welcome to bbc news. we start in turkey and syria where in the last half hour we've leaned that the number of people confirmed dead across both countries after the earthquakes has risen to over 33,000. these are the live pictures from the south of turkey where, as you can see, the rescue operation is continuing. those death toll figures, let's just break them down for you. officials and medics said over 29,500 people had died in turkey and

over 3,500 in syria from that 7.8—magnitude tremor. the united nations, who have been supporting rescue teams in both turkey and syria have warned that the final number of fatalities could double. my colleague lyse doucet is on the ground in gaziantep. well, what you see behind us here in gaziantep, about an hour and a half drive from the epicentre of where that earthquake struck about nearly one week ago, is being played out in towns and cities across a whole swathe of southern turkey and indeed across the border in northern syria. and that is the diggers, they don't have diggers across the border, but diggers here and excavators are getting rid of these mounds of rubble.

it is a sign that the rescue effort — those painstaking, almost heroic efforts to try to pull people alive from the rubble, and still nearly a week on, they're still finding people. but the effort, the focus is now shifting to recovery, to relief and also to a reckoning. as you mentioned, those more than 100 arrest warrants for the builders who are being blamed for this staggering death toll. yeah, so there are recriminations now about builders, architects and so on, also about the government and the slowness of the the disaster response, particularly from the military? everywhere we went, there has been anger mixed with grief. and those very raw emotions have boiled over whenever we've asked someone about, well, this was an earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in turkey's history, but is there anything else you blame? and people do talk about a lack of a plan.

they talk about the fact that the building code was not respected. and there's been these jarring scenes where we sometimes go to one neighbourhood and one side of the street is still standing and the other side completely collapsed, underlining that the buildings were built with different materials and different construction. and even behind me, you see some of the buildings collapsed, but even those still standing are still too dangerous to inhabit. they have these long, deep cracks, which means they will some day fall to the ground. lyse doucet reporting from turkey there. 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. tim allman reports.

justin trudeau has said there is still much to know about the object. 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? ~ ., i. , , ., could mean? what you see here is a provocation- — could mean? what you see here is a provocation. you _ could mean? what you see here is a provocation. you see _ could mean? what you see here is a provocation. you see china - could mean? what you see here is a provocation. you see china in - could mean? what you see here is a provocation. you see china in an - provocation. you see china in an attempt to study american response to these kinds of events. the —— they study 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. patrick buryjoins me now. he isa he is a senior lecturer in security at the university of bath. he's also a former army officer, and nato analyst. various mysterious objects, what do you make of it all? various mysterious ob'ects, what do you make of it all?— you make of it all? good afternoon. it is interesting. _ you make of it all? good afternoon. it is interesting. i— you make of it all? good afternoon. it is interesting. i suppose it's - it is interesting. i suppose it's very difficult given the lack of information we have to put down some really solid thoughts. the context is interesting, and if you look at the fact we have had three incidents in a day now or something, i think the context is important. the us signed an agreement with the philippines in the last ten days or so for basing rights to basically go back to the philippines over a

period of years and establish military bases there. china would see that as an attempt to wring it in. secondly over in ukraine we have also got the russians are starting a spring offensive, although they haven't announced it that's what's going on. in context these things may make more sense in terms of the chinese balloon, and i have no idea who was behind the cylindrical objects exactly what's going on. they certainly seem a low height at 40,000 feet also for surveillance, but it seems to be testing the response. there is an interesting thing in terms of not only testing the political response but also what is the bandwidth and capability in terms of the us intelligence community for dealing with a number of different things going on at each time? potentially it could be about stretching them. it's been widely reported now the us is sending or approving coordinates for ukraine high mars attacks, that would be

expected anyway, but that takes a fair bit of focus for the intelligence community too to be working on that. in that context of what's going on around the world, it may help explain why this is happening now. of course there is a long history and continuing history of nations are spying on each other from the skies, and usually things are monitored and watched closely but no action is taken. it is sort of scene as a quid pro quo. i think these ones for numerous reasons and these ones for numerous reasons and the international security situation heating up are marking a breakfrom the previous. just heating up are marking a break from the previous-— the previous. just in terms of the balloon shot _ the previous. just in terms of the balloon shot down _ the previous. just in terms of the balloon shot down by _ the previous. just in terms of the balloon shot down by the - the previous. just in terms of the - balloon shot down by the americans, we know that was chinese. they say it was a weather balloon. would there be a sense of embarrassment do you think in china that that was detected? 0r you think in china that that was detected? or if this was just a way of testing the americans, would they have thought it was almost inevitable it would be detected?

they would know... there is a game of cat and mouse going on here. we know that we know. unless it's a new technology. if it is a new technology. if it is a new technology that they don't expect it to be, something unknown to the americans, then it might be embarrassing. i will, americans, then it might be embarrassing. iwill, this americans, then it might be embarrassing. i will, this has failed. but my gut here would be that both sides know what has been going on and have been watching it for a while and this one may be a more blatant provocation. if it is a weather balloon that has lost its ability to manoeuvre, why did it hover over the montana sites where there is a strategic air command, nuclear response silos? why did it hover over those for a while? it's really pieced together.— hover over those for a while? it's really pieced together. where do you think this leaves _ really pieced together. where do you think this leaves relations _ really pieced together. where do you think this leaves relations between . think this leaves relations between america and china? we saw the secretary of state antony blinken call of his trip to beijing, but is it in the interest of both countries

to have at least reasonable diplomatic relations where they are talking to each other? yes. diplomatic relations where they are talking to each other?— talking to each other? yes. i think the diplomatic _ talking to each other? yes. i think the diplomatic side, _ talking to each other? yes. i think the diplomatic side, they - talking to each other? yes. i think the diplomatic side, they haven't. the diplomatic side, they haven't stopped talking to each other. when an incident like this occurs, the chinese could have carefully calibrated for this to happen, to fire a shot across the bow was because we know biden has been pushing xijinping for because we know biden has been pushing xi jinping for closer diplomatic ties and to reopen... 0ne diplomatic ties and to reopen... one of the things that has been cut is the military to military ties and the military to military ties and the us was hoping to open those, and that's why antony blinken was going over to beijing, one of the reasons, and that has now been cut back. when things like this happen, often the side doing it has thought through the second and third order effects because they don't want this to happen at this time. i think the diplomatic side, there's definitely more scope for thawing of relations, but we will see. this depends on how

china comes about in its area in terms of the pacific because it's also been very assertive we could say in terms of its military posture, especially towards taiwan. the military to military thing i think will come after that, if there is for example a rescheduled visit in the coming months.— in the coming months. patrick, alwa s in the coming months. patrick, always good — in the coming months. patrick, always good to _ in the coming months. patrick, always good to talk _ in the coming months. patrick, always good to talk to - in the coming months. patrick, always good to talk to you. - patrick bury — a senior lecturer in security at the university of bath. mps have accused the bbc chairman richard sharp of "significant errors ofjudgment" for not declaring his involvement in helping borisjohnson secure a loan, worth up to £800,000 when he was prime minister. mr sharp was in the process of applying for the bbc role when he introduced a friend who wanted to help mrjohnson financially to the head of the civil service, simon case. mr sharp maintains he did nothing wrong.

but a report from mps on the culture and media committee says his actions undermined confidence in the public appointments process. here's our political correspondent david wallace—lockhart. richard sharp was made bbc chairman, a government appointment, in 2021. it has since emerged that while he was applying for the role, he introduced the man on the left, businessman sam blifil, to the man on the right, the uk's top civil servant, simon case. he wanted to provide the then prime minister borisjohnson with a loan facility. mr sharp did not declare all the details to this committee of mps who oversaw his appointment. he outlined the advice he was originally given. to avoid the appearance of a conflict, i should not have anything further to do with it. in a report published today, the digital, culture and media committee say that they left richard sharp and media committee say that richard sharp

lef tthem without the full facts to make a judgment, and he showed significant errors of judgment. 0ne committee member was scathing about mr sharp's conduct. this has clearly caused embarrassment. we knew he was a big tory donor, we knew he had given hundreds of thousands to the conservative party, but he did not tell us that he had facilitated an £800,000 loan for borisjohnson, the prime minister, who then gave him the job. it is all a bit banana republic. the bbc is conducting its own internal review. labour feel this controversy is tarnishing the broadcaster. this committee is now saying, had they known the full details, and had that been disclosed to them about the relationship between borisjohnson and the conservative party and the bbc chairman, that that situation would have been very different. i think that makes his position increasingly untenable. and when the report is published, if those questions cannot be answered, then i think the integrity of the bbc is far more important than the position of one individual. an independent review of mr sharp's appointment is yet to report back. the government says wait for that.

the process is not complete, we have to wait for the report. why do we need another report? we have already got one. people know what happened. we need to be fair to all parties in this, including richard sharp. we must wait for the conclusion. the bbc chairman richard sharp has said he did not get involved in boris johnson's finances. he has apologised to mps for not providing all the information they felt they needed in order to scrutinise his appointment. richard sharp has said that by giving all the facts at the outset to simon case, he regarded his behaviour as transparent. a man has been charged with violent disorder after clashes broke out on friday near a hotel in merseyside that houses asylum seekers. 14 others including 12 men and two women were arrested

during the unrest. merseyside police say the 19—year—old will appear at wirral adult remand court on monday. lisa nandy is the shadow housing secretary — earlier she condemned what she called �*a small number of far right activists who whip up hate and hostility�*, following the violence in knowsley. what i want your viewers to know most of all is that in the north of england, in places like knowsley, this is not who we are. the story of the last decade has been the story of people across this country throwing open their homes to refugees from ukraine, stepping up to support the syrian appeal when we had the impending disaster. even in the last few weeks, we have had people across the north of england stepping forward to put forward record donations to help with the appalling situation in turkey and syria. there are a small number of

far right activists who whip up hate and hostility in this country. we need to speak with one voice when we say we condemn them. this is not who we are as a country and they do not speak for people in knowsley or for people across this country.- people across this country. labour is lisa nandy- _ people across this country. labour is lisa nandy. let's _ people across this country. labour is lisa nandy. let's get _ people across this country. labour is lisa nandy. let's get all - people across this country. labour is lisa nandy. let's get all the - is lisa nandy. let's get all the sports news now. good afternoon. manchester city could reduced arsenal's lead in the premier league to just three points later before the two meet on wednesday. arsenal's dropped points yesterday have given the champions a chance to tighten the title race against aston villa later. that's one of two games today. the other one is the second meeting of leeds and manchester united in the last four days. after their draw at old trafford on thursday night, they're drawing again. chief refereeing 0fficer howard webb

has contacted arsenal and brighton after what have been described as �*significant errors' in the var process at their games in the premier league yesterday. at the emirates, brentford striker ivan toney�*s goal stood after a var check by lee mason, even though there was an offside in the build—up. while human error also blamed for brighton incorrectly having a goal ruled out in their draw at crystal palace. pgmol confirmed �*both incidents are being reviewed.�* the premier league�*s bottom club southampton have sacked their manager nathanjones afterjust three months in charge. their defeat at home to ten—man wolves on saturday was a fourth in a row at st mary�*s and a seventh of his eight league games. it leaves the team five points from safety. jones also courted controversy with some of his comments to the media, with many of the southampton fans turning against him in recent weeks. manchester united are back at the top of the women�*s super league after beating spurs 2—1, despite ella toone being sent off. they took the lead at the tottenham hotspur stadium in the second half, through a good turn and shot from leah galton. ten minutes later, bethany england

was given too much space and drew spurs level. but less than a minute later, molly bartrip scored an own goal to put united ahead again. ella toone was sent off for hitting out at eveliina summanen with ten minutes to go. united say they�*ll appeal, as the spurs player was holding her face and replays show toone pushed her on the shoulder. in the day�*s other fixtures, aston villa are running riot at brighton — they�*re 5—2 up. jordan nobbs with two goals and hannah cain has put bottom of the table leicester a goal up at liverpool. it�*s another rare chance to see india and pakistan face each other in cricket. with meetings limited to global tournaments.

they�*re playing in the women�*s t20 world cup. india are chasing 150 to win after pakistan made 149 for four in their 20 overs. exeter have reached the final of the premiership rugby cup after trouncing sale by 46 points to three in their semi—final. the chiefs ran in six tries with tom wyatt one of the scorers. exeter will play london irish in the final at twickenham in late may. and the six nations continues today with england playing italy. they kicked off at three o�*clock with steve borthwick still looking for his first win in charge. they have had 18 minutes nearly, and jack willis has scored the try for england that has given them a 7—0 lead. it�*s on the bbc sport website and we will have more later on. see you later, thank you very much indeed. 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. mark savage reports. # in this world, it�*s just 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. 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. he's nice, you know, he's likeable, 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. # 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. 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 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... 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. earlier i spoke to the arts journalist vincent dowd. he told me that harry styles�* success last night isn�*t as sudden as many may think.

it�*s actually 12 years since he started to become a star on the x factor on itv here in the uk. clearly as part of one of the five members of one direction. he has been the big star of the group and has overtaken everybody. yes, he has had successful albums, hugely successful when it comes to streaming but he appeals across the board, to state the obvious. 60—year—old ladies like him, six—year—old kids like him. got a big gay following, big on radio, big everywhere. i can�*t think of anybody who has quite ticked all of those boxes for a long time, and of course now he is as big in the states as he is here and he�*s gone well beyond just being a music act for the moment at least. the brits are quite commercially minded. he got four awards altogether, he was the big winner of the night. was this because he is a pop phenomenon, or was it artistically and musically deserved, would you say? i think you can�*t draw an absolute line between those things.

don�*t forget he also got three big awards at the grammys a few days ago so it�*s not a stitch up in the uk. he�*s a genuinely talented 29—year—old guy, not even 30 yet. but the brits have become concerned about their audience figures, so you may have noticed this weekend it was on a saturday. it used to be mid—week. doing that has actually given it a bigger audience. they have picked up some of the weekend audience. so having harry styles do well and appear multiple times throughout the show, it was convenient. but you can�*t be totally cynical. that won�*t work unless a guy has talent, which he does. a lot of talent but a good team around him. he thanked all of his team last night including his mum, of course. he writes a lot of the songs with other people — is that the secret of his success, the team around him?

he has a fantastically good management team around him, especially one of the big figures in hollywood, jeffrey azoff, and they are the people who have been trying to push him into a movie career. but he does write. he�*s a handsome 29—year—old guy who has glamour and touches of humour as well, so you can�*t knock him entirely and say it�*s only the team around him because other people with big teams around them, it hasn�*t quite worked. unless you have a kernel of talent in the middle, it won�*t work. vincent dowd there. let�*s bring you up—to—date with the rescue operation in turkey and syria, the combined death toll now standing at well over 33,000. this is the scene in southern turkey, where you can see heavy equipment brought in to help claw away the rubble as they search for survivors.

some survivors are still being pulled from the rubble, but very infrequently, it has to be said. the death toll rising all the time, and some experts are fearing the death toll will continue to rise, maybe even double from its current level of 33,000 across both countries. extraordinary scenes of destruction and devastation and death in southern turkey, but also in syria of course. more coverage of the earthquake, but now it�*s time for the weather forecast with ben rich. hello. if you have spent your weekend is under cloudy skies and you are hoping for something brighter, overthe you are hoping for something brighter, over the next couple of days i�*m hopeful the cloud will break up to give a bit more in the way of sunshine. it will stay largely dry and feel mild for the time of year. for the rest of today, extensive cloud cover in most places. the best chance of breaks in

the far south—west of england, wales and the north—east of scotland. but mild, with highs of 11 or 12 degrees. through this evening, it may well be the cloud breaks up a little more across parts of the south west, wales, northern england and up into scotland. most areas will stay quite cloudy. but if the cloud breaks for any length of time, you could get a touch of frost and most places will see temperatures stay above freezing. the week starts with high pressure to the east keeping things largely dry. this frontal system pushing in from the west will take a while to get here. for monday, are mainly fine day. a bit more of a breeze developing so the cloud will break up and we should see spells of sunshine. northern ireland and south—west scotland may stay cloudy and it�*s likely some coastal parts of east anglia will hold onto low cloud, mist and murk. there is confirmation of a slightly stronger breeze in some places, temperatures ten to 12

degrees, but if we get more in the way of sunshine that won�*t feel bad at all. on tuesday we will see this weather frontal system starting to approach from the atlantic, but as the weather front begins to squeeze in, we will bring a renewed surge of mild airfrom the in, we will bring a renewed surge of mild air from the south. particularly where you get shelter from the breeze, tuesday will be a very mild day. it could well start off with fog across east anglia and the south—east which could be slow to clear, but it should, and for england and wales we will see sunny spells. wales could get to 15 degrees. more cloud for england and scotland but here it should also be mild. 0n scotland but here it should also be mild. on wednesday this weather front pushes eastwards with outbreaks of rain weakening all the while. behind that we will see further spells of rain at times but not all the time for the end of the week and it will stay mild. by friday temperatures in the south of 15 or 16 degrees.

this is bbc news. i�*m ben brown and these are the headlines. syria�*s voluntary group of rescuers known as the white helmets say the international community has failed people in the country�*s north—west, where thousands of people have died. turkish police issue more than 100 arrest warrants as part of an investigation into poor building standards after this week�*s devastating earthquakes, which have killed more