today at six — more than 11,000 people are now confirmed dead jewel. in south—eastern turkey, a visit by president erdogan, who defended his government's response to the disaster. we report from the epicentre. the rescuers say they will come back tomorrow and the next day. they will return to sites like this for as long as it takes to return loved ones to their relatives. we'll have more from anna foster, our correspondent

in maras, and we'll have the latest on the aid efforts in neighbouring syria. also on the programme — cheering and applause. at westminster, president zelensky of ukraine addresses both houses of parliament and appeals for more military support to fight the russians. the writing on the helmet reads, "we have freedom, give us wings to protect it". applause 12 days after nicola bulley disappeared while walking her dog near the river wyre, lancashire police say they are still "fully open—minded." coming up on the bbc news channel, lebronjames adds a newjewel to his crown. he becomes the nba's all—time leading scorer, passing kareem abdul—jabbar�*s 39year—old record.

the spin good evening. president erdogan of turkey has been to visit one of the areas worst affected, by the earthquake which struck on monday, and he's been defending his government's response to the disaster. more than 11,000 people are now confirmed dead, across southern turkey and northern syria, as rescue workers continue their search for survivors. in today's programme, we'll be reporting on the president's visit to the epicentre, and how it's been received, by those in desperate need. we'll be taking a look at the huge challenge in neighbouring syria, where communities are now trapped between disaster and conflict. and as emergency teams from around the world arrive in turkey, we'll report on how the international aid effort is being coordinated. amid the tragedy and the chaos, there are some remarkable stories of survival, including entire families found alive in the rubble, after three days.

in warning at this point throughout the programme to date there are some harrowing images from the sites of the earthquakes. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster was among the first journalists to reach the epicentre, the turkish city of maras, and we canjoin her now. huw, people here are preparing to spend a third night out in the cold. they do not have everything they need, in fact they have just been tellingly they are desperately short of tents. help is coming, the aid is coming. it is not coming fast enough for the scale of this devastation. the devastating power of the earth, seen from the air. swathes of this city lie in ruins, buildings, homes, lives have been destroyed. in many cities, the search now is not for

survivors, it is only for the dead. when the rubble shows a sign, the digging stops. behind this blanket, and arm reveals a body. slowly, carefully, it is uncovered. and then at the moment of realisation. screams. a father lost. screams. the goodbye is painful and public. screams.

and here in maras, ambulances are now hearses. they have spent the whole day here searching for bodies, and the light is starting to fade now, but the rescuers say they will come back tomorrow and the next day. they will return to sites like this for as long as it takes to return loved ones to their relatives. they are rare, but there are still moments of hope. a little girl, healthy and alive, after three days buried. the rescuers celebrate. she says her siblings are down there as well. today, president aldo and came to visit those who have lost everything. but there is growing anger that help is coming too slowly and that is not enough of it. —— president erdogan. he says it is impossible to prepare for disasters

on this scale. impossible to prepare for disasters on this scale-— impossible to prepare for disasters on this scale._ we i impossible to prepare for disasters i on this scale._ we have on this scale. translation: we have some problems _ on this scale. translation: we have some problems with _ on this scale. translation: we have some problems with places _ on this scale. translation: we have some problems with places like - some problems with places like airports — some problems with places like airports in the beginning. we had problems— airports in the beginning. we had problems on the roads, but it is better— problems on the roads, but it is better today and it will be even better— better today and it will be even better tomorrow.— better today and it will be even better tomorrow. �* ., , ., better tomorrow. bodies now fill the sorts better tomorrow. bodies now fill the sports hall- — better tomorrow. bodies now fill the sports hall. more _ better tomorrow. bodies now fill the sports hall. more are _ better tomorrow. bodies now fill the sports hall. more are arriving - sports hall. more are arriving all the time. among them, yunus's fiance. they were just weeks away from getting married. i from getting married. translation: i was ”lannin from getting married. translation: i was planning to _ from getting married. translation: i was planning to dress _ from getting married. translation: i was planning to dress her— from getting married. translation: i was planning to dress her in _ from getting married. translation: i was planning to dress her in a - was planning to dress her in a wedding — was planning to dress her in a wedding dress, but now i will dress her in _ wedding dress, but now i will dress her in a _ wedding dress, but now i will dress her in a funeral shroud. i am like the walking — her in a funeral shroud. i am like the walking dead, i am the living dead _ the walking dead, i am the living dead i_ the walking dead, i am the living dead. i lost my feelings. each the walking dead, i am the living dead. i lost my feelings.- dead. i lost my feelings. each of these bundles _ dead. i lost my feelings. each of these bundles marks _ dead. i lost my feelings. each of these bundles marks a - dead. i lost my feelings. each of these bundles marks a future i dead. i lost my feelings. each of| these bundles marks a future cut short, a family separated. every hour, the death toll rises, and even now, it is impossible to know how many lives this quake has claimed. some scenes of terrible suffering in

that report by anna, who joins us again. tell us a little more about the state of the aid project, if you like, because you made it quite clear in your report that people are very angry about the slow pace of response. very angry about the slow pace of resonse. , . ., very angry about the slow pace of resonse. , . . ,. very angry about the slow pace of resonse. , . ., y., .. very angry about the slow pace of resonse. , ., ., ,., .., , response. they are, and you can see that physically _ response. they are, and you can see that physically here, _ response. they are, and you can see that physically here, huw, _ response. they are, and you can see that physically here, huw, when - response. they are, and you can see that physically here, huw, when you| that physically here, huw, when you look at what people are doing the season, they are gathered around a fire on the floor. i saw people today pull in clothes out of this trouble that they could hand to people to lay up to try to keep warm at —— this rubble. look, on the ground, they have even pulled the rug out of the rubble, this has got broken glass on it. people have demands, there are things they need, they need shelter and they say that is not enough. the buildings that still stand are simply too dangerous for people to go back into. they need food. all of the shops here are closed. there is a petrol station, a

couple of petrol stations, there's very little fuel and you will find nothing on the shelves when you go in there, they have been completely cleaned out. people need things like food, the mobile phone signal to contact loved ones elsewhere. all of these things are internally difficult to obtain right now. people in turkey have been paying earthquake tax for years because this country is on a fault line, because an elf quake on this scale was expected, and what they say very strongly is that their country and their government should have been better prepared. aid is starting to come in. just in the last few hours, i have watched a tented aid village starts to grow just across the starts to growjust across the road from here. the art doing what they can, but it is enormously hard to get to places like this, the epicentre of the quake. the roads are still very badly damaged, and that hampers as well the sheer volume of aid that can come into cities like this. in a more rural areas, they still have not seen anything at all, which makes this

whole operation even more difficult. and as the days and weeks go on, people here will continue to struggle unless they feel there is a really concerted effort to try to do more, to give them what they need to continue to survive. than more, to give them what they need to continue to survive.— continue to survive. an hour, many thanks again _ continue to survive. an hour, many thanks again for _ continue to survive. an hour, many thanks again for your _ continue to survive. an hour, many thanks again for your update. - continue to survive. an hour, many thanks again for your update. anna j thanks again for your update. anna foster, our correspondent in maras in the southern province of turkey. in northern syria, the situation was desperate even before earthquake struck, with crumbling infrastructure, an outbreak of cholera and freezing conditions. the region is home to millions of refugees, displaced by years of civil war. control of the area is divided between the government, kurdish—led forces, and other groups. some emergency aid has been flown in from iran and the gulf states, but the syrian government has also

asked the european union for help. the group of volunteers known as the white helmets are leading the rescue efforts, as our international editor jeremy bowen reports. something to celebrate at last in a place without much good news. a family of six was rescued alive from the rubble in idlib, the last part of syria still controlled by rebels. the rescuers, a group called the white helmets that the uk helps to fund, are experts. they've been digging out survivors of the assad regime's air strikes for much of syria's long war. the geological faults that brought down these buildings cut right across the front lines and zones of influence that have devastated syria since 2011. this is aleppo, syria's biggest city, back in regime hands since the rebels

here were defeated in 2016. now syria has a huge, natural disaster on the back of the man—made catastrophe that broke the country. in aleppo hospital, every bed has its own tragedy. only three members of this man's family survived when their home collapsed. 13 of them were killed. they were, he says my father, my mother, my brother, his wife, and their four children. and the wife and two kids of the brother who was rescued with me also died. faced with such disaster, the un, which already helps care for millions of syrians, appealed for some national solidarity. we are hoping that everybody puts the interest of the people first. we keep the politics aside, all authorities move away from the issue of politics and put the interest of the people first.

in damascus, the capital, citizens are rallying around giving blood. so far, grassroots relief efforts seem to be the best hope. but it's not clear whether aid collected and delivered in damascus will make it across the front line into rebel—held idlib province. back in aleppo, russian troops, whose intervention salvaged the rule of the assad family, are helping the syrian red crescent alongside algerian rescue workers. the damascus regime says its allies, also including iran, are flying in aid. allies and who controls what won't matter much to families who are homeless or nervous about sleeping in damaged buildings. an earthquake tests any nation's resilience. war has taught a generation of syrians that they have to fend for themselves. in idlib province, the white helmets

rescued another child, a boy. people do their best. broader aid efforts, let alone rebuilding, will need a miracle to overcome the blight, hatred and distrust of a generation of war. jeremy bowen, bbc news. you can get the very latest on the situation in turkey and syria on bbc news 0nline — that's bbc.co.uk/news, or you can use the bbc news app. the time is 6.13 — our top story this evening — more than 11,000 people are now confirmed dead, following the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. rescue attempts continue despite the freezing temperatures. and still to come — lebronjames has become the nba's all—time leading scorer.

also coming up before 7.00 — the family of nathan cole — who vanished nearly three weeks ago say they're distraught at him still being missing. and we visit the exhibition using virtual reality to give out a new dimension. —— art. president zelensky of ukraine has been visiting the uk for the first time since his country was invaded by russia. he addressed both houses of parliament at westminster, thanking britain for being so ready to support ukraine, but then appealed for more military help, including fighterjets, to push back the russian forces. this afternoon, the president has met the king at buckingham palace, and visited ukrainian forces being trained in dorset. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. the leader of the country at war arrives. i leader gratefulfor

the leader of the country at war arrives. i leader grateful for the uk's help and asking for more. the prime minister greeted president zelensky off the plane. it is the uk he has chosen for only his second foreign trip since the full—scale war began almost a year ago. the face and voice of ukraine, president zelensky arriving in downing street. the prime minister. mr zelensky, do you want british fighterjets next? the answer to that is yes, he does. in the commons later, a consensual feel and from the prime minister, a promise to train pilots but no mention of planes. mr promise to train pilots but no mention of planes. promise to train pilots but no mention of lanes. ~ ., . ~' . mention of planes. mr speaker, i am deliahted mention of planes. mr speaker, i am delighted president _ mention of planes. mr speaker, i am delighted president zelensky - mention of planes. mr speaker, i am delighted president zelensky is - mention of planes. mr speaker, i am delighted president zelensky is here| delighted president zelensky is here in the united kingdom today. as a testament to the unbreakable friendship between our two countries and i'm proud we are expanding the training for ukrainian forces to includejet pilots and training for ukrainian forces to include jet pilots and marines. training for ukrainian forces to includejet pilots and marines. this include 'et pilots and marines. this house include jet pilots and marines. this house is honoured to be addressed today— house is honoured to be addressed today by— house is honoured to be addressed today by president zelensky. from the outset — today by president zelensky. from the outset of the war he has

symbolised the heroin, their resolve and the _ symbolised the heroin, their resolve and the bravery of his people. the po e, and the bravery of his people. tue: pope, nelson and the bravery of his people. t'te: pope, nelson mandela and the bravery of his people. tte: pope, nelson mandela and and the bravery of his people. t'te: pope, nelson mandela and charles and the bravery of his people. tte: pope, nelson mandela and charles de gaulle are among those who have spoken here in parliament's westminster hall. today, the turn of president zelensky. this is what support for ukraine and its cause in broad terms looks and sounds like here. cheering and applause. and the president wanted to say thank you for the uk's help from the moment the war escalated last february. bill moment the war escalated last februa . �* ., moment the war escalated last februa .�* ., ., , ., february. all of you, you all showed our urit february. all of you, you all showed your grit and — february. all of you, you all showed your grit and character— february. all of you, you all showed your grit and character back - february. all of you, you all showed your grit and character back then. i your grit and character back then. strong, british character. you didn't compromise ukraine and you didn't compromise ukraine and you didn't compromise ukraine and you didn't compromise your ideals and thus, you didn't compromise the spirit of great islands. thank you

very much. but spirit of great islands. thank you very much-— spirit of great islands. thank you ve much. �* , , very much. but president zelensky came here with — very much. but president zelensky came here with a _ very much. but president zelensky came here with a gift _ very much. but president zelensky came here with a gift and - very much. but president zelensky came here with a gift and a - very much. but president zelensky| came here with a gift and a specific request, packaged in powerful rhetoric. this, a fighter pilot's helmet. ., helmet. the writing on the helmet reads, helmet. the writing on the helmet reads. "we — helmet. the writing on the helmet reads, "we have _ helmet. the writing on the helmet reads, "we have freedom, - helmet. the writing on the helmet reads, "we have freedom, give . helmet. the writing on the helmet reads, "we have freedom, give us| reads, "we have freedom, give us wings to protect it". two years ago i thanked you for delicious english tea... laughter. and i will be leaving the parliament today, thanking all of you in advance for powerful english planes. laughter. applause. and from the palace of westminster to buckingham palace. irate and from the palace of westminster to buckingham palace.— to buckingham palace. we will be worried about _ to buckingham palace. we will be worried about you, thinking - to buckingham palace. we will bej worried about you, thinking about your country. worried about you, thinking about your country-— your country. next for the president. _ your country. next for the president, an _ your country. next for the president, an audience i your country. next for the i president, an audience with your country. next for the - president, an audience with the

king. and from there to an army base in dorset, where ukrainian soldiers have been training and this from the prime minister on providing warplanes. prime minister on providing warplanes-— prime minister on providing warlanes. ~ , ., warplanes. when it comes to fighter combat aircraft, of _ warplanes. when it comes to fighter combat aircraft, of course _ warplanes. when it comes to fighter combat aircraft, of course they - combat aircraft, of course they are part of the conversation and we have been discussing that today and we have been previously. that is why we have been previously. that is why we have announced today b will be training ukrainian air force. nothing is off the table. tonight, president zelensky _ nothing is off the table. tonight, president zelensky heads - nothing is off the table. tonight, president zelensky heads to - nothing is off the table. tonight, | president zelensky heads to paris nothing is off the table. tonight, . president zelensky heads to paris as his request for european help continue. and that conference just ending a few minutes ago. he said he is proud british tanks will be on the battlefield in the next month. but on the question of planes, a longer term thought because of the time it takes to train pilots are no specific commitment from rishi sunak. it is an insight into the questions that hover over this war without obvious immediate n. not all

of the requests are answered with a yes, at what cost, what consequence and for how long. chris, many thanks. chris mason with the latest thoughts at westminster. as president zelensky continued his visit to the uk, his forces were engaged in fighting in the eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. russian forces are closing in on the city, and have reached one of the main highways leading to the centre. president putin of russia is pushing hard for a victory, before the first anniversary of the invasion in a few weeks' times, and before ukraine takes delivery of tanks from western allies. from eastern ukraine, our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. 0n the battlefields around bakhmut, we follow ukrainian national guardsmen hunting for the enemy.

every minute counts, russian forces are attacking from three sides. this is the safest — are attacking from three sides. tt 3 is the safest place, here on the front line. because we have 1.5 kilometres for the russian troops. now it is here. we will fight with a drone and try to find somebody. find drone and try to find somebody. and if the find drone and try to find somebody. and if they find russian forces, they will drop this modified german grenade, held in place with a bit of velcro. lode grenade, held in place with a bit of velcro. ~ ~' ., grenade, held in place with a bit of velcro. ~ ~ ., ., ., ., ., velcro. we know that here, a lot of russian soldiers _ velcro. we know that here, a lot of russian soldiers walking, _ velcro. we know that here, a lot of russian soldiers walking, living, i russian soldiers walking, living, sitting and so on. and so we just give them some gift and you will see the boom. yes, here. it was our

grenade. tt the boom. yes, here. it was our urenade. , ., the boom. yes, here. it was our grenade-— the boom. yes, here. it was our urenade. , ., , ., ., grenade. it is time for us to move now that the _ grenade. it is time for us to move now that the drone _ grenade. it is time for us to move now that the drone is _ grenade. it is time for us to move now that the drone is back - grenade. it is time for us to move now that the drone is back and . grenade. it is time for us to move | now that the drone is back and the grenade is dropped. we cannot stay in this location for more than two or three minutes because there is a risk we will be targeted here. inside bakhmut, few dare to venture out. it feels like a city on borrowed time. but some still survive here in their basements, in the depths of war. in this darkness we find a bright spark, seven—year—old anna. she lives with her mother, grandfather, two cats and a dog. she is happy to see a familiarface. pavlo

and a dog. she is happy to see a familiar face. pavlo from the white angels, ukrainian police team. anna knows how to spring a trap. it can bite, she says. i sit in the cellar almost all day long, she tells me. in the street i walk and take mooshka for a walk. but she is afraid of the booms and constantly comes back. 0nly afraid of the booms and constantly comes back. only in the morning at dawn when it is quiet, i can take her out. anna's mother has turned down police offers of evacuation.

she says no where in ukraine is safe and she can't afford to go abroad. all pavlo can do is keep anna warm with a new sleeping bag and hope she survives another night, as russian forces try to shelve this city into submission. lancashire police say they are still 'fully open—minded', over the fate of nicola bulley, who went missing 12 days ago, while walking her dog near the river wyre. they are still using a "working hypothesis" that she fell into the river. extensive searches are still taking place along a 10—mile stretch, but a specialist search team helping the police have ruled out the area where it's believed ms bulley may have fallen in. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz has the latest. nicola bulley has been

missing for 12 days. today her partner paul walked past the bench where her phone was found and went down to the water's edge to the spot where police believe she may have fallen into the river. the private search team who have been looking for her talked him through the work they've been doing. well, paul is extremely, obviously upset. he wanted to go and see where the original entry point was again. if nicola was in that river i would have found her, i can guarantee you that. we would have found her and she's not there in that section of the river up there. nicola had gone to walk the family's dog along the river wyre when she went missing. boats fitted with sonar equipment have been scanning the water but there's still no sign. their screens revealing nothing but an empty river bed. the private search company has checked the water upstream from here, including the main area where nicola was last seen. but their search stops here — beyond this bridge the river runs down towards an estuary and then out to sea.

today police boats carried on searching downstream and the coastguard are helping too. officers say they still believe nicola fell in, but remain open—minded about other possibilities. judith moritz, bbc news, lancashire. the government's programme aimed at stopping people turning to terrorism is "not doing enough to counter non—violent islamist extremism" — according to the findings of a long awaited assessment. the prevent programme was initially set up by the home office in 2019. but today's report recommended a series of reforms, including a closer relationship between the programme and m15. the government says it's accepted all recommendations. president biden, in his second state of the union address, called on republicans to work with his fellow democrats to make progress on legislation. but his address was frequently interrupted by loud heckling from

some of his republican opponents. mr biden's party no longer has a majority in the house of representatives. his calls for consensus were openly rejected by some republicans who accused him of 'lying' and promoting 'woke fantasties'. the bronn james has the bronnjames has become basketball�*s world best scorer. lebronjames, a shot at history... the moment a milestone many thought to be insurmountable was finally surpassed. the nba's all time scoring record! lebronjames, nicknamed the king, adding a newjewel to his crown.

i would never, ever in a million years dreamt this even better than what it is tonight. off the board, lebron! for two decades, he has been the dominant force in the nba. showtime! playing for his hometown cleveland cavaliers, the miami heat, and now the los angeles lakers, winning a championship with each. he's up there with messi, ronaldo, serena williams, muhammad ali. i just want to tell him, amazingjob, man. you inspire a lot of people to want to be great, and greatness is inside of him, and he lets that greatness out every day. amongst all his achievements, this may be considered the greatest, yet. he'd already overtaken superstars of the game like michaeljordan and kobe bryant. but for some, breaking kareem abdul—jabbar�*s longstanding record cements james's status as the best ever. basketball fans here in the us are well used to seeing lebronjames performing at the very top level. he still averages around

30 points per game. so the big question now, how much longer can he continue? as he celebrates this achievement with his loved ones, james has made no secret of the fact he wants to stick around long enough to play with, or against, his teenage son. and who would bet against him? nester mcgregor, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. we started off yet again in england and wales with a lot of frost and fog around but look how we closed out the afternoon. some beautiful winter sunshine. this was devonjust a few hours ago. the satellite picture shows it has been a north—south divide today. the best of the sunshine across england and wales, we have got the stripe of cloud here and behind it, plenty of showers waiting in the wings as well. there is some rain around at the moment and some of it heavy as

it moves across the far north of scotland. we have seen gusts of wind, 60 to 70 mph. the rain pushes its way south out of the borders and into the north of england but behind we will see a trail of showers and some of those turning increasingly wintry, even at lower levels. ice could be a problem first thing tomorrow morning here. the weather front, as it trundles southwards and weekends off, a band of cloud, spits and spots of drizzly rain first thing in the morning. an eclectic mix of temperatures but nowhere near as cold as it has been in the last couple of mornings across england and wales. some wintry showers continuing in the far north. it will be a grey start, dull, damp in the south—east, slowly improving into the afternoon. some sunshine coming through. blustery, a0 to 50 mph gusts in the far north of scotland, driving in showers. this will be chiefly of rain but high ground it could be a wintry mix. temperatures

between seven and nine celsius. as we move towards the weekend, the high—pressure hanging on in across england and wales but a subtle change in wind direction allows a westerly flow to introduce slightly milder air. that will have an impact to the feel of the story as we move into the weekend. little bit cooler on friday. milderfor hello and welcome to sportsday i'm laura mcghie. managerless leeds travel to old trafford tonight in the permier league. can erik ten hag's manchester united continue their run of good form?