this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines: the un says the rescue phase is coming to a close of the death toll nears 36,000 after the earthquake in turkey and syria. also today... after fighter jets shoot down a fourth unidentified object over north america, now beijing claims the us has been flying balloons over china. i think what we saw over the united states, last week, is part of a pattern where china, and also russia, are increasing their surveillance and intelligence activities against nato allies. i activities against nato allies. i

wouldn't comment on detail on security— wouldn't comment on detail on security matters, but people of the uk should — security matters, but people of the uk should be assured that we have all the _ uk should be assured that we have all the capabilities in place to keep— all the capabilities in place to keep the uk save, including the typhoon — keep the uk save, including the typhoon planes would police our skies _ typhoon planes would police our skies on — typhoon planes would police our skies on 20 47 readiness. the un says the rescue phase is "coming to a close" as the death toll nears 36,000 after earthquakes in turkey and syria. and we have plenty more coming up here on the bbc news channel, including... the relatives say the death of 16—year—old brianna ghey in warrington has left a "massive hole" after a 15—year—old boy and girl are arrested on suspicion of her murder. after holding their first ever strikes last month, amazon workers in coventry announce further strikes in a row over pay.

hello and welcome to bbc news. the us military is still unsure of the origin of three flying objects it shot out of the skies in recent days, and how they were able to stay in the air. the latest was brought down over michigan yesterday. during a briefing call about the incidents general glen vanherck was asked this question by a journalist. have you ruled out aliens or extraterrestrials? and if so, why are? because that is what everyone is asking us right now. i are? because that is what everyone is asking us right now.— is asking us right now. i haven't ruled out everything, _ is asking us right now. i haven't ruled out everything, at - is asking us right now. i haven't ruled out everything, at this - is asking us right now. i haven't l ruled out everything, at this point we continue to assess every potential— we continue to assess every potential threat unknown approaches

north america with an attempt to identify— north america with an attempt to identify it — presidentjoe biden ordered the object — the fourth in total this month — to be shot down yesterday. it was above lake huron in michigan near the canadian border at the time and has been described by defence officials as an unmanned "octagonal structure" with strings attached to it. speaking earlier, the nato chief, jens stoltenberg, gave his reaction. it is part of a pattern, where china, but also russia, are increasing their intelligence and surveillance activities against nato allies, with many different platforms. we see it in cyber, we see it with satellites, more and more satellites, and we see it with balloons. that highlights the importance of our vigilance, our increased presence and also that we

mmp increased presence and also that we ramp up and step up how we share intelligence and how we monitor and protect our airspace. that intelligence and how we monitor and protect our airspace.— protect our airspace. that was jens stoltenberg — protect our airspace. that was jens stoltenberg there. _ china has not commented on where this latest balloon may have come from. but its foreign ministry has accused the us of carrying out espionage in the skies above many countries, including china itself. translation: it is also quite common for us s- translation: it is also quite common for us spy balloons, _ translation: it is also quite common for us spy balloons, high _ translation: it is also quite common for us spy balloons, high altitude - for us spy balloons, high altitude balloons, to enter into other countries. last year us high—altitude balloons flew over china's airspace for more than ten times. the us should first reflect upon itself and change course, instead of smearing other countries and finding confrontation. let's speak to nomia iqbal in washington.

thank you forjoining us. what more do we know about this object? the truth is, the americans don't know what the subject are, so there have been three that were shot down over the weekend, as you summarised there. the first one on the 4th of february, they are very convinced about what that object was, they say it was a spy balloons from china, which as we are hearing now, is developing into a huge diplomatic row, but in terms of these latest three objects theyjust don't have a clue. they are not categorising them as balloons. all we know is that they were unmanned, which is why they were unmanned, which is why they were unmanned, which is why they were shot down. also they were flying at a lower altitude than the alleged spy balloon, which made it a risk to commercial aircraft. it was really interesting that clip you paid earlier, where you had the very senior defence official not ruling out alien device, and extra terrestrial device, but i have to add that another defence official did later on that day backtrack on

that and say that these are very much in earthly devices. the problem is, theyjust don't know what they are yet. is, they 'ust don't know what they are et. �* . ., is, they 'ust don't know what they are et. . . ~ , are yet. and what have americans been saying _ are yet. and what have americans been saying about _ are yet. and what have americans been saying about this? _ are yet. and what have americans been saying about this? speak - are yet. and what have americans been saying about this? speak i i been saying about this? speak i mean, i think the american public would be forgiven for thinking that ufos are would be forgiven for thinking that ufo ., ., ~ .. would be forgiven for thinking that ufo ., ., ~ , , ., ufos are invading america because to have for objects _ ufos are invading america because to have for objects shot _ ufos are invading america because to have for objects shot down _ ufos are invading america because to have for objects shot down in - ufos are invading america because to have for objects shot down in the - have for objects shot down in the space of the week is pretty alarming. but there is no reason why thatis alarming. but there is no reason why that is happening. we know the us is being hypervigilant ever since the incursion of that alleged spy balloon, so things that would ordinarily pass through the skies just aren't being allowed to do so and the us administration is saying, look, we are being cautious about it, we are sending fighterjets towards it to check it is unmanned, is over a sparsely populated safe area before shooting it down, but they are still looking at the remnants of these latest devices and they are still investigating the 4th of february device, which as i say, they are convinced is a chinese spy

balloon, but as far as these recent devices go, they still haven't got down to the bottom of what they are. ok, nomia iqbal, thank you very much 0k, nomia iqbal, thank you very much indeed. iqbal in washington there for us. here in the uk, the prime minister has looked to reassure the public that uk airspace is protected. well, i want people to know that we'll do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. we have something called the quick reaction alert force, which involves typhoon planes which are kept on 24/7 readiness to police our airspace, which is incredibly important. i can't obviously comment in detail on national security matters, but we are in constant touch with our allies and, as i said, we will do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. now let's talk with tony ingesson, who isjoining us from lund in sweden, where he is a senior lecturer specialising in intelligence analysis. a very good afternoon to you. we have just had the british prime

minister reassuring the british public. are you reassured? yes. minister reassuring the british public. are you reassured? yes, i don't think _ public. are you reassured? yes, i don't think we _ public. are you reassured? yes, i don't think we should _ public. are you reassured? yes, i don't think we should overstate i public. are you reassured? yes, i i don't think we should overstate this phenomenon on because intelligence gathering is always going on and this is an unusual way of doing this, at least these days, but i don't think we should see it as a new major threat or something that is particularly difficult to deal with. it is particularly difficult to deal with. , , , �* ~ with. it is funny, isn't it? when ou sa with. it is funny, isn't it? when you say the _ with. it is funny, isn't it? when you say the word _ with. it is funny, isn't it? whenj you say the word phenomenon, with. it is funny, isn't it? when i you say the word phenomenon, it often means out of this world. are you just saying that this is a intelligence issue, that this is what goes on amongst governments? well, intelligence covers a lot of things and i think this shows that there are some new things that can p0p up, there are some new things that can pop up, but i also think we should be careful not to exaggerate what this is. i think that there is a major risk when something like this happen is that everything that we see is now interpreted as being one of these high altitude intelligence balloons and i think that i wouldn't

be surprised if quite a few of these observations turn out to be something far less innocent, actually. something far less innocent, actuall . ., something far less innocent, actuall. ., . , something far less innocent, actuall. ., ., , actually. how many of these observation _ actually. how many of these observation objects - actually. how many of these observation objects are - actually. how many of these | observation objects are flying actually. how many of these - observation objects are flying out and about in the atmosphere, that we as the public are unaware of? film. i as the public are unaware of? oh, i wouldn't be — as the public are unaware of? oh, i wouldn't be able _ as the public are unaware of? oh, i wouldn't be able to _ as the public are unaware of? oh, i wouldn't be able to tell, _ as the public are unaware of? oh, i wouldn't be able to tell, that - as the public are unaware of? oh, i wouldn't be able to tell, that is - wouldn't be able to tell, that is something that i think could only be answered by people actually engaged in surveillance of airspace. but there are quite a few completely innocent, completely civilian and normal balloons around, especially weather balloons and such. it is re weather balloons and such. it is pretty old _ weather balloons and such. it is pretty old technology, though, isn't it? i mean, we are told that cyber is where it is at. a weather balloon? is it really that effective?— balloon? is it really that effective? ~ ., ., , ., effective? while, one has to remember _ effective? while, one has to remember that _ effective? while, one has to remember that even - effective? while, one has to remember that even though j effective? while, one has to - remember that even though balloons are an old technology, there have been advances in technology in terms of miniaturisation that means that we can have smaller cameras, smaller sensors and such and i think that this means that there is a potential

for a bit of a renaissance in balloons because they are quite cost—effective and they can do things that satellites can't and they have some advantages. find things that satellites can't and they have some advantages. and what are those things? _ they have some advantages. and what are those things? they _ they have some advantages. and what are those things? they can _ they have some advantages. and what are those things? they can stay - they have some advantages. and what are those things? they can stay in - are those things? they can stay in one area for _ are those things? they can stay in one area for longer _ are those things? they can stay in one area for longer than _ are those things? they can stay in one area for longer than a - are those things? they can stay in | one area for longer than a satellite can, they are close to the target than a satellite is, they are cheaper than a satellite is and they are less predictable than a satellite is because a satellite moves very predictably, whereas a balloon can be to some extent manoeuvred.— manoeuvred. and can they be remote-controlled _ manoeuvred. and can they be remote-controlled in - manoeuvred. and can they be remote-controlled in terms i manoeuvred. and can they be| remote-controlled in terms of remote—controlled in terms of clearing and wiping discs before you're supposed to target intelligence gets hold of whatever it is you have been collecting? i can't say for sure, in regards to these latest objects, but to me it would seem perfectly feasible from a technical standpoint. fik. technical standpoint. ok. fascinating _ technical standpoint. ok. fascinating speaking - technical standpoint. 0k. fascinating speaking to you, tony ingesson, thank you very much. thank ou. you ingesson, thank you very much. thank you- you are — watching bbc news.

one week on from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 35,000 and there are fears that number could rise considerably, and maybe even double. seven days on, people are still being pulled alive from the rubble. this morning a little girl was rescued in turkey after 178 hours. but the united nations says the rescue phase is now "coming to a close." 0ur correspondent, caroline davies, reports from adana in southern turkey. the first moment in the daylight. this girl was rescued after 178 hours under the rubble, lifted overhead on a stretcher. these moments of relief are rare a week after the earthquake and hard fought for. international rescue teams are operating across the earthquake area, digging deep under precarious

towers of rubble. this chinese team rescued a man who had been buried for six days. a russian team worked for six days. a russian team worked forfour for six days. a russian team worked for four hours to pull this for six days. a russian team worked forfour hours to pull this man for six days. a russian team worked for four hours to pull this man from the rubble. and here spanish rescuers from the madrid emergency services, they said finding this woman alive was a miracle. the scale of the destruction is hard to comprehend. newly dug graves marked for an hour with only a number. many bodies still lie under the buildings. and for the living, they are still trying to piece together what is left. translation: everything we had was here. even my children are crying now. they are saying, mum, everything is gone, our childhood is gone.— saying, mum, everything is gone, our childhood is gone._ my| childhood is gone. translation: my sho - , childhood is gone. translation: my sho, m childhood is gone. translation: my shop. my workplace. _ childhood is gone. translation: my shop, my workplace, everything - childhood is gone. translation: my shop, my workplace, everything wasl shop, my workplace, everything was destroyed _ shop, my workplace, everything was destroyed. my house was destroyed. i had one _ destroyed. my house was destroyed. i had one warehouse and it is gone now _ had one warehouse and it is gone now i_ had one warehouse and it is gone now i have — had one warehouse and it is gone now. i have nothing. in had one warehouse and it is gone now. i have nothing.— now. i have nothing. in adana, nearly 200 _ now. i have nothing. in adana, nearly 200 kilometres - now. i have nothing. in adana, nearly 200 kilometres from . now. i have nothing. in adana, | nearly 200 kilometres from the epicentre, there are empty spaces

amongst the tower blocks. they used to be a 16—storey building here, home to more than 90 people. at least 70 died when it collapsed. the rubble has now been removed and the authorities say that the contractor has been arrested, but the anger here hasn't gone. camps have appeared around the city. top tents and makeshift fires. some tell us that their buildings may not have been destroyed, but their faith in them has been. you been destroyed, but their faith in them has been.— been destroyed, but their faith in them has been. you can see... at niaht, them has been. you can see... at night. you — them has been. you can see... at night. you cannot _ them has been. you can see... at night, you cannot see _ them has been. you can see... at night, you cannot see any - them has been. you can see... at night, you cannot see any open i them has been. you can see... at. night, you cannot see any open night in the buildings.— in the buildings. because everyone lau~hed? in the buildings. because everyone laughed? everyone _ in the buildings. because everyone laughed? everyone left _ in the buildings. because everyone laughed? everyone left because i laughed? everyone left because eve one laughed? everyone left because everyone is _ laughed? everyone left because everyone is scared. _ laughed? everyone left because everyone is scared. if _ laughed? everyone left because everyone is scared. if you - laughed? everyone left because everyone is scared. if you just i laughed? everyone left because . everyone is scared. if you just what people say, it is safe, you can sit inside, i don't... people say, it is safe, you can sit inside, idon't... i people say, it is safe, you can sit inside, i don't... i don't sit. the stories of— inside, i don't... i don't sit. the stories of survival _ inside, i don't... i don't sit. the stories of survival amongst the devastation bring some hope, but lives, homes and trust have all been taken by the destruction of the earthquake. caroline davies, bbc

news, adana. joining me now is dr amjad rass, president of the syrian american medical society foundation, a group working to provide medical relief in the country. dr rass is originally from northern syria and has been travelling across the affected area over the last few days. dr amjad rass, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what have you come across in your travels?— across in your travels? well, thank ou for across in your travels? well, thank you for having _ across in your travels? well, thank you for having me. _ across in your travels? well, thank you for having me. actually - across in your travels? well, thank you for having me. actually it - across in your travels? well, thank you for having me. actually it has. you for having me. actually it has been three days, i travelled from the us on tuesday and have been here three days. now i am in istanbul. it has been a very difficult week for everybody and the time i spent here was very informative about the magnitude of this disaster. talking about idlib now and in north—west syria, areas that were hit really

bad, i visited them all and the first few workers that were working, but they hope to find living humans, so the hope is dimming now. a couple of days ago, i think what they found, they found a child, they rescued a child. the last news we had about lives, the... the people are on the street, they still don't have any shelter. the weather is extremely cold, even colder than usual at this time of year. and people have a huge need for the shelter, some warm clothes, food, clean water and many, many other things. 0thers clean water and many, many other things. others are still hoping that they will have loved ones, at least

their bodies removed from under the rubble. 0thers their bodies removed from under the rubble. others are looking for their kids in hospitals and they are trying to find them and stuff. it is an extreme situation. i also visit our hospitals in the area. we have a lot of patients in intensive care units, awful, with the victims of the earthquake. now we are seeing the earthquake. now we are seeing the phase of... we are still seeing the phase of... we are still seeing the respiratory failure and kidney failure and conditions related to the injuries. failure and conditions related to the injuries-_ failure and conditions related to the in'uries. ., ., , ., ,, the injuries. you have been talking about the magnitude _ the injuries. you have been talking about the magnitude and - the injuries. you have been talking about the magnitude and the - the injuries. you have been talking about the magnitude and the scalej the injuries. you have been talking i about the magnitude and the scale is unimaginable. we have got a shot on the screen now for viewers which is a close—up of the rescue workers obviously working around a particular site of interest. when you stand away, perhaps when you first enter northern syria, could

you describe to us what you see visually and how do you decide what to do next in terms of priorities? where do you begin?— to do next in terms of priorities? where do you begin? well, medical wise, we where do you begin? well, medical wise. we have _ where do you begin? well, medical wise, we have two _ where do you begin? well, medical wise, we have two continue - where do you begin? well, medical wise, we have two continue to - where do you begin? well, medical wise, we have two continue to find | where do you begin? well, medical| wise, we have two continue to find a safe place for our patients and our staff. we shut down two facilities, to hospitals that actually happened to hospitals that actually happened to be, both of them were birth centres, because of the major constructional issues with cracks in the wall and in the concrete structure. so we are trying to find a location. we are also at the same time trying to find ways to serve medically, to serve the displaced families in those areas. today we started a mobile clinic. but we need

as much, much bigger than that. on the medical side, the... the other issue now is shelter. people are still on the streets, under the rain and no roof, exposed to cold weather. food... idr and no roof, exposed to cold weather. food...— and no roof, exposed to cold weather. food... dr am'ad rass, i 'ust want weather. food... dr am'ad rass, i just want to — weather. food... dr am'ad rass, i just want to veryh weather. food... dr amjad rass, i just want to very quickly _ weather. food... dr amjad rass, i just want to very quicklyjump - weather. food... dr amjad rass, i just want to very quicklyjump in. i just want to very quicklyjump in. the un has obviously said it is right that people in north—western syria feel abandoned. what are your hopes that number one, they will get shelter and number two, they will be sent to the right place, so that they do get medical attention and they do get medical attention and they are going to get food? and if they are going to get food? and if they don't, what is going to happen to them? ~ ,., ., .,, they don't, what is going to happen to them? ~ ., .,, , to them? well, so far it has been the locals, _ to them? well, so far it has been the locals, it _ to them? well, so far it has been the locals, it has _ to them? well, so far it has been the locals, it has been _ to them? well, so far it has been the locals, it has been many, - to them? well, so far it has been i the locals, it has been many, many organisations like syria medical relief committee that have been

helping and we have not seen much of the un aid yet. the... the officials were at the borders yesterday. unfortunately there were reasons i could not meet them, but we will continue and... hopefully, soon the international community will... they international community will. .. they will get international community will... they will get in and deliver more aid. we are witnessing a depletion of the medical supplies, the warm blankets, nonperishable food and many other necessary items to help the displaced. i don't know what is going to happen. it is... it has been eight days now and it is about time to get more help. thank you. write, thank you very much, dr amjad rass.

and we were telling you the story of a little girl who was rescued in turkey after 178 hours. we are just getting news now also of a 13—year—old boy he was rescued alive in the rubble in turkey again, this time in hatay province, after 182 hours. so although they say time is running out, there are still such messages, such stories that are emerging. now, to events in the uk... downing street has declined to say whether rishi sunak has confidence in the bbc chairman, richard sharp. yesterday a committee of mps was highly critical of mr sharp, after it emerged that he helped arrange a loan guarantee for the then prime minister, borisjohnson, at the time when mrjohnson was considering who to appoint to the bbc role. a downing street spokesperson said it was "confident the process was followed" when mr sharp was given the job, but added that an inquiry into that process is underway.

joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. this is getting confusing. take us through the story and what we're hearing today. through the story and what we're hearing today-— hearing today. yes, so if we take ou hearing today. yes, so if we take you back. — hearing today. yes, so if we take you back. this— hearing today. yes, so if we take you back, this relates _ hearing today. yes, so if we take you back, this relates to - hearing today. yes, so if we take you back, this relates to the - hearing today. yes, so if we take you back, this relates to the bbc| you back, this relates to the bbc chairman, the chairman of the board, not the person who runs the bbc day to day, but is responsible for overseeing the independence of the bbc and its general running and that post is appointed by the prime minister. the current holder, richard sharp, was appointed by borisjohnson. what this issue is all about is when he was appointed, he went through a process where he was selected by mrjohnson, quizzed by mps for suitable to, they approved him and he took up the job. what has come to light since then is

that at the same time as that process was happening, richard sharp, who has a background in investment banking, was approached by a cousin of borisjohnson's, a rich businessman, who wanted to offer to help the prime minister, the then prime minister financially. richard sharp went to mrjohnson, told him about this offer of financial help at the same time as he was applying for the bbcjob, then took that approach to mr johnson's top civil servant, simon case, past all the details onto him, told the civil service he was applying for the bbcjob and decided at that point that he should step back for anything to do with this loan guarantee, which is what it was, it will guaranteed for £800,000. in the appointment process that then happened, richard sharp was selected by mrjohnson, but he did not in both the documentation that he had to provide or in the

questioning two mps make any reference to his role in this loan arrangement. the loan arrangement that was happening. so this has caused some real upset when this came to light in the last few weeks. mps at the weekend, the same mps who quizzed him released a new report saying that there had been serious errors ofjudgment by richard sharp, that he had fallen below the standards expected of them and of the process. richard sharp's point is that he says he tried to follow all the rules, he was acting in good faith and then stepped back from the process and thought he had done the right thing. today under questioning what we now have is following that mps' report, rishi sunak earlier today and his official spokesperson here in westminsterjournalists quizzed about this, the official spokesperson was asked three times whether mr sunak, whether richard sharp had mr sunak�*s confidence and each time he carefully said that they were confident that the process

was followed during that appointment. it was only on the fourth time of asking when he was asked something slightly different and he was asked, does richard sharp retain the prime minister's report, he said, yes, but i don't have much more than what i have already said what the prime minister is not spokesman pointed to is that there is a new inquiry now into that appointment process by the office of the commissionerfor appointment process by the office of the commissioner for public appointments, an office that oversees public appointments like this. it is worth saying as well that mr sunak, the prime minister, was also questioned about this today and he took a very similar position, saying he couldn't speculate into theissue saying he couldn't speculate into the issue because there was this inquiry under way.— inquiry under way. damian grammaticas, _ inquiry under way. damian grammaticas, thank- inquiry under way. damian grammaticas, thank you i inquiry under way. damian i grammaticas, thank you very inquiry under way. damian - grammaticas, thank you very much inquiry under way. damian _ grammaticas, thank you very much for that. two teenagers are being questioned about the fatal stabbing of a 16—year—old girl in a park near warrington.

the body of brianna ghey was found on saturday afternoon — she'd suffered mutliple stab wounds. her family have described her as "strong, fearless and one of a kind". a boy and girl, both aged 15, were arrested yesterday. let's get the latest from our correspondent in warrington, rowan bridge. police activity very clearly still behind you. just bring us up to date with the latest.— behind you. just bring us up to date with the latest. yes, as you can see behind me, — with the latest. yes, as you can see behind me. at— with the latest. yes, as you can see behind me, at linear— with the latest. yes, as you can see behind me, at linear park, - with the latest. yes, as you can see behind me, at linear park, where i behind me, at linear park, where brianna ghey died at the weekend, it remains sealed off as police continue to investigate the circumstances of her death. we have seen a number of people arriving throughout the morning and the afternoon bringing bunches of flowers it to the entrance of the park. a lot of them were not people who even knew new brianna ghey, but they felt so shocked by what happened that they want to come and express their sorrow over events. the 16—year—old suffered multiple stab wounds in the attack and as you say, last night a 15—year—old boy and a 15—year—old girl were arrested by cheshire police on suspicion of

murder. they remain in custody and are being questioned by officers. brianna ghey was transgender, but police say at the moment that they are not treating this as a hate crime, but we have had a statement from brianna ghey�*s family this morning, which they described her as a much loved daughter, grand daughter and baby sister. they said her death had left a massive hole in the family. we have also had a statement from birchwood school, where she was a pupil, saying they are shocked and devastated and offering support to staff and pupils over what has happened. cheshire police have stepped up activity in the area, as you may be able to see, there was a police presence outside there was a police presence outside the school this morning and they have appealed to anyone with relevant —— camel cctv footage to get in touch with them. {lilia relevant -- camel cctv footage to get in touch with them. ok, rowan bride, in get in touch with them. ok, rowan bridge, in warrington, _ get in touch with them. ok, rowan bridge, in warrington, thank- get in touch with them. ok, rowan bridge, in warrington, thank you i bridge, in warrington, thank you very much. let's get more now on the devestating eathquakes to have hit turkey and syria. with the latest from our chief

international correspondent, lyse doucet, in the southern turkish city of gaziantep. again, the site behind you, the activity behind you, it looks like there is a clear up taking place? yes. but even in the early hours of the morning, we were here at 2am in this very spot orjust a little bit closer in this direction and we heard the rescue teams as they scrambled over a mound of rubble. first of all, they said, everyone, silent! everyone, nobody, not even a whisper! and then they shouted, can you hear my voice? doc twice if you can hear me! are still trying, one week on, almost one week to the hour with the deadly earthquake, still trying to find people alive in the rubble, still sensing the sounds of life. but it is at this point with a very difficult decision has to be

made to tell the rescuers to put down their tools and to do the kind of clean—up that you are seeing behind me, the excavators clawing away at the last remnants of the buildings which collapsed and of course the need to focus on those who survived. and there are so many survivors reach full to be alive, but struggling to get through their days. i but struggling to get through their da s. ., �* ~ ., but struggling to get through their da s. g ~' ., but struggling to get through their da s. .,�* ~ ., ., days. i don't know if you have managed _ days. i don't know if you have managed to _ days. i don't know if you have managed to speak _ days. i don't know if you have managed to speak to - days. i don't know if you have managed to speak to those i days. i don't know if you have - managed to speak to those rescuers. how are they feeling about now having to step away? to give up, to let go of that hope? it is having to step away? to give up, to let go of that hope?— let go of that hope? it is a very ainful let go of that hope? it is a very painful decision _ let go of that hope? it is a very painful decision because - let go of that hope? it is a very painful decision because i - let go of that hope? it is a veryj painful decision because i think they become driven. every rescuer that we spoke to said, you could tell it on their faces, their faces were dusty, their faces were drawn, but they had these big smiles and the spirit you could see pulsing within them. they hadn't slept for nights, but they kept going, believing that if they worked a bit harder, if they searched a little

bit longer, they would be able to bring people out alive. and to be here, notjust here, but in other places we have visited over the past week, when you see people coming out and the cries which rise, god is greater, this is a miracle, the rescuers say, but equally we have beenin rescuers say, but equally we have been in places when they bring out not to be living, but the dead, the black body bags. and that is when you see people waiting stoically on the sidelines, still with a prayer that their loved ones are still alive somewhere and then the truth emerges and they collapse in overwhelming grief. this is it, i am told by disaster experts at some rescue teams live with the knowledge for the rest of their lives, live with the question, could i have done more? , ., , with the question, could i have done more? , . , ., more? understandably so, and there has already been _ more? understandably so, and there has already been taught, _ more? understandably so, and there has already been taught, isn't - has already been taught, isn't there, about the rescue dogs that were brought in and possibly now be

cadaver dogs being brought in, but let us concentrate on those that have been brought to the surface, including use of this 13—year—old boy. i think we have got images of him on the screen now for our viewers. he was in hatay province. he was on the ground for 182 hours. you do wonder how it is you survive like that, but where are they going, whereas he being sent for the correct medical care? medical care, trauma care. _ correct medical care? medical care, trauma care. how— correct medical care? medical care, trauma care, how can _ correct medical care? medical care, trauma care, how can we _ correct medical care? medical care, trauma care, how can we begin - correct medical care? medical care, trauma care, how can we begin to l trauma care, how can we begin to imagine what it is to live for more than 100 hours in one small space under these layers of concrete, which collapsed like stacks of pancakes, with no water, no water to drink, little air to breathe, they might have the huge rate of cement upon them and i have to tell you the temperatures as well have been

bitterly cold. we heard the story today of a four—year—old being brought out, how do they comprehend that literally everything came crashing down around them. the first question they asked once they are pulled out, once they are given water or some kind of liquid is, who is alive but is still related to this child, to this elderly person? who is around to take care of them. but our viewers may have seen a report by my colleague, tom bateman, who went to a hospital and all of those children have no names. they are called anonymous because the children don't remember their names and there is none of their loved ones still alive. they are the earthquake orphans. so ones still alive. they are the earthquake orphans. so true, isn't it, ou earthquake orphans. so true, isn't it. you lose _ earthquake orphans. so true, isn't it. you lose your — earthquake orphans. so true, isn't it, you lose your home, _ earthquake orphans. so true, isn't it, you lose your home, but - earthquake orphans. so true, isn't it, you lose your home, but you i earthquake orphans. so true, isn't i it, you lose your home, but you also lose who you are, your identity? questions already are being raised as to why or how this could have been avoided because clearly some buildings... well, we can see behind

you, some are still standing. and many are saying after 1939, after 1999, building regulations should have been adhered to. what are people talking about now in turkey, in terms of that particular issue? yes, this is very much in earthquake prone area. it lies on some dangerous fault lines. there is at least four deadly earthquakes in living memory. every time they happened, everyone says, we must learn the lessons of the past. there are many places to point the fingers of blame, but yes, one of them are the buildings will stop as you say, the buildings will stop as you say, the evidence is there for all to see. it is really disquieting. you will stand in a neighbourhood and on one side all of the high—rises are still intact and on the other, they have collapsed and have been plunged into darkness. the government has issued 134 arrest warrants for

builders, contractors who are linked in some way to the buildings that have collapsed. at least three people have been arrested. two major contractors were detained as they were trying to leave turkey at the airport, with a large quantity of cash. but even if the building contractors have questions to answer, it is equally clear that they could not have violated the building code in the way they did, were it not for their strong political connections. even president erdogan himself, in the 2019 election gave amnesty to the building contractors who violated the code that time. since then they have violated them again and there is all the talk in this earthquake and they were preparing... in the

elections in may. so the response abilities are stacked, just like we have seen with these buildings. many, many, must be held responsible, but at the end of the day, it is the politicians, but the people who hold the power have to be held responsible for at least one side of what happened, this disaster of the century, is president erdogan himself calls it.— himself calls it. lyse doucet, thank ou, himself calls it. lyse doucet, thank you. speaking _ himself calls it. lyse doucet, thank you. speaking to — himself calls it. lyse doucet, thank you, speaking to us _ himself calls it. lyse doucet, thank you, speaking to us from _ himself calls it. lyse doucet, thank| you, speaking to us from gaziantep, which is very close to the epicentre of the first large 7.8 magnitude earthquake. some breaking news — around 1,800 london bus drivers employed by abellio have accepted an 18% pay increase in a long—running dispute that involved more than 20 days of strike action, their trade union unite said on monday.

under the deal, drivers with over two years' service will be paid £18 an hour, equating to a pay increase of 18% on the basic rate, unite said. the gmb union is escalating its dispute with amazon and has announced new strike dates at the company's coventry distribution centre at the end of february and in march. last month, amazon workers held their first ever strike in the uk. workers are calling for a pay rise from £10.50 to £15 an hour. however, the gmb is not recognised by amazon, so the company does not negotiate pay with it. stuart richards is a senior

0rganiser for gmb midlands. amazon, stryker is not recognising the union, how are you going to move forward? the the union, how are you going to move forward? ., , �* ., ., forward? the only way we've got to to forward forward? the only way we've got to go forward is _ forward? the only way we've got to go forward is being _ forward? the only way we've got to go forward is being led _ forward? the only way we've got to go forward is being led by - forward? the only way we've got to go forward is being led by our- go forward is being led by our members and this is where we are now. they are calling for an escalation of the industrial action, so we are looking at two days, one in february, one in march, and then a full week of action. if amazon continues to refuse to listen to their concerns, and this is the only way they've got to go forward. ih way they've got to go forward. in terms of recognition of the unions, what sort of position does that put the workers in? the what sort of position does that put the workers in?— the workers in? the union isn't recognised _ the workers in? the union isn't recognised by _ the workers in? the union isn't recognised by amazon, - the workers in? the union isn't| recognised by amazon, amazon the workers in? the union isn't - recognised by amazon, amazon refuses to even discuss anything so far with gmb union, but again, that is not unusual, it's refusing to have any

discussions with its workforce as well. the issue of union recognition doesn't come into this. those workers are taking lawful strike action, they will be protected by that legislation to ensure that they can't be dismissed as a result, effectively, whether amazon wants to recognise gmb or not, we are still going to fight for those workers to ensure that they get a decent rate of pay for their work that they are doing. of pay for their work that they are doint. �* , ., , of pay for their work that they are doint. �* , . , , ., doing. and is there any similar action that _ doing. and is there any similar action that is _ doing. and is there any similar action that is taking _ doing. and is there any similar action that is taking place - doing. and is there any similar- action that is taking place abroad? we are talking about coventry, what about around the world? we we are talking about coventry, what about around the world?— about around the world? we are seeint an about around the world? we are seeing an escalation _ about around the world? we are seeing an escalation of - about around the world? we are| seeing an escalation of industrial action in amazon sites across america and across europe, as well. workers facing comparable issues and that we have a multi—million pound organisation that is generating profits primarily off the back of those workers, but refusing to pay them a wage that they can live. unsurprisingly, we are seeing industrial action as a result of that. that's what we're seeing in coventry and it's likely that industrial action is going to

escalate in europe, america, and the rest of the uk unless we start to have some discussions with that employer. let have some discussions with that emlo er. , ., ,, have some discussions with that emlo er. , .,~ employer. let me 'ust take you throu:h employer. let me 'ust take you through some _ employer. let me 'ust take you through some of _ employer. let me just take you through some of the _ employer. let me just take you through some of the points - employer. let me just take you | through some of the points that amazon themselves and said, they said that in fact, according to verified figures, only a fraction of the i% verified figures, only a fraction of the 1% of the uk employers voted in the 1% of the uk employers voted in the ballot and that includes those who voted against industrial action. they appreciate the great work the teams do throughout the year, they are proud to offer competitive pay which starts at a minimum of £10 50 and £1145 an hour, depending on the location, representing a 29% increase in the minimum hourly wage, paid to amazon employees, since 2018. what's your response? i think my response _ 2018. what's your response? i think my response is _ 2018. what's your response? i think my response is primarily _ 2018. what's your response? i think my response is primarily dictated i 2018. what's your response? i thinkj my response is primarily dictated by what our member status. 0ver that period of time we have seen inflation go through the roof and we have seen amazon take away benefits and terms and conditions away from our workers and i think it slightly disingenuous that they come up with

that figure. the reality is that this is one site in coventry which, of course, is going to represent a fraction of the workforce, but it is one site that members are continuallyjoining and the action is escalating. amazon talks a lot about the money that it pays its workers, and that ranges from £10 50 upwards of £11. amazon coventry receives the lowest of that. that is far less than their european and american colleagues, so in terms of that reward, that is not ring true with our members in coventry. they are seeing the reality of this, that their wage in april when the minimum wage comes on is going to be 9p above the minimum wage. that isn't acceptable. that isn't acceptable for those workers that work incredibly hard for a company that generate significant profits. stuart richards, thank _ generate significant profits. stuart richards, thank you _ generate significant profits. stuart richards, thank you very - generate significant profits. stuart richards, thank you very much - generate significant profits. stuart richards, thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on this and the strike action. thank you very much.

labour is also accusing ministers of overseeing "lavish spending" on hotels, hospitality and other costs using taxpayer—funded debit cards. the bills have been highlighted in a labour study of spending on government debit cards in 2021. examples of bills include more than £3000 on 13 fine art photographs, and more than 23—thousand pounds on alcohol for uk embassies abroad. the conservatives branded labour's analysis a "political stunt". camilla, the queen consort, has pulled out of visits to the west midlands tomorrow, because she has a "seasonal illness". palace sources say the 75—year—old is hoping to carry out engagements as planned on wednesday, where she's due to attend an event in london.

you are watching bbc news. let's turn our attention back to events in turkey and of course in north—western syria. 0ver turkey and of course in north—western syria. over the last few days, we have been hearing remarkable stories of people being rescued from the rubble, among those trying to find survivors is doctor malcolm russell who is a medical director at the uk international search and rescue team. a week on from that devastating night, people are still being found alive. and british rescuers are part of that global effort, inching their way through the remnants of what were tall buildings. hello? it's malcolm. the doctor. is ok? i'm ok. ok.

the team had to basically go through one building that was still standing, tunnel through the wall of that building and then out through that wall into the wall of the collapsed building, and then effectively mine a small tunnel to where they could hear two people tapping. dr malcolm russell is one of four medics on the uk international search and rescue team. sometimes people are still pulled from the rubble alive, you know, eight or nine days later. they tend to be more extreme cases. so at some point, inevitably, we will probably move — or the whole operation will move more towards recovery. it took 20 hours to find and rescue two people in this building, which had collapsed in what's known as pancaking. the work is slow and it's gradual. first they found and helped a woman.

then a boy. but, with him, it was even harder to extricate. ali, make your way out here because you are going to be needed out here. he was stuck under a concrete beam. the british team is one of numerous sent by foreign governments to help, and this, they insist, is still a rescue operation, notjust recovery. robin brant, bbc news. i'm joined now by kathryne bomberger who is the director general of the international commission on missing persons. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. your assessment of what is taking place at the moment in turkey and syria, we are hearing so many stories of rescues, then of people saying it is time to give up, your assessment, please?— saying it is time to give up, your assessment, please? certainly, it's not time to — assessment, please? certainly, it's not time to give _ assessment, please? certainly, it's not time to give up. _

assessment, please? certainly, it's not time to give up. those - assessment, please? certainly, it's not time to give up. those that - assessment, please? certainly, it's not time to give up. those that are | not time to give up. those that are working on this issue now have to keep trying to find as many people as they can that are alive. there are, of course, already huge reports of numbers of dead, but also missing. it is uncertain, still, whether they are dead or alive. this is going to be a very complex issue. ijust want to is going to be a very complex issue. i just want to go back is going to be a very complex issue. ijust want to go back in time a bit to the 2004-5, ijust want to go back in time a bit to the 2004—5, tsunami k, i love icp provided assistance, and those provided assistance, and those provided huge assistant, but very complex problem now with turkey in particular syria because compounded an already severe missing persons problem, where families are already at breaking point regarding the disappearance of over 130,000 people that are missing from the conflict in syria and from the related migration. this earthquake only compounds that misery and the difficulty of being able to ascertain the identity of missing persons and locating them. in turkey

itself, turkey is also a host of many millions of syrians, over 4 million syrians, many of who will loving in the city, so you have this inter—border situation and of course the large number of turkish people that are also missing under the most difficult of circumstances stop this is going to be a very complex problem to address. can is going to be a very complex problem to address.- is going to be a very complex problem to address. can i ask you at what oint problem to address. can i ask you at what point do _ problem to address. can i ask you at what point do you — problem to address. can i ask you at what point do you step _ problem to address. can i ask you at what point do you step in, _ problem to address. can i ask you at what point do you step in, an - what point do you step in, an organisation like yourself, when do you step in and what do you do? we would you step in and what do you do? 7 would step in now. we are already receiving reports online, we have an online inquiry centre where families of the missing can report missing persons already in arabic, we are translating that into turkish so that people can also report a missing persons case. we have offered our support turkey, so we are available at any point, thankfully, all of our colleagues who were in turkey and syria have survived and they are working already on these issues. we would step in now. already on these issues. we would step in now-—

step in now. thank you very much indeed. we are going to bring you some breaking news here concerning wayne couzens. from the old bailey, our producer there has confirmed that wayne couzens has pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent exposure. the remaining three counts will not be pursued by the prosecution and will be left on file. this case was adjourned to the 6th of march for sentencing. he has pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent exposure. you will remember there is a wider story to wayne couzens, i'm going to leave that and speak to one of our correspondence to put it into

context, as this is a legal case. from the old bailey, wayne couzens has pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent exposure. this is bbc news, a reminder of our headlines. as fighterjets shoot down a fourth unidentified object over north america — the nato chief urges countries to remain vigilant a week after earthquakes in turkey and syria, the un says the rescue phase is �*coming to a close'. and, relatives say the death of 16—year—old brianna ghey in warrington has left a "massive hole" after a teenage boy and girl are arrested on suspicion of her murder. as many people struggle with the current cost of living,

there's a warning today that some people in england are even going without prescriptions to try to save money. the royal pharmaceutical society has told bbc breakfast that they've seen a rise in patients not collecting medicine, requesting cheaper substitutes or even asking what medicines they can "do without." celestina 0lulode reports. it's choice between food or prescriptions. zoe is a mum of two and a bus driver. she takes multiple medications daily. i've got polycystic kidney disease, which is an inherited kidney disease. and because of that, i've had to have a transplant. so i have to take these immunosuppressants to keep my body from rejecting my kidney. without those tablets, my kidney would reject. now, i'd either end up back on dialysis, which actually would cost the nhs a lot more, or i'd die. some people in england, like children and those over 60, get their prescriptions for free. each item on one

of these costs £9.35. take more than three medications in three months, and it's cheaper to get a prescription prepayment certificate. they're like season tickets. £30.25 covers the costs of three months. paying just over £100 covers one year. you can pay in instalments, but zoe says it's not affordable. there's been times when i've gone to the pharmacy to find that my prescription prepayment certificate hasn't been renewed, because i couldn't afford to pay the direct debit. every month it works out just under £11 a month, which doesn't sound very much. but at the moment i'm averaging about £20 a week in take—home money. last year, the government froze prescription charges for the first time in 12 years, and they're not expected to increase until april at least. the department of health and social care points out that almost 89% of prescription items are free. but some people who still have

to pay say they're struggling. i don't think i ever expected to be in this situation. medical student lily needs prescription drugs to treat multiple conditions, including endometriosis. when i was younger, obviously the prescriptions are free. my parents actually wouldn't have been able to afford the medication. she says the demands of her course mean it's difficult to work part—time. as a medical student, i am advised and encouraged not to get a part—time job due to the strain of the course, which means that it can be very, very difficult to afford that every month. whilst the cost of living crisis has sharpened the focus on prescription charges, zoe believes an overhaul is long overdue. stop these unfair prescription charges. it's not fair. why are certain illnesses exempt and others not? zoe is not the only one that feels this way. so the current exemption situation,

which means that some _ patients don't have to pay, doesn't make sense. - it was made years ago. it doesn't reflect i the current times. it isn't up to date. and really, we just need to scrap. the prescription charge completely. it's unfair. it's a tax on the sick. we've seen a rise in patients not collecting their prescriptions. . and really, this is part- of the cost of living crisis. the government says freezing prescription charges has saved patients more than £17 million, but that is little comfort to people like zoe and lily. celestina 0lulode, bbc news. let's talk now with thorrun govind — who is the chair of the royal pharmaceutical society in england. is this a crisis? people are unable to afford deeper _ is this a crisis? people are unable to afford deeper scripture - to afford deeper scripture medications that they need, the

government needs to think, let's keep people well for longer, able to go to work, able to afford to exist and to live. we have heard about the difficulties people have had there, what we need to think about is that we don't want these people to be unable to afford their medication then end up in hospital because their condition gets worse and that actually cost the nhs even more money. why is the situation not the same in england as it is in wales, scotland, northern ireland, where these descriptions are free of charge. these descriptions are free of charte. ~ , , ., ., charge. why is that then? how can the can charge. why is that then? how can they can get _ charge. why is that then? how can they can get it _ charge. why is that then? how can they can get it free _ charge. why is that then? how can they can get it free of _ charge. why is that then? how can they can get it free of charge? - charge. why is that then? how can | they can get it free of charge? why are we being charged?— are we being charged? that's a tuestion are we being charged? that's a question for — are we being charged? that's a question for the _ are we being charged? that's a question for the government i are we being charged? that's a - question for the government because we have been raising this issue continually with other organisations in the royal pharmaceutical society and we have continually made the point that actually it affects those who are most in need of their prescriptions because these are the people who may be just above the line where they are earning enough to be able to work but they may not

have enough to be able to pay their energy bills, pay for food, have enough to be able to pay their energy bills, pay forfood, pay have enough to be able to pay their energy bills, pay for food, pay for energy bills, pay forfood, pay for their energy bills, pay for food, pay for their prescription charges. i’m their prescription charges. i'm ttoin to their prescription charges. i'm going to add to that question again, simply because, you obviously have the expertise, and also must have access to the figures, this must essentially come down to figures, so scotland, wales, don't have to pay, how much is the government getting from charging us? can they afford not to charge us for prescriptions? what do the figures look like? without the figures right here at hand at this moment, the important point to realise is that there are two things here, number one, it's clinician time, my time, in the pharmacy, having to manage being a tax collector for the government, and numbertwo, it's tax collector for the government, and number two, it's the amount of money that is being resulting in having to be spent because people are going to be a hospital because

they are unwell. take an asthmatic, for example. you may know that people have their blue inhaler and they have another type of inhaler. that blue inhaler is the one that helps them breathe when they have an asthma attack. if they don't have that inhaler, they might end up in hospital because they are unable to read. it's going to take them time to recover from that, that means, number, they can't go to a common number, they can't go to a common number two, they are obviously needing health care services, so it's notjust about needing health care services, so it's not just about the cost needing health care services, so it's notjust about the cost of needing health care services, so it's not just about the cost of what the nhs is going to fund an additional care, is also that that person is out of work for longer, is unable to pay their taxes to the government, those taxes they are keen to collect, so we don't want to be collecting taxes as health care professionals.— professionals. interesting title, tax collector _ professionals. interesting title, tax collector for _ professionals. interesting title, tax collector for the _ professionals. interesting title, i tax collector for the government. thank you very much indeed. former bbcjournalists who were left in afghanistan when british troops evacuated in 2021 will have their applications to be moved to the uk reconsidered.

they were initially rejected by the government, but a high court ruling handed down today said these decisions were made on an erroneous basis. the eightjournalists exposed taliban corruption and abuse, which resulted in numerous threats and attacks on their lives. let's talk more about this to our reporter aruna iyengar. thank you forjoining us. the significance of this ruling? it means that their cases are now going to be reviewed, going to be looked at again. these were eight journalists who worked for the bbc, and they were embedded with the military operations in afghanistan, they were working for projects funded by the foreign and commonwealth office, and they expose taliban corruption, they were exposing human rights abuses, date spoke out against the taliban and their work resulted in threats against them. so their initial application to be relocated to the

uk for safety was rejected because the government has a scheme called the government has a scheme called the afghan relocation and assistance policy, but they were rejected from that, so the application to the high court today was to try and overturn that. they partially succeeded, and the judge said, that. they partially succeeded, and thejudge said, the reasons that. they partially succeeded, and the judge said, the reasons for this word that officials had looked at erroneous items, as you describe, they looked at whether working for they looked at whether working for the bbc amounted to working for hm government. 0bviously, that was not the case, therefore, that meant that their application failed. what the judge said that they should have considered was whether each journalist was working alongside, in partnership, or closely supporting a government department. he thought that the outcome could have been different if the officials had looked at that wider interpretation. the court also looked at the taliban's perception of the bbc as part of the uk government, and thought that it was relevant in deciding whether these journalists's lives were at risk. now those

decisions are going to be reconsidered and it will take about 21 days for them to look at that and so we will see what it has to go from here. so we will see what it has to go from here-— so we will see what it has to go from here. , a , ., ~ ., from here. very quickly, do we know about the well-being _ from here. very quickly, do we know about the well-being of— from here. very quickly, do we know about the well-being of these - about the well—being of these journalists in afghanistan? you make these journalists aren't in the uk at the moment, we do not know at this stage how they are,— this stage how they are, lawyers i contacted you _ this stage how they are, lawyers i contacted you they _ this stage how they are, lawyers i contacted you they are _ this stage how they are, lawyers i contacted you they are in - this stage how they are, lawyers i contacted you they are in close i contacted you they are in close contacted you they are in close contact with them so one assumes that they are ok but obviously their lives, the reason why they apply to the scheme is that they feel that their lives are in danger.- the scheme is that they feel that their lives are in danger. thank you very much- — now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. the weather is looking fairly quiet over the next two or three days, high pressure in charge. but within this area of high pressure, the cloud cover is actually quite varied. you can see thick cloud there across yorkshire and lincolnshire, but in other parts of the country we started off on a really sunny note, but i think as we go through the course of the day, most of us will have at least a few

sunny spells temperatures typically 10 to 12 degrees. now, it will be clear overnight, at least the first part of the night, then a bit of cloud forming across eastern areas. and also towards early tuesday morning, we will see thicker cloud across parts of northern ireland and western scotland. could be some drizzle here. so we've got the colder weather where the clear skies will be overnight. so a little chilly first thing on tuesday, but it should be a mostly sunny day across england and wales. but here in northern ireland and western scotland, at times it will be cloudy. through the course of the day in glasgow and edinburgh we can expect one or two splits and spots of rain. bye bye.

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines: after fighter jets shoot down a fourth unidentified flying object over north america, the nato chief urges countries to remain vigilant. i think what we saw of the united states, obviously not last week, is part of a pattern, where china, but also russia, are increasing their intelligence and surveillance activities against nato allies. i wouldn't comment on detail on security _ nato allies. i wouldn't comment on detail on security matters, - nato allies. i wouldn't comment on detail on security matters, but - detail on security matters, but people — detail on security matters, but people of— detail on security matters, but people of the uk should be assured that we _ people of the uk should be assured that we have all the capabilities to keep the _ that we have all the capabilities to keep the country safe, including the quick— keep the country safe, including the quick action alert force, including typhoon — quick action alert force, including typhoon planes, which can police our

skies _ typhoon planes, which can police our skies on _ typhoon planes, which can police our skies on 20 — typhoon planes, which can police our skies on 20 47 readiness. a week after earthquakes in turkey and syria, the un says the rescue phase is "coming to a close" as the death toll nears 36,000. and in the past our pictures have emerged of a 13—year—old boy being pulled alive from the rubble in hatay province, after 182 hours underground. sarah everard's killer, wayne couzens, has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to three counts of indecent exposure between november 2020 2020 and february 2021. following the fatal stabbing of 16—year—old brianna ghey in warrington, her family pay tribute to a much loved daughter.

hello and welcome to bbc news. the us military is still unsure of the origin of three flying objects it shot out of the skies in recent days, and how they were able to stay in the air. the latest was brought down over michigan yesterday. during a briefing call about the incidents, general glen vanherck was asked this question by a journalist. have you ruled out aliens or extraterrestrials? and if so, why? because that is what everyone is asking us right now. i haven't ruled out anything. at this point, we continue to assess every threat or potential threat unknown that approaches north america with an attempt to identify it. presidentjoe biden ordered the object — the fourth in total this month — to be shot down yesterday. it was above lake huron in michigan near the canadian border at the time and has been described by defence officials as an unmanned "octagonal structure" with strings attached to it.

speaking earlier, the nato chief, jens stoltenberg, gave his reaction. it is part of a pattern, where china, but also russia, are increasing their intelligence and surveillance activities against nato allies, with many different platforms. we see it in cyber, we see it with satellites — more and more satellites — and we see it with balloons. that highlights the importance of our vigilance, our increased presence and also that we ramp up and step up how we share intelligence and how we monitor and protect our airspace. that was nato's jens stoltenberg fair. china has not commented on where this latest

balloon may have come from. but its foreign ministry has accused the us of carrying out espionage in the skies above many countries — including china itself. translation: it is also quite common i for us spy balloons - high altitude i balloons — to enter into other countries. last year the us high—altitude balloons flew over china's airspace for more than ten times. the us should first reflect upon itself and change course, instead of smearing other countries and finding confrontation. earlier, i spoke with our north america correspondant, north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, in washington — here she is with america's reaction. the truth is, the americans don't know what the objects are, so there have been three that were shot down over the weekend, as you summarised there. the first one on the 4th of february — they are very convinced

about what that object was. they say it was a spy balloon from china, which as we are hearing now, is developing into a huge diplomatic row, but in terms of these latest three objects theyjust don't have a clue. they are not categorising them as balloons. all we know is that they were unmanned, which is why they were shot down. also they were flying at a lower altitude than the alleged spy balloon, which made it a risk to commercial aircraft. it was really interesting that clip you played earlier, where you had the very senior defence official not ruling out alien device, an extra terrestrial device, but i have to add that another defence official did later on that day backtrack on that and say that these are very much earthly devices. the problem is, theyjust don't know what they are yet. and what have americans been saying about this? i mean, speak of aliens?! i think the american public would be forgiven

for thinking that ufos are invading america because to have four objects shot down in the space of a week is pretty alarming. but there is a reason why that is happening. we know the us is being hypervigilant ever since the incursion of that alleged spy balloon, so things that would ordinarily pass through the skies just aren't being allowed to do so and the us administration is saying, "look, we are being cautious about it, we are sending fighterjets towards it to check it is unmanned, is over a sparsely populated safe area before shooting it down," but they are still looking at the remnants of these latest devices and they are still investigating the 4th of february device, which as i say, they are convinced is a chinese spy balloon, but as far as these recent devices go, they still haven't got down to the bottom of what they are. nomia iqbal in washington. here in the uk, the prime minister has looked to reassure the public that uk airspace is protected. well, i want people to know that we'll do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. we have something called

the quick reaction alert force, which involves typhoon planes which are kept on 24/7 readiness to police our airspace, which is incredibly important. i can't obviously comment in detail on national security matters, but we are in constant touch with our allies and, as i said, we will do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. earlier we spoke with tony ingesson from lund in sweden, where he is a senior lecturer specialising in intelligence analysis. he spoke to us about why balloons may be used instead of satellites. one has to remember that even though balloons are an old technology, there have been advances in technology in terms of miniaturisation that means that we can have smaller cameras, smaller sensors and such and i think that this means that there is a potentialfor a bit of a renaissance in balloons

because they are quite cost—effective and they can do things that satellites can't and they have some advantages. and what are those things? they can stay in one area for longer than a satellite can, they are closer to the target than a satellite is, they are cheaper than a satellite is and they are less predictable than a satellite is because a satellite moves very predictably, whereas a balloon can be to some extent manoeuvred. and can they be remote—controlled, in terms of clearing and wiping discs before your supposed target for intelligence gets hold of whatever it is you have been collecting? i can't say for sure, in regards to these latest objects, but to me it would seem perfectly feasible from a technical standpoint. that was tony ingesson there. one week on from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 35,000 and there are fears that number could rise considerably, and even double. seven days on, people are still being pulled alive from the rubble.

this morning a little girl was rescued in turkey after 178 hours. but the united nations says the rescue phase is now "coming to a close." 0ur correspondent, caroline davies, reports from adana in southern turkey. applause. the first moment in the daylight. this girl was rescued after 178 hours under the rubble, lifted overhead on a stretcher. these moments of relief are rare a week after the earthquake and hard fought for. international rescue teams are operating across the earthquake area, digging deep under precarious towers of rubble. this chinese team rescued a man who had been buried for six days. a russian team worked for four hours to pull this man from the rubble. and here spanish rescuers from the madrid emergency service. they said finding this woman alive was a miracle. the scale of the destruction

is hard to comprehend. newly dug graves marked for now with only a number. many bodies still lie under the buildings. and for the living, they are still trying to piece together what is left. translation: everything we had was here. - even my children are crying now. they are saying, "mum, everything is gone, our childhood is gone." translation: my shop, | my workplace, everything was destroyed. my house was destroyed. i had one warehouse and it is gone now. i have nothing. in adana, nearly 200 kilometres from the epicentre, there are empty spaces amongst the tower blocks. there used to be a 16—storey building here, home to more than 90 people. at least 70 died when it collapsed. the rubble has now been removed and the authorities say that the contractor has been arrested, but the anger here hasn't gone. camps have appeared around the city. tarpaulin tents and makeshift fires.

some tell us that their buildings may not have been destroyed, but their faith in them has been. you can see... at night, you cannot see any open night in the buildings. because everyone left? everyone left because everyone is scared. if the authorities say, "it is safe, you can sit inside," i don't... i don't sit. the stories of survival amongst the devastation bring some hope, but lives, homes and trust have all been taken by the destruction of the earthquake. caroline davies, bbc news, adana. two teenagers are being questioned about the fatal stabbing of a 16—year—old girl in a park near warrington. the body of brianna ghey was found on saturday afternoon. she'd suffered mutliple stab wounds.

her family have described her as, "strong, fearless and one of a kind". a boy and girl, both aged 15, were arrested yesterday. earlier we spoke to our correspondent in warrington, rowan bridge, to tell us more. yes, as you can see behind me, at linear park, where brianna ghey died at the weekend, it remains sealed off as police continue their investigation into the circumstances of her death. we have seen a number of people arriving throughout the morning and the afternoon bringing bunches of flowers to the entrance of the park. a lot of them were not people who even knew brianna ghey, but they felt so shocked by what happened that they want to come and express their sorrow over events. the 16—year—old suffered multiple stab wounds in the attack and, as you say, last night a 15—year—old boy and a 15—year—old girl were arrested by cheshire police on suspicion of murder. they remain in custody and are being questioned by officers. brianna ghey was transgender, but police say at the moment that they are not treating this as a hate crime, but we have had a statement from brianna's

family this morning, in which they described her as "a much loved daughter, grand daughter and baby sister." they said her death had left "a massive hole in theirfamily." we have also had a statement from birchwood school, where she was a pupil, saying they are shocked and devastated and offering support to staff and pupils over what has happened. cheshire police have stepped up activity in the area, as you may be able to see. there was a police presence outside the school this morning and they have appealed to anyone with relevant dashcam or cctv footage to get in touch with them. rowan bridge, in warrington. the gmb union is escalating its dispute with amazon and has announced new strike dates at the company's coventry distribution centre at the end of february and in march. last month amazon workers held their first ever strike in the uk. workers are calling for a pay rise from £10.50 to £15 an hour. however, the gmb is not recognised by amazon, so the company does not negotiate pay with it. stuart richards is from the gmb.

i think the only way we've got to go forward is being led by our members and this is where we are now. they are calling for an escalation of the industrial action, so we are looking at two days — one in february, one in march — and then a full week of action. if amazon continues to refuse to listen to their concerns, this is the only way they've got to go forward. in terms of recognition of the unions, what sort of position does that put the workers in? the union isn't recognised by amazon, amazon refuses to even discuss anything so far with gmb union, but again, that is not unusual, it's refusing to have any discussions with its workforce as well. the issue of union recognition doesn't come into this. those workers are taking lawful strike action, they will be protected by that legislation to ensure

that they can't be dismissed as a result, effectively, as a result, so effectively, whether amazon wants to recognise gmb or not, we are still going to fight for those workers to ensure that they get a decent rate of pay for the work that they are doing. and is there any similar action that is taking place abroad? we are talking about coventry. what about around the world? we are seeing an escalation of industrial action in amazon sites across america and across europe, as well. workers facing comparable issues in that we have a multi—million pound organisation that is generating profits primarily off the back of those workers, but refusing to pay them a wage that they can live off. unsurprisingly, we are seeing industrial action as a result of that. the headlines on bbc news... after fighter jets shoot down

a fourth unidentified flying object over north america, the nato chief urges countries to remain vigilant. a week after earthquakes in turkey and syria, as the death toll nears 36,000 the un says the rescue phase is "coming to a close" as the death toll nears 36,000. sarah everard's killer wayne couzens has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to three counts of indecent exposure between november 2020 and february 2021. around 1,800 london bus drivers employed by abellio have accepted an 18% pay increase in a long—running dispute that involved more than 20 days of strike action. unite, the union, say that under the deal, drivers with over two years' service will be paid £18

an hour. i'm joined now by our employment correspondent zoe conway. take us through what has happened and how we have got to this. tats take us through what has happened and how we have got to this. as you sa , a and how we have got to this. as you say, a long-running _ and how we have got to this. as you say, a long-running dispute - and how we have got to this. as you say, a long-running dispute and - say, a long—running dispute and quite an eye—opening settlement here for 18%. that is 18%, that'sjust one year, so from this year to next year there is an 18% increase, not spread over a few years, as we have seen with other disputes. i think it is worth saying that whilst unite would argue this is about a good negotiation, strike action works, they would argue also probably that they would argue also probably that they are very good at identifying a company's profits, this is a dutch owned company, and they are good at finding out how much money a company has and using that as part of the negotiation. but also to put this into a bit of context, we need to remember that there is a bus driver shortage. that tends to get gives a

bit of power to the union when they are negotiating. we are talking about a vacancy rate of 9% across the uk, 8% in london, and as i say, this is a private company, so you can imagine that the companyjust wants to get this done, move on and not lose money on strike days, if there is any kind of concern that they might not be able to find any drivers to replace them. so is they might not be able to find any drivers to replace them.— drivers to replace them. so is this 'ust a drivers to replace them. so is this just a london _ drivers to replace them. so is this just a london story _ drivers to replace them. so is this just a london story or— drivers to replace them. so is this just a london story or could - drivers to replace them. so is this just a london story or could this i drivers to replace them. so is thisl just a london story or could this be replicated? just a london story or could this be re-licated? ~ ~ just a london story or could this be replicated?— replicated? well, i think what is noticeable _ replicated? well, i think what is noticeable how _ replicated? well, i think what is noticeable how many _ replicated? well, i think what is noticeable how many of- replicated? well, i think what is noticeable how many of these i noticeable how many of these double—digit increases unite has managed to secure. 13% last week for a company that does ground maintenance, 22% for security guards before christmas, 12% for asda tanker drivers. so i think again, we need to think about where the vacancies are in the labour market. this doesn't necessarily translate into other sectors. for example, you might think can't they do a deal like this with the railways? but we also need to bear in mind with this dispute that and often with some of these back to disputes i am talking

about, they tend to be quite narrowly focused on pay, whereas when you're talking about with the railways there is a much meatier, much more difficult negotiation over working conditions. film; much more difficult negotiation over working conditions.— working conditions. any other statements — working conditions. any other statements from _ working conditions. any other statements from other - working conditions. any other. statements from other working parties? statements from other working tarties? ., ., , ., parties? not at this point from the com an . parties? not at this point from the company- right- — parties? not at this point from the company. right. gerry— parties? not at this point from the company. right. gerry conway, i parties? not at this point from the i company. right. gerry conway, thank ou ve company. right. gerry conway, thank you very much _ company. right. gerry conway, thank you very much indeed. _ company. right. gerry conway, thank you very much indeed. -- _ company. right. gerry conway, thank you very much indeed. -- mike i company. right. gerry conway, thank you very much indeed. -- mike zoe i you very much indeed. —— mike zoe conway. you're watching bbc news. downing street has declined to say whether rishi sunak has confidence in the bbc chairman, richard sharp. yesterday a committee of mps was highly critical of mr sharp, after it emerged that he helped arrange a loan guarantee for the then prime minister, boris johnson, at the time when mrjohnson was considering who to appoint to the bbc role. a downing street spokesperson said it was "confident the process was followed" when mr sharp was given the job, but added that an inquiry into that process is underway. earlier, our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, had more details.

this relates to the bbc chairman, the chairman of the board. he's not the person who runs the bbc day—to—day, but is responsible for overseeing the independence of the bbc and its general running. and that post is appointed by the prime minister. the current holder, richard sharp, was appointed by borisjohnson. what this issue is all about is that when he was appointed, he went through a process where he was selected by mrjohnson, quizzed by mps for suitability, they approved him and he took up thejob. what has come to light since then is that at the same time as that process was happening, mr sharp, who has a background in investment banking, was approached by a cousin of borisjohnson's, a rich businessman, who wanted to offer to help the prime minister, the then prime minister financially. mr sharp went to mrjohnson, told him about this offer of financial help at the same time as he was applying for the bbcjob, then took that approach

to mrjohnson's top civil servant, simon case, passed all the details onto him, told the top civil servant that he was applying for the bbcjob and decided at that point that he should step back for anything to do with this loan guarantee, which is what it was, a loan guarantee for £800,000. in the appointment process that then happened, mr sharp was selected by mrjohnson, but he did not — in both the documentation that he had to provide or in the questioning by mps — make any reference to his role in this loan arrangement. the loan arrangement that was happening. so this has caused some real upset when this came to light in the last few weeks. mps at the weekend, the same mps who quizzed him released a new report saying that there had been serious errors ofjudgment by richard sharp, that he had fallen below the standards expected of him and of the process. richard sharp's point is that he says he tried

to follow all the rules, he was acting in good faith and then stepped back from the process and thought he had done the right thing. today under questioning what we now have is following that mps' report, rishi sunak earlier today and his official spokesperson here in westminster, talking to journalists... quizzed about this, the official spokesperson was asked three times whether mr sunak, whether richard sharp had mr sunak�*s confidence and each time he carefully said that they were confident that the process was followed during that appointment. it was only on the fourth time of asking, when he was asked something slightly different and he was asked, does richard sharp retain the prime minister's support? he said, "yes, but i don't have much

more than what i have already said." what the prime minister's spokesman pointed to is that there is a new inquiry now into that appointment process by the office by the office of the commissioner for public appointments, an office that oversees public appointments like this. it is worth saying as well that mr sunak, the prime minister, was also questioned about this today and he took a very similar position, saying he couldn't speculate into the issue because there was this inquiry under way. damian grammaticas there. turning to portugal next, where a commission has found that nearly 5,000 children were abused inside the roman catholic church since 1950. the findings come after testimony from hundreds of victims. the commission president said the accounts were compelling and, in some places, the abuse had been of endemic proportions. reporter alison roberts, in lisbon, has more on this report. this commission was set up by the portuguese fiscal conference in late

2021 and has been working for exactly a year. and it has talked to 564 specific witnesses whose testimony it has taken in detail. but according to the commission, who presented the report today, those victims, many of them suggested that there were many more victims. for example, in institutions, in parish churches, where the testimony was, that all the children were being abused, some other children were being abused and so forth. hence this figure of 4800 they have come up this figure of 4800 they have come up with, which, relative to other countries, that they it is similar with reports in france and in other countries, there were similar figures, but of course they have repeatedly said that it is the tip of the iceberg, in their view. yes, so are we likely to have another report that is going to follow up, if this is the tip of the iceberg? that is a little hard to say. one of the things they did was talk go into

the things they did was talk go into the archives of the church. in that, they only had access to things from october after the vatican sent a 0ctober after the vatican sent a letter ordering all the churches to open their archives to these researchers back injune. so they say there is a lot of work that could still be done and no doubt more testimony could be gathered, but for now this report is complete. it is now up to the episcopal conference itself to stick to it. the president of that committee has said he is very grateful for the report and he's going to take it to an extraordinary assembly on the 3rd of march, which is going to consider it and look at what ways they could offer justice to the it and look at what ways they could offerjustice to the victims. that is his word. the church does say that it wants to focus very much on the victims now.— that it wants to focus very much on the victims now. yes, i suppose, so the victims now. yes, i suppose, so the question — the victims now. yes, i suppose, so the question then _ the victims now. yes, i suppose, so the question then really _ the victims now. yes, i suppose, so the question then really is - the victims now. yes, i suppose, so the question then really is what i the question then really is what next? are we hearing much more fun victims? we know that they are not just in portugal. they are portuguese citizens and nationals from across the globe.— portuguese citizens and nationals from across the globe. that's right, the are a

from across the globe. that's right, they are a number _ from across the globe. that's right, they are a number of _ from across the globe. that's right, they are a number of portuguese i they are a number of portuguese immigrants who live in other countries and may have come back here occasionally and even one tourist, we heard they experienced, quoted a french boy who was on a trip with his parents to portugal and he says he was abused by a church, during a visit to a church, so there are a lot of those kinds of cases. as for what is next, because in other countries there has been talk of financial compensation, particularly in france, where there is still a controversy going on there about how much be paid. there hasn't been any talk yet about that conversation and compensation in monetary terms, we are still in the early stages, but the churches does say it wants to look at how it can give you thatjustice. camilla, the queen consort has pulled out of visits to the west midlands tomorrow, because she has a "seasonal illness". palace sources say the 75—year—old is hoping to carry out engagements as planned on wednesday, where she's due to attend an event in london.

a bit of politics for you now. labour is accusing ministers of overseeing "lavish spending" on hotels, hospitality and other costs using taxpayer—funded debit cards. the bills have been highlighted in a labour study of spending on government debit cards in 2021. examples of bills include more than £3,000 on 13 fine art photographs, and more than £23,000 on alcohol for uk embassies abroad. the conservatives branded labour's analysis a "political stunt". now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. the weather's pleasant enough across most of the uk today. it's also relatively mild. if anything, the temperatures are expected to rise as we head through the course of the week. so let's have a look at the big picture. a large high pressure is dominating the weather across europe, but we're on the edge,

the periphery, of this high pressure. that also means that around the high the winds are coming in from the south, very close to these weather fronts, in fact. if the winds are coming in from the south it's relatively mild. but here's that cloud cover across the uk. you can see overcast earlier on across eastern parts of england, but i think by the time we get to the second half of the afternoon it should be mostly sunny across most of the uk. temperatures 10, perhaps 13 degrees in one of two spots. tonight, where the skies clear and the winds will be light we could have some fog forming in eastern, southern areas, into wales too, and it will be fairly chilly. so first thing in the morning, temperatures will be not far off freezing in major towns and cities. in northern ireland and the western isles it's a different story. we're closer to that mild current of air coming in from the south on the edge of the high pressure, so it's quite a bit milder. but with that, and being closer to the weather fronts, there will be thicker clouds, so at times, i think cloudy in northern ireland and western scotland. in fact, one or two spits and spots

of rain can't be ruled out for places like glasgow and even edinburgh. elsewhere across the country, i think it's going to be a dry day with some sunshine and, again, temperatures 13, maybe 14 degrees in one or two spots. now, middle of the week, the high pressure is going to move towards the east and that will allow these weather fronts to push in from the west. so this is going to be our next spell of rain. moving through western parts of the uk, but by the time this weather front, middle of wednesday, moves through wales in the midlands, it will start to fizzle away. it's too close to the high pressure. the high pressure will basically dry out the weather fronts, so maybe a brief spell of rain, that's about it. however, as we head towards the end of the week, i think the high pressure is pretty much gone. low pressure swings in off the atlantic, the wind strengthens. it could actually turn very windy with gales widely across the uk. interestingly, with those strong winds and despite the cloud and the rain, it is going to be very mild, perhaps up to 15 degrees celsius towards the end of the week. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. as the us military shoots down a fourth unidentified object

over north america — the nato chief urges countries to remain vigilant. the nato chief urges i the nato chief urges think what we saw over the ui states, i think what we saw over the united states, obviously, the united states last week, is part of a pattern. why china but also russia are increasing their intelligence and surveillance activities against nato allies. i wouldn't comment in detail on security— wouldn't comment in detail on security matters that people should be reassured that we have all the capabilities in place to keep the country— capabilities in place to keep the country safe, including the quick reaction — country safe, including the quick reaction alert force which has typhoon _ reaction alert force which has typhoon planes which can police our skies _ typhoon planes which can police our skies on _ typhoon planes which can police our skies on 20 — typhoon planes which can police our skies on 20 47 readiness. a week after earthquakes in turkey and syria, the un says the rescue phase is �*coming to a close' as the death toll nears 36,000. and in the past hour pictures have emerged of a 13—year—old boy being pulled alive from rubble in hatay — after 182 hours underground. sarah everard's killer wayne couzens has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to three counts of indecent exposure between november

2020 and february 2021. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. it's an historic day for women's cricket where in india the first draught for the women's premier leaguehas taken place. seven england players have been snapped up including all—rounder nat sciver—brunt who's been bought by the mumbai indians for a £320,000. bowlers sophie ecclestone, lauren bell and issy wong have also been successful in the draw. away from the draw — several of england those playes are in action at the t20 world cup

in south africa where they're playing ireland in their second game of the tournament in paarl. ireland set england a target of 106 to win england certainly look to be in control — they are 86 for 4. alex capsey hit 51 before her wicket fell, she got there offjust 21 balls. czech footballerjakub jankto says he "no longer wants to hide" as he publicly comes out as gay. the midfielder plays for la liga club getafe, but is currently on loan at sparta prague who said in a statement, "you have our support. "live your life, jakub. " until today adelaide united playerjosh cavallo was the only openly gay top—flight male professional footballer in the world, having come out last october. 27—year—old jankto released this video on social media... like everybody else, i also want to live my life and like everybody else, i also want to live my life an—

live my life and freedom... i am homosexual _ live my life and freedom... i am homosexual and _ live my life and freedom... i am homosexual and i _ live my life and freedom... i am homosexual and i no _ live my life and freedom... i am homosexual and i no longer- live my life and freedom... i aml homosexual and i no longer want live my life and freedom... i am i homosexual and i no longer want to hide myself. the super bowl is one of the biggest events in the sporting calendar — and this year it was the kansas city chiefs who came out on top to become nfl champions for the second time in four years. they didn't do it the easy way though fighting back to claim a thrilling 38—35 win over the philadelphia eagles. our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor was there. the kansas city chiefs locker room bouncing after clipping the wings of the philadelphia eagles. celebration is likely to last well into the night and beyond. those last two minutes, how nerve—racking? everything was on the line, it was crazy. confetti flying, no better feeling than that. what time does this party end? it's not end i'm not going to sleep tonight. two teams flying all season, but for one of them the dream was about

to come crashing down. minutes, this encounter was decided with just eight seconds left on the clock. this section i was sitting in was all eagles fan so i was getting persecuted hard! it was rough, but you know what, we pulled it out, it was amazing. we are so glad. god is with us. we made it! as super bowl full of twists and turns, a game that will be spoken about for years to come, and so will the half—time entertainment. what time are you get to bed tonight? we are going to rhianna's after party. no, you're not! suspended high above the playing field, the singer reeled off a string of hits from 17 year career. there were no surprise guests, the surprise came after she left the stage with the nine time

grammy award winner and i think she was pregnant with second child. grammy award winner and i think she so, a day packed with reasons to celebrate, expected to last for days for those in the state of kansas. that's all the sport for now. as many people struggle with the current cost of living, there's a warning today that some people in england are even going without prescriptions to try to save money. the royal pharmaceutical society has told bbc breakfast that they've seen a rise in patients not collecting medicine, requesting cheaper substitutes or even asking what medicines they can "do without." celestina 0lulode reports. it's choice between food or prescriptions. zoe is a mum of two and a bus driver.

she takes multiple medications daily. i've got polycystic kidney disease, which is an inherited kidney disease. and because of that, i've had to have a transplant. so i have to take these immunosuppressants to keep my body from rejecting my kidney. without those tablets, my kidney would reject. now, i'd either end up back on dialysis, which actually would cost the nhs a lot more, or i'd die. some people in england, like children and those over 60, get their prescriptions for free. each item on one of these costs £9.35. take more than three medications in three months, and it's cheaper to get a prescription prepayment certificate. they're like season tickets. £30.25 covers the costs of three months. paying just over £100 covers one year. you can pay in instalments, but zoe says it's not affordable. there's been times when i've gone to the pharmacy to find that my prescription prepayment certificate hasn't been renewed, because i couldn't afford

to pay the direct debit. every month it works out just under £11 a month, which doesn't sound very much. but at the moment i'm averaging about £20 a week in take—home money. last year, the government froze prescription charges for the first time in 12 years, and they're not expected to increase until april at least. the department of health and social care points out that almost 89% of prescription items are free. but some people who still have to pay say they're struggling. i don't think i ever expected to be in this situation. medical student lily needs prescription drugs to treat multiple conditions, including endometriosis. when i was younger, obviously the prescriptions are free. my parents actually would have been able to afford the medication. she says the demands of her course mean it's difficult to work part—time. as a medical student, i am advised and encouraged not

to get a part—time job due to the strain of the course, which means that it can be very, very difficult to afford that every month. whilst the cost of living crisis has sharpened the focus on prescription charges, zoe believes an overhaul is long overdue. stop these unfair prescription charges. it's not fair. why are certain illnesses exempt and others not? zoe is not the only one that feels this way. so the current exemption situation, which means that some _ patients don't have to pay, doesn't make sense. - it was made years ago. it doesn't reflect i the current times. it isn't up to date. and really, we just need to scrap. the prescription charge completely. it's unfair. it's a tax on the sick. we've seen a rise in patients not collecting their prescriptions. i and really, this is part- of the cost of living crisis. the government says freezing prescription charges has saved patients more than £17 million, but that is little comfort to people like zoe and lily. celestina 0lulode, bbc news.

debt charities are calling for more funding and support, as they face what's being described as a tidal—wave of clients struggling to manage their finances. poverty all say they saw record requests for help injanuary. citizens advice, step change and christians against poverty all say they saw record requests for help injanuary. the charity stepchange says the number of people it advised last month was up nearly 80% compared with december. 34% of people couldn't afford their council tax. 27% weren't able to pay their gas bill. nearly a third of households who used credit to pay for the christmas period aren't confident they'll be able to pay it back. the government says it's invested more than £90 million to support free debt advice in england. 0ur cost of living correspondent,

colletta smith, reports from leeds. good morning. how can i help? i could tell you about the record number of clients debt charities helped injanuary, but you wouldn't be surprised. how many times have you been to foodbank? i could show you what life is like for those struggling under a debt mountain, but you've heard it before. instead, i want to introduce you to di forbes. really lovely to meet you. thanks for letting me spend the day with you. i asked if i could tag along with a debt worker out on the road, seeing what she's up against and what she manages to achieve in a day. every day is different. everybody�*s problem is different because everybody is different. because you've got so many people

that need so much help, there's a lot more cost of living issues, an awful lot more, where people are scared about whether they're able to pay the bills or not. our first stop is a trussell trust food bank in gipton, and it doesn't take di long to get cracking. we're visiting the food bank this morning. got it sorted out there. i leave her to it as we've agreed we won't identify any of the people she's talking to today. most are very vulnerable. if i send you a copy of this, you know, tojust look down between clients, i ask her to reflect on what's happened. i think she can see a little bit of light at the end of a very long tunnel. so, it's cool. it's quieter than usual today, so di has a chance to check her email. there's a message from an elderly client that she's been helping. he just sent me a message to say thank you. it worked. please, can you send them my bank details? i don't know how to do it, but thanks for everything! ohh! so that's £200 he's gained. she's still buzzing as we hit the road again. i like the wins. i like it when somebody gets

what they deserve, what they need. makes them safe. gets them sorted out is a good outcome. i love it. and that's what fuels her through the tougher moments. last week, when i was in armley, there were eight people waiting for me and there was a ninth arrived after about two o'clock. it's always very busy. and today's no different. you haven't seen money buddy before? gradually working her way down the list. you're due to finish in about 25 minutes' time. we've had two ladies who have needed fuel and food. 0ne lady with an eight—week—old baby who's needed, well, she's had no fuel at all. so we've sorted that out as an emergency. and i don't know what's waiting for me now in either direction, because there's a lady that's got a small child that's been here all day. and you're just getting your lunch break now. yeah. with a queue still outside. yeah. it feels like you could just keep going here. i could. and i'm contemplating sharing the lunch, so i know that's not

an unusual thing either. an hour or so later... are you struggling to pay the... struggling to pay it? and everyone's been seen. but that's not the end for di. to be honest, it's exhausting. what i'm going to do now is go home, cook tea and then try to make some sense of it and start again. while di is tired, those who managed to see her left a little lighter with their finances a little clearer. you take care. you're very welcome, darling. and whatever tomorrow brings, she'll face it, one client at a time. colletta smith, bbc news, in leeds. sarah everard's killer, wayne couzens, has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to three counts of indecent exposure between november 2020 and february 2021. there are three other counts which will be left on file. that's due to the prosecution determining it would not be in the public interest to to pursue them. the case was adjourned to the 6th

of march for sentencing. joining me now in the studio is lucy manning, our special correspondent. i wonder if you could just take us through what has been decided today. these are a very important set of guilty pleas by wayne couzens. it means that we can say that he was a serial sex offender before he murdered sarah everard and devastatingly it means we can say that had he been properly investigated by the police for these indecent exposures in the days before and sarah everard's murder, it is possible that sarah everard would not have been murdered. let me just talk you through them. in the week before sarah everard was murdered, wayne couzens went to a mcdonald's in kent at a service

station and he was reported by the staff for having no trousers on, he was naked. he looked at the staff while he ordered and drove off in this state. the staff reported him to the police because this wasn't the first time it to happen. it was the first time it to happen. it was the fourth time. they gave the police cctv and they gave the police his car registration. if the police had checked his car registration properly they would have seen that he was connected to that car and that he was a police officer and presumably they would have then suspended him. none of that happened and a few days later he went on to kill sarah everard. even though he was found guilty of sarah everard he was found guilty of sarah everard he was still prosecuted for these indecent exposures. he pleaded guilty to three of them, two of them at mcdonald's and one in 2020 in kent, he was seen at the side of the

road committing a sex act by a cyclist who went past who had a partial recognition of his number plate but not the full number plate. he pleaded guilty by video link from frankland prison and he will be sentenced on march the 6th but the significance of this cannot be underestimated, which is that a few days before sarah everard's murder, the police were given his number plate for indecent exposure offences and it wasn't properly checked. i just want to clarify one more point that we mentioned in the introduction, he won't be facing trial over another charge, what is that? ., , ., . , trial over another charge, what is that? , , trial over another charge, what is that? , . ., that? he was facing six charges of indecent exposure, _ that? he was facing six charges of indecent exposure, he _ that? he was facing six charges of indecent exposure, he has - that? he was facing six charges of| indecent exposure, he has pleaded guilty to three of them and so the police have what they say has allowed three to stay on file so he doesn't have to deplete on those and there won't be a trial, instead of a trial happening in march, he will be

sentenced in march and said so the prosecution have accepted his guilty pleas on three out of the six so he has accepted those and the others, in a technical term, will stay on file so he won't face further prosecution for those. thank you very much _ prosecution for those. thank you very much indeed. _ prosecution for those. thank you very much indeed. back- prosecution for those. thank you very much indeed. back to i prosecution for those. thank you very much indeed. back to the i very much indeed. back to the warning that some people are going without prescriptions in order to save money. let's talk now with lindsay fairbrother. lindsay is a pharmacist herself and a committee member at psnc — the body that represents nhs community pharmacies in england. cue forjoining us on bbc news. were you surprised by this news? ihla. cue forjoining us on bbc news. were you surprised by this news?— you surprised by this news? no. we have seen it — you surprised by this news? no. we have seen it before _ you surprised by this news? no. we have seen it before and _ you surprised by this news? no. we have seen it before and i _ you surprised by this news? no. we have seen it before and i think i you surprised by this news? no. we have seen it before and i think the l have seen it before and i think the most concerning things is patients are making a choice when they might not realise what the safest thing to do is for their own health and they may choose between medicines that

really could save their lives and medicines that may be our more acute and their effects so they really need to speak to us to ask for advice if they are suffering and having to make that decision. watch ofthe having to make that decision. watch of the government _ having to make that decision. watch of the government be _ having to make that decision. watch of the government be doing - having to make that decision. watch of the government be doing about this and how likely is it that something will happen? it’s something will happen? it's difficult. you _ something will happen? it�*s difficult. you heard our representative this morning asking why do england have charges for prescriptions, the other home nations don't, so it's really looking at what benefit do prescription charges bring because only about 11% of the population pay for their prescriptions, most are provided free of charge to the elderly and to those with certain medical condition so what is the answer? i'm not sure, but the worst thing that could happen is this could be detrimental to patient�*s health and then in the long run cost the nhs a heck of a lot more if somebody stops taking medication

that might prevent them having a stroke and then ends up at a&e and in hospital. i stroke and then ends up at a&e and in hos-ital. ., stroke and then ends up at a&e and in hostital. ., _, in hospital. i wonder if i could 'ust tick in hospital. i wonder if i could just pick up — in hospital. i wonder if i could just pick up on _ in hospital. i wonder if i could just pick up on the _ in hospital. i wonder if i could just pick up on the point i in hospital. i wonder if i could just pick up on the point that l in hospital. i wonder if! could i just pick up on the point that some patients are putting the question, is there a cheaper substitute? we all know about brands, we are paying for the brand, we are not necessarily paying for it poorer product, what are your thoughts on that? ., �* , product, what are your thoughts on that? . �* , , that? that's quite interesting. there are _ that? that's quite interesting. there are what _ that? that's quite interesting. there are what you _ that? that's quite interesting. there are what you might i that? that's quite interesting. l there are what you might know that? that's quite interesting. i there are what you might know as that? that's quite interesting. - there are what you might know as the generic products which are the same medication, made to exactly the same product license specification, but not a branded medication. a bit like, for instance, if you are purchasing an iva pro phone as opposed to nurofen, the branded good tends to cost more money even though it's the same medication. what's interesting about this is at the moment pharmacists aren't allowed to substitute versions of drugs, but pharmacists could, and a lot more pharmacists could, and a lot more pharmacists are now becoming what's more prescribers which would give us the legal ability to do this. we are

just hoping that when pretty much all pharmacies will be independent prescribers which run 2026 all graduates will be, be the ability to do things to help patients and their best interest.— best interest. what you say to students. _ best interest. what you say to students, for _ best interest. what you say to students, for example. - best interest. what you say to students, for example. you i best interest. what you say to l students, for example. you get best interest. what you say to i students, for example. you get it at the age of 18 if you are in full—time you don't pay, past that point, you're going to have to pay for your prescriptions. students can't afford that.— for your prescriptions. students can't afford that. exactly the same for apprentices. — can't afford that. exactly the same for apprentices, i _ can't afford that. exactly the same for apprentices, i feel _ can't afford that. exactly the same for apprentices, i feel really i can't afford that. exactly the same for apprentices, i feel really sorry| for apprentices, i feel really sorry for apprentices, i feel really sorry for apprentices. the rules are really quirky because even those who are medically exempt from paying construction charges, you may, if you are diabetic, you may not pay the q you are an asthmatic you do have to pay. so there are some questions that need to be asked as to why our own pace and who they benefit because at the end of the day the £9 35 that you pay is a tax, it doesn't pay any relation to the cost of the medication... i

it doesn't pay any relation to the cost of the medication. . .- it doesn't pay any relation to the cost of the medication... i want to 'umt in cost of the medication... i want to jump in here. _ cost of the medication... i want to jump in here. is — cost of the medication... i want to jump in here, is this _ cost of the medication... i want to jump in here, is thisjust - cost of the medication... i want to jump in here, is thisjust a - cost of the medication... i want to jump in here, is thisjust a tax i cost of the medication... i want to jump in here, is thisjust a tax for| jump in here, is thisjust a tax for the government to collect? is this what it comes down to? it is the government to collect? is this what it comes down to?— the government to collect? is this what it comes down to? it is a tax. when the pharmacy _ what it comes down to? it is a tax. when the pharmacy a _ what it comes down to? it is a tax. when the pharmacy a you - what it comes down to? it is a tax. when the pharmacy a you to i what it comes down to? it is a tax. when the pharmacy a you to pay, i what it comes down to? it is a tax. | when the pharmacy a you to pay, if you have to pay your perception charge, the pharmacy then has to pass that money directly back onto the nhs. the pharmacist and either. as i say, it doesn't vary in relation to the cost of the medicine so some medicines, i dispensed a packet of 28 tablets which is £156 on saturday but conversely i'll have dispensed medication which is probably less than a pound for 28 tablets. it is a tax, absolutely, so maybe it could be argued we don't want to lose that income for the nhs but could there be a better way that doesn't put patients at risk of having to make those tough decisions and may be going without medication. were learning a lot about the funding of the nhs. thank you very much. cylcone gabrielle has battered new zealand, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power. a state of emergency has been

declared in five regions on the country's north island. richard galpin has the latest. cyclone gabrielle has battered much of the north islands, including the most popular city of auckland. the authorities say tens of thousands of people have lost power. fearing the worst, many here have been going to the shops to stockpile food and water, leaving the shelves empty. we are seeing the impact of the cyclone across the top of the north island. as at 1.30pm today, around 46,000 customers have lost their power. as a result, a major operation is now under way to ensure people are safe. civil defence centres and shelters have been set up across the top of the north island, and are ready to use in case people have to evacuate. i can't stress enough that please have a plan to leave your home if you see water levels rising

around you, or if you are worried about land stability around your property. don't wait to be told to leave. this cyclone, which is now expected to get more powerful, comes just a couple of weeks after very heavy rainfall also hit the island. the weather pattern in this region is becoming increasingly worrying for all those affected. richard galpin, bbc news. it was an extraordinary act of giant killing when darvel, from the sixth tier of scottish football, knocked top flight aberdeen out of the scottish cup last month. well, tonight darvel are hoping to cause another big upset when they take on falkirk in the next round. our sports correspondentjohn watson has been to see how the ayrshire town is preparing — and it does involve eating pies. come on, darvel. come on, darvel! come on, darvel. let's do it.

so, john, not only are you running a very successful football club at the moment, but you also run your own bakery, which is known the world over for the famous kilmarnock pie. does it taste as good as it looks? oh, it tastes fantastic, yes. who would have thought when i took over the club seven years ago that we would get to this stage? we would beat aberdeen. we're now falkirk to beat, to get into the quarters. could this happen? well, i've done so well with my kilmarnock pie, why not do it with darvel? no need to guess what people are going to be eating at half time, is there? yeah, they're all going to be eating a kilmarnock pie at half time. let's try one. come on! can you tell us what's in the recipe? i know it's. .. this is... it's been in the family for generations. 0h, obviously, it's a secret recipe. but i'll tell you what. .. pies and football go hand in hand with each other.

hits the spot. i tell you what, if you win later, ok, you beat falkirk and you make it through, are you going to make another world famous pie? a one—off pie to mark the occasion? well, it's a special occasion, and we're getting special pies. we'll be selling at the ground. and i'm quite sure soon we'll be having our own darvel pie at the game. love it. we'll be back to mark it. good. i'll tell you what. it's not just the football getting people off their feet here, is it? oh! commentator: what a night! and what a result! jordan, you scored the only goal on the night and you gave a great interview after that game as well. i'm meant to be at work, so i need to phone my boss and ask him if i can get the night off. so tell us, did you get the night off? thankfully did, yeah. i managed to get one of the boys to cover me, lucky enough. it was a shame it, he was out to about two in the morning with a call—out but i owed him his lunch the next day. maybe at end of the season it will sink in for myself. maybe when i'm retired. i don't really know when, but i think it will be a massive hit to me when it does sink in. commentator: incredible scenes, these. _

jordan wasn't the only one with the school encouraged to give the kids the day off, with some set to be mascots tonight. unfortunately, i couldn't give them the day off, but we had a fabulous day celebrating the next day. it was wonderful. the atmosphere in the town and in school, it was justjoyous. and i love the fact that you're still wearing darvel blue. yes. trying to support the team in any which way we can. it feels amazing to walk out on the pitch and our local team are playing against falkirk in the scottish cup. it's the furthest they've ever been before. it's been brilliant. i'll probably be a bit nervous i but it will be a great experience. and are they going to do it again? yeah, they are. of course they are. what do you think the score's going to be? 2-0. and how do you think the town will feel... how will you guys feel if darvel win again? it will feel absolutely amazing. it'll be fantastic if darvel win. all: come on, darvel! john watson, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. the weather is looking fairly quiet over the next two or three days, high pressure in charge.

but within this area of high pressure, the cloud cover is actually quite varied. you can see thick cloud there across yorkshire and lincolnshire, but in other parts of the country we started off on a really sunny note, but i think as we go through the course of the day, most of us will have at least a few sunny spells temperatures typically 10 to 12 degrees. now, it will be clear overnight, at least the first part of the night, then a bit of cloud forming across eastern areas. and also towards early tuesday morning, we will see thicker cloud across parts of northern ireland and western scotland. could be some drizzle here. so we've got the colder weather where the clear skies will be overnight. so a little chilly first thing on tuesday, but it should be a mostly sunny day across england and wales. but here in northern ireland and western scotland, at times it will be cloudy. through the course of the day in glasgow and edinburgh we can expect one or two splits and spots of rain. bye bye.

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines: after the us military shoots down a fourth unidentified flying object over north america, the nato chief urges countries to remain vigilant. i think what we saw over the united states, obviously last week, is part of a pattern, where china, but also russia, are increasing their intelligence and surveillance activities against nato allies. i wouldn't comment in detail on security matters, but people should be assured that we have all the capabilities to keep the country safe, including the quick reaction alert force, which has typhoon planes, which can police our skies on 24/7 readiness. former metropolitan police officer wayne couzens —

who killed sarah everard — pleads guilty at the old bailey to three counts of indecent exposure between november 2020 and february 2021. the un says the rescue phase is "coming to a close" with the focus switching to caring for survivors, following earthquakes in turkey and syria. and pictures emerge from hatay, where a 13—year—old boy has been pulled alive from rubble — after 182 hours underground. following the fatal stabbing of 16—year—old brianna ghey in warrington, her family pay tribute to a much loved daughter.

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the us military is still unsure of the origin of three flying objects it shot out of the skies in recent days, and how they were able to stay in the air. the latest was brought down over michigan yesterday. during a briefing call about the incidents, general glen vanherck was asked this question by a journalist. have you ruled out aliens or extraterrestrials? and if so, why? because that is what everyone is asking us right now. i haven't ruled out anything. at this point, we continue to assess every threat or potential threat unknown that approaches north america with an attempt to identify it. presidentjoe biden ordered the object — the fourth in total this month — to be shot down yesterday. it was above lake huron in michigan near the canadian border at the time and has been described by defence officials as an unmanned "octagonal structure" with strings

attached to it. speaking earlier, the nato chief, jens stoltenberg, gave his reaction. it is part of a pattern, where china, but also russia, are increasing their intelligence and surveillance activities against nato allies, with many different platforms. we see it in cyber, we see it with satellites — more and more satellites — and we see it with balloons. that highlights the importance of our vigilance, our increased presence and also that we ramp up and step up how we share intelligence and how we monitor and protect our airspace. china has not commented on where this latest balloon may have come from. but its foreign ministry has accused the us of carrying out espionage in the skies above many countries — including china itself.

translation: it is also quite common i for us spy balloons - high altitude i balloons — to enter into other countries. last year the us high—altitude balloons flew over china's airspace for more than ten times. the us should first reflect upon itself and change course, instead of smearing other countries and finding confrontation. earlier, i spoke with our north america correspondant, nomia iqbal, in washington — here she is with america's reaction. the truth is, the americans don't know what the objects are. so, there have been three that were shot down over the weekend, as you summarised there. the first one, on the 4th of february, they are very convinced about what that object was. they say it was a spy balloon from china, which, as we are hearing now, is developing into a huge diplomatic

row, but in terms of these latest three objects, theyjust don't have a clue. they are not categorising them as balloons. all we know is that they were unmanned, which is why they were shot down. also, they were flying at a lower altitude than the alleged spy balloon, which made it a risk to commercial aircraft. it was really interesting, that clip you played earlier, where you had the very senior defence official not ruling out an alien device, an extra terrestrial device, but i have to add that another defence official did later on that day backtrack on that and say that these are very much earthly devices. the problem is, theyjust don't know what they are yet. and what have americans been saying about this? i mean, speak of aliens?! i think the american public would be forgiven for thinking that ufos are invading america because to have four objects shot down in the space of a week is pretty alarming. but there is a reason why that is happening. we know the us is being

hypervigilant ever since the incursion of that alleged spy balloon, so things that would ordinarily pass through the skies just aren't being allowed to do so and the us administration is saying, "look, "we are being cautious about it, we are sending a fighterjet "towards it to check it is unmanned, is over a sparsely populated safe "area before shooting it down," but they are still looking at the remnants of these latest devices and they are still investigating the 4th of february device, which, as i say, they are convinced is a chinese spy balloon, but as far as these recent devices go, they still haven't got down to the bottom of what they are. that was nomia iqbal in washington. here in the uk, the prime minister has looked to reassure the public that uk airspace is protected. well, i want people to know that we'll do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. we have something called the quick reaction alert force, which involves typhoon planes

which are kept on 24/7 readiness to police our airspace, which is incredibly important. i can't obviously comment in detail on national security matters, but we are in constant touch with our allies and, as i said, we will do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. so that was rishi sunak. earlier, we spoke with tony ingesson from lund in sweden, where he is a senior lecturer specialising in intelligence analysis. he spoke to us about why balloons may be used instead of satellites. one has to remember that even though balloons are an old technology, there have been advances in technology in terms of miniaturisation that means that we can have smaller cameras, smaller sensors and such and i think that this means that there is a potentialfor a bit of a renaissance in balloons because they are quite cost—effective and they can do things that satellites can't and they have some advantages. and what are those things? they can stay in one area for longer than a satellite can, they are closer to the target than a satellite is,

they are cheaper than a satellite is and they are less predictable than a satellite is because a satellite moves very predictably, whereas a balloon can be to some extent manoeuvred. and can they be remote—controlled, in terms of clearing and wiping discs before your supposed target for intelligence gets hold of whatever it is you have been collecting? i can't say for sure, in regards to these latest objects, but to me it would seem perfectly feasible from a technical standpoint. one week on from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 35,000 and there are fears that number could rise considerably, and even double.

however, we continue to get stories of people, in particular, children, who are being rescued. for example, the latest coming from the reuters news agency is that a ten—year—old girl has been rescued from rubble in turkey's kahramanmaras region. we have also had rescues of children after 178 hours under the rubble. so, despite the bad news and the warnings from the united nations that the rescue phase is now coming to a close, there does remain a glimmer of hope. 0ur correspondent, caroline davies, reports from adana in southern turkey. applause. the first moment in the daylight. this girl was rescued after 178 hours under the rubble, lifted overhead on a stretcher. these moments of relief are rare a week after the earthquake

and hard fought for. international rescue teams are operating across the earthquake area, digging deep under precarious towers of rubble. this chinese team rescued a man who had been buried for six days. a russian team worked for four hours to pull this man from the rubble. and here spanish rescuers from the madrid emergency service. they said finding this woman alive was a miracle. the scale of the destruction is hard to comprehend. newly dug graves marked for now with only a number. many bodies still lie under the buildings. and for the living, they are still trying to piece together what is left. translation: everything we had was here. - even my children are crying now. they are saying, "mum, everything is gone, our childhood is gone." translation: my shop, | my workplace, everything was destroyed. my house was destroyed. i had one warehouse and it is gone now. i have nothing.

in adana, nearly 200 kilometres from the epicentre, there are empty spaces amongst the tower blocks. there used to be a 16—storey building here, home to more than 90 people. at least 70 died when it collapsed. the rubble has now been removed and the authorities say that the contractor has been arrested, but the anger here hasn't gone. camps have appeared around the city. tarpaulin tents and makeshift fires. some tell us that their buildings may not have been destroyed, but their faith in them has been. you can see... at night, you cannot see any open night in the buildings. because everyone left? everyone left because everyone is scared. if the authorities say, "it is safe, you can sit inside," i don't... i don't sit. the stories of survival amongst the devastation bring some hope, but lives, homes and trust have all been taken by the destruction of the earthquake.

caroline davies, bbc news, adana. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, in the southern turkish city of gaziantep, reporting about the current situation there. yes. but even in the early hours of the morning, we were here at 2am in this very spot orjust a little bit closer in this direction, and we heard the rescue teams as they scrambled over a mound of rubble. first of all, they said, "everyone, silent! "everyone, nobody, not even a whisper!" and then they shouted, "can you hear my voice?! "knock twice if you can hear me!" still trying, one week on — almost one week to the hour when the deadly earthquake first struck — still trying to find people alive in the rubble, still sensing the sounds of life. but it is at this point where the very difficult decision has to be made to tell the rescuers to put

down their tools and to do the kind of clean—up that you are seeing behind me, the excavators clawing away at the last remnants of the buildings which collapsed and of course the need to focus on those who survived. and there are so many survivors grateful to be alive, but struggling to get through their days. lyse, i don't know if you have managed to speak to those rescuers. how are they feeling about now having to step away? to give up, to let go of that hope? it is a very painful decision because i think they become driven. every rescuer that we spoke to said... you could tell it on their faces, their faces were dusty, their faces were drawn, but they had these big smiles and the spirit you could see pulsing within them... they hadn't slept for nights, but they kept going, believing that if they worked a bit

harder, if they searched a little bit longer, they would be able to bring people out alive. and to be here, notjust here, but in other places we have visited over the past week, when you see people coming out and the cries which rise, "allahu akbar" — god is greater, this is a miracle, the rescuers say, but equally we have been in places when they bring out not the living, but the dead, the black body bags. and that is when you see people waiting stoically on the sidelines, still with a prayer that their loved ones are still alive somewhere and then the truth emerges and they collapse in overwhelming grief. this is it, i am told by disaster experts at some rescue teams live with the knowledge for the rest of their lives, live with the question, could i have done more? understandably so, and there has already been taught, isn't there,

that was lyse doucet to speaking to us earlier. while there are warnings of the rescue window closing, some are still being pulled from the rubble. a 13—year—old boy from hatay province in turkey was pulled out from under rubble alive after being trapped for 182 hours. here he is here, the foil being placed over him to keep him warm. thenin placed over him to keep him warm. then in the last half an hour, we got yet another story of survival. a ten—year—old girl was rescued from an apartment block or blow an apartment block in the southern turkish province of kahramanmaras. she had been under the rubble for 183 hours. it is interesting, isn't it, that it is the children that continue to be pulled out alive?

more on this as and when we get it. the headlines on bbc news... as fighterjets shoot down a fourth unidentified object over north america, the nato chief urges countries to remain vigilant. sarah everard's killer, wayne couzens, has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to three counts of indecent exposure. couzens will be sentenced next month. and relatives say the death of 16—year—old brianna jeye of 16—year—old brianna ghey in warrington has left a "massive hole" after a teenage boy and girl are arrested on suspicion of her murder. sarah everard's killer, wayne couzens, has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to three counts of indecent exposure between november 2020 and february 2021. there are three other counts, which will be left on file. that's due to the prosecution determining it would not be in the public interest to pursue them. the case was adjourned to the 6th

of march for sentencing. earlier, i spoke with our special correspondent, lucy manning, who had the latest on this case. these are very important set of guilty pleas by wayne couzens. it means that we can say that he was a serial six offender, before he murdered sarah everard. devastatingly, it means we can say that, had he been properly investigated by the police for these indecent exposures, in the days before sarah everard's murder, it is possible that sarah everard would not have been murdered. let mejust talk you through them. in the week before sarah everard was murdered, wayne couzens went to a mcdonald's in kent at a service station and he was reported by the staff for having

no trousers on, he was naked on the bottom half and... no trousers on, he was naked on the bottom halfand... he no trousers on, he was naked on the bottom half and... he looked at the staff while he ordered and drove off in this state. and the staff reported him to the police because this wasn't the first time it happened, it was the fourth time. and they gave the police, they went through cctv and they gave the police his car registration. now, if the police had checked his car registration properly, they would have seen that he was connected to that car and that he was a police officer and, that car and that he was a police officerand, presumably, that car and that he was a police officer and, presumably, they would have then suspended him. none of that happened and a few days later he went on to kill sarah everard. so, even though he was found guilty of the murder of sarah everard, he was still prosecuted for these indecent exposures. he pleaded guilty to three of them, too at mcdonald's and one in 2020 in deal in kent, where he was seen at the side of the road committing a sex

act by a cyclist who went past you had a partial recognition of his numberplate, but not the full number plate. he pleaded guilty by video link from franklin prison and he will be sentenced on the 6th of march, but the significance of this cannot be underestimated, which is that a few days before sarah everard's murder the police were given his number plate for indecent exposure of fences and it wasn't properly checked. bud exposure of fences and it wasn't properly checked.— exposure of fences and it wasn't properly checked. and i 'ust want to clari one properly checked. and i 'ust want to clarify more h properly checked. and i 'ust want to clarify one more point i properly checked. and i just want to clarify one more point that - properly checked. and i just want to clarify one more point that we i clarify one more point that we mentioned in the introduction. he won't be facing trial over, is it another charge? what is that about? so he was facing six charges of indecent exposure. he has pleaded guilty to three of them and so, the police have allowed three to stay on file, so he doesn't have to plead on those and there won't be a trial. so instead of a trial happening in march, he will be sentenced in march instead, so the prosecution have

accepted his guilty pleas on three out of the six. so he has accepted those and the others in a technical term will stay on file, so he won't face further prosecution for those. that was lucy manning speaking to me earlier. two teenagers are being questioned about the fatal stabbing of a 16—year—old girl in a park near warrington. the body of brianna ghey was found on saturday afternoon. she'd suffered mutliple stab wounds. her family have described her as "strong, fearless and one of a kind". a boy and girl, both aged 15, were arrested yesterday. earlier, we spoke to our correspondent in warrington, rowan bridge, to tell us more. as you can see behind me, we're at linear park, where brianna ghey died at the weekend, and it remains sealed off as police continue their investigation into the circumstances of her death. we have seen a number of people arriving throughout the morning and the afternoon bringing bunches of flowers to the entrance of the park. a lot of them were not people who even knew brianna, but they felt so shocked by what happened that they wanted to come and express their sorrow over events. the 16—year—old suffered multiple stab wounds

in the attack and, as you say, last night a 15—year—old boy and a 15—year—old girl were arrested by cheshire police on suspicion of murder. they remain in custody and are being questioned by officers. brianna ghey was transgender, but police say at the moment that they are not treating this as a hate crime. but we have had a statement from brianna's family this morning, in which they described her as a "much loved daughter, grand daughter and baby sister." they said her death had left "a massive hole" in theirfamily. we have also had a statement from birchwood school, where she was a pupil, saying they are "shocked and devastated and offering support to staff and pupils "over what has happened." cheshire police have stepped up activity in the area, as you may be able to see. there was a police presence outside the school this morning and they have appealed to anyone with relevant dashcam or cctv footage to get in touch with them.

that was rowan bridge in warrington. the gmb union is escalating its dispute with amazon and has announced new strike dates at the company's coventry distribution centre at the end of february and in march. last month amazon workers held their first ever strike in the uk. workers are calling for a pay rise from £10.50 to £15 an hour. however, the gmb is not recognised by amazon, so the company does not negotiate pay with it. stuart richards is from the gmb. i think the only way we've got to go forward is being led by our members and this is where we are now. they are calling for an escalation of the industrial action, so we are looking at two days — one in february, one in march — and then a full week of action. if amazon continues to refuse to listen to their concerns, this is the only way they've got to go forward. in terms of recognition of the unions, what sort of position does that put the workers in? the union isn't recognised by amazon, amazon refuses to even

discuss anything so far with gmb union, but again, that is not unusual, it's refusing to have any discussions with its workforce as well. the issue of union recognition doesn't come into this. those workers are taking lawful strike action, they will be protected by that legislation to ensure that they can't be dismissed as a result, so effectively, whether amazon wants to recognise gmb or not, we are still going to fight for those workers to ensure that they get a decent rate of pay for the work that they are doing. and is there any similar action that is taking place abroad? we are talking about coventry. what about around the world? we are seeing an escalation of industrial action in amazon sites across america and across europe, as well. workers facing comparable issues in that we have a multi—million pound organisation that is generating profits primarily off the back of those workers, but refusing to pay them a wage

that they can live off. unsurprisingly, we are seeing industrial action as a result of that. that's what we're seeing in coventry and it's likely that industrial that was stuart richards from the gmb. around 1,800 london bus drivers employed by abellio have accepted an 18% pay increase in a long—running dispute that involved more than 20 days of strike action. unite, the union, say that under the deal, drivers with over two years' service will be paid £18 an hour. zoe conway is our employment correspondent. a long—running dispute and quite an eye—opening settlement here of 18%. that is 18%, that's just one year, so from this year to next year there is an 18% increase, not spread over a few years, as we have seen with other disputes. i think it is worth saying that, whilst unite would argue this is about a good negotiation, strike action works, they would argue also probably that they are very good at identifying a company's profits —

this is a dutch—owned company — and they are good at finding out how much money a company has and using that as part of the negotiation. but also, to put this into a bit of context, we need to remember that there is a bus driver shortage. that tends to give a bit of power to the union when they are negotiating. we are talking about a vacancy rate of 9% across the uk, 8% in london, and as i say, this is a private company, so you can imagine that the company just wants to get this done, move on and not lose money on strike days, if there is any kind of concern that they might not be able to find any drivers to replace them. so is this just a london story or could this be replicated? well, i think what is noticeable is just how many of these double—digit increases unite has managed to secure. 13% last week for a company that does ground maintenance, 22% for security guards before christmas, 12% for

asda tanker drivers. so i think again, we need to think about where the vacancies are in the labour market. this doesn't necessarily translate into other sectors. for example, you might think, "can't they do a deal like this with the railways?" but we also need to bear in mind with this dispute and often with some of these unite disputes i am talking about, they tend to be quite narrowly focused on pay, whereas when you're talking about with the railways there is a much meatier, much more difficult negotiation over working conditions. thank you very much for that. let's speak to 0nay kasab, who's lead national officer for unite, the union. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. how did you do it? well, our members did _ news. how did you do it? well, our members did it, _ news. how did you do it? well, our members did it, with _ news. how did you do it? well, our members did it, with the _ news. how did you do it? well, our

members did it, with the full- members did it, with the full support of the unite, the union. i think we have to remember that our members had today li take around 20 days of strike action to win the increase, so even though they may well be a shortage of bus drivers and recruitment and retention issues, nevertheless, we had to take 20 days of strike action to get to this point. our members won what is an excellent victory. the simple lesson is this. strike action works. it puts money into the pockets of workers. this is a company that makes significant profits and all we have done is make sure that most people who help that company make those profits actually get some of the share. ., , ., ., . the share. you said they have got an excellent result _ the share. you said they have got an excellent result on _ the share. you said they have got an excellent result on this. _ the share. you said they have got an excellent result on this. is _ the share. you said they have got an excellent result on this. is this i excellent result on this. is this exactly what they wanted or was there a compromise? it is exactly what they wanted or was there a compromise?— exactly what they wanted or was there a compromise? it is the nature of negotiations _ there a compromise? it is the nature of negotiations and _ there a compromise? it is the nature of negotiations and pay _ there a compromise? it is the nature of negotiations and pay claims. i there a compromise? it is the nature of negotiations and pay claims. we i of negotiations and pay claims. we will often go in asking for a level and we recognise that we have to

compromise. and here we have compromised as well. so it is all part of negotiation and we have been saying this in unite for a while, especially, for instance, in the national health service. we are prepared to sit down and willing to make compromises, and that is what has happened here. there were other parts of the claim that we haven't necessarily made the progress we wanted to make... just necessarily made the progress we wanted to make. . ._ necessarily made the progress we wanted to make... just very quickly, like ou wanted to make... just very quickly, like you said. _ wanted to make... just very quickly, like you said. it _ wanted to make... just very quickly, like you said, it is _ wanted to make... just very quickly, like you said, it is a _ wanted to make... just very quickly, like you said, it is a success. - wanted to make... just very quickly, like you said, it is a success. what i like you said, it is a success. what was the compromise and is it going to come back next year? the compromise _ to come back next year? the compromise is _ to come back next year? the compromise is often - to come back next year? tie: compromise is often that there to come back next year? ti9 compromise is often that there is, for instance, a premium for working overtime and without getting too complicated about it, in this case the overtime rate for working monday and friday is the same as the basic rate, but that is a compromise. there isn't a premium. but what i would add is that the reason why there isn't a premium is because we

managed to get the basic rate up so high, by 18%, so we have compromised, we are more than willing to be reasonable, but look, the big lesson here is really that when workers stand together and take strike action, it brings results. so what is your message, then, to other professions, other sectors, other members of the unite union? that we will su- tort members of the unite union? that we will support every _ members of the unite union? that we will support every single _ members of the unite union? that we will support every single worker- will support every single worker that wants to take strike action to win a fair pay claim. 0ur that wants to take strike action to win a fair pay claim. our members in the nhs, who don'tjust want to win a fair pay claim, but want to defend the nhs, for instance, they will receive our full support and the lesson here... ibut receive our full support and the lesson here...— lesson here... but biliary is a trivate lesson here... but biliary is a private company, _ lesson here... but biliary is a private company, isn't - lesson here... but biliary is a private company, isn't it? i lesson here... but biliary is a private company, isn't it? --| private company, isn't it? —— abellio is a private company, doesn't that make a big difference? 0nly doesn't that make a big difference? only in the sense that they are making profits and we can show that those profits should be shared

amongst the workers, but if we are looking at other areas we have been arguing for a while, for instance, in the public sector, but we need to look at how we run the economy. we have argued, for instance, if you look at the big electricity companies making hundred and 70 billion excess profits, how about a windfall tax on those to fund public services, so that we can pay people probably work in public services? —— like a a £170 billion excess profits. like a a £170 billion excess trofits. :, like a a £170 billion excess trofits. :_ :, , like a a £170 billion excess trofits. :, , ., ,, like a a £170 billion excess trofits. :, , :, ,, i. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. the weather is looking fairly quiet over the next two or three days, high pressure in charge. but within this area of high pressure, the cloud cover is actually quite varied. you can see thick cloud there across yorkshire and lincolnshire, but in other parts of the country we started off on a really sunny note, but i think as we go through the course of the day, most of us will have at least a few sunny spells temperatures, typically 10—12 degrees. now, it will be clear overnight, at least the first part

of the night, then a bit of cloud forming across eastern areas. and also towards early tuesday morning, we will see thicker cloud across parts of northern ireland and western scotland. could be some drizzle here. so we've got the colder weather where the clear skies will be overnight. so a little chilly first thing on tuesday, but it should be a mostly sunny day across england and wales. but here in northern ireland and western scotland, at times it will be cloudy. through the course of the day in glasgow and edinburgh we can expect one or two spits and spots of rain. bye bye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... after the us military shoots down a fourth unidentified flying object over north america — the nato chief urges countries to remain vigilant. i think what we saw over the united states, obviously last week, is part of a pattern, where china,

but also russia, are increasing their intelligence and surveillance activities against nato allies. i wouldn't comment in detail on security matters, but people should be assured that we have all the capabilities to keep the country safe, including the quick reaction alert force, which has typhoon planes, which can police our skies on 24/7 readiness. former metropolitan police officer wayne couzens, who murdered sarah everard, pleads guilty at the old bailey to three counts of indecent exposure between november 2020 and february 2021. a week on from earthquakes in turkey and syria, the un says the rescue phase is �*coming to a close' with the focus switching to caring for survivors. following the fatal stabbing of 16—year—old brianna ghey in warrington, her family pay tribute to a much loved daughter.

sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. seven of england's cricketers have made history by being bought in the draw for the inaugural women's premier league in india. nat sciver—brunt and sophie ecclestone both secured six figure deals. also snapped up were alice capsey, sophia dunkley, issy wong, lauren bell and captain heather knight. away from the draw england have won their second game of the t20 world cup. ireland started well with the bat, but despite being 80 for 2 they slumped to 105 all out, sophie ecclestone taking 3 wickets for 13. set a target of 106 to win, england chased it down. alice capsey top scoring with 51 from 22 balls. england eventually winning by four wickets. czech footballerjakub jankto says he "no longer wants to hide" as he publicly comes out as gay. the midfielder plays for la liga club getafe, but is currently on loan

at sparta prague — who said in a statement, "you have our support. "live your life, jakub. " until today adelaide united playerjosh cavallo was the only openly gay top—flight male professional footballer in the world, having come out last october. 27—year—old jankto released this video on social media... i have a job which i have been doing as best as i can. for years. professionalism and passion, like everyone else, i also want to live my life in freedom without fears, without prejudice. without violence. but, with love. i am homosexual and i no longer want to hide myself. neil warnock is back in management, the 74—year—old has been unveiled as the new head coach at huddersfield town on a deal until the end of the season. it's a second spell in charge of the terriers, having won promotion there in 1995.

the club are currently 23rd in the championship and a point from safety — he's their third manager this season. the superbowl is one of the biggest events in the sporting calendar — and this year it was the kansas city chiefs who came out on top to become nfl champions for the second time in four years. they didn't do it the easy way though fighting back to claim a thrilling 38—35 win over the philadelphia eagles. 0ur sports correspondent, nesta mcgregor, was there. the kansas city chiefs locker room bouncing after clipping the wings of the philadelphia eagles. celebration is likely to last well into the night and beyond. those last two minutes, how nerve—racking? everything was on the line, it was crazy. confetti flying, no better feeling than that. what time does this party end? it's not ending, i'm not going to sleep tonight.

two teams flying all season, but for one of them, the dream was about to come crashing down. this encounter was decided with just eight seconds left on the clock. this section i was sitting in was all eagles fan so i was getting persecuted hard! it was rough, but you know what, we pulled it out, it was amazing. we are so glad. god is with us. we made it! as super bowl full of twists and turns, a game that will be spoken about for years to come, and so will the half—time entertainment. what time are you get to bed tonight? we are going to rhianna's after party. no, you're not! suspended high above the playing field, the singer reeled off a string of hits from 17 year career. there were no surprise guests,

the surprise came after she left the stage with the nine—time grammy award winner and i think she was pregnant with second child. so, a day packed with reasons to celebrate, expected to last for days for those in the state of kansas. that's all the sport for now. as many people struggle with the current cost of living, there's a warning today that some people in england are even going without prescriptions to try to save money. the royal pharmaceutical society has told bbc breakfast that they've seen a rise in patients not collecting medicine, requesting cheaper substitutes or even asking what medicines they can "do without." celestina 0lulode reports.

it's choice between food or prescriptions. zoe is a mum of two and a bus driver. she takes multiple medications daily. i've got polycystic kidney disease, which is an inherited kidney disease. and because of that, i've had to have a transplant. so i have to take these immunosuppressants to keep my body from rejecting my kidney. without those tablets, my kidney would reject. now, i'd either end up back on dialysis, which actually would cost the nhs a lot more, or i'd die. some people in england, like children and those over 60, get their prescriptions for free. each item on one of these costs £9.35. take more than three medications in three months, and it's cheaper to get a prescription prepayment certificate. they're like season tickets. £30.25 covers the costs of three months. paying just over £100 covers one year. you can pay in instalments, but zoe says it's not affordable.

there's been times when i've gone to the pharmacy to find that my prescription prepayment certificate hasn't been renewed, because i couldn't afford to pay the direct debit. every month it works out just under £11 a month, which doesn't sound very much. but at the moment i'm averaging about £20 a week in take—home money. last year, the government froze prescription charges for the first time in 12 years, and they're not expected to increase until april at least. the department of health and social care points out that almost 89% of prescription items are free. but some people who still have to pay say they're struggling. i don't think i ever expected to be in this situation. medical student lily needs prescription drugs to treat multiple conditions, including endometriosis. when i was younger, obviously the prescriptions are free. my parents actually wouldn't have

been able to afford the medication. she says the demands of her course mean it's difficult to work part—time. as a medical student, i am advised and encouraged not to get a part—time job due to the strain of the course, which means that it can be very, very difficult to afford that every month. whilst the cost of living crisis has sharpened the focus on prescription charges, zoe believes an overhaul is long overdue. stop these unfair prescription charges. it's not fair. why are certain illnesses exempt and others not? zoe is not the only one that feels this way. so the current exemption situation, which means that some _ patients don't have to pay, doesn't make sense. - it was made years ago. it doesn't reflect i the current times. it isn't up to date. and really, we just need to scrap. the prescription charge completely. it's unfair. it's a tax on the sick. we've seen a rise in patients not collecting their prescriptions. i and really, this is part-

of the cost of living crisis. the government says freezing prescription charges has saved patients more than £17 million, but that is little comfort to people like zoe and lily. celestina 0lulode, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to pharmacist lindsay fairbrother, who is also a committee member at pharmaceutical services negotiating committe — the body that represents nhs community pharmacies in england. i think the most concerning things is patients are making a choice when they might not realise what the safest thing to do is for their own health and they may choose between medicines that really could save their lives and medicines that may be more acute in their effects so they really need to speak to us to ask for advice if they are suffering and having to make that decision.

what should the government be doing about this something will happen? it's difficult. you heard our representative this morning asking why do england have charges for prescriptions, the other home nations don't, so it's really looking at what benefit do prescription charges bring because only about 11% of the population pay for their prescriptions, most are provided free of charge to the elderly and to those with certain medical condition so what is the answer? i'm not sure, but the worst thing that could happen is this could be detrimental to patient�*s health and then in the long run cost the nhs a heck of a lot more if somebody stops taking medication that might prevent them having a stroke and then ends up at a&e and in hospital. i wonder if i could just pick up on the point that some patients are putting the question, is there a cheaper substitute? we all know about brands, we are paying for the brand,

we are not necessarily paying for a poorer product, what are your thoughts on that? that's quite interesting. there are what you might know as the generic products which are the same medication, made to exactly the same product licence specification, but not a branded medication. a bit like, for instance, if you are purchasing an ibuprofen as opposed to nurofen, the branded good tends to cost more money even though it's the same medication. what's interesting about this is at the moment pharmacists aren't allowed to substitute versions of drugs, but pharmacists could, and a lot more pharmacists are now becoming what's called independent prescribers which would give us the legal ability to do this. we are just hoping that when pretty much all pharmacies will be independent prescribers which run 2026 all graduates will be, be the ability to do things to help patients and their best interest.

cylcone gabrielle has battered new zealand leaving tens of thousands of homes without power. a state of emergency has been declared in five regions on the country's north island. richard galpin has the latest. cyclone gabrielle has battered much of the north islands, including the most popular city of auckland. the authorities say tens of thousands of people have lost power. fearing the worst, many here have been going to the shops to stockpile food and water, leaving the shelves empty. we are seeing the impact of the cyclone across the top of the north island. as at 1.30pm today, around 46,000 customers have lost their power. as a result, a major operation is now under way to ensure people are safe. civil defence centres and shelters have been set up across the top of the north island,

and are ready to use in case people have to evacuate. i can't stress enough that please have a plan to leave your home if you see water levels rising around you, or if you are worried about land stability around your property. don't wait to be told to leave. this cyclone, which is now expected to get more powerful, comes just a couple of weeks after very heavy rainfall also hit the island. the weather pattern in this region is becoming increasingly worrying for all those affected. richard galpin, bbc news. debt charities are calling for more funding and support, as they face what's being described as a tidal—wave of clients struggling to manage their finances. citizens advice, step change and christians against poverty all say they saw record requests for help injanuary. the charity stepchange says the number of people it advised last month was up nearly 80% compared with december. 34% of people couldn't afford their council tax. 27% weren't able to

pay their gas bill. nearly a third of households who used credit to pay for the christmas period aren't confident they'll be able to pay it back. the government says it's invested more than £90 million to support free debt advice in england. 0ur cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, reports from leeds. good morning. how can i help? i could tell you about the record number of clients debt charities helped injanuary, but you wouldn't be surprised. how many times have you been to the foodbank? i could show you what life is like for those struggling under a debt mountain, but you've heard it before. instead, i want to introduce you to di forbes. really lovely to meet you. thanks for letting me spend the day with you.

i asked if i could tag along with a debt worker out on the road, seeing what she's up against and what she manages to achieve in a day. every day is different. everybody�*s problem is different because everybody is different. because you've got so many people that need so much help, there's a lot more cost of living issues, an awful lot more, where people are scared about whether they're able to pay the bills or not. our first stop is a trussell trust food bank in gipton, and it doesn't take di long to get cracking. we're visiting the food bank this morning. got it sorted out there. i leave her to it as we've agreed we won't identify any of the people she's talking to today. most are very vulnerable. if i send you a copy of this, you know, tojust look down between clients, i ask her to reflect on what's happened. i think she can see a little bit of light at the end of a very long tunnel. so, it's cool. it's quieter than usual today, so di has a chance to check her email. there's a message from an elderly client that she's been helping. he just sent me a message to say thank you.

it worked. please, can you send them my bank details? i don't know how to do it, but thanks for everything! ohh! so that's £200 he's gained. she's still buzzing as we hit the road again. i like the wins. i like it when somebody gets what they deserve, what they need. makes them safe. gets them sorted out is a good outcome. i love it. and that's what fuels her through the tougher moments. last week, when i was in armley, there were eight people waiting for me and there was a ninth arrived after about two o'clock. it's always very busy. and today's no different. you haven't seen money buddy before? gradually working her way down the list. you're due to finish in about 25 minutes' time. we've had two ladies who have needed fuel and food. 0ne lady with an eight—week—old baby who's needed, well, she's had no fuel at all. so we've sorted that out as an emergency. and i don't know what's waiting for me now in either direction, because there's a lady that's got a small child that's been here all day.

and you're just getting your lunch break now. yeah. with a queue still outside. yeah. it feels like you could just keep going here. i could. and i'm contemplating sharing the lunch, so i know that's not an unusual thing either. an hour or so later... are you struggling to pay the... struggling to pay it? and everyone's been seen. but that's not the end for di. to be honest, it's exhausting. what i'm going to do now is go home, cook tea and then try to make some sense of it and start again. while di is tired, those who managed to see her left a little lighter with their finances a little clearer. you take care. you're very welcome, darling. and whatever tomorrow brings, she'll face it, one client at a time. colletta smith, bbc news, in leeds. it's being claimed that building new homes on small pieces of land likes spaces on housing estates

or even back gardens could help solve the housing shortage. a former government housing minister believes the approach could deliver more than a quarter of a million homes across england, in places where people want to live. our home editor, mark easton, reports. i am house—hunting in knowle west. hidden on this 1930s council estate in bristol is a building which some think could be part of the answer to the housing crisis. it's down here in a back garden. hello, good to see you. nice to be here. until recently, john was homeless, living in a shed. now this former brickie is the proud resident of a house he helped build from wooden boxes. oh, it's nice and warm in here. it's lovely. the air is from heat pumps. it's free heat, really. most of the furniture's john's handiwork too, made from salvaged materials. this is so stylish. this is the life!

his rent, capped at less than a third of average local household incomes. it's completely changed my life. i have friends around, i've got a really good social life. i feel part of the community. that was one of the most important bits. i neverfeel isolated here now. to understand the reversal injohn's fortunes, you need to see knowle west from the air. behind each council home is a large garden, a classic low density suburban estate built between the wars. hi. hello, bill, good to see you. so, i want to know about this house in your garden. it made sense in the 1930s when land was cheap, but not today, and not for bill, whose old garden is where john now lives. before, it was a jungle. it had a 14—foot trampoline that was covered in brambles. i couldn't manage it at all. bill gave up half his bramble patch and got something quite unexpected back. i think it's absolutely brilliant.

i mean, people should embrace community. john's happy. and you're happy? oh, yes, i'm ecstatic. what's going on here? a charity approached bristol city council with a plan for building affordable and sustainable homes on tiny plots of land on the estate. you know, they've got huge back gardens. i but instead of paying cash to use the land, they said they'd deliver social value, affordable homes the community wanted. the council sensed an opportunity. i think you can scale it - across knowle, i think you can scale it across bristol. i think you could scale it across the country i with the right support, i to really get behind this. i think it's a really good way... i've heard it referred _ to as like gentle gentrification. urban acupuncture i think- was the other one i remember hearing, which i quite like. the building blocks of the revolution are wood composite boxes to be stacked together on site. it's very low—carbon and the manufacturer brings jobs to a deprived neighbourhood. to avoid accusations of garden grabbing, nothing is done without the agreement

of local people. so that means what gets built here is welcome. i think it's quite striking that the planning applications for the first two homes got over 40 letters of support. kind of like the planning offices almost fell over. that never happens. normally they get hundreds of letters of complaint? exactly. toni, hello. until recently, toni and her daughter were living with her parents. and this is where you were? it was too crowded. so we can make helped them build a new independent future for themselves in the back garden. how do your parents feel about you living in the garden? it's better. it's better! honestly. for everybody! it's yours, you know? you can make it as you want. i never thought this would be done. and here you are. lam. we are. we did it. it was the right time, right place, for you, wasn't it? it's not the complete answer, but here in knowle west, they are helping solve the housing crisis one affordable home at a time.

and it's transforming lives. mark easton, bbc news, bristol. it was an extraordinary act of giant killing when darvel, from the sixth tier of scottish football, knocked top flight aberdeen out of the scottish cup last month. well, tonight darvel are hoping to cause another big upset when they take on falkirk in the next round. 0ur sports correspondent, john watson, has been to see how the ayrshire town is preparing — and it does involve eating pies. come on, darvel. come on, darvel! come on, darvel. let's do it. so, john, not only are you running a very successful football club at the moment, but you also run your own bakery, which is known the world over for the famous kilmarnock pie. does it taste as good as it looks?

oh, it tastes fantastic, yes. who would have thought when i took over the club seven years ago that we would get to this stage? we would beat aberdeen. we're now falkirk to beat, to get into the quarters. could this happen? well, i've done so well with my kilmarnock pie, why not do it with darvel? no need to guess what people are going to be eating at half time, is there? yeah, they're all going to be eating a kilmarnock pie at half time. let's try one. come on! can you tell us what's in the recipe? i know it's. .. this is... it's been in the family for generations. 0h, obviously, it's a secret recipe. but i'll tell you what. .. pies and football go hand in hand with each other. hits the spot. i tell you what, if you win later, ok, you beat falkirk and you make it through, are you going to make another world famous pie? a one—off pie to mark the occasion? well, it's a special occasion, and we're getting special pies. we'll be selling at the ground. and i'm quite sure soon we'll be having our own darvel pie at the game. love it. we'll be back to mark it. good. i'll tell you what. it's not just the football getting

people off their feet here, is it? oh! commentator: what a night! and what a result! jordan, you scored the only goal on the night and you gave a great interview after that game as well. i'm meant to be at work, so i need to phone my boss and ask him if i can get the night off. so tell us, did you get the night off? thankfully did, yeah. i managed to get one of the boys to cover me, lucky enough. it was a shame it, he was out to about two in the morning with a call—out but i owed him his lunch the next day. maybe at end of the season it will sink in for myself. maybe when i'm retired. i don't really know when, but i think it will be a massive hit to me when it does sink in. commentator: incredible scenes, these. _ jordan wasn't the only one with the school encouraged to give the kids the day off, with some set to be mascots tonight. unfortunately, i couldn't give them the day off, but we had a fabulous day celebrating the next day. it was wonderful. the atmosphere in the town and in school, it was justjoyous. and i love the fact that you're still wearing darvel blue. yes. trying to support the team in any which way we can. it feels amazing to walk out on the pitch and our local team

are playing against falkirk in the scottish cup. it's the furthest they've ever been before. it's been brilliant. i'll probably be a bit nervous i but it will be a great experience. and are they going to do it again? yeah, they are. of course they are. what do you think the score's going to be? 2-0. and how do you think the town will feel... how will you guys feel if darvel win again? it will feel absolutely amazing. it'll be fantastic if darvel win. all: come on, darvel! john watson, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. the weather is looking fairly quiet over the next two or three days, high pressure in charge. but within this area of high pressure, the cloud cover is actually quite varied. you can see thick cloud there across yorkshire and lincolnshire, but in other parts of the country we started off on a really sunny note, but i think as we go through the course of the day,

most of us will have at least a few sunny spells temperatures, typically 10—12 degrees. now, it will be clear overnight, at least the first part of the night, then a bit of cloud forming across eastern areas. and also towards early tuesday morning, we will see thicker cloud across parts of northern ireland and western scotland. could be some drizzle here. so we've got the colder weather where the clear skies will be overnight. so a little chilly first thing on tuesday, but it should be a mostly sunny day across england and wales. but here in northern ireland and western scotland, at times it will be cloudy. through the course of the day in glasgow and edinburgh we can expect one or two spits and spots of rain. bye bye.

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this is bbc news. the headlines. after the us military shoots down a fourth unidentified flying object over north america — the secretary general of nato urges countries to be vigilant i think what we saw over the united states, obviously last week, is part of a pattern, where china, but also russia, are increasing their intelligence and surveillance activities against nato allies. i wouldn't comment in detail on security matters, but people should be assured that we have all the capabilities to keep the country safe, including the quick reaction alert force, which has typhoon planes, which can police our skies on 24/7 readiness. the former metropolitan police officer wayne couzens —

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