welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... over 33,000 people are now known to have died in the earthquakes in turkey and syria, but a week after the disaster survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. we report from inside syria, where the united nations says many people feel forgotten. these were people's homes. they were newly built. but look at it now. 80% of this village is gone, and they have had hardly any help. the us has reportedly shot nother object out of the sky, the second within 2a hours.

e-a-g-l-e-s! excitement as the biggest event in america's sporting calendar — the super bowl — kicks off in phoenix, arizona. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's almost a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria in which so far more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations, however, says it expects that figure to double. remarkably, though, 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. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the aftermath of the earthquake, syria and turkey could not be further apart. we have just crossed into syria. at the border crossing, there were about a dozen aid trucks and fuel tankers coming in, and actually more refugees, more coming out. the main street 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. wejust need them to come in and dig the bodies up for burial. i don't know what else to say. the earthquake was untroubled by international borders. the relief effort is quite a different matter. just looking around me in this town, there is hardly any activity. they have been living with the aftermath of this earthquake for six days now, and help has not come. even before the earthquake, life was precarious in idlib. people here have been displaced by war many times, so with a bare hands, a man digs to retrieve a sack of animal feed. 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. that's the latest in syria, but across the border 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 was pulled from the rubble in the city of hatay.

she'd been trapped for 150 hours. her son, here in the red jacket, is by her side. our europe 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 mountainside. 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... no answer, nothing. 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 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. round the corner, we find this man from london who has rushed back to his homeland to find this. i

back to his homeland to find this. . ~ , back to his homeland to find this. . . , ., , back to his homeland to find this. . . , .,, this. i am crying, i was born in this village. _ this. i am crying, i was born in this village. i _ this. i am crying, i was born in this village. i know- in this village. i know everything. then i come, you don't see nothing. lost everything. and no insurance, no nothing, and the government are not helping. 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, in the village of urdek. in other headlines for you today: the us military has shot down an unidentified flying object above lake huron, the fourth such shootdown in as many days. it was shot down over lake huron, between the us and canada. this follows a week—long chinese balloon spying saga that has intensified the hunt for violations of north american airspace. republican representative jack bergman tweeted more information —

saying the american people deserve more answers. michigan congresswoman elissa slotkin tweeted that the object was downed by pilots from the us air force and the national guard. meanwhile, in china, local media are reporting that the authorities have detected an "unidentified flying object" over waters near the northern port city of rizhao and are ready to shoot it down. a security alert text message was sent warning fishing boats to "be on alert and avoid risks". us officials say another unidentified flying object has been shot down after violating north american airspace, as we have been reporting. earlier, i got the thoughts of heino klinck. he's a former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asia. the fact that facts remain very scant right now is somewhat disconcerting. what we do know of that since february the february 4th, the united states air force has shot down four separate aircraft.

you know, to be perfectly honest, there hasn't been such air combat, if you will, over us skies since the attack on pearl harbor by imperialjapan. ifind it, again, somewhat disconcerting that the us government, other than individual representatives, have not put out more information, because it is certainly starting to draw the attention of your average americans. mr klinck, when you frame it in that way, i wonder whether this is a situation where we are finding more of these things right now because more searches that are taking place, or is this something that has been happening for and has gone undetected? that could very well be true. as has been reported, senior officials of the previous administration, including myself, had said on the record that we were unaware of any such air incursions.

now that it is occurring almost on a daily basis or at least being reported on a daily basis, i cannot imagine i cannot imagine that all of a sudden, a state actor have decided from one day to the next to launch these aircraft on north america. what we now know is that china has in fact had a very robust aerial surveillance programme based on balloons that, as have been reported publicly, have spied on over a0 different countries. i think again the timing of these latest balloons or even just if we take the one that was shut down in february 4th, since the prc has acknowledged it is their own, it is quite suspect. mr klinck, chinese state media is now saying they have detected an unidentified flying object that they are also preparing to shoot down, i mean, you have a situation where both the us and china are now saying that, how do you see this relationship moving forward?

i think we find ourselves in a very tense and precarious situation in us chinese relations. i think, over the years, we have seen an upward trajectory of chinese aggression, some might even say adventurism, internationally. notwithstanding the last three aircraft shot down, we know on february four that that was in fact a chinese aircraft that violated american and canadian airspace. i think this is a significant provocation and isjust a brazen example of the chinese flouting international norms. i think there is going to be pushed back, notjust i think there is going to be push—back, not just in united states, but globally, against the prc continuing these types of actions. heino klinck, former us

deputy assistant secretary of defence for east asia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme.. the row surrounding the chairman of the bbc intensifies after a report from mps criticises his appointment. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home, the withdrawal completed in good order but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered, that has a terrible effect on the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no letup

in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent lower in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town from the time being. it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they call it mir, the russian for peace. this is newsday on the bbc in singapore. our headlines... the number of people killed by the earthquakes in turkey and syria has passed 33,000. the us has reportedly shot another object out of the sky — the second within 2a hours. as we have been reporting, the number of people killed in the earthquakes in turkey and syria keeps rising. so far, more than 33,000 people have been confirmed to have died. in turkey, the anger is growing in affected regions over

a government response but also allegedly faulty buildings construction that has led to over 100 arrest warrants. members of turkey's opposition party have called on government for neglecting stringent regulations introduced after previous quakes. i am nowjoined by professor takako izumi, expert in disaster mitigation strategy at tohoku university's international research institute of disaster science injapan. it is wonderful to get you on newsday, professor. in terms of your experience, what is the rest phase —— what is the next phase of rescue efforts look like in the affected areas? thank you for inviting me. currently, the disaster effort is ongoing. the next phase will be providing more emergency assistance such as water and

shelter and the medical assistance to the people who are evacuated from the affected regions. so many humanitarian organisations have already worked in these regions but most of them are the ones who have established their presence before the earthquake and by local and international organisations so what we can do right now we support these organisations, particularly financial donations, so also i am sure there are many organisations who are ready to assist right now.— assist right now. indeed. professor, _ assist right now. indeed. professor, i— assist right now. indeed. professor, i want - assist right now. indeed. professor, i want to - assist right now. indeed. professor, i want to getl assist right now. indeed. - professor, i want to get your full song something else. we have been told about the fact that there have been concerns around welding safety in turkey of these earthquakes, particularly over regulations and faulty construction, japan, obviously, no stranger to these awful tragedies, what canjapan awful tragedies, what can japan

share awful tragedies, what canjapan share about this? we awful tragedies, what can japan share about this?— share about this? we also have lost more _ share about this? we also have lost more than _ share about this? we also have lost more than 20,000 - share about this? we also have lost more than 20,000 lives i share about this? we also have lost more than 20,000 lives in | lost more than 20,000 lives in the last earthquake and tsunami in 2011. although most casualties at that time whereby the tsunami, not the earthquake. first, it is important to have the earthquake resistant structures, vertically public buildings, especially schools and public hospitals and especially in earthquake prone regions. and we need to remember that a lot of efforts in the budget and time are required to materialise it so it is time and we have to remember, we have to start as early as possible preparing for other non—affected areas in the region by assessing the buildings and making sure they are ready. second, it is essential to understand these

risks and associated with living in earthquake prone regions. then we have to understand these risks and raise awareness of these risks. then strengthen the disaster capacity through disaster education in drills and training. education in drills and training-— education in drills and training. education in drills and trainina. , ., training. indeed, but i imagine the priority _ training. indeed, but i imagine the priority on _ training. indeed, but i imagine the priority on the _ training. indeed, but i imagine the priority on the ground - training. indeed, but i imagine the priority on the ground for l the priority on the ground for rescue teams, professor, is still very much trying to find anyone who is left as a survivor, who has been left alive, trapped under the rubble. what would your advice be, in terms of trying to get to those people who need the help right now from rescue teams on the ground? from the rescue team. — teams on the ground? from the rescue team, of— teams on the ground? from the rescue team, of course - teams on the ground? from the rescue team, of course it - teams on the ground? from the rescue team, of course it is - rescue team, of course it is very important, still, that there should be many people who are needing to be rescued and the rubble and they have two avoid the second disaster, still the cracks to buildings

up still the cracks to buildings up very dangerous and can cause a second disaster and that has to be very much cautious for the people who are working for the people who are working for the rescue, search and rescue right now. the rescue, search and rescue right "ow-— right now. professor takako izumi, right now. professor takako izumi. expert _ right now. professor takako izumi, expert in _ right now. professor takako izumi, expert in disaster - izumi, expert in disaster mitigation strategy at tohoku university's international research institute of disaster science, thank you so much for joining us on the programme. lawmakers in the uk 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 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 these 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 the 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. one 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 now 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. around 58,000 homes are without power in new zealand's upper north island on monday as cyclone gabrielle brings strong winds, heavy rain and huge swells to auckland and nearby regions. weatherforecasters expect rain and winds to intensify as it nearsland during monday and tuesday. before we go, the biggest event in america's sporting calendar, the super bowl, has kicked off. the kansas city chiefs are playing the philadelphia eagles in phoenix, arizona. the half—time show will feature rihanna, giving herfirst live performance in years. we spoke to our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor in phoenix, arizona,

just before the game began. i've covered sporting events all over the world. very few compare to this one. we've had a carnival, if not music festival atmosphere already so far, and if that is the start, i cannot wait for the main course and that will be the game itself, the kansas city chiefs versus the philadelphia eagles. and already a game that's

going to go down in the history because for the first time we have black quarterbacks leading ourteam. we also have opposing brothers travis and jason kelce on opposite teams as well. really, really fiery. i tell you, i spoke to two people who really stuck in my mind before this one kicked off husband and wife. they've been married for 20 years. one is from kansas city, the otherfrom philadelphia. they said today has been the toughest test of that 20 year marriage. so thatjust sums up just how big today is. that is a great story. nesta, you've talked us through the sports and the marital drama, but what about the other big highlight, rihanna? she's going to be performing as well, isn't she? well, i spoke to the actor and comedian kevin hart yesterday and he says this is rihanna featuring the super bowl. she did the press conference during the week and say that she somehow has to squeeze that 17 years of music into just 13 minutes. and she'd already changed her setlist 39 times. that's when we spoke to her at the beginning of the week. it could be well into the 50s by now. another interesting fact, she has just eight minutes to kind of build the stage and then deconstruct it as well. and to give you just another example of how big this is, more than 120 million people are watching globally. a 32nd advert either

side of rihanna. rihanna will cost you £6 million. so, yes, expensive. we're in for a treat today. it should be an amazing day of sport and entertainment. nestor cortege clash nestor mcgregor our sports correspondent having fun there. to stay with us. hello there. the weather was pretty disappointing with regards to sunshine amounts over the weekend. many places did stay rather grey and cloudy. now we start the new week off with high pressure still nearby and with more of a breeze, we could see more sunshine around. so that will make it feel a little bit warmer. but then the second half of this upcoming week will turn more unsettled. the weather fronts and low pressure systems out in the atlantic start to make inroads as our area of high pressure begins to pull away. now, monday starts off fairly cloudy, some sunshine in the north, but with this breeze coming up from the south, it should break up the clouds more. so we should see more sunshine around across

england and wales. a little bit of cloud for the east coast of england may be around the north channel, but some good sunny spells through the afternoon. temperatures responding up to 12 or 13 degrees, but double figures across the board so very mild this time of february. for tuesday, our area of high pressure still brings a lot of dry, unsettled weather. but this first weather front starts to make inroads across scotland and northern ireland. that'll bring more cloud and a few showers. ourairsource coming in from iberia. so it's going to be very mild, quite a fresh breeze as well. so, again, we shouldn't see any problems with too much cloud around. could start a bit foggy across the far south east where winds will be lightest to begin with. it'll clear, though, as the winds pick up plenty of sunshine for england and wales, a bit cloudier for scotland, northern ireland with one or two showers but very mild. we could be up to 15 degrees in north wales with some shelter from the southerly breeze. then as we head into wednesday, a more substantial frontal system starts to work its way into scotland and northern ireland. some heavy rain there for a time, followed by some blustery showers. this band of rain will weaken as it moves across england and wales, barely anything on it.

and on either side we should continue to see some sunshine. it'll be very mild in the south east, 1a degrees there, but even 9 to 12 further north. and then for the end of the week, thursday and friday look more unsettled with rain at times and some strong winds, too. one area of low pressure pushes through on thursday, followed by a deeper system on friday that will bring some rain and some gales to the north and the west. initially, it'll scoop up some very mild air across england and wales before the cooler, wetter, windy weather spreads southwards later on friday. so an unsettled end to this new week. but for both days, it's going to remain pretty mild.

you're watching bbc news. the latest headlines coming up, after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. across the world, freedom and democracy are in retreat. almost a third of the world's people live under authoritarian rule. that number is rising and that

has grave implications for basic human rights. it's not that liberal democracies can't be abusive of rights, but generally their safeguards against oppression are stronger.