earthquake where rescue teams are still racing against the clock, hoping against hope to find people live. the partner of former newcastle united footballer christian atsu tells us she s anxiously waiting for news as it s confirmed he s still missing in hatay. i feel for everyone who is like me and my children, not knowing. and could the party be over for visitors to amsterdam? we ll explain why the city is clamping down on its reputation forsex, drink, and drugs. fears are growing for the hundreds of thousands of people in turkey and syria in need, after monday s devastating earthquakes. living in makeshift shelters and cars in freezing conditions, there are warnings that aid is not reaching areas fast enough. more than 22,000 people are now known to have died. syrian state media says the government has approved international aid delivery to rebel held areas in cooperation with the help of the un, syrian red crescent, and international red cross. let s go live to gaziantep
hello. it s adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. and we ll be joined by various guests throughout this episode of newscast, which has got a bit of a sad start because we re going to focus on the devastation caused by the massive series of earthquakes in southern turkey and northern syria, which happened on sunday night into monday morning. the death toll inevitably keeps rising and is now into many, many thousands. and it s quite hard even saying that. but one of the people who s been bringing us so much of the hope and the tragedy and the drama and the temperature and the bad weather is our colleague anna foster, middle east correspondent, who sjoining us on newscast now. anna, hello there. thank you for making time for us in what s been a very, very busy, tricky time for you. just give us a sense of where you are right now and just, i mean, what it really feels like to be there. do you know what s really hard? and one of the things that i ve found difficult but real
the syrian president, bashar al assad, gives permission for international aid for victims of the devastating earthquake to be sent to rebel held areas. of the devastating earthquake to be this follows days of appeals by aid agencies urging the syrian government to act. former newcastle united footballer christian atsu is still missing in the turkish quake. his partner calls for equipment to be sent to the collapsed building where he was living. and could the party be over for visitors to amsterdam? officials say it will soon be illegal to smoke cannabis on the street in the city s red light district. the plans aim to improve life for residents. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for newscast.
sent to rebel held areas. of the devastating earthquake to be this follows days of appeals by aid agencies urging the syrian government to act. former newcastle united footballer christian atsu is still missing in the turkish quake. his partner calls for equipment to be sent to the collapsed building where he was living. and could the party be over for visitors to amsterdam? officials say it will soon be illegal to smoke cannabis on the street in the city s red light district. the plans aim to improve life for residents. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for newscast. newscast.