tonight at ten, more than 7,000 people are now confirmed dead following the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. among some miraculous rescues, a new—born baby is carried to safety, but her parents did not survive. the worst—affected areas are spread across southern turkey and northern syria. the bbc�*s anna foster is one of the first to reach the heart of the disaster zone. it is a long and difficult drive to get here to marash, really at the epicentre of the quake. and that is one of the things that's causing huge problems here now. rescue teams, specialist equipment are all getting stuck on the mountainous roads, which are gridlocked with people trying to leave this area. we will have the latest report on

the devastation and loss of life in both turkey and syria. also tonight... the man who carried out dozens of rapes and sexual offences while a serving police officer is given 36 life sentences by a judge in london. behind a public appearance of propriety and trustworthiness, you took monstrous advantage of the women drawn into intimate relationships with you. why the tech giant microsoft believes artificial intelligence will revolutionise the business of searching the web. and in the final moments of the match, non—league wrexham have lost to sheffield united and coming up on the bbc news channel — with the world cup later this year, lioness�* manager sarina wiegman and her squad of 26 for this month's arnold clark cup.

good evening. the unrelenting search for survivors has entered a second night across a vast area of southern turkey and northern syria, following the major earthquake which struck yesterday. it's being reported that more than 7,000 people have lost their lives, but officials are warning the number could rise significantly in the days to come. thousands are thought to be trapped under collapsed buildings, but the extreme cold is affecting the rescue efforts, and there's particular concern in syria, a country where agencies are already devastated by years of conflict. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster has spent the past two days travelling alone towards the epicentre of the earthquake in south—eastern turkey, and she was one of the first journalists to arrive there.

she sent this report. here at the epicentre, every rescuer is waiting for this moment. after hours trapped in the rubble, a sign of life. a family complete again. each survivor feels like a miracle. but these are hard and painful days, and not everyone gets to experience hope. this powerful quake has claimed thousands of lives. in marash, it has taken the heart of a city, too. the destruction is vast. there is a bitterly cold wind here today, and it is whipping up the smoke and the debris, the particles of dirt, it goes in your eyes, it goes in your throat. and despite that, the rescuers are still here on top of this pile of rubble.

this is a whole city block in the centre of marash, maybe nine or ten buildings, nowjust melded together into a huge pile of twisted metal and broken glass, and still, still they search in the hope of finding survivors underneath all of this. people here wonder if they can ever rebuild. "marash is finished," they told me. "marash is finished." under a flattened building in adiyaman, a child cries. "fatma," a man shouts into a hole in the debris. we don't know what happened to her. here, there are no emergency services. nobody can help. the scars run right across southern turkey.

the same desperate scenes in each town. today, president erdogan declared a state of emergency. when night falls, the searching becomes harder than ever, but there are small victories. "where is my mum?" this child cries as she is carried to safety. many areas are still without power tonight. some people are homeless. others are just too scared to go back indoors. translation: they are - speaking, but nobody comes. we are finished. we are finished, my god, there is nobody here, nobody. what kind of state is this? in the winter snow, this part of turkey is bitterly cold. people burn what they can in the street to keep warm. but it doesn't hold off the biting wind and the feelings of abandonment.

only a fraction of the help needed has arrived here so far. it makes each day feel like a fresh struggle for survival. anna foster, bbc news, marash. yesterday's earthquakes were the biggest in the region since 1939. the frontier region between turkey and syria is one of the world's most active areas in terms of seismic movement. the initial earthquakes triggered dozens of aftershocks all along what's known as the east anatalonian faultline. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville has travelled to the southern turkish city of antakya, close to the border with syria, where the aftershocks have caused extensive damage and loss of life. with pickaxe and hammer, determination and hope, they dig for lost relatives in antakya.

this backbreaking work falls to these men. their city and their country are overwhelmed, and the lives of those trapped in here depend on them. this was a six—floor apartment block, families on every floor. ten minutes ago, theyjust heard a voice, so they're digging to try and get to whoever it is buried deep inside all of this. they can see a man and a child trapped inside. again, they hear something, so they call for silence, and they wait. they dig more carefully now, but they're too late. both are already dead. with so many still trapped, there's barely time for grief here. so what happens now? we are going to find the live ones. we will look for them. there is barely a corner of this

city of 500,000 people that hasn't been churned up and torn apart by the earthquakes. antakya's devastation is near total. this is the scene all across antakya. it's notjust individual buildings that have come down, it's entire city blocks, and there are groups of men on top of most of these piles of rubble listening carefully, listening out for survivors. but they know that it will soon be 48 hours since the first earthquake struck, and every minute that goes by, every hour that passes, lessens the chances of finding survivors here. and the people here know it. "you won't return to help," this woman shouts at the police. "you're lying. i don't accept you abandoning us." and few feel more abandoned than this man — his entire family are trapped in the building behind him. all night he spoke to his sister, under the rubble. six hours ago, she fell silent.

"i've been here since yesterday. "i'm begging for help", he tells me. all the while, rescue workers passed by. still, they find survivors but they are few. this man hasjust been rescued. "i was 36 hours underground. "i'd lost all hope," he tells me. corpses crowd every pavement here. in a city where time is running out for the living, the dead must wait. quentin sommerville, bbc news, antakya. let's look in a little more detail at some of the areas exposed to the force of this earthquake. those shaded dark red were affected more severely, but more than 150 miles from the epicentre, moderate tremors were still felt.

these images, before and after the quake, give a sense of the destruction in so many villages, towns and cities across the region. this street transformed into a scene of turmoil and devastation. and another scene taken in the sunshine, keep an eye on this sign because it allows you to spot where we are in the next image and as you can see, it is almost unrecognisable. this is the extent of the damage. so with damage on such a scale huge, what help is the international community offering? the uk is sending 77 search—and—rescue specialists to turkey, with equipment and dogs, as well as an emergency medical team. from the us, a bigger contingent, but sending similar resources and several other countries around the world are doing exactly the same.

but syria presents a much greater challenge because of the ongoing conflict there and the weakness of medical and other support. you can see the complexity of syria's territory and how it is divided between government and opposition and militia groups which makes things very complicated. in the purple is government—held areas, in the red, turkish backed syrian rebels and other groups including jihadist forces and militia so a very complex picture. the uk says it's in contact with the united nations about getting aid into the country, but there's limited direct access to the north—west. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who's been reporting on syria for more than a decade, has this report. layer upon layer of syrian cement, entire streets smashed in this seismic shock.

layer upon layer of crises, this country broken by more than a decade of war. a people living on so little. now even that little is lost, buried in this rubble. and then this moment — a newborn baby pulled from the ruins. even more, her umbilical cord had to be cut from her mother. her dead mother. today she is being kept alive in this incubator. translation: we received the baby yesterday at 3.00pm, _ with bruises and abrasions all over her body. she was exposed to severe cold. the child was warmed and given calcium and a sugar solution. her condition is now stable, thank god. a baby still without a name, without a family. her brothers, sisters, parents, they all perished in this earthquake.

the search for loved ones hasn't stopped. "come on," this rescue team shouts. there's a spacejust big enough to escape. what relief for this little kurdish boy. another child almost buried by rubble. she made it out, saved by rescuers known as the white helmets. they've spent years pulling survivors to safety after air strikes by syrian and russian warplanes. this earthquake struck every side in this war, including the northern city of aleppo, under government control. every part of syria was already pulled down by poverty, 90% living with only enough to survive.

the worst of the worst is in opposition areas. translation: people can't afford to buy a loaf of bread, so how - will they rebuild their homes? some had saved money to build a house or buy a car, and they were all destroyed by the earthquake. ngos are not offering any help. a nation reeling from a natural disaster is also a political quagmire. getting aid to syria means crossing front lines. but in this brutal war, even aid has always been weaponised. and in the midst of all this, it's even harder. lyse doucet, bbc news. lyse doucet talking about the situation in syria. we can refocus on turkey for the latest from the epicentre and we go to marash to

join our correspondent anna foster. there is a delay on the line but i was going to ask you to update us on the rescue effort you have been witnessing? we the rescue effort you have been witnessing?— the rescue effort you have been witnessin: ? ~ . . ., witnessing? we are hearing the death toll, the terrible death _ witnessing? we are hearing the death toll, the terrible death toll rising - toll, the terrible death toll rising every day and the reason that is happening is because of sites like this behind me. this isjust one apartment block, nine stories tall, four flats on each story, and they just do not know how many people are buried beneath here that i can tell you in the space of an hour i watched as rescuers bring out four bodies from the site, painstakingly and very gently carrying them out wrapped in blankets and they laid them on the ground for the relatives who have been gathered here. they have been huddled around fires, waiting for news, and every time they find a body the digger you can see behind me, it stops and the relatives come and look and they try to identify their loved ones. and

when we're talking about the numbers of deaths injuries being in the hundreds and thousands, it is the small individual stories that really bring home the personal toll of this quake has taken.— bring home the personal toll of this quake has taken. thank you very much for the update — quake has taken. thank you very much for the update in _ quake has taken. thank you very much for the update in marash, _ quake has taken. thank you very much for the update in marash, anna - for the update in marash, anna foster, our correspondent with the latest on the rescue efforts in south—eastern turkey. you can get the very latest on the situation in turkey and syria on bbc news online. that's bbc.co.uk/news, or you can use the bbc news app. and you can get the same content there as well. let's turn to tonight's other main news. the serial rapist and former metropolitan police officer david carrick will serve a minimum of 32 years in jail. carrick was told he had taken "monstrous advantage of women", as he was sentenced to 36 life terms by the judge at southwark crown court.

he'd committed violent and degrading sexual offences against women over two decades, as our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. what is it you're searching for? articles relating to the offences. david carrick, the long—serving police officer, finally where he should be — under arrest. there's no necessity. yes, there is. even here, the master manipulator was trying to take control... i've only been a police officer for 20 years. ..stressing his years in the service. this was 2021, after one of the women he attacked reported him. today, david carrick was given a minimum jail term of 32 years. behind a public appearance of propriety and trustworthiness, you took monstrous advantage of women drawn into intimate relationships with you. you brazenly raped and sexually assaulted many women, some you barely knew. you behaved as if you were untouchable.

in the dock, carrick showed no reaction. some of his victims were sitting behind him, and one, a fellow met officer, told us she was relieved at the length of the sentence. he's had many years of doing what he shouldn't be doing. he's a monster, and now he needs to pay. he's an ex—police officer, which, in prison, is not something you want to be. and if he ever does come out, he will come out as an old man. from her boss, the new met commissioner, sir mark rowley, there was this. we had opportunities where warning signs were seen by the met, reports, allegations, and we didn't follow through on those, and that's why he was still a police officer when he shouldn't have been. so we have to repair those systemic failings. who do we report to when the rapists are police? - the commissioner acknowledged that some women's trust in the police had been profoundly shaken. this was a protest outside court today. it was his local force in hertfordshire which brought david carrick to justice.

we have had further women come forward with all the publicity with the case, and we're looking into those matters. i have absolutely no doubt that david carrick has committed further offences. within hours of carrick�*s sentencing, the attorney general�*s office confirmed that it would consider whether the case should go to the court of appeal, following complaints that the sentence should have been longer. the women david carrick once controlled have now taken control of his future. with their terrible testimonies, they've put him behind bars, and stopped the rapist in uniform from harming any more women. june kelly, bbc news, at southwark crown court. the prime minister rishi sunak has announced changes to his ministerial team, and reorganised some government departments. the opposition says reorganising departments will cost taxpayers millions of pounds, when the money could be spent on more urgent needs.

our political editor chris mason is 0ur political editor chris mason is with me with more details. today was mainly about a re—wiring of government rather than hiring and firing. although there was some hiring, there wasn't any firing at all, no sackings. let's be honest, the structure of government is not the most instantly riveting of topics. but how it is put together can make a big difference, albeit perhaps not immediately — when it comes to getting stuff done. so let's have a look at some of the changes. there is a new department for energy security and net zero, and here's the man in charge — grant shapps. it's all a bit back to the future because there used to be a very similar sounding place — the department for energy and climate change — until it was scrapped in 2016, which labour has been quick to point out. there's a new department for science, innovation and technology. this will be led by michelle donelan. she had been the culture secretary,

so a different cabinet role for her. business and trade is being brought together in a new department. kemi badenoch is the cabinet minister there. she is adding business to the trade portfolio she already had. and lucy frazer will lead the department for culture, media and sport, her first cabinet role. next, there is a new conservative party chairman, greg hands. mr hands replaces nadhim zahawi who was sacked after that row about his taxes. none of this is anything to do with the future of dominic raab, the deputy prime minister who is facing bullying allegations he denies. this then is a staffing issue for rishi sunak that is still loitering, while a lawyer crawls all over what happened. so, yes, a day of reshuffling but there may still be more reshuffling to come. chris, many thanks again. chris mason, our political surrey police say they now believe that the head teacher of epsom college, emma pattison,

was shot dead by her husband, george pattison, who also shot their young daughter lettie before taking his own life. the bbc has been told that mrs pattison, in distress, had telephoned a family member late on saturday evening, but by the time they got to the home in the grounds of the school, the three were dead. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. emma pattison, an inspirational headteacher and educator, shaping the lives of thousands of students. yet position and accomplishments no protection — at the top of her profession in one of the country's leading private schools, and yet, thought to be another victim of male domestic violence. believed to have been shot dead by her husband george, who also killed their daughter, seven—year—old lettie. who knows what her life achievements would have been? we now know a lot more about what happened here. late on saturday night, emma pattison called

a relative in distress, but by the time they arrived, the family were already dead. george pattison owned a gun, licensed and registered, and that licence was rechecked over the phone by surrey police just three days before the family were killed. because the pattisons had moved into a new house at the school, the gun license had to be updated. the police watchdog is now investigating. in a recent interview with her pupils, she spoke about some of the challenges herfamily faced. it has been a really big change for my family. we've obviously moved house, we've bought a dog, i've got a newjob, my husband has a newjob, which wasn't meant to happen, but did. those who worked with her previously remembered her as a champion forfemale education. she, in some ways, embodied what it is to be a great leader. she was courageous, compassionate, but was just the most human,

exciting, inspirational person to be around. i think emma's loss is something thatjust reminds us that it doesn't matter how successful or accomplished or brilliant you are as a woman, you are only as safe as your male partner allows you to be. tonight, epsom college announced the school would shut for the rest of the week after they learned the incredibly distressing details of how mrs pattison died. a mother and her daughter, both with so much still to give, taken from them. lucy manning, bbc news. in washington dc, president biden is set to deliver the state of the union address in a few hours' time — it's the second of his presidency. mr biden, who's 80, is expected within weeks to announce that he'll seek a second term in the white house. 0ur north america editor sarah smith

joins us from capitol hill. what are you expecting? well, we are exectin: what are you expecting? well, we are expecting president _ what are you expecting? well, we are expecting president biden _ what are you expecting? well, we are expecting president biden to - what are you expecting? well, we are expecting president biden to lay - what are you expecting? well, we are expecting president biden to lay out l expecting president biden to lay out what he has achieved over the last couple of years and he can boast of a recovering economy. a record low unemployment rate, a falling inflation rate, but his problem is two thirds of the american people say they feel worse off than they did two years ago. so that is going to be a very tough sell. you can outline what he wants to get done over the next two years that are left of his presidency but sat right behind him, just over his shoulder, will be the new republican speaker of the house of representatives and that could be a visual demonstration of the gridlock that there will be here in washington and just how very difficult it will be for president biden to get any of his legislation passed. so he will talk about what he has done, in terms of passing a big infrastructure spending bill, lowering the war on drugs but everyone will be watching his performance because as you say, we

expect he will announce he will be a candidate in 2024 soon. so how he speaks will be as important as what he says. everybody will be looking to see, can this 80—year—old man be as energetic and vigorous as he would need to be to persuade voters he's not too old to do the job until he's not too old to do the job until he is 86 if he gets a second term. many thanks, sarah. sarah smith looking ahead to the state of union address in a hours' time. in north wales, a father has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter of his daughter, who was found dead in a state of �*squalor�*. kaylea titford, who was 16, suffered from spina bifida and was morbidly obese. she'd been confined to her bed in the months before her death in what were described as �*degrading' and �*inhumane' conditions. alun titford was warned to expect a prison sentence, as our wales correspondent hywel griffith reports. a funny cheeky teenager, this was kaylea titford at a pub concert a few years

before her death. a spinal contention meant she needed a wheelchair but she was fiercely independent until when the pandemic came she, like everyone else, was forced to stay—at—home. that's where she remained immobile in bed for over six months — her weight grew to nearly 23 stone. her room was a dumping ground, her sheets soiled, there were flies and maggots. in court, kaylea's father alun titford said he was lazy and had let his daughter live in filthy conditions. but he tried to blame his partner, her mother, for her death. sarah lloyd—jones had already admitted gross negligence manslaughter. back in position, gang! quick as you can! those who knew kaylea have struggled to take in would happen to her. steve used to coach her in wheelchair basketball and he remembers a spirited and active girl who could have gone on to the paralympics. i really couldn't get my head around it. could we have done more?

you know, i wish we had, i wish we had tried harder, i wish we had. but, you know, after a time, you think, well, i did everything i could. there is now a review into whether the authorities did everything they could to protect kaylea. how could you let that happen to your daughter? herfather and kaylea's mother will both be sentenced next month. hywel griffith, bbc news. the tech giant microsoft, one of the world's biggest companies, has announced that its search engine, called bing, will soon be powered by artifical intelligence. the most popular search engine is currently google, but microsoft believes that artificial intelligence can help propel bing to the top spot. 0ur north america technology reporter james clayton has the story. here in microsoft's campus in seattle, people are trying something that microsoft is touting as game—changing — chatgpt combined with search. chatgpt is like a sort of personal assistant, a very clever personal assistant that uses vast amounts of data

with artificial intelligence to give scarily accurate, detailed and human—like answers. the big difference between this and the more traditional type of search is you essentially have two different types of answers. so take this question i'vejust put in: "give me an itinerary for a 24 hour visit to seattle." i get a bunch of links but i also gets a tailored answer from 0penai's chatbot and it is significantly more detailed. it's the first time that al really gets into the hands of billions of internet users, and there's such a vast opportunity set for injecting similar functionality into the software that billions of businesses also use. the announcement has got google panicking. google dominates search. more than 90% of the world's searches are on google. bing has only 3%. yesterday, google announced its competitor to chatgpt — bard — but it's not yet open for public use.

a few months ago, you'd get mostly blank faces if you mentioned chatgpt. now it's all anyone in tech can talk about, and microsoft says this is just the start. james clayton, bbc news, seattle. let's look at the football. non—league wrexham have been knocked out of the fa cup. they were beaten 3—1 by sheffield united, who are in the championship, in theirfourth round replay. it brings an end to a remarkable cup run for the national league side. joe lynskey was watching. for the non—league team owned by hollywood stars, bramall lane was the set for the sequel — an fa cup replay at sheffield united, a side three tiers above wrexham and more used to the spotlight. just like in the first match, it had looked a simple script. united broke through to go 1—0 up, but once again, wrexham found a way back. mullins aground, penalty.

their man for the big moment, striker paul mullin, the club's top