jets to ukraine. we start with the devastating earthquakes which have rocked southern turkey and northern syria and are now known to have killed more than 11,700 people. turkey s president erdogan has been defending his government s response to the disaster on a visit to some of the worst affected areas. we ll have more on that shortly. but first, with the search operations ongoing in the rubble of collapsed buildings, dramatic pictures continue to emerge of rescues in both countries. cheering. this was the moment that rescuers hauled a boy onto a stretcher moments after he was rescued from the rubble two days after the earthquake. there were also cheers ofjubilation at being able to save his life. there have been other glimmers of hope in an otherwise grim landscape of devastation and death. our correspondent, anna foster, has been in the village of karamanmaras. i was watching them take bodies out of here last night and again this morning. it is pulling aside all of this
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done this at 38 years of age, so he is the example, he is setting the example. one thing that we do know for sure is that although he is 38, he has made no secret of the fact that he wants to be in the league for at least another two or three years. and that is significant because he wants to be the first nba player to either play with or against his sun, now his eldest, lebronjamesjunior, otherwise known lebron james junior, otherwise known as lebronjamesjunior, otherwise known as brownie, is 18 and will be eligible to play in the nba in a year or two. we could see another fest from lebron if that happens. remarkable that at this age he scoring as many points as he did when he came into the leak at 18. history in the making. as always, thank you very much. thank you for being there for us and relaying the electric atmosphere there. thank you. lots more. the restaurant chain, mcdonald s, has signed a legal agreement with the watchdog, the equality and human rights commission, in respon
this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. the devastating earthquakes which have rocked southern turkey and northern syria and are now known to have killed well over 11 thousand people. rescue efforts are continuing into the night. turning to basketball. lebronjames has become the nba s all time leading points scorer. the la lakers star claimed the record during their match against the oklahoma city thunder in los angeles. going into the game, james needed 36 points to overtake the record of 38,387 set by kareem abdul jabbar in 1989 and which many in the game thought was untouchable. the 38 year old broke the record at the end of the third quarter in a defeat by oklahoma city thunder. play was interrupted as lebronjames celebrated with fans, here hugging former nba star magic johnson.
government to enable and help that happen for the people, this would be it s because as days go on, this crisis, unbelievably, is going to get worse. these at these moments where we still see children brought from the bible and everyone gets a chill down their spine at that moment ofjoy, but there is going to be a lot of sorrow found under that rubble. we have to make sure those people who have survived get the services they need, frankly, in the past years, those people in those areas have not been getting them and that this war. james, it is a grim note on which to leave it to come up at those moments of hope, they are so rare. itjames, spokesperson for unicef committee un s children fun, thank you very much for your time. much foryourtime. un s children s fund. now, as we ve been reporting, ukraine s president zelensky is in the uk, where he s stepped up his demands for military help. as he was speaking, his forces were engaged in fighting in the eastern ukrainian city of bakh