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hello and welcome. we begin in turkey. dozens of people have been killed across turkey and northern syria after a major earthquake struck in the early hours of monday morning. the epicentre was in gaziantep provice close to the turkish border with syria. strong tremors were felt across the region. the quake was recorded at a magnitude of 7.8 and at a relatively shallow depth of ten kilometres. reports have been coming in of many collapsed buildings. azadeh moshiri is our news reporter....

welcome to bbc news. more now on the news that a massive earthquake has killed more than 500 people in turkey and syria, and i canjoin my colleague for more. welcome to all of you watching on pbs and around the globe. we are bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour. a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern syria and also south—eastern turkey. official figures say officialfigures say more official figures say more than 650 people have been killed, that f...

a coordinated international rescue effort is now under way. also on the programme... hospital bosses urge ministers to re—open pay talks with staff, as unions prepare for their biggest round of strikes. the head of a top english public school is found dead, along with her husband and daughter, in a property on school grounds. we look at how the spiralling demand for digital data storage, is delaying the construction, of new homes. breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all t...

western scotland and northern ireland. a few spots of result for the hebrides and shetland this afternoon. its quite mild, temperatures ranging between eight and 10 degrees, some of the higher temperatures where it is cloudy. in the south of the uk meanwhile, with clear skies its a cold night. a widespread frost across most of england and wales with temperatures down as low as —6 in the countryside but as well as that we are looking at some fog which will become quite dense and wides...

have produced a second record breaking result in weeks, this a first world championship medal in 84 years. was this you watching the final episode of happy valley last night? weve no spoilers, but we will be discussing the end of the biggest drama so far this year. thank goodness there are no spoilers, i have not seen any of it yet and i cannot wait to watch it! a cold start today, some frost and fog, that will lift your england and wales where it will be sunny, scotland and northern i...

at auction next week. a very warm welcome to th programme. president macron of france and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where theyre holding talks the chinese leadership. the joint trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they are expected to urge it to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. this was a short time ago at the great hall of the people. the europeans meeting chinas premier, li qiang. in h...

so lets now get down to business starting in france where another day of disruption is ahead. eight union federations have called for strike action in what will be the 11th day of mass walk—outs since the beginning of the pension battle injanuary. this comes as president emmanuel macron prepares to meet chinas president xi in the next few hours. he plans to talk about the war in ukraine but is also with a large french trade delegation. meanwhile the crisis at home over pension reform...

on top of this pile of rubble. rescuers are using their bare hands, and you can see them throwing down blocks and trying to search desperately for survivors. thats our correspondent anna foster whos in turkey and heading towards the epicentre of the quake. also on the programme: the headteacher of a leading private school — epsom college — is found dead alongside her husband and young daughter in the school grounds. tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers go out on strike...

many of whom were already in dire need of humanitarian aid. our other main story this hour — ambulance workers join nurses taking strike action in what is the biggest ever nhs walkout in england over pay disputes. we have been discussing this coming year from aprils pay with the unions. we have the process through the pay review body. its an independent process and were keen to get the evidence that reflects the pressure that the nhs has been under in the wider context in terms of in...

action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walk—out in england. we are still hopefully on track and getting waiting lists below a year at the end of march. the more strikes we have, the more challenging that becomes. at the moment, ourstaff challenging that becomes. at the moment, our staff are working incredibly hard to get the waiting lists down. let us know how the strikes are affecting you and do you support them? you can get in touch with your thoughts on this story and the res...