the bbc chairman richard chuck is accused of making significant errors ofjudgment by mps for not declaring his involvement in helping boris johnson secure a loan. richard sharp. dozens of people in new zealand left without power as part of the country endure the start of a severe storm with warnings of more disruption to come. and at the brit awards in london, as predicted, harry styles is one of the big winners with four awards including the much coveted album of the year. hello and welcome to bbc news. turkish officials have issued more than in connection with the poor construction of buildings that collapsed in monday s earthquakes. the number of people confirmed to have died in turkey and syria has risen to more than 28 thousand. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. let s bring you some live pictures now from kahramanmaras, turkey. a city of about 100,000 people located betw
where a little girl was rescued bringing hope amid the despair. here she is being pulled up through a hole in the floor of a building in the south eastern turkish province of hatay. rescuers who we can see here said the girl is called cudi and that she had been buried for 147 hours. after getting her out of the hole, she was put on a stretcher and carried out. how terrified must she have been? in turkey about 80,000 people are in hospital, with more than1 million in temporary shelters. i m joined now by professor mustafa erdik an earthquake engineering specialist and professor emeritus at bogazici univeristy in istanbul. professor, thank you very much for joining us. we heard that police haveissued joining us. we heard that police have issued more than 100 arrest warrants in connection with poor building standards. talk to us, if you would come about the expectations of building standards
The 7.8 Richter scale earthquake that hit southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Monday, with the rising death toll having gone beyond 11, 000 has unleashed staggering devastation in the town with crowded buildings and the residents many of whom are refugees from Syria in Turkey and other Syrian refugees in their own