gansu province. more than 250 other people have been injured in the 6.2 magnitude quake. rescuers are braving freezing weather with temperatures below 13c to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. let s go live to our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell who is in beijing, what more can you tell us? a what more can you tell us? powerful, shallow earthquakes struck the plateau as before midnight, bringing down people s homes and killing 118 residents as they slept, of those we are told 105 people died in gansu province and 13 in neighbouring qinghai. the rescue effort started through the night into the early hours of the morning and has continued today in very difficult, freezing conditions. we are told that 11100 firefighters have been sent to assist in the rescue effort. we are getting footage of emergency tents being set up. you can imagine one of the terrible things when this sort of accident happe
borisjohnson has been referred to police by the government s cabinet office, over new claims he broke lockdown rules during the pandemic. a fresh search begins near a reservoir in portugal for madeleine mccann, 16 years after she disappeared. this device was found to have high levels of lead, nickel and chromium. a bbc investigation finds harmful levels of chemicals in vapes confiscated from secondary school children. and from secondary school children. on newsnight at 1( deeper and on newsnight at 1030, we will go deeper behind the headlines and speak like the key players on today s big stories. plus, we take a first look at what is on tomorrow s front pages. good evening. cctv footage appears to show a police van following two teenage boys on an electric bike in cardiff, moments before they died in a collision yesterday. the deaths of kyrees sullivan, who was 16, and harvey evans, who was 15, sparked a riot, involving around 150 people. the police and crime commissioner for
let s start with the aftermath of what appears to be the largest incursion into russia s territory since the full scale invasion of ukraine began. russia now says it s used air strikes and artillery to defeat the armed insurgents. the kremlin claims it killed 70 attackers who crossed into the belgorod region on monday. it says the rest were driven back into ukraine. belgorod s governor said one civilian died in the violence. russia insists the fighters were ukrainian, and used us supplied weapons, but both kyiv and washington deny any involvement. instead, two russian paramilitary groups have posted these images on social media, saying this was an attempt to overthrow vladimir putin s regime. our security correspondent frank gardner explains how the development is likely to be not welcomed by the west. this raid launched from ukrainian territory and carried out by russians could turn out to be a little bit of a mixed blessing for kyiv. why? on one hand, it is embarrassing for
in praia da luz, the long running search has resumed, with police digging near the arade dam, just 50 kilometres away from where she went missing. also tonight the disgraced entertainer rolf harris has died aged 93. we ll talk to a reporter that sat through every day of his sexual assault trial. we will also speak to the chief rabbi of ukraine about the impact of russia s invasion and what he s doing to support people across the county. but first, we start with that news that the former british prime minister borisjohnson has been referred to police over new allegations he broke lockdown rules during the covid pandemic. the information was passed to police by the government s cabinet office. it s being reported that the referral is to two police forces based on recently discovered information. it should be stressed at this stage, police are investigating, and no breach of the rules has been confirmed. live now to our uk political correspondentjonathan blake. hi there. this is
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