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Mohammed is her aunt, who tells us kharkivs father died in the quake. >> mike "we i dont have the heart to tell her she is dead. >> reporter: tonight, the u.n. has reached a deal with president assad to help allow aid into serious disaster zone but for so many syrians, it is far too little, far too late. norah? >> norah: imtiaz tyab, thank you. the other big story tonight in ohio. growing concern about the toxic followed after that train crashed earlier this month. residence in the area are comp...

Camera and two brothers ages 18 and 20 were pulled out in the same city a few hours later, a 35-year-old woman was rescued alive. many rescue teams from around the world including here in the united states are bringing much-need kpdexperience to this humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: deep in the heard of turkeys disaster zone, these americans are on a mission like no other theyve known. as soon as the earthquake hit, volunteers from the los angeles county sheriffs department say they just knew t...

To about a dozen other items. spoke with the ceo of this organization of direct relief a couple of hours ago. he told us when these items are loaded, hes not thing about freight but each face of each and every individual who will use them. take a listen. >> i try to take a moment for what it means to people i dont know but having a sense that this is a light-bulb turning event, life-ending event for many people. so after that then you just -- it kicks into gear. >> reporter: so this is the packi...

Items. >> were standing amid tons of items all the way from turkey to syria. if we show you what i have on my left, these are disaster supplies for doctors, first responders, each pal let weighing about 151 kilograms. to my right, these are for families, people living in football stadiums or whats left of them in tent cities. we actually unpacked a few of these pal lots to show you whats inside. these are inside the white pallets. doctors, first responders. if you look in here, this compartment ...

Conversation, some questions around whether the turkish government did enough to prepare for such a situation, whether theyve been quick enough to deal with the aftermath when it comes to providing that humanitarian support. the president says he is aiming to rebuild the collapsed buildings within one year, and hes offering to support people when it comes to paying rent or putting them up in hotels as part of the temporary accommodation scheme for those affected by the earthquake. but weve seen ...

Theyre requesting a lot of things for orthopedic surgery, anesthesia, fresh wounds, regular wound management. >> reporter: okay. so the plan here, all of this will be shipped out on monday coming from santa barbara, down the 101 to the 405 to l.a.x. los angeles international airport. a one-way trip to istanbul and then about three and a half more days to get to the disaster zone. if we look at everything else thats here. this facility in santa barbara, it is three and a half acres of all of thes...

The latest headlines: four days on from the earthquake, 20,000 people are now known to have died in turkey and syria. still, relatives hope their loved ones might emerge alive. if there is one image that combines both tragedy and miracle in a disaster zone, its probably this tiny little girl born under the rubble in syria. when she was rescued, baby aya was still connected to her mothers umbilical cord. she was the only one in her family who survived. 0ur correspondent nawal al maghafi has more ...

The UK has sent thousands of thermal blankets to Turkey - and is planning to build a field hospital to treat those critically injured after Monday's devastating earthquake.

In a special secure box in the stud farms central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm, and of all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc world news. the latest headline: four days on from the earthquake, 20,000 people are now known to have died in turkey and syria. relatives still hope their loved ones might...

Remains at the top of the pile here. soon theyll go in again. and everywhere we look, the signs of life halted, the brown shoe, the mattress, the toy bear. and tonight the white house says the u.s. is ramping up assistance to both turkey and syria, two of our most highly trained search and rescue teams are here, nearly 200 personnel with specialized equipment here in the region tonight. it doesnt come a moment too soon, because tonight the crush of need is growing at the hospitals and of course ...