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the uk today for the first time since the russian invasion of ukraine. the first stamps featuring king charles the third had been unveiled by the royal mail. and lebronjames has become the nba s all time leading scorer, passing the 39 year old record. hello and welcome. more than 9500 people are now known to have died following two devastating earthquakes which hit turkey and syria. the death toll is likely to rise significantly as rescue workers and civilians continue to search the rubble and survivors trapped beneath it succumb to their injuries and the bitterly cold weather. the earthquakes were the biggest in the region since 1939, and they have triggered dozens of after shocks along the east anatolian fault line. it is one of the world s most active areas for seismic activity. we can show you the scene live now at one attempted search and rescue operation. this scene, replicated throughout turkey and, indeed, northern syria. rescuers still hope to find survivors be ....
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we start in france. large numbers have taken to the streets again, the 11th day of mass protests against the change in pension age in france. a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break the deadlock yesterday. on the streets there in france we have more large protests, notjust paris but many of the big cities. notjust paris but many of the big cities. france s constitutional council will decide next week on the validity of the government s move after the change was rammed through parliament with no vote. let s speak to our correspondent hugh schofield who is on the streets near the protests in paris. there is no prospect of the government giving way on the key part of the law which is raising the age from 62 to 64 for state pension, and there is no sign as we see here of the protesters giving up. it may be that beneath the scenes there are things happening as the law approaches this publication in becoming actually law, people will start givin ....
in scotland. it is not clear exactly when she will leave office, but as i say, she has been head of the scottish government for the last eight years. she has been making headlines in recent weeks because of a wider debate on teenagers rights, calling for a wider debate on teenagers rights, she defended plans to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex. scotland s gender recognition bill that she wanted to introduce into scotland brought her into conflict and a clash with the uk government based in westminster, which blocked scotland plus two gender recognition bill. the secretary of state for scotland alisterjack used a special order known as a section 35 order to prevent that there becoming law on the grounds it would have an adverse impact on the laws. those are laws that apply across scotland, england and wales. that was a claim disputed by the scottish government, butjust to remind you, that gender recognition bill was to allow i6 year olds to change their leg ....
let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority ....