it s almost a week since two earthquakes devastated parts of turkey and syria, in which so far, more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations says that figure could double. remarkably though, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman robbie wright have managed to gain access, and sent us their first report from inside the rebel held area. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the earthquake s aftermath, syria and turkey couldn t be further apart. we ve just crossed into syria at the border crossing. there were about a dozen aid trucks, fuel tankers coming in, but actually, there were more refugees, more corpses coming out than there was
declared in five regions, including auckland, as strong winds and heavy rain have brought down trees and damaged power lines. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go take a look at what s on the show. the cities that went to sleep for the pandemic are waking up, but how much are the world s great metropolises bouncing back and can they ever get back to where they were? with hybrid and remote working still in place in much of the world, what is the impact on our great cities, their restaurants, economies and property prices? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. dr megan walters, global head of research at allianz real estate, and julian metcalfe, the big boss of the asian food chain itsu. plus, i sit down with yuriko koike, the governor of tokyo, to get her view on how one of the world s great capitals is faring after the olympics and the pandemic. and if that wasn
it s a week since two earthquakes devastated parts of turkey and syria, in which so far, more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations says that figure could double. remarkably though, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman robbie wright have managed to gain access, and sent us their first report from inside the rebel held area. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the earthquake s aftermath, syria and turkey couldn t be further apart. we ve just crossed into syria at the border crossing. there were about a dozen aid trucks, fuel tankers coming in, but actually, there were more refugees, more corpses coming out than there was aid co
of repairing the damage. also in the programme. in beijing the chinese communist party congress continues but some parts of the city are back under a covid lockdown. and, a jury in new york clears the actor, kevin spacey, of making unwanted sexual advances on a iii year old. hello and welcome to the programme. britain is set to get a new prime minister by the end of next week, after the conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its leader following liz truss s resignation. she stepped down afterjust six chaotic weeks in the job by far the shortest tenure in british history. her leadership foundered when the markets took fright, the pound crashed, she sacked her chancellor kwasi kwarteng and was forced into a humiliating series of u turns. we start our coverage with the bbc s political editor chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister,
can see lots of isobars on the charts driving the showers in. some of the heaviest ones we can expect affecting more southern counties of england, towards the south west and wales and some running of the receipt to north west england. some of the showers will push northwards and eastwards forming bands, some of them heavy and rumbles of thunder. in between, good spells of sunshine and the wind is still a feature. temperature 12 to 15, 16 degrees which is very mild for the time of year. this evening and overnight, showers rattle through on a fairly brisk south westerly as the night wears on the winds will ease down somewhat and the shower activity eases through central and eastern areas. still going across the south on the west and some of them could be quite heavy. temperatures four to 11 degrees. nowhere particularly cold because of the strength of the breeze. on wednesday, probably fewer showers around for much of the country with the low pressure system sitting to the west