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continuing tonight to watch the development in turkey, and in syria. the death toll there is just astonishingly high. from an absolutely huge earthquake, and in almost equally large aftershock. that hit today. the initial quake was centered in south central turkey. that an issue jolted between four and 4:30 in the morning, so before, home and their beds. that initial quake was a 7.8 magnitude. which is just enormous. and was follow, hours later. by an aftershock that was 7.5. and having such a huge quite like that followed by such a quick succession by almost an equally large quake means anything that was significantly damaged, but still standing after the foreshock. it came down in the aftershock. in turkey alone, they re saying there are more than 5000 buildings that have collapsed across 14 different turkish cities. across the southern border of turkey, into northern syria, there are, again, thousands of buildings collapse there. as well, between turkey and syria, ....
of the invasion. ukrainian forces have launched a long awaited counter offensive in the south of the country. a very good early morning to you. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. not only has ukraine been irrevocably changed by vladimir putin s military aggression, so has russia. putin has used the conflict to crack down harder on dissent and instil an ever more strident brand of nationalism that made life in moscow unbearable for my guest today. pinchas goldschmidt was chief rabbi of moscow till he fled from russia and left his post. his fate has exposed the scale of widerjewish flight from russia and divisions within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it s the second time with you. it s the second time and it s a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last t ....
within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it s the second time with you. it s the second time and it s a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last talking to me there. you sit in jerusalem. you served as chief rabbi of moscow for, what, pretty much three decades. you made your life in russia and just a couple of months ago, you chose to leave. why? i went to sleep the 23rd of february in the evening in moscow, and i woke up in the morning in a different country. it was still moscow, but with different rules, with different laws. and ifelt. ..that the world is changing and. ..isaw. ..the bombs, bombing of kyiv. the new laws in russia cracking down on dissent. we saw that the remnant of any free media was closed down. ekho moskvy, the novaya gazeta and others. and. but this is only the beginning. ....
Particular, and emergency within an emergency. again, the death toll already is almost unbelievably high. it is nearing 4000 as of right now. but there is reason to worry that the numbers going to rise substantially. it is potentially going to be rising by a multitude. this is a big disaster that is going to change this part of the world. and countries all over the world. from us to iran, from switzerland, to hungary. so everyone all over the world. the house rescue teams descend that they are sending the rescue teams right now. as i said, there watching this story about tonight. we ll let you know more as we learn more. that s why when we join live night by kathleen shoes when the nation s leading researchers on far-right extremism and white power movements. we had her hair is a guest on the show the pass. the duchess can be had because the partner justice held a dramatic surprise press conference about a plot they believe they disrupted by a ....
People. some of the they re shipping out immediately, can be soon enough. maybe old no term ember that there was a devastating, devastating earthquake in turkey from 1999. this is one of the biggest natural disasters of my lifetime. that 1999 quake there killed the 2015 and 20,000 people. it was seen as a global level catastrophe. i have to tell you, in magnitude, that earthquake in 1999 was smaller than the one that hit today. but part of the problem with responding to this one today, is that it was such a big quake. it is flattening buildings, it is such a large area. ten different provinces are in emergency response, and then it s there it s almost an inch quickly large affected area. but in syria the response is complicated by the ongoing civil war there. and the refugee crisis that has created. the international rescue committee is calling the situation in syria in, ....