live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. rescue operations are under way across much of southern turkey and northern syria, following a huge earthquake that has killed at least 2,500 people. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble and people have spent the day digging with their bare hands. 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 to the north of the first. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt the earthquake. the united nations has called for an international response to the earthquakes. world leaders have pledged to send aid. but freezing temperatures are already hampering the aid effort. 0ur middle east correspondent an
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we re talking breaking news out of turkey where a major earthquake has struck the southern part of the country. officials say the death toll has now risen to at least 17. the u.s. geological survey says the 7.8 magnitude quake was centered east of nadagi in gaziant. p province. officials say multiple buildings have collapsed not just in turkey but also in syria. an aftershock with a magnitude of 6.7 struck northwest of the initial quake about 11 minutes later. a local journalist tells cnn there were up to eight very strong aftershocks in under a minute. let s take you now to cnn s jomana karadsheh for the very latest. more details coming in, jomana? reporter: we are starting to get more and more information, leila, coming from different parts of the country. we heard from the turkish interior minister saying they are getting reports from many places. at least ten provinces across southeastern turkey have been impacted by this major 7.8 magnitude earthquake. according to the
for their country will prevail. we ll be hearing from steve rosenberg in moscow, sarah smith in warsaw, and jeremy bowen, who s in kyiv. also on the programme: it s just been announced that strike action by nurses in england is being paused. the royal college of nursing says it is starting talks with the government tomorrow over the long running dispute. some supermarkets begin limiting the amount of fruit and veg you can buy because of problems with supplies. and the world s biggest trial of a four day working week. it took place here, in the uk. it s popular, but does it work? and coming up on the bbc news channel liverpool and real madrid meet again in the champions league with the premier league team hoping to change their recent form against the defending champions. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from kharkiv, in north east ukraine, just 20 miles from the russian border. which is that day. we have been hearing air raid sirens sounding periodicall
more people have been killed after another earthquake hit southern turkey and syria yesterday. rescuers are back searching for people trapped under rubble after the 6.4 magnitude tremor struck near the turkish city of antakya close to the border with syria, just two weeks after massive quakes that have killed more than 47,000 people, injured tens of thousands more and left many homeless. 0ur correspondent anna foster reports. there seems no end to the agony. today, fresh images of loss and grief. millions of people desperately trying to heal have been traumatised again. for many, the first thought was protecting their families. they gathered up everything that was precious to them and ran. this volleyball court was set up as a relief centre after the first earthquake, and by yesterday it was almost deserted.