awards take place in london shortly, with the german language film all quiet on the western front leading the field, with m nominations. nearly two weeks on from turkey s devastating earthquake, officials have said most rescue efforts to find survivors will end today. search operations have been winding down for days as the chances of finding people fade. more than 16,000 people are known to have been killed by the quake and the aftershocks. meanwhile, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey, at the incirlik air base. he ll hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel held parts of syria. our correspondent caroline davies has the latest from adana. tomorrow morning, it will be two weeks since the earthquake hit turkey and syria, and according to the turkish emergency and disaster budget, the vast majority of rescue operations will be winding down from
tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. and a pivotal day in welsh rugby players are due to reveal whether they will strike during the six nations, over contractual disputes. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. shamima begum, who travelled to syria and joined the so called islamic state group when she was just 15, so called islamic state group when she wasjust 15, has so called islamic state group when she was just 15, has lost a legal challenge to the covenant decision to deprive her of british citizenship. it means she remains stuck in a camp in northern syria, and is barred from returning to the uk. in 2019, the then home secretary sajid javid stripped ms begum of her british citizenship after receiving advice that she was a threat to national security. shamima begum is now 23. here s our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. in february 2015, eight y
this historic fight. we hope that this year the 2023 will become a year of victory, this unprovoked and criminal, russia s waragainst ukraine and against the whole world. in other news, the family of nicola bulley describe their agony as police find a body in the river near the place she went missing. scotland s finance secretary, kate forbes, becomes the third candidate to enter the leadership contest to replace nicola sturgeon as first minister. bbc analysis shows that some of britain s local bus networks have been slashed by more than a third. and after a tour of the uk, dippy the dinosaurfinds a new home in coventry. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. us presidentjoe biden has made a surprise visit to kyiv his first to ukraine since russia invaded almost a year ago. he met ukraine s president, volodmyr zelensky and both men visited a memorial for ukraine s war dead. at a news conference mr biden announced more military, political and financial support for
of nato it is another thing. but of course with the ukrainian people, and including in that all of the refugees we have been meeting in recent days and over the past year, in fact, that is very depressing, and very sad and miserable thought. we saw the boarding of evacuation trains at the beginning of the work panic and chaos as people crashed on. and a year on, many of those people have still not been able to return home. refugees are still coming across the border in much smaller numbers now, but still entering poland because they don t see much hope for the immediate future in their countries. it is worth remembering that, even as we talk about the big geopolitics of this and the security issues that have emerged from it and the nato politics going forward. this is at the height of it of course about the ukrainian people. xfies. the height of it of course about the ukrainian people. ukrainian people. yes. cerro, for now, ukrainian people. yes. cerro, for now. thank ukrainian peopl