today at one, british charities launch an appeal for those hit by the turkey and syria earthquakes with the number of dead now exceeding 17,000. in the desperate attempts to rescue victims, moments of exhilaration fuel the hope that survivors can still be found. there are some babies. i have two nephews here, and i'm not sure if they are living or not. but there is still some hope, because their house, their room is not totally collapsed. we'll have all the latest from our correspondents on the ground. also this lunchtime: ukraine's president zelensky meets eu leaders, telling them russia is the most anti—european force in the world. significant improvements in some nhs ambulance waiting times in england

in the run—up to christmas — they fall by an hour. we hear one mother's story of being made to leave her home. the number of evictions in england and wales goes up. we hear one mother's story of being made to leave her home. the remarkable story behind this oscar—nominated movie. how this triathlete realised her dream of getting herfilm made. and coming up on the bbc news channel, two years on from the protests that saw it collapse, the european super league is back with proposals already dubbed a wolf in disguise. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. an appeal to raise desperately needed funds for those affected by two deadly earthquakes

in turkey and syria has been launched this morning. the government says it will match the first £5 million donated by the public to the disasters emergency committee. it comes as the official death toll from monday's tragedy reaches 16,000. rescuers are still trying to save people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings, but there's concern now too for survivors made homeless by the earthquakes. many have had to spend a third night outdoors in freezing conditions, some scavenging in the ruins of buildings to find wood to burn to keep warm. the world health organization is warning of a "secondary disaster" if survivors don't receive more help. 0ur correspondent tom bateman has the latest. in hatay province, people are left with the brutal struggle to survive. nature took their neighbours and their homes. now it threatens their own lives.

it's been minus seven degrees, and this man desperately wants help for his family. their building collapsed, people remain trapped. but nobody has come. there are some babies. i have two nephews here, and i'm not sure if they are living or not, but there is still some hope because their house, their room, is not totally collapsed, so that means there should be life. still, moments of the extraordinary are emerging. in adiyaman, rescuers pull a boy from the wreckage. alive and conscious, he is comforted. and even closer to the epicentre, alive after 62 hours, demira. she'd been on the sofa with her relative when the quake brought down their home. "was she next to you?"

asks her rescuer. "yes, i tried to touch her but i couldn't reach. "the concrete slab trapped me," he says. where rescuers can reach, they dig through the night. as another is body found and a now tragically familiar ritual — relatives must go and identify the dead. at dawn they carried on searching in the city of adana where rescuers find more bodies. and for the survivors, it is a fight to stay warm in a city becoming a hub for the homeless. i meet naseemi, and he shows me what it's like for his family. shocked and exhausted, they sleep when they can. "i don't know what i feel, i don't know what i think. "i don't know what i'm going to do," says naseemi.

and the worry now is of a further humanitarian disaster as supplies struggle to reach many. the aid is getting through here in adana, but it is bitterly cold at night, and now that's why the big fear is of a second crisis. in syria's aleppo province, 100,000 people are homeless, says the un. the crisis has been badly worsened due to the country's shattering war. but for the first time since the earthquake, an aid convoy from turkey has arrived in the opposition—held north—west. but it won't be enough, and many lives are now at from cold and hunger. as they bury their dead, syria's survivors pray. this is a catastrophe that entombed thousands in their own buildings. now the earth is still again, some can be laid to rest. tom bateman, bbc news, adana in southern turkey. well, we can speak to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who'sjust arrived

in the city of 0smaniye. aid agencies have warned that time is running out to find any more survivors in the rubble. but amid the desperation, there continue to be extraordinary stories of survival. yasmin khatun dewan has been speaking to one man searching for his relatives amid the ruins. this is yakup bozdag. i'm originally from turkey, and i was born in this small town which has a population ofjust over 70,000. and it was the epicentre of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit us a few days ago. yakup left his home as the earthquake struck. his building is still standing. but he's lost everything. and the apartment blocks surrounding his came down entirely. and i know that many lives, many bodies are still under this rubble here. narrowly escaping the collapse around him with his family. the british—turkish solicitor has been spending time in turkey following his wedding last year.

searching for relatives in amidst the rubble around them, they found a family member sheltering in a makeshift tent by buildings on the verge of collapse. i've lost everything that i have in that building. it's impossible to go back inside. yakup and his wife are sleeping in their car as they wait to leave the city. yasmin khatun dewan, bbc news. we can speak now to chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who hasjust arrived in the city of 0smaniye in the south of turkey, what are your first impressions?— turkey, what are your first imressions? , , ,, ., , ., impressions? first impressions, a -rofound impressions? first impressions, a profound sense — impressions? first impressions, a profound sense of _ impressions? first impressions, a profound sense of loss. _ impressions? first impressions, a profound sense of loss. it - impressions? first impressions, a profound sense of loss. it is - profound sense of loss. it is palpable, and it is painful. here in

0smaniye, about two hours from the epicentre of this earthquake, the main gathering place in this town is the only cemetery. families wandering through the trees beside newly dug graves, 400 people buried yesterday. and just behind me, out of sight, is a pile of newly built coffins, built with whatever material is at hand, some of pine, some of chipboard, some of mdf, others made of wardrobes broken apart to build these coffins. and just beyond here in the hills, when you visit neighbourhoods made of traditional houses, of traditional materials, the houses are still standing. in newly built neighbourhoods, they houses fell down, collapsed. president erdogan of turkey will be visiting here today, he will see the mourning, but he will also hear the questions. lyse doucet, thank you very much. president zelensky has addressed the european

parliament this morning, declaring that ukraine is at war with the most anti—european force in the world. he repeated his call for europe to provide fighterjets, which he also made in a surprise visit to britain yesterday. from brussels, our europe correspondent jessica parker reports. from london to paris to brussels, president zelensky�*s tour of these capitals came today to the heart of europe. his excellency volodymyr zelensky! cheering and applause and in the european parliament, he got a big welcome. ukraine is europe, and your nation's future is in the european union. stepping up to the podium, this man knows how to work a crowd, and he wants to win results. translation: we are defending ourselves from the most anti—european force of the modern world, and we are defending ourselves

on the battlefield, together with you. the eu wants to show its solidarity, but that doesn't mean individual member states are ready to give kyiv exactly what it wants. and today the uk said there would be no transfer of british fighterjets any time soon. president zelensky may want to talk about weapons deliveries and fighterjets, but that isn't really what the summit is for. ukraine is emphasising a sense of urgency, but for some european leaders, they're wary of rushing into big decisions. one question for the bbc? thank you so much! do you think the west should be delivering fighterjets to ukraine? there are many sensitive issues to be discussed, the pros and cons, you have to make absolutely sure that you're not getting into article 5 direct confrontation between nato and russia, so all these things have to be assessed, and as soon as conclusions have been reached, you can bring them to the outside world. this is only president zelensky�*s second foreign trip

since the full—scale russian invasion. he one day wants ukraine to take its place as a fully fledged member of the eu, but for now he has more immediate demands to make. jessica parker, bbc news, in brussels. there's been a reduction in ambulance waiting times for some patients suffering heart attacks and strokes, according to latest nhs england figures. ambulances reached what are called category—two emergency calls one hour faster injanuary than in december. the figures for last month also suggest some easing of pressures in accident and emergency units. we can get more from our health reporter katharine da costa. some good news for the nhs in england. some good news for the nhs in encland. , , england. yes, so this winter has been one of— england. yes, so this winter has been one of the _ england. yes, so this winter has been one of the toughest - england. yes, so this winter has been one of the toughest for - england. yes, so this winter has| been one of the toughest for the nhs, and despite demand for emergency care still very high, ambulance response times have improved considerably in england. if

we look at patients with suspected heart attack or stroke, they waited an average 32 minutes last month. if we look at the chart, you can see there was a big drop from december�*s record high of 90 minutes, so that is an hour faster, record high of 90 minutes, so that is an hourfaster, the best performance in 19 months, but it is still nearly double the time it should take, which is 18 minutes for category two calls. if we turn to a&e figures, 72% of patients were treated within four hours, that is “p treated within four hours, that is up from a record low of 65% in december, so you can look at the last two lines on the chart there, the best performance since may last year, but still well short of the target of 95%. and on waiting lists for routine treatment, things like hip and knee replacements, the overall of 95%. and on waiting lists for routine treatment, things like hip and knee replacements,, the overall figure those show there is ongoing pressure, staff are still working flat out to deliver the best care possible. part

working flat out to deliver the best care possible-— working flat out to deliver the best care possible. part of that pressure is the strikes _ care possible. part of that pressure is the strikes that _ care possible. part of that pressure is the strikes that are _ care possible. part of that pressure is the strikes that are going - care possible. part of that pressure is the strikes that are going on, - is the strikes that are going on, what impact is that having on waiting lists?— what impact is that having on waiting lists? trust leaders are very worried. _ waiting lists? trust leaders are very worried, nearly _ waiting lists? trust leaders are very worried, nearly 140,000 | very worried, nearly 140,000 appointments and procedures have been cancelled so far this winter because of the strikes, and they are worried that might disrupt efforts to bring down backlogs. the government says tackling waiting list is one of its top priorities, it is trying to eliminate over one year wait by march 2025, and it has provided more funding this winter to free up hospital beds to provide more care in the community, and that is crucial, because 14,000 patients stuck in hospital beds were now medically fit to leave but they are still waiting for social care.- still waiting for social care. thank ou ve still waiting for social care. thank you very much- — you can check the latest data on waits at hospitals wherever you live in the uk, using the bbc�*s nhs winter tracker at bbc.co.uk/nhstracker. just put in your postcode to see the latest published information. the new deputy chairman of the conservative party, lee anderson, has clashed

with a bbc radio presenter over accusations of dishonesty. during an interview with verity cowley from bbc radio nottingham, mr anderson was asked about a video of him setting up an encounter with a voter during the 2019 election campaign. he responded by asking the presenter ten times whether she'd ever told a lie. well, i'll tell you what i'm talking about when i'm talking about dishonesty. i'm talking about that video, that video that you did where you asked a friend to pose as an anti—labour swing voter. have you ever told a lie, verity? have you ever told a lie? but we're not talking about me, this isn't... no, no, let's have a balanced conversation. have you ever told a lie? well, i've not asked somebody to pretend to be somebody that they're not... i didn't ask you that. verity, have you ever told a lie? it's a yes or no answer. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley, who's at westminster this lunchtime.

quite a combative exchange, not the only controversy that lee anderson finds himself the centre. it is only controversy that lee anderson finds himself the centre.— finds himself the centre. it is not, because he _ finds himself the centre. it is not, because he has _ finds himself the centre. it is not, because he has told _ finds himself the centre. it is not, because he has told the _ finds himself the centre. it is not, because he has told the new - finds himself the centre. it is not, l because he has told the new edition of the spectator magazine that he would back bringing back the death penalty, saying that it is effective in stopping reoffending. in fact, anyone who works around here would tell you that lee anderson is no stranger to controversy. he has talked it in the past by talking about the need for foodbanks, suggesting that some people didn't need to use them. he stoked controversy in the past by posting how much one of his members of staff was paid, saying she didn't need to use foodbanks. so that it did raise a few eyebrows early in the week, when rishi sunak decided to give him thejob of deputy when rishi sunak decided to give him the job of deputy chairman of the conservative party. there are some tory mps, for example, who are none too comfortable with that decision.

but there are many conservative mps who actually think that mr anderson isjust a straight who actually think that mr anderson is just a straight talker, that he gets what the public are talking about. when it comes to the death penalty, there are polls that suggest a lot of people are sympathetic. rishi sunak was asked about it this morning, he said it was not his view, and appointing mr anderson is not without some risks for the prime minister, but ultimately, in a time when he is trying to hold onto those voters in places like ashfield, mr anderson's constituency, part of the old labour red wall, with tricky numbers coming in, rishi sunak has decided it is worth having him in thejob. the time is 1.16. our top story this lunchtime... more than 17,000 people are now confirmed to have died in the quakes that hit turkey and syria. coming up... new insights into the lives of killer whales — why they are less likely to breed again, if they give birth to males. coming up on the bbc news channel, worcester warriors are no more.

the club has withdrawn their proposal to play in the championship next season and will now be known as sixways rugby. new figures show evictions from rented homes are on the rise across england and wales. the number of landlord possession orders issued by the courts more than doubled in the last three months of 2022 to over 16,000, compared to the same period the year before. the number of homes repossessed by landlords in that same period has also nearly doubled to over 5,000. danjohnson has been speaking to one mother of four in bristol who had to leave her home when her landlord decided to sell it. oh, my god, have all of these drawers been emptied? no. i've had this horrendous anxiety of the bailiffs knocking on the door.

this is the pain... oh, my god. ..of being forced from your home. the court has ordered you to leave the premises by the date stated. if you do not leave the claimant can ask the court to authorise a bailiff to evict you. lu cy�*s lucy's landlord wants to sell, so a single mum with four kids has to go. but where? if i went and rented somewhere else, somewhere exactly the same as this, it will be 1,650. and you can't afford that? absolutely not. and you've got a job, you've got an income. yeah, ido. i sell new—build homes — the irony. this has been their privately rented family home for 14 years. i don't really want to move, to be honest. i grew up here.

but tomorrow they'll be dependent on council emergency accommodation. we can end up in a hostel, we could be miles away from the school. honestly, tomorrow is going to be a big day. right, 0k, good night, baby. 0h, here we go. ready? hiya. voice on phone: we've got a place for you in bedminster. _ thank you. this is the only property that we have available. i thank you very much. thanks, bye—bye. it's temporary, but look what it means. my god. oh, that is such a relief. when you were evicted what notice were you served? so many others need help... unfortunately due to high demand... ..this charity's had to stop answering the phone. ..we are currently not taking on any new inquiries. - there's a lack of understanding from a lot of landlords of the impact it has on a family and i think a lot of landlords are under pressure

as well, financially. just as lucy's starting to settle, a message... what does it say? ..and everything's back up in the air. you have initial appointment by telephone for an interim accommodation. so you're facing another move, potentially? another move. hello? another nervous phone call. voice on phone: so what i'm ringing... but, for now... ..someone will be in touch, - but until then stay where you are. ..they can stay. it's good news... oh, my god. ..but it's all getting too much. oh, god, anybody that's in the same situation as me, like, ifeel you. because you just feel like you're on your own and you're dying, like, you're drowning. lucy's strong, but not everyone copes. i've spoken to several people who have been suicidal on the phone. just last week we had to call an ambulance for somebody. it gets to that urgent crisis point

fairly...far too often. and i've got to hide that and i've got to keep it all in. i can't let my kids feel the way i'm feeling. i don't want them to see this and i don't want them to feel the worry. let's do this, kids! the government promised to stop tenants being evicted without a reason but still families are being forced from the place they call home. danjohnson, bbc news, bristol. in the last hour the church of england's national assembly the general synod has voted in favour of allowing priests to bless same—sex macro couples in civil partnerships and marriages. a significant move, this? it and marriages. a significant move, this? , ., and marriages. a significant move, this? , . , ., ., this? it is a significant move to some extent. _ this? it is a significant move to some extent, because - this? it is a significant move to some extent, because this - this? it is a significant move to some extent, because this hasj this? it is a significant move to - some extent, because this has been quite a painful process over five

years, deciding what the church should do about same—sex marriages. now, we knew before it got to today that what was not going to be on the table was a vote to adopt same six marriages within the church of england. what was on the table was this motion that was passed which does include same—sex couples being allowed to have blessing prayers for their civil marriages. that has been adopted. but in the same motion it was also underlined that there would be no change in the church's doctrine that holy matrimony is just between one man and one woman, so you have this curious motion going through that does allow blessings for marriages in civil partnerships, but not equality for gay couples. ok, aleem, many thanks. the football association has announced ambitious new plans to ensure every girl with talent has access to high—quality training. england's women memorably won the

european championship last summer. but when it comes to girls�* football, some coaches believe they're still only scratching the surface of the talent in the country, as our sports correspondentjoe wilson explains. the future and emerging talent centre. this one is organised by arsenal, just north of london. i met an eight—year—old meyer and to her right, ten—year—old nya. i like an eight-year-old meyer and to her right, ten-year-old nya.— right, ten-year-old nya. i like the team, i like _ right, ten-year-old nya. i like the team, i like the _ right, ten-year-old nya. i like the team, i like the support _ right, ten-year-old nya. i like the team, i like the support from - right, ten-year-old nya. i like the team, i like the support from the | team, i like the support from the coaches and the players because it affects your game. {line coaches and the players because it affects your game.— coaches and the players because it affects your game. one day i want to -la for affects your game. one day i want to play for england _ affects your game. one day i want to play for england women _ affects your game. one day i want to play for england women and - affects your game. one day i want to play for england women and be - play for england women and be captain — play for england women and be captain. by play for england women and be ca tain. �* , ., play for england women and be catain. j ., , ., captain. by the end of next season almost every _ captain. by the end of next season almost every girl _ captain. by the end of next season almost every girl in _ captain. by the end of next season almost every girl in england - captain. by the end of next season | almost every girl in england should be close to the best training opportunities, a centre within an hour of where they live is yellow we haven't scratched the surface. we haven't scratched the surface. we have a pathway to catering forjust over 1500 girls, we are looking for 5000, that shows there are that many talented girls and the game has

always been located in places where you have to come to it. what always been located in places where you have to come to it.— you have to come to it. what the fa are doinu you have to come to it. what the fa are doing is — you have to come to it. what the fa are doing is putting _ you have to come to it. what the fa are doing is putting the _ you have to come to it. what the fa are doing is putting the places - you have to come to it. what the fa are doing is putting the places in . are doing is putting the places in place so they can travel locally. this scheme is overseen by the football association with funding from the premier league. lots of additional coaches will be required. the sense i get all around here is fun, but of course the ambition is to raise standards. england's victory at the euros last summer had many origins. alessia russo spent formative teenage years in the united states. now, the career journey should happen in england. what we are trying to offer here is an opportunity for the likes of alessia russo for up to have an education alongside their playing career so partnering with women's high performance centres, offering scholarships for players and clubs is a big part of that, otherwise there is always going to be that alternative for players to go to. takes aim... alternative for players to go to. takes aim. . .— alternative for players to go to. takes aim... , ., ,, ., ., , takes aim... the top professionals are now visible, _ takes aim... the top professionals are now visible, famous, _ takes aim... the top professionals are now visible, famous, but - takes aim... the top professionals are now visible, famous, but the i are now visible, famous, but the unprecedented interest, the

undiscovered potential, could be wasted if it has nowhere to grow. joe wilson, bbc news, hertfordshire. a decade ago lesley paterson was a waitress at the oscars. this year she's going as a nominee. she's now been nominated for an oscar for the best adapted screenplay of the netflix film all quiet on the western front. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson — no relation — has been out training with lesley, in her home town of stirling. shouting. all quiet on the western front, the german language war film leads the baftas with 14 nominations and has another nine at the oscars, but none of this would have happened if it wasn't for a scottish triathlete. this is my primary school here, so a pretty special place to me. the site of your first theatrical production. that's it. lesley paterson is a five—times off road triathlon world champion. she grew up here in stirling but moved to california in her early 20s, combining her athletics career with trying to break

into the movies. how much has triathlon got you ready for hollywood? yeah, oh, very much so. it's the practice and resilience and overcoming failure which is what hollywood is, really. in 2006, lesley bought the film rights to a book she'd loved at school, all quiet on the western front. we then embarked on adapting the novel into a screenplay which took us about two years and tried to get it off the ground. and it was impossible. almost a decade later, and things were serious. to keep hold of the film rights, she needed $10,000 by the end of the week and didn't have it. she came up with a plan — enter a triathlon in costa rica and if she won, the prize money would be enough. this was your last shot. it was, it was my last shot and i turned up at the race, fighting fit, ready to really go for it, and i thought, i'm going to win this race all right, and the day before the race

i actually fell off my bike and broke my shoulder. with no alternative, she still entered, swimming a mile on one arm. it was brutal. i was exhausted. it's hilarious, because my husband was watching from the shore and all he could see was my leg kick, and all of the people beside him were, like, look at that poor professional athlete, they're not very good, are they? i came out the water 12 minutes behind. how berserk did you go on the bike? i went berserk, i really went for it. there was nothing to lose. i cycled up to second, ran into first, and, yeah, that's how i did it. how did it feel to have won the race? oh, it was magic, but it was quite funny because i came through the line and you have your banner that you lift up and i couldn't lift it up because of my broken shoulder, so i was grimacing and smiling and trying to lift this thing up and i couldn't! the book rights were saved. eventually netflix became interested.

there was the idea to translate lesley�*s script into german, and in 2022, the film was released. and then last month... the nominees are all quiet on the western front... ..an oscar nomination. lesley paterson, maybe someday her story will be made into a film. getting a good work—out. colin paterson, bbc news, stirling. now for something that many mothers of sons will relate to. a study has found that female killer whales who raise male children — and specifically southern killer whales — use up considerably more food and energy than those who give birth to females. so much so — and here perhaps the comparison stops — that they are much less likely to reproduce again. here's our science correspondent, victoria gill. the closest of bonds. in killer whale family life, offspring 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 scientists how vital older killer whale mothers and grandmothers are to their pod, but this new research has revealed that close family bonds come at a cost to females. we've shown that mothers supports their adult sons throughout their life. this support they provide carries a significant cost. they are less likely to have future calves after they've had a son. so put another way, when mothers have a son, they're 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. victoria gill, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. a lovely springtime image? isn't it. it's expected to get milder as we move through the weekend, even into next week high pressure brings a lot of fine, dry, settled weather. this glorious picture was taken by one of our weather watchs in herefordshire. today, there is a lot of sunshine around the country but the northern half of scotland will see the strongest of the winds—macro and will continue with blustery showers. we had a snow and ice macro warning,

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