this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more than 28,000 people are now known to have died after monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria, with the death toll likely to "more than double", says the un. visiting the region, the un's aid chief described the massive earthquakes as the worst natural disaster to hit the middle east in a century. 15 people have been arrested following clashes with police outside a hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers on merseyside in northwest england. hundreds of thousands of people are protesting across france over pension reform plans which include raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.

and at the brit awards in london — as predicted — harry styles is one of the night's big winners. hello and welcome. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 28,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. now rescue efforts are being hampered by a worsening security situation in southern turkey, including reports of looting and clashes between unnamed groups. more than 100 people have been detained across the ten provinces

affected by the quakes, with thejustice ministry ordering officials to set up so—called "earthquake crimes investigations units". 0ur correspondent nick beake is in gazientep. minor miracles are still happening, even after all this time. a five—year—old girl rescued in the city. in hertime, five—year—old girl rescued in the city. in her time, seven—year—old freed. cheering after 136 hours under the rubble. a woman, five months pregnant, found alive in gazientep, although there is no word on how she and her unborn child are doing. no suchjoy elsewhere in gazientep. instead, the pain of losing a cousin. they were

sleeping here when the earthquake struck. survivors are desperate for whatever they can find, and today, a warning that the world needs to give more to deal with the magnitude of this disaster.— more to deal with the magnitude of this disaster. ~ . . , , ., this disaster. what happened here on monda , this disaster. what happened here on monday. the — this disaster. what happened here on monday, the epicentre _ this disaster. what happened here on monday, the epicentre of— this disaster. what happened here on monday, the epicentre of the - monday, the epicentre of the earthquake was the worst event in 100 years in this region. the international community as he already. myjob is to make sure that we raise through the countries of the world, we raise the money that's needed for the next few much. this mos: ue needed for the next few much. this mosque has — needed for the next few much. this mosque has become a refuge for some of those who have nothing and need shelter in any form. this is just one of many makeshift communities that have sprung up across the city. here, it's a mixture of turks and syrian refugees who are displaced and homeless once again, and all of

them are preparing to spend a six night out in the cold. this man is from the serious city and —— syrian city of aleppo. translation: the problem is the cold. we have children. — the problem is the cold. we have children, we have babies. turkey is helping _ children, we have babies. turkey is helping us — children, we have babies. turkey is helping us. but children, we have babies. turkey is helinu us. �* ., �*, children, we have babies. turkey is helping ne— helping us. but that's not how this turkish mother _ helping us. but that's not how this turkish mother of _ helping us. but that's not how this turkish mother of three _ helping us. but that's not how this turkish mother of three season. . turkish mother of three season. translation: we got help from some people. they were generous — we got help from some people. they were generous and _ we got help from some people. they were generous and they— we got help from some people. they were generous and they had - we got help from some people. they were generous and they had a - were generous and they had a conscience _ were generous and they had a conscience. but _ were generous and they had a conscience. but no _ were generous and they had a conscience. but no help- were generous and they had a conscience. but no help froml were generous and they had a i conscience. but no help from the authorities — conscience. but no help from the authorities-_ conscience. but no help from the authorities. �* , , ., authorities. and urgent help is what millions across _ authorities. and urgent help is what millions across this _ authorities. and urgent help is what millions across this region - authorities. and urgent help is what millions across this region need. - millions across this region need. now more than ever. dick beek, bbc news, gazientep. —— nick beake. well, the damage you saw there in southern turkey is just as bad in war—torn syria, but aid workers have been struggling to get the access they need. a un spokesperson says now�*s the time "to put all politics aside". our correspondent quentin

sommerville has reached one shattered town, not far from the city of idlib, and sent us this update. this is the town of harem in north—west syria. there is a bit of activity here, but nothing like you see there in terms of activity on the other side, on the turkish side of the border. the border is literally just across that hill. the people here have lost about 700 buildings. another 4,000 or so are unsafe. so they're living in tents and if we just swing around here you can perhaps see the internally displaced people's camp that has been set up over there. they are also telling us that in terms of us that in terms of foreign aid, they have received next to nothing. some spanish doctors made it to some of their hospitals, but nothing else. the contrast here with what's going on in turkey is astonishing.

over on that side of the border, there's a constant sound of sirens, of heavy machinery, of people working. there's none of that here. down there, are small children removing the rubble. while the international community isn't here, it's being left to small boys to remove the rubble from these broken buildings and to try and find bodies. and it is bodies they're trying to find now because they say that the time for looking for survivors has passed here, that that passed 2a hours ago. this is mainly a recovery mission, they're no longer mission, they're no longer rescuing people and the reason they're no longer rescuing people is because the aid just didn't come quick enough. very complicated there. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been speaking to the un humanitarian chief, martin griffiths, on a visit to the turkish city of kahramanmaras. martin griffiths, you have seen so many disasters in so many different parts of the world. how does this compare?

i think it's the worst natural disaster i have ever seen, and it's also the most extraordinary international response, as you know. we have more than 100 countries who have sent people here, so there's been an incredible response. but there's a need for it, as we see behind us. and what is so amazing is that people are still, as you know, lyse, coming out of the rubble alive six days in, so it's shocking. it's also, in a perverse sense, quite heartening. heartening in what way? well, the response. the response. the fact that the people with great expertise who got here very quickly, committed, working day and night to do what's needed. that's remarkable, and i hope that when we launch our appeals for both turkey and syria in the next day or so, that we'll get the generous donor response as well. what do they need the most now? what they need the most now is to come to a conclusion as to when they call

off the rescue efforts, which is a really difficult question because of who's left behind. then, i think, as tedros from the who has said, really worried about medical next, particularly in north—west syria, where we have cholera already. but medical facilities here are obviously overwhelmed, as you know, so there's a huge need for urgent medical care, mobile clinics, field hospitals. i think the united kingdom is sending in a field hospital, for example. and then the period of humanitarian aid, the next three months, for which we are appealing, which will cover shelter, livelihoods, food, nutrition and healthcare. and so, to give people a sense, those people who have had to leave their homes, that there's a stable future, awaiting them, even in this awful time. do you think there is a stable future awaiting them? you know how hard it is to raise money in a world where there's one disaster after another. well, i think it's going

to be very difficult. it's going to be very difficult because there's a lot of needs on both sides, and i think, as president erdogan has said, it's going to take a year to rebuild some of the houses... that is optimistic. i think it's optimistic. and in syria, it's going to be much more difficult. the tragedy about syria is it was bad enough in the north—west, as you know... the last rebel held area of syria. the last rebel—held area. ..before this and then all this came. i think we can raise consciousness and money, just as we have seen the response here. we'll see. we'll see how those appeals go. but at least the agencies that we're working with, the international agencies, the ngos and national ngos, we all know each other well, we've been working together for many years in this region. that's an advantage. there's been a lot of criticism of the un across the border across the border in syria,

particularly in idlib. they're saying you're letting politics get in the way of humanitarian relief because you're not there on the ground. distant whistling. distant shouting. well, we're not there on the ground, as you know, because the security council has only allowed no, this is not new. this is eight years old. why does that have to be there? people are asking, why do you have to go through the security council? why should the humanitarian needs to be hostage to the gridlock of the security council? of the security council, where russia and china have a veto on the un security council? that's a long story, it's to do with the syrian government's claims for sovereignty, but i want to say this on that issue. i don't think it's right to give up hope that we will get access. we are looking very, very actively and firmly and hard for opening up two more crossing points... through turkey into... through turkey into the north—west, in the coming days. we're going to put a resolution

before the security council. if anybody wants to veto it, let them do so. the case for those two additional crossing points is a black—and—white humanitarian case. this is not politics, lyse, and people who say lyse, and people who say that we're playing with politics — that's not fair. 13 men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder, following clashes outside accommodation for asylum seekers on merseyside. crowds gathered near the suites hotel in knowsley last night, where a police van was set on fire. officers say missiles were thrown at the police, but there were only minor injuries. a police van set on fire as hundreds of protesters clash outside the hotel in knowsley, home to asylum—seekers. a police officer and two member of the public suffered minor injuries. one resident at the

hotel told us how he watched last night's protest unfold from this window. merseyside police said what started as a planned peaceful protest here around 6.30 yesterday evening quickly turned into violent disorder after a group turned up. police say they were only interested in causing trouble through violence and intimidation. armed with hammers, the group through missiles including fireworks at police. i was including fireworks at police. i was really fighting _ including fireworks at police. i was really fighting for _ including fireworks at police. i was really fighting for the _ including fireworks at police. iii-“es really fighting for the people in the hotel. there was still fires in the hotel. there was still fires in the streets in different areas. things being thrown, fireworks going off. ~ , , , things being thrown, fireworks going off. ~ , i, ., . things being thrown, fireworks going off. ~ ,_ things being thrown, fireworks going off. ., off. merseyside police say before the last night's _

off. merseyside police say before the last night's protest, - off. merseyside police say before. the last night's protest, detectives were investigated reports of a man making inappropriate advances towards a teenage girl in kirby, but misinformation and speculation a wrongly led people to the hotel. the home office say they are working with police to ensure the safety of those in their care.— with police to ensure the safety of those in their care. there are some far-riuht those in their care. there are some far-right and _ those in their care. there are some far-right and racist _ those in their care. there are some far-right and racist groups - those in their care. there are some far-right and racist groups who - those in their care. there are some far-right and racist groups who use j far—right and racist groups who use social— far—right and racist groups who use social media to promote the narrative _ social media to promote the narrative that there's also still terrible — narrative that there's also still terrible things going on. it's not true _ terrible things going on. it's not true h— terrible things going on. it's not true. �* , , terrible things going on. it's not true. �* ,, ., terrible things going on. it's not true. . ,, ., , terrible things going on. it's not true. ,, ., , true. a dispersal order is in place until monday. — true. a dispersal order is in place until monday, and _ true. a dispersal order is in place until monday, and police - true. a dispersal order is in place until monday, and police say - true. a dispersal order is in place i until monday, and police say anyone coming here to cause trouble could be arrested. maraeid smyth, bbc news, in knowsley. let's bring you some breaking news. the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau has said us and canadian aircraft shot down a high—altitude object which has been flying over

northwestern canada. it comes a day after us military shot down an object over alaska — and a week after the shooting down of a chinese observation balloon. justin trudeau has tweeted saying he ordered the take—down of an object that violated canadian airspace. it was shot down by canadian and us aircraft. the us f—22 successfully fired at the object. they haven't said what the object is. a bit like the first news we got in about the shooting down of an object 2a hours ago over alaska. justin trudeau said he spoke to president biden in the afternoon and canadian forces will not recover and analyse the wreckage of the object —— now recover. more details about that, but in terms of what happened 2a hours before this shooting down, the military said it had no further details about the object shot down by their air force

over alaska on friday. it still cannot locate its capabilities, purpose or origin of this unmanned object that they shot down. they say the operation is continuing off the alaskan coast in freezing conditions, and that was a week after the shooting down of a chinese observation balloon. jon donnison reports. it's almost a week since the us military shot down what it said was a chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina. now, the pentagon says fighterjets like these have intercepted another unidentified object, this time in the skies above alaska. we have no further details about the object at this time, including any description of its capabilities, purpose, or origin. the object was about the size of a small car, so not similar in size or shape to the high altitude surveillance balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina on february 4th.

defence officials say this latest object had been flying at around 40,000 feet close to an area called prudhoe bay, much lower than last week's balloon. a military transporter plane, as well as helicopters, have now been sent to try and recover the debris. the biden administration came under a great deal of political criticism, particularly from republicans in congress republicans in congress and elsewhere, for not dealing with that last balloon more quickly. and i think it's no surprise that when they found an opportunity to take a shot at whatever this was over alaskan waters, they did so, presumably one consideration being that this was to avoid the potential circus of yet another foreign object transiting the continental united states for days or weeks. wreckage of last week's balloon has now been recovered, and is being analysed by us intelligence. they want to do the same with whatever they find in alaska. meanwhile, chinese officials have accused the us

of political manipulation and hype. jon donnison, bbc news. let's look at some of the day's other news. tens of thousands of opposition supporters protested in front of the albanian prime minister's office, accusing the government of corruption and the rise of the cost of living. protesters hurled fireworks at the entrance of the government offices, and were then confronted by hundreds of police officers in anti—riot gear. israelis also have been protesting again against plans for a judicial overhaul by prime minister benjamin netanyahu's new government. critics say the reform threatens democratic checks on ministers by the courts. mr netanyahu has dismissed the protests as a refusal by leftist opponents to accept the results of last november's election. in portugal, tens of thousands of teachers have taken to the streets of lisbon, in one of the biggest protests the country has seen in recent years. they demand better pay

and working conditions. it's the latest in a series of protests and strikes, as the socialist government of antonio costa faces a wave of discontent over the cost of living. thousands of protestors have been demonstrating across france today, against pension reforms. chanting the protests have been taking place since mid—january over the government's plans to increase the retirement age by two years. president emmanuel macron says the current system is unsustainable. our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield, has more. we talk about 62 and 64 as if that's when everyone stops working. of course it's not when everyone stops working. these ages are the ages at which people can, for the first time, claim a state pension. they can stop work at that age. it doesn't mean that they'll get a full pension, because they may not have worked enough years, enough annuities, as they call it here. so, what the government is doing is trying to push back that age

at which people can stop working from 62 to 64. and the argument from people on the left, and it's people on the left who are out here today, is that this favours the people who are better off, more qualified, because they tend to start work later because they're students until their mid—20s. so, they weren't retiring at 62 anyway, not even retiring at 64. they may be working up to 66, 67 to get their full pension. it's people who start working... start working earlier, in other words, less qualified people, poorer people, who are going to be hit by this compulsory pushing back of the age of retirement. so, that's what is motivating this protest, socialjustice, in a word, and of course, a great anti—macron feeling which unites everyone. a large crowd has stormed a police station in pakistan, lynching a man being held there on an allegation of committing blasphemy. social media pictures said to be from the scene showed people scaling the gates

of the station in nankana sahib, in punjab province. bbc�*s umer draz nangiana in lahore gave us more details. this person, he was captured by some people early in the morning today, and they informed the police, accusing him of committing blasphemy. the police got to the site and they arrested the person, and brought him to the police station. but then, a large number of people gathered outside the police station, and they continuously demanded the police to hand over the suspect to them. the police officials locked the gates of the police station, and they tried to negotiate with this charged crowd from inside the police station, but certainly the crowd became violent. but suddenly, the crowd became violent. some of them scaled the gates, they got inside the police station, opened the gates, and then theyjust barged in. then they snatched the suspect from the police custody and they tortured him to death outside the police station. and police could not protect this

suspect from the charged crowd. now, the police are saying that they are trying to analyse the videos, and then identify people who were involved in the killing of the person, of the man, and they will arrest the suspects very soon. we've seen in the recent past, there have been incidents of allegations of blasphemy, and the laws of blasphemy being misused. in most cases, what we have seen is that when the matter gets to the court, the police investigation shows that the facts are very different to what the allegations exactly were. in most cases, the laws are misused, but whenever somebody is accused of blasphemy in pakistan it is a very sensitive matter,, it's a very sensitive matter, and that person faces an immediate threat to his life, his or her life, and they normally seek protection from the police. this is one of the rare cases where the police could not protect the suspect.

residents of the australian pacific territory of norfolk island have been urged to take shelter, as cyclone gabrielle threatens to bring destructive winds and heavy rain. the storm is also expected to trigger heavy rains in new zealand's north island. forecasters say high tides and very heavy surf could cause local damage and coastal erosion. finally, the biggest names from the world of music, from stormzy to harry styles, to lizo and sam smith, from stormzy to harry styles, to lizzo and sam smith, are at london's o2 arena for the annual brit awards. watching the ceremony is our music correspondent, mark savage. and the winner is... harry styles kicked off the show with an energetic performance of as it was, but for some of the year. the isle of wight do a wet leg won

two awards. they also brought a spot of maurice dancing to the stage. although there were performances from female acts like becky hill and lizzo, there was a backlash with the perceived sexism in the nominations, when the women in the running for best arctic �*s. charlie asked cx was one of those overlooked. i'zre best arctic 's. charlie asked (x was one of those overlooked. i've heard a lot of chat — one of those overlooked. i've heard a lot of chat about _ one of those overlooked. i've heard a lot of chat about the _ one of those overlooked. i've heard a lot of chat about the fact - one of those overlooked. i've heard a lot of chat about the fact that - a lot of chat about the fact that there weren't enough females in the album cycle, and that's why no one was nominated. but i was and i had a number one album. so, i don't think it's ourfault. i get number one album. so, i don't think it's our fault. i get that it might be there's. it's our fault. i get that it might be there's-_ it's our fault. i get that it might be there's. 1, , ., ., �* , be there's. based on what we've seen so far. harry — be there's. based on what we've seen so far. harry styles — be there's. based on what we've seen so far, harry styles looks _ be there's. based on what we've seen so far, harry styles looks certain - so far, harry styles looks certain to win. at the halfway stage, he had art he won best pop act and artist of the year. i

art he won best pop act and artist of the year-— art he won best pop act and artist of the ear. ., ., ., ,, , of the year. i want to thank my mum for signing me _ of the year. i want to thank my mum for signing me up — of the year. i want to thank my mum for signing me up for _ of the year. i want to thank my mum for signing me up for x _ of the year. i want to thank my mum for signing me up for x factor. - for signing me up for x factor. wilhoul— for signing me up for x factor. without telling me. i really wouldn't be here without you. along with the country _ wouldn't be here without you. along with the country stars _ wouldn't be here without you. along with the country stars shania - wouldn't be here without you. film; with the country stars shania twain. he's likeable, he's a gentleman, and he's obviously — he's likeable, he's a gentleman, and he's obviously super— he's likeable, he's a gentleman, and he's obviously super talented. - he's likeable, he's a gentleman, and he's obviously super talented. i- he's obviously super talented. i think— he's obviously super talented. i think he — he's obviously super talented. i think he just _ he's obviously super talented. i think he just has _ he's obviously super talented. i think he just has all— he's obviously super talented. i think he just has all you - he's obviously super talented. i think he just has all you want . he's obviously super talented. i think he just has all you want is he's obviously super talented. i. think he just has all you want is a fan. think he 'ust has all you want is a fan. �* , ., ., , ., fan. and the result of the album of the year prize _ fan. and the result of the album of the year prize will— fan. and the result of the album of the year prize will be _ fan. and the result of the album of the year prize will be given - fan. and the result of the album of the year prize will be given out - fan. and the result of the album of the year prize will be given out at i the year prize will be given out at the end at a quarter to 11. mark savage, bbc news. just a recap of our breaking news this hour. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau has said us and canadian aircraft have shot down a high—altitude object which had been flying over northwestern canada. mr trudeau broke the news in a tweet adding that canadian forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object. he thanked north american aerospace defense command for keeping

the watch over north america. it was a violation of canadian airspace that forced justin trudeau to give the order himself, and he said he spoke to the us president, who himself 24 hours ago had to give the order of the shooting down of an unmanned object in the sky that we believe is the size of a car. this latest shooting was shot down over yukon in northwest canada. that borders alaska, so these two objects that were shot down very close to each other timewise were also geographically very close to one another. justin trudeau said canadian forces will now recover and analyse the wreckage of the object. we'll keep an eye on that story for you. thanks so much forjoining us

here on bbc news. catch me on twitter. i'm at mark lobel. thanks for watching. much of the cloud he was... however, most of the cloud did break through. part two of the weekend, i think we should see more sunshine around. but early sunday will be rather grey. with this blanket of cloud, for most of us, temperatures shouldn't be any lower than 3—6 celsius. where we have the odd cloud break, there could be a few frost pockets here and there. for sunday, we've got high pressure still dominating the weather scene. we're in this mild

air mass coming in from the south. we start off rather grey for this morning, but as we move through the morning, but as we move through the morning and more of a breeze across north of the west, that'll help break up the cloud. might winds further east mean willful —— we'll hold onto the cloud. it will be breezy in the northwest of scotland where he could see some of the best of the sunshine. a mild day to come as well, temperatures 10—11, maybe 12-13 as well, temperatures 10—11, maybe 12—13 degrees in the sunnier spots. we'll hold onto the cloud across more eastern areas, but with more cloud breaks for the north and west, could be a recipe for a slightly colder night. likely to see some frost, maybe a little bit of mist and fog, too. as we head into the start of the new week for monday, we still got our area of high pressure with us, but weather fronts will be slowly forcing in from the west. they will really arise from

wednesday to bring a change. monday, a lot of cloud. we should see holes breaking that cloud elsewhere. another mild day to come, temperatures in double figures for most, 12—13, warmer spots and the sons across the south. we start to see weather fronts making sons across the south. we start to see weatherfronts making inroads. this is where we start to see the weather turning a bit more unsettled. tuesday, anotherfine, unsettled. tuesday, another fine, dry unsettled. tuesday, anotherfine, dry and sunny day, and from wednesday onwards, we start see things turning a bit more unsettled.

this is bbc news. the headlines — more than 28,000 people are now known to have died after monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria, with the death toll likely to more than double, says the un. visiting the region, the un's aid chief has described the massive earthquakes as the worst natural disaster to hit the middle east in a century. the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau has confirmed that a us fighterjet, acting on his orders, hasjust shot down a new high—altitude object which was flying over northern canada. and at the brit awards in london —