this is bbc news. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: at least 28,000 people have died in the earthquakes in turkey and syria. un aid chief, martin griffiths, says there's an urgent need for medical assistance. medicalfacilities here medical facilities here are absolutely overwhelmed, as you know, so there is a huge need for urgent medical care, mobile clinics, field hospitals. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau confirms a us fighterjet, acting on his orders, shot down another high—altitude object, this time flying over northern canada. hundreds of thousands demonstrate across france again over planned pension reforms. and at the brit awards

in london, as predicted, harry styles is one of the night's big winners, with four awards, including the much—coveted album of the year. hello and welcome to bbc news. the world health organisation 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 10 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 and applause ..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 haram

in north—west syria. there is a bit of activity here, but nothing like you see 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 are living in tents. if i 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 foreign aid, they have received next to nothing. some spanish doctors made it to some of the hospitals, but nothing else. the contrast here with what is going on in turkey is astonishing. over on that side of the border, there is a constant sound of sirens, of heavy machinery, of people working. there is none of that here. down there, there are small children removing the rubble. while the international community isn't here,

it has been left to small boys to remove the rubble from these broken buildings and to try and find bodies. and it is bodies they are trying to find now, because they say that the time for looking for survivors has passed here — that passed 2a hours ago. this is mainly a recovery mission. they are no longer rescuing people, and the reason they are no longer rescuing people is because the aid just didn't come quick enough. 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. she asked him how this disaster compares to the many he's seen around the world. i think it is the worst natural disaster i have ever seen. and it is 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 is 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 is shocking. it is 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 is needed. that is remarkable and i hope that when we launch our appeals for both turkey and syria in the next day or so that we will 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 is 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 is 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 health care. 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. martin griffiths speaking to lyse doucet. 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 analyze the wreckage of the object. he thanked north american aerospace defense command for keeping the watch over north america. cbs correspondent cristian benavides, in miami, has the latests details on the incident. we just got a statement from the pentagon not too long ago sort of outlining what happened here and here is what we have learnt. this object that was shot down in canada was first spotted friday evening over alaska and as this was happening, the us actually sent two f—22 aircraft to follow this along, this unidentified object, and the third one in about 7—14 days that we've seen over north america. so, as this is happening, it approaches canada. once it gets into canada is when canada gets involved and eventually this us f—22 aircraft, one of them, ends up shooting down that unidentified object over

the yukon, which is sort of the western—most part of canada, almost via alaska. i think it isjust important to sort of take a step back and look at what set all of this off. it was in late january that a suspected chinese spy balloon was spotted also in alaska and us officials sort of said, hey, listen, let's wait because we are concerned about what could happen if we bring this down and we bring it down while it is overland and what that could lead to, so, they waited until it was out in the atlantic, so, they let it get across the continental us before shutting it down and now the big question is, are they taking action earlier because they are identifying them earlier or is it sort of the optics here, where people, where the american public saw that this suspected chinese spy balloon went over the continental us and we waited from late january

until last week to shoot it down, so, that is sort of the rundown of what is happening here. joining me now is matthew schmidt, associate professor of national security at the university of new haven. what do you think is happening here? we have not heard about the latest two objects whether it is china or not but what is your assessment? it it is china or not but what is your assessment?— it is china or not but what is your assessment? if we assume it is china — your assessment? if we assume it is china and, _ your assessment? if we assume it is china and, again, _ your assessment? if we assume it is china and, again, we - your assessment? if we assume it is china and, again, we do - it is china and, again, we do not know that it is china, than what you see here is a provocation. you see china attempt to study american response to these kinds of events and to study primarily not the military response but the political response. they have already induced us is something we did it yesterday, which is to shut down these spy balloons, so if the second

balloons, so if the second balloon was launched in response to our response to the first balloon, then they have changed our pattern of behaviour and that is something they may be looking to apply to escalated strategies in taiwan. a former us military said it may havejust taken a former us military said it may have just taken a long time together because of the direction of the wind. in terms of the political pressure on president biden, he was getting a lot of criticism for not acting sooner with the first incident and we have seen swift reaction with the second two. your correspondent was correct, perhaps this is driven more by the optics than anything else. it is interesting that canada will be analysing what this latest object is. it is an example of canada and the us working well together on this? the united states and canada

woke similes. there students with some of my students work very closely and there is really no daylight between us. how much damage is this going to chinese and us relations at the moment? i to chinese and us relations at the moment?— to chinese and us relations at the moment? ~' ., ., the moment? i think the damage riaht now the moment? i think the damage right now is _ the moment? i think the damage right now is very _ the moment? i think the damage right now is very significant. - right now is very significant. remember, they were able to, whether they intended to or not, to scuttle secretary blinken�*s trip and it is a strategy if they are able to do that so it will take some time to rebuild trust and it will depend on china again, if this was china, with this latest object, creating some sort of opening for dialogue or if they decide to escalate in places like taiwan or elsewhere. it is “p like taiwan or elsewhere. it is up to them at this point because i am sure the united states is willing to turn this down if they open the door. thank you forjoining us. 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 neta nyahu'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.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come: harry styles steals the show at the brit awards with four wins, including the much—coveted album of the year. 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 — this week's earthquakes in southern turkey and northern syria are now known to have left at least 28,000 people dead. the us military says it's shot down a high—altitude object over canada a day after one of its warplanes brought down a separate object off alaska, and a week on from the downing of a chinese observation balloon near the south carolina coast. hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating across france, putting pressure on the government over its planned pension reforms. this year has seen three days of nationwide strikes. president macron insists the reforms, which include

raising the retirement age by two years, are vital to ensuring the viability of the pension system. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. this all looks very familiar. thousands of people marching through the streets of paris expressing anger and dismay. 0nce expressing anger and dismay. once again, because of that angen once again, because of that anger, the president's planned to raise the retirement age. translation:— to raise the retirement age. translation: , ., , translation: this reform must not ass. translation: this reform must not pass. emmanuel— translation: this reform must not pass. emmanuel macron - not pass. emmanuel macron forgets most of the people did not vote and those who did voted against marine le pen and not for his programme. and now, people are telling him no. translation: we people are telling him no. translation:— people are telling him no. translation: we are here to defend what — translation: we are here to defend what we _ translation: we are here to defend what we have. - translation: we are here to defend what we have. i - translation: we are here to defend what we have. i will. translation: we are here to defend what we have. i will be there — defend what we have. i will be there to — defend what we have. i will be there to defend the gains for which — there to defend the gains for which we have fought hard and which — which we have fought hard and which are — which we have fought hard and which are decreasing from decade _ which are decreasing from decade to decade.-

which are decreasing from decade to decade. this looks - re decade to decade. this looks pretty familiar _ decade to decade. this looks pretty familiar too, - decade to decade. this looks pretty familiar too, clashes l pretty familiar too, clashes between police and some of the demonstrators. fires were started. was overturned. although these were isolated events. most of the day's protest passed on peacefully. and it was notjust paris that for demonstrations. this was nantes in the west of the country where more protest took place. france is one of the lowest retirement ages in the world. government says it go up from 62 to 64 although the pension itself will also increase. translation: everywhere in europe, we are raising the retirement age and it has created poverty among the elderly. we don't want that here. �* ,, �* the elderly. we don't want that here-_ we - the elderly. we don't want that here._ we are i the elderly. we don't want that - here._ we are human here. translation: we are human beinis. here. translation: we are human bein . s. we here. translation: we are human beings- we just _ here. translation: we are human beings. we just cannot _ here. translation: we are human beings. we just cannot spend - beings. we just cannot spend our life — beings. we just cannot spend our life working. i still work because _ our life working. i still work because if i retired now, my pension— because if i retired now, my pension wouldn't be enough. we are human — pension wouldn't be enough. we are human beings. we are not machines _

are human beings. we are not machines-— are human beings. we are not machines. . ., machines. the french government has shown no _ machines. the french government has shown no signs _ machines. the french government has shown no signs of _ machines. the french government has shown no signs of backing - has shown no signs of backing down but neither have the protesters. there will be more days like this. still to come. tim allman, bbc news. here in the uk, a committee of mps has been highly critical of the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp. it says mr sharp made "significant errors "ofjudgement" in acting as a go—between on a loan for borisjohnson while he was applying for the post. 0ur news reporter louisa pilbeam has the latest on the story. just talk us through this report, this highly critical report. it report, this highly critical re ort. , report, this highly critical reort. , ., report. it is, you have it in one, highly _ report. it is, you have it in one, highly critical. - report. it is, you have it in one, highly critical. it- report. it is, you have it in one, highly critical. it was| one, highly critical. it was carried out by mps part of a committee for the dcm s which is the department for digital culture, media and sport, and what they've said is that while richard sharpe may believe that he acted appropriately, he breached, in their opinion, the standards expected of people applying for a public role. so the committee accuses mr sharp

of a significant error of judgement for getting involved in facilitating a loan to the then prime minister boris johnson. at the same time as applying for thisjob is johnson. at the same time as applying for this job is the bbc chairman. and when i say facilitate, they mean he introduced borisjohnson to a distant cousin called sam life and then there was this arrangement of a loan, now committees has followed reports in the sunday times injanuary this year and that is where these reports emerged —— sam blyth. the loan was about £1 million to borisjohnson. chairman's stated role within the bbc is to protect the independence of the bbc so that is where there is conflict of interest arising and the mps they mr sharp's failure to tell them about this loan was highly unsatisfactory and they conclude that mr sharp should therefore consider what they call the impact of his omissions and what they would

have, impact they will have on the bbc. ., ., . ., the bbc. yeah, and richard sharp has _ the bbc. yeah, and richard sharp has a _ the bbc. yeah, and richard sharp has a sort _ the bbc. yeah, and richard sharp has a sort of- the bbc. yeah, and richard - sharp has a sort of apologised. apologised in part, hasn't he? but he is fighting back on some of what they have said? he but he is fighting back on some of what they have said?- of what they have said? he has apologised _ of what they have said? he has apologised to _ of what they have said? he has apologised to the _ of what they have said? he has apologised to the impact - of what they have said? he has apologised to the impact that l apologised to the impact that this has had on his colleagues within the bbc but essentially, he is saying in response that he is saying in response that he acted in good faith and he challenges points of accuracy in this report. he challenges facts. so if we have a lot, a spokesman for mr sharp said: he also says: mrsharp mr sharp refers to inaccurate reports in recent weeks that he offered financial advice to mr johnson or arrange financing and he says, again, he did not. as we discussed, he apologised, again, to the bbc�*s brilliant

staff, as he has called them, given the destruction it has caused, apologised for the destruction, and says he is proud of the work that bbc has done. ., ., , . ., , done. cavort destruction. this is not over? — done. cavort destruction. this is not over? there _ done. cavort destruction. this is not over? there are - done. cavort destruction. this is not over? there are more i is not over? there are more deportment _ is not over? there are more deportment of _ is not over? there are more deportment of what - is not over? there are more deportment of what report i is not over? there are more i deportment of what report the independent reports, one for the commission of a public appointments of the government says they will not comment until that report is done by an independent lawyer and labour have commented, saying this seriously impact the impartiality and independence of the bbc and undermines that. thank you very much for speaking to us, louisa pilbeam. 15 people, including a 13—year—old boy, have been arrested after clashes with police last night outside a hotel in merseyside, in north west england, which houses asylum seekers. police said they were facilitating a peaceful protest and counter—protest at the suites hotel in knowsley before the event turned violent. hayley brewer reports. flames light up the dark as a police van is set on fire. initially, peaceful, eventually violent.

a protest was called after claims about the behaviour of some people staying at the hotel towards locals. some rooms at the suites hotel have been used to house people seeking asylum. but as fighting broke out between protesters, counter—protesters and the police, all those inside could do was watch what was happening as officers tried to restore calm. hundreds of protesters were involved. a number of arrests were made for public order offences and criminal damage. claire moseley, founder of refugee charity care4calais, was part of a counter—protest in solidarity with migrants. we're talking about victims of the worst things in this world, and the answer is never mob violence. the answer is never to blame the actions of one person on the many. this is not the way that britain deals with these things. there'll be a visible police presence in the area tonight to make sure things stay calm. molly brewer, bbc north west tonight.

finally, the biggest names from the world of music, —— the family of the actor peter mayhew who has played chewbacca in was her stockton auction of the film's memorabilia. the actor left some scripts and call sheets in the loft of his old house in west yorkshire and were found by the new owners and put up upfor up for auction. peter's widow, angie, asked auctioneers to stop the sale. they've been donated to the peter mayhew foundation. finally, the biggest names from the world of music, from stormzy to harry styles, to lizo and sam smith have attended london's o2 arena for the annual brit awards. let's take a look at some of the winners. mancunian 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 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. a reminder of our top story — 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. rescue efforts are being hampered by a worsening security situation in southern turkey and there has been reports of looting and clashes between unnamed groups. there

is plenty more about that on our website and if you want to get in touch with me, i am on twitter. thanks for watching. hello there. much of the country was cloudy on saturday — rather a grey, dismal day. however, the sunshine did break through across north east scotland and north east england and 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 because we'll have more of a breeze to break up the cloud. but earlier sunday will be rather grey with this blanket of cloud. and 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, then, 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, our air source 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 the west. that'll help break up the cloud, so we should see more sunshine — scotland, northern ireland, north west england, wales and south west 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 north—west 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 or 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, then, this is going to be a recipe for a slightly colder night, i think. where we have those clear skies, then 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, for 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 and into wednesday to bring a change to our weather. monday, anotherfine and largely dry day.

a 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 with low pressure bringing slightly stronger winds and outbreaks of rain at times. so, tuesday, another fine, 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 have died in turkey and syria as a result of this week's earthquakes. millions more have been affected. un aid chief, martin griffiths, told the bbc there's an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. another high—altitude object has been shot down over north america. this time canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau says a us fighterjet, acting on his orders, broguht down an object over northwestern canada. he said the wreckage would be analysed. a committee of mps has been highly critical of the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp. they accuse mr sharp of an error ofjudgement for getting involved in facilitating a loan to then prime minister, borisjohnson, whilst applying for the chairmanship of the bbc.