:00:22. > :00:26.More than 100 people are missing after a powerful
:00:27. > :00:28.earthquake hit Taiwan in the early hours of the morning,
:00:29. > :00:32.14 people are known to have died and nearly 500
:00:33. > :00:37.The epicentre of the quake was close to the city of Tainan,
:00:38. > :00:40.where a frantic search is focused on the ruins of a 17-storey
:00:41. > :00:49.From there, our correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.
:00:50. > :00:52.Nearly 24 hours after the earthquake struck here, they have not given up
:00:53. > :01:04.This is now the focus of the rescue, a huge 17 storey apartment block
:01:05. > :01:07.ripped from its foundations and now lying on its back.
:01:08. > :01:11.All day they've been pulling people out alive.
:01:12. > :01:14.This woman is one of more than 200 residents who have emerged almost
:01:15. > :01:18.But as night returned dozens of relatives still waited
:01:19. > :01:20.anxiously, their eyes are red with worry.
:01:21. > :01:25.This woman is waiting for news of her nephew.
:01:26. > :01:31."Don't be scared," she tells her family on the phone,
:01:32. > :01:36.The rescuers have heard a noise, she tells me,
:01:37. > :01:39.they are pretty sure it's him and he's alive.
:01:40. > :01:49.And then the moment she's been waiting for.
:01:50. > :01:56.Minutes later on the other side of the building, another rescue.
:01:57. > :01:58.After several hours with no good news we
:01:59. > :02:01.First they brought the little boy out alive,
:02:02. > :02:08.We understand there are two more about to be brought out who are also
:02:09. > :02:13.It's a boost to those still waiting anxiously for news,
:02:14. > :02:18.but the grim truth is the easy rescues have now all been done
:02:19. > :02:20.and there are still over 100 people missing inside
:02:21. > :02:28.And we can speak to Rupert now - why did this particular
:02:29. > :02:42.There's clearly something very wrong with this building, it shouldn't
:02:43. > :02:45.have come down. A 6.4 earthquake is moderately large but buildings in
:02:46. > :02:48.Taiwan are supposed to be able to withstand that size of the
:02:49. > :02:52.earthquake, in fact, much bigger earthquakes than that. I should say
:02:53. > :02:55.while this building behind me has come down, all of the other
:02:56. > :02:58.buildings around me in the streets here appear to be completely
:02:59. > :03:02.untouched, so the investigation will now also focus on why this building
:03:03. > :03:07.came down, was their corruption in the company that built it? And why
:03:08. > :03:09.did this happen? It should not have happened. Many thanks, Rupert
:03:10. > :03:12.Wingfield-Hayes. There are warnings of
:03:13. > :03:15.a new humanitarian crisis in Syria - with 35,000 people trapped
:03:16. > :03:17.on the border with Turkey - They are fleeing an offensive
:03:18. > :03:21.by government forces Turkey has said it is prepared
:03:22. > :03:27.to help them - but the border Our correspondent Mark Lowen
:03:28. > :03:39.has sent this report. Their only thought is escape, away
:03:40. > :03:43.from the madness of war, towards safety. Their aim was Turkey, but
:03:44. > :03:48.today the Turkish authorities said the border would not open. 35,000
:03:49. > :03:53.people have gathered on the Syrian side, they said, given food and
:03:54. > :03:59.shelter but not access to Turkey. They are freeing a two pronged
:04:00. > :04:03.attack by Russian air strikes and forces loyal to President Assad,
:04:04. > :04:07.closing in on opposition areas of Aleppo. Rebel supply lines have been
:04:08. > :04:11.cut off, 300,000 civilians there could soon be trapped. If the city
:04:12. > :04:16.falls it could be a fatal blow to the Syrian opposition. This man left
:04:17. > :04:19.Aleppo three weeks ago and still hopes to return. But he says the
:04:20. > :04:29.city is enduring a nightmare. Living in Aleppo actually is like a life
:04:30. > :04:35.full of scared, you don't know how or when you will die, because of
:04:36. > :04:42.Assad's aircraft, Russian aircraft. Dropping bombs. On you. With the
:04:43. > :04:47.refugees cared for by Turkish groups on the Syrian side of the border,
:04:48. > :04:50.Turkey says there is no need to let them cross. Could this country
:04:51. > :04:54.finally be closing its doors? The Foreign Minister says not. We still
:04:55. > :05:02.keep it open border policy for these people fleeing the regime as well as
:05:03. > :05:12.air strikes of Russia. These people are fleeing, so we need to keep this
:05:13. > :05:17.open-door policy for them. Turkey has welcomed over two and a half
:05:18. > :05:21.million Syrian refugees. At its open-door policy has precipitated
:05:22. > :05:25.the mass migration towards Europe. -- but its open-door policy. This
:05:26. > :05:29.country faces conflicting pressures to help those in need while being
:05:30. > :05:35.told by the EU to stem the flow going West. Turkey has long been the
:05:36. > :05:39.gatekeeper to century, but resources are stretched and it now faces a
:05:40. > :05:46.dilemma, to give safe passage or decide a limit has been reached.
:05:47. > :05:50.Five skiers have been killed in a huge avalanche near Innsbruck in the
:05:51. > :05:55.Austrian Alps. The avalanche was reported
:05:56. > :06:02.to be two-kilometres wide Those who died were from the Czech
:06:03. > :06:07.Republic. A number of survivors are now being treated in hospital.
:06:08. > :06:10.The government has been criticised over plans to ban charities
:06:11. > :06:11.and other organisations from using public money
:06:12. > :06:15.Under the new rules to be introduced in May, charities would be
:06:16. > :06:17.restricted to using only money raised privately for anything deemed
:06:18. > :06:21.Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier is here in the studio.
:06:22. > :06:26.Why does the government want to do this?
:06:27. > :06:32.The government gets pressured to change its policies on all sorts of
:06:33. > :06:36.issues. A minimum price of alcohol, sugar tax, even environment issues.
:06:37. > :06:40.It happens all the time from different organisations. Big
:06:41. > :06:45.business, industry, but also bodies that are partly funded by the
:06:46. > :06:48.taxpayer, through government grants. Like charities. The government
:06:49. > :06:52.thinks that's wrong, that if charities want to do this kind of
:06:53. > :06:56.lobbying work, as it's called, it should pay for that through money it
:06:57. > :07:00.has raised itself, not through government grants or taxpayer money.
:07:01. > :07:05.It hasn't gone down very well in the charity sector, it has called the
:07:06. > :07:08.changes struck only in and said the charities lay a vital role in the
:07:09. > :07:15.decision-making process, informing policies being brought in. -- play a
:07:16. > :07:18.vital role. Sara Wollaston, Conservative MP, who chairs the
:07:19. > :07:22.health committee in the House of Commons, has been critical. She says
:07:23. > :07:26.when it comes to public health this will tip the balance in favour of
:07:27. > :07:30.those with vested interest, big business and industry, and away from
:07:31. > :07:34.the charity sector. That, she told me, was a very worrying move.
:07:35. > :07:40.Football now. of the Premier League after beating
:07:41. > :07:46.title rivals Manchester City 3 -1 Here's our Sports
:07:47. > :07:48.reporter Rob Heath. Just like Manchester's weather,
:07:49. > :07:50.teams know what's coming with Leicester City,
:07:51. > :07:51.but there's nothing Some bookmakers had
:07:52. > :07:54.Leicester at 5000-1 Here they were 1-0 up
:07:55. > :08:01.inside three minutes, This season has been
:08:02. > :08:05.no fluke, Leicester They started the second
:08:06. > :08:10.half as they had This time, Riyad Mahrez,
:08:11. > :08:12.one of the season's revelations, The manager, Manuel Pellegrini,
:08:13. > :08:19.knows he's off at the end He might have wished his departure
:08:20. > :08:22.was sooner after watching Manchester City was spared further
:08:23. > :08:26.embarrassment and managed to score The most remarkable story
:08:27. > :08:35.in Premier League history is heading From 5000-1, Leicester
:08:36. > :08:45.are now title favourites. And in the Six Nations Rugby -
:08:46. > :08:48.which kicked off today - France narrowly beat
:08:49. > :08:59.Italy by 23 points to 21. England won the Calcutta Cup,
:09:00. > :09:07.beating Scotland at Murrayfield 15-9. Joe Wilson is there for us.
:09:08. > :09:12.Here in Edinburgh it wasn't pretty. Mind you, nobody thought it would
:09:13. > :09:16.be. England picked a team full of experience to hold their nerve, that
:09:17. > :09:19.is what happened. The best passage of play, and with England's second
:09:20. > :09:25.try in the second half as they moved the ball wide to Jack Nowell on the
:09:26. > :09:30.wing to score. It followed a try from close range by George Cruise in
:09:31. > :09:34.the first half. Scotland got in the game thanks to penalties from
:09:35. > :09:37.Captain Greg Laidlaw. Their frustration will be if another match
:09:38. > :09:41.with a great Murrayfield atmosphere against England in which they failed
:09:42. > :09:45.to score a try. England's satisfaction is that they cause of
:09:46. > :09:50.frustration. England with their new coach will ponder the frustration
:09:51. > :09:52.that it easy to build on a narrow win, easier than on a narrow defeat.
:09:53. > :09:56.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel,