Another handshake a friendly lunch and a rare in the taishan south koreas leader is asked to visit. A new round of hugging diplomacy indias Prime Minister wraps up a historic visit to palestine just weeks after he hosted the president of israel. In a local election that could stress upon the ruling coalition. Would begin with one of the biggest confrontations between israel and iran in years that said with the downing of an israeli f. Sixteen fighter jet well the jet crashed after coming under fire during a mission inside syria but it landed then israeli territory it all began when israel says it spotted a drone flying in its airspace and intercepted it israel says the drone originated from syria and it launched a major air raid in syrian territory in response with its warplanes targeting at least a dozen syrian and iranian bases well syria responded with a barrow aircraft fire and thats when the f. Sixteen was dad. Well iran has rejected as ridiculous israels claim that it intercepted
A look at fresh air. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the feud over north Koreas Nuclear program moved to center stage on the eve of the Olympic Games in south korea u. S. Vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul on this promising new more aggressive sanctions against the north he met with south korean president jay is following on this warning not to allow him to quote hide behind feeling it fam and today kim jong un presided over a military parade or show of force after sending athletes and performers over the border that move seen as either a bid to thaw in relations with the south or a ploy to provoke the u. S. North korea and the United States are still sending mixed messages a day before the twenty teen winter games. Despite signaling it was willing to talk north korea hasnt traded the savior for the olive branch quite yet pyongyang staged a massive military parade marking the founding of its armed forces. Addressing his troops north Korean Leader kim jong
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9am in the coastal city of hualien in taiwan where an earthquake has struck. It registered 6. 4 but because the quake was so shallow, its done major damage. At least two people have been killed and many others have been injured. Rescue teams worked throughout the night to free those trapped in collapsed buildings. The quake struck 1a miles northeast of hualien, shortly before midnight. One eyewitness was on air with the bbc when an aftershock hit. Heres laura westbrook. Responders rushed to the scene as the destruction becomes clear. A woman screams as she jumps from a building and people rush to help her. It may have been a 6. 4 quake here in hualien but it was quite shallow and violent. One eyewitness describes the moment the quake struck. We were all in bed. Everything started shaking, the bed started shaking and everyone started scream
Im also ahead. People killed in just twenty four hours as russian and Syrian Government jets head to rebel held areas. Speculation builds about the future of south africas president jacob zuma often on the president to delay to his state of the nation address plus. Three. Left off from florida for the worlds most powerful rock and what could be a turning point in space exploration. A magnitude six point four earthquake has hit eastern time on killing at least four people and injuring more than two hundred others it happened in the port city of while then very far far to say at least five people remain trapped inside a hotel on the brink of collapse one hundred and forty five people remain unaccounted for. Has the latest. Working against the clock to search for survivors. Rescuers are using cranes to get to those trapped in whats left of while ins Marshall Hotel when the earthquake struck just before midnight local time the ground floor katie dean leaving the entire building slanting on
Perilously. Rescuers are searching for people trapped inside. Two have died and about 200 are injured. About 150 have been rescued from pa rtially colla psed buildings in the city of hualien, a popular tourist destination. These are the latest pictures just coming in. When we look at this hotel, in the long shot, you can see ina hotel, in the long shot, you can see in a moment that it is tilting at an extraordinary level. What looks like the ground floor is in fact the third floor. The rest of it has sunk below ground. Until recently we were told there were several people trapped inside. 1 man was rescued largely because he had his phone with him and he could shine a light from the phone. Rescuers, they knew then that someone was inside and they were able to zero in on the light. | they were able to zero in on the light. I think they were able to zero in on the light. I think we can speak now to indie, who was following events from taipei. To cindy lui. Well, there have been several af