(hack in taipei, to should very much — as well. chack in taipei, to should very much for— as well.well. (hack in taipei, to should very much forjoining us _ as well. (hack in taipei, to should very much forjoining us here - as well. (hack in taipei, to should very much forjoining us here in i as well. (hack in taipei, to should l very much forjoining us here in bbc news. and a reminder, we do have that special live page up and running, along with some of the dramatic video of the moment it hit and the aftermath, you will find that on the bbc news website. —— brian hioe in taipei. today, nato foregin ministers will meet in brussels to discuss how nato could assume more responsibility for coordinating military equipment, training and financial support for ukraine. earlier nato's secretary general spoke to the press ahead of the foreign ministers meeting. let's a take a listen to what he said. nato allies provide 99% of all military support to ukraine. so, doing more under nato would make our efforts more efficient and more effective. moscow needs to understand that they cannot achiev

though taichung is just as close as taipei at taipei had had stronger shaking. so can i just ask you i mean, this maybe it gets into the kind of seismic construction and safety more, but when you look at those buildings, they're right. >> obviously you have taipei 101, which is like this massive tall, gigantic, one of the tallest buildings in the world. and that was totally fine. and but then you have some of these what looks to be older buildings to me, that just kind of collapse. can you talk about, you know, for places like that, what they really need and maybe some lessons for us. >> okay. well, number one taipei 101 is in taipei and therefore was 90 miles away and didn't get a strong shaking. it's also really inventive engineering with a huge mass and suspended in the building to help absorb some of the earthquake stresses the buildings were seeing collapsed are all in hualien, so it's being nearby now. we have an earthquake on the hayward fault. they're going to be plenty of people just as close to the hayward fault as as hualien was to this earthquake. so

here in taipei which is over 150 kilometres from the epicentre. can imagine closer in the city of hualien the shaking was much more violent than that and has done more damage there than it has here. we have seen pictures of at least two larger buildings partially collapsed, leaning over a precarious angles but i have to say that given the strength of the shaking and intensity of the shaking and intensity of the shaking from this shallow earthquake it looks at the moment like hualien and the east coast got away reasonably unscathed. we have reports of deaths and injuries which appear to have come from landslides that have been unleashed along the east coast of taiwan. the difference between here and taipei on the west coast and the east is dramatic. it is rugged over there and very mountainous, narrow valleys where the mountains come right down into the pacific ocean and the quake has unleashed many landslides that have cut roads and brought down bridges and we think has also buried some people. it is still early hours after the quake but at the mo

amplified shaking in the distance. >> reporter: a flight from taipei arrived at sfo.found out about it when they landed. >> oh my god, i hope everyone is okay. >> reporter: they immediately checked on their family and friends in taipei. >> what is your family telling you? >> they are okay. they are okay. they are scared, terrified. >> reporter: when powerful earthquakes like this happen, many of us wonder what this would do in california. >> lomi prita was a 7. it didn't do as much as it would have done in urban areas. a 7.4 on the hayward fault is one of the worst disasters they could be looking at. >> reporter: and the u.s. national tsunami warning center says they do not expect any impact to california but of course this is very scary for many people. in fact, janelle wang's uncle says he has an emergency bag ready in case any other big earthquakes hit. i'm jocelyn moran, nbc bay area news. >>> hillsides collapsing too. this is new video of a landslide. the extent of the damage unknown. the earthquake knocked out power to 78,000 households and was followed by a ser

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.eople who are trapped in road tunnels after the quake struck. we can show this image that shows the entrance to one of them. on the left is a picture taken last year and on the right, this is what the tunnel looks like today. 60 people are believed to be trapped inside one of the tunnels, including four mini buses full of hotel staff. they appear right now to be unreachable by phone. it is late in the evening in taiwan at the moment, but we are few aftershocks in the night, but those rescue efforts continue and we will keep you you up—to—date with those. earlier, i heard from gregor stuart hunter, who's in taipei. he told me about his experience of the earthquake this morning. it was the feeling of being lifted up by someone and shaken. and then, even once the initial shock had died down, the rest of the morning was spent with a series of aftershocks in very quick succession, some as close as five minutes apart. when i checked the news and realised that the epicentre of what had felt l

and james, trying to joins us from taipei along with joe to listen. give laska in tokyo, sonya, what's japan hoping to get out of this summit or before japan? and this is really about making sure that the corporation with like minded partners in the region goes back to as we've heard of cause of, there's much more pressure from a more, more assertive china and japan has taken steps towards more security in the region on its own, he said that he visited the philippines already in november and they negotiated a troop access deal, which is considered the kind of stuff before an official military alliance. and the philippines were also made to the 1st country which was to receive of overseas security aid from japan. and then of course, there's the longstanding alliance with the u. s. that japan has had and has increased in the recent years. there are 60000 troops, stations, americans, troops stationed in japan. and japan has recently also made sure that for example, it's can repair us warships that has been difficult because of the pesticides constitution

that's why we need specials have here in taipei about the prospect of maintaining the best solvency in the use of heads. and again, you only have to look at the geography of this region to understand why the meaning of these 3 countries in washington is so significant. of course to the south. it's high ones, mainland, you have this northern most province of the philippines. this is a place where the us recently negotiated access for some of the trees to do some operations from there. and of course, from ty, ones, northeast you have these fall south west and islands in japan, which have been increasingly increasingly made. a try is done to vacation administration, and of course, you know, it's not just that we're seeing these developments on the ministry from the end of the time when i was interested back king of the 3 countries. but more importantly, that the able to cooperate in a smooth way should an emergency situation arise, blanket contingency over taiwan, which china should something happen, james, tell me. will washington manila are in tokyo, teaming up, keep china and check. we

before taking off from taipei. >>> the fight for people's park is a courtroom. we have the latest on the state supreme court's proceedings expected to begin any moment. >>> we start with a developing story in taiwan, the powerful earthquake that hit overnight causing several buildings to collapse and killing at least nine people. the number is expected to climb. the worst is far from over. dozens remain trapped in buildings and tunnels that were damaged in that violent earthquake. keep in mind this was the strongest earthquake to hit the country in nearly 3 decades. we are just starting to get a look at the devastation . this warehouse turned into rubble. there were also dozens of aftershocks in the hours after. the original earthquake that likely cause more damage in that area. flying in about taiwan has been stressful for travelers and we were at sfo this morning as passages arrived on a delayed flight from taipei. according to flightaware, arrivals and departures in taipei are operating close to scheduled time. one of the passengers we spoke with describe the

we will have a live up date from taipei. higher commodity prices and solid u.s. economic data, brent crude holding near 22 month highs on supply and geopolitical concerns. plus we have a great lineup of guests this hour, including check on global supply chains with the executive director of the port of los angeles. stocks and bonds under a lot of pressure as we speak on speculation major banks will keep rates for higher for longer. fed speak will be scrutinized for clues on whether jean remains live for the start of easing. the msci asia pac down at session lows. taiwan the biggest earthquake in 25 years. market still open which is a good sign for investors. a strong dollar story, it has a backward some of its workers from chip lines. taiwan is important because it accounts for more than half of the world's network devices. a strong fix yet again today. let's get more on the impact of that powerful earthquake. adrian, what is the very latest there? >> we understand there has been one fertility from the quake so far and that seems a blessing given the magnitude ac

we see the taipei main index down 0.5%. tsmc is contribute into that, down 1%. that is not a huge move even as chip stocks around the world lowered today following intel numbers that disappointed yesterday. i want to point to the nikkei, off again today, another 0.6%. this macro story on a weaker yen playing into that. it is unchanged now but bank of america is out with a note saying it could be 1.60 per dollar before the fed cuts rates. there is no point of the bank of japan getting involved in this because that is what everybody is waiting for, the fed rate cut cycle to begin. until then, forget about moving control of the yen. the intel story is having an impact on chip stocks, not just the earthquake and the aftermath. we are saying the tech heavy index in south korea down 1% off the back of the intel news. then you have china continuing to selloff as we head into two days of holiday. hong kong traits on friday but mainland china does not trade thursday or friday. and the main index, down 1%. you are seeing currency trouble. the off store offshore yuan trade

having announced the start of firing training for tomorrow, which would last for 16 days, taipei understoodijing’s reaction would be, because military maneuvers had not been carried out so close since the second taiwan war. at this time, the taiwanese military continued to sit quietly on their phones; when they noticed the copter, they simply left. on the qing islands, where the shooting begins, the press has already reported. quite a few american instructors, and in a week before the exercises , congressmen visited taipei again, this time from the house committee of representatives for intelligence and special operations, the commander of the taiwanese fleet , tanhua, also goes to the united states, will begin with a visit to the indo-pacific command in hawaii, after such openly provocative actions of taiwan, new footage from a chinese military training ground in inner mongolia with a built model of the administrative quarter of taipei no longer seems surprising. beijing has said more than once that they do not plan to return taiwan by force if of course, the americans themselves and those

nga pham was in taipei when the earthquake happened.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 trapped as a result of the earthquake with dozens trapped inside tunnels. and there have been more than 100 aftershocks recorded so far. japan has pledged to offer "any assistance necessary to taiwan, our neighb

by the way, the video of those newsrooms is from taipei. taipei is 80 miles away from where the epicenter was, ands the shaded in green, which is still fairly significant shaking, but it wasn't the worst of it. here's more relatively good news for taiwan. all of the black dots show you where the population centers are. so in one sense, the populated side of the island is the other side. but there is a city that was right next to the epicenter of this. and when you look at this map which helps to visualize one other similarity that taiwan has in terms of its risks from earthquake, this shows you where the liquefaction zones are. and there's one that goes right near the epicenter of this earthquake and right under that city. so there are some similarities. there are some differences. we wanted to find out a little more about the comparison between our risks here, so we talked to the usgs earlier today about that very thing. we wanted to know what kinds of things about this earthquake is a little bit different from what we might experience her

uh, that was james tater in taipei and probably, and customer envisioning. thank you very much. bye. sketchup on a couple of other stories making headlines around the world today. authorities intends, in the se, weeks of heavy rains, have claimed 155 lives and affected more than 200000 people. the el nino global weather phenomenon has combined with the stars the rainy season, bringing down forest regions that seldom get rate rains of also hit neighboring kenya, killing at least 50 people. there are top court in the us state of new york has overturn the verdict from 2020. that found movie mogul harvey weinstein guilty of rape. the judges found that he was denied a fair trial. but weinstein will remain behind bars due to a separate rate conviction. in california, it was accusations against one scene that spark the global me to move. so tally and authorities have introduced a new 5 bureau fee for a tourist wanting to visit venice. official say the fee is aimed at curbing tourism to the fragile lagoon city and safeguarding spaces for residents. they also hope it will help monitor vi

than a day after the largest earthquake to hit taiwan in 25 years, passengers at sfo traveling to taipei on wednesday told us they were a little nervous there is some concern, you know, i'm with my family and uh- earthquake is no joke. >> i were concerned about, you know, i might get stuck somewhere or or they stop the plane here. >> the massive quake hit the island nation in the early hours of wednesday morning. taiwan time. the impacts collapsing buildings and causing landslides as the island recovers. scott lai, the director general of the taipei economic and cultural office in san francisco, says his government wants to assure everyone heading to taiwan that things are under control. >> taiwan continues to provide travelers a safe environment with facilities that are ready and secure. >> the impact of the earthquake has been felt far beyond east asia. marie chong is a city council member in hillsboro. she says many in the taiwanese american community here in the bay area are keen to help family and friends back at home, as time goes on, we will be receiving more reports regarding the

capital city taipei which is just about 80 miles north of hualien.t of the footage actually coming out of taiwan that you are going to see today and tomorrow is from the heavier populated areas like taipei which is worth noting that only about 4% of the population actually lives along this eastern coastline where the 7.4 magnitude earthquake happened. one similarity this region has to what we have here in the bay area is in that can that we live along a liquefaction zone. just along the eastern coastline of taiwan actually where the stretch of the liquefaction zone lies is the city of hualien and it sits directly on top of it. so that depth of earthquake was actually over 21 miles underneath the earth's surface. and yet its impacts still being felt all throughout the afternoon showers with the aftershocks and all throughout the day today. continue to keep a look at all the impacts that they've been seeing so far and another thing worth mentioning too, all the deaths that's happened so far are out of that county of hualien. that's just along the east

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.ien — epicentre of the earthquake. he told me about the rescue efforts and what he experienced on the ground. i was originally in a city in the south of taiwan, kaohsiung, and it was not hit as strongly, but i have since come to hualien, a city that was just kilometres away from the epicentre of this quake, the largest quake in 25 years, and when you speak to people here they will say that when the quake started they didn't think much of it, quakes happen a lot in taiwan, but then itjust didn't stop after that, so for people here this has been a big shock. you might see behind me a slumped building. this is one of 18 buildingsjust in this city alone that have sustained significant damage. we heard that from a hualien county official we were speaking to just earlier. the death toll there at nine, potentially rising, but hopefully not, and over 700 people injured, many of them in this city and in the surrounding county, with those mountains raining down boulders and rocks on tourists her

will result from our correspondent james chase in taipei. james joined us with more on the quakes after mass as follows. the majority of those killed or still missing this evening are in the east and the coastal city of hawaii. and this is the, the city and taiwan is closest to the center of the craig, mississippi. if some, a 300000 people, just to give you a sense of what the geography of this se, um, it looks like you saw a little bit of that in my report. this is a, a pause of taiwan, which is extremely mountainous and actually some of the people that remain missing this evening, i'll put only in a national park, which is an extremely mountainous national park, just north of quality inn. but of course, you know, looking at head taiwan, really is a place which is well wild infer use of this type of seismic activity isn't one of the most size making active locations in the world. and we've really seen over the course of the day that that spring into action, i government a response, the mid a tree being dispatched to help with ongoing rescue

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.has set out proposals to reform its services as it tries to cut costs. it says it wants to maintain delivery of first class post six days a week, but has suggested second—class letters should be delivered every other weekday. the company's boss said it would give the firm a "fighting chance" with the regulator ofgem currently reviewing its future. our business editor simonjack is with me. what more are they proposing, simon? the problem is that royal mail, the people who actually deliver stuff you drop at the post office or pop in the letterbox, lost {190 million last year. the number of letters that businesses and individuals are sending has plummeted from over 20 billion a day to 7 billion a day. at the same time it has a universal service obligation which means from anywhere in the uk it is the same price and it gets delivered six days a week. there were proposals to cut that to five or even three. what royal mail has come up with in its submission is they propose keeping the first

more now from our correspondent in taipei rupert wingfield—hayes.construction, a massive piece of either construction equipment or steel came off the top of this building this morning during the quake, crashed into the building beside it and then crashed down into the alleyway behind me, where you can see some workmen 110w. they've closed off that road. remarkably, no—one was injured, no—one was on the street there at the time. these are some of the latest pictures we have — you can see some buildings are leaning dangerously and some train lines have been damaged. people running from a cafe for their lives, leaving her drinks behind. and the tremor continuing there after they left. more now from nga pham who was in taipei when the earthquake happened. 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 earthquake, we receive so called presidential alerts from the the office of the presi

earlier we heard from nga pham who was in taipei at the time the earthquake struck.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 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 on my 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. so it was really, really scary for about five, ten minutes, actually. i mean, for me, it actually lasted much longer because inside my head it was like, "what to do, what to do?" luckily, when everything calmed down and i went outside and i saw that the damage was actually not as bad as expected. m

official beijing accused taipei of deliberate provocation. one time made the right choice between firing guns and building bridges. we are closely monitoring the actions of the taiwanese military in china, and any provocative step is doomed to failure. the fact that the chinese are really watching everything closely, the taiwanese military themselves already realized, after they were captured by the camera lenses of a regular copter, that it calmly flew to erdan island, it was also a drone from... thinking that if it does not do this, it will join the communist party, what is the logic, there is none, negotiations do not mean a manifestation of weakness, but instead of logic, blindly following instructions from washington, here on the islands of jin mn, where the shooting begins, i already wrote the press, quite a few american instructors, and apparently, it was no coincidence that a few days before the exercises, congressmen from the house subcommittee on intelligence and special operations visited taipei again, after such openly provocative

with nuclear reactors and other radioactive sites. gave, felt the tremors skytrain passengers in taipeilp in eliminating the consequences of the earthquakes, the echoes of which were felt in the chinese province of fujian, has already been offered to taipei by beijing. in china, they remember how almost 2,500 people died on the island during tremors of the same strength in 1999. today, local authorities are still cautiously reporting, clarifying search and rescue work only. seismologists warn of possible aftershocks with a magnitude of up to 7 points; in the coming days, neighboring countries are preparing for a tsunami. with taiwan, the japanese islands of yaaya mayakinawa, where wave heights can reach 3 m, just as this has already happened on yunagun and shigaki in the coastal southeastern regions of china , just in case, train traffic in the yendza river delta area has been stopped, special services are conducting preventive safety checks bridges and tunnels. alexander baalsky, denis sokolov and nikolai petrov, lead the beijing bureau. let's return after a short advertisement, here's

radioactive objects were not damaged, the tremors were also felt by passengers on the skytrain in taipeimazing how much restraint there was, there was no panic. and assistance in eliminating the consequences of the earthquake, the echoes of which were felt in the chinese province of fujian, taipei has already suggested beijing, in china. just as during tremors of the same strength in 1999 , almost 2,500 people died in taiwan; today local authorities are still very cautiously reporting, first about four, now about seven deaths, clarifying that search efforts are just beginning. seismologists, of course, warn about possible aftershocks with a magnitude of up to 7 points. in the coming days, the neighboring japanese islands of yaayama and akinawa are preparing for a tsunami, where wave heights can reach 3 m, in the coastal southeastern regions of china, just... the case has also been stopped now, the movement of trains in the area of ​​the yendza river delta, special services are currently conducting a preventive safety check of all bridges and tunnels, so of course they are very closely mo

jan camenzind broomby, a freelance journalist who is in taipei.the magnitude earthquake struck, the epicentre. a new yorkjudge has denied donald trump's bid to delay his forthcoming trial over alleged hush money paid to a porn star — the first ever criminal trial of a former us president. in 2016 a lawyer for the former president, michael cohen, said he'd paid $130,000 to stormy daniels to stop herfrom revealing an affairwith mrtrump ten years previously. mr trump wanted a delay until the supreme court reviews his claim of presidential immunity in another criminal case. 0ur washington reporter, will vernon, sent this update. this is an by the new york judge relates to the so—called hush money case, so this is where mr trump is accused of falsifying business records over an alleged pay—out to an aduu over an alleged pay—out to an adult film actress back in 2016 in the final days of the presidential election campaign and he is accused of trying to hide this payment allegedly. mr trump argued that this case should be delayed while the us supreme cour

nos conectamos en este momento en vivo hasta la ciudad de taipei con giovanni gallardo, es dueÑo de un ciudad. bienvenido a la "ediciÓn digital". buenas noches. ¿quÉ estaba haciendo cuando se dio cuenta que comenzÓ a temblar la tierra? >> estamos durmiendo, estaba en casa con mi esposa iban a hacer —— iban a hacer las ocho. se empezÓ a temblar la cama muy bruscamente, la primera reacciÓn fue despertar, decirle a mi esposa que estaba temblando, tomar el celular para ver si habÍamos recibido la alerta. taiwÁn manda una alerta para avisarnos que esta temblando o va a temblar, pero no habÍa recibido ninguna alarma, sin embargo, ya estaba el temblor en el clÍmax. borja: hemos visto los daÑos, podrÍamos decir que son imÁgenes apocalÍpticas. ¿quÉ sintieron ustedes cuando de pronto salen, amanecen y pueden darse cuenta de que su ciudad estÁ totalmente destruida? ¿quÉ pensaron? >> en taipei hay muchos edificios muy viejos, allÍ hubo algunos daÑos en los negocios de unos amigos. hubo paredes en azulejos se cayÓ, las paredes se facturaron. es algo que da un poco de tristeza, buscar cÓmo reparar e

so it obviously it taipei got a lot of shaking. and as a result of that they will work on that to see from the very records that this earthquake has corrected or not corrected, but has laid down that they can examine. they can then go through and look at their prediction models and improve those prediction models. and at some point in time, years down the road from now, we're going to have very reliable systems that we'll talk about coming earthquakes at, at a small at a much smaller magnitude. so the reality of the situation is this is a work in progress, and those folks are fully aware of it, as are the japanese. and they're doing things about it. >> another learning experience there. and tom, as you know, that 1999 earthquake was a big one there in taiwan. did they learn from that? and were they able to make any progress, you know, and are there similarities to this quake? sure >> you bet. because you've had 5 or 6 years now in order to really go from what you've learned to actually implementing a lot of those things and some of

this is about three hours from taipei. you can see some of the video here of the damage and destruction. that building kind of toppling over down on to that street. it also sent hillsides tumbling. many people near hualien live in remote coastal or mountain communities that can be hard to reach, complicating this search. joining us now is scott lai. he is the director general of taipei's economic and cultural office in san francisco. director general, thanks for being with us. we'll start by saying we're sorry the see what's happening in your country. what's the latest going on in terms of the search and rescue recovery in taiwan right now? >> yes, first, we is are very grateful for everyone's concern for taiwan. one day ago, following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, the hualien area of taiwan, our government right away activated the so-called central emergency operations center to assess the situation and initiate a recovery efforts in order to minimize the impact of the earthquake. so far the earthquake has caused deaths, mo

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.t and is in hualien, epicentre of the earthquake. thank you so much for being here on the programme live for us. we will talk about the rescue efforts in a moment, butjust give me your sense of it. have you felt anything like what you felt so few hours ago? i what you felt so few hours ago? i was originally in a city in the south of taiwan, and it was not hit out strongly, but i have since come to hualien, a city that wasjust kilometres away from the epicentre of this quake, the largest quake in 25 years, and when you speak to people here they will say that when the quake started they didn't think much of it, quakes happen a lot in taiwan, but then itjust didn't stop after that, so the people here that this has been a big shock. you might see behind me slumped building. this is a one of 18 buildingsjust in this city alone that have sustained significant damage and we heard that from an official we were speaking to just earlier, the death toll at nine, potentially rising, but hopefully

this was in taipei. it was 100 miles away. you see the monitors and the light fixtures swaying as the ground shook. closer to home. the tsunami warning center says no tsunami threat to california is expected. in some coastal areas they might experience sea level changes. nothing significant here, though, let's check in with our meteorologist darren peck in our future studio.. >> a little perspective 7.4 magnitude if you think back ours was a 6.9. it was notably farther away from say san francisco or a lot of the notable dblg that we think of loma prieta. the distance here is 80 miles from taipei. so, i am just giving you the comparison to the major population center. there are small communities on this side of the island where the earthquake happened f. we look at the map differently all of the black dots show you where the population density is for taiwan. if there is any good news here it is that this significant 7.4 earthquake happened on the other side of the island. but there are smaller towns and communities here. just o

scott lai, the director general of the taipei economic and cultural office in san francisco, says his government wants to assure everyone heading to taiwan that things are under control. >> taiwan continues to provide travelers a safe environment with facilities that are ready and secure. >> the impact of the earthquake has been felt far beyond east asia. marie chong is a city council member in hillsboro. she says many in the taiwanese american community here in the bay area are keen to help family and friends back at home, as time goes on, we will be receiving more reports regarding the damage in taiwan and then to see where the needs are, one of the organizations helping is the buddhist tsay foundation, a taiwanese nonprofit with local branches in california, their offices ceo telling us they're already collecting donations as their volunteers help those most in need on the ground in taiwan. >> an earthquake. this kind of scale mental health trauma is so critical. so they need to have somebody to hold on to talk to because with powerful aftershocks expected for days to come, directo

the consequences of earthquakes, the echoes of which were felt in the chinese province of fujian, taipeiremembers how, with tremors of the same strength, almost 2,500 people died on the island in 1999. today , local authorities are still cautiously reporting, clarifying that search and rescue operations are just beginning. seismologists warn of possible aftershocks with a magnitude of up to 7 points. in the coming days , the japanese islands of yaayanawa, neighboring japan, are preparing for a tsunami, where wave heights can reach 3 m, just as it has already happened on yunagun and shigaki. in coastal southeastern regions china. just in case, train traffic was stopped in the area of ​​the yenza river delta. special services carry out preventive checks safely. the launch took place under the control of the dprk leader at a training ground in the suburbs of phinyang. after which the combat unit. signal to the police. a large project for digital infrastructure management is being implemented by local authorities and the rusatom corporation. well, in addition, monitoring of service vehicles

a las 7 y 58 minutos hora local de taiwan el temblor se sintio con fuerza en la capital taiwanesa taipei ciudades del pais, provocando escenas de panico y evacuaciones unos 20 minutos mas tarde una fuerte replica de 6.5 fue registrada a unas 7 millas de la misma ciudad de edificios cuyos cimientos se dieron obligando a sus residentes a huir por las ventanas segun informes de autoridades de es pais, se suspendio el servicio de trenes en toda la isla de taiwan de 23 millones de habitantes, asi como metro en taipei. >> segun informan autoridades taiwanesas se han movilizado gruas y excavadoras para remover escombros y buscar a personas atrapadas entre los edificios derrumbados. >> equipos de rescate y emergencia se encuentran trabajando en las zonas afectadas, evaluando danos y brindando asistencia a las victimas. >> segun la agencia meteorologica de japon, se emitio una alerta de tsunami para las islas de miyakojima y okinawa en el sur de japon, previendo olas de hasta nueve pies de altura, por lo que las autoridades autoridades ordenaron la evacuacion de miles de personas en zonas costera

>> or if it's in taipei, they're not too far apart from each other, the epicenter is closer to a city of about 100,000 people on the east coast of taiwan. there's about 25 million people who live on the island. it's very heavily populated island city of taipei is about 2 and a half million people and they felt the quake, in fact, was felt all the way on the mainland. china. so a very powerful 7.4 quake. and you can see the damage there in. and vicki, you know, when you talk about earthquake country, which highway taiwan is part of this ring of fire, of of earthquake areas of they in taiwan. it particularly it's a modern country, told coats, exactly. are can you only imagine a 7 point? >> if they weren't reinforce, but look at those buildings like 45 degree angles on on on them. back it. i would imagine people are fearful that those things topple over. absolutely. and this is just a sliver of the information that we're getting. >> we're checking in with our stephanie lin, families from taiwan. she speaks chinese. she's monitoring her sources over there. we're going to get more from her

feel it strongly in taipei. it was followed by multiple aftershocks, including a 6.4 quake. the national weather service here in the united states has issued a tsunami threat for parts of the pacific around taiwan and into japan. right now, though, there is no threat to hawaii or the west coast of the u.s. now, the powerful quake rocked all of taiwan, collapsing buildings in multiple cities. train service has been suspended across the island. taiwan is on the pacific ring of fire where most of the world's earthquakes occur. this quake is believed to be the biggest in taiwan since 1999, when 2,400 people were killed. you can see the significant damage there. and, again, this is all just happening within the last two hours, so we will continue to get a lot more updates in the next several hours. let's bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri, who has been tracking this for us for the last couple hours. what are you seeing now, jeff? >> seeing that video coming in to us right now, the way a lot of those build

>> reporter: danielle chang, who was born in taipei and grew up in palo alto experienced it today tooere right at the earthquake hit. >> she was filming an upset for her pbs series asian culture on the scene, when the shaking began to occur. >> reporter: initially it was pretty terrifying, the rumbling was unlike anything i had ever experienced in the area earthquake. >> reporter: the shaking, more violent than the area's 1989 earthquake, she says, and her family and friends back home in new york city and in the bay area worried about whether she was affected by it. >> my phone was blowing up with people, wondering, you know, how we are doing. but we went on with our film shoot and we are still heading down. >> reporter: she travels through some of the hardest hit areas in the next few days, with concerns about indigenous people living in isolated villages closest to the epicenter. >> we will have to drive around the south of the island to reach our filming destination. there's a lot of indigenous populations. >> a lot of people sharing those worries with danielle chang, worried about

you can see taipei to the north. hard to imagine that you could have that much damage 200 miles away from an earthquake. but here you go. these earthquakes continuing to happen. in fact, one just happening here in the last couple of minutes. but you can see numerous earthquakes continue in and around that area. the main earthquake, of course, that one was the 7.4, that early on this morning. it happened during the commute. now we're getting some minor quakes continuing to happen. and that will be the case as we head throughout the night tonight and probably for days, maybe weeks to come as that ground in and around that subduction zone continues to start to fill in in that area that will bring into the earthquakes. but boy, just dangerous situation there. and of course, they get these minor quakes. now, that could be an issue. you had a major quake that struck chile damage. a lot of these buildings down. even a minor quake can be deadly at this time. well, and there were the tsunami warnings as well wanted happen, wh

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as warnings have now been lift a short while ago i spoke with our correspondent james chaser in taipei. he says, most of the deaths and injuries being reported are in the city of while yet while, as you mentioned in the introduction, this is now the most powerful of crates of strikes. high $1.25 is the majority of those casualties and injuries you mentioned, we're seeing and not eastern city of holly. and that's also why we're seeing the most shocking kind of social media images coming out from this quite some line slides. reducing, wrote faces to, to dust and rubble, also some buildings and goes almost a $45.00 degrees to the ground. and that's where we also believe some of the people are still trapped in those buildings. now one of the other things that people, of course be looking at is the impacts on the semi conduct your industry and taiwan, which produces some 90 percent of the was most of on sunday conducts is the biggest company the most important company to see so far says the operations of the front trees have been largely on handed. that was a brief period of evaluation. but

we can show you life edges now of taipei which seems to show a minimal damage so far, we are waitingwill update you on any news from the earthquakes as we get it. let's move to germany next. three people — including a married couple — have been arrested in germany on suspicion of spying for china. investigators arrested three german nationals in the west of the country who are accused of passing on secret information on maritime technology that was used for military purposes. they will appear before judges in the coming days. the london metropolitan police have charged two men with spying for china after an investigation by counter—terrorism officers. christopher berry from 0xfordshire and christopher cash from east london are both accused under the official secrets act. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has the latest. the two men who were arrested about a year ago were charged today after what was described as a complex investigation by the metropolitan police. christopher berry, 32, christopher cash, 29, charged under the official secrets act of 1911 section one, which refe

government and we will bring a full analysis out of taipei later this hour. the numbers for march, or a takedown but of course, terry powell really hammered home recently that there will be no cuts until officials are sure inflation is on track. and then we will get the fed minutes for the march meeting. the explanation behind the shift in the dot plot toward fewer cuts for 2024. but as joe says, we have had lots of economic data surprises since then. still, we will take every clues we can get. just go to da why do you go. you have a bit of china news there. coming up on bloomberg daybreak euro. we will discuss that after the failure to submit last year. that is next. is bloomberg. music note >> welcome back to bloomberg daybreak euro. a curious dynamic in international relations. it comes after bloomberg reported gatherings have been forwarded with south africa family to commit to a date. what is behind the current concerns here? >> the concerns center around south africa and the european euro. the big question is why haven't we seen any of these summits hap

let's cross to our east days or bureau in taipei in our correspond to james change or filed a report that james qual, yeah. and seems to be the worst affected area that's on the east coast. tell us about the area and what's making rescue efforts. there's so challenging yeah, this is a coastal city on taiwan is east coast time to several $100000.00 people. and what seems to be the case. i mean, this is, this is a city to is actually among the most prone to of craig's in taiwan. and what we're really seeing at the moment is a lot of people that are in difficulty. a lot of people that are missing or stuck in a national park, which is a funding mountainous region. the east coast of taiwan is very, very rocky. a lot of these cliff face is kind of full directly into the sea, and that's why the majority of people who seem to be missing and where the majority of the rescue operations are being targeted at the moment. again, as you mentioned in the introduction, some people so missing the majority of those in quality into and so in the coming i was an overnight, that's really why i'm a deal.

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so it does look like there was more shaking in taipei than would be expected.om the distance to the faults. >> the quake also triggered a tsunami warning. japan reported a one foot tsunami and some smaller waves to. that warning has since been lifted. by the way, this is the biggest earthquake to hit the island in over 25 years, but there are mixed reports about how strong this earthquake really, really was here. taiwan's earthquake agency says it was a magnitude 7.2, but the u.s. geological survey says it was actually a 7.4 earthquake. and the agency says the difference in magnitude equals a lot of extra energy released. we'll keep following this story. >> well, some bay area residents who just happened to be visiting taiwan when that quake hit are now back home. ktvu i was at sfo when the first flights arriving from taiwan after the quake landed here in the bay area, a united airlines flight left taiwan's capital city about two hours after the quake. we spoke to some of the flight attendants there who felt that shaking and say they are just glad their plane w

now bear in mind, i'm in taipei, which is about 100 miles or more from the epicenter.ch 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 a very, very intense shaking indeed. and because of that, it has done a lot of damage. particularly, we've now seen many hundreds of landslides and rockslides in the mountains of eastern taiwan, unleashed by this quake, that has caused a lot a lot of damage. well, taiwan is pretty well equipped to deal with with disasters because it lives on the pacific ring of fire. earthquakes are a fact of life here, as are typhoons and other disasters. the military is already deeply involved. they are surveying the area with helicopters. we understand that japan, which is taiwan's closest neighbor, has also offered aid. so i would expect to see japan, which has many specialist search teams, and very well equipped for dealing with earthquakes, will be asked to come in and help. but it's mainly a case