this is bbc news, the headlines. hamas says it's deputy political leader salah al—arouri has been killed in an explosion in beirut. japan's prime minister confirms a five coastguard crew were killed in a collision between two planes at tokyo's airport. all 379 passengers

and crew did manage to escape the aircraft before it was engulfed in flames. injapan officials say at least 48 people and died in many others trapped beneath rubble after monday's powerful earthquake. will stay with that story in japan because 48 people are now known to have died in monday's earthquake. the countries prime minister says rescue teams are facing a race against time to find survivors still trapped beneath the rubble. the quake that measured a magnitude of 7.6 hit the province of noto. my correspondent reports from the epicentre. sirens this is a race for survival. rescue workers stream through japan's isolated noto peninsula, the roads blocking their way. they're trying to reach these worst—affected areas in the north —

where people are trapped under their collapsed homes. many families were out at temples, celebrating new year's day, whenjapan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 12 years. nomura—san thought his shrine was going to collapse. "the whole gate was swaying. the alleyway was swaying, too. the children had to squat on the floor so as not to fall over," he told me. alerts chime as we travel towards the epicentre, we're alerted to another earthquake. these aftershocks keep coming. further in, old wooden homes have been brought to the ground — not made to withstand the ferocity ofjapan�*s enduring quakes. toshio iwahama lives here alone

after losing his wife. at 82, he doesn't know how he'll manage the repairs. translation: we always have earthquakes around here. - but i just didn't think we'd get a big one like this. i didn't take it seriously. i thought we were safe here. this is only the tip of the destruction. we are trying to get closer to the epicentre, to a city where we know that at least a dozen people have died and many more are trapped in their homes that have collapsed. but we are struggling because, if you look at this road here, it is completely ruptured. and this is what we keep coming up against — these roads that are totally blocked off and even these emergency services here, these rescue teams, have been struggling to reach people in these worst—affected areas. so we are still trying to piece together the extent of the damage, and how many people have been killed and injured. some firefighters have managed to get into the wrecked city of wajima, and are searching for survivors.

but the death toll is expected to rise. the people here have lived through many an earthquake, but never felt tremors of this magnitude — which have shaken both their surroundings and their sense of safety. jean mackenzie, bbc news, in noto peninsula, injapan. staying in third region the south korean opposition leader is recovering an intensive care after an emergency treatment in a hospital in seoul. an attacker stabbed him in the neck in the city of busan. the injury is not thought to be life—threatening. mr lee was surrounded by camera crews and journalists when a man posing as a supporter lunged at him with a knife. the attacker was immediately overpowered and arrested. mr lee narrowly lost south korea's presidential election in 2022. our reporter in seoul — rachel lee— has sent this update. mr lee was stabbed on the left side

of his neck and was transferred to the hospital 20 minutes after the incident. now he is... he sustained one centimetres of laceration and receives treatment while conscious, according to several reports. now, the democratic party spokesperson said that the hospital is closely monitoring a severe bleeding of mr. lee. but meanwhile, the police are saying that the wound of mr. lee is not life threatening. now he is transferred to seoul national university hospital for surgery. after russia hit kyiv and kharkiv with 100 vessels killing at least five people. he called a heavy rational bombardment on tuesday a very dangerous attack, killing and injuring innocent people. the

strikes on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure left around 250,000 people in kyiv and the surrounding region without power. our correspondent is james waterhouse. he sent us this update. this is how close the missile got to hitting this block of flats. the crater is about five metres deep and just look at the devastation caused for that you could see the windows completely not blown through, blasted through. you can see drying laundry or what was once drying laundry or what was once drying laundry inside. the smoke is bellowing higher up. even the block on the other side has been blown through. and the buildings across the road from there such as the force generated from blasts like this. in case it wasn't obvious, this. in case it wasn't obvious, this is from a missile that russia uses drones as well. to be honest, 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 defences could be heard

all night. again explosion this morning for the 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 because there were fierce risha dues russia had been stockpiling missiles like these —— to use revenue year period. with no more military aid set to arrive from the us from now attacks like this test air defence systems which rely on continued western help to be replenished in the long—term. it's incredibly uncertain, it's an incredibly critical time for ukraine. james waterhouse inc. e. a target for the number of high—powered electric vehicle charge points near motorways in england 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. live now to erin baker, the editorial director at auto trader. good to have you with us. i want to come to the definitions because that's important. we will talk about that's important. we will talk about that in the moment but first of all your assessment. are you surprised at the target has been missed? i’m at the target has been missed? i'm not at the target has been missed? in not surprised. it's a disappointment. i think we forget sometimes that we are in the middle it of this huge transition to electric. we are all learning as worry though, learning the challenges that need to be met and were not moving fast enough. and charging points in the charging rule is a case in point. i don't think there's any lack of will or engagement on behalf of public charging providers. there are so

many moving parts to getting these charging points operational a lot is to do with land owners whose land the charging cables have to grow across right down to operating the grid to make sure we get these out power connections for the a lot of bureaucracy and that seems to be a main stumbling point. fix, bureaucracy and that seems to be a main stumbling point.— bureaucracy and that seems to be a main stumbling point. a chicken and e. i main stumbling point. a chicken and en thin main stumbling point. a chicken and egg thing here. _ main stumbling point. a chicken and egg thing here. you _ main stumbling point. a chicken and egg thing here, you might _ main stumbling point. a chicken and egg thing here, you might say - main stumbling point. a chicken and egg thing here, you might say that l egg thing here, you might say that folks that want to install these charges if there's not enough demand and without the demand, adequate charging infrastructure you can build demand. what comes first, is it the charges of the demand for the charges? it’s it the charges of the demand for the charaes? v . , it the charges of the demand for the charaes? h ., , ., it the charges of the demand for the charaes? �*, ., , ., ,, .,~ charges? it's really hard. i speak to consumers — charges? it's really hard. i speak to consumers all— charges? it's really hard. i speak to consumers all the _ charges? it's really hard. i speak to consumers all the time - charges? it's really hard. i speak to consumers all the time who i charges? it's really hard. i speak. to consumers all the time who say i'm lucky to switch to electric until there are better charging points near me. more of them, more reliable, faster. but the charging infrastructure has been ruled out by the government, has it been nationalised, and it's been left to private companies. it's difficult for them to put the charging points and when they don't have the uptake of consumers buying electric cars. we are stuck in a cycle they are.

what is the answer, how do we make this happen? is it nationalisation or the government saying we will get most of these charges in and then it will build demand and then private companies can take over, is that a solution? ., ~' companies can take over, is that a solution? ., ~ ,., ., solution? no, i think the solution is cominu solution? no, i think the solution is coming at _ solution? no, i think the solution is coming at us — solution? no, i think the solution is coming at us all _ solution? no, i think the solution is coming at us all the _ solution? no, i think the solution is coming at us all the time. - solution? no, i think the solution is coming at us all the time. if. solution? no, i think the solution| is coming at us all the time. if you look at the data we have in auto trader at the main stumbling point to electric cars is the same as it was a decade ago and that his price. the price of new electric cars and the price of used electric cars are rapidly coming down it will continue to because the price of raw materials that make up the expensive batteries are coming down. as those prices come down more of the public will convert to electric for the people want to make the switch, they were clean air, they want to do their part for the environment. the prices been the stumbling block for that we will see in uptake over the next two years as we head towards 2035 which is the cutoff date for the sale of petrol and diesel cars for that as we see more people buying electric we will see the charging points roll out. it's an

exponential roll—out. it's not that a state this level of the time. it’s a state this level of the time. it's caettin a state this level of the time. it's getting quicker and quicker every year. i mentionjargon at getting quicker and quicker every year. i mention jargon at the beginning, the difference between fast, rapid, ultra—rapid, they are not all the same. just explain because people will find a problem, you pull into a service station and you pull into a service station and you think you might be the half an hour or narrow charging but could take much longer.— hour or narrow charging but could take much longer. that's right. this is where the — take much longer. that's right. this is where the industry _ take much longer. that's right. this is where the industry hasn't - take much longer. that's right. this is where the industry hasn't helped | is where the industry hasn't helped itself at all. i mean everything from brands you retailers do media to charge and point providers. we've only ever been dealing with fast, rapid, ultra—rapid. fast chargers, people would expect fast, they are not. they are the slower ones. fast means 22 kilowatts, which is pretty slow. if you pull into a 22 kilowatts charging point and expect that you will get a full range in half an hour you will be disappointed. it will take hours for the you need a rubber charging

point, which is what the government has missed the target on. those will deliver you about 100 miles worth of charge in about half an hour. it's rapid and ultra—rapid charges that are the key to public charging network. i are the key to public charging network. ., ., ., , network. i love that, when fast is not rapid and _ network. i love that, when fast is not rapid and rapid _ network. i love that, when fast is not rapid and rapid is _ network. i love that, when fast is not rapid and rapid is not - network. i love that, when fast is not rapid and rapid is not fast. i not rapid and rapid is not fast. that's why people find it so confusing. thank you for clarifying that for us. editorial director at auto trader. the spanish footballer, jenni hermoso, has been giving evidence in court in the sexual allegation case involving luis rubiales, the former president of the spanish football federation. he's accused of kissing ms hermoso on the lips against her will, after their world cup final victory last august. mr rubiales has sought to portray the kiss as consensual. jenni hermoso gave her evidence behind closed doors. our correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe, told me more about her testimony.

jenni hermoso has appeared in the national court here in central madrid to face questions from the judge who is investigating luis rubiales for that kiss that he gave her just after the world cup final in sydney in august. now, in her testimony, she told thejudge that the kiss was not consensual, she did not agree to it, that she felt it was an attack on her. that, of course, contradicts completely what mr rubiales has been saying, which is that the kiss was supposedly consensual, that it was a spontaneous moment, and they were both happy about it. the judge investigating this case must now decide whether there is enough evidence for mr rubiales to go on trial for sexual assault. this is a case which has already had a huge impact in spain, in the football world. it has caused a major shake up within the spanish football federation. 0bviously, mr rubiales

lost his job a few months ago, but also other senior figures in the federation have been replaced as well. and it's also had an impact in broader spanish society, triggering a social movement against perceived sexism in other areas of spanish life. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. whether you are the first or the last back to the pub, you'll be greeted with cheers. marathon runnerjay said other running clubs are often competitive and intimidating. i couldn't find what i wanted within bristol, so i thought i'd try to make it myself and have a straight ethos of no egos, we accept everybody in, nobody is left behind, we're all in it together, and it's more about talking to the person rather than the pace.

every tuesday and thursday, this huge group of runners meet up for a loop around bristol city centre — followed, of course, by a pint and a chat. here, the rules are based on tackling loneliness and improving mental health. so if you're standing with somebody like this, you're across from somebody, you're more open to talk to people and it's more about that. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. 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 major reform of the body which carries out inspections. 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. could music play a role in rehabilitating prisoners? well, a new scheme has been launched at a jail in glasgow where inmates are being offered hip—hop workshops. they'll also get 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 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. bernie. this is your cell? aye, aye. how many hours a day spend in here? well, normally it would be 23 hours a day. # i remember the day you were born, the moment you came out of the womb...# now these hip hop classes are providing him with an outlet. people always say they like to see people getting punished, you know what i mean? we are getting punished, know what i mean? we're already living in a prison. what do these workshops do for you? it's definitely important. i'ts helped me get back to my normal self, and better. i'm trying to be a better person than i have ever been, do you know what i mean? so, it's definitely been

a positive experience for me. # come on, come on, come on...# musician becky wallace has been running the sessions, which have been funded by creative scotland. my hope is 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 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. usually when i go a prison i've not really had nothing to focus on. and it's something i'm going to follow up on when i'm out, do you know what i mean? it's give me a chance. stop you reoffending? aye, 100%, aye. the finale of the course was a small showcase where their tracks were played in front

of other prisoners and guards. i'm changing my life for the better now. i've got high hopes, do you know what i mean, i'm going to be all right. this time in prison i've turned it into a positive. and the workshops will be back in 2024, with a difference. after hip—hop, next time it will be the turn of folk music. colin paterson, bbc news, barlinnie, glasgow. aged just sixteen, luke littler has taken the pdc darts world championship by storm on his debut. he's the youngest player ever to win a match at the world championship and now faces 2018 champion rob cross in the semifinal tonight in london. could he go all the way and lift the trophy? joe wilson reports. still amazed by his age? yep, luke littler is still 16. well, be stunned by how he plays —

just how easy he makes it look. littler�*s overwhelmed every opponent to reach the semifinals. as soon as he could stand, he could throw. there are clues to his success in the family footage of littler when he was much littler. it all started at home. it was just me dad. he always played in the house. he never played in a pub league or owt. so i wasjust looking up to him. and then when we went to some shop, ijust pointed out the magnetic dartboard, because they looked similar. and then, yeah, the rest is history. a big part of the story is a shop in st helens and a darts academy where luke littler turned up and immediately turned heads. within a year, before he was 11, he was playing in the under—21s, which is pretty... he's the only player that's ever done that, he's that good. the academy�*s been almost overwhelmed by fresh interest since luke littler started winning at the world championship. these players often practice with him. mesmerising because it's like, "oh my god, i know him." and i didn't know he could do such big things when he was at the academy. i thought he was just a normal

kid who played darts. but now i see him in the world championships. when he gets to the oche and he doesn't feel anything when he's playing someone who he knows or a complete stranger, he just gets on with his game. it is possible to win the world title on your debut. rob cross did it in 2018. he plays littler tonight. double four for a semifinal spot. all this is new to luke, but that's fine. after all, what is experience but learning how to lose? and that lesson remains untaught. joe wilson, bbc news. heavy winds are battering parts of england. kevin's wind gusts of 18 miles an hour were recorded, that's the strongest in more than 30 years with top services have been badly affected by flooding down trees was that the environmental agency has issued more than 300 flood alert to the met office weather warning is in place across the southern part of the uk. with the details here is ellie price.

when weather alerts are issued warning of a risk to life, this is what they mean. we just happened to be driving along the a22 in east sussex when we came across it. a tree on the edge of the ashdown forest, blown over and into the road, and on to two passing cars. driving along, got halfway along to here. and as we passed, that tree fell completely across the pair of us. damaged the van severely, the other van. i managed to avoid most of it. itjust took my bumper off and my light out. shook me up really bad. i ran over to see if i could help, but they were trapped in there. two people were taken to hospital, but weren't seriously injured. several major roads have been closed through fallen trees and floodwaters. this is what it looked like from the air in east yorkshire. storm henk caused problems on the railways, and the platforms too. this, the station in 0kehampton. the met office also warned there was a good chance of power cuts, which could impact mobile phone coverage. the national grid were on the case in llanddewi, in wales. it's mid—afternoon now.

the rain here has stopped, but it certainly still very windy. there have been more than 140 flood warnings across the uk, from wales to east anglia, as far north as hull, and down south, here in east sussex. serena lives in hellingly, and isn't usually able to go rowing on her back garden. this is your garden. you don't have a water feature? no, this is normally pasture. i know this area historically floods, but i have seen in the last three years that i've been here it getting worse and worse. and something needs to be done. everyone needs to come together to mitigate against the climate breakdown. storm henk should ease by tonight. but the rain waters and the advice to take care may last a little longer. ellie price, bbc news, in east sussex. good luck if you are contending with

that storm for the up bringing some atrocious conditions to large parts of the uk. those weather warnings also in place. that is it from me. the contacts is coming up next. let's get the weather details. hello. storm henk certainly made its presence felt today with numerous flood warnings issued, particularly across england and wales. we also had this amber warning from the met office, this warning expiring through the early parts of the evening. some very strong winds, though, easing eastwards as the area of low pressure responsible — storm henk continues to slide away. some outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards as well. most of the rain clearing out into the north sea, but some will remain across eastern parts of scotland, bending into the far north—east where we'll see some snow falling across shetland. it does stay very windy across the north east of scotland, still quite windy through the night across english channel coasts as well. temperatures generally holding up

between 3—10 degrees so the vast majority will avoid a frost. so as we head into tomorrow, low pressure still with us. although the main body of storm henk will be moving towards southern scandinavia by this stage, where it will be bringing some quite significant snowfall. for us, many places seeing a day of sunny spells and heavy showers, still blustery down towards the south coast. those winds only slowly easing. also staying windy in the north east of scotland. still a bit of rain, sleet and snow across 0rkney and shetland and some showery rain more generally across the northern half of scotland. temperature wise, 8—11 degrees in many places. and then as we head into thursday, here comes another weather system. this one set to bring some heavy rain, particularly across the channel islands and into southern coastal counties of england. some of this rain could be on the heavy side. it mayjust be that this pulse of wet weather shifts a little bit further northwards as we go through the day. elsewhere, sunny spells and showers, some more persistent rain continuing to affect the north east of scotland, still cold in shetland. and elsewhere, those temperatures just starting to come down a little bit.

that's a sign of things to come. as we move into the weekend, low pressure will loosen its grip and high pressure will start to build, both from the west and from the east. so that is going to settle things down. as that happens, we'll see some colder air developing. nothing exceptional for this time of year, it is early january, after all, but those temperatures certainly lower than they have been by day and by night. any showers that do crop up could be wintry in nature. there'll be some frost and fog at night, but a lot of dry weather.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. what's notable is this is the first far away from the front line assassination of a hamas leader that we have seen in this current war. there is a very, very sense of, you know, very high alerts in the country, because a question no on everyone's minds is hezbollah going to retaliate, and how is it going to retaliate? we know that the secretary—general urges all parties to exercise - maximum restraint and take urgent steps to de—escalate _ tensions in the region. hamas says its deputy leader has been killed in lebanon.

we'll look at that claim and what it could mean for the conflict.