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hello and welcome to bbc news. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 25,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. we'll hearfrom mr griffiths in a moment, but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province of syria, which is rebel—controlled. he found no sign of a relief effort, with lo...

Of people working. there's none of that here. down there, there are small children removing the rubble. while the international community isn't here. it's been left to small boys to remove the rubble from these broken buildings and to try and find bodies. and it is bodies they are trying to find now, because they say that the time for looking for survivors has passed here — that passed 2a hours ago. this is mainly a recovery mission. they're no longer rescuing people, and the reason they're no longer rescuing people is because the aid just didn't come quick enough. 0ur chief international co...