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this is bbc news. the headlines. us appeals court ruled the donald trump does not have immunity for charges that he plotted to overturn the 20/20 election defeat. qatar's prime minister says there's been a positive response from hamas from cease—fire proposals from gaza with reports of the top us diplomats. facebook and instagram fans crackdown on al generated images. it is one year on from tricky�*s deadliest earthquake in 53,000 in the country. four o'clock this morning, the time the earthquake hit, survivors held a predawn vigil in the city. punctuated by outbursts of anger towards the turkish government and what they say is a
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lack of action to re—house the homeless. it is an accusation that president denies india's at the quakes epicentre overseeing a draw for 10,000 newly built homes in the city. 12 months on our correspondent returns to southern turkey and since this report. now the rubble is going, the scars are clear to see. the city of antakya is a wasteland. more than 200,000 buildings were destroyed by the earthquake. and the work to clear and rebuild is still going on, even now. not everyone is able to move on. abu mustapha often returns to the place where he used to live. he managed to save his three youngest children but when their home fell, he lost sight of his teenage daughters, salma and salwa.
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"i told her, salma, get up, there's an earthquake. everybody woke up. we got out from the building gate here. i had my other children, lama and mustapha, with me, and i stood right here." now they are missing. for months, he has searched hospitals and cemeteries. when everything he owned was destroyed, the few pictures he had left of his girls became even more precious. "my wife passed away 1a days before the earthquake. every time i go through difficult times, i go to her because i know where her grave is but i don't know where my daughters�* graves are, so i come here and talk to them." so much of this place was destroyed that even now, after a year of solid work,
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they still have not managed to clear away all of the destruction. hundreds of thousands of people left this area altogether, but for those who stayed, the difficulties are still all around them, every day, and the vast majority still don't have proper homes to live in. tents and container villages should have been temporary solutions. now, they are bedded in, more permanent than was ever intended. less than a quarter of the promised new homes have been built. antakya's old city had stood strong for centuries. it may never recover. but its people have vowed to. 13—year—old zaliha remembers the night her life was saved. frightened and exhausted, the first rescue team who arrived said she was beyond help. but then, mersin city's fire department came and pulled her out.
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today, they are back together, reunited in the same city. there are thanks and hugs, and memories of how lucky their family was. across southern turkey, daily life remains a battle for the earthquake survivors who stayed here, and the last year has not dulled their pain or their suffering. anna foster, bbc news, antakya. for more on this i spoke tojessie thomson, head of international federation of the red cross�* turkey delegation about their work in the region during the past 12 months. we have had a very large—scale response as the international federation of the red cross in society working in partnership with the national society and they were on the ground within hours of the earthquake one year ago and haven't stopped since. we have been able to
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support the turkish red crescent to meet the needs of 10.5 million people and to the scale of this response is been really massive and equally massive and we are now entering into a critical recovery phase in the key challenge for us now. ~ ., , ., now. would needs to happen next in our now. would needs to happen next in your view? — now. would needs to happen next in your view? we _ now. would needs to happen next in your view? we are _ now. would needs to happen next in your view? we are focused - now. would needs to happen next in your view? we are focused on - your view? we are focused on emergency — your view? we are focused on emergency beliefs _ your view? we are focused on emergency beliefs of - your view? we are focused on emergency beliefs of revision | your view? we are focused on - emergency beliefs of revision and cash assistance and household items release applies to more support that helps people get back on the feed to recover their lost livelihoods and be able to act and between the people affected by the earthquake their livelihoods affected either their livelihoods affected either their little shocked was destroyed their little shocked was destroyed their clinic was destroyed and they lost lost farming assets and
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equipment and moving away from where they were living in and working previously in our focus is really now i'm providing support that enables people to really recover those lost livelihoods and be able to support themselves in the years ahead. �* ., , ., , ahead. and where does that support come from. — ahead. and where does that support come from, this _ ahead. and where does that support come from, this morning _ ahead. and where does that support come from, this morning to - ahead. and where does that support come from, this morning to be - ahead. and where does that support come from, this morning to be done this and the turkish authorities as well? it this and the turkish authorities as well? ., , , this and the turkish authorities as well? . , , ,., m, well? it really is both, the scale ofthe well? it really is both, the scale of the disaster _ well? it really is both, the scale of the disaster meant _ well? it really is both, the scale of the disaster meant it - well? it really is both, the scale of the disaster meant it was - well? it really is both, the scale| of the disaster meant it was well beyond what any one actor could deal with on its own and as i foresee, local as possible in international is needed in the turkish red crescent local organisation with a really tremendous capacity would be able to respond at scale to give you able to respond at scale to give you a rough idea of 425 million hot
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meals provided from the early hours until months later the people who were unable to defend themselves, for example. the local response tremendous and actors like the turkish red crescent can prepare for the scale of this disaster and when we bring in the international tools in order to support and the solidarity has been fundamental in the first phase of the response and beginning of the year ahead, the capacity for the turkish government of local actors like the turkish red crescent, there's still so much more than needs to be done and the scale of this disaster is truly enormous. a court in kenya has charged the leader of a doomsday cult with the murders
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of nearly 200 people. paul mackenzie and almost 30 other suspects were arrested after more than four hundred bodies were found in a forest last april. followers had allegedly been told they would reach heaven by starving themselves to death. mackenzie is also facing charges of committing acts of terror, child cruelty and torture. shortly, we'll speak to our africa correspondent anne soy, but first her report as she speaks to the victim's families. the pain of a father who has lost all his children. his wife followed the teaching of the controversial preacher paul mackenzie on television. that's when their lives changed, he says. she withdrew their children from school, he says. these are their school uniforms in bags. the couple fought about it. he'd forcefully take them to school himself. then, one day, his wife and theirfive children disappeared from home.
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he showed this picture to the first survivors rescued from the cult and they gave him the crushing news. translation: they said the children were denied food and water. - after about five days, they would die, then their bodies would be picked up and buried in a mass grave. they told me they knew where my three children... he sobs. ..jacob, lillian and angelina were buried. there were about ten children in one grave. two more, helen and samuel, he was told had been starving for four days when the survivors were rescued. this is shakahola in kenya's south—east, where mackenzie's followers were kept. mass graves, some containing the bodies of up to 20 children, were found here. a29 bodies have been retrieved. grave—diggers told us there are many
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more but the recovery was suspended last year. the area is a crime scene, access is forbidden. access is also restricted here at the malindi morgue where the bodies that were exhumed have been preserved. relatives have given their dna samples and now the agonising wait to find out if their missing kin were among the victims continues. after children, women were also forced to starve. this 29—year—old was pregnant when she went to shakahola. one day, she and two of her friends fled and they got rescued. it was difficult for us, imagine six men gang raping you. they would pick us in turns. it was a church initially but preaching stopped and they started raping and killing people. if you were to meet mackenzie today, what would you say to him? i never want to meet him. this community leader helped with the rescue efforts. translation: some were frail, looking like they will _
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die within hours. others were stronger but didn't want to be rescued. they were asking the police, "why are you disturbing us? we want to go tojesus. won't you also die one day?" beliefs that have only complicated the quest forjustice. mackenzie has told the court he never forced anyone to starve. some of his followers still believe in his teachings, but to the families that lost their kin, the pain they now have to live with is immeasurable. anne soy, bbc news, shakahola. 10,000 cancer patients facing the risk of death gaza's hamas run health ministry is reporting around 10,000
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cancer patients are facing the risk of death. the bbc has received voice notes from a patients with cancer on their experience trying to receive treatment in gaza. i am 39 years old. i suffer from breast cancer. i was receiving treatment in ramallah, but under the war conditions, i have not taken any kind of medication for three months, to the point that my health has worsened. i expect that the disease has spread throughout my body. for eight days, i have been in abu youssef al najjar hospital, taking nothing but painkillers and things like that. i appealed more than once for a medical referral, and unfortunately my attempts failed. 0n the 15th of november, something new appeared in the place of the tumor, and i went to dar al salam hospital, where dr. khaled thabet gave me an urgent referral, but unfortunately, when i went to the crossing, they sent me back, and since november 15 until now, i have not been able to communicate with anyone who can help me travel either to turkey or the united arab of emirates, to regularly take my treatment. if i had not taken the chemotherapy or hormonal treatment prescribed for me, my health condition will get
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worse day after day. i'm joined now by professor richard sullivan, director at the institute of cancer policy at kings college who has been in gaza today... tell us about the cancer treatment available to people in gaza who needed. ., , available to people in gaza who needed. . , , ., , . needed. the reality is now it is a comlete needed. the reality is now it is a complete catastrophe. _ needed. the reality is now it is a complete catastrophe. and - needed. the reality is now it is a l complete catastrophe. and every, there is no cancer treatment left in gaza and three groups of cancer patients and children with cancer and chemotherapy and blood cancers and chemotherapy and blood cancers and from that lady in the types of cancer required in radiotherapy and chemotherapy and with long—term hospital basis and it doesn't exist any more. hospital basis and it doesn't exist an more. ., ., ., ., ., any more. how are you managing to
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net access any more. how are you managing to get access to — any more. how are you managing to get access to gossip _ any more. how are you managing to get access to gossip was _ any more. how are you managing to get access to gossip was medically i get access to gossip was medically able to take any medication in? understanding the majority of cancers, curable cancers and the only option to make the incurable is surgery in radiotherapy and there is not enough available. there's very little cancer medicines left within gaza now and it's very difficult getting them across the border and the reality is you need sophisticated hospital systems and blood facilities and pathology, etc and the destruction that is been right on gaza means that is all gone and for all intents and purposes, the cancer services and care system are absolutely on their knees. bringing you different stories from across the uk. in parts of africa. jake has been a
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part of an effort to move them. and so has his father graham with birds of prey party for nearly 30 years. there's something about them and i think they're unusual but so many things— think they're unusual but so many things that — think they're unusual but so many things that are unusual or beer. i moved _ things that are unusual or beer. i moved 163— things that are unusual or beer. i moved 163 vultures including white black vultures in parts of south africa _ black vultures in parts of south africa to — black vultures in parts of south africa to another where there is. we 'ust africa to another where there is. just love the africa to another where there is. - just love the birds so much and just getting involved in this no hesitation.— getting involved in this no hesitation. , ., ., hesitation. they are in vital part ofthe hesitation. they are in vital part of the ecosystem _ hesitation. they are in vital part of the ecosystem in _ hesitation. they are in vital part of the ecosystem in parts - hesitation. they are in vital part of the ecosystem in parts of - hesitation. they are in vital part i of the ecosystem in parts of africa helping other animals find carcasses to feed on.
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three people have been killed by flooding in los angeles and three people, places left without power in some areas. los angeles, america's second largest city, saw a record on sunday of over ten centimetres of rain. there is disruption on the roads, mudslides and flooding. this is the effect of what is being called the pineapple express, an atmospheric stream of moisture stretching across the pacific and it's causing chaos in southern california. in some hilly areas, people have been ordered to evacuate. this home in a suburb of la slid down a hill and was completely destroyed. oh, my gosh. it was, like, thunder like... and then the sound of trees, i thought, snapping like twigs. it was just this house, completely disintegrating. the los angeles fire department has told people to stay away from rivers and moving water.
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this man had to be winched to safety after he went into a river to rescue his dog. we anticipate the rains for a couple of more days, but know that we are not standing alone in our city. i have been in regular communication with our governor, vice president harris has reached out to us to let us know on a federal level and on a state level they are there, they are with us, they are standing by and will be helpful with anything we need. the roads in the sepulveda basin were completely flooded, a man had to be pulled from this car by rescuers after he jumped on the bonnet and flagged for help. across the state, beaches are deserted and businesses were shut up. residents say they have seen nothing like it since the 1980s. roads have collapsed and driving conditions are treacherous. i tried to grip on it and i felt the car starting to, you know, swerve around and that's when the guy hit me and i completely swerved around.
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forecasters say heavy rain with life—threatening flash flooding will continue into today. people are being warned not to venture out. aruna iyengar, bbc news. we are about to show you some fake videos, created by artificial intelligence, that you might have already seen on your social media feeds. what you are seeing now is not real. tom cruise didn't do this dance routine. that's not keanu reeves reminding himself to turn off the iron. that's not margot robbie. and jason stratham did not do that. if you've noticed, we have clearly labelled them as fake images for you. now facebook and instagram are going to do the same. for fake images created by ai tools of even other companies. our technology reporter chris vallance explains what meta is trying to achieve and why.
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working towards having where they can label images by ai, there would he do this for images using their own systems for the going to do is attempt to develop systems or they can flag images from other systems once that they don't control is fake and that will require a development of invisible watermarks and industry agreeing on using those and they are facing a series of elections across the world and never rafter of the population is going to vote this year and the big us election in the uk and people are worried by the impact that these fake images will have the use this maliciously nods just for creating images of tom cruise doing things he did not do. we have seen videos of politicians doing things that they really did not do. the question is, is this going to work?—
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going to work? that is the big ruestion going to work? that is the big question and _ going to work? that is the big question and this _ going to work? that is the big question and this is _ going to work? that is the big question and this is only - going to work? that is the big i question and this is only going to be for still images and working on fake audio and working on fake video, that is a further step and there are systems that try to detect these things but their reliability at the moment is a picture and an arms race and the people trying to detect them. and they are relying on industry standards and watermarks and other technologies that will flag ai images and being integrated into them and a parts of the of the kind of ai platforms and that's another question. benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu office benjamin netanyahu office saying israeli officials involved in negotiations in the gaza war studying hamas response to a new possible framework deal.
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the man wanted in connection with the corrosive liquid attack on a mother and her two young children last week and counterterrorist. known movements of abdul ezedi the man wanted for questioning in connection with a corrosive liquid attack on a mother and her two young children, last week in clapham. counter terrorism officers have used technology to track him from his last known position which was on all hallows lane in central london atjust after quarter to ten on wedneday evening. he's been tracked going along upper thames street and then into paul's walk before passing the city of london school, and then going towards blackfriars bridge. the last sighting is at four minutes past ten, when he went past the unilever building, and then headed towards victoria embankment. the police also released this cctv video showing mr ezedi walking near blackfriars bridge. his current whereabouts are unknown.
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the government will allow birmingham city council to increase its council tax by 10% from april. birmingham declared effective �*bankruptcy�* in september after admitting it could not balance its budget while settling a huge equal pay bill and continuing to provide services. typically, if a council wants to raise annual taxes by more than 5%, they need to hold a referendum but westminster has waived the rule in light of the local authorities�* dire financial crisis. local government secretary michael gove blamed the labour controlled council's leadership for the failure, but several authorities have warned of an increasing strain on their resources because of inflation and rising housing costs. work is continuing to demolish an unauthorised building at his place in bedfordshire. husband lost an appeal against work is continuing to demolish an unauthorised spa building at the home of captain sir tom moore's daughter in bedfordshire. in october, hannah ingram moore
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and her husband colin lost an appeal against an order to remove the building. they claimed the spa pool would offer "rehabilitation sessions" but the proposals were refused by a planning inspector. eight million people across the uk on low incomes and means tested benefits will receive £299 over the next fortnight to help with high bills and rising prices. it's the last planned cost of living payment from the government. charities are urging the chancellorjeremy hunt to consider more financial support in next month's budget. cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports. winston's waiting for his final cost of living payments to land. every five minutes, i'm looking on my phone. has it gone in, has it gone in? as a low income pensioner, every penny counts. gas and electricity are eating up a third of his income at the moment. it helps in the short term. i'm not going to lie. if i looked on my phone and found that i had that now i would put most of that money on my utilities. so it might help me with a few bills into march. but in april i'm going to be struggling. at the hope food pantry, across town, almost every customer is waiting for their £299. sarah's money has arrived already,
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and she's used it to repay debts to friends and family and pay bills. it was good to know that we're going to be able to pay things off and we've been waiting for it. we've, i'd say to family and friends, can we borrow the money until the cost of living comes in? and so, yeah, it's been good to know that it's there as a bit of a reassurance. you can't apply for this money, it arrives automatically. so if you get a text or an email asking you to put in your details, don't do it. it's a scam. this £299 is the final cost of living payments and it will land directly into people's accounts from today up until the 22nd of february. it's for people on certain types of means tested benefits like universal credit, pension tax credit, child tax credits and jobseeker�*s allowance. it will bring the total payment per person this financial year to £900. the previous two payments arrived last april and last november. off work with a neurological problem,
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scott and his partner have depended on these payments to make sure the kids have enough to eat. it's just on the house and the food for the kids and energy to keep the house running. the government say inflation is falling and energy bills will drop again in april, but that's no comfort to scott as this last payment arrives. we get there with the help of other people and stuff like that. so it's hard. it's hard and it's scary, but it's the last one. unless the chancellor changes his mind in the budget next month, this is the last top—up payment for more than eight million of the poorest households. colletta smith, bbc news in manchester. head to the bbc web page for all the latest on king charles cancer diagnosis. he has now left buckingham palace and is now at his sandringham estate. will be back shortly with deadlines.
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will be back shortly with the headlines. hello there. good evening. the mild spring—like temperatures now thing of the past with much colder air sinking southwards across the uk. we saw some heavy snow today across parts of shetland, blizzard like conditions here, coastal gales too, across the far north of scotland and some heavy rain pushing southwards on this cold front along with colder air towards the north. that milder air still hanging on towards the far south coast of england where we'll still see some heavy downpours of rain just gradually pushing southwards as we head through this evening. the rain eventually clearing away into the channel by tomorrow morning. and some more snow showers just pushing southwards and eastwards across western scotland, maybe across parts of northern ireland. here, an ice risk into the start of the day. tomorrow temperatures dipping below freezing, otherwise low single figures. it's a chilly start to the day, but still a legacy of cloud across the south coast as we head through much of wednesday morning, maybe one or two light showers, but it's a much quieter looking day of weather on wednesday. there will be lots of brightness around some
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sunshine towards the north, some snow showers wintry across the hills once again for parts of western scotland and maybe one or two wintry showers for northern ireland as well. temperatures lower 4—8 degrees celsius for most. so mild across the far south—west. the rain returns, it's pushing northwards as a warm front as we head throughout wednesday night and into thursday. and as that bumps into the colder feeling air, it could possibly tend to snow, especially across northern ireland, north wales and northern england as we head through thursday morning. we're most likely to see some accumulations over the hills, but even to lower levels, there could be a couple of centimetres of snowfall perhaps, but it could turn quite quickly back to sleet and then to rain. there's a met office, a yellow weather warning in force valid from 6:00 on thursday morning until 6:00 on friday. so do be aware that there could be some snowfall, particularly in those areas. it's all driven by this area of low pressure, mild air still towards the south.
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all this will be falling as rain, but some strong gusty winds, too, particularly towards eastern coastal areas. that snow risk transfers further northwards into much of central northern scotland as we head through friday. temperatures across scotland are 3—5 degrees celsius, but further south and that milder feeling air again, double figures — 10—12 degrees celsius. it remains unsettled as we head through the weekend. so the showers never too far away, but for most, the temperatures will be rising. bye— bye.
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hello, i'm christian fraser. this is the context. there's still a lot of work to be done but we believe an agreement as possible and indeed essential, and we will continue to work relentlessly to achieve it. the --rosect work relentlessly to achieve it. the prospect of — work relentlessly to achieve it. the prospect of this looks for us at least we — prospect of this looks for us at least we received it, giving more promising — least we received it, giving more promising for a better result. a promising for a better result. senior promising for a better result. a senior hamas official spoke to the bbc and _ senior hamas official spoke to the bbc and said _ senior hamas official spoke to the bbc and said the _ senior hamas official spoke to the bbc and said the group— senior hamas official spoke to the bbc and said the group had - senior hamas official spoke to the bbc and said the group had askedj senior hamas official spoke to the i bbc and said the group had asked for a number— bbc and said the group had asked for a number of— bbc and said the group had asked for a number of things, _ bbc and said the group had asked for a number of things, including - bbc and said the group had asked for a number of things, including re - a number of things, including re timetable — a number of things, including re timetable and _ a number of things, including re timetable and the _ a number of things, including re timetable and the transfer - a number of things, including re timetable and the transfer of - a number of things, including rej timetable and the transfer of the wounded — timetable and the transfer of the wounded to _ timetable and the transfer of the wounded to hospitals _ timetable and the transfer of the wounded to hospitals abroad. . 0ver1 million people have crowded into southern gaza since the war started.
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now the people of rafah fear israel's invasion reaching them.

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