it s 8am in singapore, and 9am injapan, where we begin this hour. thousands of people have spent the night in evacuation centres, following a powerful earthquake. six people were killed and dozens injured, with many more thought to be buried under the rubble of buildings. in the past hour, british prime minister rishi sunak said the uk stands ready to support tojapan, and is monitoring developments. the epicentre of the 7.6 magnitude quake was noto province in the centre of japan, with the tremors felt as far away as the capital tokyo. tens of thousands of people were told to head to higher ground, in the country s first major tsunami warning since 2011. the warning was later downgraded, with waves of less than one metre reported. suranjana tewari is injapan, and sent this report. this footage from inside someone s home captures the moment the powerful earthquake struck. some staff at this news network took cover, while others wanted to cover the story. the 7.6 magnitude eart
political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, it s one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, speaking to people in israel and in gaza about how they re living through it. the year has seen many important and profound stories, from the war in ukraine to donald trump s legal affairs in the us and for india, a successful moon landing. i m going to bring you just some of those moments. we begin in turkey and syria and the devastating earthquake that struck early on the sixth of february. these images show the moment the first quake hit. with a magnitude of 7.8, it destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed thousands of people. a second powerful tremor hours later increased the death toll even further. i was one of the firstjournalists to reach the epicentre,
my name is andreas vollsund. i m mayor of time kommune. bryne is the big city in this community. bryne is a small place, but a warm place, a place where everyone knows each other. the people in bryne, in time kommune, in the jaeren, as we call it here, is, yeah, friendly people, but working, hard working people. bryne is the biggest place in an area called jaeren, which is a very agriculture heavy place, there s a lot of farms. right outside of the city, you can see green grass everywhere, so we re very proud that we have so many good, hard working farmers. we can get the best food on the table and be as strong as erling! only 12,000 lives here. people quite friendly, but quiet. we won t use ten words i or if one word is sufficient, or even a meaningful pause. you can see that in erling. he doesn t speak long sentences, and that s normal here. growing up in bryne is very much about football. it s basically been the one thing that this town is all about. the football team bryn
doomed to we come on air with some breaking news, a hamas. was killed. three other people were killed. three other people were killed in the attack, the deputy head of hamas political bureau deeply involved in his military affairs. and the founder of its military wing. this took a stronghold of the hezbollah group. you can see there at these pictures just coming into us at the moment. this is of course a developing story, and it s been confirmed by an official from hamas that they are deputy has been killed. in that attack, and these pictures there just coming into us from beirut, and we are, at the moment, awaiting a response from the israeli government and we will have more on that at the moment, just showing you those pictures that are just coming into us of the aftermath of that attack. a statement said more than 200 people have been killed by israeli strikes, israeli forces have stepped up strikes, israeli forces have stepped up their bombardment of khan younis in south
academic past. harvard s first black female president out after just six months on the job. an israeli air strike kills three hamas leaders in lebanon, including one of the founders of the group s military wing. what it could mean as the conflict widens purely deadly collision in japan involving a passenger plane and a coast guard on its way to victims of the massive earthquakes there. our new series, guns in america. we spend a night in one of the nation s top medical trauma centers with a firsthand look at the impact of gun violence. you see people on their worst day and they are on death s door. takes a few seconds from here to there, and that shift can have a big impact. google maps and ai may mean less red lights in your future. when i see a red light, i hear opportunity, an opportunity to help drivers. major: good evening everyone. thank you for joining us. i am major garrett in for norah. we begin with a shake up at the top of one of the nation s mo