for seven and a half days. more than 7000 people are now known to have died and that number is expected to rise and not focuses on getting aid to the thousands who have survived. also in the programme, the new family of the victim was legally stabbed says that her death is of the massive hole in their lives. officials have been explaining more about the series of objects that have been shot down from their airspace. three were shut down this past week and we have just been hearing from the white house sink have not been able to identify with these objects are. but they maintain that this balloon which was shot on the 4th of february was a suspected spy the 4th of february was a suspected spy balloon from china. his national security spokesperson speaking in the last few moments stability were able to determine that china does have a boon for this intelligence collection that is connected to the people s liberation army. it was operating during the previous administration but
and syria are dwindling. tonight with the context, tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent and amanda renteria, hillary clinton s former national political director. we begin tonight in the skies over north america, where no less than three unidentified flying objects have been shot down in the last three days. the us says it has not yet been able to identify the objects but wreckage recovery operations are continuing. but after a military commander said he could not rule out that the objects were extra terrestrials over the weekend today the white house sort today the white house sought to address the question on everyone s minds. there is no, again, no indication of aliens or extra terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. again, there is no indication of aliens or aliens or terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. we wanted to make sure that the american people knew that, all of you knew that, and it was important for us to say that from
my guest is long standing erdogan critic, the exiled turkish writer ece temelkuran. a presidential election is looming. does the opposition have what it takes to end the erdogan era? ece temelkuran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. your country is grappling with a humanitarian crisis of unimaginable scale. the death toll has now passed well past 40,000, millions are displaced, and the government is saying that this is a time for national unity and solidarity. for you as a very prominent critic of president erdogan, can you at least share that sentiment? well, there is a national unity. unfortunately, the government is out of this unity. they have to connect with people right now, because most of the people, well, i can say millions of people, are feeling like they are trying to help the victims of the earthquake despite the government. despite the regime s strong hand, who is trying to do everything on their own? how can you say that, when we all see the turkish emerg
and the occupied west bank. a raid by israeli troops in nablus on wednesday left 11 palestinians dead and about a hundred wounded. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the earthquakes that rocked southern turkey in early february not only caused a humanitarian disaster, they exposed cracks in president erdogan s carefully crafted image as turkey s indispensable leader. amid the ruined cities, and the anguish of millions of displaced people, basic government competence is being tested. my guest is long standing erdogan critic, the exiled turkish writer ece temelkuran. a presidential election is looming. does the opposition have what it takes to end the erdogan era? ece temelkuran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. your country is grappling with a humanitarian crisis of unimaginable scale. the death toll has now well passed 40,000, millions are displaced, and the government is saying that this is a time for national unity and solidarity. fo