and turkey issues an international appeal for help. we ll be taking a look at how world leaders are responding. welcome to the programme. we begin in turkey and northern syria, where two powerful earthquakes have killed more than 2,000 people. many more injured and still missing. we ll look at the damage done and the rescue operations. first, let s see where this happened. the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 the epicentre in turkey s gaziantep province. there have been almost 30 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. a second major earthquake 130km north of the first one. these pictures show buildings collapsing in south east turkey. the country has declared a state of emergency. here s president erdogan. translation: we do not know how far the number of dead and injured - will rise as debris removal works continue in many buildings in the earthquake zone. our hope is that we will recover from this disaster with the least loss of life
as veteran broadcaster ken bruce prepares for his last show on radio 2. it s entirely within the bbc s right to ask me to step away a little early and gardening leave is a known concept in broadcasting and in many other areas. good morning. the bbc understands that some energy firms are expecting the government to keep support at, or near, current levels and they are amending their bills with that expectation in mind. the typical energy bill for a household in the uk is set to rise to £3,000 a year from april, but there are calls for the government to keep its current level of support. that support currently means the government is limiting the typical bill to £2,500 a year, plus a £400 winter discount. that support is due to end in april and fuel poverty campaigners say that means the number of households struggling to afford bills could rise from 6.7 million to 8.4 million. a treasury source said it wouldn t comment on speculation, but the chancellorjeremy hunt told the
lvii. you have one of the world s best high school bands. you have the kansas city cheerleaders here. three of which were in the last super bowl. so this is their rookie year for a lot of them. and, of course, what is behind me over to my right. is it still too dark in the state farm stadium where the whole world will be watching and we have a sense the game will be sold out so good to see everybody out here. the cheerleaders having a good time and always in a good mood. why is it, steve and ainsley, that cheerleaders are always happy? steve: because they set the mood for everybody else. everybody look, it s great that we have got the kansas city cheerleaders there. they are rooting for their team so they are putting their best face forward. and now, if people are on the fence, it s like okay, the kansas city chiefs cheerleaders showed up. maybe i m going to have to pull for them on sunday. ainsley: brian, it made me laugh when i saw the super bowl roman numerals becaus
Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the
with only around one in ten services running, as 50,000 workers stage a walk out in the biggest rail strike so far over pay and conditions. the action is getting stronger and the public is behind us so we are committed to it, we want a resolution and if the government can change their attitude, we can get a resolution very quickly. making landfall in the us for a second time hurricane ian strikes south carolina with heavy rain and powerful winds after leaving a trail of devastation in florida and cuba. and, demand for world cup stickers reaches fever pitch in argentina as a shortage of cards kicks off massive queues while others come up with some inventive alternative ways of filling their album. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said that ukraine remains determined to liberate all of its territory, despite vladimir putin s declaration that four occupied regions are now part of russia. in his nightly address