this is the scene live in southern turkey as rescuers continue their pain staking search for survivors. we ll bring you all the latest developments from our correspondents who are there. us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified aircraft over alaska after president biden gave the order to seek and destroy. troops are trying to salvage the wreckage. in washington president lula of brazil is seeking joe biden s backing for a new global forum to fight climate change. residents in australia and new zealand are urged to take shelter as cyclone gabrielle hurtles towards the islands threatening to bring destructive winds and heavy rain. hello and welcome to bbc news. the number of people known to have died in monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria has risen to more than 2a,000. millions are thought to be homeless in the region, and rescuers are increasingly focusing on those requiring food and shelter. the united nations says almost 900,000 people are in urgent need of hot mea
the un aid chief calls the scale of the disaster and the response to it unprecedented. what is so amazing is that people are still coming out of the rubble alive six days in. so it s shocking. it s also, in a perverse sense, quite heartening. this is the scene live in southern turkey as rescuers continue their painstaking search for survivors. we ll bring you all the latest developments from our correspondents who are there. in other news, us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified aircraft over alaska, after president biden gave the order to seek and destroy . hundreds of thousands of people hold protests across france over pension reform plans which include raising the retirement age to 62 from 64. 13 men and two women have been arrested following clashes with police, outside a hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers on merseyside in northwest england. # 0n the chaise longue, on the chaise longue # 0n the chaise longue all day long # 0n the chaise longue.# celebrating
# 0n the chaise longue, on the chaise longue # 0n the chaise longue all day long # 0n the chaise longue.# celebrating uk music indie band wet leg and singer harry styles lead the way with four nominations each for tonight s brit awards. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the united nations aid chief has described the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria on monday as the region s worst natural disaster in a century. martin griffiths was speaking during a visit to the turkish province of kahramanmaras. the number of people confirmed dead in both countries has risen to more than 25,000. the turkish president, recep tayyip edrogan, said perhaps 80,000 people had been injured in his country, and thousands of homes have been left uninhabitable. emergency teams are still finding a few people alive in the rubble five days after the earthquakes. we ll hearfrom mr griffiths in a moment; but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province
the brit awards, celebrating uk music, are taking place on saturday for the first time since they began in 1977. harry styles and the indie band wet leg, lead the way with four nominations each. but there has been controversy about the all male shortlist for british artist of the year. 0ur music correspondent mark savage has been speaking to some of the nominees. and the winner is. the winner is. the brit awards, the biggest night of the year for uk music. ..adele! i want to thank everybody, everyone over there, i love you all. ..sam fender. by now, we re used to seeing pop s guest stars lifting trophies but for a brand new act. shut up! you re joking! ..finding out you ve been nominated can be life changing. # keep on running through these red flags# this year s nominees include lizzo, the 1975, beyonce and mimi webb, who s up for best new artist. oh, i couldn t believe it.