welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria are now known to have killed more than twenty thousand people still relatives hope their loved ones might emerge alive. i tried to do it yesterday to dig it myself. but you can't. you see the concrete like this? all close to each other. i've got no power to lift this. amid the misery — there are miraculous rescues — a woman is freed after eight seven hours under the rubble — but hope is fading for many others. we'll have the latest news and analysis from our correspondents in the region. also coming up on newsday... the united states says the chinese

balloon it shot down at the weekend was definitely being used for spying. and we'll remember burt bacharach, one of pop�*s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news, it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin this hour in turkey and those powerful earthquakes that have taken at least 20 thousand lives. rescuers in the region continue to work through the rubble, sometimes still finding people alive. these pictures are only a few hours old — you can see a turkish woman

being taken out from debris of a collapsed building in kahramanmaras which was near the epicentre of both quakes. this lady was rescued almost 90 hours after the quake hit. the world health organisation has talked about a new disaster — with thousands unable to find shelter, food and water. help is arriving — the first aid has crossed into syria, through the one border crossing point that is open. the uk has also sent emergency equipment to help survivors with an raf transport plane currently on its way to turkey. let's start with this report from our correspondent in kahramanmaras, anna foster. an urgent call for quiet. these rescuers need complete silence. they've heard voices. even though this building isn't safe, they don't hesitate because despite the winter cold, there are still survivors, and to get to them,

they need to be inside. in another collapsed building not far away, a british—german team are helping local people to search. they risk their lives for moments like this. allahu akbar! a mother and child pulled from the ruins, freezing, exhausted, but alive. the team have been working on a work site for the last few hours. and i'm very glad to say they have just been able to pull someone out of the rubble pile and pass them over to paramedics locally. it is places like this that really show you why the death toll keeps rising. this was an entire neighbourhood, and it's completely destroyed. it was hundreds of apartments, thousands of people, and the majority of them are still buried under these vast mounds of smoking rubble. good news is becoming increasingly rare here in maras.

each day, the number of bodies goes up. it's impossible to know how many more might be found. keenan travelled here from doncaster as soon as he heard the news of the quake. his brother is in there, somewhere. i tried yesterday to dig myself, but you can't. you see the concrete�*s like this? i have no power to lift this. i'm sorry... the wait is agony. i can't stop crying. the last two days i am here, i keep seeing dead bodies, many dead bodies. and they are just putting each other on top. it's not nice, not nice. as darkness falls once again, the rescue work continues. but the chance of finding more survivors is now small. fourfreezing nights

have taken a heavy toll. that's the picture in turkey. i want to turn to syria for you now where, aid for victims is a far more complicated process than in turkey because of the effect of 12 years of civil war. much of the earthquake zone in northern syria is controlled by groups who are fighting the government. there's only one border crossing that's currently open for un aid convoys to use — its called baab al—hawa and six lorries did go through it today, but specialist machinery for lifting rubble is still desperately needed in syria. our correspondent quentin somerville has been just on the turkish side of the syrian border today and this is what he saw. at the corner of ataturk and yamal street, hope ends. from what was once an eight—storey building, the last four bodies have been retrieved. everyone else has been accounted for. all that's left is rubble. on the other side of the road,

though, it's a different story. they shout. a desperate hope still remains. "the children are four and six years old. "it's been four days," she says. her nieces are trapped inside. "my god, my god, please return them to us," she says. they dig deep inside the building, but no survivors emerge. a few streets away, there's better news. a syrian boy, a one—year—old, is pulled out alive after 80 hours buried under the rubble. his eight—year—old sister was also saved, along with their older brother and their mother. turks and syrians have lived together here in antakya for years. most of the 3 million syrian refugees in turkey are in the earthquake zone and working hand—in—hand in its aftermath.

this earthquake is a catastrophe for two countries, for turkey and for syria. syrian and turkish lives and faiths overlap here. this is the border region. syria's only 15 km from here. but when it comes to the national and international response to this disaster, well, syria and turkey have never been further apart. it's taken long enough for help to make it here to southern turkey, but over the horizon in syria, desperate people still wait. quentin sommerville, bbc news. to other stories making headlines now and the united states says a chinese balloon it shot down last week was unmistakably used for spying. beijing insists the device was a civilian airship that monitored the weather. but a state department official said the latest evidence showed it was carrying advanced surveillance equipment,

and was linked to china's military. the balloon was destroyed off the us east coast, having already travelled over large parts of the country. the biden administration believes beijing is behind a huge aerial spy programme, using a fleet of balloons to gather intelligence from more than a0 countries. here's us deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman speaking at the senate foreign relations committee. at a hearing in washington today, senators pressed defence officials for more information on just what the balloon was doing. you what the balloon was doing. don't need to get into specifics, you don't need to get into specifics, we know what the trying to play, yes or no. this specifics, we know what the trying to play. yes or "0-— to play, yes or no. this is part of a broader _ to play, yes or no. this is part of a broader suite _ to play, yes or no. this is part of a broader suite of _ to play, yes or no. this is part of a broader suite of operation - to play, yes or no. this is part of a broader suite of operation that| a broader suite of operation that china _ a broader suite of operation that china has— a broader suite of operation that china has undertaken. we a broader suite of operation that china has undertaken.— a broader suite of operation that china has undertaken. we knew it the were china has undertaken. we knew it they were looking _ china has undertaken. we knew it they were looking for? _ china has undertaken. we knew it they were looking for? server, . china has undertaken. we knew it they were looking for? server, i l they were looking for? server, i think we should _ they were looking for? server, i think we should talk _ they were looking for? server, i think we should talk about - they were looking for? server, i think we should talk about this | they were looking for? server, i - think we should talk about this more exclusively— think we should talk about this more exclusively in a classified session. yes, _ exclusively in a classified session. yes. we _ exclusively in a classified session. yes, we understand this is part of a broader_ yes, we understand this is part of a broader sweep of unders takings that china is_ broader sweep of unders takings that china is taking on the understanding of the _ china is taking on the understanding of the us _ china is taking on the understanding of the us i — china is taking on the understanding of the us. ., �* , ., of the us. i got it. there's all sorts of suites _ of the us. i got it. there's all sorts of suites of _ of the us. i got it. there's all sorts of suites of operation, l of the us. i got it. there's all- sorts of suites of operation, what's going on in outer space and everything. the question is, did we

know what that balloon was trying to gather? do we know what information it was trying to gather from the united states? it didn't fire over us by accident, it was intentional. do we know with the chinese communist government was looking for? we communist government was looking for? ~ . communist government was looking for? . . , communist government was looking for? ., , for? we have some very good guesses about that and — for? we have some very good guesses about that and we're _ for? we have some very good guesses about that and we're learning - for? we have some very good guesses about that and we're learning more - about that and we're learning more as we _ about that and we're learning more as we exploit the context of the balloon in — as we exploit the context of the balloon in the payload itself. as we exploit the context of the balloon in the payload itself. joining us now is the former us. secretary of defence, william cohen. looking at this from your experience and also now with the global geopolitical situation in mind, how concerning is this in terms of us — china relations? it’s concerning is this in terms of us - china relations?— china relations? it's pretty brazen from my perspective _ china relations? it's pretty brazen from my perspective that - china relations? it's pretty brazen from my perspective that given i china relations? it's pretty brazen l from my perspective that given the tensions that exist between the united states and china, the chinese military, with or without the approval of president xi would take

this. we have to also understand that china is going to try to collect information by land, air, sea and space. that's the reality of the world in which we live. we tried to do similar things. as do other countries. information is power. the chinese are trying to collect as much as they can on us. hopefully, we're able to intercept what they are trying to collect. but that's clearly what their objective was in this particular case. in clearly what their ob'ective was in this particular case.— this particular case. in the interest — this particular case. in the interest of _ this particular case. in the interest of fairness, - this particular case. in the l interest of fairness, beijing this particular case. in the - interest of fairness, beijing and says the device was a civilian airship. and it was monitoring the weather and it says the us have overreacted with all of this. i'm sure a lot of our viewers are wondering, this isn't the first time this is happened. why did it take so long to detect this and what kind of information is us able to glean from this? �* , , information is us able to glean from this? ~ , �* this? apparently, it wasn't the first what the _ this? apparently, it wasn't the first what the intelligence -

this? apparently, it wasn't the first what the intelligence is i this? apparently, it wasn't the first what the intelligence is is| first what the intelligence is is now being released to say it happened on at least two or three prior occasions during the previous administration. the question for me would be, what did you know then, what did you communicate to the president of the united states and through the intelligence command structure to say that we're only finding out now that the chinese have put balloons up on some of our territory in the past? in this particular case i think that they were right to say, let's wait and see what intelligence we can collect on this particular instrument. whether you call it an airship or a spy whether you call it an airship or a spy craft, what were they trying to collect? i have guesses on this, i'm not part of the intelligence community. but i suspect they were hovering over our sites to collect as much information about communications taking place at that site, drawing information about the calibre of the people serving there, what the communications capability

is between our various agencies. that's all part of the intelligence collections game. i think the chinese were expanding that beyond what they should have been doing. most people in this country don't want to see overhead balloons collecting information on them. i think they made a big mistake on this. ~ . think they made a big mistake on this.~ . . ,, , think they made a big mistake on this. . . ., , , , ., think they made a big mistake on this. . ,., a think they made a big mistake on this. . . ,., m think they made a big mistake on this. . . ,., a this. what happens now? as you point out, this is this. what happens now? as you point out. this is a — this. what happens now? as you point out. this is a very _ this. what happens now? as you point out, this is a very tense _ this. what happens now? as you point out, this is a very tense situation. - out, this is a very tense situation. if you were giving advice to the administration at this point, what would you say? i administration at this point, what would you say?— administration at this point, what would you say? i would say collect all the information _ would you say? i would say collect all the information we _ would you say? i would say collect all the information we can - would you say? i would say collect all the information we can about i all the information we can about what this device was for that was it collecting intelligence, communications etc for that i would continue to try to meet with the chinese. china is not going away, we're not going away, we're both nuclear armed countries. what we have to do is make sure that someone doesn't make a mistake or miscalculation that sets us on a path of conflict. when you have too many powers like the us, when you

have in existing power the us in the rising power china, the history of the world has shown that in the majority of those cases they end up going to war. we need to make sure that we're able to sit down with the chinese and say, we have to redraw some of the rules here to make sure you don't make a mistake and we don't make a mistake and go off and create a war. no one will win, the planet may not survive.— create a war. no one will win, the planet may not survive. wise counsel from the former— planet may not survive. wise counsel from the former us _ planet may not survive. wise counsel from the former us secretary - planet may not survive. wise counsel from the former us secretary of - from the former us secretary of defense. thank you forjoining us on the program. to north korea now — which has held a huge night—time military parade, to mark the seventy—fifth anniversary of the founding of its military. it included the country's largest ever display of its most powerful long—range missiles. its leader, kimjong un, was unusually accompanied by his ten—year—old daughter — kimju ae, fuelling speculation that she has been chosen has his successor. the military parade happened on wednesday but only today did we get video from the north korean state media.

our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie's being going through the footage. the usual pagea ntry. only for this parade, it was not weapons that were centrestage. it was its young observer. kim jong un�*s daughter thought to be his second child, ten—year—old ju—ae. this is herfifth public appearance, all in three months. leading to speculation that she has been chosen as her father's successor. down below, the thousands of foot soldiers blistered through the streets of pyongyang. "protect kim jong un until death", they shout. they have been practising these formations for weeks

in the biting cold. then, came the weapons. ii of north korea's newest intercontinental ballistic missiles, a weapon that puts the us mainland in reach. with this many there is the potential, experts believe, for pyongyang to overwhelm us defences. proof north korea is becoming more dangerous. but these pictures conceal far more than they reveal. there are millions of people cut off from the world after three years of border closures. many thought to be in urgent need of food. but, for the kim family, shoring up its legacy comes first. jean mackenzie, bbc news in seoul. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme.

the composer, burt bacharach, the man behind hits like say a little prayer and and walk on by, dies at the age of 94. 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. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. more on our main story this hour, the devastating earthquakes that hit turkey and syria on monday. president erdogan visited the badly affected town of osmaniye — about 40 kilometres from the syria border. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet arrived there earlier today and sent us this update. throughout the day in places like this we see in the scene of hope. loved ones crowding around these rescue efforts hoping against hope that their loved ones will still be

pulled alive from this rubble. we saw at this very spot a few hours ago, there was a van pulled out to the cheers of god is great. and yet, just down the street something else was pulled out but it wasn't someone alive. it was another dead body. and the cry which went out from the crowds was one of agony, two young sisters realising that all hope was gone. but you also feel in places like this the huge weight of laws for them on the main street by the main cemetery the mobile morgues the stacks which look like boxes but they are empty coffins. coffins made of pine, mdf, fashion from old wardrobes, whatever materials are at hand, trying to keep up with the rising death toll. achieve international correspondent on that story for us.

i want to tell you now about a rare story of hope — at a very dark time. if there is one image that combines both tragedy and miracle in a disaster zone — it is probably this tiny little girl — born under the rubble in syria. when she was rescued, baby aya was still connected to her�*s mother umbilical cord. she was the only one in her family who survived. our correspondent nawal al maghafi has more now on her story — and other survivors who we've been following. the signs of a life. only a few days old but already the wounds on aya's body tell the story of her harsh entry into this world. translation: she arrived on monday in such a bad state. _ she had knocks and bruises. she was cold and barely breathing. now in the safety of a hospital in afrin in syria's north west, but only with staff by her side. she was born under the rubble of syria's earthquake. found in her mother's arms, she's

now having to survive life alone. her mother, herfather, and all four of her siblings, have perished. their home one of 50 injindayris that was flattened by the quake in a town with many tales of horror. her plight has moved people all over the world. on social media, thousands of people asking for details to adopt her. but for now, dr khalid attiah, the hospital's manager, is taking care of her. his wife breast—feeding aya alongside their own. translation: i won't allow anyone to adopt her. - she has some distant family and until they come i will treat her like one of my own. doctors say if she had stayed just one more hour under the rubble she would have died.

for nearly three days now the search has been relentless, dangerous and exhausting, but every person saved renews hope that there are more people still alive to be found. yesterday, 36 hours into the search, another story of survival. a family of six was miraculously pulled from their fallen building in idlib. mustapha tells us how he had little hope they would be found, but his six—year—old daughter kept praying to keep them calm. translation: they took us out of the rubble, just like that. - glory to allah, it was an absolute miracle. and now that they've survived, she dares to dream. i want to be a doctor when i'm older, she says. rare stories of hope at a very dark time. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news.

let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. ukraine's president zelensky has appealed to eu leaders to give ukraine fighterjets and arms for the war against russia. on his first visit to brussels since the start of the invasion, he received several standing ovations as he told the european parliament that his country is fighting not just to defend itself — but also for europe's way of life. south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster with immediate effect to tackle the country's energy crisis. mr ramaphosa delivered his annual state of the nation address to parliament on thursday. south africa has been in the grip of a record electricity shortage in recent months, with scheduled blackouts imposed to help the country's power system survive. before we go — a giant of the music industry who composed some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century — burt bacharach has died at the age of 94. he composed hits for frank sinatra, aretha franklin to tom jones.

he won 3 oscars, 2 golden globes, 6 grammys — and his songs made 50 chart hits in the us and uk. as tributes pour in, our music correspondent mark savage looks back at his life. # for ever and ever, you will stay in my heart and i love you.#. burt bacharach songs were classy. musically complex and stylish. # what's new, pussycat? whoa. # ijust don't know what to do with myself... his muses were some of the world's greatest singers. with the lyricist hal david, he created hits like the look of love, raindrops keep fallin�* on my head and magic moments. he neverfinished a song in one day, because he would like to go home to long island and i would want to go back to my apartment and work

on what we were working on, and maybe finish it the next day or the day after that. so, you don't get awards for writing five songs a day. # what's it all about, alfie? and as a producer and arranger, he was a perfectionist. it took cilla black 31 takes to get this one right. # what's it all about when you started out, alfie?# did she speak to you afterwards? - yes. and even if she didn't, it would have been 0k. all that mattered was that record came out the way i wanted it to come out. burt bacharach had his greatest successes in the 1960s, when his sophisticated pop was a counterpoint to the chaos of rock and roll. #just like me, they longed to be close to you.

during the 19705, artists like the carpenters continued his run of hits. and even punk bands like the stranglers acknowledged his greatness. # walk on by, walk on by. # what do you get when you fall in love? but the ultimate interpreter of burt bacharach's songs was dionne warwick. their chemistry was magical. in his later years, bacharach worked with elvis costello, adele and even the rapper dr dre. proof of the lasting power of his timeless airborne melodies. the legendary composer burt bacharach who has died at the age of 94.

amazing music, those songs and tunes will stay with us forever, won't they? that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. looks like the weekend's not looking bad at all. it's just around the corner. a lot of dry weather on the way. how about friday? it is going to be quite cloudy, particularly across northern and western parts of the country. best of the sunshine in the southeast of the uk. in fact, this is where the skies have been clearing. you can see all the cloud piling into north western areas. milder conditions here too, with the south—westerly winds and bits and pieces of rain through the early hours. but where the clear skies have developed across southern parts of england, the temperatures will be lowest first thing on friday. in rural spots could be as low as minus five degrees.

more like plus five, i think, in the lowlands of scotland. and you can see how this milder air is pushing into scotland, northern ireland, northern parts of england and also into wales. but with that also comes a lot of cloud and at times the cloud will be thick enough here in the west to produce a little bit of drizzle. but i think in western scotland will be rain. on the other hand, in eastern scotland with some sunny spells in aberdeen, it could be around 13 degrees, but after a colder start to the day in the south, it will be about nine or so i think in london. and after a bright start, the clouds will thicken as well. let's have a look at the weekend then. high pressure in charge of the weather so you'd think all settled sunny weather will. not necessarily. there's a lot of clouds stuck in this area of high pressure and it will be slow to move across central parts of the uk. so i think saturday, at least at times will be cloudy. a few glimmers of sunshine certainly on the cards and temperatures quite uniform, typically between 11 and 13 degrees celsius. and the high pressure still with us on sunday. when you're in the centre of the high, the winds are very,

very light around the edges of the high pressure. the winds tend to be stronger. so for northern ireland and western scotland, i think more of a brisk wind, whereas lighter winds and feeling just that a little bit milder. in the sunny spells across east anglia and the high pressure this is into next week, monday, tuesday, the high pressure still very much dominating the weather, notjust around the uk but across much of europe. so certainly i think until about tuesday, wednesday, very little change on the weather front beyond that. some rain possibly on the way but but dry until then but by.

hello i'm paul scott with all your bbc sports centre update. let's start with football — and plans for a european super league have resurfaced. there were protests from fans last year when a number of english and european clubs proposed a break—away league. but the move collapsed within 48 hours after an outcry, notjust from fans, but governments and players also. the company that backed the idea originally has now proposed a revamped format, with up to 80 teams competing. joe lynkey reports.

april 2021, english football's greatest rivals united. six premier clubs had planned to join a european super league with six more from the continent hoping to break free from the pyramid but instead they hit a wall. i want to apologise to all of the fans and supporters of the european football club for the disruption i caused over the past 48 hours. amid contrition and derision all six pulled out, but two years on the managing company has put forward new plants. a22 say the foundations of football are in danger of collapsing and it is time for change. juventus, barcelona,

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