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surviving the earthquake, that s the first hurdle. what will their lives be like in the coming months and years, as a result of the destruction we see here today? this is the scene live in southern turkey as rescuers continue their pain staking search for survivors. we ll bring you all the latest developments from our correspondents who are there. in other news, us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified aircraft over alaska after president biden gave the order to seek and destroy . troops are trying to salvage the wreckage. in washington, president lula of brazil is seeking joe biden s backing for a new global forum to fight climate change. #0n # on the shays longe. # celebrating uk music indie band, wet leg and singer harry styles lead the way with four nominations each for tonight s brit awards. hello and welcome to bbc news. the number of people known to have died in monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria has risen to more than 2a,000. the un aid chief martin gr ....
initially, there were two other medical camps set closer to the central business district, with volunteer medical personnel taking care of the injured people, giving them emergency treatment before referring them here, but those have now been closed. we saw earlier the general service unit getting into one of the camps that was at the all saints cathedral and asking the medical providers to pack up and leave, and also everybody who was in that compound was asked to leave, so this is now the main area where casualties and people injured from the protests are coming to get treatment. mercy has also been out on the streets, where protesters continue to march. she sent this short update. quite a busy day in the nairobi central business district today, with thousands of the anti finance bill 2024 demonstrators lining up every major street in the cbd. they are making antigovernment and anti finance bill chants. we reject, we reject! ..but in equal measure, there are dozen ....
you want the bbc to cover, and time and again, housing came up. peter felix, who lives locally, was one of the many who contacted us through your voice, your vote. he and his partner are both in their 40s. they would love to buy a home together, but can t get onto the housing ladder. the average price paid by a first time buyer in the uk last year was just over quarter of a million pounds. that s up from £109,000 20 years earlier. the average age of a first time buyer in the uk is now 33. at the same time, private rental costs have gone up more than 9% in just the last year. so tonight, we re here in the black country to the west of birmingham, where peter now lives with his partner rebecca. 0ur midlands correspondent navtej johal has been to meet them. there s nothing, there s no help. we just want a home. we just want to have our own home. that s what we d probably like. peter paints and decorates homes. do you want to hand, pete? please. but he and his partner rebec ....
to supporting our armed forces. there are difficult battles to fight, and then there are campaigns that are going so badly your are going so badly, your own ministers are being asked whether you might resign. has that crossed your mind? i m energised about the vision we re putting forward for the country. this campaign is only.not even halfway through yet. for the last few weeks now, the party leaders have been dashing around the country. now, they don t go to places by accident or on a whim in election campaigns. most of the time, they are going to places that they think are on the front line, where a visit from them might just make a difference. here is a look at the geography of rishi sunak s scampering around the uk. now, nearly all of these places on the map here are places that elected a conservative mp last time in other words, he is on the defensive. now, that isn t that much of a surprise given the tories won big time last time. but he s also been popping up ....