freezing temperatures. the uk economy at a standstill new figures show even though we narrowly avoided falling into recession in 2022, there was no growth at all in the final three months of the year. elon musk s spacex carries out a key test on what s set to become the most powerful rocket system ever built. and a new video game set in the world of harry potter is released amid controversy surrounding the character s creatorjk rowling s views on transgender people. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. four days after two deadly earthquakes struck turkey, devastating a large swathe of the south east of the country as well as northern syria, some survivors are still being pulled out of the rubble. in turkey s hatay province, a ten day old boy was saved along with his mother. nearby, a seven year old girl was rescued and taken to hospital. this is the scene live from gazantiep in southern turkey. in freezing cold temperatures, and with hunger se
Edition of hardtalk. I am Stephen Sackur and today i am joined by an audience here at the Bbc Radio Theatre to celebrate 20 years of hardtalk interviews. Who better to have on our birthday than sir ian mckellen . Whether you think of him as richard iii or gandalf, he has won hearts and accolades around the world. Not just for decades of work on screen but his passion of public campaigning, particularly on the issue of gay rights. Please give a warm welcome to ian mckellen. Cheering and applause. That was quite a welcome. Ian mckellen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Theres a lot to talk about both personal and in terms of yourcampaigning. But there are very few actors with the diversity you have offered your audiences, from the great shakespearean roles to Comic Book Characters in x men. Is there a Common Thread through everything you have done . The Common Thread is there is no Common Thread. There is a variety. What i always admired in my youth was people playing different sorts of p
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president bashar al assad has paid his first visit to victims of the earthquake being treated in hospital. in rebel held areas in the north west of the country rescuers are urgently calling for more international help after the first convoy of un aid was able to cross the border from turkey on thursday. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville is with rescuers in antakya in southern turkey. we vejust received his report on the rescue efforts there. it is now day five of the rescue operation. just have a look up in this building. we have been following these rescue workers since last night. they are mostly volunteers, they have barely had any sleep. one of them told me he s had three hours in the last five days. they think they have heard someone inside. i was just up there, we could not see anyone. they are now digging under the rubble to try and retrieve someone, but what there is up there is an overpowering
and mariupol will all receive a temporary reprieve, according to a russian state news agency. several previous ceasefires have not been honoured. however in the last half hour the mayor of sumy said civilians in private cars have started leaving. in other developments, despite the evacuations, ukrainian officials say 22 people, including 3 children were killed in an overnight air raid in sumy. russian forces have gained ground in the south of ukraine but continue to meet fierce resistance and logistical problems in the north. explosions have been heard in kyiv in the last few hours. russia has confirmed that its foreign minister sergei lavrov and his ukrainian counterpart, dmytro kuleba, are set to meet in turkey on thursday. james reynolds has the latest details. for 12 hours, a ceasefirejust about held in the northern city of sumy, allowing 5000 civilians to escape into central ukraine.