welcome to bbc news. i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: 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. tens of thousands of israelis staged further protests against a planned judicial overhaul — their president says the legislation should be abandoned. and threats to sushi train dining, as three people are arrested injapan during investigations into an unhygienic craze.

hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. police in the german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident, and several others were injured. the attack happened inside a meeting hall forjehovah's witnesses, where an event had apparently been under way. it's believed the attacker was among the dead. tim allman has more details. armed police storming this building in the north of the city after reports shots had been fired inside. slowly, carefully, they make their way upstairs, no idea if a gunman is waiting for them. this is kingdom hall, a place of

worship for localjehovah witnesses. it seems they were in the middle of a service when the attack took place. translation: the attack took place. tuna/mom- the attack took place. translation: ~ ., , ., , translation: we heard gunshots. i know what — translation: we heard gunshots. i know what gunshots _ translation: we heard gunshots. i know what gunshots sound - translation: we heard gunshots. i know what gunshots sound like . i know what gunshots sound like and they were 12 continuous shots. we saw people being taken away in black bags. that is all we saw. _ taken away in black bags. that is all we saw. a _ taken away in black bags. that is all we saw. a little - taken away in black bags. that is all we saw. a little later, - is all we saw. a little later, once the building had been secured, a number of people were escorted out, with their hands on their heads. initially there were reports the attacker may have escaped and had been at large in the city but police now believe the government, whoever he may be, never left kingdom hall. translation: the officers also _ kingdom hall. translation: tue: officers also had kingdom hall. translation: tte: officers also had a shot from the upper part of the building and went upstairs, where they also found a body. so far we have no indications that any perpetrators fled. tar have no indications that any perpetrators fled.— have no indications that any perpetrators fled. for now, no motive has — perpetrators fled. for now, no motive has been _ perpetrators fled. for now, no motive has been given, - perpetrators fled. for now, no motive has been given, no - motive has been given, no reason for this carnage. a full investigation will now begin to

try and work out why these terrible events happen. a place of peace, witness to such deadly violence. tim allman, bbc news. the head of the united nations nuclear watchdog has warned of potential disaster after russian missile strikes once again cut off the power supply to europe's biggest nuclear power plant in southern ukraine. 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 lviv in the far west of ukraine. homes turned to rubble. streets torn apart. lives turned upside down. in all, five people died here.

this may be hundreds of miles from the fighting but this morning, it's very much on the front line. in a residential area in northwest kyiv, cars were damaged by falling debris and shrapnel, after a russian drone was shutdown from the sky. two people were 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: cars was set on fire. - 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 get some of

the day's other news: 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. 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. the un says it will buy a vessel capable of removing oilfrom a big tanker abandoned off the coast of yemen in 2015. there's been concern the decaying ship could cause a major oil spill. 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 herzog 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. we can now see mounted police, israeli security forces heading towards the protesters. this is exactly what israel's far right police minister said he would not allow. he calls these people anarchists. they say they are fighting for democracy. so what is this all about? this is about the new nationalists israeli government led by benjamin netanyahu, pushing through a series ofjudicial reform that its critics say would strip

the israeli supreme court of its independence and would stack the judiciary in favour of the government. the mounted police are now pushing these protesters back. we're seeing a stand—off. the ones who breached this main road here 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 the sense of tension really spiral now. the border police are still trying to push people away. we are seeing the protesters being broken into two groups and somebody being very

forcibly arrested here. the border police have got two people on the ground now, as you can see. mounted police are here. they are continuing to arrest these israelis. we can now speak to michael koplow who's the the chief policy officer of the israel policy forum. he joins us from washington. thank you for taking the time to come on the programme. we have been witnessing these approaches for the past ten weeks and the government has not agreed to negotiations but president isaac herzog is pushing for it.— president isaac herzog is ”ushinforit. ., , pushing for it. how significant is it? it pushing for it. how significant is it? it is _ pushing for it. how significant is it? it is a _ pushing for it. how significant is it? it is a very _ pushing for it. how significant is it? it is a very significant i is it? it is a very significant because of the role of the israeli politics is to stand above politics and to speak for everyone, to speak for the whole of israeli society and it is read to see israeli president historically intervene in public issues and even rarerfor them to intervene in public issues and even rarer for them to take specific positions. what we saw

from isaac herzog was him coming out very strongly against the government proposal over this overhaul. whether this stops the proposals is the question. this stops the proposals is the cuestion. ,, ,, . ., , ., question. the us secretary of defence lloyd _ question. the us secretary of defence lloyd austin - question. the us secretary of defence lloyd austin visited l defence lloyd austin visited the country and expressed concern about escalating violence in israel occupied west bank. do you think the secretary was able to achieve his objective? t secretary was able to achieve his objective?— his objective? i am sure that secretary — his objective? i am sure that secretary austen _ his objective? i am sure that secretary austen abbas - his objective? i am sure that| secretary austen abbas talks with israeli officials were successful. does that secretary austencertainly they were primarily focused on preventing and uranian nuclear weapon and preventing the spread for the middle east. —— iranian. he was

successful to come the situation on the ground and without that success, i do fear the situation which is already most violent is going to spiral further. ., , , ., ~ most violent is going to spiral further. ., ,, .,~ ., , further. you speak about these drastic steps _ further. you speak about these drastic steps and we have - drastic steps and we have witnessed an escalation in violence between israeli and palestinian in the occupied west bank. what is your assessment on the fighting going on? tt assessment on the fighting going on?— assessment on the fighting uaoinon? , ., , _ ., going on? it is not simply that we have seen _ going on? it is not simply that we have seen violence. - going on? it is not simply that we have seen violence. there| we have seen violence. there was a horrific terrorist attack that killed two israelis two sundays ago and account israeli terrorist attack that killed one palestinian and left hundreds of buildings in ruins. on top of that we have seen the new israeli government undertake a series of steps inside the west bank which will continue to raise attention and

this has been led by a minister who has control over it israeli and palestinian construction and palestinian construction and enforcing demolition of illegally built homes in the west bank. given his agenda of expanding israeli presence, i think this is only going to lead to more violence between the two sides. michael koplow, thank you for your time. thank you for having me. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the race is on for best cinematographer at this year's oscars — and there are two brits in the running. 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. sta rt sta rt this is bbc news. the latest 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. thousands of people have been demonstrating in 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, his 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. one of america's biggest rail operators has been questioned by us lawmakers about the train carrying toxic chemicals which derailed in the state of ohio last month. the boss of norfolk southern has testified before a senate panel, just days after unveiling a safety plan to address what's thought to have caused the derailment in east palestine. alan shaw began his evidence by apologising to people in the town. want to begin today by expressing how deeply sorry i am for the impact this derailment has had on the residents of east palestine and the surrounding communities. i am determined to make this right. norfolk southern will clean the site safely, thoroughly, and with urgency. you have my personal

commitment. with a reminder what happened in east palestine here's our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. there are about 1700 train derailment in the us every year, so why is the one in ohio becoming national news? i was in east palestine in february, shortly after and train carrying hazardous material crashed. the town has about 5,000 people and is on the ohio—pennsylvania border. the smell is not as bad as it was before. we are keeping safe by having a mask on. nobody was killed or injured in the crash or the aftermath but it did make headlines because there was concerns this was becoming an environmental disaster. we went to a key town hall meeting where residents demanded answers about their safety and health risks. what rolls through on those tracks is of more value than the lives of the residents in this community.

the train's owner norfolk southern did not show up but it was not long before politicians did. east palestine is a predominantly white town and ohio is a swing state where lectures are decided. sure enough, former president donald trump who won the town in 2020, brodin, promisingjustice. this is really america right here. we are standing in america. are you shocked he has not come here yet? he should have been here a long time ago. pressure mounted on president biden and his transportation secretary to visit. eventually, he did turn up but admitted he could have been there earlier. there is more that we could do to prevent more communities from going through this. this rail line has become a frontline in another

politicalfracas in a divided america but residents told us they were in no mood for politics. they say that their town needs help, not a political photo ops. 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. owners say this method of dining, known as the sushi train, is under threat, as our tokyo correspondent, shaimaa khalil reports. i want to apologise and warn our viewers, if you're eating, 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 go to hollywood now, and the build—up to this sunday's oscars. today we're going to look at one of the less glamorous but crucialjobs — cinematographer. like many of the more technical categories, it's often been dominated by men. but that could change this year, as sophie long reports. there's a little flaw in your optic nerve. so, if i run the film at 2a frames per second,

it creates an illusion of motion. empire of light is a tender look at life, love and the magic of movie theatres. now they just see a beam of light. no group is more inclined to celebrate a film about the majesty of cinemas than the academy, especially when it's so sensitively assembled by one of the industry's most revered cinematographers. is it as meaningful, as the number clocks up and up? it means i'm still here and still doing it. that's the most meaningful thing about it. it's just great. it's just a celebration of movies. and that's what i like about this. i mean, i don't know how you canjudge what's best. i feel a bit of a fraud coming to these things, being nominated. i do. but, you know, somebody makes thatjudgment, fine. but i don't know how you can do it. sam mendes' direction and deakins' cinematography was a winning combination three years ago with 1917. but he faces fierce competition

from fellow brit and first—time nominee james friend for the harrowing, heart—wrenching all quiet on the western front. it was pretty challenging. i mean, all that mud and all that kind of...the sort of blood and the guts the the environment, that was our set, so it's not like we kind of had a load of trailers we could just go and sort of eat lunch in. it was, you know... we literally lived and breathed in this environment. well, when it comes to oscars acceptance speeches for best cinematography, that has been the case for the entirety of the awards 95—year history. n0 woman has ever w011. # time goes by so slow...# and nobody's going to remember me. that could change this year with mandy walker's nomination for elvis.

well, i'm the third woman to be nominated in cinematography, ever. and i feel that even on set now, it is definitely changing. there's more women in my department and there's more women shooting films. it's slow and it's one of the areas that has been really slow in getting equality and diversity. but it's definitely changing and it's fantastic. it's so exciting and it's my first time, so i'm enjoying every moment of it. here's to the future. so, any advice from an old timer to a first timer? don't worry about it. it's the work that matters. it's the films that last. darius khondji for bardo, false chronicle of a handful of truths and florian hoffmeister for tar are the two others in the running for best cinematographer at the oscars on sunday. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lmmisztak.

hello there. disruptive snowfall has been affecting central and southern scotland, onto northern england, north wales and northern ireland and heavy snowfall likely to continue across northern england, north wales, north midlands as we head into friday morning. so some disruption likely, roads will be treacherous in those areas. the snow clears away though fairly quickly from scotland and northern ireland early on friday and will slowly pull away from england and wales as well but it will be a windy morning across england and wales, some drifting of that snow too. eventually it starts to pull away into the north sea, allowing skies to brighten up for many. plenty of sunshine for scotland and northern ireland but further snow showers affecting northern and north—east scotland. a colder day to come

across the board including southern england, temperatures range from around 2—7 seven celsius. then as we have through friday night, we are under a ridge of high pressure, light winds, an area of cold air sitting across the uk so temperatures tumble as we head through friday night. clear skies, light winds. further snow showers across northern scotland but ice will become a problem, particularly where we've got all that lying snow. don't be surprised if we see —10 celsius across the snowfields of northern england and —15 or so across the snowfields of highlands and grampians. so here's the pressure chart for saturday, we see the weather front working its way into southern and western areas through the day but ahead of it, it'll be dry, clear and very cold so we start crisp and sunny for saturday before skies start to turn cloudy. as this weather front works its way into the west, we could see some sleet and snow for the higher ground of south—west of england,

wales, northern ireland. it will be turning back to rain is milder air moves in, should see up to 10 degrees there in plymouth by the end of the day. but it's much colder further north and east but at least dry until after dark. that weather works its way across the country saturday night preceded by some heavy snow across northern england and scotland for a while but it reverts back to rain as milder air moves in behind it. so a milder air on sunday, the rain clearing its way from the north—east of scotland, windy and quite a bit of cloud, more rain piling into southern and western areas. some of it will be heavy at times but look at those temperatures, much milder across the board, up to 13 degrees in the south.

this is bbc news, the headlines: at least six people have been killed in a shooting incident in the german city of hamburg. several others were injured. the attack happened inside a meeting hall forjehovah's witnesses. police believe that a person found with fatal injuries on the upper floor of the building was the attacker. the head of the united nations nuclear watchdog has warned of potential disaster after russian missile strikes temporarily cut off the power supply to europe's biggest nuclear power plant in southern ukraine. president zelensky said russia was willing to jeopardise nuclear facilities anywhere in order to create terror. three people have been wounded in tel aviv in what police say was a suspected terror attack. at the same time thousands of israelis took to the streets

for a day of protest