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 to you in the uk and around the world. let s bring you some breaking news here in the uk first and a committee of mps has been highly critical of the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp. it has, in effect, urged him to consider his position. the digital, culture, media and sport select committee accuses mr sharp of a significant error ofjudgement for getting involved in facilitating a loan to the then prime minister, borisjohnson, at the same time as applying for the chairmanship of the bbc a job ultimately in the gift of the prime minister. mr sharp has insisted he was appointed bbc chairman on merit. he said that while he hadn t told the committee about the loan offer, he had informed a senior government official. and we ll have more on this a little later. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have bee
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
# 0n the chaise longue, on the chaise longue # 0n the chaise longue all day long # 0n the chaise longue.# celebrating uk music indie band wet leg and singer harry styles lead the way with four nominations each for tonight s brit awards. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the united nations aid chief has described the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria on monday as the region s worst natural disaster in a century. martin griffiths was speaking during a visit to the turkish province of kahramanmaras. the number of people confirmed dead in both countries has risen to more than 25,000. the turkish president, recep tayyip edrogan, said perhaps 80,000 people had been injured in his country, and thousands of homes have been left uninhabitable. emergency teams are still finding a few people alive in the rubble five days after the earthquakes. we ll hearfrom mr griffiths in a moment; but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province
football. mikel arteta is left frustrated as arsenal can only draw at home to brentford in the premier league. the number of people now known to have died in the earthquakes which struck turkey and syria has passed 25,000. the turkish president, recep tayyip edrogan, said perhaps 80,000 people had been injured in his country, and thousands of homes have been left uninhabitable. the united nations aid chief, martin griffiths, who is in turkey, says the tragedy is the worst natural disaster to hit the region in a century. mr griffiths praised the international response, saying more than 100 countries had sent help, but said he wasn t clear about the extent to which aid would reach rebel held parts of syria. we ll hear from mr griffiths in a moment, but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province of syria, which is rebel controlled. he found no sign of a relief effort, with local people, including children, left scouring through rubbl