and the biggest event in america s sporting calendar, the super bowl, is about to kick off with the kansas city chiefs playing the philadelphia eagles in phoenix, arizona. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s almost a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, in which so far, more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations however says it expects that figure to double. remarkably though 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. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the
Forward to his new role. I have a few folks in the room that are with me that have helped me over the last month to get to this point in the confirmation and they represent a larger category of people who have worked enormously long hours tirelessly guiding me through the Confirmation Process and to them i will always be eternally grateful to the sacrifices they have made of their time these past week. I have also received over the last month so many messages and letters and phone calls of best wishes, encouragement and prayers from family, friends and colleagues who know me well. But i have also received an enormous outpouring of wonderful messages from people all over the country whom i do not know. It is their messages that are going to stand instead fast reminder to me asi to stand instead fast reminder to me as i enter the responsibilities as Secretary Of State, that as i serve this president , i serve their interest and will always represent the interest of all the American Peopl
Forward to his new role. I have a few folks in the room that are with me that have helped me over the last month to get to this point in the confirmation and they represent a larger category of people who have worked enormously long hours tirelessly guiding me through the Confirmation Process and to them i will always be eternally grateful to the sacrifices they have made of their time these past week. I have also received over the last month so many messages and letters and phone calls of best wishes, encouragement and prayers from family, friends and colleagues who know me well. But i have also received an enormous outpouring of wonderful messages from people all over the country whom i do not know. It is their messages that are going to stand instead fast reminder to me asi to stand instead fast reminder to me as i enter the responsibilities as Secretary Of State, that as i serve this president , i serve their interest and will always represent the interest of all the American Peopl
NORTH OF SYLINGARFELL, Iceland (Reuters) -A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, pumping lava up to 80 metres (260 feet) into the air and disrupting life in the Reykjanes peninsula. Fountains of bright-orange molten rock spewed from cracks in the ground and lava crossed a road near the Blue Lagoon - a luxury geothermal spa - which had closed its doors on Thursday due to the outbreak. The lava flow also hit thermal-based water pipes in the region just south of the capital, disrupting the supply of hot water to more than 20,000 people and leading the Civil Protection Agency to raise its alert level to emergency status.
lava stream from a vent lower in the crater low down to the sea on the east of the island. away from the town from the time being. it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they call it mir, the russian for peace. this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines. the number of people killed by the earthquakes in turkey and syria has passed 33,000. reports from america suggest another object has been shot out of the sky.