welcome to bbc news — i'm anjana gadgil. our top stories... 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. and rihanna adds to the excitement at the super bowl, as the half—time show is her first live performance in years.

it's almost a week since two earthquakes devastated parts of turkey and syria, in which so far, more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations says that figure could 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. this was a town. these were people homes, they were newly built, but look at it now. 80%

of this village is gone and they have 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. 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? tom bateman reporting from southern turkey. 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. cbs correspondent cristian benavides gave me this update. the third object in a matter of three days that has been taken down here in north america. the big question right now is, what are these objects? the department of defence gave a brief 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 lake huron, we do know that department of defence officials believed this was an object they had been tracking from yesterday, that they had actually spotted in montana and then they lost the signal 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 the subjects? officials still having to recover 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 wherever this latest object came down it is dark so they haven't been able to recover all the wreckage and analyse it, officials have admitted that given what happened, with the suspected chinese spy balloon, there is a heightened sense of alert here. they are looking closer at objects that are in the sky. 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 foreign entity has stepped up some sort of surveillance here? wejust don't up some sort of surveillance here? we just don't have an answer to that.— here? 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 ordinary americans? == ordinary americans? -- affecting- _ ordinary americans? » affecting. americans have a lot of questions of what this could be. during the briefing earlier, it was asked whether or not this could be aliens up there. the department of defence officials are not ruling anything out but they are certainly saying they have to analyse these objects and they made sure to just make everyone aware that there are companies, there are weather balloons up there and until they analyse the wreckage they are not going to know necessarily what it is. they can't really give us any conclusions to what's happening, but given what happened, with the suspected chinese spy balloon, they are

doing all of this out of an abundance of caution. pop and r&b superstar rihanna made a grand return to the stage during the super bowl half—time show in arizona. it was the 34—year—old grammy winner's first stage performance in five years. her last album, anti, was released in 2016. the super bowl is the music industry's premiere showcase and its telecast usually draws around 100 million viewers in the united states alone. joining us to discuss this further is culture and entertainment expert d'shonda brown. she doesn't disappoint, does shewas it a good performance? it was an incredible performance. rihanna gave the fans we expected. he seamlessly summed up almost 17 years of evolution in her musical career and a 13 minute set, completely featureless, so rihanna absolutely did that from start to finish. it absolutely did that from start to finish. , ., to finish. it might prove controversial _ to finish. it might prove controversial in - to finish. it might prove controversial in the - to finish. it might prove - controversial in the newspapers

afterwards, a little bit provocative perhaps, for some of the audience? i provocative perhaps, for some of the audience?— of the audience? i would say that it was — of the audience? i would say that it was definitely - of the audience? i would say that it was definitely a - that it was definitely a rihanna performance, everybody knows that whether it is an awards show or concert, you know what a rihanna performances from start to finish and the choreography was absolutely on brand for her. like she said in an interview she represented for barbados, for immigrants and for black women and that is being comfortable in your sexuality and femininity and unapologetically being yourself. unapologetically being yourself-— unapologetically being ourself. ., ., yourself. so for you, how special — yourself. so for you, how special was _ yourself. so for you, how special was it _ yourself. so for you, how special was it to - yourself. so for you, how special was it to see - yourself. so for you, how special was it to see herl special was it to see her return to the stage? it special was it to see her return to the stage? it was so beautiful to _ return to the stage? it was so beautiful to see _ return to the stage? it was so beautiful to see her _ return to the stage? it was so beautiful to see her return - return to the stage? it was so beautiful to see her return to | beautiful to see her return to the stage because as a rihanna fan myself, as a black woman, seeing somebody standing in her power, seeing somebody put on an amazing performance by herself with no guests, because she could have pulled out several guest but she did everything herself, often times

as black women we are expected to do everything ourselves, whether we are a mother, caretaker, a daughter, sister, wife or girlfriend and rihanna that black women especially can stand in their power. she brin . s stand in their power. she brings so _ stand in their power. she brings so much _ stand in their power. she brings so much more - stand in their power. she brings so much more than a mayor performance. you think now the return is on the cards? we would like to think so, because she gave us her oscar—nominated lift me up, which was beautiful. the fans are a bit hesitant now that perhaps one of the features on the stage was possibly baby number two foot we would love to get an album but you never know. . ~ , ., to get an album but you never know. . ~' , ., , to get an album but you never know. . ~ , ., , . to get an album but you never know. . , . , know. thank you very much stop we can see _ know. thank you very much stop we can see some _ know. thank you very much stop we can see some pictures - know. thank you very much stop we can see some pictures of - know. thank you very much stop we can see some pictures of the | we can see some pictures of the kansas city chiefs watching the super bowl, rihanna's performance was incredible but this game has also proved to be incredible, tied at 35—35 that

only 11 seconds left on the clock. here are the fans of the kansas city chiefs enjoyed the end of a very tense and exciting game. they havejust taken the lead, which is why they are celebrating. what a game. 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, the latest headlines: more than 33,000 people are known to have been killed by the earthquakes affecting turkey and syria. the us has reportedly shot another object out of the sky — the second within 2a hours. russia has stepped up its attacks in ukraine as fears mount of a forthcoming offensive by russian forces to coincide with the first anniversary of the invasion

later this month. some of the fiercest fighting is in and around the eastern city of bakhmut, which russian forces have been trying to capture for more than six months. our senior international correspondent orla guerin and cameraman goktay koraltan have been with ukrainian troops at the heart of the battle. urban warfare in bakhmut. we see ukrainian troops from the 93rd brigade defending this battle—scarred city. they still hold bakhmut, but there is street fighting now in some areas, and the russians are gaining ground. the city stands as a symbol of ukrainian resistance. president putin has spent months trying to tear it down. our route is carefully planned. anything that moves

here can be a target. time to stay low... run. ..and move fast, single file. but suddenly, just behind us, the war comes closer. i think they've seen us. they just withdrew. on our way, a russian shell landed very close behind us. we have to be very careful about our movements. it's a very clear day here. good weather for russian drones that will be operating in the skies. the nearest russian positions are just two kilometers away.

we are taken below ground to commanders at the heart of the battle. they are trying to push us, he says, and to encircle us, so we have to leave the city, but it hasn't worked yet. of course, we have losses, but we are managing and holding on. above ground, they wait for orders, like the young men before them in wars gone by. they get coordinates for an enemy position, and rush to fire a 60 millimetre mortar. the second round doesn't fire, sending the troops and us running for cover.

everybody go to the cover. they tell us it was old stock, sent from abroad. their other battle here is with lack of ammunition. then a threat above our heads. russian jet. do you hear it? it's a russian jet. on our attack radios. in the city centre, the hallmark of russia's war. what it seeks to capture, it destroys. we are just hearing constant shelling. russian artillery shelling, yes. do you still believe that ukraine will win? yes. absolutely, yes. how long do you think that might take? it is a really hard question.

we are trying to do the best to hold the city. just around the corner, the latest strike. the kremlin is stepping up its attacks in the east and south of ukraine as a grim milestone approaches, the first anniversary of russian�*s invasion. orla guerin, bbc news, bakhmut. the head of russia's wagner mercenary army yevgeny prigozhin claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut — though ukraine says the russians are suffering heavy losses for minimal territorial gains. for more on the fighting around bakhmut, i'm joined by retired colonel brendan kearney, who spent more than 30 years in the us marines and now works as a military analyst, with particular interest in the

current conflict in ukraine. thank you forjoining us. how important is this alleged military success? it important is this alleged military success?- military success? it is questionable - military success? it is questionable in - military success? it is questionable in terms military success? it is i questionable in terms of military success? it is - questionable in terms of its importance. bakhmut to those of us who study this as a profession really doesn't pose a significant tactical advantage to the russians if they take it. the ukrainians i think have been very wise in defending their positions there, because they have been able to literally inflict a significant number of casualties on the attacking russian forces. so i don't think if the ukrainians lose it, they lose that much with the loss of bakhmut. the news and video _

the loss of bakhmut. the news and video that _ the loss of bakhmut. the news and video that was _ the loss of bakhmut. the news and video that was shown, - the loss of bakhmut. the news and video that was shown, do | and video that was shown, do you think we can trust this information? i you think we can trust this information?— you think we can trust this information? i don't. i long auo information? i don't. i long ago ceased _ information? i don't. i long ago ceased to _ information? i don't. i long ago ceased to trust - information? i don't. i longl ago ceased to trust anything that's coming out of russia. theyjust that's coming out of russia. they just don't seem that's coming out of russia. theyjust don't seem to want to play with the truth. the ukrainians sometimes exaggerate things also, but the most part, what you hear from the ukrainians is very accurate information when they give it to you. they are very good at their operational security in terms of not discussing things while operations are ongoing. so tomorrow, with the light coming up in ukraine and satellite imagery from third parties being evaluated, i think we will get a better understanding as to whether bakhmut truly has fallen or not. but i wouldn't trust the wagner group for that as a source of information. almost a ear into source of information. almost a year into the — source of information. almost a year into the war _ source of information. almost a year into the war and _ source of information. almost a year into the war and there - source of information. almost a year into the war and there has| year into the war and there has been a lot said about a renewed

russian offensive to coincide with that date. do you think this event could encourage them to further aggression? i this event could encourage them to further aggression?— to further aggression? i think the russians, _ to further aggression? i think the russians, the _ to further aggression? i think the russians, the bottom - to further aggression? i think| the russians, the bottom line is they have been looking for some type of victory, something that... bakhmut has been in the headlines on and off now for about five months, and i think they were just looking for some type of success, so i think they will trumpet this. again, though, i don't believe it is going to significantly contribute to a change in the battlefield. i think the ukrainians will successfully defend in some places and i do believe they are going to launch their own series of counterattacks here as the weather continues to improve late into february and specifically further into march. ., ~ specifically further into march. ~ " , march. kernel, thank you very much for _ march. kernel, thank you very much forjoining _ march. kernel, thank you very much forjoining us, _ march. kernel, thank you very much forjoining us, we - much forjoining us, we appreciated.— much forjoining us, we appreciated. thank you. some breaking - appreciated. thank you. some breaking news -

appreciated. thank you. l some breaking news from appreciated. thank you. - some breaking news from the super bowl, for the kansas city chiefs have beaten the philadelphia eagles 38—35. fans here in kansas city going wild with joy at their team's victory. they left it very like it was a tie almost at the end. they nicked it with one of the very last plays. some great pictures there. we saw them jumping forjoy with that final score, and the party will continue, we think, for some time. kansas city chiefs of course winning there, the philadelphia eagles were leading for much of the game but they were beaten right at the end. 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. around 58,000 homes are without power in new zealand's upper

north island as the remnants of a tropical cyclone brought strong winds, heavy rain and huge swells to auckland and nearby regions. weatherforecasters expect rain and winds to intensify let's take you to mexico now — and here's an unusual but heart—warming 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. that's a very unusual story indeed! you're watching bbc news. you can reach me on twitter. you can also find more

on all these stories on the bbc news website and the mobile app. thanks for watching. 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, 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, 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