hello, i'm kasia madera. this is outside source. the death toll from monday's earthquake in turkey and syria passes 20,000 — as the frantic search for survivors continues. there is no professional team. there is no team to remove the there is no professional team. there is no team to remove the bodies there is no professional team. there is no team to remove the bodies are the survivors still underneath the rubble. the building here is lying on its side and we have cleaned almost the entire entrance with own hands. fears of a secondary disaster — the world health organization warns of the challenge of keeping survivors alive. hope amid the despair — after 80 hours of digging, a six—year—old boy is pulled from the rubble.

also in the programme... president zelensky addresses the european parliament — saying ukraine is fighting to protect europe's way of life president zelensky pleas for. we start with the devastation following monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria, where mass graves are being dug, as the death toll climbs rapidly. nearly 20,000 are known to have lost their lives. rescuers are continuing desperate attempts to find and free survivors, four days after the quakes hit. the world health organization has warned there could be a "secondary disaster" with survivors living on the streets with very little food and water and in freezing temperatures. our middle east correspondent anna foster is in gaziantep — the epicentre of the biggest earthquake to hit the region on monday.

this heavy machinery is starting to arrive mainly in the big cities like this one, it has to be said, when you think about the rural villages, towns that are as badly affected, it is so much harder to get the equipment like that fair. but here, you're starting to see these big recovery operations where they are sweeping away all of this rubble with big earth moving machinery looking for bodies, essentially, it's what they are doing. whenever you see a scene like this one and you see a scene like this one and you see a scene like this one and you see the diggers and the earth movers, that means that they don't believe anybody is alive and that building any more. so a shift towards searching for bodies and clearing the rubble. but as we said rescue teams haven't given up on finding survivors — with some successes. these pictures have come in in the last hour from diyarbakir and they show a little boy basir yildiz, six—year—old boy, they'd been digging for him for 80 houres. he is safe.

he has been sent to hospitalfor medical checks. this is the rescue of a woman buried with her four—year—old under wreckage. the crew managed to get the camera into the rubble to see what was happening inside. you can see the woman's hand reaching out. she was pulled out along with her child. this is the moment a 7—month—old baby, named helen, is pulled to safety — after almost 68 hours — buried under rubble in hatay. and this is the turkish president's jet — it was used last night to carry to safety 16 babies — from newborns to a —year—old — who'd been found alive at the epicentre of the quake. they've been flown to the capital and taken to hospital. but it's a different story outside the larger centres. while french rescue volunteers have arrived here in the town of antakya, many residents say there's been no help from the government.

there is no professional team. there is no team to remove the bodies or the survivers still under the rubble. the building you see here is lying on its side and we have cleaned almost the entire entrance with our own hands. and now, even though it is the fourth day, no one has come. no authority arrived. really difficult conditions. and as we mentioned, survivors are facing dire conditions. hundreds of thousands in the two countries still have no shelter; many are without heat, electricity or running water, sleeping out in the open overnight, in sub—zero temperatures. food supplies are dwindling — the owner of this resturant in gaziantep says they're feeding up to 4,000 earthquake victims a day. but many more are going hungry. here's quentin sommerville in antakya.

you can see tents behind me those are the turkish red crescent but this isnt a displaced persons camp this is a supermarket car park, let's go for a wander. people here are mostly sleeping out in the open, if they have cars they can sleep in the cars, few of them have fuel. aid is being distrubed soup, bread, medicine but the reality is it's cold here, they're burning firewood to keep warm. still no electricity here so there's no heat there's barely any internet there's no water either so sanitation is an issue and that's going to cause big health concerns as time goes on the risk of disease spreading, just look at the buildings the reason people are in this supermarket car park is they can avoid the fear of buildings collapsing some of the devastating stories of those lost in the quake are beginning to emerge.

among them, is that of this volleyball team who were staying at a hotel in adiyaman when the quake struck. the bodies of two teachers and a student have been found in the wreckage. this is what remains of the hotel — rescue teams are still searching for the 33 who remain unaccounted for. mass burials have begun close to the epicentre of the second quake — aid workers say the death toll is so high that there's not enough space for individual graves. some of that grief has turned to anger — there's mounting criticism of the turkish government's response to the disaster. here's unal chevikoz from the republican people's party, turkey's largest opposition party. u nfortu nately, most of unfortunately, most of the buildings which have been devastated and demolished are two or three years ago, that means standards have been

applied and that is one of the difficulty is that the legion has lived and people are furious about that and it's one of the reasons why. mr erdogan has accepted "shortcomings" but insists the situation is under control. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in osmaniye. she described what she has been seeing there. you she described what she has been seeing there-— seeing there. you might 'ust see behind me i seeing there. you might 'ust see behind me the h seeing there. you might 'ust see behind me the last h seeing there. you mightjust see behind me the last bright - seeing there. you mightjust see behind me the last bright lightsl seeing there. you mightjust see l behind me the last bright lights of the diggers there. throughout the day, they have been still trying to do a search and rescue, still hoping against hope that the loved ones are still alive buried under that rubble. and we saw extraordinary scenes today, absolutely heartbreaking scenes, and yet the moments of hope when this bolt of electricity goes through the crowd, they think the rescue teams have found someone, and everyone holds their breath. and then, earlier

today, a cry went out when two young women realise that what was being brought out from the rubble was not their loved one, but was in fact another dead body. the weight of the grief, they fail to their needs. they couldn't even walk for the sadness that engulfed them. an hour later, another cry went up from a crowd of diggersjust later, another cry went up from a crowd of diggers just town the street. it was a cry ofjoy. they did find someone alive. with every hour that passes, hope slips away that this search and rescue effort is now a clean—up operation, like we have been seen today, or in fact an effort to try to slowly start to rebuild the lives of people who have lost basically everything. the rebuild the lives of people who have lost basically everything.— lost basically everything. the pain that they are _ lost basically everything. the pain that they are experiencing - lost basically everything. the pain that they are experiencing is - that they are experiencing is unimaginable. such deep pain, and also there is anger, questions as to how the devastation could be this

bad, given that turkey is on fault lines in terms of earthquakes, and yet so many buildings just completely collapsed, the —— a lot of questions being asked of the president. of questions being asked of the resident. , ., of questions being asked of the resident. , . , , president. yes, and the president was here today — president. yes, and the president was here today in _ president. yes, and the president was here today in osmaniye. - president. yes, and the president i was here today in osmaniye. about a two hour drive away from the epicentre of the earthquake. the president went to see some of the temporary shelters which have been quickly erected for some of the survivors, but to people living here in osmaniye tell us, they are asking why, why is it in the older neighbourhoods where more traditional materials were used in building, those houses are still standing, and in newer neighbourhoods, where the building code was not so strictly followed, where there were men different materials used, those are where the buildings collapsed like a house of

cards, ourviewer buildings collapsed like a house of cards, our viewer is me see behind us all of these high rise residential buildings that are still standing. it may seem like a moment of happiness, but in fact, they are dark, empty. people have had to move out because in the broad light of day, you can see there are all these long, deep cracks. they are still standing, but onlyjust. and every time we get a little too close, the guards warned us, danger, danger, they could still collapse. that guards warned us, danger, danger, they could still collapse.— they could still collapse. that was our chief international _ our chief international correspondent in osmaniye. i spoke to herjust before we came on air and shejust described to herjust before we came on air and she just described that she saw there the danger from those buildings that could potentially topple at any moment. we are moving across to turkey because i'm joined now by husni al—barazi, founder of the big heart foundation, a syrian humanitarian ngo. your ngo operates in syria but was based in hatay, can you tell us what's happened.

firstly, i know that you know already if last six members of your staff. firstly, our condolences. where where they? what happened to them as evening to you. actually come our operations or in our main operation office in hatay. they are like everybody else, they were asleep and caught in the most horrible experience. in 12 years of our work and training as an emergency relief organisation inside syria, we have learned and seen that almost all have come to experience something they were well trained on emergency response protocol, all of that went out the door because none of the communications worked. no one could respond. it was something outside the order. 50

could respond. it was something outside the order.— could respond. it was something outside the order. so for the first 30 hours. — outside the order. so for the first 30 hours. we _ outside the order. so for the first 30 hours, we were not— outside the order. so for the first 30 hours, we were not able - outside the order. so for the first 30 hours, we were not able to i outside the order. so for the first i 30 hours, we were not able to learn anything, for all the mechanisms we had come all the back—up systems we had come all the back—up systems we had commit because the whole city which we did not know worked very much, you know crumbled. our back—up offices which were supposed to be for the rescue were also crushed. we lost our main office, or back—up offices, we lost our offices that were on the city. they all went to no contact. so imagine for a moment we are not only where you have no idea what's going on from your heart stops because you don't know what in the world is happening. having that been said, we had our main options inside syria, a sliver of hope is there where we got some response back and that was for the first six hours. 430 hours, we had no idea, no contact whatsoever in the city of hatay until he got to message which told us a couple of people are around but they have no idea what

happened to their colleagues. then we deployed into the area and were able to learn very quickly that six people have been deceased and have been pulled out of the rubble and buried. the other staff members were able to evacuate with other assistance, and we found almost 35 or 38 hours in, assistance, and we found almost 35 or38 hours in, i assistance, and we found almost 35 or 38 hours in, i was part of that team that went in with a group of us, and thanks to the local authorities to make us access to any area that was extremely difficult to access, and we found 28 of our staff and theirfamilies access, and we found 28 of our staff and their families stranded in a small park and, again, it was incredible images to absorb for a humanitarian aid who is trained on emergency response. so we are grateful that we are able to evacuate. we still have two recovered, or don't know the status, the clock is against us. and we have

passed the 72 do hour mark. you have to be helpful coming up to keep your spirits up, but all the news is stunning is because where they are in the city, the rubble i have taken footage of, we probably have a total loss. in syria, and the other side cannot we at least have a sliver of hope, the operations did not actually get totally devastated. we still have some staff that are able to communicate with us. i'm actually going inside tomorrow with another team since we have been able to stabilise the situation to some degree in turkey and assess the situation inside syria. i degree in turkey and assess the situation inside syria.— situation inside syria. i believe, because we _ situation inside syria. i believe, because we see _ situation inside syria. i believe, because we see some _ situation inside syria. i believe, because we see some of- situation inside syria. i believe, because we see some of the - situation inside syria. i believe, - because we see some of the images that your team has shared with us. this is hatay, where you had the main headquarters for your organisation. you are deploying ambulances as well and i believe that you are going to become as you say, you are going to be going into syria. in say, you are going to be going into s ria. ., ., ., ., syria. in collaboration with other humanitarian _ syria. in collaboration with other humanitarian agencies, - syria. in collaboration with other humanitarian agencies, we - syria. in collaboration with other

humanitarian agencies, we have| syria. in collaboration with other- humanitarian agencies, we have been able to co—ordinate some excess of ambulances. it's tremendous work. i mean, i can tell you, a person who is working humanitarian emergency response for 12 years, in the area of aleppo, the most complex dangerous humanitarian area to operates, we have never seen anything like this. i've been in that city before and i have never, without the damage, all of the shelling came in to see what has taken place in less then 30 minutes is tremendous, and i would say the area of concern remains to be that not only more aid is needed, more speciality aid of search and rescue because we are missing and passing some real important deadlines here. the weather is also not helping because it is very, very cold. and thatis because it is very, very cold. and that is part of the challenge of the operation, not having enough rescue teams on the ground. our own

organisation does not do the search and rescue, we do various sectors, food security, shelter, education and sanitation, so our work right now are trying their best, but on the humanitarians side can imagine for a moment, the humanitarians side can imagine fora moment, how do the humanitarians side can imagine for a moment, how do you go forward when you have the most apocalyptic humanitarian disaster through an earthquake by a team that is well trained, where what you need to do first is make sure that the people that have passed away have been replaced on your team, which sounds, you know, as if they are a number, they are not, they are humans, their families behind them and they have done so much for humanity to extend the alleviating of suffering. we are giving the space to the team to reflect with their families and they are, the majority of them i would say, committed to coming back and assist with what they have been trained for and pick up where we

left it. it is very difficult to even express the feeling of emotions. i even express the feeling of emotions-— even express the feeling of emotions. u, ., ., , ., emotions. i can hear that in your voice. i absolutely _ emotions. i can hear that in your voice. i absolutely have - emotions. i can hear that in your voice. i absolutely have no - voice. i absolutely have no imagination of how you are feeling. my imagination of how you are feeling. my condolences to you and your team. good luck with your work going forward, thank you very much for talking to us from the big heart foundation. an impossible situation. much more from these earthquakes after half past the hour. we will be focusing on what aid is reaching those affected in syria. we have heard the devastating situation there described by that ngo group. we will be talking to the world food programme as well. it's day two of president zelensky�*s mission to procure fighterjets from his european allies, for ukraine's war against russia. after his visit to the uk on wednesday, he went to brussels. applause. here he is, alongside the european parliament president. as well as military aid,

the prospect of ukraine joining the european union was also on the agenda. here he is reminding meps of ukraine's place in europe. translation: i am here in order to defend our people's _ translation: i am here in order to defend our people's way _ translation: i am here in order to defend our people's way at - translation: i am here in order to defend our people's way at home. . translation: i am here in order to| defend our people's way at home. of all ukrainians of all ages and various political convictions, various political convictions, various social status, of various religious convictions and different histories, but all of us enjoyed this common european history. president zelensky addressing the european parliament. let's go through what he is asking for. let's start with military support for ukraine. the bloc and its member states have already backed kyiv with over 50 billion dollars in aid — that includes military hardware. and then we had a big moment last month — when germany agreed to allow deliveries of the modern leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. but as we mentioned, fighterjets are what ukraine has

been calling for consistently. and there's been reluctance from the west to provide them. the bbc put the issue to the dutch prime minister. there are many sensitive issues to be discussed. you have to make absolutely sure that you are not getting into article five direct confrontation between nato and russia. so all the things have to be assessed, and as soon as conclusions are made, you can bring them to the outside world. so what has the message on this been outside the eu? well, we know that the uk has unveiled plans to train ukrainian pilots to fly nato—standard fighter jets in the future. with prime minister rishi sunak adding that �*nothing is off the table' when it comes to the jets. and this was the uk defence secretary today, speaking to the bbc. britain knows what ukraine needs and is very happy to help in many ways trying to achieve the effect. a plane is a plain, but what is at the

plane is a plain, but what is at the plane can deliver? i think in the here and now what we will focus on is the effects that ukraine needs, which is air support or support to moving troops, and that can be done in other ways. and here's the us position. this is an evolving process and we will continue to make judgements about_ will continue to make judgements about what we think ukraine needs and what _ about what we think ukraine needs and what can be most effective. we will do _ and what can be most effective. we will do that — and what can be most effective. we will do that in very close consultation with ukrainians and, of course, _ consultation with ukrainians and, of course, consultation with our partners _ lets now turn to the other issue on the agenda at today's summit. ukraine's potential membership of the eu. remember, ukraine was given official eu candidate status injune. here's the head of the european parliament. because ukraine is europe and urination's future is in the european union. mr zelensky wants accession talks to start this year. but it could take a lot longer than that. for context, the last country to havejoined the eu

was croatia in 2013, a decade after formally applying. ukraine's neighbour poland took 20 years — itjoined in 200a. countries need to meet certain criteria in order tojoin the bloc, and abide by the eu's standards on issues like corruption. here's the european parliament's standing rapporteur on ukraine. the most important thing politically is after it is clear with the country is, it's not on the russian side can it's not in a gray zone, it's on the way to the european union into accelerated we need to combine the reconstruction and reform process. that is what we need to do and we are in constant contact, of course with the relevant authorities, now, apart from the war issues, legislation and ongoing reconstruction already is in line

with eu requirements. we know that the european union is in the process of brokering a new sanctions package against russia worth about ten billion dollars before the war�*s anniversary. mario bikarski, is the europe and russia analyst at the economist intelligence unit, the sister company of the economist newspaper that focuses on research and analysis. you guys focus on research and analysis, and you are going to share some of your latest findings in terms of your report on ukraine and russia. and just how fractured russia's relationship at the west and what that means in terms of the rest of the picture geopolitically. what is your main finding? thank you for havin: what is your main finding? thank you for having me- _ what is your main finding? thank you for having me. we _ what is your main finding? thank you for having me. we have _ what is your main finding? thank you for having me. we have just - what is your main finding? thank you for having me. we have just released j for having me. we havejust released a white paper looking at the outlook for the war in 2023 and what it means for the global economy. russian western relations were disrupted significantly, they reached to new lows after russia

invaded ukraine last year. and we will continue to see this economic decoupling between europe and russia deepen. but this means for the world is that russia will try to explore new trade routes. they will try to establish trade relationships. they will try to use this worsening relationship between the us and china for their benefit, and they will try to try narratives against the western position against ukrainian positions in those countries in the so—called global south. these countries have remained largely neutral so far in the conflict and they will use this information tactic and whatever economic leverage they have left in these countries to support their interests and undermine western interests and undermine western interests from afar. i interests and undermine western interests from afar.— interests and undermine western interests from afar. i mentioned the

euro ean interests from afar. i mentioned the eumpean union _ interests from afar. i mentioned the european union in _ interests from afar. i mentioned the european union in the _ interests from afar. i mentioned the european union in the process - interests from afar. i mentioned the european union in the process of. european union in the process of brokering this new sanctions package against russia. i mentioned it's worth $10 billion. what kind of impact will that happen russia itself, given already kind of moving itself, given already kind of moving its affiliations, as you mentioned, china, other countries. 50 its affiliations, as you mentioned, china, other countries.— its affiliations, as you mentioned, china, other countries. so what the sanctions are _ china, other countries. so what the sanctions are trying _ china, other countries. so what the sanctions are trying to _ china, other countries. so what the sanctions are trying to achieve - china, other countries. so what the sanctions are trying to achieve is i sanctions are trying to achieve is that they are trying to apply continuous pressure on the russian economy, and this is why every sanction package includes new subject to export ban and this will continue to make it harderfor russia to source sophisticated equipment using its military and to drive the defence industry as it continues its war in ukraine. now, they sanctions package, the latest one that the european commission announced that the eu is preparing will try to do exactly that, so it will try to do exactly that, so it will try to continue applying pressure on the russian economy

which is already under significant stress as a result of the oil embargo and the price tap on russian oil and also oil derived products, as we discussed just last week. so we are likely to see this continuing into 2023, and ourforecast we are likely to see this continuing into 2023, and our forecast is that sanctions will remain in place all the way until the war is over and possibly beyond.— the way until the war is over and ossibl be ond. ~ ., ~ ., possibly beyond. when you talk about can i 'ust possibly beyond. when you talk about can i just wonder, _ possibly beyond. when you talk about can i just wonder, because _ possibly beyond. when you talk about can i just wonder, because one - possibly beyond. when you talk about can ijust wonder, because one of- can ijust wonder, because one of the key findings and we haven't got much time, apologies, the last markets that russia has with the west is their relationship, economic relationship of china, is that enough to make up for those losses with the west?— with the west? know, on the one hand, china _ with the west? know, on the one hand, china will _ with the west? know, on the one hand, china will benefit _ with the west? know, on the one hand, china will benefit from - with the west? know, on the one hand, china will benefit from this| hand, china will benefit from this rift between the west and russia, but it will try not to become overly dependent on russia, and at the same time, the chinese market will not be sufficient for russia to replace this lost access to the european

market. first, there are logistical constraints, infrastructure is not there. ., ., ., , ., ., , there. mario, for anybody who wants to know more. _ there. mario, for anybody who wants to know more, we _ there. mario, for anybody who wants to know more, we have _ there. mario, for anybody who wants to know more, we have got - there. mario, for anybody who wants to know more, we have got to - to know more, we have got to read your report. mario therefrom the intelligence unit. hello there. high pressure is going to continue to bring a lot of dry, unsettled weather for the rest of this week, throughout the weekend and indeed into much of next week as well. there will be a little bit of rain, i think, next week from wednesday onwards. tonight, it's largely dry, clear spells through central and southern areas closer to this area of high pressure. further north, the winds will be stronger. there's more isobars now the charts, and there will be more cloud weather fronts tending to bring outbreaks of rain or showers to the north and west of scotland, maybe the odd one for northern ireland. but most places will be dry, breezy and cloudy across the northern half of the country. hence temperatures not falling much below three or four degrees under clearer skies towards the south, it's going to be another cold one with some frost, maybe some fog. but i think there'll be enough of a breeze to move that on. friday, high pressure to the south,

lower pressure to the north. again, it's going to be breezy across the north. weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. and we're into a milder air mass, i think, on friday. ourairsource coming in off the atlantic. so a lot of cloud around, it starts off sunny and cold in the south, but i think cloud may build up through the afternoon. so i'm thinking, i think friday afternoon looks cloudier than what we had through today. some splashes of rain across the north, double figure values for most of us. could be up to around 8—9 celsius degrees in the south because of that cold start. but it turns milder through friday night. quite a lot of cloud streaming in from the west. a few clear spells here and there. it'll be very mild across the north of the uk. it could be ten degrees in aberdeen overnight, four and five in the south. so i think mostly frost free. and then for the weekend, this area of high pressure holds on quite a lot of cloud trapped in it, but it's going to bring a lot of dry weather both saturday and sunday, but with the best of the sunshine on saturday, central and eastern parts of england,

northeast scotland, some shelter from the west, south—westerly wind, more cloud generally further south and west. but look at the temperatures, 11 to 13 degrees. so we're well above where we should be for the time of year. part two of the weekend, a similar story, a lot of cloud across southern, northern, western areas, but with the best of any sunshine towards the east. so sunshine will be limited. but again, it's going to feel quite mild, ten, 11 degrees. then as we move into next week, it's a similar story stays dry, settled, mild chance of some rain thinking towards the end of the new week.

hello, i'm kasia madera. this is outside source. the death toll from monday's earthquake in turkey and syria passes twenty thousand — as the frantic search for survivors continues. translation: there is no professional team. | there is no team to remove the bodies or the survivors still underneath the rubble. the building here is lying on its side and beef cleaned almost ——we've, the entire entrance with our own hands. fears of a secondary disaster — the world health organization warns of the challenge of keeping survivors alive. hope amid the despair — after 80 hours of digging, a six year old boy is rescued. also in the programme..

disney announces thousands ofjob losses — as it tries to make its streaming business profitable. let's continue our coverage of the aftermath of monday's devastating earthquakes and focus on syria, where the first convoy of aid has reached the opposition—held north—west of the country. rescue workers in the rebel—held region say nearly two—thousand people have been killed there. the syrian government says another one—thousand three—hundred have died in areas it controls. doctor mohamed al abrash is a surgeon working at the central hospital in idlib. he told us the situation there is extremely difficult. our equipments and medical staff cannot cope with the huge number of injured people. actually in the first day,

all of the medical staff working in the north—west of syria is working hard, 21t hours over 21t hours. our hospital is full of injured patients and our ice you cannot cope ——icu, with this huge number. our ventilators is not enough, our oxygen, the electricity is cut off and we are using generators. hopes of finding people alive under collapsed buildings are fading but rescuers are continuing their painstaking work. there are still some positive outcomes three days on — have a look at these extraordinary picture from aleppo, showing you the difficult circumstances rescue workers are dealing with in the rubble. they managed to get two young sisters out alive from their collapsed home.

extraordinary. many survivors have sought shelter in makeshift camps. at this one in idlib, volunteers and aid workers have set up large tents where mostly women and children can sleep. but with temperatures dropping to minus 5 and a lack of heating and food, the situation remains dire. translation: when the earthquake hit we thought the house became unfit - and unsafe to stay in so we went to stay at a mosque and that we were transferred here. cannot sleep because of the cold and the conditions are very bad. there are many children here and we need heating and supplies. last night we could not sleep because it was so cold. as we've been reporting, getting aid into north—western syria is proving to be a major problem — and it's politics standing in the way. the area affected by the quake is controlled by multiple groups. the syrian government adminsters the purple section, orange is the hands of syrian rebels, the red parts in the north are controlled by the turkish military and affiliated rebels...

and the green section is run by kurdish—led forces. this is currently the only crossing into rebel—held territory, bab al—hawa. it had been closed since the quake, due to damage to the road. but that changed today. these are six trucks crossing from turkey into north—western syria, carrying medical supplies, hygiene kits and tents. this shipment had been due before the disaster temporarily halted routine aid deliveries. here's an official at the border. translation: the aid will be - delivered to one of the un's partner organisations in the rebel—held areas. they will distribute them to the affected people. according to the information we got from the united nations, this should be an initial response and it should be followed by bigger convoys in more supplies to help our people.

the white helmets is the humanitarian organization leading rescue efforts in northern syria. the group has tweeted its disappointment that equipment needed for rescues was not sent with the convoy. they said: "we are desperate for equipment that will help us save lives from under the rubble". the un says it is starting talks with the security council to see whether aid access from turkey can be expanded. here's its secretary—general, antonio guterres. the earthquake struck as the humanitarian crisis in north—west syria was already worsening. with needs at the highest level since conflict began. the united nations has done its best to respond. we are deploying disaster assessment experts, coordinating search and rescue teams, providing emergency relief, food, medical supplies, thermal blankets and other life—saving items. and we are committed to do much more.

i'm joined now by kenn crossley, syria's country director for the world food programme. let's just start with the very basics, is a getting through? pleasure to be with you this evening and yes, i think we should start with the basics that aid was already there. the world food programme, we have already been feeding 1.4 million people inside north—west syria, five and half million people in all of syria. he already had stocks within the area so when the earthquake was hitting we were able to be in touch with all of the local partners, community groups that work with us and supply them quickly. with meals that were ready—to—eat for people who were affected by the earthquake, the disaster. so yes, eat was already there, but no new aid has been coming in until the good news that you have heard this

afternoon with some of the additional trucks that have been blocked because of the tragedy were able to get through over the weekend. latte able to get through over the weekend-— able to get through over the weekend. ~ ., ., ,., ., weekend. we heard that some of the kit that is on — weekend. we heard that some of the kit that is on the _ weekend. we heard that some of the kit that is on the trucks _ weekend. we heard that some of the kit that is on the trucks is _ weekend. we heard that some of the kit that is on the trucks is not - kit that is on the trucks is not everything needed. are you are aware of that situation? yellow bike yes, this is very much the case. we are in a situation where there are political impasse in a situation where there are political impass in a situation where there are olitical im ass _, ., , , political impasse conversations but also the reality _ political impasse conversations but also the reality of— political impasse conversations but also the reality of coming - political impasse conversations but also the reality of coming down - political impasse conversations but i also the reality of coming down from where we load the hubs has been severely damaged having officials declare the border clearances having impediments. to all of these things come together meaning that the fullness of the scale that is capable in normal times to be moved across the board has not been be able to move from the north. wish to point out that there is more than one border. it is possible, sometimes to also bring in some things sides the border. starting from the south, so what we are actually focusing on is the

international community which is recognising humanitarian assistance is not political. humanitarian assistance needs to be granted by all stakeholders to enable axes and we are giving positive encouraging signs, but they are not there yet in order to get the fullness and the frequency of that is required. share frequency of that is required. are ou frequency of that is required. are you concerned that it is potentially being politcised we have road yesterday that aid into northern syria should be controlled by them, is that not politicising aid? latte syria should be controlled by them, is that not politicising aid?- is that not politicising aid? we are concerned- _ is that not politicising aid? we are concerned. we _ is that not politicising aid? we are concerned. we are _ is that not politicising aid? we are concerned. we are always - is that not politicising aid? we are i concerned. we are always concerned that something as fundamental as providing help to people affected by hig -- providing help to people affected by hig —— tragedy can get wrapped up in a political conversation, that is not the way he needs to be handled but it is also aware that there are some people pushing and encouraging that we are cautiously optimistic that we are cautiously optimistic that when you have a tragedy of the scale it may be an opportunity, a time to shift the conversation

forward. . ~ time to shift the conversation forward. ., ~ , ., time to shift the conversation forward. . ~' , ., , time to shift the conversation forward. ., ~ i. , . time to shift the conversation forward. ., ~ , . ., forward. thank you very much for bein: so forward. thank you very much for being so frank— forward. thank you very much for being so frank with _ forward. thank you very much for being so frank with us. _ forward. thank you very much for being so frank with us. director. forward. thank you very much for. being so frank with us. director for the world food programme. now let's return to turkey, where at least 60,000 people have been injured after their homes collapsed in the quake. why have so many buildings been razed to the ground despite regulations designed to ensure new buildings were earthquake resilient? our analysis editor ros atkins has been asking that very question. these people are running to safety as a building collapses on monday in malatya. turkey's president erdogan says 6,500 buildings were destroyed by the earthquake. many collapsed as each floor fell into the next, and those inside would have had little chance. and there are several reasons why so many buildings came down. firstly, well, it is simply the size of the earthquake itself. this satellite image is of the city

of kahramanmaras before the quake. this is afterwards. you can see the extent of the damage. the fact the earthquake was relatively shallow increased its impact. all of this created a degree of movement that many buildings couldn't withstand. and it wasn'tjust older buildings that succumb to. questions are being asked about the standard of turkey's newer buildings, too. the bbc has verified this picture, an apartment block built in 2019. this is the same block now. or there is this video also from 2019 showing the opening of a new housing complex in antakya. look at it now. some of it collapsed. the owners of the complex deny any wrongdoing and say almost every building in the city has been affected. and across the affected area in turkey, the sheer power of the earthquake is one factor. but it is not the only one.

you've got deformation beyond what the building can withstand. it will move to an extent that it can no longer stand up and as it goes down, it will completely fall apart. and that is indicative of pretty bad building standards. but turkey has modern construction standards designed to help buildings cope with earthquakes. these standards were introduced after an earthquake in 1999 which killed 17,000 people. rules have since been tightened even further. but those rules only work if they are enforced. and in many cases, that hasn't happened. so—called construction amnesties allow owners of illegal buildings to receive an exemption in exchange for paying a fee. the last amnesty was in 2018. and over 50% of buildings in turkey, close to 13 million buildings, were constructed in violation

of regulations. the earthquake's scale means it would always have claimed lives, but the standard of some of turkey's buildings in part explains how many lives have been lost. ros atkins, bbc news. now to north korea, where kimjong un has overseen a major military parade showcasing a record number of nuclear and long—range missiles. the parade — which was also attended by his 10—year—old daughter — was to mark the seventy—fifth anniversary of the founding of the country's military. pictures on north korean state media appeared to show more than a dozen of north korea's biggest intercontinental ballistic missiles — the hwasong—17. some analysts say the display also featured a new intercontinental ballistic missile launcher, which could be designed to accommodate a solid—fuel missile. solid—fuel missiles can be

launched more quickly than liquid—fuel missiles, so are hard to defend against. and take a look at this satellite image of the parade in pyongyang, which appears to show at least 12 inter—continental ballistic missiles being driven past crowds of spectators. jean mackenzie followed the event from the south korean capital, seoul. what is significant, i think, today is the number of these missiles. so north korea has prorated, what we think is around a dozen of its most powerful missiles. its newest indic nonsense —— intercontinental ballistic missiles, a missile capable, we think of reaching the us. this number of a dozen is so significant. why does this matter? because with this many of the missiles that we have not seen before it has the potential to overwhelm us defence systems if all of these missiles are capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads. but this all in context, this comes today off of the back of a record

year of missile testing by north korea. and years of failed diplomacy. so north korea at the moment is refusing to talk to the united states, refusing to give up its nuclear weapons and all the while it is building more, as we have seen today. in becoming more dangerous. so really it is presenting the us with the problem at the moment that it does not seem to know how to solve. this was kim jong un arriving at the parade hand—in—hand with his daughter, who's increasingly being seen as his likely successor. his wife ri solju followed behind them on the red carpet. footage released by state media also shows kim's daughter touching her father's face affectionately ahead of the parade. here's jean mackenzie again: this is the first time that he has ever brought his daughter to oversee a parade, but it is actually now the fifth time that she appeared in public. in a relatively short period of time over the last three months.

we think this is kim jong un's oldest child and that she is around ten years old. the first time we saw her was at the launch of this intercontinental ballistic missile backin intercontinental ballistic missile back in november. this was huge news. people were whispering, does this mean that kim jong news. people were whispering, does this mean that kimjong un has chosen her to be his successor? but it was seen far too early to tell. both everyone of the appearances that she has made it becomes that little bit more likely, particularly when you look at the transformation that she has had in the short three months. so yesterday, orthe that she has had in the short three months. so yesterday, or the before yesterday, before the parade he took her to a military banquet where she was dressed up smartly and in all the photos she sat bang in the centre, and between her mother and father. surrounded by these military officials. quite literally taking centre stage. so this is certainly fuelling the speculation that perhaps one day she could be the person that is running north korea. stay with us on outside source —

still to come... shares in disney rise after the company announces thousands ofjob losses — in an attempt to make its streaming service more profitable. there's been a dramatic rise in evictions from rented homes across england and wales. government figures show a doubling of the number of landlord possession orders issued by the courts in the last three months of 2022. danjohnson has been speaking to one mother of four in bristol. this is the stress... oh, my god. ..of being forced from your home. 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.

phone rings. oh, 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. sighs. my god. but so many others need help... ..we are currently not taking on any new inquiries. - ..this charity's had to stop answering the phone. 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 in her emergency accommodation, a council message... so you're facing another move, potentially? another move. another nervous phone call. voice on phone: so what i'm ringing... ..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. 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. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. shares in disney have risen, after the entertainment giant announced thousands ofjob losses and a sweeping restructuring, as it tries to make its streaming business profitable. it's laying off 7,000 employees as part of a drive to save 5.5 billion dollars in costs. the layoffs represent 3—point—6 percent of its global workforce. and it's worth remembering that disney already laid off 32,000 workers, primarily at its theme parks, during the pandemic.

these latestjob cuts are bob iger�*s first major decision since he was reappointed ceo in november. the layoffs follow similar moves by other us tech giants, after a hiring spree that began at the height of the pandemic. the disney plus streaming service saw its first—ever quarterly fall in subscribers since launching in 2019 as consumers cut back on spending. here's jarred hill from cbs news: one big thing here is that this is a money move by disney, the stock price had tumbled about 24% in last year so they are saying that they need to find ways to cut costs so that they can refocus is what they are focusing on, some of their attention to try and make good on it and save a bit on its streaming platform. under the restructuring, disney is reorganising into three divisions. an entertainment unit encompassing film, television and streaming. a sports—focused espn unit and one with disney parks, experiences and products. here's paul verna from

the research company well not only have disney shares risen today on the news and earnings topped wall street's expectations. this man, an activist investor called nelson peltz, has ended his battle for a seat on disney's board. he'd been critical of the entertainment giant's direction under the previous ceo bob chapek. a spokesperson for mr peltz�*s fund management company has said "the proxy fight is over. this is a win for all shareholders". so is it? alice enders, is the head of research at enders analysis, which provides research on the media and entertainment industries. you provide research on the media and entertainment industry is this just in terms of the restructuring and the job cuts bearing just in terms of the restructuring and thejob cuts bearing in mind that we have already heard and the job cuts bearing in mind that we have already heard disney has cut thousands _ that we have already heard disney has cut thousands of _ that we have already heard disney has cut thousands of people - has cut thousands of people previously during the pandemic, is this the right direction?— this the right direction? between the previous _ this the right direction? between the previous quarter _ this the right direction? between the previous quarter and - this the right direction? between the previous quarter and this, . the previous quarter and this, losses doubled to $1 billion. and

subscribers declined to 1.6 million so the company was under a lot of pressure to close the huge loss of $1 billion per quarter. the restructuring is extremely important because actually, bob iger has undone everything that bob chapek did before him but it is worth remembering that bob iger also announced that disney is going to restore the dividend, which is of extreme value to shareholders. explained to us how and why shareholders obviously it is a very competitive market, interest rates have reasons —— risen. on wall street efficiency is the name of the game, many companies have announced substantialjob cuts. it is all

about ensuring that disney plus, the streaming service, actually achieves a profitable transition as it grows across the world. in a profitable transition as it grows across the world.— a profitable transition as it grows across the world. in terms of, the million-dollar _ across the world. in terms of, the million-dollar question, - across the world. in terms of, the million-dollar question, how - across the world. in terms of, the j million-dollar question, how does across the world. in terms of, the i million-dollar question, how does it million—dollar question, how does it grow? it obviously, in terms of the nonsense that we have had, they have to talk about the future sequels as hugely successful, toy story, frozen, is that the direction of travel? those franchises are very well known by disney cinema audiences thai well known by disney cinema audience— well known by disney cinema audience ., . , , , ., audiences tv audiences. this is a transition to _ audiences tv audiences. this is a transition to tv _ audiences tv audiences. this is a transition to tv to _ audiences tv audiences. this is a transition to tv to direct - audiences tv audiences. this is a transition to tv to direct to - transition to tv to direct to consumer so those franchises are incredibly important in terms of drawing audiences in because they are very well known. toy story, frozen. they are very substantial pipeline of new lunches which we

have to recall act like marketing for the service. so the idea is to focus again on content and in particular, well—known franchises so as to draw audiences in and keep them in the service and of course attract new subscribers around the world. so attract new subscribers around the world, .., , attract new subscribers around the world. u, , ., . world. so content being the audience driver. world. so content being the audience driver- thank— world. so content being the audience driver. thank you _ world. so content being the audience driver. thank you so _ world. so content being the audience driver. thank you so much _ world. so content being the audience driver. thank you so much for - world. so content being the audience driver. thank you so much for your i driver. thank you so much for your analysis. 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. i'v e i've got two sons i'm saying nothing. now to the side news. the man behind some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century — burt bacharach — has died at the age of 94.

his compositions have been sung by some huge names. hello there. high pressure is going to continue to bring a lot of dry, unsettled weather for the rest of this week, throughout the weekend and indeed into much of next week as well. there will be a little bit of rain, i think, next week from wednesday onwards. tonight, it's largely dry, clear spells through central and southern areas closer to this area of high pressure. further north, the winds will be stronger. there's more isobars now the charts, and there will be more cloud weather fronts tending to bring outbreaks of rain or showers to the north and west of scotland, maybe the odd one for northern ireland. but most places will be dry, breezy and cloudy across the northern half of the country. hence temperatures not falling much below three or four degrees under clearer skies towards the south, it's going to be another cold one with some frost, maybe some fog. but i think there'll be enough

of a breeze to move that on. friday, high pressure to the south, lower pressure to the north. again, it's going to be breezy across the north. weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. and we're into a milder air mass, i think, on friday. ourairsource coming in off the atlantic. so a lot of cloud around, it starts off sunny and cold in the south, but i think cloud may build up through the afternoon. so i'm thinking, i think friday afternoon looks cloudier than what we had through today. some splashes of rain across the north, double figure values for most of us. could be up to around 8—9 celsius degrees in the south because of that cold start. but it turns milder through friday night. quite a lot of cloud streaming in from the west. a few clear spells here and there. it'll be very mild across the north of the uk. it could be ten degrees in aberdeen overnight, four and five in the south. so i think mostly frost free. and then for the weekend, this area of high pressure holds on quite a lot of cloud trapped in it, but it's going to bring a lot of dry weather both saturday and sunday, but with the best of the sunshine on saturday, central and eastern parts of england, northeast scotland, some shelter from the west,

south—westerly wind, more cloud generally further south and west. but look at the temperatures, 11 to 13 degrees. so we're well above where we should be for the time of year. part two of the weekend, a similar story, a lot of cloud across southern, northern, western areas, but with the best of any sunshine towards the east. so sunshine will be limited. but again, it's going to feel quite mild, ten, 11 degrees. then as we move into next week, it's a similar story stays dry, settled, mild chance of some rain thinking towards the end of the new week.

hello, i'm kasia madera. this is outside source. the death toll from monday's earthquake in turkey and syria passes twenty thousand — as the frantic search for survivors continues. there is no professional team. there is no team to remove the bodies are remove the bodies or the survivors still underneath the rubble. the building here is lying on its side and we have cleaned almost the entire entrance with own hands. fears of a secondary disaster — the world health organization warns of the challenge of keeping survivors alive. hope amid the despair — after 80 hours of digging, a six year old boy is rescued. also in the programme.

president zelensky heads to brussels — and says ukraine is fighting russia to protect europe's way of life. we start with the devastation following monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria, where mass graves are being dug, as the death toll climbs rapidly. more than twenty—thousand people are known to have lost their lives. rescuers continue their desperate attempts to find and free survivors, four days after the quakes hit. the world health organisation has warned there could be a "secondary disaster" with survivors living on the streets with very little food and water and in freezing temperatures. our middle east correspondent anna foster is in gaziantep — the epicentre of the biggest earthquake to hit the region on monday.

at this heavy machinery is starting to write the number namely in the big cities like this one. we think about the rural villages, the towns which are as badly affected, it is much harder to get equipment like that there. but here, you're starting to see these big recovery operations for their sweeping away all of this trouble. looking for bodies is essentially what they're doing. whenever you see a scene like this when you see the diggers and the earth movers, they do not believe anybody is alive and that building any more. so, a shift towards searching for bodies and clearing the rubble. but as we said rescue teams haven't given up on finding survivors — with some successes. these pictures have recently come in from diyar—bakir and they show a little boy, six year old basir yildiz, being rescued. crews had been digging for him for 80 hours. he's been sent to hospital for medical checks.

this is the rescue of a woman buried with her four year old under wreckage. authorities managed to get the camera into the rubble to see what was happening inside. you can see the woman's hand reaching out. she was pulled out along with her child. and this is the turkish president'sjet — it was used last night to carry to safety 16 babies — from newborns to a year old — who'd been found alive at the epicentre of the quake. they've been flown to the capital and taken to hospital. but it's a different story outside the larger centres. while french rescue volunteers have arrived here in the town of antakya, many residents say there's been no help from the government. "there is no professional team.

there is no team to remove the bodies or the survivers still under the rubble. the building you see here is lying on its side and we have cleaned almost the entire entrance with our own hands. and now, even though it is the fourth day, no one has come. no authority arrived" our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in osmaniye. she described what she's been seeing there: you mightjust you might just see you mightjust see behind me, the last bright lights of the diggers there. and still, a search and rescue hoping against hope that loved ones are still alive and buried under that rubble. an extraordinary scenes today and absolutely heartbreaking and yet, the moments of hope when electricity goes to the cloud leaving the rescue teams of found someone different holds their breath and then, earlier

today, this cry went up when two young women realised what was being brought out from the rubble was not their loved one but was in fact another dead body. and the weight of the grief they fell to their knees, they couldn't even walk for the sadness of what engulfed them. and an hour later, another cry went up from a cloud of some diggers across the street, a cry ofjoy. they did find someone alive but with every hour that passes, hope slips away that the search and rescue effort is now a clean—up operation like we've been seeing today or in fact an effort to try and slowly start to rebuild the lives of people who have lost basically everything. the rebuild the lives of people who have lost basically everything.— lost basically everything. the pain that they experiencing _ lost basically everything. the pain

that they experiencing is - that they experiencing is unimaginable there is anger, questions of style the devastation can be this bad given that turkey is on fault lines in terms of earthquakes and yet so many buildings completely collapse. lots of questions being asked of the president. of questions being asked of the resident. , ., , , ., , president. yes and the president was here today and _ president. yes and the president was here today and we _ president. yes and the president was here today and we are _ president. yes and the president was here today and we are about - president. yes and the president was here today and we are about a - president. yes and the president was here today and we are about a two i here today and we are about a two hour drive away which is the epicentre of the earthquake and the president went to see some of the shelters which have been quickly erected for some of the survivors. of the people living here tell us are asking why is it in the older neighbourhoods are more traditional materials were used in buildings, those houses are still standing in newer neighbourhoods, with the building code was not so strictly followed, where there are different

materials used, those were the buildings collapse like a house of cards? and our viewers may see behind us all of these high—rise residential buildings that are still standing, it may seem like a moment of happiness but in fact, they are dark, they're empty and people in the bright light of day, you can see there are all these long, deep cracks in the are still standing but only just an cracks in the are still standing but onlyjust an every time we get a little bit too close, the guards warned us, danger, danger, they could still collapse. i spoke to husni al—barazi, founder of the big heart foundation, a syrian humanitarian ngo. he told me what happened to his team based in hatay when the quake hit. like everybody else, they were asleep and caught in the most horrible experience. in 12 years of our work in

horrible experience. in 12 years of ourwork in training horrible experience. in 12 years of our work in training as an emergency relief organisation, inside syria, we seen that almost all but to actually come to experience something where we were well trained on emergency response and protocol, all of that without the door because none of the communications worked and no one could respond and it was something outside the ordinary. so, for the first 30 hours, we were not able to learn anything and all the mechanisms that we had no other back—up systems we had in the holes since i did —— city crumbled. many were crushed and we lost our main office, our back—up offices we also lost the offices there on the periphery of the city and no contact. you have no idea what's going on, your heart stops because you don't know what in

the road is happening and that being said, will set our main operations inside syria and the lethal sliver of hope is that we got some responses back and that was for the first six hours. for 30 hours, we had no idea, no contact whatsoever and the city until we got a message that told us a couple of people are around but they have annoyed with them to their colleagues. and got deployed to the area and were able to learn very quickly that six people have been deceased and have been pulled out of the rubble and buried in the other staff members were able to evacuate with assistance and we found almost 35 or 38 hours and, as part of the team that went with a group of us, thanks to local authorities still has access to area that was extremely difficult to access and we found 28 of our and difficult to access and we found 28 of ourand family difficult to access and we found 28 of our and family stranded in a small park and again, it was

incredible images to absorb and see well trained responses. grateful that we were to evacuate those of his left to —— we still have to recover and the role is 72 hours we passed that at this moment. we are hopeful him to be hopeful if to keep your spirits up and all the news is telling us that where they are in the city, would have taken footage of, we probably already very total loss. in syria, on the other side, we have sliver of hope for the operations did not get totally devastated. we still have some staff that are able to communicate with us and i'm actually going inside tomorrow with another team that will be able to stabilise the situation to some degree in turkey and assess the situation inside syria. llirul’ith

the situation inside syria. with scenes and _ the situation inside syria. with scenes and the _ the situation inside syria. with scenes and the images that your team has shared with us and this is where you had the main hq for the organisation and deploying ambulances as well and i believe you are going to be going into syria. is, in collaboration with other agencies we been able to co—ordinate an axis of ambulances and it is tremendous work and i can tell you that a person has been working humanitarian emergencies for 12 years in the area which is the most complex indentures humanitarian to operate, we've never seen anything like this. i've been in that city before and with all the damage, or the shelling, to see what has taken place in less than 30 minutes is tremendous and the areas of concern remain to be not only more aid is needed, more speciality aid in search and rescue because we are

missing and passing some deadlines here with the weather is also not helping because it is very cold, —2, minus three degrees and that is a part of the challenge of the operation and not having enough rescue teams on the ground. our own organisation does not do the search and rescue, we do various sectors through security, sector, education and sanitation. but our work has stopped inside syria because the rescue teams are trying their best but on the humanitarian side, imagine for a moment, which is really the untold story is how do you go forward when you have the most apocalyptic humanitarian disaster through an earthquake by a team that is well trained where what you need to do first is make sure that the people who have passed we have been replaced on your team which sounds, it's sounds like a

number, they are not in number they are humans and theirfamily behind them. they've done so much for humanity to extend the alleviation of suffering and what we're doing this retooling, giving the space to the team to reflect with their families and they are the majority, i would say and they are committed to coming back and assisting what they have been trained for and picking up where we left it. it is very difficult to even express the feelings and emotions. just unimaginable. _ feelings and emotions. just unimaginable. the - feelings and emotions. just unimaginable. the founder of the big foundation who they work in syria, let's focus on what's happening now. we have been hearing the director general of the world health organization, he is heading there and earlier today, the first convoy of aid has reached the opposition with rescue workers in the region sing nearly 2000 people have been killed there.

let's turn to syria. in the last few minutes, we've heard that the director—general of the world health organization, dr tedros, is heading there. and earlier today, the first convoy of aid has reached the opposition—held north—west of the country. rescue workers in the rebel—held region say nearly two—thousand people have been killed there. the syrian government says another one—thousand three—hundred have died in areas it controls. doctor mohamed al abrash is a surgeon working at the central hospital in idlib. he told us the situation there is extremely difficult. a medical staff is working with the injured in the northwest of syria, their working 24 hours. our hospital is full of injured patients and our i see you cannot handle the huge number. ourventilators i see you cannot handle the huge number. our ventilators are not enough oxygen, the facility is cut off and we are losing generators. hopes of finding people alive under collapsed buildings are fading but rescuers are continuing their painstaking work.

there are still some positive outcomes three days on — have a look at these extraordinary pictures from aleppo, showing you the difficult circumstances rescue workers are dealing with in the rubble. they managed to get two young sisters out alive from their collapsed home. many survivors have sought shelter in makeshift camps. at this one in idlib, volunteers and aid workers have set up large tents where mostly women and children can sleep. but with temperatures dropping to minus 5 and a lack of heating and food, the situation remains dire. when the earthquake hit, bouts became unfit and unsafe to stay in and so, we went to stay at a mosque and so, we went to stay at a mosque and we are transferred here. we cannot sleep because the court and

there are many children here and we need heating supplies. last night, we cannot sleep because it was so cold. as we've been reporting, getting aid into north—western syria is proving to be a major problem — and it's politics standing in the way. the area affected by the quake is controlled by multiple groups. the syrian government adminsters the purple section, orange is the hands of syrian rebels, the red parts in the north are controlled by the turkish military and affiliated rebels and the green section is run by kurdish—led forces. this is currently the only crossing into rebel—held territory, bab al—hawa. it had been closed since the quake, due to damage to the road. but that changed today. these are six trucks crossing from turkey into north—western syria, carrying medical supplies, hygiene kits and tents. this shipment had been due before the disaster temporarily halted routine aid deliveries. here's an official at the border.

the aid will be delivered to one of the un partner organisations in the rebel held areas. it would distribute them to the affected people and according to the information that we got from the united nations, this should be an initial response should be followed ljy initial response should be followed by bigger convoys and more supplies to help our people. the white helmets is the humanitarian organization leading rescue efforts in northern syria. the group has tweeted its disappointment that equipment needed for rescues was not sent with the convoy. they said: "we are desperate for equipment that will help us save lives from under the rubble". the un says it is starting talks with the security council to see whether aid access from turkey can be expanded. here's its secretary—general, antonio guterres. the humanitarian crisis in northwest syria was already worsening and with

the needs of the highest level, we need, and the united nations is that it's best to respond. we are deploying disaster assessment experts, coordinating search and rescue teams, providing emergency relief and medical supplies, thermal blankets and other life—saving items. we are committed to do much more. earlier i spoke to kenn crossley — syria's country director for the world food programme. when the earthquake was hitting, we were able to get in touch with the local partners and community groups that work there and supply them very quickly with meals that were ready to eat and for people who were affected by the earthquake and the disaster. so, yes, it was already there but no, new aid had not been going again until the very good news that you're hearing this afternoon

and the border coming down from turkey and some of the initial trucks which have been blocked because of the tragedy and were able to get moving again.— to get moving again. some of the cat that is on the — to get moving again. some of the cat that is on the trucks _ to get moving again. some of the cat that is on the trucks is _ to get moving again. some of the cat that is on the trucks is in _ that is on the trucks is in everything that's near there, are you aware that situation? yes. you aware that situation? yes, that's very _ you aware that situation? yes, that's very much _ you aware that situation? yes, that's very much the _ you aware that situation? yes, that's very much the case - you aware that situation? yes, that's very much the case and | you aware that situation? yes, i that's very much the case and we you aware that situation? yes that's very much the case and we in that's very much the case and we in that situation where, political impasse and political conversations and the need also realism, coming across the hub where we the trucks together across the border has been severely damaged and having enough officials clear the border and clearances been in so, all these things come together, meaning that the performance of the scale and what is capable in normal times to me across the border hasn't been able to move from the north. there is more than one border, it is possible, sometimes to also bring in things mother signs of the border and starting from the south and

international community and also recognising humanitarian assistance is not political. humanitarian assistance needs to be granted by all to access and we are getting positive and encouraging signs but they are not there yet in order to get the full frequency of the assistance going and that is really required in the scale of this tragedy. required in the scale of this traced . �* ,.., required in the scale of this traced .�* , , —— huge. stay with us on outside source — still to come. president zelensky heads to brussels — and urges european leaders to send fighter planes for the war with russia. we'll have more on the day's developments. there's mr mandela, mr nelson mandela, a free man taking his first steps into a new south africa.

iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he has passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president baby doc duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, - shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud _ farm's central block. shergar was driven away. in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. it's day two of president zelensky�*s mission to procure

fighterjets from his european allies, for ukraine's war against russia. after his visit to the uk on wednesday, he went to brussels. here he is, alongside the european parliament president. as well as military aid, the prospect of ukraine joining the european union was also on the agenda. here he is reminding meps of ukraine's place in europe. translation: i am here in order. to defend our people's way at home. of all ukrainians of all ages and various political convictions, various social status, of various religious convictions and different histories, but all of us enjoyed this common european history. let's start with military support for ukraine. the bloc and its member states have already

backed kyiv with over $50 billion in aid — that includes military hardware. and then we had a big moment last month, when germany agreed to allow deliveries of the modern leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. but as we mentioned, fighterjets are what ukraine has been calling for consistently. and there's been reluctance from the west to provide them. the bbc put the issue to the dutch prime minister. there are many sensitive issues to be discussed. you have to make absolutely sure that you are not getting into article 5 direct confrontation between nato and russia. so all the things have to be assessed, and as soon as conclusions are made, you can bring them to the outside world. let's now turn to the other issue on the agenda at today's summit. ukraine's potential membership of the eu. remember, ukraine was given official eu candidate status injune. here's the head of the european parliament.

because ukraine is europe and ukraine's future is in the european union. mr zelensky wants accession talks to start this year. but it could take a lot longer than that. for context, the last country to havejoined the eu was croatia in 2013, a decade after formally applying. ukraine's neighbour poland took 20 years — itjoined in 2004. countries need to meet certain criteria in order tojoin the bloc and abide by the eu's standards on issues like corruption. we know that the european union is in the process of brokering a new sanctions package against russia worth about $10 billion before the war�*s anniversary. mario bikarski is the europe and russia analyst at the economist intelligence unit.

russia west relations were ruptured significantly in the reached new lows after they invaded ukraine last year and will continue to see the economic decoupling between europe and russia deepened. what this means the world is that russia will try to explore new trade routes and they will try to establish new trade relationships. they will try to bridge this between china for the benefit and they will try to drive narratives against the western positions against ukrainian positions against ukrainian positions in the so—called global south and these remain largely neutral so far and they will use this information tactics and whatever economic leverage they can in these countries to support their interests and undermined western interests and undermined western interests from afar.

for me in the whole outside source team. thank you for watching. goodbye. hello there. high pressure is going to continue to bring a lot of dry, unsettled weather for the rest of this week, throughout the weekend and indeed into much of next week as well. there will be a little bit of rain, i think, next week from wednesday onwards. tonight, it's largely dry, clear spells through central and southern areas closer to this area of high pressure. further north, the winds will be stronger. there's more isobars now the charts, and there will be more cloud weather fronts tending to bring outbreaks of rain or showers to the north and west of scotland, maybe the odd one for northern ireland. but most places will be dry, breezy and cloudy across the northern half of the country. hence temperatures not falling much below three or four degrees under clearer skies towards the south, it's going to be another cold one with some frost, maybe some fog. but i think there'll be enough of a breeze to move that on. friday, high pressure to the south, lower pressure to the north.

again, it's going to be breezy across the north. weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. and we're into a milder air mass, i think, on friday. ourairsource coming in off the atlantic. so a lot of cloud around, it starts off sunny and cold in the south, but i think cloud may build up through the afternoon. so i'm thinking, i think friday afternoon looks cloudier than what we had through today. some splashes of rain across the north, double figure values for most of us. could be up to around 8—9 celsius degrees in the south because of that cold start. but it turns milder through friday night. quite a lot of cloud streaming in from the west. a few clear spells here and there. it'll be very mild across the north of the uk. it could be ten degrees in aberdeen overnight, four and five in the south. so, i think mostly frost free. and then for the weekend, this area of high pressure holds on quite a lot of cloud trapped in it, but it's going to bring a lot of dry weather both saturday and sunday, but with the best of the sunshine

on saturday, central and eastern parts of england, northeast scotland, some shelter from the west, south—westerly wind, more cloud generally further south and west. but look at the temperatures, 11 to 13 degrees. so we're well above where we should be for the time of year. part two of the weekend, a similar story, a lot of cloud across southern, northern, western areas, but with the best of any sunshine towards the east. so sunshine will be limited. but again, it's going to feel quite mild, ten, 11 degrees. then as we move into next week, it's a similar story stays dry, settled, mild chance of some rain thinking towards the end of the new week.

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