hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy, this is outside source. the first aid — using newly opened crossing points — arrives in rebel—held parts of syria. and the need for help is immense — the world health organisation says 26 million people in turkey and syria need food, water, shelter, medicalsupplies. nearly one year on from the start of the conflict, nato members meet to discuss more weapons for ukraine — with concerns kyiv is using them faster than they can be supplied also in the programme. and — why a controversial diamond, the koh—i—noor, set in the british crownjewels — that india claims is theirs — will not be used at

the coronation of king charles. welcome to the programme. let's start with the fallout from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria — where nearly forty thousand people are known to have died. a short while ago, we received an update from the turkish president — here's a little of what he had to say. the fact that it happened near the surface caused a destructive multiplier effect. the two earthquakes released in energy as big as atomic bombs. meanwhile, as the humanitarian crisis worsens, the need for aid intensifies — especially in syria, where some of the most affected areas, held by rebels, have received very little assistance. now — syria's president — bashar al—assad — has decided to allow two more border crossings to be opened up, as you can see from this map. before today, aid agencies only had access to one crossing — for the entire country. the move been welcomed by the un —

this is the us ambassador. we need to keep the aid flowing. and thatis we need to keep the aid flowing. and that is what matters to us and that is what is important to the syrian people and that is to get the hope that they desperately need. as quickly as possible. that said, the decision to open additional border crossings is welcome. long overdue, one week after the disaster and it is absolutely welcome to. is absolutely welcomed. the syrian government has blamed the difficulties with aid delivery on the impact of western sanctions. these pictures show aid reaching aleppo earlier today — a syrian city that was already dealing with the devastation caused by years of civil war. in the last few hours we've heard from the un secretary general antonio guterres — he's launched an appeal to help earthquake victims in syria today, i am announcing the united

nations is launching a 97 million united states dollars aid for the people in earthquake ravaged syria and this will cover the period of three months and we are in the final stages. in the minimum time you make immediate aftermath, the united states provided 50 million us dollars to the central emergency response fund. as we mentioned earlier, untiltoday, aid has been routed through a single crossing point, at bab al—hawa. our correspondent laura bicker has been there and sent this report. the wait for aid has been longer in syria _ the wait for aid has been longer in syria more — the wait for aid has been longer in syria. more is now on its way. until today, _ syria. more is now on its way. until today, this — syria. more is now on its way. until today, this was the only route available _ today, this was the only route available for aid to get through to syria _ available for aid to get through to syria but— available for aid to get through to syria but the united nations has now

organised _ syria but the united nations has now organised to other border crossings that leaves key questions, first, will that leaves key questions, first, wiii this— that leaves key questions, first, will this be enough to help the miiiions— will this be enough to help the millions who are now thought to be homeless _ millions who are now thought to be homeless and second, visit happened earlier, _ homeless and second, visit happened earlier, gel— homeless and second, visit happened earlier, get more labs have been saved _ earlier, get more labs have been saved the — earlier, get more labs have been saved. the search for survivors is over~ _ saved. the search for survivors is over. ., ., , saved. the search for survivors is over. ., ., ., over. the living are not focused on staying warm _ over. the living are not focused on staying warm and _ over. the living are not focused on staying warm and alive. _ over. the living are not focused on staying warm and alive. i've - over. the living are not focused on staying warm and alive. i've lost i staying warm and alive. i've lost everything _ staying warm and alive. i've lost everything around _ staying warm and alive. i've lost everything around me. - staying warm and alive. i've lost everything around me. i've - staying warm and alive. i've lost everything around me. i've lost| everything around me. i've lost everyone — everything around me. i've lost everyone i— everything around me. i've lost everyone i know— everything around me. i've lost everyone i know in _ everything around me. i've lost everyone i know in the - everything around me. i've lostl everyone i know in the buildings that used — everyone i know in the buildings that used to _ everyone i know in the buildings that used to be _ everyone i know in the buildings that used to be next _ everyone i know in the buildings that used to be next to - everyone i know in the buildings that used to be next to me. - everyone i know in the buildings that used to be next to me. i. everyone i know in the buildingsl that used to be next to me. i lost my neighbours and _ that used to be next to me. i lost my neighbours and my— that used to be next to me. i lost my neighbours and my children . that used to be next to me. i lost- my neighbours and my children seven friends _ my neighbours and my children seven friends in _ my neighbours and my children seven friends in the — my neighbours and my children seven friends in the building _ my neighbours and my children seven friends in the building next to - my neighbours and my children seven friends in the building next to us. - friends in the building next to us. we lost _ friends in the building next to us. we lost a — friends in the building next to us. we lost a large _ friends in the building next to us. we lost a large number— friends in the building next to us. we lost a large number of- friends in the building next to us. we lost a large number of people used _ we lost a large number of people used to— we lost a large number of people used to live — we lost a large number of people used to live near _ we lost a large number of people used to live near us. _ we lost a large number of people used to live near us. my- we lost a large number of people . used to live near us. my neighbours, my used to live near us. my neighbours, n1yfriends,— used to live near us. my neighbours, my friends, colleagues _ used to live near us. my neighbours, my friends, colleagues and - used to live near us. my neighbours, i my friends, colleagues and partners. this is— my friends, colleagues and partners. this is treen— my friends, colleagues and partners. this is been one _ my friends, colleagues and partners. this is been one of— my friends, colleagues and partners. this is been one of the _ my friends, colleagues and partners. this is been one of the worlds - this is been one of the worlds deadliest earthquakes but without urgent help, this disaster could claim even more lives. let's focus on turkey now, where millions of survivors have been left without shelter, some facing a lack of water and poor sanitation. many are living in makeshift

camps like this — this one is on the outskirts of the turkish city of adana. meanwhile, the rescue efforts continue — these pictures have come in to us today, showing two women being rescued from the rubble in hatay province. and we can show you this video, also from hatay — the extraordinary moment of a survivor who was trapped under rubble for over 200 hours waving to rescuers — after being found alive. we know that the scale of the need is huge — let's hear now from david wightwick — he runs the charity uk—med, and has set up a field hospital in southern turkey. and media trauma care following the earthquake and it's largely dealt with in the first few days all of the organisations around here and you have the secondary needs arriving from that, people who need further tear in the of the spike significant spike in needs because people are living out in the open down to —7 in the last few nights and so, people who may have lost the

medication in their houses collapsed in the ordinary background normal primary and secondary problems you would see in any population in this kind of size. it significantly increased caseload and the significantly decreased ability to deal with that. let's hear from our correspondent caroline davies — she's in iskenderun in southern turkey. this is all that is left of the intensive care unit and as you can see, completely reduced to rubble. for months there, you are likely to see bits of yellow paper, there's symmetrical documents mixing surgical instruments coming out, hospital beds mangled in the earthquake. according to rescuers, and there around 300 people inside the hospital knows medical staff, patients when the earthquake hit and we do not know how many people were able to get out alive. there are moments like this where there is quiet but here is the machinery and people trying to see if they found something in the rubble but overall,

many people are losing hope that they will find any of their loved ones alive and yet they're still families are waiting here, waiting for some sort of news. every day, the impact of the earthquake becomes more and more apparent. take a look at these pictures — which have come to us from southern turkey. they're taken near a fault line — the landscape now permanentlyu scarred by the event. and these pictures show the scale of the damage in the city of kahra—man—maras. this drone footage shows the city in southern turkey before the earthquake. and these pictures show the city after it was ravaged by the quake. as you can see entire structures have been flattened by last week's tremors. let's cross now to zeynep atilgan in turkish gaziantep. zeynep is the un population fund analyst working on the ground. — looking at the wider picture, what long—term impact on the local population are you seeing at your end?

as you can see, is a disaster and many people have been impacted, and we are in the field, because they need special efforts and special needs and pregnancies do not stop during emergencies. and they need to be supported and that is where we are in the field with our partners and authorities.— are in the field with our partners and authorities. how many pregnant women are there? _ and authorities. how many pregnant women are there? around _ and authorities. how many pregnant women are there? around this - and authorities. how many pregnant l women are there? around this region, accordin: women are there? around this region, according to — women are there? around this region, according to the _ women are there? around this region, according to the numbers, _ women are there? around this region, according to the numbers, 214,000 i according to the numbers, 214,000 women were pregnant right now and

24,000 in a month and these numbers, in the region, there are many hospitals collapsed and damaged and they need urgent support. dare hospitals collapsed and damaged and they need urgent support.— they need urgent support. are you able to help _ they need urgent support. are you able to help those _ they need urgent support. are you able to help those were _ they need urgent support. are you able to help those were trying - they need urgent support. are you able to help those were trying to l able to help those were trying to give birth in the next few days and weeks? , . , , weeks? they are in the settlements and saces weeks? they are in the settlements and spaces right _ weeks? they are in the settlements and spaces right now, _ weeks? they are in the settlements and spaces right now, some - weeks? they are in the settlements and spaces right now, some of- weeks? they are in the settlements| and spaces right now, some of them are in the hospital and for the support of our partners in coordination with public authorities, and and the hospitals, we are going to try to provide care and maternity kits because we will need some essential health materials, especially where they run

away and they would not take anything and they're wearing blankets, pads and soap, at least, we are trying to support them and thinking about their essential hygiene. thinking about their essential h aiene. , ., ., , hygiene. tell us about what is behind you- — hygiene. tell us about what is behind you. that _ hygiene. tell us about what is behind you. that heavy - hygiene. tell us about what is - behind you. that heavy machinery and also i gather, you've been personally involved in some pretty dramatic cases yourself. yes. personally involved in some pretty dramatic cases yourself. yes, cities affected by — dramatic cases yourself. yes, cities affected by the _ dramatic cases yourself. yes, cities affected by the earthquake - dramatic cases yourself. yes, cities affected by the earthquake in - dramatic cases yourself. yes, cities affected by the earthquake in the l affected by the earthquake in the search and rescue continues. and we are still witnessing some, 200 people rescued alive and you can see the rubble behind me and there are

several places reduced to rubble and there is still some under the rubble and we are still hoping for a miracle here too.— and we are still hoping for a miracle here too. . ., , miracle here too. and for the case, we are talking _ miracle here too. and for the case, we are talking to _ miracle here too. and for the case, we are talking to so _ miracle here too. and for the case, we are talking to so many - miracle here too. and for the case, we are talking to so many women | we are talking to so many women and girls in the field. thea;r we are talking to so many women and girls in the field.— girls in the field. they have very touchin: girls in the field. they have very touching stories, _ girls in the field. they have very touching stories, it _ girls in the field. they have very touching stories, it is _ girls in the field. they have very touching stories, it is really - girls in the field. they have very touching stories, it is really forl touching stories, it is really for example, she was doing earthquake happened and she had to evade emergency c—section in the earthquake happened at four a:m.. earthquake happened at four a: m.. shejust left earthquake happened at four a:m.. she just left the house and went to the hospital but at the hospital was damaged during this and she given birth and just for the ambulance the

ambulance came but she had to do late birth and right now, she is healthy and her baby is under specific care and we have so many stories like this and we need to help more in this emergency. extra need to hear— help more in this emergency. extra need to hear all— help more in this emergency. extra need to hear all this _ help more in this emergency. extra need to hear all this what - help more in this emergency. extra need to hear all this what is - help more in this emergency. extra need to hear all this what is going on but they give very much and very best to everyone who is helping all those in need out there.

let's turn to the war in ukraine. nearly a year since russia's invasion — and western countries are still committed to supporting ukraine. that was the message at today's nato summit — where ministers from nato countries have been holding talks in brussels about how best to support ukraine. and there were warnings of a new russian offensive. here's the head of nato, jens stoltenberg. president putin is preparing for more work and we must provide more support to ukraine. we also heard from the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin. 0ver over the past year, 0verthe past year, ukrainian soldiers — 0verthe past year, ukrainian soldiers fought for their country in ukraine _ soldiers fought for their country in ukraine people have shown deep courage — ukraine people have shown deep courage in the of russian cruelty in countries _ courage in the of russian cruelty in countries of — courage in the of russian cruelty in countries of goodwill have rallied to defend an open border of rules and rights — so — praise for ukraine from lloyd austin. and we heard from mark milley — the top military official in the us — who had this message for russia. nato its coalition have never been stronger in russia is no global

pariah. in the role remains inspired by ukrainian bravery and resilience. russia has lost. they have lost strategically, operationally and tactically. ammunition is at the top of the agenda — more of that's been agreed today. ukraine is also pushing to get modern fighterjets. nato hasn't agreed to that. 0ur defence correspondent in brussels explains more. this is a window where ukraine needs those weapons that have been promised by the west, by nato members. including those tanks but most importantly, those artillery shells and snow to just artillery shells and snow to just artillery shells to ukraine that they are concerned about comments on stockpiles because they are eating into their own stockpiles of ammunition to help ukraine and need to be replaced too. a lot of you will be familiar with the nato defence alliance — but here's a reminder. nato stands for the north atlantic treaty organization. it's a western military alliance

made up of 30 countries. its key principle is if one of the member states is attacked, the rest will come to its defence. this map shows how nato's expanded since 1997 — because after the cold war, former soviet union states in eastern europe joined. russia's president putin says that expansion, was one of the factors which influenced his decision to invade ukraine. was it a provocation to russia? well the ukraine invasion could lead to nato expanding even more. sweden and finland want to join. and — the war has given nato a renewed purpose. which russia does not like. this was the kremlin's response to today's meeting. first of all, neither was an organisation _ first of all, neither was an organisation that- first of all, neither was an organisation that is - first of all, neither was an| organisation that is hostile first of all, neither was an i organisation that is hostile to first of all, neither was an - organisation that is hostile to us improves — organisation that is hostile to us improves this— organisation that is hostile to us improves this hostility— organisation that is hostile to us improves this hostility every- organisation that is hostile to usl improves this hostility every day. it is improves this hostility every day. it is trying — improves this hostility every day. it is trying to— improves this hostility every day. it is trying to do— improves this hostility every day. it is trying to do its— improves this hostility every day. it is trying to do its best - improves this hostility every day. it is trying to do its best to - it is trying to do its best to make its involvement _ it is trying to do its best to make its involvement in _ it is trying to do its best to make its involvement in the _ it is trying to do its best to make its involvement in the conflict. it is trying to do its best to make its involvement in the conflict inl its involvement in the conflict in ukraine — its involvement in the conflict in ukraine is— its involvement in the conflict in ukraine is clear— its involvement in the conflict in ukraine is clear as— its involvement in the conflict in ukraine is clear as possible. - its involvement in the conflict in| ukraine is clear as possible. this demand — ukraine is clear as possible. this demand certain— ukraine is clear as possible. this demand certain precautionary. ukraine is clear as possible. this i demand certain precautionary steps to be _ demand certain precautionary steps

to be taken — and while this was happening in brussels — russian forces continued to hit eastern ukraine with air strikes and missiles. this is the town of bakhmut — it's now a front line in this war — and where ukrainian troops say military aid is most needed right now. i'm joined now by hanna shelest in 0desa — a southern port city of ukraine. hanna is a nonresident senior fellow with the transatlantic defense and security programme at the center for european policy analysis. ammunition has became the main talking point at a nato meeting in brussels — has ukraine got the weapons it was asking for? we have quite positive signals and more and more countries joining the needs of ukrainian armed forces and understanding that we are protecting not only our territory and our people but also possible russian attacks against this and are ammunition is protecting ukrainian cities and ukrainian armed forces.

we need to understand the daily ten times more of the ammunition and stockpiles compared towards ukrainian armed forces. that is why we try to use them in a more innovative way but still, in this battle, we need physical and more. what exact weapons are needed to protect the country from the new wave of the russian offensive stoltenberg talked about? precise weapons are one but also the long range weapons because if you see how ukrainian armed forces use this in many other ammunitions, we turn to the russian stockpiles of ammunition in occupied territories or at the border with the russian federation, that is needed because that allows us to slow down the russian assault.—

russian assault. with judson president — russian assault. with judson president zelensky _ russian assault. with judson president zelensky touring i russian assault. with judson i president zelensky touring the european nations and the last few days, calling the supplies and the announcements and still expected? irate announcements and still expected? we are announcements and still expected? - are coming and we knew more or less what to expect and in the inside, a lot of the discussions remain no problem. for example, if the norwegian were announced last week, today they just confirmed norwegian were announced last week, today theyjust confirmed that norwegian were announced last week, today they just confirmed that the meeting, some countries like bulgaria have been giving ukraine the ammunition and asking not to make it public. the duration immediately implies to attack the countries either with flights or military involvement with different ways depending on the weaknesses of the country as the detectives

countries that tried to support ukraine. in the last few hours, we heard some news from the foreign office here in the uk — they have announced the death of another british man in ukraine — the eighth in total. his identity has not yet been confirmed, and officials say his family have requested privacy. so — that was the situation in ukraine — now let's go to russia. for nearly a year, the kremlin has cracked down on public opposition to the war. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from the northern city of ar—khang—guhlsk. 20—year—old student 0lesya krivtsova has been missing a lot of classes lately. she's under house arrest — her every move monitored by this electronic tag. for social media posts critical of the war in ukraine, 0lesya faces up to ten years in prison. she's been charged with discrediting the russian army

and justifying terrorism. translation: i never imagined you could get such a long prisonj sentence for posting on the internet. i've already been added to the official list of terrorists — the list that includes school shooters and groups like islamic state. it's crazy. her putin spider tattoo declares "big brother is watching you". it turns out that olesya's fellow students were watching her posts — closely. just before her arrest, 0lesya had discovered this online chat. in it, students, some she knew, were discussing denouncing her to the authorities for her anti—war stance. translation: some of them wanted to tell the security _ services or the police.

others were saying it's better just to discredit me. in the end, they decided that it was their duty as patriots to denounce me. the only time olesya's allowed out is to be in court. herfashion statement — her protest against young russians being punished for criticising the authorities. thejudge ruled to keep her under house arrest. from the russian people, the russian authorities expect total, unflinching support for the offensive in ukraine. if you don't support it, you're expected at the very least to stay silent. if you don't stay silent, well, there's a whole string of repressive laws now in russia for punishing descent. this opposition politician was convicted of spreading fake news about the army. ilya yashin was sent to prison for eight and a half years. for vladimir kara—murza, the charge is treason. the kremlin critic and anti—war activist faces 20 years in jail. on the streets of arkhangelsk, it's not big brother watching you,

he's a russian soldier who was killed fighting in ukraine. the patriotic messaging is persuasive. we found little sympathy here for people with anti—war views who are being prosecuted. "those people who are discrediting our army or spreading fakes, "they are sick in the head", konstantin says. "they should be sent off to the front line "as cannon fodder." as for 0lesya, she says she dreams of a russia that embraces freedom of speech, where russians are not seen as criminals just for having a different opinion. steve rosenberg, bbc news, arkhangelsk.

the former governor of south carolina and a former us ambassador to the un has announced she is running. our correspondentjoins me running. our correspondent joins me now from running. our correspondentjoins me now from south carolina and anthony, tell us more about her. i think she is the third indian origin american to run west declared an interest? the third in us history, yes and the governor of louisiana and, harris ran in 2020, she is the third former governor here in south carolina, state house right over my shoulder here and around six full years, she was viewed as a problem solver, very much in favour of transparency in government and also very pro—business and went on to be donald trump's un ambassador to the

united nations or she's set up the foreign policy in the body and hardline on relations and pro israeli stands in the us embassy of tel aviv to jerusalem, she was israeli stands in the us embassy of tel aviv tojerusalem, she was a big advocate for that. haifa tel aviv to jerusalem, she was a big advocate for that.— advocate for that. how strong of a candidate is _ advocate for that. how strong of a candidate is she _ advocate for that. how strong of a candidate is she likely _ advocate for that. how strong of a candidate is she likely to - advocate for that. how strong of a candidate is she likely to be? - advocate for that. how strong of a | candidate is she likely to be? they like to remind _ candidate is she likely to be? tie: like to remind people that candidate is she likely to be? ti91 like to remind people that she candidate is she likely to be? ti91 like to remind people that she has never lost a campaign. she won when she ran and it was a to serve the statehouse of south carolina is a long shot for the governors nomination in 2016, 2010 and so it was a proven track record and the question is, whether she's going to have guns donald trump and possibly against ron desantis was very much farther ahead of her in the polls. it is an uphill climb for her but she's pitching herself as a young girl and someone is being new ideas but as a resume that shows foreign

policy experience and services the governor. et policy experience and services the covernor. :, ~ ~ : policy experience and services the covernor. :, ~ ~ . , governor. et of mike pence runs, i was the republican _ governor. et of mike pence runs, i was the republican right - governor. et of mike pence runs, i was the republican right likely - governor. et of mike pence runs, i was the republican right likely to l was the republican right likely to line between all those candidates? it is going to be a challenge and some of the anti—trump republicans, worry about the more candidates running against donald trump, the more the anti—trump vote is divided. with nikki haley and mike pence and mike pompeo, it could very well make it harderfor anyone of mike pompeo, it could very well make it harder for anyone of them to be donald trump and at that race. they have a pragmatic view and position themselves as a younger voice, a leadership change from an older generation and she's 53 years old and to be quite honest, it would be and to be quite honest, it would be a challenge for her to carve out a niche.

we are back in a few moments and do not go away and will be back very soon. and we will be back very soon. hello. as forecast, this years valentine's day was the warmest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching around 16 and 17 celsius in mid—wales and around this with compared to the average eight celsius but we did not beat the record, this was said in 1997 in somerset 19.1 celsius and he is the reason for the mild weather it is coming all the way from the southern clients, canaries here, portugal's here and the mild areas reached the norwegian sea as well. pride not so mild everywhere, and other areas is 113 degrees. light winds and clear

skies and once again, temperatures across england and wales and freezing across in city centres and out towards the west, we have for the front approaching and that does mean milder and better conditions for belfast and glasgow early on wednesday morning but as you can see, and in close to freezing. this waterfront will try to move its way across the country but it is still bumping into this area of high pressure here. high pressure where the air sinks pressure here. high pressure where the airsinks and pressure here. high pressure where the air sinks and it is stray from a loft and it starts to squeeze weather fronts out. watch what happens ten years the weather front, certain with to it and once it moves across wales, reaches the midlands and pretty much get squeezed out and gets rained out. temperatures still around 14 in london but already a bit fresher and glasgow in nine celsius, and a some showers on the way. the forecast for thursday and i think more of a substantial cloud cover across the country and some drizzling outbreaks of rain. maybe a

bit of bread and is developing and temperatures still on the mild site, around 13 degrees across southern and central areas but fresher in the north, closer to 10 degrees and friday, it is said to be very blustery day. particularly because the more than ever the country with widespread gales and perhaps more from coastal areas played in the afternoon, this afternoon now, that low pressure should start to sweep out in the north sea and we should see more rain and icons as we head towards the weekend but it looks as though beginning next week, it starts to settle down once again.

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. this is outside source. the first aid, using newly opened crossing points, arrives in rebel—held parts of syria. the need for help is immense. the world health organisation says 26 million people in turkey and syria need food, water, shelter, medicalsupplies. we have been focusing a lot on the problems in syria but it does look at it though some of the eight is finally getting end. the fallout from the whole situation they are in turkey and syria has been huge.

there's a huge need for humanitarian assistance. amid all that desperation there's also been a rise in scams. there's an immense need for humanitarian assistance, and the bbc has now learnt that there's been a rise in scams trying to make money in the aftermath of the disaster. here's one of the fake appeals. it uses an ai generated image of a firefighter saving a child. here's our global disinformation reporter, hannah gelbart, who's been looking into this. it's extraordinary what the scammers are trying to capitalise on. when events happen and pictures of them are shown across the world, people really want to help in any way they can. that's where this scam has come in. in the first 24 hours since the earthquake struck a security firm i spoke to said they have intercepted and 12,000 e—mails relating to the earthquakes. some of them are pretending to be charities like unicef and others are linking to

completely made up fake charity websites. now unicef said that it is doing everything it can to try and block the scams at source but it's not just block the scams at source but it's notjust e—mail. it's happening on nearly every platform. we saw scams on tiktok where people are posting looped footage of the earthquake or still images with sound effects, trying to make it look like they are there and asking for donations with captions like pray for turkey and please help. and on twitter, the appeal that you just showed has got linked to crypto currency wallops. we see links to paypal accounts. but those aren't the official fundraising accounts. those donations that people are giving would go directly into the scammers own pockets. would go directly into the scammers own pockets-— would go directly into the scammers own ockets. :, :, , .,~ , own pockets. how do people make sure if the want own pockets. how do people make sure if they want to — own pockets. how do people make sure if they want to donate _ own pockets. how do people make sure if they want to donate that _ own pockets. how do people make sure if they want to donate that they are - if they want to donate that they are doing it through a verified source? you can look up charities on your national charity register. there's one in the uk and there's one in the

us. if you see a name of a charity that you're not sure about i recommend looking it up. the main thing is that if you are receiving an e—mail with links on it and you are not sure, it looks a bit funny, there might be spelling mistakes or something thatjust doesn't feel quite right, don't click on the links. go to the big charities and donate directly to them. is links. go to the big charities and donate directly to them. is there an wa donate directly to them. is there any way the _ donate directly to them. is there any way the scammers _ donate directly to them. is there any way the scammers are - donate directly to them. is there any way the scammers are being j any way the scammers are being tracked down or stopped or blocked? the social media platforms we spoke to said they are doing everything they can. tiktok says it is actively working to prevent people from scamming and misleading community members. paypalsays scamming and misleading community members. paypal says they've got teens working to scrutinise and ban accounts so the donations go to the intended causes. what you can do if you spot something is reported in the app. but it's really a game of cat and mouse because wherever there are these massive natural disasters and major news events, scammers are very quick to roll into action and to put out these appeals.- very quick to roll into action and

to put out these appeals. let's turn to the united states. the military says it has recovered electronics parts from the suspected chinese surveillance balloon that it shot down earlier this month. the us says it was being used to spy on sensitive military sites. china denies that, and has accused the us of flying at least ten balloons over its airspace and neighbouring countries the us military has spent billions of dollars developing high—altitude surveillance airships since 1997. in 2022, the us military converted high—altitude balloons carrying reconnaissance equipment for military services, which could be used to track hypersonic cruise missiles from china and russia. the us department of defense released these pictures of the recovery operation. the us military says they found "significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified". the fbi is now examining the items.

the us has shot down four objects in north american airspace this month. the recovered balloon was downed on the 4th of february off the coast of south carolina. it spent three days drifting across the country after it was first spotted in montana. the three other objects were shot down on friday, saturday and sunday. over northern alaska, yukon, canada and lake huron in michigan. here's us joint chief of staffs general mark a milley on the recovery effort. number two, three and four not recovered yet. number one, we are recovering and getting a lot of stuff off that. but two, three and four not yet recovered. they are very difficult terrain. the second one off the coast of alaska is that's up in in some really, really difficult terrain in the arctic circle with very, very low temperatures in the minus forties. the second one is in the canadian rockies and yukon. very difficult to get that one. and the third one is in in lake huron. at probably a couple of hundred feet depth.

so we'll get them eventually. but it's going to take some time to recover those. canada's defence minister also gave an update today on the search for the wreckage in yukon. i want to indicate that the terrain is extremely rugged. it is extremely remote. the temperature is approximately —25 celsius there and there is heavy snow. so the recovery effort is difficult but, as i said, we have a number of aircraft in the air and people on the ground. we still don't know what the three other objects shot down are. cbs news correspondent, jarred hill explains. they still say that they don't know exactly what these things are, in part because they haven't had a chance to actually recover whatever materials fell. one of those in alaska fell in a part of the country that is essentially covered in ice. it's incredibly cold. it's dark for most of the day and so it's been difficult getting to that location. the other two they are still working between the united states and canada

to retrieve what that is, and so they can figure out exactly what fell from the sky. the house already being a diplomatic result from all of this. the first balloon incident led us secretary of state antony blinken to cancel a planned trip to beijing. the top diplomat called china's alleged high—altitude spying let's look more at china's response. after the pentagon first announced the existence of the balloon, chinese officials but said it was a "civilian airship used for research purposes" that had been blown off—course. in a rare move, beijing characterised it as an accident, saying they "regretted the unintended entry of the airship into us airspace due to force majeure".0n monday, the chinese government had a new claim — that us balloons had breached their airspace at least ten times in the past year.the us has denied the accusation. let's turn now to india where tax authorities are searching the

bureaus in delhi. it comes just weeks after the bbc aired an inflammatory documentary in the uk — which is critical of indian prime minister narendra modi. we'll come back to that programme in a moment. but first, this was the scene outside the bbc office in delhi earlier today. police there were preventing people from entering or leaving the building. in the past couple of hours the bbc released an updated statement, saying the income tax authorities remain at the bbc offices in new delhi and mumbai. they go on to say that some staff "have been asked to remain and are continuing to cooperate with the ongoing inquiries. (ani)and that "we hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible," the ruling bjp party has defended the search. no individual, no entity would be above the law. why is it that there

is a hurry by the opposition party, especially the congress party, to give a clean chip to the agency concerned? the government spokesman referred there to the opposition congress party, who have predictably been highly critical. the party's general secretary tweeted that: "the it raid reeks of desperation and shows that the modi government is scared of criticism. and here's what another senior congress party leader had to say. translation: the government is after the bbc. when you are nearing your doom, your wisdom starts looking against you. the office has been raided by the income tax department. there is a big story that we are tracking on the moment, latest details that are coming into the story that we track

witches with to the income tax surveys at the bbc offices. uk government sources are saying that they are closely monitoring the parts of the track surface conducted at the offices of bbc india. it comes after the bbc aired a documentary last month critical of modi . the film focuses on his role during communal violence in gujarat in 2002, when he was chief minister of the state. mr modi has long rejected accusations, and in 2013, a supreme court panel also said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him. here are reporters without borders.

very much points to this climate of intimidation that speak of this government and speak critically of this government and the prime minister and the ministers face. the storm in new zealand is the countries bigger weather event in the century. the severity we are seeing has not been experienced in a generation. a third of the countries population which is 5 million people live in affected areas. this area shows the extent of flooding on new zealand's island. this has left communities across the country stranded. a quarter of a million people are without electricity and

authorities say power will be restored for weeks. this authorities say power will be restored for weeks.- authorities say power will be restored for weeks. this is an unprecedented _ restored for weeks. this is an unprecedented event - restored for weeks. this is an | unprecedented event affecting restored for weeks. this is an - unprecedented event affecting many districts and it is asking a lot of a lot of people. you might remember when a female iranian chess player removed her headscarf at an international tournament in december. sara khadem did it in solidarity with the anti—government protests in iran. because of that, she's living in exile in spain. the bbc�*s razia iqbal went to meet her. (tx) in december last year, sarah decided not to wear the compulsoryjob when competing. her life has changed

utterly, not least where she lives now, on the spanish coast. chess is a game that requires a player to calculate their opponents third or fourth move. 25—year—old sara has made a few calculations. but to remove her headscarf was the least she could do, given what was happening in iran. but it was the right thing to do. that decision though has led to her exile. for now, a life lived in a secret location. now, a life lived in a secret location-— now, a life lived in a secret location. ~ , location. when i was playing there was many things _ location. when i was playing there was many things going _ location. when i was playing there was many things going on - location. when i was playing there was many things going on in - location. when i was playing there was many things going on in iran. | was many things going on in iran. many— was many things going on in iran. many young women, they were not wearing — many young women, they were not wearing their scarves in the streets and that— wearing their scarves in the streets and that was the rule of the country _ and that was the rule of the country. so i would say i was really inspired _ country. so i would say i was really inspired by— country. so i would say i was really inspired by what they were doing. but presumably you realised that you are taking a risk. yes. the things that happened was not really

something that i was hoping for. leaving the country, leaving iran completely was not what was going on in my mind _ completely was not what was going on in my mind. that is something i really— in my mind. that is something i really miss _ in my mind. that is something i really miss. but i wouldn't say i regret it — really miss. but i wouldn't say i recret it. ,, : really miss. but i wouldn't say i rearetit. ,, . ,, , , regret it. since september last ear, regret it. since september last year. around — regret it. since september last year, around has _ regret it. since september last year, around has been - regret it. since september last year, around has been shaken | regret it. since september last l year, around has been shaken by girls and women protesting against the death in custody of mohsen amini. fora parent whojob infraction. many have been killed and many more arrested. there have been enormous sacrifices. me leaving m famil been enormous sacrifices. me leaving my family was — been enormous sacrifices. me leaving my family was one — been enormous sacrifices. me leaving my family was one of the _ been enormous sacrifices. me leaving my family was one of the most - my family was one of the most difficult — my family was one of the most difficult things that i've ever done — difficult things that i've ever done. and also iran. but if i want to compare — done. and also iran. but if i want to compare what i did to what people are doing. _ to compare what i did to what people are doing. i— to compare what i did to what people are doing, i wouldn't say that it was difficult because the risk that they are — was difficult because the risk that they are taking is much higher. led b the they are taking is much higher. by the prime they are taking is much higher. l9c by the prime minister of the country

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as we reported on our website, it expects all card built in the region to be fully electric. unions say they will work with ford to project as manyjobs as possible. here's our correspondent with more on the list. 1000 of the engineers and designers who work here are losing theirjobs.

ford is investing billions of dollars in electric cars. the us government is offering billions of dollars in subsidies to car—makers who create electric vehicle supply chains in america. the european union is considering doing something similar. so what about the uk? the uk similar. so what about the uk? ti9 uk government needs to be doing a lot more to support the building of an electric vehicle supply chain in the uk, including things like making batteries and having some sort of industrial strategy to help the uk auto industry make that transition to an electric future. the government _ to an electric future. the government insists - to an electric future. the government insists the l to an electric future. the government insists the uk is a leader in green technology and says it is making major investments in the auto industry. however, car production in the uk is now at its lowest level for 66 years.

this is outside source live from the bbc. first aid daters arrived in syria which have been devastated by recent earthquake. more on the story that we were talking about a short time ago. the military says it has recovered its electronic parts from a chinese surveillance balloon it shot down earlier this month. china denies this was used to spy and accused the us a flying ten balloons over its own airspace. this is a political scientist in china joining us now from stanford. thank you for your time today. how alarmed are you, looking at these, while there certainly one balloon that has been identified as being chinese and other objects of the us are shot

down. t other ob'ects of the us are shot down. :, other ob'ects of the us are shot down. . :, . ., , ., ., down. i am not particularly alarmed but this is more _ down. i am not particularly alarmed but this is more because _ down. i am not particularly alarmed but this is more because of - down. i am not particularly alarmed but this is more because of my - down. i am not particularly alarmed| but this is more because of my focus on china military and defence issues. it's been on my radarfor quite some time that china engages in surveillance and reconnaissance with the united states and is preparing its military to provincially fight a war against the united states. so in that context the idea that they are trying to gather information is not particularly surprising. when you sa the particularly surprising. when you say they are _ particularly surprising. when you say they are preparing _ particularly surprising. when you say they are preparing to - particularly surprising. when you say they are preparing to fight i particularly surprising. when you say they are preparing to fight a | say they are preparing to fight a war against the us, what timeframe are you looking at and how alarmed should people be? is taiwan now more on china's agenda? those are scenarios which china thinks it would have to prepare for for total expansion. thinks it would have to prepare for fortotal expansion. so thinks it would have to prepare for for total expansion. so taking

islands from japan, they project out the united states might get involved and so they are —— their patients that would have to be the united states. whether or not a war actually happens is when china believes its military has its capability to take taiwan quickly. unfortunately i think that that timeline is quite short, probably in the next two to three years after 25 years of preparations, the chinese military might be confident that it could take taiwan by force 50 military might be confident that it could take taiwan by force so these balloon these _ could take taiwan by force so these balloon these objects, _ could take taiwan by force so these balloon these objects, does - could take taiwan by force so these balloon these objects, does doctor| balloon these objects, does doctor show china's growing boldness? it could show china's growing boldness but it's also really indicative of a key point in chinese strategy which is that they exploit loopholes and gaps. international order, international behaviour, it confuses the united states when we see high—altitude balloons. they say it knows how to respond to encroaching

aircraft, encroaching ships, but this is somewhat unique and this is a tactic that china likes to employ, doing things slightly differently than the united states and other countries in order to get ahead but also cause some confusion in decision—making. all also cause some confusion in decision-making. all countries includinu decision-making. all countries including the _ decision-making. all countries including the us _ decision-making. all countries including the us engages - decision-making. all countries including the us engages in i including the us engages in espionage. is this really anything to be particularly alarmed about? there are a lot of instances in which we can say all countries do something, but china does it slightly differently. even in the realm of espionage it is true that countries are trying to gather information about other countries behaviour to protect their own national security. behaviour to protect their own nationalsecurity. but behaviour to protect their own national security. but china, for example, engages and espionage to get commercial information that helps their companies and bidding against otherforeign helps their companies and bidding against other foreign entities. this is something that the united states just does not do. so it's very possible also for a technical logical reason that the united states also does not have this type of high—altitude balloon programme.

thank you. here in the uk, two police officers are being investigated against wayne couzens, the former policeman who pleaded guilty to counts of indecent exposure. just four days before cousins kidnapped and murdered sarah everard in 2021. manning is at scotland yard. let's be clear, they did not discover that this police officer was a sex offender. if they had done theirjobs properly and possibly likely he would not have gone on to murder sarah everard. we have a met police officer under investigation for gross misconduct. that officer was handed the car registration details when wayne couzens exposed

himselfjust details when wayne couzens exposed himself just days details when wayne couzens exposed himselfjust days before sarah's murder at the mcdonald's drive in. that officer under investigation resigned from the met last year. so evenif resigned from the met last year. so even if that gross misconduct is proven, nothing is going to happen. the other officer being investigated is from ken's police. that was for an incident that happened in 2015. someone was reported in a car to have exposed themselves. that car was registered to wayne couzens but an officer from canned was registered to wayne couzens but an officerfrom canned never discovered that it was a police officer, never even interviewed them. why a controversial diamond claimed by india will not be used

at the coronation of king charles in london in may. this is outside source live from the bbc. the thing about this diamond is said that it the thing about this diamond is said thatitis the thing about this diamond is said that it is meant to be wrapped in a curse and bring to ashes any man who wears it. when it came to britain, the only people who wore it and a crown or approach has been queen victoria. after which it's always going to the queen consort but i don't know if their inferiors as a spouse or disposable, but no reigning monarch has worn it because one suspects this whole idea of a curse has been quite adhered to. what was interesting is when the announcement came back it will be used in the coronation. i immediately saw indian twitter going to waste. the first wave said that's a very sensible decision because this is diplomatically very sensitive. the second was ok great you're not using it can we have it back please? so it is very much a

live issue. this diamond is spectacular and controversial. so it was taken and given to queen victoria in the victorian times. and you want to back and they have said that if the diamond was used as part of the coronation, it would invoke painful memories of india's colonial past. it's notjust india that claims ownership. iran, pakistan, bangladesh, afghanistan, the taliban have asked for it back recently. so i think the royal family thought this is a controversy that can be avoided simply by using other diamonds and another crown because it's currently and the queen mothers crown. so that was used by the queen mother when she was coronated in the 1930s and she wore it at her daughter's coronation in the 19505. of daughter's coronation in the 19505. of course she was the last queen consort we had.—

of course she was the last queen consort we had. while king charles and rishi sunak _ consort we had. while king charles and rishi sunak send _ consort we had. while king charles and rishi sunak send it _ consort we had. while king charles and rishi sunak send it back - consort we had. while king charles and rishi sunak send it back to - and rishi sunak send it back to india? we will see. don't hold your breath. i'm back in a few minutes. don't go away. hello. a5 forecast, this year's valentine's day was the warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching between 16 and 17 degrees celsius in mid wales around abery5twyth. compare that to the average of only eight degrees celsius, but we didn't beat the record. the record was set in 1998 in somerset, 19.1 degrees celsius. now, here's the reason for the mild weather. air is coming all the way from the southern climes. canaries hear and see. portugal, spain, the bay of biscay and the maldives has actually reached the norwegian sea as well, but it wasn't quite so mild everywhere. in fact, for most of us, it's around 13 degrees now. tonight, light winds and clear skies. so once again, temperatures will

drop like a stone across england and wales, close to freezing in some city centres. but out towards the west we have a weather front approaching and that does mean milder, wetter conditions for belfast and for gla5gow early on wednesday morning where as you can see, norwich and london, they're close to freezing. now this weather front will try to move across the country, but it's actually still bumping into this area of high pressure here. high pressure is when the air 5inks. it's dry air from aloft and it tends to squeeze the weather front5 out. so watch what happens. you can see here's that weather front, certain width to it. and then once it moves across wales, reaches the midlands, it pretty much get5 squeezed out, get5 rained out. temperatures still around about 14 in london, but already a little bit fresher there in glasgow, nine degrees celsius. more of a wind and also some showers on the way. now, here's a look at the forecast for thursday. i think more of a substantial cloud cover across the country. some drizzly outbreaks of rain, let's call it maybe a little bit of brightness developing and

the temperature still on the mild side around 13 degrees across southern and central areas, but fresher air in the north, closer to eight to ten degrees. and then friday is set to be a very blu5tery day, particularly across the northern half of the country. we're expecting widespread gales, maybe 60 mile an hour gust5, perhap5 more around some coastal areas. but later in the afternoon, this is the afternoon. now, that low pressure should 5weep out into the north sea. so you can see a lot more rainy icons on the outlook here as we head towards the weekend. but it looks as though beginning of next week it starts to settle down once again.

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy, this is outside source. the first aid convoy u5ing newly—opened crossing points arrives in rebel—held parts of syria. the need for help is immense in both turkey and syria. the world health organization says 26 million people need food, water, shelter, medicalsupplies. nearly one year on from the start of the conflict, nato members meet to discuss more weapons for ukraine — with concerns kyiv is using them faster than they can be supplied. we see no signs that president putin is preparing for peace. what we see is preparing for peace. what we see is the opposite, he is preparing for

more war, for new offensives and new attacks. also in the programme... agents from india's tax department carry out searches at the bbc offices in delhi and mumbai. welcome to the programme. let's start with the fallout from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, where nearly 40,000 people are known to have died. a short while ago, we received an update from the turkish president — here's a little of what he had to say. translation: the fact it happened near the surface _ translation: the fact it happened near the surface caused _ translation: the fact it happened near the surface caused a _ near the surface caused a destructive multiplier effect. the two earthquakes released an energy as big as atomic bombs. meanwhile, as the humanitarian crisis worsens, the need for aid intensifies — especially in syria, where some of the most affected areas, held by rebels, have received very little assistance. now syria's president, bashar al—assad, has decided to allow two more border crossings to be opened up, as you can

see from this map. before today, aid agencies only had access to one crossing for the entire country. the move has been welcomed by the un — this is the us ambassador. we need to keep the aid flowing. and that is— we need to keep the aid flowing. and that is what— we need to keep the aid flowing. and that is what matters to us, it is what _ that is what matters to us, it is what is — that is what matters to us, it is what is important to the syrian people — what is important to the syrian people - — what is important to the syrian people — and that is to get the help they desperately need as quickly as possible _ they desperately need as quickly as possible. that said, the decision to open _ possible. that said, the decision to open additional border crossings is welcome — open additional border crossings is welcome. long overdue, one week after— welcome. long overdue, one week after the _ welcome. long overdue, one week after the disaster, but it is absolutely welcome. the syrian government has blamed the difficulties with aid delivery on the impact of western sanctions. these pictures show aid reaching aleppo earlier today — a syrian city that was already dealing with the devastation caused by years of civil war. the un has now launched an appeal to help earthquake victims in syria. as we mentioned earlier, until today, aid has been routed through a single crossing point,

at bab al—hawa. our correspondent laura bicker has been there and sent this report. the wait for aid has been longer in syria, but more is now on its way. until today, this was the only route available for aid to get through to syria — but the united nations is now organised two other border crossings, but it leaves key questions. will this be enough to help the millions who are now thought to be homeless? and second, if this had happened earlier, could more lives have been saved? the search for survivors is over. the living are not focused on staying warm and alive. translation: i've lost everything around me. | i've lost everyone i know in the buildings that used to be next to me. i lost my neighbours and my children seven friends in the building next to us.

we lost a large number of people used to live near us. my neighbours, my friends, colleagues and partners. this is been one of the world's deadliest earthquakes, but without urgent help, this disaster could claim even more lives. let's focus on turkey now, where millions of survivors have been left without shelter, some facing a lack of water and poor sanitation. many are living in makeshift camps like this on the outskirts of the turkish city of adana. meanwhile, the rescue efforts continue — these pictures from hatay have come in to us today, showing a survivor who was trapped under rubble for over 200 hours waving to rescuers after being found alive. we know that the scale of the need is huge. let's hear now from david wightwick — he runs the charity uk—med, and has set up a field hospital in southern turkey. immediate trauma care following the earthquake was largely dealt with in the first few days by all of the organisations around here. you've

got the secondary needs surmising from that, so people who need further care. then you've got a significant spike in needs because people are living out in the open, its gotten down to —7 in the last it's gotten down to —7 in the last few nights. so people who may have lost their medication as their houses have collapsed — and then you've got the normal primary and secondary problems you'd see in a population this kind of size. so a significantly increased caseload and significantly increased caseload and significantly decreased ability to deal with that. i spoke earlier to zeynep atilgan from the un population fund — helping to the most vulnerable in turkish gaziantep. she said there are thousands pregnant among the rescued, who need to be supported urgently. this is a massive disaster, and over 15 million people have been impacted — almost half of them... if you're in the field, they need special

efforts. they have special needs, as you know, pregnancies do not stop in emergencies, so they need to be supported. that's why we are in the field with our partners in this organisation.— field with our partners in this oruanisation. :, ., , , ., organisation. how many pregnant women are _ organisation. how many pregnant women are there _ organisation. how many pregnant women are there over— organisation. how many pregnant women are there over there? - organisation. how many pregnant. women are there over there? around this region. — women are there over there? around this region, according _ women are there over there? around this region, according to _ this region, according to estimations, there are 214,000 pregnant women right now, and nearly 4000 of them will give birth in a month. so these numbers are really big, and in the region there are many hospitals that have collapsed or damaged, and they need urgent support. or damaged, and they need urgent su ort. :, :. ,:, or damaged, and they need urgent su ort. :, ., .,, ., or damaged, and they need urgent sun-oft. ., ., ., , support. how are you able to help those women _ support. how are you able to help those women who _ support. how are you able to help those women who are _ support. how are you able to help those women who are literally - those women who are literally hoping to give birth in the next few days or weeks? , :,

to give birth in the next few days or weeks? , . to give birth in the next few days orweeks? , . , or weeks? they are in safe spaces riaht or weeks? they are in safe spaces right now. some _ or weeks? they are in safe spaces right now, some of— or weeks? they are in safe spaces right now, some of them - or weeks? they are in safe spaces right now, some of them are in i right now, some of them are in hospitals. so we can support our partners in coordination with public authorities. in safe spaces and hospitals, they are talking to them, also giving them maternity kits — because women need a central hygiene and health care materials, especially pregnant women who just ran away from the house. they would do anything for their babies, so our maternal kits include baby blankets, clothes, pads — so at least we are trying to support them and think about their essential hygiene. let's turn to

the war in ukraine. nearly a year since russia's invasion, and western countries are still committed to supporting ukraine. that was the message at today's nato summit, where ministers from nato countries have been holding talks in brussels about how best to support ukraine. and there were warnings of a new russian offensive. here's the head of nato, jens stoltenberg. we see no signs that president putin is preparing for peace. what we see is preparing for peace. what we see is the opposite, he is preparing for more war, for new offensives and new attacks. so it makes itjust even more important that nato allies and partners provide more support to ukraine. we also heard from the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin. over the past year, ukraine soldiers have fought valiant for their country _ have fought valiant for their country. ukraine's people have shown deep courage in the face of russian cruelty _ deep courage in the face of russian cruelty. and countries of goodwill have rallied it to defend an open

border of— have rallied it to defend an open border of rules and rights. ammunition is at the top of the agenda — more of that's been agreed today. ukraine is also pushing to get modern fighterjets. nato hasn't agreed to that. our defence correspondent in brussels explains more. this is a window where ukraine needs those weapons that have been promised by the west, by nato members. including those tanks — but most importantly, those artillery shells. and it's not just and it's notjust artillery shells to ukraine that they are concerned about, it's their stockpiles, because they are currently eating into their own stockpiles of ammunition to help ukraine, and they need replenishing too. this was the response from the kremlin's to today's meeting. translation: first of all, nato is an organisation that is hostilej to us and proves this hostility every day. l it is trying to do its best to make its involvement in the conflict inl

ukraine is clear as possible. this demand certain _ precautionary steps to be taken. this is the town of bakhmut, where ukrainian traits democrat troops a military aid is needed now. for more — i spoke to hanna shelest in 0desa, a little earlier. she's from the center for european policy analysis. we have quite positive signals and more and more countriesjoining the understaning the needs of ukrainian armed forces and understanding that we are protecting not only our territory and our people, but the possible russian attacks against us. as for now, ammunition is protecting ukrainian cities and ukrainian armed forces. we need to understand that daily, russia can shell ten times more of the ammunition and stockpiles compared towards ukrainian armed forces. that is why we try to use them in a more innovative way but still, in this battle, we need

physical and more. that's physically more. what precise wea on that's physically more. what precise weaponry is — that's physically more. what precise weaponry is needed _ that's physically more. what precise weaponry is needed in _ that's physically more. what precise weaponry is needed in the _ that's physically more. what precise weaponry is needed in the eyes - that's physically more. what precise weaponry is needed in the eyes of i weaponry is needed in the eyes of the ukrainians?— weaponry is needed in the eyes of the ukrainians? :, ., ., , the ukrainians? long range weapons, because if you — the ukrainians? long range weapons, because if you could _ the ukrainians? long range weapons, because if you could see _ the ukrainians? long range weapons, because if you could see how- because if you could see how ukrainian armed forces used high mars, for example, at more than 80 km distance, russian stockpiles in occupied territories are at the border with the russian federation. that was needed because it allows us to slow down the russian assault. stay with us on outside source, still to come... why a controversial diamond, the koh—i—noor, set in the british crownjewels — that india claims is theirs — will not be used at the coronation of king charles.

nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for being around people. —— for the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions on the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up erruption itself. lava streams from a vent in the crater to the east of the island away from the time for the time that could start flowing again at anytime. the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they've called it mir —

russian for peace. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... the first aid using newly—opened crossing points arrives in rebel—held parts of syria, which have been devasted by the recent earthquake. let's turn to the united states — the military says it has recovered electronics parts from the suspected chinese surveillance balloon that it shot down earlier this month. the us says it was being used to spy on sensitive military sites. china denies that — and has accused the us of flying at least ten balloons over its own airspace. translation: the us military has spent billions of dollars _ developing high—altitude surveillance airships since 1997. in 2022, the us military converted

high—altitude balloons carrying reconnaissance equipment for military services, which could be used to track hypersonic cruise missiles from china and russia. the us department of defence released these pictures of the recovery operation. the us military says they found "significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified". the fbi is now examining the items. the us has shot down four objects in north american airspace this month. the recovered balloon was downed on the 4th of february off the coast of south carolina. it spent three days drifting across the country after it was first spotted in montana. the three other objects were shot down on friday, saturday and sunday — over northern alaska, yukon, canada, and lake huron, in michigan. here's usjoint chief of staffs general mark a milley on the recovery effort. number two, three and four not recovered yet. number one, we are recovering and getting a lot of stuff off that.

but two, three and four not yet recovered. they are in very difficult terrain. the second one off the coast of alaska is up in some really, really difficult terrain in the arctic circle with very, very low temperatures in the —405. the second one is in the canadian rockies and yukon. very difficult to get that one. and the third one is in lake huron. at probably a couple of hundred feet depth. so we'll get them eventually. but it's going to take some time to recover those. i want to indicate that the terrain is extremely rugged, it is extremely remote, _ is extremely rugged, it is extremely remote, the temperature is approximately —25 celsius there, and there's— approximately —25 celsius there, and there's heavy snow. so the recovery effort _ there's heavy snow. so the recovery effort is _ there's heavy snow. so the recovery effort is difficult, but as i said, we have — effort is difficult, but as i said, we have a number of aircraft on the ground, _ we have a number of aircraft on the ground, in— we have a number of aircraft on the ground, in the air, and people on the ground —

we still don't know what the three other objects shot down are. they still say that they don't know exactly what these things are — in part because they haven't had a chance to actually recover whatever materials fell. one of those in alaska fell in a part of the country that is essentially covered in ice. it's incredibly cold. it's dark for most of the day, and so it's been difficult getting to that location. the other two, they are still working between the united states and canada to retrieve what that is, and so they can figure out exactly what fell from the sky. there is already diplomatic fallout from all this. the first balloon incident led us secretary of state antony blinken to cancel a planned trip to beijing. let's look more at china's response. after the pentagon first announced the existence of the balloon, chinese officials said it was a "civilian airship used for research purposes that had been blown off—course". in a rare move, beijing called it an accident, saying they "regretted the unintended entry of the airship into us airspace". on monday, the chinese government had a new claim —

that us balloons had breached their airspace at least ten times in the past year. the us has denied the accusation. i asked her if the use of balloons reflects an increasingly bold china. it is, but it's also indicative of a key point in chinese... they exploit loopholes in international order and behaviour. it confuses the united states when we see high—altitude balloons, the us knows how to respond to encroaching aircraft and ships, but this is somewhat unique. and that is a tactic that china likes to employee, doing things slightly differently than the us and other countries in order to get ahead, but also caused some confusion. all ahead, but also caused some confusion-— ahead, but also caused some confusion. : , . confusion. all countries, including the us, confusion. all countries, including the us. engage — confusion. all countries, including the us, engage in _ confusion. all countries, including

the us, engage in espionage - so| the us, engage in espionage — so is this really anything to be particularly alarmed about? so there are lots of incidences _ particularly alarmed about? so there are lots of incidences we _ particularly alarmed about? so there are lots of incidences we can - particularly alarmed about? so there are lots of incidences we can say - are lots of incidences we can say all countries do something, but china does it slightly differently. even in the realm of espionage, it's true that countries are trying to gather information about other countries's state behaviour to protect their own national security. but it engages in espionage to get commercial information that helps their companies... this isjust their companies... this is just something their companies... this isjust something the us does not do, so it's very plausible also for technological reasons that the us does not have this type of high—altitude balloon programme. let's turn to india, where tax authorities are searching the bbc bureaus in delhi and mumbai. it comes just weeks after the bbc aired an inflammatory documentary in the uk which is critical of indian prime minister narendra modi. we'll come back to that programme in a moment. but first, this was the scene outside the bbc office in delhi earlier today.

police there were preventing people from entering or leaving the building. in the past few hours, the bbc released an updated statement, saying... they go on to say that some staff... the ruling bjp party has defended the search. no individual, no entity could be above the law. why is it that there is a tearing hurry by the opposition party, especially the congress party, to give a clean sheet to the agency concerned? the government spokesman referred there to the opposition congress party, who have predictably been highly critical. the party's general

secretary tweeted that... and here's what another senior congress party leader had to say. translation: the government is after the bbc. _ when you are nearing your doom, your wisdom starts looking against you. —— working against you. well, the news is making headlines across india. here's a flavour of how local broadcasters covered the story. this is a big development, bbc�*s office in delhi has been rated by the income tax department. hello, airl the income tax department. hello, girl watching _ the income tax department. hello, girl watching india _ the income tax department. hello, girl watching india tv, _ the income tax department. hello, girl watching india tv, the - the income tax department. hello, girl watching india tv, the big - girl watching india tv, the big story— girl watching india tv, the big story we — girl watching india tv, the big story we are tracking at the moment, the latest _ story we are tracking at the moment, the latest details that are coming in to the — the latest details that are coming in to the story that we tracked, which is — in to the story that we tracked, which is with regards to the income tax service — which is with regards to the income tax service of the bbc offices. uk government sources are saying they are closely— government sources are saying they are closely monitoring reports of the tax _ are closely monitoring reports of the tax service conducted at officers _ the tax service conducted at officers of the bbc in india. it comes after the bbc aired a documentary last month critical of prime minister modi, which the government denounced

as "anti—india garbage" with a "colonial mind—set". the film focuses on his role during communal violence in gujarat in 2002, when he was chief minister of the state. mr modi has long rejected accusations linked with this, and in 2013, a supreme court panel also said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him. there are still a lot of unknowns about today's searches — but the situation has raised questions about both press freedoms in india and the impartiality of the bbc, with a bjp spokesman describing the bbc as "the most corrupt organisation in the world". here are reporters without borders. it very much points to this climate of intimidation thatjournalists in india who speak of this government, and speak critically of this government and the prime minister, and the government ministers face.

to the us now — where there's a new republican presidential candidate — the first person to challenge donald trump for the party's nomination. nikki haley, the former governor of south carolina and former us ambassador to the un, has announced she's running. you'll make some people look at america and see vulnerability. the socialist left sees an opportunity to rewrite history. china and russia are on the march. they all think we can be bullied, kicked around. you should know this about me — i don't put up with bullies. and when you kick back, it hurts them more if you're wearing heels. i'm nikki haley and i'm running for president. i spoke to our correspondent anthony zurcher, who's in south carolina. she was a former governor here in south carolina, the governor's state houses here by my shoulder. she served there for six whole years,

she was viewed as a problem solver, very much in favour of transparency in government, also very pro—business. then she went on to be donald trump's un ambassador to the united nations where she helped advance donald trump is mike foreign policy in that body, in particular his hard line on us— iran relations and his pro—israeli stance, moving the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, she was a big advocate of that. :, , :, ., ., , , that. how strong a candidate is she likel to that. how strong a candidate is she likely to be? _ that. how strong a candidate is she likely to be? well, _ that. how strong a candidate is she likely to be? well, that _ that. how strong a candidate is she likely to be? well, that nikki - that. how strong a candidate is she likely to be? well, that nikki haleyj likely to be? well, that nikki haley su orters likely to be? well, that nikki haley supporters like _ likely to be? well, that nikki haley supporters like to _ likely to be? well, that nikki haley supporters like to remind - likely to be? well, that nikki haley supporters like to remind people i supporters like to remind people that she's never lost a campaign. she won when she ran as a long shot to serve in a steakhouse here in south carolina, she also won as a long shot to become governor in 2016 — sarri, 2010. so she has a proven track delegate track record, but she'll be going up against her old boss, donald trump, and possibly

against florida governor ron desantis who's very much of her in the polls. so it's an uphill climb for her, but she's pitching herself as a younger alternative, someone who's bringing new ideas in but still has a resume that shows foreign policy experience and service as a governor in a state. here in the uk, a controversial diamond claimed by india will not be used at the coronation of king charles in london in may. this is the diamond — the koh—i—noor. india says one of its 19th century rulers was tricked into handing it over during british colonial rule, and wants it back. instead, queen consort camilla will wear a crown reset with diamonds from the personal collection of the late queen elizabeth. bbc presenter anita anand, who has co—written a book about the diamond, told us more. the thing about this diamond is that it is said to be wrapped in a curse and will bring to ashes any man who wears it.

that's why when it came to britain, the only people who wore it and a crown or brooch has been queen victoria. and therefter, it's always going to the queen consort but i don't know if their inferiors as a spouse or disposable — but no reigning monarch has worn it because one suspects this whole idea of a curse has been quite adhered to. what was interesting is when the announcement came back it won't be used in the coronation, i immediately saw indian twitter go in two waves. the first wave said that's a very sensible decision because this is diplomatically very sensitive. the second was, "ok great, you're not using it can we have it back please?" so it is very much a live issue. we've heard from the canadian minister in the last half hour, and lots of news on india amongst other things. i'm back tomorrow night at the same time, or whatever time you're watching, and hope to see you then. enjoy valentine's day if

you're still celebrating. from me and the team, bye for now. hello. as forecast, this year's valentine's day was the warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching between 16—17 celsius in mid wales, around abery5twyth. compare that to the average of only eight celsius, but we didn't beat the record — the record was set in 1998 in somerset, 19.1 celsius. now, here's the reason for the mild weather — air is coming all the way from the southern climes. canaries here, and see portugal, spain, the bay of biscay and the maldives has actually reached the norwegian sea as well, but it wasn't quite so mild everywhere. in fact, for most of us, it's around 13 celsius. now tonight, light

winds and clear skies. so once again, temperatures will drop like a stone across england and wales, close to freezing in some city centres. but out towards the west, we have a weather front approaching and that does mean milder, wetter conditions for belfast and for glasgow early on wednesday morning — whereas you can see, norwich and london close to freezing. now this weather front will try to move across the country, but it's actually still bumping into this area of high pressure here. high pressure is when the air sinks. it's dry air from aloft, and it tends to squeeze the weather fronts out. so watch what happens — you can see here's that weather front, certain width to it. and then once it moves across wales, reaches the midlands, it pretty much gets squeezed out, gets rained out. temperatures still around about 14 in london, but already a little bit fresher there in glasgow, nine celsius. more of a wind, and also some showers on the way. now, here's a look at the forecast for thursday. i think more of a substantial cloud cover across the country. some drizzly outbreaks of rain, let's call it maybe a little bit of brightness developing and the temperature still on the mild side, around 13 celsius

across southern and central areas, but fresher air in the north, closer to 8—10 celsius. and then, friday is set to be a very blustery day, particularly across the northern half of the country. we're expecting widespread gales, maybe 60mph gusts, perhaps more around some coastal areas. but later in the afternoon — this is the afternoon now — that low pressure should sweep out into the north sea. so you can see a lot more rainy icons on the outlook here as we head towards the weekend. but it looks as though, beginning of next week, it starts to settle down once again.

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