gideon levy in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. let s begin with a very basic fact you are one of your own israeli government s fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. you ve certainly been an arch critic of the israeli military strategy in gaza. given all of that, i just wonder how you feel sitting in tel aviv watching the international court ofjustice consider the case of genocide filed against israel. i was watching it with a lot of sadness, depression and also a sense of shame, i must tell you. you know, my parents came here as refugees, really the ashes of the biggest genocide in history. and here, 80, 90 years later, israel is accused for genocide. i mean, i wish more israelis have at least watched the scenes, at least watch the scenes of gaza. they don t see gaza. i wish they would have seen more of the children on the grounds of the hospita
in sport, he s done it luke littler s dream run continues, as the 16 year old becomes the youngest person to reach tonight s world darts final. tha nkfully thankfully not as windy today but there are now over 300 flood warnings across the uk following storm henk. at least the prospects are a little bit drier. full forecast on breakfast. good morning. it s wednesday, 3rd january. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to begin a six day strike the longest in nhs history. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. members of the doctors union, the bma, have asked for a 35% pay increase. the government says that is unrealistic. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! a new year, but still no end in sight to the junior doctors pay dispute, which started last spring. the six day walk out is their longest yet, and comes
investigating an aeroplane collision. this is the moment the passenger plane skidded down the runway on the airport on tuesday before a collision with a japanese coast a transport plan. people filmed the panic as smoke from the engine filled the cabin. five people on board the smaller aircraft died. it was heading to deliver supplies to people affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the province of noto. passengers told bbc what it was like inside the plane. translation: assault if i had s - read translation: assault if i had spread and translation: assault if i had spread and only translation: assault if i had spread and only about - translation: assault if i had spread and only about ten - translation: assault if i had spread and only about ten and i spread and only about ten and 15 minutes. i spread and only about ten and 15 minutes- 15 minutes. i can only say it was a miracle 15 minutes. i can only say it was a miracle and - 15 minutes. i can only say it was a
it s newsday. welcome to bbc news. it s 8am in singapore, and 9am injapan where we start the programme today. all of the 379 passengers and crew on board a japan airlines plane had a miraculous escape when it became engulfed in flames. thejet was coming in to land, when there was a collision with a coastguard plane. five people on board the smaller aircraft died. it was heading to deliver supplies to people affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake, in the province of noto. our correspondent, suranjana tewari, is at haneda airport, with more on the reaction on the ground. haneda airport, behind me, is slowly resuming service about 100 flights were cancelled as a result of that collision on the runway. now, mostly domestic flights, international flights have been taking off and landing, as well, but really extraordinary images coming in. and people here arejust digesting what happened when those two planes collided, leading to that massive fireball on the runway and this,