balloon it shot down at the weekend was definitely being used for spying. and we ll remember burt bacharach, one of pop s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news, it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin this hour in turkey and those powerful earthquakes that have taken at least 20 thousand lives. rescuers in the region continue to work through the rubble, sometimes still finding people alive. these pictures are only a few hours old you can see a turkish woman being taken out from debris of a collapsed building in kahramanmaras which was near the epicentre of both quakes. this lady was rescued almost 90 hours after the quake hit. the world health organisation has talked about a new disaster with thousands unable to find shelter, food and water. help is arriving the first aid has crossed into syria, through the one border crossing point that is open. the uk
new york , new jersey, california, illinois, these liberal states . and there s a reason two million americans leftther t inica s big cities jus the last two years. high income taxes, high property taxes, high sales taxes, punitiv he regulations,th and for what? the roads are covered withe potholes. cod withthe streets are littered with tons of trash. the homeless crisis, that sic worse than ever. sstems and the public school systems there are disasterar. r exampl and by the way, for example, look at baltimore.im twenty three , baltimoreore. cio schools, zero students. not one iso proficient in math . twenty three schools, not a single studentthe si. what $1o that s what, one point six billion dollars or 20 grand per student bought the taxpayers of baltimore. and forget about public safety. . hek atre your screen.ks here s what public safety looks like in chicago. mob beatings in broad daylightht last weekend. hordes. of teens taking over the streets, smashing cars, assaultin
suspected of spying which was brought down by an american fighter jet yesterday. the former president of pakistan, general pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79 following a long illness. iran s supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979 a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, told us a little more on what s happening in iran the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of people who are imprisoned or who are waiting for sentences. the letter from the judiciary said that a considerable numb
has died in hospital at the age of seventy nine. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello, and welcome to this week s edition of the media show. now in a minute, we re going to talk about spotify. it s the world s most popular music streaming platform. it spent close to $1 billion on podcasting, too, but there are all sorts of different developments coming out of spotify at the moment. and its ceo has said that perhaps they got carried away with new investments. we ll try and unpack what s going on and work out what that means for making money off music streaming and off podcasts, too. first of all, though, we re going to talk about the fallout from a new bbc documentary about india s prime minister, narendra modi. it s on iplayer at the moment, and it explores tensions between mr modi and india s muslim minority. it also specifically looks at claims around his role in the 2002 gujarat riots, in whi
our kids. they re bombarded in school and online with straight on propaganda. now, this is a viewer advisory, this kachi climate tune may get stuck in your head. i recycle. i can t separate your trash into air. i think he is full of methane. leave the car. walk this. nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah nah. nah nah nah nah nah nah nah. i told you it s going to get stuck in your head. yes, our children have to listen to this stuff. mommy, make it stop. okay, forget earth day. we need rebirth day as in the rebirth of common sense, practical thinking that can ensure that we grow and we prosper while we re also solid conservationists. it is possible. the fact is , despite our exhortations on clean energy, the democrats, through bad stewardship of the economy and foreign policy, are doing enormous damage to the natural world. now let s take a quick inventory. the emergency response to train derailment now mystery still surrounding the government s action here, but the public has a righ