wally from space! the counting campaign asking the public to pinpoint the whereabouts of walruses like thor, a recent visitor to the english coast. and the australian open tennis tournament gets under way, with novak djokovic back and chasing a tenth title a year after he was deported for breaching covid rules. a very warm welcome to the programme. rescue workers in nepal have resumed their search for four people who are still unaccounted for after sunday s deadly plane crash. 68 bodies have already been found after the disaster, the worst in three decades in nepal. a national day of mourning is being observed for the victims. rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from nepal. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. thunderous roar a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge, close to the tourist town of pokhara, minutes before it was due to land at the recently opened ai
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
at least 157 people. houses are destroyed and people are digging through rubble to rescue others. and russell brand faces a fresh allegation of sexual assault. the claim is made in a civil lawsuit filed in new york and dates back to 2010. hello. i am anna foster, this is bbc news, live from jerusalem. israel s military has again urged civilians in gaza s north to leave the area. it reopened one of the strip s main highways. allowing people to drive south. strip s main highways. the road was scheduled to be open for three hours and that window was due to close just moments ago. the rafah crossing to egypt is also closed at least temporarily. no one has used the crossing so far today. we are hearing that gaza border authorities will not permit foreign passport holders to cross into egypt until the injured people in gaza s hospitals are allowed to travel to rafah. hundreds of foreign citizens have escaped gaza through the crossing in the past few days. our bbc arabic corresp
of fatal airline accidents. as a nation mourns, some are asking if enough is being done to ensure the country s skies are safe. in the last few decades, hundreds have died in air crashes in nepal. as families grieve, they also want answers. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, kathmandu. the bbc s ashok dahal is in kathmandu and hejoins me now. what more can you tell us? it what more can you tell us? it has been 24 hours as the aircraft crashed into a gorge close to an international airport, newly opened, in pokhara. before people are still missing and rescuers have using the utmost effort to find those missing people in the deep gorge and they ve been
using ladders, ropes and cranes to descend down deep into the gorge in the hope of finding people alive. but i recently talked to officials, and they have said finding any survivors alive is going slam. nearly 800 rescuers have been mobilised in its entire effort, and rescue efforts were stalled yesterday evening after it was dark and it was very cold in the deep gorge to find people, but they have resumed the rescue effort this morning and they are still trying to find people in the difficult terrain. trying to find people in the difficult terrain. 0k, ashok dahal, difficult terrain. ok, ashok dahal. for difficult terrain. 0k, ashok dahal, for now, difficult terrain. ok, ashok dahal, for now, thank- difficult terrain. 0k, ashoki dahal, for now, thank you, difficult terrain. 0k, ashok- dahal, for now, thank you, live from kathmandu with that rescue operation. let s get some of the day s other news. a 22 year old man has been arrested on suspicion