the decision is based on a rarely used provision of the us constitution that bars officials who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding office. the ruling says he s ineligible to appear on next year s ballot because of his role instigating violence against the us government. the ruling only applies to colorado s republican primary ballot but is on hold pending appeal until next month. the decision came down shortly before mr trump gave a campaign speech in iowa, where the first contest of the 2024 season will take place in less than a month. the former president did not explicitly mention the case, though he has discussed other legal cases against him before on the campaign trail. in a statement, the trump campaign said the court had issued a completely flawed decision . adding they. will swiftly file an appeal to the united states supreme court. live now tojosh gerstein who s the senior legal affairs reporter at politico. thank you forjoining us on bbc new
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
welcome. more now on monday s devastating earthquake, the biggest in the region since 1939. it s killed over 7,000 people. the border area between turkey and syria is one of the world s most seismically active regions. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville has travelled to antakya, close to the border with syria, that s been hit by aftershocks. with pickaxe and hammer, determination and hope, they dig for lost relatives in antakya. this backbreaking work falls to these men. their city and country are overwhelmed, and the lives of those trapped in here depend on them. this was a sixth floor apartment block. families on every floor. ten minutes ago, theyjust heard a voice, so they re digging to try and get to whoever it is buried deep inside all of this. they can see a man and a child trapped inside. again, they hear something, so they call for silence. and they wait. they dig more carefully now, but they re too late. both are already dead. with so many still trapped, there s b
states. i want them to read this speech before they vote. coming up, we ll talk to senators bernie sanders and tom udahl two democrats who came to the floor to finish what elizabeth warren started last night. separation of poulz the appeals court justice questions lawyers about the controversial travel ban. has the government pointed to any evidence connecting these countries with terrorism? in 2015 and 2016 both congress and the administration made determinations that these seven countries posed the greatest risk of terrorism. and packing heat, president trump today with law enforcement officials tackling the court for questioning his immigration policy, claiming it s a matter of national security. they re taking away our weapons, one by one. it s what they re doing. and you know it and we have to allow you to do your jobs and we have to give you the weapons that you need and this is a weapon that you need. good kday i m andrea mitchel in washington. breaking n