are still coming out of the rubble alive six days in. so it s shocking, it s also, in a perverse sense, quite heartening. in other news, us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified aircraft over alaska after president biden gave the order to seek and destroy . troops are trying to salvage the wreckage. welcome to the programme. we begin with the latest developments in the aftermath of the earthquake in turkey and syria. the united nations aid chief has described the earthquake in turkey and syria as the worst natural disaster to hit the region in a century. he has landed in the area and has been speaking to lyse doucet, we learned some interesting details from him, talking about over 100 countries having donated and about the scale of the challenge here, and one of the challenges is getting the aid into northern syria, and the difference, the contrast between the rescue efforts, some of which we are seeing now, between the two countries, turkey and syria. quentin somerville is
the un aid chief calls the scale of the disaster and the response to it unprecedented. what is so amazing is that people are still coming out of the rubble alive six days in. so it s shocking. it s also, in a perverse sense, quite heartening. this is the scene live in southern turkey as rescuers continue their painstaking search for survivors. we ll bring you all the latest developments from our correspondents who are there. in other news, us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified aircraft over alaska, after president biden gave the order to seek and destroy . hundreds of thousands of people hold protests across france over pension reform plans which include raising the retirement age to 62 from 64. 13 men and two women have been arrested following clashes with police, outside a hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers on merseyside in northwest england. # 0n the chaise longue, on the chaise longue # 0n the chaise longue all day long # 0n the chaise longue.# celebrating
# 0n the chaise longue, on the chaise longue # 0n the chaise longue all day long # 0n the chaise longue.# celebrating uk music indie band wet leg and singer harry styles lead the way with four nominations each for tonight s brit awards. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the united nations aid chief has described the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria on monday as the region s worst natural disaster in a century. martin griffiths was speaking during a visit to the turkish province of kahramanmaras. the number of people confirmed dead in both countries has risen to more than 25,000. the turkish president, recep tayyip edrogan, said perhaps 80,000 people had been injured in his country, and thousands of homes have been left uninhabitable. emergency teams are still finding a few people alive in the rubble five days after the earthquakes. we ll hearfrom mr griffiths in a moment; but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province
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