this is bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lukwesa burak. .. the headlines... the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, is more than 30,000. but, remarkably, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. a moment ofjoy for rescuers, as this woman is recovered, six days on. we report from inside syria, where the united nations, says many people feel forgotten. these were people's homes that were newly built, but look at it now. 80% of this village is gone, and they have had hardly any help. the head of russia's wagner

mercenary army claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they've been assaulting for months. and coming up in the sport later in the hour, it has been a very good weekend for manchester city. the premier league champions are now just three points behind arsenal at the top of the table. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, is now more than 30,000 but remarkably, almost a week on, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un's relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned.

part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright, have managed to gain access, and sent us their first report from inside, the rebel held area. from inside the rebel held area. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the earthquake�*s aftermath, syria and turkey couldn't be further apart. we've just crossed into syria at the border crossing. there were about a dozen aid trucks, fuel tankers coming in, but actually there were more refugees, more corpses coming out than there was aid coming in. the main street in idlib�*s harem is gone. they waited for help here, but none came. it was here that fadel ghadab�*s aunt and cousins�* families all died. translation: there is no one alive here. | everyone is dead.

we just need them to come in and take the bodies of for burial. i don't know what else to say. we travel further west. there are no aid convoys here, few signs of relief, but a lot of urgent need. this was the town of besania. these were people's homes. they were newly built. but look at it now. 80% of this village is gone, and they've had hardly any help since the earthquake struck. more than 100 homes have gone here, and much more besides. abu ala lost two of his children. translation: i started running like a madman in the streets, i shouting, "dear god." it was then that i saw my wife and seven—year—old daughter alive. i kept on running in the streets until i saw them. she told me my children were gone.

islamists are in control here. we were accompanied at all times by armed men who didn't interfere with our work, but it's made getting aid here more difficult. at this hospital, they have no time for politics. with few staff, they've had to treat over 350 earthquake victims. there's not enough medical staff to help people in normal situation without any catastrophe, without any earthquake, without any bombs, without any war. there's not enough medical staff. down the hallway lies mohammed, just three months old. his parents were killed by the earthquake. he was found in the street by a neighbour. mohammed is all alone, and syria, too, again feels forsaken, disregarded by the world in another hour of need.

quentin somerville, bbc news, idlib. meanwhile in turkey, there continue to be remarkable stories of survival, almost a week after the quakes. this is the moment a 64—year—old woman, is pulled from the rubble, in the hatay province. she'd been trapped for 150 hours. her son, here in the red jacket, is by her side. our correspondent, nick beake, has travelled from gaziantep, the epicentre of the quakes, to one community, shattered, by the disaster. we're venturing into turkey's remote mountain side. but it all looks so familiar, because village after village bear the same scars. we decide to stop at a place called urdek and find the dead now outnumber the living here. it's a tiny part of a wider tragedy in which we don't expect to meet

mehmet and fatma from north london. which one is your house here? this one. they were visiting here when the earthquake struck. seven members of their family were killed. tried to save them. ali shouting here, save me, save me! which saved ali. but shamsi, kamal, aisha... we shout they name, they not answer. they say they want to show us exactly where each life ended, including the youngest, asrah, just two years old, her cousin aisha, 16, and amad effa, who was looking forward to celebrating his fifth birthday. they were running, they were playing. but after that, we see body. and the face looking my eyes and

there is already two days passed... he sobs. they've buried 35 people in this small village. more than half of those who are living here. it's actually quite hard to take all of this in. a whole community, totally flattened. but it's the scale of this disaster that's so shocking, because this village could be one of so many here in turkey or in syria. and a week on, after these earthquakes, the challenge and a week on, after these earthquakes, the challenge of starting to rebuild is becoming clearer. and it's absolutely massive. i don't know how many

people is left now. and for fatma, she can't bear the thought of leaving turkey like this and trying to resume life in the uk. how can i do it? i don't know. in london? nick beake, bbc news. now to ukraine, where the head of the notorious wagner mercenary army says his fighters have captured a village on the northern outskirts of bakhmut, a city in the donbas. it's been at the centre of months of bitterfighting between russian and ukrainian forces. wagner's commander posted a short video apparently showing the wagner men at the entrance sign to the village of krasna hora. one month ago, he claimed his men had taken the nearby town of soledar. the ukrainian army haven't confirmed wagner's advance.

we are going to discuss this further. according to ukrainian data, russian soldiers are dying in greater numbers this month than at any time since the first week of the invasion. the statistics can't be independently verified. for more on this, we arejoined now by the ukraine armed forces military analyst, michael mackay. thank you forjoining us here on bbc world. i wonderfirst thank you forjoining us here on bbc world. i wonder first off, thank you forjoining us here on bbc world. i wonderfirst off, how thank you forjoining us here on bbc world. i wonder first off, how much do you put behind this claim by wagner that they are on the outskirts of bakhmut? ukrainian military have not said anything either way, military have not said anything eitherway, on military have not said anything either way, on the video of the statement, what are your thoughts? i think it is true that they are on

the outskirts of krasna hora, but this is nothing new, they have been there for about a week. i do not think that taking a picture outside the sign is significant. the russians have been making advances at great cost outside the area. i think it is true that they are there, but not significant. haw there, but not significant. how strateuic there, but not significant. how strategic is _ there, but not significant. how strategic is bakhmut _ there, but not significant. how strategic is bakhmut to - there, but not significant. how strategic is bakhmut to the donbas and to president putinhe is putting and to president putinhe is putting a lot of resources into this battle, why does it matter? it a lot of resources into this battle, why does it matter?— why does it matter? it doesn't matter militarily. _ why does it matter? it doesn't matter militarily. it _ why does it matter? it doesn't matter militarily. it is - why does it matter? it doesn't matter militarily. it isjust - why does it matter? it doesn't matter militarily. it isjust a i why does it matter? it doesn't i matter militarily. it isjust a step matter militarily. it is just a step along the way to put an�*s stated goal of donetsk region, but in itself the city is of no military significance. i think it has come to have a political significance, because the investment and loss of life in equipment has been so

enormous that the russians cannot face the possibility that it will ultimately end in failure. we talk about losses, _ ultimately end in failure. we talk about losses, just _ ultimately end in failure. we talk about losses, just how _ ultimately end in failure. we talk about losses, just how badly - ultimately end in failure. we talk about losses, just how badly our| about losses, just how badly our russian forces being hit, and why? is this coming from battle, is it coming from a lack of resources or conditions on the ground? it is conditions on the ground? it is cominu conditions on the ground? it is coming mostly _ conditions on the ground? it is coming mostly from _ conditions on the ground? it 3 coming mostly from battle and extremely poor tactics by the russians. they are launching a large infantry assaults with very poor support, no air support, poor infantry assaults with very poor support, no airsupport, poorarmour support, no airsupport, poorarmour support, and they are using soldiers who are recent conscripts and prisoners overwhelmingly. the reason it is increased more in the past month is that the offensive around bakhmut has been extended, and now the russians are trying to do the same thing further north in luhansk region, around a city called prime enough, and down further south in

occupied donetsk, using the same tactics. . ~' , ., , . tactics. thank you very much indeed for that analysis. _ tactics. thank you very much indeed for that analysis. you _ tactics. thank you very much indeed for that analysis. you are _ tactics. thank you very much indeed for that analysis. you are watching l for that analysis. you are watching bbc news. lets get more in our top story and those earthquakes in turkey and north—western syria. the un aid chief says the people of north—west syria are right to feel they've been abandoned in the aftermath of the earthquake. visiting the country earlier, martin griffiths said this must be corrected as fast as possible. mannar al—kharboutly from the town of al—atarib in idlib province in north west syria spoke to the bbc about the desperate situation there. here, the local people, the civilians here in the north of syria are trying to help each other, to provide the people with food and to provide them with camp grounds. but it's too few. too little. too little aid.

we cannot cover all that damage by ourselves. the border crossings, they were closed for days after the earthquake. no aid was delivered. we need medical aid. 0ur hospitals cannot cover all that damage and all that injured people. they are still in streets, sitting in the streets with their children, shaking out of cold. they are literally shaking out of cold. some people stayed in their cousin's house. my cousin lost his house, with seven children and their mother died. he could just rescue two of his children, but seven of them, they couldn't survive. there are so many promises that there are some aid coming. they tell us that there will be aid coming out of the crossing line with the regime. but it's too late. it's too late for that. it has been like a week,

a week, a whole week and people in the streets, and people died, and people injured. the civil defence, and the rescue teams, and even the civilians, they are trying. there is a lack of equipment. it is not impossible to remove the rubble, 0k? but it takes us too long to remove it. but it takes us too long to remove it. the people die, and we cannot reach them in the proper time. other countries in the outside standing and looking and watching us dying without doing anything. why? why are we like useless people here in syria? why are they ignoring our pain and ignoring...? we post too many photos, too many calling, and too many videos saying that we are in pain, we are losing our children. we are losing ourfamilies. wejust need... send us rescue teams. send us, like, drilling machines. send us, like, equipment. why does no one help us?

now, at this moment, they send us, like, too few, like, aid? i don't know what to call it, ok? it's like food. it's like they... they sent us diapers, diapers for children, while we need to extract those children from the rubble and to save them from dying. tomorrow, one week on from the earthquake, there is a panorama special programme on the scale of the loss and devastation — and the potential consequences across the region. that's aftershock: the turkey—syria earthquake, on bbc one at 8pm on monday and on the iplayer. a teenage girl who was found with fatal stab wounds in a park in north west england on saturday has been named as 16—year—old brianna ghey.

a murder investigation has been launched by cheshire police after the girl, from warrington, was found by members of the public as she lay wounded. police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen brianna in the hours before her death. brianna was a 16—year—old girl who was senselessly murdered yesterday. as part of our investigation, we are appealing for a man and a woman who we believe may hold vital information. those two individuals might hold some really key information, so we are keen to speak to them. brianna was killed, having been stabbed numerous times, and we're really keen to bring justice to the family. our correspondent, mairead smyth reports from warrington. people have been coming to lay flowers here, forensic teams and police are continuing to work here at linear park in culcheth. cheshire police say that brianna ghey was found by members of the public on a path in the park just before 3:15pm yesterday afternoon. emergency services attended,

but they were unable to save the 16—year—old, who was pronounced dead at the scene. detectives want to speak to two people who were seen close to where brianna's body was found here yesterday afternoon. a man and a woman, both in their late teens or early 20s. the man was wearing a dark coat, the women in distinctive blanket—style red or purple coat. the police have described this as a truly awful attack, and want anyone with information to come forward. a man has been charged with violent disorder after clashes broke out on friday near a hotel in merseyside that houses asylum seekers. ia others, including 12 men and 2 women were arrested during the unrest, merseyside police say the 19—year—old will appear at wirral adult remand court on monday. nhs leaders are calling for the government to agree to talks to avoid an escalaton of strikes by nurses in england. it's reported that nursing staff

from a&e, intensive care and cancer wards could join in a new round of strikes. the royal college of nursing says it will still ensure the most urgent clinical care is provided. joining us now is matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs federation which represents health trusts. thank you forjoining us this evening on bbc news. i wonder if we could start first, what do you make of the rcn suggesting that they could be escalating, those are their words, this industrial action? we have seen _ words, this industrial action? - have seen this industrial action gradually escalate and spread now for over two months. whilst that combination of planning by nhs leaders and the trade unions adhering to their commitment to protect life and limb means that we have caught tarmac got through those

days, what has happened is that there is a cumulative impact on the nhs. we have seen hundred and 13,000 cancelled appointments, we have seen tens of thousands of cancelled operations, and that is before this new intensification. so, it is extremely worrying. it puts at jeopardy the tremendous work the nhs has been doing to to try reduce long waiting lists. i has been doing to to try reduce long waiting lists-— waiting lists. i wonder if there's one oint waiting lists. i wonder if there's one point you — waiting lists. i wonder if there's one point you clarify _ waiting lists. i wonder if there's one point you clarify for- waiting lists. i wonder if there's one point you clarify for us, - waiting lists. i wonder if there's one point you clarify for us, the j one point you clarify for us, the life and limb cover that was put in place in the last strike action, is that now risk when we consider that nurses from emergency departments, from intensive care, and cancer wards, could be included in this next three—day strike action? what next three-day strike action? what it robabl next three-day strike action? what it probably means _ next three-day strike action? what it probably means is _ next three-day strike action? what it probably means is that _ next three—day strike action? twist it probably means is that what will happen is that other staff will need to be used to ensure that staffing can be sustained in those parts.

will they be trained?— can be sustained in those parts. will they be trained? yes, they will be trained- — will they be trained? yes, they will be trained. there _ will they be trained? yes, they will be trained. there will _ will they be trained? yes, they will be trained. there will be _ will they be trained? yes, they will be trained. there will be a - be trained. there will be a commitment to try to protect life and limb, but in order to fulfil that commitment, what will happen is that commitment, what will happen is that more and more other things will have to stop, more appointments will have to stop, more appointments will have to stop, more appointments will have to be cancelled, more operations will have to be cancelled, and that is where we get the problem, which is the impact this is now having, which you do not see day—to—day, which is happening below the surface in terms of making it more and more difficult for the nhs to recover services. we have just been through a really tough winter, we are coming out of that now, this is a chance for us to start to chip away at those long waiting list, to try to address the levels of sickness in the community. we are not going to be able to make that progressively strikes continue. more than 100,000 appointments cancelled,... who should be sitting

around this table, the rcn, or rishi sunak? we around this table, the rcn, or rishi sunak? ~ ., , ., , sunak? we have been really consistent _ sunak? we have been really consistent about _ sunak? we have been really consistent about this - sunak? we have been really consistent about this for - sunak? we have been reallyj consistent about this for two months, and what we have said is that we think it is up for the government to open negotiations. the trade unions have made it absolutely clear that they will not negotiate unless the government is willing to talk about this year's pay settlement. even though we have nearly reached the end of the financial year. equally, we have sent to the trade unions that was the government opens the door to negotiations we would encourage them to push through that door and compromise so that we can end this industrial action. there's been progress in wales and scotland, we urgently need progress in england before this industrial action escalates. let me make this point, there is a sense that some people in government think that if they hold on long enough, the workers involved in this industrial action will lose heart, that the public will lose sympathy, but the reality is that more people are joining trade unions. i spoke to an ambulance leader on friday who said that

hundreds more of his staff have joined the trade unions. i've heard the same thing from the hospital. if anything workers are becoming more determined, they are becoming radicalised. there is no slip in public support for the strikes. the government strategy of holding out is not working, and it is harming the nhs. ., ., , ., the nhs. unfortunately we have run out of time. — the nhs. unfortunately we have run out of time, thank _ the nhs. unfortunately we have run out of time, thank you. _ the rest of the day's news now and mps have accused the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp of "significant errors ofjudgment," for not declaring his involvement in helping borisjohnson secure a financial loan, when he was prime minister. at the time, mr sharp was in the process of applying tojoin the corporation, and maintains he's done nothing wrong. here's our political correspondent, david wallace—lockhart. richard sharp was made bbc chairman, a government appointment, in 2021. while he was applying for the role, he introduced the man on the left,

businessman sam blyth, to the man on the right, the uk's top civil servant, simon case. mr blyth 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 was back with them on tuesday and outlined the advice he was originally given. i raised with the cabinet secretary that i was in the application process for the bbc chairmanship. he advised at that time that to avoid a conflict or an appearance of a conflict, i should have nothing further to do with it. in a report published today, the digital, culture, media and sport committee say richard sharp left them without the full facts to make a decision on his suitability. the mp said he showed significant errors ofjudgment in how he acted.

0ne committee member is sceptical regarding how mr sharp got hisjob. what he did not tell us was 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 are questioning the relationship between the government and its chairman. i think that does make his position untenable and, when the report is published, if those questions cannot be answered, then i think that the integrity of the bbc is far more important than the position of one individual. a separate independent review of mr sharp's appointment has yet to report back. the government says wait for that. the process is not complete. we have to wait for the commission on public appointments... why do we need another report? we've already got one. people know what happened. we need to all parties in this, including richard sharp. the bbc chairman richard sharp has

said that while he may have made introductions, he did not get involved in boris johnson's finances. he has apologised to mps for not providing all the information that they felt they needed in order to scrutinise his appointment. richard sharp has said that by giving all the facts at the outset to the civil servant simon case, he regarded his behaviour as transparent. david wallace—lockhart, bbc news the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, says recovery teams are on the ground, looking to find and analyse the object shot down over yukon territory on saturday. he said the latest object "violated canadian airspace". it is the third object to be shot down over north america in the last week. the north american aerospace defence command has been on high alert since the us military destroyed a suspected chinese spy balloon last weekend. the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau has been giving

an update to journalists. yesterday, norad confirmed that an unidentified object entered, unlawfully, canadian airspace. it represented a reasonable threat to civilian aircraft so i gave the order to take it down. canadian and american fighterjets were scrambled and an american f—22 successfully shot down the object. recovery teams are on the ground looking to find and analyse the object. the safety of canadians is our number one priority and that is why i made the decision to shoot down the object that was a threat to civil aviation and a potential threat to canadians. there is still much to know about it that's why the analysis of this object will be very important. but you can note this is something that norad and canada

and united states are taking extremely seriously, and we will continue to keep people informed as we know more. justin trudeau there. now on bbc news, the weather with ben rich. hello. in many parts of the uk cloud was hard to shift and sunday sunshine was in short supply. but there were some brighter spots to point out. northeast scotland saw some sunshine, at least for a time. it brightened up across a good part of wales and into the far south west of england, cornwall and parts of devon. indeed, look at this picture from a weather watcher in north devon and westward ho earlier on today, blue skies overhead. now, as we head through the night, we are going to see some clear spells here and there, and where the skies do stay clear for any length of time, well, it could get a little bit chilly, potentially cold enough for a touch of frost. but for the majority, temperatures will stay above freezing, particularly where you do keep fairly large amounts of cloud overhead. but we do start the new week on a mainly dry note,

thanks to this area of high pressure centred right over the heart of continental europe. this frontal system pushing in from the west, taking its time to get here. so in the meantime, we are looking at mainly fine conditions, a lot of cloud though through east wales, the midlands and parts of eastern england and some of that cloud i think will linger along some of these eastern coasts, could stay quite murky for some actually here through the day. but elsewhere, with a bit more of a breeze, we should break up more of the cloud and reveal a little more in the way of sunshine. and if you do get some sunshine tomorrow, it won't feel too bad at all with temperatures between eight and 12 degrees. now, as we head on into tuesday, this little frontal system here will start to introduce some cloud and some splashes of rain, particularly across northern ireland and scotland. but this southerly breeze bringing a renewed surge of mild air. and when you get some shelter from that breeze, it is likely to feel very mild indeed. southern parts of england, perhaps parts of wales, starting the day with some fog, which will tend to clear. england and wales seeing sunny spells, northern ireland and scotland more cloud and some

bits and pieces of rain. but it's mild everywhere and parts of north wales, with some shelter from the southerly breeze, could get all the way up to 15 degrees celsius. now, a change does come as we head through the middle of the week. this frontal system pushes its way eastwards, eventually bringing some outbreaks of rain, becoming increasingly light and patchy. and then, as we move towards the end of the week, we will see some further rain at times, but not all the time, and it will remain very mild. in the south, we could see highs of 15 or 16 degrees.

this is bbc news, the headlines the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, is more than 30 thousand. but remarkably, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. both the un andsyria'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. the head of russia's wagner mercenary army claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut , a city they've been assaulting for months. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, says recovery teams are now on the ground, looking to find and analyse