us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified object over alaska. the pentagon says president biden gave the order to seek and destroy . the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. us northern command is beginning recovery operations now. and harry potter comes to the world of video games, but will the hogwarts legacy be tarnished by protests against the author s views on transgender issues? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. fears are growing for the hundreds of thousands of people in turkey and syria in need after monday s devastating earthquakes. some are living in makeshift shelters and cars in freezing conditions, and there are warnings that aid is not reaching areas fast enough. more than 23,000 people are now known to have died. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville has been to antakya, a city which has seen some of the worst devastation in all of the country. he s been wit
over alaska. the pentagon says president biden gave the order to seek and destroy . the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and a reasonable rate to the safety of civilian float. recovery operations are beginning now. reasonable threat. and harry potter comes to the world of video games but will the hogworts legacy be tarnished by protests against the authors views on transgender issues? hello and welcome to bbc news. fears are growing for the hundreds of thousands of people in turkey and syria in need after monday s devastating earthquakes. some are living in makeshift shelters and cars in freezing conditions and there are warnings that aid is not reaching areas fast enough. more than 23,000 people are now known to have died. 0ur correspondent quentin somerville has been to antakya a city which has seen some of the worst devastation in all of the country. he s been with rescue teams who have been working round the clock but who now fear that time is run
nicola bulley issue a new appeal for information, her husband says he ll never give up hope. and the manchester city boss, pep guardiola, says he s convinced the club will be found innocent of breaking financial rules. and coming up in sporstday, later in the hour on the bbc news channel: we ll look ahead to six nations champions, with all eyes on dublin, where favourites ireland take on the grand slam champions france. good evening. five days after the terrible earthquakes in turkey and syria, which have killed more than 22,000 people, hope is fading of finding more survivors. but there are still some astonishing tales of hope. like this eight year old girl, tanem, who was rescued earlier today, in southern turkey, along with her father, after more than 100 hours under the rubble. time, though, is running out. we ll hear from the bbc s teams across the region, including for the first time from the government held city of aleppo in north west syria. it is extremely difficult
0n the second and the third day after the earthquake, they are finding a lot of people. they are hardly finding anyone now, almost no one as friends of missing nicola bulley, issue a new appeal for information, her husband says, he ll never give up hope. and, the manchester city boss, pep guardiola, says he s confident, the club will be found innocent, of breaking financial rules. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we look ahead to the second weekend of the six nations. scotland face wales, hoping to make it two wins from two. good evening. us fighterjets have shot down an unidentified object over alaska. the pentagon says president biden, gave the order, after it was detected yesterday. it s unclear what the object was, but officials say it was the size of a small car. last week, a chinese balloon was shot down, off the coast of south carolina, with beijing saying it was a civilian device, for monitoring the weather. well in the last couple of hours the pentagon, gave th
Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in syria, where at least 58 people have died with many more injured ina people have died with many more injured in a suspected chemical weapons attack in the rebel held province of idlib. Eyewitnesses say victims were left choking, fainting and frothing at the mouth. Many of the dead are children. The Un Security Council will meet in an Emergency Session later on when state. This report by our Middle East Editorjeremy Bowen includes distressing images from the beginning later on wednesday. This boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, hes showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military strength nerve agent. The victims lungs were badly affected. Rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. The attack happened in Khan Sheikhoun, a town that has been heavily bombed by the regime