cities including delhi. hospital officials in jajarkot said they were treating more than a0 injured people rescued from the rubble of their homes. live now to our bbc nepali correspondent ashok dahal who's in kathmandu. ashok, talk us through the latest. what do we know? the earthquake at midniaht what do we know? the earthquake at midnight that — what do we know? the earthquake at midnight that hit — what do we know? the earthquake at midnight that hit the _ what do we know? the earthquake at midnight that hit the western - what do we know? the earthquake at midnight that hit the western part - midnight that hit the western part of nepal has killed 157 and more than 300 people have been injured in the incident. 0ur than 300 people have been injured in the incident. our local correspondent who has visited the worst hit area recently told us people are staying outside the home in all weather as their houses are either damaged or collapsed. they complain of inadequate materials. local authorities have asked people to stay outside for at least 2a hours as they are reporting minor aftershocks in the area. the worry is about distributing relief materials and rescue efforts. it is turning dark in nepal and electricity in many affected areas has been cut off. some more than 300 injured have been airlifted to facilities including in kathmandu and nepal's prime minister who witnessed the worst hit area this morning, has said he will announce more relief and relief materials to the victims and the government is also expected to take decisions about whether to take foreign aid for the relief of the quake victims as nepal's neighbour india and china are proposing relief and humanitarian aid to the quake victims, the people of nepal. people are still afraid of aftershocks and major jolts are still afraid of aftershocks and majorjolts in the area and they are still panicking according to our local correspondent. just still panicking according to our local correspondent. just while you have been taught _ local correspondent. just while you have been taught and _ local correspondent. just while you have been taught and we _ local correspondent. just while you have been taught and we have - local correspondent. just while you l have been taught and we have been seeing pictures of the rubble, the devastation in the area. talk us through the area. how common are quakes like this in the region? nepal lies in a quake prone area. it is in the seismic belt between india and china. so, minor quakes are common in nepal. a6 .3 magnitude quake had damaged many houses last month in the nearby area, and after 2015, seven .8 magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 9000 people in nepal, many aftershocks are still being reported. this aftershock was reported even last month, and nepal has observed many quakes. more than five above four magnitude. the major earthquake in the western part of the country, as it had been quite a long period in that area to release the power. long period in that area to release the ower. �* , long period in that area to release the ower. a ., long period in that area to release the ower. a . ., ., the power. ashok dahal in kathmandu, thank ou the power. ashok dahal in kathmandu, thank you for— the power. ashok dahal in kathmandu, thank you for that _ the power. ashok dahal in kathmandu, thank you for that update. _ the power. ashok dahal in kathmandu, thank you for that update. and - the power. ashok dahal in kathmandu, thank you for that update. and of - thank you for that update. and of course as we get more information on that earthquake we will bring you the latest on bbc news. just to let you know we will also bring you live on bbc news, live pictures in a amman as us secretary of state antony blinken is facing calls for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. there will be a speech in the next few minutes which we will bring to you live on bbc news. european commission president ursula von der leyen has made an unannounced visit to kyiv. she was there for talks with president zelensky on ukraine's efforts to join the european union. the commission will next week report on the progress made by ukraine and other countries in their bids for membership. kyiv hopes that — despite the ongoing war against invading russian forces — eu leaders will agree to open formal accession negotiations at a summit in december. that would require the approval of all 27 eu nations — something that's not certain. i must say, you have made excellent progress. this is impressive to see. we will testify to this next week when the commission will present report on enlargement. i want to tell you how impressed we are by the reforms you've made in the midst of a war. you should never forget you are fighting an existential war, and at the same time, you are deeply reforming your country. you have reached many milestones, reforming yourjustice system, curbing the oligarchs' grip, tackling money—laundering and much more. this is the result of hard work, and i know that you are in the process of completing outstanding reforms. if this happens, and i am confident ukraine can reach its ambitious goal of moving to the next stage in the accession process. 0ur reporter abdujalil abdurasulov sent this update from kyiv. there are signs that show that eu politicians believe that ukraine has met the criteria to start the accession process. in fact, the german foreign minister has said that she believed there will be... ukraine will start the formal process after the december summit. many here in ukraine are expecting this report, and they believe that finally their goal to join the eu at least we'll have a certain framework and timeframe, and they will start this process. there were seven conditions that were indicated by the european union that ukraine must meet in order to become a formal... in order to start the formal process. in the past, they said that two of these requirements were met, but ukraine was still supposed to make more efforts to work on reforms of the constitutional court, to change its legislation, to work more on fighting the oligarchs, and support the minority rights. so, on wednesday, we will hear the report from the european commission. if it is positive, it is very likely that the eu will start this formal process after the summit in december. we do not have the exact timeframe at this moment. this is exactly what ukraine was demanding from the eu, give us a timeframe so we will know when we will be able tojoin the european union. at least what they will get now, they will have this formal process to start talks with the european union and become a member in the future. that will be the starting point. as for the timeframe, i believe we might hear something in december, but probably even later. it is not necessarily coming during the summit. some of the eu countries were quite sceptical about ukrainejoining the eu, particularly hungry. particularly hungary. the prime minister of hungary was saying he does not believe that ukraine canjoin the european union while it is at war. it is very difficult to predict when it will happen, and also it is not certain, of course, that all 27 members of the european union will agree to start this formal process. we need to wait for the summit in december, even if this report that is coming out next week will be positive and will confirm that ukraine has met all the requirements that they set up for this country. abdujalil abdurasulov with that update in kyiv. the british actor and comedian russell brand faces a further accusation of sexual assault. the claim is made in a lawsuit filed in the us state of new york. the accuser is a woman using the alias "jane doe". she claims mr brand assaulted her during the filming of the romantic comedy arthur in new york, 13 years ago. she says she was an extra in the film. several women have recently accused mr brand in the british media of sexual assault or inappropriate behaviour, but this is the first accusation filed in court. he has denied taking part in any non—consensual sexual activity. david willis reports. and i tried to get away from him... an investigation by the times, the sunday times and channel it reported claims of sexual assault on the part of russell brand involving four women, one of whom alleged he raped her at his home in los angeles. he denies the allegations. these and this latest allegation all relate to a period when russell brand, seen here at the premiere of his film get me to the greek, was at the height of his hollywood stardom. now, an affidavit filed in new york alleges that russell brand exposed himself to an extra on the set of the film arthur. "the sexual assault happened later that same day "when i was in the bathroom", the affidavit continues. "mr brand entered after me and assaulted me, as a member "of the production crew, guarded the door from outside." it's the first such allegation to be levelled against russell brand in a lawsuit. he has yet to respond. what i seriously refute are these very, very serious criminal allegations... shortly before the initial allegations came to light, he took to his youtube channel to maintain that all his relationships had been consensual. his latest accuser, who has maintained a career as an actor, is reported to be seeking unspecified damages in return for psychological injuries suffered as a result of the assault. david willis, bbc news. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. in northern ireland, water pumping has started in the flooded areas of downpatrick. several towns were hit by heavy rain this week. but for many businesses it could be a while until they are able to assess the damage to their premises. as our northern ireland environment correspondent, louise cullen, reports. unprecedented, apocalyptic, and now the aftermath. after two days of drier weather, it is time to push the water back. the pumps have been working away for hours here, pumping thousands of litres two kilometres away from here. the water level has receded, but it has been far from a simple operation. the complications we are encountering, obviously everyone has heard downpatrick is in a bowl, so there is a lot of floodwater draining down into the bowl. the water levels in the river are quite high, thankfully they have now subsided. this is as close as she can get to her shop floor. my stock is just floating about. it is very hard for a family business. we have been here for 100 years almost and my grandfather started it up. it is hard for everybody but we are a lovely community and we are trying our very best. the fire crew are amazing. it is just heartbreaking. and across the road the local pharmacist is starting his clean—up. we were here until the early hours of the morning while they were trying to save my premises, and it meant so much to me. and to the rest of our staff when they came in the next day. this is one of the main shopping streets in this market town and with christmas barely seven weeks away, there is just one wish now on everyone's list. we need help, we need help now, we need somebody to come down here and say, we need that man who signs the cheques. croatia's foreign minister has been criticised for trying to kiss his german counterpart, annalena baerbock, at a ministerial summit in berlin. they shook hands before a group photo, but then gordan grlic radman appeared to move to kiss ms baerbock. she turned her head, so that they bumped cheeks. in croatia, mr radman�*s faced accusations of acting inappropriately. but he says colleagues always greet each other warmly, while acknowledging that, as he put it, �*maybe it came out awkwardly�*. my colleague tom brada has more details on the story and sent this update, from the newsroom. eu ministerial summits often don't generate headlines, but this moment at an eu foreign ministers meeting in berlin has sparked some controversy. 0n the left, that is croatia's foreign minister, gordan grlic rudman, greeting his german counterpart, annalena baerbock, with a handshake followed by an extremely awkward attempted kiss. ms baerbock turns her head away and his kiss lands on her cheek. now, this happened on thursday, but it's only over the weekend that the video started to spread rapidly online. according to german media, mr grlic radman has already apologised and defended what happened as a warm human approach to a colleague and that it was maybe an awkward moment. for her part, ms baerbock has yet to comment, but the situation has been covered by both german and croatian press. for example, this is a translation of an online article from the german tabloid newspaper bild. the paper calls the incident a kiss attack and goes on to say that the embarrassing situation played out because mr grlic radman had arrived late and that all the other ministers had already greeted one another and exchanged kisses. meanwhile, croatian media has picked up this tweet from former croatian prime minister who posted that forceful kissing of women is also called violence, isn't it? now many people are defending mr grlic radman, insisting that the incident has been blown out of proportion and the greetings with a kiss are a standard part of european culture. in colombia — the search continues for the father of liverpool footballer — luis diaz — who the government says has been kidnapped by left—wing rebels. the colombian forward's mother was released shortly after being seized by gunmen on saturday — but his father is still missing. officials say they expect him to be freed soon — but it's still a difficult time forfamily and friends. translation: luis is very much affected by this situation. - he is very attached to his father, and a blow like this is hitting him very hard, as it is hitting all of his family members, as it is hitting all of us. this situation isn't easy for anyone. this is the first time we've been in a situation like this, and here we are waiting to see what is going to happen. the information we have is that he will be released. and, yes, we are waiting and waiting for things to be solved in a good way. if you could go back in time, say, 4.6 billion years and take a picture of our sunjust as it was being born, it might very well have looked like this. this is a very young star, in the constellation of orion. it's a new image from nasa's james webb space telescope. you can see pink and red jets shooting out from a dense disc of gas and dust. the star is thought to be no more than 50,000 years old — but would have looked much the same as our sun at a similar age. the telescope, which launched two years ago, is in the sun's orbit, 1.5 million kilometres from earth. live now to drjenifer millard, astronomer at fifth star labs who can explain all to us. thank you forjoining us. break it down — what does this image show? what are we looking at? we are lookin: at what are we looking at? we are looking at a _ what are we looking at? we are looking at a newly _ what are we looking at? we are looking at a newly formed - what are we looking at? we are looking at a newly formed star, | what are we looking at? we are - looking at a newly formed star, she said, only a few tens of thousands of years old and stars form from collapsing clouds of gas and dust and as they are collapsing we preserve the way that these clouds are rotating, it kinda enhanced, so it's what we call the angular momentum, you have may see a ballet census spinning and that they bring in their arms census spinning and that they bring in theirarms and census spinning and that they bring in their arms and start spinning faster, or if you spin around in a chair and faster, or if you spin around in a chairand bring in your legs faster, or if you spin around in a chair and bring in your legs and suddenly you spin faster. we are bringing in this cloud of gas and dust that starts to form a star and it spins faster and faster. but we have to get rid of some of the spinning because otherwise the star willjust spinning because otherwise the star will just fling spinning because otherwise the star willjust fling itself spinning because otherwise the star will just fling itself apart. spinning because otherwise the star willjust fling itself apart. the way this is done we think is through these amazing jets which are driven by a very powerful magnetic field and also the rotation of the staff. it looks spectacular, doesn't it? just looking at those photos. but on the grand scale of things, how important would you say this discovery is? this is amazing we have such a detailed image from the james webb space telescope because we have studied this object for about 25 years but not at the wavelengths we can with jay wst, nor with such fine detail, so it will allow us to fully understand how stars are behaving in the very early days. stars are behaving in the very early da s. ,, . stars are behaving in the very early da 5, ,, ., ., ., ., stars are behaving in the very early da s. ,, ., ., ., ., , days. star formation is something we are still trying — days. star formation is something we are still trying to _ days. star formation is something we are still trying to figure _ days. star formation is something we are still trying to figure out _ are still trying to figure out because it takes so long to happen. we can't watch it one star form, we have to take lots of different snapshots of different styles at different stages and build up a picture that way. but we can see that there are jets that came out at different points, that's why there are different bright points along thisjet, because we have are different bright points along this jet, because we have studied are different bright points along thisjet, because we have studied it so long we can see it evolving over time and all of this information helps us to understand how we get to stars. , , ., , helps us to understand how we get to stars. _ ,, stars. this james webb telescope, it was only released _ stars. this james webb telescope, it was only released last _ stars. this james webb telescope, it was only released last year. - stars. this james webb telescope, it was only released last year. it - stars. this james webb telescope, it was only released last year. it has i was only released last year. it has already been responsible for so many discoveries. just how powerful and how important would you say this piece of equipment is? yeah i would say the james webb telescope is a kind of once in a generation telescope. we don't get them very often because they are incredibly difficult to build, require decades of planning. this telescope was planned before we even launched hubble and that was 30 years ago. with this —— with this telescope we can see parts of the universe we could never seen before. the very first stars and _ could never seen before. the very first stars and galaxies _ could never seen before. the very first stars and galaxies billions - could never seen before. the very first stars and galaxies billions of| first stars and galaxies billions of years ago, we are seeing things like this, we can see the asteroids and planets, everything. it is so sensitive this telescope that it can detect the heat of the bumblebee on the moon. it isjust incredible. and i can see so many more details. it is an absolutely amazing telescope and has been doing science 18 months and has been doing science 18 months and it seems like barely a week goes by without some incredible discovery that trying to break all of our theories, which can seem a little bit scary but we like it to test our theories because when something doesn't match up to what we think, to what we are seeing, that means there is new science we are about to discover about the universe. this is an incredible telescope and it will be operating for ten or 20 years yet so there will be so much more to come out of it.— so there will be so much more to come out of it. very exciting, and very exciting _ come out of it. very exciting, and very exciting for _ come out of it. very exciting, and very exciting for your _ come out of it. very exciting, and very exciting for your industry, i l very exciting for your industry, i would imagine. doctorjenifer millard, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. just before we bring you the headlines in a few minutes, let's bring you live pictures coming from our camera in southern israel. these are live pictures looking towards gaza. you can see a big plume of smoke rising into the air. these picturesjust plume of smoke rising into the air. these pictures just coming plume of smoke rising into the air. these picturesjust coming in plume of smoke rising into the air. these pictures just coming in live to us. we will get more on the situation in both gaza and israel in the coming minutes and hours. stick with us for the latest on bbc news. and of course you can head to the bbc news live pages where our correspondence and reporters will be updating you with everything we know and the latest on what is happening. thousands of people... apologies, let's head to london where we are getting some more live pictures in today, coming in from just around trafalgar square where thousands of people have been gathering. protesting, surrounding the gaza war, as we are expecting... and here we are expecting antony blinken, the us secretary of state, he's just about to give a press conference, give a speech, he is meeting representatives of arab nations in thejordanian capital of amman, and we will bring you that speech live on bbc news as they are just preparing to give that speech. let's listen in. translation: that reflect our interests to — translation: that reflect our interests to protect _ translation: that reflect our interests to protect our - translation: that reflect our interests to protect our pupilsl translation: that reflect our- interests to protect our pupils from the destruction of war and work together continuously to stop this disaster that erupted on the 7th of october and actually evolved into the war that israel is waging against gaza. 0ur speech today was direct and comprehensive and in—depth and with all transparency it has reflected the stances in what should be done immediately to end this catastrophe. but it asserts our mutual keenness, our involvement, actually, to stop what we can describe as a catastrophe that will haunt the region for generations, and we all wantjust and comprehensive peace on the basis of the two—state solution as a path for ensuring the security of the region for the palestinians, the israelis and the people of the region. also there were points of meeting and points of agreement between the us and the stances that the arab foreign ministers have actually expressed and these points included the importance of delivering humanitarian assistance, enough humanitarian assistance, enough humanitarian assistance, enough humanitarian assistance to gaza and protecting civilians, the importance of adherence to international law and human rights and the displacement of palestinians off their land, and as we said before at their land, and as we said before at the arab league and we injordan and all the arab countries, we consider that this is a war crime that we will stop with all our strength. the arab countries, the arab world demand an immediate ceasefire that will end this war and end the killing of the innocent and the destruction it is causing. we don't accept that it is self defence. it is a raging war that is killing civilians, destroying their homes, their hospitals, there are schools, their hospitals, there are schools, their mosques and their churches. it cannot be justified under any pretext and it will not bring israel security. it will not bring the region piece. the killing must stop and also israel immune from committing war crimes must stop. and please allow me now to switch to english. we cannot allow this war to undermine all that has been done to bring about a just peace to the region. with every missile unleashed on gaza, with every killing of a palestinian child, and israel has killed in this war more children than all verbal conflict since 2019, the whole region sinking in a sea of hatred that will define generations to come. that is already starting to manifest itself and expressions and acts of hatred in the region and the deplorable acts and expressions, islamophobia and anti—semitism. and that's something that we all stand against unequivocally on principle and in accordance with our human values. this is not a religious war, it is not a war between muslims and jews, it is defined in its context and all our values, muslim, christian, jewish, or other human values dictate that we work for peace and we stop this madness and we do not allow for the very dangerous dehumanisation that we see. rachelshould dangerous dehumanisation that we see. rachel should not be allowed and cannot be allowed to destroy the lives of millions of people. we understand there is pain, nobody in their right mind will belittle the pain that was felt by israelis on october the 7th and that's been filled by palestinians and all of us, it doesn't matter who we are, arab, muslims, christians, jews, human being, but again we cannot allow rage to determine where we go forward. we condemn the killing of all civilians, we condemn the killing of palestinian civilians, we condemn the killing of israeli civilians. 0n condemn the killing of israeli civilians. on october seven and before and after, regardless of nationality, as i said. 0ver before and after, regardless of nationality, as i said. over the situation in the west bank. again, killing and the violation of international law cannot continue there. settlers should not be allowed to rampage palestinian communities and kill innocents in the west bank. israeli soldiers who brought despicable humiliation on palestinians after illegally detaining them should be held accountable. palestinians and israelis deserve to live in peace, with dignity, with security and with freedom, from occupation and freedom from fear. 0nly freedom, from occupation and freedom from fear. only a just and lasting peace that chose the right to the palestinian people of freedom and the state, jerusalem is the capital drawn on 1967 lines, israel will bring security to all. the priority now is to ending this war to saving innocent lives, preventing further destruction, restoring hope and to stopping the very dangerous dehumanisation. all lives matter to all of us. mr secretary, tony, who has a leading role to play in these efforts. and on it and on all of us, hold the very heavy responsibility of ending this catastrophe, achieving the just peace that is the right of every palestinian, every israeli, mother, child, fatherand that will ensure that none of them, orany that will ensure that none of them, or any other in the region will ever have to live the horrors that this vicious cycle of violence and war is bringing. we will continue to