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, there have been reports of looting and clashes between

unnamed groups. more than a hundred people have been detained across the 10 provinces affected by the quakes, with the justice 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. the damage isjust as bad in war—torn syria as what we've just seen there in turkey, but aid workers in syria 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 their 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. quentin sommerville in syria. and as you might expect there is more on this story on bbc news online and on the bbc news app where you'll find a special index with the latest news articles. as well as video reports from our correspondence in the region. 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

he said us and canadian aircraft 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. idrees ali is the pentagon correspondent for news agency reuters. hello to you. can you talk us through what has been said about these two objects and i appreciate it could be brief because we do not know an awful lot. ~ ., ., ., ,, ., , lot. we do not and essentially yesterday. — lot. we do not and essentially yesterday. on _ lot. we do not and essentially yesterday, on friday, - lot. we do not and essentially yesterday, on friday, and - yesterday, on friday, and object that was flying at about 40,000 feet was shocked down over alaska. 40,000 feet was shocked down overalaska. —— 40,000 feet was shocked down over alaska. —— shot down. we thought that was the end of it but today we had again a small object at 40,000 feet cross into canada last night and it was shot down today by an f—22

over canada's yukon territory. over ca nada's yukon territory. that over canada's yukon territory. that is all we know. we do not know where it came from, what speed it was flying at, which adds to the mystery. the one over alaska — adds to the mystery. the one over alaska was _ adds to the mystery. the one over alaska was flying - adds to the mystery. the one over alaska was flying at - over alaska was flying at 40,000 feet which was lower than that balloon which china called is whether balloon last week. in terms of the chinese side of things, we have not heard anything from them about these two objects and they have not claimed they are theirs? you're right. there were 20,000 feet lower than the chinese balloon. the chinese have not said anything about these two objects and the americans and canadians have not mentioned china as well which seems to suggest they do not know or do not have enough conclusive evidence to suggest where they come from. evidence to suggest where they come from-—

come from. what is going on here? is _ come from. what is going on here? is that _ come from. what is going on here? is that there _ come from. what is going on here? is that there are - here? is that there are currently more objects in the sky than they have been before or we're just hearing these things being targeted? are they actively looking for more and therefore finding more? what actively looking for more and therefore finding more? what is auoin on? therefore finding more? what is going on? that _ therefore finding more? what is going on? that is _ therefore finding more? what is going on? that is a _ therefore finding more? what is going on? that is a good - going on? that is a good question. the first incident we found out about was on january 28th and we found out they had been four or five believers over the us over the past couple of years. so it did not seem extraordinary. what was extraordinary was the fact that the us decided to shoot one down because it became public. a lot of intel analysts and military officials in washington are grappling with is the question, do we are in the side of caution and take down any object lying at 40,000 feet or do we monitor these

objects and see what they do? part of the calculus is political. joe biden received a lot of flak for not taking down the chinese balloon so a lot of politics at play here along with the fact the american military is on heightened alert to see what is over the country. to see what is over the country-— to see what is over the count . , �* ., , country. president biden has acted more _ country. president biden has acted more swiftly _ country. president biden has acted more swiftly in - country. president biden has acted more swiftly in the - acted more swiftly in the latter two cases and presumably it is from the political pressure on him. how are people in general in the us reacting to this. when the first balloon was a spotter, it was quite alarming for people, being able to see it with their naked eye. they knew they were satellites in the sky from china but the fact they could see these with their own eyes and film them made people feel differently?

it did. it has captivated americans, a, because it has been on tv and, b, you could look at your window in any one of these states and see it. the ability to see something, even if you know there are things more powerful above them, it is more powerful above them, it is more powerful above them, it is more powerful in a way that people have not fully realised so it has captivated the american imagination and the public entities and niche us immunity which have been taken by the past two objects identified and shot down because we do not know a lot about them and where they are coming from and i think that mystery in itself has also garnered a lot of attention, not quite the same as the chinese balloon did but it has captivated the american public in general. we captivated the american public in general-— captivated the american public in ueneral. ~ . ,, . ., ., i asked matthew schmidt, associate professor of national security at the university

of new haven, for his assessment. if we assume it is china and, again, we do not know that it is china, then what you see here is a provocation. you see china attempt to study american response to these kinds of events, right, and to study primarily not the military response but the political response. they have already induced us to do something we did not used to do, which is to shoot down these attempts, these spy balloons, which you see with the first balloon, 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 places like, escalating strategies, in taiwan. an earlier guest from the former us military was saying that he thinks, if these were from china, they may have been launched beforehand and may have just taken a long time to get there because of the directions of the winds and that sort of thing.

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 is going to be analysing what this latest object is. it is an example of canada and the us working very well together on this, i suppose? the united states and canada work seamlessly. their students with some of my students at the command and general staff college and so we work very closely and there is really no daylight between us. how much damage is this doing to chinese and us relations at the moment? i think the damage right now is very significant. remember, they were able to, whether they intended to or not, to scuttle secretary blinken�*s trip and that is a pretty effective

strategy if they are able to do that so i think this will take some time to rebuild trust and it is really going to depend on china, again, if this was china, with this latest object, creating some sort of opening for a dialogue again or if they decide to escalate in places like taiwan or elsewhere. it is really up to them at this point because i am sure the united states is willing to tone this down if they open the door for that. matthew schmidt, associate professor of national security at the university of new haven. thirteen men and two women, have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder, following clashes outside accommodation for asylum seekers in 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. maired smyth 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 the fear. merseyside police say what started as a planned peaceful protest 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's 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, in knowsley.

a committee of mps has been highly critical of the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp. it says he made significant errors ofjudgement in acting as a go—between on a loan for then prime minister borisjohnson for £800,000 while he was applying for the chairmanship — a job which is ultimately in the gift of the prime minister. 0ur news reporter louisa pilbeam gave us an update. it was carried out by mps who are part of a committee for the dcms, which is the department for digital, culture, media and sport, and what they've said is that while richard sharp 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 ofjudgement" for getting involved in facilitating a loan to the then prime minister borisjohnson at the same time as applying for thisjob as the bbc chairman. and when they say "facilitate," what they mean is that he introduced borisjohnson to a distant cousin called

sam blyth and then, there was this arrangement of a loan. now, the committee's investigation followed reports in the sunday times injanuary this year, and that's where these reports emerged. the chairman's stated role within the bbc is to protect the independence of the bbc, so that's where this conflict of interest arises and the mps say that 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 will have — the impact that they will have on the bbc. yeah. and richard sharp has sort of apologised — he's apologised in part, hasn't he? but he's fighting back on some of what they've said, isn't he? absolutely, yeah. he's apologised for the impact that this has had on his colleagues within the bbc but essentially, he is saying that — 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 look, a spokesman for mr sharp said that: he also says that: now, mr sharp refers to "inaccurate reports "in recent weeks that he offered financial advice "to mrjohnson or arranged financing" and he says, again, he did not. and as we discussed, he apologised, again, to the bbc�*s "brilliant staff," as he's called them, given the distraction it has caused, he apologises for that distraction, and he says he's proud of the work the bbc does. right. this isn't over, yet, though? briefly, just tell us what's next. yeah, there are more reports, so independent reports. there is one by the office of the commissioner for public appointments, so the government have said that they won't comment until that report is done by an independent lawyer. labour have commented, though.

they say this seriously impacts the impartiality and the independence of the bbc and undermines that. louisa pilbeam. let's go back to our main story now. 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's the worst natural disaster i've ever seen and it's also the most extraordinary international response, as you know. we have more than 100 countries who've 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 turkiye 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's left behind. and then, i think, as tedros of 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 health care. and so, to give people a sense — those people who've had to leave their homes — that there is a stable future awaiting them, even in this awful time. un aid chief martin griffiths talking to lyse doucet in turkey. poland's president, andrzej duda, has cast doubt on sending f—16jets to ukraine, suggesting his country doesn't have enough for its own defence needs. poland is one of kyiv�*s staunchest allies in the war with russia. president duda has been speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg. translation: a problem we are facin: , at translation: a problem we are facing, at least _ translation: a problem we are facing, at least in _ translation: a problem we are facing, at least in poland, - translation: a problem we are facing, at least in poland, is- facing, at least in poland, is as follows. we have some jets but there are fewer than 50 so as a matter of fact, this is our only stock of jets that we

have. this poses a serious problem if we donate even a small part of them anywhere because i don't hesitate to say we have not enough of these jet. we would need many more of them. , , , them. president zelensky's calls for western _ them. president zelensky's calls for western jets - them. president zelensky's calls for western jets have | calls for western jets have been ringing right round europe. we have come to the polish capital warsaw, the conflict feels closer here, and we have an exclusive interview with the president here and plenty more. hope to see you at nine in the morning on bbc one. hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating across france over the government's 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 ensure 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.

once again, the cause of that anger — the president's planned to raise the retirement age. translation: this i reform must not pass. emmanuel macron forgets most of the people didn't vote, and those who did voted against marine le pen and not for his programme. and now, people are telling him no. translation: we're here to defend what we have. l i will be there to defend the gains for which we have fought hard and which are decreasing from decade to decade. this looks pretty familiar, too — clashes between police and some of the demonstrators. fires were started. a cars was overturned. although these were isolated events — most of the day's protest passed off peacefully. and it wasn'tjust paris that saw demonstrations — this was nantes in the west of the country, where more protests took place. france has one of the lowest retirement ages in the world. the government says it must go up from 62 to 64, although the pension

itself will also increase. translation: everywhere in europe where raising - the retirement age has been done, it's created poverty amongst the elderly. we don't want that here. translation: we're human beings. - we just can't spend our life working. i still work because if i retired now, my pension wouldn't be enough. we're human beings. we're not machines. the french government's 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. finally, the biggest names from the world of music, from stormzy to harry styles, to lizzo and sam smith, have been at london's o2 arena for the annual brit awards. our music correspondent mark savage was there. sam!

big, bold and bananas. the brits red carpet was one to remember, from alien lumps to baby bumps. cheering and applause. harry styles opened the show with an energetic performance of as it was, which went on to win song of the year. # on the chaise longue... the isle of wight indie duo wet leg won two awards — best new artist and best group — and they also brought a spot of morris dancing to the stage. we are so glad to be here tonight... although there were performances from female acts like becky hill and lizzo, there was a backlash over perceived sexism in the nominations with no women in the running for best artist. pop star charli xcx was one of those who was overlooked. i've heard a lot of chat about, you know, the fact that there weren't enough females in album cycle, and that's why no—one was nominated. but i was in album cycle and i had a number one album, so...

i don't think it's our fault — i think it might be theirs. the awards are still in full swing behind me, with the biggest prize of the night still to come — that's album of the year. and based on what we have seen so far, harry styles looks certain to win it. congratulations, harry... as well as song of the year, he also picked up best pop act and best artist. i want to thank my mum for signing me up for x factor without telling me. cheering. so, i literally wouldn't be here without you. among his fans is country star shania twain. he's nice. you know, he's likeable, he's kind. he's a gentleman. i mean, obviously, he's super talented. so, i think hejust has all — everything that we want as a fan. and the results of the album of the year prize will be given out at the end of the show at 10:45pm. mark savage, bbc news. a look at the weather now with stav danaos. 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.

another high altitude object has been shut down this time of the canadian prime minister says the us fighterjet acting on his orders brought out an object over western canada and said the wreckage will be analysed. a committee has been highly critical of the chairman of the bbc richard sharpe, accusing him of an error of judgement for getting involved in facilitating alone to the then prime minister boris johnson while applying for the chairmanship of the bbc. more than 28,000 people have died in turkey and syria as a result of this week's earthquakes. millions more have been affected. martin griffiths has told the bbc there is an urgent need for medical, food and shelterfor need for medical, food and shelter for survivors. now on bbc news, talking business hello, everybody.

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