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
and at the brit awards in london as predicted harry styles is one of the night s big winners. hello and welcome. 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 28,000. 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. now rescue efforts are being hampered by a worsening security situation in southern turkey, including reports of looting and clashes between unnamed groups. more than 100 people have been detained across the ten provinces affected by the quakes, with thejustice ministry ordering officials to set up so called earthquake crimes investigations units . 0ur correspondent nick beake is in gazientep. minor miracles are still happening, even after all this time. a five year old girl rescued in the city. in hertime, five year old gir
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
but are they fit for purpose? well, my guest is danny sriskandarajah, chief executive of oxfam great britain. he promised to reimagine what aid would look like. has he succeeded? danny sriskandarajah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let s start with those two different ways of looking at what s happening to the world s poorest people. one in 20, almost, still suffering extreme poverty, even as global poverty rates decline do you think that the aid system is failing those people? well, let s just start with what s happening around the world at the moment. we think, for the first time since records began 30 years ago, there s actually been a rise in extreme poverty in the last 12 months. so the combination of covid disruptions, the war in ukraine, rising prices around the world, has actually led to a great reversal in that general decline in extreme poverty. hang on a minute. that s an important phrase a reversal . it could be a blip because it is important to empha
the military takeover there. we start in the uk, which has seen the biggest day of strike action in more than a decade, according to the unions, with up to half a million people walking out in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. among those striking are train drivers from the aslef union impacting most train companies across england. bus drivers in london about 100,000 civil servants from over a hundred government departments. thousands of university staff from 150 universities across the uk. and teachers from the national education union. these aerial images show demonstrators marching past the bbc s headquarters in london. 0ur employment correspondent was with them nearby at whitehall. the scale of this. this is the biggest straight for more than a decade. there has been some sort of talk about, could this be the general strike? it is not that. there are unions who have decided not to strike today. it certainly could be a lot bigger. what s interesting is there are un