this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines. the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria is now more than 30,000, but remarkably, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. a moment ofjoy for rescuers as a woman is recovered six days on. the head of russia's wagner mercenary group claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they've been assaulting for months.

hello and welcome to bbc world 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 northwest, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright sent us their report 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. and dig the bodies up 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 staffl 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. 0ur correspondent nick beake has travelled from gaziantep 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. 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," "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 i there is already two days passed... and the face looking | in 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 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. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, says recovery teams are on the ground, looking to find and analyse for the object shot down over yukon territory on saturday. he said the latest object, "violated canadian airspace". it's the third object to be shot down over north america in the last week.

in ukraine, 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. wagner's commander posted a short video apparently showing the wagner men at the entrance sign to the village of krasna hora. let's get more now on our top story. 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 northwest syria spoke to the bbc about the desperate situation there. there are so many promises that there's some aid coming.

they told us there would be coming in terms of crossing lines, but it's too late, it's too late for that. it's been like a week, a whole week, and people in the streets and people die. even the civil ones, they are trying — even the civil ones, they are trying. there is a lack of equipment. it is not possible to remove — equipment. it is not possible to remove the rubble, 0k? equipment. it is not possible to remove the rubble, ok? but it takes too long _ remove the rubble, ok? but it takes too long to _ remove the rubble, ok? but it takes too long to remove it. so people die, and — too long to remove it. so people die, and we _ too long to remove it. so people die, and we cannot reach them in the proper— die, and we cannot reach them in the pmper time — die, and we cannot reach them in the propertime. 0ther die, and we cannot reach them in the proper time. other countries in the outside _ proper time. other countries in the outside are — proper time. other countries in the outside are standing and looking and watching _ outside are standing and looking and watching without doing anything. why? _ watching without doing anything. why? why are we like useless people here in— why? why are we like useless people here in syria? why are they ignoring our bags? _ here in syria? why are they ignoring our bags? too many videos saying that we _ our bags? too many videos saying that we are — our bags? too many videos saying that we are in pain, we are losing ourchiidreh, _ that we are in pain, we are losing ourchildren, we are that we are in pain, we are losing our children, we are losing our families — our children, we are losing our families. we just need...

our children, we are losing our families. wejust need... send our children, we are losing our families. we just need... send us rescue _ families. we just need... send us rescue teams, send us drilling machines. _ rescue teams, send us drilling machines, send us equipment. why no one help _ machines, send us equipment. why no one help us? _ jens laerke is the deputy spokesperson for the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs. he spoke to us earlier and gave us an overview of the latest situation in the earthquake zone. well, the latest is that the death toll keeps rising, tragically. once in a while, we hear of live rescues — that is, of course, encouraging — but we do believe we are at the end of that phase and at the beginning of the much longer humanitarian relief phase that must kick in. so, there's a lot of noise, there's a lot of people in the departure area. a lot of people are trying to get out. they have had their homes destroyed. some buildings that you will see

around the city are still standing. they are so full of cracks that they can come down moment, so they're a dangerous place to be. i've been here a couple of days now with the emergency relief coordinator, martin griffiths. yesterday, we went to the epicentre of this absolutely catastrophic crisis. that city is... the destruction is indescribable. but also, we saw a valiant and heroic effort of both the turkish rescue teams, the international search and rescue teams that are there, helping to get people out of the rubble. i was in the border area today with mr griffiths. he made the statement that he certainly feels the pain of the millions of people inside idlib. he was very clear the world has failed him up to now — that must change.

those are his words, and he's working very hard to change that on the diplomatic front, but also to get more aid into the area. that 40 that a0 crossing. that is authorised by the security council to enter syria from turkey. trucks were rolling past with aid of different kinds. it's an operation that has been scaling up in the last days. there was a brief pause because of the earthquake. look, everybody we spoke to, including our own staff, want to ensure everyone has a story to tell about where they were at 4am that morning, when the world shook. that morning, when the world shook, and they have testimonies themselves about loved ones lost, family members are still missing and so on and so forth. so, this earthquake has certainly hit everyone.

well for viewers in the uk, 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 8:00pm on monday, and afterwards on the iplayer. 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, whilst serving as prime minister. at the time, mr sharp was in the process of applying to join 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 sam blyth, a businessman, to the uk's top civil

servant, the cabinet secretary simon case. mr blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister, borisjohnson, with a loan facility. mr sharp didn't give all the details to this committee of mps who oversaw his appointment. he was back with them on tuesday and outlined why he didn't reveal the meeting he'd set up. i raised with the cabinet secretary that i was in the application process for the bbc chairmanship and therefore, at that time,, we discussed precisely that to avoid a conflict, or an appearance of 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

while trying to become bbc chairman. 0ne committee member is sceptical regarding how mr sharp got hisjob. what he didn't tell us is 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. while the bbc conducts its own internal review, labour are questioning the relationship between the government and its chairman. i think that does make his position increasingly untenable _ and when the report is published, if those questions can't 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. 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 be fair 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's 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. a teenage girl who was found with fatal stab wounds in a park in northwest 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. 0ur 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 colchester. cheshire police say that brianna ghey was found by members of the public on a path in the parkjust before 3:15 yesterday afternoon. emergency services attended, but they were unable to save the 16—year—old, who was pronounced dead at the scene. now, 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 twenties. the man was wearing a dark coat, the woman, in a 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. 1a 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.

nhs leaders are calling for the government good to good to talk to a void to talk to a void in escalations 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. earlier i spoke to matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs federation, which represents health trusts. i asked him what this escalation could mean for patients. 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? yes, they will be trained. so, there will be still, i think, a commitment to try to protect life and limb. but in order to fulfil that commitment, what will happen is that more and more other

things have to stop. things have to stop — more appointments have to be cancelled, more operations have to be cancelled. and that's where we get the problem, which is the impact this is now having, which you don't 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've just been through a really tough winter. we're coming out of that now. this is a chance for us to start to chip away at those long waiting lists, to try to address the level of sickness in the community. but we're not going to be able to make that progress if these strikes continue. so, more than 100,000 points cancelled, tens tens of thousands of operations cancelled, 130,000 vacancies. who should be sitting around this table, the rcn or rishi sunak? so, we've been really consistent about this now for two months, and what we've said is that we think it's up to the government to open negotiations. the trade unions have made it absolutely clear they won't negotiate unless the government's willing to talk about this year's pay settlement,

even though we've nearly reached the end of the financial year. but equally, we've said to the trade unions that once the government opens the door to negotiations, we would encourage them to push through that door and to compromise so that we can end this industrial action. there has been progress in wales, there has been progress in scotland. we urgently need progress in england now before this industrial action escalates. and let me make this point. there is a sense, i think, that some people in government feel that if they hold on long enough, the workers involved in these industrial actions will lose heart, that the public will lose sympathy. but the reality is more people are joining trade unions. i spoke to an ambulance leader on friday who told me hundreds of more of his staff have joined the trade union. i've heard the same thing from hospitals. so, if anything, workers are becoming more determined, they're becoming radicalised. there's no shift in public support for these strikes. so, the problem is that the government's strategy of holding out and hoping that something turns up is simply not delivering and what's happening is more harm to the nhs.

america's biggest sporting event of the year, the super bowl, takes place in arizona tonight. more than 120 million people are expected to watch the kansas city chiefs take on the philadelphia eagles. 0ur sports correspondent, nesta mcgregor, is there. e. a. g. l. e. s. eagles! the biggest sporting party in america. and everyone is invited. the biggest sporting party in america, and everyone is invited. we're from california. we love the raiders. dallas is in the house. we come from sacramento, california. pittsburgh steelers all the way. can you give us a flavour of what to expect this weekend, what the super bowl experience is all about? fun, excitement, lots of parties. well, i don't have a ticket forthe game, but i'm here to have fun.

i'm excited about that! how does it work, by the way? everyone's supporting a different team and you remain friends. oh, man. because we all know my team is better. it's really easy. we just talk trash to each other. it makes it more fun. the fans with the most bragging rights, though, belong to the kansas city chiefs and philadelphia eagles. super bowl 57 is already in the history books. for the first time, each team is being led by a black quarterback and anotherfirst — brothers on opposing teams, travis and jason kelce. spare a thought for mum. oh, yeah. come on, now. come sunday, state farm stadium in phoenix, arizona, capable of seating more than 70,000 people will host the game. but no seat comes cheap. this is a bucket list event for many fans travelling from all over the world, including the uk. it definitely reflects that demand. we're seeing tickets starting at 30 $200 and ticket averaging is around $6,800. that's 5,500 pounds to you and me. but what about fans who can't get into the game? well, there's still plenty to do. this is the nfl fan experience where you can emulate some

of these star players. right now, if you're a quarterback, you can throw the ball to your wide receiver. just like that. this is a full—size replica pitch, and when you run it, you can't help but think, "have i still got it?" someone else who's going to have to be quick on and off the field is rihanna. the star of tonight's half—time show, her first gig in seven years. advertisers are paying almost £6 million for a 30—second slot either side of her set. again, it's the super bowl. again, it's the ri—ri super bowl. anticipation and excitement are huge. excitement are huge, and at the star studded super bowl parties, her celebrity friends are staying tight—lipped. blink, if you will be a surprise guest for rihanna. i don't know nothing. i will not blink. this is the rihanna concert featuring a super bowl. i you know a lot of people. do you know anything at all?

yes. you know, i know that she's got a big show planned. - amazing stunts. there's an amazing i production behind it. of course, it's the super bowl, so no expenses cut. _ and i can't wait. i got my air horn ready. you know what i mean? bop, bop, bop, bop! so the stars are here. the stage is set for yet another memorable super bowl sunday. nestor mcgregor, bbc news, phoenix, arizona. when george was just eight years old, his mum began to choke during a meal. but george knew what to do and his actions saved her life. this week, george was at buckingham palace to be recognised for his achievement — and he even met the princess royal, as the bbc�*s andy gill reports. back in 2019, george was a stjohn ambulance young cadet. the family were on holiday in scotland when his mum began to choke. in scotland when his

at their home in bolton this afternoon, they recalled what happened. we'd gone out for lunch to a cafe and we were just eating like a scottish broth, just chatting away. and all of a sudden i felt something stop, blockage in my throat. and one of my sons started to pat me on the back and it just wasn't making a difference. and then my eldest son came and had a try and nothing was happening. george was sat on the opposite side of the table to us, jumped up and said, "you don't do it like that — "you do it like this", and sort of charged around to the table and got his hand in a sort of up thrust manoeuvre. and with one manoeuvre, he'd cleared it. the first lesson we'd actually done was choking, and they had a dummy called choking charlie that we practised on. a lot of eight—year—olds seeing their mum in distress like that would have panicked. you didn't, did you? no, they taught us panicking doesn't help. if anything, it makes it worse, so i kept that in my head and ijust calm. head and i just. ..calm. you were at the palace, buckingham palace this week to be recognised for what you did. what was that like?

i was starstruck, to be fair, because meeting princess anne is kind of a big deal. and at first i was like, i don't know if i want to go because if i make a mess of myself, what will happen? but yeah, i was really excited to shake her hand. what is it about being part of stjohn ambulance that you like? why do you want to be a volunteer? i like saving lives, and i also likejust... it's just fun. do you think george did save your life? you know, i think there was, he did solve the problem and nothing else was working, so on that basis, i think i have to say that he did. george is now training to be a fully qualified stjohn ambulance volunteer. andy gill, bbc news. well done, george. 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 southwest 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 8—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, and whre you get some shelter from that breeze, and where 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 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. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines — the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria is now more than 30,000. but remarkably, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. both the un and 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. 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