today at 1:00pm, hope for more help for earthquake victims in syria. the un welcomes the opening of two more border crossings for aid from turkey. the scale of the destruction laid bare — the need for supplies remains acute and hospitals are struggling to help the injured. people to help the injured. are angry about what has happened people are angry about what has happened here, not least because of a report that was published on the health ministry's website in earthquake resistance test on this blog. the result, it says, was negative. while the official uk appeal has raised tens of millions of pounds for the victims, we report on the scammers trying to trick people into donating to fake accounts. also this lunchtime...

more people are entering or returning to work, new figures show, but pay fails to keep up with rising prices. a&e waiting times in england this winter — in the worst trusts, more than half of all patients waited longer than the target four hours. in new zealand, cyclone gabrielle causes mayhem — with floods, landslides and falling trees. around a quarter of a million people are without power. and calling time on football referee abuse... after the game, a group of men, when i were a teenager, chased me out of the changing room, out onto the field, and i've had to then run down a back street. hide, basically. and coming up on the bbc news channel the champions league returns this evening as tottenham hotspur are away to ac milan in the last 16.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the united nations has welcomed a decision by syria's president assad to open two more border crossings from turkey to help the flow of aid. millions of people on both sides of the border are living in the open or in makeshift camps after devastating earthquakes last week. miraculously, two brothers aged 17 and 21 were today pulled from the rubble in turkey, some 198 hours after last week's quake. the focus now is on getting desperately needed aid and medical supplies to survivors. our correspondent caroline davies is in southern turkey for us, and reports now from a hospital damaged in the disaster.

until now, the only crossing open to northern syria is at bab—al hawa. now bab al—salam and al rai, close by to the north east, are opening. elsewhere, there were other crossings used before the war from turkey, iraq and jordan to the south, but no indication these are opening yet. our correspondent, caroline davies, sent this report from turkey. the final glimmers of this family's hope, gone. after days of waiting, a body was found. "father, father," they scream, as they follow the rescuers. this metres—high pile of rubble was once an intensive care unit and wards of a hospital. beds, medical notes and machinery, twisted and buried. the rescuers say they believe 300 people were in here when the earthquake hit. they don't know for certain how many got out alive.

people are angry about what's happened here, not least because of a report that was published on the health ministry's website in 2012, over a decade ago. when they did an earthquake resistance test on this block, the result, it says, was negative. this man works as a translator. his grandmother and brother were inside the hospital. this is all the fault of a person or people, and the government, of course. i would clearly say that, because it is obvious. everyone can see that. this is not destiny, this is fault. as bulldozers shift rubble, across the earthquake zone, many are asking could more have been done? in syria, the true devastation is still being discovered. these satellite images show the city ofjenderez before the earthquake — and after. thousands of children faced on 6th

february a crisis within a crisis where they continue to face complex situation, of displacement, of fear and extreme cold weather. stories like these are what every person waiting for news hopes for. a 17—year—old rescued alive from the rubble. his brother shortly afterwards. 198 hours trapped. but these rescues are increasingly rare, and for those that wait, hope is turning to despair. caroline davies reporting. while the official uk charity appeal through the disasters emergency committee has raised £65 million, a bbc investigation has found that criminals are profiting from the earthquakes, posting emotive photos and videos on social media to channel donations into their own bank accounts. let's speak to our reporter hannah gelbart.

what are few been seeing online? we are seeing these scams on nearly every platform. 0n tiktok people are posting looped footage of the earthquakes or still images with sound effects, claiming to be live and asking for donations, but those donations were clearly not be helping the survivors of the earthquakes. 0n helping the survivors of the earthquakes. on twitter people are posting photos and videos with links to their own paypal wallets or their own cryptocurrency wallets. again, this is taking money away from charities that desperately need it to do their work. one cybersecurity company i spoke to said that within 24 company i spoke to said that within 2a hours of the earthquake, by tuesday last week, they had already intercepted 12,000 scam e—mails relating to the earthquakes. some of these are impersonating big charities like unicef. 0thers these are impersonating big charities like unicef. others are creating totally fake charities to try and make money out of it. unicef said they are working very hard to

take this down and block these kinds of attempts at source. what take this down and block these kinds of attempts at source.— of attempts at source. what are the social media — of attempts at source. what are the social media companies _ of attempts at source. what are the social media companies doing - social media companies doing about it? 4' ., 4' social media companies doing about it? ~ , social media companies doing about it? ~ _, , social media companies doing about it? tiktok says they are trying to ban misleading _ it? tiktok says they are trying to ban misleading content - it? tiktok says they are trying to ban misleading content and - it? tiktok says they are trying to ban misleading content and theyj it? tiktok says they are trying to - ban misleading content and they are encouraging people to donate to genuine charities and appeals. paypal have teams working to scrutinise accounts. both of those so if you see something that you think might be a scam, doesn't look right, you can report it to the social media platform. hannah gelbart, thank— social media platform. hannah gelbart, thank you. _ pay has grown at its fastest rate in 20 years, but is still failing to keep up with rising prices, according to the latest figures from the office for national statistics. they show pay — excluding bonuses — rose 6.7% between october and december, which amounted to a real terms pay cut of 2.5%, taking into account rising prices. the uk's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7%.

here's our business editor, simonjack. under the bonnet of the jobs market, not everything is running smoothly. how fits, like other businesses, is finding it hard a post—brexit and post—pandemic to find staff with the right skills. it is having to be more creative about attracting the 1000 new vehicle technicians they need and are targeting the huge number of over 50s who have left the workforce. —— halford's. to number of over 50s who have left the workforce. -- halford's._ workforce. -- halford's. to get the riaht workforce. -- halford's. to get the right peeple _ workforce. -- halford's. to get the right peeple we — workforce. -- halford's. to get the right people we have _ workforce. -- halford's. to get the right people we have to _ workforce. -- halford's. to get the right people we have to cast - workforce. -- halford's. to get the right people we have to cast the i workforce. -- halford's. to get the| right people we have to cast the net a bit wider than we have before. the over 50s group is an interesting one because many people through the pandemic have fallen out of employment, they might have taken early retirement or a different career choice. now a couple of years down the line with the cost of living and suchlike at the moment, it's maybe a new opportunity for a new career. it's maybe a new opportunity for a new career-— new career. there are 3.5 million --eole new career. there are 3.5 million peeple between _ new career. there are 3.5 million people between 50 _ new career. there are 3.5 million people between 50 and - new career. there are 3.5 million people between 50 and 64 - people between 50 and 64 economically inactive, that means not looking for a job. that's a fall

of 56,000 over the last three months. and the demand for workers also fell slightly with a number of vacancies down 76,000 but there are still 1.1 million unfilled jobs. the government wants to see more over 50s back at work.— 50s back at work. we've got quite a lona wa 50s back at work. we've got quite a long way to — 50s back at work. we've got quite a long way to go _ 50s back at work. we've got quite a long way to go to — 50s back at work. we've got quite a long way to go to get _ 50s back at work. we've got quite a long way to go to get back - 50s back at work. we've got quite a long way to go to get back to - 50s back at work. we've got quite a long way to go to get back to where we were pre—pandemic. in fact we need to see those figures go down by another half a million to get back to that point. there is a huge amount of work to be done but there are some encouraging signs at least, and they are early signs but some encouraging signs over the last quarter that those figures are beginning to come down. we still have millions _ beginning to come down. we still have millions of _ beginning to come down. we still have millions of working - beginning to come down. we still have millions of working age - beginning to come down. we still. have millions of working age people who are not actively looking for a job either because they are in education, they are unable to, maybe they are too unwell to look for a job, and that means employers have to compete for the ones looking for a job, to compete for the ones looking for ajob, pushing to compete for the ones looking for a job, pushing wages up, which in turn pushes inflation, which then makes people ask for higher wages, and it's that wage spiral the bank of england is so afraid of. strong wage growth may mean higher interest

rates ahead and worker shortages are also a headache for businesses wanting to expand.— also a headache for businesses wanting to expand. there is still stron: wanting to expand. there is still strong demand _ wanting to expand. there is still strong demand for _ wanting to expand. there is still strong demand for the - wanting to expand. there is still strong demand for the goods . wanting to expand. there is still| strong demand for the goods and services but they are not necessarily able to deliver them because they can't get the people. what this means for the uk economy is that these labour supply issues could be a constraint on growth. for now, demand for workers is still outstripping supply but the outlook for the economy darkens. that's not an option for public services who can't treat or teach fewer people and whose wages are lacking the private sector and inflation, a major reason behind the recent strikes. simonjack, bbc news. the car maker ford has announced plans to cut a fifth of its uk workforce over the next two years. it's part of a major restructuring programme that will see ford axe 3,800 jobs overall across europe. 0ur employment correspondent zoe conwayjoins me now. why are they doing this? ford say

the have why are they doing this? ford say they have taken _ why are they doing this? ford say they have taken this _ why are they doing this? ford say they have taken this difficult - they have taken this difficult decision because of rising costs in europe, high inflation, high energy costs. a lot of the jobs are going in germany. it is also switching its focus towards electric vehicle production. it says electric cars are easier to develop an combustion engine vehicles. so it says it needs fewer people to develop in design and development and that's why the bulk of the jobs going in the uk are in these development roles in essex. but i think it's also important to stress there is something else going on here, which is that ford are expanding their production in the united states. only yesterday they announced a new car battery production facility in michigan, which they are building in conjunction with a chinese company. and the us government is offering billions of dollars in subsidies to car—makers who set up electric

vehicle supply chains. of course, perhaps unsurprisingly, the uk government is now coming under pressure to do something similar here, not least because vehicle production in the uk is now at its lowest for 66 years. zoe conway, thank you- _ there have been wide variations in accident and emergency waiting times in england this winter, bbc analysis has shown. in the worst cases, of the 107 hospital trusts that provided data, more than half of patients waited longer than the government target time of four hours in december and january — but elsewhere in england, nine out of ten patients were seen within that timeframe. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has more. it has been the toughest winter for the nhs in a generation. across the uk, there have been record waiting times for ambulances and in a&e departments. and that's had a real impact on patients. the bbc has analysed nhs england data on average waiting times in emergency departments over

december and january. among the best performing were nhs trusts in northumbria, maidstone and tunbridge wells, and blackpool. but patients in hull, wye valley, and shrewsbury and telford face the longest waits. and in all, the ten worst performing trusts, patients were five times more likely to face a long wait of over four hours than in the best performing hospital. so what explains the difference between best and worst? 0ne hospital boss says it's staff, teamwork and investment. we've got the greatest staff — truly dedicated, passionate about the best care possible in extremely difficult and quite challenging circumstances. equally, we've really worked hard on collaboration and working with our partners across lancashire and south cumbria. lastly, we've had fantastic investment into the local system, whereby we've been able to invest in state—of—the—art facilities, such as the same day emergency care.

in a statement, one of the trusts that has struggled, shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust, said it was sorry that patients are facing long waits, but the staff were offering patients as much care as possible while they wait. and it added that recent weeks have shown some improvement in a&e waiting times despite significant pressures. hello, sir. there are schemes like this one in manchester, that we reported on in december, that have brought together health and social care services. the idea is to try and see more people in their homes and ease the pressures on busy a&e departments, and there are signs these schemes work. the hospitals which are doing well against things like the four—hour target are usually those hospitals which have managed to keep their occupancy levels down, so the hospital doesn't become so full, so there is always a bit of headroom and a bit of flexibility in how they use their beds,

and they are able, they have a good working arrangement with local social care, so that patients who finish their acute hospital stay can be safely discharged from hospital when it is the right time to do so. nhs england acknowledges the winter has been tough, but says ambulance response times and a&e waits are getting better. but it also said that work continues on improving the speed with which patients can be discharged from hospital when they are well enough to leave. dominic hughes, bbc news. a speed boat skipper who crashed into a metal buoy leaving a teenage passenger with fatal injuries in southampton in 2020 has been cleared of manslaughter. a 15—year—old emily lewis was taken to hospital where her parents later made the decision to turn off her life—support machine. michael lawrence was convicted of failing to maintain a proper lookout and a safe speed. following the scenes at last seasons' champions league final in paris, where fans were penned in and teargassed, liverpool says football's

regulators must implement all the recommendations made in the independent report into what happened. the report looked into the chaotic scenes that occurred at the stade de france in may, concluding that it was "remarkable" that no—one died. it cleared liverpool fans and laid the blame at the feet of uefa and the french authorities. weapons for ukraine are top of the agenda at a meeting of nato defence ministers. nato's secretary general says ukraine is using up ammunition faster than it's being provided, and has called on member countries to increase production. today the kremlin said nato demonstrated its hostility towards russia every day, and was becoming more and more involved in the conflict in ukraine. jonathan beale is our defence correspondent, whojoins us from brussels where that conference is being held. what are we expecting from this meeting?

jens stoltenberg, the head of nato, has called this war now a race of logistics. both he and us defence secretary lloyd austin say there is a sense of urgency in getting supplies of ammunition and heavy weapons to the front for ukraine, particularly as there are no signs of a renewed russian offensive in the east. the problem as both sides are using large quantities of ammunition, and for ukraine particularly the rate of ammunition is being expended, used up, faster thanit is being expended, used up, faster than it is being produced. the waiting list for heavy ammunition used by tanks and artillery was 12 months, it has no more than doubled to 28 months. the message and stoltenberg is giving to ministers today as nato members have to ramp up today as nato members have to ramp up production of artillery, heavy weapons and shelves for ukraine not

just to supply ukraine but also replenish their own diminished stocks. that is the priority and the focus very much of this meeting. what about fighter jets, which president zelensky called for on his recent visit to europe?— recent visit to europe? ukraine's defence minister _ recent visit to europe? ukraine's defence minister came _ recent visit to europe? ukraine's defence minister came here - recent visit to europe? ukraine's defence minister came here with recent visit to europe? ukraine's i defence minister came here with a handkerchief with pictures of fighterjets on, that is what he will be asking for, just as we heard in london when president zelensky visited. there is no sense of urgency here on that particular issue if, and it is still a big if, the west provides fighterjets to ukraine, they are talking about the longer term and that would be months away, possibly even a year. longer term plans that have not yet been developed. i think that is not the priority here. another military figure here at nato told me the problem of giving ukraine fighter

jets now is if you give them to ukraine, lots of them will be shut down because the air defences around the front line also heavy, it is so concentrated that it would be difficult to operate. and the focus here of nato is supplying ukraine with air defence systems to shoot russian warplanes down, that is their priority. russian warplanes down, that is their priority-— their priority. many thanks, jonathan — their priority. many thanks, jonathan beale. _ our top story this lunchtime... the united nations says millions of people across turkey and syria are currently without shelter, with survivors facing a lack of water and poor sanitation. and still to come, the us military has recovered the sensors from the first suspected chinese spy balloon shot down over the atlantic ocean. coming up on the bbc news channel: fast bowler stuart broad returns to the england side for the first test against new zealand, which starts on

thursday. a national state of emergency has been declared in new zealand in the wake of cyclone gabrielle. the prime minister said the storm — which caused widespread damage and flooding — is the country's biggest weather event in a century. and as phil mercer reports, nearly a third of new zealand's population ofjust over five million live in the affected regions. about a third of new zealand's population of 5 million people live in storm—affected regions. for only the third time ever, a national state of emergency has been declared after cyclone gabrielle unleashed its fury. multiple severe weather warnings have been issued. the coast has been battered by gale force winds, heavy rain and wild surf. rivers have burst their banks, trees have been ripped from the ground and roads closed. civil defence authorities

said they couldn't cope with the scale of the damage. this has the potential to be an unprecedented event. it is affecting many regions in many districts and it is asking a lot of a lot of people. the new zealand prime minister has warned that the storm had inflicted widespread devastation. cyclone gabrielle is the most significant weather event new zealand has seen this century. the severity and the breadth of the damage that we are seeing has not been experienced in a generation. this morning we declared a national emergency for only the second time in our history. —— for only the third time in our history — some communities have been cut off. thousands of new zealanders are without electricity. internet and phone networks have also been disrupted. the authorities have said it could be days if not weeks before power supplies are restored. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.

the us military has recovered equipment from the first suspected chinese spy balloon which it shot down on ten days ago when it crossed into american airspace. officials said search crews in the atlantic ocean have found "significant debris", including sensors and other electronics — which beijing insists were used to monitor weather patterns. the us has shot down three more objects since then. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the salvage operation to retrieve the balloon shot down by the us military earlier this month. these new images show it being dragged onto a boat off south carolina. us officials said it was being used by china to monitor sensitive military sites, but beijing insisted it was a weather platform that had blown off course. investigators say a closer examination of electronic devices attached to the balloon should reveal more about what it was doing. but there are no such clues to the identity of the three additional objects that were brought

down in canada and the us states of alaska and michigan between last friday and sunday. they were much smaller, with one being described as having an octagonal shape with strings hanging off it. no, says the white house, it's not what you're thinking. i know there have been questions and concerns about this. but there is no — again no — indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent take—downs. i loved et, the movie, but i'm just going to leave it there. laughter from the white house press call, but why was it necessary to shoot the objects out of the sky? even though we had no indications that any of these three objects were surveilling, we couldn't rule that out. you want to err on the side of safety in terms of protecting our national security interest. officials say since the chinese balloon was brought down, they've been monitoring us airspace more closely and that may explain

why objects have been spotted that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. this bizarre episode has further eroded what was already a contentious relationship between the us and china. washington says beijing has flown surveillance planes over as many as 40 countries in five continents. co—vice —— surveillance balloons. china says us balloon flights have passed through its airspace but washington denies that. for now, the search continues for wreckage from the balloon and the three still unidentified objects, while tensions with china show no sign of cooling down. peter bowes, bbc news. the police watchdog has decided two police officers should be investigated over the failure to check allegations of indecent exposure against former policeman

wayne couzens, who yesterday pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent exposure. just four days before he murdered sarah everard in 2021 he exposed himself at a mcdonald's drive—through intent. a metropolitan police constable and a kent police sergeant will now face misconduct cases. the bbc�*s offices in delhi and mumbai have been searched by agents from india's tax department. police are preventing people from entering or leaving. last month, a bbc documentary looked at the role of the prime minister, narendra modi, during anti—muslim violence in the state of gujarat in 2002 — when he was the state's chief minister — which his government has described as hostile propaganda. hundreds of grassroots football referees in england have told the bbc that they fear for their safety on the pitch. out of almost 1,00 referees who responded to a bbc radio 5 live questionnaire, just under 300 said they'd been physically abused by spectators, players, coaches or managers. some described being punched, headbutted and spat at,

as jane dougall reports. you're always one decision away from a smack in the mouth. i've had people comment on my chest in the middle of a game. it could be threats i against your family, and it is getting worse and worse and worse. | at grassroots level, the abuse of officials across the country has risen to breaking point. threatening — "i'm going to smash you up at the end of the game, just you wait." ryan crabtree referees forjunior and men's leagues in pendleton and north yorkshire. he's been assaulted multiple times. after the game, a group of men, when i were a teenager, chased me out of the changing room, out onto the field, and i've had to then run down a back street. hide, basically. do you fear for your safety? all the time. every single weekend. a bbc questionnaire, sent to 7,000 members of the referees' association in england, found that of the 927 who responded, 908 had experienced verbal abuse

from spectators, players or coaches. 293 said they'd been physically abused. and 440 said they thought the abuse was worse now than it was five years ago. president of the referees' association, paul field, wants a life ban for those responsible before it's too late. one day in this country, a referee will lose his life or her life. if a person is banned from football for wilful abuse or assaults, why should they be allowed to attend any football matches? he feels it starts at the top, with children copying the actions of premier league players on television. the questionnaire also found many had experienced racist, homophobic and sexist abuse. 18—year—old megan belcher has been refereeing for three years. while officiating at an under 13s match, she was attacked by a parent.

he came running on the pitch with his fist raised at me. the two coaches from the team that he was a part of came onto the pitch and kind of stopped him and said, "hey, stop." he was still yelling abuse at me and saying, "this is why girls shouldn't be in football." it was probably the scariest experience i've ever had. it really had an impact on my mental health as well. many who responded to the bbc questionnaire felt referee abuse wasn't being tackled sufficiently by the fa. but the organisation has said they are continuing to do everything they can to stamp out this behaviour. this is the fa's new campaign, making it clear that action will be taken against abuse. they say stronger sanctions and a three—year refereeing strategy are coming soon in order to tackle this issue. enough is enough. many referees feel the current deterrents won't stop verbal and physical abuse, and that eventually grassroots referees will walk away from the game they love. jane dougall, bbc news.

buckingham palace says the controversial koh—i—noor diamond will not be used in the coronation. instead camilla, the queen consort, will be crowned with queen mary's crown, which has been taken out of the tower of london to be re—sized for the may 6th coronation. 0ur news correspondent charlotte gallagher is here. tell us more commerciality. a tell us more commerciality. koh—i—noor diamond is spectacular, one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, 20 grams, 105 carats, but it is controversial. it was taken from india and given to queen victoria. india wants it back, other countries such as iran, pakistan and afghanistan have claimed ownership. it was last used by the queen mother who wore it at her coronation in the 19305 who wore it at her coronation in the 1930s and her daughter's coronation in the 1950s. there was speculation

that perhaps camilla as the new queen consort would wear it at her coronation. india had already made it clear they did not want that, somebody from the ruling bjp party said it would bring back painful memories of india's colonial past, so the royal family has decided that camilla will queen mary's crown, it will be reset with different diamonds from queen elizabeth because my collection. this was one of the issues that had to be addressed before the coronation. the next, prince harry, will he attend and what role will he play? charlotte gallagher, thank you. with a look ahead to tonight's six and ten, here's huw edwards in cardiff. this year the bbc is celebrating a century of broadcasting here in wales, so today we'll be reflecting on some of the big events of the past hundred years and, of course, we'll bring you all the day's main news — the urgent efforts to get aid into syria and turkey following the earthquake, and the job cuts in ford in the uk. so join us later on at six and ten.