welcome to bbc news, i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories... on the tuurkish border, thousands of syrian refugees try to cross back into their home country after last week's earthquakes. the combined death toll climbs to more than 41,000. shouting. commotion in court, as the 19—year—old gunman who killed ten black americans at a grocery store in buffalo new york is sentenced to life in prison without parole. an italian court acquits the former prime minister, silvio berlusconi, of bribing witnesses to lie about his "bunga bunga" sex parties. antarctic glaciers may be more sensitive to changes in sea temperature than previously thought. we have a special report. a historic moment.

the first time anyone has tried to drill down through this glacier. beneath the 600 metres of ice below me is the most important point of all, the point at which the ice meets the ocean water. # i can rub and scrub this house # till it's shining just like a dime...# coffee 7 and the hollywood film star and model raquel welch has died at the age of 82. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. thousands of refugees who fled the war in syria to cross into turkey have arrived at the border hoping to go back to their home country after last week's earthquakes. turkey has said it will allow them to leave for up to six months. the combined death toll

in turkey and syria has climbed to more than 41,000, and millions are in need of humanitarian aid. the bbc�*s laura bicker has been to antakya close to the turkish border, where desparate syrian families continue to arrive. the last time these syrian families crossed this border, it was with dreams of a better life. their homeland has been ripped apart by a civil war. their new life in turkey lies in ruins after the earthquake. so once again, they are on the move, carrying whatever they have left. reem has lived in antakya for nine years. her children were born there, but she believes hostility towards syrians in her host country is worse since the quake. translation: we've lost our house. - we try to find another place to stay. but they kept chasing us away, asking us to return to syria. should i stay in the street with my children? where should we go?

the turkish government has said syrians can come back within two months. but many ask, what do they have to come back to? this is a broken city, full of loss and fallen concrete. it's no longer a home. those who choose to stay have nowhere else to go. mohammed knows there's little here for him and his family, but he's nothing left in syria. he's stuck. translation: | think | about the children a lot, about their situation and what will happen to them when it's dark, their night turns into terror. ifearfor them more than i do myself. it is rare, but survivors are still being found. 74—year—old shamil kach was found alive 226 hours after the earthquake struck. earlier today, three people were rescued from within this rubble. two were children. and tonight, they believe there are signs of life in that building and they are

continuing to work away, which was the even amid the amount of human despair we've seen in the last ten days. there's still no sign of light. —— there's still sign of light. laura baker, bbc news in antakya. the self—declared white supremacist, paytonjen—dron —— the self—declared white supremacist payton gendron has been sentenced to life in prison without parole — by a court in buffalo, new york state — for a racially—motivated mass killing. he drove more than 200 miles to the store, which is in a predominantly african—american part of buffalo. before sentencing, a relative of one of the victims was giving a statement — when someone tried to attack gendron — have a look. you don't know a damn thing about black people! we are human. we like our kids to go to good schools. we love our kids. we never go in no neighbourhoods

to take people out. don't do it! overlapping voices. the eerie county district attorney, john flynn, spoke at a news conference after the sentencing. i would characterise what happened today as the end of a beginning. that while what happened today puts a legal closure to the criminal proceedings... let's put aside the federal matter for our purposes here. ..puts a legal closure to this tragic incident on may 14 of 2022, it certainly does not put any closure on what

we need to do as a society and as a community going forward. with more details — here's our correspondent in new york, nada tawfik. this was an incredibly emotional hearing, from a relative lunging at payton gendron in the court room before being restrained to then the families hearing from the teenage white supremacist themselves. this sentence really was a foregone conclusion. it was the mandatory sentence for that charge. one of the charges he faced, domestic terrorism motivated by hate. and the judge said that he wouldn't be given any mercy or sentenced as a youth because he had meticulously planned, researched, carried out surveillance

and executed this heinous crime, streaming shooting black americans shopping for groceries, live streaming that on the internet, on a social media platforms. so the judge said that he would not see the light of day again as a free man. but this was really, this whole hearing, an opportunity for family members who lost their loved ones and for survivors to directly confront gendron. we heard from one calling him a cowardly racist, another woman telling him that he will never understand black let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... the president of the world bank will step down from his post injune, leaving the organisation almost a year before his term was due to end. david malpass announced his decision on social media, without providing a specific reason for his departure.

the head of nato has called on member countries to ramp up the production of ammunition for ukraine. jens stoltenberg said member countries were making more artillery shells to help kyiv�*s forces fight russia's invasion, but he warned they cannot guarantee there will be enough. the governor of the us state of ohio has warned residents living near the site of a toxic train derailment to drink bottled water. the cargo train crashed 12 days ago, causing a majorfire and triggering the release of toxic fumes. the first tourists have returned to machu picchu — the famous world heritage site in peru. the area had been closed off by demonstrations demanding the removal of the former president. protests continue in the capital, lima, and other regions in the south. a court in italy has acquitted the former prime minister silvio berlusconi of bribing witnesses to lie about his notorious "bunga bunga" parties. the billionaire politician, who is 86, was accused of paying people to provide false testimony in a previous trial where he was charged with paying for sex with a 17—year—old moroccan dancer. mr berlusconi had

denied wrongdoing. our reporter sofia bettiza has been following the story. shejoins me in the studio now. can you just tell us a bit more about the outcome of this trial? , . , trial? so, this verdict is the culmination _ trial? so, this verdict is the culmination of _ trial? so, this verdict is the culmination of a _ trial? so, this verdict is the culmination of a legal - trial? so, this verdict is the culmination of a legal batty j culmination of a legal batty cash battle that lasted 11 years and made headlines around the world. it started in 2010 when silvio ballas tony who was then prime minister of italy was charged with paying for sex with an underage girl. she was a 17—year—old dancer known by her stage name ruby the hearts stealer. after that happened, judges believe that berlusconi paid off 2a people, mostly young women, so they would lie in previous trials about his so—called bunga bunga parties. prosecutors described them as sex parties where women were paid to attend. now ruby was

one of the people accused of lying and she was in court today when the verdict came in. translation: i need time to process this great joy. i this is an enormous liberation. many people know nothing about my life. at the moment, speaking to berlusconi is not top of my priorities. the first person i will speak to is my mum. so we just heard that there but berlusconi was acquitted, why is that? , , berlusconi was acquitted, why is that? , , is that? judges said there 'ust wasn't enough i is that? judges said there 'ust wasn't enough evidence, h is that? judges said there just wasn't enough evidence, this | is that? judges said there just. wasn't enough evidence, this is really significant in italy because this scandal contributed to silvio berlusconi's downfall in 2011 as prime minister, his reputation abroad was destroyed, but this whole time he has denied any wrongdoing and he has been saying that these bunga bunga parties were

actuallyjust these bunga bunga parties were actually just elegant dinners. actuallyjust elegant dinners. so, actually just elegant dinners. so, he feels vindicated and in a tweet he said, i have finally been acquitted after more than 11 years of suffering, of political damage, and of having my name dragged through the mud. 50 my name dragged through the mud, ., , my name dragged through the mud. ., , ., my name dragged through the mud, ., , ., ' mud. so what is next for mr berlusconi? _ mud. so what is next for mr berlusconi? mr _ mud. so what is next for mr berlusconi? mr berlusconi l mud. so what is next for mr i berlusconi? mr berlusconi has dominated _ berlusconi? mr berlusconi has dominated italian _ berlusconi? mr berlusconi has dominated italian public- berlusconi? mr berlusconi has dominated italian public life i dominated italian public life for the past decade as a media tycoon, as a football club owner, you know, he was prime minister three times, and he is 86 years old but you still in politics and he has made political comebacks before. actually, at the moment, he is leader a centre—right party thatis leader a centre—right party that is playing a key role in italy's coalition government, so now that his name has been cleared, berlusconi is likely to continue playing a very important role in italian politics and society. thank you for that update. _ stay with us on bbc news, still to come...

hollywood actress raquel welch, often credited with paving the way for modern day action heroines, has died at the age of 82. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order but the army defeated in the task it was sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the reprecussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. explosions. as the airlift got under way there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea to the east of the island, away from the town for the time being. it could start flowing

again at any time. the russians heralded the next generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir — russian for peace. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines... on the turkish border, thousands of syrian refugees are trying to cross back into their home country after last week's earthquakes. the combined death toll climbs to more than 41,000. the 19—year—old gunman who killed ten black americans at a grocery store in buffalo, new york is sentenced to life in prison without parole. to the antarctic now, where new research has researchers using an underwater robot have found that antarctic glaciers may be more sensitive to changes in sea temperature than was previously thought. if it melted completely, the thwaites glacier would raise sea levels by more

than half a metre. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, joined the scientists on the ice. west antarctica is a challenging place to work. it is the stormiest part of the world's stormiest continent. it took more than a month and more than a dozen flights to get the scientists and their equipment to the front of the glacier. ice—hardened ships brought in fuel and other bulky supplies, which were then dragged over the ice in an epic 1,000 mile overland journey. this was the final destination. a campsite at the point this vast glacier goes afloat. if we are thinking about what is sea level going to be like in ten years, this glacier is the place to be. boilers turned snow into water. hot water was used to melt down into the ice. this is a historic moment. the first time anyone has tried to drill down through this glacier.

beneath the 600 metres of ice below me is the most important point of all, the point at which the ice meets the ocean water. for the first time ever, scientists could take measurements under the ice, to the surprise of some local creatures. they sent down ice fin, a remotely operated robot submarine, packed with scientific instruments. oh—ho—ho! yes! what we could see is that instead of this kind of flat ice that we had all pictured, there were all kinds of staircases and cracks in the ice that weren't really expected. a team from the british antarctic survey using different instruments also found that the overall melt rate was lower than expected. it showed how sensitive the glacier is to even small changes in sea water temperature. what the results show us is that you actually don't need to increase the melt rate that much to drive very

fast retreat. so has the glacier passed a tipping point where collapse becomes inevitable? our observations don't necessarily tell us that, but what it does tell us is how the ice shelf is currently melting and we can use that knowledge from today to produce better models which will tell us more about the future. thwaites is at the bottom of the world, but what happens here will affect us all. the better the processes that work under this glacier are understood, the better forecasts we will have of how our seas will rise in the decades to come. forewarned is forearmed, they say. that is particularly important because carbon emissions, which are driving the processes warming this glacier, continue to rise rapidly. justin rowlatt, bbc news, thwaites glacier. riots have broken out across southern nigeria in protest at the lack of cash. the government's policy of replacing old naira banknotes with redesigned new ones has resulted in many

banks and atms running out — a situation that has steadily worsened, with businesses and indivuals left without cash. it comes just ten days before nigeria's presidential elections. nkechi ogbonna reports. so today there have been widespread protests in some cities in nigeria. a lot of angry protesters have taken to the streets blocking major roads, also destroying some banking facilities. we are also aware that the central bank in benin, one of the cities in southern nigeria, has also been attacked, although security operatives are currently there trying to dispel the crowds. and so it's been chaotic in most of the cities. people are angry. they do not have access to cash. and some banks are refusing to accept the old notes, despite the supreme court's order to suspend the deadline implemented by the central bank. the apex court adjourned the case to next wednesday.

now, this is barely three days to the country's general elections, although the supreme court maintained that its order on february 8th, which it suspended the deadline from being implemented by the central bank, must be upheld. the central bank has still remained silent, not really saying anything. the federal government has also not really said anything concrete. but the people who are feeling the impact the most do not have access to the new notes. also, some commercial banks are refusing to change the old notes to the new ones. over three weeks, nigerians have been in queues reporting to banking halls as early as 6am local time just to get enough cash. some people have actually been sleeping at cash machines and outside commercial banks because they actually do not have cash for transportation to return home or to go to work. and it's chaotic out here.

a lot of people are also complaining because they earn daily pay or they depend largely on cash, basically so they do not really have access to internet banking facilities or mobile money platforms. hollywood movie star raquel welch, who became an international sex symbol in the 1960s, has died aged 82. she won a golden globe award for her performance in the three musketeers film and is often credited with breaking the mould for modern day action heroines. david sillito looks back at her life. raquel welch did not expect anyone to remember what she thought was just a "silly dinosaur movie". but one million years bc, with its giant malevolent turtles, poor grasp of evolution, and prehistoric bikinis, turned raquel welch into a star of teenage bedrooms across the world.

"in one fell swoop, everything about the real me was," she said, "swept away." # you make me feel so young...#. it was pretty clear how she was being marketed. coffee ? in bedazzled, she was given the role of lilian lust. strong, black and sweet. in public, she played the role. two mountainous spoons full! but she said she had little control over her career. # now, listen here, boy! # i used to be a square...#. she was bornjo raquel tejada, the daughter of a bolivian engineer, and her heart really lay in song and dance — light—hearted, old—school glamour. a lot of people want to be great artists. i don't know that i'm capable of being that, but i hope i entertain a few people, you know? the producer behind many of her projects was the man she married in 1967 — film producer patrick curtis. it would be fair to say she was better known than many of her films. never again will i let you go

into such terrible danger. but she did win a golden globe for the three musketeers. # i can rub and scrub this house # till it's shining just like a dime...#. and on stage and television, she did get a chance to show off her song and dance skills. # you got the shake and i got the shimmy...#. raquel welch had set out wanting to be ginger rogers and ended up being defined by a doe—skin bikini. that was david sillito on the life of raquel welch, who's died at the age of 82. we can now speak to legendary hollywood reporterjeannie wolf who knew raquel welch well and interviewed her many times throughout her career. genie, thank you forjoining us. tributes have been pouring in on social media for raquel

welsh, what has direction been like so far? we welsh, what has direction been like so far?— like so far? we hadn't heard from her _ like so far? we hadn't heard from her for _ like so far? we hadn't heard from her for a _ like so far? we hadn't heard from her for a while, - like so far? we hadn't heard from her for a while, no - like so far? we hadn't heard from her for a while, no onej from herfor a while, no one heard she was sick so it was a real surprise. heard she was sick so it was a realsurprise. i heard she was sick so it was a real surprise. i was getting calls from people who knew her saying what happened, what happened? i don't know, they say she had a short illness, they took very little about it but i can tell you that the last times i had seen her, she looked great, you know, people talk about her body and it was great and she knew that was her way into the business, that wasn't what she expected. but also she had charisma, she had weight, she was funny, she would love the piece that he just did doing showing all the different roles she played because often all people remember is that poster. figs because often all people remember is that poster. as you said, remember is that poster. as you said. peeple _ remember is that poster. as you said, people spoke _ remember is that poster. as you said, people spoke a _ remember is that poster. as you said, people spoke a lot - remember is that poster. as you said, people spoke a lot about i said, people spoke a lot about her body and it was something she spoke out against, how do you think she felt about so much scrutiny on the way she looked? ~ , ., ~ ., ~

looked? well, you know, i think after a while _ looked? well, you know, i think after a while she _ looked? well, you know, i think after a while she finally - looked? well, you know, i think after a while she finally got - after a while she finally got used to it, she finally got used to it, she finally got used to it, she finally got used to people going, i guess you are more than a body. she kept on her career, she was very determined, she never did a nude scene, they asked her to change her name from raquel and she wouldn't do that, she was very determined and she understood the business, she understood the business, she understood her role in it, she might have wanted to have more and bigger parts but she never stopped, she did all kinds of different roles, serious roles, and she went into business, wake business, julie business, she was on tv. i did a commercial with her, i wasn't in the commercial, i was off camera asking her questions, so we sped to or three days together and i learned a lot about her. she was very sensitive but very tough and very sure, she do an interview with you and the lighting man and the cameraman would be,

like, wait a and the cameraman would be, like, waita minute, she is telling me what to do, she's telling me what to do, she's telling me what to do, she's telling me where to move light, and then she —— they do it and they say, she is right. all the old time stars knew more about lighting than the people who came to like them. she was a lot of fun to be around and tough to be around, too, but she said herfather was she said her father was bolivian and that was how martino side, her mother was english and that was her sort of more ladylike side. —— that was her latino side. she of more ladylike side. -- that was her latino side. she always combined _ was her latino side. she always combined both. _ was her latino side. she always combined both. you _ was her latino side. she always combined both. you mention i was her latino side. she always i combined both. you mention what some people said about her attitude, she was often referred to at times as being a bit difficult, and now looking back to you think that was unfair and maybe even sexist? it might have been a bit sexist but i do have to say, in fairness, that fracker would put her foot down if she didn't think something was writing a script,, if you didn't think something was right in a scene,

she would say so and not always diplomatically, but she was charming and lovely, she knew how to make up with everybody. there was one time she sued a studio and that really... she was taken out of a movie she said because she was too old and she sued and won, but people didn't like that about her, but she was attractive to audiences and she knew how to play the part and she knew how to get around in this town so she kept working and she was very well—known and for the most part very well liked, and they did know that she didn't think that women should just stand there and take it, she was way ahead of time. even the famous poster, she said, well, she was a woman of action. thank you so much, unfortunately we have to leave it there, thank you so much for your insight. and that is all for the programme, thank you

very much for watching, we will be back soon. hello. the last few days have been pretty settled with high pressure in charge, but things are about to change and thursday is going to be an overcast day across most of the uk. drizzle if not rain, really very murky conditions to start with. and then towards the end of the week, it could actually turn very wild across some northern parts of the uk. we'll get to that. here's the satellite picture. here's all of that cloud moving off the atlantic. it's a small weather system that will be moving across the uk during the course of thursday and there are more weather systems out in the atlantic coming our way. so, early in the morning, we have thick cloud across many parts of england, wales and northern ireland. outbreaks of rain, drizzle, hill fog too, mild with that — 5 to 7 celsius. but across the north of scotland, we will have had clear skies, so perhaps

a touch of frost. so really very murky, grey, overcast, whatever you want to call it, first thing in the morning. later in the day, it does look as though most of that rain should peter out, at least across england and wales, and we'll see one or two bright or sunny spells — with a bit of luck, one or two decent sunny spells. 13 or 14 celsius in the south, a little bit cooler in the north. now, on to friday — nasty low pressure will be sweeping across scotland. that is going to bring severe gales. exactly where the worst of the winds will be, still a little uncertain, but it does look as though it's northern scotland that will get the worst of the winds, but not only northern scotland, it's also going to get very windy through the lowlands and particularly to the northeast of england, so the east of the pennines — in fact, the apps are already indicating gusts of over 70 miles an hour, for example, in newcastle. so, these winds will cause problems, disruption, possibly blow some trees down as well. so, really keep track of the forecast. the details may change, but it does look as though it's the northern half of the uk that will be very blustery

and quite possibly stormy for a time. later on friday, the winds will die down and then in the south, actually, it shouldn't be too bad. breezy, yes, but we're not going to get the gales, and it will stay mild — up to around 14 celsius. now, here's a daisy chain of weather systems as we go through the weekend. so, more cloud pushing our way. i don't think it's going to be raining particularly heavily, but i think there will be a lot of cloud during the course of saturday and sunday, but one or two glimmers of brightness, too, and on the mild side. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: thousands of syrian refugees who fled to turkey to avoid the civil war have arrived at the border hoping to go back to their home country, after last week's earthquakes. turkey has said it will allow them to leave for up to six months. a court in the united states has sentenced a 19—year—old white teenager to life in prison without parole for killing ten black people at a supermarket in buffalo, new york state last year. payton gendron live—streamed the attack on social media. an italian court has acquitted the former prime minister, silvio berlusconi, of bribing witnesses to lie about his "bunga bunga" sex parties. he was accused of paying people to provide false testimony. mr berlusconi insisted the parties were simply elegant dinners.