this is the scene live in southern turkey as rescuers continue their pain staking search for survivors. we ll bring you all the latest developments from our correspondents who are there. 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. in washington president lula of brazil is seeking joe biden s backing for a new global forum to fight climate change. residents in australia and new zealand are urged to take shelter as cyclone gabrielle hurtles towards the islands threatening to bring destructive winds and heavy rain. hello and welcome to bbc news. the number of people known to have died in monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria has risen to more than 2a,000. millions are thought to be homeless in the region, and rescuers are increasingly focusing on those requiring food and shelter. the united nations says almost 900,000 people are in urgent need of hot mea
after the first earthquake struck. surviving the earthquake, that s the first hurdle. what will their lives be like in the coming months and years, as a result of the destruction we see here today? 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. celebrating uk music indie band wet leg and singer harry styles lead the way with four nominations each for tonight s brit awards. # on the chaise longue.# hello and welcome. rescuers in turkey and syria are increasingly focusing efforts on the survivors of monday s earthquakes who are enduring the aftermath in the cold of winter. the united nations says about 900,000 people urgently need hot meals on both sides of the border, and more than 1 million are homeless. these are live pictures from southern turkey. the number of deaths has now passed 24,000, but small numbers of victims continue to be pulled
surviving the earthquake, that s the first hurdle. what will their lives be like in the coming months and years, as a result of the destruction we see here today? this is the scene live in southern turkey as rescuers continue their pain staking 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 . troops are trying to salvage the wreckage. in washington, president lula of brazil is seeking joe biden s backing for a new global forum to fight climate change. #0n # on the shays longe. # 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 news. the number of people known to have died in monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria has risen to more than 2a,000. the un aid chief martin griffith
and uk rescue attempt and they managed to bring a 15 year old girl to safety, but these sorts of stories are few and far between now and the focus is shifting onto how the many people who survived the initial quakes survive in the coming days and weeks ahead. the united nations is warning that across the border in syria, for example, more than 5 million people are now homeless, some 800,000 people are in urgent need of a hot meal if they are to survive, and across this region there are grave concerns about food and water and shelter for people. in this particular part of turkey there is also anger as well as the grief. we have been meeting people saying buildings such as this shouldn t have come down. yes, they were very big earthquakes, but they should have been built to withstand this sort of tremor. and a woman we spoke to yesterday told us that earthquakes don t kill people, buildings do, and that s a reference to the fact
the united nations is warning that across the border in syria, for example, more than 5 million people are now homeless, some 800,000 people are in urgent need of a hot meal if they are to survive, and across this region there are grave concerns about food and water and shelter for people. in this particular part of turkey there is also anger, as well as the grief. we have been meeting people who are saying buildings such as this shouldn t have come down. yes, they were very big earthquakes, but they should have been built to withstand this sort of tremor. and a woman we spoke to yesterday told us that earthquakes don t kill people, buildings do, and that s a reference to the fact that here in turkey, construction companies can sometimes pay for an exemption so they don t have to follow all the normal rules and regulations. so there is this fusion of anger and grief, and of course so many people who survived this dreadful disaster now face a very perilous fight to continue living in th