world leaders have offered help with rescue operations following two huge earthquakes which have devastated parts of southern turkey and northern syria. at least 4300 people are known to have died. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble. the first earthquake struck in the early hours of monday morning while people were asleep. the epicentre was near the turkish city of gaziantep, which is near the border with syria and measured a magnitude of 7.8. the second earthquake measured 7.5 magnitude and hit 130 kilometres, about 80 miles to the north of the first. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt the earthquake. freezing temperatures and the closure of airports make getting aid into the area more challenging. years of civil war and political isolation present obstacles to helping syria. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is in turkey, and is travelling towards the epicentre of the earthquake, close to the border wit
mourn together. president biden declares a state of emergency in california after it has been hit by a succession of severe winter storms leaving 25 million residents under a flood watch. rescue workers in the ukrainian city of dnipro search for survivors of a russian missile attack on an apartment building. at least 21 people were killed. is there light at the end on the tunnel on train strikes in the uk? the transport secretary is optimisitc a deal can be reached with the unions. i think both the companies signed the rail unions are keen to reach an agreement but we have got to see if they can hammer out the detail but, that is for them to do. some breaking news this hour a plane carrying more than 70 people has crashed in nepal, killing nearly everyone on board. the plane was flying from the capital kathmandu to the town of pokhara a popular tourist town. the crash happened as it was coming in to land. it was a yeti airlines plane with 72 people on board. this is foota
stranded on a cruise ship off the australian coast after a potentially harmful case of bio foul . we speak to one of those onboard. we start with some breaking news from perth, in scotland. three people have died after a fire broke out at a hotel there. emergency services, including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the new county hotel on county place at about five am local time. let s get more on this with our correspondent, gareth barlow. a developing situation. we know three people have died. several emergency service vehicles remain on scene as well. there is a police cordon and the rest of the guests have been evacuated. the hotel is a 28 room and suite hotel, close to the railway station in the centre of perth, and at 5:10am this morning, the ambulance service of scotland and the fire service ending 21 ambulance vehicles and nine fire appliances to that incident. we have heard from the deputy first minister, john swinney, a local msp, on twitter,
it gets better. we speak to the new prime minister of sri lanka about the economic crisis that s brought unrest across the country. the political crisis intensifies in northern ireland, as the largest unionist party, the dup, blocks the return of power sharing. and something strange is going on at eurovision. bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk but will it be enough to stop the favourites, ukraine? hello and welcome to the programme. there s been widespread international condemnation of police in israel for their use of force at the funeral of the aljazeera journalist shireen abu aqla. pallbearers injerusalem were among those who were beaten and kicked. officers said stones and bottles were thrown at them. the white house described the scenes as deeply disturbing , and the european union said it was appalled. shireen abu aqla was shot dead in the occupied west bank on wednesday. from jerusalem, here s tom bateman. shireen abu aqla was one of the best kn