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it s seven in the morning in singapore, and two o clock in the morning in turkey where officials have said most rescue efforts to find survivors have come to an end two weeks on from the earthquake that devastated the south of turkey and north west of syria. search operations have been winding down for days as the chances of finding people fade. more than 47 thousand people are known to have been killed by the quake and the aftershocks across both countries. meanwhile, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, surveyed the damage in hard hit hatay province as he toured the region by helicopter. he s expected to hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel held parts of syria. with clean up efforts getting underway in turkey anger is building in some of the worst affected areas. as bulldozers clear debris in the devastated southeastern city of antakya, many people a ....
war that s proved to be a big winner at the baftas. some breaking news for you at this hour: north korea has been accused of firing ballistic missiles into the sea of japan just a day after the us and south korea held a drill in response to a similar launch. north korea said that test was designed to show it was able to fire nuclear capable missiles at short notice in response to threats. chad o carroll works for the korea risk group and joins me now. thank you forjoining us on the programme. just to get your thoughts on how significant this action is from today and yesterday. this action is from today and yesterday- this action is from today and esterda . ., . ., , yesterday. nothing particularly si . nificant yesterday. nothing particularly significant if yesterday. nothing particularly significant if you yesterday. nothing particularly significant if you zoom - yesterday. nothing particularly significant if you zoom out - yesterday. nothing particularly signifi ....
plane crashed in nepal. the yeti airlines flight came down close to the tourist town of pokhara. it s thought a number of foreign nationals are among the dead. nepalese airlines have a poor safety record and are banned from european union airspace. caroline davies has the latest, and a warning there may be distressing images here. believed to be the final moments before the crash, flying low and the sound of the impact. this video appeared on social media, reportedly showing the yeti flight. shouting. at the site, chaos and confusion as smoke and flames engulf the charred crater where the plane crashed. this is only 1.5km from the flight s destination, pokhara airport. the crowds step around what s left tangled metal and plastic. among the passengers, 53 were from nepal, five from india, four russians, two koreans and one passenger each from ireland, australia, argentina and france. the plane took off at 10.32 this morning from kathmandu. an airline commander said the ....
young to change their legal gender. you re watching bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. the second derby to go arsenal s way this weekend. they extend their lead at the top of the premier league with a rare win at rivals spurs not a perfect day for arsenal. their transfer target mikhailo mudryk signs for chelsea in a deal that could cost them nearly 90 million pounds what would sam kerr be worth to chelsea s women.? a late goal keeps her team ahead of the pack in the wsl. also coming up in the programme. little between them in the world rankings and on the court. but england edge out jamaica in their decider and judd trump has a narrow lead over mark williams going into the evening session of the masters final hello and welcome to sportsday, hello again. if manchester city opened the door in their derby defeat yesterady. if manchester city opened the door in their derby defeat yesterday then arsenal have kicked it down ....
you re watching bbc news. in 15 minutes the latest technology news with click, but now time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. the second derby to go arsenal s way this weekend. they extend their lead at the top of the premier league with a rare win at rivals spurs not a perfect day for arsenal. their transfer target mikhailo mudryk signs for chelsea in a deal that could cost them nearly 90 million pounds what would sam kerr be worth to chelsea s women.? a late goal keeps her team ahead of the pack in the wsl. also coming up in the programme. little between them in the world rankings and on the court. but england edge out jamaica in their decider hello and welcome to sportsday, hello again. if manchester city opened the door in their derby defeat yesterday then arsenal have kicked it down in their own today. they won 2 nil at spurs to claim a north london derby victory at their rivals for the first time in nine l ....