this is bbc news. i'm monika plaha with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. four days on from the earthquakes, 20,000 people are now known to have died in turkey and syria. still, relatives hope their loved ones might emerge alive. i tried to, yesterday, to dig, myself, but you can't. you see the concrete like this, it pushes. we have no power to lift it. amid the misery, there are miraculous rescues: a woman is freed after 87 hours under the rubble, but hope is fading for many others. we have seen the weight of hope. loved ones coming, crowding

around these rescue efforts, hoping against hope that their loved ones will still be pulled alive from this rubble. from doctors looking after the syrian baby born in the rubble. —— we hearfrom. in other news, nicaragua frees more than 200 opposition political prisoners and deports them to the united states. # ijust don't know what to do with myself... we remember burt bacharach, one of pop�*s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. hello and welcome to the programme. hundreds of thousands of people across turkey and syria are spending a fourth night in freezing conditions in makeshift camps, having been made homeless by earthquakes.

officials say more than 20,000 are now known to have died and hopes are fading that many more will be found beneath the rubble. the first united nations aid convoy has made it into syria and the world bank has promised around $1.8 billion to help turkey. let's start with this report from our correspondent anna foster in kahramanmaras. 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 that 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 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 got no power to lift this. i'm sorry... the wait is agony. i can't stop crying. the last three, two days i am here, i keep seeing dead bodies, many dead bodies. and then 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. but the process of getting help and aid for those affected in syria is a far more complicated one 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 — it's called bab al—hawa, and six lorries did go through it today. but specialist machinery for lifting rubble is still desperately needed in syria. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville sent this report from near the turkish—syrian border. at this corner of ataturk and jamal 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. 0n the other side of the road, though, it's a different story. shouting 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, one—year—old rami, is pulled out alive after 80 hours buried under the rubble. his eight—year—old sister, hilal, was also saved, along with their older brother and their mother. turks and syrians have lived together 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 fates overlap here. this is the border region. syria's only 15km 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 0smaniye, about a0 kilometres from the syria border. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet arrived there earlier today and sent us this update. throughout the day in places like this we have seen the weight of hope. loved ones coming, crowding around the rescue effort hoping against hope that their loved ones will still be pulled alive from this rubble. and we saw at this very spot a few hours ago there was a man pulled out to the cheers of allahu akbar, god is great, and yetjust down the street, something else was pulled out,

but it was not someone alive, it was another dead body, and the cry that went up from the crowds was one of agony, two young sisters realising that all hope was gone. but you also feel in cases like this the huge weight of loss. the mobile morgues, the cemeteries, the stacks of what look like boxes, but they are empty coffins. coffins made of pine, of mdf, fashioned from old wardrobes, whatever materials are at hand, trying to keep up with the rising death toll. we with the rising death toll. will bring you more news the we will bring you more news on the earthquake later on in the programme. let's get some of the day's other news. us media sources say the former vice—president mike pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump. it is not immediately clear what information the special counsel, jack smith, is seeking. he was appointed in november to oversee the investigation

into mr trump's alleged mishandled classified documents after he left the presidency. 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 notjust to defend itself, but also, for europe's way of life. south africa's president has declared a state of disaster to try to deal with an energy crisis. cyril ramaposa was making a state of the nation address to parliament, which was repeatedly disrupted by the opposition. his announcement gives the government additional powers to tackle crippling electricity shortages. the church of england has voted to offer blessings to couples in same—sex marriages or civil partnerships.

but it said that church teaching — that matrimony is only between one man and one woman — would not change. now to latin america. more than 200 political prisoners in nicaragua have been released and are being flown to the united states. in recent years, president daniel 0rtega's administration had jailed many opposition figures and critics. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza has been following the story. 222 prisoners have been released. they were all critics of president 0rtega, and five of them were hoping to run against him in the presidential election. they have all been stripped of their nationality and mr 0rtega called traitors and have been deported to the united states because they were a threat to national security. today, the us state department said on the other hand that it welcomes the move. some of these individuals

had spent years in prison. the government of nicaragua decided to release these individuals and the united states chose to receive them on humanitarian grounds. we welcome the opportunity to offer this humanitarian protection to these political prisoners. the release of these individuals by the government of nicaragua marks a constructive step towards addressing human rights abuses in that country. that was a us state department spokesperson there talking about human rights abuses in nicaragua. what is the situation there? in recent years, president 0rtega has obliterated any opposition to his government. he has detained religious figures, journalists, political opponents, and more than 100,000 people had to flee the country, so without any real opposition, he won an election in 2021 and has become the longest serving president, the longest serving

leader in the americas. washington call the election a scam and imposed sanctions on nicaraguan. —— washington called the election a scam and imposed sanctions on nicaragua. and what will happen now to the former prisoners? they will be taken to hotels and offered medical and legal support and allowed to stay in the us for up to two years. today we saw images of overjoyed crowds of people waiting for them at the airport, chanting, singing, waving nationalflags and hugging one another. so, overall, a really happy day for many families reunited. that was a little bit earlier. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the composer behind some of the biggest musical hits of the 20th century, burt bacharach, 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's 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 bbc news.

the latest headlines: four days on from the earthquake, 20,000 people are now known to have died in turkey and syria. still, relatives hope their loved ones might emerge alive. if there is one image that combines both tragedy and miracle in a disaster zone, it's probably this tiny little girl born under the rubble in syria. when she was rescued, baby aya was still connected to her mother's umbilical cord. she was the only one in her family who survived. 0ur correspondent nawal al maghafi has more on her story and other survivors�*. 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 in jindayris that was flattened by the quake, in a town with many tales of horror. her plight has moved people all over the world. 0n social media, thousands of people asking for details to adopt her. "i'd like to adopt her and give her a decent life," says one person. "i'm ready to take care of and adopt this child "if legal procedures allow," from an arab tv anchor. 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 theirfallen 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. the brazilian president lula da silva has arrived in washington where he is expected to discuss russia's invasion of ukraine and try to reset relations between the two most populous countries in the americas. it is being reported in brazil that on friday's meeting with joe biden, president lula will present with a proposal for a peace club and which countries including india and china would try to achieve a long—term negotiation to settlement in the conflict in ukraine. tributes are being paid to a giant of the music industry, song writer and composer burt bacharach, who's died at the age of 94. he won three 0scars, two golden globes, six grammys, and was behind hits by frank sinatra, aretha franklin and the beatles, and many more.

our music correspondent mark savage reports. # for ever and ever, you will stay in my heart and i will love you.#. # forever and ever. burt bacharach songs were classy. musically complex and stylish. some of the world's greatest singers. # what's new, pussycat? # whoa! 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. # what's it all about, alfie? we 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 3! takes to get this one right. # what's it all about, when you sort it out alfie? one more, one more! did she speak to you afterwards? laughs yes! and even if she didn't,| it would have been 0k! all that mattered was that record came out the way l i wanted it to come out. # just don't know what to do. 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 long to be close to you. during the 1970s, 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. some amazing classics they are. i asked jem aswad, the deputy music editor at variety how he would sum up bacharach�*s influence on music. how would i some it up? baby, it's you. ijust don't know what

to do with myself. don't make me 0ver. wishing and hoping. close to you. walk on by. always something there to remind me. what the world needs now is love. look of love. say a little prayer. never fall in love again. raindrops keep falling on my head. promises, promises. hit the nail on the head. that's what friends are for. there you go, some classic hits there. just talk it through some of those amazing hits and what is it about those songs that make it so timeless? the remarkable thing about his songs, most of the classics were written with lyricist howell david, who is an incredible lyricist, hal david, who was incredible, there were so deceptively simple sounding that they were actually very complex full stop he was a very highly trained position, they were jazz influences, classical influences, pop influences, bossa nova influences all over his songs, and he was actually fairly old when he started finding success. he was in his mid—30s. and there are just all these key changes and time signature changes, i mean,

like, i was listening to one song today, and it went from 4—4 to 5—4— 7—8, and back and forth. those are really tricky things to do, and on top of that, his melodies weren't necessarily intuitive. they sounded natural, but if you listen to i say a little prayer, it is a hard song to sing. and may be the most difficult when there was actually a hit was promises, promises, because i'm in that is just. ..de—de—de—de—de— really, you know, a difficult melody to sing but it has also got the word promises twice, and the p makes a hard stop for the singer, but dionne warwick was a fabulous singer, so she was up to all of it. and he won 0scars, as i mentioned, golden globes and grammy awards. how do you think his fans will remember him? for the songs, of course, and for his sophistication.

i mean, he was quite old, he was 94, so i mean, you speak to a younger person, they may not know who he was but they will know the songs. and his music, it touched multiple genres — cool jazz, traditional pop, as you mentioned, he was just so diverse when it came to music. well, yeah, i mean, his songs had been covered thousands and thousands and thousands of times. the beatles covered one of his songs, they covered baby, it's you on theirfirst album. i mean, that shows the influence that he's had. isaac hayes did this incredible arrangement of walk on by, maybe ten years after that. and as you pointed out before, the stranglers, a punk band, covered one of his songs though i think that one was rather ironic. and tributes have been pouring in on social media, haven't they? dionne warwick said the songwriter�*s death was like losing a family member. just talk us through

some of the tributes that you have seen online. i mean, there have been so many like that, and honestly it has mostly been from fans. rather than contemporaries, not that there hasn't been a lot of those as well, but a lot of his collaborators have passed on, which happens when you are 94. but the breadth of it. i'm not seeing that much from young, young people, i'm not seeing a whole lot from gen z, because they would know who he is necessarily, and the songs have kind of faded into the just giant canon of pop music. they wouldn't know who you power —— yip harbour is but he wrote somewhere over the rainbow. people of age who knew who he was, it is outpouring all positive. speaking earlier but bert 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 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 this is important for me to do the show. representation. representing for immigrants, representing for my country, barbados, representing for black women everywhere. i just... i think that's really important, that's key for people to see the possibilities, and i'm honoured to be here, i am honoured to be doing this, this year. baltimore detailed background on the stories we are covering on the stories we are covering on the stories we are covering on the website including the earthquakes in turkey and syria. there is an article why so many buildings collapsed.

add to the website or you can download the app. you can also contact me on twitter. thank you forjoining me. hello. it looks like the weekend is 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 a bit cloudy, particularly across northern and western parts of the country. the 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 these 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. 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. 0n 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 cloud 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 i! and 13 celsius, and the high pressure still with us on sunday. when you are 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 little bit milder then 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, sunny, ithink, 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. the headlines: hundreds of thousands of people across turkey and syria are spending a fourth night in freezing conditions in makeshift camps having been made homeless by earthquakes. officials say more than 20,000 are now known to have died, and hopes are fading that many more will be found beneath the rubble. the former vice—president, mike pence, has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump according to reports in the us. it's not clear what information is being sought. a special counsel was appointed in november to oversee the investigation into mr trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents. nicaragua has freed more than 200 opposition political prisoners and deported them

to the united states. they were greeted at the airport by a crowd waving flags. the us secretary of state says their release is a constructive step towards addressing human rights abuses. now on bbc news, panorama. the cloud. it's changed the world by helping us live online. netflix, amazon, emails, texts. so a lot of your life is on the cloud? yeah. it's all up there. but what's the cloud doing to the planet? a large data centre would consume the same amount of electricity as a very large town. we investigate the new environmental threat we all help create. we're looking at potentially thousands of new homes that

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