Global National: Jan. 2, 2024 | 379 escape Japan Airlines jet on fire after collision during landing

In tonight's top story: A Japan Airlines passenger jet erupted into flames after colliding with a coast guard plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, killing five people on board the latter aircraft. Everyone on the passenger plane survived. Redmond Shannon reports on how some of those passengers are describing their frightening and fiery ordeal.

As Japan recovers from a violent earthquake that killed at least 57 people, the desperate search is now on for survivors trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. Neetu Garcha speaks with earthquake experts about what Japan has done that helped prevent the situation from getting worse.

Saleh al-Arouri, the second-in-command of Hamas' political bureau, has been killed in an apparent Israeli drone strike in Beirut. Jackson Proskow reports on Arouri's reputation and the potential acts of revenge for his death.

Canada's 100 highest-paid CEOs made an average of more than $7,000 an hour in 2022, breaking pay gap records between them and the average Canadian worker, according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Mackenzie Gray looks at the frustrations about the rich getting richer and how a fraction of their income is from a regular paycheque.

While Canadians are paying less for gas than at the start of last year, 2024 has brought major shifts to fuel costs in Alberta and Manitoba. Heather Yourex-West looks at what's driving prices in the Prairies and what every Canadian driver can expect at the pump this year.

Nova Scotians who lost their homes in the 2023 wildfires are working towards rebuilding their futures, but they don't have many answers on what caused the disaster. As Heidi Petracek explains, recent revelations are igniting calls for officials to be more forthcoming with information.

Plus, Peter Magubane, a fearless photographer who documented racial segregation in South Africa's apartheid era for 40 years, has died at the age of 91. Eric Sorensen looks back on the impact of Magubane's work and how he captured Nelson Mandela's first years of freedom after the former South African president's release from prison.

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