and in gaza about how they re living through it. the year has seen many important and profound stories, from the war in ukraine to donald trump s legal affairs in the us and for india, a successful moon landing. i m going to bring you just some of those moments. we begin in turkey and syria and the devastating earthquake that struck early on the sixth of february. these images show the moment the first quake hit. with a magnitude of 7.8, it destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed thousands of people. a second powerful tremor hours later increased the death toll even further. i was one of the firstjournalists to reach the epicentre, travelling through the devastation towards the city of kahramanmaras and broadcasting from my phone. this was one of my first live reports. what we re talking about here in maras, right at the epicentre of the quake, is notjust single individual collapsed buildings, we re talking about whole city blocks. when i arrived here, we drove down a stre
born in nairobi, gurinder chadha came to the uk as a young child and grew up in southall in west london, home to a big asian community. i m always in southall, still got the best kebabs anywhere in london, and i ve got relatives there and of course the sikh temples are there, and i do, you know, it s where i grew up, really, it s where all of my films are shot. she began her career as a broadcastjournalist. in 1989, she made the first of several documentaries called i m british but. it showed the new generation of young asians in the uk. i see myself as british maybe, well, welsh, isuppose. i ve always wanted to meet gurinder chadha. her movies have made me laugh and cry. as a person, she is just like herfilms warm, open, funny, optimistic and generous. she invited me into her london home and we spent the better part of a day delving into herfilms and discussing what makes her tick as a film maker. # move on up. hello and welcome to talking movies, i m tom brook. toda
the centre of the gaza strip. a ministry spokesman said that a densely populated residential block was destroyed in the al maghazi refugee camp, with many people reported buried under the rubble. israel says it s investigating the incident. from bethlehem in the occupied west bank, shaima khalil has more. what we understand from the hamas run health ministry is that the air strike hit a densely populated residential block. so it s several buildings in very close proximity to one another. the health ministry spokesman has said the death toll is very likely to rise given the number of families living in the area. also the fact that many people are still stuck under the rubble. one man who had lost his daughter, his grandchildren and his son in law had said that his family was ordered to evacuate from gaza city because of the israeli military operation. he said, we came to central gaza only to die. he said, there s just no safe place. to big challenges face the first respond
they re all gone, so why is she still here? cheers mr speaker. jeers mr speaker, lam a fighter, not a quitter. and in other news. harrowing and callous a damning report is published into maternity care at east kent hospital trust. the chief investigator says women weren t listened to. we had 202 families that came forward. in 97, deaths, injuries or other harm could have been different if care had been given to the standards accepted nationally. russian president vladimir putin declares martial law in the four regions of ukraine which it annexed last month. they ll be expected to work with russia to boost the war effort. and, how long do you sleep? researchers say that at least five hours sleep a night may cut the chances of multiple chronic health problems if you re over 50. hello and welcome to bbc news with me, joanna gosling, in sunderland and ben brown in westminster. we re here today to talk about the rising cost of living and how it s affecting you and your family. w
out of control ahead of the july 4th weekend. rich, great to be with you. wonderful to be with you, i m in for john roberts, rich edson. millions are expected to travel for the holiday. aaa predicts 3.5 million will fly, but staffing shortage, pricey fares, and some pilots threatening to strike causing turbulence for the friendly skies. gillian: thousands are being canceled, delayed, experts are fearing an influx of new holiday travelers starting today is set to make matters even worse. listen. all of it is coming to a head, we are seeing the cancellations. we just need more people to work in the industry both as air traffic controllers, pilots, you know, flight attendants, all of that. all in short supply and they can only staff so many planes. gillian: casey stegall is tracking the travel nightmare from dallas-fort worth international. hi, good to see you. a little turned around, i should be wearing my winter coat, usually when we are standing at the airport doing