action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walk out in england. we are still hopefully on track and getting waiting lists below a year at the end of march. the more strikes we have, the more challenging that becomes. at the moment, ourstaff challenging that becomes. at the moment, our staff are working incredibly hard to get the waiting lists down. let us know how the strikes are affecting you and do you support them? you can get in touch with your thoughts on this story and the rest of the days news by contacting me on twitter @annitabbc or using the hashtag #bbc your questions we re bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour a powerful earthquake which has struck northern syria and south eastern turkey, killing more than 640 people. the tremor had a magnitude of seven point eight, and struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep but buildings collapsed hundreds of miles away, and there are also reports of many casualtie
this is cnn breaking news welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around world, we continue tracking in the middle east this hour, a major earthquake killed hundreds in sierra and turkey and the death toll is rising quickly, syrian report at least 237 people died in sierra and 600 injured in an unknown number could be trapped under rubble. we just got this video of a rescuer carrying an injured child away from the rubble of a damaged building, a group known as the syrian self-defense declared the northwestern part of syria disaster area, dozens buildings collapsed both countries. at least 76 people reported dead in turkey and more than 400 injured. emergency workers are asking for silence so they can hear if trapped under the rubble. the governor said nearly how to search and rescuers are headed to the impact region and turkey s disaster and emergency management agency is calling for international support. the u.s. geological survey said the epicenter of
anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. we are trying to the russian presidents and national address just ahead and china s top diplomat is in moscow to meet with his russian counterpart as the u.s. warns a beijing could increase its support for russia s war efforts. plus, the earthquake hit areas and turkey in desperate need of access to health care and military aid, we are live in scandinavia. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton! it s so the coming hours, u.s. president joe biden s had to meet with nato secretary general and leaders of the group known as the bucharest nine during his final day in poland. the book resonant is made up of nations that sits on the most eastern part of that nato alliance. you see that country there. that meeting only one day after mr. biden delivered a rallying cry to declaring ukraine will never be a victory for russia. he repeatedly called out putin a by name and just as he did a day earlier in kyiv, h
dagen: terrific coverage there. a fox news alert. a very rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattleling the tri state area in new york city a short time ago. epicenter detected near white house station, new jersey. we do want to show you the moment it happened as our fox shows were on the air. watch this. you can see the cameras shaking. watch that. as reports say the earthquake was felt all the way from boston down to baltimore. let s join fox weather s coverage on when this right now. emergency operations center has been activated in new jersey. they urge you not to call 911 unless you have an actual emergency. but definitely it has a lot of people panicking. interesting. jane even you were saying you are speaking with your fiance and mentioning the fact that he felt the shaking. the apartment was shaking. this is new york city. how many of us are in high rises at this time of day. right? 36 floors up at the top. imagine that. the shaking being felt not only in new york
today i spoke with prime minister netanyahu and other senior officials about concrete steps to do that. president biden has consistently stressed the need for israel to operate in accordance with international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank where incitement and extremist violence against palestinians must be stopped. we violence against palestinians must be stopped. violence against palestinians must be stopped. we asked our diplomatic must be stopped. we asked our diplomatic corresponded - must be stopped. we asked our diplomatic corresponded aboutl diplomatic corresponded about the status of aid going into gaza following anthony blink and s call for humanitarian pauses. and s call for humanitarian auses. ~ u, and s call for humanitarian auses. ~ a, and s call for humanitarian auses. ~ , pauses. the american say they have been pauses. the american say they have been putting pauses. the americ