Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9am in the coastal city of hualien in taiwan where an earthquake has struck. It registered 6. 4 but because the quake was so shallow, its done major damage. At least two people have been killed and many others have been injured. Rescue teams worked throughout the night to free those trapped in collapsed buildings. The quake struck 1a miles northeast of hualien, shortly before midnight. One eyewitness was on air with the bbc when an aftershock hit. Heres laura westbrook. Responders rushed to the scene as the destruction becomes clear. A woman screams as she jumps from a building and people rush to help her. It may have been a 6. 4 quake here in hualien but it was quite shallow and violent. One eyewitness describes the moment the quake struck. We were all in bed. Everything started shaking, the bed started shaking and everyone started scream
Well be speaking to parents of premature babies. And bad news for music fans ticket prices for big name arena gigs have doubled since the late 1990s. While a ticket to see the spice girls was £23 twenty years ago, going to see taylor swift costs upwards of £60 now. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. So have high ticket prices stopped you seeing your favourite artist . Have you noticed how much more expensive it is now . Get in touch with us. Share your experiences. And concert prices arent the only thing going up. Council taxes are on the increase as well. Theyre going up by an average of £100, as local authorities struggle to balance their books. Whats happening in your area . Can you afford to pay more . And have you or your family got personal experiences of cuts to services . Do get in touch on this and all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Ou
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london, and 9. 30am in pyongyang, where north korea says it has no intention of using the Winter Olympics in south korea as an opportunity to hold talks with officials from the United States something that the us Vice President mike pence hadnt ruled out. On the eve of the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, north korea is preparing to display its military might in a military parade. These satellite images show the preparations being made at a military base in the north korean capital. The parade will mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of its army, and according to one source, as many as 13,000 troops are practicing. It comes as the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics dubbed by south koreas president as the peace olympics is set to take place. For more, lets cross now to the bbcs china correspondent. Stephen mcdonell, who is in pyeongchang in south korea. United states and north korea are sending high level delegations to the Winter
Perilously. Rescuers are searching for people trapped inside. Two have died and about 200 are injured. About 150 have been rescued from pa rtially colla psed buildings in the city of hualien, a popular tourist destination. These are the latest pictures just coming in. When we look at this hotel, in the long shot, you can see ina hotel, in the long shot, you can see in a moment that it is tilting at an extraordinary level. What looks like the ground floor is in fact the third floor. The rest of it has sunk below ground. Until recently we were told there were several people trapped inside. 1 man was rescued largely because he had his phone with him and he could shine a light from the phone. Rescuers, they knew then that someone was inside and they were able to zero in on the light. | they were able to zero in on the light. I think they were able to zero in on the light. I think we can speak now to indie, who was following events from taipei. To cindy lui. Well, there have been several af
Twe nty20s, have had the ashes, and now to the twenty20s, a tri series for england against australia and new zealand. They lost their opening match to the aussies this morning. I will tell you more about how that happened later on. Sarah has the weather and it is not cricketing weather . M later on. Sarah has the weather and it is not cricketing weather . It is certainly sunny for many, but those temperatures are nothing to write home about. We still have quite a lot of lying snow around. Things are going to turn a little bit milder tomorrow. I will bring you all the details in about 30 minutes. Also coming up, do you remember this . Its been nominated for one of the tv moments of last year well be meeting Professor Robert kelly, whose distraction there was a surprise appearance at the royal courts ofjustice this morning as a judge heard arguments for and against the release of serial sex attacker the so called black cab rapist, john worboys. Standing in the caged in dock of court 5 wa