north west, where thousands of people have died. the head of russia s wagner mercenary army claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city in eastern ukraine they ve been assaulting for months. investigations continue after a us fighterjet shot down a object flying over canada s airspace making it the third to be destoyed over north america in the last week. we start in turkey and syria where the number of people killed in last monday s earthquake has risen to over 33,000. these are the live pictures from the south of turkey where, as you can see, the rescue operation is continuing. let s just break those figures down for you then. officials and medics said over 29,500 people had died in turkey and over 3,500 in syria the united nations, who have been supporting rescue teams in both turkey and syria have warned that the final number of fatalities could double. my colleague lyse doucet is on the ground in gaziantep. she told me the focus is n
on the outskirts of bakhmut , a city on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they ve been assaulting for months. investigations continue after a us fighterjet shot down a object flying over canada s airspace making it the third to be destoyed over north america in the last week. mps accuse the bbc chairman, richard sharp, of significant errors ofjudgment, in not declaring his ties to borisjohnson, before joining the corporation. the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, is now more than 30,000, but remarkably, almost a week on, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem, is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright, have managed to gain access, and sent us th
mercenary army claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they ve been assaulting for months. and coming up in the sport later in the hour, it has been a very good weekend for manchester city. the premier league champions are now just three points behind arsenal at the top of the table. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, is now more than 30,000 but remarkably, almost a week on, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright, have managed to gain access, and sent us their first report from inside, the rebel held area. from inside the rebel held
we believe there are policies in place to be able to respond to a catastrophe at this level, and we believe that politics should be put aside in order to properly respond to such a devastating circumstance. the un aid chief says the people of north west syria are right to feel they ve been abandoned in the aftermath of the earthquake. visiting the country earlier, martin griffiths said this must be corrected as fast as possible. mannar al kharboutly from the town of al atarib in idlib province in north west syria spoke to the bbc about the desperate situation there. here, the local people, the civilians here in the north of syria are trying to help to help each other, to provide the people with food and to provide them with camp grounds. but it s too too few. too little. too little aid. we cannot cover all that damage by ourselves. the border crossings, they were closed for days
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