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hello, i m geeta guru murthy. you re watching the context on bbc news. the deathtoll in turkey and syria now passes 20,000. after more than 80 hours of searching so far, hopes fade for the many still trapped under the rubble. fears now of a secondary disaster, the world helath organisation warns of the challenge of keeping survivors alive. president zelensky addresses the european parliament continuing his calls for the west to send ukraine fighterjets. tonight with the context jim murphy, former labour cabinet minister, and jennifer carroll, who served as a republican lieutenant governor of florida.
welcome to the programme. the updates from turkey and syria are relentlessly grim. the deathtoll has now passed 20,000 but only a fraction of the devastated areas have been searched, with hope fading for those still trapped. though there are still miracles. these pictures have recently come in from diyarbakir and they show a little boy, six year old basir yildiz, being rescued. crews had been digging for him for 80 hours. but even for the lucky ones like basir, there are challenges ahead. the world health organization has talked about a new disaster, with thousands unable to find shelter, food and water. help is arriving the first aid has crossed into syria, through the one border crossing point that is open. and in the last hour, the director general of the who, dr tedros ghebreyesus, has said he is on his way to syria. for the latest, our chief