it s a week since two earthquakes devastated parts of turkey and syria, in which so far, more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations says that figure could 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 aftermath, syria and turkey couldn t be further apart. we ve just crossed into syria at the border crossing. there were about a dozen aid trucks, fuel tankers coming in, but actually, there were more refugees, more corpses coming out than there was aid co
and the biggest event in america s sporting calendar, the super bowl, is about to kick off with the kansas city chiefs playing the philadelphia eagles 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
and around the world. i m samantha simmonds. we begin here in england, where thousands ofjunior doctors have started a four day strike that threatens to bring the worst disruption in the history of the health service. it runs all the way through to saturday morning, and could mean the cancellation of 350,000 appointments and operations. the doctors union is in a row with the government over pay forjunior doctors, with the british medical association sticking to its demand of a 35% pay rise and the government refusing to negotiate until what it sees as a more reasonable pay demand is met. what do we want? pay rise! how do we get it? strike! this winter, we ve got used to seeing nhs staff waving banners on picket lines. we re now into the fifth month of industrial action, but this walk out byjunior doctors in england is bigger in scale than anything that s come before. a four day strike from this morning through to saturday morning. rbma is being accused of picking dates to ma
ukraine armageddon. and thailand is grieving after a massacre in a day care left 26 people dead, including two children. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. pro-russian officials are reporting significant damage following a massive explosion on a bridge linking russia with crimea. hours ago a fuel tanker exploded 0 on a strategic bridge causing a fire that s still burning a low pro-russian leader said two have collapsed. emergency crews are scrambling trying to remove the burning train from the structure. have a look here, the moment the explosion was caught on video. russian president vladimir putin is now ordering an emergency investigation. ukraine is not claiming responsibility but making clear it won t shed any tears officer the development. fred pleitgen is live in kyiv. fred, what more do we know? reporter: certainly seemed this was a brazen incident that happened in the very early morning hours of today. we re seeing that cctv vide