nearly two weeks on from turkey s devastating earthquake, officials have said most rescue efforts to find survivors will end today. search operations have been winding down for days as the chances of finding people fade. more than 16,000 people are known to have been killed by the quake and the aftershocks. meanwhile, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey, at the incirlik air base. he ll hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel held parts of syria. our correspondent caroline davies has the latest from adana. tomorrow morning, it will be two weeks since the earthquake hit turkey and syria, and according to the turkish emergency and disaster body, the vast majority of rescue operations will be winding down from the end of today. we know they have already across one province there were 200 buildings being searched, in another province, the epicentr
nearly two weeks on from turkey s devastating earthquake, officials have said most rescue efforts to find survivors will end today. search operations have been winding down for days as the chances of finding people fade. more than 16,000 people are known to have been killed by the quake and the aftershocks. meanwhile the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey, at the incirlik air base. he ll hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel held parts of syria. with clean up efforts getting under way in turkey, anger is building in some of the worst affected areas. as bulldozers clear debris in the devastated southeastern city of antakya, many people are still waiting for their loved ones to be found under the rubble. translation: my cousin has still not been found under the rubble. - the search has to continue so that at least his body is found. we have been
nearly two weeks on from turkey s devastating earthquake, officials have said most rescue efforts to find survivors will end today. search operations have been winding down for days as the chances of finding people fade. more than 16,000 people are known to have been killed by the quake and the aftershocks. meanwhile the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey, at the incirlik air base. he ll hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel held parts of syria. with clean up efforts getting under way in turkey, anger is building in some of the worst affected areas. as bulldozers clear debris in the devastated southeastern city of antakya, many people are still waiting for their loved ones to be found under the rubble. translation: my cousin has still not been found under the rubble. - the search has to continue so that at least his body is found. we have been
hello, everyone. thanks for joining us on anyone newsroom. i m michael homes. appreciate your company. we have continuing coverage of the israel-hamas war. the war is about to enter its second month. the israeli military says it is carrying out a significant strike right now on the territory. an id f spokesperson says the strike was, quote, very extensive and targeted infrastructure both above and below ground. the idf also says its soldiers have now reached gaza s coast in an effort to cut the northern part off of the enclave. this comes as the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has once again rejected calls for a cease-fire, saying all hostages must first be released. meanwhile, an intense diplomatic push is under way to prevent a wider conflict in the region. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken landing in turkey a short time ago, and the director of the cia also is traveling to several countries in the middle east to meet with, quote, multiple intelligence counte
The statement by mccain joined s morning by a group that we all know well youve all been before this committee is i mention to the you a minute ago and i think most of the members of meet have seen in action in the field and investor crocker youve been diplomat in residence Wilson School and at Princeton University been all over the map. And in the last couple of decades, and a investor harry counselor, senator for strategic and budgetary assessment l by my account that is your 9th appearance before this committee does what sound right to you . Yeah. Investor at the university of Washington Institute for the policy i remember being with you in tucky, and other places and a, of course, ambassador Stewart Jones Vice President of the cohen group who your presence visited by i think every member here by both jordan and in iraq so it is great to have all of you here. Much of our nation attention has gone towards middle east in materials of military operations and thats appropriately so. Wev