football. mikel arteta is left frustrated as arsenal can only draw at home to brentford in the premier league. the number of people now known to have died in the earthquakes which struck turkey and syria has passed 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. the united nations aid chief, martin griffiths, who is in turkey, says the tragedy is the worst natural disaster to hit the region in a century. mr griffiths praised the international response, saying more than 100 countries had sent help, but said he wasn t clear about the extent to which aid would reach rebel held parts of syria. we ll hear from mr griffiths in a moment, but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province of syria, which is rebel controlled. he found no sign of a relief effort, with local people, including children, left scouring through rubbl
hello and welcome to bbc news. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 25,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. we ll hearfrom mr griffiths in a moment, but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province of syria, which is rebel controlled. he found no sign of a relief effort, with local people, including children, left scouring through rubble for survivors. this is the town of haram in north west syria. there is a bit of activity here, but nothing like you see in terms of activity on the other side, on the turkish side of the border. the border is literally just across that hill. the people here have lost about 700 buildings. another 4,000 or so are unsafe. so they are living i
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for a tourist visa to allow him to extend his stay in the us. and former new zealand rugby international campbell johnstone becomes the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us secretary of state antony blinken has been holding discussions in the middle east, to try to resolve the escalating crisis there. mr blinken said urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israelis and palestinians, following days of rising violence. he travelled tojerusalem for talks with israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he ll meet the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas later. our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. injerusalem the wreckage is spreading, and another generation grows up in its wake. israel s knew far right police minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestinian attackers and their families. this home in occupied eastjerusalem was bulldozed yesterday but it was his brother
former new zealand rugby international campbell johnstone has become the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. music and we remember the man behind many motown hits, barrett strong, who has died at the age of 81. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where the us secretary of state has been holding discussions to try to resolve the escalating crisis there. antony blinken said that urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israelis and palestinians, following days of rising violence. he travelled tojerusalem for talks with israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he ll meet the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, later. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports. injerusalem the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in it wache. israel s knew far right elise minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestinian attackers and their families. this home in occupied eastjerusalem was bulldozed east jeru