you re watching bbc news. now it s time for fault line: the un and the quake in syria. screaming. the earthquake strikes. un aid arrives in turkey immediately, but take several days to reach northwest syria. bbc news arabic investigates. un teams are supposed to deploy within 48 hours of a request. in northwest syria, that didn t happen. what matters in terms of responding to an earthquake is time and what the sort of, the immediacy of the response. and the un just stood there, like, completely paralysed. in this film, we ask, what took the united nations so long? to deliver humanitarian aid across an international border, we need either the consent of the government or in the case that we have in syria, a binding security council resolution. on monday 6th february 00.47am, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 strikes near gaziantep in south east turkey. across the border in syria, strong tremors are felt. hundreds of buildings collapse. as the hours pass, the scale of the disast
on a new defence agreement. the aukus pact aims to counter china s perceived threat in the indo pacific. it s expected to agree the supply of nuclear powered submarines to australia. you re watching bbc news. now its time for fault line: the un and the quake in syria. screaming the earthquake strikes. un aid arrives in turkey immediately, but takes several days to reach north west syria. bbc news arabic investigates. un teams are supposed to deploy within 48 hours of a request. in north west syria, that didn t happen. what matters in terms of responding to an earthquake is time and what the sort of, the immediacy of the response. and the un just stood there, like, completely paralysed. in this film, we ask, what took the united nations so long? to deliver humanitarian aid across an international border, we need either the consent of the government or in the case that we have in syria, a binding security council resolution. on monday, the 6th of february 00.47am, an earthqua
this extraordinary series of events was sparked by a complaint from a member of the public who turned out to be nick adderley s ex wife who took issue with media reports about his naval record, and that has led to this, a gross misconduct hearing investigating claims about nick adderley s career which include him implying that he had served in the falklands war despite being just 15 at the time, that he had worked as a military negotiator in haiti in the 19805 even though he had never visited the country, and that he had worn military medals that he had not earned and in one case, the south atlantic medal, the falklands war medal, was in the words of one expert, 110% a fake. all of those allegations were proven. the panel dismissed nick adderley from his job and they said he lied with arrogant temerity, that he displayed sustained and brazen dishonesty and that his application for the job of chief constable contained lie upon lie. despite being instructed to do so nick adderl
British police are to join with the FBI and US Secret Service agents to mount a crackdown on call centres scamming victims worldwide, as Interpol issued a global alert on the threat.
Here’s what travelers should bear in mind for navigating security alerts, flights, cruises and travel insurance amid the ongoing the crisis in the Middle East.