live from london. this is bbc news. japan's prime minister confirms that five coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between two planes at tokyo's haneda airport. all 379 passengers and crew managed to escape the japan airlines aircraft — before it was engulfed by flames. ijust came here to pick up a friend and luckily they got off the flight, but they aren't able to get their bags. and it was pretty scary. like the whole airport kind of just froze. this is the scene live at haneda airport where the fire is now under control searching for survivors — japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble after monday's powerful earthquake.

ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine's air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims — with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n verified today, has the government cleared the legacy asylum backlog? we've been looking at the numbers and it's a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan — welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan — welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. five japanese coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passengerjet at tokyo's haneda airport. dramatic pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger plane ablaze as it travelled at speed

down the runway. all 379 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, before the plane was completely engulfed in flames, and its fuselage collapsed. here's the moment passengers disembarked. these are the pictures live from tokyo. it's emerged that the coastguard aircraft was taking emergency supplies to help earthquake rescue efforts in niigata. 0ne coastguard crew member managed to escape with severe injuries. it's thought to be the first major incident involving a passenger plane made largely of carbon fibre and other composite materials. matt graveling reports. a fireball engulfs the runway at japan's haneda airport. an airbus coming in to land collides with a coastguard plane. tragically, the five people on the smaller aircraft are killed. japan airlines flight 516 remained ablaze as it continued down the runway, with 379 people on board.

inside, passengers watched as sparks flew past their windows... shouting. ..as the pilot brought the plane to a stop. everyone was safely evacuated. ijust came here to pick up a friend. it was pretty scary — like, the whole airportjust froze. the people that were boarding planes all had to get off, planes just completely stopped everywhere and, yeah, it's kind of crazy. all runways were immediately closed. more than 70 fire engines tried to contain the blaze, which quickly spread through the whole body of the aircraft. it looks like the structure has done what it was designed to do, which is to protect the occupants and allow a fast evacuation, and of course the fire service focus will absolutely have been on protecting exits, making sure there was a clear path for people to evacuate from the aircraft. the airbus landed at 5:45pm local time, having made a shortjourney from northern japan.

one person is believed to have escaped from the coastguard plane, which was on its way to the west of the country to deliver aid to a region that was hit hard by an earthquake yesterday, which claimed the lives of 48 people. the japanese prime minister said he wants officials to act quickly to ascertain the damage and provide information to the public. matt graveling, bbc news. let's get more on this story with sally gethin. she's an independent global aviation and travel analyst. i think this is something people across the world today will be remarking on. isn't it incredible that there were so few casualties when those two aircraft collided. what is your take on what happened today? i what is your take on what happened toda ? . , ., ., ., today? i agree with you, we have to focus on the — today? i agree with you, we have to focus on the positives _ today? i agree with you, we have to focus on the positives here - today? i agree with you, we have to focus on the positives here and - today? i agree with you, we have to focus on the positives here and it i focus on the positives here and it is incredible, it is testament to the airbus a350 which is a relatively new, large airliner that

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main drivers in terms of creating safety and in fact post collision, post—crash fires are usually the most common forms of fire with aircraft so airbus and others put a lot of emphasis on this and we can see this really did help save lives in this incident. the see this really did help save lives in this incident.— see this really did help save lives in this incident. the statement from ja an in this incident. the statement from japan airlines _ in this incident. the statement from japan airlines confirms _ in this incident. the statement from japan airlines confirms two - in this incident. the statement from japan airlines confirms two aircraft l japan airlines confirms two aircraft collided resulting in a fire on the runway. i guess the question is how that could have happened. it is very early in the investigation stage is now but as an analyst who looks at these kind of accidents, what conclusions would you draw at these early stages? it is conclusions would you draw at these early stages?— early stages? it is obviously a runway incursion _ early stages? it is obviously a runway incursion by _ early stages? it is obviously a runway incursion by the - early stages? it is obviously a runway incursion by the looks| early stages? it is obviously a i runway incursion by the looks of early stages? it is obviously a - runway incursion by the looks of it so the second air which suffered the casualty sadly was in the wrong place at the wrong time. that makes of the casualties sadly. that was

intruding on the runway which we call on incursion and this seems to have been the reason for the fire to have been the reason for the fire to have ignited. there will be questions about why it was there at that time, was it fitted with the latest technology and my research shows it did not have the transponder are quick to the aircraft that allows provision of the latest surveillance from the control tower and other aircraft to provide situational awareness in such a critical mode of flight which is landing and the use of a live runway so that will be the focus of the investigation.— runway so that will be the focus of the investigation. 0k, and one more cuestion. the investigation. 0k, and one more question. there is _ the investigation. 0k, and one more question. there is a _ the investigation. 0k, and one more question. there is a lot _ the investigation. 0k, and one more question. there is a lot of _ the investigation. 0k, and one more question. there is a lot of people . question. there is a lot of people who will watch the fact that so many people survived but as we have been remarking on was a huge fire that engulfed that aircraft, is this a sign that newer aircraft now are more fit to withstand any of these

kind of accidents? i more fit to withstand any of these kind of accidents?— more fit to withstand any of these kind of accidents? i don't think we can take anything _ kind of accidents? i don't think we can take anything for _ kind of accidents? i don't think we can take anything for granted - kind of accidents? i don't think we j can take anything for granted here but it is a really strong example of the safety record of the aviation industry going forward and no doubt there will be a lot of analysis as to how the a350 kept its integrity and structure intact for that long period to allow people to disembark but we have to be grateful for small mercies they are but there will equally be emphasis on the smaller aircraft and what went wrong there as well. ., ., ., , ., as well. indeed and our thoughts go to the families _ as well. indeed and our thoughts go to the families of _ as well. indeed and our thoughts go to the families of those _ as well. indeed and our thoughts go to the families of those who - as well. indeed and our thoughts go to the families of those who did - as well. indeed and our thoughts go to the families of those who did die | to the families of those who did die in the accident today. now, staying in the accident today. now, staying injapan... at least 48 people are now known to have died injapan's earthquake. the country's prime minister says rescue teams are facing a 'race against time' to find survivors trapped beneath the rubble. the quake — with a magnitude of 7—point—6 — hit the province of noto. 0ur correspondentjean mckenzie reports from close to the epicentre.

sirens. this is a race for survival. rescue workers stream through japan's isolated noto peninsula. the roads blocking their way. they're trying to reach these worst—affected areas in the north — where people are trapped under their collapsed homes. many families were out at temples, celebrating new year's day, whenjapan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 12 years. nomura—san thought his shrine was going to collapse. "the whole gate was swaying. the alleyway was swaying, too. the children had to squat on the floor so as not to fall over," he told me. alerts chime. as we travel towards the epicentre, we're alerted to another earthquake. these aftershocks keep coming. further in, old wooden homes have been brought to the ground — not made to withstand the ferocity ofjapan's enduring quakes.

toshio iwahama lives here alone after losing his wife. at 82, he doesn't know how he'll manage the repairs. translation: we always have earthquakes around here. - but i just didn't think we'd get a big one like this. i didn't take it seriously. i thought we were safe here. this is only the tip of the destruction. we are trying to get closer to the epicentre, to a city where we know that at least a dozen people have died and many more are trapped in their homes that have collapsed. but we are struggling — because if you look at this road here, it is completely ruptured, and this is what we keep coming up against — these roads that are totally blocked off and even these emergency services here, these rescue teams, have been struggling to reach people in these worst—affected areas. so we are still trying to piece

together the extent of the damage, and how many people have been killed and injured. some firefighters have managed to get into the wrecked city of wajima, and are searching for survivors. but the death toll is expected to rise. the people here have lived through many an earthquake, but never felt tremors of this magnitude — which have shaken both their surroundings and their sense of safety. jean mackenzie, bbc news, in noto peninsula, injapan. more in both those stories from japan on the bbc news website. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 46—year—old man in sheffield. chris marriott — a father of two —

was hit by a car while trying to help a stranger. hassanjhangur — who's 23 — has been remanded in custody. working parents in england can apply for more help with childcare costs from today. eligible two—year—olds will receive 15 hours of free childcare a week during term—time, from april. but some daycare providers say they won't have the resources to manage the increased demand. last year was provisionally the second warmest year in the uk since records began in 1884 — according to the met office. the national weather service said the provisional mean temperature of 9.97 degress celsius was just behind the figure recorded in 2022 — the warmest year on record. scientists say climate change is to blame. those are some of the stories we've been looking at here in the uk. you're live with bbc news. now to ukraine...

heavy russian air strikes on ukraine have killed at least five people and wounded dozens more. russia attacked kharkiv — the country's second largest city — with waves of different missiles during the morning rush—hour. there were also missile attacks on the capital, kyiv. military authorities issued air raid alerts that lasted for at least three hours. ukraine's air force commander says — in terms of number and types of missiles, today's russian air strike was a repeat of a major attack on december the 29th. this all comes a day after president putin vowed to intensify strikes on ukraine. you can see this from james waterhouse. no, sorry, these are images of a young boy's bedroom that

have gone viral. now we can speak to the boy's mum — alisa kovalenko is a famous ukrainian film director, joining us live in kyiv. what's the situation in kyiv now? now it is calm but we of course are waiting for the next rocket attack still and it's actually one of the biggest attacks on kyiv but we already are used to it. we are emotionally prepared but still when you're emotionally prepared you feel unprotected and especially when it is one thing when you worry about yourself but it is much more a fear about your child who cannot decide for himself. teiiii about your child who cannot decide for himself-— about your child who cannot decide for himself. ., ,., , ., ,., for himself. tell me about your son, i don't for himself. tell me about your son, i don't know— for himself. tell me about your son, i don't know what _ for himself. tell me about your son, i don't know what his _ for himself. tell me about your son, i don't know what his name - for himself. tell me about your son, i don't know what his name is, - for himself. tell me about your son, i don't know what his name is, if - i don't know what his name is, if you can tell us about how he is doing and...

you shared pictures of your son sleeping in the bathroom. the name of my son is theo and he is dealing with it pretty well. if i can say it- _ dealing with it pretty well. if i can say it. we just dealing with it pretty well. iii can say it. we just brought him when we heard the first explosion, brought him to the bathroom and he was sleeping until the rocket alarm was sleeping until the rocket alarm was finished. we sensed a full —— since the full invasion we try to talk to him about everything honestly and in a simple way to explain what is happening and we try to be focused and sober minded, not to be focused and sober minded, not to scare him even more than explosions so we worked with him and with his fear for almost two years. it's probably something that people not in a war zone take for granted but could you just explain how a bath would provide protection in the

face of a missile strike? you bath would provide protection in the face of a missile strike?— face of a missile strike? you mean how it can — face of a missile strike? you mean how it can protect _ face of a missile strike? you mean how it can protect for _ face of a missile strike? you mean how it can protect for a _ face of a missile strike? you mean how it can protect for a child - face of a missile strike? you mean how it can protect for a child being j how it can protect for a child being in a bathroom?— how it can protect for a child being in a bathroom? yes. because there is a rule of two — in a bathroom? yes. because there is a rule of two walls so the best places if you do not have a bomb shelter and we live in a private house with no bomb shelter, it is far away at the metro so the safest place in our house is a place where we have two walls and we do not have windows, which is why it is the safest place for him. we just do not have a more safe place so at least we will be not injured by glass or anything from windows. you we will be not injured by glass or anything from windows.- we will be not injured by glass or anything from windows. you are of course a film _ anything from windows. you are of course a film director _ anything from windows. you are of course a film director but - anything from windows. you are of course a film director but also - anything from windows. you are of course a film director but also a . course a film director but also a mother worried about her son, thank you for taking us up to date with

current events in kyiv. some breaking news coming into is now, the lebanese state media according to the afp news agency says that israel has struck the offices of hamas in a beirut suburb. that is coming in from the —— more coming in from the reuters as saying the explosion occurred near a sweet shop in a southern suburb on tuesday evening and that suburb is known to be a stronghold of hezbollah and reuters is quoting two security forces there and the reuters agency goes on to say that a senior palestinian official has been killed in an explosion in beirut�*s southern suburb so that is breaking news just coming into us that an explosion according to the reuters news agency has occurred near a sweet shop in a southern beirut suburb known to be a stronghold of the lebanese armed

group hezbollah and also hearing that lebanese state media is saying that lebanese state media is saying that israel has struck an office belonging to hamas so different reports coming in and we will have more information on that as and when we get it so just reading what is coming interest from the news agencies there but we will hopefully have more on it from our team based in the middle east. the uk government says it has met a promise by the prime minister to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims. according to the home office, more than 112,000 asylum cases were processed by officials last year. but labour says the government has been manipulating the figures. nick eardley from our verify team has been looking at the claims. the big claim from the government today is that it's got rid of the legacy backlog of asylum applications. this is what rishi sunak told parliament in december 2022. when he talked about the backlog, number ten said he was referring to all cases before the 20th

ofjune 2022. now, the home secretary said this morning they had all been processed, so the government had fulfilled this promise. but it's complicated, and we think the government is going too far in claiming that the backlog of older cases has gone completely. have a look at this. this is the number of cases submitted before the 28th ofjune 2022. when rishi sunak made the pledge in december, you can see there were around 92,000 still to be processed. there's no doubt that the government has brought this down quite significantly. there are big falls, particularly towards the end of the year. but then have a look at this — december. there are still 4,500 cases left. the government says these have been looked at, but more work needs to be done. but what's clear from this, from the home office's own figures, that there are still some cases in the older asylum backlog. it's not gone entirely.

now, it's also worth having a look at how the government has got the backlog down so significantly. these figures are for the first nine months of the year. as you can see, the number of cases being approved has gone up significantly. that's led critics of the government, like nigel farage, to say that they've rushed through claims. it's also worth having a look at this bit in yellow, the number of withdrawn cases. that's at a record high. it includes people who decide not to pursue their asylum case, but it also includes those the home office decides to take out of the system for things like missing application meetings or not keeping in touch with the home office. and finally, have a look at this quote from the home office's release today. it says that from the figures it's produced, 35,000 cases were non—substa ntive decisions. that often means that they've been withdrawn from the figures. so as you can see, it's a lot more complicated than some of the government's headline claims suggest. and finally, ijust want to show you this. although the legacy backlog has gone down considerably, this is cases after the 28th ofjune 2020. have a look. they have gone up considerably over time.

they now stand at 94,000 — more than the legacy backlog was when rishi sunak pledged to get rid of it. there is no timescale for dealing with this at the moment. was when rishi sunak pledged to get rid of it. there is no timescale for dealing with this at the moment. let's bring you back to that breaking news that we had from beirut and our correspondent there has just sent us this detail which i will read out to you that says an explosion took place in a stronghold of hezbollah south of beirut, saying there is some unconfirmed reports

which suggest it is a car explosion and saying that words are circulating that it could have targeted hamas officials but that is not confirmed from her side, no casualties reported so far and we had from another news agency reports that one senior palestinian official was killed in beirut, lots of different things coming in and we are giving you what we know as we get it and this comes amid fears that the war in gaza would spread more widely in the region and we will have more on that story in beirut as and when we get it but let's stay with the conflict in gaza and the health ministry there are says more than 22,000 palestinians have now been killed since the start of israel's military campaign with a statement saying more than 200 people have been killed by israeli air strikes in the past 24 hours and israeli forces have stepped up their bombardment of khan younis in southern gaza where tens of thousands of displaced people have sought refuge in israel said its

troops had killed dozens of militants in the north of the gaza strip in the past day. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in jerusalem. israeli bombardment intensifies showing no sign of letting up at a time when the israeli army had announced the withdrawal of troops, combat and reservists and using different tactics going forward in the war. we are not seeing the effect of that at the moment and what we are seeing is a continuation of bombardment and if we start in the south and the city of khan younis, there has been intensification of both tanks and air strikes reported by killed civilians there and we also understand from you headmaster on health ministry that children are among the casualties take there overnight but what you get and that as further displacement and according to the un, on the border with egypt, the small city of the mac is now gazza's most populated

city and people who have been displaced or twice this place now sitting out in the open using flimsy pieces of plastic to live in makeshift shelters and the worry here is notjust the humanitarian aid not coming in as much as needed but because this area as itself has been about bombardment, it's not safe for the little aid that comes in but also the fact that the great deal of disease is spreading that is worrying who officials and if you look at central gaza, the town here is essentially where they were told to go by the israeli army to take shelter from the bombardment of the three—year refugee camps that they were told to evacuate and they have seen some shelling and air strikes on the problem with that is that as this military campaign expands, especially with the ground offensive, the safe areas for people to go keep shrinking but also it becomes much more difficult for

humanitarian aid notjust to be delivered but safely distributed. just reading that israel's defence minister has been visiting gazza today. any more on that visit? these have been normal— today. any more on that visit? these have been normal visits _ today. any more on that visit? these have been normal visits we _ today. any more on that visit? these have been normal visits we seen - have been normal visits we seen benjamin netanyahu visit as well and now we are seeing the visit as well today and it goes with the reiteration of israel that this war will go on and it was interesting hearing the army spokesman in the new year making that address and saying we are relieving some reservists and some troops would make no mistake the what is going to continue. the israeli army and israeli government are under pressure from the united states, their top allies, to scale down the military action in gazza that has resulted in, as you say, passing the 22,000 death threshold now according to the emmas run health ministry and using more targeted tactics and i

think what you're seeing now is this increase in intensifying the involvement until we see the effect of withdrawing those troops from the ground in gaza. ideas of withdrawing those troops from the ground in gaza-— ground in gaza. now lebanese state media saying _ ground in gaza. now lebanese state media saying that _ ground in gaza. now lebanese state media saying that four _ ground in gaza. now lebanese state media saying that four have - ground in gaza. now lebanese state media saying that four have been i media saying that four have been killed in an israeli drone strike on a high mass office in beirut and more on that story after a quick break. you stay with us. hello. storm henk continues itsjourney eastwards across the uk. this area of low pressure has been named by the met office, bringing heavy rain, just exacerbating the risk of flooding and also some very strong winds. a met office amber warning for the strength of the wind through this swathe of south wales and southern england into the south midlands. inland gusts of 60 miles per hour or maybe more. gusts of 80 miles per hour around some exposed coasts on the southern flank of this area of low pressure, which is also bringing heavy and persistent rain to many parts of england and wales. that rain fringing

into southern scotland. also outbreaks of rain across the northern isles turning to snow across shetland. there will also be gales here. and then through the night it will stay quite blustery both in the north east and in the south of the uk. much of the persistent rain clearing, but plenty of showers following on behind. not a particularly cold night. and then for wednesday, well, low pressure still very much in charge of the scene. still plenty of isobars on the chart here across the south. so it will stay windy, also very windy up towards the north east of scotland. the winds only slowly easing through the day. across shetland, a mix of rain and snow. elsewhere, some showers of rain equally with some spells of sunshine in between. temperatures, though, if anything, dropping back by a degree or two. north to south, we're looking at highs between six and 11 degrees, but just two degrees there across shetlands. and then as we head through wednesday night and into thursday, we see this next weather system running in from the southwest. this is going to bring some outbreaks of heavy rain, particularly across the channel islands and southern counties of england.

it may be that the rain just edges a little bit further north than this. elsewhere, sunny spells, scattered showers, not as windy by this stage. and again, those temperatures dropping backjust a little — six to ten degrees for most of us. and then a change in the weather for the end of the week. low pressure will slowly but surely loosen its grip, high pressure building from the west and also building from the east. that will tend to settle things down. it'll give more in the way of dry weather, but this will also introduce some somewhat colder air. now, we're not looking at anything unusual or extreme for this time of year, butjust colder than it has been. those temperatures dropping back to or even below the average for the time of year. lots of dry weather — frost and fog by night. any showers in places could be wintry.

this is bbc news. the headlines: japan's prime minister confirms that five coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between two planes at tokyo's haneda airport. as smoke filled the cabin, all 379 passengers and crew managed to escape the burning japan airlines aircraft using the emergency inflatable slides. japan airlines and airbus have both expressed their sympathies for those affected by the accident.

japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others