and turkey issues an international appeal for help. we ll be taking a look at how world leaders are responding. welcome to the programme. we begin in turkey and northern syria, where two powerful earthquakes have killed more than 2,000 people. many more injured and still missing. we ll look at the damage done and the rescue operations. first, let s see where this happened. the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 the epicentre 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 130km north of the first one. these pictures show buildings collapsing in south east turkey. the country has declared a state of emergency. here s president erdogan. translation: we do not know how far the number of dead and injured - will rise as debris removal works continue in many buildings in the earthquake zone. our hope is that we will recover from this disaster with the least loss of life
efforts. this is a city which is struggling tonight. there are so many more across southern turkey, villages as well, where people are really trying to feel with these deal with these desperate conditions knowing that help in many cases is going to take a long time still avoid that was anna foster giving us avoid that was anna foster giving us a flavour of the conditions of avoid that was anna foster giving us a flavour of the conditions a flavour of the conditions of the round. emre temel is from the bbc s turkish service. hejoins me now from istanbul. thanks for coming on the programme. just bring us up to date with what is the latest. it’s just bring us up-to-date with what is the latest- is the latest. it s been announced that the advice is the latest. it s been announced that the advice of is the latest. it s been announced that the advice of the is the latest. it s been announced that the advice of the palace, - is the latest. it s been announced | that the advice of