The death toll of the deadly earthquake that struck Taiwan a week ago rises to 16, with the island's leader Tsai Ing-wen vowing a speedy recovery during a visit to the hardest-hit eastern county of Hualien.
from a civil war since 2011. the ceo of uk med, david wightwick, joined us earlier to tell us more. have a listen. uk-med was working in turkey from have a listen. uk-med was working in turkey from about have a listen. uk-med was working in turkey from about 30 have a listen. uk-med was working in turkey from about 30 hours have a listen. uk-med was working in turkey from about 30 hours after - have a listen. uk-med was working in turkey from about 30 hours after the | turkey from about 30 hours after the initial earthquake, and we also attempted to get teams into syria, but that proved quite difficult. we managed to get a couple of staff, but it s not an easy environment. we ve been working with international doctors association in syria, one of the major referral hospitals in syria close to the turkish border, putting in quite a lot of supplies to help them. it was such a horrifying, lot of supplies to help them. it was such a horrifying, devastating - lot of supplies to he
moment, that time when those phone calls came through, sort of asking for your teams to get themselves on the ground as soon as possible. you did they you had teams already there, just reflect back on those moments. irate there, just reflect back on those moments- moments. we heard about the earthquake. moments. we heard about the earthquake, as moments. we heard about the earthquake, as most - moments. we heard about the earthquake, as most people i moments. we heard about the i earthquake, as most people from moments. we heard about the - earthquake, as most people from news services, pretty early on on the monday morning it was i think. by monday morning it was i think. by monday afternoon, we had about five people on different planes going one going to istanbul pretty rapid response. it was obvious from the first moments and reports it was going to be absolutely enormous. the number of cities affected in the area, it was obvious really early that everything needed to be th
and the needs are so great, here and across the border in northern syria. and this morning these are the scenes in gaziantep, very close to the epicentre of the quake, which is thought to have emerged 20 miles to the west of the city. and then, of course, there was the after shock of another strong earthquake and several other after shocks. we have been showing you these pictures, and now the major machinery is in as the rescuers give way to just razing the building from the devastation. there are still concerns about the structures and the safety of other buildings that haven t collapsed. we will be catching up with our correspondence and a number of cities this morning and concentrating very much today on those appeals for help, just what is needed and how difficult it is to
seventh floor of this building in gaziantep. seventh floor of this building in gaziantep- gaziantep. translation: the earthquake gaziantep. translation: the earthquake was gaziantep. translation: the earthquake was never- gaziantep. translation: the earthquake was never ending. | gaziantep. translation: the i earthquake was never ending. my gaziantep. translation: the - earthquake was never ending. my son was screaming, but somehow we managed to get down the stairs. bbc news crew was there to witness mother and son reunited with father. he had driven for three days to get here. thisjoyous hug a reminder of the preciousness of life and love. howard johnson, bbc news. nearly a week on from the earthquakes, rescue teams are still continuing their work. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet sent this report from the city of gaziantep in southern turkey. it s utterly freezing, and you can see behind me the rescue teams huddled around the fires for a moment to try to keep wa