this is bbc news. the headlines: ukraine's president has just been addressing the uk parliament in his first visit here since russia invaded. and unprovoked wars and the kremlin does. any aggressor is going to lose. applause. the president paised the uk for its response to the invasion. earlier he met the prime minister in downing street. he will have an audience with the king later on this afternoon. more about president

zelensky�*s surprise trip throughout the afternoon. in other news... as of now, unfortunately the number of deceased is 8,574. the number of injured is 49,133. the number of collapsed buildings is 6,444. britain joins the international relief effort, sending badly needed supplies, to the quake zone. mcdonald's signs up to a new agreement, to improve the way it tackle sexual harassment complaints, among staff. lebronjames lebron james becomes the lebronjames becomes the all—time top scorer, beating the previous record.

ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has addressed both houses of parliament during a surprise visit to the uk today — in his first visit since russia's invasion of his country last year. he'll also meet with king charles this afternoon. he king charles this afternoon. was met at the airport morning he was met at the airport this morning by rishi sunak and his address in the parliament in the last hour or so, he praised the united kingdom for standing by ukraine since day one, as he put it, and he repeated his plea forfighter jets to help their war effort.

president zelensky said he represented all ukrainians fighting for peace. i have come here and stand before you on behalf of the brave, on behalf of our heroes who are now in the trenches under enemy artillery fire, on behalf of ourair gunners and every defender of the sky who protects ukraine against enemy, aircrafts and missiles. on behalf of our tank men who fight to restore our ukrainian borders, on behalf of our conscripts who have been trained now, including here in britain. thank you, britain. it was a warmly received speech, he also recounted a trip to churchill's... he said that residents more with the ward that is taking place now —— war.

westminster, of course, downing street and the war rooms. and in the war room, famous churchill and the guide smiled and offered me to sit down. in the arm chair where orders had been given. he asked me, how did ifeel? and i said that i suddenly felt something... but it is only now that i know what the feeling was. and all ukrainians know it perfectly well, too. it is a feeling of how bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. applause.

the president said he was confident that the effective ukraine winning the war against russia would be a warning to future enemies. we know russia will lose. applause. we really know that victory will change the world and this will be a change that the world has long needed. applause. the united kingdom is marching with us towards the most, i think the most important victory of our lifetime. it will be a victory over the very idea of the war. after we win together, any aggressor, it doesn't matter, big or small will know what awaits him if he attacks international order. any aggressor... any aggressor who will try to push

the boundaries by force, who will inflict destruction and death on other people, he will try to endure his dictatorship at the expense of other people's blood in criminal and unprovoked wars like the kremlin does. any aggressor is going to lose. there was president zelensky addressing the houses of parliament and the houses of lords. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. we heard the applause, it felt like a moment of history. it did, he stood in westminster hall, one of the oldest parts of parliaments, traditionally where world leaders address the houses of parliament. it is where the queen lay in state. it has an important function. he stood there framed by

the stained glass windows, the hallways pact, people standing going the whole way back through. as he spoke, you had some of the cheers and applause that he got there in the clips that you just played from the clips that you just played from the speech, the rest of the time that he was speaking, there was absolute silence. everybody was really hanging on his every word. he was dressed in those military fatigues. he was making it very clear that he was there on the harbour the ordinary people of ukraine who were fighting. i think it did, you could fill in the room the impact his words were having. —— feel in the ring. in the impact his words were having. -- feel in the ring.— the impact his words were having. -- feel in the ring. in broad terms, desiuned -- feel in the ring. in broad terms, designed to — -- feel in the ring. in broad terms, designed to delay _ -- feel in the ring. in broad terms, designed to delay mac— -- feel in the ring. in broad terms, designed to delay mac for- -- feel in the ring. in broad terms, designed to delay mac for a - -- feel in the ring. in broad terms, | designed to delay mac for a western audience, towed to deter future invaders, future dictators who want to override the rules of international law. when he spoke to the us congress, he said things along a similar line and it is notjust that he was saying

that they have two when, he is absolutely clear that he believes they will win and the international community is still on his side. that is part of the symbolism today's speech, to show that support for ukraine in the west continues, that he's this international backing as the leader of ukraine in fighting against russia, and i think you got against russia, and i think you got a sense of that visually from what he did today. just now is —— but it was just not here, to simply praise the uk for its help, there was part of that, a warm speech, but he clearly was not here just to do that, he has a specific task and at one point he handed over what was a ukrainian�*s helmet to the speaker of the house of commons, inscribed with the house of commons, inscribed with the words in ukrainian, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. he specifically said what he wants is the uk to provide him with

planes. he finished his speech saying last time he was here, he had thanked the speaker of the house of commons for english tea, he would thank all of us in advance for powerful english planes. that is the one thing, so far, that the uk has said, not said it will provide. rishi sunak said the uk will start training ukrainian pilots to fly fighterjets. we were looking at pictures of him leaving the palace of westminster, i am just saying, this has not been confirmed, some reports that he is actually expected in paris later on today. this looks like it might be notjust today. this looks like it might be not just a visit to the today. this looks like it might be notjust a visit to the uk, but european allies over the next 24 a ways also. what else is he doing what he is in the country? we ways also. what else is he doing what he is in the country? we do not know anything _ what he is in the country? we do not know anything about _ what he is in the country? we do not know anything about paris _ what he is in the country? we do not know anything about paris at - what he is in the country? we do not know anything about paris at this - know anything about paris at this stage, but when he went to the last time you were took a trip out of the ukraine, he went home fire pilot ——

last time he took a trip out of ukraine. he mentioned in his speech that he was going to meet the king, going to buckingham palace to meet the king, and how that would be an honourfor him, we know that the king, and how that would be an honour for him, we know that he's doing that and he has other official functions for this afternoon. helen, thank you very much. let us talk about the earthquake in turkey and syria. the number of dead in the earthquake that struck turkey and syria, has now risen to more than 11,000. the death toll is still, i'm afraid, rising. aid agencies have warned that time is running out to find any more survivors in the rubble. turkey's president erdogan, is visiting some of the worst affected areas today, and with the very latest from southern turkey, here's our middle east correspondent, tom bateman. in syria's idlib provincejoy is the rarest of moments. a family of six is pulled from the rubble. god is great, they shout, as the survivors are taken to safety.

nature doesn't respect syria's front lines and outside aid is still struggling to get to this devastated area. in southern turkey help is arriving, but only for some. in the city of adana, families of the missing wait and watch. eight bodies were pulled from the wreckage of this building overnight. one of them was a child. two grand—daughters were asleep when the quake struck. "my little lambs have gone, please save them," she says. there is an intense focus on one particular part of the rubble here and every time this happens it brings a flicker of hope for the relatives waiting anxiously for any kind of news. so far none of that has been what they wanted. as the teams here are

among the best equipped, as we travel further afield, the news is much worse. every now and then paramedics join the rescue teams, but each time by now a tragic ritual, another body is found. and the families have to identify the dead as the crowd mourn. another tragedy unfolds on the broken streets. but many remain cut off. turkey says more than 20,000 troops and rescue workers are now dispatched. but there is growing anger as well, as collapsed buildings go unsearched and survivors go hungry. turkey's president visited the homeless in one region this morning, promising several hundred dollars to each family there. translation: as of now, unfortunately the number| of deceased is 8,574, the number of injured is 49,133, the number of collapsed buildings is 6,444.

and now in the darkness there are still some flashes of hope. four—year—old basler is taking out alive and after checking she is ok, a high five. 0ne childhood saved, where so many others are perishing. tom bateman, bbc news, southern turkey. president zelensky visiting buckingham palace to see king charles, continuing his historic visit to the united kingdom. he has been speaking to both houses of the british parliament and as we were just reporting, telling them, telling mps and peers that the struggle against russia, ukraine's struggle against russia, ukraine's struggle against russia is more than that, it is a struggle to deter any future invaders who want to disrupt

the global order of international security. we have been hearing that he is also going to go to paris, presumably to meet president macron that as well so after his trip to the uk, he will be heading to paris. we will bring you more on what mr zelensky is going throughout the afternoon, and more on the audience with a cane. let's go back to the earthquake now. anna foster has been giving us the latest from the city, which the president has been visiting today to see the rescue and relief effort that is under way there. he came here, visiting some of the spots... visiting some of the tented cities and talking about what the turkish government will try to do to help people, he's talked about her pavement equivalent equivalent to $500 to families in the affected area. he was talking about the number of buildings that have been

destroyed, around 6500, they believe in this area, updating the number of killed and injured, which keeps rising all of the time. it is when you look at an apartment building like this, i was watching them take bodies out of her last night and again this morning. that is what the big digger is doing, it is pulling aside all of the rubble until they see the sign of a body. this morning it was an arm clad in a purple top. they stop, they gently, with their hands, remove the body and they give it to the loved ones. you will see many of the relatives on the fringes here, they come and go and they wait for news because what they really want, they know that their loved ones have already perished inside this building, but they want some sort of answers. they want a body, they want to have a funeral, to see their loved 11 final time. when that

does happen, the emotion. i still one man earlier today, he identified the body of his father and to be in the body of his father and to be in the middle of something like that, just witnessing that extraordinary grief and emotion at the worst moment in that person's life and to realise that is only one story, only one experience that has been replicated throughout streets and towns and cities. it really gives you an idea, a small idea, notjust of the scale of the spread of the human to —— toll it has taken. 11,000 dead, these are families, entire livelihoods that are gone. right across southern turkey, into syria, some of the most already devastated parts of the world because of that ongoing war in syria and now this.

you're right. the point again that you make about the small numbers, remembering that there are individuals. there is a woman i was standing next to this morning he was waiting for the body of her daughter. they found a small pink make—up bag, that was the first thing that they found. when they handed it over to her, she clutched it close. it was not the body of her daughter but something to move her a step closer. north—west syria, the rebel held area of syria, it is worth thousands of people have been displaced for over a decade since the beginning of the civil war in syria and it is where aid cannot arrive quickly. it has taken several days to get here, planes can land here, trucks, cars, people can move. into north—west syria, we talked about this on the programme before, there is only one crossing which has to be given a mandate by un security

council, it was every year, it is now every six months. that makes it enormously difficult to just suddenly lined up aid and trucks and take them through. it doesn't work that way. people in that part of the region are having to wait even longerfor the region are having to wait even longer for the help that they so desperately need. anna foster reporting there from turkey. countries around the world are sending support to help the rescue effort, including specialist teams, sniffer dogs. aid agencies in the uk are organising their own contributions to the relief effort, as francis reid now reports. helped by the box. this is luton and one of many groups of people across the uk trying to help in any way they can. others have to wait. turkish communities here are hoping their phones will deliver good news,

and yet those who can help do, right across the country. here in the uk we immediately launched our appeal on monday and thankfully the response from our community has been immense. it is not surprising because whenever there has been a crisis across the world this community, the british public, the generous british public, has always stepped forward and supported us. also from the uk, around 80 search and rescue personnel with specialist equipment, like sonar devices for listening and four search dogs, trained to find live casualties. lancashire has deployed six firefighters and two dogs as part of that effort. they will be looking to get deployed. i spoke to a couple of them yesterday and i know they are absolutely chomping at the bit to get in and start helping. they have got so much specialist equipment, knowledge and expertise. the prime minister has said britain is providing all assistance required to authorities. our thoughts are with the people

of turkey and syria, particularly those affected by the earthquake and the first responders who are doing such a valuable job. the uk, of course, not the only country sending help. injapan rescue teams have also been deployed to turkey. ukraine are sending natural disaster specialists, search dogs, and the us, one of many countries also sending aid. this is a global effort which the uk plays a part. francis reid, bbc news. let us take you back to president zelensky�*s visit to the uk, he is at buckingham palace at the moment. we saw him arrive that short time ago. he is having an audience with king charles and earlier on he was talking to both houses of the uk parliament. he said he was looking

forward to that meeting with the king, he expected it to be an honour, a truly special moment, he said, the meat, for our country, in particular because i will convey to him from all the ukrainians, the words of gratitude for the support his majesty showed them when he was still the prince of wales. he is meeting king charles. we are hearing he is then going to fly on later on today to paris, he is going to be meeting with, we think, the french president emmanuel macron. unseen, according to some reports, the german chancellor. there's also talk that he might be on to brussels tomorrow to meet european leaders, eu leaders, which would be a pretty symbolic meeting because there has been a lot of european support and eu support for ukraine and said president zelensky. looks like this is notjust president zelensky. looks like this is not just a president zelensky. looks like this is notjust a trip to the uk, it is a trip to europe where he is

combining visits to london, paris and possibly brussels as well. we will get more details and information as the afternoon progresses. they now, is at buckingham palace as in his meeting king charles, which he said would be a great honourfor him. a53—year—old has been charged has been arrested in connection with the dispense of an 11—year—old girl in the scottish highlands. she cannot be named for legal reasons. andrew miller, also known as amy george, was arrested yesterday. 0fficers was arrested yesterday. officers have set up according in a nearby village. the girl was found after a huge police search operation. today, the partner of nicola bulley has visited the spot where police believe the missing woman fell into the river wyre in lancashire 12 days ago. paul ansell spent ten minutes on the riverbank near the bench where her phone was found.

a search of the river has been continuing today. katie walderman sent this from st michael's on wyre. it's now 12 days since nicola was last seen and the family are no closer to knowing what happened to her. this morning, her partner paul visited the bench behind me where her mobile phone was found. she was last seen here on saint michael's on wyre walking her dog after dropping her two daughters off at school. lancashire police are warning against so—called armchair detectives, people who might be speculating on social media about what has happened, saying it is this causing distress to the family and friends. we heard from one friend who said lots of people coming to the area and taking selfies and sharing them online and it's starting to feel like a tourist spot, no matter how well—meaning they may be. we've met paul and mark this

morning, who travelled 20 miles with their dog to try to join and mark himself has 30 years as a trained searcher in the military. we are happy to help. we have professional people helping and our great dog helping. we want to help and do our bit. as far as the search goes, police diving teams have been back out this morning, searching further afield as well to the likes of fleetwood and morecambe bay, where the wyre meets the sea. they say they are keeping an open mind, they do believe she has fallen into the water and they don't believe at this stage there is any third—party involvement. they say they are still treating this case as a missing persons inquiry. international investigators say they don't have enough evidence to resume their inquiry into the shooting down of flight mh17 over eastern ukraine. the aircraft was hit by a russian—made missile in 2014, killing nearly 300 people. dutch prosecutors said there were strong indications that

president putin decided to provide the missile to moscow—backed separatists. 0ur correspondent, anna holligan, sent this update from the hague. what we've just heard is the strongest evidence to date that president putin was directly involved in giving the order to supply military support. the military support that was responsible for shooting down flight mh17 injuly 2014. so, what we've just heard inside the eurojust headquarters here in the hague, from the international team of investigators, were telephone conversations, tapped phone conversations between russian officials and separatists in ukraine asking for the extra support. the russian officials said that decision had to be made by the president and the decision was delayed by a week because the person involved, the permission was required from somebody who was at a summit in france. and of course, during that time, injune 2014, president putin was at the d—day commemorations in france.

so, the investigators have said that this is concrete evidence and yet it doesn't go far enough to identify the president as being responsible enough evidence to bring charges against him or indeed members of the missile, the crew who were manning the missile at the time. and so, therefore, they have just said the investigation is suspended. relatives here have told me that they have mixed feelings. they're positive that there is more evidence against putin and disappointed that further suspects have not been identified. the restaurant chain, mcdonald's, has signed a legal agreement with the watchdog, the equality and human rights commission, in response to concerns about its handling of sexual harassment complaints, by staff in the uk. the commission says it's pleased the company has committed to a zero—tolerance approach. 0ur employment correspondent, zoe conway, has more details.

you take a job at mcdonald's, you expect to be trained, you expect to be educated, you expect to learn and move on in life, not be degraded. christine worked in a south london mcdonald's for seven years. not this one. in 2018, she went into the kitchen stockroom to find a manager. he started making really inappropriate sexual suggestions that i was uncomfortable with, and he pulled his pants down thinking that that was ok. and probably assuming that i would do something, and that was just bang out of order. did you go to a manager? did you complain? i went to my business manager and i said, "one of your managers is giving me unwanted attention and i'd like it to stop." she told me that she was going to investigate it and then she came back to me the next day and told me to go back in the kitchen and work with him. i'm like, "are you absolutely crazy?

he's going to make my life a misery. no!" four years ago, the bfawu trade union said it had received 1,000 complaints by mcdonald's employees of sexual harassment. the bbc has been told cases were settled with confidentiality clauses at mcdonalds' insistence. now, due to concerns about the company's handling of harassment complaints, it has agreed to let the equality watchdog monitor its workplace practices. should we come to a view that we are unclear as to whether they're doing this, making changes to the extent that we want them to make changes, we can terminate the agreement. we can open a full legal investigation into them under our enforcement powers. we can take them to court. when i started working at mcdonald's, i'd just come out as a transgender male... mcdonald's says it has a strong track record of making its employees

feel respected and included, and says it welcomes the opportunity to work with the ehrc. it was really nice just to feel included... in a statement, a mcdonald's spokesperson said of christine's experience, "we're extremely concerned to hear these allegations. we have an open door policy and encourage all employees to speak up if they have any concerns of any kind. we have a people services helpdesk and an employee assistance phone line, both of which can be contacted anonymously. the experiences described by this individual are completely unacceptable. " campaigners are concerned that those who allege they were victimised whilst working at mcdonald's are not being consulted by the company about how to improve their workplace culture. zoe conway, bbc news. whether coming in a moment. the former sheffield hallam mp, jared

0'mara has been found guilty at leeds crown court on six counts of fraud. this is over expenses claims made while he was an office in 2019. that is the former sheffield hallam mp, jared 0'mara, six counts of fraud over expensive claims made in 2019. we will have more on that as it comes into us. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. many of us have had the chance to see some sunshine today. after any early fog in the south cleared, most of us ending the afternoon on a fine note. as you can see, a very different story across parts of northern ireland and scotland. heavy rain spreading in, very strong and gusty winds. behind that rain band, as it sinks southwards and weakens, we will see some wintry showers and the risk of ice, particularly across parts of scotland. temperatures overnight, well, perhaps dropping down below freezing in places. many spots will stay just above freezing. and through tomorrow, remnants of that weather front, this band of cloud, pushing southwards, sunny skies following on behind, but further wintry showers

across parts of scotland especially, some of those clipping into northern ireland. it will stay windy across the northern half of scotland in particular. temperatures generally around eight, nine, 10 degrees. but as we look towards the end of the week, a slight change in the feel of the weather. we will see some slightly milder conditions developing through friday and indeed into the weekend. a lot of dry weather for much of the time. hello again, good afternoon. you watching bbc news. president zelensky of ukraine has arrived in the uk on his first visit since russia's invasion of his country. he has been addressing mps and is now meeting the king at buckingham palace. more than 11,000 people have been killed in turkey and syria by a massive earthquake. the search for

survivors continues. mcdonald's signs in agreement with the uk policy watchdog after concerns about how it handles sexual harassment complaint. police say they remain open to new information about missing woman nicola bulley, as the search in lancashire enters its 12th day. the first stamps featuring king charles iii have been unveiled by the royal mail. those are our headlines. now time for the sport. there has been a huge reaction in the united states overnight as lebronjames states overnight as lebron james added states overnight as lebronjames added yet states overnight as lebron james added yet another states overnight as lebronjames added yet another duel to his crown, becoming the all—time leading scorer in the nba. he broke the record with the greater good coming together to sing his praises.

the moment a milestone many thought to be insurmountable was finally surpassed. lebronjames, nicknamed the king, adding a newjewel to his crown. i the king, adding a new “ewelto his crown. ., ., crown. i would never ever in a million years _ crown. i would never ever in a million years have _ crown. i would never ever in a million years have dreamt - crown. i would never ever in a. million years have dreamt this. crown. i would never ever in a . million years have dreamt this. it is even better. for million years have dreamt this. it is even better.— million years have dreamt this. it is even better. for two decades, he has been the _ is even better. for two decades, he has been the dominant _ is even better. for two decades, he has been the dominant force - is even better. for two decades, he has been the dominant force in - is even better. for two decades, he has been the dominant force in the | has been the dominant force in the nba. playing for his hometown, and now the los angeles lakers, winning championships with each team. it is u . championships with each team. it is u- there championships with each team. it is up there with _ championships with each team. it 3 up there with ronaldo, muhammad ali, serena williams. he inspires a lot of people to want to be great. amongst all his achievements, they —— this may be considered the greatest yet. he had already overtaken superstars of the game

like michaeljordan and kobe bryant. but for some, breaking this record cements his status as the best ever. basketball fans in the united states are used to seeing lebronjames performing at the very top level. he averages 30 points per game. the big question now is how much longer he can continue. as he celebrates this achievement with his loved ones, james has made no secret of the fact he wants to sit around for long enough to play with or against his teenage son. and who would bet against him? back to matters closer to home and hugo lloris of tottenham hotspur has been ruled out for eight weeks with a knee injury. he pulled the full 90 minutes in the victory over manchester city on sunday. they do have fraser forster as back—up. england's cricketers will head into

the women's world cup feeling confident. they beat new zealand. it has been a great game for all of us. the girls have a lot of game time. it is great to play a few games before the world cup. we got rained out in the last world cup. and we want to go one better this year. and hopefully get my first major trophy. staying with cricket and four england players have entered the inaugural women's premier league auction at the highest reserve price. they are among 24 players listed in the top bracket of £50,000. the auction, where five franchises will pick their squads from 409 cricketers, takes place on

monday. the competition is set to start in march. and the six time world champion michaela schiffer and has matched the record for the most world championship medals in the modern era. the american took silva in the latest run. it is her 12th medal. she narrowly missed out on gold by 11 hundredths of a second. and that is all your support for now. more in the next hour. back to the earthquake now in turkey and in syria and more than 11,000 people are now known to have died after those devastating tremors that hit the countries and that death toll is very likely to rise quite significantly, as rescue workers and civilians continue to search the rubble and survivors trapped beneath that rubble succumb to their

injuries, in what is really bitterly cold weather at the moment. the earthquakes were the biggest in the region since 1939. they triggered dozens of aftershocks along the east fault line, which is one of the world's worst areas for seismic activity. the turkish president has in travelling to the disaster zone, as criticism has mounted over the turkish official government response to the disaster. we can now talk to natalie roberts, executive of doctors with borders, who has been working in syria for more than a decade. thank you for being with us. tell is what efforts you are making to try to help people who have been affected by this devastating earthquake.- who have been affected by this devastating earthquake. thank you for havin: devastating earthquake. thank you for having me- _ devastating earthquake. thank you for having me. as _ devastating earthquake. thank you for having me. as you _ devastating earthquake. thank you for having me. as you mentioned, | devastating earthquake. thank you i for having me. as you mentioned, we have had teams working in northern syria since the beginning of a war, over a decade now, and we have a

very strong group of staff who have been engaged in the area for a long period of time. they have been running hospitalfacilities in the area. i was based there back in 2012 to 2014. what was great about having those people there is that the minute the earthquake hit, they went straight into response mode, so despite the fact they themselves lost members of their families, they were able to switch immediately to try and support the local response to the earthquake in syria itself. that means by handling the injured, but also starting to think about what other ways we can ensure access to medical care and making sure that hospitals have the fuel and electricity they need and the medical supplies and that is what our teams have been engaged with on the ground in syria. the also have a team in turkey who also felt the effects of the aftershocks and the earthquake itself. it is a bit more

complicated for them because we are not currently working in turkey. we are currently seeking authorisation from the turkish government for us to help. from the turkish government for us to hel. ~ . from the turkish government for us to hel_ . ., ., from the turkish government for us to hel. ~ . ., from the turkish government for us to hel. . . . ., to help. what are some of the louistical to help. what are some of the logistical difficulties _ to help. what are some of the logistical difficulties facing - to help. what are some of the logistical difficulties facing aid workers and release teams as they try to get out of the people who need it most?— need it most? obviously the aid workers and _ need it most? obviously the aid workers and the _ need it most? obviously the aid workers and the release - need it most? obviously the aid workers and the release teams, need it most? obviously the aid - workers and the release teams, the primary responses local, it is local aid walk —— workers who are the first responders. the first issue is that our own teams are sleeping in their cars and are too afraid to go back to their homes, if they are still standing, and they are having to deal with their own personal crisis, on top of the fact that in syria, it is ten years of catastrophe from this walk, so already the infrastructure was extremely badly damaged, to try and create an infrastructure able to deal with a new catastrophe when it is so weak in the first place is really complicated. it was very difficult for us for a long period of time to get medical supplies into

syria for example and now when we most need them, it is really important that we can get them across the border into syria so that our teams can work with them. all of that, already we were dealing with difficulties of having electricity, water, medicalsupplies difficulties of having electricity, water, medical supplies and medical facilities functioning. and now we have this catastrophe on top of it and we are asking people who have already dealt with ten years of water now to respond to a catastrophe on top of that. catastrophe upon catastrophe. it really is. catastrophe upon catastrophe. it reall is. ., , ., , ., , really is. for ten years now, they have faced _ really is. for ten years now, they have faced daily _ really is. for ten years now, they have faced daily catastrophe, - have faced daily catastrophe, bombing, disco —— destruction, rubble, crisis, lack of access to health care. it is not so longer ——

so long ago there was a cholera outbreak. it is winter, it is freezing cold, it is a horrible place to be in winter anyway. and now there is this catastrophe on top. people who have already fled their homes many times are now kind of stuck outside in the snow and it isjust of stuck outside in the snow and it is just the worst case scenario. and isjust the worst case scenario. and do ou isjust the worst case scenario. and do you make _ isjust the worst case scenario. and do you make preparations because we know obviously earthquakes happen in this region, there are these fault lines, so are you in a sense as an agency prepared for this kind of disaster? we agency prepared for this kind of disaster? ~ ., ., ,., ., disaster? we are to some extent and have hue disaster? we are to some extent and have huge logistics _ disaster? we are to some extent and have huge logistics warehouses - disaster? we are to some extent and have huge logistics warehouses in . have huge logistics warehouses in europe and we are able to deliver supplies very quickly to disaster zones and we have done that around the world in previous earthquakes as well. we have things like inflatable tents for hospitals, we have the infrastructure to be able to deliver as quickly is possible when we get

on the ground. but that first 24—hour is is what is available locally. damage to the infrastructure, damage to the road, that means it is difficult to get new supplies and staffing to those locations. we have had some advance preparation, especially in syria where it is the same sort of response to an earthquake as it is to bombing, so we have the kids inside syria to be able to mobilise them immediately. —— kits. the type of situation we are seeing here, so thatis of situation we are seeing here, so that is really what happened. within an hour of the earthquake getting, we were mobilising supplies from our base in syria to other medical facilities across the region. natalie roberts, thank you very much indeed. executive director of doctors without borders. thank you very much indeed for your time. ijust want to very much indeed for your time. i just want to take you back to buckingham palace, where president

zelensky of ukraine is currently meeting king charles in an audience that president lenski said would be a great honourfor him to meet that president lenski said would be a great honour for him to meet the king and to express gratitude on behalf of the people of ukraine for british and uk support —— president zelensky. and that the audience is continuing. we have been hearing in the last few minutes that president zelensky is going to go from the uk to france, to paris, later on today and will meet president emmanuel macron and the german chancellor as well in paris. and there is also talking might be going to brussels to meet european union leaders. we will bring you up—to—date with all of that as we get more details. next take you back to the earthquakes in syria and turkey and i am joined now by a restaurant owner and an architect in the south of turkey, about 100 kilometres

north of the epicentre of the first earthquake. thank you very much indeed for being with us. can you just describe from your perspective the devastation that has happened in the devastation that has happened in the area where you live and work. we live the area where you live and work. - live actually at the very outskirts of the disaster area, but life has been pretty difficult for everyone, traffic has been horrendous. life is pretty difficult for everybody. at the moment, i have brought a truckload of supplies and aid to a little shop outside, to one of the very few buildings that has managed to stand we have such an uphill battle because getting here and

doing this distribution, something that you take about an hour and a half texas four hours. and everyone is so tied and the weather outside is so tied and the weather outside is blisteringly cold. after two days of bad rain, these people are wet and cold and hungry. turkey is a part of the world that has had earthworks before. 0ur has had earthworks before. our people almost prepared for disasters like this or not really?— like this or not really? nobody is reared like this or not really? nobody is prepared for _ like this or not really? nobody is prepared for a — like this or not really? nobody is prepared for a disaster _ like this or not really? nobody is prepared for a disaster like - like this or not really? nobody is prepared for a disaster like this. | prepared for a disaster like this. this has been truly horrendous. but i am 46 years old and i have had five big earthquakes within my lifetime. i should say, we expect it and we know that it is a possibility. but nobody can be ready for something like this. i woke up

at 4:17am, i have two kids and my partner and i woke the kids up and we didn't have... it was a minute and 20 seconds but we still did not have time to get out of the flat. can you imagine everybody around the southern part of turkey went through the same thing? and the next day, it is panic both the shops are closed and at the moment all of the shops that have broken windows are being looted because nobody can get anything anywhere right now. you cannot get ready for something like this, you cannot stock up. it like this, you cannot stock up. it like this, but when it happens, turkish people are good and we kind of rally together and we get our act together and we survive. we will get to better days pretty soon. but this is going to be a very rough week for everybody.

going to be a very rough week for everybody-— everybody. you are a trained architect. — everybody. you are a trained architect, as _ everybody. you are a trained architect, as i _ everybody. you are a trained architect, as i said. - everybody. you are a trained architect, as i said. in - everybody. you are a trained architect, as i said. in terms| everybody. you are a trained l architect, as i said. in terms of the buildings in that area and indeed across turkey, i don't know if you are still with us, but are those buildings in anyway earthquake proof? are they designed to withstand earthquakes, some of those buildings, at least? no, i think we have lost you. but thank you anyway for being with us. let's just take you back to buckingham palace now, president is is meeting king charles iii and we think you might be coming out in a moment. president zelensky had said when he was addressing both houses of parliament at westminster hall that it would be a great honour to

meet the king and to pass on his thanks from the ukrainian people. and just looking... actually, we might be getting some pictures of the present meeting the king in a couple of minutes. —— president. we will come back to that if we get that. but we are also expecting president zelensky to go to paris later on this evening after he has been to the uk, and he will be meeting president macron and the german chancellor as well. this is clearly more than just a visit to britain. he is meeting other european leaders. there are also reporting might be going to brussels tomorrow to meet european union leaders. because, ukraine desperate for more help. it has had a lot of military assistance from the west but needs even more, especially fighterjets he has been saying that

ukraine needs in particular. this is a pr exercise to an extent, notjust a mission to come and say thank you to europe and to the uk, but also to try and ask for more weaponry. we are hearing that he is going to ask are hearing that he is going to ask a summit of european union leaders tomorrow for more weapons to fight russia and also to help speed up ukraine's attempt to join the european union. and ukrainian officials have been quoted as saying my president travels to get results and he is on a foreign trip today, first and foremost the main result is weapons. we need the support of the european council to speed up arms deliveries to ukraine. bringing you more on that audience with the king as soon as we get some pictures of that meeting. presidentjoe biden has delivered his state of the union address in washington. he demanded that his officers be more accountable to the

people. mr speaker, the president of the united states. this was president biden's first address to a joint session of congress since republicans took control of the house of representatives and his first chance to make the case for his re—election, which he is expected to announce in the coming months. kevin mccarthy. seated behind him was the new house speaker, kevin mccarthy of california, who leads a fractured republican majority with the power to foil the president's agenda. speaker i don't want to ruin your reputation, but i look forward to working with you. looking ahead to the next two years, mr biden appealed for unity, hoping bipartisan agreement could be reached on areas of mutual concern, as it had in the past, on ukraine and on infrastructure.

and to my republican friends, we could work together the last congress, there's no reason we can't work together and find consensus on important things in this congress as well. applause i think the people sent us a clear message. fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict gets us nowhere. despite the olive branch, though, the president refused to give an inch on his key policy proposals, and he didn't back down from direct confrontation such as this exchange on protecting social safety nets for seniors. instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some republicans, some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset. let me give you...

anybody who doubts it, contact my office. i'll give you a copy... i'll give you a copy of the proposal. a key theme throughout his speech was finishing thejob. what he called a blue collar blueprint to rebuild america. he struck a balance between touting his accomplishments with vigour and acknowledging that many feel the economy is not working. to them, he said, i get it. my economic plan is about investing in places and people that have been forgotten. so many of you listening tonight. i know you feel it. so many of you felt like you've just simply been forgotten. manyy of the economic upheaval of the past four decades. too many people have been left behind and treat it like they're invisible. maybe that's you watching from home. this is one of the biggest audiences a president commands. so it was a key opportunity for president biden to convince voters that his policies are working.

though, with the nation so divided and with less than half of americans approving of hisjob performance, it looks like he'll have his work cut out for him these next two years. we are going back to the palace. there is president zelensky dressed in his normal combat outlet and he has just had in his normal combat outlet and he hasjust had an in his normal combat outlet and he has just had an audience with the king after he addressed both houses of the british parliament on his visit to the united kingdom. he had an audience with the king and he said earlier on it would be a great honour to meet king charles and be able to pass on to him his thanks. here's motorcade is now leaving buckingham palace. he said that in britain, the king is an air force pilot and in ukraine today, every air force pilot is aching. that is the way that president zelensky has

put it and therefore you is the motorcade leaving in buckingham palace and we now know that he will be heading to paris of ukrainian president, and it'll be something of a european tour because he will go from to paris and then meet president macron. and it looks like you will also be meeting european union leaders in brussels tomorrow as well. there is pictures of his motorcade leaving buckingham palace. with motorcycle outriders. and of course, he is here, not only do say thank you to britain for its steadfast military support and economic assistance throughout the year since the russian invasion of his country but he is also here and let's not beat about the bush, he wants more weapons, and so his speech to mps and peers at

westminster hall was very much aimed at trying to secure more western support. there has been the promise of tanks most recently. and also other tanks from european allies. but ukraine needs more, says president zelensky. it needs fighter jets in particular. and in fact, he said during his address today, he urged the uk and western allies to provide what he called wings for freedom by supplying his air force with advanced jets. uses address to parliament to thank britain for its steadfast support and he presented a ukrainian fighter ace's helmet to the speaker, lindsay hoyle, and he said more planes are needed if ukraine is to defeat president putin's forces. earlier, rishi sunak had announced plans to train

ukrainian pilots but whether or not that will be followed by the donation of british fighters jets and other nato fighterjets, we will have to see. we will have more from our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, on the various possibilities, but president zelensky making his way from buckingham palace in his motorcade on a sunny but cold day in the capital. speaking of the weather, let's get the latest forecast. we have seen some big weather contrasts so far today. early fog has given away to send skies. the wind has been strengthening. cloud has been gathering and let me show you this beautiful satellite picture showing exactly what is going on. this strike of cloud working in from the north—west. the wind strengthening

ahead of that and some outbreaks of heavy rain into the north—west of scotland and parts of northern ireland. at some sunny spells before that. this rain band will be working its way south—eastward as we head through the rush—hour. some very strong and gusty winds. scholey conditions as this wet weather works through. behind it in scotland, is now developing over high ground and even to relatively low levels at times and wintry showers pushing on behind. the band of cloud and rain weakening overnight. not much rain at all down into the south. temperatures generally around or just above freezing. this band of cloud working its way southwards and behind that, sunny spells and some wintry showers affecting parts of scotland. it will be again quite windy. especially across the

northern half of scotland. temperatures generally around eight, nine, 10 degrees. a slight change in the field the weather as we head towards the end of the week. this area of high pressure building across the south. and this leaves us with a feed of west or south—westerly winds bringing some milder air in south—westerly winds bringing some milderair infrom south—westerly winds bringing some milder air in from the atlantic. the yellow colours showing a clear on the emmas chart. milder on friday. a lot of cloud and rain in the north—west of scotland. some spells of sunshine in the south. temperatures climbing with highs of 11 or 12 degrees. sticking with milder feel 11 or 12 degrees. sticking with milderfeel as 11 or 12 degrees. sticking with milder feel as we head through the weekend. area of pressure close by. we will see quite a lot of cloud at times through the weekend and where the winds are light test, down towards the south, again the potential for missed and fog but sticking with that mild feel with highs of 11 or 12 degrees.

good afternoon, this is bbc news. our headlines: president zelensky 0ur headlines: president zelensky has been meeting king charles at buckingham palace this afternoon. the ukrainian leader is in the uk for a surprise visit. earlier, he addressed a packed westminster hall and he presented the helmet of ukrainian pilot to the house of commons. the writing on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. more than 11,000 people were killed in turkey and syria by huge earthquakes. the search for

survivors continues. mcdonald's, signs up to a new agreement, to better tackle sexual harrassment complaints, among staff. police say they remain open for new information about the missing woman nicola bulley. stamps of king charles iii have been revealed by the royal mail. president zelensky has been at buckingham palace meeting king charles. he arrived on the surprise visit to the uk this morning, his first visit since russia invaded his country almost a year ago. this was the moment of the historic meeting, a warm handshake before a short

audience and conversation with king charles iii. president zelensky said he saw this audience with the king as an honourand he saw this audience with the king as an honour and he very much wanted to pass on the thanks of ukrainian people to the king for british help in military assistance and economic assistance throughout the war. mr zelensky is due to fly to paris later on in this lunchtime, he addressed both houses of the uk parliament and in his address to mps and peers made at westminster hall, mr zelensky said he was confident that the effect of uk winning the war against russia will be out warning to future enemies, said that russia would certainly lose. he praised britain for standing by eucharist since day one, and repeated his plea for more fighter jets to help ukraine's war effort. it was a warmly received speech, mr

zelensky said he represents all ukrainians fighting for peace. i have come here and stand before you on behalf of the brave, on behalf of our heroes who are now in the trenches under enemy artillery fire, on behalf of ourair gunners and every defender of the sky who protects ukraine against enemy, aircrafts and missiles. on behalf of our tank men who fight to restore our ukrainian borders, on behalf of our conscripts who have been trained now, including here in britain. thank you, britain. thank you, britain, the message from mr zelensky. we will speak to jonathan bill in a moment, to talk about what else britain might be doing in terms of help for ukraine. let's assess the significance of

this visit. let's listen to another key moment in his address today. to the speaker. applause it's a... it's a... i will explain. the helmet of a real ukrainian pilot, he is one of our most successful assets and he is one of our kings. the writing on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. applause presenting the fighter pilot helmet to the speaker of the house of

commons. the swings, he means give us fighterjets. is that likely commons. the swings, he means give us fighter jets. is that likely to happen? i us fighter 'ets. is that likely to ha en? ., us fighter 'ets. is that likely to ha . en? ., ., “ us fighter 'ets. is that likely to ha en? ., ., ~ ., , happen? i do not think immediately, but ou happen? i do not think immediately, but you are — happen? i do not think immediately, but you are to be _ happen? i do not think immediately, but you are to be cavil_ happen? i do not think immediately, but you are to be cavil about - happen? i do not think immediately, but you are to be cavil about saying i but you are to be cavil about saying they've had because they were not going to give western tanks and then they did. it is always possible that they did. it is always possible that the glass ceiling will ship and eventually break. and some country shall do that. britain has a limited numberfighterjets, that sad. number fighter jets, that sad. i think numberfighterjets, that sad. i think what we are hearing from rishi sunak is political expediency, he wanted to offer something and he is saying they are going to help train ukrainian pilots, but that is existing pilots in western tactics, in may take tactics and techniques and procedures, which are more advanced than russian tactics. they are not going to get the aircraft, certainly no suggestion at the moment that britain will be the country to break that, what has been a bit of a to b. some people might be confused, why are we giving them tanks and

missiles but not fighterjets? is it because we are worried about provoking russia? that's always in the back of people's mines, and you have got to get a coalition of countries willing to do something, we have had from joe biden, when asked if the us will provide f—16jets, he simply joe biden, when asked if the us will provide f—16 jets, he simply said no. unless a country moves that has got fighterjets to give, i think it is difficult to see them. it's not impossible, but i think it is unlikely and it is certainly more unlikely and it is certainly more unlikely that it will be the uk providing those fighter jets. unlikely that it will be the uk providing those fighterjets. they are offering the training of existing pilots, remember the moment ukraine has more trained pilots on the fast jets than ukraine has more trained pilots on the fastjets than it has aircraft, it does have some spare capacity. we are talking about learning to adapt to western techniques, even possibly learning in a simulator how to fly a certain type of western plane, which could be done in the uk. they are

not actually saying the uk is going to give them jets, there is no suggestion at the moment that they are going to do that. it would be very difficult for the uk. apart from the f—16, there another swedish maker operating off rates, for ukraine in air force, they need runways. runways can be easily targeted by russian missiles, which has the whole of ukraine in their sites, essentially, that is another difficulty. the other thing is, not breaking the glass ceiling, it's about training, equipment, supplies, all those complicated things. ukraine at the moment, they are having to adapt to a whole new armoury of western supplied weapons, different systems from different countries, which isn't easy and that logistical chain could be quite long. it is complicated, it is not simple. jonathan, stay with us, we want to ask you another question in a moment. let us hear a bit more from

that speech from ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky which he made clear that the next military request to win the war would be fighter planes. they are so precious that we, the servants of our kings, do everything possible and impossible to make the world provide us with modern planes to empower and protect pilots who will be protecting us. i appeal to you and the world with simple and yet most important words, combat aircrafts for ukraine. wings for freedom. years ago, i thanked you delicious english tea. and i will be leaving the parliament today

thanking all of you in advance for powerful english planes. applause he is definitely wanting those fighterjets. no doubt about what he wants. what has he got at least from the uk and other countries, he has got tanks. jonathan, the uk has been training quite a lot of ukrainian troops, what else is he doing today while he is in britain? he will visit where ukrainian troops have now arrived to train on those british army challenger two tanks, 14 being given by the uk, in addition to that there are 30 of these large af 90 self—propelled guns. the reason we give those types of weapons is to break through russian lines. we talk about russian offensive expected imminently, and ukraine wants to conduct its own offensive to take back territory this spring and it is looking to

those tanks and those artillery pieces to do that. back to the glass ceiling, the west side of essentially they will not going to this send western tanks to the ukraine. that taboo has been broken, that boo has been smashed and he is getting western made tanks that he wants, probably he would like more of them but in the numbers, not all of them but in the numbers, not all of them but in the numbers, not all of them will arrive in the same time. they are going to go to ukraine. i think he is seen that. when he looks and thinks about fighterjets, he knows that a no may change over time. it fighterjets, he knows that a no may change over time.— change over time. it might be a ma be. change over time. it might be a maybe- it _ change over time. it might be a maybe- it may _ change over time. it might be a maybe. it may be _ change over time. it might be a maybe. it may be in _ change over time. it might be a maybe. it may be in the - change over time. it might be a maybe. it may be in the future. britain again, _ maybe. it may be in the future. britain again, it _ maybe. it may be in the future. britain again, it is _ maybe. it may be in the future. britain again, it is important. maybe. it may be in the future. britain again, it is important to| britain again, it is important to talk about rishi sunak, boris johnson was the man, even when he was out of power, going to ukraine,

seeing his friend volodymyr zelensky and getting a name check in his speech to parliament today. there was a rapport between them. rishi sunak has shown he is just as committed to supporting ukraine as borisjohnson was, he has promised to give ukraine the same sort of amounts of military equipment is in the previous year. more than £2.3 billion worth of military kit from the uk going to ukraine last year. we can expect similar mass amounts this year. he is making his mark and saying that i am fully behind ukraine in this war. when it comes to fastjets, it is a little bit more complicated. jonathan, thank you very much, with your analysis of what ukraine wants and needs. we had from president zelensky from that address at westminster hall and it was totally packed with parliamentarians wanting to show their unity against russian aggression. let us talk to helen,

who was watching. helen, it felt like a moment of history. there was very warm applause in dispersing that speech from president zelensky. it did. westminster hall is a particularly, it has particular significance within the houses of parliament. it is where world leaders traditionally address members of the house of commons, the house of lords, it is where the queen was lying in state. it has a particular symbolic state. looking at president zelensky, standing there in his military fatigues, as we are so used to seeing him and now, addressing the whole of mps, lords, people who work in the houses of parliament, all standing. it was packed to the rafters. listening to his every word. as you had in some of the clips you have played, the chairs, the applause that broke out after various things he said,

particularly when he talked about how he knew that russia, we know that freedom will win, we know that russia will lose, that provoked a huge chair. in between that, there was a virtual silence, considering there were so many people in that room listening to him, listening to what he had to say. the warm words that he had for the uk and he was very much flagging up the links that he has had with the uk, he told an anecdote about it on his last visit in 2020, drawing a parallel to how different it was, talking about having been taken around the war rooms in london and given the opportunity to sit in church's armchair, he told the guide at the time that he felt something but he did not fully understood. it was only since then, he understood how bravery takes us through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. there was a lot of warmth there but also pretty clear that he was not afraid to put

his house and something of an awkward political position, the symbolism of handing over a pile of�*s helmet inscribed with the words, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. for all the reason that you have just spoken to jonathan about, it is a pretty bold political thing to do as well, and has also picked rishi sunak and flagged up the difference slightly common approach between him and borisjohnson. the uk is continuing to provide support to ukraine, just as it did under borisjohnson, but on the specific issue of planes, there is a division, rishi sunak so far has not said he will provide planes. borisjohnson said he would. borisjohnson has released a statement since the speech, he is clear that it means planes, saying they should be sent. helen, thank you. we are hearing rishi sunak has asked the defence secretary to investigate what jets

the uk could potentially give to ukraine, this is according to downing street. did say it would be a long—term solution. helen, thank you very much. your analysis of the significance of the speech in the reception it had in westminster hall. let us bring you the latest on the terrible earthquake in turkey and in syria. the number of dead in the earthquake that struck turkey and syria, has now risen to more than 11,000. it is likely to rise much higher still. aid agencies have warned that time is running out to find any more survivors in the rubble. turkey's president is visiting some of the worst affected areas today, and with the very latest from southern turkey, here's our correspondent, tom bateman. in syria's idlib provincejoy is the rarest of moments. a family of six is pulled from the rubble. god is great, they shout, as the survivors are taken to safety.

nature doesn't respect syria's front lines and outside aid is still struggling to get to this devastated area. in southern turkey help is arriving, but only for some. in the city of adana, families of the missing wait and watch. eight bodies were pulled from the wreckage of this building overnight. one of them a child. this woman's two grand—daughters were asleep when the quake struck. "my little lambs have gone, please save them," she says. there is an intense focus on one particular part of the rubble here and every time this happens it brings a flicker of hope for the relatives waiting anxiously for any kind of news. so far none of that has been what they wanted. as the teams here are among the best equipped, as we travel further afield, the news is much worse. every now and then paramedics

join the rescue teams, but each time by now a tragic ritual, another body is found. and the families have to identify the dead as the crowd mourn. another tragedy unfolds on the broken streets. but many remain cut off. turkey says more than 20,000 troops and rescue workers are now dispatched. but there is growing anger as well, as collapsed buildings go unsearched and survivors go hungry. turkey's president visited the homeless in one region this morning, promising several hundred dollars to each family there. translation: as of now, unfortunately the number| of deceased is 8,574, the number of injured is 49,133, the number of collapsed buildings is 6,444. and now in the darkness there

are still some flashes of hope. four—year—old basler is taking out alive and after checking she is ok, a high five. 0ne childhood saved, where so many others are perishing. tom bateman, bbc news, adana, in southern turkey. countries around the world are sending support to help the rescue work, including specialist teams, sniffer dogs and equipment. in the uk, aid agencies and local communities are organising their own contributions to the relief effort, as frances read reports. help by the box. this is luton and one of many groups of people across the uk trying to help in any way they can. others have to wait. turkish communities here hoping their phones will deliver good news, and yet those who can help do, right across the country. here in the uk, we immediately

launched our appeal on monday and, thankfully, the response from our community has been immense. it is not surprising because whenever there has been a crisis across the world this community, the british public, the generous british public, has always stepped forward and supported us. also from the uk, around 80 search and rescue personnel with specialist equipment, like sonar devices for listening and four search dogs, trained to find live casualties. lancashire has deployed six firefighters and two dogs as part of that effort. they will be looking to get deployed. i spoke to a couple of them yesterday and i know they are absolutely chomping at the bit to get in and start helping. they have got so much specialist equipment, knowledge and expertise. the prime minister has said britain is providing all assistance required to authorities. our thoughts are with the people of turkey and syria, particularly those affected

by the earthquake and the first responders who are doing such a valiantjob. the uk, of course, not the only country sending help. injapan rescue teams have also been deployed to turkey. ukraine are sending natural disaster specialists, search dogs, and the us, one of many countries also sending aid. this is a global effort which the uk plays a part. frances read, bbc news. let's talk now with james denselow — head of conflict and humanitarian team at save the children uk. this is such a monumental disaster. i know you and your organisation have got huge experience, but it must be logistically a nightmare to try and get help to these people. it is. especially if you consider that some of the turkey was the

logistical hub that held the eighth in north—west syria, for the conflict there, to have the hub, clinics, hospitals and airports and crucially roads that can carry aid there in lorries decimated has had a knock—on effect in an area where aid with already hugely squeezed. it is incredibly difficult time, you talk about a window of rescue for those under the rubble, there is also a large window of the tens of thousands of people who have lost their homes in the freezing cold on both sides of the border, i think the priority is to make sure they have warm tents, blankets, mattresses, clothes in a matter of hours rather than days in order to prevent further loss of life. what is your organisation doing specifically? we have worked on both sides of this borderline over the last four years and our partners are responding as best they can, a lot of work has to best they can, a lot of work has to be done to make sure teams are ok in

cells, risking the rescuers has been one of the issues, especially in southern turkey. we are trying to release aid as we have got, it has been limited by the fact that aid into north—west syria is restricted to one single mandated crossing point which has a six—month renewal mechanism. there is a lot of politics around aid that hopefully this earthquake can expose and address. we are moving and releasing and setting up aid, expertise and cash, which is a vital way of getting to civilians as soon as possible so they can care for themselves. in terms of the children specifically in a disaster like this, i've covered earthquakes were one of the worst tragedies is, of course, children who are left without parents. left alone in the world, suddenly, to confront the reality of life after a disaster like this by themselves. indeed, we've had _ like this by themselves. indeed, we've had several— like this by themselves. indeed, we've had several high-profile i we've had several high—profile stories, including a baby born to a

mother who was killed in the crash. children themselves have a week adds mass killers and daniela, —— might have a weaker muscular system. the children are adjusting to the new reality of having lost members of the family, in some cases the entire family. child production will be in important part of this response, children who are late and find themselves in displacement centres, making sure the children are protected and do not find themselves at risk of trafficking or anything else, that we have seen in other natural disasters, unfortunately. children are incredibly resilient, we are looking at how we can address issues like interruption of education. it is a once in a century event and it will need a once in a century response.— event and it will need a once in a century response. james, thank you so much. century response. james, thank you so much- james— century response. james, thank you so much. james from _ century response. james, thank you so much. james from save - century response. james, thank you so much. james from save the - so much. james from save the children uk.

international investigators say they don't have enough evidence to resume their inquiry into the shooting down of flight mh17 over eastern ukraine. the aircraft was hit by a russian—made missile in 2014, killing nearly 300 people. dutch prosecutors said there were strong indications that president putin decided to provide the missile to moscow—backed separatists. 0ur correspondent, anna holligan, sent this update from the hague. what we've just heard is the strongest evidence to date that president putin was directly involved in giving the order to supply military support. the military support that was responsible for shooting down flight mh17 injuly 2014. so, what we've just heard inside the eurojust headquarters here in the hague, from the international team of investigators, were telephone conversations, tapped phone conversations between russian officials and separatists in ukraine asking for the extra support. the russian officials said that decision had to be made

by the president and the decision was delayed by a week because the person involved, the permission was required from somebody who was at a summit in france. and, of course, during that time, injune 2014, president putin was at the d—day commemorations in france. so, the investigators have said that this is concrete evidence and yet it doesn't go far enough to identify the president as being responsible, enough evidence to bring charges against him or indeed members of the missile, the crew who were manning the missile at the time. and so, therefore, they have just said the investigation is suspended. relatives here have told me that they have mixed feelings. they're positive that there is more evidence against putin and disappointed that further suspects have not been identified.

anna holligan reporting. anna holligan reporting. an mp has been convicted of fraud. leeds crown court said that jarrod 0'mara who represented sheffield hallam between 2017 and 2019 was thousand pounds in debt to a drugs dealer. he submitted fraudulent invoices, the body which regulates mps business costs and pay. the restaurant chain, mcdonald's, has signed a legal agreement with the watchdog, the equality and human rights commission, in response to concerns about its handling of sexual harassment complaints, by staff in the uk. the commission says it's pleased the company has committed to a zero—tolerance approach. 0ur employment correspondent, zoe conway, has more details. you take a job at mcdonald's, you expect to be trained, you expect to be educated, you expect to learn and move on in life, not be degraded.

christine worked in a south london mcdonald's — not this on — for seven years. in 2018, she went into the kitchen stockroom to find a manager. he started making really inappropriate sexual suggestions that i was uncomfortable with, and he pulled his pants down thinking that that was ok. and probably assuming that i would do something, and that was just bang out of order. did you go to a manager? did you complain? i went to my business manager and i said, "one of your managers is giving me unwanted attention and i'd like it to stop." she told me that she was going to investigate it and then she came back to me the next day and told me to go back in the kitchen and work with him. i'm like, "are you absolutely crazy? he's going to make my life a misery. no!" four years ago, the bfawu trade union said it had received 1,000 complaints by mcdonald's employees of sexual harassment. the bbc has been told cases

were settled with confidentiality clauses at mcdonalds' insistence. now, due to concerns about the company's handling of harassment complaints, it has agreed to let the equality watchdog monitor its workplace practices. should we come to a view that we are unclear as to whether they're doing this, making changes to the extent that we want them to make changes, we can terminate the agreement. we can open a full legal investigation into them under our enforcement powers. we can take them to court. when i started working at mcdonald's, i'd just come out as a transgender male... mcdonald's says it has a strong track record of making its employees feel respected and included, and says it welcomes the opportunity to work with the ehrc. it was really nice just to feel included... in a statement, a mcdonald's spokesperson said of christine's experience, "we're extremely concerned to hear these allegations. we have an open door policy

and encourage all employees to speak up if they have any concerns of any kind. we have a people services helpdesk and an employee assistance phone line, both of which can be contacted anonymously. the experiences described by this individual are completely unacceptable. " campaigners are concerned that those who allege they were victimised whilst working at mcdonald's are not being consulted by the company about how to improve their workplace culture. zoe conway, bbc news. it is coming up to half past three. let us take a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. many of us have had the chance to see some sunshine today. after any early fog in the south cleared, most of us ending the afternoon on a fine note. as you can see, a very different story across parts of northern ireland and scotland.

heavy rain spreading in, very strong and gusty winds. behind that rain band, as it sinks southwards and weakens, we will see some wintry showers and the risk of ice, particularly across parts of scotland. temperatures overnight, well, perhaps dropping down below freezing in places. many spots will stay just above freezing. and through tomorrow, remnants of that weather front, this band of cloud, pushing southwards, sunny skies following on behind, but further wintry showers across parts of scotland especially, some of those clipping into northern ireland. it will stay windy across the northern half of scotland in particular. temperatures generally around eight, nine, 10 degrees. but as we look towards the end of the week, a slight change in the feel of the weather. we will see some slightly milder conditions developing through friday and indeed into the weekend. a lot of dry weather for much of the time. hello again. you are watching bbc news. president zelensky has been meeting king charles iii at buckingham palace.

he is in the uk on a surprise visit. it is now no more than 11,500 people have been killed in turkey and syria by huge earthquakes as the search for survivors continues. mcdonald's has signed an agreement with the uk equality watchdog after concerns about how it handled sexual harassment claims. police say they remain open to new information about missing woman nicola bulley, as the search for her continues in lancashire. the first stamps featuring king charles iii have been unveiled by the royal mail. there will one day be a stamp of holly hamilton but not quite yet. sure she is with the sport. there is growing concern in turkey for the former premier league footballer christopher atsu, he is one of those missing, despite

earlier reports he had been told safely from the rubble. his agent says we are doing everything we can to locate christian. this continues to locate christian. this continues to be a devastating time for his family. atsu played for newcastle and also had spells with chelsea, everton and bournemouth and has 65 caps for ghana. the tottenham captain, hugo lloris, has been ruled out for up to eight weeks with a knee injury. the goalkeeper played the full 90 minutes in the victory over manchester city on sunday. they do have the former southampton and england international fraser forster as back—up. wales are possibly women head coach gemma granger has named her squad.

there is a first—ever call—up for bethan davies. this will be the second time wales compete in the competition, following their first appearance last year. they will play the philippines, iceland and scotland. it was a huge night of celebration in the united states as arguably the biggest name in the nba lebronjames made history once again. he is now the all—time record points scorer after surpassing his total points of 38,388 during the la lakers defeat to oklahoma thunder. millions of people across america and the rest of the world watched the moment as it happened and those courtside seats i was talking about

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borders, who had been working in northern syria, which has been hit very badly, for over a decade, since the start of the war. irate very badly, for over a decade, since the start of the war.— the start of the war. we have had teams working — the start of the war. we have had teams working in _ the start of the war. we have had teams working in syria _ the start of the war. we have had teams working in syria for - the start of the war. we have had teams working in syria for over i the start of the war. we have had teams working in syria for over a | teams working in syria for over a decade now. we have a very strong group of syrian medics that have been engaged in the area for a long time, running hospitalfacilities time, running hospital facilities and time, running hospitalfacilities and medicalfacilities in the time, running hospitalfacilities and medical facilities in the area. i was based there back in 2012 to 2014. what was great about having those people there is the minute the earthquake hit, they went straight into response mode and despite the fact that they themselves lost members of their families, fact that they themselves lost members of theirfamilies, we did lose one member of staff in syria, but they were able to switch immediately to try and support the local response to the earthquake in syria itself. that means by handling the injured as they evacuated in the rubble but also starting to think about other ways we can ensure

access to medical care, making sure that hospitals have fewer and they have electricity and the medical supplies and that is where teams have been engaged on the ground in syria. the also have a team in turkey who also felt the effects of the aftershocks and the ethnic itself. it is a bit more complicated for them because we were not currently working in turkey and we are currently seeking authorisation from the turkish government to be able to help with the response effort in turkey.— able to help with the response effort in turkey. what are some of the logistical— effort in turkey. what are some of the logistical difficulties _ effort in turkey. what are some of the logistical difficulties facing - the logistical difficulties facing aid workers and release teams as they try to get out to the people who need it most? —— relief teams. the primary sponsors logo. it is local aid workers who are the first responders and they also affected. 0ur responders and they also affected. our own teams are sleeping in cars, too afraid to go back to their homes, if their homes are still standing and they are having to deal with their own personal crisis on top of the fact that in syria, it is

ten years of catastrophe from this war. already the infrastructure was extremely badly damaged, trying to kind of create an infrastructure able to deal with a new catastrophe, when it was so you —— week in the first place, is really complicated and it was difficult for us for a long of time to get supplies into syria for example and now when we most need them, it is really important that we can get them across—the—board into syria, so that our team can work with them. already we were dealing with difficulties of having electricity, water, medical supplies and staff and medical facilities functioning and now we have this catastrophe on top of it and people who have dealt with ten years of war need to respond to a catastrophe on top of that. it is devastating _ catastrophe on top of that. it is devastating for _ catastrophe on top of that. it is devastating for everybody involved but in syria, which as you say has faced so many years of conflict and a most dreadful war, this is catastrophe upon catastrophe. it

really is. it is pretty much the worst—case scenario, especially this part of syria, for ten years now they have faced daily catastrophes, bombing, destruction, rubble, crisis, lack of access to health care, it is not so long ago that there was a cholera outbreak in the region. recurrent outbreaks of disease. it is winter and it is freezing cold. it is a horrible place to be in winter. and now there is catastrophe on top. people who have fled their homes many times are now stuck outside in the snow and it is just the worst—case scenario. let's take a look at some of the latest pictures from the various rescue operations that are under way. people looking for and listening to any signs of life beneath those collapsed buildings. rescuers did reach a small eight—year—old boy who survived after he pulled from the rubble and

the heavy machinery is of course needed but a lot of the work is actually done by people using their hands, their bare hands. another small boy being pictured here being pulled alive after 52 hours. just some of the scenes of devastation and a few moments ofjoy when rescuers do pull people alive from the rubble but more often than not, they are not finding survivors. the weather now is desperately cold and for any survivors who are still beneath the rubble, prospects are pretty grim. a53—year—old man has been charged in connection with the disappearance of an 11—year—old girl in the scottish borders. the child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found on monday evening. andrew miller,

also known as amy george, was arrested yesterday. 0fficers also known as amy george, was arrested yesterday. officers have set up a coordinated property in a nearby village. today, the partner of nicola bulley has visited the spot where police believe the missing woman fell into the water in lancashire 12 days ago. paul ansell spent ten minutes on the river bank near the bench where her phone was discovered. the search of the river has been continuing today. it is now 12 days since nicola was last seen and her family still want to know what happened to her. this morning, paulansell to know what happened to her. this morning, paul ansell visited the bench behind me where her mobile phone was found. she was last seen on saint michael's wire walking her dog after dropping her daughters off at school. lancashire police are warning today against so—called armchair detectives, people who may

be speculating on social media about what has happened to this woman. it is causing distress to her family and friends. 0ne is causing distress to her family and friends. one of her friends said that a lot of people are now coming to this area and taking selfies and sharing them online and it is starting to file little like a tourist spot, no matter how well—meaning they may —— maybe. we met paul and marcus morning, they have travel 20 miles to join in the search. have travel 20 miles to 'oin in the search. ~ ., have travel 20 miles to 'oin in the search. ~ . ., , _ ., , ., search. we are happy to help. you have professional _ search. we are happy to help. you have professional people - search. we are happy to help. you have professional people helping l search. we are happy to help. you i have professional people helping and we have _ have professional people helping and we have our dog helping and we want to help _ we have our dog helping and we want to help and _ we have our dog helping and we want to help and do our bit. as we have our dog helping and we want to help and do our bit.— to help and do our bit. as far as the search _ to help and do our bit. as far as the search goes, _ to help and do our bit. as far as the search goes, police - to help and do our bit. as far as the search goes, police dive - to help and do our bit. as far as i the search goes, police dive teams have been back out this morning and they are searching a little further afield now to the likes of fleetwood and morecambe bay. but they are now still keeping an open mind. they do believe that he has fallen into the water and they don't believe at this stage there is any third—party involvement. they say they are still

very much treating the case as a missing persons inquiries. the latest on that search in lancashire. it has been a problem that has affected the online gaming community for years, abuse and toxic language can come from other players. now for the first time in the uk, one major games publisher has partnered the police force in an attempt to tackle the problem. whether it's the world's most famous italian plumber, or tense tactical shooting that got you into gaming, you'll know that playing video games online can be a thing ofjoy, where friends from all over the world get together, new friendships are forged and memorable experiences shared. but there's also a dark side where abuse, bullying and hate speech can be commonplace. it's not a new problem. bleeped conversations. and it's not unique to one company.

the games industry, like others that involve online interaction, has been trying to figure out how to get to grips with behaviour like this for years. which is where the ubisoft customer relations centre in newcastle comes in. originally set up as a call centre, today it does much more, including working with northumbria police, getting training from expert officers in dealing with harmful online behaviour. toxicity takes a lot of different shapes. the important thing for us is you're at home, trying to have a good time, trying to relax, we want to make sure that you're doing that in a safe environment. the newly signed agreement also gives some of the 200 staff here direct access in cases where there's a threat to life or serious harm. one of the things that we've worked with the police on is that triaging thing. so we can decide actually do we need to visit to the police, or actually we can deal with ourselves? it's the first deal of its kind in the uk and the hope is that other games companies and police forces will now follow suit.

northumbria police prioritise protecting the vulnerable, and that includes all of our communities, notjust the communities that we physically meet, but our online community as well. are you able to properly resource this project? the demand from policing continually evolves and we have different challenges all of the time. but our role is we have to evolve with it. less than 0.01% of the cases here will require police intervention. that's around a handful every month. other times, accounts can be banned for breaching a code of conduct. it is daunting. at the same time, it's very important. and that's why we put all our heart to make things right. but there's also a clear business reason. in an increasingly competitive marketplace, keeping people playing your game is harder than ever, and they're more likely to stick around if they feel safe. steffan powell, bbc news, newcastle.

the church of england governing body is to debate and vote on proposals allowing priests to bless same—sex couples after a civil per ash partnership or marriage. but they will not be voting on the central question of whether anglican clergy should be permitted to conduct gay marriages. a man from bristol is warning others of the dangers of bank fraud after being scammed out of almost £8,000. marcus gere said the phone scam was so convincing, he was persuaded to hand overall the money he was relying for for his business. his bag initially said they would not refund the cash because you make mistakes. ii refund the cash because you make mistakes. , ., ., ., , ., refund the cash because you make mistakes. , ., ., ., , mistakes. if my landlord was not my friend, i potentially _ mistakes. if my landlord was not my friend, i potentially would _ mistakes. if my landlord was not my friend, i potentially would have - friend, i potentially would have been homeless. in friend, i potentially would have been homeless.— friend, i potentially would have been homeless. ,, , , . , been homeless. in september, marcus received a call — been homeless. in september, marcus received a call from _ been homeless. in september, marcus received a call from what _ been homeless. in september, marcus received a call from what he _ been homeless. in september, marcus received a call from what he thought i received a call from what he thought was starling bank's fraud team. they

told him they suspected fraudulent transactions were being made on his account, explaining he had seen the notifications on his phone. i 110ka notifications on his phone. i look at my phone _ notifications on his phone. i look at my phone and _ notifications on his phone. i look at my phone and it _ notifications on his phone. i look at my phone and it said - notifications on his phone. i look at my phone and it said £1500, l notifications on his phone. i iif7f7< at my phone and it said £1500, ebay, accept or reject as payment. he told me, the amount to the penny that was going to pop up on my phone. he me, the amount to the penny that was going to pop up on my phone.- going to pop up on my phone. he was then instructed _ going to pop up on my phone. he was then instructed to _ going to pop up on my phone. he was then instructed to reject _ going to pop up on my phone. he was then instructed to reject six _ going to pop up on my phone. he was then instructed to reject six more - then instructed to reject six more payments before he would be help to close the account and transfer his money to a new one, using a one—time payment code. i money to a new one, using a one-time payment code-— payment code. i had complete trust in his person- _ payment code. i had complete trust in his person. he _ payment code. i had complete trust in his person. he was _ payment code. i had complete trust in his person. he was in _ payment code. i had complete trust in his person. he was in my- payment code. i had complete trust in his person. he was in my eyes. in his person. he was in my eyes controlling the app and all of the money bar around £200 left my account. that was 7900 and pounds. it seems like scammers are getting smarter and smarter, especially when it comes to technology. how can customers spot when something is

fraudulent? the customers spot when something is fraudulent? , , customers spot when something is fraudulent?— fraudulent? the first thing is that sense of urgency, _ fraudulent? the first thing is that sense of urgency, that _ fraudulent? the first thing is that sense of urgency, that sense - fraudulent? the first thing is that sense of urgency, that sense of l sense of urgency, that sense of concern, — sense of urgency, that sense of concern, just say, i appreciate your call, _ concern, just say, i appreciate your call, i_ concern, just say, i appreciate your call, iwill— concern, just say, i appreciate your call, i will call you concern, just say, i appreciate your call, iwill call you back. but please — call, iwill call you back. but please do _ call, iwill call you back. but please do not call them back via the numher— please do not call them back via the number that they have given you or a text you _ number that they have given you or a text you may— number that they have given you or a text you may have received. log on to the _ text you may have received. log on to the banking app and make a call through— to the banking app and make a call through that. it is to the banking app and make a call through that-— through that. it is thought the scammers _ through that. it is thought the scammers were _ through that. it is thought the scammers were trying - through that. it is thought the scammers were trying to - through that. it is thought the | scammers were trying to make through that. it is thought the - scammers were trying to make these transactions triggering genuine notifications. marcus said he wanted to share his story so that younger people, especially those using banking apps and internet banking, were aware of the risks. i like banking apps and internet banking, were aware of the risks.— were aware of the risks. i like to think i were aware of the risks. i like to think i am _ were aware of the risks. i like to think i am pretty _ were aware of the risks. i like to think i am pretty switched - were aware of the risks. i like to think i am pretty switched on i were aware of the risks. i like to think i am pretty switched on to| think i am pretty switched on to these things but this was so much more well thought out and more intellectual than any other attempts. intellectual than any other attempts-— intellectual than any other attemts. ,, . , ., attempts. starling says it works extremely hard _ attempts. starling says it works extremely hard to _ attempts. starling says it works extremely hard to protect - attempts. starling says it works extremely hard to protect its i extremely hard to protect its customers... i felt like

ifelt like an i felt like an idiot. ifelt like an idiot. when it is your money on the line and it is happening at the time, some thought goes out of the window and you think, this person is helping me protect my money. the think, this person is helping me protect my money.— think, this person is helping me protect my money. the bank has now aareed protect my money. the bank has now a . reed to protect my money. the bank has now agreed to refund _ protect my money. the bank has now agreed to refund the _ protect my money. the bank has now agreed to refund the full _ protect my money. the bank has now agreed to refund the full amount - agreed to refund the full amount that was stolen. royal mail has revealed the image of king charles iii third that will appear on new stamps from april. it was approved personally by buckingham palace and features the king without the crown. every monarch since queen victoria — every reign, whatever its length — has had a stamp. symbols of a sovereign in our everyday lives. and there is about to be a new one. on display at the postal museum in london, a first look at the stamp of king charles iii. this will be what's known as his definitive stamp. it is a simple, stark image with little adornment. unlike his mother, he has chosen not to wear a crown.

as with all stamps, of course, the monarch approved them. and so we hope that he's happy with this design. and i think if i can say that the guidance we were given was not to try to be too clever, or to try to veer off into some different direction, but very much to keep that traditional image that we're all very much used to. the king charles iii stamp is part of a new exhibition at the postal museum — from queen victoria's penny black in 1840, through to more recent and more familiar images. the definitive stamp of queen elizabeth ii was unchanged for the last 55 years of her reign. it is believed to be the most reproduced work of art in history. a new stamp can take two to three years to be planned, designed, printed and put on sale. the new king charles iii stamp has been prepared in a fraction of that time, so that it will be in circulation

in time for the coronation. and the production of those stamps is now well under way. each one showing an image that will become synonymous with this reign. the stamp of king charles ii goes on sale on the 4th of april. daniela relph, bbc news, the postal museum. the giant mechanical ball which stole the show at the commonwealth games has found a new and permanent home in birmingham. it will go on display at new street station. this is what it is going to look like. it should be in place by the summer. thousands of people signed a petition to keep him in the city after he proved to be a big hit. it is brilliant to be the brand—new custodians of the raging bull. it is an absolutely unique piece of

cultural heritage that we thought it was important to keep year to be enjoyed by the 800,000 people who pass through the station every week. the largest ever election of the near paintings is going on show in amsterdam this weekend. the exhibition will showcase the work of the 17th—century master. 28 paintings have gathered. he did not even see him were record themselves. the girl with eight earlier ring and the milkmaid showcase his signature style of betraying the intimate atmospherically lift domestic scenes. b.

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rush—hour. some very strong winds ahead of it. scoring conditions as it works through. behind it across scotland, snow starting to develop over high ground but actually it will reach a levels at times. the band of cloud weakening overnight. not much rain at all getting down into the south. temperatures generally around orjust into the south. temperatures generally around or just about freezing. this band of cloud moving southwards and behind that, sunny spells. some wintry showers affecting parts of scotland. it will again be quite windy. temperatures generally around eight, nine, 10 degrees. a slight change in the feel of the weather as we head towards the end of the week. this area of high pressure building across the south. this will leave us with a

feed of west or south—westerly winds, bringing in milderairfrom the atlantic. the yellow colour showing up clearly on the chart. across northern england, northern ireland and scotland cloud and rain in the north—west of scotland. further south, some spells of sunshine with temperatures climbing to 12 degrees. we will stick with that mild feel as we head into the weekend. this area of high pressure close by. cloud feeding around the top of it. we will see quite a lot of cloud at times through the weekend and where the winds are lightest in the south, again the potential for missed and fog. sticking with that mild feel. top temperature 12 celsius.

good afternoon, this is bbc news. our headlines: president zelensky has been meeting king charles at buckingham palace this afternoon. he is here in the uk on the surprise visit. earlier zelensky addressed a packed westminster hall and presented the helmet of a ukrainian pilot to the commons speaker. the writing on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. more on president zelensky�*s visit during the afternoon. he is currently en route to dorset.

in other news: it's now known that more than 11,500 people were killed in turkey and syria by massive earthquakes — as the search for survivors continues. dramatic footage has emerged of one successful rescue, a family of six pulled alive from the rubble. many in turkey, say the government isn't doing enough, as the president sees for himself, the destruction, and counts, his country's dead. translation: as of now, unfortunately the number| of deceased is 8,574, the number of injured is 49,133, the number of collapsed buildings is 6,444. fastfood chain mcdonald's signs an agreement with the uk watchdog after concerns over how it handled sexual harassment complaints.

and in sport, lebronjames has become the nba's all—time leading scorer, passing kareem abdul—jabbar�*s 39—year—old record. hello. let us start by that visit to the uk by the ukrainian president. volodymyr zelensky has addressed parliament and met the king at buckingham palace this afternoon. the president arrived on a surprise visit to the uk this morning — his first trip here since russia invaded his country. this was the moment of that historic meeting — a warm handshake before a short audience and conversation with king charles iii. president zelensky expressing his

thanks to the king for britain's help for ukraine. after the audience, he is now travel down to dorset and he will be flying to paris. he will meet president macron and the german chancellor in paris. mr zelensky was addressing mps and peers at lunchtime and he said that he was confident the ukraine winning the war against russia will be a warning to future enemies. he said russia would certainly lose. he said that he represents all ukrainians waiting for peace. —— fighting for peace. i have come here and stand before you on behalf of the brave, on behalf of our heroes who are now in the trenches under enemy artillery fire, on behalf of ourair gunners and every defender of the sky who protects ukraine against

enemy, aircrafts and missiles. on behalf of our tank men who fight to restore our ukrainian borders, on behalf of our conscripts who have been trained now, including here in britain. thank you, britain. thank you, britain was his message. during president zelensky�*s address, he quoted the words on an airforce pilot's helmet: "we have freedom — give us wings to protect it." applause to the speaker. it's a... i will explain. it's a helmet of a real ukrainian

pilot, he is one of our most successful aces and he is one of our kings. and the writing on the helmet reads, "we have freedom, give us wings to protect it." applause give us wings was the message from mr zelensky. a little earlier i spoke to our defence correspondent jonathan beale. the west uk are reluctant to give ukraine fighterjets. i asked him the west uk are reluctant to give ukraine fighterjets. iasked him if the further donation of military equipment, especially fighterjets, equipment, especially fighter jets, would be equipment, especially fighterjets, would be a possible provocation of russia. that's always in the back of people's minds, and you have got to

get a coalition of countries willing to do something, we have heard from joe biden, when asked if the us will provide f—16 jets, he simply said no. unless a country moves that has got fighter jets to give, i think it is difficult to see them ending up there. it's not impossible, but i think it is unlikely and it is certainly more unlikely that it will be the uk providing those fighter jets. they are offering the training of existing pilots, remember at the moment ukraine has more trained pilots on fastjets than it has aircraft, it does have some spare capacity. we are talking about learning to adapt to western techniques, even possibly learning in a simulator how to fly a certain type of western plane, which could be done in the uk. but they are not actually saying the uk is going to give them jets, there is no suggestion at the moment that they are going to do that. it would be very difficult for the uk.

apart from the f—16s, there's another swedish maker that can operate off roads, for ukraine in air force, they need i’u nways. runways can be easily targeted by russian missiles, which has the whole of ukraine in their sights, essentially, that is another difficulty. the other thing is, not breaking the glass ceiling, it's about training, equipment, supplies, all those complicated things. ukraine, at the moment, they are having to adapt to a whole new armoury of western supplied weapons, different systems from different countries, which isn't easy and that logistical chain could be quite long. it is complicated, it is not simple. jonathan, stay with us, we want to ask you another question in a moment. let's hear a bit more from that speech from ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky, in which he made clear that the next military request to win the war would be fighter planes. they are so precious that we,

the servants of our kings, do everything possible and impossible to make the world provide us with modern planes to empower and protect pilots who will be protecting us. and i appeal to you and the world with simple and yet most important words, combat aircrafts for ukraine. wings for freedom. years ago, i thanked you delicious english tea. —— years ago, i thanked you foor delicious english tea. and i will be leaving the parliament today thanking all of you in advance for powerful english planes. laughter and applause he is definitely wanting those fighterjets. no doubt about what he wants. what has he got at least from the uk and

other countries, he has got tanks. jonathan — the uk has been training quite a lot of ukrainian troops, what else is he doing today while he is in britain? he will visit where ukrainian troops have now arrived to train on those british army challenger 2 tanks, 14 being given by the uk, in addition to that there are 30 of these large af 90 self—propelled guns. the reason we give those types of weapons is to break through russian lines. we talk a lot about russian offensive expected imminently, and ukraine wants to conduct its own offensive to take back territory this spring and it is looking to those tanks and those artillery pieces to do that. back to the glass ceiling... the west said essentially they were not going to this send western tanks to the

ukraine. that taboo has been broken, that glass ceiling has been smashed and he is getting the western made tanks that he wants, probably he would like more of them but mean numbers, in 10s, 20s, 30s, not all of them will arrive in the same time. they are going to go to ukraine. our political correspondent helen catt has more. he was saying gratitude from ukraine for the support of britain, but we would like a bit more help, please. he came here with a clear plan of what he wanted to say to the country, to those members of parliament that were gathered to listen to him. on the one hand, there was real warmth in his speech, there was real warmth in his speech, there were thanks to the uk for having been one of the first to back ukraine right from the very

beginning of the invasion, of the help that it is given sense. he singled out rishi sunak and boris johnson by name to thank them throughout the speech as well, he drew links with his own previous visits to the uk, before the war started back in 2020, when he talked about having their name to visit churchill's armchair in the war rooms in london and saying then that it was only since he had understood, as he put it, how bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardship to finely reward you with victory. there was a lot of warmth there, but he was also very, very clear that the ask about what he wanted. you saw him present the helmet inscribed from what he said was a real ukrainian pilot, in a very visual, symbolic way of asking for that machinery. there has been a slight change since he made that speech, a slight shift in tone from downing street. previously, the

government had been saying, been resisting calls to provide planes, as you heard from jonathan there, saying it takes a long time to train people to fly them, since the speech borisjohnson has come out, slight difference of tone from boris johnson who thinks plane should be sent. he came out after the speech with a stain on the set is time to give the ukrainians extra equipment they need to defeat putin, it means planes. since then, downing street has said the defence secretary and wallace has penthouse with investigating what planes the uk may be able to provide, it stresses will be able to provide, it stresses will be able to provide, it stresses will be a long—term it took five years to train british pilots to fly time feeds —— flight typhoons. the is looking at a multi—year approach on this. slight change in language about whether planes would be sad. the atmosphere at westminster hall, it is not often you see all of

britain's parliamentarians standing together, applauding together any recognition of this man who has led ukraine through such dark days. this is what the speech built, if you want a symbol of continuing support for ukraine from the west, what better visual symbol could there be than presidents zelensky and his military fatigues, standing in front of the vast crowd of mps, people who work in parliament, the house of lords, they were totally silent, listening to what he had to say. every so often applauding, cheering, it was a really... it was quite an intense atmosphere and in the sense of what could look like greater support than that, i think it is difficult to say. particular weather in westminster hall, it is a very large space, space that has particular significance within parliament, where world leaders would usually address parliamentarians, it is where the

king address parliamentarians, it is where the queen was lying in state, it has symbolic in that state. that didst give the impression of the continuing support for the support of ukraine and for present zelensky. we can speak tojustin, who is the chief executive of the intelligence company, he is a former british army commander he is the challenger two tanks during operations in around in 2003 and 2004. thank you for being with us once again. we are giving them tanks but president zelensky asking for fighterjets, as we've been hearing, what difference that make to ukraine and you see any circumstances in which we and other nato countries might provide fighterjets to ukraine. it's funny, at the start of the conflict, someone said will we be

sending multiple launch rocket system? this was about the 26 of fabry last year, and i was guilty of saying i do not see that happening. -- 26 saying i do not see that happening. —— 26 february. if someone had said challenger two, —— 26 february. if someone had said challengertwo, i —— 26 february. if someone had said challenger two, i think i would have laughed off my chair. here we are, zelensky visiting challenger two and trips in training. there is a big supplied. i agree withjonathan when he said it is all unthinkable, an awful lot of obstacles in the way but which will see the supply of equipment gradually get better in smaller amounts, they open the door and more will come. definitely not unthinkable and there is a widening hope for the ukrainians and training on these platforms as much as they can, on simulators and things. they are gradually seeing more hope that they might get these things, which is certainly an advance from where we while. as you say, all of this looked unlikely a year ago, is it a sign

that the west in the uk and nato is getting more and more embroiled in this war, does that pose dangers for the future in terms of where we are with russia? one of the reasons that things have been slower than people said, those people who said why are we not sending howitzers, why did you wait nine months, 12 months to send them, the reason we have been feeling our way, trying to understand the situation with regards to russia, risking escalation? there was a say at the beginning that russia would keep coming if they had success in uk know we had to be ready to defend western europe. theirfeeling is that the conflict is in eastern ukraine, but they can't win by defending forever and they need to be able to strike back. it is always a slow progress, risk of escalation that they are managing quite heavily, making smaller donations, no one is desperately tipping the

balance against russia but we are ensuring they are slowed in the donation of what we are giving them, giving the ukrainians the best chance to win. almost on their own terms, but nato waiting behind. it is marginal help for the ukrainians, it is making quite a difference but is about empowering ukraine to win, it is not about nato fighting ukraine's battle for them. can ukraine when? a lot of talks about spring offences by russia and ukraine. is that what you expect? who is going to be successful in those offences, whether ukraine has tanks by then from the west? it probably will not have fighter jets by that for sure. where do you think we are the next few months? the advantaae we are the next few months? the advantage of— we are the next few months? tie: advantage of the tanks coming down the line is that ukraine can take more risks today if enosis could have 400 more tanks coming in the summer. you can afford to spend the

once you have now in riskier operations, trying to achieve greater success. operations, trying to achieve greatersuccess. in operations, trying to achieve greater success. in terms of the short term, i think we are seeing the russians mounting their offensive now for the first news of it. it is slow and steady, more dangerous at a very low level than they have been but they are incompetent and moving and larger levels at the present moment in time, achieving one field at a time, couple of buildings at a time. they are going forward. ukraine will help to bleed them out doing that, then try to deliver a more punchy blow back to russia in about march, april timeframe. that in itself will not shatter the russians, it will probably be of the front line, stabilise the situation from where it is currently. we are than into this longer period, can ukraine win? yes, we are not sure what victory looks like. it was sunny seem to be quite a drawn—out conflict and that is one more reason why this steady supply of equipment

is quite important, it is not going to be over next month. one last question, mr zelensky is visiting, we understand, ukrainian troops who are being trained here in the uk. i think we have trained about 10,000 also so far, what difference does that make? that is the technical training on how to use the technical training on how to use the various weapons systems, there is the military strategy training, is the military strategy training, is there? are we making them a better army and an army more capable strategically and tactically at winning this war? that is the real point. an army is more than 200,000, or 300,000 individuals. it is greater than the sum of its parts. it is notjust the tanks, guns and people and it is how you use them together and if you have the moral component as well. those moral conceptions and physical. ukraine has got the model, we have seen, we are helping them with conceptual and they are applying that property at a higher

level than russia, not only due to the training we have given them away from the front lines in uk not having to take its best commanders and trainers away from the fight, to train its own people in a war torn country. they are able to do that in the uk, it is often overlooked but it's been a substantial element in helping them fight better and what they can do the front lines felt comparatively minimal investment for dog not to decry the people involved all over the world involved in this, but it is been substantial. justin crump, chief executive of sibylline, former british army commander. thank you. other news this hour, let us start with the earthquakes that have hit turkey and syria. the number of dead from those quakes has now risen to more than 11 and a half thousand. aid agency are warning that time is now running out to find any more survivors who have been trapped in the rubble.

turkey's president is visiting some of the worst affected areas today, and with the very latest from southern turkey, here's our correspondent, tom bateman. in syria's idlib provincejoy is the rarest of moments. a family of six is pulled from the rubble. god is great, they shout, as the survivors are taken to safety. nature doesn't respect syria's front lines and outside aid is still struggling to get to this devastated area. in southern turkey help is arriving, but only for some. in the city of adana, families of the missing wait and watch. eight bodies were pulled from the wreckage of this building overnight. one of them a child. this woman's two grand—daughters were asleep when the quake struck. "my little lambs have gone, please save them," she says.

there is an intense focus on one particular part of the rubble here and every time this happens it brings a flicker of hope for the relatives waiting anxiously for any kind of news. so far none of that has been what they wanted. as the teams here are among the best equipped, as we travel further afield, the news is much worse. every now and then paramedics join the rescue teams, but each time by now a tragic ritual, another body is found. and the families have to identify the dead as the crowd mourn. another tragedy unfolds on the broken streets. but many remain cut off. turkey says more than 20,000 troops and rescue workers are now dispatched. but there is growing anger as well, as collapsed buildings go unsearched and survivors go hungry. turkey's president visited the homeless in one region this

morning, promising several hundred dollars to each family there. translation: as of now, unfortunately the number| of deceased is 8,574, the number of injured is 49,133, the number of collapsed buildings is 6,444. and now in the darkness there are still some flashes of hope. four—year—old basler is taking out alive and after checking she is ok, a high five. one childhood saved, where so many others are perishing. tom bateman, bbc news, adana, in southern turkey. we can show you this scene live in southern turkey, you can see rescue efforts continuing, a couple of bulldozers in action and people digging through the rubble as well.

it is very, very cold that night, especially. lots of bulldozers working under floodlights, especially. lots of bulldozers working underfloodlights, trying to see if there are any survivors, it is desperately difficult now to find more people alive underneath the rubble as time goes on. that death toll now of the two quakes, both in turkey and syria, has now risen to more than 11,700. it seems very likely that is just going to keep on rising, that death toll, over the next few days. and we can show you some of the other pictures of the rescue operations as people have been looking for and listening for any signs of life beneath collapsed buildings, rescuers did reach a small hrl boy —— eight—year old boy. he survived after he was pulled from the rubble. the heavy mission is help to plough through the rubble. a

lot of the work is done by people's their hands as well. another small boy was pulled alive here, more than 52 hours after the earthquake hit. there have been some individual success stories in terms of rescues but generally the death toll is rising, as i say, all the time. we can hear now from an architect who lives in southern turkey, hundred kilometres north of the epicentre of the first earthquake. she was to end last she was asleep in her apartment when the earthquake hit and she had to flee her flat with her partner and two children. i spoke to her a little earlier on. we live at the outskirts of the disaster area.

but life has been pretty difficult for everyone, traffic has been horrendous. life is pretty difficult for everybody. at the moment, i have brought a truckload of supplies and aid to a little shop outside, to one of the very few buildings that has managed to stand out. we are trying to deliver food and clothes to people around here. we have such an uphill battle because getting here and doing this distribution, something that you take about an hour and a half takes us four hours. and everyone is so tied and the weather outside is blisteringly cold. after two days of bad rain, these people are wet and cold and hungry. turkey is a part of the world that has had earthworks before. our people almost prepared for disasters like this or not really?

this has been truly horrendous. but i am 46 years old and i have had five big earthquakes within my lifetime. i should say, we expect it and we know that it is a possibility. but nobody can be ready for something like this. i woke up at 4:17am, i have two kids and my partner and i woke the kids up and we didn't have... it was a minute and 20 seconds but we still did not have time to get out of the flat. can you imagine everybody around the southern part of turkey went through the same thing? and the next day, it is panic both the shops are closed and at the moment all of the shops that have broken windows are being looted because nobody can get

anything anywhere right now. you cannot get ready for something like this, you cannot stock up. but when it happens, turkish people are good and we kind of rally together and we get our act together and we survive. we will get to better days pretty soon. but this is going to be a very rough week for everybody. latest there at the terrible earthquakes that have had turkey and syria. here is the weather. good afternoon. some real weather contrast across the uk today. southern and eastern parts, once fog had cleared, so plenty of sunshine, thatis had cleared, so plenty of sunshine, that is how it looked in norfolk a little while ago. the wind has been strengthening, cloud has been

rolling in and on the radar you can see the band of rain, some really squally wet weather pushing its way south—eastwards as we go through the evening, the rain really fizzles away. some wintry showers across scotland on the risk of ice. temperatures for most of us by the start of tomorrow morning just above freezing. the remnants of that weather front clearing the south—east and the england and wales tomorrow, lots of sunshine. the odd showerfor northern tomorrow, lots of sunshine. the odd shower for northern ireland, tomorrow, lots of sunshine. the odd showerfor northern ireland, wintry showers for scotland and windy again, particularly in the northern half of scotland. temperatures are around seven, eight or nine celsius. a little milder as we head three fiery day and into the weekend. a lot of dry weather around, cloud, and the return of some mist and fog in the south. —— as we head through friday and into the weekend.

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zelensky has met king charles iii at buckingham palace this afternoon. the ukrainian leader is in the uk on a surprise visit. more than 11,500 people have been killed in turkey and syria by the massive earthquakes. mcdonald signed an agreement with uk equality watchdog concerns about how it handles sexual harassment complaints. andrew browne james has become the all—time leading scorer in the nba. —— lebronjames. and now we have more sports stories. more about lebronjames shortly. but there is concern for christian atsu, who is missing in turkey, despite early reports he had been pulled

safely from the rubble. is agent has spoken out to say he has still not been located. he said we are doing everything we to locate christian lust this continues to be a devastating time for the family. atsu played for newcastle and also had spells at chelsea, everton and bournemouth and has 65 caps for ghana. tottenham captain hugo lloris has been ruled out for up to eight weeks with a knee injury. the goalkeeper did play the full 90 minutes in the victory over manchester city on sunday. former southampton and england international fraser forster is back—up. mary has made the shortlist for the women are possibly as goalkeeper of the year. she did start every game for england when they won the euros last summer and

became the first keeper to keep 50 clean sheets in the women's super league. she has made the shortlist. gemma grainger, wales coach, has named a 27 player world cup —— 27 player squad. named a 27 player world cup —— 27 playersquad. bethan named a 27 player world cup —— 27 player squad. bethan davies has received herfirst player squad. bethan davies has received her first call upon this will be the second time wales have competed in the competition. we also play the philippines, iceland and scotland. —— wales will play. jonny sexton has insisted there are no concerns over his fitness for the game against france this weekend. he came off in the second half of the victory over wales on saturday. it was initially said he had undergone a head injury assessment but today, he has said he will be ready to go for 80 minutes this week if needed.

and it was a huge night of celebration in the united states as arguably the biggest name in the nba, lebronjames, made history once again. he is now the all—time record points scorer. they even stopped the game for celebrations and messages in front of a crowd that included plenty of stars. millions of people across the united states and the rest of the world watched the moment as it happened. courtside seats were exchanging hands for thousands of dollars. plenty of people watching at home and in bars. this dollars. plenty of people watching at home and in bars.—

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2014, killing all on board. dutch prosecutors say there are strong indicators that president putin decided to provide the missile to soviet—backed. what we have heard is the strongest evidence to date that president putin was directly involved in giving the order to supply military support that was responsible for shooting down flight mh17 injuly 2014. what we had just heard inside the headquarters in the hague, the international team of investigators, telephone conversations between russian officials and separatists in ukraine, asking for the extra support both the russian officials said that decision had to be made by the president and the decision was delayed by a week because the person involved, the permission was required from somebody who was at a summit in france and of course, during that time, injune 2014,

president putin was at the d—day commemorations in france, so the investigators have said that this is concrete evidence and yet it does not go far enough to identify the president as being responsible, enough evidence to bring charges against him or indeed members of the crew who were manning venus at the time and so therefore, they have said the investigation is suspended and relatives have told me that they have mixed feelings, they are positive that there is more evidence against president putin and disappointed that further suspects have not been identified. the partner of nicola bulley has visited the spot where police believe the missing woman fell into the river in lancashire 12 days ago. paul ansell spent ten minutes on the river bank near the bench where her phone was discovered. the search of the river has been continuing today

and our reporter sent us this update. it's now 12 days since nicola was last seen and the family are no closer to knowing what happened to her. this morning, her partner paul visited the bench behind me where her mobile phone was found. she was last seen here on saint michael's on wyre walking her dog after dropping her two daughters off at school. lancashire police are warning against so—called armchair detectives, people who might be speculating on social media about what has happened, saying it is this causing distress to the family and friends. we heard from one friend who said lots of people coming to the area and taking selfies and sharing them online and it's starting to feel like a tourist spot, no matter how well—meaning they may be. we've met paul and mark this morning, who travelled 20 miles with their dog to try to join and mark himself has 30 years as a trained searcher in the military. we are happy to help. we have professional people helping and our great dog helping.

we want to help and do our bit. as far as the search goes, police diving teams have been back out this morning, searching further afield as well to the likes of fleetwood and morecambe bay, where the wyre meets the sea. they say they are keeping an open mind, they do believe she has fallen into the water and they don't believe at this stage there is any third—party involvement. they say they are still treating this case as a missing persons inquiry. the latest on the search in manchester. the restaurant chain, mcdonald's, has signed a legal agreement with the watchdog, the equality and human rights commission, in response to concerns about its handling of sexual harassment complaints, by staff in the uk. the commission says it's pleased the company has committed to a zero—tolerance approach. our employment correspondent, zoe conway, has more details. you take a job at mcdonald's, you expect to be trained, you expect to be educated,

you expect to learn and move on in life, not be degraded. christine worked in a south london mcdonald's — not this one — for seven years. in 2018, she went into the kitchen stockroom to find a manager. he started making really inappropriate sexual suggestions that i was uncomfortable with, and he pulled his pants down thinking that that was ok. and probably assuming that i would do something, and that was just bang out of order. did you go to a manager? did you complain? i went to my business manager and i said, "one of your managers is giving me unwanted attention and i'd like it to stop." she told me that she was going to investigate it and then she came back to me the next day and told me to go back in the kitchen and work with him. i'm like, "are you absolutely crazy? he's going to make my life a misery. no!"

four years ago, the bfawu trade union said it had received 1,000 complaints by mcdonald's employees of sexual harassment. the bbc has been told cases were settled with confidentiality clauses at mcdonalds' insistence. now, due to concerns about the company's handling of harassment complaints, it has agreed to let the equality watchdog monitor its workplace practices. should we come to a view that we are unclear as to whether they're doing this, making changes to the extent that we want them to make changes, we can terminate the agreement. we can open a full legal investigation into them under our enforcement powers. we can take them to court. when i started working at mcdonald's, i'd just come out as a transgender male... mcdonald's says it has a strong track record of making its employees feel respected and included, and says it welcomes the opportunity to work with the ehrc.

it was really nice just to feel included... in a statement, a mcdonald's spokesperson said of christine's experience, "we're extremely concerned to hear these allegations. we have an open door policy and encourage all employees to speak up if they have any concerns of any kind. we have a people services helpdesk and an employee assistance phone line, both of which can be contacted anonymously. the experiences described by this individual are completely unacceptable. " campaigners are concerned that those who allege they were victimised whilst working at mcdonald's are not being consulted by the company about how to improve their workplace culture. zoe conway, bbc news. more now on our top story, the devastating earthquake that has hit turkey and syria. rescue efforts continuing, despite the freezing weather and in syria, the war continues to rage there. natalie robert is the executive director of

doctors without borders and they have been working in northern syria since more than a decade and i spoke to her a little earlier on.— to her a little earlier on. thank ou for to her a little earlier on. thank you for having _ to her a little earlier on. thank you for having me. _ to her a little earlier on. thank you for having me. as - to her a little earlier on. thank you for having me. as you - to her a little earlier on. thank - you for having me. as you mentioned, we have had teams working in northern serious is the beginning of the war, over a decade ago now and we have a strong group of syrian staff who have been engaged in the area for a long of time, running hospitals and medical facilities area for a long of time, running hospitals and medicalfacilities in the area. i was based there back in 2012 the 2014. what was great about having those people there is that the minute the earthquake hit, they went straight into response mode, so despite the fact that they themselves lost members of their families, we did lose a member of staff in syria, they were able to switch immediately to support the local response to the earthquake in syria itself, so that means by handling the injured, but also starting to think about what other

ways we can ensure access to medical care. and that is what our teams have been engaged with on the ground in syria. we also have a team in turkey who also felt the effects of the aftershocks and the earthquake itself. it is a bit more complicated for them because we are not currently working in turkey and we are seeking authorisation from the turkish government to be able to help in response efforts in turkey. what are some of the logistical difficulties facing aid workers and relief teams as they try to get help to the people who need it most? the aid to the people who need it most? tie: aid workers and the relief teams, the primary responses local, it is local aid workers who are the first responders and they are also affected. our own teams are sleeping in their cars and are too afraid to go back to their homes, if their homes are still standing, and they are having to deal with their own personal crisis. on top of the fact that in syria it is ten years of

catastrophe from this war. already the infrastructure is extremely badly damaged, trying to kind of create an infrastructure that is able to deal with a new catastrophe when it is so weak in the first place is really complicated. it was difficult for us for a long period of time to get supplies, medical supplies come into syria for example and now when we most need them, it is really important that we can get them across the border, so that our team can work with them. but all of that already we were dealing with difficulties of having electricity and water and medical supplies and health staff and medical facilities functioning and now we have this catastrophe on top of it and we are asking people who are already dealing with ten years of war to now respond we catastrophe on top of that. it respond we catastrophe on top of that. , . , that. it is devastating... it is obviously — that. it is devastating... it is obviously devastating - that. it is devastating... it is obviously devastating for - that. it is devastating... it is - obviously devastating for everybody involved but in syria, which as you say has faced so many years of conflict and a most dreadful war, this is catastrophe upon

catastrophe. it this is catastrophe upon catastrophe.— this is catastrophe upon catastrophe. this is catastrophe upon catastrohe. . , , , catastrophe. it really is. it is re catastrophe. it really is. it is pretty much _ catastrophe. it really is. it is pretty much the _ catastrophe. it really is. it is pretty much the worst-easel catastrophe. it really is. it is- pretty much the worst-case scenario, pretty much the worst—case scenario, especially this part of syria, northern syria, for ten years now, they have faced daily catastrophe, bombing, destruction, rubble, crisis, lack of access to health care, it is not so long ago that there was a cholera outbreak in this region. recurrent outbreaks of disease. it is wintering and —— winter and it is freezing cold. it is a horrible place to be in winter already and people were displaced and now there is this catastrophe on top. people who have fled their homes many times are now stuck outside in the snow and it is just the worst—case scenario. stand outside in the snow and it is 'ust the worst-case scenariofi outside in the snow and it is 'ust the worst-case scenario. and do you make preparations? _ the worst-case scenario. and do you make preparations? we _ the worst-case scenario. and do you make preparations? we know- the worst-case scenario. and do you make preparations? we know that l make preparations? we know that earthquakes happen in this region, there are the fault lines, are you in a sense as an agency prepared for this kind of disaster? brute in a sense as an agency prepared for this kind of disaster?— this kind of disaster? we are to some extent — this kind of disaster? we are to some extent we _ this kind of disaster? we are to some extent we have _ this kind of disaster? we are to some extent we have huge - this kind of disaster? we are to - some extent we have huge logistics warehouses in europe and we are able

to deliver supplies very quickly to disaster zones and we have done that around the world in previous earthquakes as well. and we have things like inflatable tents for hospitals, we have the infrastructure to be able to deliver as quickly is possible when we can get on the ground but always that first 24, 48 hours will have to be what is prepared locally and what is available locally. the damage to the infrastructure and roads, it means it is difficult to get new supplies and new staff into the locations. we have had some advance preparations and in syria, well it is the same sort of response to an earthquake as it is to bombing, we have eke it inside syria to be able to mobilise it immediately. that is what happened and within an hour of the earthquake hitting, we were mobilising supplies to other medical facilities across the region.

natalie roberts, from doctors without borders. i have also been speaking to people from various charities. ii i have also been speaking to people from various charities.— from various charities. if you consider _ from various charities. if you consider that _ from various charities. if you consider that southern - from various charities. if you i consider that southern turkey from various charities. if you - consider that southern turkey was the logistical hub for much of the aid that went into north west syria over the last 12 years of the conflict, to have that with all its clinics and hospitals, airports and crucially roads that can carry aid in lorries, decimated, that has obviously had a knock—on effect in an area where it was already hugely politicised and squeezed. it is an incredibly difficult time. you talk about a window of rescue for those under the rubble, but there is a larger window for tens of thousands of people who have lost their homes in the freezing cold on both sides of the border. i think the priority is to make sure that they have warm

tents, blankets, mattresses, clothes, in a matter hours, rather than days in order to prevent further loss of life.— than days in order to prevent further loss of life. what is your -- what is _ further loss of life. what is your -- what is your— further loss of life. what is your -- what is your organisation - further loss of life. what is your i -- what is your organisation doing —— what is your organisation doing specifically? brute -- what is your organisation doing specifically?— -- what is your organisation doing secificall ? ~ ., ., ~ ., specifically? we have worked on both sides of the borderline _ specifically? we have worked on both sides of the borderline and _ specifically? we have worked on both sides of the borderline and our - sides of the borderline and our partners are responding as best they can. a lot of work has to be done making sure that our teams are ok themselves, risking the rescuers has been an issue in southern turkey. we are trying to reach as much aid as we cannot has been limited by the fact that it is restricted to one single crossing point with a six—month renewal mechanism. there is a lot of politics around it but hopefully this expose —— this earthquake and expose that address it. we are searching out expertise and cash which is obviously a vitally important way of getting to civilians as soon is possible. in

terms of children specifically in a disaster like this, i have covered earthquakes, one of the worst tragedies is of course children who are left without parents, left alone in the world, suddenly, to confront the reality of life after a disaster like this by themselves.- the reality of life after a disaster like this by themselves. indeed and we have already _ like this by themselves. indeed and we have already heard _ like this by themselves. indeed and we have already heard several- we have already heard several high—profile stories, including a baby born to a mother who was killed in the crash. children themselves have weaker skeletal and muscular structure to survive crush injuries that happen when buildings collapse. recorders of deaths in earthquakes are caused by building collapse. the next step is children adjusting into a new reality of having lost members of their families or a new reality of having lost members of theirfamilies or in a new reality of having lost members of their families or in some cases their entire family. child protection will be crucially important in the response. children who are alone and find themselves in displacement centres, making sure those children are protected and don't find themselves at risk of trafficking or anything else that we

have seen natural disasters unfortunately. children are resilient and we are looking at how we can address issues such as the interruption of education but it is a once in a century event and it will need a once in a century response. the church of england ruling body will hold a debate today into whether priests should be allowed to bless same—sex couples after it confirmed it would still not allow 93)’ confirmed it would still not allow gay marriage. road casa sandy toxic has been campaigning against the plans which she says discriminate against lgbt people and she has been speaking to our religion editor. sandy toxic says it is with reserve —— relax and she has weighed in. the church says it is not going to change its teaching that marriage is only between a woman and a man. here is the thing about _ only between a woman and a man. flee: is the thing about equality, only between a woman and a man. flee is the thing about equality, it is

not a thing you qualify, you have it or you don't have it.— or you don't have it. what has compelled _ or you don't have it. what has compelled you _ or you don't have it. what has compelled you to _ or you don't have it. what has compelled you to speak - or you don't have it. what has compelled you to speak out? | or you don't have it. what has - compelled you to speak out? you are not active member of the church of england. not active member of the church of encland. , , ., england. every time there is a headfine england. every time there is a headline like _ england. every time there is a headline like that, _ england. every time there is a headline like that, somebody | england. every time there is a i headline like that, somebody in england. every time there is a - headline like that, somebody in the community gets hurt and they cannot sit by and let that happen. tatiana;r community gets hurt and they cannot sit by and let that happen.— sit by and let that happen. today at the meeting — sit by and let that happen. today at the meeting of— sit by and let that happen. today at the meeting of the _ sit by and let that happen. today at the meeting of the national- sit by and let that happen. today at i the meeting of the national assembly of their will be a debate on the issue with gay right advocates in the church likely to express disappointment that same—sex marriages being considered. i disappointment that same-sex marriages being considered. i have man a marriages being considered. i have many gay friends — marriages being considered. i have many gay friends in _ marriages being considered. i have many gay friends in faithful - many gay friends in faithful marriages and partnerships. i am well aware how painful it is to them. i am also aware how painful it is for those who say, we are just keeping to what the church has been teaching for 2000 years. we are not the ones changing. the teaching for 2000 years. we are not the ones changing.— the ones changing. the problem is, there is only _ the ones changing. the problem is, there is only one _ the ones changing. the problem is, there is only one side _ the ones changing. the problem is, there is only one side that - the ones changing. the problem is,

there is only one side that is - there is only one side that is impinging the rights of others and it is the _ impinging the rights of others and it is the conservative people who interpret — it is the conservative people who interpret the bible with less love than i _ interpret the bible with less love than i would hope and they are causing — than i would hope and they are causing severe mental health problems. not because they feel bad about— problems. not because they feel bad about who _ problems. not because they feel bad about who they are but because of the way _ about who they are but because of the way that society stigmatises them _ the way that society stigmatises them. ., ., the way that society stigmatises them. . . ., ., , the way that society stigmatises them. . . ., ., ., them. parliament made gay marriage leral back them. parliament made gay marriage legal back in — them. parliament made gay marriage legal back in 2013 _ them. parliament made gay marriage legal back in 2013 but _ them. parliament made gay marriage legal back in 2013 but the _ them. parliament made gay marriage legal back in 2013 but the church - legal back in 2013 but the church did not changes teaching and still won't allow gay marriages in churches or to be conducted by its clergy and even the proposal blessing prayers has upset some traditionalists. brute blessing prayers has upset some traditionalists.— blessing prayers has upset some traditionalists. we are trying to do somethin: traditionalists. we are trying to do something that _ traditionalists. we are trying to do something that holds _ traditionalists. we are trying to do something that holds together - traditionalists. we are trying to do| something that holds together unit —— the unity of the church and i am not going to apologise for that because if you look around the world and see what usually happens when people disagree, that would be the easy thing to do, to split, but we really don't want to do that. {lister really don't want to do that. over the weekend. _ really don't want to do that. over the weekend, the _ really don't want to do that. over the weekend, the archbishop of canterbury was in south sudan with the pope, trying to build use. some

conservative african bishops have threatened to leave the global anglican community of the church of england moves towards same—sex marriage. and that is a consideration. is marriage. and that is a consideration.- marriage. and that is a consideration. , ., ., . consideration. is it ok to hold a church together _ consideration. is it ok to hold a church together by _ consideration. is it ok to hold a church together by sacrificing i consideration. is it ok to hold a - church together by sacrificing lgbtq plus people on their altar of what they believe? is that 0k question and people are suffering. it is a direct— and people are suffering. it is a direct balance. you want to keep the church— direct balance. you want to keep the church united? people are suffering in the _ church united? people are suffering in the uk _ church united? people are suffering in the uk on a daily basis. there was an invitation _ in the uk on a daily basis. there was an invitation to _ in the uk on a daily basis. there was an invitation to discuss - in the uk on a daily basis. there was an invitation to discuss the l was an invitation to discuss the matter but she described the meeting as disappointing. within the church later today, expect strong views to be heard on same—sex marriage when it is debated. it is a problem that has dogged the online gaming community for years, the regular barrage of threat, abuse and toxic language from other players. now, for the first time in

the uk, when major games creator has partnered with a police force in an attempt to tackle that problem. whether it's your favourite italian plumber... ..tense tactical shooting... ..or stealthy historical adventures that got you into gaming, you'll know that playing video games online can be a thing ofjoy, where friends from all over the world get together, new friendships are forged and memorable experiences shared. but there's also a dark side, where abuse, bullying and hate speech can be commonplace. it's not a new problem. and it's not unique to one company. the games industry, like others that involve online interaction, has been trying to figure out how to get to grips with behaviour like this for years. which is where the ubisoft customer relations centre in newcastle comes in.

originally set up as a call centre, today it does much more, including working with northumbria police, getting training from expert officers in dealing with harmful online behaviour. the newly signed agreement also gives some of the 200 staff here, direct access in cases where there is a threat to life or serious harm. one of the things that we've worked with the police on is that triaging thing, so we can decide, actually, we need to raise this to the police, or actually, we can deal with it ourselves. northumbria police prioritise protecting the vulnerable, and that includes all of our communities, not just the communities that we physically meet, but our online community as well. less than 0.01% of the cases here will require police intervention. that's around a handful every month. other times, accounts can be banned for breaching a code of conduct. it is daunting. at the same time, it's very important.

and that's why we put all our heart to make things right. but there's also a clear business reason for this. in an increasingly competitive market, keeping people playing your games is harder than ever. they're more likely to stick around if they feel safe. steffan powell, bbc news, newcastle. that is just about it from me. let's take a look at the weather forecast. it has been a real mixed bag across the uk today. it has been calm in the uk today. it has been calm in the south but not so further north. this picture shows the western side of scotland where we have had some strong winds in association with the stripe of cloud, a weather front pushing in from the north—west. it is also bringing in some outbreak of rain and some of those showers behind it will be wintry. if you are travelling across northern ireland and scotland, expect heavy rain working its way through. on the back

edge of that, we will start to see some snow mixing in over high ground in scotland but actually for a time to quite low levels watch this band of cloud and rain sinking southward and eastward, weakening dramatically. not a lot of rain at all getting down to the south of england overnight. ice is likely to develop across northern scotland. temperatures for most of us just above freezing. tomorrow, this band of cloud and may be the odd spot of rain to clear away from the south—east england and wales lengthy spells of sunshine. and some wintry showers across scotland. mostly over high ground but to low levels at times in the far north. it will once again be a windy day. karma further south and temperatures generally around eight, nine, 10 degrees. we will have a slight change in the feel of the weather as we head into friday. high—pressure to the south of us. this frontal system running

to the north and this weather sector bringing a west or south—westerly wind. a change in the feel for friday. the best of any sunshine i think to be found across parts of wales, central southern england. further north, some heavier rain and temperatures on friday, nine to 12, maybe 13 degrees in parts of eastern scotland. we will keep that mild feel as we head into the weekend. high—pressure close by. we may see some patchy mist and fog. further north, some areas of cloud. odd spots of rain across these western side of scotland. sunshine in fairly short supply on saturday but most places will be dry and it will be again mild with temperatures 11, 12, 13 degrees and another mile data on sunday. most places dry with

the writing on the helmet reads we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. have freedom, give us wings to protect it— protect it. next up for the president _ protect it. next up for the president is _ protect it. next up for the president is a _ protect it. next up for the president is a visit - protect it. next up for the president is a visit to - protect it. next up for the - president is a visit to ukrainian troops training in the south—west of england. we will bring you it's now known that

more than 11,500 people were killed in turkey and syria by massive earthquakes as the search