has left a massive hole in their family. as the us military shoots down mysterious objects out of the sky, we ask what they might be. the small town of darvel in ayrshire is mounting an extraordinary challenge to the big names in scottish football. later in the air and the bbc news channel, we get the latest from and filled with so much writing of the merseyside derby between liverpool and everton. into his home. the londoner who has converted a skip into his home. good evening. a week ago today, as the world looked on in dismay, two huge earthquakes in turkey and syria shattered the lives of millions of people. tens of thousands are known to have died, and hundreds of thousands have been left homeless. there have been extraordinary tales of endurance under the rubble, but there is now little hope of finding more survivors. and this image, of a man holding the hand of his dead 15 year old daughter, has come to symbolise the agony of the victims. you ll remember the first v
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
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
Politics can be a high wire act, and scotlands First Minister lost his footing today. If msps cant agree a successor to humza yousaf, scotland is heading for Scottish Parliament elections. And have smartphones and social media really led to a rise in teenage Mental Illness . Well be joined by the Snp Deputy Leader and ask his former Coalition Partner from the Scottish Greens, can they make up . And the leader of the scottish tories, and asking have his actions paved the way for labour gains and tory pain . Also tonight the play based childhood we have had for thousands of years basically ended around 2010. It was replaced by a phone based childhood. Thats the New York Times and sunday times best selling author whose new book argues that time spent on smartphones and social media is behind an epidemic of teenage Mental Illness. Well talk live to professor jonathan haidt, who says under 16s shouldnt have access to smartphones or social media. What he says is controversial. Plus, esther g
inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twins, just three years old, released with their mother, sharon. theirfather is still being held in gaza. they will be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been showing footage of every release. israelis are very invested in this. and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory, even a partial one. cheering. already tapering her freedom, already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she, freed from gaza on friday, after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow. hila has been reunited with her uncle, yair rotem, but her mother, raya, yair s sister, was not freed by hamas, though israel says mothers and children were supposed to be released together. yair says his niece couldn t speak aloud for weeks. hila is