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 international correspondent lyse doucet is in southern turkey. it s hard here in southern turkey really hard here, but it s
today, the business headlines will be dominated again by the huge profits made by one of the world s top oil companies. this time it s the turn of bp its latest results are out in an hour and a half and it is expected to reveal it s made substantial sums in the last quarter. last week, shell announced it made record annual profits of nearly $40 billion in 2022, double the previous year s total and the highest in its 115 year history. energy firms have seen record earnings since oil and gas prices jumped following the invasion of ukraine. dr carole nakhle is chief executive of crystal energy, a consultancy that provides advice, research and training to the energy sector. thank you for being on the programme. if we look at the numbers to begin with will bp be record numbersjust like be record numbers just like shell? be record numbersjust like shell? i be record numbers “ust like shell? ., ~ , shell? i don t think bp will be an outlier shell? i don t think bp will be a
natural disaster over man made disaster and i hope i encourage everyone to just cb on the complexity and just give a pound, or a dollar euro or more if you can afford it. ., a dollar euro or more if you can afford it a dollar euro or more if you can afford it. ., . ., , afford it. two thing sanctions need to be lifted and afford it. two thing sanctions need to be lifted and that afford it. two thing sanctions need to be lifted and that the afford it. two thing sanctions need l to be lifted and that the americans, with all their might and their finance, should be going and even into syria to try and broker more access? and on the ground there will be more effort to try and help. the main thing be more effort to try and help. the main thing is be more effort to try and help. the main thing is that we should be looking main thing is that we should be looking at main thing is that we should be looking at this as a humanitarian effort looking at this as a humanitarian effort