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Central Japan quake: Thirty people confirmed dead

The scale of the damage caused by the earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday is becoming clearer -- hundreds of buildings are now known to have collapsed or caught fire.

More than thirty people have died after Monday's powerful earthquake in Japan; thousands of people living in coastal areas have spent the night in evacuation centres after being ordered to head to higher ground following a tsunami alert - our correspondent joins us.

We also head to Israel where the Supreme Court has struck down a controversial judicial reform that triggered nationwide protests against the Netanyahu government.

And in South Korea there is shock after the leader of the political opposition is stabbed at a news conference in the southern port city of Busan - we get the latest from there.

50 minutes

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  • Tue 2 Jan 202405:06GMT