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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 are sti
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 significant i
uber drivers in the uk will be classed as workers, not self employed, with big implications for global employment rights. and the 99 year old duke of edinburgh returns home to windsor, after a month in hospital he s said to be in good spirits. sweden and latvia are the latest eu member states to suspend use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine, following concerns about possible side effects. france, germany, spain and italy have all said they re awaiting the conclusions of an investigation by the european medicines agency, which are due on thursday. but the agency has already said today there s no indication that the astrazeneca vaccine causes side effects such as blood clots. our medical editor fergus walsh has more details. this vaccine saves lives, of that there is no doubt. and yet in the middle of a pandemic, with thousands dying every day in europe from covid. germany, france, italy, more than a dozen eu countries have temporarily suspended using the astrazeneca jab.