welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines... the extraordinary moment when a three year old girl is pulled out alive from the rubble of the earthquake that's devastated turkey and syria. meanwhile, rescue workers continue the search for survivors — as the number killed soars to more than seven thousand. some of the worst affected areas are near the earthquake�*s epicentre — the bbc�*s anna foster is one of the first journalists to reach the heart of the disaster zone. if you picture eight, nine, ten buildings all collapsed in a row, the debris mixed together. it is astonishing and that is replicated across what is a big city here.

in othe news — president biden is due to give his state of the union address — to a divided congress — flanked by a republican speaker of the house. and showcasing the work of a 17th—century dutch master. the largest ever collection of vermeer paintings goes on show, at the natinal museum of the netherlands. the use of light and colour and sharpness and blurred things which makes this painting sort of an experience of reeling. live from our studios in singapore this is bbc news, it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. a huge rescue effort is continuing for a second night in freezing temperatures to find survivors of

monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria. thousands of turkish soldiers along with international teams are taking part in the emergency operation in the south of the country. more than seven thousand people are now known to have died. 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 karaman—marash, 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 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 itself is difficult because of the security situation there. our correspondent quentin sommerville is on the border between turkey and syria. he sent this report

from the town of antakya. 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." this man tells me, "i've been here since yesterday. "i'm begging for help." six hours ago, she fell silent. 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 litter every pavement here. in a city where time is running out for the living, the dead must wait. quentin somerville, bbc news, in southern turkey. earlier i spoke to azedeh husani in france. she's from relief international, and is flying to the affected area tomorrow.

i began by asking her what her priorities are as she prepares to fly there. at this point in time i want to say that while we have been in this region for more than a decade, we feel like the work that 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 and scale up, 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 our team, around 300 people also affected. 0ur teams and their families 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. as you said, you already have some medical teams there. compared to other big 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're 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 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 that is a risk

and we're trying to find a solution in terms of many of these facilities. thank you so much for joining us on newsday. the united nations say they're particularly concerned about getting aid into north west syria — already ravaged after years of conflict. and there are warnings from the charity unicef that thousands of children may have been killed. but rescuers have today pulled out a newborn baby — born under the rubble — the sole survivor of herfamily. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet reports. layer upon layer of psyllium cement. ——syrian 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 the rubble. and then at 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 is still without a name, without a family. her brothers, sisters, parents, they all perished in this earthquake. the search for loved ones has not stopped. "come on," this rescue team shouts. there is a space just big enough to escape. what a 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 have 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 cannot afford to buy a loaf _ of bread, so how will they rebuild their homes? some have saved money to build a house or buy a car, 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 is even harder. lyse doucet, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... we will tell you how the national museum of the netherlands is she showcasing a dutch master. there's mr mandela, mr nelson mandela, a free man taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he has passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british

author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president ba by doc duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, - shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud - farm's central block. shergar was driven away. in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore, our headlines. an extraordinary moment as a three year old girl is pulled out alive from the rubble of

the earthquake, that's devastated turkey and syria. meanwhile, rescue workers continue the search for survivors — as the number killed soars to more than 7,000. presidentjoe biden will face republicans who question his legitimacy and a public concerned about the country's direction in today's state of the union speech. in his first address to a joint session of congress since republicans took control of the house of representatives, mr biden�*s speech is likely to dwell on accomplishments in the first two years of his presidency — when his party controlled both chambers. a short while ago our north america correspondent nada tawfik told me more about the likely focus of the address. 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 him to do so in the coming months. this is a large american audience to be peaking too audience to be speaking 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 him to say in the state of the union address that the economy is as strong as it was pre—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 up

for petrol 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—10 don't like the way the country is headed. democrats were in control haven't really translated to high approval numbers. that's the challenge president biden is going to face tonight. for more on this i am joined now by ravi agrawal, editor in chief of foreign policy magazine. thank you forjoining us on newsday. a lot of domestic issues for him to be talking about. what grade would you give to president biden for his foreign policy achievements? i think it's a mixed picture. i think it's a mixed picture. i think on some issues such as america's robust support of ukraine, the fact that biden has rejuvenated alliances, especially in comparison with his predecessor, donald trump. the fact he has provided such a

strong signal of intent on climate policy, which i'm sure he will speak about today in the form of the reflection back reduction act i think all we give the president biden high grades. b+ ora— give the president biden high grades. b+ or a— was up it's on some other issues i think with the picture is mixed. there are many allies in europe that would say they have received confusing signals on trade in the beginning signs of protectionism on america's part. and then there is china policy, which in some cases has led more by domestic hysteria than a clear eyed assessment of the world for has to ask when you look at america's china policy, where is it headed? if you sanction china strongly, where dzeko? how do you contain the worlds second biggest economy, which will one—day be its largest? there's some confusion over that. we saw that emerged last week with the whole controversy over the

alleged spy balloon.- alleged spy balloon. yes, indeed- — alleged spy balloon. yes, indeed. it— alleged spy balloon. yes, indeed. it really - alleged spy balloon. yes, indeed. it really showed i alleged spy balloon. yes, i indeed. it really showed how fragile that relationship between the us and china is. what direction to the relationship between the two going to go under the biden administration? how different from president from? fine administration? how different from president from?- administration? how different from president from? one of the thins from president from? one of the things that _ from president from? one of the things that the _ from president from? one of the things that the trump _ things that the trump administration did is that it became much tougher on china than the obama administration, which preceded him. biden in many sense has doubled down on that toughness. this is not just on the democratic side, this is immense bipartisan support in america for being tougher on china. this means seeing china more as a threat than a competitor. seeing china as a dangerous maligned force in the world. that kind of sense of what china is, what beijing's intentions are means

that in american policy has become much more hawkish. it means that smaller things such as last week's balloon issue, which is been described by one congressperson as a hullabaloo to invent a new word for the whole thing. but it gives you a sense of how such a small thing can be blown up into something much bigger. remember, spying is age old for the america spies, everyone spies. what matters is how you respond to it. and much of the american response was defined by hysteria and not so much clear eyed thinking. the fact that that incident led to the us secretary of state cancelling his visit to china, which was long overdue. this is the worlds most important relationship, it betrays how much underlying tension there is in this relationship and how small things can send things spiralling downwards.-

small things can send things spiralling downwards. thank you so much for _ spiralling downwards. thank you so much forjoining _ spiralling downwards. thank you so much forjoining us _ spiralling downwards. thank you so much forjoining us on - spiralling downwards. thank you so much forjoining us on the - so much forjoining us on the programme. of course we will have a lot more on that state of union address when begins here on abc world news. before we go. the largest ever collection of vermeer paintings is going on show at the rikes—museum in amsterdam this week. bringing together 28 paintings from all over the world, the exhibition will showcase the work of the i7th—century master yohannes vermeer, anna holligan reports. never before have so many works by the enigmatic master been assembled in the same place. 28 paintings have gathered. he didn't even see them himself. that many together. vermeer is best known for masterpieces. you may recognise the girl with a pearl earring and the milkmaid, which showcase his signature style of portraying

intimate, atmospherically lit domestic scenes. the woman pouring milk in a corner of the kitchen. but it is not the subject itself. what is so important here, it is its use of light and colour and of sharpness and blurred things which make this painting a sort of experience of viewing, of perception. vermeer dedicated himself to the search for stillness, like a curtain sometimes literally is drawn back. but the subjects often women in a domestic setting, are placed back from us. so there's stuff between us and them. there's a table or chair. they're not looking at us a lot of the time, and itjust feels like they're doing their own thing and you're trying to get their attention and you realise you can't. and so you just you think, wow, he's really privileged, this domestic moment, and

there must be something special about it. and i think we can relate to that. museums, including the national gallery in london, the louvre in paris and private owners in seven countries have lent works to this exhibition, their value and vulnerability and the fact that they have become the prized possessions of many of the museums that house them. mean they very rarely travel. and to give you an indication of the level of anticipation, the museum's first vermeer retrospective has sold more advanced tickets than any show in the museum's history. anna halligan, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. we will have special coverage of the state of the union address by president biden starting in several hours. tuesday with bbc world news we will have a lot more on the earthquake in turkey and syria on our website as well. to

check that out. thank you so much for watching newsday. 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 with us 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 will melt away, we'll 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 with us 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.

and coming up on bbc news channel... it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. a select few people amongst us have personal stories which stir compassion, admiration and solidarity, and one of them is my guest today — waris dirie, the somali—born model, writer and activist. she was raised in poverty, the daughter of a nomadic herdsman. she became the muse of fashion houses in new york and paris,