the number of people confirmed to have died in turkey and syria has risen to more than 28 thousand. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. let s bring you some live pictures now from kahramanmaras, turkey. a city of about 100,000 people located between the epicentre of the devastating earthquake and that unusually strong aftershock that struck hours later. we see the search and rescue operation is continuing. 0bviously search and rescue operation is continuing. obviously as time goes by the likelihood of finding more people alive diminishes greatly. after 72 hours, that chance plummets but as we have seen, there have been people who have been pulled out alive in the hours since. but take a look at these pictures from this morning
and unfortunately no sign of any rain to come. so, you know, quite devastating impact of the drought and heat wave across china. and chinese scientists are warning there could be more of this in the years to come because of climate change, unfortunately. the headlines on bbc news. the summer wave of industrial action continues as criminal barristers vote to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. the world s second largest cinema chain and employer of 28 thousand people cineworld, has announced it s considering filing for bankruptcy in the us,