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In this city, gaziantep, and i m looking behind you and the scale of the work that has gone on, the heavy machinery, has clearly increased over the past 24 hours or so. good mornin: , over the past 24 hours or so. good morning, charlie. over the past 24 hours or so. good morning, charlie. that over the past 24 hours or so. good morning, charlie. that is - over the past 24 hours or so. (13mm morning, charlie. that is certainly the case, and if you think about it, in this community, this time last weekend it would have been bustling. they would have had people out and about, going for a walk are buying their coffee, kids going around here. but looking at it this morning, there are more and more diggers and heavy machinery being brought in and they are shifting huge amounts of debris now. it was a multi story building that came tumbling down here, and so tons of materials have been moved. that said, there are still some rescue teams here. they say they haven t given up hope, and you ....
And in the uk, the disasters emergency committee say their earthquake appeal raised £32.9 million on its first day, including £5 million donated by the government. money that will go to help homeless survivors like sahir and her son, who miraculously escaped from the seventh floor of this building in gaziantep. translation: the earthquake was never ending. my son was screaming, but somehow we managed to get down the stairs. a bbc news crew was there to witness mother and son reunited with father. he had driven for three days to get here, thisjoyous hug a reminder of the preciousness of life and love. howard johnson, bbc news. we can now speak to our europe correspondent nick beake, who is in the turkish city of gaziantep this morning. you can see it located on the map there. good morning to you, nick. we have been to you a number of times ....
And the needs are so great, here and across the border in northern syria. and this morning these are the scenes in gaziantep, very close to the epicentre of the quake, which is thought to have emerged 20 miles to the west of the city. and then, of course, there was the after shock of another strong earthquake and several other after shocks. we have been showing you these pictures, and now the major machinery is in as the rescuers give way to just razing the building from the devastation. there are still concerns about the structures and the safety of other buildings that haven t collapsed. we will be catching up with our correspondence and a number of cities this morning and concentrating very much today on those appeals for help, just what is needed and how difficult it is to ....
His care now rests in the hands of volunteers, in a country already pushed to the brink by a decade long civil war. but, in a rare act of clemency, the syrian government have given permission for international aid to be delivered to rebel held areas. across the border in turkey, rescuers in gaziantep work day and night, acutely aware their window of opportunity is beginning to close. unfortunately we have our team, canines, dogs, that are searching for survivors in antakya, and unfortunately no luck. they couldn t find anyone. but we are continuing the search tomorrow, and we re still hoping. and the world is watching. in new york, the turkish un mission is busy packing aid and organising its delivery to those most in need. ....