this is bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the world, i'm martine croxall. the headlines. turkish police issue more than 100 arrest warrants as part of an investigation into poor building standards after the devastating earthquakes. defying the odds, a ten—year—old girl is pulled out alive from under the rubble of a collapsed building in turkey after 147 hours. this is the scene live in southern turkey, emergency teams continue their painstaking search for survivors as the number of people killed rises to more than 28,000. the us fighterjets that killed rises to more than 28,000. the us fighter jets that shut killed rises to more than 28,000. the us fighterjets that shut down a mystery object flying over canadian airspace, making it the third one to be taken out over north america in the last week.

the bbc chairman richard chuck is accused of making significant errors ofjudgment by mps for not declaring his involvement in helping boris johnson secure a loan. —— richard sharp. dozens of people in new zealand left without power as part of the country endure the start of a severe storm with warnings of more disruption to come. and at the brit awards in london, as predicted, harry styles is one of the big winners with four awards including the much coveted album of the year. hello and welcome to bbc news. turkish officials have issued more than in connection with the poor construction of buildings that collapsed in monday's earthquakes.

the number of people confirmed to have died in turkey and syria has risen to more than 28 thousand. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. let's bring you some live pictures now from kahramanmaras, turkey. a city of about 100,000 people located between the epicentre of the devastating earthquake and that unusually strong aftershock that struck hours later. we see the search and rescue operation is continuing. 0bviously search and rescue operation is continuing. obviously as time goes by the likelihood of finding more people alive diminishes greatly. after 72 hours, that chance plummets but as we have seen, there have been people who have been pulled out alive in the hours since. but take a look at these pictures from this morning

where a little girl was rescued — bringing hope amid the despair. here she is being pulled up through a hole in the floor of a building in the south—eastern turkish province of hatay. rescuers who we can see here — said the girl is called cudi — and that she had been buried for 147 hours. after getting her out of the hole, she was put on a stretcher and carried out. how terrified must she have been? in turkey — about 80,000 people are in hospital, with more than1 million in temporary shelters. i'm joined now by professor mustafa erdik — an earthquake engineering specialist and professor emeritus at bogazici univeristy in istanbul. professor, thank you very much for joining us. we heard that police haveissued joining us. we heard that police have issued more than 100 arrest warrants in connection with poor building standards. talk to us, if you would come about the expectations of building standards

in this part of turkey, where we have seen these earthquakes strike. well, building standards in turkey are as good as anywhere else in the world, the difficulty is not really the standards but with conforming. and then uppishly, legal and demonstrated accountability for that. in the earthquakes, for we see some strategies and damage, that's the problem, the main problem is the conformity with those designer codes, that is by getting so much damage on the type of damage we don't want to see after such a large earthquakes, the damage is usually unexpected because after such great earthquakes, they should be damage but no casualties, so life loss should be avoided but the type of damage we have been seeing, all the

floors are piled up on top of each other, not much chance for survival and even the search and rescue operation has found it very difficult. ~ ., ., operation has found it very difficult. ., ., ., , difficult. what sort of methods should be used, _ difficult. what sort of methods should be used, then, - difficult. what sort of methods should be used, then, in - difficult. what sort of methods j should be used, then, in these buildings, if the code is being followed, that would enable the construction to withstand earthquakes on the scale? i construction to withstand earthquakes on the scale? i think we should be able _ earthquakes on the scale? i think we should be able to _ earthquakes on the scale? i think we should be able to eliminate - earthquakes on the scale? i think we should be able to eliminate those . should be able to eliminate those people that are not eligible, one way of doing it is bringing a professional engineer. they should have trained for at least two years in design firms and after that they should get accreditation and then

ultimately be allowed to design. we have to install also some financial responsibilities. it is a type of insurance which is common in turkey so that any engineer that cannot provide adequate malpractice insurance should not be allowed. haw insurance should not be allowed. how should local — insurance should not be allowed. how should local authorities be inspecting these buildings as they have been constructed to make sure they do conform to the regulations? there are inspections, as patients started in the year 2000 after the 1999 earthquake. —— inspections started. initially the contractors were free to choose the firm which

created some problems in the system itself. so the government changed in 2019, about three years ago and now the inspection firms are reported by the inspection firms are reported by the minister directly. but then again, it has to supplement it by the malpractice insurance, so that the malpractice insurance, so that the selection of those firms that will do the design and construction should essentially have some degree of control by the insurance firms. finally and briefly, what needs to change now and what level, to make sure we don't see this kind of destruction again?— destruction again? well, the reduction — destruction again? well, the reduction of _ destruction again? well, the reduction of the _ destruction again? well, the reduction of the earthquake | destruction again? well, the i reduction of the earthquake risk destruction again? well, the - reduction of the earthquake risk has three steps, one of them is whether

or not you have followed the code, the second is one that requires earthquake focused urban renewal, they have to have done a test, the third one is... essentially it means that all those people that receive damage to their houses can receive compensation for the insurance and be able to build the houses again but unfortunately i cannot bring back those who lost lives. indeed, we cannot — back those who lost lives. indeed, we cannot. professor, _ back those who lost lives. indeed, we cannot. professor, we - back those who lost lives. indeed, l we cannot. professor, we appreciate your insight, thank you very much for talking to us. you your insight, thank you very much for talking to us.— your insight, thank you very much for talking to us. randa ghazy is the middle east regional media manager for save the children and told us

about the work they are doing on the groud. save the children with our local partners — save the children with our local partners have been here responding to the _ partners have been here responding to the emergency since the very onset _ to the emergency since the very onset of— to the emergency since the very onset of the crisis, and we have been _ onset of the crisis, and we have been delivering hot meals to all those _ been delivering hot meals to all those families who lost their homes, watel’, _ those families who lost their homes, water, winter kits including blankets and mattresses. temperatures reach below zero at night _ temperatures reach below zero at night and — temperatures reach below zero at night and many people are sleeping in their_ night and many people are sleeping in their cars so as you can imagine, they— in their cars so as you can imagine, they need_ in their cars so as you can imagine, they need clothes and blankets, and also we _ they need clothes and blankets, and also we have been supporting children— also we have been supporting children who need support to overcome this trauma. we have been running _ overcome this trauma. we have been running so _ overcome this trauma. we have been running so media assessment to make sure we _ running so media assessment to make sure we know all the areas that are worst_ sure we know all the areas that are worst affected. it's been a bit of a challenge — worst affected. it's been a bit of a challenge to reach some of the rural areas _ challenge to reach some of the rural areas near_ challenge to reach some of the rural areas near and katia due to security

challenges — areas near and katia due to security challenges. but we are here to stay in the _ challenges. but we are here to stay in the long — challenges. but we are here to stay in the long term, there will be... the survival_ in the long term, there will be... the survival of this managed to get out of— the survival of this managed to get out of the — the survival of this managed to get out of the rubble, supporting them and supporting children and for example — and supporting children and for example education with the schools closed, _ example education with the schools closed, and having a warm shelter, so we _ closed, and having a warm shelter, so we are _ closed, and having a warm shelter, so we are here to make sure that all children_ so we are here to make sure that all children are — so we are here to make sure that all children are safe and protected and their families as well. dr malcolm russell is the medical director of the uk international search and rescue team — he gave an update on his team's progress in antakya in hatay province — one of the worst affected areas in turkey. the british team is a heavy rescue team which means we are fully equipped with everything from flexible search cameras so we can break a small hill and seek a fibre—optic camera inside to have a look around, and a sort of seismic

microphone where we can listen to people tapping, search dogs who can deliver one of our most powerful tools because they can effectively sniff out living people and differentiate those living people which allows us to cover a lot of ground very quickly. the net when it comes to what we call breaching and breaking, we have a number of power tools that we can use with field generators to get into reinforced concrete. a lot in those really tight spaces comes down to some very basic work, so it with hammers and chisels and bolt cutters and effectively tunnelling, although its is relatively simple it relies upon enormous amounts of training and experience to know what is safe, as we turn all the way through, we are looking for structural beams, little

gaps where people might survive, making sure our team is safe as we go in and out to affect the rescue. so we have a lot of tools, a lot of experience. this team is deployed over the world on many occasions and i'm certainly very proud to be part of it. ., i'm certainly very proud to be part ofit. ., ,, ., of it. doctor malcolm russell from the uk international _ of it. doctor malcolm russell from the uk international search - of it. doctor malcolm russell from the uk international search and i the uk international search and rescue team. we can bring you this tweet from martin griffiths. he made those comments on that visit to an area which has only seen a handful of convoys of aid enter the rebel held territory since the disaster struck. we know that over

the weekend, president bashar al—assad of syria has said that there will be permission given to go across the border into north—western syria, which hasn't been the case very often, because sarah being in civil warfor very often, because sarah being in civil war for the last 12 years photo —— syria. and in the rebel held areas they are struggling to get that help in. british mps have accused bbc chairman richard sharp of "significant errors ofjudgement" for failing to declare his involvement in arranging a loan worth up to a million dollars to the then prime minister borisjohnson. mr sharp was applying for the bbc role at the time. he maintains he did nothing wrong. 0ur media editor katie razzle reports. this is the latest development in the story of four men and their involvement or otherwise in a loan of up to £800,000. borisjohnson, the then prime minister, was said to need the money. a businessman and johnson relative, sam blyth, wanted to help financially. his friend richard sharp agreed that

to ensure the rules were followed, he would introduce mr blythe the cabinet secretary, he would introduce mr blyth the cabinet secretary, to simon case. he also then told mrjohnson he was applied to be bbc chairman. on tuesday richard sharp was called before mps who asked why he didn't declare this during the process soon after. was it a monumentalfailure on your part to not go ahead with this? i did not believe that ensuring due process was followed was in itself a problem. you can dress it up, but really you were helping out someone who wanted to lend money to the prime minister, when it was not yourjob to do that. no, i was ensuring that mr case was in a position

before he would do anything to involve the prime minister. today critical report said: they fell short of calling him to resign: in an interview after the story was broken in the sunday times, mr sharp told me he had done nothing wrong. i felt comfortable and i still feel there was no conflict because at that stage what i was seeking to do was ensure that the process was followed exactly by the book. mr sharp still maintains he acted in good faith and today said if the committee felt he should have declared the information to them before his appointment, he apologised. the process of hiring mr sharp is still being reviewed by the watchdog that oversees how public appointments are made. 0ur political correspondent david wallace—lockhartjoins me now. sunday morning, lots of political programmes on air today, this is the subject of a great deal of discussion. it subject of a great deal of discussion.— subject of a great deal of discussion. , . ., .,

discussion. it is. we got that re ort discussion. it is. we got that report from _ discussion. it is. we got that report from a _ discussion. it is. we got that report from a parliamentaryl report from a parliamentary committee of mps, the house of commons digital, culture, media and sport select committee, they actually have a role in the appointment of the bbc chair too. in the government picks a candidate, they give them a grilling about their suitability and one of the things they picked up on is the fact they were unaware of all that background that katie has just told us about meant they didn't feel they had the full picture when they were questioning richard sharp, and he in their words showed significant errors of that committee is the snp's john errors of that committee is the snp'sjohn nicholson who have been on the laura kuenssberg programme this morning talking about what he feels richard sharp now has to do in terms of how his position is. his osition terms of how his position is. his position is _ terms of how his position is. his position is extremely difficult. he has lost _ position is extremely difficult. he has lost the trust of the bbc staff, that's— has lost the trust of the bbc staff, that's very— has lost the trust of the bbc staff, that's very clear, i have been

deluged _ that's very clear, i have been deluged with messages from bbc staff saying _ deluged with messages from bbc staff saying they don't see how he can head _ saying they don't see how he can head up— saying they don't see how he can head up the bbc any more, and he broke _ head up the bbc any more, and he broke the — head up the bbc any more, and he broke the rules, which very clear. when _ broke the rules, which very clear. when you — broke the rules, which very clear. when you sign up for the job application you asked if there is anything — application you asked if there is anything about your relationships with anybody that could cause embarrassment, this has clearly caused — embarrassment, this has clearly caused embarrassment. we knew he was a bi- caused embarrassment. we knew he was a big tory— caused embarrassment. we knew he was a big tory donor, he had given hundreds— a big tory donor, he had given hundreds of thousands to the conservative party, but what he didn't— conservative party, but what he didn't tell— conservative party, but what he didn't tell us what he had facilitated an £800,000 loan for boris _ facilitated an £800,000 loan for borisjohnson, the prime minister, who then _ borisjohnson, the prime minister, who then gave him the job. it's all a hit _ who then gave him the job. it's all a bit banana republic. we who then gave him the 'ob. it's all a bit banana republic._ who then gave him the 'ob. it's all a bit banana republic. we should say that he mentioned that _ a bit banana republic. we should say that he mentioned that richard - a bit banana republic. we should say| that he mentioned that richard sharp has donated to the conservative party in the past. the bbc chairman is a position that is quite often someone with political links. it is not unusual in that respect. but the big question here is about him facilitating this meeting between the prime minister's distant relative and the uk's highest ranking civil servant so they can

discuss a loan facility for the prime minister, that's particularly where this committee seemed to think they didn't have the big picture. the labour party are saying that there is an internal bbc review going on, they want to see the results of that but they said that richard sharp's position seems increasingly difficult. the uk government as saying that another process looking at the public appointments watchdog is looking into this, that should be allowed to run its course before any decisions are made. richard sharp saying he was under the impression he had declared everything that he had to do so at the right time and apologises if anyone feels they didn't have the complete picture. two more points yet to report back and that could have a big bearing on what happens next.— and that could have a big bearing on what happens next. a us fighterjet has shot down an unspecified object over northwest canada — the second such incident in north american skies in as many days. canadian officials said the object threatened civilian air traffic. debris from an object brought down off alaska on friday is being salvaged by us forces.

tim allman reports. the f—22 fighterjet — one of the most high—tech, sophisticated pieces of military equipment in the world. which has certainly had plenty of target practice in the past few days. its latest victim — another mysterious visitor hailing from the north. canada was tracking a high altitude object. at the direction of the prime minister, aircraft assigned to norad successfully took down this high altitude airborne object. the airborne object in question, described as small and cylindrical, was travelling over canada's far north—west. it was shot down over the yukon territory at an altitude of more than 12,000 metres. and it came only a day after another object was intercepted in the neighbouring us state of alaska.

the latest development — fighter aircraft sent to investigate a radar anomaly detected in montana. no object was found but officials say they will continue to monitor the situation. all this comes only a matter of days after the us shot down this balloon off the coast of south carolina. washington says china was using it to spy on america. beijing says it was simply a weather balloon. but if the americans were right about that, what do they think it could mean?— about that, what do they think it could mean? ., , ., , ., ., could mean? you see a provocation, china in an — could mean? you see a provocation, china in an attempt _ could mean? you see a provocation, china in an attempt to _ could mean? you see a provocation, china in an attempt to study - china in an attempt to study american response to these kinds of events and to study primarily not the military response but the political response. the wreckage of that balloon is now being recovered from us waters and the hope is the remains of the objects brought down over canada and alaska will also be salvaged. perhaps then we will know

who sent them and why. tim allman, bbc news. the northernmost part of new zealand is beginning to feel the impact of storm gabrielle — with high winds bringing down trees and power lines. but the country's weather service is warning the full effects of the storm are yet to come. prime minister chris hipkins has been to auckland to check out preparations there. my main message to people across the country is to take the severe weather warning seriously and to make sure that you are prepared and to follow the guidance that's being issued locally. 0ur correspondent in sydney phil mercer has more. weather forecasters are warning that this wild weather in the northland region of new zealand is just the beginning. 0ne forecastersaid region of new zealand is just the beginning. 0ne forecaster said that this was just the beginning, it was not impact day, and if you look more closely at the weather warnings and the forecast for the next few days, severe gales, heavy rain and very

dangerous surf conditions forecast right until tuesday. the auckland harbour bridge was closed because of the wind, and area new zealand is cancelling a number of domestic and international flights. cancelling a number of domestic and internationalflights. and cancelling a number of domestic and international flights. and as we were there from the new zealand prime minister, residents are being urged to stock up for the next few days because they could come in parts of new zealand, especially across the north island, be extremely uncomfortable. the biggest names from the world of music, from stormzy to lizzo and sam smith, were at london's o2 arena for the annual brit awards on saturday. but the night belonged to harry styles, who picked up four awards including best album, artist and pop/r&b act. 0ur music correspondent mark savage has the details. # in this world, it'sjust us... # brit awards, sing it out! the name of harry styles' third album is harry's house. and last night, that's what the brits became. # in this world, it'sjust us... #

the man that just does not stop, harry styles! the pop star won every category he was nominated in, including album of the year, and he even remembered to thank his mum. i want to thank my mum for signing me up for x factor without telling me. so i literally wouldn't be here without you. in the 13 years since then, he's picked up some majorfans, including the country star shania twain. he's nice, you know, he's likable, he's kind, he's a gentleman. and i mean, obviously, he's super talented. so i think he just has all everything that we want as a fan. but it wasn't all about harry styles. some of the night's other big winners included wet leg, who won best group and best new artist, and they also brought some morris dancing to the stage. # is your mother worried?

# would you like us to send someone to worry your mother? # excuse me... # beyonce won best international artist and best international song. thank you so much for loving break my soul. the only intention for this song was to dance. and sam smith and kim petras gave a showstopping performance. # 0h, we go, we go # he loves his kids and # 0h, we go, we go... # sam smith also caused quite a stir on the red carpet, where the fashion ranged from alien lumps to baby bumps. lizzo gave one of the night's most colorful performances. but while there were plenty of women on the brit awards stage, there were none nominated for best artist. pop star charli xcx was one of those who was overlooked.

i've had a lot of chat about, you know, the fact that there weren't enough females in the album cycle, and that's why no—one was nominated. but i was in the album cycle and i had a number one album, so... i don't think it's awful. i think it might be theirs. i wouldn't be here without... harry styles responded to the criticism, mentioning some of the women who missed out as he picked up the best artist trophy. i'm really, really grateful for this and i'm very aware of my privilege up here tonight. so this award is for rina, charli, florence, mabel and becky. thank you so much. and the whole show closed with a greatest hits medley from superstar dj david guetta, with a bit of help from sam ryder. mark savage, bbc news, at the brit awards.

some very strong looks at that awards ceremony! god bless harry styles. lots more to come throughout the day on the rescue operation in syria and turkey and on all of today's other stories. you're watching bbc news. it certainly has been a quite weekend weather, but on the grey site, some of the cloud really quite stubborn to break up. this was ramsgate in kent early this morning. that has come to be the scene i suspect for much of the day. there are signs that the cloud start to thin and break. the reason why the cloud might break across scotland led to the west is there are a few more isobars the chart, more of a breeze to punch holes in the cloud. still under the influence of high pressure and on the whole we have got mild air, particularly across much of england and wales. so despite the cloud around, it is relatively mild. it will continue to linger through much of central and

eastern england. favoured spots for sunshine, scotland and northern ireland, northern england and parts of oils. there will be more of a breeze, top temperatures of 10 or 11. as we close out sunday, where we have had clear skies by day, we might keep those overnight so favoured spots for lowest temperatures across eastern scotland, north—east england. hopefully too much of a breeze for mist and fog to form but we can't without one or two pockets. we start off monday morning yet again that low grey cloud but with a stronger southerly wind as we go through the morning, hopefully the cloud should start to retreat back towards lincolnshire and east yorkshire coastlines. more sunshine coming through and as a result, slightly warmer, we might see 12 or 13 as the daytime maximum on monday. into tuesday, we start to see the signs of change but it will be a slow process. high pressure firmly ensconced across central europe, where fronts trying to push in from

the atlantic but i suspect on tuesday there will be outbreaks of cloud and showery rain in northern ireland and western fringes of scotland the most of the day. elsewhere, dry, settled and sunny and pleasantly mild with highs of 13 celsius. there will be wetter weather on thursday, the first frontal system dies off as it moves into england and wales, the second tucking in behind might bring more outbreaks of rain. however you look at it, from the middle part of the week it looks likely we will start to see some wetter weather. 0utbreaks to see some wetter weather. outbreaks of rain chiefly to the north and west but some of that wet weather will push into the london area as well.

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall and these are the headlines... turkish police issue more than a hundred arrest warrants as part of an investigation into poor building standards after this week's devastating earthquakes. it comes as the number of people who have died since monday rises to more than 28,000 in turkey and syria. defying the odds — a ten—year—old girl is pulled out alive from under the rubble of a collapsed building in turkey after 147 hours. a us fighterjet has shot down a mystery object flying over canada's airspace making it the third one to be taken out over north america in the last week. bbc chairman richard sharp is accused of making "significant errors ofjudgement" by mps for not declaring his involvement in helping