tv BBC News at One BBC News February 13, 2023 1:00pm-1:30pm GMT
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hi am doucet in gaziantep where the focus is shifting from rescue to relief and a reckoning about who or what is to blame about what has been called the disaster of the century. and — also on the programme this lunchtime: the fatal stabbing of 16—year—old brianna ghey in warrington — her family pay tribute to a much loved daughter.
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after fighter jets shoot down a fourth unidentified object over north america — now beijing claims the us has been flying balloons over china. cyclone gabrielle batters new zealand with a state of emergency declared in some areas. darvel! come on, darvel, let's do it. and will we marvel at darvel once again? the part—time footballers hoping for more giant killing in the scottish cup and coming up on the bbc news channel: it's party time in phoenix as the kansas city chiefs beat the philadelphia eagles to win their second superbowl in four years.
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hello, good afternoon. one week on from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 35,000 and there are fears that number could rise considerably, and even double. seven days on, people are still being pulled alive from the rubble — this morning a little girl was rescued in turkey after 178 hours. but the united nations says the rescue phase is now �*coming to a close'. 0ur correspondent, caroline davies, reports from adana in southern turkey. the first moment in the daylight, this girl was rescued after 178 hours under the rubble, lifted overhead on a stretcher. these moments of relief are rare a week after the earthquake and hard—fought four. international rescue teams are operating across the earthquake area, digging deep under precarious
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towers of rubble. this chinese team rescued a man who had been buried for six days. a russian team worked for six days. a russian team worked forfour for six days. a russian team worked for four hours to pull this for six days. a russian team worked forfour hours to pull this man for six days. a russian team worked for four hours to pull this man from the rubble. and here, spanish rescuers from the madrid emergency services, said finding this woman alive was a miracle. the scale of the destruction is hard to comprehend. newly dug graves marked for now with only a number. many bodies still lie under the buildings. and for the living they are still trying to piece together what is left. translation: everything we had was here, even my children are crying now, they are saying, "mum, everything is gone, our childhood is gone." translation: m sho - , our childhood is gone." translation: my shep. my — our childhood is gone." translation: my shop, my workplace, _ our childhood is gone." translation: my shop, my workplace, everything i my shop, my workplace, everything was destroyed. my house was destroyed. i had one warehouse and it's gone _ destroyed. i had one warehouse and it's gone now. i have nothing. in adana, nearly 200 kilometres from the epicentre, there are empty spaces amongst the tower blocks. there used to be a 16—storey building here, home
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to more than 90 people. at least 70 died when it collapsed. the rubble has now been removed and the authorities say that the contractor has been arrested. but the anger here hasn't gone. camps have appeared around the city. tarpaulin tents and makeshift fires. some tell us that their buildings may not have been destroyed but theirfaith in them has been. you can see at night, you cannot see any open lights in the buildings. because everyone left? everyone left because everyone's scared. ifjust the authorities say it's safe, you can sit inside, i don't. i don't sit. the stories of survival amongst the devastation bring some small hope, but lives, homes and trust have all been taken by the destruction of the earthquake. caroline davies, bbc
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news, adana. over the last few days since the earthquake, we've been hearing remarkable stories of people being rescued from the rubble. well, among those trying to find survivors is dr malcolm russell, medical director at the uk international search and rescue team as robin brant reports. a week on from that devastating night, people are still being found alive. and british rescuers are part of that global effort, inching their way through the remnants of what were tall buildings. hello. it's malcolm. the doctor. |s 0k? i'm 0k. 0k. the team had to basically go through one building that was still standing, tunnel through the wall of that building and then out through that wall into the wall of the collapsed building, and then effectively mine a small tunnel to where they could hear two people tapping. dr malcolm russell is one of four medics on the uk international search and rescue
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team. sometimes people are still pulled from the rubble alive, you know, eight or nine days later. they tend to be more extreme cases. so at some point, inevitably, we will probably move — or the whole operation will move more towards recovery. it took 20 hours to find and rescue two people in this building, which had collapsed in what's known as pancaking. the work is slow and it's gradual. first they found and helped a woman. then a boy. but, with him, it was even harder to extricate. ali, make your way out here because you are going to be needed out here.
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he was stuck under a concrete beam. the british team is one of numerous sent by foreign governments to help, and this, they insist, is still a rescue operation, notjust recovery. robin brant, bbc news. let's get the latest from our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, in the southern turkish city of gaziantep where the earthquake struck last monday. lyse one week on, we're still seeing occasional dramatic rescues, but hopes of finding many more survivors must now be fading? then, this is one of the most difficult, painful decisions in any operation like this, when to say our rescue teams are going to stop looking. even on this very spot at 2am this morning we heard these rescuers who are just behind us, scrambling over this mound of rubble, they were shouting first of all silence to everyone and shouting into the rubble, saying, "can you
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hear me? can you hear the sound of my voice?" hoping against hope that there was someone still alive. it is quite chilling to be here this morning. this was a mound which used to be piled high, the remnants of a high—rise apartment block. and now it's been almost cleared away. and it's been almost cleared away. and it is this relief and cleaning up and rebuilding that now has to start. that will be the next challenge. we have seen everywhere we have gone people are living in plastic tents in freezing temperatures, they are living in destroyed buildings which are still standing. the turkish government said they have given shelter to more than 1.5 million people, but there is many more than that. and what is still to come too is also a reckoning of who or what is to blame for what's been described as the disaster of the century. some blame the builders, some blame the politicians and some just pray that if only it had been their loved ones who had been pulled out of that
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rubble. , , . ., ~ i. , rubble. lyse doucet, thank you very much. rubble. lyse doucet, thank you very much- our— rubble. lyse doucet, thank you very much. our chief _ rubble. lyse doucet, thank you very much. our chief international - much. our chief international correspondent in gaziantep, lyse doucet. there's a special panorama programme tonight, one week on from the quakes, on the scale of the devastation, and the potential consequences for the wider region. that's aftershock: the turkey—syria earthquake on bbc one at 8pm, and later on the bbc iplayer. two teenagers are being questioned about the fatal stabbing of a 16—year—old girl in a park near warrington. the body of brianna ghey was found on saturday afternoon. she'd suffered multiple stab wounds. he family have described her as "strong, fearless and one of a kind". a boy and girl, both aged 15, were arrested yesterday. let's get the latest from our correspondent in warrington, rowan bridge. the park where brianna ghey died at
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the weekend remained sealed off this lunchtime as police continue their investigations and this morning we are seeing a string of well—wishers leaving flowers at the scene, shocked by the events of the weekend. the 16—year—old suffered multiple stab wounds in the attack and last night a 15—year—old boy and 15—year—old girl were arrested by cheshire police on suspicion of murder. they remain in police custody. brianna ghey was transgender but police say at the moment there is no evidence that what happened was a hate crime. the family have released a statement this morning in which they describe her as a much loved daughter, granddaughter and baby sister, and they say her death has left a massive hole in theirfamily. birchwood school where she was a pupil have also released a statement saying they are shocked and devastated by what has happened and they are offering support to pupils and staff at the school. meanwhile, cheshire police have stepped up patrols in the area and have appealed for anyone with relevant cctv or dash cam footage to come
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forward. thank you, rowan bridge reporting. friends and family of the missing lancashire mother, nicola bulley, have been leaving yellow ribbons on a bridge close to where she disappeared. nicola vanished more than a fortnight ago, near the river wyre, shortly after dropping her daughters at school. a huge operation involving uniformed officers and specialist divers has failed to find any trace of her since 27th january. china has accused the united states of flying spy balloons over chinese airspace. it comes after us fighterjets shot down a series of unidentified objects in recent days over north america, including a suspected chinese surveillance balloon. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, is in washington. nomia, this row between the united states and china is really escalating. it really is. as you mentioned, china has come out to now accuse the
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us of flying spy balloons in its airspace, and america has reacted in return saying no, we didn't do that. but it has been really intriguing what has been happening over the weekend. i think the american public good must be forgiven for thinking that the country is being invaded by ufos to have four objects shot down in the space of a week. it is pretty alarming. the americans don't fully know what they shot down over the weekend. they are pretty sure what they shot down on the debris the fourth, the alleged chinese spy balloon, which china is denying. in terms of these recent ones, friday, saturday and sunday, they were unmanned flying at a low altitude posing a risk to commercial aircraft which is why president biden ordered them to be shot down. we know the us is being hypervigilant since that alleged chinese spy balloon, so things that normally pass in the sky aren't being allowed to do so this time round. that could likely be a result of the big political backlash that mr biden has been facing by
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some republicans, who have accused him of being too slow on china. however, the white house denies that and says he doesn't regret the action that he took the first time round. now it's a case of getting down to the bottom of what these devices are. nomia iqbal, thank you. nomia iqbalfor us in washington. cyclone gabrielle has battered new zealand leaving tens of thousands of homes without power. a state of emergency has been declared in five regions on the country's north island. richard galpin has the latest. cyclone gabrielle has battered much of the north islands, including the most popular city of auckland. the authorities say tens of thousands of people have lost power. fearing the worst, many here have been going to the shops to stockpile food and water, leaving the shelves empty. we are seeing the impact of the cyclone across the top of the north island. as at 1.30 today, around 116,000
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customers have lost their power. as a result, a major operation is now under way to ensure people are safe. civil defence centres and shelters have been set up across the top of the north island, and are ready to use in case people have to evacuate. i can't stress enough that please have a plan to leave your home if you see water levels rising around you, or if you are worried about land stability around your property. don't wait to be told to leave. this cyclone, which is now expected to get more powerful, comes just a couple of weeks after very heavy rainfall also hit the island. the weather pattern in this region is becoming increasingly worrying for all those affected. richard galpin, bbc news. the time isjust
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the time is just coming up to quarter past one. our top story this lunchtime. one week on from the catastrophic earthquakes in turkey and syria, the death toll rises to more than 35,000 and there are fears it could rise far higher. and still to come — could building in back gardens be one way of solving our housing problems? coming up on the bbc news channel: he helped england to the top of the world rankings in the one—day game, and the t20 format. now former captain eoin morgan's officially announced his retirement from the game. debt charities are calling for more funding and support, as they face what's being described as a tidal—wave of clients struggling to manage their finances. citizens advice, step change and christians against poverty all say they saw record requests for help injanuary. the charity step change says the number of people
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it advised last month was up nearly 80% compared with december. 34% of people couldn't afford their council tax. 27% weren't able to pay their gas bill. nearly a third of households who used credit to pay for the christmas period aren't confident they'll be able to pay it back. the government says it's invested more than £90 million to support free debt advice in england. our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, reports from leeds. good morning. how can i help? i could tell you about the record number of clients debt charities helped injanuary, but you wouldn't be surprised. how many times have you been to food bank? i could show you what life is like for those struggling under a debt mountain, but you've heard it before. instead, i want to introduce you to di forbes. really lovely to meet you. thanks for letting me spend the day with you. i asked if i could tag along with a debt worker out on the road, seeing what she's up against and what she manages
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to achieve in a day. every day is different. everybody�*s problem is different because everybody is different. because you've got so many people that need so much help, there's a lot more cost of living issues, an awful lot more, where people are scared about whether they're able to pay the bills or not. our first stop is a trussell trust food bank in gipton, and it doesn't take di long to get cracking. they're busy in the food bank this morning. got it sorted out there. i leave her to it as we've agreed we won't identify any of the people she's talking to today. most are very vulnerable. if i send you a copy of this, you know, tojust look down until you find the page that you want... between clients, i ask her to reflect on what's happened. i think she can see a little bit of light at the end of a very long tunnel. so, it's cool. it's quieter than usual today, so di has a chance to check her email. there's a message from an elderly client that she's been helping. he just sent me a message to say thank you. it worked. please, can you send them my bank details?
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i don't know how to do it, but thanks for everything! ohh! so that's £200 he's gained. she's still buzzing as we hit the road again. i like the wins. i like it when somebody gets what they deserve, what they need. makes them safe. gets them sorted out is a good outcome. i love it. and that's what fuels her through the tougher moments. last week, when i was in armley, there were eight people waiting for me and there was a ninth arrived after about two o'clock. it's always very busy. and today's no different. you haven't seen money buddy before? gradually working her way down the list. you're due to finish in about 25 minutes' time. we've had two ladies who have needed fuel and food. one lady with an eight—week—old baby who's needed, well, she's had no fuel at all. so we've sorted that out as an emergency. and i don't know what's waiting for me now in either direction, because there's a lady that's got a small child that's been here all day. and you're just getting your lunch break now. yeah.
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with a queue still outside. yeah. it feels like you could just keep going here. i could. and i'm contemplating sharing the lunch, so i know that's not an unusual thing either. an hour or so later... are you struggling to pay the... struggling to pay it? and everyone's been seen. but that's not the end for di. to be honest, it's exhausting. what i'm going to do now is go home, cook tea and then try to make some sense of it and start again. while di is tired, those who managed to see her left a little lighter with their finances a little clearer. you take care. you're very welcome, darling. and whatever tomorrow brings, she'll face it, one client at a time. colletta smith, bbc news, in leeds. mass rallies are being held across israel in protest against attempts by prime minister benjamin netanyahu to reduce
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the indepencence ofjudges. let's speak to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, who's injerusalem. clearly a lot of concern about this? what we are seeing today is a sizeable chunk of israeli society is worried that their democracy is under threat. there have been tens of thousands of people gathered here outside the israeli parliament, i've met lawyers, doctors, high—tech sector workers and they close their businesses and clinics for the day so they could come here. inside the parliament the government has advanced legislation on what it is calling judicial reforms, it ultimately wants to reduce the ability of the supreme court to be able to strike down legislation and wants to have more control over the appointment ofjudges and the israeli prime minister who is facing charges for corruption which he denies says this puts the right balance back between the different branches of government, he says he
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has the mandate for change and certainly he has the parliamentary majority he needs. you can see pushing these changes through is causing deep divisions within the country. yolande, thank you. it's being claimed that building new homes on small pieces of land — likes spaces on housing estates or even back gardens — could help solve the housing shortage. a former government housing minister believes the approach could deliver more than a quarter of a million homes across england, in places where people want to live. our home editor mark easton reports. i am house hunting in knowle west. hidden on this 1930s council estate in bristol is a building which some think could be part of the answer to the housing crisis. it's down here, in a back garden. hello. john, hello. good to see you. nice to be here. until recently, john was homeless, living in a shed. now, this former brickie
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is the proud resident of a house he helped build from wooden boxes. it's nice and warm in here. it's lovely. it's the air source, heat pumps. i mean, it's free heat, really. most of the furniture's john's handiwork, too, made from salvaged materials. this is so stylish. this is lovely. yeah. his rent, capped at less than a third of average local household incomes. it's completely changed my life. you know, i have friends around. i've got a really good social life. i feel part of the community, which, that was one of the most important bits. i neverfeel isolated here. to understand the reversal injohn�*s fortunes, you need to see knowle west from the air. behind each council home is a large garden, a classic low density suburban estate built between the wars. hi. hello, bill. good to see you. so i want to know about this house in your garden. it made sense in the 1930s when land was cheap. but not today, and not for bill, whose old garden is wherejohn now lives. before, it was a jungle.
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it had a 14—foot trampoline that was covered in brambles. i couldn't manage it at all. bill gave up half of his bramble patch and got something quite unexpected back. i think it's absolutely brilliant. i mean, people should embrace community. john's happy. and you're happy? yes, i'm ecstatic. what's going on here? a charity approached bristol city council with a plan for building affordable and sustainable homes on tiny plots of land on the estate. you know, they've got huge back gardens... i but instead of paying cash to use the land, they said they'd deliver social value, affordable homes the community wanted. the council sensed an opportunity. scale it across knowle, i think. you could scale it across bristol. i think you could scale it across the country, i with the right support, - to get really get behind this. i think it's a really i good way of kind of — i've heard it referred to as, like, gentle densification .
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or urban acupuncture, _ i think was the other one i remember hearing, which i quite liked. the building blocks of the revolution are wood composite boxes to be stacked together on site. it's very low carbon, and the manufacture bringsjobs to a deprived neighbourhood. to avoid accusations of garden grabbing, nothing is done without the agreement of local people. so that means what gets built here is welcome. i i think it's quite striking - that the planning applications for the first two homes got over 40 letters of support. _ it kind of like, you know, the planning officers - almost fell over. that never happens. normally, they get hundreds of letters of complaint! exactly. toni, hello. until recently, toni and her daughter were living with her parents. it was too crowded. so we can make helped them build a new independent future for themselves in the back garden. how do your parents feel about you living in the garden? it's better! it's more space. for everybody! it's yours, you know. you can make it as you want.
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i never thought this would be done. and here you are. lam. we are. we did it. i think it was the right time, right place, weren't - it, for you, really? it's not the complete answer. but here in knowle west, they're helping solve the housing crisis, one affordable home at a time, and it's transforming lives. mark easton, bbc news, bristol. tributes are being paid to the american rap artist david jolicoeur, a founding member of the ground—breaking hip—hop trio de la soul, who's died at the age of 5a. the group met in high school and sold over a million copies of their debut album. they had several top—20 hits in the uk, including three is the magic number, and me, myselfand i. their innovative style,
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which changed the face of hip hop, often featured samples of other people's work. but expensive copyright battles meant the trio didn't profit as much as they could have from their talent. de la soul's david jollicoeur — who's died at the age of 5a. cricket, and the former england men's captain eoin morgan has announced his retirement from the sport. the 36—year—old, who was born in dublin, stepped down from the international game injune. under morgan's guidance, england won the world cup in 2019 and reached the top of the one—day and twenty20 rankings. morgan says he intends to remain involved in the game working as a commentator. it was an extraordinary act of giant killing when darvel, from the sixth tier of scottish football, knocked top flight aberdeen out of the scottish cup last month.
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well, tonight darvel are hoping to cause another big upset when they take on falkirk in the next round. our sports correspondentjohn watson has been to see how the ayrshire town is preparing and it does involve eating pies. come on, darvel. come on, darvel! come on, darvel. let's do it. so, john, not only are you running a very successful football club at the moment, but you also run your own bakery, which is known the world over for the famous kilmarnock pie. does it taste as good as it looks? oh, it tastes fantastic, yes. who would have thought when i took over the club seven years ago that we would get to this stage? we would beat aberdeen. we're now falkirk.
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could this happen? well, i've done so well with my kilmarnock pie, why not do it with darvel? no need to guess what people are going to be eating at half time, is there? yeah, they're all going to be eating a kilmarnock pie at half time. let's try one. come on! can you tell us what's in the recipe? i know it's. .. this is... it's been in the family for generations. oh, obviously, it's a secret recipe. but i'll tell you what. .. pies and football go hand in hand with each other. hits the spot. i tell you what, if you win later, ok, you beat falkirk and you make it through, are you going to make another world famous pie? a one—off pie to mark the occasion? well, it's a special occasion, and we're getting special pies. we'll be selling at the ground. and i'm quite sure soon we'll be having our own darvel pie at the game. love it. we'll be back to mark it. good. i'll tell you what. it's not just the football getting people off their feet here, is it? 0h! commentator: what a night! and what a result! jordan, you scored the only goal on the night and you gave a great interview after that game as well.
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i'm meant to be at work, so i need to phone my boss and ask him if i can get the night off. so tell us, did you get the night off? thankfully did, yeah. i managed to get one of the boys to cover me, lucky enough. it was a shame it, he was out to about two in the morning with a call—out but i owed him his lunch the next day. maybe at end of the season it will sink in for myself. maybe when i'm retired. i don't really know when, but i think it will be a massive hit to me when it does sink in. commentator: incredible scenes, these. _ jordan wasn't the only one with the school encouraged to give the kids the day off, with some set to be mascots tonight. unfortunately, i couldn't give them the day off, but we had a fabulous day celebrating the next day. it was wonderful. the atmosphere in the town and in school, it was justjoyous. and i love the fact that you're still wearing darvel blue. yes. trying to support the team in any which way we can. it feels amazing to walk out on the pitch and our local team are playing against falkirk in the scottish cup. it's the furthest they've ever been before. it's been brilliant. i'll probably be a bit nervous - but it will be a great experience.
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and are they going to do it again? yeah, they are. of course they are. what do you think the score's going to be? 2-0. and how do you think the town will feel... how will you guys feel if darvel win again? it will feel absolutely amazing. it'll be fantastic if darvel win. all: come on, darvel! john watson, bbc news. john watson reporting there. feeling a little bit hungry after looking at all of those pies. now time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. focusing on the game in ayrshire tonight, how is it going to be? six or 7 degrees around kick—off time, not bad at all and the weather isn't too bad for most of us, high pressure in charge so dry for most and relatively mild, the temperature is continuing to rise through the course of the week. here is the big high pressure across europe, dominating the weather across much of the continent, we
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