this is bbc news with the latest headlines rescue efforts continue as nearly 16,000 people are now known to have died following monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria. the world health organization warns that without shelter, water, fuel or electricity, many more people who have survived the quake could yet lose their lives. planned strike action by firefighters is postponed after employers make a new pay offer. ukraine's president zelensky takes his plea forfighterjets to european union leaders after his surprise visit to the uk yesterday.

leads draw with manchester united at old trafford, the team continues to search for a new manager. and a study of killer whales in the north pacific shows the lifelong sacrifice of their own food and energy that mothers make when raising a son. more than 15,000 people are now known to have died after monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria. it comes as an appeal is launched by the uk's disasters emergency committee to help those affected. two powerful earthquakes — and dozens of aftershocks — hit the region on monday causing thousands of buildings to collapse,

trapping people inside. rescuers continue desperate attempts to find and free survivors. the world health organization has warned there could be a "secondary disaster" as survivors of the quakes face freezing temperatures. a political row has broken out in turkey — with the opposition blaming president erdogan for difficulties in the rescue operation. mr erdogan has accepted "shortcomings" but insists the situation is under control. in syria, relief efforts have been hampered by the war that has destroyed much of the country's infrastructure. though this morning, the reuters news agency is reporting that the first aid convoy is en route to northern syria via the southern turkish border. but despite the difficulties, there are some extraordinary stories of hope and joy — as howard johnson reports. these british rescuers are wasting no time. within hours of arriving in antakya, turkey, they've located

a 60—year—old woman, salva, buried under the rubble. davy, the sniffer dog, was the first to confirm she's alive. salva's son—in—law, ali, is overcome with emotion. "if she can get out, if she can survive, if it can really happen, it will be a miracle for us," says ali. salva's been trapped in this collapsed three storey building for three days without food and water. dusty and dehydrated, she's finally stretchered to safety. london firefighter sarah minmagh spoke to her throughout the rescue. all of those elements that were on top of her, we had to move by hand out of the tunnel so that we could sort of access her and do patient assessment. but, i mean, the fact that she'd been in there for nearly and a half days, was still talking, smiling the minute she saw us. but the work doesn't stop there. the world health organization has warned rescue teams of worsening and horrific conditions. temperatures are dropping in the region, with overnight

averages of minus seven degrees celsius expected in gaziantep, the epicentre of the first 7.8 magnitude quake on monday, followed hours later by a 7.5 magnitude tremor. but against the odds miracles continue to happen. in worst hit hatay, turkey, a rare moment ofjoy, as a baby is pulled from the rubble after 65 hours alone in the cold. "god is great," the rescuers cry, as the child is carried away in a crucial thermal blanket. more aid is needed, and in generosity proportionate to the magnitude of this disaster. obviously, we're not a war zone, but we've been hit very hard. the scale of destruction is unfathomable. the land that the earthquake has covered isjust mind boggling. ten big cities.

we're trying to do our best, but we're about to run out of work gloves. we're about to run out of tents for those people. in syria, a country devastated by a long and gruelling civil war, the earthquakes have compounded people's misery. cold, homeless and displaced. translation: we have been sleeping here in the truck after our building - was damaged by the earthquake. we cannot go back home as it might collapse in case of aftershocks. we are staying here on the pavement and in the truck, my family and i left on the street. the uk's disasters emergency committee have launched an appeal in a bid to raise funds for medical aid, shelter, food and clean water. the government say they will match the first £5 million worth of donations from the public.

howard johnson, bbc news. these scenes of people still being discovered alive are driving forward the rescue effort. that show you live scenes from gaziantep. these pictures of rescuers coming through by hand, often, mostly by hand because it is too dangerous to bring in any heavy equipment, in many cases, coming through the rubble, pausing every so often to listen, to hear if anyone is calling out from underneath this devastation. these pictures are repeated throughout gaziantep and throughout turkey and the picture we have from syria is less clear because of the political situation. this is

the city of diyarbakir as well. a miracle that some people are still being pulled out alive, given the freezing conditions there. as howard johnson mentioned in his report, the disasters emergency committee has launched an appeal to help the rescue effort. the dec is a group of leading uk charities who work together when disasters happen overseas. they say british donations will make a real difference. our member charities are already on the ground, they've been responding since the earthquake sadly hit both turkey and syria. people would have seen the immense damage, sadly over 15,000 people have lost their lives and now is the priority shift from that search and rescue to making sure those survivors get the food, water and medical assistance they

need. and to help people keep warm in the terrible winter conditions that were seeing. this is why we have urged the british public today through this appeal to give what they can. i've seen for myself, i've just come back from ukraine and have seen what uk donations have done helping on the ground in ukraine and that why were turning our attention to syria and turkey now. money on the ground will go a huge distance to saving people's and protecting people's lives there. our middle east correspondent anna foster is in gaziantep — the epicentre of the biggest earthquake to hit the region. she's been telling us more about how the search and rescue teams are trying to find people — and to help survivors. this heavy machinery is starting to arrive in number, mainly in the big cities like this one, it has to be said. when you think about the rural villages, the towns

which are as badly affected, it is so much harder to get equipment like that there. but here, you are starting to see these big recovery operations, where they're sweeping away this rubble with big moving machinery, looking for bodies, essentially, is what they are doing. whenever you see a scene like this one, and you see the diggers and earth movers, that means they don't believe anybody is alive in that building any more. it is a very different operation when they think there are survivors. it's more careful, a lot quieter, more painstaking. because of the conditions here, because of the cold after three days, anybody still alive in these collapsed buildings, their chances are far slimmer, purely because of the conditions that they are surviving in. if you look at these buildings and realise how many people are now

displaced, many on the streets, the gather around fires to try and keep warm. there are some buildings, for example petrol stations, shops, lobbies of hotels that might still be open, where you see people in, wrapped in blankets and duvets, where they need a little bit of shelter. there are some people now intense for some of the emergency responses got through, but the problem is the long term, those buildings, some of them you can see clearly structurally unstable, clearly structurally u nsta ble, uninhabitable, clearly structurally unstable, uninhabitable, might be sagging, huge cracks come summer look from the heavily fine, but they only to be looked at to check that they are safe and you need a long—term plan with what to do with all those people who are now left homeless in these relate difficult and dangerous conditions. temperatures in the region are often below freezing and there are fears for survivors who have nowhere to go. quentin sommerville reports

from antakya in turkey. this is the situation on day four of the aftermath, and you can see the turkish red crescent but this is not a displaced person's camp and this is a supermarket car park. let's go for a wonder. most people are sleeping in the open, if they have a car, they can sleep in the car but few of them have fuel. aid is being distributed and there is some hot soup and bread and overhear some medicine being given around to people but the reality is it is cold here, it was about —1 last night and the reality is this. they are burning firewood to keep warm and still no electricity here. there is no heat, little internet and no running water so sanitation is an issue and that will cause big health concerns as time goes on and the risk of disease spreads.

you can avoid fewer buildings collapsing if you are in that car park on this one is on its side on this one looks like it is about to go over and as we go round, and there is in one building that has been damaged and we can go past the supermarket and look at this building here, you can see the front has come away with peoples homes and lives still lingering there but who knows how long the building will survive for. they stopped at about 2:30am last night and started at 5am and this is age trying to get into the city, it's not streaming in, it is crawling and the trafficjam is all the way along their and if you are trapped inside a building, you are in a living hell

but if you made it out and survived, then people probably aren't faring much better here. let's speak now to atilla ustun, president of the british turkish association. thank you forjoining us. i know you and your association, community there are taking donations and, trying to help get aid to turkey. tell us about how people responded to your appeal for help. from tell us about how people responded to your appeal for help.— to your appeal for help. from day one, or to your appeal for help. from day one. or that _ to your appeal for help. from day one, or that the _ to your appeal for help. from day one, or that the turkish - to your appeal for help. from day one, or that the turkish centres l one, or that the turkish centres around the uk tried to coordinate aid, to local community areas, it has been amazing, really. just been to heathrow with cargo, where it will be taken over. we've managed to reach about 70 tonnes of aid, about

to go to turkey. reach about 70 tonnes of aid, about to go to turkey-— to go to turkey. what does that consist of? _ to go to turkey. what does that consist of? that _ to go to turkey. what does that consist of? that needs - to go to turkey. what does that consist of? that needs to - to go to turkey. what does that consist of? that needs to be... | consist of? that needs to be... blankets, winterjackets. blankets, winter 'ackets. medicine. peo - le blankets, winter 'ackets. medicine. people have — blankets, winterjackets. medicine. people have been _ blankets, winterjackets. medicine. people have been amazing - blankets, winterjackets. medicine. people have been amazing locally. | people have been amazing locally. when these disasters happen, everybody from every single community comes together. people have been bringing in from all sorts of backgrounds here at city centre and it has been overwhelming. find and it has been overwhelming. and --eole and it has been overwhelming. and people outside the british turkish community as well?— community as well? absolutely, definitel . community as well? absolutely, definitely. what _ community as well? absolutely, definitely. what we've _ community as well? absolutely, definitely. what we've been - community as well? absolutely, i definitely. what we've been doing, the people coming in to work from five o'clock until 12, one in the morning to sort this out, sorting the boxes, everything out, to take

to heathrow cargo.— the boxes, everything out, to take to heathrow cargo. mackay believed to heathrow cargo. mackay believed to have been _ to heathrow cargo. mackay believed to have been so _ to heathrow cargo. mackay believed to have been so many _ to heathrow cargo. mackay believed to have been so many donations - to heathrow cargo. mackay believed l to have been so many donations there is a backlog because you do not have enough people to get everything processed, packed up and sent off to the airports?— the airports? absolutely. speaking with the authorities _ the airports? absolutely. speaking with the authorities there - the airports? absolutely. speaking | with the authorities there yesterday morning, they said they were looking at 40 morning, they said they were looking at a0 tonnes for this week but in today's around 70 tonnes of aid have come in. logistically, it is really difficult to get aid, because you have a sort of limit to what you can do, but what we believe is this is notjust do, but what we believe is this is not just a short—term, do, but what we believe is this is notjust a short—term, but do, but what we believe is this is not just a short—term, but a long—term relief effort we're going to do, so hopefully, even if there is delays, we will be carrying on. good luck with your efforts.

this is the scene live... here in gaziantep. the clear blue skies, you can seejust here in gaziantep. the clear blue skies, you can see just a second ago, and there is diyarbakir, another city in turkey affected by these two huge earthquakes and of course the many, many, many aftershocks have been happening as well. in those clear blue skies, the temptress nonetheless, very cold, at night well below freezing, adding to the difficulties for the search and rescue teams, and of course, for anyone who may be trapped still beneath the rubble and indeed for the survivors, many of whom are just in makeshift shelters. we will keep a very close eye on the rescue

operation and hope, of course, that more people are found. there have been some stories, as we were reflecting on our earlier reports, some stories which bring a loss of hope to those still looking for survivors. —— a lot of hope. the fire brigades union has postponed plans to strike after it received a new pay offer. the union says it will now ballot members . robert townsend reports. firefighters and control room staff from across the uk cited years of inadequate pay offers, the rising cost of living, and increasing inflation as the reasons behind a nearly 90% vote in favour of industrial action. following talks yesterday, fire and rescue service employers put forward a new offer to union members. that would see a 7% rise overall backdated to july last year, and then a further 5% from this summer. prior to the talks, the national employers said any pay award would need to strike the right balance between providing a well deserved pay rise, and ensuring affordability for all uk services.

speaking to bbc breakfast yesterday, fire brigade union general secretary matt wrack said members had already waited too long for a resolution. we've been trying to resolve this since may of last year, and we've now come to this stage. we're almost at the stage of negotiating the following year's pay rise. so it's completely unacceptable what our members have faced. we haven't had the pay rise that should have been implemented on the 1st ofjuly 2022. they haven't had that pay rise yet. the employers need to get a move on. but our pay claim letter covered a range of other issues. there's obviously the headline pay. but there are other issues we're trying to address within our service. today, the union said it would have an honest and sober discussion of the offer whilst putting it to its members, who will decide whether or not the increase, which it claims still amounts to a real terms pay cut, goes far

enough to avoid walk—outs. robert townsend, bbc news. the new deputy chairman of the conservative party, lee anderson, has clashed with a radio presenter over accusations of dishonesty. during an interview with bbc radio presenter verity cowley, mr anderson was asked about a video of him setting up a doorstep encounter during the 2019 election campaign. he responded by asking the presenter ten times whether she'd ever told a lie. awarded by some that you might be a bit dishonest. hot awarded by some that you might be a bit dishonest-— bit dishonest. not really. i mean, have ou bit dishonest. not really. i mean, have you ever _ bit dishonest. not really. i mean, have you ever told _ bit dishonest. not really. i mean, have you ever told a _ bit dishonest. not really. i mean, have you ever told a liewe - bit dishonest. not really. i mean, have you ever told a liewe are - bit dishonest. not really. i mean, j have you ever told a liewe are not here to talk _ have you ever told a liewe are not here to talk about _ have you ever told a liewe are not here to talk about me. _ have you ever told a liewe are not here to talk about me. we - have you ever told a liewe are not here to talk about me. we are - have you ever told a liewe are not. here to talk about me. we are here to talk about you. ho. here to talk about me. we are here to talk about you.— to talk about you. no, i asked a question. _ to talk about you. no, i asked a question, have _ to talk about you. no, i asked a question, have you _ to talk about you. no, i asked a question, have you ever - to talk about you. no, i asked a question, have you ever told i to talk about you. no, i asked a question, have you ever told a l to talk about you. no, i asked a i question, have you ever told a lie? well, i'll tell you what i'm talking about when talking about dishonesty, that video that you did that you did what you asked a friend to pose as a swing voter?— swing voter? have you ever told a lie? but swing voter? have you ever told a lie? itut we _ swing voter? have you ever told a lie? but we are _ swing voter? have you ever told a lie? but we are not _ swing voter? have you ever told a lie? but we are not talking - swing voter? have you ever told a lie? but we are not talking aboutl lie? but we are not talking about me. i'm not... _

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fireman and a nurse in nashville to bring them to me and we can do it on the show. ., �* , , bring them to me and we can do it on the show-_ i i the show. 0k. that's interesting. i would challenge _ the show. 0k. that's interesting. i would challenge it, _ the show. ok. that's interesting. i would challenge it, i _ the show. 0k. that's interesting. i would challenge it, i would - would challenge it, i would challenge you right now to find a firefighter or nurse in ashfield thatis firefighter or nurse in ashfield that is using the food bank and i will give you a year to find one and i dare say you can't find one, and if he did find one, we can work together with that person and look at why they need to use a food bank. nick eardley is our chief political correspondent. when rishi sunak appointed mr anderson he would have known he is an individual that does not hold back on speaking his mind, but is this going to cause issues for the party and for the prime minister? it would have been hard not to know, has hardly been a shrinking violet when it comes to expressing some of his opinions, does on twitter, has added other controversies over

things like talking about how much a staff member got paid, about food banks, an interview with the spectator today where he backs the death penalty. to be honest, number ten i'm certain will have known about some of this phase. i suspect it's actually why he got the job, because remember when he was made deputy chairman, greg hans was made chairman of the conservative party. greg hands is a fairly run—of—the—mill safe pair of hands from the south of england, we anderson is from the midlands, his constituency is part of the old redwall, those seats that the tories won from labour for the first time in 2019, and she is really popular with a lot of his colleagues from that part of the country, that part of england, anyway, the old redwall, and a lot of people liking for the fact he speaks his mind. he is popular with a lot of tory members. a lot of them have sympathy for his argument. but i think it is probably going to be a bit awkward for rishi

sunak that he is going to face questions about mr anderson's comments, about whether they reflect those of the government... i should say that on the death penalty, the conservative party has made clear those comments were made before he became conservative chairman and they do not reflect the view of the government, but when you put someone into a senior role within the party, they are speaking for the party, so it is going to be awkward for the pm and it's going to be awkward for the conservative mps who ask if they back their deputy chairman. ukraine's president zelensky will address eu leaders in brussels today as he continues his appeal forfighterjets. it follows his visit to the uk parliament and then paris, where he held talks with president macron and the german chancellor olaf scholz. robin brant reports. he is a man who wants more, who says he needs more, to save his country. i appeal to you, and the world,

with simple and yet most important words. combat aircrafts for ukraine, wings for freedom. ukraine's leader was in paris to meet europe's two most powerful politicians, two men who have also been criticized for their slow response to ukraine's plight. this is what he got from the president of france, in answer to that request for bigger and better kit. translation: ukraine can count on france, i its european partners and its allies to win the war. russia cannot and must not win. as long as it attacks, it will be necessary for us to continue,

adapt and modulate the military support necessary to preserve ukraine and its future. just as we have made new deliveries of defence equipment in recent weeks, we will continue this effort and we'll discuss ukraine's operational needs. this was his first time in the french capital since russia invaded his country last year. fresh from approving german made tanks going to ukraine was germany's leader, who was also there. he pledged that his support would go on and on. translation: since the beginning of this terrible war, _ europe and our transatlantic friends have not only stood closely by ukraine's side, together with our partners, we have also provided ukraine with massive financial, humanitarian and weapons support. heavy artillery, air defence and most recently, the delivery of battle tanks. and we will continue to do so for as long as necessary. earlier on his rapid european tour, president zelensky saw british tanks, like the ones pledged to him by the uk government, that we now know will get to the ukraine

battlefield next month. when it comes to fighter combat aircraft, of course they are part of the conversation. indeed, we've been discussing that today, and have been previously, and that's why we've announced today that we will be training ukrainian airforce. nothing is off the table. the uk is only the second country that he's visited since the war started. did the need for planes come up with the king, a trained pilot? up next is brussels, to repeat the calls for fighter jets and longer range missiles, but also to discuss ukraine's future, hopefully in peaceful times, possibly as a member of the european union. robin brant, bbc news. we hope to get some more from brussels very shortly about president zelensky�*s trip there. i think we can show some pictures of president zelensky, currently at the european parliament. i was able to bring those pictures up? there are

they are. he said in the meeting last night that france and germany could be game changers, said that the sooner heavy weapons aircraft thanks were made available to ukraine, then the sooner the war would end. we are almost at one year now since russia invaded ukraine, so a really significant trip for president zelensky, just a second trip outside ukraine since the war began. the first was to the united states, and on the strip, visiting london, paris, is now in brussels and we can go to brussels and talk to our europe correspondent. good morning. everybody wants their moment with president zelensky, that photo opportunity. what can they give him in return?—

give him in return? you're right, incidentally _ give him in return? you're right, incidentally president _ give him in return? you're right, incidentally president macron i give him in return? you're right, | incidentally president macron has just been on the red carpet moments ago, the french president who travelled over with president zelensky from paris after they had their set of bilaterals last night, also involving the german chancellor olaf schultz. what is the eu going to give president zelensky? today is a prescheduled european council summit that has a range of topics we will discuss, including migration and the economy. first, of course, they will be in the room with president zelensky, where he will use the opportunity to be face—to—face, iti, and very likely, we understand make that plea for more weapons, they sped up to be face—to—face, iti, and very likely, we understand make that plea for more weapons, the sped up delivery of existing pledges and four crew show fighterjets. will he get that? germany's olaf schultz suggested he does not want to go down that road, emmanuel macron leaving the door a little bit open but noncommittal, but ukraine does have this history of managing to be quite persuasive and getting what it wants. european

leaders thinking _ and getting what it wants. european leaders thinking through _ and getting what it wants. european leaders thinking through the - leaders thinking through the potential consequences, how far can they go? without risking a serious escalation in terms of further reprisals?— escalation in terms of further rerisals? ., ,, ., �* , escalation in terms of further rerisals? ., ,, ., �*, ., reprisals? yeah, i think that's a very significant _ reprisals? yeah, i think that's a very significant consideration i reprisals? yeah, i think that's a i very significant consideration and i was to speaking a moment ago to the dutch prime minister who made exactly that point and said these discussions are extremely sensitive issues need to be going on behind closed doors, in his view. a big public debate that russia is watching the might play into narratives, think that is the fear. what he's saying is you do have to watch for that possibility or concern around escalation, and we heard that when they were debating about whether to send tax to ukraine as well, ukrainian officials despite warnings that the idea of fighter jets is very complicated, despite clear reluctance from some countries, they do seem to be very confident. and it's interesting,

because i mentioned before, president zelensky tends to be quite persuasive character, when ukrainian speaking yesterday saying that the president doesn't travel out of his country very often, this is only the second foreign trip since the russian invasion, and he is going to be trying to get results. i think the ukrainian is taking quite a bullish attitude, and as we saw yesterday, when president zelensky was in london, he does know how to wow a crowd, and i'm sure he will be attempting to do that here today. time now for a look at the weather forecast with sarah keith—lucas. morning to you. quite a chilly start to the day for some of us, a touch of frost around, but for many a fairly decent day ahead. a line of cloud has been tracking south, and i think many of us will be left with clear skies, this is the picture in staffordshire taken by one of our weather watchers

recently. we have got more blustery showers across the north—west of scotland, tending to ease through the course of the day, still some icy stretches in places. further south, sunny spells, 9—10 for most with the cloud clearing from the south coast in the afternoon. we will keep the cloud across northern and western parts of scotland overnight, filtering south through to northern ireland and northern england too. further south, still down below freezing, a touch of frost to start your friday, the cloud in the north drifting south through the day, we will continue to see rain across the west of scotland, top temperatures of 9—13 , the best of the sunshine towards the east.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: rescue efforts continue as nearly 16,000 people are now known to have died following monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria. the world health organization warns that without shelter, water, fuel or electricity, many more people who have survived the quakes could yet lose their lives. ukraine's president zelensky takes his plea forfighterjets to european union leaders after his surprise visit to the uk yesterday. planned strike action by firefighters is postponed after employers make a new pay offer to be considered by union members. the new deputy chairman of the conservative party, lee anderson, clashes with a bbc radio presenter over accusations of dishonesty.

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a draw. manchester united and leeds united is a rivalry that can be measured in decibels. leeds, without form and a manager, set off without care, but a goal scored in 55 seconds. it had been 95 days since leeds last won a league match, they have lost the muscle memory but were rediscovering their touch. the final one here came from raphael varane, own goal, a corner of yorkshire lost control. and so ultimately would leeds, back came manchester united, so strong at home. marcus rashford keeps rising. that was his 20th of the season. but the comeback might have been a setback. brendan aaronson so nearly gave leeds comfort. instead, they retreated, and manchester united got the ball to jadon sancho, his first goal since september and an escape on the pitch, but you sense not in the dressing room. z=cr

on the pitch, but you sense not in the dressing room.— the dressing room. 2-0 down in a derb , it the dressing room. 2-0 down in a derby. it is _ the dressing room. 2-0 down in a derby, it is really _ the dressing room. 2-0 down in a derby, it is really difficult - the dressing room. 2-0 down in a derby, it is really difficult to - derby, it is really difficult to get back, so compliments for the team, but on the other hand, if you start a derby like we did, it is unacceptable. a derby like we did, it is unaccetable. ., ., ., ., unacceptable. consolation and frustration _ unacceptable. consolation and frustration for _ unacceptable. consolation and frustration for both _ unacceptable. consolation and frustration for both teams, - unacceptable. consolation and frustration for both teams, a l unacceptable. consolation and i frustration for both teams, a lead lost, but leeds renewed on a night of sound and fury. patrick gearey, bbc news. leeds will travel to fulham in the fifth round of the fa cup after the london side beat sunderland in their replay. the underdogs, sunderland on the championship, pushed fulham all the way with this goal eight minutes from the end proving to be the winner at the stadium of light. {iii winner at the stadium of light. of course, it is important for us, from the first day of the season, we are working really hard to play at this level, to create this winning mentality, it is important to have the right mindset every time, of course we are pleased with it, but our season, you know, now february,

it is too early to make a conclusion about the season, but of course we are pleased, we want more. the holders are _ are pleased, we want more. the holders are out _ are pleased, we want more. the holders are out of _ are pleased, we want more. the holders are out of the women's league cup, as manchester city's long unbeaten run was lost to arsenal. they will meet either west ham or chelsea in the final, they face each other tonight. england have dismissed a new zealand xi for 310 in the warm up match in hamilton. england start the first try against new zealand next week, and stuart broad looks likely to join the pace attack. the bullet missed the tour of pakistan due to a paternity leave, but he saw a day of solid match practice in hamilton. rugby union, and abbie ward says she hopes to play an important role off the pitch in the six nations tournament next month. the

29—year—old announced she is expecting herfirst 29—year—old announced she is expecting her first child, 29—year—old announced she is expecting herfirst child, the 29—year—old announced she is expecting her first child, the first contracted england woman to become pregnant since the red roses went professional in 2019, and she says she is happy to be a guinea pig for the rugby football union maternity policy. that is all the sport for now, back to you. let's return to our main story this morning — the devastating earthquakes that struck syria and turkey. we've been reporting about people's frustrations in turkey at how slowly the government has responded to this disaster. many took to social media to voice their anger. well, now we are hearing that for at least 12 hours twitter was actually blocked on major turkish mobile providers. we can speak now to our europe regional editor, paul moss. paul, first of all, what sort of criticism was twitter actually carrying? criticism was twitter actually car in: ? ., ~ , carrying? there were two kinds, first of all— carrying? there were two kinds, first of all a _ carrying? there were two kinds, first of all a lot _ carrying? there were two kinds, first of all a lot of _ carrying? there were two kinds, first of all a lot of criticism - first of all a lot of criticism about the turkish authorities�*

response to the quake, people suggesting it had not come fast enough, that they were not getting what they needed, food and shelter. i mean, we have all seen buildings being cleared by disruptors, but they say that people were left to do this with their bare hands. there were specific areas that said they had been ignored, one town in the south of the country, mostly populated by an arab speaking minority, they said they had been ignored by the turkish authorities, as always. but there was a far more fundamental criticism appearing on social media like twitter. the last major earthquake in turkey was in 1999, the death toll could has been as much as a0,000, and there were promises that lessons would be learned. in fact, the turkish government imposed on earthquake tax, money to be spent setting up emergency response teams to be ready for the next disaster. more importantly, it would be used to retrofit buildings to make them safer, and crucially there were promises that building regulations would be properly enforced. last

time round, it seemed construction companies had got away by ignoring building regulations, there were suggestions of corruption and backhanders to officials. either way, the promise was that this would not happen again, all over social media and twitter we saw people saying, what happened to that money? where did the earthquake tax gets spent? why have so many buildings collapsed completely? i should say, this wasn�*t just on collapsed completely? i should say, this wasn�*tjust on social media, the leader of the main opposition party said, why did the earthquake tax money go? it was given to gangsters. and then suddenly, as you say, twitter was blocked.— say, twitter was blocked. yeah, twitter blocked, _ say, twitter was blocked. yeah, twitter blocked, and _ say, twitter was blocked. yeah, twitter blocked, and i _ say, twitter was blocked. yeah, twitter blocked, and i gather i say, twitter was blocked. yeah, twitter blocked, and i gather it| say, twitter was blocked. yeah, | twitter blocked, and i gather it is going to be restored, or it has been? fist going to be restored, or it has been? �* ., ~' , been? at the moment, we think it is auoin to been? at the moment, we think it is going to come _ been? at the moment, we think it is going to come back. _ been? at the moment, we think it is going to come back. early _ been? at the moment, we think it is going to come back. early say - been? at the moment, we think it is going to come back. early say they l going to come back. early say they have arrested people, by the way, for the post they put on twitter, they are making no bones about it. it looks like it will come back with conditions. we have a quotation from the deputy transportation and

infrastructure minister, who says, we have reminded twitter of its responsibilities. i would demands are clear, this and false reports, and actions against content that could damage public order and security. we should say the turkish government to send this information helps nobody in a disaster like this, it can cause panic and chaos. critics have been rather more cynical, there is an election coming in turkey in may, parliamentary and presidential, and what critics say is that even at this time, the turkish government is concerned not to see such a strident criticism spreading. so to see such a strident criticism spreading-— to see such a strident criticism sreadina. , ., . ., spreading. so it is that election, ou spreading. so it is that election, you think. _ spreading. so it is that election, you think. or— spreading. so it is that election, you think, or critics _ spreading. so it is that election, you think, or critics think, - spreading. so it is that election, you think, or critics think, is - spreading. so it is that election, you think, or critics think, is the j you think, or critics think, is the reason for the government changing its mind on twitter?— its mind on twitter? well, the government — its mind on twitter? well, the government did _ its mind on twitter? well, the government did come - its mind on twitter? well, the government did come into - its mind on twitter? well, the government did come into a l its mind on twitter? well, the l government did come into a lot its mind on twitter? well, the - government did come into a lot of criticism from political activists, and i should say emergency workers were saying, this is disastrous, do not have twitter, because in an emergency it can be very useful, it allows authorities to spread

messages, like ngos, if you need food, come here, to give advice to people out in the open. it is an important factor, so they were criticised for blocking twitter. they have changed their mind and allowed at backward there was very clear conditions.— clear conditions. paul, thank you very much. _ clear conditions. paul, thank you very much. our— clear conditions. paul, thank you very much, our europe _ clear conditions. paul, thank you very much, our europe regional. very much, our europe regional editor. turkish and syrian communities across the uk are gathering supplies to send to survivors of the earthquake. the biggest turkish community mosque in the uk is in north london and has been inundated with donations. here�*s luxmy gopal. this is a picture of generosity that we�*ve been seeing in collection hubs and makeshift drop off points at places across the country where people have been bringing boxes and boxes of donations for people affected by the earthquake. we�*ve got clothing, blankets, nappies, sanitary products, medication. and in fact, like many other places here at this mosque, they�*ve asked people to stop

bringing in donations, because they�*ve simply been inundated and overwhelmed by them. well, i�*m joined by the senior imam. thank you forjoining us. how much does it mean to you to see this amount of generosity? oh, it means a lot. i mean, it�*s overwhelming. and it�*s amazing how the community has come together. the diverse community within london have got together and donated so much. the disasters emergency committee is launching an appeal today. what does that mean to you? that means a lot. it�*s really heart—touching, and it means a lot that, you know, and seeing on ground as well, where every nation has come together and given their support. and it shows us that we�*ve still got that human value, and we�*re regaining it, hopefully. and what sort of support is there for members of your mosque who know friends and family who have been affected by the earthquake? we�*re trying to give counselling. we are giving them our condolences.

we are supporting them. we are checking up on them. and we�*re constantly sort of trying to find out, because as you can imagine, i mean, everybody is hoping for their loved ones to come out of the rubble. however, when they get the tragic news, we need to be supportive. thank you for speaking to us. and if you have a look, the volunteer effort continues, because the last few boxes of items are being packed up, ready to be sent off later this week. why did you decide to come along and volunteer? i mean, yeah, a lot of people have died, but also people have been injured. it's a really bad situation back there. it's cold. people have no place to stay. they have no houses. it's really bad. and as you can see here, there are also boxes, and they need help to carry these boxes so that these people can actually receive

the help they need. yeah, right now we are just packing up some clothing and some essential needs, like nappies, toothpaste, underwear, stuff like that. thank you, i�*ll let you carry on with the efforts. so it�*s now about the next threat, which is the freezing temperatures that are facing the survivors there. and so all of these items are going to be packed up to be sent off later this week. soldiers coming in on the numbers waiting to start routine hospital treatment, that figure, the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen slightly but remains below the recent record high, so, yes, a record number were waiting to start

treatment in october, 7.21 million, the highest number since records began in august 2007. it dipped a little in november and has risen again with these latest figures, which are people waiting to start treatment at the end of december, these are the most recent figures that we have, but still below that record high of october. so that data just coming into us, some more information and analysis for you, throw out the morning. —— through out. strike action by firefighters has been put on hold while union members consider an increased pay offer. we can speak to our employment correspondent zoe conway. tell us more about what is going on behind the scenes with regards to firefighters. behind the scenes with regards to firefighters— behind the scenes with regards to firefiuhters. . ., , , , ., firefighters. what is being proposed is a -a firefighters. what is being proposed is a pay offer _ firefighters. what is being proposed is a pay offer of _ firefighters. what is being proposed is a pay offer of 7% _ firefighters. what is being proposed is a pay offer of 7% for _ firefighters. what is being proposed is a pay offer of 7% for this -

is a pay offer of 7% for this financial year, that is backdated to july, and then for the next financial year, so 23—2a, from july, they will get 5%, so in total what we�*re talking about is a 12% increase over two years. i mean, in some this shouldn�*t come as so much of a surprise, because they are clearly good negotiators, because 20 years ago they managed to get a 16% pay rise, so this is, as i say, 12%, but clearly the fire brigades union is still concerned that this is below inflation, because inflation at the moment is 10.5%. so they are notjumping forjoy about this offer, but they are going to put it to their members, they have suspended strike action. let�*s see whether the membership to vote for it. �* ., , , whether the membership to vote for it. .,, ._ whether the membership to vote for it. and does this potentially set a recedent it. and does this potentially set a precedent for _ it. and does this potentially set a precedent for other _ it. and does this potentially set a precedent for other public - it. and does this potentially set a precedent for other public sector| precedent for other public sector pay disputes? hot

precedent for other public sector pay disputes?— precedent for other public sector pay disputes? not necessarily. it could ut pay disputes? not necessarily. it could put political— pay disputes? not necessarily. it could put political pressure - pay disputes? not necessarily. it could put political pressure on i pay disputes? not necessarily. it| could put political pressure on the government to act, the health unions could for instance say, look at what is happening in the fire service. but it is a different negotiation, done very much at the local level, there were representatives of the different fire services around the country negotiating directly with the unions, ministers managed to stay out of it, and what does not exist within the sector is a pay review body, which the government saysis review body, which the government says is an independent body, although unions dispute that, which sets pay for health workers and teachers. so it is a different kind of negotiation, and arguably, politically, it was easier to get to this point because central government didn�*t have to go into the argument about inflation. zoe conwa , the argument about inflation. zoe conway, thank you very much. police have extended their search for nicola bulley to cover a longer stretch of the river wyre in lancashire

into which officers believe she has fallen. the a5—year—old went missing while walking her dog on st michael�*s in wyre 13 days ago. the search area now extends as far as morecambe bay. our reporter mairead smyth has this morning been in st michael�*s on wyre in lancashire and explained where the search efforts will now be focused. well, as you can see behind me, we have the river wyre and the immediate search that has taken place over the last two weeks has come to an end here. close to where lancashire police believe nicola bulley fell into the river, specialist divers brought in by the family have completed their work, but lancashire police will continue in conjunction, in partnership with fire and rescue with the coastguard as well, and that search will continue right where this river meets the sea. police still convinced

that this is where nicola bulley will be found. tomorrow marks two weeks since she went missing. she was walking her dog here along this beautiful area of st michael�*s on wyre. she�*d just dropped her two young daughters off at school. and police, with any investigation like this, they are keen to hear from anybody with any information. they�*ve contacted 700 vehicles, the drivers of those vehicles at the time that they believe nicola bulley went missing on the 27th of january. they�*re working through lots of information to try and piece together what may have happened to nicola bulley. and they�*re asking people just to be mindful of the impact of comments that they might make on social media or if they come to this area when they�*re not from here just because they�*re interested in this story. so tomorrow, as i say, marks two weeks since nicola bulley was last seen walking her dog here. her phone still connected to a teams work call on a bench just further up the river. but this search will continue.

disney is cutting 7,000 jobs as part of a shake—up to make its streaming service profitable. the cuts are part of a plan to save £a.6 billion as the entertainment giant records its first drop in disney+ subscribers since its launch. the job cuts amount to nearly a% of disney�*s global workforce. earlier, our north america correspondent david willis explained why these cuts are taking place. all this has everything to do with the so—called streaming wars. disney�*s flagship streaming service, disney+, is facing some tough competition from rivals such as netflix, amazon and so on. that�*s meant that it�*s had to spend heavily on content, and that, of course, has eaten in to the bottom line. indeed, since disney+ was launched back in 2019, losses in the streaming division are said to have totalled around $10 billion. now it takes a lot of visits,

of course, to the magic kingdom to make up that sort of shortfall, and although the theme—park division of the company continues to do extremely well, there�*s pressure from shareholders to make up those losses. hence we have this plan to save about $5.5 billion, in large part through cutting about 7,000 jobs, the majority of which, i understand, will come from the film and tv series division of the company. in other words, disney will cut back on content and rely more in the future on its signature franchises, those that have proved so lucrative in the past — the star wars franchise, marvel—based comic franchises and so on. all this comes just a couple of months after the return as ceo of bob iger. he�*s the man who led the company for 15 years before retiring in 2020. then the share price fell, mr iger was lured back, and as well as pressure from shareholders, he, since his return in november, has faced criticism from an activist investor by the name of nelson peltz,

who has about $1 billion in disney�*s stock and has been highly critical of the way the company has been run in recent years and has called for further cost—cutting. so we have these newjob losses coming just a couple of years after disney announced it was cutting more than 30,000 staff during the height of the pandemic, mainly from its theme—park division. it�*s that time of year when many families go to farm parks to see the new lambs, but one ewe in lincolnshire has baffled her visitors. she�*s given birth to triplets who are all separate breeds — none of which are the same as their mum�*s. linsey smith went along to find out more. the arrival of lambs is nothing new.

but staff here got a surprise when one ewe gave birth. we had a set of triplets born that we were expecting dorsets. however, the first one popped out, was brown and white. dorsets aren�*t brown. so we had a bito of a head scratcher to figure out how on earth that could happen. last summer we had some fencing work done, and for less than two days we put the rams in with the ewes just so they were out the way of the fencer. and obviously, she took full advantage of them. oh, he did. oh, he did, yes! the second two were also not white, and they came from our other ram. we have a herdwick out in the field with his flock of ewes, he was in there as well, and he is the dad to two of them. it was a bit of a surprise, yes! yes, you heard that right. her triplets not only have different dads,

but they�*re different breeds — and different breeds to her. oh, wow! that's. . joyous, isn't it? i would like that to happen. i think that�*s really fascinating, i�*ve never heard of that before. not a bad surprise. very colourful. but how unusual is this? molly is a veterinary surgeon. rarely do you see it looking quite as dramatic as that, because most farms will use the same breed of ram and therefore all their lambs will look similar. but actually the research shows that about 30% of twins and about 50% of triplets are sired from more than one dad. molly said their crossbreed genes will make them stronger. for nathan and the team, the only stronger thing they�*re planning is some reinforced fencing. linsey smith, bbc news.

there you go, some genetic mysteries solved there!— solved there! let's stick with arents solved there! let's stick with parents of — solved there! let's stick with parents of the _ solved there! let's stick with parents of the animal - solved there! let's stick with parents of the animal world. | a decades—long study of killer whales off the north pacific coast has revealed that raising sons is an exhausting experience for mothers, leaving them much less likely to produce future offspring. the research suggests they are a lifelong burden on their orca mothers. here�*s our science correspondent victoria gill. the closest of bonds. in killer whale family life, offsprings stay by their mother�*s side for years. but sons are particularly dependent on mum, remaining with her well into adulthood. mothers even feed their much larger adult sons fish. really interesting just how important that bond is. we visited this area of the north pacific coast with these researchers five years ago and discovered what decades of studying the killer whales here had revealed. following generations of orcas

showed the scientist how vital older killer whale mothers and grandmothers are to their pod, but this new research has shown that close family bonds come at a cost to females. mothers supports their adult sons throughout their life, the support they provide carries a significant cost, they are less likely to have future calves after they have had a son, so put another way, when mothers have a son, they are more likely to stop reproduction. the scientists think that mothers invest so much energy in their male offspring because the biggest, oldest males tend to father most of the new calves in a killer whale group. but as well as an insight into the complex close—knit lives of these intelligent marine mammals, the findings could help to protect them. this population, the southern residents, is at risk of extinction from pollution and overfishing of the salmon they rely on. understanding how much it costs to care for the next generation of orcas is an insight into what these magnificent

mammals need in order to survive. a very quick look at the scene in brussels, where president zelensky will be addressing the european parliament shortly, we will bring that to you live.— that to you live. right now it is time for a _ that to you live. right now it is time for a look _ that to you live. right now it is time for a look at _ that to you live. right now it is time for a look at the - that to you live. right now it is time for a look at the weatherl that to you live. right now it is - time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. blue sky and sunshine to start the for many of us, a cold and frosty start in the far south, us, a cold and frosty start in the farsouth, not us, a cold and frosty start in the far south, not dry everywhere, one or two showers across parts of scotland, but this is the picture in shropshire, beautiful blue skies, temperatures looking milder than they have been as well. so sunny spells, wintry showers across the north and west of scotland, and a brisk breeze. you can see the isobars across scotland, but further south it is high—pressure dominating. a line of cloud across southern england is a pretty weak cold front bringing a spot of drizzle, but clearing into the south

this afternoon. these are the gusts of wind are expected, as high as 60 mph across exposed locations in the far north of scotland, but lighter winds elsewhere, temperatures for most of us 9—11 , just a bit colder closer to lerwick, for instance. through this evening and overnight, more cloud pushing on across scotland and northern ireland, some wet weather in the north and west, but further south you keep clear skies, so i bit of frost, perhaps a mist around southern parts of england and wales. tomorrow dominated by a big area of high pressure across europe, but frontal systems moving on from the north will bring in milder air, so orange colours on the map, but initially called for southern areas, eastern scotland, more rain, could be

persistent for a time, and more cloud in the north and west, but myler, 12—13 , just about single figures for another day or so further south. through to the weekend, high—pressure sticking with us, but a lot of cloud underneath the area of high pressure. the end it will feel that little bit warmer, so temperatures around 12—13 . mostly we are losing the overnight frost, could be the odd spot of frost, could be the odd spot of frost, largely dry and settled into sunday too.

this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. rescue efforts continue as nearly 16,000 people are now known to have been killed following monday�*s earthquakes in turkey and syria. the world health organization warns that without shelter, water, fuel or electricity, many more people who have survived the quakes but lost their homes could die. and we will take you live now to brussels, to the applause of members of the european parliament. president zelensky is about to give another address on his european tour, has been to london, has been

tour, has been to london, has been to paris,