this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: turkish police have issued more than a hundred arrest warrants as part of an investigation into poor building standards after this week's devastating earthquakes. it's been announced that us fighterjets were sent to investigate a radar anomaly in montana hours after canadian authorities ordered the shooting down of another high altitude object. workers in france take to the streets again to protest 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.

the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed to have died 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. the turkish vice president has said 113 arrest warrants have been issued over the construction of buildings that collapsed in monday's powerful earthquakes. 0ur correspondent nick beake is in gaziantep. 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, but aid workers there are struggling to get the access they need. a un spokesperson says it's time "to put all politics aside". 0ur correspondent, quentin sommerville, 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. 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. the un humanitarian chief martin griffiths talking to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. and as you might expect there is more on this story on the bbc news website and on the bbc news app. there's video reports from our correspondents in the region. head to bbc.com/news or check out the bbc news app. the us military says it sent fighter aircraft to investigate a radar anomaly detected in the middle of the state of montana. in a statement, it said the planes did not find anything matching the radar signal but would continue to monitor the situation. airspace over the state was temporarily closed. earlier, the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, 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 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 analyse the wreckage of the object. he thanked north american aerospace defense command for keeping the watch over north america. canadian defence minister anita anand gave this update on the object that was shot down. as minister of national defence, my top priority working in collaboration with our partners, including the united states, norad and other departments, canada was tracking a high altitude object over central yukon. north american air space defence command detected the object and launched canadian and us fighter aircraft to investigate. the object was visually identified using fighter

aircraft assigned to norad. earlier, i spoke to idrees ali, pentagon correspondent for news agency reuters, who says this latest unidentified object is yet another mystery. yesterday, on friday, an object that was flying at about 40,000 feet was shot down over alaska. we thought that was the end of it, but today we learned that another high—flying object, a smaller object, again at 40,000 feet crossed into canada last night and was shot down today by an f—22 over canada's yukon territories. that is pretty all we know. we do not know where it came from, we do not know what speed it was flying at, and so it adds to sort of the mystery that's been going on for the better part of the week now. the one over alaska was flying at 40,000 feet, which is much lower than that balloon that china called is weather balloon, last week. in terms of the chinese side of things, as well, we have not heard anything from them about these two objects and they have not claimed

that they are theirs? no, you're right. the ones over the past two days were about 20,000 feet lower than the chinese spy balloon. the chinese have not said anything about these two objects and i will add the americans and canadians have not reached out to their chinese counterparts either over the two object, which seems to suggest they either do not know or theyjust do not have enough or conclusive evidence to determine exactly where they come from and whether it was china at all. what is going on here? is that there are currently more objects in the skies than they have been before or just that we're hearing about these things being targeted? are they just actively looking, perhaps, for more and therefore finding more? what is going on? that is a good question. the first incident that we found out about was about on january 20th right? we then found out that actually there had been four or five balloons over

the united states over the past four or five of years. so it did not seem that it was extraordinary that these sort of balloons were appearing. what was extraordinary was the fact that the united states decided to shoot one down and part of it was because it became public. because it was over the middle of america. the question i think a lot of of intel analysts and military officials here in washington are grappling with is do we err on the side of caution and take down every object lying at 40,000 — which isn't many but it appears to be a whole lot more than we initially realized — or do we sort of monitor these objects and see what they do? part of the calculus here is political. presidentjoe biden received a lot of flak for not taking down the chinese spy balloon so i think there's 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, in a way that they didn't appear that they were maybe a week and a half ago. president biden has certainly acted more swiftly

in the latter two cases than he did the first one and presumably that is from the political pressure that has been on him. how are people in general in the us reacting to this? when the first balloon was a spotted, it was quite alarming for people, being able to see it with the naked eye, film it on their phones. it was quite alarming. they knew that there were satellites in the sky from china but the fact that they could see these with their own eyes and film them made people feel quite differently? it did. it has captivated americans, a, because it has been on tv and, b, you could step outside your window if you were in any one of these states and actually look up and see it. the ability to see something, even if you know there are things that are far more powerful above them, it is powerful in a way that i don't think people have fully realised, so that has captivated the american imagination and the public and there's also a very niche ufo community that exists here in the united states

and i think they have been taken by the past two objects that have been identified and shot down in the past two days because we do not know a lot about, we don't know what they are, where they are coming from and i think that mystery in itself has also garnered a lot of attention, not concern in the same way as the chinese spy balloon did but it has captivated americans, both the ufo community and public in general. idrees ali. tens of thousands of opposition supporters protested in front of the albanian prime minister's office, over the rise of the cost of living

and accusing the government of corruption. 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. voting in the run—off presidential election in cyprus has begun. former foreign minister nikos christodoulides will have a slight edge after his victory in the first round. his opponent, andreas mavroyiannis, is supported by the left—wing akel party. both candidates are running as independents. the next president will face reunification talks with turkish cypriots, high inflation, and the fallout from corruption scandals. 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. in an interview for the sunday with laura kuenssberg programme on the bbc, andrzej duda warned that by giving jets to ukraine, poland would end up weakening its own military defences. translation: we think this requires a decision l 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 enoughjust to send a few planes, a few jets. and a problem that we are facing, at least in poland, is as follows. we have some jets, but they are fewer than 50. so, as a matter of fact, this is our only stock ofjets 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 don't have 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's not an easy one for us to take.

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. thirteen men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder following clashes outside accommodation for asylum seekers in merseyside in north west england. crowds gathered near the suites hotel in knowsley on saturday 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. one 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. here in the uk, 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 boris johnson for almost a million dollars while he was applying for the chairmanship — a job which is ultimately in the gift of the prime minister. our news reporter louisa pilbeam gave us an update. it was carried out by mps who were part of a committee for the dcms, which is the department for digital culture, media, and sport. what they have said is that while richard sharp may believe he acted appropriately, he breezed, in their opinion, the standards expected of people applying for a public role. so the committee accuses mr sharpe of a significant error ofjudgement, significant error of judgement, for getting involved significant error ofjudgement, for getting involved in facilitating a loan to the then prime minister borisjohnson is at the same time as applying for thejob as bbc at the same time as applying for the job as bbc chairman. when they say facilitate what they mean is he introduced borisjohnson to a distant cousin, call sam lowes, then

there was this arrangement of a loan. now, the committee's investigation followed reports investigation followed reports in the sunday times injanuary this year and that is where these reports emerged. the chairman's stated role within the bbc is to protect independence of the bbc, that is where this conflict of interest arises. in the mps say that mr sharpe is �*s valudor del them about this low was highly unsatisfactory and they conclude that mr sharpe should therefore consider the impact of his omissions and the impact they will have on the bbc. yes. and richard _ they will have on the bbc. yes. and richard sharp _ they will have on the bbc. yes. and richard sharp has - they will have on the bbc. yes. and richard sharp has sort - they will have on the bbc. yes. and richard sharp has sort of l and richard sharp has sort of apologise, he apologised in part. but he is fighting back on some of what he has said. absolutely, yes. he has apologised for the impact this has had on his colleagues within the bbc. essentially he is saying in response that he acted in good faith and he challenges points of accuracy in this report. he challenges

facts. so we have a look, a spokesman for mr sharp's the committee states that mr sharp facilitated an introduction between boris johnson facilitated an introduction between borisjohnson and mr johnson's cousin mr bleich, he did not. he also says that mr sharpe was never involved in the arrangement of a loan between mr blythe and mr johnson full mr sharp refers to inaccurate reports in recent weeks that he offered financial advice to mrjohnson or arrange financing. he says again that 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, he apologises for the destruction of and he is proud of the bbc does. . of and he is proud of the bbc does. , , �* ., does. right. this isn't over et. does. right. this isn't over yet- briefly. _ does. right. this isn't over yet. briefly, what - does. right. this isn't over yet. briefly, what is - does. right. this isn't over yet. briefly, what is next? | yet. briefly, what is next? there are _ yet. briefly, what is next? there are more _ yet. briefly, what is next? there are more reports, i there are more reports, independent reports. one for the office of the commission of public appointments of the government have said they won't comment until that report gets done by an independent lawyer. labour have commented, they say

it seriously impact the impartiality and the independence of the bbc and undermines that.— independence of the bbc and undermines that. louisa pilbeam there. finally, the biggest names from the world of music, from stormzy to harry styles, to lizzo 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 one 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.

that is all from me for now. thanks very much for watching. you can get me on twitter if you like. bye—bye. 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.

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this is bbc news, the headlines: prosecutors investigating standards of building construction in turkey have issued more than a hundred arrest warrants in the aftermath of the earthquake disaster that's cost more than 28,000 lives. thejustice ministry has also ordered the ten affected provinces to set up earthquake crimes investigations departments to collect evidence. the pentagon says fighter aircraft have been sent to investigate a radar anomaly detected in montana. no object was found but officials are monitoring the situation. earlier, a us fighterjet shot down an unspecified object over northwest canada — the second such incident in as many days. a committee of mps here

in the uk has been highly critical of the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp.