welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. world leaders have offered help with rescue operations following two huge earthquakes which have devastated parts of southern turkey and northern syria. at least 4,300 people are known to have died. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble. the first earthquake struck in the early hours of monday morning while people were asleep. the epicentre was near the turkish city of gaziantep, which is near the border with syria and measured a magnitude of 7.8. the second earthquake measured 7.5 magnitude and hit 130 kilometres, about 80 miles to the north of the first. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt the earthquake. freezing temperatures and the closure of airports make getting aid into the area more challenging. years of civil war and political isolation present obstacles to helping syria. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is in turkey, and is travelling
this is bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories: extensive search and rescue operations are under way after two powerful earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria. almost 3000 people have been killed in turkey and thousands of buildings have collapsed. more than m00 more people died in northern syria. the first quake was felt as far away as lebanon and cyprus. president biden insists relations between washington and beijing haven t been weakened by the shooting down of a suspected chinese spy balloon. and scarred but defiant sir salman rushdie talks about the brutal attack he suffered on stage last year.
welcome to bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories. extensive search and rescue operations are underway after two powerful earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria. nearly 2,400 people have been killed in turkey and thousands of buildings have collapsed. more than 11100 more people died in northern syria. the first quake was felt as far away as lebanon and cyprus. president biden insists relations between washington and beijing haven t been weakened by the shooting down of a suspected chinese spy balloon. and scarred but defiant sir salman rushdie talks about the brutal attack
welcome to bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories. extensive search and rescue operations are underway after two powerful earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria. nearly 2,400 people have been killed in turkey and thousands of buildings have collapsed. more than m00 more people died in northern syria. the first quake was felt as far away as lebanon and cyprus. president biden insists relations between washington and beijing haven t been weakened by the shooting down of a suspected chinese spy balloon. and scarred but defiant sir salman rushdie talks about the brutal attack he suffered on stage last year.
welcome to bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories. extensive search and rescue operations are underway after two powerful earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria. nearly 3,000 people have been killed in turkey and thousands of buildings have collapsed. more than m00 more people died in northern syria. the first quake was felt as far away as lebanon and cyprus. president biden insists relations between washington and beijing haven t been weakened by the shooting down of a suspected chinese spy balloon. and scarred but defiant sir salman rushdie talks about the brutal attack he suffered on stage last year.