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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. nearly two weeks on from turkey's devastating earthquake, officials say most rescue efforts to find survivors are to end. police investigating the disappearance of a woman in the northwest of england say they have recovered a body from a river — near to where nicola bulley was last seen. the us secretary of state says china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia for its war against ukraine. and at the the bafta film awards in london, the first world war german—language film, "all quiet on the western front", was the big winner of the night taking home, best film and best director.
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nearly two weeks on from turkey's devastating earthquake, officials have said most rescue efforts to find survivors will end today. search operations have been winding down for days as the chances of finding people fade. more than 16,000 people are known to have been killed by the quake and the aftershocks. meanwhile the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey, at the incirlik air base. he'll hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel—held parts of syria. with clean—up efforts getting under way in turkey, anger is building in some of the worst—affected areas. as bulldozers clear debris in the devastated southeastern city of antakya, many people are still waiting for their loved ones to be found under the rubble. translation: my cousin has still not been found under the rubble. - the search has to continue so that at least his body is found.
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we have been waiting for 15 days. we have been here since the day of the earthquake. translation: while we are suffering here, they tell us | to go and empty our homes because they will destroy the building, but my house is elsewhere, so wait until the people are out of the rubble first. we go there, they forbid us to enter the houses. what are we going to do? our things, our lives are there and our loved ones are there. our correspondent caroline davies has the latest from adana. tomorrow morning, it will be two weeks since the earthquake hit turkey and syria, and according to the turkish hit turkey and syria, and according to afad, which is the turkish emergency and disaster body here, the vast majority of rescue operations will be winding down from the end of today. we know they have already been
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significantly reduced. across hatay province, which had been severely hit, there were 200 buildings being searched on friday — that had been reduced to 98 on saturday. in marash, the epicentre, there were 19 buildings still being searched. the afad body has thanked the rescuers for their efforts. they say over 11,000 people were involved from 80 different countries around the world but the majority of those people have now left turkey. we've also been speaking to journalist ayla jean yackley who's in istanbul. it's still winter here in turkey, and basic shelter still a major concern for people in certain parts of the affected areas. there's complaints of not enough tents. these are people whose houses have either been destroyed or they're too terrified to stay inside at this time, still. you know, the area has been rocked by something like 6,000 aftershocks after the twin earthquakes that happened two weeks ago, so it is basic shelter. and, you know, already they're beginning to talk about how and when they'll rebuild.
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and what would that look like? how soon could that start? the government, led by recep tayyip erdogan, has promised that it will be a very swift process, that they will rebuild the hundreds of thousands of buildings that have come down within a year. experts that i've spoken say that that's far from realistic. in some ways, that has actually alarmed some of the survivors that i met while down there. they are afraid that such a rush could encourage some of the poorer construction practices that are now being blamed for why this earthquake was so deadly. it's notjust about rebuilding homes, is it? it's about rebuilding lives. people have lost everything. so many millions who are notjust homeless but have no belongings whatsoever. how do they even start? many won't even have jobs to go back
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to go back to, will they, i guess? that's a very good point. i mean, one gentleman that i spoke to said that he would return as soon as the city of antakya where he was born and raised is built, but he doesn't expect there to be jobs there. he wonders what kinds of schools will be there for his daughter, and so question is one that is very much at the forefront. it's going to be a new normal whenever it gets back to normal, and i think there are a lot of people who don't think it'll be even that normal, you know, when the time comes. so it's a very long and difficult road ahead for many in this region. let's talk about the money that different countries have pledged. the us says they're going to give $100 million more in aid. antony blinken has been there on a visit talking about us assistance. what has he had to say? yes, he came today, and toured by helicopter some of the most severely affected sites. he expressed profound sadness after viewing this. he also spent time at the major air base there,
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where the us has troops, and carriers, planes. it is called incirlik. he is also meeting with members of the white helmets, the syrian rescue workers. he has expressed, you know, full support for turkey in its efforts to recover, as well as... whether it's recovery, whether it's even rescue efforts that are now coming to an end, but he has also pledged more help for recovery. we've seen some criticism from some people, as you said, about the building standards, and that's having a kind of knock—on effect on criticism towards the government and the president there. what do you see as the fallout, politically, for president erdogan for this? or is it too soon to tell? you know, it is still early days. even though it's been two weeks, since the earthquakes hit, turkey isjust emerging
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from a national period of mourning, and people are shell—shocked still, notjust in the region but across the country. the whole country is in a state of grief at this moment. so it is too soon. you know, the elections, which are due at the latest injune, just a few weeks ago seemed like they were really rushing up to us, but now for some people they do seem far away. i think that for a lot of people, this earthquake will have to be a factor. whether it's because you suffered the loss of a family member, or your home, and you blame the government for that loss, or whether it's because you are turning to the government and you feel that the stability that erdogan, a very strong, some would say authoritarian, leader, that strength that he exudes, is a source of comfort for you. the earthquake is going to be very much at the forefront. other issues that may have been a play, such as turkeys's human rights record or its economy and cost of living crisis, they are definitely going to take a back seat.
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but it is difficult to say what way it will go. thank you. police in the north of england have found a body near where a woman went missing three weeks ago. 45 year—old nicola bulley was last seen walking her dog near a river in lancashire in the northwest of england lancashire police said they were called today with reports of a body in the river wyre — less than a kilometre from where she was last seen. a police statement said: "an underwater search team and specialist officers have subsequently attended the scene, entered the water and have sadly recovered a body." judith moritz reports. the search for nicola bulley has been unlearned, in water and by air. today, as the police helicopter search draw today, as the police helicopter circled overhead, news for the first time that she might have been found. the police were called just after half past 11 this morning to reports of a body in the river wyre, a short distance downriverfrom where nicola bulley was last
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seen. roads around the village of st michael's were closed and the footpath along the water edge was also sealed off. an underwater search team and specialist officers went into the water. sadly, they found a body and it was taken for the identification process to begin. a forensics tent was erected to preserve the scene. lancashire police say it's too early to know whether it is nicola bulley. herfamily is being kept informed as work's carried out to identify the remains. the body was found just after this bend in the river. it's an area which has been searched before, though search teams have previously said that some parts of the water are hard to see because of debris. the investigation into nicola bulley�*s disappearance has attracted widespread speculation, and after the police released personal details about her, there has been a public and political backlash. at the centre of it all, there's a distressed family who are waiting for news. judith moritz with that report. we will be live at the scene with our correspondent was following all
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the developments a little bit later in the programme. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has alleged that china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia, for its war against ukraine. he was speaking to �*cbs news', after meeting china's top diplomat, wang yi, on the sidelines of the international �*munich security conference' in germany. he said he'd warned mr wang of consequences, if material support was provided to moscow. mr blinken told cbs, that chinese firms were already providing non—lethal aid for russia's invasion. james landale reports. for months now, vladimir putin has been wooing china's president so is all that diplomacy about to pay off? so far, china has neither endorsed nor condemned russia's invasion of ukraine, calling instead for a peaceful solution. but the us believes russian forces in ukraine are already getting surveillance and other information from chinese firms. and america's top diplomat now believes that china could be going further and providing weapons.
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we have seen them provide non—lethal support to russia for use in ukraine. the concern that we have now is based on information we have that they are considering providing lethal support and we've made very clear to them that that would cause a serious problem for us and then in our relationship. that message was delivered at a security conference in munich where mr blinken met china's foreign minister behind closed doors. he was here to brief european counterparts on china's imminent so—called peace plan for ukraine that some analysts fear could call for the west to stop arming ukraine. translation: china is not a party to this crisis in ukraine _ but we are not standing idly by. nor have we thrown fuel on the fire. we are more opposed to profiting from the fire. what china is doing, as i said earlier, is to urge peace and promote talks. we will stand firmly on the side of peace and on the side of dialogue.
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until now, china has stayed largely at one remove from the war in ukraine but the fear among western policy—makers here is that that may be about to change, and there's uncertainty about what it might mean. if china is behind russia here then it is a great power that has and can provide weapons. that is definitely making the conflict and the war bigger. and it would be of concern? definitely. before the war, both men met at the winter olympics and agreed what they called a partnership with no limits. we may find out shortly if that's true. james landale, bbc news, munich. let's now speak to our correspondent at the scene, yunis mulla.
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hello. the discovery was some hours ago now. do we know when we'll get on the update from the police? what on the update from the police? what olice have on the update from the police? what police have said, _ on the update from the police? iw�*iat police have said, lancashire on the update from the police? �*w�*iat police have said, lancashire police have said is that they will be needing to have this formal identification of the body, they said. they said they sadly recovered a body from the river wye survey will be carrying out tests as they do. we do know that they have in touch with nicola bulley�*s family, her partner. clearly a very distressing time for them and they will be keeping them informed about any developments in the next few hours or so but at this stage, they've not told us beyond what they told us earlier today and that was that no formal identification has yet been carried out so we are unable to say whether this is nicola bulley at this time. as i say, they
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said the procedures to identify the body are ongoing and that we are currently treating the death as unexplained. now nicola bulley, as we know, disappeared more than three weeks ago now and there has been intense focus on this investigation. lancashire police from the very beginning said that they felt this was a missing persons investigation. they didn't believe that another third party was involved. they've carried out extensive searches of the river wire, the area where this body was recovered is about a mile orso body was recovered is about a mile or so from the bench where nicola left her phone. that foam of hers was discovered connected to a team is cold. her dog was also discovered close bar. we understand today is that a member of the public to a man and woman walking their dog discovered this body and reported that the police and that's why i saw that the police and that's why i saw that intense police activity to date with the police helicopter hovering just above the water, the police
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diver going in, forensic tent going up diver going in, forensic tent going up and of course that statement early this afternoon. hugh ferris has all the sport. 17 of those winds of the season have come in just eight games since the world cup and james sancho got the third as united moved within two point manchester city. tottenham moved into a champions league place with a 2—0 win over london rivals west ham. spurs boss antonio conte was absent as he recovers from surgery. son heung—min came off the bench to add to edison royale opening goal at the spurs stadium. they are in fourth, a point above
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newcastle with west ham still in the bottom three. new zealand have kept their hopes of reaching the women's t20 world cup finals alive at the same time preventing sri lanka from reaching the last four. they won the match between the two convincingly in south africa after making hundred and 62 for three in their 20 overs in new zealand bowled sri lanka out forjust in new zealand bowled sri lanka out for just 60, in new zealand bowled sri lanka out forjust 60, winning by 102 runs. they can make the semifinals if bangladesh beat south africa in the final group one game. england were the beneficiaries of west indies dramatic win over pakistan in the other group as it means that they qualify for the semifinals. west indies do have a slim chance of joining them. they held off the pakistani chase of the hundred and 17 in the final over of the match. england test captain ben stokes says he is blessed to be leading a team thatis he is blessed to be leading a team that is won its sixth match in the row and tenth in 11 games since he took over as permanent captain. he had a big win, too, by 267 runs over
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new zealand. the home side with doomed on day four with 63—5 and james anderson claimed at the tail with four wickets, bowling new zealand out for just with four wickets, bowling new zealand out forjust under 26 of their second innings, zealand out forjust under 26 of theirsecond innings, england zealand out forjust under 26 of their second innings, england �*s first victory in the country since 2008 and also the first day —like test that they won on foreign soil. if we keep playing the way in which were playing and executing the things we want to do well we are going to be giving ourselves an opportunity to win and it is just another sign of us being able to do that and just always looking to put oppositions under pressure so, you know, otherfour b oppositions under pressure so, you know, other four b does sound silly to say that the results aren't at the forefront of our mind and we've done very well it is one we have been brave enough to execute everything we want to do with the bat and with the ball this week. elsewhere, india beat australian in tightly days as well. they obtained a trophy is the result after the
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aussies lost nine wickets in succession and all ten in their second innings. another took seven of them. it was all done before tea on day three and india have an unassailable 2—0 lead in the first test series. much more at our website and it is all your spot for now. we can get more now on the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria. aggrieved syrian families in turkey are desperately trying to return the reference to syria so they can be buried on home soil. more now on the earthquakes. bereaved syrian families in turkey are desperately trying to return their loved ones to syria so they can be buried on home soil. many crossed the border to escape the syrian civil war but clung to the hope of returning home one day. a warning , nafiseh konavard's report contains distressing images from the start. wailing. a mother's painful farewell to her loved ones. "take good care of each
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other," she tells them. the bodies of aisha's three children and two grandchildren are in these bags. they died when their building collapsed in the turkish city of antakya. her and her husband, along with their four—year—old granddaughter, are the only survivors. they are now sending them across the border to syria to be buried on homeland. the family left idlib to take refuge in turkey, hoping for a fresh start. already broken by years of civil war, they are now completely shattered. wailing. translation: we fled the war but died in the earthquake. - we have been here since early morning and in just a few hours, we have seen six trucks taking bodies across this border into syria. the police tell us this is a massive operation for them. they are working day and night to help this crossing. back in antakya, about aokm from the border, this is all that's left of aisha's front room. ali was just recently engaged to one of aisha's daughters. he was on a video call with her
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when the earth started shaking. translation: i didn't know it would be the last time - i would see her. when the earthquake happened, she looked at me with fear. i saw her running. she got up while still holding the phone. but then the network went down and electricity was cut off. like many here, ali has had to put his grief on hold. he's part of a team of syrians helping other syrians find their loved ones. but a big part of their homeland has also been devastated by the earthquake and they are left fending for themselves. translation: we should think about syria. - they don't have electricity or clean water. their houses have been devastated by the bombs and now the earthquake.
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of course, we accept what comes from god, but i should tell the world — enough. for aisha, there is one more heartbreak to come as the family finally recovered the last person they were looking for — the body of their son—in—law ten days after the earthquake. nafiseh kohnavard, bbc news, hatay. the bafta film awards are under way at the royal festival hall in london. they have just finished. the first world war german—language film, "all quiet on the western front", has won five of its 1a categories so far. the dark comedy, "the banshees of inisherin" is on its fourth win of the night. joining me now with the best and latest from tonight's awards is film critic and writer, siobhan synnot... good to see. let's start with all quiet on the western front. for
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german language film it's really got a good hole tonight?— a good hole tonight? absolutely, certainl a a good hole tonight? absolutely, certainly a bafta _ a good hole tonight? absolutely, certainly a bafta record. - a good hole tonight? absolutely, certainly a bafta record. latest . certainly a bafta record. latest update is seven wins from its pack leading 1a nominations, an incredible night for netflix. a surprise best film award to go along with that screenplay, cinematography, score, sound and direction so that tops by eight while the 51 back in the day by cinema paradiso so a new deck record really not in the english language. and the irish have done well with the the banshees of inisherin scooping four awards.- the the banshees of inisherin scooping four awards. yes, the mac will look like _ scooping four awards. yes, the mac will look like the _ scooping four awards. yes, the mac will look like the one _ scooping four awards. yes, the mac will look like the one to _ scooping four awards. yes, the mac will look like the one to beat. - scooping four awards. yes, the mac will look like the one to beat. this i will look like the one to beat. this will look like the one to beat. this will be exciting going forward because there has been so much uncertainty. it was trading wins with all quiet on the western front of the early stages but they have won several actor and supporting
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actors awards and original screenplay and outstanding british film. the director had a bit of from they're pointing out at least the donkey was british! just met the director had a bit of fun.- director had a bit of fun. always aood to director had a bit of fun. always good to get _ director had a bit of fun. always good to get a — director had a bit of fun. always good to get a donkey _ director had a bit of fun. always good to get a donkey in - director had a bit of fun. always good to get a donkey in the - director had a bit of fun. always | good to get a donkey in the film. the betrayal of elvis, pretty good, tough category this one.— the betrayal of elvis, pretty good, tough category this one. certainly a favourite for _ tough category this one. certainly a favourite for the _ tough category this one. certainly a favourite for the oscars _ tough category this one. certainly a favourite for the oscars but - tough category this one. certainly a favourite for the oscars but it - favourite for the oscars but it looked like it was going to be a bit of a tussle between him and colin farrell. elvis has done pretty well. it got for the awards and the casting costume design and make—up and hair but it is done pretty well. and wasn't massively fancied when it set out so good night for the director baz luhrmann and a terrific night for elvis presley fans too. what might his betrayal was quite astounding. best actress another tough category and cate blanchett won this time. well, i think the strong money was on cate blanchett.
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she has done pretty well through the award season and she picked up her award season and she picked up her award for tar playing in the verbal and musical production giving a speech... a lot of people not preparing speeches at this years baftas and i don't know if that is a sign. there are signs baftas going its own way from the oscars. brendan favours was seen as a favourite for the oscars and he wasn't really anywhere to be seen in the acting category for baftas and i think the reason it is so distinct from the officers now —— oscars now is partly to do with the judging system. they have juries to do with the judging system. they havejuries topping up to do with the judging system. they have juries topping up some of it and also the fact they have democratised the way we see films and it used to be that they had screen are sent out which were meant it almost automatically favoured those with very deep pockets. now bafta voters can see 300 films on the screens at home which kind of democratise it in means small
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independent film is a kind of the same level footing as those big budget studios. find same level footing as those big budget studios. and interesting cate . o budget studios. and interesting category was — budget studios. and interesting category was best _ budget studios. and interesting category was best documentaryj budget studios. and interesting - category was best documentary which was in the news a lot the last few days, navalny a film about the russian politician alexey navalny. yes, i think the bafta british academy has been very much aware of this and it felt like a documentary that spoke for the age, if you like. when it comes to the oscars nowjust a few weeks the way you said that the baftas have kind of gone their own way and it used to be sort of the precursor and it used to be the case that it would look to the baftas to see what might happen. what are your predictions for the oscars, just very briefly? i think certainly all quiet on the western front has had a good start of the baftas and maybe this will add to the buzz when it comes the academy voters because after all they do share some of the same voters with
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bafta and that would be my bet. siobhan, thanks for taking us through those bafta winners tonight. thanks very much. if you get in touch with me online. thanks for watching. hello there. we saw a change of fortunes really today. it was more southern and southeastern parts of the country that had the best of the sunshine, whereas further north we saw much more cloud coming into scotland, the stream of cloud coming in from the atlantic bringing some heavier rain in northern scotland for a while. this evening, the worst of that rain will move away. and then overnight we'll get this secondary band of rain pushing back down into scotland. it's been windy in scotland and the winds continuing to pick up in many places overnight in northern scotland. we could have some gusts of around 60 miles an hour for a while by the end of the night. a lot of cloud to come tonight. it's going to be a mild one, particularly in northern ireland. perhaps temperatures no lower than 11 degrees tomorrow. the winds continue to gradually ease
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down through the day, but this rain is stuck in scotland. could see a secondary band of cloud, a few pockets of rain and drizzle affecting northern ireland over the irish sea into northwest england. there's a lot of cloud on the scene. again, some eastern parts of england, particularly across east anglia, could get some sunshine. it's going to be very mild here, 16 degrees. northern scotland getting some sunshine, but the air is a little bit chillier here. on the whole, though, we're starting the week with some very mild air across the uk. there is colder weather trying to push in from the atlantic, but it's taking a little while longer to reach us. so we're still in this mild south to south westerly air stream on tuesday. the winds continue to ease down on tuesday. but as you can see, there's a lot of cloud. may get some drier weather coming in from continental europe to bring some sunshine in the south east later. and those temperatures still on the mild side, at 13 or 1a degrees. there is this band of rain, though, coming into northern ireland and western scotland during the evening. that weather front will take some rain further east overnight and then the wind direction changes. instead of that very mild south—westerly wind, we get more of a northwesterly wind by the time we get into wednesday. and that will bring some chillier
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air and perhaps one or two wintry showers into the far northwest. but really, wednesday is a very messy day. there's a lot of cloud. could be some rain here and there and across some northern hills. that rain may turn a bit wintry later on in the day as things start to get a little bit chillier. so we've got seven or eight degrees across the northwest. in the southeast, still temperatures ten or 11 degrees, not as mild as it is at the moment. we start the week ahead with very mild conditions, but with a lot of cloud. then we get that rain around the middle part of the week. then things get a little bit colder, perhaps with the risk of frost at night as well.
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this is bbc news, the headlines officials in turkey say most rescue efforts following the recent earthquake will end today, as hopes fade of finding anyone else alive. police in the north of england have found a body near where a woman went missing three weeks ago. nicola bulley was last seen walking her dog near a river in the northwest of england on january 27th. the us secretary of state antony blinken says china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia for its war against ukraine. and at the bafta film awards in london tonight the first world war german—language film, "all quiet on the western front", was the big winner taking home seven awards including best film and best director.
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