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
big ben strikes midnight. it s europe s biggest fireworks display and as the countdown began, more than 100,000 people watched along the river thames as the london skyline lit up and the sounds of big ben chimed. you can actually smell the gunpowder the air, you can smell it. it is fireworks night here. big ben, the chimes have rung and we are now officially in 202a. the best show on earth. amazing, indescribable, no words. so worth it, i am loving it so much. this is my first time for london, coming here and seeing this. i i love it, it is so good. this year s theme is unity, a message played from the king. 0ur society is woven from diverse threads. and the london mayor, who thanked those working in the nhs, the police and the fire service. he said the event took months to organise. we have planned this sincejuly. there is a team of 75 who have been working over the last four days. one of our strengths as a city and country is our diversity. we will be celebrating our dive
being a great friend of this show. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for being with me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now a heart-felt tribute to queen elizabeth ii is under way in london. thousands pouring in to say a final farewell to their monarch. the last hour we saw the queen s eight grandchildren holding a vigil as she lies in state. the royal family also greeting world leaders as they arrive today ahead of the queen s funeral, which is monday. let s go straight to london right now. max foster, richard quest and anna stewart are following this historic event. max, to you first. this vigil, with the queen s grandchildren, was only about 15 minutes. wow, even with that brevity, you felt such love being exuded from these family members, from these young men and women who were paying the greatest homage to their grandmother. reporter: yeah. something they all wanted to do. outline, for william and harry, more practice at this sort of thing. for the
lesser extent in the south down here. they ve gained even more ground in offensives. president zelenskyy claims they have recaptured some 6,000 square kilometers of territory. it s about 2,300 square miles since the beginning of the month. this is impossible to verify, but it is even more ground than the russians actually gained in the last several months and it happened fast. i want to show you this animation here, if we can zoom in. you can see the yellow there, how quickly ukrainian troops have recaptured territory that had been occupied by the russians. now russia is responding. ukrainian officials say russian strikes knocked out power in the region. in donetsk ukrainian forces also recaptured a town there after forces crossed the donetsk river. this here is the aftermath. the capture will further complicate any attempt by the remaining russian-backed forces to withdraw, and last night secretary of state tony blinken called the recent gains by ukrainians encouraging.
silver bowls. so where are they now? let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. erin burnett outfront. russia s epic meltdown in a stunning and rapid turn of events. ukraine now has putin on the run. you can see over on the top right of this map highlighted in solid yellow, you can see the land that ukraine has recaptured in a week. that is now land that russia captured in five months. in one week, more land taken from putin than he was able to gain in more than five months. ukraine has now taken back more than 2,300 square miles total according to president zelenskyy. the onslaught was so swift and so unexpected that russian troops fled any way they could, disguised as locals literally taking bikes and stealing them and trying to bike away. this was far from an organized planned retreat. it was chaotic. these are some of the images we are now seeing of ukrainian forces. this is just one village. look at the utter destruction there. just completely destroyed. repor