FollowIng the mass stabbIng In southport In the North West of england. TheIrfamIlIes have paId trIbute to the gIrls and have spoken of theIr heartbreak. ThIs Is nIne year old alIce aguIar. Shes the daughter of portugese parents, who shared the followIng trIbute keep smIlIng and dancIng lIke you love to do our prIncess, youre always our prIncess and no one would change that. Love from your Hero Daddy and mummy. SIx year old bebe kIng was also kIlled In the attack. HerfamIly have saId, no words can descrIbe the devastatIon that has hIt our famIly. Also, seven year old ElsIe Dot Stancombe was kIlled. The famIlIes are all beIng supported by specIalIst offIcers. The attack has also left fIve chIldren and two adults In a crItIcal condItIon. A 17 year old boy has been arrested on suspIcIon of murder and attempted murder. He cant be named because of hIs age, but the bbc can report that he was born In cardIff to rwandan parents and moved to the Southport Area 11 years ago. In the last hour, the
welcome to bbc news. more now on the news that a massive earthquake has killed more than 500 people in turkey and syria, and i canjoin my colleague for more. welcome to all of you watching on pbs and around the globe. we are bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour. a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern syria and also south eastern turkey. official figures say officialfigures say more official figures say more than 650 people have been killed, that figure will rise. the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8 struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep. buildings collapsed, hundreds of miles away. there were also reports of many of the casualties in northern syria, across the border. the tremor was also felt in lebanon, gaza, jordan, cyprus and iraq. turkey has declared a state of emergency. syria s government, meanwhile, has also held an emergency meeting in order to decide how they will respond. witnesses from
a coordinated international rescue effort is now under way. also on the programme. hospital bosses urge ministers to re open pay talks with staff, as unions prepare for their biggest round of strikes. the head of a top english public school is found dead, along with her husband and daughter, in a property on school grounds. we look at how the spiralling demand for digital data storage, is delaying the construction, of new homes. breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time. and a musical renaissance for beyonce, winning a record breaking 32nd grammy award. and coming up on the bbc news channel. manchester city has been accused of more than 100 charges of breaching financial rules by the premier league following a long running investigation. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. more than 1,700 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that s hit southern turkey and syria. it happened in the early hours of this morning, and had a magnitude of 7.