this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk, on pbs in the us and around the globe. our top stories... one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter. lam not i am not forced at the epicentre and people are still trying to find places to live and in fear on the streets. a suicide attack in southwest pakistan has killed at least nine police officers. the explosion struck a police truck in balochistan province. migrants crossing the english channel in small boats would be banned from ever returning to the uk under new government plans — but refugee

charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. in ukraine — fierce fighting continues as russian forces advance on the eastern city of bakhmut. the deputy mayor says the region is "almost destroyed." and the stars behind the irish comedy the banshees 0f inisherin speak to us ahead of the oscars on sunday. to feel it as colloquial and then see it go out into the world and be received by people from all sorts of, you know, the corners of the globe that we share is pretty surprising and cool. hello, this is bbc news. welcome to viewers around the world and those watching us on pbs america. exactly a month after

the devastating earthquakes which killed more than 50,000 people across turkey and syria, an unprecedented number of people are living without proper shelter. the united nations development programme — the undp — estimates that in turkey alone at least one and a half million people still inside the disaster zone are homeless. the true figure could be even higher. let's show you some live pictures from hatay in turkey — which was one of the worst affected areas. the damage all too apparent, one month on. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is in antakya for us. anna forster, good morning to you, tell us about the people trying to construct some sort of routine in these extraordinary circumstances. they are and it is incredibly

difficult. you see a flavour of how difficult. you see a flavour of how difficult things are, buildings like this, under construction, the about next to it filled with cracks and people are trying to make homes amongst all of this. people living in tents, people who want to try and stay close to the places they know because that is where they feel safe but in many cases they have lost absolutely everything. in places like this, trying to get food, water, power is difficult, you can see the wind swirling around and that catches great clouds of dust and particles of rubble and glass, making it difficult for people to breathe in children playing. 0ne breathe in children playing. one month on, things are still hard and people are trying to find shelter. these trains haven't left the station for a month. they're homes instead now to earthquake survivors. yilmaz and five of his family

live in this carriage. they sleep on the seats, the few possessions they have around them. translation: they wanted to provide tents to us, but i refused. _ tents are cold and this place has a notoriously strong wind. when it blows, all the tents will end up on the sea. afad, the turkish disaster management agency, says around 2 million people have left the quake zone altogether. 1.5 million more are still here and struggling. there's anger, too, that so many buildings were allowed to have design features that struggle to withstand an earthquake. more than 160,000 either collapsed or were badly damaged. and it wasn'tjust the old ones. this is a well—to—do area.

all of them should have stayed up. but look, this one is so new that you can still see the stickers in the glass on the top floor. nobody had even moved in there yet, and yet it has still toppled to the ground. the scale of the task ahead is enormous. there isn't enough mechanical equipment in the country to clear the rubble quickly. so places like iskenderun�*s collapsed hospital wing stay as they are. personal medical notes litter the ruins. there are smashed pieces of equipment and medicines lying on the floor. it's a moment frozen in time. people across southern turkey simply don't know how long they'll be living like this for. some, like this woman, want to stay as close to home as they can. she's sleeping in a tent right outside her damaged house. translation: my valuable articles are in there. - thieves are roaming around.

the police are barely keeping them away. lots of thieves. how can i leave here? sprawling tented camps are the new towns. big promises have been made for a programme of permanent rebuilding. but it won't happen quickly. you can't deal with devastation on a scale like this in days or even in weeks. the impact of this is going to be felt by people here in southern turkey for years. anna foster, bbc news, antakya. and here you get a sense of how long things will take. this is the construction of slightly more permanent structures that you see, these will be showers and toilets but look how close they are to the

devastation and as we said, clearing all of this, physically having enough diggers and trucks and lorries to take this rubble away will take an enormously long time so even as plans start to be made in a future which people will be living out of their homes for an extremely long time they are still stuck with memories like this. it is so hard for them to get away from everything they have endured and see some signs of safe and positive futures. that was anna foster _ of safe and positive futures. that was anna foster in _ of safe and positive futures. that was anna foster in antakya, thank you. i'm joined now by jaime lesueur, head of emergency operations for the red cross. one month on, tell us about what the red cross are doing, we saw in that report some people are unable to move, others not wanting to move from their home so how are you trying to help?— from their home so how are you trying to help? thank you. the long and short of—

trying to help? thank you. the long and short of it _ trying to help? thank you. the long and short of it is _ trying to help? thank you. the long and short of it is we _ trying to help? thank you. the long and short of it is we have _ trying to help? thank you. the long and short of it is we have only - trying to help? thank you. the long and short of it is we have onlyjust i and short of it is we have onlyjust begun this operation. one month and the turkish red crescent society has delivered over 100 million meals to people, they are providing emergency medical support through 12 mobile health clinics in rural communities, psychological support to much of the community but this is a drop in a bucket in terms of what their needs are here notjust today but also the future. as we go through this operation what we will start with is the humanitarian phase and we are strongly still within the humanitarian phase, looking at provision of food to the affected still staying in tents for the coming months because as we move people from tendered shelters into prefabricated homes into reconstructed homes, as we heard in the previous interview introduction this will take a lot of time. we are planning notjust today this will take a lot of time. we are planning not just today for the humanitarian operation spot for the coming months and then this

transition into recovery. how we use multipurpose cash for other recovery programmes to help people get on their feet? programmes to help people get on theirfeet? to programmes to help people get on their feet? to give you an programmes to help people get on theirfeet? to give you an idea of what antakya looks like, i have seen a lot of the devastated cities in the affected area and we are talking about a city the size of manchester that has been levelled. itjust goes on and on and on and on. and it is surprising and shocking, even for those of us who did this for a living, to see this level of devastation because it's notjust the buildings that have collapsed, it is the social fabric, the banks, the supermarkets, the restaurants destroyed so as we go back to building shelters in the long—term reconstruction efforts there is also the element of the social and community infrastructure that has to be built and this is where i think the turkish red crescent has a

pretty strong added value, using community centres and volunteers and the penetration we have to bring and build back better and build back social cohesion and fabric that has been unfortunately and devastatingly lost in this earthquake. {shrew been unfortunately and devastatingly lost in this earthquake.— lost in this earthquake. given the scale of the _ lost in this earthquake. given the scale of the devastation - lost in this earthquake. given the scale of the devastation that - lost in this earthquake. given the scale of the devastation that we i scale of the devastation that we have seen the pictures of over the last month which you describe is surprising and shocking even for someone like you working in this field, how long does the emergency phase of this last four given the scale, presumably, that could be quite a long time? it is scale, presumably, that could be quite a long time?— quite a long time? it is hard to sa . we quite a long time? it is hard to say- we know _ quite a long time? it is hard to say. we know the _ quite a long time? it is hard to say. we know the search - quite a long time? it is hard to say. we know the search and l quite a long time? it is hard to - say. we know the search and rescue phase usually lasts for around a 72 hour window but in this context and lasted for eight, nine, ten days, thatis lasted for eight, nine, ten days, that is the reality. we cannot predict the future but what is more important is we are here to provide humanitarian assistance now and for as long as it is needed and recovery

assistance to the turkish red crescent for as long as that is needed. the red cross red crescent network is the domestic responder, we are building on top of an emergency social safety net work and we have a really good added value to help people today, tomorrow and as they build their lives however long that may take. they build their lives however long that may take-— they build their lives however long that may take. jamie, thank you so much. officials in south—west pakistan say a suicide bomber has killed at least nine policemen. the explosion struck a police truck in the southwestern city of sibbi in balochistan province. hospital medics say at least 15 others have been injured in the attack. there's been a series of recent attacks across pakistan targeting police officers. it's not clear who's behind the latest incident. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies is in islamabad for us. good morning to you. tell us about

this attack and how it unfolded. we know this attack and how it unfolded. - know that the people involved in this attack, the police officers had been travelling back from the sibbi festival, a cultural and historical festival that happens every year. we have seen images of what happened afterwards, the images of the truck they were travelling in leapt on its roof by the force of the blast. we can see there are bags strewn on the ground but there is some bloodstains on the ground as well and we note the security forces cornered off the area and the emergency services took the injured to hospital. in terms of further details, security officials have told us they believe a motorcycle rammed into the side of the vehicle. they are still investigating but at the moment many people are believing this is a terrorist attack and intentional. we

have heard from prime minister sharif who condemned the attack and talked about the attackers as trying to destabilise the country by carrying out these sorts of incidents but at the moment, we still have not heard who could be responsible for the blast. no one as yet has claimed it. ihla responsible for the blast. no one as yet has claimed it.— yet has claimed it. no claim yet but we know separatists _ yet has claimed it. no claim yet but we know separatists in _ yet has claimed it. no claim yet but we know separatists in this - yet has claimed it. no claim yet but we know separatists in this region l we know separatists in this region have been fighting the government for a very long time and we know the pakistani taliban has carried out similar attacks so tell us more about how the authorities will try to get to the bottom of who is behind this pending any claim from one of these groups.— behind this pending any claim from one of these groups. exactly. those are the two — one of these groups. exactly. those are the two groups _ one of these groups. exactly. those are the two groups mostly - one of these groups. exactly. those are the two groups mostly in - one of these groups. exactly. those are the two groups mostly in the - are the two groups mostly in the spotlight and it could be an entirely different group but the pakistani taliban have had increasing attacks and also by affiliated groups, they tend to target police and security officials

in their attacks and one of their demands across these multiple groups that are affiliated to them is often the demand for sharia law across pakistan. but we have not heard from them, the alternative could be set groups from balochistan fighting for independence for balochistan which is one of the largest pakistan provinces, very sparsely populated. and also has a very large amount of mineral wealth as well and many of the balochistan separatists argue thatis the balochistan separatists argue that is not being shared appropriately and fairly across balochistan so that is why quite often they also target groups. but at the moment we have no clarity about exactly which group is responsible but we know the police have said they are carrying out an investigation and we are keeping a close eye to see if any group comes forward to stake a claim to this particular attack.— forward to stake a claim to this particular attack. caroline, thank ou. channel migrants who enter

the country on small boats will be removed from the uk, banned from future re—entry and unable to apply for british citizenship, under new legislation. in the coming days, the government will lay out its plans to fulfil one of the prime minister's pledges to crack down on people who enter the uk illegally. our political correspondent helen catt reports. small boats like these brought more than 115,000 migrants into the uk last year — an unfair and immoral trade, according to the prime minister, which he's personally pledged to stop. it is not cruel or unkind to want to break the stranglehold of criminal gangs, who trade in human misery and who exploit our system and laws. enough is enough. proposed new laws will be unveiled tomorrow to stop people who come to the uk through illegal routes from being able to claim asylum. instead, they will be detained and removed, according to the home secretary.

the government will also announce tomorrow that once they are removed, they will be banned for life from the uk and barred from ever applying for british citizenship. legal challenges have stalled the government's flagship plan announced last summer to send asylum seekers to rwanda and some have doubts about the new legislation. just seems that it's more pandering to public opinion, rather than providing a clear plan as to how things are going to work. it's not really workable in terms of the wording so far. so the devil will be in the detail. especially in relation to where it says we're going to remove people to rwanda or other countries. that's quite problematic because we don't have agreements to return people to other countries. the refugee council has claimed it would lead to tens of thousands of refugees who would have been granted asylum in the uk being locked up in detention. working with france to tackle crossings is also considered vital by the government. the prime minister is due to meet the french president, emmanuel macron, on friday.

for his pledge to stop the boats, this could be a pivotal week. helen catt, bbc news. ali is an asylum seeker who made the crossing them self and he spoke to us earlier about the impact it would happen people like him. lats us earlier about the impact it would happen people like him.— happen people like him. lots of them, they _ happen people like him. lots of them. they do _ happen people like him. lots of them, they do not _ happen people like him. lots of them, they do not know - happen people like him. lots of them, they do not know where l happen people like him. lots of- them, they do not know where they are. they are kept in a dark place orforest for a while are. they are kept in a dark place or forest for a while and say ok, let's go. most asylum seekers do not know exactly where they are and others, actually, they try to arrive to england because i think about 30% of them are from safe countries. i have no idea about them. but asylum seekers especially from the middle east, they have no idea of their

final destination and it is something chosen by the smugglers, not the asylum seekers. let's get more on this from our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. is there a significant gap year between government rhetoric on this issue and what they have demonstrated they are able to do or not do as the case may be because for example the government has talked about removing people to reminder or another safe country but none of those flights have actually happened yet? the none of those flights have actually happened yet?— none of those flights have actually happened yet? the simple answer is we do not know _ happened yet? the simple answer is we do not know if— happened yet? the simple answer is we do not know if this _ happened yet? the simple answer is we do not know if this new— we do not know if this new legislation will make a difference because we have not seen the full thing yet but what we do know some of the details that were in the piece a few minutes ago from helen but that has been the crux of the problem for the government. they have talked a lot about taking strong action against people who cross the channel on small boats. but often struggle to deliver on it.

nick, i think you are struggling slightly, i know you were coughing so we will not ask you to struggle through another answer for the moment but thank you so much for that. russian and ukrainian forces are fighting in the streets of bakhmut — but russia does not control the eastern city, its deputy mayor has said. oleksandr marchenko has told the bbc that "not a single building" had remained untouched and that the city is "almost destroyed". bakhmut has seen months of fighting and is now almost totally encircled by russian forces. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv. good morning to you and tell us more from there about the latest updates you are getting on the respective positions of the ukrainian and russian is right now. the fighting

is fierce and hard and overnight president zelensky said it was the toughest battle supper painful and challenging. toughest battle supper painful and challen . in . ., toughest battle supper painful and challenauin. ., ,., , challenging. there are reports russian forces _ challenging. there are reports russian forces are _ challenging. there are reports russian forces are continuing l challenging. there are reports i russian forces are continuing to make small and incremental gains, holding positions in the north and south and east, the ukrainians holding largely the centre, they have access to the west but the russians are attempting to encircle at the moment. but every inch of territory is clearly very hard—fought. british military officials say they have had reports on some occasions russian forces have been making assault on ukrainian positions armed solely with their firearms and their space. which you know, russian forces have traditionally also used in the equivalent way that a bayonet would be used by other forces. in other words, an indication of how close the combat is on the ground in this battle that is now the longest battle that is now the longest battle in this war so far. this has

been going on now in bakhmut for well over six months. just been going on now in bakhmut for well over six months.— well over six months. just remind our readers _ well over six months. just remind our readers if _ well over six months. just remind our readers if you _ well over six months. just remind our readers if you worried - well over six months. just remind our readers if you worried about i well over six months. just remind l our readers if you worried about the significance of this location. is it usually strategically important or is this now almost about symbolism given that it's been going on for so long, is it a battle of wills between ukraine and russia? yes, it is a battle of — between ukraine and russia? yes, it is a battle of wills _ between ukraine and russia? yes, it is a battle of wills but _ between ukraine and russia? yes, it is a battle of wills but there - between ukraine and russia? yes, it is a battle of wills but there are - is a battle of wills but there are also different motivations on both sides. russia has clearly chosen bakhmut to be a place where it wants to focus its forces, the kremlin is in dire need of some kind of success so seizing bakhmut would be a victory, a trophy, something to talk about. russian strategists also see it as a springboard, an attempt to gain further territory in the donbas, it is the traditional russian military playbook, you bombard a city, sent invoices, you take it and move onto the next one

and slowly and incrementally make gains, that is the russian aim but many thousands of russians are dying and that is the aim of ukraine, to defend here and degrade the russian military capability. defend here and degrade the russian military capability-— military capability. james, thank ou. let's get some of the day's other news initial results from estonia's general election suggest victory for the prime minister kaja kallis and her reform party. with most of the ballots counted, it's secured about a third of the votes. the election was dominated by estonia's stance on the war in ukraine. the british government has said it will continue to support students accepted by the european union's key scientific research programme, horizon, after their situation had been left in doubt following brexit. the uk will continue its financial support tilljune, bridging the funding gap left by the eu. pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan,

has been barred from making speeches on the country's national television. pakistan's media regulator accused him of repeating baseless allegations against state institutions and spreading hate speech. mr khan says the allegations are politically motivated. it's already won four baftas and it's been nominated for no less than nine oscars. the banshees of inisherin is the irish movie taking the awards season by storm. sophie long has been talking with some of the stars behind the dark comedy. now, if i've done something to you, just tell me what i've done to you. you didn't do anything to me. ijust don't like you no more. you liked me yesterday. the banshees of inisherin focuses on an intensely local conflict between two men when one unilaterally declares an end to theirfriendship. but it's resonated around the world. globally, universally, we all do go through much of the same things.

so to feel it as colloquial and then see it go out into the world and be received by people from all sorts of, you know, the corners of the globe that we share has been pretty surprising and cool. what's the best bit about being nominated for an oscar for you? just that they can't take it away. it is. it's like, you know, yeah, you're part of the history of the cinematic world in a way that i wanted to contribute to it. yeah. mad. did not see it coming. reserve the right to continue to say i did not see it coming and mean it. you know, it's one of the most shocking surprises i've had in 25 years of being an actor, how this film has been received. the picturesque and profane intermingle as the complexities of life and friendship are explored through brutal, dark comedy, earning the banshees of inisherin no less than nine oscar nominations. have you been rowing? we haven't been rowing.

i don't think we've been rowing. how do. how do, padraic. sit somewhere else. huh? er...but i have my pint there, colm. he has his pint there, colm, - from when he came in and ordered his pint before. well, ok, i'll sit somewhere else. to be here isjust an absolute joy. and look, we're doing it a while, this fella and me, and so... you can't legislate for what they're feeling. i didn't think i was looking forward to it, but i was. i thought i might, but i didn't. like, that's just a human thing. er, but it's not... it was a significant thing. joyous. yeah. what are you going to wear? oh, that's the question! what are you going to wear, big man? i know what i'm going to wear. i know what he's going to wear as well. watch out. watch this space. oh, yeah. tasty.

i'm going to large. tasty. can't be waiting around for any more of this madness! - you are watching bbc news. hello again. this picture behind me was taken in shetland will be so quite a bit of snow. snow in the forecast this week potentially as far south as southern england later in the beeper today and tomorrow the snow and ice risk is in northern to scotland and north—east england and the risk of travel disruption. we could have up to 20 centimetres on higher ground across the highlands, 5-10 higher ground across the highlands, 5—10 centimetres across north—east england but we see there is no getting down to lower levels as well. today this weather front is sinking south, taking cloud, patchy light rain and drizzle with it and behind that cold air digs in and we

continue with frequent wintry showers across the north of scotland interspersed with sunshine. temperatures today, 1 degrees in lerwick, milderairfurthersouth. this evening and overnight the weather front sinks south, the cold air digging in behind and the wintry showers falling in areas exposed to the northerly wind. we could see some inland. temperatures may well thought to —8 in sheltered lenses so widespread frost and a risk of ice to start the day, dry weather tomorrow, be a bit of sunshine but still areas exposed to the northerly wind will see wintry weather and it will feel cold when you add in wind strength, despite what the thermometer it might say. feeling like —5 in aberdeen. tuesday night even colder —10 in some sheltered glands, widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated services and we run into a complication. the atlantic are dry to come and across

the uk but they are to care embedded across our shores. the positioning of these weather fronts as crucial as is the area of low pressure coming in as to where we get the snow. at the moment this is what we think. coming in across the south of england for a time. then reverting back to cloud and rain but later we see more rain and some snow coming in across the south—west. pushing further north, drier with some sunshine. even as we head towards the end of the week, there is still the end of the week, there is still the risk of disruptive snowfall edging north although it will turn that bit milder in the south.

this is bbc news. the headlines... one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter.. a suicide attack in southwest pakistan has killed at least nine police officers. the explosion struck a police truck in balochistan province. migrants crossing the english channel in small boats would be banned from ever returning to the uk under new government plans — but refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. in ukraine — fierce fighting continues as russian forces advance on the eastern city of bakhmut.

the deputy mayor says the region is "almost destroyed." you are watching bbc news... insiders at the social media giant twitter have told bbc�*s panorama that the company is no longer able to protect users from online abuse, state—co—ordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation — following mass sackings and changes under new owner elon musk. exclusive academic research, and testimony from twitter users, supports their allegations, suggesting hate is thriving under musk�*s leadership. our social media and disinformation correspondent marianna spring reports. with more than 350 million users, twitter�*s often described as the town square of the internet.

but since elon musk took over last october, the company has been in chaos. the personal abuse i receive on twitter has tripled. so i headed to san francisco to look for answers. twitter used to have around 7,500 employees. now at least half of them have been fired or chosen to leave, including lisa jennings young. she worked on features designed to protect users like me from online hate. thanks so much for having us. it was not at all perfect, but we were trying and we were making things better. one of these protective measures was a nudge function to scan tweets and ask users if they wanted to reconsider posting something potentially abusive. twitter�*s own research, seen by the bbc, appears to show the nudge and other safety tools being effective. so overall, 60% of users deleted or edited their reply when given a chance via the nudge. is it still happening? is there anyone working on it? no. there's no—one there to work on that at this time. the nudge does still exist.

but when lisa and i tried it out, it appeared to be working less consistently. no nudge. one engineer still working at twitter, agreed to speak anonymously about what's been unfolding on the inside. it's like a building, where all the pieces are on fire. when you look at it from the outside, the facade looks fine, but i can see that nothing is working. like others i spoke to, he said it's been difficult to maintain features intended to protect twitter users from trolling and harassment. people like ellie wilson. while at university in glasgow, she was raped. she started sharing her experience as a survivor on social media last summer. but when she tweeted about her attacker injanuary after the takeover, she received dozens of abusive replies. the trolls' accounts targeting her had become more active since the takeover. some were newly created or appeared to have been reinstated after musk�*s amnesty on previously

banned accounts. what would you say to elon musk if you had the opportunity? i would ask, "why are these accounts that are bullying and harassing people still allowed on the platform?" i would like him to read some of the messages that i've been sent and tell me why those accounts are still allowed to be on twitter. musk has used votes on twitter to make decisions about its future. these polls have no statistical value but, having contacted him every way possible, i used one to try to catch his attention. over 40,000 twitter users voted and 89% of them said they'd like elon musk to do an interview with me. neither twitter nor musk have responded to the points raised in this investigation. twitter says defending and respecting the user's voice remains one of its core values. but the users i've spoken to are left with questions. marianna spring, bbc news. ambulance workers in england have called off strikes

which were due to take place today and wednesday. the unite union will enter pay talks with ministers. two other ambulance workers' unions — unison and gmb — had already paused their walk—outs after what they said was a �*huge shift�* in the government's position. the trial of a man accused of shooting dead a nine—year—old girl inside her own home in liverpool is due to begin today. olivia pratt—korbel was killed in august last year, when a gunman allegedly opened fire while chasing another man who had forced his way into the house. 34—year—old thomas cashman denies murder. the former metropolitan police officer wayne couzens will be sentenced today for three counts of indecent exposure, one of which took place just days before he murdered sarah everard. couzens has admitted the offences, which took place at a fast—food restaurant in kent, and in woodland. he's currently serving a life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of 33—year—old sarah everard after he used his

position as a serving officer to trick her into getting into his car. one of the uk's longest serving prisoners, charles bronson, will launch his latest bid for freedom at a public parole hearing which starts today. the 70—year—old, who now uses the name charles salvador, has a reputation for attacking staff and other inmates. our correspondent sean dilley reports. i've got a horrible, nasty, vicious, violent past. i've never killed anyone. charles bronson speaking on a channel a documentary. he has, though, harmed many people. the 70—year—old was convicted of armed robbery and wounding under his real name, michael peterson, in 197a. a year later, he attacked another inmate with a glass jug and became notorious for assaulting prisoners and staff. his offending continued, his sentences increased. all told, he said he held 11 hostages in 9 different sieges. among them, his own solicitor

and a prison librarian, for whom he demanded a ransom of a helicopter, a cup of tea and an inflatable doll. he's been involved in rooftop protests and repeated violence against inmates. in 2014, he received a two—year sentence for holding a prison governor in a headlock. now he says he's changed. never harmed a woman, never harmed a child. i'm focused, i'm sound. i can actually smell and taste freedom, like i've never, ever done in my life. later, the first day of a public parole hearing will begin at the high court in london. bronson is the second prisoner to have his case heard in public since the rules changed last year. the majority of people released each year from prison are released automatically. the parole board will look at people who've committed some of the most serious offenses to consider whether it is safe to release them. each year, we review about 16,000 people and we release

about 4,000 people. and it's all about looking at the evidence of the offences that they've committed and the progress they've made in custody to determine whether it is safe for the public for those people to be released. the parole board'sjob is not to decide on their personal feelings towards a man who freely admits to having a horrible, nasty, vicious past. but instead they must decide whether he still presents a risk to others. sean dilley, bbc news. across the uk, almost a million people are living with some form of dementia. it's an illness which can impact your memory, your mood and even your movement. it can also come at a huge financial and emotional cost for the loved ones around you. bbc breakfast�*s nina warhurst and her sisters amy and mel have been trying to make sense of the condition since their dad chris was diagnosed with dementia last year. my dad is a funny man is how i'd sum him up.

ever since being little, he could give a little side eye at somebody — a stranger that he would just know we'd all find funny and we would all collapse in laughter. and he can still do that, even after all these years. he's funny. that is probably a word that most people, his colleagues, his friends, his family would use for him — he's very funny. and he's charming, he's a very charming man. he can still very much make me laugh. we can still make him laugh. that wit and humour is still very much there. not sure we always know what we're laughing at or about, but the laughter is very much there. so what year is that photo? that's the boy. who's that? georgie. george best. yeah. what do you remember about him? i remember him lifting the european cup. yeah. you were friends with him. oh, yeah. you used to go out with him. yeah. we used to go to old trafford

to watch united play. yeah. and george best would be there, wouldn't he? watching as well. and he always still came and said hello, didn't he? oh, it's more than that. those were the days, eh? yeah. this is what i don't understand about dementia. so we had an incredibly engaged and switched on gp. his social care team were supportive and empathetic. when he ended up in emergency care, salford royal hospital was amazing. he had three daughters who were engaged and wanted to do the best by him and still we collectively felt like we were in freefall. and until you have a clear diagnosis, you can't necessarily get all the support that you need. so you're left as a carer thinking you're trying your best but that you're failing everywhere. i had two very young girls.

i had full—time work and a husband and to try and juggle all of that, it was near impossible. when i wasn't with him, i was thinking about him and itjust takes over you completely. a really hard bit, and ifeel guilty now when i think about it is that he was getting on my nerves and having to do all these practical things was getting me down and because of that stress, we stopped having nice times together. we stopped enjoying one another�*s company. and i feel like that last year when we had him at home, we won't get that back now. and that's really hard, and i feel guilty about that. yeah. i do feel really guilty about that. sorry.

# it's a dirty old town # dirty old town. # lovely. so it's been about a year now, hasn't it, since he moved in? because he's been there since, yeah, february 2022. and he's a lot more settled now. looking back to a year ago. yeah, absolutely. and i think, you know, that's because he's got the right care, isn't it? and we were absolutely doing our best. i feel really positive now about the future with my dad because his basic needs are being met. he's in a wonderful care home. he has regular visits with us. he's resting a lot. he's physically looking well. and i know we have great times ahead of us. as children are heading back to school this morning, one group of friends in greater manchester has

a fresh new �*look�* — they've all shaved their heads. it's not a fashion statement but a gesture of support for theirfriend, oliver — who lost his hair while being treated for a brain tumour. the gang — who call themselves "oliver's army" — had simultaneous buzzcuts in front of the whole school. ian haslam went to stockport to see for himself. this is oliver's army arriving on stage for a school assembly with a difference. the difference being that a group of heads are about to be shaved by oliver and a team of local hairdressers. how are you feeling ahead of all this doing for you this morning? it's nice to know that my friends at school are supporting me. what's weird is before i had my hairfall out, my hair was longer than any of these. now that these guys are getting theirs shaved, i'm going to be the only one with hair. the boys themselves came up with the plan, including oliver's twin brother, george. i was, of course, devastated

when i heard the news that he had cancer, and instantly ijust knew that i had to do something to help. and now we're here. what do you think of your brother doing this for you? i think he has just helped me through this so much. and so before an enthusiastic audience, it was haircut time. cheering reuben, you've gone bald here, straight down the middle, how does that feel? it's crazy. yeah. i want to know what i look like. you look so weird, you do! it's gone. you look almost unrecognisable right now. i know. are you the same child that was here a few minutes ago? yeah, but i feel like i went a bit too far. it's been a devastating time for all of us, but events like this really do make a difference.

they describe themselves as a wall of friends around oliver. theyjust want to protect him. they want to look after him. and they want to do everything they can to just help us get through this. is it really that bad? yes, it is! the children have just really thought about how it must feel for oliver at the moment. we've got such amazing examples of youngsters today and what they're able to achieve. no head shaving for you, but a lovely pink do. thank you very much. i got up very early to do this. after ten minutes or so, the cuts were complete. i honestlyjust don't know what to say. they've supported me through all of this and i think they were just brave to do it. so you all feeling good now, boys? yep, yep. bit cold on my head, but...! and how do you think they look now? like me. and that's good, isn't it? yeah! unless, of course, parents take the wrong children home after school!

with that, it was time to reveal the latest oliver's army fundraising total, which is now past £17,000. ian haslam, bbc news. what an amazing bunch of friends. best wishes to all himself. —— oliver himself. as we reported many children in the uk are off to school this morning but — due to illness — not every pupil can get into a classroom. so, some schools are bringing the classroom to them by using robots which can act like teachers or classmates. david lumb's been to see one in action. which of the following will always improve the profit margin of a business? it improve the profit margin of a business?— business? it is it reducing expenses? _ business? it is it reducing expenses? business - business? it is it reducing i expenses? business studies business? it is it reducing - expenses? business studies from home. expenses? business studies from home- this _ expenses? business studies from home. this robot _ expenses? business studies from home. this robot allows - expenses? business studies from home. this robot allows aleix - expenses? business studies from home. this robot allows aleix to l home. this robot allows aleix to attend lessons remotely when attending in person is not practical. attending in person is not practical-—

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now, _ lessons, they are part of the class now. part — lessons, they are part of the class now. part of— lessons, they are part of the class now, part of the furniture. if lessons, they are part of the class now, part of the furniture.- now, part of the furniture. if you have a question, _ now, part of the furniture. if you have a question, there _ now, part of the furniture. if you have a question, there is - now, part of the furniture. if you have a question, there is a - now, part of the furniture. if you have a question, there is a hand | have a question, there is a hand icon, press and the robot's head will go blue in the teacher then knows you've got a question. it is not the only _ knows you've got a question. it is not the only company to develop remote learning robots. use one at a school in oxfordshire from a few years ago. this one has notjust helped alex keep up—to—date with school work, . .. helped alex keep up—to—date with school work,... i helped alex keep up-to-date with school work, . . ._ school work, . .. i get to interact with everyone. _ school work, . .. i get to interact with everyone, not _ school work, . .. i get to interact with everyone, notjust - school work, . .. i get to interact with everyone, notjust any - school work, . .. i get to interact | with everyone, notjust any kind school work, . .. i get to interact i with everyone, notjust any kind of school way, it is more of a mates way, hanging out and being able to just socialise and chat about our favourite things of anime in doctor who and things at that, it is amazing. —— anime and doctor who. a year ago, one of the most famous ships of all time — sir ernest shackleton's �*endurance' — was discovered, perfectly preserved, at the bottom of the sea in antarctica. since then, experts searching for the ship's insurance policy have found the document and say it holds the key to future conservation plans. our science editor rebecca morelle reports.

it was the shipwreck they thought would never be found. but a year ago, sir ernest shackleton's lost ship, endurance, was discovered, lying 3,000 metres down in the antarctic deep, almost perfectly preserved, frozen in time. but this remarkable find has set the expedition team off on another quest. this time at lloyd's insurers in the city of london. whenever a large ship is lost to the sea, it's recorded in pen and ink in a loss book. it's a tradition that still happens today, but it goes back to 1774. and the hope was they'd find shackleton's ship on the day she sank. we've come to where the archives are stored. there are 140 loss books going back hundreds of years. shackleton's endurance sank in november 1915, so you'd expect the record to be in this loss book here for 1915.

but the news of the sinking in antarctica took a while to reach london. and in fact, the record has been discovered in this book here in june 1916. and now, a century after it was written, the book is being opened up again. so these were all the loss books from lloyd's, and this is the loss book. john shears, who discovered endurance in antarctica, has brought alexandra shackleton, ernest shackleton's granddaughter, to see the record. and as you can see... amazing. ..endurance, british, crushed by ice in the weddell sea and afterwards founded. he would never have seen this entry, would he? gee, that's a good question. it was an amazing experience. i didn't know there was an entry in the loss book. i knew very little about the loss book. it's all part of the amazing pattern of more and more information surfaces. these were the final moments of endurance captured in footage

restored and released by the bfi. we know from shackleton's diary that the ship sank beneath the ice on the 21st of november 1915. it took the endurance crew six months and a trek of hundreds of miles to get to safety. incredibly, they all survived. so shackleton was only able to send a telegram back to a newspaper in london at the end of may, 1916. your grandfather sent a report on the 31st of may in the falklands, that was reported by the chronicle in their late edition on the 1st. shackleton's ship endurance was the first ship to be insured what lloyd's called into the ice zone. at that time, she was one of the strongest wooden ships ever built. so lloyd's actually thought that she was a very good risk. but of course, he lost the ship. and lucky for him, he had the insurance policy, and we now know that the insurance policy paid out. shackleton was paid £15,000 by the insurers weeks after the loss book entry was made.

in today's money, that's more than £1,000,000. so what will happen to the wreck now? i think she should be left as she is, miraculous. she still exists in the wonderful, beautiful form she is. she should just be left there. i've even had people come to say to me, "it's better she'd never have been discovered, more romantic." but i'm very happy she has been discovered. but i never thought there would be images, let alone beautiful images. so for now, the ship will be left resting in the darkness of this remote corner of the world. but her stories and the discoveries will keep on coming. rebecca morelle, bbc news. police searching for three women and two men who were reported missing after a night out in cardiff have found three of them dead and two with serious injuries. these are the latest picture from the search area. the five friends were last seen in cardiff in the early hours of saturday saturday night. gwent police say the car was recovered in the early hours of this morning. the three dead have not yet been identified.

the anniversary of the first ever spitfire flight has been marked with a fly—past — above the grave of its designer. (tx reginald mitchell died before the plane entered production in southampton. he only ever saw his k5054 prototype airborne, including the first test flight on the fifth of march, 1936. russian reservist troops have been sent into battle with ukrainians with only light firearms and shovels according to the uk ministry of defence. the intelligence report comes as both sides continue to fight for the eastern city of bakhmut in a bid to take control of the area. fighting has been ongoing for several months in the city, which is still home to around 4000 civilians. the prime minister of greece, kyriakos mitsotakis, has asked for forgiveness from the families of 57 people who died in a rail crash on tuesday. he said it should not have been possible for two trains heading in different directions to run

on the same line without anyone noticing. thousands of protestors, including striking rail workers, have again clashed with police. they blame the collision on government neglect. sofia bettiza reports. there's an outcry in greece. for the third day in a row, people have been protesting all over the country. this is a sign that anger is pulsing across greece and the systemic failings that allowed this disaster to happen. on 28 february, a passenger train and freight train that were travelling in opposite directions ended up on the same track. 57 people were killed, mainly students. on sunday, hundreds of balloons were released in the sky above syntagma square in athens

to honour their memory. later that day a stationmaster appeared in court. he was charged with manslaughter by negligence. his lawyer said he's admitted to having a share of responsibility in the accident. and the prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, apologised to the bereaved families on facebook. he promised a fast investigation. but many feel that's too little, too late. translation: despite the continuous warnings of the railway workers, - those responsible were indifferent to our requests over the safety systems and that is what led to this traffic accident. translation: the government needs to change the way they think. - they need to start caring about our lives. this must never happen again.

we shouldn't be afraid to take our children in the metro and in trains. this is rapidly becoming a defining issue in the next greek general election, which could be just weeks away. sofia bettiza, bbc news. police searching for three women and two men who were reported missing after a night out in cardiff have found three of them dead and two with serious injuries. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith is in cardiff. give us the latest from there if you would. ., , ., , ., , would. you might be able to see the olice would. you might be able to see the police presence _ would. you might be able to see the police presence behind _ would. you might be able to see the police presence behind me, - would. you might be able to see the police presence behind me, several| police presence behind me, several police presence behind me, several police vehicles and a white cording, but the important place to see here is the green screened area at the trees there. we understand that is where the vehicle was found, just after midnight last night. in the search for these people who had not

been seen since the early hours of friday morning. the five people involved, we understand, are people between the ages of 20—32. the ladies had been together in the newport area, started a night out, had travelled with the other two many miles, about 30 miles or so from here, but came back to the cardiff area and had not been seen since 2am on saturday morning. we are talking about a very long period before that car was found, but it was found, tragically, with three people inside who had lost their lives. we understand sophie is one of the ones who have survived, she and one other person have been taken to hospital with very serious injuries. it may have been that they were there for a very long time yesterday with no help for them, but the police say they are continuing

to investigate, trying to work out how that car could have ended up there in the early hours of the morning and then disappeared from view for such a long time, asking for any eye witnesses to come forward and talking to the families about this tragic news. now it's for the weather with carol kirkwood. it isa it is a cold week we have ahead of us. also some snow in the forecast. potentially as far south as southern england later. today we have a weather from the sinking south, cloud and rain and drizzle going with it. behind it, cold thinking and with increasing amounts of wintry showers across the north of scotland. still in the milder conditions further south, but wherever you are for the north, it will feel cold a few are out and about. this evening and overnight, where the fun continues to sing south comedy called their digs in a bit further south behind it and innate is exposed to the northerly wind around the coast, we will see

some further wintry showers. temperatures falling away to sub—0 for most, we can even see as low as -8 for most, we can even see as low as —8 in the highlands, widespread frost with the risk of ice to start the day. tomorrow cloud eventually cleared from the south, wintry showers and ages exposed to northerly wind and these are our temperatures, 1—7 or 8 degrees, feeling colder in the wind.

this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i'm annita mcveigh. our top stories... one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter. you can't deal with devastation on a scale like this in days or even weeks. the impact of this will be felt by people here in southern turkey for years. a suicide attack in southwest pakistan has killed at least nine police officers. the explosion struck a police truck in balochistan province. migrants crossing the english channel in small boats would be banned from ever returning to the uk under new government plans — but refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable.

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