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
new zealand declares a national state of emergency for the third time in its history after cyclone gabrielle ravaged the country s north island. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 6 pm in washington where the white house has been explaining why the us military has shot a series of objects out of the sky over american territory in recent weeks including a suspected spy balloon from china. officials say the objects posed a threat to commercial flights and were brought down in the interest of safety. following a wave of speculation on social media and elsewhere the white house said there was no evidence of alien or extra terrestrial life being involved. there was john carew there wasjohn carew being there there is no, again, no indication of aliens if is operating during the have been studying me to learn as much as we can. much as we can. note that these surveillance much as we can. note that these surveillance balloon much as we can. note that these surveillanc
morning. today s thursday. i know today actually is don t rush time because it moves fast , right too fast too fast. but it is thursday. thank you for joining us. everyone caitlin is off a lot to get to won t we start with five things to know for this thursday, april 20th 2023. we re gonna start with the tornado outbreak striking oklahoma. at least two people are confirmed dead in the town of coal. significant damage, reported the supreme court, delaying its decision on myth of kristen until tomorrow, the justices seeking more time to assure ruling that could impact the accessibility of the abortion pill across the country and a judge here in new york, ordering mark pomerantz to testify today before june. jordan s house judiciary committee, pomerantz is a former prosecutor who once led the manhattan d. a s investigation into donald trump s business dealings also happening today, twitter says it s going to remove you know those check marks. we have one. with legacy blue check
and one thing democrats and republicans can agree on, the classified briefings for bind intelligence officials from them landed with a thud with the intel community unable to provide clearance absences oo that 21-year-old was able to leak top secrets to his chat group. certainly wasn t satisfied with any plans that they have for the future too many people with access to too much information without safe guards. and i was left with more questions than answers i m andrea mitchell. with the legal future of the most widely used abortion pill still in limbo the supreme court has pushed back its self imposed deadline until midnight tomorrow on whether or not to extend the stay on lower court rulings that will severely limit access to the pill if the court fails to act or denies the stay, every dose would be pulled off the market because the labels would be misbranded adding to the legal problems ahead and battles, the drug maker behind a generic version has filed its own laws