the un launches an appeal for $1 billion to help turkey recover from last week s catastrophic earthquakes. the british prime minister travels to northern ireland amid speculation about a post brexit trade deal that could revive the devolved government in belfast. and an array of celebrities attend a memorial service for, dame vivienne westwood in london. the era defining, fashion designer died aged 81, in december. hello and welcome to the programme. next week marks the first anniversary of russia s invasion. ahead of that ukraine s president zelensky has been speaking to our world affairs editorjohn simpson reflecting on what s happened and what may happen ahead. president zelensky claimed his troops could keep defending their country until they are able to launch a counter offensive. and crucially he ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. a warning that there are flashing images in this report. a year on, president zelensky may be s
we begin with the race to get more aid into southern turkey and northern syria, where the death toll from last week s earthquakes has now surpassed 41 thousand. millions are still left without shelter in freezing conditions with little food and poor sanitation. the challenge in northern syria is particularly difficult the political situation is unstable after years of war and control of the border is split between the syrian government and rebel groups. until today aid has been routed through a single crossing point at bab al hawa. our correspondent laura bicker has been there and sent this report. every day in antakya, relatives huddle around piles of rubble that were once family homes, waiting for news. but rescue efforts have slowly become recovery missions, and now, as workers comb through bricks and dust, the hope is of finding a body to say a final farewell. 30 people are entombed in what is left of this building. layers of concrete are pulled apart to reve
human rights and continuing to teach sunday school at his church in his hometown. a person of faith, president carter said he is ready for what comes after his death. jonathan is joining us from georgia with more on former president carter s health condition. reporter: the carter center said that former president is moving to home hospice care. his grandson, jason, a former georgia state senator, tweeted saturday. i saw both of my grandparents yesterday, they are at peace, and always their home is full of love. the spokesperson from secret service tweeted, rest easy mr. president. we ll be forever by your side. in 2015 mr. ca cart carter he was the perfectly at ease with whatever was to come. we responded well to treatment at the time. and presumed his active schedule that included international travel, his work. and continued to work through his nonprofit, he founded with his wife rosa lynn in 1982. the carter center. providing election monitoring services in the world, an
they were fantastic and shows why we should have faith in the wisdom of people. these voters have thought these policies through. we don t want to hear sound bites tonight from the candidates but substance. we don t want personalities, we want principles. we don t want politics we want policy. we the people. folks are saying they are living paycheck to paycheck can t afford an emergency bill of $1 thousand. the interest rates are the highest since 2000. everywhere you look voters feel really pressed on quality of life and everyday affordability and security issues. you heard that. what i loved about the conversation had with these voters they are leaning a certain way. some have preferences but very open minded and that s the whole point of a debate. having candidate forums so people can access the candidates free of charge all at the same time shoulder to shoulder live taking tough questions from a moderateor and each other. that s how voters end up making
biden on vacation. it s a thing a lot. and this time president biden cannot escape the blistering criticism from his fly-by visit to the victims of the fires that killed at least 114 americans. political critics are joined by people now who live in maui shredding biden for tone deaf comments during what some are calling a multi-million dollar photo op. one said it was outrageous as even fema workers there are reportedly staying in $1 thousand a night resorts while the fire has left so many people, tens of thousands homeless. infuriating many, the president retold an old lie about how he came so close to fire danger. president biden: i don t want to compare difficulties but we have a little sense, jill and i, what it is like to lose a home.