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 hamburg. russian shelling temporarily cuts power at ukraine's largest nuclear energy facility — the un demands immediate action to avoid disaster. we are rolling a dice here and there will be a day when our luck will run out. the sushi train under threat as three people are arrested injapan during investigations into an unhygienic craze. and, we meet michelle yeoh, nominated for a best actress oscar for her performance in everything, everywhere,

all at once. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with news that's been breaking in the last few hours or so. police in the northern german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident, several others have been 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. police say they have no idea what might have motivated such a deadly act. earlier i spoke tojenny witt, a journalist based in hamburg, who gave us a sense of the situation on the ground. the details are still very scant.

the police have said that several people have been injured and several people have been killed. they have not put a figure on the number of fatalities yet. what we do know from police and from reports at the scene is that when officers arrived at the scene, they heard a shot inside the building and went inside and found several people injured and dead at the scene. now, whether the perpetrator was among these people was not clear at first and, as you just said, that news has come in that the police now do not believe that anyone related to this attack is on the run in the area. the area itself is residential, it is a fairly wealthy area of hamburg, in the north of the city, not far away from the city centre. it is around two miles away from where i am standing. and really, this is something that has completely shocked anyone you speak to. the news isjust breaking. it is late at night here but this is not a city

with a history of gun violence and certainly the kingdom halls of the jehovah's witnesses are a presence and a feature in hamburg and have not attracted any violence in the past, in the recent past, that i know of. now, people in the area were warned by smart phone that a life—threatening situation was under way. the police urge them to stay inside their homes. they urged drivers to avoid the area and, as you can imagine, there is a major investigation going on right now at the scene. we were told that the emergency services staff brought people out of the building in order to treat them, presumably, and it must�*ve been mayhem at the scene and really it is shocking people very, very deeply here. i canjust imagine, jenny, and as you are speaking, i certainly don't want to delve into the realm of speculation but any sense about what authorities are saying right now about why this has happened or what their initial theories might be? none whatsoever. the police have in fact warned not to speculate about the motive. it is too soon. this happened at around 9 o'clock this evening. it has just gone midnight.

so in the past three hours, you know, the scale of this horrific attack has emerged. the police now describe it as somebody running amok inside the hall was a meeting was taking place but as to why that has happened and who is behind it, if it was one perpetrator or more, and what has happened to that perpetrator or those perpetrators, that simply is not clear yet and there is no indication, officially certainly, what may have been behind that. there is no speculation about that, even in the tabloid media or in the media in general. that is something we still do not know yet. i appreciate the candour there, jenny, but in terms of what people are being told to do now, are official saying stay indoors, wait for more information from us until you go about your business? there has not been a de—escalation since that warning. that warning was issued at around 9:15pm, 9:20pm and there has not been anything to the contrary. now, as you say, we are now

aware of the statement by the police that they do not believe that anyone is on the run or at large so that in itself indicates that it is presumably a safer situation than it would have been a couple of hours ago, but as you say, it is fluid and most people will be taking that precaution and being very careful not to venture into that area and equally i assume the cordon will be well—established and possibly widened now in order to ensure that evidence can be gathered for the investigation and that no traces of anything relevant are lost to the authorities. jenny witt, a local journalist at the scene. speaking to us earlier. these are live pictures in beijing of the conference under way. the chinese leader xi jinping there and this is an

extremely important week for the chinese leader. he is expected and nfs carefully choreographed event expected to see his power being cemented —— choreographed scene. it comes after he lucked in another five years as leader of the communist party and the military. the most senior positions in a chinese politics and that happened in october last year. there have been a variety of issues discussed at the end of pc this week, including economic targets for china underlining just how important the economy is in the development of the country. —— npc. for now let's leave beijing. to another top story. lets 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 missile can do. a residential part of live eve in ukraine. 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. ina in a residential area a drone shutdown from this guy. two

people injured and taken to hospital. translation: there was an explosion in the sky. l i saw smoke and fire. victor told us how his car was damaged and how he tried to help his neighbours. 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. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. 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 rosenberg, 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, tbilisi. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines: president biden has unveiled his budget plans for 2024, including increased spending on infrastructure and social programmes, and higher taxes for the rich

and for big companies, each rise worth several trillion dollars. the plans may form the backbone of a presidential re—election bid. state media in north korea says armed forces have been ordered to intensify drills for a "real war". the country's leader, kim jong—un, personally oversaw a fire assault drill on thursday which reports say proved the army's ability to counter an actual war. the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, has outlined stiffer penalties for people smugglers, after holding a cabinet meeting near the site where at least 72 migrants died in a shipwreck last month. three people have been wounded in tel aviv in what police say was a suspected terror attack. the police say the attacker was — in their words — "neutralised at the scene". it comes hours after the us defense 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. all this on the day israel's president said the government should abandon its controversial plan to overhaul the legal system, as tens of thousands of israelis take to the streets in protest. isaac hertzog said he could not watch his country being ripped apart before his eyes. here's our middle east correspondent tom bateman the protesters have now breached the main north—south highway that runs through tel aviv and we can now see mounted police, security forces heading towards the protesters. this is exactly what israel far right policeman said he would not allow. because these people anarchists and they say they are fighting for democracy. so what is this all about? this is the new nationalists israeli government led by brexit

pushing through a series of judicial reform. —— binyamin netanyahu. they say it would stack the judiciary in favour of the government. the mounted police are now pushing these protesters back. we're a stand—off. the ones who breached this main road are digging in, this is a clash for them over the future of this country. the protesters here are shouting, "shame" at the security forces. the border police are now forcing back this crowd. we are seeing their sense of tension really spiral now. the border police are still trying to push people away. the protesters are broken

into two groups and someone being forcibly arrested here. but a police have got to people on the ground here, as you can see. mounted police are here. they are continuing to arrest these israelis. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we hearfrom oscar nominee michelle yeoh, star of everything everywhere all at once. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours then, the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots in the gym _ then he came outj through a fire exit and started firing at our huts.

god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much, do you think? i don't know, really — _ i've never been married before. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vawswani in singapore. our headlines: several people have been killed in the german city of hamburg inside a meeting hall forjehovah's witnesses. police believe a person found with fatal injuries on the upper floor of the building was the attacker. russian shelling temporarily cuts power

at ukraine's largest nuclear energy facility. the un demands immediate action to avoid disaster. three people have been arrested injapan as part of investigations into an unhygienic craze that's become known as "sushi terror". video clips, showing restaurant diners tampering with food on conveyor belts, have gone viral. train is under threat. our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. 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. 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. a former television executive has been convicted of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes over broadcasting rights to the world cup. hernan lopez was chief executive of fox international channels. he was convicted of bribing officials in south america to secure the rights

to show world cup football. another former executive, carlos martinez, was found not guilty. 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. it's been a long time since i have even read something that resonated so deeply in 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. they 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 marvel 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, i ultimately became courageous. what we were watching on screen felt very real and relatable for so many people in this part of the world in asia. what do you think it says about the way the film industry is now? this 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 compete, 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. do you think that some people have to work harder than others, being asian, being a woman? we've always had to work harder. so many 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 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, then 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. now that you are in hollywood, is it still mecca for you? you 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. before with the rest of the world. we go, i want to take you before we go, i want to take you back to beijing to show you those scenes live of the national people's congress. as you can see there, delegates gathered in that room and in the last few minutes, we understand, according to chinese state media, china's parliament approved the plan to

read organised. observers say this gives more power to the chinese leader, xijinping. thanks for watching. disruptive snowfall in herbert further heavy snowfall across the north midlands as we head into friday morning. some disruption, roads will be treacherous in those areas. snow clears away fairly quickly from and northern ireland early on by day. it will slowly pull away from england and wales as well but it will be a windy morning across england and wales, drifting about snow. it starts to pull away eventually into the north sea, allowing skies to brighton for many. plenty of sunshine for scotland

and northern ireland but snow showers affecting northern and multi scotland. colder to come across the board including southern england, temperatures around 2— seven celsius. as we have through friday night, ridge of high pressure, light wind, cold air sitting across the uk to temperatures tumble friday night. further snow showers across northern scotland but ice becoming a goblin with lying snow. —10 celsius across the snowfields of england and —15 across the snowfields of highlands and grampians. the pressure child for saturday, whether working its way into southern and western areas but ahead of it, dry, clearand western areas but ahead of it, dry, clear and very cold so we start crisp and sunny for saturday before skies started to stir turned cloudy. as it works to the west, sleet and snow over the high ground on the south—west of england and

wales and northern ireland, turning back to rain is milder our moves in, could see up to 10 degrees now by the end of the day. limit. much colder further north and east but still dry after dark. that weather works its way across the country saturday night preceded by heavy snow across northern england and scotland for a while but it reverts back to rain is milder air moves backin to rain is milder air moves back in behind it. milder air on sunday, the sun clearing its way from the north—east of scott and, windy and quite a bit of cloud, more rain piling into southern and western areas. some of it will be happy at time but because of temperatures, much milder across the board, up to 13 degrees in the south.

npc npc this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello. it's adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. and in a few minutes' time we are going to bejoined around this very set of microphones by the education secretary, gillian keegan. she's quite an interesting character even when she's not being the education secretary, so it'll be interesting to see what she has to say about a whole load of things. one of the things we'll ask her about is the government's new small boats policy,

and that's something you're