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welcome to the programme. the united nations says thousands of children may be among the dead, buried in the rubble, after the earthquakes and aftershocks that hit turkey and north west syria. the known death toll now stands at 7,200. an international rescue effort is underway. and sorely needed. there are still thousands of collapsed buildings to search. turkish journalists say they are getting voice messages and live locators from people still trapped under the rubble. president erdogan today declared a three—month state of emergency in 10 provinces. across the whole region that ...

Rival, richard parker. Votes rechecked, a recount in coventry and this result in the last hour or so. The number of votes recorded for each. Weve waited all day for this moment. Its happening now. The result. And i do hereby declare that richard parker. Cheering. This is the most important thing i will ever do. This week, people here voted for the person and the party. | they recognise that a labour mayor can make a positive. Difference in this region. Where do i go . A winner and a loser and the finest of margins. Mr street, commiserations. What do you put your loss down to . Very straightfor...

For another president — terry szuplat. he crafted nearly 500 speeches for barack 0bama, working as his deputy director of speech—writing until 2017. welcome to the programme. does that sound familiar, the weekend locked away in camp david, reworking the speech? away in camp david, reworking the seech? ., ~' ., away in camp david, reworking the seech? ., ~ ., , , ., away in camp david, reworking the seech? ., ~ ., ., speech? you know, this state of the union is a beast _ speech? you know, this state of the union is a beast of— speech? you know, this state of the union is a beast of a _ sp...

For this appalling way of governing our country. for this appalling way of governing our country-— for this appalling way of governing our country. let's return to the news that the former presenter of university challenge, bamber gascoigne, has died at the age of 87. let's speak now to bobby seagull, maths teacher and writer who of course appeared on university challenge himself in 2017. welcome. thank you forjoining us. how do you see bamber gascoigne? when we think about the uk and our great cultural exports, wimbledon, the beatles, the queen, talking about the weather, quiz shows are som...

Caroline hawley, bbc news. let's look more closely at what it might mean for the outside world — especially the united states — to negotiate with the taliban. retired us army colonel, chris kolenda, is the first american to have both fought the taliban as a commander in combat and negotiated with them in peace talks — as a key pentagon representative at talks most recently in 2017. welcome, the first thing i have to put to you as we have heard reports that the head of the cia has talked to the taliban only this week. should such talks continue after sist should such talks continue after ...