is because the aid just didn t come quick enough. the extraordinary words there from quentin sommerville. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been speaking to the un humanitarian chief, martin griffiths, on a visit to the turkish city of kahramanmaras. martin griffiths, you have seen so many disasters in so many different parts of the world. how does this compare? i think it is the worst natural disaster i have ever seen. and it is also the most extraordinary international response, as you know. we have more than 100 countries who have sent people here, so there s been an incredible response. but there is a need for it, as we see behind us. and what is so amazing is that people are still, as you know, lyse, coming out of the rubble alive six days in. so it is shocking. it is also, in a perverse sense, quite heartening. heartening in what way?
stark words there from quentin somerville come on the syrian side of the border. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet described the problem is exactly, is a crisis within a crisis. she is on the northern side of the board at the moment, in turkey, and she has been interviewing martin griffiths, the humanitarian chief at the united nations. let s take a listen to their conversation. martin griffiths, you have seen so many disasters in so many different parts of the world. how does this compare? i think it is the worst natural disaster i have ever seen. and it is also the most extraordinary international response, as you know. we have more than 100 countries who have sent people here, so there s been an incredible response. but there is a need for it, as we see behind us. and what is so amazing is that people are still, as you know, lyse, coming out of the rubble
they are no longer rescuing people and the reason they are no longer rescuing people is because the aid just didn t come quick enough. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been speaking to the un humanitarian chief, martin griffiths, on a visit to the turkish city of kahramanmarash. martin griffiths, you have seen so many disasters in so many different parts of the world. how does this compare? i think it is the worst natural disaster i have ever seen. and it is also the most extraordinary international response, as you know. we have more than 100 countries who have sent people here, so there s been an incredible response. but there is a need for it, as we see behind us. and what is so amazing is that people are still, as you know, lyse, coming out of the rubble
to say this on that issue. i don t think it s right to give up hope that we will get access. we are looking very, very actively and firmly and hard for opening up two more crossing points. through turkey into. through turkey into the north west, in the coming days. we re going to put a resolution where we go before the security council. if anybody wants to veto it, let them do so. the case for those two additional crossing points is a black and white humanitarian case. this is not politics, lyse, and people who say that we re playing with politics that s not fair. martin griffith talking to lyse doucet in turkey there. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has confirmed that he ordered the shooting down of an unidentified high altitude object which had been flying over northwestern canada. he said us and canadian aricraft were scrambled and that an american fighter aircraft shot the object down. mr trudeau broke the news in a tweet, adding that canadian forces will now recover
this is mainly a recovery mission, they are no longer rescuing people, and the reason they are no longer rescuing people is because the aid just didn t come quick enough. that was quentin on the syrian side of the border. just on the other side of the border in turkey is our chief international correspondent lyse doucet who has been speaking to the un humanitarian chief martin griffiths. let s listen to their conversation. martin griffiths, you have seen so many disasters in so many different parts of the world. how does this compare? i think it is the worst natural disaster i have ever seen. and it is also the most extraordinary international response, as you know. we have more than 100 countries who have sent people here, so there s been an incredible response. but there is a need for it, as we see behind us. and what is so amazing is that people are still, as you know, lyse,