And we were telling you the story of a little girl who was rescued in turkey after 178 hours. we are just getting news now also of a 13 year old boy he was rescued alive in the rubble in turkey again, this time in hatay province, after 182 hours. so although they say time is running out, there are still such messages, such stories that are emerging. now, to events in the uk. downing street has declined to say whether rishi sunak has confidence in the bbc chairman, richard sharp. yesterday a committee of mps was highly critical of mr sharp, after it emerged that he helped arrange a loan guarantee for the then prime minister, borisjohnson, at the time when mrjohnson was considering who to appoint to the bbc role. a downing street spokesperson said it was confident the process was followed when mr sharp was given the job, but added that an inquiry into that process is underway.
Builders, contractors who are linked in some way to the buildings that have collapsed. at least three people have been arrested. two major contractors were detained as they were trying to leave turkey at the airport, with a large quantity of cash. but even if the building contractors have questions to answer, it is equally clear that they could not have violated the building code in the way they did, were it not for their strong political connections. even president erdogan himself, in the 2019 election gave amnesty to the building contractors who violated the code that time. since then they have violated them again and there is all the talk in this earthquake and they were preparing. in the
You are watching bbc news. let s turn our attention back to events in turkey and of course in north western syria. 0ver turkey and of course in north western syria. over the last few days, we have been hearing remarkable stories of people being rescued from the rubble, among those trying to find survivors is doctor malcolm russell who is a medical director at the uk international search and rescue team. a week on from that devastating night, people are still being found alive. and british rescuers are part of that global effort, inching their way through the remnants of what were tall buildings. hello? it s malcolm. the doctor. is ok? i m ok. ok.
A fourth unidentified flying object over north america, the nato chief urges countries to remain vigilant. a week after earthquakes in turkey and syria, as the death toll nears 36,000 the un says the rescue phase is coming to a close as the death toll nears 36,000. sarah everard s killer wayne couzens has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to three counts of indecent exposure between november 2020 and february 2021. around 1,800 london bus drivers employed by abellio have accepted an 18% pay increase in a long running dispute that involved more than 20 days of strike action. unite, the union, say that under the deal, drivers with over two years service will be paid £18
Because they are quite cost effective and they can do things that satellites can t and they have some advantages. and what are those things? they can stay in one area for longer than a satellite can, they are closer to the target than a satellite is, they are cheaper than a satellite is and they are less predictable than a satellite is because a satellite moves very predictably, whereas a balloon can be to some extent manoeuvred. and can they be remote controlled, in terms of clearing and wiping discs before your supposed target for intelligence gets hold of whatever it is you have been collecting? i can t say for sure, in regards to these latest objects, but to me it would seem perfectly feasible from a technical standpoint. that was tony ingesson there. one week on from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 35,000 and there are fears that number could rise considerably, and even double. seven days on, people are still being pulled alive from