Welcome to bbc news, i m lisa marie misztak. our top stories. one week on the death toll from the earthquakes in turkey and syria reaches 37,000, and that number is expected to double. everything we had was here. even my children are crying now, they are saying, mum, everything is gone. 0ur childhood is gone. we ll report from a hospital in southern turkey where staff are overwhelmed by the scale of the tragedy. the us defends its decision to shoot down unidentified flying objects. washington and beijing accuse each other of aerial espionage. we were able to determine that china has a high altitude balloon programme for intelligence collection that is connected to peoples liberation army.
Welcome to bbc news, i m lisa marie misztak. our top stories. one week on the death toll from the earthquakes in turkey and syria reaches 37,000, and that number is expected to double. everything we had was here. even my children are crying now, they are saying, mum, everything is gone. 0ur childhood is gone. we ll report from a hospital in southern turkey where staff are overwhelmed by the scale of the tragedy. the us defends its decision to shoot down unidentified flying objects. washington and beijing accuse each other of aerial espionage. and the czech starjakubjankto becomes the first international player in men s football to come out as gay.
The us defends its decision to shoot down unidentified flying objects. washington and beijing each accuse the other of aerial espionage. let s bring you some breaking news shots have been fired at michigan state university, and police say there have been multiple reported injuries, urging students and faculty to shelter in place, . local media are showing officers swarming the campus. a universtiy spokesperson has just confirmed one person has been killed. shots were apparently fired in two locations near an academic building and at an athletic facility. we ll bring you more when we get it. the scale of the disaster in turkey has placed unprecedented pressure on the country s healthcare system which is now relying on assistance from the international community. 0ur correspondent, nick beake, reports from the south east
Way there was no let up in the erruption itself. explosions. as the airlift got under way there was no let up in the erruption itself. lava streams from a vent in the sea to the east of the island, away for the time being. that could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded the next generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir russian for peace. this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines. the us defends its decision to shoot down unidentified flying objects. washington and beijing each accuse the other of aerial espionage. one week on after the