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. as smoke filled the cabin, all 379 passengers and crew managed to escape the burning japan airlines aircraft using the emergency inflatable slides. japan airlines and airbus have both expressed their sympathies for those affected by the accident.

japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble, after a powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine's air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. time for a look at the business news now. tesla, the elon musk controlled car—maker which pioneered mass market electric vehicles, has been relegated to second position in the global league of electric car—makers. its chinese rival, byd has reported that it sold 526,000 cars in the final quarter of last year compared to 480,000 for tesla making it the world's number one electric car brand — for now

at least. erin delmore is in new york for us. byd said it is the biggest car brand you have never heard of in a recent advert i saw, but we are hearing more about them and other chinese electric vehicle makers who are shaking up the market. it is true. this news might _ shaking up the market. it is true. this news might be _ shaking up the market. it is true. this news might be enough - shaking up the market. it is true. this news might be enough for i shaking up the market. it is true. i this news might be enough for them to think about the motto again because a lot of people will hear about the name now that byd has overtaken tesla for electric vehicle sales. tesla is dominant in the us of course but they are different companies and you could think of byd as a battery company that became an electric vehicle maker, and in the us i'm sitting in new york and we see a lot of vehicle makers transitioning to electric but they always talk about the transition to electrical vehicles but for byd, a different story. a lot of the battery materials are in china

already and this gives byd a bit more control and flexibility over its own supply chain and its own ability to set prices and that allowed the company to slash prices which contributed to the growing sales for dub if you are other differences, there is not only a strong domestic fish to bite these —— domestic push to buy these but also the domestic support that comes in the form of infrastructure investment and subsidies, along with cheap labour, and the vehicles are offered at a lower price than they are in the us and elsewhere that allows the first time consumers to join the ev market in a way it is harder to in the us. where it is at a premium price point. international car bu ers a premium price point. international car buyers also _ a premium price point. international car buyers also getting _ a premium price point. international car buyers also getting the - a premium price point. international car buyers also getting the benefit l car buyers also getting the benefit of the state subsidies and the european commission is not very happy about that and we are starting to see these brands on roads in europe and the us. there are few

car—makers run by personalities as big as elon musk, has he had anything to say about being knocked off the top spot? you anything to say about being knocked off the tap spot?— off the top spot? you make a good oint off the top spot? you make a good point because _ off the top spot? you make a good point because elon _ off the top spot? you make a good point because elon musk— off the top spot? you make a good point because elon musk has - off the top spot? you make a good point because elon musk has not i off the top spot? you make a good . point because elon musk has not been shy to make comments and this should be good news for tesla because the numbers beat fourth—quarter expectations but elon musk said he hoped to reach 202 million deliveries in the us for the year 2023 but did not hit that number. so we are seeing short of elon musk�*s expectations but higher than the company expected as a whole and we will see the numbers discussed in a call on the 27th of january but we will probably hear something about that before then.— will probably hear something about that before then. thanks for “oining us. to the middle east now and the important shipping route through the red sea where the threat of attacks is disrupting global trade.

shipping giants hapag—lloyd and maersk have today extended their decision to avoid the area after a maersk vessel was attacked over the weekend. iran backed houthi rebels hit the ship with a missile and tried to climb aboard before the us navy intervened and sank the rebels four boats — killing the crew in the process. iran has responded by sending a warship to the area, raising the risk of military escalation. the us military says there have been at least 23 attacks since mid—november on a route that acconts for about i2% of global trade and which is now being avoided by several of the world's biggest shipping companies. our business reporter jonathanjosephsjoins me now with more on this. this is a fast moving story and we have heard from some of the biggest shipping lines today, and this is an important route for global trade through the suez canal and the red sea and cutting shipping times from

asia to europe pretty significantly, and it accounts for i2% of global trade. we heard from maersk of denmark who say they will pause trade through that route until further notice because it was one of their ships that was attacked at the weekend, the latest such attack, targeted by a houthi missile and a crew who tried to board it. savings will be paused for another week and then they will review the situation —— sailings. similar tone from maersk. there are a lot of moving pieces here. we heard from a french shipping company which said it is increasingly prices for some of its journeys from asia to europe to reflect the higher costs that all shipping lines are facing, and a a0 foot container will now cost $6,000

rather than $3000 to send from asia to parts of the mediterranean and this reflects the high costs that this reflects the high costs that this is causing for shipping lines in terms of more insurance and diverting around the southern tip of africa means higherfuel bills and it is likely this will be passed on to consumers if there is a significant disruption which depends on how it will last. essen significant disruption which depends on how it will last.— on how it will last. even if we managed _ on how it will last. even if we managed to _ on how it will last. even if we managed to neutralise - on how it will last. even if we managed to neutralise the i on how it will last. even if we - managed to neutralise the threat in the near term, could there be long term effects from the situation to global shipping and trade? it depends on what happens with the military coalition led by the us thatis military coalition led by the us that is in the area, the warships trying to provide security guarantees and assurances to the shipping line and it does not seem to have worked completely so far but sources i have spoken to today say it is clear that the biggest

shipping companies are avoiding it for now and the politics is also carrying on. we heard the us secretary of state antony blinken has spoken to david cameron, the uk foreign secretary, they said these were illegal and unjustified attacks and they made it clear that they will continue to tackle the houthi and make them accountable for these attacks, so depending on the success of that and how reassured the shipping lines feel, we will then find out the consequences of how long this will last and just what impact it will have in terms of supply chains and how it affects consumers. supply chains and how it affects consumers-— supply chains and how it affects consumers. . ., ., , to ireland now which the organisation for economic cooperation and development has declared as a world leader for productivity. putting it ahead of the us, germany and other g7 countries —

the bbc�*s leanna byrne has been to dublin to find out why. it's arguably ireland's most famous brand — more than 260 years of heritage, a recognisable sight around the world. the black stuff has been brewed on the site since arthur guinness took over a derelict building in 1759. diageo, which owns guinness, says the basics haven't changed much since then, but it's always looking to make things more efficient. right from our inception, we've always sought to have a culture of continuous improvement. technology has allowed us to be dramatically more efficient by making changes to how we manage things like hot water, steam usage, electricity usage and so on. at its factory in dublin's liberties, diageo makes 3.5 million pints of beer a day. that's 1.3 billion pints a year. so how much more

efficient can it get? i think we've got a mindset that there's always room for improvements. on a different horizon in north dublin, here's an entirely different workplace whose lighthouse has stood overlooking the bay forjust over 200 years. now it's home to a very modern operation. it's an unusual location. we do software for emergency response teams. i was actually kayaking around here and was looking up and said, that looks like it could be used as an office. despite the picturesque surroundings, the pandemic led to staff working remotely. now dah hires people across seven countries, though some staff and other visitors still pop in, and the challenge is to make sure the team delivers while they're spread out. productivity, to me, is when we're all pulling in the same direction.

as a company is in a growth phase, you build into complexity, you get into more complexities. you get administration layers coming on top of things thatjust start adding the bureaucracy. being innovative and having happy workers is great for getting work done, but it doesn't really give the full picture on productivity. productivity in economic terms is how much value a worker adds to the things they make or do. so how productive you are is really based on how much people are willing to pay for the things that you create. and you know who makes very high value products? tech and pharma multinationals. if you look at the gross value added for the entire irish economy, last year, the foreign sector accounted for 56% of that. so google, microsoft, pfizer, meta — formerly facebook. so they're producing lots of very high value goods. and also because of our low corporation tax rate, some of those goods are not physical goods. so some of those may be kind of funnelled through ireland to avail of those lower taxes. ireland's latest figures put

the country's productivity per hour at 2.5 times the eu average. and when you strip out the foreign sector, it drops. but it's still around a third higher than the average for the bloc. so irish companies are still helping to drive the economy forward. leanna byrne, bbc news, in dublin. that is the business update. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. stacking up to take down criminals. it might not be theirjob, but jason and clare have volunteered to even up the fight when it comes to crime in the countryside. i love cheltenham where i'll keep my horse and i want to give

a little bit back to the community. i'm out on my horse almost every day and this volunteering role came up and i thought, yeah, let's go for it. why not? the aim to crack down on incidents like this, which last year nfu mutual says cost the midlands economy more than £11 million. you've had a tip off already? yes. we were contacted by a volunteer. she had been out riding, had come across some silver tents in a hedgerow ditch line. she's hopped off to have a look. and it was the remains of a cannabis grow, but it was also quite a large box with cannabis in it. the 20 riders vetted and recruited will work alongside rural policing teams to be their eyes and ears along quiet country lanes. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. a reminder of the developing story. state media in lebanon says israel has carried out a strike on an office of the group hamas in the lebanese capital beirut. lebanese state media is reporting that four people have been killed in that, so just a reminder, we may be able to

bring you some pictures as well of the same in beirut but a reminder that the state media in lebanon says that the state media in lebanon says that israel carried out a strike on an office of hamas in the lebanese capital beirut and they say that four people have been killed. early reports say that part of beirut was a stronghold of the group his .we . we will bring on that when we get it. —— early reports say that part of

beirut was a stronghold of the group hezbollah. a hamas official was killed in the israeli strike of the southern suburbs of beirut, we hear, and this is just report we are seeing from writers, quoting three security sources —— reuters. at the moment we have not yet got a statement from the israeli military but reuters news agency has a comment and it says the israeli military does not respond to reports in the foreign media and the copy we are getting from reuters saying that the person killed was a senior official in hamas and he was known to be deeply involved in its military affairs. we are seeking our

own response from the israeli authorities to these reports. lebanese state media reporting that israel carried out a drone strike on an office of hamas in beirut. if these reports are confirmed, it does mean that the conflict in gaza is now broadening out beyond to lebanon, something many feared, a wider regional escalation, and of course at the moment these are reports coming in from various sources and when we have more details and more information we will bring it to you. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than 22 thousand palestinians have now been killed since the start of israel's military campaign.

a statement said more than 200 people had been killed by israeli strikes in the past 2a hours. israeli forces have stepped up their bombardment of khan younis in southern gaza, where tens of thousands of displaced people have sought refuge. israel said its troops had killed dozens of militants in the north of the gaza strip in the past day. live now to gemma connell from the un's 0ffice for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, who's in gaza. thanks forjoining us. where in gaza were you? what is the situation like? ., ., ., ., like? right nowl am in rafah in the south of the — like? right nowl am in rafah in the south of the gaza _ like? right nowl am in rafah in the south of the gaza strip _ like? right nowl am in rafah in the south of the gaza strip where - like? right nowl am in rafah in the south of the gaza strip where more | south of the gaza strip where more than a million people have been squeezed into the tiny pocket of land, all of them without access to adequate shelter and it rained overnight so people staying in these flimsy plastic shelters have been exaggerated with water, children

already malnourished and starving having to deal with the rain, so it is a horrifying situation on the ground in southern gaza but also this afternoon, i went to visit a hospital in khan younis a bit further north and it had been hit by a strike this afternoon. there is a huge hole in the wall and it killed at least five people including a baby who was just five days old. the scene was horrifying and heart shattering. diapers on the floor and clear evidence that babies had been living there and just a few hours before, people celebrating the birth of the baby, just five days old, and now he is dead.— now he is dead. what aid are you able to give _ now he is dead. what aid are you able to give people? _ now he is dead. what aid are you able to give people? especially l now he is dead. what aid are you - able to give people? especially when you talk about the growing numbers of people arriving in rafah, which is where aid enters into, so is there enough? there is never enough

when we speak to people but are you able to distribute what you have? fin able to distribute what you have? (et the ground in rafah we are continuing to distribute what we have, whatever comes in, we are working to push out immediately but it is only meeting a fraction of the needs and when i say a fraction i mean a minuscule fraction because these people have been deprived for more than two months, and their needs are sky—high so we would need a flood of assistance and notjust assistance but the reopening at scale of the private sector into southern gaza so people can start to buy things like diapers and milk and things that every family needs. there are children without shoes and families i met who are sharing shoes and socks between them in the middle of winter because they have nothing from where they fled. that is the situation in southern gaza but it is even more complex and more difficult for us to get to the north

especially where at least several hundred thousand people are still there in these areas which have been basically besieged since october and they have nothing, no supplies can get in there, unless we bring them and that requires us to move through active conflict areas and two of those movements were not permitted to go ahead today, but we are not giving up. to go ahead today, but we are not aaivin u -. ., to go ahead today, but we are not ua-ivinu. ., m ., giving up. from the un office for the coordination _ giving up. from the un office for the coordination of _ giving up. from the un office for the coordination of humanitarian| the coordination of humanitarian affairs, gemma, thanks forjoining us. a reminder of the developing use. state media lebanon says israel has carried out a strike on an office of hamas in beirut and we are awaiting comment from the israeli authorities. you are watching bbc news.

the spanish footballer, jenni hermoso, has been giving last month, an inquest found that an official inspection of a school in reading in southern england had contributed to the death of headteacher ruth perry, who took her own life. her family have called for "root and branch" reform of the body which carries out inspections, 0fsted. now the new chief inspector says the organisation's process needs to be "far more empathetic". in his first interview since taking charge of 0fsted, sir martyn 0liver said lessons must be learned. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys reports. hisjob matters for children and parents. the new boss of 0fsted will oversee inspections, including schools. schools facing the challenges left by the covid lockdowns. it's a difficultjob 0fsted has to do, because ultimately we also have to be about high standards. but i think we can do that in a way which is far more empathetic.

an 0fsted inspection at this primary contributed to the suicide of head teacher ruth perry. the coroner has warned more lives are at risk without changes. i'm determined that we shall learn those lessons. do you think the tone of 0fsted's response to ruth perry's death was correct? well, i don't think it went far enough, and i'm quite clear on that. there's clearly been been a lot of criticism, and we must accept that criticism in order to have a fresh start and move on. so, what do you want to do, now that you're taking over 0fsted? so, he told me mental—health training for inspectors is a top priority — before any routine inspections restart later in january. but he also wants to listen to parents. at a soft—play centre in huddersfield, a group of mums meet regularly. most use 0fsted as part of choosing schools. 0fsted is a good thing in that it helps people give

a measure of a school, it helps find out problems with a school. my opinion's probably changed... yeah _ ..because i think, at the end of the day, the school experience is based on the teachers and the other pupils, rather than any reports or any outcomes. today, head teachers�* unions welcomed the more open tone from 0fsted, but said ministers should scrap one— or two—word judgements of schools. a single—word judgement can be applied to two schools in very, very different positions — so they don't really work, so we're going to have to modify that. but the government uses those single—word judgements right now to determine whether it should intervene in schools or not. so we would have to find another way, but i'm sure we can do that. 0fsted needs to rebuild trust with schools and headteachers, and some of its credibility. and that's important, because parents rely on 0fsted. he's got a tough reputation, but some change can only be made by government. branwen jeffreys, bbc news.

now what is the best way to rehabilitate prisoners? well a new scheme has been launched at barlinnie jail in glasgow where inmates are being offered hip hop workshops and the chance to record their own rap music. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, has been to meet some of those taking part. # hate these streets # but at the same time i love these streets...# the sound of hip—hop made in barlinnie, scotland's largest prison, which once held the lockerbie bomber. for the last two months, for the first time, there have been workshops to encourage the prisoners to rap. this is b hall, where 279 prisoners are held, a mixture of those who've been convicted and those who are on remand. we're going to go up to the second level and meet bernie in his cell. this is bernie's track, which is playing. he's 32 and from govan in glasgow and ended up in barlinnie on boxing day just over a year ago. hello. hiya. what's your name?

i'm colin. colin, i'm bernie. is this your cell? aye, aye. how many hours a day spend in here? well, normally it would be 23 years a day. i've done everything. i've been a bad boy, and i've also been a good person. but i've done a lot. i was running about breaking into businesses to fund my habit. shoplifting and all that kind of stuff. things i would never normally do. that isn't me as a person. but obviously actually that's where taking hard drugs took me. # i remember the day you were born, the moment you came...# in his early 20s, bernie was part of the local music scene. his tracks were played on community radio. now these hip hop classes are providing him with an outlet. people like to see people getting punished. we are getting punished. we are in our cells. what do these workshops do for you? it has helped me get back to my normal self and better. i'm trying to be a better person than i have ever been. it's definitely been

a positive experience. musician becky wallace has been running the sessions which have been funded by creative scotland. my hope is that it achieves, for some of the guys at least, that it might be the first chance they've had to be vulnerable in a safe space. there are some people at home thinking, why on earth are people being given the chance to make music when they're in prison? if they are continuing to make the same mistakes overand overagain and coming back in here, then why not try something new? # i'm living my life and it's time to move on...# and one of the prisoners willing to try something new is robert, who is 29 and from kilmarnock. he's determined to try and break his cycle of repeat offending. usually when i go a prison i have no real hit, nothing to focus on. this is what i like doing. it gives me something to look forward to, writing music. it is something i'm going to follow up on when i get out. it's given me a chance. stop you reoffending? aye, 100%, aye. and continuing to work with prisoners once they are released is all part of the plan. conviction records is scotland's first record label for ex—offenders. the finale of the course was a small showcase where their tracks were played in front of other prisoners and guards. and it was clearjust how much this chance to share their music meant to them.

applause and the workshops will be back in 202a, with a difference. after hip—hop, next time it will be the turn of folk music. colin paterson, bbc news, barlinnie, glasgow. a senior officialfrom a senior official from hamas a senior officialfrom hamas has confirmed to the bbc that the deputy chair of the political bureau of hamas has been killed in the political attack we were reporting, the israeli drone strike in beirut, and we are awaiting response from the israeli authorities. these are the israeli authorities. these are the images from the southern suburb in beirut. now we can have a quick look at the weather. hello. storm henk continues itsjourney eastwards across the uk. this area of low pressure has been named by the met office, bringing heavy rain, just exacerbating the risk of flooding and also some very strong winds. a met office amber warning for the strength of the wind through this swathe of south wales and southern england into the south midlands. inland gusts of 60 miles per hour or maybe more. gusts of 80 miles per hour around

some exposed coasts on the southern flank of this area of low pressure, which is also bringing heavy and persistent rain to many parts of england and wales. that rain fringing into southern scotland. also outbreaks of rain across the northern isles turning to snow across shetland. there will also be gales here. and then through the night it will stay quite blustery both in the north east and in the south of the uk. much of the persistent rain clearing, but plenty of showers following on behind. not a particularly cold night. and then for wednesday, well, low pressure still very much in charge of the scene. still plenty of isobars on the chart here across the south. so it will stay windy, also very windy up towards the north east of scotland. the winds only slowly easing through the day. across shetland, a mix of rain and snow. elsewhere, some showers of rain equally with some spells of sunshine in between. temperatures, though, if anything, dropping back by a degree or two. north to south, we're looking at highs between six and 11 degrees, but just two degrees there across shetlands. and then as we head through wednesday night and into thursday, we see this next weather system running in from the southwest. this is going to bring some

outbreaks of heavy rain, particularly across the channel islands and southern counties of england. it may be that the rain just edges a little bit further north than this. elsewhere, sunny spells, scattered showers, not as windy by this stage. and again, those temperatures dropping backjust a little — six to ten degrees for most of us. and then a change in the weather for the end of the week. low pressure will slowly but surely loosen its grip, high pressure building from the west and also building from the east. that will tend to settle things down. it'll give more in the way of dry weather, but this will also introduce some somewhat colder air. now, we're not looking at anything unusual or extreme for this time of year, butjust colder than it has been. those temperatures dropping back to or even below the average for the time of year. lots of dry weather — frost and fog by night. any showers in places could be wintry.

live from london. this is bbc news. 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 managed to escape the japan airlines aircraft — before it was engulfed by flames. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan, welcome to verified live,

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