and the biggest event in america s sporting calendar, the super bowl, is about to kick off with the kansas city chiefs playing the philadelphia eagles in phoenix, arizona. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s almost a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, in which so far, more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations however says it expects that figure to double. remarkably though survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright, have managed to gain access, and sent us their first report from inside the rebel held area. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the
The libyan red crescent described the scene as like a bombardment and earthquake at the same time. When the dams collapsed a wall of water weighing 1. 5 Million Tonnes crashed down the wadi derna river gouging out huge parts of the city before reaching the sea. To give you a sense of the power of that tsunami 20 centimetres of fast moving water is enough to knock adults off theirfeet here there was three metres of water sweeping away everything in its path. The human cost is colossal this man hasjust found his son and begs Rescue Workers not to touch him. Desperate scenes repeated again and again some people have lost 30, 40 50 members of their extended family. Live now to tripoli. Ahmed abar is a libyan activist. Hes been helping the residents of derna. What are people in the city saying to you . What are people in the city saying to ou . ,. , ,. ,. , to you . Unfortunately the situation is very bad. To you . Unfortunately the situation is very bad. For to you . Unfortunately the sit
And it is russia leading the way. Could President Trumps Warming Relations with moscow break the deadlock . And when it comes to foreign relations, what does President Trumps Foreign Policy mean for europe and its longer term security . Hello and welcome to 100 days. Our new programme dominated by the first few months of Donald Trumps presidency, and what kind of changes it might bring. There are big things happening in europe. Upcoming elections, brexit, the conflict in syria. Over this next 100 days, we will be looking at all of that and how the America First policy will re shape relations around the world. But lets start here in washington. In this past half hour, sean spicer, president s trumps spokesperson, has been speaking to the White House Press corp. 0ur washington reporter Anthony Zurcher is with us. I was listening to the beginning of the Press Conference. It sounded like a remarkably normal Press Conference . It was. This came off the hills of saturday where sean spicer st
Who died in the bomb attack on the St Petersburg underground has risen to m. In Northern Ireland a man who sexually abused a woman with a Learning Disability and held her captive for 8 years has been jailed. And why no mention of easter provokes a row about eggs and faith. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that at least 58 people have been killed and Dozens Injured in a suspected Chemical Attack on a rebel held town in North Western syria. The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights reported that the strikes were carried out by Syrian Government or russianjets. And it claimed that rockets were fired at clinics treating some of the survivors. The United Nations Security Council is due to meet to discuss the attacks and officials have confirmed that if the reports are confirmed the attacks would amount to a war crime. Syrian and Russian Military officials have denied any involvement. Our correspondent wyre davies reports. The footage posted online by Syrian Opposition activists after the attac