and the japanese authorities say a coastguard aircraft involved in yesterday s fatal collision at tokyo s haneda airport wasn t cleared for take off. the smaller aeroplane collided with a japan airlines passengerjet on the runway, leading to a fireball and the deaths of five people. russia and ukraine have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners of war, after what moscow described as difficult negotiations. this programme continues on bbc one. today, two other parties are out of the starting blocks. on the eve of big speeches from the labour and conservative leaders, today we had a farage free reform uk press conference. and a lib dem stunt. richard tice, the reform leader, and daisy cooper, deputy leader of the lib dems, are here. all politicians are up against some grim economic warnings. i think it s more likely than not we will see the uk entering recession over the course of 202a. it is a coin toss if you look at economic forecasts. so how will the economy play into t
remarkable run for the teenage darts prodigy. we alive at the academy where luke littler owned his world class skills. we are alive. if yesterday s claim by the government that it had abolished the backlog of older asylum applications, and labour s response that it was actually a barefaced lie are a sign of things to come, it s likely going to be a bitter and intense uk general election. tomorrow, the pm and labour leader will give new year speeches laying out some of the things they believe are important to voters. today, the liberal democrats and reform uk were on parade. we ll talk to the leader of reform and the deputy leader of the lib dems in a moment. first, nick sets the scene for the battle for number ten. the prize, a gilded portal which the incumbent will fight hard to retain. a symbol of power the pretender will hope to capture.