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we ll be speaking to a disaster response expert live in the programme. the desperate search for survivors is continuing for a second night across a vast area of southern turkey and northern syria after two major earthquakes devastated the region on monday. at least six thousand people are known to have died, but with so many feared trapped under the rubble, the death toll will climb further. we ll be talking to an aid worker on the ground and will look at the scale of the devastation in just a moment. but first lets go through what happened. the first earthquake on sunday had a magnitude of 7.8, the epicentre was in turkey s gaziantep province. there have been almost 30 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. a second major earthquake struck 130km north of the first. rescue efforts continue across the region. this is the scene live. this is gaziantep, this is the live shot, it s just after ten in the evening locally. it s expected rescuers will
on top of this pile of rubble. rescuers are using their bare hands, and you can see them throwing down blocks and trying to search desperately for survivors. that s our correspondent anna foster who s in turkey and heading towards the epicentre of the quake. also on the programme: the headteacher of a leading private school epsom college is found dead alongside her husband and young daughter in the school grounds. tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers go out on strike in england on the same day for the first time we report on the impact on patients for the first time breaking for the first time the record for the most grammy breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time. breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time. .. coming up in sort on grammy wins of all time. .. coming up in sport on the grammy wins of all time. .. coming up in sport on the bbc grammy wins of all time. .. coming up in sport on the bbc news grammy wins of
travelling towards the epicentre near the syrian border. we will be hearing from her shortly. also on the programme. the former metropolitan police officer david carrick will be sentenced tomorrow after pleading guilty to multiple sex offences against women. we hear from one of his victims. nurses and ambulance workers in england go on strike on the same day for the first time in this dispute. we assess the impact. and trouble for manchester city as the premier league charges the club with more than 100 breaches of its financial rules. and coming up on the bbc news channel: marsching on without jesse, as leeds united sack their manager after less than a year in charge. good evening. more than 3500 people have been killed after two major earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria today, flattening thousands of buildings and leaving tens of thousands injured. a massive rescue operation is under way to try to find any survivors people have spent the day digging with
we re talking breaking news out of turkey where a major earthquake has struck the southern part of the country. officials say the death toll has now risen to at least 17. the u.s. geological survey says the 7.8 magnitude quake was centered east of nadagi in gaziant. p province. officials say multiple buildings have collapsed not just in turkey but also in syria. an aftershock with a magnitude of 6.7 struck northwest of the initial quake about 11 minutes later. a local journalist tells cnn there were up to eight very strong aftershocks in under a minute. let s take you now to cnn s jomana karadsheh for the very latest. more details coming in, jomana? reporter: we are starting to get more and more information, leila, coming from different parts of the country. we heard from the turkish interior minister saying they are getting reports from many places. at least ten provinces across southeastern turkey have been impacted by this major 7.8 magnitude earthquake. according to the