Found in the river wyre close to where she disappeared. The mother of two was last seen walking her dog late last month. Now on bbc news, bittersweet medicine. This is a story of hope. How a new treatment is stopping a devastating genetic disease in its tracks. We have had almost nothing to offer families with this condition for decades. Bringing a new medicine to the world that can potentially cure these devastating diseases is incredibly satisfying and rewarding. How britains most expensive medicine is giving children their lives back. Its amazing. I mean, shes such a little character and for her to receive this treatment is just an absolute blessing. Theyre literally walking, running miracles, you know . They shouldnt be here. Im fergus walsh, the bbc s medical editor. Ive been following the first patient treated by the nhs with this life saving drug, and meeting families affected by one of the rarest and cruellest of genetic conditions. Nala, charlie, nala, charlie shaw. This is th
i mean, the situation there is there aren t words. the devastating. there are no words i don t know if it would describe it. you think about how many people died. 17,000 people. think about that. good morning, everyone. we re so glad you could join us. we hate to start your day with terrible news. but what you were just witnessing, was a miraculous rescue, children pulled from the rubble days after a catastrophic earthquake. but time is running out to find survivors. we ll take you live to this disaster zone. the staggering death toll just keeps soaring in turkey and syria. also, this overnight, senator john fetterman is back in the hospital. doctors are making sure he didn t suffer another stroke. we ll bring you the latest. president biden is going on a cross country blitz after his state of the union address. the next stop is florida. we re going to speak to the state s republican senator rick scott. he is the gop leader president biden accused of wanting to cut
top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. we begin this hour with the new reporting of the chinese surveillance balloon, and the state department is confirming that this device was capable of monitoring u.s. communications. that is likely one of the new details that lawmakers are learning this morning. the biden administration is giving classified briefings on the issue on capitol hill a short time ago, and we will give you more of what we are learning in a moment, and with reclosely following what is happening in europe. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling on the european allies to step up the assistance and talking about specifically what they could do in his mind game-changers. fresh off of the sales pitch in wisconsin, president biden is headed to florida to expect to drive home his pledge in particular to protect social security and medicare, and we will have more on that message from the white house ahead. first of all to nat
a coordinated international rescue effort is now under way. also on the programme. hospital bosses urge ministers to re open pay talks with staff, as unions prepare for their biggest round of strikes. the head of a top english public school is found dead, along with her husband and daughter, in a property on school grounds. we look at how the spiralling demand for digital data storage, is delaying the construction, of new homes. breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time. and a musical renaissance for beyonce, winning a record breaking 32nd grammy award. and coming up on the bbc news channel. manchester city has been accused of more than 100 charges of breaching financial rules by the premier league following a long running investigation. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. more than 1,700 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that s hit southern turkey and syria. it happened in the early hours of this morning, and had a magnitude of 7.
many of whom were already in dire need of humanitarian aid. our other main story this hour ambulance workers join nurses taking strike action in what is the biggest ever nhs walkout in england over pay disputes. we have been discussing this coming year from april s pay with the unions. we have the process through the pay review body. it s an independent process and we re keen to get the evidence that reflects the pressure that the nhs has been under in the wider context in terms of inflation. the head teacher of one of the uk s top private schools has been found dead, along with her husband and 7 year old daughter. a former girlfriend of the influencer andrew tate tells the bbc he encouraged her to work for his adult webcam company and was controlling and manipulative. and beyonce breaks records at the grammys and harry styles picks up album of the year at the music awards. good afternoon. rescue efforts continue after powerful earthquakes struck southern turkey and syria