even access north west syria. that is more than 72 hours since the earthquake began and the chances are no one is still alive under the rubble, 72 hours after the beginning of the earthquake. you look at the uk and the eu, the us and mexico, australia, india, all sent search and rescue teams to turkey which is admittedly hit a bit harder than syria but they could have crossed to syria. but no one cares. are you sure it is that no one cares or because of the safety risk in what is still a just cannot take the risk without the un they to broker the agreements which ensure safety. cannotjust put its volunteers or employees at risk because they could find themselves not because of a further earthquake but because it
and you need a long term plan with what to do with all those people who are now left homeless in these relate difficult and dangerous conditions. our middle east correspondent tom bateman is in adana in southern turkey. extremely cold overnight, heavy snowfall in parts of syria, so really affecting the humanitarian effort now, and here, as you can see, this work has been going on through the night. when we were here yesterday, there were more bodies being pulled from this rubble. they have made quite a lot of progress on getting down through the various levels, but all of this, of course, creates extremely anxious moments for relatives and neighbours who have still been camped out around here, day and night, eversince
arriving in syria, in the north of syria now, via the southern turkish border. in the uk, the fire brigades union has postpone a new strike after receiving an improved pay offer. zoe conway updated us on what was going on behind the scenes. in total, what we re talking about is a 12% increase over two years. i mean, in some ways this shouldn t come as so much of a surprise, because they are clearly good negotiators, because 20 years ago they managed to get a 16% pay rise, so this is, as i say, 12%, but clearly the fire brigades union is still concerned that this is below inflation, because inflation at the moment is 10.5%. so they are notjumping forjoy about this offer, but they are going to put it to their members, they have suspended strike action. let s see whether the
trying to make political capital out of the crisis. in syria, relief efforts have been hampered by the war that has destroyed much of the country s infrastructure. though this morning, the reuters news agency is reporting that the first aid convoy is en route to northern syria via the southern turkish border. there is a un crossing point there. but despite the difficulties, there are some extraordinary stories of hope and joy as howard johnson reports. these british rescuers are wasting no time. within hours of arriving in antakya, turkey, they ve located a 60 year old woman, salva, buried under the rubble. davy the sniffer dog was the first to confirm she s alive. salva s son in law, ali, is overcome with emotion. if she can get out, if she can survive, if it can really happen, it will be a miracle for us, says ali. salva s been trapped in this collapsed three storey building for three days without food and water. dusty and dehydrated, she s finally stretchered to safety.
symbolic. they are struggling even to get fuel to let the cranes work so they could lift and clear much of what is happening in regime held syria because of the brutal response of the assad regime to the uprising and also the corrupt regime, western countries no longer have faith in sending aid to syria through damascus because much of it will be siphoned off, and that is understandable. however, ithink understandable. however, ithink undersuch understandable. however, ithink under such circumstances we should try our best to deliver aid even if we knew that half of it would be lost, instead of allowing the people to die under the rubble, and direct all the attention to neighbouring countries. ., ~ all the attention to neighbouring countries. ., ,, , ., all the attention to neighbouring countries. ., ~ , ., , . all the attention to neighbouring countries. ., ,, , . ., countries. thank you very much for “oininu us countries. thank you very much for joining us from countries. thank