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Very concerning. the icbm also had multiple reentry vehicle capability, and that is another focus of north korea. north korea has been preemptively making threats about preemptive use and simultaneously also lowering the threshold for nuclear capabilities. they came up with a new nuclear doctrine in september of last year that lowers the threshold for use of nuclear weapons. so all of these factors combined, im very worried about the fact that were really entering a more dangerous phase with nor...

Facilities. if we look at what people need right now its food, its health and water and shelter. thats what were trying to do. >> as this rescue operation turns into a recovery operation in so many parts, is this also turning into a full-blown humanitarian crisis? is there, you know, time to even avert that? >> well, what we did, is at the beginning, with the search and rescue fan, that usually lasts for the first week, or 72 hours of the crisis. and weve now entered into the humanitarian phase....

They are not used to sleeping in tents nor do we want them to. we try to get them out of the humanitarian phase as quickly as possible and something safe and transitional to keep them safe for a long time. >> youre not just talking about people being displaced because their apartment buildings, their homes, theyre the ones that fell apart, that crumbled but there are people who have homes who are intact, and theyre afraid to return to their homes, theyre sleeping in their cars, and running out o...

Phase those people are protected, kept warm and then moved a very, very quickly into sustainable transitional shelter solutions that can take them long its in the future. >> jamie, thank you for that on the update. you are doing the lords work. we are passing along numbers and ways people at home can help. in the meantime the operation of red cross to help people in turkey on. it is going to go on for some time. in the meantime after they shakedown up a balloon and of course this latest object i...

Youre watching bbc news. now its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. the first anniversary of russias all—out invasion of ukraine is fast approaching. theres both a feeling in both kyiv and moscow that it would herald a new phase in the war. president zelensky is visiting european allies with his focus firmly on the challenges to come. a new russian offensive is seemingly imminent. the west is arming ukraine, but still not at the speed and scale kyiv would wish. my guest...

An emergency operations at the international federation of the red cross. jamie, how are things looking right now? >> is a dire situation. they are on day six of a massive crisis in southern turkey. millions have been affected. many millions have been displaced we are looking at an operation that will not just last past the search and rescue phase which we are ending now going to the humanitarian phase but we are looking at long-term recovery. there lots of challenges facing the population ahead...

Ukraine was hit with a barrage of missiles friday, targeting critical power infrastructure in several parts of the country. but ukrainian forces claim to have shot down 61 of those missiles. president volodymyr zelenskyy is back in kyiv, after appealing to european governments for more fire power. he called for more modern tanks, long-range missiles, and fighter jets. cnn has more from kyiv. is this the beginning of what is feared to be a new russian offensive? >> reporter: well, fredricka, it i...

Lets stay with that main story now. dr akhilesh surjan is a humanitarian response and disaster management expert from charles darwin university. hejoins me now from darwin. great to get you on the programme. im here to dig necking to hear your thoughts on the next stage of operations in the devastated areas. its very much a search and rescue phase now. what happens next? eight lot of things have to happen from now on and for the very long terms for the scale of disaster which is happened at the ...

This is newsday on the bbc. im karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines — at least 20,000 people are now known to have been killed in the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria. still, relatives hope their loved ones might still be alive. the united states says the chinese balloon it shot down at the weekend was definitely being used for spying. more on our top story now. dr akhilesh surjan, a humanitarian response and disaster management expert from charles darwin university, told me...

Tanks. does russia really have the capability to change the numbers on the ground in terms of tanks? >> i dont believe they do, erin. it would be a really push for them to do it. the russian tank factories are estimated to produce about 200 a year. theyre very cheap tanks. theyre not very good. they dont compare well to western tanks. but even if they were to produce those 200 tanks a year -- and im suspect of that -- they dont have the crews to fill them. theyve been having all kinds of problem...