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european union, but i think it is safe to say that progress has been made. it seems to us that it s very much game on, and we are very heartened by that, we are very conscious that a deal can be done and should now be concluded speedily. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. the family of the hollywood actor bruce willis say the die hard and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. good afternoon. a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. david ballantyne smith admitted passing secret information to the russian authorities, after being caught in an undercover sting operation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. david smith, a fan of war memorabilia, a security guard at the british embassy in berlin and a spy for russia. motivated by hatred of britain and
welcome to bbc news. more now on the news that a massive earthquake has killed more than 500 people in turkey and syria, and i canjoin my colleague for more. welcome to all of you watching on pbs and around the globe. we are bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour. a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern syria and also south eastern turkey. official figures say officialfigures say more official figures say more than 650 people have been killed, that figure will rise. the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8 struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep. buildings collapsed, hundreds of miles away. there were also reports of many of the casualties in northern syria, across the border. the tremor was also felt in lebanon, gaza, jordan, cyprus and iraq. turkey has declared a state of emergency. syria s government, meanwhile, has also held an emergency meeting in order to decide how they will respond. witnesses from