welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. world leaders have offered help with rescue operations following two huge earthquakes which have devastated parts of southern turkey and northern syria. at least 3800 people are known to have died. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble. running for their lives. shaken to their foundations, whole buildings fell. and across southern turkey, peace became panic. people helped where they could. this was a series of powerful earthquakes, notjust one. they were only around 20 kilometres under the surface, and shallow quakes cause the most damage. in towns and cities across a huge area, the rescue efforts began. with diggers and sniffer dogs, teams of people began to dig frantically in search of survivors. for decades, turkey has been bracing itself for a huge quake. tonight everyone is a rescuer, and they all want to find a survivor. it s a painful wait for news. translation: there are people still
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. world leaders have offered help with rescue operations following two huge earthquakes which have devastated parts of southern turkey and northern syria. at least 4,300 people are known to have died. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble. the first earthquake struck in the early hours of monday morning while people were asleep. the epicentre was near the turkish city of gaziantep, which is near the border with syria and measured a magnitude of 7.8. the second earthquake measured 7.5 magnitude and hit 130 kilometres, about 80 miles to the north of the first. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt the earthquake. freezing temperatures and the closure of airports make getting aid into the area more challenging. years of civil war and political isolation present obstacles to helping syria. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is in turkey, and is travelling
the way to attack emergency shipping tucked away in a norwegian field. and paying tribute to an unsung hero of the second world war. we ll tell you the story of the wooden wonder. hello and welcome. a rescue operation is continuing overnight in southern turkey and northern syria after two huge earthquakes killed more than 4,300 people. blizzards are making it even harder to find those trapped under collapsed buildings. leaders from around the world have responded with offers of help. here s azadeh moshiri. it s a race to save lives that includes the smallest ones. syria s voluntary civil defence group the white helmet pulled our committee out to safety, they say the home of his family north of aleppo has been completely destroyed by the earthquake. syria was already torn apart by a war, home to millions of refugees, the white helmet say ahmed is one of them. millions of people are reeling across the region from the horace they would stir. my wife is still the horace they wo
get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc #bbcyour questions the prime minister s expected to announce a cabinet reshuffle later this morning, as he replaces conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi. a third earthquake hit central turkey early this morning, as the rescue operation continues across the region to try to find survivors of the two massive quakes which struck yesterday. in the last few minutes, we ve learned that now more than 5,000 people are known to have died in turkey and in northern syria, with that number rising all the time. these are the scenes live in hatay in southern turkey. many images that we ve seen of the quake since yesterday morning have come from the city. you can see on the left of the screen how those buildings have been pancaked, flattened by the two huge tremors, really the 7.8 quake we heard about which struck just really the 7.8 quake we heard about which struckjust before dawn yesterday. and then a few hours later another quake of around
the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, is facing questions in parliament this morning. he s appearing in front of the digital, media, culture & sport committee he s likely to be asked about his involvement in securing a loan for former prime minister boris johnson. let s listen in. establish the facts about the loan arrangement with the then prime minister, which was being set up at the same time as he was making the appointment of the bbc chair. essentially, from what i ve read, there were three people involved, sam blythe, borisjohnson and you. who started the whole procedure, who approached herfirst? weill. who started the whole procedure, who approached her first? approached her first? well, first of all, thank approached her first? well, first of all. thank you approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much for - approached her f