this is bbc news. i'm victoria valentine 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 this. this was an entire neighbourhood and it is completely destroyed. it was hundreds of apartments, thousands of people and the majority of them are still buried. building fortifications: we visit the russian communities on the border with ukraine who say they're living in constant fear of ukrainian shelling.

for many people, this is a virtual war happening on television, a long way away from them. but for people living here a few miles from the border of ukraine, it is very real. bagging a place at the king's coronation: a public ballot is due to open for free tickets to celebarate charles iii. # when the sun shine, we'll shine together... and rihanna gears up to perform on one of the world's biggest stages, the super bowl half—time show. the number of people now known to have been killed in monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria has now passed 21,000. -- 20,000.

rescue teams are still trying to find survivors more than 90 hours after the quakes. the un says more help is on its way, and has urged governments not to hinder aid supplies. 0ur correspondent anna foster sent this report from 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. shouting 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. kenan 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 the dead bodies, 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. dr amjad rass is president of the syrian american medical society. your charity funds a number of hospitals and healthcare facilities in syria. you are near the turkey—syria border area now. i understand that you jumped on a plane to help as soon as you heard about the earthquake. why do you feel compelled to

help? why do you feel compelled to hel ? , , ., why do you feel compelled to hel? , h, why do you feel compelled to help? this is a disaster that happened — help? this is a disaster that happened once _ help? this is a disaster that happened once in _ help? this is a disaster that happened once in a - help? this is a disaster that happened once in a life - help? this is a disaster that happened once in a life and| help? this is a disaster that i happened once in a life and it doesn't happen. i have to be inside with my staff, we have over 2000 medical staff in north—west syria, we have 12 hospitals in operation still now, trying to save lives while they are still worried about their loved ones under sheets of concrete. and i need to go in to comfort them if i can, i need to go and see what they need to go and see what they need and mobilise resources right away to them. this is overwhelming to everybody and i cannotjust overwhelming to everybody and i cannot just leave them overwhelming to everybody and i cannotjust leave them alone. i understand there has been a terrible tragedy with one of your hospital directors? —— doctors? yes, yes, we lost some of our

staff, some of our staff also lost loved ones, immediate family members, children, spouses, and it is a tragedy. it is tragedy after tragedy of the last ten years, for some of our staff, and this is the epic of it. ., , ., ., of it. the doctors who are working — of it. the doctors who are working within _ of it. the doctors who are working within your- of it. the doctors who are working within your team | of it. the doctors who are i working within your team 's, theirfamilies may working within your team 's, their families may well not be safe? . , ., , safe? that is true, that is true. safe? that is true, that is true- a — safe? that is true, that is true. a couple _ safe? that is true, that is true. a couple of - safe? that is true, that is true. a couple of days - safe? that is true, that is i true. a couple of days ago, safe? that is true, that is - true. a couple of days ago, one of our doctors received the news of finding the body of his wife and son. that is the doctor, the director, he had to go to turkey to see the bodies. two daughters, nine and ii, and

his wife and son died, he wanted to bring the bodies back to syria. he puts the bodies in the back seat and two daughters in the front seat... and drove to the borders, i cannot even imagine what happened, what you have to go through. those young kids crying in the front seat with the mother and the brother body in the back seat. those stories, i have been hearing these stories for the last couple of days since i got to turkey. there are so many stories, so many stories. i don't know if i can handle if i can go inside, but it is something... something is to be done. so we are about to reach the borders, we have another

hour driving, and i have another doctor with me, he is another doctor with me, he is an orthopaedic surgeon from france. he will try to assist and relieve some of the surgeons inside, and at this moment, it is only the beginning of more relief efforts. ~ . ., , efforts. what are you bringing with you? _ efforts. what are you bringing with you? we _ efforts. what are you bringing with you? we understand - efforts. what are you bringingj with you? we understand that efforts. what are you bringing - with you? we understand that we saw from anna foster's report there that there are huge shortages of everything, medical equipment, machinery. what is it that is being prioritised at this stage? for us, as a medical... - us, as a medical... inaudible...

inaudible. .. especially orthopaedic _ inaudible. .. especially orthopaedic stuff. - inaudible. .. especially orthopaedic stuff. we . inaudible. .. especially i orthopaedic stuff. we have depleted our warehouses. and now, if we get more injured, if we get another wave of earthquakes, we don't have the supplies or maybe not the teams. we have to remember this is... inaudible continuous war... inaudible. doctor, unfortunately inaudible. doctor, u nfortu nately we inaudible. doctor, unfortunately we are having some difficulties hearing your sound. perhaps not surprising as you rush to the border. thank you so much forjoining us and we hope that we will, if you are able to hear me, we hope you can hearfrom us

tomorrow to hear how your journey has received benefit —— situation you have found on the ground. thank you. one of the justifications will be and gave for invading ukraine was a need for protecting russia from what he claimed was a threat to national security. claimed was a threat to nationalsecurity. he claimed was a threat to national security. he so—called special military operation have left many in his country feeling left secure. in recent months there have been drone attacks on military bases deep inside russia. while regions bordering ukraine now come under regular shelling. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has been to russia's belgorod region to see how life there has changed after a year of war. this part of russia, more than any other, feels like a war zone. nearthe any other, feels like a war zone. near the border with ukraine, they are digging trenches, building fortifications. a year ago there was none of this. all this. close by, a market has been hit by a mortar. the

people here say they now live in constant fear of ukrainian shelling. but they forget to mention that it was their country that invaded ukraine. translation:— country that invaded ukraine. translation: almost every day there are brooms, _ translation: almost every day there are brooms, bangs. - translation: almost every day | there are brooms, bangs. people here are scared. we there are brooms, bangs. people here are scared.— here are scared. we have travelled _ here are scared. we have travelled a _ here are scared. we have travelled a lot _ here are scared. we have travelled a lot across - here are scared. we have i travelled a lot across russia over the last year, and i found that for many people, this is a virtual war happening on television, a long way away from them. but for people living herejust from them. but for people living here just a few miles to the border of ukraine, it is very real, they can feel it, they can see it and they can hear it, and no—one knows how it is going to end. war feels close when you meet men like these. the group calls itself death to spies after a notorious stalin era security unit. they are training a local defence force. they will talk but they won't show their

faces. .,. . but they won't show their faces. ., ., . faces. the local force will defend belgorod - faces. the local force will defend belgorod region l faces. the local force will defend belgorod region if faces. the local force will - defend belgorod region if there is an attack on russia. but we will carry out any task we are given in any town, anywhere in the world. in given in any town, anywhere in the world-— the world. in the city of belgorod _ the world. in the city of belgorod a _ the world. in the city of belgorod a few- the world. in the city of belgorod a few miles . the world. in the city of- belgorod a few miles away, there have been explosions as well. like here at the airport. and they reported strike on a power station. suddenly, and they reported strike on a powerstation. suddenly, people here are having to think about where to take cover. shelters have been opened in sellers and in basements of apartment blocks. this one is pretty basic stop one wooden bench and some water. in belgorod, on display, the symbol of president putin's war in ukraine. i can remember soviet russia. i reported on post—communist russia. at this is z russia. gone, security,

stability, peace. state propaganda and patriotic messaging aim to convince russians this war is just. for the motherland, it says. thank you for your heroic deed. and it seems to work. take this family. this woman is a teacher but works from home now. all belgorod schools have closed due to the danger of shelling. her dad has gone away. it is a volunteer fighter. her dad has gone away. it is a volunteerfighter. as her dad has gone away. it is a volunteer fighter. as for mum 0lga, she accepts the official narrative that it is ukraine and the west with the aggressors, not russia. translation:- aggressors, not russia. translation: russia didn't -rovoke translation: russia didn't provoke this _ translation: russia didn't provoke this war. _ translation: russia didn't provoke this war. russia - translation: russia didn't. provoke this war. russia didn't attract ukraine. russian people are peace loving and generous. a russian will give you the shirt off his back. russians will never attack. 0nly protect you. in will never attack. only protect ou. , , ., will never attack. only protect ou. ,, ., ., ,

you. in 2 russia, invasion is liberation. _ you. in 2 russia, invasion is liberation. and _ you. in 2 russia, invasion is liberation. and war - you. in 2 russia, invasion is liberation. and war is - you. in 2 russia, invasion is| liberation. and war is peace. steve rosenberg, bbc news. 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 earthquakes — 20,000 people are now known to have died in turkey and syria. still relatives hope their loved ones might emerge alive 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. hollywood journalist jeanne wolfjoins us now from los angeles. i hear you met him. how did you find him? first of all you must be moved when he sits at a piano it is like he belonged there and he was easy—going. my goodness what a sexy guy. he was brad pitt and tom cruise and i remember once at a party where he sat down to play and the women were not even hiding how much they were flirting with him and how affected they were by him and, of course his music. ~ , ., ., ., by him and, of course his music. ~ ,, ., ., music. where you one of those at the front _ music. where you one of those at the front not _ music. where you one of those at the front not hiding - music. where you one of those at the front not hiding your - at the front not hiding your admiration? no. iam a

at the front not hiding your admiration? no. i am a serious journalist and yes, of course i was floating. i love it. of course you are a fan of his music as well, won't you? so much of _ music as well, won't you? so much of his _ music as well, won't you? ’sr much of his music is music as well, won't you? sr much of his music is part of our life. they say the soundtrack of our life, in the case of bert bacharach it is really true to —— burt bacharach. he wrote so many songs and i am a fan, personally, of alfie and what's new, pussycat. he personally, of alfie and what's new, pussycat.— personally, of alfie and what's new, pussycat. he was also not as popular— new, pussycat. he was also not as popular with _ new, pussycat. he was also not as popular with his _ new, pussycat. he was also not as popular with his fans - new, pussycat. he was also not as popular with his fans but - new, pussycat. he was also not as popular with his fans but he l as popular with his fans but he was popular within the music industry. many people wanted to —— he was also not only popular with his fans are popular within the music industry and wanted to work with him. pm?

wanted to work with him. why was that? _ wanted to work with him. why was that? people _ wanted to work with him. “twig was that? people would say wanted to work with him. wiy was that? people would say to him you cannot dance to your songs and he said he did not care. he had studied classical music and he was a big devoting ofjazz and he would take chances on what we call pop songs. dionne warwick, a friend of mine today said that we have lost the beethoven of pop because he really had so many kinds of music and his songs were romantic and a little bit funny, a little cynical. he was just able to touch us with music and other musicians were influenced by him.— influenced by him. much of his music sounded _ influenced by him. much of his music sounded very _ music sounded very straightforward, didn't it, but actually complicated scores and difficult to sing as well. that is true. one _ difficult to sing as well. that is true. one of _ difficult to sing as well. that is true. one of his _ difficult to sing as well. that j is true. one of his favourites was dionne warwick. they were

in a famous welding where a lot of song writers work and she was part of the backup group, i think her sister was in the group as well and somehow he heard her voice and said i want you to come do some demos for us and he began writing songs for her and today when he died she said that she felt like her family was gone. he wrote all kinds of songs for her, of course. what the world needs now is love and i adore that song because we owe boy is that true right now. we all need a little more love and a little less cynicism. i remember her saying to me about singing some of the songs and being bothered i some of the woo woo stuff. she had a mind of her own and

you can imagine being in the studio with those two, both strong and both extraordinarily talented. , ., talented. they were a great duo. talented. they were a great duo- now. _ talented. they were a great duo. now, 94— talented. they were a great duo. now, 94 years - talented. they were a great duo. now, 94 years of - talented. they were a great duo. now, 94 years of age | talented. they were a great l duo. now, 94 years of age he may not necessarily be as well—known to the younger generation and younger audiences. how do you think he will be remembered.— will be remembered. when you hear the song _ will be remembered. when you hear the song he _ will be remembered. when you hear the song he will _ will be remembered. when you hear the song he will be - hear the song he will be remembered and people talk about him and, don't forget, he was in one of mike myers movies singing. ithink was in one of mike myers movies singing. i think it is hard to know how he will be remembered but i think he will be remembered by other artists performing his songs because his songs seem so relevant and contemporary and so easy to sing along with. dionne told me that when she appears she sings a lot of his songs and the audience gets up or sits there

and sings the words and many of those words run through your mind. you and i could sit here and list his songs and we would know what he left us. that and list his songs and we would know what he left us.— know what he left us. that is certainly _ know what he left us. that is certainly true. _ know what he left us. that is certainly true. thank - know what he left us. that is certainly true. thank you - know what he left us. that is certainly true. thank you so | certainly true. thank you so much for talking with us. a public ballot is due to open for free tickets to the concert, celebrating the coronation of king charles 10,000 tickets will be available for the event which will be held on sunday may the seventh in the grounds of windsor castle. that's the day after the king is crowned. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell has the details. less tha n less than a year after pop and rock royalty came together to celebrate the late queen's platinum jubilee, the coronation concert will be staged to celebrate the ceremonial beginning of the reign of her son. windsor castle will provide a spectacular backdrop of some of the world's biggest

entertainers, according to the bbc, which will stage in broadcast the event. this will be something _ broadcast the event. this will be something like _ broadcast the event. this will be something like we - broadcast the event. this will be something like we have i broadcast the event. this will i be something like we have never ever experienced. it will be a world—class orchestra with the best of the british and commonwealth, acts from all over and the orchestra will be paying -- over and the orchestra will be paying —— playing along with every performance. it will be incredible. 10,000 public members there as well you could not imagine the vibe.— not imagine the vibe. there are 5000 pairs _ not imagine the vibe. there are 5000 pairs of — not imagine the vibe. there are 5000 pairs of tickets, - not imagine the vibe. there are 5000 pairs of tickets, all- 5000 pairs of tickets, all writers, allocated via national ballot. members of the public can apply until february 28. tell it —— tickets will be allocated to ensure a fair geographic spread across the uk so not on a first—come first—served basis. the remaining tickets will also be made available to various charities include those working with young people in the military. it is now less than three months until king charles is crowned at westminster abbey and the weekend is taking shape. but between now and then

there will be much more detail to come. sarah campbell, bbc news. this weekend will see the largest event in the us sporting calender, when the annual super bowl final takes place in arizona. almost as anticipated as the game, is the half—time show. this year, the star performer will be superstar singer, rihanna. nesta mcgregor reports from arizona. after seven yea rs after seven years away the long—awaited return. after seven years away the long-awaited return. hello. he , long-awaited return. hello. hey. everyone. _ long-awaited return. hello. hey, everyone, how- long-awaited return. hello. hey, everyone, how are i long-awaited return. hello. l hey, everyone, how are you? rhianna, the superstar singer, being a businesswoman and a mother who has come to show she has not lost a step. it mother who has come to show she has not lost a step.— has not lost a step. it feels like it could _ has not lost a step. it feels like it could only _ has not lost a step. it feels like it could only have i has not lost a step. it feelsj like it could only have been now, honestly. are you sure? i am three months postpartum, should i make a major decision like this right now? but when you become a mother there is something thatjust happens something that just happens where something thatjust happens where you feel like you could take on the world and do anything. the super bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world. . , . ,

of the biggest stages in the world. . , ., , ,, ., ., world. that stage is state farm stadium. this _ world. that stage is state farm stadium. this weekend - world. that stage is state farm stadium. this weekend more l world. that stage is state farm i stadium. this weekend more than 70,000 people will be inside the venue, 120 million more watching on television. the world is descending on phoenix, arizona. this is off the scale. i have never seen anything like this. if you look at the journalists, some do not even have seeds and as for the cameramen they are literally on top of one another. everyone wants to be here. of? top of one another. everyone wants to be here.— top of one another. everyone wants to be here. # we shine together- -- — wants to be here. # we shine together... ._ wants to be here. # we shine together... . it— wants to be here. # we shine together... . it is— wants to be here. # we shine together... . it is no - wants to be here. # we shine together... . it is no surprise| together... . it is no surprise that she is a nine time award that she is a nine time award that make grammy award winner but she will have to pack her career into a 13 minute show and be on and off the field before the players finish their half—time copper. it players finish their half-time co er. , . players finish their half-time co er, , ., ., players finish their half-time comer. _, ., ., copper. it is a lot of preparation - copper. it is a lot of preparation and i copper. it is a lot of preparation and a l copper. it is a lot of| preparation and a lot copper. it is a lot of i preparation and a lot of copper. it is a lot of _ preparation and a lot of moving parts. 3— 400 people taking the stage down and building a back up stage down and building a back up and getting it out in eight minutes. it is incredible, is almost impossible. the fans

have fresh — almost impossible. the fans have fresh hope _ almost impossible. the fans have fresh hope that - almost impossible. the fans have fresh hope that new. almost impossible. the fans i have fresh hope that new music may follow and anticipation for that and what is in store come sunday is at peak level. i think this is one of the best concerts in the world. in think this is one of the best concerts in the world.- concerts in the world. in an event, concerts in the world. in an event. this _ concerts in the world. in an event, this one _ concerts in the world. in an event, this one has - concerts in the world. in an event, this one has a i concerts in the world. in an event, this one has a lot i concerts in the world. in an event, this one has a lot of| event, this one has a lot of expectations.— expectations. everyone on twitter, — expectations. everyone on twitter, tiktok, _ expectations. everyone on| twitter, tiktok, instagram expectations. everyone on i twitter, tiktok, instagram is wondering _ twitter, tiktok, instagram is wondering what _ twitter, tiktok, instagram is wondering what she - twitter, tiktok, instagram is wondering what she will- twitter, tiktok, instagram is| wondering what she will sing, how— wondering what she will sing, how will— wondering what she will sing, how will she _ wondering what she will sing, how will she perform, - wondering what she will sing, how will she perform, how. wondering what she will sing, i how will she perform, how many songs? — how will she perform, how many songs? whal— how will she perform, how many songs? what will— how will she perform, how many songs? what will she _ how will she perform, how many songs? what will she do? - how will she perform, how many songs? what will she do? it i songs? what will she do? it ohsesses _ songs? what will she do? it obsesses the _ songs? what will she do? it obsesses the nation - songs? what will she do? it obsesses the nation for i songs? what will she do? it i obsesses the nation for months before — obsesses the nation for months before it — obsesses the nation for months before it even _ obsesses the nation for months before it even comes. - obsesses the nation for months before it even comes. can i obsesses the nation for months before it even comes.— before it even comes. can you rive us before it even comes. can you give us a _ before it even comes. can you give us a bit — before it even comes. can you give us a bit of _ before it even comes. can you give us a bit of your— before it even comes. can you give us a bit of your favourite l give us a bit of your favourite song? she sings that one is one of my favourites. following in the footsteps of michaeljackson, u2 and diana ross, come monday morning rhianna's half—time performance may generate more headlines than the game—winning touchdown. one thing is for sure, though. she is back in the spotlight and loving it. nestor mcgregor, bbc news in phoenix, arizona. don't forget,

you can always reach me on twitter. i'm @vvalentinenews 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 11 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.

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