well, let s talk to richard burgess, who s the director of news content for bbc news. richard, can you see why some viewers feel that the coverage has been intrusive? i think some of the coverage has been really difficult to watch. and, you know, of course, it s really important that we respect the dignity and the privacy of those involved. but at the same time, it s really important that our reporters faithfully show what they are witnessing on the ground. and it s worth saying that, you know, people on the ground have been really grateful to our teams for bringing news of this appalling tragedy to to a wider audience. to a wider audience. can we talk about a specific example, which is the father who has just found out that his whole family have been killed 7 that moment when people first receive news of death, many viewers felt could be seen as voyeuristic. well, we think really hard about all the sequences we show. and obviously, you know, when you re watching a television
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we begin with the race to get more aid into southern turkey and northern syria, where the death toll from last week s earthquakes has now surpassed 41 thousand. millions are still left without shelter in freezing conditions with little food and poor sanitation. the challenge in northern syria is particularly difficult the political situation is unstable after years of war and control of the border is split between the syrian government and rebel groups. until today aid has been routed through a single crossing point at bab al hawa. our correspondent laura bicker has been there and sent this report. every day in antakya, relatives huddle around piles of rubble that were once family homes, waiting for news. but rescue efforts have slowly become recovery missions, and now, as workers comb through bricks and dust, the hope is of finding a body to say a final farewell. 30 people are entombed in what is left of this building. layers of concrete are pulled apart to reve
coming up, after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, it s not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. do workers have the means to fight back? well, the uk rail industry is something of a test case. for months, rail workers have been striking over pay and plans to change working conditions. my guest is mick lynch, leader of the biggest rail union, the rmt. the stakes in this fight are high. can the workers win? mick lynch, welcome to hardtalk. you are the leader of a union that s been in a long running dispute now. it goes back to last summer, there had been rolling sporadic strikes. as it goes on, does it feel harder to find your way to a compromise? well, there s no easy way out for either side. the government has boxed themselves into a corner to a large extent, and i think that s predicated on the