Aftershocks continue to leave Japan shuddering, as seismologists predict further quakes to continue for up to a year. 42 survivors have been pulled from Minami Sanrik – a town where 10,000 are feared to have perished. Many of these people were warned about the Tsunami and refused to leave their homes. Official death tolls are all over the place and the Big Picture is still unclear. One newspaper has claimed that up to 160 people could now be affected by radiation poisoning following the explosion at a nuclear plant; a serious hike up on 4 yesterday. Again, nothing has really been confirmed.
A particularly touching rescue has been that of 60-year old Hiromitsu Shinkawa, who was pulled from the ocean after clinging to the floating roof of his home for two whole days. His wife and daughter were not so lucky, and got swept away when the last tsunami hit. Somehow stories like this one, which represent a single family, are even more jarring than headlines, which cover thousands.
But it’s back to numbers in Libya, where rebels claim over half a million people have now been eradicated by Gaddafi’s soldiers. The good guys have been begging the West for intervention today, as they continue to struggle with limited manpower and weaponry.
And here in Blighty: Nick Clegg (our deputy Prime Minister) has fiercely denied the general consensus in the UK – which is that the Liberal Democrats have been squished under Cameron’s fist and have now effectively turned Conservative. "I haven't been kidnapped by David Cameron," he said: "I haven't changed one bit."
See you tomorrow.
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