for seven and a half days. more than 7000 people are now known to have died and that number is expected to rise and not focuses on getting aid to the thousands who have survived. also in the programme, the new family of the victim was legally stabbed says that her death is of the massive hole in their lives. officials have been explaining more about the series of objects that have been shot down from their airspace. three were shut down this past week and we have just been hearing from the white house sink have not been able to identify with these objects are. but they maintain that this balloon which was shot on the 4th of february was a suspected spy the 4th of february was a suspected spy balloon from china. his national security spokesperson speaking in the last few moments stability were able to determine that china does have a boon for this intelligence collection that is connected to the people s liberation army. it was operating during the previous administration but
in northern syria, where it s thought 5 million people have been made homeless by the earthquake. also tonight. after four objects are shot down over north america the white house says it s not a case of close encounters. there is no, again, no indication of aliens or extra terrestrial or extra terrestrial activity with these recent takedowns. an independent report says uefa bears primary responsibility for the dangerous conditions at last year s champions league final between liverpool and real madrid. and, in the scottish cup giant killers darvel fc, who beat aberdeen last month, have failed to overcome falkirk tonight. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s the merseyside derby as liverpool and everton battle for bragging rights with both teams chasing wins for differing reasons. good evening. seven days after the huge earthquake which devastated parts southern turkey and nothern syria, turkish rescue workers say some survivors are still being pulled from the rub
north west, where thousands of people have died. the head of russia s wagner mercenary army claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city in eastern ukraine they ve been assaulting for months. investigations continue after a us fighterjet shot down a object flying over canada s airspace making it the third to be destoyed over north america in the last week. we start in turkey and syria where the number of people killed in last monday s earthquake has risen to over 33,000. these are the live pictures from the south of turkey where, as you can see, the rescue operation is continuing. let s just break those figures down for you then. officials and medics said over 29,500 people had died in turkey and over 3,500 in syria the united nations, who have been supporting rescue teams in both turkey and syria have warned that the final number of fatalities could double. my colleague lyse doucet is on the ground in gaziantep. she told me the focus is n
on the outskirts of bakhmut , a city on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they ve been assaulting for months. investigations continue after a us fighterjet shot down a object flying over canada s airspace making it the third to be destoyed over north america in the last week. mps accuse the bbc chairman, richard sharp, of significant errors ofjudgment, in not declaring his ties to borisjohnson, before joining the corporation. the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, is now more than 30,000, but remarkably, almost a week on, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem, is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright, have managed to gain access, and sent us th