this is bbc news. i'm mark lobel. our top stories... more than 28,000 people are now known to have died after monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria. the un says the death toll is likely to "more than double". 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. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has confirmed that a us fighterjet — acting on his orders — has shot down a new high—altitude object which was flying over northern canada. 15 people have been arrested following clashes with police, outside a hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers on merseyside in northwest england.

and at the brit awards in london — as predicted — harry styles is one of the night's big winners, with four awards including bagging album of the year. 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 of marash. in hatay, seven—year—old isra freed... cheers ..after 136 hours under the rubble. a woman, five months pregnant, found alive in gazientep, although there's no word on how

she and her unborn child are doing. no such joy elsewhere in gazientep. instead, the pain of losing a cousin, who was 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. what happened here on monday, the epicentre of the earthquake was the worst event in 100 years in this region. the international community is here already. myjob is to make sure that we raise, through the conscience of the world, we raise the money that's needed for the next few months. this mosque in gazientep has become a refuge for some of those who have nothing and need shelter in any form. well, 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 sixth night out in the cold. this man is from the syrian city of aleppo. translation: the| problem is the cold. we have children, we have babies. it's a struggle, but turkey's helping us. but that's not how this turkish mother of three sees it. translation: we got | help from some people. they were generous - and they had a conscience. but no help from the authorities. and urgent help is what millions across this region need — now more than ever. nick beake, bbc news, gazientep. well, the damage you saw there in southern turkey is just as bad in war—torn syria, but there aid workers have been struggling to get the access they need.

a un spokesperson says now�*s the time "to put all politics aside". 0ur 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's 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 displaced people's camp that's been set up over there. they're also telling us that in terms of foreign aid, they've 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, 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 rescuing people, and the reason they're no longer rescuing people is because the aid just didn't come quick enough. getting a good to syria is difficult because of sanctions on the conflict within the country. 0ur 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're 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 is 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's optimistic. that, ithink, 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 united nation

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 a cross—border resolution these many years, which provides for un aid to go through a single crossing and to be delivered to the organisations there. 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, 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 where we go 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 that we're playing with politics — that's not fair. martin griffith talking to lyse doucet in turkey there. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has confirmed that he ordered the shooting down of an unidentified high—altitude object which had been flying over northwestern canada. he said us and canadian aricraft were scrambled and that an american fighter aircraft shot the object down. mr trudeau broke the news in a tweet, adding that canadian forces will now recover

and analyse the wreckage of the object. he thanked north american aerospace defence command for keeping the watch over north america. 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. 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 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. i'm joined now by brendan kearney, former military colonel from santa rosa, california. again, i should say, because we spoke just 2a hours ago about the shooting down of an eye identified object over north american airspace. that was a week after the shooting down of a suspected chinese spy balloon. is there a pattern emerging?— balloon. is there a pattern emerging? balloon. is there a pattern emeruain ? ,, , , balloon. is there a pattern emerauin? ,, , , ., emerging? seemingly there is, and aood to emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak _ emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with _ emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with you _ emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with you again, - emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with you again, by i emerging? seemingly there is, and l good to speak with you again, by the way. i'll be honest with you — taking a quick look at the places of these most recent shoot down, i would think and i may be wrong, but i would think that these balloons shot down over alaska and recently

over the yukon territory �*s in canada, i would think these balloons, if they're chinese, they were launched before the shoot down off the east coast of the united states. this may be part of a large number of them that are floating around out there. the number of them that are floating around out there.— number of them that are floating around out there. the reason why ou're around out there. the reason why you're saying _ around out there. the reason why you're saying balloons, _ around out there. the reason why you're saying balloons, you're - you're saying balloons, you're suspecting they came from the asian mainland because of the way the wind is going, and you suspect this is a to do with spying.— to do with spying. that's exactly riuht. i to do with spying. that's exactly right- i do _ to do with spying. that's exactly right. i do believe _ to do with spying. that's exactly right. i do believe - _ to do with spying. that's exactly right. i do believe - and - to do with spying. that's exactly right. i do believe - and again, | to do with spying. that's exactly right. i do believe - and again, i right. i do believe — and again, i may be wrong — but i do believe it's going to turn out these are chinese manufactured, chinese control balloons that are operating at the behest of the chinese government. the ability to identify them is

because of their emissions. that's how some of them were missed under donald trump, but now we're seeing more identified. i donald trump, but now we're seeing more identified.— more identified. i think there's a number of _ more identified. i think there's a number of reasons _ more identified. i think there's a number of reasons why - more identified. i think there's a number of reasons why we're . number of reasons why we're identifying them now. one of those is, as you just stated, the second one would be the technology continues to advance. the ground intercepts radars that the us and our allies are using. they're more sophisticated than before. probably third and most critically is we're now looking for them, where before, i think we are concentrating on the satellites going ahead, which are free. you don't get to shoot those down, according to the international law, but we're now looking for balloons. so, i can imagine that the north american air defence spokesman

has —— defence has refocused that technology for that purpose. they're now doing what a deal —— with a great deal of attention because they don't want to be embarrassed. they're also looking at how quick president biden reacted to that object floating over alaska. how closely did justin trudeau and president biden work around this area? how closely entwined other security apparatuses to act fast? let me answer the second part of your question first. there has been for well over going on 60 years, the north american air defence command that incorporates us and canadian military in a very sophisticated line of radars that run through alaska and through northern canada, through the yukon territory and across northern canada. canadian military and us military are closely

together, have worked very closely together, have worked very closely together, and they really get exercise almost regular basis because the russians have had a long history of trying to enter through alaska. they probe on a continuous basis. so, the two militaries are very, very close. the line of communication is exercised on a regular basis, and it works. the two presidents, orthe regular basis, and it works. the two presidents, or the prime minister trudeau and president biden, i believe they like each other. i believe they like each other. i believe they will work very, very well together on these types of... the united states will not turn down a call from a northernmost neighbour when it comes to the possibility of a threat in canada because that threat may flow directly into the united states.— united states. you said if these were foreign objects, _ united states. you said if these were foreign objects, they - united states. you said if these were foreign objects, they may| united states. you said if these - were foreign objects, they may have been sent before these series of shootings down. you think by making

them so public, it might deter the future objects entering north american airspace? i future objects entering north american airspace?— future objects entering north american airspace? i think the embarrassment _ american airspace? i think the embarrassment level - american airspace? i think the embarrassment level is - american airspace? i think the embarrassment level is going | american airspace? i think the i embarrassment level is going to reach a point where it's just, embarrassment level is going to reach a point where it'sjust, the returns are just going to be outweighed by the losses here. i think the balloons that may already be in the stratosphere headed towards the united states and canada, again, for the same type of entry, they're probably gone and they're going to either be encountered or the chinese may have some type of advice to knock them into the bering sea. i don't know. but i would think at some point here very quickly, the chinese are going to realise that this continuing black eye is not looking good for them. i think they're going to have to call this off.—

to call this off. brendan, we don't know who — to call this off. brendan, we don't know who is _ to call this off. brendan, we don't know who is responsible, - to call this off. brendan, we don't know who is responsible, but - to call this off. brendan, we don't know who is responsible, but we | to call this off. brendan, we don't l know who is responsible, but we do know who is responsible, but we do know when there is an unidentified object, we call for you. we may be speaking to you again soon. thanks forjoining us. speaking to you again soon. thanks forjoining no— speaking to you again soon. thanks forjoining us. to the uk now. 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. mairead smith reports. a police van set on fire as hundreds of protesters clashed outside a hotel in knowsley, a hotel that is home to asylum seekers. a police officer and two members of the public suffered minor injuries during the disorder. 0ne resident at the hotel told us how he watched last night's protest unfold from his window. the people inside were afraid, feeling fear. -

merseyside police say what started as a planned peaceful protest here at around 6:30pm yesterday quickly turned here at 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 threw missiles, including fireworks, at police. claire came here to show support for the asylum seekers. i was really frightened for the people in the hotel. it was a good couple of hours before the police managed to find a way out for us and even when they did, there were still fires in the streets in different areas, things being thrown, fireworks going off. merseyside police say before last night's protest, detectives were investigating reports of a man making inappropriate advances towards a teenage girl in kirby, but misinformation and speculation

had wrongly led people to the hotel. the home office say they are working with police to ensure the safety of those in their care. there are some far—right, racist groups who, using social media, have been promoting the narrative that there are all sorts of terrible things going on. it's not true. a dispersal order is in place until monday, and police say anyone coming here to cause trouble could be arrested. mairead smyth, bbc news, knowsley. poland's president has cast doubt on whether his country can provide ukraine with the fighterjets that kyiv says it needs to win the war with russia. andrezj duda said any decision would have to be taken collectively by nato. in an interview for her sunday with laura kuenssberg programme on the bbc, mr duda warned that by giving jets to ukraine, poland would end up

weakening its own military defences. translation: we think i that this requires a decision by the allies anyway, which means that we have to make a joint decision. also due to the fact that there is a very serious need for maintenance of f—16s if they were to be deployed somewhere, it is not only about the jets. you also need maintenance and technical background, technical servicing and so on and so forth. so it is not enough just to send a few planes, a fewjets. so it is not enough just to send a few planes, a fewjets, and a problem that we are facing, at least in poland, is as follows. we have some jets, but they are fewer than 50, this poses a serious problem if we donate even a small part of them anywhere because i don't hesitate to say that we have not enough of these jets. we would need many more of them.

a decision today to donate any kind ofjets, any f—16s, to donate them outside poland is a very serious decision and it is not an easy one for us to take. more of that grew on sunday on the bbc -- more of that grew on sunday on the bbc —— interview. vapes should be sold in the same way as cigarettes — in plain packaging and from behind a counter. that's the call from councils in england. the local government association is calling for strict new measures to regulate the display and marketing of vaping products in the same way as tobacco to crack down on a rise in stores selling to children. finally, the biggest names from the world of music, from stormzy to harry styles, to lizzo and sam smith, have attended london's 02 arena for the annual brit awards. let's take a look at

some of the winners. the rapper aitch has grabbed the award for best hip hop, grime or rap. best international artist and best international song went to us superstar beyonce. she wasn't at the ceremony, but in a video message told her fans "the renaissance begins. " becky hill has walked away with the award for best dance act — for the second year running. former 0ne direction star harry styles was the biggest winner of the night — he's taken home fourawards including best pop act, he's taken home four awards including best pop act, song of the year for "as it was", best artist and best album for "harry's house". indie rock band wet leg picked up two prizes: best new artist and best group.

big night at the brits. thanks so much forjoining us. that's all for now. hello there. much of the country was cloudy on saturday — rather a grey, dismal day. however, the sunshine did break through across northeast scotland and northeast england. we saw temperatures in the low teens. part two of the weekend, i think we should see more sunshine around across northern and western areas, could have more of a breeze to break up the cloud. but earlier, sunday will be rather grey, and with this blanket of cloud by around dawn, for most of us, temperatures shouldn't be any lower than 3—6 celsius, but where we have the odd cloud break, there could be a few frost pockets here and there. so, for sunday, we've got high pressure still dominating the weather scene, keeping all weather fronts at bay, so it's staying largely dry, and we're in this mild air mass — ourairsource coming in from the south. so, we start off rather grey for this morning,

but as we move through the morning, more of a breeze across the north and west. that'll help break up the cloud, so we should see more sunshine — scotland, northern ireland, northwest england, wales and southwest england. light winds further east mean we'll hold on to the cloud, so i think rather grey for the eastern half of england, but it will be breezy in the northwest of scotland, where we could see some of the best of the sunshine. and a mild day to come as well — temperatures 10—11, maybe 12—13 degrees in the sunniest spots. through sunday night, we'll hold onto the cloud across more eastern areas, but with more cloud breaks further north and west, this is going to be a recipe for a slightly colder night, i think. where we have those clear skies, we're likely to see some frost, maybe a little bit of mist and fog, too. so, as we head into the start of the new week, from monday, we've still got our area of high pressure with us, but weather fronts will be slowly pushing in from the west. they won't really arrive until late on tuesday into wednesday to bring a change to our weather. monday, anotherfine and largely dry day, and largely

dry day, lot of cloud towards the east of england. elsewhere, we should see holes breaking that cloud to allow for some sunny spells. and again, another mild day to come — temperatures in double figures for most — 12—13, warmest spots in the sun across the south. then, into tuesday and beyond, we start to see weather fronts making inroads. i think from wednesday onwards, this is where we'll start to see the weather turning a bit more unsettled, low pressure bringing slightly stronger winds and outbreaks of rain at times. so, tuesday, anotherfine, dry, sunny day, very mild once again. and then, from wednesday onwards, we'll start to see things turning a bit more unsettled with rain at times, but even then, it's still going to stay mild.

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. the un says the death toll is likely to �*more than double'. 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. the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau has confirmed that a us fighterjet — acting on his orders — has shot down a new high—altitude object which was flying over northern canada. and at the brit awards in london — as predicted — harry styles is one of the night's big winners, with four awards including bagging album of the year.