this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the search for survivors of a plane crash in nepal has been called off for the night. at least 68 are now confirmed dead. everybody is confused because this pilot is one of the most experienced and well—respected pilots of nepal. at least 22 people killed and 72 injured during a missile strike on an apartment building in the eastern ukrainian city of dnipro. president biden declares a state of emergency in california, as it's hit by a succession of severe storms. at least 19 people have died, and thousands have been told to evacuate their homes.

hello and welcome. at least 68 people have been killed after a passenger plane crashed in nepal. the yeti airlines flight came down close to the tourist town of pokhara. the search has now been called off for the night and will resume on monday, in daylight. it's understood a number of foreign nationals are among the dead. from kathmandu, our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report. and a warning, you may find some of the images distressing. what's thought to be the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see it veer off—course. then, you hear it. the smouldering remains of the twin—engine plane, which had 72 people onboard, including children. it came down close to its destination — the tourist town of pokhara. most of those onboard were nepalis.

chaos and confusion, as people searched for survivors. speaking in the capital, nepal's prime minister says the authorities are trying to work out how this crash happened. translation: the incident- was tragic, all forces have been deployed for rescue operations, the investigation is going on now, and i have called an emergency cabinet meeting. the plane took off from here, at kathmandu airport, earlier this morning. tomorrow, the bodies of some of the victims are expected to return back here. monday has also been declared a national day of mourning in nepal. it's unclear still what caused the crash, but this himalayan nation has a tragic history of fatal airline accidents. as a nation mourns, some are asking if enough is being done to ensure the country's skies are safe. tonight, as families grieve,

they also want answers. alastair rosenschein is an aviation analyst and former pilot. hejoins me now from london. welcome, thanks very much for being with us. from what we have seen and the limited information we have what is your assessment of what may have happened to this plane? goad happened to this plane? good evenin: , happened to this plane? good evening, samantha. _ happened to this plane? good evening, samantha. as - happened to this plane? good evening, samantha. as with l happened to this plane? (emf. evening, samantha. as with all these accidents, there will be an investigation. so any suggestions that any analyst gives about the cause of the accident is purely speculative. however, there was a video showing the aircraft in a very steep bank to the left with the noes pitched up on the approach to land. that would suggest that the aircraft was approaching and if witness reports were anything to go by, the aircraft spun into the ground. that

means the aircraft may not have been flying within its flight envelope within this safe speed and altitude. we know there are numerous investigations under way, what exactly will they be looking for and how long does it take to come up with any results on such a complicated investigation? well, as with all aircraft _ complicated investigation? well, as with all aircraft accidents, _ complicated investigation? well, as with all aircraft accidents, they - with all aircraft accidents, they try to immediately get hold of the flight deck voice recorder, the flight deck voice recorder, the flight day to recorder as well, and when they analyse them, these usually give the primary reasons for the accident. they will also look at the accident. they will also look at the aircraft and what remains of the aircraft and piece it together and dry and see if there are any clues there. the investigators will always keep an open mind. they will be looking at everything from mechanical failure, looking at everything from mechanicalfailure, engine failure, mechanical failure, engine failure, the mechanicalfailure, engine failure, the weather conditions, the pilot because my experience, etc. we know that one of the pilots, the captain, was quite experienced and we believe

he was also a training captain. the co—pilot had barely 100 flying hours and we don't know which of the two pilots was flying the aircraft. but regardless of that, the captain should have been able to control the aircraft properly, regardless of what the co—pilot does. but it was a new sales that has only been open 15 days, so it was new to them —— a new airfield. they were unlikely at least to have already designated points on the approach where they could do their turn to line up with the runway. so it is always trickier when you have not been to an airfield before.— when you have not been to an airfield before. nepalese airlines are band from _ airfield before. nepalese airlines are band from operating - airfield before. nepalese airlines are band from operating in - airfield before. nepalese airlines - are band from operating in european airspace, what is it about the history of those airlines that causes such concern?- history of those airlines that causes such concern? that will be to do with the — causes such concern? that will be to do with the pull— causes such concern? that will be to do with the pull -- _ causes such concern? that will be to do with the pull -- full— causes such concern? that will be to do with the pull -- full operational. do with the pull —— full operational procedures, training and maintenance, pilots, pest accidents.

there have been 27 fatal aircraft accidents in the past 30 years. so thatis accidents in the past 30 years. so that is not a very good record. 0n the other hand, it is a very difficult place to operate aircraft. there are high mountains everywhere, many of the runways are very short, the approaches are difficult because of high ground. there is rapidly changing weather as you often get in mountainous areas. so it is a cocktail of problems. also, the age of the fleet of aircraft they have, most of them are quite old. this particular one was 15 years old, it was first designed in 1989.- was first designed in 1989. thank ou ve was first designed in 1989. thank you very much — was first designed in 1989. thank you very much for _ was first designed in 1989. thank you very much for your— was first designed in 1989. thank| you very much for your expertise, thank you. you very much for your expertise, thank vom— more than 20 people have been killed and 72 injured after a missile destroyed an apartment building in the eastern ukrainian city of dnipro. a0 residents are still thought to be missing. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports from kyiv. dnipro has learnt to cope with constant threat. being 120 miles from the front line isn't enough to

escape moments like this. the cause is obvious, the damage, plain to see, but what disappears immediately are entire lives. the rescue continued as flames were put out and night arrived, as well as the realisation of what had happened. translation: what have you done to my son? - you're evil! i curse you and future generations of your families. may you animals be cursed for the rest of your lives by everyone! there is anger, and occasional hope. shouting "is anyone alive," ask rescuers? "here, here!", they shout. the cranes shut down. "lady, we can hear you," they say. today has brought more breakthroughs, but the number of dead will go up with time.

dnipro is a reminder of how ordinary people can end up in harm's way, despite russia's likely target being nearby infrastructure. this was, nevertheless, an attack on the whole of the country. after a relative respite of two weeks, moscow has resumed its tactic of trying to deny ukrainians energy during the height of winter. there were blackouts across ukraine, including here, in the western lviv region. in a sign of his unchanged position, the country's leader says russia can only be stopped on the battlefield. translation: it can and must be done on our land, _ in our sky, in our sea. what do we need for this? the weapons that are in the depots of our partners, the ones which our troops are waiting for. the rescue of a woman this morning brought more much—needed good news, against a backdrop of continued devastation. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv.

the destruction in aniro comes alongside calls for more weapons to be sent. nato chiefjens stoltenberg has said ukraine could expect more deliveries of heavy weapons from western countries. the uk is sending 1a challenger tanks, while poland is also considering handing over its german—made leopard 2 tanks, but it needs the german government's permission to export them. earlier, we spoke with rafael loss — defence expert at the european council on foreign relations — for more. for the longest time, the chancellor drew a red line around western—produced heavy tanks and armoured fighting vehicles. but with the latest decision to send german fighting vehicles alongside american ones, there seems to be an open door. and some countries, germany's neighbours — countries that also use the leopard 2 main battle tank — see this as an opportunity to finally make available to ukraine this critical capability.

i think the meeting of the ukraine defense contact group at ramstein air base next week is a culminating point. poland's president, andrzej duda, has said that poland would be willing to provide roughly a company of battle tanks from the polish armed forces' own stocks, if other european countries join them. and there's a discourse, driven by finnish parliamentarians, voices from denmark, sweden and other european countries are chiming in here as well. and then we have the german political figures that are pushing the debate in germany. so clearly, pressure is mounting on russia to reverse its decision. he will not do so alone. his mantra has been to not go it alone in these decisions. but if there is a deeper european coalition emerging, then i think german leadership would be well placed to bring together this coalition and to supply ukraine with a western—produced main battle tank. police say a seven—year—old girl remains in a critical condition, after a shotgun was fired

from a moving car outside a church in central london yesterday. five others were also hurt in the attack near euston station. it happened as crowds left a memorial service for a woman from colombia and her daughter, as our correspondent matt graveling reports. a moment of love, stolen by an act of hate. gunshots outside of this church in euston injured four young women and two girls. 0ne, aged just seven, is in a life—threatening condition. one woman has potentially life—changing injuries. minutes earlier, around 300 people had remember the lives of a local mother and daughter who sadly died less than a month apart. fatherjeremy trood conducted the service. i was still inside the church when suddenly there was this enormous bang, and people leaving the church just rushed back in and said there had been a shooting. the met police have issued more information about the attack which happened here outside

of the church behind me at 1:30pm on saturday. they said that all six victims were injured by pellets from a shotgun that was fired, they believe, from a moving vehicle. police believe this is the kind of car involved, a 2019 black toyota chr. this was a shocking incident. people came here to attend a funeral, to be with friends and loved ones and to mourn together. instead, they were the victims of a senseless act of violence. no arrests have been made but, tonight, officers continue a search for evidence and answers. the metropolitan police say they will increase their presence in the area. matt graveling joined me in the studio earlier. i asked him what effect the shooting has had on the local community. yesterday was meant to be a time of them coming together to remember a mother and her young daughter who sadly, in november, died within a month of each other.

so as well as this shock, there's also a huge sense of confusion. why would somebody, it looks like, drive past a church and fire a shotgun into a group of people? and that is, of course, what police are trying to work out today. as i left the scene a little bit earlier in euston — if you know london, it's just by the railway station — there was a single bouquet of flowers that had been left there, and people were coming up to me and they were saying, "what do you know about the women involved and their conditions?" because of the four older women that were caught up in this situation, one, we believe, has got potentially life—changing injuries. and there were two young girls as well, a 12—year—old and also a seven—year—old. and the seven—year—old is still in hospital in life—threatening conditions. so there's a lot of interest about what's going on. i did ask the metropolitan police for an update. they said they don't anticipate giving us any further information today so, for now, that is the latest. but the metropolitan police also want to reassure the community and say that they're going to continue to ask quesions, to find those answers,

and there'll be an increased police presence in the area. matt graveling. it has been a busy day of sport. hello, thank you very much. arsenal extended their lead at the top of the english premier league to eight points, with a 2—nil win in the north london derby at tottenham. mikel arteta's side took full advantage of title rivals manchester city's defeat to manchester united on saturday in impressive fashion to claim a vital three points. hugo lloris fumbled bukayo saka's cross into his own net after 1a minutes, and martin 0degaard added a second for arsenal's first victory at spurs since 2014. great to watch, i think it was a terrific match. i think we had some very good moments. i think we showed a lot of belief and determination, but as well, a lot of quality to play the way we wanted to play, to dominate the game. and it is never easy to play this way against this

team in this particular stadium, so a lot of credit to the players with the courage that they showed. after the final whistle, there was a confrontation involving aaron ramsdale when a tottenham supporter attempted to attack the arsenal goalkeeper. the fa, the premier league and the met police have condemned the incident and said they are working together to ensure appropriate action is taken. kai havertz earned chelsea a narrow victory over crystal palace to ease the pressure on manager graham potter. chelsea stay in 10th place, despite the win, which is only their second in ten premier league games. at half time, chelsea fans were introduced to new signing mykhailo mudryk. the 22—year—old joining from shakhtar donetsk for $75 million. chelsea beat arsenal to the deal with mudryk, who is their fifth new player in this transfer window. one of the biggest fixtures on the football calendar, the el clasico, took place in saudi arabia, as real madrid faced rivals barcelona in the final

of the spanish super cup. the 18—year—old gavi put barcelona ahead after 33 minutes. robert lewandowski doubling their lead before the break, and pedri adding a third in the second half. karim benzema did pull one back for real in stoppage time. the win sees xavi win his first trophy as barcelona manager. the first grand slam of the tennis season, the australian open, starts in the next few hours. the nine—time champion novak djokovic returns a year on from his controversial deportation from australia, but has so far received a warm reception. ifido if i do hold grudges, and probably if i am not able to move on, i wouldn't be here. and also, i have to say that the amount of positive experiences i had in australia overwhelmed the negative experience may be of last year. so my impression of australia, my vision

of australia has always been very positive, and that has reflected on my performance and my results are a testament to how i feel here. the australian open starts in the next few hours. that's all the sport for now. thanks very much. more nurses will be asked to strike next month, in a dispute over pay. that's the warning from the royal college of nursing, which says the next set of strikes will include all eligible members in england for the first time, unless progress is made in negotiations by the end of the month. earlier, the editor of the nursing times told us what the impact of theses strikes would be, but he started by updating us on the industrial action already taking place next week. we have a mandate for 130 employers. they're going on strike, as you know, on wednesday and thursday next week in around 70 places, ithink, which is an escalation on the 63 that they did in december. and then, of course, as you say, in february, they have

said they will do more. they have that mandate in 130 different sites or employers, so they could, if they want to, go up to that level. then you have the other unions, so unison has a mandate in trusts in liverpool, but they have been talking about re—balloting their members in more places to get a mandate as well. and there are, of course, the other healthcare unions as well that are involved in different disputes with different groups of professionals. so we don't know what's going to happen and how many people will go on strike, but if it's even more than it is now, just how badly impacted will the nhs be even more than it has been already? well, i guess the whole point of the action is to create leverage and therefore affect services, but not safety. i think it is very much what the nursing unions have said. as we know, there's a lot of pressure at the moment,

there are winter pressures, on top of the pressures that were already there, so certainly some appointments and bits of surgery and elective care will no doubt have to be postponed as a result. but there are certain exemptions that are built into what's going on, so the unions have agreed with employers and government that things like intensive care, members of staff will not go on strike if they work in those areas. so some things will be as they are always, other things will not. where are we with negotiations? is it the case that the rcn will only accept 19%, which is what they originally asked for? well, the leader of the rcn has indicated that she was prepared to meet the government halfway. of course, that rather depends on where inflation is, because the rcn original demand or request was for 5% on top of inflation, to make up for the ten

years of below—inflation pay rises. so that was very much their opening salvo. you would imagine that, as part of pay negotiation, they would be prepared to accept less than that, which they have indicated, but then there have been higher offers, better offers than that original one that was put out by the government in scotland, that was rejected recently, which was 8.5%, something like that. so it's a mixed picture across the uk, but you would think, as pat cullen has indicated, they would meet them halfway. it depends on what the government side of things is, in that, so far, there's been a lot of smoke and mirrors. a major disaster has been declared in california, where a series of severe storms has prompted president biden to send aid from the federal government. at least 19 people have died in the storms. our correspondent sophie long reports. frantic efforts to protect homes from further flooding. if we didn't get this done today,

we would have lost our house. jeff bailey's wife and young children evacuated. he stayed to protect their home. it's been hard. my wife has been bringing them over, up at the top of the hill, and i've been giving them hugs and kisses and telling them how much i love them. but, you know, we all have to process it. sorry, it's the first time i've become emotional. so, yeah, you know, we're safe, we're surviving, and we'll just keep going forward. across california, after three weeks of almost continuous catastrophic downpours, rain is the last thing people here need. and yet, it keeps coming. widespread flooding is getting worse and roads are disintegrating. emergency services could only watch as this one collapses into the valley below. we joined the santa barbara bucket brigade, a local volunteerforce

formed after a mudslide killed 23 people here five years ago. what's happened here? just all came down off here. this is the road. this is the road to my mom's house, she can't get home. you can see the impact of the heavy deluges here. this road has been completely cut off. people cannot access their homes. the rains have now started again, after a brief period of respite, and there's concern that more is going to come down. they were west of us. the threat of mudslides means they need to move quickly. the next stop is steve's house. that was a pretty hairy drive, by my standards. so this tree, i planted 26 years ago, it was this tall. and it's the only tree to survive this. the whole thing just slid down, this is about 200—feet wide. you know, you kind of get overwhelmed with a series of emotional things, which go from hope to pride to fear to despair, to all of that stuff.

but at the end of the day, you know, we're a resilient lot up here and we know what to do, so this is what we're doing today. a saturated california can only wait to see what the next storm brings. sophie long, bbc news, santa barbara. more than 120 stretches of road in peru remain blocked by protesters across the south of the country and in the capital, lima. at least 42 people have already been killed since the anti—corruption demonstrations began over five weeks ago, many of which are in support of the ousted left—wing leader pedro castillo. a state of emergency has been declared. thousands of people have taken to the streets in israel to protest against government plans to have more power over the justice system. the proposed changes would make it easier for parliament to overturn supreme court rulings. yolande knell reports. the biggest show of opposition yet to israel's most right—wing ever government. tens of thousands crammed into the heart of tel aviv

on a soggy night, clutching israeli flags and umbrellas. they fear new laws will endanger democracy and civil rights. in an unusual move, even the country's top judge has warned against plans to change the justice system so that politicians can easily overrule the supreme court. mostly, they have fear about... it's really scary that i think it's going to, kind of, slowly disappear if we don't do anything. the government was elected in a democratic way, but their actions now are not democratic, because we have a situation between government and a system ofjustice in israel which should be kept this way. many here accuse the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, of turning on the courts because he himself remains on trialfor corruption, which he denies.

it's just two weeks since israel's veteran leader returned to power with a coalition of ultranationalists and religious allies. they accuse the supreme court of overreach and elitism, and say they have a public mandate for change. translation: two months ago, a massive demonstration - took place in israel. the mother of all demonstrations. millions of people took to the streets to vote in the election. one of the main topics they have voted on was a reform in thejudicial system. israel is deeply divided politically, and it's now locked in what its figurehead president calls an "historic constitutional crisis" which, he says, could tear the nation apart. chanting with no sign the government will change its mind on its reforms, already, more protests are planned. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.

that is it from me for the moment. you can_ that is it from me for the moment. you can reach— that is it from me for the moment. you can reach me on twitter. i will see a _ you can reach me on twitter. i will see a little — you can reach me on twitter. i will see a little later, thanks for watching. hello. some much colder weather on the way for all of us in the week ahead. we have seen so much rain so far this january, it will become relatively drier, but arctic air plunges across the uk in the coming 2a hours and, my goodness, it will look different outside in that it will be drier, but it will feel much different too because it will be cold. snow is a possibility for some this week. despite things being relatively drier, we are trying to pin down smaller systems, like this one that will run through the channel overnight tonight, and the detail on what they will do. tonight, it looks pretty wet for southern counties of england, but also a difficult wintry mixture, i think, particularly towards the south—east towards the end of the night. for the weald of kent, for

the downs, we could see some snow to start us off on monday and there will be a significant risk of ice. ice just about anywhere, as we're expecting a widespread frost. snow showers will continue across northern scotland on into monday as well. some parts of scotland won't get above freezing through the day. everywhere else, it's much chillier than it has been of late, but with lighter winds. monday into tuesday, the same thing. a little weather feature developing within a bigger area of low pressure running the show. always quite tricky to pin down these smaller features. at the moment, for tuesday, there is the potentialfor some heavier, more persistent snow somewhere across southern england. don't take that positioning there, though, with the leaning towards the west too literally. it is shifting a little bit as we move from model to model. basically, these smaller features don't really exist within this big low yet, so it's hard to track them until they start to really shape up. by wednesday, if anything, our uncertainty will be this low to the east in the north sea and whether it will drag any snow showers into north sea coasts. the current thinking has the snow showers across scotland and running

down into the irish sea. for many for the week ahead, a lot of fine weather, with bright, crisp blue skies after frosty starts. at the end of the week, potentially, we're going to start to look towards the west for our weather systems to come back in again, so the potential for things to turn more to rain again by friday and for us to see our temperatures lifting up a little as we approach next weekend. in terms of the coming five days, elements we're confident about, it will be cold, there will be frosty nights, look out for ice, but pinning the details on the snow, bear with us and stay tuned.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a day of mourning has begun in nepal for the victims of the country's worst airline disaster in 30 years. a plane with 72 people on board crashed on sunday morning near the town of pokhara. there are not thought to be any survivors. at least 22 people killed and 72 injured during a missile strike on an apartment building in the eastern ukrainian city of dnipro. president biden declares a state of emergency in california as it's hit by a succession of severe storms. at least 19 people have died and thousands have been told to evacuate their homes. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has insisted his coalition government will forge ahead with plans to weaken the supreme court. there have been mass protests against the proposals.