and yes i am sleeping and i feel the plane drop it was like any other turbulence is because that masks came down to that is when i knew oh gosh, this is something way different. its it started freaking out there. how would you like to be flying without happens question of terrifying moments on the alaskan airlines flight over oregon last night a window panel blew off in mid air leaving a gaping hole in the fuselage. that whole was a covered unused door on the side of the plane. the cap and depressurized, boys of tort we sure we are told was sucked right up his backward faa temporarily grounding more than 170 of the boeing 737 max nine jets that are used across the globe. this is a brand-new hour of fox news live on eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hello everyone i am arthel neville. passengers on that flight from portland, oregon to ontario california described the chaos as people s phones and other belongings were sucked out of the plane but thankfully the plane did make a
welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. 2024 is shaping up to be a year of elections. two billion people one in four of the world s population will go to the polls this year in votes that could change the global political landscape. 50 nations will hold elections. starting with bangladesh, the polls include seven out of the world s ten most populous nations india, the united states, indonesia, pakistan, russia and mexico. and the uk will go to the polls at some point this year. british prime minister rishi sunak has said his assumption is that a general election will be held in the second half of this year, despite some speculation it could take place in the spring. opinion polls put mr sunak s conservatives well behind the opposition labour party. with the details, our political editor, chris mason. can i welcome to you this morning, rishi sunak, the prime minister? mansfield in nottinghamshire a town the conservative
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
trump s legal team went to the justice department to meet with the one and only jack smith. remember, just two weeks ago, trump s lawyers sent an official letter to attorney general merrick garland asking for a chance to make their case. the attorney general was not at today s meeting, we don t know everything that was discussed. but the washington post reports this, people familiar with the matter say trump s lawyers asked the department of justice not to charge the former president. earlier, former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann said this meeting is a sign of what s to come. there is no reason to have the meeting if there weren t going to be potential charges. when you look at what the facts are, it would actually be a violation of the rule of law for donald trump, not to be charged. not long after, his lawyers left the department of justice, donald trump himself posted this on his social media platform, quote, how can doj possibly charge me, who did nothing wrong,