aircraft using the emergency inflatable slides before it was engulfed by flames. japan airlines and airbus have both expressed their sympathies for those affected by the accident. searching for survivors japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble, after a powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. we have just had a couple of statements on the aircraft collision in tokyo and i will read them out for you. statement from japan airlines confirms that on the evening of the 2nd ofjanuary, airlines confirms that on the evening of the 2nd of january, the evening of the 2nd ofjanuary, the flight was involved in a collision with a japan coastguard aircraft during its landing which resulted in a fire on the runway. the statement extends thoughts and prayers with the deceased members of the japan coastgu
Third world country way of campaigning. Our new york correspondent nada tawfik sent this report from outside the courthouse. Both sides have now rested their case the defence early tuesday, after calling two witnesses, and donald trump deciding not to take the stand. That had been the major question looming over this weeks long trial, because donald trump had said publicly that he would though legal analysts doubted throughout that he would actually take the risk, given he would be opening himself up to damaging questions by prosecutors, and ultimately it is his Fifth Amendment right not to be compelled to be a witness against himself, the burden of proof is on prosecutors here. And thejudge will Instruct Thejury not to hold it against donald trump. Now donald trump said he thought his Team Presented a great case. He wasjoined in court by a large entourage of republican politicians and his eldest son, donjr. Outside of court, donjr was asked why his father didnt testify he said that he
of copenhagen to watch her make her annualjourney from her residence to the christiansborg palace to hold a new year s reception with military officers and other dignitaries. margrethe shocked danes when she announced on new year s eve that she will abdicate on the 14th of january. when the throne passes to her son, frederik, it will be the first time since 1926 that no country in the world has had a reigning queen. let s turn to some other news around the world: authorities says a sixth grade student was killed by a 17 year old at a high school in perry, iowa. five others were injured in the shooting. police say the shooter, who was armed with a pump action shotgun and a small calibre handgun, was found dead with a self inflicted gunshot wound. police also say they found an improvised explosive device while searching the building. authorities injapan say the death toll from this week s earthquake has risen to 92. an additional 2112 people have now been confirmed as missing. thousands
fortu nately, fortunately, the plane was able to stop and the people were able to evacuate. here you can see them disembarking. obviously, a highly dangerous situation and the emergency services were drafted in to tackle the flames. it took quite some time for those claims to come under control. the aircraft set off at about 4pm local time. these scenes were about two hours later. it was supposed to land at 5:40pm. this incidentjust as the authorities injapan are racing against time after a massive earthquake and subsequent tremors have caused the loss of life of some
during its landing which resulted in a fire on the runway. the statement extends thoughts and prayers with the deceased members of the japan coastguard and says they want to assure you that all passengers and crew on our flight was safely evacuated. another statement from airbus in france confirming that the plane collided with another aircraft on landing and it says the exact circumstances of the event are still unknown and that airbus is presently dispatching a team of specialists from france to assist the authorities injapan. further updates will be provided. you can see the live shot, the flames that engulfed the aircraft have now been extinguished and it is obviously late now in tokyo and the statement has just come in from airbus and another one from japan airlines and