going. people trapped on the trains. businesses and homes are crushed. a major move by israel supreme court striking down a contentious law. risking even more division in the country at more. as we start 2024, some of the 2023 political predictions that were also wrong. how is it looking this new year? welcome to the lead. i m casey in for jake tapper. we start with destruction in a japan after a 7.2 magnitude earth right. four people were killed when the 7.5 magnitude quake hit western japan just hours into the new year followed by a series of aftershocks. the weather agency says those could continue up to a week. it also triggered tsunami warnings along the coast and residents have been urged to evacuate. the warnings have been downgraded but there is still a tsunami threat. multiple buildings caught fire or collapsed including a home on the upper left of the screen. it was reduced to a pile of rubble. we start coverage off from japan where more than 8000 military perso
Its all in the packaging the everyday items that recyclers say are impossible to deal with. And coming up in the sport on bbc news tonights swedish top division fixture between gothenburg and aik has been postponed, after an alleged match fixing attempt. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Prime Minister, theresa may, has launched the conservative Party Manifesto this lunchtime, with a raft of policy pledges claiming to get to grips with the great challenges of our time. It includes major changes to social care in england. For the first time, the value of someones property would be included in the means test for care at home. Mrs may pledged changes to our State Pensions. She said therell be a new double lock system when the current triple lock expires in 2020. Theres also a promise for an increase in nhs funding, by a minimum of £8 billion in real terms over the next five years. On brexit, mrs may warned that if a government failed in the negotiations, the conseque