welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines: the extraordinary moment when a 3—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. 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 other 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. why the tech giant microsoft believes artificial intelligence will revolutionise the business of searching the web. and showcasing the work of a 17th century dutch master. the largest ever collection of vermeer paintings goes on show at the national museum of the netherlands. his use of lighting colour sharpness, which makes his paintings and gives the experience of viewing. live from our studio 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 7,000 people are now known to have died. 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. 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. wailing 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. we do not know what happened to her. here, there are no emergency services. nobody can help. the scars run right across southern turkey. the same desparate 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 itself is difficult because of the security situation there. 0ur 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, its 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." if you feel more abounded than henry. his entire family are trapped in the building behind him. 90 spoke to his sister in the rubble. six hours ago, she fell silent. the rubble. six hours ago, she fellsilent. i the rubble. six hours ago, she fell silent. i have been here since yesterday, i am begging for help, he tells me. all the while, rescue workers passed by. still, they find survivors but they are few. this person has just been rescued. but they are few. this person hasjust been rescued. i but they are few. this person has just been rescued. i was 36 hours underground and i had 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 from she's flying to the affected area tomorrow. i began by asking what her first priorities will be. at this point of time, i want to say that while we have been in this region for more than a decade, we feel that the work we are doing has never been as important. 0urteams we are doing has never been as important. 0ur teams in the health facilities have been running around the clock since thursday happened yesterday morning, providing emergency healthcare to the injured while continuing to provide the ongoing and much—needed help that was needed. the facilities are overwhelmed and we are working very hard to make sure

they can be continued to provide the service and can also scale up to be able to deal with the numbers that are coming to us for help. at the same time, we are also looking into mobilising our emergency and humanitarian aid supports and humanitarian aid supports 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 are facing in the communities. having said that, we are also having our teams, around 300 people, that are also affected, our teams and our families are also affected, our teams and ourfamilies are in also affected, our teams and our families are in the region and we are prioritising providing support that our teams need, as they are trying to deal with the situation but also work very hard to continue providing the humanitarian support and medical aid that is needed. figs support and medical aid that is needed. �* , support and medical aid that is needed. a ., ., ,

needed. as you said, already have some — needed. as you said, already have some medical— needed. as you said, already have some medical teams i needed. as you said, already - have some medical teams thereby compared to other big earthquakes for example, are there particular challenges and do they noticed for example the war in syria?— war in syria? absolutely. this is an emergency _ war in syria? absolutely. this is an emergency of— war in syria? absolutely. this is an emergency of an - is an emergency of an unprecedented scale in the region. as i said, we are already having our health facilities overwhelmed with the number of people. yes, for example in one of the health facilities we have 260 cases coming, with injuries of the earthquake and unfortunately we lost 60 of those. so the scale and magnitude is quite overwhelming. as i said at the same time, our own teams, our own medical teams, doctors, nurses, midwives, they are all part of this in dealing with the impacts of this tragedy on their lives, on their families, and there are other challenges.

there is really difficult weather conditions we are dealing with and another issue thatis dealing with and another issue that is a risk and we are working to find a solution for is the structure in terms of many of facilities that are working in. the united nations says it's 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 her family. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports. 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. people living on so little.

now even that little is lost, buried in the struggle. 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'll tell you how the national museum of the netherlands is 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's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book, which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti havej 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 0i in singapore. 0ur 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. president biden will try to bring together a divided america when he makes his annual state of the union address to congress shortly. in his first address to a joint session of congress since republicans took control of the house of representatives. a short while ago, our north america correspondent nada tawfik gave me the latest on the upcoming speech. yeah, well, ithink yeah, well, 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, and 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, and so this is a large american audience to be speaking to directly on a kind of soft launch, if you will, for a re—election campaign, and he is going to want to focus on the fact that the economy is doing quite well, with record low unemployment, has created record job growth over the last two years, and 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 are still dealing with stubborn inflation and americans are really feeling that at the grocery stores, at the pump when they fill up the petrol, 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 enough during his

presidency, and four in ten don't like the way the country is headed. and so his legislative successes over the last two years when democrats were in control have not really translated to high approval numbers, and that is the challenge president biden is going to face tonight. ravi agrawal, editor—in—chief of foreign policy magazine, gave me his thoughts on what to expect in the state of the union address, and started off by telling me what grade he thinks mr biden will get from his foreign policy achievements. well, you know i think it is a mixed picture. ithink well, you know i think it is 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 that biden 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 inflation reduction act, i think on all of those issues you would give

the biden administration high grades. i would say somewhere between a b+ and an a—. it is on some other issues i think where the picture is mixed. there are many even allies in europe would say they have received confusing signals on trade for example in the beginnings of signs of protectionism on america's part, and then there is china policy, which in some cases is led more by domestic hysteria than a clear eyed assessment of the world. one has to ask, when you look at america's china policy, where is it headed? if you sanction china strongly where does that go, how do you contain the words second biggest economy, which will one day be its largest? there is some confusion over that and we saw some of that emerged last week with the whole controversy over the alleged spy balloon. indeed, it really showed how fragile that relationship between the us at abu dhabi us

and china is, didn't it? so what direction is the relationship between the two are going to go under the biden administration? how different from president trump? well, one ofthe from president trump? well, one of the things _ from president trump? well, one of the things that _ from president trump? well, one of the things that the _ from president trump? well, one of the things that the trump - of the things that the trump administration debt is that it became much tougher on china than the 0bama administration, which preceded it. biden has in many senses doubled down on that toughness, and this is not just on the democrat side. there is immense bipartisan support in america for being tough on china. this means seeing china more as a threat than a competitor, seeing china as a dangerous may be even maligned force in the world. the tech giant, microsoft, has announced that its search engine, bing, will soon be powered by artificial 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 reporterjames clayton has the story. here in microsoft's campus in seattle, people are trying something that microsoft is touting as game changing. check gpt combined with the search. chat gpt 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 details and humanlike answers. the big difference between this and the more traditional —— traditional type of as you have different types of answers. give me an itinerary for a 2k hour visit to seattle. i get a bunch of links but i also get a tailored answerfrom open ai's links but i also get a tailored answer from open ai's chat bot and it is significantly more detailed. it and it is significantly more detailed. , and it is significantly more detailed-— and it is significantly more detailed. , , detailed. it is the first time that al gets _ detailed. it is the first time that al gets into _ detailed. it is the first time that al gets into the - detailed. it is the first time that al gets into the hands | detailed. it is the first time l that al gets into the hands of billions of internet users, and there is such a vast opportunity set for injecting

this into what businesses use. the announcement has google panicking. google dominates search. more than 90% of the words searches on google. bing word's searches on google. bing has only 3%. yesterday google announced its competitor to chatgpt, bard, microsoft says this is just the start. james clayton, bbc news, seattle. the largest ever collection of vermeer paintings is going on show at the rijksmuseum in amsterdam this week. bringing together 28 paintings from all over the world, the exhibition will showcase the work of the 17th century master, johannes vermeer, anna holligan reports. never before have so many works by the enigmatic master been assembled in the same place.

28 paintings have gathered by vermeer. 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, in 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 rijksmuseum's first vermeer retrospective has sold more advanced tickets than any show in the museum's history. anna holligan, bbc news. and don't forget, we will have full coverage of president biden�*s state of the union

address in a special programme which starts in around 20 minutes' time but for now 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 increasing cloud, not quite as cold as we start here. the fog may well be slow to linger in places across england and wales. early morning frost 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 mph. that's strong enough to cause some disruption, and there will be some rain by the end of the day, temperatures ranging from seven to ten degrees. now, that weather front will continue to sink its way steadily southwards, but as it 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 the cloud in scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, here those temperatures perhaps

up as high as 12 or 13 degrees. further 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. 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.

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