pope francis s historic visit to south sudan ends with an open air mass. he urged people to reject the venom of hatred and pleaded with leaders to find peace. pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999, serving in office for seven years from 2001. in 2008, he suffered defeat in the polls and left the country six months later. when he returned in 2013 to try to contest the election, he was arrested and barred from standing. he was charged with high treason and was sentenced to death in absentia, only for the decision to be overturned less than a month later. at the time of his death, he had been living in exile in dubai, receiving medical treatment. the bbc s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999. and when troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pakistan heard a familiar refr
the third one to be taken out over north america in the last week. 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 at the brit awards in london, as predicted harry styles is one of the night s big winners with four awards including the much coveted album of the year. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the head of un emergency relief operations, martin griffiths, says the international community has failed the people of north west syria, where thousands of people have died in the earthquakes that struck syria and turkey. the number of those confirmed dead following devastating earthquakes six days ago has now risen to above 28,000. on his visit to areas devastated by the earthquakes, martin griffiths tweeted: i m joined now by 0ubadah alwan, a spokesman for the syria civil defence, a volunteer group also known as the white helmet
high altitude airborne ob ect. the airborne high altitude airborne object. the airborne object in question, described a small and cylindrical, was travelling over canada s far north west. it was shot down over the yukon territory, at an altitude of over 12,000 metres. it came only a day after another object was intercepted in the neighbouring us state of alaska. the latest development, fighter aircraft sent to investigate a radar anomaly detected in montana. no objects found, but officials say they will continue to monitor the situation. all this comes after the us shutdown this balloon on the coast of south carolina. washington says china was using it to spy on america. beijing says it was simply a weather balloon. if the americans were right about that, what do they think it could mean? about that, what do they think it could mean? ~ ., i. , , could mean? what you see here, it is a provocation- could mean? what you see here, it is a provocation. you could mean? what you see here
other news now, and a us fighterjet has shot down an unspecified object over northwest canada the second such incident in north american skies in as many days. canadian officials said the object threatened civilian air traffic. debris from an object brought down off alaska on friday is being salvaged by us forces. tim allman reports. the f-22 the f 22 fighter jet. the f 22 fighterjet. 0ne the f 22 fighterjet. one of the most sophisticated pieces of military equipment in the world. it has certainly had plenty of target practice in the last few days. its latest victim, another mysterious visitor healing from the north. canada was tracking a high altitude object. at the direction of the prime minister, aircraft assigned to norad successfully took down this high altitude airborne object. the
this is bbc news. welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m martine croxall and these are the latest headlines. the un s aid chief says the international community has failed the people of northwest syria, where thousands of people have died since monday s earthquakes. turkish police issue more than a hundred arrest warrants as part of an investigation into poor building standards after this week s devastating earthquakes. defying the odds, a 10 year old girl is pulled out alive from under the rubble of a collapsed building in turkey after 147 hours. this is the scene live in southern turkey as emergency teams continue their pain staking search for survivors as the number of people killed rises to more than 28,000. a us fighterjet has shot down a mystery object flying over canada s airspace making it