welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. world leaders have offered help with rescue operations following two huge earthquakes which have devastated parts of southern turkey and northern syria. at least 3800 people are known to have died. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble. running for their lives. shaken to their foundations, whole buildings fell. and across southern turkey, peace became panic. people helped where they could. this was a series of powerful earthquakes, notjust one. they were only around 20 kilometres under the surface, and shallow quakes cause the most damage. in towns and cities across a huge area, the rescue efforts began. with diggers and sniffer dogs, teams of people began to dig frantically in search of survivors. for decades, turkey has been bracing itself for a huge quake. tonight everyone is a rescuer, and they all want to find a survivor. it s a painful wait for news. translation: there are people still
world leaders have offered help with rescue operations following two huge earthquakes which have devastated parts of southern turkey and northern syria. at least 4300 people are known to have died. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble. 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, about 80 miles to the north of the first. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt the earthquake. freezing temperatures and the closure of airports make getting aid into the area more challenging. years of civil war and political isolation present obstacles to helping syria. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is in turkey, and is travelling towards the epicentre of the earthquake, close to the border wit
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. world leaders have offered help with rescue operations following two huge earthquakes which have devastated parts of southern turkey and northern syria. at least 4,300 people are known to have died. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble. 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, about 80 miles to the north of the first. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt the earthquake. freezing temperatures and the closure of airports make getting aid into the area more challenging. years of civil war and political isolation present obstacles to helping syria. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is in turkey, and is travelling
on top of this pile of rubble. rescuers are using their bare hands, and you can see them throwing down blocks and trying to search desperately for survivors. that s our correspondent anna foster who s in turkey and heading towards the epicentre of the quake. also on the programme: the headteacher of a leading private school epsom college is found dead alongside her husband and young daughter in the school grounds. tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers go out on strike in england on the same day for the first time we report on the impact on patients for the first time breaking for the first time the record for the most grammy breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time. breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time. .. coming up in sort on grammy wins of all time. .. coming up in sport on the grammy wins of all time. .. coming up in sport on the bbc grammy wins of all time. .. coming up in sport on the bbc news grammy wins of
travelling towards the epicentre near the syrian border. we will be hearing from her shortly. also on the programme. the former metropolitan police officer david carrick will be sentenced tomorrow after pleading guilty to multiple sex offences against women. we hear from one of his victims. nurses and ambulance workers in england go on strike on the same day for the first time in this dispute. we assess the impact. and trouble for manchester city as the premier league charges the club with more than 100 breaches of its financial rules. and coming up on the bbc news channel: marsching on without jesse, as leeds united sack their manager after less than a year in charge. good evening. more than 3500 people have been killed after two major earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria today, flattening thousands of buildings and leaving tens of thousands injured. a massive rescue operation is under way to try to find any survivors people have spent the day digging with