in hualien, there are _ structure with this? in hualien, there are spots _ structure with this?pots by the - structure with this? in hualien, there are spots by the damage| structure with this? in hualien, i there are spots by the damage is severe and spots where things seem to have gone back to normal. that is a testament to taiwan's determination to reverse the effects of these aspects. there are different rules that have been implemented, applications on mobile telephones warning of earthquakes, even now we are getting alerts of aftershocks in the city to make sure that people can stay safe in hualien and around taiwan.— and around taiwan. thank you very much, and around taiwan. thank you very much. janice _ and around taiwan. thank you very much, janice matt _ and around taiwan. thank you very much, janice matt in _ and around taiwan. thank you very much, janice matt in hualien - around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. senior doctors in england have ended their pay dispute with the government. consultants who are members of the british medical association and t

right now because hualien has mountains, so it's very difficult to reach. and currently our military is also cooperating with the local government to provide assistance as needed. as for recovery efforts, as of now, besides the damages to the railways, especially in hualien area, all major airports and the sea coasts, railway, even the high-speed train are operating as normal. and please be fully assured. that's the situation right now. >> we're glad to hear that things are operating as normal. as you know here in san francisco, here in the bay area, we also have similar earthquake concerns. was the early detection warning system operating? i'm hearing from people that they got 30 seconds, 10 seconds. they did get early warning. >> yep, that's a very good question. taiwan we started a so-called earthquake warning system in 2016. and overall, it's working quite well. as long as magnitude 5 or bigger, people in the area will receive a notification from the government. for example, this time people in hualien received a text message about 7:58 a.m. in the morn

the deaths all occured in hualien county, a mountainous region near the epicentre with many killed byes we have — you can see some buildings are leaning dangerously and some train lines have been damaged. nga pham was in taipei when the earthquake happened. i was making my coffee, the first thing i do every day when everything starts shaking and rattling. it was really, really scary. i have to admit that i was, like thinking, "what should i do? what should i do?" normally, before an earthquake, we receive so—called presidential alert from the office of the president telling us what to expect and what to do. but this time there was nothing from them. so it adds to the scariness of the situation. i was holding onto my bookcase trying to steady myself, because everything else was falling off the bookcases, the books and my glassware and plates, etc. and i could hear people screaming, you know, they were also frantically looking for information and trying to decide what to do. let's take a look at what more we know. taiwanese authorities have confirmed that over 120 people are known to be

this video was taken at the site of a collapsed building in hualien, which was hardest hit. crews just hoping for any sign of somebody still alive. joining us live now are jeff tang, a san mateo county resident who's on vacation in taiwan with his family, and doctor lucy jones, founder and chief scientist of the doctor lucy jones center for science and society. and we should say earthquake science educator extraordinaire. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. jeff, i'm going to start with you because you're there. glad you're okay in taipei, being from the bay area, you've certainly experienced earthquakes before. i think loma prieta as well. so how would you describe this one? how was this one for you, it started with a big jolt. it was rolling. i had me, my two boys in the room where we're up here on the 15th floor, over in bargetto and, it just it's one of those things where you're in the moment. it just kept going, and it was just swaying back and forth for what seemed like forever. >> we have a lot of video of that. perhaps we can show some of that.

typically, you are in hualien, as you say, closest to the epicentre where this all happened. who are trapped in more rural areas in the mountains, that will be much harder to try and rescue. that's right and hualien is a very touristy town normally, known for its proximity to the mountains, known also for its main tourist attraction, a beautiful set of rolling hills and mountains with roads at between them and through tunnels. as we had earlier, tourist buses are now trapped or people are trapped in these panels as the landslide caused by this earthquake have blocked entrances and exits.— entrances and exits. similarly --eole entrances and exits. similarly peeple are — entrances and exits. similarly people are still _ entrances and exits. similarly people are still in _ entrances and exits. similarly people are still in shock- entrances and exits. similarly people are still in shock this i people are still in shock this morning, having woken up following one of the worst earthquakes they've seen for a quarter of a century.— quarter of a century. some --eole quarter of a centu

the damage extends beyond hualien.way services in the morning and the high—speed rail operator announced delays up and down the line which runs down the opposite coast of the island. so, quite severe delays to infrastructure. stay with us around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. nato foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to mark the 75th anniversary of the signing of the north atlantic treaty. today's meeting will debate a multi—year commitment to help ukraine defend itself against russia and is considering the setting up of a multi—billion dollar fund for the country. that's being largely seen as a move to insulate nato from a possible donald trump presidency. the uk's foreign minister lord david cameron is at the meeting, where he urged allies to continue their support of ukraine. it is important we keep a focus on ukraine and that's why i'm here at the nato meetings for the next two days. it's absolutely vital that britain and other countries in this alliance get the weapons, get the ammunition and

we heard that from a hualien county official we were speaking to just earlier. 700 people injured, many of them in this city and in the surrounding county, with those mountains raining down boulders and rocks on tourists here. tell me about the rescue efforts because it is thought there may be a considerable amount of people still trapped. what are you hearing about that? that's right, there are two forms of rescue that seem to be going on right now and one of them is actually happening right now behind me in this building here. we heard just from an engineer only minutes ago that theyjust rescued the last survivor, who was taken out of this building and sent into the hospital. many people, however, didn't make it. we spoke to one person on the street. his building was destroyed and he said he was friends with one of the people who passed away due to the collapse of this building here. this building behind us is due to be demolished tomorrow and there are other efforts going on around the area as well to rescue those people who have been trapped in tunnels and t

an epicentre in hualien in taiwan.ries that we are keeping a close eye on here on bbc news. president biden has said he's outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven international aid workers in gaza, killed in an israeli airstrike. in a highly critical statement, the president said israel was not doing enough to protect civilians. israel's army chief said the incident was a �*grave mistake', blaming a �*misidentification�*. three of those killed were british, and the others were australian, polish, palestinian and a us—canadian citizen. the bbc has been able to establish that the names of the three british aid workers killed in the gaza attack arejohn chapman, james henderson and james kirby. more now from our correspondent injerusalem — lucy williamson. and a warning — viewers may find some of the images in her report distressing. they came from australia, poland, the united states and the uk. their mission was to feed people. one of the simplest. in gaza, one of the hardest and most dangerous. really airstrikes

elsewhere in the mountains, a few miles outside of hualien, about 15km outside hualien, that's wherender way. as you said, nearly 700 people still missing up there or rather stranded up there. not missing, but stranded. rescue crews have gone in again this morning in large numbers, but they're doing so on foot. they're having to cover very difficult terrain, climbing across many, many rock falls to get into these canyons and gorges where these people are trapped and bring them out, largely on foot. they're also using helicopters to evacuate badly injured people. but it is a very, very slow process. we think that they brought out about 40 people this morning, but if there's about 700 stuck up there, this is going to bejust a very long and torturous process to get them all out. a piece of boxing memoribilia, from one of the greatest fights ever is going up for auction. these are muhammad ali's white satin boxing trunks from his epic thrilla in manila bout with rivaljoe frazier. it's expected they could sell for up to $6 million. he wore them in his bruising victory over frazier, in the

on the east coast of taiwan in a city named hualien.le bit south of it was the epicenter for that 7.4 magnitude earthquake and the early morning hours of their wednesday. now there were numerous aftershocks felt all throughout the region including the capital city of taipei. also most of the footage from taiwan you are going to see today and form from heavier -- from heavier populated areas like taipei. and just to note also only about 4% of the population actually lives just along the eastern coastline where that 7.4 magnitude earthquake happened. most regions along the west coast all the way up are the areas that are more densely populated and a lot of footage coming out of the regions. one similarity in the bay area is that we live along liquefaction zones. actually lies a stretch of this zone in taiwan and it's just along the city of hualien. that lays directly on top of it where that magnitude earthquake happened. now over 21 miles under the earth's surface, that's how deep the earthquake was and yet the impacts still being felt to

in hualien city, the buildings badly damaged by yesterday's quake still pose a serious threat. shore them up and stop them from toppling over. here too the physical scars from the quake will soon be removed, but not the memory of what it felt like for the people who experienced it. as well as the trauma that people have gone through here, there is also a real sense of sadness, because this is a place where come to from all over the world to enjoy the natural beauty of eastern taiwan, to hike through the gorge, to go through the hot springs. and there is that sense of sadness from people, the very hospitable people here in eastern taiwan, that people who have come here as guests have ended up being trapped in the mountains, or if they have been rescued, having gone through this really horrendous experience instead of something that should have been joyful. rupert wingfield—hayes, thank you. the parents of a university student who's been missing for more than a month say they are desperately searching for clues to his whereabouts. jack o'sullivan, who's 23, went to a party in bri

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hualien, eastern taiwan.gfield hayes a short time ago, who gave me the latest on the search and rescue mission. this on the search and rescue mission. is now a night n the this is now a night number two after the earthquake and it is just started to rain likely in hualien. rain will make the effort to rescue people even harder than they have been, which has been extremely hard already. this is an operation going on around the clock. we were about that rescue station this afternoon for quite some time, and it is really an operation that is going as fast as it can. they are sending teams in, bringing teams out, and as they come out, they bring injured people out. if they have been heavily injured, they are taken to hospital by ambulance, but what has been really surprising today, we thought they were about 100 people trapped in the mountains, and that has certainlyjumped to around 650 at around the middle of the day to day, and that has been quite a shock to everybody here. it is a much bigger task for the resc

. >> the worst of the damage in the eastern county of hualien hit around 8:00 a.m. local time.ve a lot to get to, tonight. a flight from taipei landed late this evening and a lot of people on the flight immediately picked up their phones, tried to reach loved ones back home. >> reporter: yeah, of course, they were in the air when the earthquake happened. but they landed, they saw the news and immediately were worried so of course, they checked in with their friends and family. a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck on the east coast of taiwan early wednesday morning. it was felt across the entire aland. builds have collapsed and it readed a tsunami that washed across the southern islands of japan. staid media says it's the strongest quake to hit the island in 25 years. >> it's bad. and i'm praying for the people. >> reporter: janelle wang spoke with her uncle tonight. he says he got an alert on his phone about ten seconds before he started to feel the ground shaking. >> and i felt really big shake. first, up and down. then starting right to right. for maybe a minute. pretty

here in hualien, they are assessing the damage.ere pulling survivors through windows and buildings like this are beginning to be demolished because there's simply no hope to rebuild them and people are going through their houses and sifting through what's left and what's been lost and lamenting that so much can be destroyed in such a short period of time and the real urgency here is in the mountain areas around hualien. it's where helicopters have been rescuing mine workers stuck in a quarry and there are still dozens who are still stranded there and hundreds of people said to be trapped on roads that have been cut off by landslides. some of them are trapped in tunnels and there are dozens of people who are stuck in hotels and a national park. argue quakes are not uncommon here. taiwan sits on seismic fault lines along the pacific ring of fire, but they do have good systems in place to try to prepare for them. there's cell phone alerts and very strict building codes and still, people are saying that they've not experienced one as s

the difficulty this time for many of the rescue operators has been the major road that links hualienthe capital, which was destroyed completely or large sections of it have been destroyed completely, that mean city is perfect been cut off from the north, which means people have been struggling to come down on the north to the south. those rescue operations have been trying to find different ways to get around, shipping and supplies, increasing numbers of boats ferrying them in, the army here also taking on a significant amount of control and increasing manpower on the ground. just a quick final thought because although that building behind you, or the rescue efforts around that, what is obvious from looking at the pictures that have been emerging throughout the course of the last few hours is the amount of buildings that have remained standing up, but actually how they've been built to withstand earthquakes and for the majority, that has actually been successful, hasn't it?— majority, that has actually been successful, hasn't it? that's right, to some extent _ successful, hasn't it?

these are some recent pictures from on the ground in hualien, taiwan, where buildings have collapsed and there are reports of power outages. there have been reports of multiple powerful aftershocks in the region, with one measuring at a 6.4 magnitude. and the philippines, which lies to the south of taiwan, has also declared a tsunami alert for its northern coastline. reuters reports that china's taiwan affairs office said they are willing to provide disaster relief assistance. let's go now to emily feng, she's a correspondent for npr in taipei. what did you experience? 0h, what did you experience? oh, my cosh!, what did you experience? oh, my gosh!. what _ what did you experience? oh, my gosh!. what an — what did you experience? oh, my gosh!, what an eventful _ gosh!, what an eventful morning! i was having a coffee and the entire building started shaking, which is not unusual for taiwan, we get earthquakes every month or so but this is a really big one and the shaking continued and many things smashed in my house. i wasjust cleaning up some glass and the after—shocks have continued,

close to the epicentre in the city of hualien, the shaking was more intense and the damage much worsecars as the building on the left begins to collapse. dozens of buildings have been badly damaged. some now lean over at absurd angles, as if ready to topple at any moment. the death toll is so far mercifully low, but the number of injured has skyrocketed past 1,000. eastern taiwan is a mountainous and rugged landscape, and that brought another terrifying threat — landslides. along the coast, the quake unleashed massive rockfalls — whole mountainsides seemingly slipping into the valleys below. roads are now strewn with massive boulders, bridges severed and tunnels blocked. these shots from a military helicopter show one famously perilous stretch of road. it is now completely cut off at both ends, with cars and buses stuck inside. rescue crews are continuing to work into the night in hualien city and across the east of the island. dozens have been brought to safety, but more than 140 people are still reported to be trapped. rupert, what is the latest concerning the rescue efforts to try

do you feel safe staying in hualien >> i'm now afraid. i was born here >> among those here, the mayor of hualien, who was injured in the quake. what happened >> equate to a cabinet >> fell on me. he says he attributes the relatively low death toll in his city to advanced preparation from when it's almost altai of fabienne here in hualien, we grew up with earthquakes, are teachers and relatives always taught us how to react when earthquake strike. so if known about this, since we were kids, this ruined building is a terrifying example of the power of wednesday morning, 7.4 magnitude earthquake but look down the road here and you see that most of hualien is not damaged. it is a up intact and very active amid these scars and impressive display of community resilience >> now, we'll taiwan's national fire association, it says that one of its priorities today will be to search for a missing family of five, two adults, and three children. their last known location was one one of these hiking trails in the national park that's about an hour drive

the hardest hit area around hualien, just 11 miles from the epicenter. that's where american annie lima was when it hit. >> around 8:00 this morning, and the whole world starts shaking. what was it like? >> it was pretty scary. in all the years that i've lived here and in southern california before that, i've felt a lot of earthquakes, but this was by far the strongest and the most frightening and it just went on and on. i think it was close to two minutes, and as soon as the shaking stopped, we ran to get out of the apartment. >> reporter: dozens still trapped along roads, tunnels, and hiking trails cut off by landslides. in hualien, some buildings now leaning precariously, and crews already working to demolish them. >> janis, we recognize it's still very early in the search and rescue here, but it appears the early warning systems in place made a difference. >> reporter: lester, they had cell phone alerts that went out. they're accustomed to having earthquakes there, and that it happened during the day when people were awake helped. tonight the focus o

and the city of hualien lays directly on top of it.thquake was actually 21 miles under the earth's surface. back toth bay area real fast as we take a quick look at what's going on for the forecast throughout the day today and tomorrow. we have some really big changes right around the corner. let's start off with temperatures though sitting in the 40s and 50s throughout the bay area this morning. we're off to cool start and only going to get cooler in here on out. i mean we have the huge cold front that's starting to build in as we head into the forecast tomorrow. that's going to bring in temperatures down into the upper 40s near wine country. low 50s throughout most of the rest of our inland areas and along the coast too. so real fast i just want to show you that compared to what we're dealing with today. today is one of the last warm days we have this week at least for the next few days. upper 50s near san francisco and low 60s in oakland and upper 60s in the east bay and going to be a lot cloudier for us in the afternoon hours today.

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in hualien, eastern taiwan.ts have been cast in south korea 5 parliamentary elections, with two days of early voting ahead of election day next week. all 300 seats of the national assembly are up for grabs, and president yoon will be hoping to flip the legislature from the control of the opposition democratic party, which has controlled it for the past four years. but if the opposition maintain their majority, it may leave president yoon a lame duck. for more, i mjoined byjohn delury, who 5 a senior fellow at the asia society and a professor at yonsei university in seoul. though he joins us today from rome. what are the big issues that could determine this election? i could determine this election? think what we will 5 election i think what we will see in this election is the general disaffection of the south korean electorate. we could see lower turnout, that won big concern basically the two big parties that you mention, the liberals and the conservatives of both pretty unpopular. the president is pretty unpop

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in hualien, eastern taiwan.to�*s 75th birthday — but there was no time for celebration as the alliance�*s leaders met in brussels to discuss support for ukraine. speaking to the bbc�*s ukrainecast, the uk�*s foreign secretary said that the us aid package stalled in congress could make all the difference it was looking a great ukrainian success. i think one of the things i could change the narrative is that american money coming through. he didn�*t say put insane i cannot wait these guys, i can outlast them, digging the firepower, to get the money and support. then you get the prospect of further ukrainian success and crucially just peace. in ukraine, authorities in the city of kharkiv say four people were killed and dozens injured in russian drone attacks. three of the dead were rescuers who�*d rushed to the scene after an earlier attack. meanwhile, proxy russian officials in parts of ukraine occupied by moscow say three people have been killed in ukrainian attacks. it�*s never too late to celebrate a hero — ron

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hualien, eastern taiwan.ss the uk, this is bbc news. the senior british conservative mp, william wragg, has reportedly admitted passing phone numbers of some fellow mps to a person he met on a gay dating app. speaking to the times, mr wragg apologised and said he was scared the individual would have compromising things on him. the bbc has attempted to contact mr wragg. around 12 people working in westminster are believed to have been targeted, all receiving unsolicited whatsapp messages from suspicious mobile numbers. 0ur political correspondent, hannah miller, reports. good afternoon, prime minister. good afternoon. questioning the prime minister last week, the senior conservative mp, william wragg. now reported to be at the centre of a romance scam that targeted some of the most powerful people in the country. william wragg told the times newspaper he handed over the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a person he met on the dating app grindr. he apologised, reportedly saying... among the victims, one f

rescue crews are continuing to work into the night in hualien city and across the east of the island.40 people are still reported to be trapped. many of those still trapped are along this highway, to the war in ukraine. speaking during a ministerial meeting thursday, jens stoltenberg said that the allies had already started to plan a greater role in providing finance training to kyiv. mrjens stoltenberg proposes a 100 billion euro, that's a $107 billion, five—year aid fund. it has drawn a mixed response. under the plans, nato would take over the plans, nato would take over the co—ordination of some military aid from the us coalition. a move designed partly to guide begins against a potential return to the white house of donald trump, who is a critic of nato. mrjens stoltenberg was asked by the bbc if the us had got its priorities wrong by arming israel while failing to pass funding for ukraine in congress. every day of delay in the decision of the united states on providing more support to ukraine has consequences on the battlefield. that's one of the reasons why the ukrainians now ha

is sent hillsides tumbling around hualien as well. many are in remote or coastal or mountain communities, that can be difficult to reach. complicated the search. the earthquake was also caught on camera during this live news broadcast in the capital city of taipei, about 100 miles away from hualien. you can see what it looks like , i think some debris falls from the ceiling. the quake hit just before 8:00 this morning. people were heading to work and to school, it is the biggest quake to hit the country in 25 years. a 7.3 magnitude quake hit back in 1999, killing 2400 people. >>> those images in taiwan have many people here asking what would happen if a powerful 7.0 earthquake sent here. you reached out to quake experts today. what fault line would see the most amount of damage? >> reporter: experts tell us it would be the hayward fault line, we are here in hayward today. this is a fault line that many people are aware of, experts say that it could be quite disastrous and this is one of the most dangerous bay area actions a faultlines

than 500 of them are in mountainous areas, and 18 people are still missing; about 200 residents of hualieny, which was most affected by the underground strikes, remain in temporary shelters. the united states is planning to create a weapons depot in the arctic part of europe, a representative of the american army announced this in an interview with defense breaking magazine. this is due to the increase in nato membership, which is changing the security environment. the official also added that the united states is at the stage of selecting alliance member countries that will become washington’s partners in creating the warehouse, but did not specify where exactly the weapons storage facility is planned to be located, but the media suggests that it could be norway. the creation of a unified air defense system and a joint communications system was discussed in moscow by the military leaders of the cis countries. the participants analyzed the military-political situations in the world on the borders of the commonwealth. assessment of modern challenges and threats. military cooperation between

close to the epicentre in the city of hualien, the shaking was more intense and the damage much worsepeople running from their cars as the building on the left begins to collapse. dozens of buildings have been badly damaged. some now lean over at absurd angles, as if ready to topple at any moment. the death toll is so far mercifully low, but the number of injured has skyrocketed past 1,000. eastern taiwan is a mountainous and rugged landscape, and that brought another terrifying threat — landslides. along the coast, the quake unleashed massive rockfalls — whole mountainsides seemingly slipping into the valleys below. roads are now strewn with massive boulders, bridges severed and tunnels blocked. these shots from a military helicopter show one famously perilous stretch of road. it is now completely cut off at both ends, with cars and buses stuck inside. rescue crews are continuing to work into the night in hualien city and across the east of the island. dozens have been brought to safety, but more than 140 people are still reported to be trapped. many of those still trapped are along

in hualien, the worst hit city, some people spent the night outdoors as the aftershocks continued.tting ready to start their day. translation: the earthquake woke me up and we just stayed around _ here across from the night market. it's terrible. this earthquake is huge. homes and businesses buckled, leaving whole floors underground. this partially collapsed building, now left tilted and unstable, threatens more damage with the continuing tremors. but in taiwan's rugged, mountainous east coast, it was the landslides that unleashed the most terror. the earthquake caused hundreds of them, bringing huge rocks tumbling down valleys, destroying roads and railway lines, and blocking access to the area. this beautiful landscape turned into a scene of horror. and for those still trapped in collapsed tunnels and roads, that horror is not over yet. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, tokyo. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes is in is hualien — a city close to the epicentre. heret here t search and reduce operation has ended. even is account for. nine people are dead. they're securing the buildin

some buildings in hualien city are leaning dangerously and some train lines have been damaged.alerts issued for nearby japanese islands and the northern coast of the philippines have been downgraded. the bbc�*s rupert wingfield—hayes is in taiwan's capital, taipei. he described what happened. it hitjust before 8:00 this morning. and i was in my kitchen and the whole building — i live on the eighth floor — and the whole building really started to shake very, very violently, very wildly. and it was moving side to side in a very violent manner. so much so that actually i had to grab on to the the kitchen countertop to to steady myself. pots and pans were coming out of cupboards. so, stuff being sort of thrown all around the place. now bear in mind, i'm in taipei, which is about 100 miles or more from the epicenter. and so you can imagine, over on the east coast of taiwan, just how much more violent the shaking was. this was a very shallow earthquake and a very powerful earthquake. and the shaking intensity that they use here is a scale of one to seven, and it was seven. so this is

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in hualien, eastern taiwan.st year, according to scientists. they say that direct political decisions by the brazilian government helped protect the forest. but global losses overall were up by a quarter, mainly due to forest fires in canada, as well as increased logging and fires in bolivia, laos and nicaragua. scotland, the home of golf, is in danger of losing some of its oldest courses — due to climate change, recent storms and rising sea levels. the situation is particularly bad on the east coast with courses like montrose golf club suffering from erosion as the sea advances. in all, a total of 3a courses have been affected. if you're flying off on holiday this year you'll still need to remove liquids and laptops from your hand luggage at many uk airports. that's because new security scanners were due to be installed byjune, which would have meant an end to putting tiny toiletries into clear bags — but many airports including london heathrow and manchester now won't be ready in time. here's katy austin. head

quakes were still being felt on tuesday morning in the hualien region.aipei — but there are no reports of any casualties. a powerful quake earlier this month in hualien killed at least fourteen people and caused widespread damage. bolivian police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of teachers protesting in la paz. teachers and doctors have been protesting for weeks against a controversial retirement bill they say will force them to retire at 65. in bolivia, the voluntary retirement age is set at 58 for men and 55 for women. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. donald trump has returned to court in new york to hear the opening statements in his criminal trial over the alleged cover up of a hush money payment to the porn star stormy daniels. prosecutors told the jury the case was about a criminal conspiracy and a cover up. but the defence said donald trump was not personally involved. from new york, gary 0'donoghue reports. president trump, how are you feeling, sir? i for the first time in american history, a former president went on trial

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in hualien, eastern taiwan. nato — marked its 75th anniversary on thursday. a ceremony was held at its headquarters in brussels to celebrate the occasion. it comes less than a month after sweden fullyjoined nato as its 32nd member, in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg described nato as the world's most powerful and successful military alliance. but it is now being tested over its support for ukraine. meanwhile, ukraine is more focused on its immediate survival amid russian attacks. its foreign minister, dymtro kuleba, made an urgent appeal for more air defences and ammunition, both of which are running low. ido i do not want to spoil the party but my main message today will be... because suit saving will be... because suitsaving saving ukrainian life and ukrainian economy and cities depends on the availability of patriots and other defence systems. we talk about patriots because it is the only system the russians have no access. and in march ukraine was hit with ove

quakes were still being felt on tuesday morning in the hualien region.in the capital taipei, but there are no reports of any casualties. a powerful quake earlier this month in hualien killed at least 1a people and caused widespread damage. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. to china now where more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in guangdong, after days of heavy rain caused massive flooding in the country's most populous province. four people have died so far, while ten have gone missing, according to state media. weather forecasters say the situation's grim. laura bicker has more from beijing. powerful storms across southern china turned rivers into raging torrents. roads became fast—flowing rapids cascading down village streets as hail the size of golf balls fell from the sky. watch the right—hand corner of the security camera. the bridge simply couldn't withstand the sheer force of the flood. the destruction became clearer in daylight, as did the number of people left stranded. some almost managed to sleep t

close to the epicenter in the city of hualien the shaking was more intense and the damage much worse. the left begins to collapse. dozens of buildings have been badly damaged. some now lean over at absurd angles, as if ready to topple at any moment. the death toll is so far mercifully low, but the number of injured has skyrocketed past 1000. eastern taiwan is a mountainous and rugged landscape, and that brought another terrifying threat — landslides. along the coast the quake unleashed massive rockfalls. whole mountainsides seemingly slipping into the valleys below. roads are now strewn with massive boulders, bridges severed and tunnels blocked. these shots from a military helicopter show one famously perilous stretch of road... it is now completely cut off at both ends with cars and buses stuck inside. rescue crews are continuing to work into the night, in hualien city and across the east of the island. dozens have been brought to safety, but more than 140 people are still reported to be trapped. many of those still trapped are along this highway behind me. several dozen are reported

in the town of hualien apartment buildings on the verge of collapse. emergency workers inaction. authority say they've rescued scores of people from toppled buildings and highway time but more than 900 people have been injured and rescue teams are still trying to reach others trapped high in the mountains the work has continued in hualien throughout the night. >> mao, no >> one's left inside this building says this firefighter. he adds, people are frightened on me the wave there are constant earthquakes here, says this woman i've lived here 50 years and never felt one so big. it's really scary people in taiwan are accustomed to feeling the earth shake but rarely with this much destructive force that will if right now, we're monitoring efforts to rescue more than 70 minors in two separate minds that are believed to be trapped as a result of this deadly and powerful earthquake and will update as we learn more about what is happening there. in the meantime, taiwan, he's still being hit by powerful aftershocks, at least 29 recorded in the first 12 hours after the initial earthquake.

rescue crews are continuing to work into the night in hualien city and across the east of the island.are still reported to be trapped. many of those still trapped are along this highway, behind me. meanwhile here in the us, the race for the white house is heating up. a new poll out today shows mr trump leading against presidentjoe biden in six of the seven battleground states that could decide the election in november — known as swing states. a wall streetjournal poll shows trump holding leads in arizona, georgia, michigan, north carolina, nevada, and pennyslvania. the only state where he's not leading is wisconsin — where president biden leads slightly on the multiple candidate ballot, but ties with mr trump in a head—to—head match—up. overall, the poll suggest unhappiness with biden among voters who will have the most influence in the outcome of the election. let's turn to some important news around the world. ajudge in new york has rejected former us president donald trump's request to further delay one of his criminal trials. he asked for a later start date to his trial in new yor

these are some recent pictures from on the ground in hualien, taiwan, where buildings have collapsed and there are reports of power outages. there have been reports of multiple powerful aftershocks in the region, with one measuring at 6.4 magnitude. a tsunami warning has been declared for nearby japanese islands in the southern prefecture of okinawa. the philippines, which lies to the south of taiwan, has also declared a tsunami alert for its northern coastline. news reports that the foreign office says they are willing to provide disaster relief assistance. i spoke to ourjapan correspondent shaimaa khalil about how this might impact the region. authorities are warning people to evacuate as quickly as they can. i have personally been quinoa and they are very close to taiwan on a good day, if you stand on some of these islands you can see the horizon in taiwan and because of the magnitude of the earthquake in taiwan, the biggest in over two decades, there are these worries about the effect it will have lodges here injapan in the south—western region but also in the philippines. that i

the epicenter of the tremors was in the pacific ocean, about 18 km south of the city of hualien.elt in taipei. social networks are full terrifying footage of high-rise buildings tilting, bridges bending and swaying. the rocking was so strong that water poured out of the pool on one of the skyscrapers. there are inspiring shots. the nurses in the maternity ward of the hospital did not panic. they tried to calm the crying. about 200 people took refuge in tents, my entire apartment shook, first the building began to sway from side to side, and then everything shook, the wall of our apartment cracked, and we live on the upper floors, so we did not dare to go home, at the time of the earthquake i i was driving, i pulled into a basement parking lot and the car began to shake, it was an incredibly scary feeling, i thought that if i died, i was scared, but i didn’t dare get out of the car. after the main shock, dozens of repeated ones occurred; they were afraid of the consequences of a tsunami, but fortunately the waves were not high, rockfalls began in the mountains, huge boulders fell

hualien was the worst hit city.de miners who were trapped in a gypsum quarry in hualien county. elsewhere, people are trapped in a network of strongly built tunnels after the 7.4 magnitude quake. although there have been fatalities and injuries, it's thought the death toll has been kept relatively low because of strict building restrictions in taiwan and widespread public disaster awareness. the bbc spoke to one of those who was trapped for many hours. i really don't want to cause more trauma for you. we are all really curious as to what it's been like being stuck there. it's your worst nightmare coming true. it's like they show in the movies. you never think you're going to experience it that way. rescuers in taiwan are trying to reach score of people still trapped in collapsed tunnels along the eastern coastline. even for locals, this earthquake was much more powerful than usual — and hospitals are filled with patients. there has been a second day of careful work to ensure that buildings like this one, on the verg

close to the epicenter in the city of hualien, the shaking was more intense and the damage much worsee been badly damaged. some now lean over at absurd angles, as if ready to topple at any moment. the death toll is so far mercifully low, but the number of injured has skyrocketed past 1000. eastern taiwan is a mountainous and rugged landscape, and that brought another terrifying threat — landslides. along the coast, the quake unleashed massive rockfalls — whole mountainsides seemingly slipping into the valleys below. roads are now strewn with massive boulders, bridges severed and tunnels blocked. these shots from a military helicopter show one famously perilous stretch of road. it is now completely cut off at both ends, with cars and buses stuck inside. rescue crews are continuing to work into the night, in hualien city and across the east of the island. dozens have been brought to safety, but more than 140 people are still reported to be trapped. many of those still trapped are along this highway behind me. several dozen are reported to be tourists in buses trapped inside a tunnel. on

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in hualien, eastern taiwan. national park and you can see are still big rescue operation under way there. you can also see the tents that have been set up in the team is working on reaching hundreds of people who are still trapped in the national park. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. now to myanmar where opponents of the militaryjunta have launched a drone attack on the capital. in a rare attack on the military�*s centre of power. the military run tv stations has 13 drones were shot down after an attempt by what it called terrorists to an destroy important locations. three years after the military detained aung san suu kyi in february 2021 and seized power from her elected government in a coup. with the latest here is our southeast asia correspondent. well, so far as we can tell, there wasn't much physical damage from this attack. remember, these drones are pretty small. they're either adapted from agricultural drones or even homemade by the various volunteer armed groups fighting the milita

the most widespread destruction was in the eastern county of hualien, many houses simply collapsed, becameen more rooted, and it’s a miracle that... these, for example, survived, the residents escaped through the windows along the canopies and cornices. the earth is shaking, and here we live in a house that has collapsed. we brought 17 people out of here, but three people remained inside for a long time, one of them was wounded. high-rise buildings with pools on the roofs like waterfalls, bridges that curved like sheets of plastic, and yet the traffic with people on them during the morning rush hour amazes the self-control of passengers on the elevated metro. the higher the floor, the stronger the shaking, at first i didn’t understand what was happening at all, in about three seconds i already realized that i had to go downstairs, objects fell, drawers opened, my closet was moving there under the roof, on the tracks in in mountainous areas there are gigantic landslides, so much so that a cloud of dust from crumbling directly into the sea, the rocks could be seen tens of kilometers away, bu

the epicenter of the tremors was in the pacific ocean, about 18 km south of the city of hualien.e filled with terrifying images, high-rise buildings were tilting, bridges were bending and swaying, the pitching was so strong that water was pouring out of the pool on one of the skyscrapers. there are inspiring shots. the nurses in the maternity ward of the hospital did not succumb to panic, they tried to calm the crying children, and the presenter of the live broadcast did not lose her presence of mind; she did not stop the program. only after 13 hours, in order not to risk spending the night, many residents preferred to go outside, about 200 people took refuge in tents. my a fire started, which they managed to put out , the apartment was shaking, first the building began to sway from side to side, and then everything began to shake. the wall of our apartment is cracked, and we live on the upper floors, so we don’t dare go home. at the time of the earthquake, i was driving, i pulled into the basement parking lot and the car began to shake. it was an incredibly scary feeling, i thou

a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit taiwan, collapsing buildings in the city of hualien.ned of a significant tsunami but say that threat has passed. >>> president biden said in a statement he is outraged and heartbroken by the deaths in gaza of seven aid workers. the world central kitchen workers were killed by an israeli air strike on monday. mr. biden said israel is not doing enough to protect aid workers or civilians in gaza. >>> and 12.3 million viewers watched iowa's win over lsu on monday night. it's the most ever for a women's college basketball game and one of the most watched sports events this year. >>> for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. >>> tonight, tornado threat. the powerful spring storm bringing flash floods and strong winds with the danger continuing late into the night. as cleanup begins after twisters touched down in the midwest. >> i was praying so hard that the lord would save me and my house. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening. i'm norah o'donnel