the epicentre of the 7.6 magnitude quake was noto province, with the tremors felt as far away as the capital tokyo. an unknown number of people are trapped beneath the rubble in several towns. presidentjoe biden says the us is ready to provide any necessary assistance to japan, as a close ally of the country. suranjana tewari has the latest now, from japan. the latest now, from japan. rumbling, screaming this footage from inside someone s home captures the moment the powerful earthquake struck. more than 140 kilometres from the epicentre, this video was taken by english teacher barnie davis. itjust kept going. it was really long. the fridge door was opening and shutting, pictures were going all over the place, everything fell off the shelves. it was pretty dramatic. barnie and his family went to the local evacuation centre until he was told it was safe to return home. but then. literally just as we re talking, my phone s giving us an alert, there s been another little earthqu
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
to have died, but the extent of the damage isn t yet clear. the epicentre of the 7.6 magnitude quake, was noto province, with the tremors felt as far away as the capital tokyo. tens of thousands of people were told to head to higher ground and many are spending the night in emergency shelters. but a major tsunami warning has been downgraded to an advisory. and in the past hour we ve heard from presidentjoe biden who says the us is ready to provide any necessary assistance to japan as a close ally of the country. suranjana tewari has the latest now, from japan. rumbling, screaming this footage from inside someone s home captures the moment the powerful earthquake struck. more than 140 kilometres from the epicentre, this video was taken by english teacher barnie davis. itjust kept going. it was really long. the fridge door was opening and shutting, pictures were going all over the place, everything fell off the shelves. it was pretty dramatic. barnie and his family went to
hello. we begin injapan, where a powerful earthquake and several strong aftershocks have hit the north coast of the main island of honshu destroying buildings and starting fires. in the last half hour, a major tsunami warning telling people in the coastal noto area to move to higher ground was downgraded. tsunami warnings have also been issued in south and north korea and far east russia. japan s metorological agency says the quake had a magnitude of 7.6. it struck just after 4pm local time, with its epicentre in the ishikawa region, close to the town of anamizu. several buildings are reported to have collapsed in the nearby town of suzu. this cctv video footage appears to show two coming down. you can see clouds of dust forming above the wreckage at the top left and right of the screen and the roof on the building in the foreground cracking apart. there are reports of people trapped in the rubble of collapsed houses. some tsunami waves ofjust over a metre, have reached t
president himself played a critical role in getting the deal across the finish line. his message, emphasize the harm that families, businesses and communities would feel if a shutdown went ahead. the final hurdle to come, and that is a full union vote. also this, an immigration battle escalating near the vice president s doorstep. buses of migrants sent from texas dropped off just feet from her residence in washington overnight. this happening a day after officials on martha s vineyard were sent scrambling after dozens of migrants unexpectedly arrived there. the office of florida governor ron desantis says it was he who sent two planes to the massachusetts island with more than 50 migrants on board. you see a picture there. cnn s steve contorno live in washington. i saw a group of migrants dropped off in front of the vice president s residence in d.c. this morning as well. what s happening? reporter: the governor of florida has been promising for months really that he i