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
they stand out here in the middle of the road because they are still concerned, as are so many, thousands of people here tonight that there may still be more buildings to collapse. this takes an obsolete huge area of which the city is just one snapshot, but as you move around, there are piles of bricks and rubble where shop fronts have fallen out, where windows have broken and crashed. a few minutes ago, i was at the scene of they think is a hotel which has collapsed on itself. they ve managed to get some lights there in a crane, and they re trying to swing away the big pieces of masonry. houses also saw another building collapse down the road, and that was in complete darkness. i think it s just they simply don t have the resources at the moment to be able to mount full scale refuge efforts rescue
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
and husband found at a house in epsom college s grounds blue tarpaulin now in front of it. the head teacher s house in the centre, the school s indoor rifle range behind it. police have described what has happened as an isolated incident. that means they aren t looking for anyone else. they will give more details soon. the flag flies at half mast. how to help the hundreds of pupils here understand what happened and how they lost their head teacher in the most terrible way? lucy manning, bbc news. we re going to turn to our main story. these are life pictures of the southeastern turkish city. rescue workers are searching for survivors under the rubble of
our middle east correspondent is in osmaniye in turkey. i arrived in adana earlier, as he to that city, buildings which have just collapsed where they stood our rescue workers, everybody who can particular young men, have been trying to pull away the rubble. i ve moved towards the epicentre, and it is in complete darkness. you can see what a devastating picture it is here this evening. it is absently pouring with rain, which is really hampering the rescue efforts. the only reason you can see me is because of car headlights. there is no power at all. the family behind me have chosen to come out on the streets because we re still feeling regular aftershocks. they let some wood, they re trying to stay warm.