the chinese owned video sharing app, on both business and personal devices used for work. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the earthquakes that rocked southern turkey in early february not only caused a humanitarian disaster, they exposed cracks in president erdogan s carefully crafted image as turkey s indispensable leader. amid the ruined cities, and the anguish of millions of displaced people, basic government competence is being tested. my guest is long standing erdogan critic, the exiled turkish writer ece temelkuran. a presidential election is looming. does the opposition have what it takes to end the erdogan era? ece temelkuran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. your country is grappling with a humanitarian crisis of unimaginable scale. the death toll has now well passed 40,000, millions are displaced, and the government is saying that this is a time for national unity and solidarity. for you, as a very prominent critic of
progressive gets you right back to living the dream. now, where were we? [ cheering ] a slew of unanswered questions after u.s. fight e jets shot down three unidentified flying objects in as many days. the president s team trying to squelch theories and aliens. they re offering little information. also, we re getting a fuller picture of the catastrophic loss in turkey and syria over a week after the massive earthquake. his charity is mobilizing to feed quake survivors and cnn is on the front lines in eastern ukraine right now amid intense fighting on multiple fronts. new video capturing blunders including exploding tanks in one of the hot spots of the nearly year long war. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the the situation roo the biden administration is acknowledging tonight it still can t explain those three mysterious objects shot down by u.s. fighter jets over north america in recent days. the white ho
e-a-g-l-e-s! excitement as the biggest event in america s sporting calendar the super bowl kicks off in phoenix, arizona. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s almost a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria in which so far more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations, however, says it expects that figure to double. remarkably, though, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria but the head of the un s relief mission says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright have managed to gain access and sent us their first report from inside the rebel held area. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the aftermath of the earthquake, syria and turkey c
event in america s sporting calendar, the super bowl, is underway in phoenix, arizona. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc new, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s almost a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, in which so far, more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations however says it expects that figure to double. remarkably though survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright have managed to gain access and sent us their first report from inside the rebel held area. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the earthquake s aftermat