this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm martine croxall and these are the latest headlines... the un's aid chief says the international community has failed the people of northwest syria, where thousands of people have died since monday's earthquakes. turkish police issue more than a hundred arrest warrants as part of an investigation into poor building standards after this week's devastating earthquakes. defying the odds, a 10—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 as emergency teams continue their pain—staking search for survivors as the number of people killed rises to more than 28,000. 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 ofjudgment" by mps for not declaring his involvement in helping britain's former prime minister, borisjohnson secure a loan. 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 head of un emergency relief operations, martin griffiths, says the international community has failed the people of north—west syria,

where thousands of people have died in the earthquakes that struck syria and turkey. the number of those confirmed dead following devastating earthquakes six days ago has now risen to above 28,000. on his visit to areas devastated by the earthquakes, martin griffiths tweeted: i'm joined now by 0ubadah alwan, a spokesman for the syria civil defence, a volunteer group also known as the white helmets. he's co—ordinating with his colleagues on the ground in syria. thank you very much forjoining us. we can see that you're in istanbul.

how difficult is it for you to understand and communicate with the people on the ground in syria? thank ou so people on the ground in syria? thank you so much — people on the ground in syria? thank you so much for— people on the ground in syria? thank you so much for having _ people on the ground in syria? thank you so much for having us, _ people on the ground in syria? thank you so much for having us, first - people on the ground in syria? “maria; you so much for having us, first of all. at the moment, it is very difficult. 0ur volunteers on the ground are spread very thin. the catastrophe has definitely put us away over capacity. we are dealing with a population of 4 million people after this huge, catastrophic situation, and our organisation is approximately 3000 people on the ground. it isjust approximately 3000 people on the ground. it is just way too much from one organisation to handle. we ground. it isjust way too much from one organisation to handle. we have heard from the _ one organisation to handle. we have heard from the un _ one organisation to handle. we have heard from the un aid _ one organisation to handle. we have heard from the un aid chief - one organisation to handle. we have heard from the un aid chief that - one organisation to handle. we have heard from the un aid chief that he. heard from the un aid chief that he believes the international community has badly let down the people in north—west syria. what is your view of what he said? i would imagine that you would agree with his assessment.— that you would agree with his assessment. , , �* , assessment. yes, definitely. as martin said _ assessment. yes, definitely. as martin said earlier, _ assessment. yes, definitely. as. martin said earlier, disappointment and abandonment is definitely a general feeling and abandonment is definitely a generalfeeling that is and abandonment is definitely a general feeling that is happening. we are seven days into the

earthquake, our organisation has been calling for help, from manpower, from rescue equipment, in the first couple of days we will just ignored and left to deal with the situation on our own. 0ur machines were breaking down, volunteers were digging people out of their own hands. the catastrophe of their own hands. the catastrophe of this scale could definitely have been avoided if we had some help earlier on. ~ , .,, been avoided if we had some help earlier on. ~ , ., , ., ,, earlier on. why has this happened, then? we know— earlier on. why has this happened, then? we know that _ earlier on. why has this happened, then? we know that syria - earlier on. why has this happened, then? we know that syria has - earlier on. why has this happened, | then? we know that syria has been involved in civil war for the last 12 years. we know parts are held by the government and others by the rebels, that surely must make it difficult to get aid in at all? that is a very good — difficult to get aid in at all? trust is a very good question. to be honest, we are asking the same question as well. why has it not been able to be brought in? we believe there are policies in place to be able to respond to a catastrophe at this level, and we believe that politics should be put aside in order to properly respond to such a devastating circumstance.

we have seen that even in the last few hours, people in turkey have been brought out alive. how hopeful are you that we will still continue to find survivors? we are you that we will still continue to find survivors?— are you that we will still continue to find survivors? we are continuing our search and _ to find survivors? we are continuing our search and response _ to find survivors? we are continuing our search and response efforts, - to find survivors? we are continuing| our search and response efforts, but the last person that we found a life was last thursday. it does not seem very hopeful. we have moved onto the next phase, which is recovery, helping people get back to life. we have approximately 11,000 families who lost their homes, and 30,000 people displaced at the moment out on the streets. people are still calling us, reporting their lost family members, and asking us to check areas. we are still continuing to search for people, whether dead or alive, at this point. you to search for people, whether dead or alive, at this point.— or alive, at this point. you have an idea or alive, at this point. you have any idea of— or alive, at this point. you have any idea of how _ or alive, at this point. you have any idea of how many _ or alive, at this point. you have any idea of how many people i or alive, at this point. you have l any idea of how many people are missing? it any idea of how many people are missin: ? , , any idea of how many people are missina? , , , . any idea of how many people are missina? , , ' . ., any idea of how many people are missina? , , '. ., missing? it is very difficult to say at this point _ missing? it is very difficult to say at this point how _ missing? it is very difficult to say at this point how many _ missing? it is very difficult to say at this point how many people i missing? it is very difficult to say | at this point how many people are missing. at this point how many people are missinu. , , , ., missing. very briefly, if you would. what do you _ missing. very briefly, if you would. what do you need _ missing. very briefly, if you would. what do you need in _ missing. very briefly, if you would. what do you need in terms - missing. very briefly, if you would.

what do you need in terms of- missing. very briefly, if you would. what do you need in terms of help | what do you need in terms of help right now as an absolute priority? now we are focusing on recovering from this horrible catastrophe, and i don't see any positive way of getting out of it unless there is some sort of international help. we are talking about fixing the infrastructure, the electricity, the water. we need help in removing the rubble, rebuilding our buildings, and it isjust rubble, rebuilding our buildings, and it is just the rubble, rebuilding our buildings, and it isjust the beginning. we also need basic humanitarian help, water, food, shelter. people are on the streets, we need medical aid, the streets, we need medical aid, the medical sector is way above capacity with a huge lack of resources at the moment. north—west syria was already relying on aid from before, so dealing with a catastrophe on this level is just not possible without some sort of outside help. it is not possible without some sort of outside help-— outside help. it is a desperate situation. _ outside help. it is a desperate situation, we _ outside help. it is a desperate situation, we are _ outside help. it is a desperate situation, we are really - outside help. it is a desperate l situation, we are really grateful for you giving us your perspective, thank you. for you giving us your perspective, thank ou. . ~ for you giving us your perspective, thank ou. ., ~ i.

take a look at these pictures from this morning, were a little girl was rescued, bringing a little bit of hope. here she is being brought up through a hole in the south—eastern province of hatay. she has been buried for 147 hours. after getting her out of the hole, she was put on a stretcher and carried out. in turkey, about 80,000 people are now in hospital with more than a million people in temporary shelters. 0ur correspondent tom bateman is near the city of antakya — in the hatay province — the southernmost province of turkey — and has just sent this report. 0n the road here outside the city of antakya, and antakya is devastated, one of the worst affected areas. what's happening here is, people who have managed to escape the city are stopping here. this has become a staging post. you can see this way,

there are some tents, not many. these are official turkish aid agency tents, and then there are supplies that have been turning up, but one of the big things that's happening here are the bosses. happening here are the busses. you can see minibuses here, other bosses you can see minibuses here, other buses behind them, and if you come down this way, we will walk this way... there are some turkish troops that have been directing people. but what we've just been finding as we've spoken to people is that they are desperate. these are people whose homes have either been completely destroyed or they can't live in, so they've been in antakya for nearly a week now, since the earthquake. people told us horrendous stories of the three days, no help arriving, being able to hear and be aware of people still alive in buildings before any rescue work arrived. now, these people are managing to get out. you can see more buses here. but people are exhausted and shocked. we are just seeing quite a bit

of frustration and tension. some are getting angry about... that they couldn't get on a bus. and another woman wanted to get to antalya and was told the minibus would come back for her, that she couldn't get on. she didn't believe them. so people are incredibly frustrated. there is some anger. they desperately need help. this is some of the support that's being provided by the state, but you can just feel how it's spread so thin. and this is before we've even got into antakya itself. these are the ones that are managing to get out. let's bring you some live pictures now from southern turkey. you can see the search and rescue operation continues. we were hearing a very bleak assessment of things from north—west syria, but with that rescue of the ten—year—old girl only this morning in hatay province, that has given a

bit of a boost to the people involved in these operations in southern turkey. as tom was just saying there, people are so desperate. there has been unrest in some parts of southern turkey, which has disrupted some of the rescue efforts that are continuing. attention is now being turned to whether human failings in the way buildings were constructed in this part of turkey have added to the impact of the natural disaster of the earthquakes. thousands of buildings collapsed. turkish officials have issued more than a hundred arrest warrants in connection with the poor construction of buildings that collapsed in monday's earthquakes. professor mustafa erdik is an earthquake engineering specialist and professor emeritus at bogazici univeristy in istanbul. he told me more about building standards in turkey. earthquake standards in turkey is as good as anywhere else in the world. the difficulty is not

with the standards, but with their conformity and their application in the construction industry. and then there are obviously legal and administrative accountabilities for that, but they usually work out after the earthquakes where we see so much casualties and damage. so that's the problem. the main problem is the conformity with the turkiye design code. that's why we are getting so much damage and plus type of damage that we don't want to see as earthquake engineers. i mean, after such large earthquakes, the damage is usual and is expected because the design code says that after such great earthquakes, there should be damage but no casualties, so life loss should be avoided. but the type of damage that we have been seeing, that all the floors are piled up on top of each other, eliminates much of the chance for survival and even the search and rescue operations becomes

a very difficult act. what sort of methods should be used, then, in these buildings if the code is being followed that would enable a construction to withstand earthquakes on this scale? i think we should be able to eliminate those people that are not eligible either for desired contracts of buildings. one way of doing it is bringing what we call the professional engineering. now, any engineer in turkey with a four—year university degree can sign essentially any building project. that shouldn't be the case. they should be trained for at least two years in the well—known design firms, and then after that they should get an examination and only after that be allowed

to design, that's one thing, and that is always a professional engineering degree. and together with this we have to install also some financial accountabilities through what we call the malpractice insurance. now, malpractice insurance is common in turkey in the medical arena, but they should be brought to this arena as well, so that any engineer or any contractor that cannot provide adequate malpractice insurance should not should be eliminated from the market. and earthquake engineering experts speaking to us earlier there. randa ghazy is the middle east regional media manager for save the children and told us about the work they are doing on the ground. save the children, dec members, our local partners, we've been here responding to the emergency since the very onset of the crisis, and we've been delivering hot meals to obviously all those families who lost their homes, water, winter kits, including blankets and mattresses. temperatures reach below zero at night and many people are sleeping in their cars, so that you can imagine, they need winter clothes and blankets.

and also of course we've been supporting children who will need psychosocial support to overcome this trauma. and we are still running all sorts of needs assessment to make sure that we know all the areas that are worst affected. it's been a bit of a challenge to reach some of the rural areas near antakya due to security challenges, but we are here to stay. of course, in the long—term there will be, there is a second disaster, which is the survival of those who managed to get out of the rubble. and you know, like, supporting them and supporting children in accessing, for example, education with the schools closed, and having a warm shelter. and so we are here to make sure that those children are safe and protected, and their families as well.

other news now, and 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 the f—22 fighter jet. the f—22 fighterjet. 0ne the f—22 fighterjet. one of the most sophisticated pieces of military equipment in the world. it has certainly had plenty of target practice in the last few days. its latest victim, another mysterious visitor healing 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

high altitude airborne ob'ect. the airborne high altitude airborne object. the airborne object in question, described a small and cylindrical, was travelling over canada's far north—west. it was shot down over the yukon territory, at an altitude of over 12,000 metres. 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 objects found, but officials say they will continue to monitor the situation. all this comes after the us shutdown this balloon on the coast of south carolina. washington says china was using it to spy on america. beijing says it was simply a weather balloon. if the americans were right about that, what do they think it could mean?— about that, what do they think it could mean? ~ ., i. , , could mean? what you see here, it is a provocation- _ could mean? what you see here, it is a provocation. you _ could mean? what you see here, it is a provocation. you see _ could mean? what you see here, it is a provocation. you see china - a provocation. you see china attempts to study american response

to those kind of events. the study about the military response, —— the study not about the military response, but the political response. response, but the political response-_ response, but the political resonse. .,, , ., , response, but the political resonse. , ., , ., response. the hope is the remains of the ob'ect response. the hope is the remains of the object brought _ response. the hope is the remains of the object brought down _ response. the hope is the remains of the object brought down over - response. the hope is the remains of the object brought down over canada | the object brought down over canada and alaska will also be salvaged. perhaps then we will know who sent them and why. 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 £800,000 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, 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? —— to go ahead with this. i did not believe that insuring 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 lockhart told me led the digital, culture, media and sport committee to see the full picture behind richard sharp's errors ofjudgment.

we've got that report now from a parliamentary committee of mps, the house of commons, digital culture, media and sport select committee. and they actually have a role in the appointment of the bbc chair to when the government picks a candidate, they give them a grilling about their suitability, and one of the things they've picked up on is the fact they were unaware of all that background that is just told us about, meant that they feel they didn't have the full picture when they were questioning richard sharp. and that, of course, contributes to them finding here that he, in their words, showed significant errors ofjudgment. one member of that influential committee is the snp, the scottish national party's, john nicholson. he's 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. let's have a look at what he had to say... his position is extremely difficult. he's lost the trust of the bbc staff. that's very clear. i've been deluged with messages from bbc staff saying they don't see how he can head up the bbc any more

and he broke the rules. the rules are very clear. when you sign up for that job application, you're asked if there's anything about your relationships with anybody that could cause embarrassment. this has clearly caused embarrassment. we knew he was a big tory donor. we knew he'd given hundreds of thousands to the conservative party. but what he didn't tell us was that he'd facilitated an £800,000 loan for borisjohnson, the prime minister, who then gave him the job. it's all a bit banana republic. and we should say therejohn nixon mentioning 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's not unusual in that in that respect. it's not unusual in that respect. but of course the big question here is about him facilitating this meeting between the prime minister's distant relative and the uk's highest ranking civil

servants so they could discuss a loan facility for the then prime minister. that's particularly where this committee seemed to think they didn't have the full picture. when it comes to the opposition labour party, what they are saying is that there's an internal bbc review going on. they want to see the results of that, but they say that mr. sharp's position feels increasingly difficult. the uk government is seeing that another process, looking at the public appointments watchdog is looking into this. they say that should be allowed to run its course before any decisions are made. richard sharp saying that he was under the impression he'd declared everything he had to do so at the right time and apologising if he feels that anyone didn't have the full picture. but two more reports into this yet to report back. and obviously they could have a big bearing on what happens next. the biggest names from the world of music, from stormzy to lizzo and sam smith, were at london's 02 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. mark savage reports. # 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 colourful 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 i've heard 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 don't think it's our fault. 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. let me hear you make some noise!

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. just wondering if whether i could pull off some of those outfits it here on the seniors. —— here on bbc news. hello there. it certainly has been a quiet weekend of weather, but on the grey side, and some of that cloud is really quite stubborn to break up. this was ramsgate, kent, a little earlier on, and that's going to be the scene, i suspect, for much of the day. but there are signs that the cloud should start to thin and break, as you can see from moray earlier on. the reason why the cloud might break across scotland and out to the west is there are a few more isobars on the charts, a little bit more of a breeze to punch holes in the cloud. we are still under the influence of high pressure and, on the whole, we've got mild air, particularly across much of england and wales, so, despite that cloud around,

it's relatively mild out there. as you can see, it will continue to linger through much of central and eastern england. favoured spots for sunshine, scotland, northern ireland, northern england and parts of wales. here, there will be more of a breeze, top temperatures of ten or 11 celsius. as we close out sunday, where we've had the clear skies by day, we might keep those clear skies overnight, so favourite 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 rule out one or two pockets here and there. but we are going to start monday morning with yet again that low, grey cloud, but with a stronger southerly wind as we go through the morning, hopefully that cloud should start to retreat back towards the lincolnshire and east yorkshire coastlines, so more sunshine coming through and, as a result, slightly warmer. we might see 12 or 13 celsius perhaps as a daytime maximum on monday. into tuesday, we will start to see the signs of change, but it's going to be a slow process. the high pressure really firmly

ensconced across central europe. weather fronts trying to push in from the atlantic, but i suspect on tuesday it will be outbreaks of cloud and some showery rain into northern ireland and western fringes of scotland for most of the day. elsewhere, dry, settled, sunny and still pleasantly mild, with highs once again of 13 celsius. there will be wetter weather, though, on wednesday. the first frontal system dies off as it moves into england and wales. the second frontal system tucking in behind might bring more outbreaks of rain. but however you look at it, from the middle part of the week, it looks likely that we will start to see some wetter weather. so, there will be 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: the un's aid chief says the international community has failed the people of northwest syria, where thousands of people have died since monday's earthquakes. turkish police issue more than 100 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 10—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