live from london, this is bbc news. lebanon accuses israel of trying to ignite conflict across the middle east after a deputy leader of hamas was killed in beirut. an investigation is underway injapan following yesterday's collision between a passenger and transport plane at tokyo's haneda airport which left five people dead. heavy rain, aftershocks and the risk of landslides complicate rescue efforts injapan in the wake of monday's deadly earthquake which has now killed 62 people. the longest strike in the history of the nhs starts today asjunior doctors in england take part in a six—day walkout over a pay dispute.

hello. a very warm welcome. i'm sally bundock. the lebanese government has accused israel of trying to ignite conflict across the middle east, after a senior hamas leader was killed by a blast in beirut. saleh al—arouri and at least five others died in the explosion on tuesday. israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, has this report from jerusalem. a hamas senior official killed in a hezbollah stronghold. this is the aftermath of the blast in the heart of the dahiyeh neighbourhood, beirut�*s southern suburb. hamas�*s deputy leader saleh al—arouri and several others died in the explosion. local media has said this was an israeli drone strike, but the idf has told the bbc they will not comment on reports by foreign media. this blast comes at a very volatile moment in the region.

it was condemned by the lebanese caretaker prime minister najib mikati, who said israel wanted to drag lebanon into a new phase of the conflict. israel has not said it was behind this attack, but government adviser mark regev made this point — that whoever did it, this was not an attack on the lebanese state, but rather a surgical strike on hamas leadership. saleh al—arouri was a senior hamas figure on both the political and the combat fronts. he helped establish the group's military wing, the izz ad—din al-qassam brigades. on october seventh, he was with ismail haniyeh, the head of hamas, watching footage of the deadly attacks in israel. al—arouri was one of the most closely connected hamas officials to both iran and the iran—backed hezbollah group in lebanon. he is seen here with iran's supreme leader, ali khamenei. this is his west bank house in his home town north of ramallah, destroyed

by israel's military after 7 october. and this is ramallah tonight. hamas supporters mourning a leading figure and vowing revenge. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. tell us about reaction to this attack. .. ., , tell us about reaction to this attack. ., , ., attack. reactions coming from the concerned _ attack. reactions coming from the concerned parties, - attack. reactions coming from the concerned parties, from i the concerned parties, from hezbollah, which said an assault on liberty sovereignty, its people, their security and resistance, and it says it will never pass without punishment, the response from hezbollah. the hamas, he is the political had of the bureau of hamas saying it is a terrorist act by the israelis and it is a

violation of international law and this from hamas. and from the different factions in the benign in the palestinian caps, they call for an air strike today and the camps in lebanon. the lebanese premises as it is an israeli crime and is aimed to push lebanon into a new stage which in other words to a conflict in the region. and iran condemned the attack and says it is a result of what is considered a failure of israel to stop the resistance in gaza. a houthi spokesperson, the yemeni militia supported by iran, says it condemns the crime and so there are many condemnations from including the palestinian prime minister

said also it condemns it and there are consequences on the region, they are worried about the consequences. talk region, they are worried about the consequences.— the consequences. talk about that because _ the consequences. talk about that because given _ the consequences. talk about that because given what - the consequences. talk about | that because given what you've just said, what's the danger of this causing an expansion of the conflict outside gaza? according to some reporting in the israeli media, it says israel is preparing for a strong response for hezbollah including firing long—range missiles inside israel which is a warning for israel because hezbollah so if i was only fighting with some rockets but not damaging israel. so to drug has that is problem and it comes on at a where the leader of hezbollah talked about the anniversary of the assassination of one of the iranian revolutionary guards, a leader assassinated in 2020, an adversary, so this comes

together will make hezbollah do revenge to israel. the houthis are still making a threat. let's see. we'll have more of that later in the programme. thank you for the latest on that. as i said, we will look on our business coverage what's currently happening in the red sea which a critical trader at the global shipping. that, a little later. but now events in japan. an investigation is under way injapan into the crash between a japan airlines airbus and a coast guard aircraft at tokyo's haneda airport that killed five crew. these are the pictures of what's left of the airbus a350 after it caught fire following the collision. all 367 passengers and 12 crew managed to escape from the burning aircraft and there's been widespread praise for the cabin crew.

five of the six people on board the coast guard aircraft died. suranjana tewari reports from tokyo. the moment of impact. ajapan airlines plane skids down the tarmac at tokyo's haneda airport, after a collision with a smaller plane operated by japan's coastguard. inside the airbus, chaos, as passengers see heat and smoke billowing from an engine. and in the terrifying moments that followed, the plane finally comes to a stop. "get me out," she screams, as passengers panic. within moments, and as the cabin fills with fumes, inflatable slides are released, allowing hundreds of passengers and crew to scramble to safety, miraculously unharmed.

translation: i was wondering what happened, then i felt - the aeroplane tilted to the side of the runway, and ifelta big bump. the flight attendants told us to stay calm. translation: i can only say it was a miracle. - we could have died if we didn't evacuate at that point. a huge fire quickly takes hold and overwhelms the passenger aircraft, and then, this. those on board the second plane were not as fortunate. five of the six people aboard died, although the pilot escaped. that aircraft was travelling to ishikawa, near the epicentre of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake. it had struck nearly 2a hours earlier. it was carrying food.

the crew were preparing to help with the rescue effort. authorities here at haneda airport deployed 100 fire trucks to try to control the blaze, and it took more than six hours. experts say it is because of japan's strong safety record and the training of its staff that the crew were able to respond so effectively in time. translation: we will work with the transport ministry i to determine the cause of the accident. the scene needs to be preserved for that, but we will try to get airport operations going as quickly as possible. investigators will be desperately looking for answers as to how two planes were on the runway at the same time. an extraordinary moment, but coming so soon after a powerful earthquake, japan finds itself facing two tragedies in as many days. suranjana tewari, bbc news, tokyo. i'm joined now by anthony brickhouse, a professor of aerospace safety at embry—riddle aeronautical university.

a warm welcome to the programme. as we've mentioned, an investigation is under way. what do you think happened? good morning and thanks for having me. first of all, we mourn the lives of the flight crew that was lost but it is miraculous that we had 379 survivors on the airbus a350. in terms of what happened, it is really early in investigation to say specifically what happened but investigators will be looking at a lot of different angles trying to piece things together.— trying to piece things together. trying to piece things touether. r trying to piece things touether. a , together. as you say, it is incredible _ together. as you say, it is incredible that _ together. as you say, it is incredible that most - together. as you say, it is l incredible that most people involved in this have survived and lots of praise for the cabin crew of the a3 50. your thoughts on the process they must�*ve gone through to get everybody off the plane? looking at this, it is pretty obvious that the flight crew did an outstanding job and the

cabin crew did an outstanding job. as was the passengers who paid attention during the safety briefing and knew exactly what to do in a moment of crisis. �* u, , exactly what to do in a moment of crisis. �* , ., ., , of crisis. because often many others are — of crisis. because often many others are in _ of crisis. because often many others are in the _ of crisis. because often many others are in the air - of crisis. because often many others are in the air quite - others are in the air quite often and, as you say, we don't necessarily pay attention to the safety briefings. we've heard it many, many times and we are doing other things or whatever. this is a huge reminder of how dangerous this can be. ~ , , ., , reminder of how dangerous this can be. absolutely. i literally flew a few — can be. absolutely. i literally flew a few hours _ can be. absolutely. i literally flew a few hours ago - can be. absolutely. i literally flew a few hours ago and - flew a few hours ago and looking around me in the safety briefing, very few people were paying attention. panic set in and you need to know what to do in the case of emergency so paying attention to the safety briefing is very important. fine briefing is very important. one of these tragedies _ briefing is very important. one of these tragedies take place, lessons are learned. while all lessons are learned. while all lessons be this time, you think? g . , ., ., think? the japanese have an outstanding _ think? the japanese have an outstanding safety _ think? the japanese have an outstanding safety board - think? the japanese have an | outstanding safety board and i'm sure that they are going to get to the root cause of this accident and if changes need to

be made, i'm sure those changes will be made and flying around the world safely. this will be made and flying around the world safely.— the world safely. this is a very unusual _ the world safely. this is a very unusual incident, - the world safely. this is a l very unusual incident, isn't it? very much so. anthony brickhouse, thank you so much and good to talk to you to get your take on that collision. thank you. your take on that collision. thank yew— your take on that collision. thank yon-— thank you. let's stay with ja an. the japanese government is stepping up the emergency response to monday's earthquake, which is now known to have killed 62 people. the prime minister, fumio kishida, announced that the number of military personnel involved would be doubled to 2,000. but the emergency effort is being complicated by further aftershocks, as well as heavy rain and the risk of landslides. our correspondent, jean mckenzie, is in the region and has spent the day trying to reach the town of wajima, close to the epicentre. sirens this is a race for survival. rescue workers stream

throuthapan'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 when japan 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 of japan'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 ijust 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 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 mckenzie reporting there. let's get some of the day's other news now. donald trump has appealed against a decision by a top election official in maine to remove him from november's presidential ballot in the state. mr trump has also been disqualified in colorado, because of his role in the 2021 us capitol riot. the white house is asking the us supreme court to reverse a lower court's ruling that prohibits border patrol agents from destroying a razor wire fence texas built along its border with mexico.

migrants have been seriously injured trying to cross through the 29 miles of wire along the rio grande. north korea's leader, kimjong—un, has called for the modernisation of farming machinery, as the country continues to suffer food shortages. mr kim has prioritised military spending, despite a long—term shortfall in food production in north korea. the harvest was reported to have improved last year, but was still not thought to be enough to meet demand. junior doctors in england are about to begin a 6—day strike — the longest in nhs history. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. members of the doctors' union, the bma, have asked for a 35% pay increase. the government says that is unrealistic. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports.

what do we want? better pay. a new year but still no end in sight forjunior doctors pay sight for junior doctors pay dispute which sight forjunior doctors pay dispute which started last spring. the six—day war cut is the longest yet. and comes in the longest yet. and comes in the first week of january, no sleep tough time for hospitals and they have been bracing themselves.— and they have been bracing themselves. �* , , . themselves. it's unprecedented to have six _ themselves. it's unprecedented to have six days _ themselves. it's unprecedented to have six days of _ themselves. it's unprecedented to have six days of strikes, - themselves. it's unprecedented to have six days of strikes, we i to have six days of strikes, we have been preparing this for the last two weeks, our teams feel ready and confident to cover the gaps but we are anxious and worried about looking after patients during that period. looking after patients during that period-— that period. this is no doubt the tougher— that period. this is no doubt the tougher strike _ that period. this is no doubt the tougher strike the - that period. this is no doubt the tougher strike the nhs i that period. this is no doubt i the tougher strike the nhs has faced but over the last 12 months a series of walkouts by staff has resulted in well over a million cancelled appointments. and paul's hip replacement is one of those. got a telephone call eight days before the operation to say it has been acted by the doctor's

struck. that was a bit disappointing to say the least. but they did manage to arrange a replacement date. i know some youngsters, junior doctors, and sympathise with the cause. but, obviously i am on the other end of it, so it is a bit of eye dilemma. where do i stand. what could bring _ dilemma. where do i stand. what could bring the _ dilemma. where do i stand. what could bring the strike _ dilemma. where do i stand. what could bring the strike to _ dilemma. where do i stand. what could bring the strike to an end, during talks the government offered a 3% average pay rise from january on behalf top of the 9% received by junior doctors last year but the bma wants steps towards a 35% rise to make up for below in patient increases since 2008. ., ' ., 2008. the offer that the government _ 2008. the offer that the government has - 2008. the offer that the government has given i 2008. the offer that the | government has given us 2008. the offer that the - government has given us means doctors in the first year are paid £16 an hour which is insufficient not reflective of

years of sacrifice who have endured pay cuts and we are asking for doctors to get £21 an hour we do not say it has to be done in one go, it could be done over several years. the government _ done over several years. the government says _ done over several years. the government says it - done over several years. the government says it will not negotiate while the doctors are striking. negotiate while the doctors are strikinu. , , .~ , ~ striking. they picked this week which we all _ striking. they picked this week which we all know— striking. they picked this week which we all know is _ striking. they picked this week which we all know is one - striking. they picked this week which we all know is one of. striking. they picked this week| which we all know is one of the busiest weeks in the nhs diary, we have coronavirus blue and moro virus increasing we are very concerned about the consequences it will have not just for this week of industrial action but the consequences and weeks following. consequences and weeks following-— consequences and weeks followinu. ,, ., , following. nhs england says this has been _ following. nhs england says this has been one _ following. nhs england says this has been one of - following. nhs england says this has been one of the - following. nhs england says. this has been one of the most difficult start to the year and with neither side backing down, there are likely to be more challenges ahead for patients. it's a huge dilemma for the government and other governments around the world.

we will be looking at the huge cost of healthca re we will be looking at the huge cost of healthcare in the next hour. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. tributes have been paid to camila batmanghelidjh the former executive of the collapsed charity kids company who died at the age of 61. the iranian—belgian started the charity in 1996 in south london to provide support to up to 36,000 deprived and vulnerable inner city children and young people. the government has said that pupils at schools in england which are partially closed because of dangerous concrete known as raac won't get extra help in their exams. some students doing applied subjects like technology have been unable to access workshops, labs and other specialist spaces since september. new figures show that a record 179.6 billion songs were streamed last year while sales of vinyl went up for the 16th year in a row. the british phonographic industry said female artists had a particularly good year,

with seven of the year's top ten singles being recorded by women. more details online. you're live with bbc news. president volodymyr zelensky says russia has launched more than 500 missiles and drones against his country in the past five days. in one of his regular video addresses, he said 10 hypersonic ballistic missiles were shot down on tuesday alone. the aerial war between the two sides has sharply intensified since late last month. with most of the attacks at night, ukrainian mothers fear for their children to be killed in their beds. hoping for a safer option, they came with an alternative — putting their kids to sleep in the bathrooms. why — and has it helped so far? olga malchevska reports.

wa ke wake up, the air raid is over. tells elisa to her son. she is a ukrainian film director. she could not imagine such pictures would become her real—life scenario saving her own son. when we first heard explosions we brought him to the bathroom, we brought him to the bathroom, we do not have any bomb shelter, metro is far away that is the safest place for him. at least he will be not injured by glass or from windows. in kharkhiv a bath top did say from the glass to be another six—year—old boy, mark. the six-year-old boy, mark. the blast wave — six-year-old boy, mark. the blast wave smashed - six—year—old boy, mark. tue: blast wave smashed our six—year—old boy, mark. tte: blast wave smashed our windows and doors. i was thrown on my son laying in the bath tub. the glass injured my neck, arms and legs. glass in'ured my neck, arms and lens. �* glass in'ured my neck, arms and lets. �* ., , glass in'ured my neck, arms and lens. ., , , legs. don't worry, maybe it is not your— legs. don't worry, maybe it is not your bath. _ legs. don't worry, maybe it is not your bath. with _ legs. don't worry, maybe it is not your bath. with nowhere i legs. don't worry, maybe it is i not your bath. with nowhere to hide and nowhere to stay at

least they stayed alive, hoping for another night to be calmer. about 38,000 homes in england and wales are without electricity after storm henk brought down trees and power lines. there was also flooding in areas including the west midlands and pembrokeshire. louisa pilbeam reports. storm henk is the eighth named storm to better the uk in the last three months bringing powerful winds, flooding and travel misery. gale force winds swept from the southwest making life difficult for drivers disembarking from this theory in dorset while wind speeds topped 94 miles an hour in the isle of wight. in the bristol area schoolies showers took their toll on those outside. tt we ever had as much rain as the last few weeks, it's unbelievable. t last few weeks, it's unbelievable.- last few weeks, it's unbelievable. . ., ., ., unbelievable. i am hanging onto this to keep _ unbelievable. i am hanging onto this to keep myself— unbelievable. i am hanging onto

this to keep myself steady. - this to keep myself steady. falling _ this to keep myself steady. falling trees became a significant risk to life, this dog walker escaping by seconds. across the country roads were blocked and may travel difficult, causing multiple accidents. in orpington a woman was taken to hospital after being struck by a tree. at london waterloo station passengers describing the situation as chaos as trains were cancelled from late up soon and delays continued into the night. this was due to damage to cables and flooding in places like birmingham. 38,000 households were without power is up to 40 millimetres of rain fell in places.- of rain fell in places. there is a lot of— of rain fell in places. there is a lot of rain _ of rain fell in places. there is a lot of rain not - of rain fell in places. there is a lot of rain notjust - of rain fell in places. there is a lot of rain notjust in i is a lot of rain notjust in the worcestershire area but in wales river catchment as well. that is just going to come one way down to us, i think we could see some significant impact as the week goes on and we need to be very vigilant. trio we need to be very vigilant. no weather warnings remain today but there are 300 flood alerts and authorities are wanting

travel will continue to be disrupted. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. the vendors who pack new york's famous brooklyn bridge selling souvenirs and trinkets are to be banned from today. the bridge is popular with tourists and city officials said that 34,000 people were visiting the bridge at the weekend looking to snap up anything from yankees caps to new york licence plates. it's part of a crackdown on unlicensed vendors across the city. you cannot have a bridge lined up you cannot have a bridge lined up on both sides, with vendors selling all sorts of items and it created this bottleneck, so if you needed an emergency egress to get off the bridge people would have trampled over each other. the people would have trampled over each other-— each other. the top business stories here _ each other. the top business stories here next _ each other. the top business stories here next on - each other. the top business stories here next on bbc - each other. the top business i stories here next on bbc news. we will be talking to a leading health economist about the. as strike, thejunior health economist about the. as strike, the junior doctors strike, the junior doctors strike that starts in one hour

and 35 minutes. back with that and 35 minutes. back with that and more business in a manner. —— in a minute. hello there. the weather should be calming down a bit now. it'll take a while for the floodwaters to recede, but the winds have dropped. earlier on tuesday, we had a gust of 81mph at exeter airport, then the strong winds moved into the southeast with a gust of 69mph at heathrow airport. well, that's storm henk, and it's now tracking its way into europe. it'll bring some snow in scandinavia — it's very cold here. this low pressure is not a storm, but it will bring some showers. the more persistent rain has cleared away, mind you, but we have seen a lot of flooding just recently. the heaviest rain actually fell over the hills of wales — that's fed into the river systems in the west midlands and, a short while ago, there were over 200 flood warnings on rivers in england. these are the temperatures we're looking at for the start of wednesday — not too cold out there, typically 5—6 celsius. we've still got some more persistent rain in the far northeast of scotland, could be a bit wintry up

in shetland, some strong winds for a while here. some strong winds, too, blowing through the english channel, in the southwest of england. not as windy as it was on tuesday. and elsewhere, it'll be a mixture of sunshine and showers, maybe some more frequent showers coming back into scotland, pegging the temperatures back a bit here. those numbers a little bit lower than we had on tuesday, but not by a great deal. now, this low pressure will still sit to the west of scotland as we head into thursday. this feature here is causing us a few headaches, the track seems to be changing a little — it's now moving a little furthersouth, more into northern parts of france. there is the threat of some rain coming through the channel islands and into the far southeast of england. otherwise, a fairly quiet day, more in the way of sunshine, fewer showers, still some cloudy, damp, and breezy weather into the far northeast of scotland. temperature—wise, we're looking at around 8—9 celsius typically, so it is beginning to get a little bit cooler, and that trend will continue as we head towards the weekend. we are going to find, instead of low pressure around, though, pressure will rise — now its low pressure that's

brought all the wet weather recently and all the flooding, but high pressure will build in in time for the weekend. that'll bring in some colder air, may get a northeasterly breeze for a while, but certainly a change in weather type is on the way eventually. some much—needed dry weather to come as we head towards the weekend and into next week. it does mean, however, it will be colder, generally dry with some sunshine, but we're likely to have some frost at night. goodbye.

live from london, this is bbc news. the longest industrial action in the history of the nhs at the worst time of year. we assess the cost of healthcare as junior doctors in england strike over pay. another attack on a cargo ship in the red sea despite the presence of a us—led naval protection force. we have the latest. will taking drugs in tiny doses make you more efficient at work? this is a worrying trend in the us. and not real but influencial. we discover how virtual influencers may be taking work away from their human counterparts.

i'm sally bundock with the top business stories.