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 in tents. if i swing around here, you can perhaps see the internally displaced people s camp that has been set up over there. they re also telling us that, in terms of foreign aid, they have received next to nothing. some spanish doctors made it to some of their hospitals, but nothing else. the contrast here with what is going on in turkey is astonishing. over on that side of the border, there is a constant sound of sirens, of heavy machinery, of people working. there is none of that here. down there, t
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the united nations says it no longer has a humanitarian operation presence in gaza that is worthy of that name. the un s aid chief, martin griffiths, has just been speaking. he says the pace of the military operation in the south has replicated the speed of the north, meaning there was no safe space left for aid agencies to work. he was speaking to reporters in geneva, his bleak assessment was that while aid agencies would remain and not abandon people, they have no sense of clarity, no ability to plan and no sense of where this would actually end. at one stage he describes the humanitarian opportunism, that is how he described it, saying work was being done on the fly, a few lorries getting in, but they had to go through roads that were mined, to get to anybody that they could. that is how they described the operations on the ground. let s have a
of nationwide strikes. today s organisers are hoping to match the scale of mass rallies three weeks ago. you are watching bbc news. more now on our top story now. the un s aid chief, martin griffiths, has described the earthquakes that hit southern turkey and north western syria as the worst natural disaster in the region for 100 years. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been speaking to mr griffiths on a visit to the turkish city of kahramanmaras. martin griffiths, you have seen so many disasters in so many parts of the world. how does this compare? i think it s the worst natural disaster that i ve ever seen. and it s also the most extraordinary international response, as you know.