the biden administration to shoot down the balloon over the atlantic ocean. the federal aviation administration has issued a ground stop close airspace in north and south carolina until 2:45 p.m. eastern time. the balloon is currently floating over south carolina and moving southeast republican congressman anthony of the homeland security committee standing by with his reaction. but first lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with 30 tables unchecked details. good afternoon mike if you going to shoot down a chinese spy balloon over the atlantic that s exactly how you do it. you close airspace you launched fighters. that appears to be what happened are present biden spoke earlier indicated a decision had been made without offering specifics. [inaudible] earlier this morning on fox former defense secretary chuck said it s unlikely this bible it will make its way home. i do not have the pentagon is going to do with the president ultimately decides but once he gets out
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 world health organisation says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 28,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. now rescue efforts are being hampered by a worsening security situation in southern turkey, including reports of looting and clashes between unnamed groups. more than 100 people have been detained across the 10 provinces affected by the quakes, with thejustice ministry ordering officials to set up so called earthquake crimes investigations units. 0ur correspondent, nick beake, is in gazientep. minor miracles are still happening, even after all this time. a five year old girl
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
and the biggest event in america s sporting calendar, the super bowl, is about to kick off with the kansas city chiefs playing the philadelphia eagles in phoenix, arizona. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s almost a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, in which so far, more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations however says it expects that figure to double. remarkably though 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. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the