feel welcome to bbc news, i'm anjana gadgil. our top stories... i'm anjana gadgil. 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 — enters its second half in phoenix, arizona. 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 women 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 erdek 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, they not... no answer, nothing. they already died. we shout their 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 umut 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... blood, everything is everywhere. he cries. 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. round the corner, we find this man. 30 years a lorry driver in london, he's rushed back to his homeland to find this. you know, i am crying, i was born in this village. you were born here? yes, i was born here. 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.

we can now speak tojoshua landis who's director of the center of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma where hejoins us now. joshua, where hejoins us now. we saw joshua, where he joins us now. we saw reports there from joshua, we saw reports there from both syria and turkey, do serious have a right to feel particularly aggrieved about the lack of age? particularly aggrieved about the iack of age?— the lack of age? yes, they haven't got _ the lack of age? yes, they haven't got much - the lack of age? yes, they haven't got much aid - the lack of age? yes, they haven't got much aid at i the lack of age? yes, theyj haven't got much aid at all the lack of age? yes, they - haven't got much aid at all and syria, after ten, 12 years of civil war has very level —— little moving equipment, the whole system, all the systems are broken down and so it has been very difficult to get any aid in an any aid that came through turkey, the degree to the opposition areas in the north and the western of the country usually was used before it got to the syrian border. roads were broken, people ignored syria and turkey got much greater attention. is

much greater attention. is there a way you can see if getting this much needed aid to the people that need it in syria? the people that need it in s ria? ~ ,, ., , syria? well, the united states did lift its sanctions, _ syria? well, the united states did lift its sanctions, they - did lift its sanctions, they announced it on friday last week that they were lifting sanctions for six months. the problem is that all the banks have not changed their protocols and so if i call my bank, which i did, and try to send family members in syria, my wife's family are all there, you can't do it. even western union and other wiring services, you cannot get money to syria and this is infuriating the people who want to send money to loved ones, it is very difficult to get through. the red cross, the international red cross are getting help into the government areas of syria, so those are working, but it is very difficult because private citizen who just want to wire

money to their family so they can rent an apartment, get off the streets, many people are sleeping in their cars, you can't do this and it is infuriating.— can't do this and it is infuriatinu. . ., , infuriating. so if aid that is cominu infuriating. so if aid that is coming over _ infuriating. so if aid that is coming over land - infuriating. so if aid that is coming over land is - infuriating. so if aid that is coming over land is being l infuriating. so if aid that is - coming over land is being used to before it gets to the syrian border and money cannot be transferred directly to syria, what is the solution?- what is the solution? well, --eole what is the solution? well, peeple have _ what is the solution? well, people have to _ what is the solution? well, people have to carry - what is the solution? well, | people have to carry money what is the solution? well, - people have to carry money over the border, and that is the problem, you send it to people you know 11 on who can get it across, but it is just one giant tangle of red tape, this is true for... the sanctions, you want to buy an emergency car or a digger or some kind of the steam engine for digging out the cement to find people, you can't do it because all these countries are put through particles and to get that change takes months, to change these rules, so, you know, many of us are asking the state department and the treasury department and the treasury

department here to actually contact the banks and ask them to lift these protocols so we can send money and then to put it on the treasury department website which says it's lifted sanctions to actually list banks where you can go and send money, because they haven't done it, so nobody cares if the government says left sanctions, they won't change their protocols overnight. this is a problem with sanctions, everybody�*s behaviour has changed and people love frightened of doing business with syria, if you put on go fund me on the web and say you use the word syria in it, they tell you, automatically, you cannot send money to syria. all that needs to be changed, and it will take weeks and months to do it. ., ~ i. ., it will take weeks and months to do it. . ~' i., ., . ~' to do it. thank you for talking to do it. thank you for talking to us and _ to do it. thank you for talking to us and thank— to do it. thank you for talking to us and thank you _ to do it. thank you for talking to us and thank you for - to do it. thank you for talking to us and thank you for your. to us and thank you for your personal insight, i take your family —— i hope yourfamily in syria are ok.

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. 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. in other headlines for you today: the us military has shot down an unidentified flying object above michigan, the third such object shot down in as many days. pentagon officials said an assessment was made that the objects were not military threats. the latest object 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. 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". i'm nowjoined by cbs correspondent cristian benavides, who is in miami. we've now had three unidentifed objects shot down in as many days, the pentagonjust briefed reporters and said what is the latest you can tell us? the third object, in a matter of three days that has been taken down here in north america. the big question now is what are these objects? the department of defence gave a briefing earlier in the day

saying that they don't believe that these objects were necessarily threats to people on the ground but they felt that they needed to take them down out of an abundance of caution. as far as this specific object that was taken down in late year run, we do know that the department of defence officials believe this was an object they had been tracking from yesterday that they had actually spotted in montana and the last signal with it and eventually once again were able to see where it was and they felt that over the lake was a place where they could actually bring it down. so, again, the main question, what are these things, what are these objects? and officials are still having to recovery the wreckage from what has fallen on the ground. and when you think about where they are recovering the wreckage, in alaska and canada, they are braving some pretty tough conditions, and now what

officials are saying is that it is dark out wherever this latest object came down so i haven't been able to recover all that wreckage, analyse it, figure out what it is. officials have also admitted that given what happened with the suspected chinese by balloon, there is a heightened sense of alert here. and they are looking closer at objects that are in the skies so the question goes back to is it the norm for there to be these objects? or is it that some foreign entity has stepped up some sort of surveillance here? and wejust don't some sort of surveillance here? and we just don't have an answer to that.— and we just don't have an answer to that. you talk about the heightened _ answer to that. you talk about the heightened tension. - answer to that. you talk about the heightened tension. is - answer to that. you talk about the heightened tension. is it l the heightened tension. is it affecting ordinary americans? are they now concern about what is above them in the skies? americans have a lot of questions about what this could be. during a briefing earlier, it was asked whether or not this could be aliens out there.

now, the department of defence officials aren't ruling anything out but they are certainly saying they have to analyse these objects, and they made sure to sort ofjust make everyone aware that, look, there are companies, there are weather balloons that are up there and until they analyse there and until they analyse the wreckage, they are not going to know necessarily what it is and they can't really give us some conclusions to what is happening, but given what is happening, but given what happened with a suspected chinese by balloon, they are doing all of this out of an abundance of caution. thank you very much _ abundance of caution. thank you very much for— abundance of caution. thank you very much for your _ abundance of caution. thank you very much for your time. - stay with us on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the feline prisoner sprung from jail in mexico. 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 bbc news, our main headline: more than 33,000 people are known to have been killed by the earthquakes affecting turkey and syria. 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. so he's been under this rubble for six and a half days. carried through here. the most incredible scene. you saw the crowd here just explode with joy. now watching a man still alive, pulled from this rubble, this is an extraordinary moment. they're lifting him, these rescue workers, lifting him. his hands are in the air, he's conscious, breathing,

eyes flickering. well, this has been an extraordinary hour or so since we ran to here, following some rescue workers. it was clearly something had been found. they could see somebody�*s legs. he was alive. and we've just seen 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�*s shown me a picture where we can see the legs of this man. he seems to be trapped from his upper body. extraordinary celebration as he was moved out across here. his own father was here in the crowd. did you ever think this would happen? how do you feel?

before we go, the biggest event in america's sporting calendar, the super bowl, has entered its second half. the kansas city chiefs are trailing the philadelphia eagles 21 to 2a, in phoenix, arizona. the half time show, traditionally a major part of the whole event, featured rihanna, giving herfirst live performance in years. let's get some more on the game from sports jousrnalist, cheryl raye—stout who joins us from chicago. thank you so much for interrupting your viewing to talk to us, i don't think i would want to do that, what do you make of the game so far? it is a really interesting game.

this is interesting because both quarterbacks have had their pluses and minuses, one has had more pluses than miners, he has run for a couple of touchdowns. patrick mahon, we were wondering, because before the half, his ankle was hurt again, he came out in the second half and he drove the team down the field and scored a touchdown so it is up in the air right now, any team could win at this point.— win at this point. what are our win at this point. what are your predictions, - win at this point. what are your predictions, if- win at this point. what are your predictions, if you - win at this point. what are l your predictions, if you were win at this point. what are - your predictions, if you were a betting woman? i your predictions, if you were a betting woman?— your predictions, if you were a betting woman? i would have to sa that betting woman? i would have to say that the _ betting woman? i would have to say that the eagles _ betting woman? i would have to say that the eagles probably - say that the eagles probably have this more in hand but i never count out patrick mahon. this is a really interesting game. there were a lot of questions about another player's throw the ball —— shoulder. he has been able to throw the ball. their head coach has been very aggressive, they have been going on for

downs and making them, so with the aggression, it is put in the aggression, it is put in the kansas city chief back on their heels that sometimes has their heels that sometimes has the defence. {iii their heels that sometimes has the defence.— the defence. of course the su er the defence. of course the super bowl— the defence. of course the super bowl isn't _ the defence. of course the super bowl isn't just - the defence. of course the super bowl isn'tjust about whatever is on the field, it is also about what happens at half time, what did you make of the half—time entertainment, or is that when you make a coffee? no, no, rihanna—macro was fabulous. it is always a great show when you have somebody like her to perform. the other thing was the super bowl ad, you watch the commercials, no, you watch the commercials, no, you watch the commercials because sometimes they are the best things, too. 50. because sometimes they are the best things, too.— best things, too. so, how much loner best things, too. so, how much longer do _ best things, too. so, how much longer do we — best things, too. so, how much longer do we have _ best things, too. so, how much longer do we have to _ best things, too. so, how much longer do we have to go, - best things, too. so, how much longer do we have to go, and i longer do we have to go, and who do you think will come out the happiest in the end? right now, the happiest in the end? right now. there — the happiest in the end? right now, there is _ the happiest in the end? right now, there is only _ the happiest in the end? right now, there is only a _ the happiest in the end? right now, there is only a minute i the happiest in the end? ii grit now, there is only a minute and a 45 left in the first quarter —— third quarter and we have the fourth quarter to go but right now philadelphia are in the drivers seat. i would like to see kansas city when, i have

some people i know in the kansas city organisation but i think philadelphia will pull this out. ., ~ think philadelphia will pull this out. ., ,, , ., , think philadelphia will pull this out. ., ,, , . this out. thank you very much for interrupting _ this out. thank you very much for interrupting your— this out. thank you very much for interrupting your viewing l for interrupting your viewing to talk to us, we really appreciated. 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, that's a very different story. like a lot of inmates, he has tattoos, including a symbol of a drug gang linked to the notorious sinaloa cartel. although 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. translation: we think it's weird that he's - so loving when he belonged to the prisoners. we thought he was going

to be more aggressive. but no, he's very friendly. he doesn't get along with other animals, but he's rather docile with people. the prison had recently been the site of a violent riot and break—out, where more than a dozen people, inmates and officers, were killed. afterwards, contraband was seized that included televisions, video games, a mechanical bull and one egyptian hairless cat. the rescue centre says he's part of a criminal investigation and won't be put up for adoption, but he'll be given all necessary care. no doubt including the odd saucer of milk. after all, he'd already done his porridge. tim allman, bbc news. a reminder of our top story.... a week on from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, over 33,000 people are known to have been killed. the un says it expects that number to double. remarkably, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. another aid convoy has crossed into rebel—held

north—west syria. hello there. the weather was pretty disappointing with regards to sunshine amounts over the weekend. many places did stay rather grey and cloudy. but 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. these 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, maybe 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 for 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, 14 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, windier 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a week on from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, over 33,000 people are known to have been killed. the un says it expects that number to double. remarkably, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. another aid convoy has crossed into rebel—held north—west syria. the us military has shot down an unidentified flying object above lake huron, the third such object shot down in as many days. pentagon officials said an assessment was made that the objects were not military threats, but that they had taken action out of an "abudance of caution". thousands of homes are without power in new zealand as cyclone gabrielle makes its way across the country's north island. a state of emergency has been

declared in five regions, including auckland, as strong winds and heavy rain