaged.— have been massaged. they are highlighting — have been massaged. they are highlighting that _ have been massaged. they are highlighting that 4,000 - have been massaged. they are highlighting that 4,000 or - have been massaged. they are highlighting that 4,000 or so i highlighting that 4,000 or so numhen _ highlighting that 4,000 or so number. those are the cases where the government hasn't actually made a decision_ the government hasn't actually made a decision on whether to approve or reject— a decision on whether to approve or reject the _ a decision on whether to approve or reject the asylum claim, but it said there _ reject the asylum claim, but it said there are _ reject the asylum claim, but it said there are complex cases which need further_ there are complex cases which need further investigation. there are also _ further investigation. there are also highlighting 17,000, this is the number of claims which have dropped — the number of claims which have dropped out of the system. the government by its own admission doesn't _ government by its own admission doesn't know what has happened to many— doesn't know what has happened to many or— doesn't know what has happened to many or indeed most of those cases, but i many or indeed most of those cases, but i suspect— many or indeed most of those cases, but i suspect that some of those people _ but i suspect that some of those people have basically absconded and entered _ people have basically absconded and entered the underground economy. you also have _ entered the underground economy. you also have the labour party and other opponents _ also have the labour party and other opponents from the right to join a broader— opponents from the right to join a broader criticism here, saying that the government is not on top of the issue _ the government is not on top of the issue of— the government is not on top of the issue of asylum, on the issue of illegal— issue of asylum, on the issue of illegal immigration and that is

important at any time to questions of a government's competence, but especially_ of a government's competence, but especially at the start of what is almost — especially at the start of what is almost certain to be an election yeah _ almost certain to be an election yeah you — almost certain to be an election year. you will see opponents of the government broadening the site to say if— government broadening the site to say if they— government broadening the site to say if they can control the asylum system, — say if they can control the asylum system, although the government is claiming _ system, although the government is claiming it_ system, although the government is claiming it is moving at the right direction, — claiming it is moving at the right direction, whether they have control over anything much at all. we direction, whether they have control over anything much at all.— over anything much at all. we don't have a date — over anything much at all. we don't have a date for— over anything much at all. we don't have a date for that _ over anything much at all. we don't have a date for that election - over anything much at all. we don't have a date for that election yet. i have a date for that election yet. how important will it be for the government to get a grip of this issue and what are they going to determine success looks like? i think they will determine that successes wherever get around the point _ successes wherever get around the point of _ successes wherever get around the point of the government is using the 28th of— point of the government is using the 28th ofjune 2022 day to highlight that they are making significant process— that they are making significant process where some predecessors of the prime _ process where some predecessors of the prime minister and process where some predecessors of the prime ministerand home secretary have not. they have mostly

dealt with_ secretary have not. they have mostly dealt with that legacy backlog that they will have to stave off criticism _ they will have to stave off criticism that that is kind of a relevant _ criticism that that is kind of a relevant when the number of asylum claims _ relevant when the number of asylum claims still _ relevant when the number of asylum claims still to be processed is very hi-h claims still to be processed is very high indeed. forthe claims still to be processed is very high indeed. for the government, the delicate _ high indeed. for the government, the delicate political dance they have to perform a saying that things are clearly _ to perform a saying that things are clearly moving in the right direction and that as a result of things— direction and that as a result of things moving in the right direction, claims of doubling the number— direction, claims of doubling the number of— direction, claims of doubling the number of claims officers that they hired, _ number of claims officers that they hired, that— number of claims officers that they hired, that they can demonstrate that things will continue to move in the right— that things will continue to move in the right direction throughout this year but _ the right direction throughout this year but also in the fifth term in government that they hope the government that they hope the government will give them. thank— government will give them. thank you. let's return to the live pictures of haneda airport in tokyo where fire crews were still tackling the blaze that broke out four hours ago when our airbus a350 passenger plane struck a japanese coastguard crew plane. the japan airlines

flight was evacuated safely, all 379 passengers unharmed. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. it's been a year of new beginnings for anna and nastia, starting a new business. making new memories. and learning a new language. it was so interesting, a fascinating year, to be honest. and while studying, the pair have managed tojuggle their business which sells homemade candles made in this workshop. it's a big dealfor us. we spend a lot of time, our energy. we want to do something what we will really like. so i think it's like a huge step for us.

we've been really involved in all the crafts with the kids. i don't actually know what i'm going to do when they eventually leave because like they did all the easter bonnets for christmas, they decorated the house at halloween. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the spanish footballer jenni hermoso has testified before a judge in madrid about the behaviour of luis rubiales, the former president of spain's football federation, who resigned after kissing her on the lips following the women's world cup final last summer. she has described in court that this case was that the point conceptual and she came under pressure to defend his actions. thejudge is investigating him over sexual assault and coercion. she ratified

that the case was completely unexpected and at no point was consensual. south korea's opposition leader has been stabbed in the neck during a visit to the city of busan. lee jae—myung was surrounded by cameras and journalists when the attacker lunged at him. we have stopped the footage just before mr lee is attacked. the man was immediately bundled to the ground and arrested. the south korean news agency said mr lee remained conscious before being taken to hospital. 0ur reporter in seoul — rachel lee — has this update. mr lee was stabbed on the left side of his neck and was transferred to hospital 20 minutes after the incident. he sustained a one centimetre laceration and receive treatment while conscious. the democratic parties's spokesperson said that the hospital is closely

monitoring the severe bleeding of mr lee and the police are saying that the wounds of mr lee is not life—threatening. he has been transferred to c0 national university hospital for surgery. the skull of a huge and ferocious sea monster is going on display to the public today in a museum on the south coast of england. it's a pliosaur — this is an artistic recreation of what it might have looked like. it lived more than 100 million years ago and its fossil was found in what's known as thejurassic coast of dorset. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle, is at the etches collection museum for us. this is a colossal fossil. this is a colossalfossil. it this is a colossal fossil. it is this goal of our sea creature known as a playa sewer. you can see its

huge jaws. as a playa sewer. you can see its hugejaws. it is as a playa sewer. you can see its huge jaws. it is a as a playa sewer. you can see its hugejaws. it is a bit like as a playa sewer. you can see its huge jaws. it is a bit like a crocodile on steroids. its mouth is packed with dozens of these razor sharp teeth. this would have been a killing machine. it would have eaten anything it got its jaws into and probably killed it with a single bite. it lived 150 million years ago, about the same time that dinosaurs were roaming the land. this thing would have been terrorising the ocean. it is a beautifully preserved fossil. the tape of its nose was found by a fossil enthusiast walking along a bay in dorset. he discovered that and he told others about it who then realise that the rest of this enormous goal was in the cliff. the team excavated it, dangling from robes halfwit on a crumbling cliff face to get this out. it took ten months to prepare it, to get rid of the clay, untilfinally

months to prepare it, to get rid of the clay, until finally this beautiful fossil emerged. the clay, until finally this beautifulfossil emerged. it the clay, until finally this beautiful fossil emerged. it is such a fantastically preserved specimen and scientists think it is also perhaps a species that is new to science. there might be more of this piece to come because the team thinks the rest of its body, which is about another ten metres, so this thing would have been the size of a double—decker bus, they think it might still be buried in the cliffs and they do want to get it out. more on the incredible findings there in the south of england. let's remind you of a breaking story. we have been covering this story of the passenger plane injapan which crashed with a smaller coastguard plane and then burst into flames. we are looking at these incredible pictures of the evacuation of all 379 people on board the burning

japan airlines plane, evacuated safely. you can see them running as quickly as they can away from the aircraft with the flames shooting out from the back of it. we have seen from inside the plane as well in the moments after the crash with one passengerfilming insight from one passenger filming insight from their seats. one passengerfilming insight from their seats. you can clearly see the smoke. you canjust about hear the emergency alarms peeping inside the plane. how terrifying that must bean for 379 people on board as the snow begins to fill the cabin and the crew have to calmly and safely evacuate all of those on not knowing just how urgent that evacuation needed to be as very shortly after they were all safely disembarked. the plaintiff burst into flames. this is the same light at the airport at haneda airport in tokyo,

with fire crews still on site trying to dampen down the smoke and flames. hello. the latest name storm has been pushing across the uk and there are numerous flood warnings in force. we also have thus perhaps up to 80 miles an hour around some coasts. this wave of strongest winces across south wales in southern england are moving quite quickly eastwards. you can see the squeeze in the isobars here. this area of low pressure generating some very heavy rain, particularly across parts of england and east wales. some rain across the north—east of scotland, is now developing across shetland. we will see gilts as well here. 0vernight the heaviest of the rain will tend to clear. the wind is eating a little bit but it will stay

blustery. shower speeding in from the west. into wednesday, low pressure very much in charge of the scene. not quite as windy by this stage but still quite blustery down towards the south and also in the north—east of the uk. there will be lots of showers around across england, wales, northern ireland. sunny spells and showers. strong winds in the south. more cloud across scotland and showery rain at times. it stays very windy in the north—east of scotland, especially for 0rkney and shetland. temperature is lowered tomorrow, 6—11 degrees. for thursday, low pressure stays the dominant feature and then this little frontal system here will push on from the south—west. this will run some rain into southern counties of england and the channel islands. it may drift further north than this. scotland will stay cloudy with some showery rain. elsewhere, sunny spells and showers. the wind eating in those places. temperatures between six and 10 degrees, so

temperature continuing to drop back a little bit. that is a sign of things to come. into the weekend, low pressure loosens its grip, high pressure builds from the west and east so that will settle things down somewhat but it will also start to introduce somewhat colder air. nothing unusualfor this introduce somewhat colder air. nothing unusual for this time of year. we are in earlyjanuary, of course. temperatures lower than they have been. a lot of dry weather, spells of sunshine, frost and fog by night. any showers will be in places.

today at one — a passenger plane injapan is engulfed in flames. astonishingly, all 379 people on board this airbus managed to get off it safely. but five people died on the coastguard aircraft it's thought to have collided with at tokyo airport. well that coastguard plane had been involved in relief operations after yesterday's earthquake injapan which has killed at least a8 people — we'll be live with our correspondent in tokyo. also this lunchtime... after head teacher ruth perry took her own life last year, the new head of 0fsted says schools should be inspected with far more empathy. and i am in the vale of glamorgan south wales, as the first storm of 202a brings with it weather warnings

across much of