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hard working, day in, day out, to rescue everybody. i just feel for everybody who, like me and my children, has been in the unknown, not knowing if their family is alive or not. here, the ministry of defence sends vital aid to turkey on an raf transport plane, including much needed medical equipment. will speak to andrew mitchell, the minister responsible for britain s aid effort shortly. the rmt rail union rejects the latest offer from national rail and train operating companies in the ongoing dispute about pay, jobs, and conditions. the uk economy at a standstill new figures show even though we narrowly avoided falling into recession in 2022, there was no growth at all in the final three months of the year. two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire, now the police are extending their search downstream. hello, good afternoon. fears are growing for the hundreds of thousands of people in turkey and syria in need after monday s devastating ....
The politicisation of the situation is a normal thing, but the human feeling does not exist. even now, nor in the past. for 600 years, the western occupation is based on the killing and looting of people. the bbc s assaf abboud is the first international journalist to report from aleppo, the historic syrian city that has suffered huge losses in the earthquake. the bbc team is travelling with the syrian government s permission in the region, and sent this report. translation: we are now. in a neighbourhood damaged by the earthquake. aleppo is the closest city to the epicentre of the earthquake. until now, around 400 people have died in the city of aleppo. hundreds of injured remain under rubble. in this area, rescue efforts are being supported by government ....
Today at six hope and despair in turkey and syria, as the painstaking search for survivors goes on after the quakes. we follow one rescuer and his team, among the tangled ruins of apartment blocks in the increasingly desperate search for signs of life. 0n the second and the third day after the earthquake they were finding a lot of people. they are hardly finding anyone now, almost no one now. and tonight, we report from inside syria after the quakes. one of the first international journalists allowed into aleppo. also on the programme. the uk avoided falling into recession last year, but the chancellor warns we re not out of the woods. ....
Earlier we spoke to david miliband, ceo of international rescue committee, and asked him about the scale of challenges as his team operates on the ground amidst criticism of lack of effort for relief in syria. i think it s really important that we understand what the threat is now. what s called a secondary disaster is now imminent. the first disaster is now imminent. the first disaster was obvious leave the earthquake. the secondary disaster is the failure to treat the wounded and the threat to the health of the living who have survived the earthquake. people have very little infrastructure, so the actual plan needs to start with real basics. 0ne, expand the basic crossing. two, reopen the closed crossing that goes further east, down into aleppo ....
And have succeeded in getting him out after 108 hours. there was a woman who was also pulled out alive. many days since the earthquake has happened, still moments of miraculous rescue. syria s president, bashar al assad, made his first reported trip to affected areas since the earthquakes syrian state media has showed pictures of him in aleppo meeting those involved in the rescue effort. president assad and his wife, asma, also visited survivors at their bedsides in hospital in the city. translation: they say that the west gave the priority to put politics - over the humanitarian situation, but this is not true. to give priority to something over another, both situations must exist. as such, the political situation exists, but the humanitarian is non existent for the west. ....