city year. in other news president biden will give his state of the union address tonight to a divided congress and flanked by a republican speaker of the house. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the devastated region of southern turkey and northern syria, where the search for survivors from monday s huge earthquake has entered a second night. the death toll continues to escalate rapidly. more than 7 thousand people are known to have lost their lives and officials are warning that number could rise significantly in the days to come. thousands are thought to be trapped under collapsed buildings and the rescue efforts are being hampered by power supply disruptions, damaged roads and freezing temperatures. there s particular concern for those in syria, a country where the infrastructure has already devastated by years of conflict. our middle east correspondent anna foster has spent the past two days travelling alone towards the epicentre of the earthquake in sout
has accomplished and off during his presidency. in four intent don t like the way the country is headed. four and ten. democrats were in control haven t really translated to high approval numbers. that s the challenge president biden is going to face tonight. challenge president biden is going to face tonight. thank you so much for that update. let s get more on what we re expecting to hear shortly from the us president. joining us now is the us political scientist and director of the center for politics at the university of virginia, larry sabato. thank you forjoining us. as nada said, a lot of domestic issues to discuss but his speech comes after the alleged chinese spy balloon incident, and of course the war in ukraine. with the 2024 presidential campaigns set to get started soon, how crucial a moment is this for president biden? it s the largest audience that he will have all year in all
will they rebuild their homes? some had saved money to build a house or buy a car, and they were all destroyed by the earthquake. ngos are not offering any help. a nation reeling from a natural disaster is also a political quagmire. getting aid to syria means crossing front lines. but in this brutal war, even aid has always been weaponised. and in the midst of all this, it s even harder. lyse doucet, bbc news. joe biden prepares to face republicans it is state of the union speech today. mr nelson mandela, a free man taking
very much in all the americans minds. ., ., ., ., minds. inflation has cast of what biden is trying minds. inflation has cast of what biden is trying to minds. inflation has cast of what biden is trying to do. minds. inflation has cast of what biden is trying to do. because - minds. inflation has cast of what biden is trying to do. because of. biden is trying to do. because of that, it s very difficult . apologies. we re struggling to hear from larry sabato. hopefully we can get some more from him shortly. let s bring another story. one of the uk s prolific sex offender, the former police officer has been given 36 life sentences and told he will serve a minimum term of 32 years injail. carrick had pled guilty to 85 offences, including dozens of rapes, over two decades while serving with london s metropolitan police. sentencing him, thejudge told him he had taken monstrous advantage of women. our correspondent june kelly reports. david carrick, the long serving polic
city year. in other news president biden will give his state of the union address tonight to a divided congress and flanked by a republican speaker of the house. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the devastated region of southern turkey and northern syria, where the search for survivors from monday s huge earthquake has entered a second night. the death toll continues to escalate rapidly. more than 7 thousand people are known to have lost their lives and officials are warning that number could rise significantly in the days to come. thousands are thought to be trapped under collapsed buildings and the rescue efforts are being hampered by power supply