this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. hundreds of people are killed in turkey and syria by a huge earthquake. the 7.8 magnitude tremor was felt severely in northern syria. our teams responded to all of the sites and buildings, and still many families are under the rubble. this is one of the _ families are under the rubble. this is one of the worst _ families are under the rubble. this is one of the worst affected areas, diyarbakir. our other main story this hour, in the uk, ambulance workers are joining nurses taking strike

action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walk—out in england. we are still hopefully on track and getting waiting lists below a year at the end of march. the more strikes we have, the more challenging that becomes. at the moment, ourstaff challenging that becomes. at the moment, our staff are working incredibly hard to get the waiting lists down. let us know how the strikes are affecting you and do you support them? you can get in touch with your thoughts on this story and the rest of the days news by contacting me on twitter — @annitabbc or using the hashtag #bbc your questions

we're bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour — a powerful earthquake which has struck northern syria and south eastern turkey, killing more than 640 people. the tremor had a magnitude of seven point eight, and struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep — but buildings collapsed hundreds of miles away, and there are also reports of many casualties in northern syria. the tremor was felt as far away as lebanon and gaza. turkey has declared a state of emergency. and syria's government has held an emergency meeting to decide how to respond. witnesses from rebel—held parts of northern syria say the situation there is a disaster. the casualty figures are horrific. turkey's vice president says that at least 284 people died in his country — with more than 2000 300 people injured. syrian government figures say at least 237 people have been killed. and the white helmets rescue group, which operates in opposition—held

parts of syria, says that more than 120 people are known to have died in those areas. with thousands of people missing, and thousands of buildings having collapsed, those figures are certain to rise. we are going to show live pictures that we are monitoring from diyarbakir in turkey, one of the worst affected areas. we know that the turkish armed forces have been establishing rescue corridors to try to allow rescue workers, search and rescue workers, as much access as possible to where they are needed. there have been so moments of hope, with people being pulled out from underneath the rubble. but clearly, this rescue effort is still in its very early stages. that 7.8

magnitude quake, happening in the very early hours, just before dawn. and i have been offers of help from many, many countries, including from france, from poland, turkey accepting pole and's offer, just to give you one example, poland offering to send 76 firefighters and eight rescue dogs to help search for the victims of this earthquake. we are told by the polish interior ministry that there is firefighters will indeed go to turkey later today. heavy search and rescue teams, they are described as, along with eight rescue dogs to turkey following a request by the turkish authorities for international help. munaza rafiq has this report. as millions slept, the ground shook. rescuers raced to the scene as the horror quickly emerged.

videos show survivors picking through the rubble of collapsed buildings in freezing conditions. the epicentre is close to the turkish city of gaziantep, where eyewitnesses described people rushing towards open spaces as three massive tremors hit. building after building flattened. the governor of one turkish province says at least 130 buildings are reported to have collapsed in his region alone. the worst damage appears to be across a huge area of southern turkey and northern syria. the latter already a region devastated by war, and home to millions of refugees living in camps. turkey lies on major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes. the country has appealed for international help as the full scale of the disaster is yet to be fully realised. munaza rafiq, bbc news.

president erdogan of turkey is currently speaking to the country's disaster emergency management authority. he is in ankara. we will bring you the latest lines on what he is saying as soon as we get them. but he is addressing the country's disaster and emergency management authority now in the capital. lina sinjab is our correspondent in beirut. we have been talking about how widespread this wasn't how many countries you could feel it in. i believe you could feel it where you were? , , . ., , , were? definitely chop me up in the early hours — were? definitely chop me up in the early hours of _ were? definitely chop me up in the early hours of the _ were? definitely chop me up in the early hours of the morning. - were? definitely chop me up in the early hours of the morning. whole | early hours of the morning. whole building was shaking right and left, and things were moving in my flat. some items even collapsing on the floor. it was a strong reminder of the explosion that hit the port of

beirut in 2020, but far stronger than that moment. it lasted for a few good minutes, actually. i immediately turned to cheques, and in turkey had had strong effects there, and in northern syria. as you mention, turkey has declared a state of emergency, and called for international aid to come in, and international aid to come in, and international support. at what is happening in north syria, just across the borderfrom happening in north syria, just across the border from turkey, is really devastating. this is an area that was hit hard by ten years of war. the infrastructure was destroyed by government and russian bombardment. and mainly its hospitals went out of service, only the syrian ngos and syrian experts are operating there, including medical teams and rescue teams, like the white helmets. they also announce the area as needing

international support. it's devastating to see the refugees, the majority of people there, living in refugee camps, in really dire conditions. and to have to face this natural disaster yet again, with no aid, no support, and have to face it on their own. people are crying for support to come in, for rescue to come in, especially in this cold weather that people have to flee and stand in the open air, in very low temperatures, with the cold storm hitting the whole region. also in government controlled area, there are reports of damages, buildings and aleppo, still collapsing, until the last hour, with people inside them. unfortunately, the coming hours will unfold more and more, figures and numbers, hopefully those will make it alive, because still hundreds are missing and under the

rubble. for hundreds are missing and under the rubble. ., ., .,, hundreds are missing and under the rubble. ., ., ., ., rubble. for some areas that are affected, rubble. for some areas that are affected. it's — rubble. for some areas that are affected, it's going _ rubble. for some areas that are affected, it's going to _ rubble. for some areas that are affected, it's going to be - rubble. for some areas that are j affected, it's going to be really, really difficult, judging by what you are saying, to get the rescuers there in the crucial first hours after the quake?— there in the crucial first hours after the quake? definitely. it's very difficult. _ after the quake? definitely. it's very difficult. especially - after the quake? definitely. it's very difficult. especiallyjust - after the quake? definitely. it's very difficult. especiallyjust by| very difficult. especiallyjust by the border with turkey. this is the worst affected area because it is the closest from the syrian territory to the centre of the earthquake. this is where the huge damage is, buildings which were destroyed overfamilies damage is, buildings which were destroyed over families that were living inside them. in search and rescue is ongoing, but with really very basic equipment, very basic means to help the rescue operation. turkey is a country that is prone to earthquakes, it has learned it by living it in the past, and they have developed infrastructure, developed its response mechanism, its rescue

mechanism, its health facilities. they are trained and they know how to respond to this. yet they have called for international help because the scale of this earthquake is massive, and the rescue operation will need international aid into that. at this moment, it is not clear if any of this international aid coming in, or even the turkish operation will be extended towards northern syria, to help a poor infrastructure there, with a massive natural disaster that hit the country for the first time like this. ., ~ , ., country for the first time like this. . ~' , ., , country for the first time like this. ., ~ , ., , . country for the first time like this. ., ~ ,, , . ., this. 0k, thank you very much for that. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some of the lines coming from the news conference which president erdogan of turkey is holding, or rather is speaking to the country's disaster and emergency management authority. he is now saying that the death toll, as a result of the earthquake

in turkey, has risen to 912. as you can see, on your screens, he has finished his speech. 912 as the death toll. but he says he obviously cannot predict to what extent that death toll will rise. he is saying at the moment, 5383 people wounded in turkey. 0bviously at the moment, 5383 people wounded in turkey. obviously we have to add on the figures in syria to this as well. president erdogan has described this as the largest disaster to hit turkey, the biggest quake since 1939. rescue workers are searching for people in the rubble. let me show you again at the scene in diyarbakir, in south—eastern turkey. as president erdogan was indicating, the great fear, given sony buildings have collapsed, is that the death toll, and indeed the number of people injured, will

indeed rise, although it seems as though more rescue efforts are getting to the affected areas in turkey than in some of the more remote parts of syria, which i felt the full force of this 7.8 magnitude tremor as well. turkey's interior minister addressed to turkish media this morning, emphasising the damage caused by the earthquake. translation: at about 4.17 am, a 7.4 | magnitude earthquake hit the region. | the quake centred in kahramanmaras, pazarcik, affected provinces of kahramanmaras, hatay, gaziantep, 0smaniye, adiyaman, malatya, sanliurfa, adana, diyarbakir, and kilis.

a 7.4 magnitude is seriously destructive. at the moment, all of our governors are at the head of their duties. gendarmerie, police, turkish armed forces, disaster and emergency teams, turkish red crescent and search and rescue teams from all over the country are being dispatched to the region. the situation in northern syria, with many areas held by rebel groups is also very serious. these pictures were filmed in idlib — they show how buildings have simply collapsed. it's feared many people were inside, sleeping, when the tremor struck before dawn. the white helmets — the medical and rescue group which works in rebel—held areas of syria rescued this child from a collapsed building in azaz, that's a town just a few miles from the border with turkey. syria's government says more than 230 people have been killed, and 600 more injured in government—held areas. the figure in rebel—held

territories is not yet clear, but given that they are generally closer to the epicentre of the quake, they are likely to be substantial. here's ismail alabdallah — a spokesman for the syrian white helmets — outlining the situation. many buildings in different cities and villages in north—west syria collapsed, destroyed by this earthquake. 0ur teams responded to all of the sites and the buildings, and still now many families now are under the rubbles. 0ur teams are trying to save them, trying to save the people, to save the other people from in the rubble, with all of the casualties. but it's a very difficult task for us. we need help, we need the international community to do something, to do something to support us, north—west syria now is a disaster area. we need help from everyone to save our people.

let's get more on this and the impact of this earthquake from dr david whitehouse, who is a scientist and author ofjourney to the centre of the earth. tell us more about the quake, the extent of it and the level of damage it has caused. extent of it and the level of damage it has caused-— it has caused. well, this is a 7.8 magnitude _ it has caused. well, this is a 7.8 magnitude quake, _ it has caused. well, this is a 7.8 magnitude quake, turkey - it has caused. well, this is a 7.8 magnitude quake, turkey is - it has caused. well, this is a 7.8 magnitude quake, turkey is an i magnitude quake, turkey is an earthquake zone. it is at the junction of three computing plates on the earth's surface that is moving. it has the african and arabian plates as well. it is a regional tectonic stress. this earthquake is a slip type earthquake, where there has been a build—up of pressure and tension for decades, perhaps, which has suddenly been released. you can look back over the last few weeks and see what we now realise our precursors. but

you don't know they are precursors until you look back after a major event. this could be, along with 1939, the most devastating earthquake ever to reach turkey. at 7.8, it is absolutely a monster. it will bring down buildings, it will disrupt communications, it will rupture water mains and destroy electricity supplies. it will rupture gas mains. there will be fires, live wires, people will be crushed, particularly since this happened at the worst time of the day, when people were indoors, in bed, at the end of the night, when they are dehydrated, woken up, confused by a collapsing building. this is hard to overemphasise what a major geological disaster this is, and how much damage this will cause. forgive me if i got this wrong, you said that you don't know until after

a major event, there might have been signs beforehand, but you don't know until after a major event that this was going to happen. but isn't there monitoring of this sort of activity that goes on, that might indicate that goes on, that might indicate that something is in the offing? well, the production of large earthquakes is more of an art than science. you are quite right, there is monitoring. we have exquisite monitoring all over the world of earthquakes. even the tiniest earthquakes. even the tiniest earthquake can be picked up and is registered and recorded and assessed. as i say, it is difficult to look at smaller earthquakes and actually say, perhaps they are leading up to something larger, something major. it goes, more often than not, they do not. although there are new research is being done with artificial intelligence to analyse patterns of small earthquakes, there are currents, strengths, to see if they are growing, the actual big ones are impossible to predict. that is why

turkey has a very efficient and accomplished disaster rescue system. but the problem is, that will be completely overwhelmed because they will not be able to transport medical supplies, will not be able to transport medicalsupplies, people, equipment, medical supplies, people, equipment, earth medicalsupplies, people, equipment, earth moving equipment is the last thing you want when you want to get people out of a collapsed building, because you will harm no more than the possibility of saving them. this is hell on earth for tokyo at the moment —— turkey at the moment. haw moment -- turkey at the moment. how would ou moment -- turkey at the moment. how would you assess _ moment —— turkey at the moment. how would you assess the risk of further quakes? it would you assess the risk of further auakes? , ~ , , quakes? it is unlikely there is auoin to quakes? it is unlikely there is going to be — quakes? it is unlikely there is going to be one _ quakes? it is unlikely there is going to be one larger- quakes? it is unlikely there is going to be one larger than i quakes? it is unlikely there is i going to be one larger than this, quakes? it is unlikely there is - going to be one larger than this, as i said, this could be the largest single earthquake ever to have hit this region, felt over hundreds of miles. you have to go back to 1939 for another 7.8, miles. you have to go back to 1939 foranother7.8, even miles. you have to go back to 1939 for another 7.8, even looking back at the historical record, from historical evidence, there were no larger ones than this. although you could not rule out a large one, it

is actually very unlikely, because a lot of the pressure and tension which was building up over years and decades, having been released on the 7.8, that is likely to have gone away now. although we can already see, and the united states geological survey is already showing lots and lots of clusters of after—shocks, which are significant in themselves, it is likely, though not certain, that this is the big one and it is going to settle down. although settle down in a destructive way over the next few weeks. , , , , ., destructive way over the next few weeks. , , , ., ., ., , weeks. just briefly, how dangerous are the after-shocks, _ weeks. just briefly, how dangerous are the after-shocks, given - are the after—shocks, given collapsed buildings, given that there are lots of people trying to get to the areas where the buildings have collapsed to try to rescue any survivors? , ., .., ., survivors? oh, you can imagine, it is extremely _ survivors? oh, you can imagine, it is extremely dangerous. _ survivors? oh, you can imagine, it is extremely dangerous. the - survivors? oh, you can imagine, it. is extremely dangerous. the building standards in many regions of turkey are not the highest of standards, although many modern buildings are. 0nes although many modern buildings are. ones that have been built in previous decades can be vulnerable to earthquakes. of course, having

been shuck up, so many of them collapsed, foundations we can. if there are any substantial after—shocks, which is likely, they could come down in an after—shock. thank you very much for taking us through that. david whitehouse, scientist and author ofjourney to the centre of the earth, talking about the three tectonic plates that this region sets on and the size knowledge of the area. mohammed hassan is a a local journalist in northern syria. he says he was woken when the earthquake started. i was in this house, it is my house in qamishli. qamishli, it is like a capital in north and eastern syria and it was affected by the earthquake that happened in turkey. i woke up terrified at 4:20am syria time in my bedroom. i thought maybe my wife wanted to wake up me. but then suddenly i see

the cupboard, my christmas tree fell down, some flowers fell, some glasses were broken. i told her, it is an earthquake, we must leave the house. then we got to the public street, and then i see convoys of cars of civilian people. they were in the streets randomly, in parks, in gardens. according to some sources from the kurdish administration here in north and eastern syria, no cases of killed people in east of euphrates. just four people wounded in kobani. but if you move to aleppo, six people were killed especially in sheikh maqsood neighbourhood, there and 11 wounded. according to syrian government ministry of health, 239 people were killed in aleppo,

hama and latakia. most of them are in aleppo. about 600 people are wounded now. and still, until this moment, a lot of bodies, they are under rubble as a result from this earthquake. in the opposition area, like idlib, according to some sources, i called with them, at least 30 people, they're killed, and about 60 people wounded. there are also wounded in the west of syria. i got a video from one friend from there. and he is saying, hello, international world, please, hear me, my family, they are under the rubbles. so we can imagine the situation like this. as we know, syria, for a decade, for ten years, the structure, it is destroyed.

so i think this earthquake will make the situation here tragic and difficult, more and more. the tremor may have happened before dawn, but the dangers caused by the damage to buildings remain very active. take a look at what happens to this apartment blockjust a hundred kilometres from the epicentre. traffic and pedestrians are nearby, seemingly not aware that it is about to collapse. it happens just slowly enough that everyone in the immediate area seems to be able to get to safety. you can also see how the building seems to collapse almost vertically, pushing out a huge cloud of dust and rubble. it's not thought anyone

was inside the building at the time. turkey's president erdogan said 45 countries had offered assistance. let's take a look at how world leaders have reacted to what's happened. uk prime minister rishi sunak has tweeted... "my thoughts are with the people of turkiye and syria this morning, particularly with those first responders working so valiantly to save those trapped by the earthquake. the uk stands ready to help in whatever way we can." 0laf scholz, chancellor of germany, which has the largest turkish population outside of turkey, tweets... "we are following the news of the #earthquake in the turkish—syrian border region with deep concern." "the number of victims is continuing to rise." "we mourn with their loved ones and fear for those trapped under the rubble." "germany will be sure to send support." and president macron of france says... "terrible images come to us from turkey and syria

after an earthquake of unprecedented force." "france stands ready to provide emergency aid to the populations on the spot." "our thoughts are with the bereaved families." we will have much more for you on the continuing rescue effort in turkey and syria after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, the biggest disaster, the biggest earthquake president erdogan says since 1939. the scene at their live in diyarbakir, with the rescue efforts continuing. let's bring you to the uk for one of the other main stories today. uk health leaders have warned that a strike today by nurses and ambulance staff could be the most disruptive so far of this winter's nhs pay dispute. let's take you through what's happening over the next few days. tens of thousands of members of the royal college of nursing will walk out in england, along with ambulance workers in the gmb and unite. in wales, some ambulance staff

will strike, but most health workers have suspended their walk—out after an improved pay offer from the welsh government. nurses in england will continue their strike tomorrow. physiotherapists in england will then go on strike on thursday. and on friday, some ambulance staff in england will take part in another day of action. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has been talking to nhs workers. with 19 years' experience in the ambulance service, joanne never thought she'd find herself striking. but while this dispute is primarily about pay, forjoanne, it's also about the state of the health service and the delays patients and ambulance crews face because of the pressures on the system. ifeel sick sometimes, because i think those people outside waiting for ambulances, it could be your auntie, uncle, mum, dad, brother, sister. the morale is in its

boots at the moment. and once we arrive at a patient�*s house and they've been waiting, say, ten hours for an ambulance, we then get the backlash. you know, people shout at us, "where have you been?" "we've been waiting for hours for this ambulance." and then we have to try and explain then that it's not been our fault and we're really sorry and we just feel so sorry and sad and frustrated. ambulance — is the patient breathing? the strike action will inevitably have an impact on the number of ambulances out on the street. has she lost any blood? but managers and unions have been planning how to keep the service going for the most essential calls. the response is going to look different during periods of industrial action, as it would do during normal activity. it's about understanding that this is a dispute between the trade union membership and the government and not with the ambulance service. so it's about appreciating and understanding that. it's then our responsibility to make sure that we ensure we continue to provide a life and limb threatening service. for many, the decision to strike has not been easy.

concerns about the care that's offered to patients now balanced against the impact a strike could have on those who are vulnerable. i never, ever thought we would strike as nurses. the decision to make to actually go out on strike is very, very difficult. but it's come to a point now where we have to make a stand. there is an issue, it's not being addressed and we need to address it as soon as possible to ensure the patient safety and the patient care. this is set to be the biggest day of industrial action in this dispute so far. and as with previous strike days, the message for the public is simple. please think carefully before, for example, calling an ambulance. but if it is a life—threatening emergency, then the ambulance service and hospitals are open for business. with no end in sight to this industrial action, health bosses across merseyside are braced for another strike day, caught in a row they have no part in resolving. of course, we want to get to a point where we've got that dispute agreed and there's an outcome, so that we can get back to delivering the services that we know we need to. we have got the plans in place to make sure that the hospital is safe and we continue

to deliver those things. but the sooner we can get over the other side of this disruption and end this dispute, the better. notjust for us as a hospital, but for our patients. the most recent strikes have seen fewer ambulance call—outs and relatively quiet a&e departments. across merseyside, as in all those areas affected by strike action, it's hoped the public will once again not overburden an already stretched nhs. dominic hughes, bbc news, merseyside. professor sir stephen powis is the national medical director of nhs england. this is his advice to patients this week. this is the first time this winter that we have industrial action being taken by ambulance staff and by nurses on the same day, so there is no doubt it is going to be challenging, but our message is the same. for life—threatening illnesses, do continue to call 999, ambulances will respond. for non—life—threatening conditions, then go to 111 online first. if you have an appointment,

please turn up unless you have been told it has been postponed. and remember that many services, such as general practice and community pharmacy, are still open. 0ur health correspondent jim reed has been outside aintree hospital in liverpool. welcome to a very busy and noisy aintree hospital, this is all nursing staff, royal college of nursing members who have been on strike since 7:30am this morning. but here's the thing, if you walk down this road about 200 metres, you would see an ambulance station with a second picket line, gmb and unite members, paramedics and call handlers on a 24—hour strike. it is that combination of ambulance workers and nurses on strike at the same time that we have not seen before, which has got nhs bosses worried

about the impact on patients. i should say we were expecting to see strike action today across much of wales, but it was cancelled or suspended in most cases at the tail end of last week when there was a new pay offer from the welsh government worth around 7.5%. what the royal college of nursing have said is if there was a similar offer in england, they would have also suspended the strike action here, but that has not happened and looks unlikely to happen. rishi sunak said in an interview at the tail end of last week that he would love to give nurses a massive pay rise — who wouldn't? — but his argument is that the nhs has other spending priorities. as things stand, that the dispute is very much deadlocked in england, and it is likely we will see further industrial action running through the winter and perhaps into next spring. a couple of your messages on this

story, i support nurses, i left nhs nursing 30 years ago because of staffing and pay, i came to the us, earning three times the salary with better conditions. britain will continue to lose good nurses. and another point of view, poorly thought out, as this organised action badly affects the most vulnerable of our society, leaving me unhappy and not supportive of this disruptive action. you can continue to send in your thoughts on that story or any of the others we are covering today on twitter. right now, let's go to wales, our correspondent thomas morgan is in cardiff, you are on a picket line, but as we have been explaining to viewers, the situation is slightly different there, isn't it? —— tomos. that is absolutely right, on thursday, unions were in talks with ellen and morgan, who offered a new

offer for health workers, and half offer for health workers, and half of that is a one—off pay deal, 1.5%, and 1.5% would be added onto salaries. now, the five unions that were due to strike today, four have decided to postpone their strikes, the royal college of nursing, midwives, physiotherapists and the gmb union. but as you can see behind me, members of the united union, who represent ambulance workers, have carried on with the strike, because they put that offer to a number of representatives who rejected the offer. they have still been talking to the welsh government over the weekend, the general secretary of united was in talks with eluned morgan, and she says they are very close to a new deal and the hope is that these deals might be put into

place in wales and scotland and could push things over in england as well. you have walked in the ambulance service for nine years, what is your reaction to this new deal? ., , ,., ., , what is your reaction to this new deal? ., , ., , , ., deal? for me personally it is not enou~h, deal? for me personally it is not enough. i _ deal? for me personally it is not enough, ithink_ deal? for me personally it is not enough, i think we _ deal? for me personally it is not enough, i think we need - deal? for me personally it is not enough, i think we need to - deal? for me personally it is not enough, i think we need to take| deal? for me personally it is not i enough, i think we need to take in it is not— enough, i think we need to take in it is notiust — enough, i think we need to take in it is notjust about enough, i think we need to take in it is not just about the enough, i think we need to take in it is notjust about the pay enough, i think we need to take in it is not just about the pay for the 'ob it is not just about the pay for the job we _ it is not just about the pay for the job we currently do, it is difficult. _ job we currently do, it is difficult, we face a lot of traumaticjobs, we take a lot of that mental and physical toll on ourselves, and the longer you stay in the _ ourselves, and the longer you stay in the job. — ourselves, and the longer you stay in the job, you have to take that with_ in the job, you have to take that with you. — in the job, you have to take that with you, and we are not paid fairly enough _ with you, and we are not paid fairly enough for— with you, and we are not paid fairly enough for what we do. i think the author— enough for what we do. i think the author needs to be more than it is currentix — author needs to be more than it is currentix -- — author needs to be more than it is currently. —— offer. colourthe currently. -- offer. colour the welsh game _ currently. -- offer. colour the welsh game are _ currently, �*- offer. colour true: welsh game are having currently. —— offer. colour true: welsh game are having to make their own financial sacrifices to put this new offer on the table, and they say that possibly other areas of the

budget would have to be squeezed, and the nhs budget would have to be squeezed, are you comfortable with that? , ., , , ., ., that? obviously, we are not comfortable _ that? obviously, we are not comfortable that _ that? obviously, we are not comfortable that other - that? obviously, we are not| comfortable that other areas that? obviously, we are not - comfortable that other areas will sutter— comfortable that other areas will suffer if— comfortable that other areas will suffer if that _ comfortable that other areas will suffer if that is _ comfortable that other areas will suffer if that is the _ comfortable that other areas will suffer if that is the actual- comfortable that other areas will suffer if that is the actual fact i suffer if that is the actual fact out with. _ suffer if that is the actual fact out with. you _ suffer if that is the actual fact outwith, you know, - suffer if that is the actual fact outwith, you know, the - suffer if that is the actual fact outwith, you know, the pay. suffer if that is the actual fact i outwith, you know, the pay rise suffer if that is the actual fact - outwith, you know, the pay rise we are asking _ outwith, you know, the pay rise we are asking for. _ outwith, you know, the pay rise we are asking for, and _ out with, you know, the pay rise we are asking for, and of— outwith, you know, the pay rise we are asking for, and of the _ outwith, you know, the pay rise we are asking for, and of the day, - outwith, you know, the pay rise we are asking for, and of the day, what members _ are asking for, and of the day, what members would _ are asking for, and of the day, what members would accept _ are asking for, and of the day, what members would accept would - are asking for, and of the day, what members would accept would not . are asking for, and of the day, what- members would accept would not break the bank _ members would accept would not break the bank we _ members would accept would not break the bank we are — members would accept would not break the bank. we are not _ members would accept would not break the bank. we are not being _ members would accept would not break the bank. we are not being greedy, - the bank. we are not being greedy, the bank. we are not being greedy, the nurses— the bank. we are not being greedy, the nurses themselves _ the bank. we are not being greedy, the nurses themselves drop - the bank. we are not being greedy, the nurses themselves drop their. the nurses themselves drop their demand — the nurses themselves drop their demand from _ the nurses themselves drop their demand from 19% _ the nurses themselves drop their demand from 19% to _ the nurses themselves drop their demand from 19% to 9%. - the nurses themselves drop their demand from 19% to 9%. all - the nurses themselves drop their demand from 19% to 9%. all we i the nurses themselves drop their - demand from 19% to 9%. all we want is a meaningful— demand from 19% to 9%. all we want is a meaningful discussion _ demand from 19% to 9%. all we want is a meaningful discussion and - is a meaningful discussion and enough — is a meaningful discussion and enough pay— is a meaningful discussion and enough pay to— is a meaningful discussion and enough pay to keep _ is a meaningful discussion and enough pay to keep staff, - is a meaningful discussion and i enough pay to keep staff, retain staff so — enough pay to keep staff, retain staff so that _ enough pay to keep staff, retain staff so that they— enough pay to keep staff, retain staff so that they can _ enough pay to keep staff, retain staff so that they can carry- enough pay to keep staff, retain staff so that they can carry on i staff so that they can carry on working — staff so that they can carry on working and _ staff so that they can carry on working and have _ staff so that they can carry on working and have a _ staff so that they can carry onl working and have a full career. staff so that they can carry on - working and have a full career. can i ask as working and have a full career. can i ask as well. _ working and have a full career. i ask as well, because the other unions postpone the strike does not mean they will not strike again in future, of course, do you feel emboldened today that you are the only union striking in wails, or slightly vulnerable? ida. only union striking in wails, or slightly vulnerable?— only union striking in wails, or

slightly vulnerable? no, we have a uuarter of slightly vulnerable? no, we have a quarter of staff— slightly vulnerable? no, we have a quarter of staff who _ slightly vulnerable? no, we have a quarter of staff who are _ slightly vulnerable? no, we have a quarter of staff who are members | slightly vulnerable? no, we have a l quarter of staff who are members of united. _ quarter of staff who are members of united. and — quarter of staff who are members of united, and they— quarter of staff who are members of united, and they came _ quarter of staff who are members of united, and they came out - quarter of staff who are members of united, and they came out stronglyl united, and they came out strongly after a _ united, and they came out strongly after a meeting. _ united, and they came out strongly aftera meeting, and— united, and they came out strongly after a meeting, and every- united, and they came out strongly after a meeting, and every man - united, and they came out stronglyl after a meeting, and every man and woman— after a meeting, and every man and woman basicaiiy— after a meeting, and every man and woman basically said, _ after a meeting, and every man and woman basically said, no, _ after a meeting, and every man and woman basically said, no, that- after a meeting, and every man and woman basically said, no, that is. woman basically said, no, that is not good — woman basically said, no, that is not good enough, _ woman basically said, no, that is not good enough, it— woman basically said, no, that is not good enough, it was- woman basically said, no, that is not good enough, it was a - woman basically said, no, that is. not good enough, it was a derisory offer— not good enough, it was a derisory offer that— not good enough, it was a derisory offer that does— not good enough, it was a derisory offer that does not _ not good enough, it was a derisory offer that does not address - not good enough, it was a derisory offer that does not address the - offer that does not address the issues — offer that does not address the issues that— offer that does not address the issues that we _ offer that does not address the issues that we want _ offer that does not address the issues that we want to - offer that does not address the issues that we want to be - offer that does not address the - issues that we want to be addressed. that is— issues that we want to be addressed. that is a _ issues that we want to be addressed. that is a meaningful— issues that we want to be addressed. that is a meaningful pay _ issues that we want to be addressed. that is a meaningful pay rise - issues that we want to be addressed. that is a meaningful pay rise in- that is a meaningful pay rise in line with — that is a meaningful pay rise in line with the _ that is a meaningful pay rise in line with the cost _ that is a meaningful pay rise in line with the cost of _ that is a meaningful pay rise in line with the cost of living - that is a meaningful pay rise in line with the cost of living andl that is a meaningful pay rise in. line with the cost of living and to keep _ line with the cost of living and to keep that — line with the cost of living and to keep that in _ line with the cost of living and to keep that in line _ line with the cost of living and to keep that in line with _ line with the cost of living and to keep that in line with inflation i line with the cost of living and to keep that in line with inflation in| keep that in line with inflation in the future — keep that in line with inflation in the future it— keep that in line with inflation in the future. it is— keep that in line with inflation in the future. it is only— keep that in line with inflation in the future. it is only a _ keep that in line with inflation in the future. it is only a one - keep that in line with inflation in the future. it is only a one off. the future. it is only a one off offer— the future. it is only a one off offer they— the future. it is only a one off offer they have _ the future. it is only a one off offer they have made - the future. it is only a one off offer they have made for - the future. it is only a one off offer they have made for last| the future. it is only a one off- offer they have made for last year, the i~5% _ offer they have made for last year, the i~5% bonus. _ offer they have made for last year, the 1.5% bonus, and _ offer they have made for last year, the 1.5% bonus, and it _ offer they have made for last year, the 1.5% bonus, and it does - offer they have made for last year, the 1.5% bonus, and it does not. the 1.5% bonus, and it does not address— the 1.5% bonus, and it does not address the _ the 1.5% bonus, and it does not address the issue _ the 1.5% bonus, and it does not address the issue in _ the 1.5% bonus, and it does not address the issue in any - the 1.5% bonus, and it does not address the issue in any shape i the 1.5% bonus, and it does not i address the issue in any shape or form _ address the issue in any shape or form. ., ., ., ~ ., ., ,, ., , form. you have worked for many years in this service. — form. you have worked for many years in this service, in _ form. you have worked for many years in this service, in your— form. you have worked for many years in this service, in your time, _ form. you have worked for many years in this service, in your time, have - in this service, in your time, have you reconsidered your career choice? it has crossed my mind. however, i do still— it has crossed my mind. however, i do still love — it has crossed my mind. however, i do still love the job, regardless, so that— do still love the job, regardless, so that is— do still love the job, regardless, so that is why we are all stood here. — so that is why we are all stood here, because we all love ourjobs and want — here, because we all love ourjobs and want to— here, because we all love ourjobs and want to continue. but sometimes, if we continue with the pay that we have now. — if we continue with the pay that we have now. it— if we continue with the pay that we have now, it is not going to be

achievable _ have now, it is not going to be achievable to continue living like we are. — achievable to continue living like we are. so— achievable to continue living like we are, so people will go into other career— we are, so people will go into other career paths — we are, so people will go into other career pathsjust we are, so people will go into other career paths just because we are, so people will go into other career pathsjust because of the wages _ career pathsjust because of the wages that we are currently getting. thank— wages that we are currently getting. thank you _ wages that we are currently getting. thank you so much, both of you working for the welsh ambulance service, members of the unite union. we will hear the result of ballads in the very near future. 0k, tomos, thank you very much for that, tomos morgan in cardiff. let's talk more about this to specialist nurse lisa clarke, who joins us from a picket line at the queen's medical centre in nottingham. hello to you, just tell us a little bit more first of all about your role, we described you as a specialist nurse, what do you do? i work as an allergy nurse specialist in the children's hospital part of the hospital here in nottingham. polite how are you feeling about

being back on the picket line today? it is always nice to be out chatting to other nurses about the difficulties we all face, but it is a very difficult decision always to take this kind of action, it is difficult to watch the hospital have to manage the situation, but in all honesty we watch them manage incredibly difficult situations week on week, we go to major incidents on a regular basis with no warning purely because the workload is not matched by the staff and skills in the hospital, and wejust cannot manage it, we cannot get patients out into the community because there are not enough social care. it is a dire situation, and that is why we are here. 50 dire situation, and that is why we are here. i. ., ., ~ dire situation, and that is why we are here. ., ., ~ ., are here. so you are talking about the hospital— are here. so you are talking about the hospital managing _ are here. so you are talking about the hospital managing incredibly i the hospital managing incredibly difficult situations that are not strike days?— difficult situations that are not strike da s? , , i. strike days? yes, exactly, you never know, it is —

strike days? yes, exactly, you never know. it isjust _ strike days? yes, exactly, you never know. it isjust a _ strike days? yes, exactly, you never know, it isjust a constant, - strike days? yes, exactly, you never know, it isjust a constant, you - know, it isjust a constant, you know, it isjust a constant, you know, we had covid after multiple winters of crisis, and the crises have not stopped since then, the staff have had no let up, no respite, and it is not surprising they are leaving hand over fist. they no longer have an income that balances that out. you know, nurses are in a very skilled profession, and we have a lot of transferable skills, as well as the practical skills, as well as the practical skills that you might think of. there are lots of other professions that can't use those skills that will pay a lot better, and people are drawn away into other roles or to other countries or, you know, it is a really difficult decision, because we all came into the profession to make a difference, but when you are constantly faced by short staffing and poor resources and a feeling that the government is not listening and doesn't care, this is the action you are left with. the

next question _ is the action you are left with. the next question i _ is the action you are left with. the next question i want to ask you is a question that we all put two people on strike in different sectors over the period of time that they have been striking for, i suppose just to try to find out if there has been any kind of shift in their thinking, any kind of shift in their thinking, any change of heart, and what i want to ask you is, what would it take for you to decide not to go out on strike again? or does, as time goes on, does that make you even more committed to this course of action? i think it is always a very difficult and personal decision. within nursing, we have derogated surfaces, so there are a lot of staff who are not able to strike because they are working in areas where we need a safe level of staffing, so we are aware of that. for me it would take action by the government and a fair pay settlement, but notjust for the pay, because that is in order for us

to be able to establish greater numbers of nurses, and we also need to look at maybe some of the back—up services, things like why childcare is so expensive. we are a massively woman orientated profession, and childcare is extortionate lee expensive. if you have got a couple of children, it could be £1000 per month. —— extortionately. qm. of children, it could be £1000 per month. -- extortionately. ok, lisa, thank ou month. -- extortionately. ok, lisa, thank you very _ month. -- extortionately. ok, lisa, thank you very much _ month. -- extortionately. ok, lisa, thank you very much for _ month. -- extortionately. ok, lisa, thank you very much for your - thank you very much for your thoughts today, lisa, a specialist nurse on the picket line in nottingham. some news just some newsjust coming in some news just coming in about manchester city football club, the club has been referred to an independent commission by the premier league over alleged breaches of its financial rules, and we are told the alleged breaches span a

period from the 2009—10 season through to the 2017—18 season. the club is alleged to have breached legal rules requiring provision in utmost good faith of accurate financial information that gives a true and fair view of the club's financial position. so that news just coming in to us about the premier league club manchester city, more on that coming up. more now on our top story — over 1,350 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck northern syria and south—eastern turkey. the quake struck in the early hours and had a magnitude of 7.8. turkey's president erdogan said 912 people had died and almost 6000 are injured. in war—torn syria, 326 are reported to have died in government—held areas and a further 120 in rebel—held areas. with thousands still missing,

these numbers are expected to rise. the bbc�*s emre tamil is in istanbul, he gave us this update. the turkish armed forces, they have set up an air corridor to enable search and rescue teams to reach the zone affected by this major earthquake. the turkish defence minister released a statement a short while ago saying that turkey mobilised its planes to send medical teams, search and rescue teams and vehicles to the earthquake zone. 284 people have been killed. 2,323 people were injured in provinces. however, it is feared that the death toll will rise because of the heavy damage. in only one province, malatya province, the governor said at least 130 buildings tumbled down in the province.

there were more than 70 after—shocks, the magnitude of the biggest one was 6.6. and as the authorities scrambled rescue teams and supply aircraft to the affected zone, they also declared a state of emergency in affected provinces and urged people not to use their mobile phones to allow rescuers to coordinate all these efforts. level four alarm has been declared, which means turkey is calling for international assistance as well. the chief of the turkish red cross relief agency issued an appeal for blood donations. obviously, it is the middle of winter in turkey. the weather conditions are severe. there have been severe weather warnings before. that's why it is a kind of racing against time right now and rescue teams are doing their best to save people under the rubble.

0bviously, turkey is amongst the most earthquake prone countries in the world. this latest earthquake is the most severe earthquake in turkey since 1991, when a similar magnitude, 7.4 earthquake, devastated izmir, which is close to the country's biggest city, istanbul, and a heavily populated region. and this earthquake killed more than 17,000 people then. obviously, the government issued a new regulation following this earthquake and lots of buildings have been renewed as well. but now we are talking about a relatively underdeveloped region of turkey which has been affected by this earthquake. that is why there have been fears that lots of buildings will have tumbled down due to this earthquake. as far as we know, oil flows are continuing. 0perations, however, at an oil terminal in southern turkey were suspended, because this eastern mediterranean terminal is 155 kilometres away from the area

where the earthquake happened. and turkey's state pipeline operator earlier said natural gas flows were halted to gaziantep, which has been obviously an affected city, following this earthquake. and 80 people lost their lives in the city, gaziantep. someone who knows the area well is our europe regional editor paul moss — and hejoins me now. you have been to gaziantep, you have been to diyarbakir, what can you tell us about how these areas will fare in an earthquake such as this? i think both of those cities are particularly bad places, if such a thing can be said, for an earthquake to hit, and for different reasons. diyarbakir is an ancient city with

many old buildings, i had a wonderful time wandering around its old heartland, but many of these buildings have been there for hundreds of years, and one suspects they will not fare very well in the event of an earthquake. i should also say this is a kurdish city there, and the people there have already suffered greatly in recent decades, very much caught up in the ongoing war between the turkish state in the kurdish minority, so this is a place where people have already suffered. gaziantep is different, also an ancient city, the buildings are more modern, but it does have a huge number of refugees from the syrian conflict, it is right on the border. the population is 2 million, 500,000 of them refugees, and they are not in camps, the vast majority are in the city itself, so conditions are very crowded there, and one can only imagine what it is like when one of those buildings collapses. a statistic that struck me, we know they have said 1700 buildings in

turkey have been completely destroyed. now, we don't know the death toll, but if you think about those buildings being destroyed, it gives you some idea of what to expect. 0ne gives you some idea of what to expect. one other thing thatjumped out at me was that gaziantep castle has been badly damaged, and i mention this notjust because it is a castle, but it was a huge part of the city, built by the romans. that building has stood for nearly 2000 years. if the earthquake was powerful enough to damage that castle very badly, again, one can only wonder what it has done to other buildings within the city. and other buildings within the city. and turke has other buildings within the city. and turkey has suffered earthquakes before. how much and therefore are they prepared for something like this, given the scale of it, we heard president erdogan saying earlier this was the biggest disaster for turkey since 1939? yeah, the answer is they should be prepared because of how common earthquakes are. the last major earthquakes are. the last major earthquake was in 1990, probably

between 20,000 — 16,000 killed, and a lot of buildings on that occasion collapse, and when investigators looked, they found they had not been billed to correct regulations, the correct building standards. they decided they were going to do something about this, and the first thing was to prosecute a lot of the builders, but hardly any of the prosecution succeeded. there were a lot of arguments that authorities had ignored building regulations, and that is why buildings collapsed so fast. there were promises that buildings would be retrofitted to make them more earthquake proof, but i don't think there has been much sign of that. just i don't think there has been much sign of that-— i don't think there has been much sign of that. just as i am speaking to ou, sign of that. just as i am speaking to you. we — sign of that. just as i am speaking to you. we are _ sign of that. just as i am speaking to you, we are hearing, _ sign of that. just as i am speaking to you, we are hearing, we - sign of that. just as i am speaking to you, we are hearing, we are . to you, we are hearing, we are getting this now from two sources, that there has been another earthquake in the south—east of turkey. this one is 7.5 magnitude, sojust a marginally turkey. this one is 7.5 magnitude, so just a marginally smaller than the one that struck a few hours ago before dawn, affecting turkey and

northern syria. so talking to a seismologist a little earlier, i was saying, what with the chances of another one happening, and he said not on this scale, very unlikely, but we are just hearing in the last few seconds that there has been another 7.5 magnitude quake hit in south—east turkey, and that seismologist was explaining that the area sits over three tectonic plates, that really is shocking news. ~ . ~' plates, that really is shocking news. ~ ., ~ ., plates, that really is shocking news. ~ ., «a, ., , news. we talk about aftershocks, usually imagining _ news. we talk about aftershocks, usually imagining them _ news. we talk about aftershocks, usually imagining them as - news. we talk about aftershocks, usually imagining them as a - usually imagining them as a nuisance, but what you are describing is a very major earthquake, and if it is in south—east turkey, that means it will be close to the urban centres of northern syria. quite apart from the death toll, we now have a humanitarian crisis, it is the

middle of winter in this region, and i can tell you from first—hand experience that winter is very harsh there, and we are presumably going to have hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of people without homes and very scared to go back to their homes, given what you have just described, further aftershocks of that magnitude. president erdogan, it is interesting that he said the worst disaster since 1930. consider the 99 earthquake had a death toll of up to 40,000, if he is saying this is worst, we are looking at a very serious incident indeed. collide paul, thank you very much indeed, our europe regional editor. just to recap on the news coming in that in the last few seconds, we are seeing from a couple of sources that a new earthquake has hit the south—east of turkey, 7.5 magnitude,, that is what we are being told, so another really substantial, large tremor, and the one which struck before dawn was

7.8. we will bring you more details of that as we get them, but clearly a huge blow for all those rescue efforts, and we wait to see what the impact of this huge quake, coming on top of another huge quake just a few hours after that 7.8 one before dawn, what the impact of it will be for the region. the headteacher of one of the uk's most prestigious schools — epsom college in surrey — has been found dead, along with her husband and seven—year—old daughter. the bodies of 45—year—old emma pattison and her family were found early yesterday morning. police say it was an isolated incident and they don't believe anyone else was involved. sean dilley has this report. 45—year—old emma pattison became head of epsom college five months ago. this was her speaking in 2020, in a video for her previous school. working with them has been quite humbling, they are sensationally dedicated.

surrey police say her body was found in a property on school grounds along with her husband george and seven—year—old daughter lettie yesterday morning. detectives have launched what they describe as a thorough investigation. they don't believe anyone else was involved and they're not looking for anyone else. they have reported the deaths to the coroner, which would be usual, but officers will be visible in the coming days to offer reassurance. epsom college has around 850 students. fees are more than £42,000 for those who board here, or £28,000 for day pupils. the college, which was founded in 1853, was named the best independent school in 2022. the chair of the board of governors said...

it's little more than 24 hours after the pattison family's bodies were found. staff, students and the local community are trying to make sense out of a situation that can make none. sean dilley, bbc news. let's return to our lead story today, news of a second, really large earthquake, hitting the central turkey region just a matter of hours after another earthquake struck before dawn, affecting turkey and the north of syria. we have heard in the last few minutes that a 7.5 magnitude quake has hit south—east turkey, another report saying that earthquake was 7.7. either way, a really substantial earthquake off the back of the 7.8 quake just before dawn, which

president erdogan, as he was speaking to the country's disaster management authority, described as the biggest disaster since 1939. the death toll across turkey and syria now above 1000, but sadly that figure expected to rise as rescuers desperately tried to get two people trapped in buildings because of the time of this quake, of course most people were asleep, and many thousands, more than 6000 thought to be injured as a result of this, but again that figure will be going up all the time. officers —— offers of help from many countries, the uk, france, germany, poland, iran, just to mention a few of the country is reaching out to offer help. we will continue to keep you right up to date with all the developments in

this story through out the day here on bbc news. i am annita mcveigh. hello again. there's some sunshine in the forecast today for many of us, but we also do have some cloud and some rain in the north—west. and as we go through this week, it is going to be largely dry away from the north and west, where there will be rain at times. we are looking at frost and fog, and by wednesday, the winds are strengthening across the north of the country. but today, high pressure still firmly in charge of the weather. we've got a weak weather front coming in, and then a more active one following on later on behind. so sunshine as we go through the course of the afternoon, a weak weather front producing this cloud across scotland and northern ireland with some patchy light rain and drizzle in the west, and by the end of the afternoon that will be moving down towards the northern england and also north—west wales.

just light breezes today, although the wind a little bit stronger across the far north—west of scotland, with our temperatures 8—10 degrees. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, the first weather front sinks a little bit further south and stalls, it's coming up against this area of high pressure, and under clear skies temperatures will fall away quite rapidly and we'll see some widespread mist and fog forming. we also have the second weather front coming in, introducing thicker clouds and some rain, across parts of northwest scotland and northern ireland. here, it will be milder, but it's going to be colder as we push farther south, as low as minus six, possibly minus seven in some rural areas. now, tomorrow, the mist and fog will be slow to lift, could last into the afternoon for some, but then we'll see some sunshine and the weather front sinking south is not much more than a band of cloud, but even so, we'll see some holes in that cloud. and to the north of that, once again, we're back into the sunshine, with highs up to 11 degrees. beyond that, well, as we head on into wednesday, a cold front sinks southwards. look at the squeeze on those isobars. we're going to have significant

winds across the north of scotland during the course of wednesday, but they ease out on friday. a warm front crosses us, and temperatures will change. so what's happening with those temperatures? as the cold front sinks southwards, you can see the cold airfollows in behind during the course of thursday. and then on friday, as a warm front comes in, we start to pull in some milder air. so once again, this week, we're looking at topsy—turvy temperatures. but on the whole, a lot of us will have a lot of dry weather as we go through the week. weather fronts around the top of the high pressure could produce some rain at times across the far north—west of the country, and we're looking at highs of 11.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11... over a 1,400 people have been killed by a major earthquak in turkey and syria. in the past few minutes, a second major tremor has hit the region. rescue efforts are under way on both side of the border. our teams responded to all of the sites and buildings, and still now, many families now are under the rubble. our other main story this hour, ambulance workers are joining nurses taking strike action in what will be the biggest

ever nhs walk—out in england. we are still hopefully on track to reach that target of getting waiting lists below a year at the end of march. the more strikes we have, the more challenging that becomes. but at the moment, our staff are working incredibly hard to get those waiting lists down. we begin in turkey and northern syria, where, in the early hours of the morning, a series of powerful earthquakes have cause widespread damage and killed more than 1,400 people. many thousands more have been injured and an unknown number of people are still missing. the biggest tremor had a magnitude of 7.8, with an epicentre

in turkey's gaziantep province, which borders northern syria. it camejust after 4am in the morning, local time. but there have been almost 30 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. the earthquake was felt 700 kilometres away in gaza and egypt. turkey has declared a state of emergency. the syrian government is also taking emergency measures, but the response in that country is being made far more complex by the effects of the civil war. while turkey's allies, including the us, the european union and nato, have offered help, there have been far fewer offers for syria, many western countries have shunned its government for its actions during the civil war, but they also consider many of the opposition rebel groups to be terrorist organisations. the casualty figures are horrific. turkey's president erdogan says that at least 912 people died in his country, with nearly 5,400 people injured. syrian government figures say at

least 326 people have been killed. and the white helmets rescue group, which operates in opposition—held parts of syria, says that more than 120 people are known to have died in those areas. with thousands of people missing, and thousands of buildings having collapsed, those figures are certain to rise. munaza rafiq has this report. shouting. as millions slept, the ground shook. rescuers raced to the scene as the horror quickly emerged. videos show survivors picking through the rubble of collapsed buildings in freezing conditions. the epicentre is close to the turkish city of gaziantep, where eyewitnesses described people rushing towards open spaces, as three massive tremors hit. building after building flattened. the governor of one turkish province says at least 130 buildings are reported to have collapsed

in his region alone. the worst damage appears to be across a huge area of southern turkey and northern syria. the latter already a region devastated by war, and home to millions of refugees living in camps. turkey lies on major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes. the country has appealed for international help, as the full scale of the disaster is yet to be fully realised. munaza rafiq, bbc news. i'm joined now by the middle east and europe policy, advocacy and communications director for the international rescue commitee, mark kaye, who is speaking to us now live from jordan. thank you very much for taking time to talk to us here. where do you begin with the situation this huge? todayis begin with the situation this huge? today is really about saving lives. we have seen some absolutely

fantastic work from the turkish authorities, from groups inside northern syria who are literally pulling bodies out of the rubble. we know hundreds of people went to sleep last night and unfortunately did not wake up this morning. it is a genuine tragedy. we would expect the numbers of deaths and casualties to continue going up, particularly in northern syria where the health system is not equipped to be able to deal with this level of trauma. indeed, the situation in northern syria is very different. how important is an international effort for the whole of this region that is affected? ., ., ., . ., , affected? international community needs to show— affected? international community needs to show solidarity. - affected? international community needs to show solidarity. in - needs to show solidarity. in northern syria, they have been responding since 2012 in response to the conflict and we have seen international funding wayne in for the last couple of years, international attention waning as member states look elsewhere in the

world and this is an important reminder. this is a crisis within a crisis. just this week we are warning of freezing temperatures about to hit the region, you have now got potentially tens of thousands of people who will go to bed tonight with no adequate shelter who will be at the risk of exposure. you see an international effort is essential, that they need to show solidarity. it's difficult i'm sure to comment about the politics of these things, but to what extent do you believe that political differences need to be set aside so northern syria does not go without? i think what is so clear is that it's affecting south turkey, syria, we even felt in lebanon. the earthquake does not respect borders and neither should a response to this. we need to ensure that

life—saving aid, money, resources, equipment needed is going to be on the ground as quickly as possible. at the moment the footage we are seeing is coming from urban areas. what we're concerned about his large population living in rural areas, living in makeshift shelters that could not with this kind of shock. where there would necessarily be people to pull them out of the buildings. to think this is going to be done in 24 hours is a massive understatement.— be done in 24 hours is a massive understatement. clearly times of the essence but — understatement. clearly times of the essence but how— understatement. clearly times of the essence but how powerless - understatement. clearly times of the essence but how powerless is - understatement. clearly times of the essence but how powerless is it - essence but how powerless is it given we're seeing these huge secondary or given we're seeing these huge secondary o— given we're seeing these huge secondary or after-shocksl was literally on _ secondary or after-shocksl was literally on a _ secondary or after-shocksl was literally on a call— secondary or after-shocksl was literally on a call with - secondary or after-shocksl was literally on a call with our - secondary or after-shocksl was literally on a call with our team secondary or after-shocksl was i literally on a call with our team in syria ten minutes before this and you can see the camera shaking. there was another great big after—shock. we have had at least 70 after—shocks since the original earthquake. they are still big,

people are having to evacuate. particularly people working health centres right now. you're going to have lots of people who require urgent trauma treatment, operations, and with these after—shocks, that is putting health care professional lives at risk at the same time. what we know, with our partners, the authorities, is real bravery. i think there is a lesson to be learned that when such a tragedy occurs, it's important we all pull together. we occurs, it's important we all pull touether. ~ ., ,, . ., occurs, it's important we all pull touether.~ ., ,, .., ., ~ together. we appreciate you talking together. we appreciate you talking to us. together. we appreciate you talking to us- very. — together. we appreciate you talking to us- very. very — together. we appreciate you talking to us. very, very busy _ together. we appreciate you talking to us. very, very busy for _ together. we appreciate you talking to us. very, very busy for your- to us. very, very busy for your organisation. thank you very much. thanks for having me. turkey's interior minister suleyman soylu addressed turkish media this morning, emphasising the damage caused by the earthquake. translation: at about 4.17am, a 7.4 | magnitude earthquake hit the region. |

the quake centred in kahramanmaras, pazarcik, affected provinces of kahramanmaras, hatay, gaziantep, 0smaniye, adiyaman, malatya, sanliurfa, adana, diyarbakir, and kilis. a 7.4 magnitude is seriously destructive. at the moment, all of our governors are at the head of their duties. gendarmerie, police, turkish armed forces, disaster and emergency teams, turkish red crescent and search and rescue teams from all over the country are being dispatched to the region. the foreign secretary james cleverly says the uk is ready to send help to areas stricken by the quake.

our diplomatic correspondent james landalejoins me now. is using a number of offers are pouring in for turkey at least? prison erdogan in his statement said 45 countries have offered help. they are offers, there is an offer between help arriving. in these circumstances there is a community who knows how to deal with these earthquakes, it happened before and will happen again but we are in not just talking food and medical help, we are talking about communication specialists, people who do satellite mapping so they can no where the worst affected areas are, setting up communications channels. already the turkish authorities say to don't usually buy a phone is because they need to have as much an occasion as possible so different places notes going on. that's what's happening at the moment. electricity is down, all forms of communication severely hit. one indication ofjust how bad it is included in that 45 countries that have offered help, one hasjust come

from ukraine, their foreign ministry hasjust offered himself from ukraine, their foreign ministry has just offered himself saying we're ready to give a group of rescue workers to 30. even a country at war is recognising the severity. we just heard from the international rescue committee, the importance of solidarity from the international community. easierto solidarity from the international community. easier to offer that to turkey for some countries than to offer it to northern syria? i turkey for some countries than to offer it to northern syria?- offer it to northern syria? i don't think that the _ offer it to northern syria? i don't think that the politics _ offer it to northern syria? i don't think that the politics will - offer it to northern syria? i don't think that the politics will get - offer it to northern syria? i don't think that the politics will get in | think that the politics will get in the way because it will be complicated, more difficult, it's likely harder to get things there. i don't think anyone will say we're not giving aid to syria butjust out of the sheer politics of it. the actual reality on the ground of dealing with the officials and who is in charge of which area, that is the sort of thing the ngos and rescue organisations will find harder on the southern side of this in north—western syria. but

actually, possibly the greater hindrances the sheer lack of infrastructure there, the fact that infrastructure there, the fact that in that part of syria, you have got over1 million people in refugee camps, several million displaced from their homes. this is not a place where it's going to be easy to get help, particularly at a time when we know the weather is poor, it's going to be complicated which ever country this is in. you it's going to be complicated which ever country this is in.— ever country this is in. you drew the distinction _ ever country this is in. you drew the distinction between - ever country this is in. you drew the distinction between an - ever country this is in. you drew the distinction between an offer| ever country this is in. you drew l the distinction between an offer of help and help actually arriving but no one is going to turn it down, are they? no one is going to turn it down, are the ? ., , , they? no, i 'ust need the sheer loaistics they? no, i 'ust need the sheer logistics of — they? no, ijust need the sheer logistics of getting _ they? no, ijust need the sheer logistics of getting the - they? no, ijust need the sheer logistics of getting the planes i they? no, ijust need the sheer. logistics of getting the planes in, suddenly who is going to be in charge of the small little airports? suddenly you have lots of planes coming from different parts of the world, that logistical operation, that takes a little bit of time to set up. there is a doubt there, all countries have the stuff ready to

90. countries have the stuff ready to go, teams are on 24 hour standout, but getting it into the country is always the difficult bit and making sure it goes to the right place. for example, at some stage they will need heavy bulldozers to clear pass but at the moment, they need dogs, they need infrared, all the technological side.- they need infrared, all the technological side. they need sustained support, _ technological side. they need sustained support, this - technological side. they need sustained support, this is - technological side. they need sustained support, this is not| technological side. they need - sustained support, this is not going to be over in a few days. i was thinkin: to be over in a few days. i was thinking what _ to be over in a few days. i was thinking what the _ to be over in a few days. i was thinking what the comparison | to be over in a few days. i was . thinking what the comparison and to be over in a few days. i —" thinking what the comparison and the most recent one was 1999, when turkey had a massive earthquake, 17,000 people died and that was my ballpark but in the last hour, president erdogan has competed to the turkish earthquake in 1939 where 32,000 people died. if he's making that comparison i think we are aware ofjust that comparison i think we are aware of just what a disaster turkey and northern syria is facing. ofjust what a disaster turkey and northern syria is facing.— northern syria is facing. thanks very much- _ the situation in northern syria,

with many areas held by rebel groups, is also very serious. these pictures were filmed in idlib, they show how buildings have simply collapsed. it's feared many people were inside, sleeping, when the tremor struck before dawn. the white helmets, the medical and rescue group which works in rebel—held areas of syria, rescued this child from a collapsed building in azaz, that's a town just a few miles from the border with turkey. syria's government says more than 220 people have been killed, and 600 more injured in government—held areas. the figure in rebel—held territories is not yet clear, but given that they are generally closer to the epicentre of the quake, they are likely to be substantial. here's ismail alabdallah, a spokesman for the syrian white helmets, outlining the situation. many buildings in different cities and villages in north—west syria collapsed, destroyed by this earthquake.

our teams responded to all the sites and the buildings, and still now, many families now are under the rubbles. our teams are trying to save them, trying to save the people, to save all the people from under the rubble, with all of the casualties. but it's a very difficult task for us. we need help, we need the international community to do something, to do help us, to support us, north—west syria now is a disaster area. we need help from everyone to save our people. lina sinjab is our correspondent in beirut and lina you felt it i believe. absolutely. it was really scary in the early hours of the morning that

my building by the seaside shoot completely. it felt as if it is collapsing. items moved in the flat and some fell in the floor. luckily in this part of the region there was no damage reported in comparison to what's happening in turkey and northern syria. turkey was the centre of this earthquake that sprayed in the region and was felt in many countries like you're in lebanon. ~ ., ., in many countries like you're in lebanon-_ lebanon. we are hearing the international— lebanon. we are hearing the international effort _ lebanon. we are hearing the international effort is - lebanon. we are hearing the international effort is quick i lebanon. we are hearing the. international effort is quick off the mark, hopefully politics can be put to one side? that the mark, hopefully politics can be put to one side?— put to one side? that is certainly the case with _ put to one side? that is certainly the case with turkey _ put to one side? that is certainly the case with turkey and - put to one side? that is certainly the case with turkey and it - put to one side? that is certainly i the case with turkey and it already called for international support. they have called the situation emergency level four, calling for international aid although this is a country that an earthquake, they are trained, equipped, they know how to

deal with it but still the massive scale of the earthquake needs international community support to come in. many countries have offered already, we have heard government officials say azerbaijan is sending 400 experts on earthquakes and many countries will follow suit, we will only discover the details in the coming hours of the day but the question is, what will happen to northern syria and north—east and west syria, which is also hit hard tjy west syria, which is also hit hard by this earthquake. hundreds are reported dead and many thousands are missing, many also are injured. this area was hit hard by the war, a decade of bombardment by the government and russian forces destroying infrastructure, destroying infrastructure, destroying hospitals. they are left with little capacity to meet demand and deal with this natural disaster. on the government side on the other hand, president assad also announced

they will face this catastrophe in many cities were hit by it and there are many casualties, over 200 dead, probably 300 by now, and thousands still under rubble. this is natural disaster calling the international community and it's hard to tell how the politics will play to reach areas that are banned by the government or called as terrorist areas by the government and there is areas by the government and there is a big debate on how to access the aid from turkey's side at the moment. aid from turkey's side at the moment-— aid from turkey's side at the moment. ., ~ , ., , . aid from turkey's side at the moment. ., ~ i. , . . moment. thank you very much. we welcome back— moment. thank you very much. we welcome back to _ moment. thank you very much. we welcome back to the _ moment. thank you very much. we welcome back to the situation - moment. thank you very much. we welcome back to the situation in i welcome back to the situation in turkey and syria throughout the day. health leaders have warned that a strike today by nurses and ambulance staff could be the most disruptive so far of this winter's nhs pay dispute. let's take you through what's happening over the next few days.

tens of thousands of members of the royal college of nursing will walk out in england, along with ambulance workers in the gmb and unite. in wales, some ambulance staff will strike, but most health workers have suspended their walk—out after an improved pay offer from the welsh government. nurses in england will continue their strike tomorrow. physiotherapists in england will then go on strike on thursday, and on friday, some ambulance staff in england will take part in another day of action. professor sir stephen powis is the national medical director of nhs england, this is his advice to patients this week. this is the first time this winter that we have industrial action being taken by ambulance staff and by nurses on the same day, on the same day. so there's no doubt it is going to be challenging. but our message is the same for life threatening illnesses do continue to call nine, nine, nine. ambulances will respond for non—life threatening conditions, then go to one, one,

one on line first. if you have an appointment, please turn up unless you've been told it's being postponed. and of course, remember that many services, such as general practice and community pharmacy, is still open. our health correspondent jim reed has been outside aintree hospital in liverpool. welcome to a very busy and noisy aintree hospital, this is all nursing staff, royal college of nursing members who have been on strike since 7:30am this morning. but here's the thing, if you walk down this road about 200 metres, you would see an ambulance station with a second picket line, gmb and unite members, paramedics and call handlers on a 24—hour strike. it is that combination of ambulance

workers and nurses on strike at the same time that we have not seen before in this dispute, which has got nhs bosses worried about the impact on patients. i should say we were expecting to see strike action today across much of wales, that got cancelled or suspended in most cases at the tail end of last week, on friday, when there was a new pay offer from the welsh government worth around 7.5%. what the royal college of nursing have said is if there was a similar offer in england, they would have also suspended the strike action here, but that has not happened and looks unlikely to happen. rishi sunak said in an interview at the tail end of last week that he would love to give nurses a massive pay rise, who wouldn't? but his argument is that the nhs has other spending priorities. as things stand, this dispute is very much deadlocked in england, and it is likely we will see further industrial action perhaps running through the winter and perhaps into next spring. our wales correspondent tomos morgan has been speaking to striking ambulance workers in cardiff.

on thursday, unions were in talks with eluned morgan, who offered a new offer for health workers, 3% total, and half of that is a one—off pay deal, 1.5%, and 1.5% would be added onto salaries. now, the five unions that were due to strike today, four have decided to postpone their strikes, those are the royal college of nursing, midwives, physiotherapists and the gmb union. but as you can see behind me, members of the unite union, who represent ambulance workers here in wales, have carried on with the strike, because they put that offer to a number of representatives who rejected the offer. they have still been talking to the welsh government over the weekend, the general secretary of unite was in talks

with eluned morgan, and she says they are very close to a new deal and the hope is that these deals might be put into place in wales and scotland could push things over in england as well. you have worked in the ambulance service for nine years, what is your reaction to this new deal? for me, personally, it is not enough. i think we need to take in it is not just about the pay for the job we currently do, it is difficult, we face a lot of traumaticjobs, we take a lot of that mental and physical toll on ourselves, and the longer you stay in the job, you have to take that with you, and we are not paid fairly enough for what we do. i think the offer needs to be more than it is currently. the welsh government are having to make their own financial sacrifices to put this new offer

on the table, and they say that possibly other areas of the budget would have to be squeezed, and the nhs budget would have to be squeezed, are you comfortable with that? obviously, we are not comfortable that other areas will suffer, - if that is the actual fact or whether, you know, | but the pay rise we are asking for, and what members - would accept would not break the bank. we are not being greedy, the nurses themselves i dropped their demands from 19% to 9%. - all we want is a meaningful- discussion and enough pay to keep staff, more importantly retain staff so that they can - carry on working and have a full career. i can i ask as well, because the other unions postponed their strike, it does not mean they will not

strike again in future, of course, do you feel emboldened today that you are the only union striking in wales, or do you feel slightly vulnerable? no, we have a quarter of staff who are members of unite, i and they came out strongly- after a meeting, and every man and woman basically said, no, that is not good enough, i it was a derisory offer that does not address the issues - that we want to be addressed. a meaningful pay rise in line with the cost of living - and to keep that pay rise in line with inflation in the future. i it is only a one—off offer- they have made for last year, and that 1.5% bonus, and it does not address the issue in any shape or form. _ you have worked for years in this service, in yourtime, have you reconsidered your career choice? it has crossed my mind. however, i do still love the job, regardless, so that is why we are all stood here,

because we all love ourjobs and want to continue. but sometimes, if we continue with the pay that we have now, it is not going to be achievable to continue living like we are, so people will start to go into other career paths just because of the wages that we are currently getting. thank you so much, both of you working for the welsh ambulance service, members of the unite union. those other members, we will hear the result of ballots in the very near future. the headteacher of one of the uk's top private schools has been found dead, along with her husband and 7—year—old daughter.

police say it was an isolated incident and they don't believe anyone else was involved. sean dilley has this report. 45—year—old emma pattison became head of epsom college five months ago. this was her speaking in 2020, in a video for her previous school. working with them has been quite humbling, they are sensationally dedicated. surrey police say her body was found in a property on school grounds along with her husband george and seven—year—old daughter lettie yesterday morning. detectives have launched what they describe as a thorough investigation. they don't believe anyone else was involved and they're not looking for anyone else. they have reported the deaths to the coroner, which would be usual, but officers will be visible in the coming days to offer reassurance. epsom college has around 850 students. fees are more than £42,000 for those who board here, or £28,000 for day pupils. the college, which was founded in 1853, was named the best independent school in 2022. the chair of the board

of governors said.... it's little more than 24 hours after the pattison family's bodies were found. staff, students and the local community are trying to make sense out of a situation that can make none. more divers will today join the search to find missing nicola bulley, who was last seen ten days ago walking her dog next to the river wyre in lancashire. the private specialist divers, who've offered their services forfree, have high—tech sonar, enabling the search to map the river bed over a wide area. police have said they believe nicola, who's 45, may have fallen into the water. our north west england reporter, phil mccann.

there has been a huge search operation, it there has been a huge search operation, it has there has been a huge search operation, it has been there has been a huge search operation, it has been the there has been a huge search operation, it has been the ni-ht, operation, it has been the night, police divers in the water, drones, hundreds of volunteers coming to help out but today, this private company you can see behind me has turned up to try to help. they are a specialist company which helps to map and search under in very difficult conditions. they brought in highly specialised equipment to be able to check what is underneath the surface of the water. the river itself might look fairly small but it is quite deep certain areas, there is a we're off to my right and it is very difficult for the divers to see what they are doing underwater so the specialist equipment has been brought into see through the mark and help them in the search. as you say, it is ten days since nicola bulley was out walking a dog at about 9am just

after she dropped her children at school around the corner. she came here, walk the dog and literally disappeared. herfamily say here, walk the dog and literally disappeared. her family say they don't know how it could happen, someone vanishes into thin air. the family is convinced there is still hope and it is still a chance that nicola may be found but the search is going wider and wider. we are about 100 metres from where she was last seen. now the search is coming downstream from there and these specialist teams will then move further downstream as they map the whole of the area and most importantly, the river banks to see if there is any sign of where nicola was last seen. the search will go on throughout the day. the company says it is here as long as necessary. they have been welcomed by the police and are working alongside them to help as much as they can and

hope they find nicola.— hope they find nicola. thank you very much- _ now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again, our way from northwest scotland and at times northern ireland. there's a lot of dry weather around this week. that certainly is the case today. a lot of sunshine across england and wales, a bit more cloud coming in across north west scotland and also northern ireland producing some patchy light rain and some drizzle, the cloud spilling into northern england and north wales through the course of the afternoon with temperatures roughly seven to about ten degrees. now that's a weather front coming south and it will continue to do so, bringing this cloud with it overnight, ahead of it, under clear skies we'll see some widespread mist and fog patches forming, which will be freezing fog. and a new weather front will introduce once again some thicker cloud and some rain across north west scotland and northern ireland. temperatures could fall in rural areas in the south to about minus six. now the mist and fog will slowly lift tomorrow.

some of it will be stubborn. there'll be more sunshine in the south. our weather front sinking south, taking its cloud with it. but behind it a return to sunshine with highs of 11. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... over 1400 people have been killed by a huge earthquake in turkey and syria. in the past hour a second major tremor has hit the region. our other main story this hour, ambulance workers are joining nurses taking strike action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walk—out in england. the headteacher of one of the uk's top private schools has been found dead, along with her husband and seven—year—old daughter. �*the cloud' — it stores all our photos and emails. but how much harm is it having on the environment? and — beyonce breaks records at the grammys — and harry styles picks up album of the year at the music awards.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. manchester city accused of more than 100 charges of breaching financial rules by the premier league following a long—running investigation, possible sanctions are found pro events include expulsion from the league or pointed deductions. orley, the significant charges? deductions. orley, the significant charaes? .,., ., , , charges? extraordinary rap sheet stretchin: charges? extraordinary rap sheet stretching back _ charges? extraordinary rap sheet stretching back to _ charges? extraordinary rap sheet stretching back to the _ charges? extraordinary rap sheet stretching back to the first i charges? extraordinary rap sheet stretching back to the first full i stretching back to the first full season — stretching back to the first full season after the abu dhabi takeover in 2008~ _ season after the abu dhabi takeover in 2008. you can strip it back to five main — in 2008. you can strip it back to five main areas of these alleged breaches. — five main areas of these alleged breaches, a four year premier league investigation. 2009 to 2018, failure

to provide _ investigation. 2009 to 2018, failure to provide accurate financial information regarding revenue and operating — information regarding revenue and operating costs. 2019 and 2013, failing _ operating costs. 2019 and 2013, failing to — operating costs. 2019 and 2013, failing to provide details of manager renumeration for mancini. then— manager renumeration for mancini. then contract information and salaries — then contract information and salaries of players. between 2015 and 2018 — salaries of players. between 2015 and 2018 breaching rules on profitability and sustainability, financial — profitability and sustainability, financial fair play rules. for the duration— financial fair play rules. for the duration of— financial fair play rules. for the duration of the premier league investigation as well they have accused — investigation as well they have accused city of failing to co—operate with this investigation ongoing _ co—operate with this investigation ongoing by providing the necessary documents. so a lengthy list of alleged — documents. so a lengthy list of alleged breaches and the premier league _ alleged breaches and the premier league will now past those onto an independent commission.- league will now past those onto an independent commission. during that time manchester _ independent commission. during that time manchester city _ independent commission. during that time manchester city winner - independent commission. during that time manchester city winner in - independent commission. during that time manchester city winner in the i time manchester city winner in the last five seasons have won four

titles, how serious could this action is coming out? the huge wealth that _ action is coming out? the huge wealth that came _ action is coming out? the huge i wealth that came into manchester city, wealth that came into manchester city. they— wealth that came into manchester city, they won six premier league titles— city, they won six premier league titles in_ city, they won six premier league titles in the — city, they won six premier league titles in the time. the premier league — titles in the time. the premier league investigation started after uefa has — league investigation started after uefa has investigated manchester city for _ uefa has investigated manchester city for breaching their own financial— city for breaching their own financial fair play regulations. there — financial fair play regulations. there was a settlement in 2018. most recently _ there was a settlement in 2018. most recently manchester city overturned a uefa _ recently manchester city overturned a uefa fine and expulsion from uefa competitions, they had to go to the court _ competitions, they had to go to the court of— competitions, they had to go to the court of arbitration for sport. a commission will now be put together by the _ commission will now be put together by the premier league independently but they— by the premier league independently but they could be expelled, that is the nuclear option from the premier league. _ the nuclear option from the premier league, fined or suspended by the premier— league, fined or suspended by the premier league as well. a number of options _ premier league as well. a number of options for— premier league as well. a number of options for them. i'm sure

manchester city's lawyers will be getting _ manchester city's lawyers will be getting to work quickly.— manchester city's lawyers will be getting to work quickly. thank you for auoin getting to work quickly. thank you for going through _ getting to work quickly. thank you for going through a _ getting to work quickly. thank you for going through a complicated i for going through a complicated story, olly foster. manchester city lost to tottenham yesterday, they are five points off league leaders arsenal at the moment. tottenham hotspur won 1— no, arsenal at the moment. tottenham hotspurwon1— no, harry kane arsenal at the moment. tottenham hotspur won 1— no, harry kane moving abovejimmy greaves hotspur won 1— no, harry kane moving above jimmy greaves with hotspur won 1— no, harry kane moving abovejimmy greaves with his 200th goal in the premier league. an important game for us at this stage of the season. as a striker you dream about scoring winners, to do it and break the record, just the perfect night so i could not ask for more, trying to take a toll on but my focus will be on to leicester.

great britain have won their first four—man bobsleigh medal at the european championships for 84 years. brad hall, and team—mates behind germany. that's all for now, plenty more from the bbc sport centre later. nhs leaders say could be the most disruptive so far of the winter nhs pay dispute. sharon? a stand—off, government refusing to budge, saying they cannot afford to give health workers the pay rise they want, concerned about patient safety. today health worker said the government cannot

afford not to give the pay rise they desperately want and say they are concerned about patient safety all year round. the gmp are striking here, the paramedics, butjoined a short time ago by dozens of nurses who have come from around the corner at gateshead hospital here today. starting with you, andrew from gmb, how long is this going to go on? how long are you going to keep striking? that is down to the government to negotiate with the trade unions and get a resolution to end this. it is in their gift, not ours.— get a resolution to end this. it is in their gift, not ours. why, remind us auain, in their gift, not ours. why, remind us again. you _ in their gift, not ours. why, remind us again, you feel— in their gift, not ours. why, remind us again, you feel so _ in their gift, not ours. why, remind us again, you feel so passionate i us again, you feel so passionate about these strikes? it is us again, you feel so passionate about these strikes?— us again, you feel so passionate about these strikes? it is not 'ust about these strikes? it is not 'ust about pay. — about these strikes? it is not 'ust about pay. people i about these strikes? it is not 'ust about pay. people need i about these strikes? it is notjust about pay. people need money i about these strikes? it is notjustj about pay. people need money in their pocket. this is about patient safety. we have had members tell us they are waiting 23 hours to hand patients to accident and emergency. it is all its knees, the nhs. our

members and the royal college of nursing, enough is enough. £15 members and the royal college of nursing, enough is enough. 45 years exerience nursing, enough is enough. 45 years experience in — nursing, enough is enough. 45 years experience in the _ nursing, enough is enough. 45 years experience in the nhs, _ nursing, enough is enough. 45 years experience in the nhs, you - nursing, enough is enough. 45 years experience in the nhs, you know- experience in the nhs, you know about patient safety, why are you here today?— about patient safety, why are you heretoda? ,, , ., ., , ,, ,, here today? staff shortages. stress or nurses. nurses _ here today? staff shortages. stress or nurses. nurses working - here today? staff shortages. stress or nurses. nurses working two i here today? staff shortages. stress or nurses. nurses working two jobs| or nurses. nurses working two jobs to make _ or nurses. nurses working two jobs to make ends meet. and watching patients— to make ends meet. and watching patients suffer. staff shortages, recruitment and retention and the constant — recruitment and retention and the constant underfunding of the government over the last 13 years, something — government over the last 13 years, something has to be done. we have come around _ something has to be done. we have come around the _ something has to be done. we have come around the corner, _ something has to be done. we have come around the corner, you - something has to be done. we have come around the corner, you have i come around the corner, you have your own nurses' picket line, you have come round to support orjoin the paramedics. i guess in the century spoke earlier about working with the paramedics on a day—to—day basis. with the paramedics on a day-to-day basis. , , , ,., with the paramedics on a day-to-day basis. , , , ., basis. yes, we support each other, united we stand. _ basis. yes, we support each other, united we stand. we _ basis. yes, we support each other, united we stand. we are _ basis. yes, we support each other, united we stand. we are working i basis. yes, we support each other, | united we stand. we are working in

the community, we get stuck in houses waiting for ambulances bits because they are stuck at accident and emergency. all we want to do is provide a safe and efficient service, without the funding from the government we cannot do that. they are underfunding constantly, it does not matter what they are sitting on the news, they are definitely underfunding us. adam, ou are definitely underfunding us. adam, you are here _ definitely underfunding us. adam, you are here today _ definitely underfunding us. adam, you are here today with _ definitely underfunding us. adam, you are here today with your i definitely underfunding us. adam, you are here today with your little | you are here today with your little girl. from the northeast ambulance service, how do you feel about today? why are you here, you are all losing a day's pay, you need that money. losing a day's pay, you need that mone . ~ ., ., ., ., losing a day's pay, you need that mone .~ ., ., ., .,, ~ losing a day's pay, you need that mone. ., ., ., «r, money. we do not want to strike but for atient money. we do not want to strike but for patient safety, _ money. we do not want to strike but for patient safety, we _ money. we do not want to strike but for patient safety, we have - money. we do not want to strike but for patient safety, we have had i money. we do not want to strike but for patient safety, we have had to. i for patient safety, we have had to. the health— for patient safety, we have had to. the health care setting is an absolute _ the health care setting is an absolute mess, it is not going to -et absolute mess, it is not going to get any— absolute mess, it is not going to get any better unless the government put some _ get any better unless the government put some money in and finds it more. notjust— put some money in and finds it more. not just with — put some money in and finds it more. notjust with our put some money in and finds it more. not just with our pay, it put some money in and finds it more. notjust with our pay, it is put some money in and finds it more. not just with our pay, it is the whole — not just with our pay, it is the whole nhs in general, patients are really— whole nhs in general, patients are really suffering because of our government.—

really suffering because of our government. , ., ., ., government. they need to do more. thanks, adam. _ government. they need to do more. thanks, adam. lots— government. they need to do more. thanks, adam. lots of— government. they need to do more. thanks, adam. lots of this - government. they need to do more. thanks, adam. lots of this revolves| thanks, adam. lots of this revolves around the wrecker from health secretary steve barclay to the pay review body. —— revolves around a letter. he said inflationary issues are something to consider. when they decide nhs pay. he also wants to bring forward the pay review decision for next year until april. that is not very far away. in a few weeks you might hear the government talking about this will be resolved next month but i think the stand—off will continue at least for now. back to you. thank you, sharon barbour. as our digital lives expand so does the need for online storage — but have you ever wondered how much energy is used to save information to the cloud? thousands of computers are in operation 24—hours a day in order to record our online activity. environmental campaigners claim these data centres use as much power and water as 200,000 homes — and this could be threatening

the completion of housing developments around the uk. richard bilton has this report. on the west coast of ireland, the latest bit of the cloud is about to come down. it's huge, it's two storeys high. it uses a massive amount of electricity. the plan is for a 145—acre site full of computers. the developers say it's sustainable, but local campaigners say it will use as much power as 200,000 homes. it's completely unsustainable to continue on this path of growth, growth, growth, and especially with data centres who use an awful lot of fossil fuel energy at the moment, as well as water, and they are very precious resources. it will be part of a global network of thousands of data centres that house the cloud. from photos to boxset streaming.

here in ireland, the centres now use 14% of the country's electricity. more than all of rural ireland. if the rise of data centres goes unchecked, then by 2030, 30% of all of ireland's power will go into the cloud. globally, the cloud is growing at an extraordinary rate. we all want storage, but it comes at a price. it is disputed by the industry, but as a rough comparison, research suggests a five—minute internet search uses around as much energy as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea. somewhere there is a machine that is doing all the analysis of the data, and all the indexing, which allows the search to be then done rapidly. there is machinery under the surface doing that on your behalf, and each of that has a carbon cost. the internet needs power, and the problem is coming closer to home.

this is staines in west london. housing developments here have been delayed because new cloud storage centres need the power. data centres have definitely stifled the delivery of housing and speed at which we can deliver new housing in this part of the capital. we are looking at potentially thousands of new homes which will either not come forward or will come forward more slowly because of the cloud and because of these data centres in this part of england. the big tech companies say they are reducing water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions around the world. but the cloud is the environmental issue we are all making worse. our phones, tvs and e—mails are driven by an enormous power guzzling network that never switches off. richard bilton, bbc news. and richard bilton who's behind that

investigation joins me now. we are so we are so reliant upon it, what is the solution?— we are so reliant upon it, what is the solution? the solution is a big cuestion! the solution? the solution is a big question! there _ the solution? the solution is a big question! there is _ the solution? the solution is a big question! there is a _ the solution? the solution is a big question! there is a problem, i the solution? the solution is a big question! there is a problem, it i the solution? the solution is a bigj question! there is a problem, it is scale, really, because as you mention we are all doing it all the time, it is our phones, box sets, the way we communicate, industry. academic research. it all feels quite benign, the cloud is this thing that takes our data away. in reality, it is a load of warehouses full of computer equipment, data centres, thousands of them around the world and they use enormous amounts of power and enormous amounts of power and enormous amounts of power and enormous amounts of water. and loads of duplication so they are quite a costly thing. to try and do the calculations specifically, that is quite hard, but every time you interact with the internet or you watch a viral video, that creates

some c02, greenhouse gas emissions. every year it is estimated that 10 million tonnes of c02 are produced by the cloud which is between a quarter and 1.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. quarter and 1.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions-— gas emissions. clearly there is a hu . e gas emissions. clearly there is a huge amount — gas emissions. clearly there is a huge amount of— gas emissions. clearly there is a huge amount of environmental. gas emissions. clearly there is a i huge amount of environmental concern about this, richard. what to the environmental campaigners expect to achieve? the environmental campaigners expect to achieve? , , , achieve? the experts say it is quite tou~h achieve? the experts say it is quite tough because _ achieve? the experts say it is quite tough because if _ achieve? the experts say it is quite tough because if you _ achieve? the experts say it is quite tough because if you look - achieve? the experts say it is quite tough because if you look at - achieve? the experts say it is quite tough because if you look at some l achieve? the experts say it is quite l tough because if you look at some of the data surrounding the way we all behave, there is some frightening stuff in there. in the uk there is some research that suggests all of us take on average 900 pictures per year on our phones but only use a few for sharing with friends or on social media, the rest goes to the cloud, the cloud thinks it is stored but it is only server somewhere, duplicated on another server, air—conditioning and water, or

creating greenhouse gas emissions. the experts say, look, it is big take at the end of the day that has to do something about this. did it take say they are. some campaigners will say they have to be more open about what they are doing —— second may. we need to be at a stage where we have an internet that forgets because at the moment everything we do is stored forever, more and more data. �* ~ ., . ., data. don't i know it, richard, thank you. _ data. don't i know it, richard, thank you, richard _ data. don't i know it, richard, thank you, richard bilton. i the author sir salman rushdie — who was attacked last year at a literary event in new york state, leaving him with the loss of sight in one eye has released a new book. ahead of the release he has given his first interview to david remnick of the new yorker magazine. he's also spoken to the bbc�*s alan yentob — a friend of sir salman rushdie. hejoins me now.

better. but considering what happened i am not so bad, the big injuries are healed, essentially, filling in my thumb and index finger and in the bottom half of the palm, the neck and the right side of my face, there were chest wounds. the liver was injured. sir salman rushdie speaking to the new yorker. a good friend of him, alan yentob. i have been in constant touch with him, visited him in new york a couple of months ago. that photograph, couple of our states ——

he has been courageous, clearly you can see he has lost the sight in his eye. even at the time that it happened, he knew early on that was it, he managed to make a joke about it, he managed to make a joke about it which we discussed last night. we are often mistaken for each other, but the other person when he is asked who would like to represent you or fly you, asked who would like to represent you orfly you, he asked who would like to represent you or fly you, he said asked who would like to represent you orfly you, he said may be johnny depp. when he got this eye problem, he decided he was going to bejohnny depp from pirates of the caribbean. he is incredibly grateful to those people who reallyjumped up on stage to save his life, the firemen who helped him at the time to the doctors who have helped him recover to aliza, his wife who had to stick by him through all of this.

and he is thrilled with the response to his new book. i and he is thrilled with the response to his new book.— and he is thrilled with the response to his new book. i spoke to you when news first broke _ to his new book. i spoke to you when news first broke of _ to his new book. i spoke to you when news first broke of the _ to his new book. i spoke to you when news first broke of the attack. - to his new book. i spoke to you when news first broke of the attack. it i news first broke of the attack. it seemed unbelievable at the moment, very touch and go whether he would survive this. it very touch and go whether he would survive this-— survive this. it really was. it took months. survive this. it really was. it took months- i — survive this. it really was. it took months. i was _ survive this. it really was. it took months. i was with _ survive this. it really was. it took months. i was with him - survive this. it really was. it took months. i was with him on i survive this. it really was. it took months. i was with him on the i survive this. it really was. it took. months. i was with him on the night of the fatwa. there were security men and men with guns. then he had 15 years or so in which he could live a normal life. then this happened in new york. whites might tell us about the book, a writer is going to write and this is the product, despite all the difficulties. he is a storyteller, words and stories are important, as he said the of the book, words are the victors. he comes from a tradition of indian storytelling and fables. and fantasies. he has always

been a mixture of all of these elements, the good, the bad and ugly, the fantasy, the past, the present, the future, the speculation. this book takes us back to his earliest book, midnight's children. he was thought victory city set around the character of a goddess, she has 247 years old. she leaves her poem, this narrative poem, the clay port, he is described, to retell the story. it is both entertaining, it is serious, its deals with the conflict between the hindu and muslim traditions. as

he always does, he engages with the challenges of today, one to do with the movement of metoo. normally it is gods, this is the goddess. standing upfor is gods, this is the goddess. standing up for her mother who she loved, when she was nine years old she started to write all of this. and, you know, this is what the book is trying to do, dealing also with the indian prime minister modi and the indian prime minister modi and the tension between the hindus and moslems. his love for mother india, he told me that last night. —— the hindus and the muslims. he told me that last night. -- the hindus and the muslims.- he told me that last night. -- the hindus and the muslims. when did he start writin: hindus and the muslims. when did he start writing this? _ hindus and the muslims. when did he start writing this? he _ hindus and the muslims. when did he start writing this? he has _ hindus and the muslims. when did he start writing this? he has obviously i start writing this? he has obviously had to carry on writing since he was

attacked. ile had to carry on writing since he was attacked. ., , ., , ., attacked. he wrote this long before the attack, attacked. he wrote this long before the attack. in _ attacked. he wrote this long before the attack, in august. _ attacked. he wrote this long before the attack, in august. i _ attacked. he wrote this long before the attack, in august. i read - attacked. he wrote this long before the attack, in august. i read this i the attack, in august. i read this book before the attack as well. so this was there. the other thing he has been doing is a play about helen of troy, hopefully next year will be on. he has not been able to write recently, thankfully in the last few weeks he has regained his ability to do that. he still has problems with his left and right hands but nevertheless i think the next step, he has told me, is writing about this experience he hasjust he has told me, is writing about this experience he has just been through. this experience he has 'ust been throu~h. ~ , ., _ ., through. writing will be therapy for him in some _ through. writing will be therapy for him in some respects _ through. writing will be therapy for him in some respects but - through. writing will be therapy for him in some respects but revisiting that will clearly be dramatic. weill. that will clearly be dramatic. well, it will be accepted _ that will clearly be dramatic. well, it will be accepted storytelling i that will clearly be dramatic. -ii it will be accepted storytelling is for him the essence of what it means. in fact, this is about india

and the story of india as seen through the eyes of this goddess. she calls it the city of words. in other words, she calls it the city of words. in otherwords, nothing she calls it the city of words. in other words, nothing more exploring —— important as storytelling, relating to freedom of expression, which is more imperilled today than it even was in the time of salman rushdie. you have the circle dynasty is in russia, china, egypt, iran where freedom of expression is rare and people's lives are at risk if they try to speak the truth. so glad you were able to come in. it is called victory city. this is it. striking cover, thank you, alan yentob. david remnick�*s profile of salman rushdie is out now in the new yorker. you can hear more of his interview with rushdie

on �*the new yorker radio hour,�* available wherever you listen to podcasts. it is the music industry's biggest night of the year — the 65th grammys have just drawn to a close in los angeles and it was a good night for british artist harry styles who opened the show and won album of the year. but it was beyonce who made history when she collected her 32nd award — making her the winner of the most grammys, ever. our west coast correspondent sophie long reports from la. harry styles was one of the first to perform. but it wasn't the last time he took to the stage. harry styles! he won first award of the evening for best pop album. breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time, be upstanding and show your respects — it's renaissance, beyonce. but it was beyonce who made history. i'd like to thank my parents, my father, my mother,

for loving me and pushing me. i'd like to thank my beautiful husband, my beautiful three children, who are at home watching. get up here, best friend, adele! adele triumphed for easy on me. best pop solo performance. i want to dedicate this to my son angelo. oh, god, he said, "don't cry", and here i am crying! the grammy goes to lizzo. lizzo won record of the year for her viral hit about damn time. me and adele are having a good time just enjoying ourselves, rooting for our friends. this is an amazing night. harry styles! but it was harry styles who took the most coveted award of the night, winning album of the year. i listen to everyone in this category when i'm alone.

i don't think any of us sit in the studio making decisions based on what is going to get us one of these. this is really, really kind. i'm so, so grateful. the show was closed with legendary performers in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip—hop. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. away from northern ireland and at times north cotton,... morkel coming in against orfor times north cotton,... morkel coming in against or for scotland and northern ireland, producing patchy light wine and some drizzle, cloud spilling into northern england, north wales through the course of the afternoon the temperature 7—10. weather front coming south continuing to do so bringing cloud over night, ahead of it under clear

skies, widespread mist and fog patches forming, freezing fog, new weather front introducing thicker cloud and rain across north—west scotland and northern ireland. temperatures could fall in rural areas in the south to about minus six. now the mist and fog will slowly lift tomorrow. some of it will be stubborn. there'll be more sunshine in the south. our weather front sinking south, taking its cloud with it. but behind it a return to sunshine with highs of 11.

this is bbc news. the headlines... over 1,400 people have been killed by a huge earthquake in turkey and syria. in the past hour, a second major tremor has hit the region. rescue efforts are under way on both side of the border. our teams responded to all of the sites and buildings, and still now, many families now are under the rubble. this is the scene live in adana in the south of turkey. our other main story this hour, ambulance workers join nurses taking strike action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walk—out in england. we are still hopefully on track to reach that target of getting waiting lists below a year at the end of march.

the more strikes we have, the more challenging that becomes. but at the moment, our staff are working incredibly hard to get those waiting lists down. we begin in turkey and northern syria, where, in the early hours of the morning, a series of powerful earthquakes have cause widespread damage and killed more than 1,500 people. many thousands more have been injured and an unknown number of people are still missing. the biggest tremor had a magnitude of 7.8, with an epicentre in turkey's gaziantep province, which borders northern syria.

it came just after 4am local time. but there have been at least 70 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. the earthquake was felt 700 kilometres away in gaza and egypt. turkey has declared a state of emergency. the syrian government is also taking emergency measures, but the response in that country is being made far more complex by the effects of the civil war. while turkey's allies, including the us, the european union and nato, have offered help, there have been far fewer offers for syria. many western countries have shunned its government for its actions during the civil war, but they also consider many of the opposition, rebel groups, to be terrorist organisations. the casualty figures are horrific. turkey's president erdogan says that at least 912 people died in his country, with nearly 5,000 400 people injured. syrian government figures say at least 371 people have been killed in areas it controls. and the white helmets rescue group, which operates in opposition—held parts of syria, says that more than 221 people are known to have died in those areas.

with thousands of people missing, and thousands of buildings having collapsed, those figures are certain to rise. and it has been just reported that a second earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck south—eastern turkey's kahramanmaras region accordying to the country's disaster and emergency management authority. it occurred at a depth of 7km, with the epicentre in the elbistan region of the province. the earlier major quake struck the same region. the tremor may have happened before dawn, but the dangers caused by the damage to buildings remain very active. just take a look at what happens to this apartment block in diyarbakir in turkey. rescue teams were on site when part of a badly damaged building collapsed in front of them.

and this is after a building collapsed in a busy area of malatya, a large city in the south of the country. you then see people running away from the area after being engulfed in a cloud of smoke. let's speak now to lara villalon, a journalist based in turkey. thank a journalist based in turkey. you very much for tali us. thank you very much for talking to us. tell us what your experience has been throughout the night. thahk us. tell us what your experience has been throughout the night. thank you ve much. been throughout the night. thank you very much- the _ been throughout the night. thank you very much. the situation _ been throughout the night. thank you very much. the situation is _ been throughout the night. thank you very much. the situation is really i very much. the situation is really catastrophic, even though the government managed to mobilise all the provinces in turkey to send help even though most of the airports of the area are closed. we have to consider in the middle of the rescue operations, let's remember there are more than 2000 buildings that are demolished because of the earthquake. in the middle of this rescue operation, there has been

another hit of 7.5 which makes it much worse for all the people working in the areas, all the people trapped and all the victims. you could not feel _ trapped and all the victims. you could not feel the _ trapped and all the victims. you could not feel the aspirate because you are in the south—west of turkey, but he weather conditions where it did happen have really hampered the rescue efforts?— rescue efforts? exactly, because since the last — rescue efforts? exactly, because since the last two _ rescue efforts? exactly, because since the last two days, - rescue efforts? exactly, because since the last two days, all i rescue efforts? exactly, because since the last two days, all the i since the last two days, all the regions of turkey as having huge snowstorms so imagine the first hit happening early in the morning, most of the people were in their house sleeping and had to run away on the street may be with a blanket with whatever they had to hand. of course it is making it more difficult not only for the families in the street but a rescue operation because many roads are affected by the earthquake

and it does not make it, this is making it even harder to access some areas. in making it even harder to access some areas. ,., making it even harder to access some areas. ., _, , areas. in the part of the country ou are, areas. in the part of the country you are. what — areas. in the part of the country you are, what has _ areas. in the part of the country you are, what has the _ areas. in the part of the country you are, what has the response| areas. in the part of the country i you are, what has the response been from those who really want to help? actually the mobilisation is surprisingly fast in turkey. it's a country which is used to big earthquakes, for example there was an earthquake three years ago. 23 hours after the first hit there already lines of people —— two or three hours, there were lines of people trying to give blood, food and blanket to send to affected areas so in this case, mobilisation is very fast. the problem is that the catastrophic event is huge. so even though the response of the people are quite fast, everyone is willing to help, the conditions are, it is what is difficult in this case. �* . ,

it is what is difficult in this case. �* ., , , it is what is difficult in this case. �* , , case. but there may be people with useful skills — case. but there may be people with useful skills like _ case. but there may be people with useful skills like firefighters - case. but there may be people with useful skills like firefighters who i useful skills like firefighters who will move from one part of the country to another to help, is that right? country to another to help, is that riuht? , country to another to help, is that ri i ht? , ., . , country to another to help, is that riuht? , , , right? yes, exactly, firefighters in the north of— right? yes, exactly, firefighters in the north of the _ right? yes, exactly, firefighters in the north of the country, - right? yes, exactly, firefighters in the north of the country, the i the north of the country, the south—west where i am currently, even miners are mobilised to go and help, people with cars, normal civilians are going to be able to take pieces of building to clean the, make it easierfor everyone in the, make it easierfor everyone in the rescue of these affected people. we appreciate you talking to us, thank you very much. the situation in northern syria, with many areas held by rebel groups, is also very serious. syria's government says 371 people have been killed, and over 1,000 injured in government—held areas. these pictures were filmed in idlib — they show how buildings have simply collapsed. it's feared many people

were inside, sleeping, when the tremor struck before dawn. we've also received this drone footage, filmed by syrian opposition groups, in the town of sarmada. it's around 200 kilometres from the epicentre of the quake and it shows how several buildings have been reduced to nothing more than piles of rubble. the white helmets, the medical and rescue group which works in rebel—held areas of syria, rescued this child from a collapsed building in azaz, that's a town just a few miles from the border with turkey. here's ismail alabdallah, a spokesman for the syrian white helmets, outlining the situation. many buildings in different cities and villages in north—west syria collapsed, destroyed by this earthquake. our teams responded to all the sites and the buildings, and still now, many families now are under the rubbles. our teams are trying to save them, trying to save the people, to save all the people from under the rubble, with all of the casualties. but it's a very difficult task for us. we need help, we need the international community to do something, to do help us, to support us, north—west syria

now is a disaster area. we need help from everyone to save our people. we arejust we are just hearing from writers that the head of the disaster agency in turkey says the death toll because of the earthquake earlier seems to have risen to over 1000. they are putting the figure at 1400, but that of course does not include those who are over the border in syria. as we expected, the death toll already risen. earlier, mark kaye, middle east and europe policy, advocacy and communications director for the international rescue commitee gave us his recation from jordan. today is really about saving lives.

we have seen some absolutely fantastic work from the turkish authorities, from groups inside northern syria who are literally pulling bodies out of the rubble. we know hundreds of people went to sleep last night and unfortunately did not wake up this morning. it is a genuine tragedy. we would expect the numbers of deaths and casualties to continue going up, particularly in northern syria, where the health system is not equipped to be able to deal with this level of trauma. indeed, the situation in northern syria is very different. how important is an international effort for the whole of this region that is affected? international community needs to show solidarity here. in northern syria, they have been responding since 2012 in response to the conflict and we have seen international funding waning for the last couple of years, international attention waning as member states look elsewhere in the world and this

is an important reminder. this is a crisis within a crisis. just this week we are warning of freezing temperatures about to hit the region, you have now got potentially tens of thousands of people who will go to bed tonight with no adequate shelter who will be at the risk of exposure. you say an international effort is essential, that they need to show solidarity. it's difficult i'm sure to comment about the politics of these things, but to what extent do you believe that political differences need to be set aside so northern syria does not go without? i think what is so clear is that it's affecting south turkey, syria, we even felt in lebanon. the earthquake does not respect borders and neither should our response to this.

we need to ensure that the life—saving aid, money, resources, the equipment needed is going to be on the ground as quickly as possible. at the moment, the footage we are seeing is coming from urban areas. what we're concerned about is the large population living in rural areas, living in makeshift shelters that could not withstand this kind of shock. where there won't necessarily be people to pull them out of the buildings. to think this is going to be done in 24 hours is a massive understatement. clearly times of the essence but how perilous is it given we're seeing these huge secondary or after—shocks? i was literally on a call with our team in syria ten minutes before this and you could see the camera shaking. there was another great big after—shock. we have had at least 70 after—shocks since the original earthquake. they are still big, people

are having to evacuate. particularly people working health centres right now. you're going to have lots of people who require urgent trauma treatment, operations, and with these after—shocks, that is putting health care professional lives at risk at the same time. what we are seeing with our partners, the authorities, is real bravery. i think there is a lesson to be learned that when such a tragedy occurs, it's important we all pull together. such was the scale of the first earthquake, which brought down this building where one of many rescue efforts are under way, the tremors from it were found, felt as far away as denmark and greenland. we are

also hearing that china is going to provide humanitarian emergency aid to turkey if it wants it. expressing condolences and concern. you're watching bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... over 1500 people have been killed by a huge earthquake in turkey and syria. rescue efforts are under way on both sides of the border. ambulance workers join nurses taking strike action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walkout in england. the headteacher of one of the uk's top private schools has been found dead, along with her husband and seven—year—old daughter. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. breaking news from this morning. manchester city has been accused of

more than 100 charges of breaching financial rules by the premier league following a long—running investigation. possible sanctions include points deductions or even expulsion or relegation from the league. short while ago i spoke to our bbc sport reporter and he explained the charges are. you can stri it explained the charges are. you can strip it back— explained the charges are. you can strip it back to _ explained the charges are. you can strip it back to five _ explained the charges are. you can strip it back to five areas _ explained the charges are. you can strip it back to five areas of - explained the charges are. you can strip it back to five areas of the i strip it back to five areas of the alleged breaches following a four—year premier league investigation. between 2009—18, they found there was a failure to provide accurate financial information regarding its revenue and operating costs by city between 2009 in 2013, failure to provide details of the managers of enumeration, roberto mancini, his time in charge, between 2010-16, mancini, his time in charge, between 2010—16, failure to provide detail of player payments and salaries and contact information. 2015—18, breaching rules on profitability and

sustainability, the financial fair play rules. for the duration of this premier league investigation, as well, they have accused city of failure to cooperate with this investigation that has been going on to assisting by providing the necessary documents so a lengthy list of alleged breaches and the premier league will pass those onto an independent commission. this premier league investigation started after uefa investigated manchester city for breaching their own financial fair play regulations. backin financial fair play regulations. back in 2014 they were found guilty by uefa and there was a settlement and most recently, manchester city overturned a uefa fine and also expulsion from uefa competitions, they had to go to the court of arbitration of sport. we will wait to see what the commission it will be put together by the premier league independently but you are right, they could be expelled, that

is the nuclear option, from the premier league, fined or suspended by the premier league as well. a number of options for them but i'm sure manchester city's lawyers will be getting to work very quickly. plenty more about that on the bbc sport website plus harry kane targets his next record after becoming tottenham's all—time top goal—scorer. that's all for now. more later. health leaders have warned that a strike today by nurses and ambulance staff could be the most disruptive so far of this winter's nhs pay dispute. let's take you through what's happening over the next few days. tens of thousands of members of the royal college of nursing will walk out in england, along with ambulance workers in the gmb and unite. in wales, some ambulance staff will strike, but most health workers have suspended their walk—out after an improved pay offer from the welsh government. nurses in england will continue

their strike tomorrow. physiotherapists in england will then go on strike on thursday and on friday, some ambulance staff in england will take part in another day of action. professor sir stephen powis is the national medical director of nhs england, this is his advice to patients this week. this is the first time this winter that we have industrial action being taken by ambulance staff and by nurses on the same day, on the same day. so there's no doubt it is going to be challenging. but our message is the same for life—threatening illnesses, do continue to call 999. ambulances will respond. for non—life—threatening conditions, then go to 111 or online first. if you have an appointment, please turn up unless you've been told it's being postponed. and of course, remember that many services, such as general practice and community pharmacy, is still open. 0ur health correspondentjim reed is at aintree hospital in liverpool.

it looks like a good turnout? very boisterous _ it looks like a good turnout? very boisterous crowd _ it looks like a good turnout? - boisterous crowd behind us at the moment. this is one of the largest hospitals in the liverpool area, one of two very large hospitals in liverpool, nurses started their strike at about 7:30am, we have been on the picket line here. not every area of england is affected by the strikes today, one in every three hospital trusts in england. if you were to walk down that road in front of me and turn right about 200 metres, that's where you also see another picket line, gmb and unite unions, ambulance crews, paramedics, they are also out on industrial action which is why you just heard the warning from the nhs about possible disruption. where does this strike go from here? nhs and hospital bosses very much putting the pressure on the government today in angling to reopen pete talks with

unions. at the moment that looks increasingly unlikely, if anything. unions say they have not had any direct contact with the government about pay since the beginning of january. the prime minister saying last week he would love to give nurses a massive pay rise, who wouldn't? but at the moment the argument from the government is that money needs to go into other parts of the health service. at the moment, this dispute looks very much deadlocked and may well continue into the future.— into the future. thank you very much. the situation in wales is a little different, our correspondent tomos morgan has more. on thursday, the unions were in talk with eluned morgan, the health minister here in wales, and she tabled a new offer for the unions representing health workers here. what that new offer is a 3% in total rise. however, half of that is a one—off pay deal. so1.5% is a one—off pay

deal and 1.5% would be added on to salaries. now, the five unions that were due to strike today, four of them have decided to postpone their strikes. those are the royal college of nursing, the royal college of midwives, the physiotherapists and the gmb union, which represents ambulance workers. however, as you can see behind me, the members from the unite union that represent a number of ambulance workers here in wales, they have carried on with the strike, because they put that offer to a number of representatives and they all turned down, rejected the offer and they have been still talking to the welsh government over the weekend. sharon graham, the general secretary of unite, was in talks with eluned morgan over the weekend and from what she told us this morning, she says they're very close to coming to a new deal. they don't seem far away now, really. and the hope was actually that these deals that might be put into place in wales and scotland could push things over in england as well. let's return now to our main story. a second strong earthquake has hit

southern turkey and northern syria just hours after the region was shaken by a powerful tremor. more than 1,500 people are known to have died and many more have been injured. the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, said it was the country's largest disaster in more than 80 years. translation: we don't know how far the number of — translation: we don't know how far the number of dead _ translation: we don't know how far the number of dead and _ translation: we don't know how far the number of dead and injured - translation: we don't know how far the number of dead and injured will. the number of dead and injured will rise as debris and removal works continue in many regions. 0ur rise as debris and removal works continue in many regions. our hope is that we will recover from this with our least loss of life. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale said 45 countries had offered assistance so far. in these circumstances there is a community who knows how to deal with these earthquakes, it happened before and will happen again but we are in notjust talking food and medical help,

we are talking about communication specialists, people who do satellite mapping so they can know where the worst affected areas are, already the turkish authorities say to don't use your mobile phone because they need to have as much communication as possible so different places going on. 0ne indication ofjust how bad it is included in that 45 countries that have offered help, one has just come from ukraine, their foreign ministry has just offered himself saying we're ready to give a group of rescue workers to turkey. even a country at war is recognising the severity of what's happened. that's the key, isn't it? we just heard from the international rescue committee the importance of solidarity from the international community. easier to offer that to turkey for some countries than to offer it to northern syria? yeah, i don't think that...

the politics will get in the way because it will be complicated, more difficult, it's likely harder to get things there. i don't think anyone will say we're not giving aid to syria just out of the sheer politics of it. but the actual reality on the ground of dealing with the officials and who is in charge of which area, that is the sort of thing the ngos and rescue organisations will find harder on the southern side of this in north—western syria. but actually, there, possibly the greater hindrance is the sheer lack of infrastructure there, the fact that in that part of syria, you have got over1 million people in refugee camps, several million displaced from their homes. this is not a place where it's going to be easy to get help, particularly at a time when we know the weather is poor, it's going to be complicated which ever country this is in. you drew the distinction between an offer of help and help

actually arriving but no—one is going to turn it down, are they? no, ijust mean the sheer logistics of getting the planes in, suddenly who is going to be in charge of the small little airports? suddenly you have lots of planes coming from different parts of the world, that logistical operation, that takes a little bit of time to set up. there is aid out there, all countries have the stuff ready to go, teams are on 24 hour standby, but getting it into the country is always the difficult bit and making sure it goes to the right place. for example, at some stage they will need heavy bulldozers to clear paths but at the moment, they need dogs, they need infrared, all the technological side. they need sustained support, this is not going to be over in a few days. no, i was thinking, what's the comparison? and the most recent one was 1999,

when turkey had a massive earthquake, 17,000 people died and that was my ballpark but in the last hour, president erdogan has competed to the turkish earthquake in 1939, where 32,000 people died. if he's making that comparison, i think we are aware ofjust what a disaster turkey and northern syria is facing. turkey's president erdogan said 45 countries had offered assistance. let's take a look at how world leaders have reacted to what's happened. uk prime minister rishi sunak... 0laf scholz, chancellor of germany, which has the largest turkish population outside of turkey, tweets...

and president macron of france says... mohammed hassan is a a local journalist in northern syria. he says he was woken when the earthquake started. i was iwas in i was in my house and it's affected by the earthquake which happened in turkey. i wake up terrified for 20 minutes. in my bedroom. i thought maybe my wife wanted to wait no, but then suddenly, i see the cupboard,

christmas tree was falling down, some flowers were falling, sunglasses broken, so then i said it's an earthquake, we must leave the house, then we got to the public street and i saw convoys of public people in the streets randomly, they were in gardens, according to some sources from the kurdish administration, any cases from the dead, just people wounded but if we will move to aleppo especially in certain neighbourhoods, people killed and 11 wounded. according to syrian government ministry of health, 239 people were killed in

aleppo, most of them in aleppo. about 600 people wounded. still, until this moment, a lot of bodies are under rubble as a result from this earthquake. in the opposition area, according to some sources, at least 40 people are dead and about 60 people wounded. also in north—west serie a,, —— syria i get word from a friend saying please help me. my family are under the rubble. so we can imagine the situation like this and as we know,

syria from a decade, the structure, it is destroyed. i think this earthquake will make the situation here tragic and difficult more and more. now it's time for a look at the weather. this of sunshine across england and wales, some patches of fog around the thames estuary, take a call today across north—western areas bringing some drizzle to the hebrides and shetland. for the most part mild, temperatures 8—10. higher temperatures where we have the thick record. overnight the cloud. to push

further south, record. overnight the cloud. to push furthersouth, reaching record. overnight the cloud. to push further south, reaching northern england, north wales. ahead of that, another cold night, temperatures down to minus six in the countryside. and so pretty widespread fog i think affecting south east england and east anglia in particular inst ——... some will linger into the afternoon. otherwise the patchy fog well left. could bring an order spit of drizzle but for most pots of dry weather with temperatures ranging from 7—10 for most of you, goodbye. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. over one thousand five—hundred people have been killed by a huge earthquake in turkey and syria. this morning a second major tremor has hit the region. rescue efforts are underway

on both side of the border. debris removal works continue on many buildings.— debris removal works continue on many buildings. translation: our ho -e is we many buildings. translation: our babe is we will _ many buildings. translation: our hope is we will recover _ many buildings. translation: our hope is we will recover from - many buildings. translation: our hope is we will recover from the - hope is we will recover from the disaster with the least loss of life. our other main story this hour, ambulance workers join nurses taking strike action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walkout in england. the headteacher of one of the uk's top private schools has been found dead, along with her husband and seven—year—old daughter. we have been discussing this coming year from april to may with the unions we have the process with the pay review body, an independent process and we are keen to get the evidence that that reflects the pressure the nhs has been under and

the wider context in terms of inflation. i do not think it is right to go back to last year, last april retrospectively. we should be looking forward to the pay review body taking evidence now and working constructively with the trade unions, ensuring the evidence that goes to the pay review body reflects the water pressure the nhs has been under. we are not talking about going backwards, we are talking about this financial year, we are still in it, inflation is still in double digits. we have accepted in full the pay review body recommendations for this year, coming on top of the 3% that was awarded the previous year to the nhs when other public sector workers had a pay freeze. the pay review body looked at the evidence around inflation, the wider context, what was affordable, issues of recruitment and retention in terms of setting the pay last year. it is right to recognise there has been on growing pressures on the nhs,

inflation has been higher since last year's pay review process than in the spending review of 2021. that is why we have the evidence in terms of this april that we are working with the trade unions on that will reflect the information, and the circumstances but it should be done through the independent pay review body process that can look at the needs of the nhs and the wider needs of the economy and the other pressures that many are facing. you talk about inflation.— talk about inflation. some say it is not about private _ talk about inflation. some say it is not about private sector _ talk about inflation. some say it is not about private sector pay, - talk about inflation. some say it is not about private sector pay, that| not about private sector pay, that it is a _ not about private sector pay, that it is a false — not about private sector pay, that it is a false narrative. to not about private sector pay, that it is a false narrative.— it is a false narrative. to suggest otherwise- _ it is a false narrative. to suggest otherwise- it _ it is a false narrative. to suggest otherwise. it has _ otherwise. it has been suggested wages are a factor in terms of the interest rate. the bank of england said it was material. it is right we have an independent process, we accepted in full the recommendations

last year, we are now submitting evidence to the pay review body for april and on words, want to work constructively with the trade unions in terms of that evidence and that is why we have been discussing these issues with them.— issues with them. finally on this, ou talk issues with them. finally on this, you talk about — issues with them. finally on this, you talk about that _ issues with them. finally on this, you talk about that right - issues with them. finally on this, you talk about that right have - issues with them. finally on this, | you talk about that right have you modelled — you talk about that right have you modelled how harmful the strikes are? i_ modelled how harmful the strikes are? i assume you have, modelled how harmful the strikes are? iassume you have, your apartment, — are? iassume you have, your apartment, has modelled the impact of strikes _ apartment, has modelled the impact of strikes on actual patient care. we have — of strikes on actual patient care. we have seen the impact on patient procedures, 80,000 or so appointments cancelled, there is an impact on patients and that is why we accepted in full the recommendations of the pay review body. we want to work with the trade unions. it is important we have the right exemptions in place, the derogations in terms of what care is continued. the majority of the

trusts are not on strike, this is a minority of trusts were strike action is being taken. secondly, the rcn has acted responsibly, to give them their credit in terms of the exemptions that have applied, there have been concerns about the ambulance unions who have not covered or is what is known as category two, heart attacks, strokes, those in the north west for example less covered. we are working constructively with trade unions in terms of what cover they can provide within the context of the strikes, putting in place contingency measures. putting in place contingency measures-— putting in place contingency measures. ., ,, . ., , ,, measures. health secretary steve barcla . measures. health secretary steve barclay. breaking _ measures. health secretary steve barclay. breaking news _ measures. health secretary steve barclay. breaking news from - barclay. breaking news from huddersfield. we are told the inquiry is under way after three children and a woman were found seriously injured at an address in huddersfield, the police got the call after eight o'clock this morning after receiving a concern of

safety from the ambulance service. two boys, a girl and a woman had suffered injuries from what police are describing is some sort of bladed weapon. all four haven't taken to hospital, a woman now arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. police understand this is a distressing incident, appreciate the considerable cause in the local communities, security patrols in the area from horrid full policing team. the author sir salman rushdie — who was attacked last year at a literary event in new york state, leaving him with the loss of sight in one eye has released a new book. ahead of the release he has given his first interview since the attack to david remnick of the new yorker magazine.

let's hear a section of that interview in which sir salman describes his injuries. i have been better but considering what happened, i am not so bad, the big injuries are healed, essentially. i am feeling in my thumb and index finger and in the bottom half of the palm. the neck and upper round here, the right side of my face, there was a lot there. there were chess wins, the liver was injured. earlier i spoke to the bbc�*s alan yentob — a friend of sir salman rushdie. he has been speaking to sir salman over the past few days. he is incredibly grateful to those people who reallyjumped up on stage to save his life, the firemen who helped him at the time to the doctors who have helped him recover to eliza, his wife who had

to stick by him through all of this. and he is thrilled with the response to his new book. victory city. i spoke to you when news first broke of the attack. it seemed unbelievable at the moment, very touch and go whether he would survive this. it really was. it took months. i was with him on the night of the fatwa. for ten years after there were security men and men with guns. then he had 15 years or so in which he could live a normal life. then this happened in new york. tell us about the book, a writer is going to write and this is the product, despite all the difficulties. he is a storyteller, words and stories are important, as he said near the ende of the book, words are the victors. he comes from a tradition of indian storytelling and fables.

and fantasies. he has always been a mixer of all of these elements, the good, the bad and ugly, the fantasy, the past, the present, the future, the speculation. this book takes us back to his earliest book, midnight's children. he was famous for the aero ads 40 years ago. he was thought victory city set around the character of a goddess, she is 247 years old. she leaves her poem, this narrative poem, the clay pot, he is described, to retell the story. it is both entertaining, it is serious, its deals with the conflict between

the hindu and muslim traditions. as he always does, he engages with the challenges of today, one to do with the movement of metoo. normally it is gods in indian storytelling, this is the goddess. standing up for her mother who she loved, when she was nine years old she started to write all of this. and, you know, this is what the book is trying to do, dealing also with the indian prime minister modi and the tension between the hindus and muslims. his love for mother india, he told me that last night. this is what the book is essentially around, the tension and conflict and also the way to resolve all this through storytelling.

david remnick�*s profile of salman rushdie is out now in the new yorker. you can hear more of his interview with rushdie on �*the new yorker radio hour,�* available wherever you listen to podcasts. the sentencing hearing for david carrick — the serial rapist who was a metropolitan police officerfor 20 years — is under way at southwark crown court. carrick has pleaded guilty to 85 charges against 12 women, including nearly 50 offences of rape. the metropolitan police has apologised, saying it "failed to identify a man in its ranks who carried out the most awful offences." our home affairs correspondent, june kelly has this report. how did you meet david carrick? i met him when we were brought together by the met police to do it detachment for three months, he became flirty straightaway. he is ten ears became flirty straightaway. he is ten years younger— became flirty straightaway. he is ten years younger than _ became flirty straightaway. he is ten years younger than me, - became flirty straightaway. he is ten years younger than me, obviously i was _ ten years younger than me, obviously i was flattered. he had a big ego, which _ i was flattered. he had a big ego, which became quite obvious. he would flirt with_ which became quite obvious. he would flirt with most humans, a jack the

lad flirt with most humans, a jack the led type — flirt with most humans, a jack the lad type. did flirt with most humans, a jack the lad e. , , ., ., , flirt with most humans, a jack the lad e. , flirt with most humans, a jack the lad ne., ., . . lad type. did you view as a romantic situation? i — lad type. did you view as a romantic situation? i didn't _ lad type. did you view as a romantic situation? i didn't know _ lad type. did you view as a romantic situation? i didn't know if _ lad type. did you view as a romantic situation? i didn't know if it - lad type. did you view as a romantic situation? i didn't know if it was - situation? i didn't know if it was auoin to situation? i didn't know if it was going to go _ situation? i didn't know if it was going to go anywhere, - situation? i didn't know if it was going to go anywhere, i - situation? i didn't know if it was going to go anywhere, i was - situation? i didn't know if it was| going to go anywhere, i was only there _ going to go anywhere, i was only there for— going to go anywhere, i was only there for three months, he would keep— there for three months, he would keep an _ there for three months, he would keep an eye only, he would stand with me. — keep an eye only, he would stand with me, put his arm around my waist to label— with me, put his arm around my waist to label me _ with me, put his arm around my waist to label me. at the time i was flattered — to label me. at the time i was flattered but you see now is controlling behaviour.- flattered but you see now is controlling behaviour. long had you known him when _ controlling behaviour. long had you known him when he _ controlling behaviour. long had you known him when he attacked - controlling behaviour. long had you known him when he attacked you? | controlling behaviour. long had you| known him when he attacked you? it was just over known him when he attacked you? it wasjust over the known him when he attacked you? it was just over the two known him when he attacked you? it wasjust over the two month mark. we had worked _ wasjust over the two month mark. we had worked a _ wasjust over the two month mark. we had worked a particularly long shift and he _ had worked a particularly long shift and he suggested that i should stay at his— and he suggested that i should stay at his house. he raped me. i and he suggested that i should stay at his house. he raped me. lam a police _ at his house. he raped me. lam a police officer, i the definition of a rape _ police officer, i the definition of a rape and _ police officer, i the definition of a rape and i know no means no. he heard _ a rape and i know no means no. he heard me _ a rape and i know no means no. he heard me and — a rape and i know no means no. he heard me and he did it anyway, he did not— heard me and he did it anyway, he did not care — heard me and he did it anyway, he did not care. did heard me and he did it anyway, he did not care-— did not care. did you think about

tellin: did not care. did you think about telling anybody _ did not care. did you think about telling anybody what _ did not care. did you think about telling anybody what had - did not care. did you think about - telling anybody what had happened? i certainly wasn't going to reported because _ certainly wasn't going to reported because of the culture of the met then_ because of the culture of the met then and — because of the culture of the met then and for some time afterwards, it was— then and for some time afterwards, it was mate — then and for some time afterwards, it was male dominated. i got put in the boot— it was male dominated. i got put in the boot of— it was male dominated. i got put in the boot of a police vehicle for half a — the boot of a police vehicle for half a shift as a joke. that is what they did _ half a shift as a joke. that is what they did to— half a shift as a joke. that is what they did to a lot of females when they did to a lot of females when theyjoined, tell you to get in the boot of— theyjoined, tell you to get in the boot of a — theyjoined, tell you to get in the boot of a car, you would get driven around _ boot of a car, you would get driven around on — boot of a car, you would get driven around on blue lights. i've had property— around on blue lights. i've had property of the met stand in various parts _ property of the met stand in various parts of— property of the met stand in various parts of my— property of the met stand in various parts of my anatomy, done in a laughing. — parts of my anatomy, done in a laughing, joking sort of way. a bit like life _ laughing, joking sort of way. a bit like life on — laughing, joking sort of way. a bit like life on mars, that is howl have _ like life on mars, that is howl have described working there until recently _ have described working there until recently. go have described working there until recentl . ., ., ., , ., recently. go forward a number of ears, recently. go forward a number of years. you _ recently. go forward a number of years. you see — recently. go forward a number of years, you see that _ recently. go forward a number of years, you see that david - recently. go forward a number of years, you see that david carrick| years, you see that david carrick has been charged with the rape of a woman, that happened in 2020, what did you think? i woman, that happened in 2020, what did you think?— did you think? i was horrified. i felt i owed _ did you think? i was horrified. i felt i owed it _ did you think? i was horrified. i felt i owed it to _ did you think? i was horrified. i felt i owed it to that _ did you think? i was horrified. i felt i owed it to that victim - did you think? i was horrified. i felt i owed it to that victim to l felt i owed it to that victim to report, — felt i owed it to that victim to report, and more victims came forward — report, and more victims came forward i_ report, and more victims came forward. i am

report, and more victims came forward. lam paid report, and more victims came forward. i am paid to protect people. _ forward. i am paid to protect people. i_ forward. i am paid to protect people, i felt guilty because i hadn't — people, i felt guilty because i hadn't reported. i am trained to deal— hadn't reported. i am trained to deal with— hadn't reported. i am trained to deal with rape victims, i saw myself as a hypocrite, i had let them down, i needed _ as a hypocrite, i had let them down, i needed to— as a hypocrite, i had let them down, i needed to stand up and do my bit. now of— i needed to stand up and do my bit. now of course this is a massive scandal for the first that you are a part of. i scandal for the first that you are a art of. ., scandal for the first that you are a art of. . ., ,., scandal for the first that you are a artof. . ., , , part of. i have it from both sides, i am a victim _ part of. i have it from both sides, i am a victim of— part of. i have it from both sides, i am a victim of david _ part of. i have it from both sides, i am a victim of david carrick - part of. i have it from both sides, i am a victim of david carrick but| i am a victim of david carrick but at the _ i am a victim of david carrick but at the same _ i am a victim of david carrick but at the same time when i go to work and i_ at the same time when i go to work and i meet — at the same time when i go to work and i meet the public, i at the same time when i go to work and i meet the public, lam not respected — and i meet the public, lam not respected by some of the public who are rightly— respected by some of the public who are rightly not big fans of the met police _ are rightly not big fans of the met police at — are rightly not big fans of the met police at the moment. i get the distress — police at the moment. i get the distress but at the same time i am one of— distress but at the same time i am one of his — distress but at the same time i am one of his victims.— distress but at the same time i am one of his victims. other people you know when — one of his victims. other people you know when that _ one of his victims. other people you know when that force _ one of his victims. other people you know when that force today - one of his victims. other people you know when that force today if - one of his victims. other people you know when that force today if you i know when that force today if you think should not be police officers? i think some get protected, in the last few_ i think some get protected, in the last few months it has all changed. i'm not— last few months it has all changed. i'm not sure anybody would dare to do that _ i'm not sure anybody would dare to do that now. but up until only a few months _ do that now. but up until only a few months ago — do that now. but up until only a few months ago somebody might say, well, he is months ago somebody might say, well, he isiust_

months ago somebody might say, well, he isiust a _ months ago somebody might say, well, he isjust a good lad and he did not mean _ he isjust a good lad and he did not mean it _ he isjust a good lad and he did not mean it. ., . mean it. you have met the new commissioner, _ mean it. you have met the new commissioner, sir _ mean it. you have met the new commissioner, sir mark - mean it. you have met the newl commissioner, sir mark rowley, mean it. you have met the new- commissioner, sir mark rowley, what did you say to him? i commissioner, sir mark rowley, what did you say to him?— did you say to him? i said i obviously _ did you say to him? i said i obviously didn't _ did you say to him? i said i obviously didn't blame - did you say to him? i said i obviously didn't blame himj did you say to him? i said i i obviously didn't blame him for did you say to him? i said i - obviously didn't blame him for the culture _ obviously didn't blame him for the culture back in 2004 because he was not commissioner then. i did say i was disappointed by how the met had hun- was disappointed by how the met had hung on _ was disappointed by how the met had hung on to— was disappointed by how the met had hung on to the culture for too long. i think— hung on to the culture for too long. i think he _ hung on to the culture for too long. i think he is— hung on to the culture for too long. i think he is the right man for the 'ob, i think he is the right man for the job, i— i think he is the right man for the job, i have — i think he is the right man for the job, i have faith he can do it, there — job, i have faith he can do it, there are _ job, i have faith he can do it, there are thousands of good officers who are _ there are thousands of good officers who are still having to work with the bad — who are still having to work with the bad morale, the press not respecting them, the cliche of we 'oin respecting them, the cliche of we join to— respecting them, the cliche of we join to make a difference and we are still trying _ join to make a difference and we are still trying to protect the public. more divers are today joining the search to find missing nicola bulley, who was last seen ten days ago walking her dog next to the river wyre in lancashire. the private specialist divers, who've offered their services forfree, have high—tech sonar, enabling the search to map the river bed over a wide area. police have said they believe nicola, who's 45, may have

fallen into the water. our correspondent nick garnett gave us the latest on the search. since nicola disappeared there has been a huge search operation. it has been on day and night with police divers in the water, helicopters above and hundreds of volunteers coming to help out. but today this private company you can see behind me has turned up to try and help. they are a specialist company which helps map and search underwater in very difficult conditions. they have brought in highly specialised equipment to be able to check what is what is underneath the surface of the water. the river itself may look fairly small but it is quite deep in certain areas, there is a weir off to my right further up the river. it is very difficult for the diverse to see what they are doing underwater.

so the specialist equipment has been brought in, that will see through the murky and be able to help them in the search. as you say, it is ten days since 45—year—old nicola bulley was out walking her dog at around 9am just after dropping her children at school around the corner from where i am now. she had come here, was walking the dog and then literally disappeared. her family have said they simply do not know how this could happen, that someone vanishes into thin air. the family is convinced that there is still hope and there is still a chance that nicola may be found. but the search is going wider and wider. at the moment we are about 100 metres from where she was last seen. and now the search is coming downstream from there. these specialist teams will then move further downstream as they map the whole of the area and most importantly the river banks to see if there is any sign of where nicola was last seen. this search will go on through the day, the company says they are here

for as long as necessary, they have been welcome by the police and are working alongside the police to help as much as they can and hope that they find nicola. nick garnett reporting. as our digital lives expand so does the need for online storage — but have you ever wondered how much energy is used to save information to the cloud? thousands of computers are in operation 24—hours a day in order to record our online activity. environmental campaigners claim these data centres use as much power and water as 200,000 homes — and this could be threatening the completion of housing developments around the uk. richard bilton has this report. on the west coast of ireland, the latest bit of the cloud is about to come down to earth. it's huge, it's two storeys high. it uses a massive amount of electricity. the plan is for a 145—acre site full of computers. the developers say it's sustainable, but local campaigners say it

will use as much power as 200,000 homes. it's completely unsustainable to continue on this path of growth, growth, growth, and especially with data centres who use an awful lot of fossil fuel energy at the moment, as well as water, and they are very precious resources. it will be part of a global network of thousands of data centres that house the cloud. from photos to boxset streaming. here in ireland, the centres now use 14% of the country's electricity. more than all of rural ireland. if the rise in data centres goes unchecked, then by 2030, 30% of all of ireland's power will go into the cloud. globally, the cloud is growing at an extraordinary rate. we all want storage, but it comes at a price. it is disputed by the industry,

but as a rough comparison, research suggests a five—minute internet search uses around as much energy as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea. somewhere there is a machine that is doing all the analysis of the data, and all the indexing, which allows the search to be then done rapidly. there is machinery under the surface doing that on your behalf, and each of that has a carbon cost. the internet needs power, and the problem is coming closer to home. this is staines in west london. housing developments here have been delayed because new cloud storage centres need the power. data centres have definitely stifled the delivery of housing and speed at which we can deliver new housing in this part of the capital. we are looking at potentially thousands of new homes which will either not come forward or will come forward more slowly because of the cloud and because of these data centres in this part of england.

the big tech companies say they are reducing water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions around the world. but the cloud is the environmental issue we are all making worse. our phones, tvs and e—mails are driven by an enormous power guzzling network that never switches off. richard bilton, bbc news. earlier, richard bilton, who's behind that investigation, gave us his view of the issue. the problem is scale because as you mention we are all doing it all the time, it is our phones, box sets, the way we communicate, industry, academic research. it all feels quite benign, the cloud is something that takes our data away but in reality the cloud is a load of warehouses full of computer

equipment, data centres, thousands of them around the world. they use enormous amounts of power and enormous amounts of power and enormous amounts of water. there is loads of duplication. so there quite a costly thing. to try and do the calculation is quite hard but every time you interact with the intranet or watch a viral video, that creates some c02, some greenhouse gas emissions. every year it is indicated every year it is estimated that 10 million tonnes of c02 are produced by the cloud which is between a quarter and 1.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. clearly there is a huge amount of environmental concern about this, richard. what to the environmental campaigners expect to achieve? the experts say it is quite tough because if you look at some of

the data surrounding the way we all behave, there is some frightening stuff in there. in the uk there is some research that suggests all of us take on average 900 pictures per year on our phones but only use a few for sharing with friends or on social media, the rest goes to the cloud, the cloud thinks it is stored but it is on a server somewhere, duplicated on another server, air—conditioning and water, all creating greenhouse gas emissions. the experts say, look, it is big tech at the end of the day that has to do something about this. they say they are. some campaigners will say they have to be more open about what they are doing. we need to be at a stage where we have an internet that forgets because at the moment everything we do is stored forever, more and more data. richard bilton.

the power of the earthquake, this is a still from the epicentre of the earthquake taken before the earthquake taken before the earthquake last night. that earthquake taken before the earthquake last night. at the same from the same _ earthquake last night. at the same from the same location _ earthquake last night. at the same from the same location this - earthquake last night. at the same i from the same location this morning, pretty much destroyed by the impact of the quake along with what is thought to be1500 buildings and at the moment the death toll is just under 1500 as well. that is likely sadly to rise. much more coverage of the earthquake and the following throughout the news channel. through the afternoon across england and wales lots of sunshine around, skies like these pretty typical

through the day. some low cloud and mist to start the day in wales has cleared out the way, still some fog banks around the thames estuary and across the north—west of the uk we have some thick record here bringing a few spots of drizzle into the western isles, for shetland as well. for the most part, temperatures above average, 8—10 celsius. the higher temperature where it score there. tonight another cold night, lowest down to around minus six in the countryside but i think we could see some dense and pretty widespread fog, particularly across east anglia and south east england. there might be some disruption here as we start of tuesday morning, the fog elsewhere if other to be more patchy in nature. across the north west,... the odd spit of drizzle to scotland, northern ireland, parts of england in the afternoon. temperature 6—8 across parts of england and wales,

for the north still miles, 10—11. for wednesday, starting to get some stronger wind. for wednesday, starting to get some strongerwind. probably for wednesday, starting to get some stronger wind. probably less in the way of mist and fog around and again many areas will have some bright weather with sunshine, better chance of seeing some breaks in the car across eastern areas of scotland throughout the day. but it will get very windy across north—western areas. particularly as we go through wednesday night, we can see gusts reaching 75 mph into north—west scotland, it could bring localised disruption. the strongest winds are working ahead of the cold front, by thursday it has passed through scotland and funding is much cooler air. thursday, some showers, falling as snow above 400 metres elevation, over the higher ground. into orkney and shetland, probably simps sleet

—— some sleet. the cold weather doesn't last long in scotland, mild conditions in lerwick on friday. with the milder air comes round. —— come some rain.

today at 1:00, more than 1,000 people are dead and many more injured, after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever to hit turkey. it happened near the border with syria and was followed by a second powerful earthquake. rescuers are scrambling to reach those trapped under rubble, as hundreds of buildings, have collapsed. we have all heard the sound of the earthquake. has her sister is trapped. there are 12 families _ and no—one managed to get out. they are all inside here. the 7.8 magnitude quake struck in the early hours while people were asleep, and there have been dozens of massive aftershocks.