Distant Shouting News Today

in other news, us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified aircraft over alaska after president biden gave the order to "seek and destroy". troops are trying to salvage the wreckage. three people have been arrested following clashes with police, outside a hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers on merseyside in north—west england. hello and welcome to the programme. we are going to start, of course, in turkey and syria, with the latest on the earthquakes there. the united nations aid...

the un aid chief calls the scale of the disaster — and the response to it — unprecedented. what is so amazing is that people are still coming out of the rubble alive six days in. so its shocking. its also, in a perverse sense, quite heartening. this is the scene live in southern turkey as rescuers continue their painstaking search for survivors. well bring you all the latest developments from our correspondents who are there. in other news, us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified...

and at the brit awards in london — as predicted — harry styles is one of the nights big winners. hello and welcome. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 28,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. now rescue efforts are being...

and at the brit awards in london — as predicted — harry styles is one of the nights big winners, with four awards including bagging album of the year. hello and welcome. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 28,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food a...

I think we can raise consciousness and money, just as we have seen the response here. well see. well see how those appeals go. but at least the agencies we are working with, the international agencies, the ngos and national ngos, we all know each other well, we have been working together for a long, many years in this region. that is an advantage. theres been a lot of criticism of the un across the border in syria, particularly in idlib province, they are saying, "you are letting politics get in...

Across the border in syria, particularly in idlib. theyre saying youre letting politics get in the way of humanitarian relief because youre not there on the ground. distant whistling. distant shouting. well, were not there on the ground, as you know, because the security council has only allowed a cross—border resolution these many years, which provides for un aid to go through a single crossing and to be delivered to the organisations there. no, this is not new. this is eight years old. why d...

In the north—west, as you know... the last rebel held area of syria. the last rebel—held area. ..bad enough before this and then all this came. i think we can raise consciousness and money, just as we have seen the response here. well see. well see how those appeals go. but at least the agencies we are working with, the international agencies, the ngos and national ngos, we all know each other well, we have been working together for many years in this region. that is an advantage. theres bee...

Particularly in idlib. theyre saying youre letting politics get in the way of humanitarian relief because youre not there on the ground. distant whistling. distant shouting. well, were not there on the ground, as you know, because the security council has only allowed no, this is not new. this is eight years old. why does that have to be there? people are asking, why do you have to go through the security council? why should the humanitarian needs to be hostage to the gridlock of the security co...

>> [ groans ] >> come on. well get you food. come on. come on. >> despite a long military career, general lee has little experience leading men in battle. and like george washington, who failed early and often in the revolutionary war, lee is shaped by a devastating loss and the amount of southern blood on his hands. after being humiliated at mechanicsville, lees response will not only determine the immediate fate of the confederate army, but it will also determine if he can live up to the poten...

>> [ groans ] >> come on. well get you food. come on. come on. >> despite a long military career, general lee has little experience leading men in battle. and like george washington, who failed early and often in the revolutionary war, lee is shaped by a devastating loss and the amount of southern blood on his hands. after being humiliated at mechanicsville, lees response will not only determine the immediate fate of the confederate army, but it will also determine if he can live up to the poten...