tonight at ten... us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified object over alaska. the pentagon says president biden, gave the order, after it was detected yesterday. the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. us northern command is begining recovery operations now. the us have no idea what it is they shot down. they are simply calling it an object and say it was the size of a small car. also tonight... hope and despair in turkey and syria, as the painstaking search for survivors continues, after the quakes.

0n the second and the third day after the earthquake, they are finding a lot of people. they are hardly finding anyone now, almost no one as friends of missing nicola bulley, issue a new appeal for information, her husband says, he'll never give up hope. and, the manchester city boss, pep guardiola, says he's confident, the club will be found innocent, of breaking financial rules. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we look ahead to the second weekend of the six nations. scotland face wales, hoping to make it two wins from two. good evening. us fighterjets have shot down an unidentified object over alaska. the pentagon says president biden, gave the order, after it was detected yesterday.

it's unclear what the object was, but officials say it was the size of a small car. last week, a chinese balloon was shot down, off the coast of south carolina, with beijing saying it was a civilian device, for monitoring the weather. well in the last couple of hours the pentagon, gave this update. north american aerospace defence command detected an object on ground radar and further investigated and identified the object using fighter aircraft. the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. us northern command is beginning recovery operations now. 0ur north america editor smith is at the white house. what's been happening here. it is intriguing how little they have been able to tell us about this object. that is because the us authorities know very little, they admit they don't know what it was,

whether it was a balloon or a drone and they don't know what country it came from. they don't know whether who owned it, whether it was a nation, corporation or individual. they don't know what its purpose was and they don't know whether it posed any security threat. so why did they move so swiftly to shoot it down? it is worth noting there has been a huge amount of criticism in washington about how long it took to shoot down the chinese balloon that was floating across the country last week. security officials say that is not why they moved so swiftly in this instance. it is because the object was around 40,000 feet and a threat to civilian planes and because it floated over water which meant they could take it down without the risk of any casualties on the ground. all president biden has said about it is, it was a success. has said about it is, it was a succes— has said about it is, it was a success. ,. ., ,, ., success. sarah smith, live at the white house- — five days after the terrible earthquakes in turkey and syria, which have so far killed well over 22,000 people, hope is fading

of finding more survivors. but there are still some astonishing tales of hope. like this eight year—old girl, tanem, who was rescued earlier today in southern turkey, along with her father, after more than 100 hours under the rubble. time, though, is running out. we'll hear from the bbc�*s teams across the region, including for the first time, from the government—held city of aleppo in north—west syria. it's extremely difficult to get into the area after the earthquakes shook the region, because so many different factions control territory, following years of war. we're also in turkey, in adana, where we've visited a hospital, looking after rescued children, but what happens to them now? but first we're in the town of pazarcik, in south—eastern turkey, where families have been mourning their dead. here's our europe correspondent, nick beake. this was a day of funerals

in pazarcik, one after another. a week ago, this was empty wasteland. now, full of grief and sorrow. an imam says a brief prayer before moving to the next grieving family. this woman has just buried two relatives — her 33—year—old nephew and her aunt. both crushed as they slept. "when the children go to bed now," she tells us, "they say, �*mum, please wake me if an earthquake hits.�* we are all in a bad way but the children are totally wrecked." in this place alone they have dug more than 100 new graves. we have counted 28 that have been filled. the rest will soon be too. but some of the mourners have been telling us that they have been getting phone calls from friends and relatives who live in some of the most remote parts of the mountainside,

where other people have died but their bodies cannot be brought here to be buried because they are trapped by the snow. for survivors in the town at the heart of this disaster, life is as precarious as it gets. you can understand why few want to venture back inside their homes. and who could have survived this? well, this woman did, with her son, escaping from the seventh floor. translation: the earthquake was never ending. _ my son was screaming but somehow we managed to get down the stairs. when president erdogan visited her town yesterday, he's said to have remarked, "the disaster was part of fate's plan." fate? there is no fate. 0urfate is in our own hands. we write our own destiny.

earthquakes don't kill people, but buildings do. tonight we watched as mother and son were reunited with father, who had driven for three days to get here — a rare flicker ofjoy in a town where so many cannot smile. nick beake, bbc news, pazarcik. rescuers have been working round the clock to try to find survivors under the rubble. 0ur correspondent, quentin sommerville, has spent 24 hours, with one rescue team, in the city of antakya. in the darkest hours, a single light shines brightest. in antakya's hour of need... he speaks turkish. ..this man, erdal baris yildirim, has emerged as a savior. he'll climb where others won't dare — deep inside the ruins of this shattered city. anything to save a life. it's been hours since anyone

was found here, but still they work late into the night. an amateur mountaineer and professional writer, erdal has taken command here. someone or something is moving inside the building, but they can't reach them. they've tried looking in from the front. no success. they've put a camera probe in. now they're going around the back of the building to see if they can find any sign of life. the floors are sandwiched tight. it's a treacherous space, but erdal�*s crew try to find a way inside. others have rallied to his courage. his team is now 100—strong. they've already saved dozens of people. so much risk, so much risk. but so much people who wait, us. how do you feel about what's happened to your country? armageddon.

the bitter light of morning lays bare the earthquake's ruin. anta kya is destroyed. and down in amongst it, erdal and his men are still working. in the past five days he's managed only a few hours sleep. erdalfound two of narula's children. and even though it's been many days, narula can't believe his wife and other child aren't still alive. the building isjust across the street, but his wife and child can't be reached even by erdal�*s team. translation: erdaltore himself apart for my two children, - went to places no one would go. he saved my two children. erdal thought that there was someone still alive up here. a relative said that they could hear something. there's no one. but there is the overpowering smell of dead bodies.

erdal, we left you five, six hours ago. did you find anyone else last night? no, no. translation: we | couldn't find anyone. 0nlya dog. its owner was dead. so what happens now? i don't know. since families are sensitive, they insist people are still alive under the rubble. so we keep trying to work in places where we don't find any corpses. tonight, the search goes on. and still shining a light into the darkness as erdal baris yildirim. quentin sommerville, bbc news, antakya. well, what of the situation in syria? getting access to the quake zone there is tough, but the bbc has language services right around the world,

and our arabic team based in the country, now has some of the first international journalists in aleppo, with their access controlled by the government. the historic city was hit hard by the earthquakes, and our correspondent, assaf abboud, has sent us this report in arabic, and we've translated his words. translation: we are now. in the shahar neighbourhood, one of the areas damaged by the earthquake. aleppo is the closest city to the epicentre of the earthquake. until now, around 400 people have died in the city of aleppo. hundreds of injured remain in the rubble. in this area, rescue efforts are being supported by government forces in the search for the injured. they are also working on demolishing damaged buildings out of fear they might collapse at a later stage.

around 60 buildings have collapsed, but there are around 400 others that are so damaged and at risk of collapse at any moment. reports say some 55,000 people have lost their homes, and they are now spread across different shelters in the city. the death toll has surpassed 4,000 people in both government and rebel held areas, and over 7,000 people are injured or unaccounted for. 0ur bbc arabic correspondent, assaf abboud, reporting there from aleppo in northern syria. as we've just been hearing, the situation is complex in syria, making it extremely difficult to get aid, to those who need it. with more on that, our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is here. yes clive, the problem with getting aid to syria is that a civil war is still being fought there,

after almost 12 years. different armed groups are in charge in different parts of the country, especially in the north. some areas hit by the earthquake — the ones here in red — are controlled by the government and its president, bashar al—assad. but the areas in dark green are controlled by turkey and its local allies. the kurds are in charge in those light green areas. andjihadi rebels hold sway in idlib province — the area worst affected by the disaster. they are sworn enemies of the syrian state. today president assad was in aleppo visiting survivors. blaming the west for the lack of aid. aleppo is where his forces, and their russian backers, conducted a brutal siege for four years, until the last rebels left in 2016. many of those fighters went to idlib, thatjihadi area on the map, one of the last rebel strongholds. there is no effective

government here. it's left to volunteer groups like the white helmets to search for survivors — here rescuing two girls in the village ofjandaris. the syrian government is now claiming that it will allow aid in, but not if it goes to people it regards as terrorists. and that's not the only problem. the whole un effort is reliant on one border crossing that is right in the middle of the zone that has been badly damaged by the earthquake. that crossing itself is badly damaged and it's not viable for large—scale aid efforts. syria and russia like it that way. the whole strategy towards the north—western part of the country is to grind it into oblivion through bombing, starvation and aid blockages. in that sense the earthquake and the aid cut—off serves the elliptical

purposes. so where does that leave tens of thousands of civilians — most of them refugees — living already desperate lives? many of those people are in tents and temporary buildings. that, for once, may have helped to save lives. but as long as idlib remains a rebel stronghold, getting help from the outside world will remain extremely difficult. clive. paul adams, many clive. pauladams, many thanks. new figures show there was no growth in the economy in the final three months of last year, but that was better than predicted, as analysts believed the economy would shrink. but the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has admitted we're not "out of the woods". labour says the economy "is stuck in the slow lane". here's our economics editor, faisal islam. energy prices are driving the economy up and down. here in south yorkshire, where once there was coal, now it's wind. at this secondary glazing factory is a corner of british trade that is brisk as households try to save money on their energy bills.

granada has enjoyed growth of about 30% of sales in the last 12 months. i think for the wider economy, there is some sunlight at the end of the tunnel, as it were. trying to recruit staff is getting increasingly difficult which would lead me to believe people that wantjobs are in jobs. but on the official measure of the economy, gdp, or gross domestic product, that has been sluggish at best. this is growth in three—month chunks across the past two years. it's been slowing, and it fell over summer. had it fallen again then that would have been the official definition of a recession. instead, as you can see, it was flat, so no recession but no growth either. take this trend back to just before the pandemic, and over three years, the uk is the only economy in the seven major economies smaller than back then. take a look at the us, for example. in fact, even in the wider g20 group that includes china and india,

it is only the uk and russia that's still down. all that was up until 2022. the question now for the chancellor is about this year. do you think we can avoid recession in 2023 now? that's not what the forecasters are saying, and we should listen to what people like the bank of england and office for budget responsibility are saying about the risks of high inflation becoming entrenched. so, we need to stick to our plan to bring down inflation. part of the hunt plan for now involves a further hike in energy bills in april, as government support is weakened. at the same time, the cost of providing that support has fallen from an expected £97 billion to £39 billion according to the national audit office. at the same time as energy prices have come down, so have our receipts from the windfall taxes. by a much smaller amount. so, we have to look at everything in the context of what is responsible for public finances. are you ruling it out? is there a chance you might

do something with this bill rise in april? we constantly keep the help we can give families under review, but if you're saying, do i think we're going to have the headroom to make a major new initiative to help people? i don't think the situation will have changed very significantly from the autumn statement, which was just three months ago. for some small businesses, such as this gift retailer in enfield, there is economic pressure from all directions. we've still got a sale in february, that's how things are at the moment. does it make much of the difference if we are formally in or out of a recession to you? no, we are just still feeling that people are watching those purse strings. so, recession avoided last year, but the economy remains fragile right now. faisal islam, bbc news. the british director hugh hudson best known for the film chariots of fire, has died after a short illness. he was 86. music: chariots of fire.

he began his career making tv adverts in the 1960s, but his big screen directing debut, chariots of fire, won four 0scars, including best picture. it kick—started a renaissance in the british film industry in the 1980s. hugh hudson, who's died at the age of 86. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories. the rmt union has rejected the latest pay offer from network rail and train operators in an attempt to end a long running dispute over pay and working conditions. the rmt boss mick lynch described the offer as "dreadful". the transport secretary, mark harper, called the rejection a "kick in the teeth for passengers across the country." mps have demanded a school in surrey is investigated, after a black pupil was injured in what police describe as a serious racially aggravated assault. distressing footage shared widely online shows a girl being punched, kicked and having her hair pulled.

there have been protests outside thomas knyvett college in ashford, over its response to the incident. the headteacher, richard beeson says "all necessary steps are being taken". lancashire police maintain they believe the missing woman nicola bulley, who disappeared two weeks ago, somehow fell into a nearby river while walking her dog. police divers have been searching the river wyre since january the 27th. her partner, paul ansell, says he's convinced that she isn't in the water. speaking to channel 5, he said people "don'tjust vanish into thin air". here's danny savage. the friends of miss bulley are lining roads at st michael's on wyre in lancashire, holding placards hoping tojog people's memories. it is a mystery baffling this community. who, ifanyone, knows what happened to nicola bulley? two weeks ago today, she vanished. ifeel like somehow,

what are we missing? how are we 14 days in with not a piece of evidence? the only thing we can base anything on is evidence and facts. nicola bulley�*s phone was found on this bench, her pet spaniel was nearby. she had been seen a few minutes earlier. lancashire police insist they are keeping an open mind. this is the only footpath away from the riverside which is not covered by cctv, so they are trying to trace 700 drivers who passed by that morning. but so far any details they have gathered from them have not contradicted their main theory, which is that nicola bulley accidentally fell into the river in this small lancashire village — a theory her partner has tonight said he questions. personally i am 100% convinced it is not the river. so something has happened. something has happened. find out what it is.

repeated searches of the waterway have found no trace of her but police are now looking further afield in the belief she was carried out to sea. danny savage, bbc news, lancashire. the manchester city manager, pep guardiola, has accused premier league rivals of conspiring against them, after his club was charged with more than a hundred breaches of financial regulations. on monday, city were referred to an independent commission, but guardiola insists the club is innocent. our sports editor, dan roan, has that story. for pep guardiola, this season was meant to be about defending manchester city's title. instead, he has been forced to defend his club over the catalogue of charges levelled against it by the premier league over alleged breaches of financial rules since the club's abu dhabi takeover in 2008. how confident are you that you have been told everything? has it in any way affected your belief in the club? my first thought is that we have already been condemned. so what's happen right now,

with these weeks after monday, it happen the same with what happened with uefa. the club proved that we were completely innocent. i said them, "what happened?" they said, "pep, we did nothing wrong. we proved it." now is the same case. why should i don't trust with my people? city had a two—year uefa champions league ban overturned on appeal three years ago and say they are supported by irrefutable evidence, with guardiola suggesting the team's rivals had conspired against them. 19 teams in the premier league is accusing us without letting us the opportunity to defend. what they have done to us, be careful. be careful in the future because many clubs can they make suggestions and there are a lot of clubs that can be accused like we have been accused. guardiola has helped city become the dominant force in the english game and has previously said he would leave if the club's hierarchy had lied to him.

despite the risk that this scandal could tarnish the remarkable success that pep guardiola has enjoyed since arriving here, the manager cut the manager cut a defiant figure today, and as a city prepare for what will surely be the biggest legal case in premier league history, he had this message. i'm not moving from this seat. i can assure you. city could face a points deduction or even expulsion if an independent commission finds them guilty. the manager's challenge — to somehow ensure such a threat does not impact performances on the pitch. dan roan, bbc news. returning now to our top story and the earthquakes in turkey and syria. all those now left homeless are having to contend with freezing conditions and little food and water, with many living in tents. the uk appeal, launched by the disasters emergency committee, has raised nearly £33 million in a single day. there are causes forjoy, like ten—day—old yagiz here, being pulled from the rubble.

but what happens to those children rescued with no parents or relatives? tom bateman has been given access to a hospital in the turkish city of adana, that's treating many of the youngest survivors. they are too young to know how much they have lost. the earth broke homes and fractured families and now it has taken away their names. she wants to sleep, says the doctor. medicines ease the pain wrought by the wreckage and she is nurtured by strangers, comforted. but no one knows where her parents are, a baby with a future but no identity. translation: we know _ where she was found and how she got here, but we are trying to find her address, the search is continuing.

all they know about some of the children that are brought in is which pile of rubble they were pulled from and that is all the information and they then have to work from there. the problem is that so many kids are coming in from all over the region. this is one of the hospitals still standing. others in this part of turkey have been flattened. this hospital has treated hundreds of children since the quake. these patients have been identified. do you know who this little girl is? but more arrive without names, like this little girl. we have agreed not to show their faces to protect their privacy. "she is 5 or 6," says the doctor, "with multiple broken bones. "we are trying to identify her." does she know her own name? "she can only make eye contact and gestures. "she is in shock," says this doctor.

the wounded keep coming, shocked and exhausted. and here everyone is a survivor, patients and medics alike. this doctor sheltered in this hospital and lost relatives to the quake. how are you coping in that situation? "i am good, i am trying to be good, because they really need us," she says, "but i say thank god i still have my children. "i can't think of a bigger pain for a mother than losing a child." and children without parents keep waiting for them to turn up. some have been reunited. but the rest remain the earthquake's anonymous children. tom bateman, bbc news, southern turkey.

it'll be another cold night for those without shelter, in the worst affected areas of turkey and syria, and our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is in the city as the temperatures get more and more frigid where you are, how are people trying to keep warm and cope tonight? people trying to keep warm and cope toniaht? ., , ., ., people trying to keep warm and cope toniaht? ., i. ., , tonight? clive, what you are seeing all around us _ tonight? clive, what you are seeing all around us is _ tonight? clive, what you are seeing all around us isjust _ tonight? clive, what you are seeing all around us isjust one _ tonight? clive, what you are seeing all around us isjust one small- all around us is just one small snapshot of a rescue and relief effort that has gathered pace by the day right across a large swathes of southern turkey. even now, at this hour, it is 1:30am, southern turkey. even now, at this hour, it is1:30am, it southern turkey. even now, at this hour, it is 1:30am, it is utterly freezing and you can see behind me the rescue teams huddled around the fire is for a moment to try to keep warm and they are still hard at work at the mounds of rubble that are all along the street. and every so often this warning will be shouted,

everyone keep quiet, and stillness descends as the rescuers try to listen and the use thermal cameras searching for any sign of life still under the rubble. and what you can't see on your screens is on the other side of the road, local residents, including people who used to live in these apartment blocks, now too dangerous to inhabit. not only do they hope their loved ones are still alive, they absolutely believe that they are waiting to be rescued under they are waiting to be rescued under the rubble. and every so often, this agonising cry of anger and grief shatters the night air. these are heartbreaking moments but there are heart—warming ones as well, so many volunteers here from all parts of turkey, and they are milling through the crowds, serving warm cups of tea or holes of soup, doing whatever they can to help turkey in its hour of need, and the needs are so great

here and across the border in northern syria. indeed, thank you for that, at _ northern syria. indeed, thank you for that, at doucet, _ northern syria. indeed, thank you for that, at doucet, lived - northern syria. indeed, thank you for that, at doucet, lived in - for that, at doucet, lived in gaziantep in southern turkey —— lyse doucet. time for a look at the weather, here's tomasz schafernaker. good evening, the weather will stay settled for the next few days, high pressure establishing itself across much of europe and it will not budge in the next few days. a lot of dry weather on the way but having said that, it's not necessarily going to be that's only because on the one hand you have high pressure and settled conditions but also for cloud streaming in off the atlantic and it's all to do with the shape of and it's all to do with the shape of a high—pressure. it is this horseshoe shape stretching out of western europe and around it, the wind is blowing from the south and also out of the south—west and this is pushy in mild air across the uk. with the cloud, the mild air arrives and that means it will not be told tonight and impact early in the morning it 6 degrees in cardiff and

newcastle and more or less in edinburgh so no