hello and welcome to bbc news. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 25,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. we ll hearfrom mr griffiths in a moment, but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province of syria, which is rebel controlled. he found no sign of a relief effort, with local people, including children, left scouring through rubble for survivors. this is the town of haram in north west syria. there is a bit of activity here, but nothing like you see in terms of activity on the other side, on the turkish side of the border. the border is literally just across that hill. the people here have lost about 700 buildings. another 4,000 or so are unsafe. so they are living i
Hillary clinton is grilled in washington. The president ial candidate oflects republican criticism her handling of the deadly benghazi attack. Also this hour the French Village that turned an hot air into cold hard cash. Steven carroll will have that in our business update. And it is called the stone of heaven but critics say it comes hell. Ines of we look at the jade industry in but am. We start in south africa where there are tense scenes in the capital. We have the latest images from pretoria where thousands of supporters have gathered outside the maintain government offices where they hike int over a planned tuition fees. They say the cost of tuition is blacks and many increase will only make worse. Ble inequalities they expect to hear from the president. Correspondent there. What is currently happening . Students are gathered union buildings. E have seen unprecedent ed igils of the unity students demanding the president come out and address them with regard to University Fee incre
Now an update to a story fox28 news has been following for weeks. North liberty citizens addressed a potential gun ban tonight the council took a step to resolve the issue. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller is live right now in North Liberty with the update. The Council Members decided ey would d t create a resolution. Instead in a discussion the city determined the Recreation Center and the library will have to revise their policies banning weapons. We did hear from the blic, but the council did most of the talking tonight. Some Council Members say they want to be sure they are legally allowed to ban weapons, without going against ate codes. Other members on the board argued that everything should be left alone since the waters have been muddied with questions about state codes, determining what is City Property and concealed carry. After california, what were nding is that more and more lawenforcement officials are saying if you have a permit, please carry. As others have best they ca
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Pretty stark example of the fracturing of america along lines of class. My guest tonight thinks its a great idea. Stay tuned for that. But we begin with incredible, shocking enthuse out of syria. A possible chemical weapons massacre with the government of president Bashir Al Asad with casualties from 100 to more than 1,it 200. The latter figure if confirmed would amount to one of the greatest war crimes of the past several decades. Nbc news cannot verify the authenticity of the amateur video we are about to show you. It purports to show victims of the attacks and contains images of injured adults and children that may be considered disturbing. Reporter this morning Syrian Rebels tell us there was a series of what they claim were chemical weapons attacks. Ten villages at least it to the east and north of damascus hit by what rebels say were surface to surface missiles fired by the regime and tipped with chemical weapons. The death toll well over 1,000. Symptoms before death, witnesses t