welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines.. several people are killed in germany in a shooting at a jehovah's witnesses' centre in the city of hamburg. russian shelling temporarily cuts power at ukraine's largest nuclear energy facility — the un says this cannot go on. we are rolling the dice here and there will be a day where our luck will run out. the australian prime minister visits india — on a mission to strengthen ties between the two countries. and we hearfrom oscar nominee michelle yeoh, star of everything everywhere all at once

there's a misconception that we just go about doing our own thing and we don't need our stories to be told, which is not true. we start with some news that has been breaking in the last hour or so. police in the northern german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident. several others were injured. hamburg police said a large—scale operation was under way in the alsterdorf area. german media are reporting that the shooting took place at a jehovah's witnesses�* centre. ambulances are at the scene. we will show you the scene now live in hamburg. every police presence of

the moment we have been told that ambulances have been at the scene and you cannot see them right now but contrary to the reports, police are saying there is no perpetrator at large. it is a very fluid situation and make sense of this, it is a very fluid situation and make sense i'm joined now by the localjornalist jenny witt in hamburg. can you give us a sense of what's the latest? the details are very minor, several people been injured and some have been killed they have not given a figure on the number of fatalities do know from police reports of the scene is that when officers arrived at the scene, there inside the building and went inside and found several people injured and dead at the scene. whether the perpetrator was among these people is not clear

at first and as you seem, the people do not believe that anyone related to this attack is on the run in the area and the areas of residential and fairly wealthy area in the north of the city not far away from the city centre it's ran two miles away from where i'm standing and really this is something that is completely shocked anyone that you speak to the news is breaking it is late at night here but this is not as tight and make an area with a history of gun violence and the feature, they have not attracted any violence the past that i know of. people in the area were warned by smartphone that there was an investigation under way and the police and urge them to stay inside their homes and to drive us to avoid the areas and there is a major investigation going on right now at the scene and we are told that the emergency services staff brought people out of the building

in order to treat them and it is mayhem at the scene and. i mayhem at the scene and. i don't need to delve _ mayhem at the scene and. i don't need to delve into the _ mayhem at the scene and. i don't need to delve into the realm - mayhem at the scene and. i don't need to delve into the realm of. need to delve into the realm of speculation but have any authority said anything about what is happening and what their theories might be? happening and what their theories miaht be? ., ., ., . might be? none whatsoever. police have warned — might be? none whatsoever. police have warned people _ might be? none whatsoever. police have warned people about - might be? none whatsoever. police i have warned people about speculating automotive. it's too soon. this happened at nine o'clock this evening. it's midnight. so in the past three hours the scale of this horrific attack has emerged. the police now describe it as somebody running amok inside the hall were meeting was taking place but as to why that is happened and who is behind it, if it was one perpetrator or more, and what is happened to that perpetrator or those perpetrators, that isn't clear yet and there is no indication officially, certainly, what may be

behind it. there is no speculation about that even in the tabloid media or in the media in general. that is something recently don't know yet. i something recently don't know yet. i appreciate the candour they are. in terms of what people are being told to do now, artificial saying stay indoors and wait for more information from us until you go about your business?— information from us until you go about your business? there hasn't been a de-escalation _ about your business? there hasn't been a de-escalation since - about your business? there hasn't been a de-escalation since that i been a de—escalation since that morning. that warning was issued at around 20 past nine and there hasn't been anything to the contrary. no as you say we are now aware of a statement by the police that they do not believe that anyone is on the runner at large. not believe that anyone is on the runnerat large. so not believe that anyone is on the runner at large. so that in itself indicates that it is presumably a safer location than it would've been a couple of hours ago. but as i say it's fluid. most people will be taking precaution and being very careful not to enter into that area. additionally, i assume the recording

will be well established and possibly widened in order to ensure that evidence can be gathered for the investigation and that no traces of anything relevant are lost to the authorities. , , of anything relevant are lost to the authorities-— authorities. jenny the low shuttle “ournalist authorities. jenny the low shuttle journalist they — authorities. jenny the low shuttle journalist they are _ authorities. jenny the low shuttle journalist they are in _ authorities. jenny the low shuttle journalist they are in hamburg. i | journalist they are in hamburg. i really appreciate you spending the time talking us through this fluid situation. thank you so much. let's leave the situation in hamburg for now and turn to ukraine. let's turn to ukraine now — as the head of the un's nuclear watchdog has called for immediate action to prevent disaster at europe's biggest nuclear power plant — after russian missile strikes once again cut off the facility's energy supply. power lines to the zaporizhzhia plant have since been restored, but for some hours staff had to rely on diesel generators for essential cooling of radioactive material. missiles also struck other energy targets across ukraine in one of the largest such attacks in weeks. from kyiv, here's our diplomatic

correspondent, james landale. this is what a cruise missle can do. streets torn apart. lives turned upside down. in all, five people died here. this may be hundreds of miles from fighting but this morning, it's very much on the front line. translation: there was an explosion in the sky. i saw smoke and fire.— saw smoke and fire. victor told us how he tried _ saw smoke and fire. victor told us how he tried to _ saw smoke and fire. victor told us how he tried to help _ saw smoke and fire. victor told us how he tried to help his _ saw smoke and fire. victor told us | how he tried to help his neighbour. victor told us how he tried to help his neighbour. translation:.

we took fire extinguishers from our vehicles to try and put them out, but it didn't succeed and the fires spread. translation: i'm fed up with it, can't stand all this. _ i don't have the strength any more. why are they doing this? they are scaring the children. these strikes might have been targeted against energy infrastructure, but here, not so much. as you can see, cars damaged, some of them destroyed and burnt out. all around me, the windows have been blown in, in the residents' blocks, and over here debris litters this children's playground. smoke on kyiv�*s skyline — the aftermath of a strike on energy infrastructure in the south, one of many such attacks on similar targets across the country. for some hours, power was cut to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in europe, currently under russian control. the risks of overheating reactors all too evident for the un nuclear watchdog. each time, we are rolling a dice. and if we allow this to continue time after time,

then one day our luck will run out. but for now, people are trying to get on with normal life after the most substantial air strikes for several weeks. they know they won't be the last. let's turn to georgia now — because thousands of people have been demonstrating in tbilisi, the georgian capital for a third night, despite the country's ruling party saying it would withdraw a controversial law targeting organisations that receive foreign funding. the opposition says it will keep fighting against what it sees as russian— inspired attempts to derail the country's pro—european ambitions. our russia editor, steve roseneberg, reports from tbilisi. outside the parliaments, it was clear where most georgians see their country's future. clear too the results of people power. the protesters had won. they had forced a u—turn.

the ruling party had withdrawn the controversial foreign agents bill that many here saw as a threat to civil society. and they accused their government of trying to move georgia back into russia's orbit. we don't really want to be part of russia and everything they're doing. the whole georgia is against it actually. what do most georgians want? we want more integration in europe. this is our goal. this is our main request. we want to be part of europe. the scene earlier this week. pitched battles by the parliament building. water cannon and tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. but it didn't stop the protests. and along with the eu flag, out of solidarity, the flag of ukraine.

the war there and events here have something in common. in many ways, what's happened in georgia this week and what's happened in ukraine are part of the same picture. both these countries were part of the soviet union, and more than 30 years after the fall of the ussr, the consequences of that geopolitical earthquake, the collapse of the soviet superpower, are still being felt across the region. in ukraine, the kremlin launched a full—scale invasion to try to force the country back into russia's sphere of influence. it invaded georgia too, more than a decade earlier. there are thousands of russian troops on what is internationally recognised as georgian territory. russian aggression against georgia and russian aggression against ukraine are part of the same picture of putin's policy

to restore his influence in his, you know, neighbourhood and restore some new version of the soviet union. this week, georgians have made it clear they want no part of it. steve rosenberg, bbc news, tblisi. in other stories...0ne person has been shot dead and two other wounded in tel aviv in what israeli police say is a suspected terror attack. the police say the suspect was — in their words — neutralised at the scene. it comes hours after the us defence secretary lloyd austin arrived in israel for talks. he told israeli leaders to take steps to reduce tension in the west bank amid an escalation in violence. to india now, because that's where the australian prime minister anthony albanese is. he is trying to strengthen ties between the two countries through deeper trade, investment and defence relations. he is the first australian prime

minister to visit india since 2017 and is headed for the us next, where he's expected to meet with us presidentjoe biden and uk prime minister rishi sunak about the aukus defence partnership. for more, we can speak now to stuti bhatnagar, research fellow, strategic and defence studies centre, australian national university. she joins us from sydney. it's wonderful to get you on the programme. perhaps you can talk us through what perhaps you can talk us pm albanese hoping to achieve during this trip and how can india fit into canberra's plan for the indo—pacific? i think the relationship has really soared over the past few years, and this australian prime miniature is especially showcasing developing relationships, highlighting what areas we are heading into in the coming years, and also took kind of place india and australia as

partners in multiple areas. i think this visit is aimed at that. so it has a lot of confidence to it. indeed. and one of those components, indeed. and one of those components, i wonder if you agree, is the role of china in all of this of course. both of these countries have difficulties or tensions, i think, that's a diplomatic way of putting it, with china. how much do you think they will be discussing beijing's influence in this part of the world when they sit down to have a chat? i the world when they sit down to have a chat? ~ ., , a chat? i think china is definitely a chat? i think china is definitely a factor that _ a chat? i think china is definitely a factor that has _ a chat? i think china is definitely a factor that has brought - a chat? i think china is definitely i a factor that has brought australia and india closer. the way i like to say as the stars have aligned for the two countries to kind of get together with, the two countries to kind of get togetherwith, because the two countries to kind of get together with, because of the chinese competition in the chinese threat or the way we perceive it. of course australia has been very open about the chinese threat and what is driving the policy of the direction

but india —— mark of course it is very much driving this need to develop a partnership along with other countries. after this, mr albanese is headed to the us —— where he's due to meet withjoe biden and rishi sunak —— presumably to talk about the aukus deal?what do you think might come out of that meeting? i think that that meeting is particularly about august and the kind of engagements that australia has of the united states. it is an ally partner of the us. the us australia discussions are going to be more formal about security, maritime cooperation in the pacific region, particularly about the augustine, what the modalities about

that, that's going to be discussed, i'm sure. ., ~' ,, that, that's going to be discussed, i'm sure. ., ~ i. that, that's going to be discussed, i'm sure. ., ~' ,, . that, that's going to be discussed, i'm sure. ., ~ . ., i'm sure. thank you so much for your time. in sharing _ i'm sure. thank you so much for your time. in sharing your _ i'm sure. thank you so much for your time. in sharing your thoughts - i'm sure. thank you so much for your time. in sharing your thoughts here | time. in sharing your thoughts here on newsday with us. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk.... the uk government is being warned that the cost of childcare is rising — making it increasingly difficult for many parents to go to work. the uk is one of the most expensive countries in the world for childcare — third only to new zealand and switzerland. the birmingham to crewe leg of high speed railway hs2 will be delayed by two years to cut costs. the government suggested euston station's opening could also be delayed as an affordable design is worked on. the football presenter gary lineker says he does not fear bbc suspension in an impartiality row over a tweet criticising the government's asylum policy.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... we will hear from the star of everything everywhere all at once. we heard these gun shots in the gym and they came out with fire and we were petrified. james earl ray, aged ai, sentenced to 99 years, due for parole and he is 90, travelled from

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i want to apologise and warn our viewers, if you're eating, you might want to put your foot down before you listen to this. you might want to put your food down before you listen to this. this happened last month when a viral video came out of a man in a sushi restaurant, the kaiten—sushi, as it's called, the conveyor belt, showing him licking a soy sauce bottle on the sushi trail and also rubbing saliva on the sushi as it moved on the conveyor belt. this happened in a branch of a famous sushi chain restaurant called kura sushi. and since then, dozens of videos surfaced online of similar, unhygienic pranks. and of course, you can imagine the shock and the disgust that it provoked online among people and among customers. remember, of course, this is horrible anywhere in the world, but this is japan. this is a country that is very, very particular about hygiene, about high standards of cleanliness. people still wear masks around, indoors and outdoors,

even though the rules have been relaxed a little bit, you have to take off your shoes again for hygiene reasons. and so for this to happen here in a country with very, very particular and exacting culinary etiquette, you can imagine how shocking and horrible it was for people. today, three arrests have been made, one 20—year—old man and two teenagers. and we understand that they all admitted to what happened in the kura sushi restaurant, and one of them has reportedly apologized. but since then, really, sushi restaurants around the country have been trying to assure customers of their hygiene standards, some of them ——— one of the more known ones actually around japan, sushi maru, said that its conveyor belts are going to grind to a halt. it's stopping the conveyor belt main attraction, really, of those sushi restaurants and now is resorting to order, direct orders where staff bring people sushi.

let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... state media in north korea says armed forces have been ordered to intensify drills for a "real war". the country's leader, kimjong un, personally oversaw a fire assault drill on thursday —— which reports say it said proved the army's ability to counter an actual war. the un says it will buy a vessel capable of removing oil from a big tanker abandoned off the coast of yemen in 2015. there's been concern the decaying ship could cause a major oil spill. (audio tag) it's the oscars on sunday — and, for the first time in history, this year's line—up includes a record number of nominees of asian heritage. one of the biggest films making waves this year is everything everywhere all at once — an outrageous sci—fi movie in which michelle yeoh plays the role of evelyn wang. if she wins, she'll become

the first asian woman ever to receive the award. ahead of the ceremony, i spoke to michelle yeoh about what this all means to her. i'm very aware that it's beyond me. it's beyond me being recognised as an actress. it's like a whole community of asians coming forward and saying you're going to do this for us. you have to do this for us. you will do this for us. and then you go, oh my gosh this is really! and really yes i will do my utmost. the character of evelyn, how much did she resonate with you? because as you point out, you have been fighting in some respects and parts of your career, and she's a fighter, isn't she. she fights for her family, she fights for her daughter, she fights for her universe, and ultimately she's fighting for herself. �* , , ., ultimately she's fighting for herself. �*, , ., ., ultimately she's fighting for herself. ., ., , . herself. it's been a long time since i have herself. it's been a long time since i have even — herself. it's been a long time since i have even read _ herself. it's been a long time since i have even read something - herself. it's been a long time since i have even read something that i i have even read something that resonated so deeply and me. i think so many of us, especially women, understand this. as your numbers get bigger, you get put in certain

boxes. and especially as an actress, the roles got smaller. get more insignificant. when we first got the script, a lot of people said to me, this is a big risk. you're going on to do a marble movie. that could change a lot more things for you. but for me, life is about challenges and taking risks. because if not, you'll be doing the same thing over and over again. so, you'll be doing the same thing over and overagain. so, i you'll be doing the same thing over and over again. so, i ultimately became courageous.— and over again. so, i ultimately became courageous. what we are watchin: became courageous. what we are watching on _ became courageous. what we are watching on screen _ became courageous. what we are watching on screen felt _ became courageous. what we are watching on screen felt very - became courageous. what we are watching on screen felt very real| watching on screen felt very real and relatable for so many people in this part of the world and asia. what do you think it says about the way the film industry is now? this whole community, _ way the film industry is now? ti 3 whole community, this whole group of people have felt so unseen for such a long time. i think a lot of the times, asians tend to not really show so much emotion. and i think

maybe perhaps that's a misconception that we just go about doing our own thing and we don't need our stories to be told, which is not true. i think it is also how we tell the story that makes a difference. i think especially in hollywood, what i'm asking for is the privilege to show you that the audience wants hollywood to reflect on its community. to reflect on globally

because that's what it is. it is a global industry. it's no longerjust on one singular market. global industry. it's no longer 'ust on one singular market.�* on one singular market. do you think that some people _ on one singular market. do you think that some people have to _ on one singular market. do you think that some people have to work- on one singular market. do you think| that some people have to work harder than others, being asian, being a woman? ~ �* . , ., ., woman? we've always had to work harder. so much _ woman? we've always had to work harder. so much of us, _ harder. so much of us, actresses have face that problem before and will continue to do so. but look at some of my peers. what did they do? they become directors themselves. they become directors themselves. they become writers themselves. they become storytellers themselves. they make the opportunities. they create the doorways. and this is what we have to do. i wish i was a writer than i would've written a lot of my own scripts. so i do depend on the next generation of forward thinkers to write that script, like the daniels. they were bold enough to write the script about a very ordinary woman who was given an opportunity to be a superhero. ii�*ioifi�* opportunity to be a superhero. now that ou opportunity to be a superhero. now that you are in _ opportunity to be a superhero. now that you are in hollywood, is it still matter for you, michelle's you know, i think _ still matter for you, michelle's gm. know, i think hollywood will always be hollywood. that is always been the ultimate dream. but the world

has evolved. the world keeps changing and there are other markets that will keep growing and growing. and that is good for hollywood, because it goes to show them that they have to evolve. they have to get better. they have to be more embracing with the rest of the world. ~ . , ., embracing with the rest of the world. ~ . i. , ., world. michelle yo they are speaking to me- that — world. michelle yo they are speaking to me. that brings _ world. michelle yo they are speaking to me. that brings us _ world. michelle yo they are speaking to me. that brings us to _ world. michelle yo they are speaking to me. that brings us to the - world. michelle yo they are speaking to me. that brings us to the end - world. michelle yo they are speaking to me. that brings us to the end of. to me. that brings us to the end of newsday at this hour. thanks so much forjoining us. amber warnings remain in morning amber warnings remain in morning even as we head into friday morning it was time to be lifting across

northern islands by the end of the night. so that snow clears away slowly across england and wales, but strong winds will be blowing that snow around, some drifting, some blizzards early on friday. eventually that mixture clears away. the winds eased out and it dries up in the afternoon. widespread sunshine around, a few showers around northern scotland but a colder day across the board, one to 5 degrees. and then it turns much colder as we had through friday night. the winds turn lighter, still some snow showers across northern scotland. ice will become a problem where we've got snow. those temperatures subzero for many errors, down to —10 across northern england, lowerthan errors, down to —10 across northern england, lower than that in scotland.

four days on from their thrashing at the hands of liverpool in the premier league — manchester united returned to action — and returned to winning ways in the europa league. they enjoyed a big win of their own — beating real betis 4—1 in the first leg of their last 16 tie. marcus rashford with the opener. betis did get an equaliser before half time — before anthony put united back in front. bruno fernandes added a third — before wout weghorst sealed a comfortable victory. the second leg is next week. meanwhile arsenal's hopes of reaching the quarter finals hang in the balance. they drew 2—2 with sporting lisbon — william saliba giving arsenal the lead in portugal. but two goals for sporting turned the tie around — until this own goal from morita meant the tie finished 2—2 — delicately poised heading back to north london next week. trying to get a very positive result

and i think the game is different phases, especially because we gave too many balls away, to reassemble balls away in our own have. you have to through difficult moments. we knew that, we are alive and everything is playing for the emirates and hopefully will play better and be set to win again. elswhere in the europa conference league, michail antonio scored twice for west ham as they took a big step towards the quarterfinals. their 2—0 win over aek larnaca in cyprus maintained their hundred per cent record in europe this season. the second leg is in london next week. questions are mounting around the future of tottenham manager antonio conte. in the space of a week they have been knocked out of the fa cup, loosened their grip on 4th place in the league with defeat at wolves and on wednesday night they limped out of the champions league. conte's contract is up at the end of the season and there are rumours of player unrest. he's said fans need to be patient

and that the club know what his vision is for the future but earlier bbc football reporter simon stone told us it's a matter of when and not if he leaves tottenham hotspur ido i do not think that anyone realistically thought that tottenham would challenge for the league title this season and he thought they could do well in the champions league and compete in one of the champions cups i think that is what antonio thought when he brought players and from the summer but they have not managed to get any kind of consistency, too many players and as you say, fan discontent, a lot booze last night and there appears to be irritation behind the scenes as well. he hasjust to be irritation behind the scenes as well. he has just not worked out. england captain owen farrell has been dropped for the first time since being benched at the 2015 world cup. he's been replaced by marcus smith who has won the battle for the no ten jersey in saturday's crunch fixture against france. it is arguably steve borthwick�*s biggest call of his tenure to date. farrell has struggled

for form of late though, he has turned tojonny wilkinson for assistance with his