what i know is that we were targeted, deliberately, nonstop, until everybody was deadin nonstop, until everybody was dead in this convoy. li’se nonstop, until everybody was dead in this convoy. live from our studio _ dead in this convoy. live from our studio in _ dead in this convoy. live from our studio in singapore, - dead in this convoy. live from our studio in singapore, this | our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in taiwan, where rescuers are attempting to reach dozens of people, trapped after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake. at least nine people have been killed, and more than a thousand people are injured on the island. rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest from the town of su'ao, around 25 miles north of the earthquake's epicentre, where over a hundred people remain trapped inside a tunnel along a coastal highway.

this is the moment the quake struck a taipei tv station in the middle of its morning news show. the shaking was intense and prolonged, even in the capital — more than 100 miles from the quake's epicentre. this is what it did to morning traffic on an elevated highway, and to passengers on a metro train, who remained remarkably calm, as the car was tossed around like a toy. elsewhere, people ran for their lives, abandoning their coffees and breakfast. most young people here have never experienced a quake like this and were badly shaken. translation: an earthquake hasn't happened in a long time, so it felt really terrifying. close to the epicentre, in the city of hualien, the shaking was more intense and the damage much worse. you can see people running from their cars, as the building on the left begins to collapse.

dozens of buildings have been badly damaged. some now lean over at absurd angles, as if ready to topple at any moment. the death toll is, so far, mercifully low, but the number of injured has skyrocketed past 1,000. eastern taiwan is a mountainous and rugged landscape, and that brought another terrifying threat — landslides. along the coast, the quake unleashed massive rock falls — whole mountainsides seemingly slipping into the valleys below. roads are now strewn with massive boulders, bridges severed and tunnels blocked. these shots, from a military helicopter, show one famously perilous stretch of road. it is now completely cut off at both ends, with cars and buses stuck inside. rescue crews are continuing to work into the night in hualien city and across the east of the island. dozens have been brought to safety, but more than 140 people are still reported to be trapped.

many of those still trapped are along this highway, behind me. several dozen are reported to be tourists in buses trapped inside a tunnel. one can only imagine the horror of being in that tunnel when the earth began to shake and the rocks began to fall. the race is now on to get to them and to bring them to safety. rupert wingfield—hayes reporting. john vidale is a professor of seismology at the univeristy of southern california, and he explained why taiwan is prone to earthquakes. it's where tectonic plates collide. several plates have formed several subduction zones and taiwan has had bigger earthquakes than this, but this was a very serious earthquake. john, help us put these things into perspective then, this earthquake and the one that hit turkey last year are in the same category, in terms of

magnitude, but the death and damage caused a significantly different. what he put that down to?— different. what he put that down to? , , ., ., ~ down to? first, this earthquake was fairly deep. _ down to? first, this earthquake was fairly deep. it _ down to? first, this earthquake was fairly deep. it seems - down to? first, this earthquake was fairly deep. it seems to - was fairly deep. it seems to have been 30 or a0 kilometres below the surface, so that lets the energy spread out before it hits the top. the earthquake in 1999 he was much shallower and also bigger, and it caused a lot more damage and death. but also, being so deep, it didn't generate the kind of tsunami waves that people are worried about. it is not the earthquake people fear most in a place like taiwan.— people fear most in a place like taiwan. and taiwan has early warning _ like taiwan. and taiwan has early warning systems - like taiwan. and taiwan has early warning systems in . like taiwan. and taiwan has i early warning systems in place to prevent injury. could you explain how these work and also the ones used where you are based in the us?— the ones used where you are based in the us? yes. taiwan has built in — based in the us? yes. taiwan has built in recent _ based in the us? yes. taiwan has built in recent years - based in the us? yes. taiwan has built in recent years and i has built in recent years and early warning system that detects the start of the earthquake and transmits a

warning. it apparently worked very well in this earthquake, it provided ten or 15 seconds of warning, it showed up instantly in the tv stations. i'm not sure of the apps on the phone all got it as quickly as we would like, but it does provide a new measure of heads up, that people should be ready for strong shaking as it's coming. we have it here in california for a few years. we haven't had a serious earthquake to really test its benefits, but it's reassuring to know we have at least a few seconds of warning when the shaking is coming. it seconds of warning when the shaking is coming.— seconds of warning when the shaking is coming. it has been 25 ears shaking is coming. it has been 25 years since _ shaking is coming. it has been 25 years since taiwan - 25 years since taiwan experienced an earthquake of this magnitude. i suppose with these things there is no way of knowing if another one isjust round the corner or could be decades away.— round the corner or could be decades away. that's correct, althou . h decades away. that's correct, although today _ decades away. that's correct, although today is _ decades away. that's correct, although today is the - decades away. that's correct, although today is the most i although today is the most dangerous time. the day after an earthquake is when we have after—shocks and an earthquake is triggered. so after a few days, people can kind of let their breath go, otherwise we

just have no warning. every day is just as dangerous as the rest. let's show you some live pictures of how things look right now in taiwan. you can see diggers and excavators, as well as people in high viz jackets is that rescue operation continues. that is the building we have been showing you. as you can see, it is still tilted at an angle. this is a story we will be watching closely in the days ahead. as international condemnation grows over israel's attack on an aid convoy in gaza, the bodies of the six foreign aid workers killed in the drone strike have been taken to egypt. a seventh palestinain aid worker has already been buried. they all worked for the charity, world central kitchen, whose founder tonight, jose andres, said the aid workers "were targeted systematically, car by car". the israeli government has denied targeting the workers, insisting it was a mistake, due to "misidentification.". lucy williamson has the latest.

israel's army said it had misidentified them. today, colleagues wrote their names on the body bags that carried them out of gaza. john chapman. james henderson. and james kirby. three british men, among seven aid workers killed in israeli air strikes this week. their bodies driven through the rafah crossing into egypt to be flown home to the uk. today, the head of their organisation spoke for the first time about what happened. they attacked the first car. they were able to move to the second one. again, this one was hit. they were able to move to the third one. in the process, we know they were trying to call. but in the chaos of the moment, whatever happened, they... to try to be telling idf why are they doing, that they were targeting us. and then they hit the third one. under pressure to provide answers, israel has

promised an investigation. i welcome what the israeli foreign minister said yesterday to me about a full, urgent and transparent inquiry into how this dreadful event was allowed to happen. and we want to see that happen very, very quickly. israel's army initially pointed to poor coordination on the ground and announced new measures to tackle it. but precise strikes on aid vehicles need a very high bar under both military regulations and international law, and some here say both sets of rules are being broken in gaza, describing a culture of impunity. no, i don't agree with that. there are cases where soldiers have been disciplined throughout the course of this war. how many times? i don't have those figures at hand but this is the situation. how many other investigations do you have going on where aid workers have been killed by israeli forces? i'm not aware of those cases but what we need to understand

is that there are very clear rules and regulations. soldiers need to adhere by them, and when they don't, they are held accountable for their actions. this investigation is being driven by international outrage over a single event. but poor coordination on the ground doesn't fully explain why forces were allowed to fire on a clearly marked convoy that appeared to pose no immediate threat. and there are people both inside and outside the defence ministry who say the explanation goes beyond any individual decision or any individual mistake. 0ne organisation that collects testimony from serving soldiers says there's been a shift in military culture and policies. you know, when i served in the military, the rules were — if there is doubt, there is no doubt. meaning if you have any doubt that you're going to hit an innocent person, you don't shoot. today, it means the opposite.

if there is any doubt that you are under risk, you need to shoot. these are not the first aid workers to be killed here, just the first known foreign ones. but their deaths have spotlit questions that foreign journalists currently can't investigate, banned by israel from entering gaza. six bodies left this conflict zone today — the questions did not. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. targeted systematically or a grave mistake of misidentification? clive myrie has been outlining what we know of the attack. it has been outlining what we know of the attack.— of the attack. it happened on monday night _ of the attack. it happened on monday night after— of the attack. it happened on monday night after the - of the attack. it happened on monday night after the team | monday night after the team from world central kitchen had collected over 100 tonnes of food aid from the city's temporaryjettyjust food aid from the city's temporary jetty just south of gaza city. they then took their suppliers to a warehouse in deir al—balah in the middle of

the gaza strip. from there, seven people in three cars then headed back to the coast road, seen here in blue. it is a designated route that israel insist aid convoys use heading south towards their base in rafah. shortly afterwards, the first car was hit. this is what it looked like the following morning. according to the israeli newspaper, the passengers were then seen moving to one of the other two cars. but a few hundred yards further on, that too was set. here you can clearly see the world central kitchen's logo there on the roof. the same thing then happened again. team members now moving to the third car, but minutes later and a mile further down the road, another strike. all seven members of the team are now dead. the family ofjames kirby — one of the three british nationals killed in the strike — said they were heartbroken, and they are demanding answers from the israeli government. they've been speaking to danjohnson. humanitarian aid relies

on people like this — three british men, killed providing security advice in gaza. he has died a hero, you know? they all have. james kirby served in bosnia and afghanistan. now his relatives in bristol share the grief that's reached six other aid workers' families. it's just heartbreaking that, you know, he lost his life doing that. but he knew the dangers. he was selfless in that regard and he just wanted to help people. their cars were hit by israel's military, as they returned to base, after escorting food into gaza. the cars looked to me to be clearly marked. in today's technology, you'd think they'd be able to see that clearly — that these vehicles were carrying humanitarian aid workers. this is why we want answers, really. john chapman's family said...

james henderson was another former military man, using his experience to help feed gaza's hungry. what are the questions that you have? we were told that their route was safe. why wasn't it? it just seems quite indiscriminate, what they're doing at the moment. israel's been accused of not being careful enough about protecting civilian life. 0h, undoubtedly. yeah. that needs to change. humanitarian aid workers need to be able to do their work. this was a tragic accident, israel says. but according to the un, nearly 200 aid workers have died in this conflict, and some agencies are now pulling back. obviously, now, no—one's going to be going there to help these people and it'sjust going to drop into absolute chaos. there's international pressure now, so let's just hope that response is heard by israel.

israel's promised an investigation and answers. but will these deaths, after so many thousands in gaza, bring a significant change in its approach? danjohnson, bbc news, bristol. earlier, i spoke to michael capponi, founder of the aid organisation, global empowerment mission, about his reaction to the deaths of world central kitchen staff. it's absolutely heartbreaking, what's happened here. we've been working alongside wck for years, in almost every disaster, our teams crossed them, communicated with them, just the day before. it's an incredibly complex, difficult situation. we've had to make a call, unfortunately, to basically take the word of a director we deal with from the israeli side that this is not going to happen again,

and that we're going to be protected, and we're going to have to continue to operate there, because the situation is just dire. the situation, if aid doesn't get to people, they will die. it is that black—and—white. there is risk versus helping people. this is what we do. we bring about 225 trucks to the front lines of ukraine every single month. we've been doing that for two years, we haven't had one death. here, you have a country where it's happened 200 times already in just six months. so something has got to change with the way things are done. we've heard from other organisations saying there coming out of their staff working on the ground there. is that something you are considering to0? you do have a duty of care to them, don't you?—

we're going to ramp up. we're going to multiply our staff by 100%, increase our capacities and be extremely careful and methodical about how we do things to a degree that we've never done before. like i said, the need is so big that if everybody pulls out now, you will have two million people die of starvation. what people need to understand right now, even though there's a lot of trucks coming in and it's somewhat in the same amount of the amount of trucks coming in pre—0ctober 7, if you look at the stats on food, what nobody understands is 95% of the entire economy has basically collapsed. there is no industry any more. there's no food being grown in the country, there's no resources any more for themselves to be sustaining. so now, you need to almost quadruple the imports just to sustain what's actually happening.

so 200 trucks on average coming in right now was already leading to a famine in the north. imagine if there was no more trucks coming in. imagine what that would lead to. so we have to work with this government and they have to guarantee us safety. and they said they would and we're going to have to basically... ..hope they do. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

a new yorkjudge has denied donald trump's bid to delay his forthcoming trial, over alleged hush money paid to a porn star, the first ever criminal trial of a former us president. in 2016, a lawyerfor the former president, michael cohen, said he'd paid $130,000 to stormy daniels, to stop herfrom revealing an affairwith mrtrump, ten years previously. mr trump wanted a delay,

until the supreme court reviews his claim of presidential immunity in another criminal case. 0ur reporter, will vernon. it is sometimes difficult to keep up with this litany of trials that donald trump has. this relates to the so—called hush money case. this is where mr trump is accused of falsifying business records over an alleged pay—out to an aduu over an alleged pay—out to an adult film actress in 2016, in the final days of the election campaign, and he is accused basically of trying to hide this payment, allegedly. now, mr trump this payment, allegedly. now, mrtrump argued this payment, allegedly. now, mr trump argued that this case should be delayed whilst the us supreme court considers a separate legal question over whether mr trump enjoys immunity from prosecution over acts he took whilst in office, and that stems from a separate case, which is the washington

federal crimes case, where mr trump is accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results. now, today thejudge in new york, as we expected him to do, denied that request to postpone that trial once again, so that now clears the way, removes the final obstacle to the start of the first criminal prosecution of a former president. now, it could be the only case to go to trial before the november election. mr trump has legal strategy across all four of his criminal cases, and there are four of them, 88 criminal charges, across four separate cases, his tactic has been to dismiss, delay and distract. so he's doing everything possible to ensure that none of those cases kick off before the november 2020 presidential election. now, legal experts say the reason he's doing that is because if wins the election, he could

instruct his hand—picked attorney general, so the head of the department ofjustice in the us, to dismiss most of those charges against him, so that's why he's trying to delay all of this, and to a large extent he has been pretty successful at doing that. so this hush money in new york trial could be the only one possibly that actually starts before that crucial november election date. speaking during a meeting jens stoltenberg said allies had already began to provide a greater role in financing training to keep. the ringleader of a global monkey torture network exposed by the bbc has been charged by us federal prosecutors. michael mccartney, who went by the name of torture king, has been charged in virginia. hundreds of customers in the us, uk and

elsewhere were found to be paying indonesians to torture and kill baby long—tailed macaques on film. and buckingham palace's famous centre on whether royal family gather before appearances on the balcony, is going to open to the public for the first time. visitors will be able to take guided tours of the royal residences east wing but won't be able to go onto the balcony itself. now, i want to show you some pictures out of south korea. this is fu bao — she's the first giant panda born in the country. the zoo started posting updates on social media, and she became an internet celebrity, with millions watching her grow up. now, she's been sent to china, tojoin a breeding prgoramme. last month, thousands of visitors queued up to see her, bringing her gifts and tributes before she departed. youtuber, seong—jae kong, known as korean

billy, told me how this giant panda captured the hearts of many koreans. fu bao was born in 2020. there was a viral video from the zoo that showed the giant baby calendar and the caretaker —— baby panda having a good time and also the giant panda was clinging to the caretaker, so everyone found the giant panda so, so cute and adorable, so everybody, including korean people and everyone around the world fell in love with her, and since she was born in korea, everyone could watch her and see her grow up in korea. so everyone could somehow bond with her. so wejust, like the thought of fu bao, the giant panda,is thought of fu bao, the giant panda, is kind of like a child and a family member in south korea, so everyone was so sad to send her back to china. yes,

it sounds _ to send her back to china. yes, it sounds like _ to send her back to china. yes, it sounds like she _ to send her back to china. yes, it sounds like she has - to send her back to china. yes, it sounds like she has grown i to send her back to china. yes, it sounds like she has grown up in the public eye in south korea. tell us a bit about some of the reactions that you have seen to her departure. we understand she is going to be greatly missed.— understand she is going to be greatly missed. yes, of course the caretaker _ greatly missed. yes, of course the caretaker was _ greatly missed. yes, of course | the caretaker was heartbroken, she was so sad and heartbroken to send her back to china, but everyone, wejust like to send her back to china, but everyone, we just like could put ourselves in the caretaker�*s shoes, so we can sympathise with him, and because we have been watching so many videos of the caretaker bonding with her and putting ourselves in the caretaker�*s shoes, we could also bond with her at the same time as well. so we could naturally sympathise, and we naturally just felt so sad to send her back to china. we just felt so sad to send her back to china.— just felt so sad to send her back to china. we know that -anda back to china. we know that panda diplomacy _ back to china. we know that panda diplomacy is - back to china. we know that panda diplomacy is quite - back to china. we know that panda diplomacy is quite a l panda diplomacy is quite a feature of chinese politics. do we know if there is going to be

another panda arriving in south korea? ., ., korea? there are now twin pandas. — korea? there are now twin pandas, which _ korea? there are now twin pandas, which were - korea? there are now twin pandas, which were born l korea? there are now twin| pandas, which were born in south korea as well, so there are still giant pandas staying in korea at the moment. so we still have the giant panda, so we can still visit the zoo in korea and check out the giant pandas, but fu bao was kind of like an extraordinary case. before we go, some quick pictures of taiwan. as you can see, excavators beginning clean—up operations in front of a partly collapsed building following the recent earthquake. hello. areas of low pressure are forming an orderly queue in the atlantic, heading our way over the next few days, bringing further bouts of rain. there will be some drier, sunnier interludes, and then by the weekend, two things will happen. it will turn warmer but it will also turn windier. the

area of low pressure heading our way for the weekend is just starting to take shape behind me. not much to see just yet, but that low set to deepen. in the shorter term, you can see a couple of deeper low pressure system is working through. thursday morning starting with some pretty heavy rain actually across parts of england and wales. that will tend to pull away eastwards as the day wears on, the missus and sunny spells, scattered showers, then later on more rain will push through the south—west of england and into wales. for northern ireland and scotland can expect largely cloudy skies, some bits and pieces of rain and drizzle but also a bit of snow mixing in over high ground in scotland. temperatures in the north and scotland only up to five or six degrees, 16 in the south—east of england, and then through thursday night will see outbreaks of heavy rain driving northwards once again, still the chance of some snow. the relatively low levels across the northern half of scotland, where it will be a cold start to friday. further south, a very different story, starting the day at 11 or 12 degrees and much of england and wales, and then through friday, that rain

and hill snow continues to journey northwards across scotland. behind it, we get into a mix of sunny spells and heavy, blustery showers, turning quite windy through friday, particularly out towards the west, but temperatures will be climbing. still cold in the north and scotland, but for northern ireland, england and wales, 15 to 18 degrees, and then enter the start of the weekend, this deep area of low pressure with lots of isobars squeezing together is set to pass to the west of the uk. now, that is going to bring some very strong winds. we will see rain clearing the north of scotland, clearing the north of scotland, clearing to a mix of sunny spells and showers, probably not too many showers. there will be a decent amount of dry weather around, will be a decent amount of dry weatheraround, but will be a decent amount of dry weather around, but the wind is very brisk indeed, particularly for some of these western coasts, 60 mph gusts or more, with those wins coming from the south though, feeling pretty warm, could be the warmest day of the year so far, particularly in eastern england. highs of 20, may be 21 degrees. not quite as warm on sunday, but temperatures still well up into the teens. some

showers, some sunshine, too.

taiwan's semiconductor chip industry is counting the cost, a day after the island was struck by the worst earthquake in 25 years. plus — man versus machine. notable artists across the music industry denounce what they call the predatory

use of artificial intelligence. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. we begin in taiwan where rescue efforts are under way a day after a violent earthquake killed at least nine people and injured more than 1,000. on an island that produces more than half of the world's semiconductors, there's also been disruption to the chip—making industry. tsmc says employees are returning to work after the chipmaker evacuated several of its factories in the city of hsinchu and southern taiwan. the company has said there's been no damage to its critical tools. marco mezger is the co—founder of memory chip technology company neumonda and he says this time around taiwan's earthquake preparedness protected its high—tech industries. the first reports what we are seeing right now is also that there is no major damage or disruption on the production.

tsmc is talking at the moment about, what, six hours'