welcome to newsday. the headlines... the search continues for survivors of the earthquake that's devastated turkey and syria as the number killed soars to more than seven thousand. the extraordary moment when a three year old girl is pulled — alive from the rubble. some of the worst affected areas are earthquakes epicenter. but of our firstjournalists earthquakes epicenter. but of our first journalists to earthquakes epicenter. but of our firstjournalists to reach the heart of the disaster zone. if first journalists to reach the heart of the disaster zone.— first journalists to reach the heart of the disaster zone. if you picture ei . ht, of the disaster zone. if you picture eight. nine. _ of the disaster zone. if you picture eight, nine, ten _ of the disaster zone. if you picture eight, nine, ten buildings - of the disaster zone. if you picture eight, nine, ten buildings are - eight, nine, ten buildings are collapsed in a row, the debris mixed together, it is astonishing and that is replicated across what is a big

city year. in other news — president biden will give his state of the union address tonight to a divided congress and flanked by a republican speaker of the house. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the devastated region of southern turkey and northern syria, where the search for survivors from monday's huge earthquake has entered a second night. the death toll continues to escalate rapidly. more than 7 thousand people are known to have lost their lives and officials are warning that number could rise significantly in the days to come. thousands are thought to be trapped under collapsed buildings and the rescue efforts are being hampered by power supply

disruptions, damaged roads and freezing temperatures. there's particular concern for those in syria, a country where the infrastructure has already devastated by years of conflict. our 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. from the severely hit city of karamanmarash, she sent us 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 more than 3,500 lives so far. 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. here, there are no emergency services. nobody can help. the scars run right across southern turkey. the same disparate 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. reporting from syria it's difficult. our correspondent is on the border between turkey and syria. he sent this report.

with pickaxe and hammer, determination and hope, they dig for lost relatives in antakya. this backbreaking work falls to these men. their city and country are overwhelmed, and the lives of those trapped in here depend on them. this was a sixth 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's barely a corner of the 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 their 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."

six hours ago she fell silent. i've been here since yesterday, and begging for help, he tells me. all the while rescue workers passed by. still they find survivors but they are few for the he has just been rescued. i was 36 hours on the ground, i had lost all hope, he tells me. corpses crowd every pavement here for a city where time is running out for the living the dead must wait. quentin somerville, bbc news, in southern turkey. a global really flying to the

affected area tomorrow. thank you forjoining us on newsday today. firstly, can you talk us through what your priorities are as you prepare to fly there?- what your priorities are as you prepare to fly there? thank you for havin: prepare to fly there? thank you for having me- — prepare to fly there? thank you for having me- at _ prepare to fly there? thank you for having me. at this _ prepare to fly there? thank you for having me. at this point _ prepare to fly there? thank you for having me. at this point of- prepare to fly there? thank you for having me. at this point of time i l having me. at this point of time i want to say that while we've been in this region for more than a decade we feel like the work we're doing has never been this important. 0urteams work we're doing has never been this important. 0ur teams have been running around the clock sense yesterday morning. providing the emergency care to the injured while continuing to provide the ongoing and much needed care that was needed. the facilities were overburdened and we're working very hard to make sure that we can continue priding this service —— providing the service was it we could deal with the numbers that are coming to us for help. at the same

time we also look into mobilising our emergency and humanitarian aid support and trying to identify the needs and the gaps and mobilising resources and supplies to be able to respond to the much needed supplies that we're facing in the communities. having said that, we're also having a team, around 300 people also affected. 0ur teams and their families people also affected. 0ur teams and theirfamilies in their region. we're also prioritising providing support that teams need as they are trying to deal with the situation. also working very hard to continue providing the humanitarian support and medical aid that is needed. figs and medical aid that is needed. as you said, you already have some medical teams there. compared to other bigger earthquakes, for example, other any particular challenges and do they notice the

impact from the war in syria? absolutely. this is an emergency of unprecedented scale in this region. we already having facilities overwhelmed with the number of people. yesterday in one of the facilities we had 260 cases coming with injuries of the earthquake. unfortunately, we lost 60 of those. the magnitude is quite overwhelming. also at the same time, our own teams are doctors, nurses, midwives, they are doctors, nurses, midwives, they are also part of this, also dealing with the impact of this tragedy on their lives and on their families. the other challenges, really difficult weather conditions that we're dealing with. in another issue

thatis we're dealing with. in another issue that is a risk we're trying to find a solution in terms of many of these facilities. . ~' , ., a solution in terms of many of these facilities. ., ~ , ., ,., . a solution in terms of many of these facilities. ., ~ , ., . ., facilities. thank you so much for “oininu us facilities. thank you so much for joining us on _ facilities. thank you so much for joining us on newsday. - facilities. thank you so much for joining us on newsday. please i facilities. thank you so much for i joining us on newsday. please stay safe you and your team as you continue your work there. the united nations are concerned of getting aid for that fair warning from the charity unicef that thousands of children may have been killed. a rescuers today have pulled out a newborn baby born under the rubble, the sole survival of her family. our chief correspondent has more.

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. joe biden prepares to face republicans it is state of the union speech today. mr nelson mandela, a free man taking

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welcome back, you are watching newsday on the bbc. in the us, president biden is set to make his state of the union speech in a few hours' time, facing a divided congress and an american public still concerned about the country's direction. it's his first address to a joint session of congress since the republicans won control of the house of representatives — a victory which could stifle the president's ability to enact his political programme over the next two years. let's go over to capitol hill in washington now and speak to our correspondent there, nada tawfik. a lot to talk about esp on foreign policy side but are we expecting him to focus more on domestic agenda? i think for him the focus is going to be to really tout his accomplishments to the american people while striking a tone that says that the job is not done. that there is still a lot of work to do.

the reason for that is because even though he hasn't officially announced that he is running again, many expect them to do so in the coming months. this is a large american audience to be peaking too directly in a soft launch, if you will for a reelection campaign. he's going to want to focus on the fact that the economy is doing quite well, with record low unemployment, he has created a record job growth over the last two years. we expect them to say in the state of the union address that the economy is as strong as it was pretty covid. at the same time, because the united states is still dealing with stubborn inflation and americans are really feeling that at the grocery stores, at the pump when they fill out for patrol of the president biden has to be careful about trying to paint too rosy a picture. because the numbers right now show that two thirds of americans don't think he

has accomplished and off during his presidency. in four intent don't like the way the country is headed. —— four and ten. democrats were in control haven't really translated to high approval numbers. that's the challenge president biden is going to face tonight.— challenge president biden is going to face tonight. thank you so much for that update. _ let's get more on what we're expecting to hear shortly from the us president. joining us now is the us political scientist and director of the center for politics at the university of virginia, larry sabato. thank you forjoining us. as nada said, a lot of domestic issues to discuss but his speech comes after the alleged chinese spy balloon incident, and of course the war in ukraine. with the 2024 presidential campaigns set to get started soon, how crucial a moment is this for president biden? it's the largest audience that he will have all year in all

probability. it's an opportunity he can't afford to mosque. president sometimes do well and gain points and sometimes they do poorly and lose points. it is early and march is going to happen in this year and next year as well before the election. i think it's particularly critical for election. i think it's particularly criticalfor biden election. i think it's particularly critical for biden because election. i think it's particularly criticalfor biden because he and the democrats in the last two years actually accomplish a great deal by any objective standard. what's amazing is that the american public, including a lot of democrats and most independents don't recognise what's been done and don't perhaps appreciate it. he's got a big selling job to do that because republicans in control of the house of representatives now are not going to be passing any substantial legislation byjoe biden. this is really it. legislation by joe biden. this is reall it. ~ ., ., ~' legislation by joe biden. this is reall it. ~ ., ., ~ , legislation by joe biden. this is reall it. ., ., ,, , , really it. what do you think is his bi est really it. what do you think is his biggest challenge, _ really it. what do you think is his biggest challenge, could - really it. what do you think is his biggest challenge, could it - really it. what do you think is his biggest challenge, could it be . biggest challenge, could it be inflation maybe? which of course is very much in all the americans minds. ., ., ., , , .,

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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, 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 the 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've 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 put him behind bars and stopped the rapist in uniform from harming any more women. june kelly, bbc news, southwark crown court. let's go back to the us and president biden state of the union address shortly and bring back larry sabato. you are telling us that inflation is a huge issue for a lot of americans. what will president biden hope to achieve tonight? will president biden hope to achieve toniaht? , ., , will president biden hope to achieve toniaht? , .,, ., ., tonight? first he has to inform --eole tonight? first he has to inform peeple that — tonight? first he has to inform people that inflation _ is on the decline. from over 9% to about six and half percent. that's still too high. he's got to convince people he has an effective plan for bringing it down to the normal perhaps 2% annually. this

bringing it down to the normal perhaps 296 annually.- bringing it down to the normal perhaps 296 annually. as you said, a lot of domestic _ perhaps 296 annually. as you said, a lot of domestic issues. _ perhaps 296 annually. as you said, a lot of domestic issues. how - perhaps 296 annually. as you said, a lot of domestic issues. how likely . lot of domestic issues. how likely do you think that the chinese alleged by balloon incident will be mentioned by president biden? he: will definitely mention it. i've been told that there is an amusing line or two. will see whether we laugh. i think the president, while treating it seriously will also try to move onto topics quickly. the were ou to move onto topics quickly. the were you crane, _ to move onto topics quickly. the were you crane, briefly? the - were you crane, briefly? the president — were you crane, briefly? the president again _ were you crane, briefly? tue: president again has were you crane, briefly? tte: president again has a selling were you crane, briefly? t'te: president again has a selling job. democrats are still overwhelmingly in favour of our support of ukraine. unfortunately, republicans now have started to turn against it. a narrow majority still favours substantial aid to ukraine but the numbers have been changing and the president has to try to bring republicans and some independence back into the coalition.—

independence back into the coalition. . , ., . coalition. larry, thank you so much for “oininu coalition. larry, thank you so much forjoining us— coalition. larry, thank you so much forjoining us on — coalition. larry, thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. - coalition. larry, thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. with - coalition. larry, thank you so muchl forjoining us on newsday. with that we end this addition of the program. thank you so much forjoining us. hello there. recent weather days have been dominated by high pressure, but with light winds at this time of year, that's brought an issue with frost and fog. the high pressure still withers for england and wales. more to come, but plenty of isobars further north and west, the arrival of this weather front as we go through wednesday. so that means with more wind around and certainly an increasing cloud not quite as cold as start here. the fog may well be slow to linger in places across england and wales. early morning frost will melt away, will see some sunshine coming through into the afternoon. but the winds continue to strengthen, particularly in the far north—west. gale force, perhaps severe gales at times, gusts in excess of 70 miles an hour. that's strong enough to cause some disruption and there will be some rain by the end of the day.

temperatures ranging from 7 to 10 degrees. now that weather front will continue to sink its way steadily southwards, but bumps into that area of high pressure, it loses its intensity. by thursday morning, it'll be a band of cloud just clearing away from the south—east. and then behind it, more sunshine returns. a north—westerly wind driving in a few showers into the far north of scotland. some of these turning increasingly wintry to higher ground. top temperatures on thursday between seven and nine celsius. the high still withers across england and wales. weather fronts trying to push in across the top of that high. the wind direction changes somewhat as we move into friday to more of a south—westerly or a westerly, a milder source. the air coming in off the atlantic. more cloud around, still outbreaks of rain to the north, but with a cloud in scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales. here, those temperatures perhaps up as high as 12 or 13 degrees for the south with the sunshine, nine or ten. still, that high pressure

across central europe still dominating the story for england and wales. we do see more isobars continuing in the far north, but as we head into the weekend, once again, it could be an issue with some mist and fog. first thing for england and wales, somewhat warmer, but sunnier conditions, but windier to the far north. will this weather pattern change? well, it looks likely as we head into next week, we could see more weather fronts pushing in off the atlantic, which means an increase to more wet and windy weather, perhaps the driest in the south, but it will turn just a little bit milder.