also in the programme. president zelensky addresses the european parliament saying ukraine is fighting to protect europe s way of life president zelensky pleas for. we start with the devastation following monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria, where mass graves are being dug, as the death toll climbs rapidly. nearly 20,000 are known to have lost their lives. rescuers are continuing desperate attempts to find and free survivors, four days after the quakes hit. the world health organization has warned there could be a secondary disaster with survivors living on the streets with very little food and water and in freezing temperatures. our middle east correspondent anna foster is in gaziantep the epicentre of the biggest earthquake to hit the region on monday. this heavy machinery is starting to arrive mainly in the big cities like this one, it has to be said, when you think about the rural villages, towns that are as badly affected, it is so much harder to get the equip
left it. it is very difficult to even express the feeling of emotions. i even express the feeling of emotions- even express the feeling of emotions. u, ., ., , ., emotions. i can hear that in your voice. i absolutely emotions. i can hear that in your voice. i absolutely have - emotions. i can hear that in your voice. i absolutely have no - voice. i absolutely have no imagination of how you are feeling. my imagination of how you are feeling. my condolences to you and your team. good luck with your work going forward, thank you very much for talking to us from the big heart foundation. an impossible situation. much more from these earthquakes after half past the hour. we will be focusing on what aid is reaching those affected in syria. we have heard the devastating situation there described by that ngo group. we will be talking to the world food programme as well. it s day two of president zelensky s mission to procure fighterjets from his european allies, for ukraine s war against ru
materials used, those were the buildings collapse like a house of cards? and our viewers may see behind us all of these high rise residential buildings that are still standing, it may seem like a moment of happiness but in fact, they are dark, they re empty and people in the bright light of day, you can see there are all these long, deep cracks in the are still standing but only just an cracks in the are still standing but onlyjust an every time we get a little bit too close, the guards warned us, danger, danger, they could still collapse. i spoke to husni al barazi, founder of the big heart foundation, a syrian humanitarian ngo. he told me what happened to his team based in hatay when the quake hit. like everybody else, they were asleep and caught in the most horrible experience. in 12 years of our work in
cards, ourviewer buildings collapsed like a house of cards, our viewer is me see behind us all of these high rise residential buildings that are still standing. it may seem like a moment of happiness, but in fact, they are dark, empty. people have had to move out because in the broad light of day, you can see there are all these long, deep cracks. they are still standing, but onlyjust. and every time we get a little too close, the guards warned us, danger, danger, they could still collapse. that guards warned us, danger, danger, they could still collapse. they could still collapse. that was our chief international our chief international correspondent in osmaniye. i spoke to herjust before we came on air and shejust described to herjust before we came on air and she just described that she saw there the danger from those buildings that could potentially topple at any moment. we are moving across to turkey because i m joined now by husni al barazi, founder of the big heart foundation