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 another object out of the sky, the second within 2a hours. e—a—g—l—e—s, eagles! and excitement as the biggest

event in america's sporting calendar, the super bowl, is underway in phoenix, arizona. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc new, 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 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. 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, well, it was quite a different matter. just look around me in the town of harem here in syria — there is hardly any activity. they have been living with the aftermath of this earthquake for six days now and help hasn't come. even before the earthquake, life was precarious in idlib. people here have been displaced by war many times, so with his 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. they 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. 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. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. israel's president has

issued a stark warning over government plans to overhaul the judiciary. isaac herzog said the proposals had driven the country to the brink of social and constitutional collapse. there've been huge protests for six consecutive weekends. the former foreign minister of cyprus, nikos christodoulides, has been elected president in a run—off vote. he promised a unity government tasked with breaking a deadlock in peace talks with estranged turkish cypriots. around 58,000 homes are without power in new zealand's upper he promised a unity government tasked with breaking a deadlock in peace talks with estranged turkish cypriots. around 58,000 homes are without power in new zealand's upper north island as cyclone gabrielle brings strong winds, heavy rain and huge swells to auckland and nearby regions. weather forecasters expect rain and winds to intensify as it nears land during monday and tuesday. the us military has shot down an unidentified flying object over michigan, the third such object shot down in as many days.

at a pentagon briefing in the past hour, reporters were told that officials had acted out of an "abundance of caution", and that the objects were not assessed to be military threats. the head of us northern command, general glen vanherck was asked if they'd ruled out aliens — he responded that he hadn't yet ruled anything out. in the latest incident, the object was shot down near 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. 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 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 imperial japan. 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 in the previous administration, including myself, have 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 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 push—back, not just in united states, but globally, against the prc continuing these types of actions. 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. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines... the number of people killed by the earthquakes in turkey and syria has passed 33,000. well, as we've been hearing, incredibly, people are still being pulled alive from the rubble. tom bateman has been to antakya city in turkey's hatay province, to see how rescuers are continuing their work around the clock, to find survivors. they have been under this rubble for six and a half days, carried through here, the most incredible scenes. we saw the crowd herejust incredible scenes. we saw the crowd here just explode with joy, crowd here just explode with joy, now watching a man, still

alive, pulled from this rubble. this is the most extraordinary moment. as they are lifting him, these rescue workers lifting him, his hands are in the air, he is conscious, breathing, eyes flickering. this has been an extraordinary hour or so. this has been an extraordinary hour orso. since this has been an extraordinary hour or so. since we ran to here following some rescue workers because clearly somebody had been found. they could see somebody�*s legs, he had been found. we saw one of the rescuers come out here, he was in tears and extremely distressed. we've seen a generator being taken in, some cutting gear that needs power. buckets as well to dig away the earth, and somebody has shown me a picture, we can see the legs of this man, he seems to

be trapped from his upper body. extraordinary celebrations, as he was moved out across here, his own father was hearing the crowd. how do you feel? that was tom bateman reporting on that story for us. lawmakers in the uk have accused the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, of significant errors ofjudgement 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. 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 starter, 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 out each team. 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? yeah. well, i spoke to the actor and comedian kevin hart yesterday and he says this is rihanna featuring the super bowl. you mentioned it. the superstar singer has been away for seven years so this is her big comeback. she did the press conference during the week and said that she somehow has to squeeze 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 30 second advert either side of 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. let's take you to mexico now, and here's an unusual but heartwarming tale. now, some of the country's most hardened criminals are housed at a prison in the city of ciudad juarez. but after a recent riot there, an unexpected inmate was discovered by the authorities, as the bbc�*s

tim allman explains. cat burglar behind bars, fair enough, butjust a cat, well, it is a different story. like a lot of inmates, he has tattoos, including a symbol of a drug gang. though presumably he didn't volunteer for it. despite these traumas, the feline fugitive was seemingly happy to keep his head down and do his time. we happy to keep his head down and do his time-— do his time. we think it is aware that _ do his time. we think it is aware that he _ do his time. we think it is aware that he is _ do his time. we think it is aware that he is so - do his time. we think it is aware that he is so loving | do his time. we think it is - aware that he is so loving when he belonged to the prisoners, we thought he was going to be more aggressive but, no, he is very friendly. he doesn't get along with other animals but he is rather docile with people. the prison had been a sight of a violent right and break out and more than a dozen people, inmates and officers, were killed. afterwards, contraband was seized that included televisions, video games, a

madcap —— a mechanical bull, and one egyptian hairless cat. he is part of a criminal investigation and want to be put up for adoption but he will be given all necessary care, no doubt including the source of milk. after all, doubt including the source of milk. afterall, he doubt including the source of milk. after all, he has already done his porridge. tim armin, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. just before we go, a reminder of our top story. it's almost a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, in which, so far, more than 33,000 people are confirmed to have lost their lives. the united nations says it expects that figure to double. remarkably though survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. un 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. head to our website and get the

latest analysis and reports from our teens and correspondents on the ground but for now, thank you very much forjoining 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. 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.

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