jets to ukraine. we start with the devastating earthquakes which have rocked southern turkey and northern syria and are now known to have killed more than 11,700 people. turkey s president erdogan has been defending his government s response to the disaster on a visit to some of the worst affected areas. we ll have more on that shortly. but first, with the search operations ongoing in the rubble of collapsed buildings, dramatic pictures continue to emerge of rescues in both countries. cheering. this was the moment that rescuers hauled a boy onto a stretcher moments after he was rescued from the rubble two days after the earthquake. there were also cheers ofjubilation at being able to save his life. there have been other glimmers of hope in an otherwise grim landscape of devastation and death. our correspondent, anna foster, has been in the village of karamanmaras. i was watching them take bodies out of here last night and again this morning. it is pulling aside all of this
This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. the devastating earthquakes which have rocked southern turkey and northern syria and are now known to have killed well over 11 thousand people. rescue efforts are continuing into the night. turning to basketball. lebronjames has become the nba s all time leading points scorer. the la lakers star claimed the record during their match against the oklahoma city thunder in los angeles. going into the game, james needed 36 points to overtake the record of 38,387 set by kareem abdul jabbar in 1989 and which many in the game thought was untouchable. the 38 year old broke the record at the end of the third quarter in a defeat by oklahoma city thunder. play was interrupted as lebronjames celebrated with fans, here hugging former nba star magic johnson.
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He tells her he s upset she s posted inn sta gram fphotos wit minorities. people call you and tell you that i have black people on my instagram and it bothers you? yeah, it bothers me a lot if you want to broadcast that you re associating with black people. msnbc has not verified the authenticity of that recording, but the audio also includes a mention of a photo that she took with star magic johnson whom sterling said she should not bring to clippers games. he also sent out a tweet saying he and his wife will never attend another clippers game while sterling owns the team. we reached out to the clip e but the nba confirmed that an investigation is underway u saying we are in the process of conducting a full investigation into the audio recording obtain
During the confeversation, however, there is a specific mention of nba star magic johnson. he was featured in a photo with sterling s girlfriend. the man tells her not to bring johnson to, quote, his games. johnson called the recording, quote, shameful. he tweeted a few moments ago that he and his wife will never be going to a clippers game while sterling is the owner again. he then went on to say, quote, i feel sorry for my friends, coach doc rivers, and chris paul that they have to work for a man that feels that way about african-americans. this afternoon, the nba did confirm to msnbc that an investigation is underway, saying, quote, we are in the process of conducting a full investigation into the audio recording obtained by tmz. the remarks heard on the recording are disturbing and offensive, but at this time, according to the nba, we have no further information. we should also note here at this point, we have made calls to sterling s office as well. we have left messages,