the british monarch is| australia's head of state, but since queen elizabeth ii died last year, this a constitutional monarchy. also, australian authorities said that at the time the decision to feature the late queen elizabeth on the money was because of her personality rather than her role as a monarch. and you mentioned timing. this comes at a time when the centre left labour government in australia is trying to push a referendum in australia and the constitution to recognise and that its people and the constitution. it will take several years to come up with the new design and print the new money, so in the meantime people in australia will continue using the current $5 banknote. continue using the current $5 banknote-— banknote. 0k. interesting. sohia, banknote. ok. interesting. sophia, thank— banknote. 0k. interesting. sophia, thank you. - time now for the latest sports news. iam gavin i am gavin ramjaun and this is your update on the bbc sport centre. tom brady has confirmed he is retiring for good after 23 seasons in the nfl. the 45 euros quarterback first announced his retire

elizabeth ii, queen of this realm _ elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and all her other realms and territoriesnews. the latest headlines: the us military shoots down the chinese balloon that had been floating in american airspace. here in the uk, detectives trying to find a mother who has gone missing in lancashire say a new witness has come forward after a cctv image was released of a woman in a yellow coat. police have said that the woman was part of their enquiries to speak to as many members of the public as possible. police say they are working on the theory that the 45—year—old fell into the river. but friends of nicola have urged detectives to keep an open mind, as our reporter juliet philipps reports. the search for mum of two nicola bulley continues, eight days after she went missing. police yesterday said after extensive investigation, they're working on the hypothesis that nicola fell into the river — a theory nicola's friends and family have today questioned. as far as i'm aware, there has been no evidence found in the water that would point to the fact that nikki was in the water

elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth,ender of the faith. >> this is bbc news. more on the breaking news. president biden has ordered an object to be shut down by fighter jets over alaska. with high altitude objects, shut down in the past hour. white house said the object was the size of a small car. over a sparsely populated area at the time. it comes after the u.s. shot down a balloon. white house spokesman john kirby gave these details in the last few minutes. >> we are calling this an object because it is the best description we have. we don't know who owns it. whether it is state owned, corporate owned, or privately owned. we don't know. and we don't understand the full purpose. we don't have any information that would confirm a stated purpose for the object. we do expect to be able to recover debris. since it fell not only within our territorial space, but on what we believe is frozen water. a recovery effort will be made. we are hopeful it will be successful and we can learn more about it. >> parents like the chines

first president of the fifth republic charles de gaulle, queen elizabeth ii of great britain , the initiatorse economic reforms. deng xiaoping, all of them and many others were delighted with the provencal cuisine performed by mat expanded. what is the cuisine of provence? first of all, it is the olive oil of the olive plantations we have the sea. and we use oil always and everywhere we add it to soups. we fry hot dishes on it, among other things, olives. we eat as appetizers and make topinatas out of them. this is a paste that can be spread. bread among other trump cards provencal cuisine fresh vegetables and all kinds of herbs under the sun of the land of solar cuisine ripen the best in the world, tomatoes, eggplants, artichokes and much more, and that's it. this is willingly and masterfully used by local chefs , as for meat , beef, veal and pork are not very popular in provence, our main meat is lamb or lamb, we also eat rabbit and pigeon meat. well, and, of course, we must not forget that provence is a mediterranean historical region. so there are a lot of fish in our kitchen. chief fish

elizabeth ii, queen of this realm, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. kasia: welcome.s is "bbc world outside source" from the bbc. our main story is the continuing devastation in syria. we will come back to that later. we turn to the war in ukraine. e country's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, has made an impassioned appeal for fighter jets from the west during a surprise visit to the u.k. this is the moment he met that u.k. prime minister. he addressed parliament and king charles. he paid a visit -- he spoke to reporters afterwards. >> nato armore vehicles, they are the best and yet there are only a few of them. when you only have 10 nato armored vehicles against 1000 soviet armored vehicles, what are the chances? we have no way out. we have to stand firm. we need armored vehicles, we need tanks, we need fighter jets. we have spent a lot of time talking about this. kasia: that is what he needs. . let's have a look at what he has. the main take away is the u.k. has to train ukrainian pilots to fly nato fighter jets in the future. the defense secretary is investigating w

british parliament in the oldest part of the houses of commons, last seen by the public when queen elizabeth ii was lying in state. leaders will give, we hope, some kind of a briefing, either before or after their talks, and we are waiting for that to happen. when it does, we will continue live because their words, all-important on this momentous occasion. we are waiting for this to happen. the situation, we can tell you, is that volodymyr zelenskyy, of ukraine, is at the elysee meeting with emmanuel macron, the french president, and german chancellor olaf scholz. we know that both france and germany are backing ukraine as far as they possibly can. clearly, it has been the united kingdom that has led the way. the united states, of course, worldwide has led the way in backing ukraine so far, but clearly, there are issues related to tank technology. the leopard 2 is the most high combat vehicle in the world today, and we understand from analysis and questions and interviews we have done over the weeks that the leopard 2 is something russian tanks cannot penetrate. what we are waiting for here is

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allies, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore, our headlines. an extraordinary moment as a three year old girl is pulled out alive from the rubble of the earthquake, that's devastated turkey and syria. meanwhile, rescue workers continue the search for survivors — as the number killed soars to more than 7,000. presidentjoe biden will face republicans who question his legitimacy and a public concerned about the country's direction in today's state of the union speech. in his first address to a joint session of congress since republicans took control of the house of representatives, mr biden�*s speech is likely to dwell on accomplishments in the first two years of his presidency — when his party controlled both chambers. a short while ago our north america correspondent nada tawfik told me more about the likely focus of the address. i think for him the focus is going to be to really tout his accomplishments to the american peo

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allhe commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore, our headlines. at least 20,000 people are now known to have been killed in the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria. still relatives hope their loved ones might still be alive. let's stay with that main story now. dr akhilesh surjan is a humanitarian response and disaster management expert from charles darwin university. hejoins me now from darwin. great to get you on the programme. i'm here to dig necking to hear your thoughts on the next stage of operations in the devastated areas. it's very much a search and rescue phase now. what happens next? eight lot of things have to happen from now on and for the very long terms for the scale of disaster which is happened at the moment. we do not need to reinvent the wheel. this is a good thing. as communities begin to rebuild their lives after disasters several phases unfold. the current phase, which is search and rescue likely to go

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allhe commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani. ukraine's president zelensky has spent the day visiting european allies for the first time since his country was invaded by russia last year. he's been asking them to send more military help, including tanks, air defence systems, long—range missiles and jet fighters — to help his troops push back russian forces. this evening, he's been in paris, where he met the french president emmanuel macron and the german chancelor 0laf scholz. he urged them to deliver the equipment ukraine needed "as soon as possible". speaking alongside president zelensky, both leaders reaffirmed their continued support to ukraine. earlier, president zelensky visited the uk, where he addressed both houses of parliament at westminster to thank britain for its support. he again appealed for more military help, including fighterjets and the uk's prime minister rishi sunak said "nothing is off the table" when it came to giving m

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allterritories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: the earthquakes in turkey and syria have killed more than 12,000 people, it's feared thousands more are still trapped. there's been fierce fighting in and around the eastern city of bakhmut in ukraine. russian forces are trying to encircle the city and there is street to street fighting in some areas. russia's president putin is pushing hard for a victory in bakhmut before the first anniversary of the invasion in a few weeks' time, and before ukraine takes delivery of tanks from western allies. from eastern ukraine, our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. 0n the battlefields around bakhmut, we follow ukrainian national guardsmen hunting for the enemy. every minute counts, russian forces are attacking from three sides. this is the safest place, here on the front line. because we have 1.5 kilometres for the russian troops. now it

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm, and of allof the faith. this is bbc world news. our top story: hope and despair in turkey and syria as the painstaking search for survivors after the earthquakes continues. and with more on that story, naren briar is a human rights advocate and researcher, and she joins us from seattle. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. we are seeing awful pictures and hearing tragic stories from the ground. i believe you are in touch with families in kurdistan, are they 0k? ., ~ _, families in kurdistan, are they 0k? ., ~ o, 0k? thank you for the introduction. - 0k? thank you for the introduction. after - 0k? thank you for the introduction. after a i 0k? thank you for the - introduction. after a week speaking with friends and monitoring the situation, there are countless testimony and documents showing the turkish state is insisting on withholding aid to areas not aligned with the regime. this is discrimination. not only that, aid is blocked in syria where the turkish state currently occupies. bid

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allof the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: extensive search—and—rescue operations are under way after two powerful earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria, killing at least 3,500 people. the first quake measured 7.8 in magnitude and was felt as far away as lebanon and cyprus. the un secretary—general has called for an international response. to the uk now, where the head of epsom college — a private school in surrey — has been found dead along with her husband and seven—year—old daughter in their home in the school grounds. 45—year—old emma pattison, who became the first woman to lead the prestigious school last september, was found with her husband george and their daughter lettie. police say they are confident there was "no third—party involvement". here's our special correspondent lucy manning. the school that she led, where she inspired, has police cars, detectives and a major crime investigat

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm, and of alls, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines — an extraordinary moment, as a three—year—old girl is pulled out alive from the rubble of the earthquake that's devastated turkey and syria. meanwhile, rescue workers continue the search for survivors, as the number killed soars to more than 7,000. president biden will try to bring together a divided america when he makes his annual state of the union address to congress shortly. in his first address to a joint session of congress since republicans took control of the house of representatives. a short while ago, our north america correspondent nada tawfik gave me the latest on the upcoming speech. yeah, well, ithink yeah, well, i think for him the focus is going to be to really tout his accomplishments to the american people, while striking a tone that says that the job is not done, that there is still a lot of work to do, and the reason for that is because even th

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of alland territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc world news. our top stories: the earthquakes in turkey and syria have killed more than 12,000 people. it's feared thousands more are still trapped. president zelensky of ukraine addresses the uk parliament and appeals for fighterjets to use against the russians. the entertainment giant disney has announced it'll be laying off 7,000 employees in ceo bob iger�*s first major decision since he was asked back to lead the company late last year. the lay—offs follow similar moves by other us tech giants which have laid off thousands of workers as the economy sours and companies dial back a hiring spurt that began during the height of the pandemic. earlier, our north america correspondent david willis explained why these cuts are taking place. this has everything to do with the so—called streaming wars. disney's disney+ subscription service has faced competition from rivals such as netflix, amazon and so on. as a res

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allmonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. 0ur our top story this our. —— hour. extensive search—and—rescue operations are under way after two powerful earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria killing at least 4,300 people. the first quake measured 7.8 in magnitude and was felt as far away as lebanon and cyprus. the united nations secretary—general has called for an international response. moving on to other news now. president biden has insisted that relations between washington and beijing have not been weakened by the shooting down of a suspected chinese spy balloon at the weekend. a spokesperson for the chinese government claimed the aircraft was for civilian use and had just drifted off course. it described the us response as an overreaction and a serious violation of international law. 0ur north america correspondent david willis. the white house is keen not to let this latest incident exacerbate still further the tensions between these two nations. president b

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allof the commonwealth, defender of the faith. hello there. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines. the earthquakes in turkey and syria have killed more than 12 thousand people — it's feared thousands more are still trapped. president zelensky of ukraine addresses the uk parliament, and appeals for fighterjets to use against the russians. let's go to south america, now. it's now nearly two months since peru's former left—wing leader pedro castillo was removed from office. he was replaced by his former deputy, dina boluarte, triggering protests which have left nearly 50 civilians dead and disrupted economic life in parts of the country, including the shut—down of macchu pichu. one recent opinion poll suggested three quarters of peruvians want president boluarte to resign and for new elections to be called this year, but congress is digging in its heels. so how is this likely to play out? i'm joined now by ben norton, a political analyst based in latin america. good to see you, ben. t

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm, and of all the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: four days on from the earthquake, 20,000 people are now known to have died in turkey and syria. still, relatives hope their loved ones might emerge alive. if there is one image that combines both tragedy and miracle in a disaster zone, it's probably this tiny little girl born under the rubble in syria. when she was rescued, baby aya was still connected to her mother's umbilical cord. she was the only one in her family who survived. 0ur correspondent nawal al maghafi has more on her story and other survivors�*. the signs of a life. only a few days old, but already the wounds on aya's body tell the story of her harsh entry into this world. translation: she arrived - on monday in such a bad state. she had knocks and bruises. she was cold and barely breathing. now, in the safety of a hospital, in afrin, in syria's north west, but only with staff by her side. she was born under the rubble of syria's earthquake

elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth,m mariko oi, in singapore. our headlines: after the blowout, the fallout. diplomatic tensions rise following america's shooting down of china's observation balloon. iran's supreme leader is to pardon thousands of prisoners, including many who took part in recent anti—government protests. to the uk now and new pictures of nicola bulley, who went missing while walking next to the river wyre in lancashire, in northwest england, have been released, showing her on the morning of her disappearance. police have said their assumption is that she fell into the river. on sunday members of the local communityjoined the search to find her. a key witness, who was pushing a pram near where ms bulley disappeared nine days ago has come forward. here's danny savage. this is nicola bulley leaving home on the day she vanished. in the picture is first obtained by the bbc, she can be seen setting off on the school run, putting her spaniel, willow, in the boot. her family released these pictures to show exa

in 2020 she became a dame, honoured by the late queen elizabeth ii in the new year's honours list.ifferent people remembering herfondly at this different people remembering her fondly at this memorial cities in melbourne.- cities in melbourne. phil, thank you _ cities in melbourne. phil, thank you very _ cities in melbourne. phil, thank you very much. - the european union is bringing in more sanctions against the russian mercenary group wagnerfor human rights abuses in three african countries. i've been speaking to drjonathan shroden, a military analyst from washington, about the group's global activities. wagner's what is known as a private military corporation, a pmc. it operates outside of the law inside of russia, in so much as pmcs are technically outlawed there, so it is mostly unacknowledged by the russian government and various individuals believed to be in control of the wagner group. globally it operates in a lot of locations, it has been active in syria, very active in ukraine as part of the russian invasion, and increasingly active across africa. so it's mostly active i

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm, and of allwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines — at least 20,000 people are now known to have been killed in the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria. still, relatives hope their loved ones might still be alive. the united states says the chinese balloon it shot down at the weekend was definitely being used for spying. more on our top story now. dr akhilesh surjan, a humanitarian response and disaster management expert from charles darwin university, told me what's likely to happen after the search—and—rescue phase. we've been speaking about a lot of things have to happen from now on, and for the very long—term for the scale of disaster which has happened at the moment, and we do not need to reinvent the wheel. this is a good thing. recovery time lines are very difficult to define. however, as communities begin to rebuild their lives after disaster, several phases unfold, and the current phase, which is the search and

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm, and of allnews. our main story this hour: hope and despair in turkey and syria as the painstaking search for survivors after the earthquakes continues. more than 23,000 people are known to have died so far. let's stay with that story. all those now left homeless are having to contend with atrocious conditions and little food and water, but there are causes forjoy — like 10—day—old yagiz here being pulled from the rubble. but what happens to those children rescued with no parents or relatives? tom bateman has been given access to a hospital in the turkish city of adana, that's treating many of the youngest survivors. they are too young to know how much they have lost. the earth broke homes and fractured families. now it has taken away their names. "she wants to sleep", says the doctor. medicines ease the pain wrought by the wreckage and she is nurtured by strangers, comforted. but no one knows where her parents are — a baby with a future but no identity. "we know where she was found and how "she

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. more on our main story this hour, the devastating earthquakes that hit turkey and syria on monday. president erdogan visited the badly affected town of osmaniye — about 40 kilometres from the syria border. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet arrived there earlier today and sent us this update. throughout the day in places like this we see in the scene of hope. loved ones crowding around these rescue efforts hoping against hope that their loved ones will still be pulled alive from this rubble. we saw at this very spot a few hours ago, there was a van pulled out to the cheers of god is great. and yet, just down the street something else was pulled out but it wasn't someone alive. it was another dead body. and the cry which went out from the crowds was one of agony, two young sisters realising that all hope was gone. but you also feel in places like this the huge weight of laws for them on the main street by the main cemeter

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of alle commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the earthquakes in turkey and syria have killed more than 15,000 people, it's feared thousands more are still trapped. ukraine's president zelensky is expected to attend a summit of eu leaders later today in brussels, where he is likely to push for greater military assistance. this comes a day after he visited the uk and france. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza joins me in the studio now. he is ona he is on a bit ofa he is on a bit of a whistlestop tour, tell us more about the day ahead?— day ahead? since russia's invasion — day ahead? since russia's invasion of _ day ahead? since russia's invasion of ukraine - day ahead? since russia's i invasion of ukraine president zelensky very rarely leaves his country so this is quite a big day and as you mentioned he is expected to attend a european council meeting in russell's which would include all 27 eu leaders and he also probably is going to have some bilateral

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president biden has used his annual state of the union speech to call for the us to be more united. he stressed the importance of rebublicans and democrats working together. rescue teams continue searching for survivors in turkey and syria, as the number killed by the earthquake nears 8,000. germany, the netherlands and denmark are going to supply ukraine with at least 100 old—generation leopard one tanks, to help kyiv defend itself against russian aggression. german defence minister boris pistorius said on tuesday that between 20 and 25 of the tanks would arrive by summer, about 80 by the end of the year, and another 100 next year. sofia bettiza reports. a visit to kyiv by germany's defence minister, which led to some good news for ukraine. translation: the some good news for ukraine. translation:— some good news for ukraine. translation: the good news is that today we — translation: the good news is

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. beijing says president biden's decision to shoot down a chinese observation balloon that flew across the united states was an attack on a civilian unmanned airship and an obvious over—reaction. washington believes the device was spying on sensitive sites in the us and sent fighterjets to destroy it yesterday. warships have now been deployed to recover the debris. barbara plett usher reports from beijing. for days, this solitary object floated serenely through us airspace, putting a diplomatic crisis onto television screens in real time. was it a harmless weather balloon, as the chinese claimed, or a spy in the sky? moments after it arrived over the atlantic, the us brought an explosive end to the drama. that trail of white vapour you see on the left of the screen is an american fighterjet heading for the balloon. the second vapour trail is from a heat—seeking missile fired from the jet, ea

elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealthng newsday on the bbc. in the us, president biden is set to make his state of the union speech in a few hours' time, facing a divided congress and an american public still concerned about the country's direction. it's his first address to a joint session of congress since the republicans won control of the house of representatives — a victory which could stifle the president's ability to enact his political programme over the next two years. let's go over to capitol hill in washington now and speak to our correspondent there, nada tawfik. a lot to talk about esp on foreign policy side but are we expecting him to focus more on domestic agenda? i think for him the focus is going to be to really tout his accomplishments to the american people while striking a tone that says that the job is not done. that there is still a lot of work to do. the reason for that is because even though he hasn't officially announced that he is running again, many expect them to do so in the coming months. thi

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the earthquakes in turkey and syria have killed more than 15,000 people, it's feared thousands more are still trapped. ukraine's president zelensky is due to attend a summit of eu leaders in brusels, he's hoping for greater military assistance. to the uk now, and plans to boost international trade, amid criticism it has been damaged by leaving the european union. this week kemi badenoch was appointed business and trade secretary as part of a shakeup of government departments. today she begins a two day visit to mexico. the uk is in talks tojoin the cptpp or trans pacific partnership, mexico is a founding member of the bloc that also includes australia and new zealand, as well as the likes of canada, japan, malaysia, singapore and vietnam. mark 0stwald is global strategist at adm investor services here in london. nice to see you again. it is a bloc, a lot of countries in the bloc, a lot of countries in the bloc, a lot of countries in the bloc, t

has the controversial diamond but camilla will wear a modern one from the collection of queen elizabeth iile. we're in cardiff to mark a special birthday, because 100 years ago this week, the bbc started broadcasting here in wales. in a country with very few national institutions until fairly recently, bbc wales has been a major presence, promoting a sense of welsh identity, putting welsh culture and sport on the map, with programmes in the two official languages of wales — welsh and english. it of this all started with a few radio programmes in 1923, but the big change came with television. in february, the bbc starts a new television service — bbc wales. the bbc has been a giant presence in wales for decades, described as a "cultural conveyor belt" by one of its leaders. singing. and by the 1960s, its gleaming new headquarters on the outskirts of cardiff produced many hours of news, drama, education, music and sports programmes every week in two languages, with some notable achievements. if the bbc hadn't commissioned under milk wood in 1954, dylan thomas would never have written it and

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allhe faith. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the death toll keeps rising following the massive earthquakes that rocked turkey and syria — more than 4,300 people have died. rescue teams have been working overnight in freezing conditions — as they desperately search for survivors. the acclaimed british novelist sir salman rushdie has spoken for the first time about being stabbed last year. in an interview with the new yorker, he said he was �*lucky�* and had an overwhelming feeling of gratitude. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. battered, scarred, defiant — sir salman rushdie has had to endure more than most. the blacked out lens of his spectacles covering up an eye that can no longer see. but in his first interview since he was attacked, he's trying to be optimistic. you know, i've been better — but considering what happened, i'm not so bad. the big injuries are healed, essentially. the amount of injuries, it was more probable that i would not survive. what happened was a brutal assau

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allhe faith. this is bbc news. our main headline: president biden defends his record onjobs, health—care and the climate crisis, during this year's state of the union address. he calls for the united states to be more united and stresses the importance of democrats and republicans working together. a huge rescue effort is continuing in freezing temperatures to find survivors of monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria. thousands of turkish soldiers along with international teams are taking part in the emergency operation in the south of the country. more than 7,000 people are now known to have died. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster has spent the past two days travelling towards the epicentre of the earthquake in south—eastern turkey — and she was one of the first journalists to arrive there. from the severely hit city of karamanmaras, she sent us this report. here at the epicentre, every rescuer is waiting for this moment. after hours trapped in the rubble, a sign of life. a fami

of all the previous five presidents, the head of the british royal house, elizabeth ii, did the ukrainianpresident meet over time i didn't meet the third one, i don't remember, that's why i don't know if it was the first meeting of the president of ukraine with the head of the british royal house, again this time with king charles the third, i don't know, well, in any case, this is a historic visit, the president must have a lot of meetings and the prime minister of italy and the president of france, the chancellor, the prime minister of britain , in a word, what should we expect from this visit and is it really such a key preparation for decisive events in the war, well, in the war , every day is definitely decisive for ukraine these visits and meetings are extremely important because the president, who represents the state, who talks about the provision of weapons, about supporting ukraine, meets with the highest officials of europe, our closest allies , it is of course very important, it is important that the british promised to give us airplanes, it will happen, well, at least they ar

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of alllth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified object over alaska — white house spokesmanjohn kirby says it posed "a threat to the safety of civilian aircraft" hope and despair in turkey and syria, as the painstaking search for survivors continues, after the quakes— more than 23 thousand people are known to have died. sports ministers from thirty—five countries meet online to discuss whether athletes from russia and belarus should participate in next year's olympic games. to ukraine now — where russia launched over 50 missiles on friday, hitting several enerrgy facilities and leaving millions without power. at least 17 missiles hit the southeastern city of zaporizhzhia. local officials say it was the heaviest attack since the start of the invasion. moldova has accused russia of firing missiles through its air space and has summoned moscow's ambassador. meanwhile, ukraine's president volodymir zelensky has told a summit of

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news — the latest headlines: the death toll keeps rising following the massive earthquakes that rocked turkey and syria — more than 4,300 people have died. rescue teams have been working overnight in freezing conditions as they desperately search for survivors. france's economy minister bruno le maire and his german counterpart, robert habeck, are in washington in an attempt to ease tensions between the eu and the us following america's inflation reduction act. the ministers will meet with us commerce secretary gina raimondo and treasury secretary janet yellen. the ira would offer a subsidy package of almost $370 billion for green technologies and has been seen as a success for the biden administration. however, the eu commission has voiced concerns that this act would drive industry away from europe and damage the transatlantic trade relationship between the two. to find out more about what is at stake, i am joined by susan danger, ceo of the

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm, and of allead of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: four days on from the earthquakes — 20,000 people are now known to have died in turkey and syria. still relatives hope their loved ones might emerge alive tributes are being paid to a giant of the music industry, song writer and composer burt bacharach who's died at the age of 94. he won three 0scars, two golden globes, six grammys and was behind hits by frank sinatra, aretha franklin and the beatles and many more. our music correspondent mark savage reports. hollywood journalist jeanne wolfjoins us now from los angeles. i hear you met him. how did you find him? first of all you must be moved when he sits at a piano it is like he belonged there and he was easy—going. my goodness what a sexy guy. he was brad pitt and tom cruise and i remember once at a party where he sat down to play and the women were not even hiding how much they were flirting with him and how affected they were by him and, of cour

elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth,es: dozens of people are killed in turkey and syria by a powerful earthquake, which toppled many residential buildings. the impact was felt in several other countries across the region, and frantic rescue operations are underway. younger and lower—paid workers in the uk should be included in a scheme which sees people automatically enrolled into pension saving, a think tank says. current rules require workers aged 22 and above to be enrolled, and receive a contribution from their employer, when they earn more than £10,000 a year. the social market foundation says those from minority ethnic backgrounds disproportionately miss out. joining me now isjustin urquhart—stewart, founder of the investment platform regionally. and your lovely cat appears once again! becoming a star, a regular contributor to the programme. just tell us, this is something that you and i have talked about many, many years, the fact that none of really are investing enough on our retirement. what do you think on the

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allis is bbc world news, the latest headlines: president biden has used his annual state of the union speech to call for the us to be more united — he stressed the importance of rebublicans and democrats working together. rescue teams continue searching for survivors in turkey and syria — as the number killed by the earthquake nears 8,000. it might come as a surprise to hear, but the clothing industry has higher carbon emissions than aviation and shipping. in copenhagen, fashion week has just been held, and in order to take part, designers had to meet new minimum sustainability standards, both in their shows and their business practices. it's a new approach in an industry has often been in the spotlight for its environmental impact. adrienne murray has been finding out more. could this be a new model for the fashion industry? to show their designs on kevin hogan's runways, brands have had to meet new rules such as eliminating waste from their fashion shows and using more sustainable mater

elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth,e latest headlines: dozens of people have been killed by a powerful earthquake which struck southern turkey — near the border with syria. beijing summons the us ambassador over the shooting down of a chinese observation balloon off the coast of south carolina. iran's supreme leader is to pardon a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the move comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979, when some prisoners are traditionally offered amnesty. taraneh stone, from the bbc�*s persian service, says those freed have several conditions attached to their release. one of those conditions is that they should not be linked to any spy activity, they should not be facing any charges of corruption on earth or waging war against god. as you can see these are quite ambiguous charges as well, and people have been charged with these accusations for setting fire on bins in the streets or merely protesting. so, these are qu

elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth,dlines — diplomatic tensions are rising, following america's shooting down of china's observation balloon. reports that ukraine's defence minister is to be replaced, following claims of a corruption scandal in his department. the music industry's biggest night — the grammy awards — is under way in los angeles. big winners are already emerging, as beyonce ties peter bowes is in la. he has what? the — peter bowes is in la. he has what? the big _ peter bowes is in la. he has what? the big story, - peter bowes is in la. he has what? the big story, and - peter bowes is in la. he has what? the big story, and it. what? the big story, and it could be bigger by the end of the night is beyonce who has now equalled the record number of wins for a grammy of all time. it matches the number of wins by the hungarian conductor, george shotzi, that's 31. there are still categories she is limited for letter in the evening. the last one she won was best r&b song for cuff it and won some earlier that even

there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of allmonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — this week's earthquakes in southern turkey and northern syria are now known to have left at least 28,000 people dead. the us military says it's shot down a high—altitude object over canada a day after one of its warplanes brought down a separate object off alaska, and a week on from the downing of a chinese observation balloon near the south carolina coast. hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating across france, putting pressure on the government over its planned pension reforms. this year has seen three days of nationwide strikes. president macron insists the reforms, which include raising the retirement age by two years, are vital to ensuring the viability of the pension system. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. this all looks very familiar. thousands of people marching through the streets of paris expressing anger and dismay. 0nce expressing anger and dismay. once again, because of that angen once

elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth,y and syria by a powerful earthquake, which toppled many residential buildings. the impact was felt in several other countries across the region, and frantic rescue operations are under way. beyonce has broken the record for the most wins in grammys history. she won four awards in this ceremony, bringing hertotal tally to 32. music's biggest night has come to an end in los angeles, usa. british singer, harry styles won the first and final awards in the televised show of the 65th grammy awards. he picked up the coveted album of the year in addition to the best pop solo performance. let's get more from our north america correspondent peter bowes in los angeles. let's start with beyonce. incredible, really, for her to be getting the most grammys. her new album is out, she has announced a world tour, this is announced a world tour, this is a big time for her, isn't it? things could not be going better for things could not be going betterfor her, could things could not be going better for h