welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... at least twenty thousand people are now known to have been killed in the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria 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'v e i've got no power to lift theirs. i've got no power to lift theirs. amid the misery there are miraculous rescues — a woman is freed after eighty 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. and rihanna gears up to perform on one of the world's biggest stages — the super bowl half—time show. representing for immigrants, representing for my country barbados, representing for black women everywhere. i think that's really important, that's key for people to see. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news, it's newsday.

hello and welcome to the programme. 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. i want to show you these pictures, which were taken only a few hours ago, you can see a turkish woman being pulled out from debris of a collapsed building in kahraman—marash 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 kahraman—marash 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 marash. 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 take you to syria 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 beenjust 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 sui’vivoi’s 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.

turkey's president erdogan visited the badly affected town of osmaniye, about a0 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 loss 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. do stay tune for that. other stories making the headlines. 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 forty countries. at a hearing in washington today, senators pressed defense officials for more information on just what the balloon was doing. william cohen is the former us. secretary of defence. earlier i asked him how concerning the current situation is for us—china relations. it's pretty brazen 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 the interest of fairness, beijing insists 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? apparently, it wasn't the 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 or 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 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 icbm ites 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.

what happens now? as you point out, this is a very tense situation. if you were giving advice to the administration at this point, what would you say? i would say collect all the information we can about what this device was, 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 and a 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. william cohen former secretary of defence. you're watching newsdayon the bbc. still to come on the programme... bert bachrach 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 ba by 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, our headlines. at least 20,000 people are now known to have been killed in the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria. still relatives hope their loved ones might still be alive.

let's stay with that main story now. dr akhilesh surjan is a humanitarian response and disaster management expert from charles darwin university. hejoins me now from darwin. great to get you on the programme. i'm here to dig necking to hear your thoughts on the next stage of operations in the devastated areas. it's very much a search and rescue phase now. what happens next? eight lot of things have to happen from now on and for the very long terms for the scale of disaster which is happened at the moment. we do not need to reinvent the wheel. this is a good thing. as communities begin to rebuild their lives after disasters several phases unfold. the current phase, which is search and rescue likely to go on for the next couple of days. also in the

immediate and short—term emergency relief aid should start. including securing basic needs for the survival of the people, food, watery and medical care for them as well as some kind of temporary shelter, indoorstadiums, school halls and other places which can be converted into tents where people can be saved from the harsh weather. it’s tents where people can be saved from the harsh weather.- from the harsh weather. it's a massive undertaking, - from the harsh weather. it's a massive undertaking, isn't - from the harsh weather. it's a massive undertaking, isn't it? there's already been reports of how difficult it is to get agency areas. what kind of assistance do you think people need most for them and how should those who want to help go about trying to do that? $5 go about trying to do that? as the go about trying to do that? sis the updates go about trying to do that? is the updates from this morning, there are over 100,000 emergency responders already on the ground. they are experiencing shortages of fuel,

etc for that what we understand is they have focused on this area a lot. use of drones or unmanned aerials not only assessing a real—time scenario on the ground but it can also be deployed in a meaningful manner to distribute essential items such as water, food, medicine with for the needy population. at the same time, more heavy equipment required to be deployed. there is an enormous help pouring into support those efforts. but time is something which is required a bit more. when people move towards the more temporary shelter. it towards the more temporary shelter. , , ., shelter. it truly is a race against _ shelter. it truly is a race against time. _ shelter. it truly is a race against time. thank - shelter. it truly is a race against time. thank you j shelter. it truly is a race i against time. thank you so shelter. it truly is a race - against time. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. 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. its leader, kimjong—un, was unusually accompanied by his ten—year—old daughter — kim ju 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. jean mackenzie's being going through it for us. 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 her fifth 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. 11 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. 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. 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,

# 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. danny savage, bbc news. the legendary composer burt bacharach who has died at the age of 94. rihanna fans are eagerly anticipating her performance at the super bowl half—time show — one of the biggest and most prestigious gigs in music. the singer will perform during the break when the philadelphia eagles take on the kansas city chiefs on sunday. rihanna said that it was "important" for her son to see her on one of the world's biggest stages. that's a big part of

why it is important for me to do this show. representation. representing for immigrants, representing for my country, barbados. representing for black women everywhere. i just... i think that is really important that is key for people to see the possibilities and i am honoured to be here. i am honoured to be doing this this year. rihanna speaking mayor. that will be quite some show. —— speaking there. —— speaking there. for the first time space—x has carried out a static test of its huge super heavy boosters. it brings the company's starship rocket system one step closer to the moon and mars. a live stream of the test appeared to show the engines firing and huge clouds of smoke pouring across the launch site. the company's owner, elon musk, tweeted that 31 of the super heavy booster�*s 33 raptor rocket engines fired for about ten seconds — �*enough engines to reach orbit�*. spacex says an orbital test mission lifting off from texas and landing off the coast of hawaii is planned for the coming months.

that brings us to the end of newsday at this hour. do state with bbc 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 south—east of the uk. and 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. well, 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 it 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 well, 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, there 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 dry until then bye—bye.

this is bbc news, we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the first anniversary of russia's all—out invasion of ukraine is fast approaching. there's both a feeling in kyiv and in moscow that it would herald a new

phase in the war. president zelensky is visiting european allies with his focus firmly on the challenges to come.