mercenary army claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they ve been assaulting for months. and coming up in the sport later in the hour, it has been a very good weekend for manchester city. the premier league champions are now just three points behind arsenal at the top of the table. hello, and welcome to bbc news. 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 their first report from inside, the rebel held area. from inside the rebel held
hello and welcome to bbc world news. 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 northwest, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright sent us their report from inside the rebel held area. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the earthquake s aftermath, syria and turkey couldn t be further apart. we ve just crossed into syria at the border crossing. there were about a dozen aid trucks, fuel tankers coming in, but actually, there were more refugees, more corpses coming out than there was aid coming in. the main street in idlib s harem is gone. they waited for help her
a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the earthquake s aftermath, syria and turkey couldn t be further apart. we ve just crossed into syria at the border crossing. there were about a dozen aid trucks, fuel tankers coming in, but actually, there were more refugees, more corpses coming out than there was aid coming in. the main street in idlib s harem is gone. they waited for help here, but none came. it was here that fadel ghadab s aunt and cousins families all died. translation: there is no one alive here. | everyone is dead. wejust need them to come in and dig the bodies up for burial. i don t know what else to say. we travel further west. there are no aid convoys here, few signs of relief, but a lot of urgent need. this was the town of besania. these were people s homes. they were newly built. but look at it now. 80% of this village is gone, and they ve had hardly any help since the earthquake struck. more than 100 homes have gone here, and much more besides. abu ala l
is now more than 30,000. but remarkably, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. both the un and syria s voluntary group of rescuers known as the white helmets say the international community has failed people in the country s northwest, 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 they ve been assaulting for months. politicians in the us say the military has shot down an undentified object above lake huron the third such shoot down in as many days. officials haven t disclosed details about the object. the police have arrested two teenagers on suspicion of murder, after the fatal stabbing of 16 year old brianna ghey in warrington park. the bbc chairman richard sharp is accused of making significant errors ofjudgment by mps for not declaring his involvement in helping britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson secure a loan. and on this super bowl
This is another morale boost for labour, more woe for the conservatives. Chris mason has our top story. Natalie elphicke, shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister when rishi sunak invited reporters to dover last summer to talk about stopping the boats. Less than a year later, she has stopped being a Conservative Mp. Look at the leader shes appearing with now. I must admit, when i got up this morning i didnt expect to hear this today. Natalie elphicke, the labour member of parliament for dover and deal. I think she speaks for very many tory voters in saying that the tory party has changed, it has left the centre ground. But equally the labour party has changed and we are very clearly the party of the national interest. Really good day. It has been a great day. Cue the mildly awkward first date with the cameras in tow vibes ahead of her criticism of their Prime Minister. He is not stopping the boats and he is letting the country down. Meanwhile, under labour, they are clear that it i