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An end to the Black Sea grains deal would hit the Horn of Africa hard, aid officials said on Monday, warning that another hike in food prices would add to the tens of millions of people facing hunger. Moscow has been threatening to walk away from the deal known as the Black Sea grain initiative - brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in July last year - if obstacles to its own grain and fertilizer shipments are not removed. Famine in parts of the Horn of Africa was averted this year as the rainy season, projected to fail for a fifth consecutive year, beat expectations.

On and still shining a light into the darkness is erdal. quentin sommerville, bbc news, antakya. but across the border, in northern syria, it's in the northwest of syria, the last rebel—held enclave, that aid officials tell us was the worst hit in this earthquake. but areas in the north under syrian government control have also been hit. that includes the major syrian city of aleppo. the correspondent for the bbc�*s arabic service, assaf aboud, was able to obtain government permission to visit aleppo and we've translated his report for you. translation: we are now in the shahar neighbourho...

Bbc news, antakya. but across the border, in northern syria, it's in the northwest of syria, the last rebel—held enclave, that aid officials tell us was the worst hit in this earthquake. but areas in the north under syrian government control have also been hit. that includes the major syrian city of aleppo. the correspondent for the bbc�*s arabic service, assaf aboud, was able to obtain government permission to visit aleppo and we've translated his report for you. translation: we are now in the shahar neighbourhood, one of the areas damaged by the earthquake. aleppo is the closest city to ...

No injuries, hazmat situations or fires have been reported, according to the Milam County Sheriff's Office.

That crossing. so many different versions. we will try to get you more on the situation on the ground. i can tell you earlier today we spoke to people on the ground in eastern aleppo. activists very concerned we were going to see something like this. very fragile deal. we heard from aid officials. this could happen. >> so many hopes. tell me how many refugees have been evacuated at this point. what is their situation? >> reporter: what we know, christine, the numbers be -- we got different figures. the numbers vary from 6,000 to 9,000 according to an official. he said 8,000 people had been eva...