the former mp, jared 0 mara, is sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted for fraudulent expenses claims. and we ll hear more about a study of killer whales reveals that mothers make a lifelong sacrifice for their sons. the offical death toll from monday s earthquake in turkey and syria is now over 17,500. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. yes, you join is here, about two hours drive from the epicentre of this devastating earthquake, a place where the loss has been so significant that it is where the president has chosen to visit today, and where he hasjust president has chosen to visit today, and where he has just announced that new figure. i am hearing prayers being recited as we broadcast from here. one of the prayer leadersjust told us that 100 leaders have come from five cities across turkey to help bury the dead. in that main cemeteryjust behind us, 400 were buried yesterday. here, just behind, the refrigerated vans where the bodies are w
the survivors, it is a fight to stay warm in a city becoming a hub for the homeless. i meet this man and he shows me what it is like for his family. shocked and exhausted, they sleep when they can. i don t know what i feel. i don t know what i think, i don t know what i m going to do, he says. and the worry now is of a further humanitarian disaster, as supplies struggle to reach many. the aid is getting through here in adana, but it is bitterly cold at night and now that is why the big fear is of a second crisis. in syria s aleppo province, 100,000 people are homeless, says the un. the crisis has been badly worsened due to the country s shattering war. but for the first time since the earthquake, an aid convoy from
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a journalist who has covered turkey for nearly two decades. shejoins us now. thank you she joins us now. thank you so shejoins us now. thank you so much. let s be clear, it hardly needs saying, this is a humanitarian crisis. but i do wonder whether it could also turn into a political one for turkey s president heard as well? it for turkey s president heard as well? ., , . , well? it does coincide, this disaster. well? it does coincide, this disaster, with well? it does coincide, this disaster, with a well? it does coincide, this disaster, with a general. well? it does coincide, this - disaster, with a general election thatis disaster, with a general election that is expected in may, at the latest, june. so that inevitably gives it a bit of a political dynamic. the opposition leader, who has been very critical of the government s response, says that this isn t an issue about politics and he blames president erdogan s two decades in power and the failure in that time to prepare the
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