live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we began injapan. 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. the prime minister says help is on its way. 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 earthquake struck just after 4pm i
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
this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 8am injapan, where we begin this hour. thousands of people have spent the night in evacuation centres, following a powerful earthquake. four 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 to japan, and is monitoring developments. the epicentre of the 7.6 magnitude quake was noto province in the centre ofjapan, 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
we re talking breaking news out of turkey where a major earthquake has struck the southern part of the country. officials say the death toll has now risen to at least 17. the u.s. geological survey says the 7.8 magnitude quake was centered east of nadagi in gaziant. p province. officials say multiple buildings have collapsed not just in turkey but also in syria. an aftershock with a magnitude of 6.7 struck northwest of the initial quake about 11 minutes later. a local journalist tells cnn there were up to eight very strong aftershocks in under a minute. let s take you now to cnn s jomana karadsheh for the very latest. more details coming in, jomana? reporter: we are starting to get more and more information, leila, coming from different parts of the country. we heard from the turkish interior minister saying they are getting reports from many places. at least ten provinces across southeastern turkey have been impacted by this major 7.8 magnitude earthquake. according to the