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this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i'm annita mcveigh. our top stories... one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter. you can't deal with devastation on a scale like this in days or even weeks. the impact of this will be felt by people here in southern turkey for years. a suicide attack in southwest pakistan has killed at least nine police officers. the explosion struck a police truck in balochistan province. migrants crossing the english channel in small boats would be banned from ever returning to the uk under new government plans — but refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable.
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in ukraine — fierce fighting continues as russian forces advance on the eastern city of bakhmut. the deputy mayor says the region is "almost destroyed." and the stars behind the irish comedy the banshees 0f inisherin" speak to usahead of the oscars on sunday. to feel it as colloquial and then see it go out into the world and be received by people from all sorts of, you know, the corners of the globe that we share is pretty surprising and cool. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. exactly a month after the devastating earthquakes which killed more than 50,000 people across turkey and syria, an unprecedented number of people are living without proper shelter.
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the united nations development programme — the undp — estimates that in turkey alone at least one and a half million people still inside the disaster zone are homeless. the true figure could be even higher. let's show you some live pictures from hatay in turkey — which was one of the worst affected areas and the damage all too apparent, one month on. 0ur correspondent anna foster has the latest from antakya. you can see a flavour of how difficult things are, buildings like this one under construction, one right next to it filled with cracks and people are trying to make homes amongst all of this. people living in tents, people who want to try and stay close to the places they know because that is where they feel safe but in many cases they have lost absolutely everything.
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in places like this, trying to get food, water, power is very difficult, you can see the wind swirling around and that catches great clouds of dust and tiny particles of rubble and glass, making it difficult for people to breathe and children playing. one month on, things are still hard and these are some of the challenges people are going through when they are trying to find shelter. these trains haven't left the station for a month. they're homes instead now to earthquake survivors. yilmaz and five of his family live in this carriage. they sleep on the seats, the few possessions they have around them. translation: they wanted to provide tents to us, but i refused. _ tents are cold and this place has a notoriously strong wind. when it blows, all the tents will end up on the sea. afad, the turkish disaster
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management agency, says around 2 million people have left the quake zone altogether. 1.5 million more are still here and struggling. there's anger, too, that so many buildings were allowed to have design features that struggle to withstand an earthquake. more than 160,000 either collapsed or were badly damaged. and it wasn'tjust the old ones. this is a well—to—do area. it's close to the park and there are lots of modern buildings. all of them should have stayed up. but look, this one is so new that you can still see the stickers in the glass on the top floor. nobody had even moved in there yet, and yet it has still toppled to the ground. the scale of the task ahead is enormous. there isn't enough mechanical equipment in the country to clear the rubble quickly. so places like iskenderun�*s
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collapsed hospital wing stay as they are. personal medical notes litter the ruins. there are smashed pieces of equipment and medicines lying on the floor. it's a moment frozen in time. people across southern turkey simply don't know how long they'll be living like this for. some, like muzeyyen, want to stay as close to home as they can. she's sleeping in a tent right outside her damaged house. translation: my valuable articles are in there. - thieves are roaming around. the police are barely keeping them away. lots of thieves. how can i leave here? sprawling tented camps are the new towns. big promises have been made for a programme of permanent rebuilding. but it won't happen quickly. you can't deal with devastation
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on a scale like this in days or even in weeks. the impact of this is going to be felt by people here in southern turkey for years. and here you get a sense of how long things will take. this is the construction of some slightly more permanent structures that you see, these will be showers and toilets but look how close they are still to the devastation and as we said, clearing all of this, physically having enough diggers and trucks and lorries to take all this rubble away will take an enormously long time so even as plans start to be made for a future which people will be living out of their homes for an extremely long time they are still stuck with memories like this. it is so hard for them to get away from everything they have endured and see some signs of some sort of safe and positive future.
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that was our correspondent anna foster reporting from turkey. officials in south—west pakistan say a suicide bomber has killed at least nine policemen. the explosion struck a police truck in the southwestern city of sibbi in balochistan province. hospital medics say at least 15 others have been injured in the blast. there's been a series of recent attacks across pakistan targeting police officers. it's not clear who's behind the latest incident. earlier, i wasjoined by our pakistan correspondent caroline davies and i asked her to tell us more about the attack and how it unfolded. we know that the people involved in this attack, the police officers had been travelling back from the sibbi festival, a cultural and historical festival that happens every year. we have seen images of what happened afterwards, the images of the police truck they were travelling in flipped on its roof by the force of the blast. we can see there are bags strewn on the ground but there is some bloodstains on the ground as well and we know that the security forces then cornered off the area and the emergency services took
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the injured to hospital. in terms of further details, security officials have told us they believe a motorcycle rammed into the side of the vehicle. they are still investigating but at the moment many people are believing this is a terrorist attack and intentional. we have heard from the prime minister, shehbaz sharif, who condemned the attack and talked about the attackers as trying to destabilise the country by carrying out these sorts of incidents but at the moment, we still have not heard who could be responsible for the blast. no—one as yet has claimed it. no claim yet but we know separatists in this region have been fighting the government for a very long time and we know the pakistani taliban has carried out similar attacks so tell us more about how the authorities will try to get to the bottom of who is behind this
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pending any claim from one of these groups. exactly. those are the two groups mostly in the spotlight — of course it could be an entirely different group, but taking the ttp, the pakistani taliban, they have had increasing attacks, by the ttp and also by affiliated groups, they do tend to target police and security officials in their attacks, and one of their demands across these multiple groups that are affiliated to the ttp is often the demand for sharia law across pakistan. but we have not heard from them, the alternative could be balochistan separatist groups who are fighting for independence for balochistan, which is one of the largest provinces of pakistan, very sparsely populated. and also has a very large amount of mineral wealth as well, and many of the balochistan separatists argue that is not being shared appropriately and fairly across balochistan,
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so that is why quite often they also target groups. but at the moment we have no clarity about exactly which group is responsible but we do know the police have said they are carrying out an investigation and we are keeping a close eye to see if any group comes forward to stake a claim to this particular attack. that was caroline davies. migrants who cross the english channel on small boats to enter the uk will be removed from the country, banned from future re—entry and unable to apply for british citizenship, under new legislation. in the coming days, the government will lay out its plans to fulfil one of the prime minister's pledges to crack down on people who enter the uk illegally. our political correspondent helen catt reports. small boats like these brought more than 16,000 migrants into the uk last year — an unfair and immoral trade, according to the prime minister, which he's personally pledged to stop. it is not cruel or unkind to want to break the stranglehold of criminal gangs, who trade in human misery and who exploit our
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system and laws. enough is enough. proposed new laws will be unveiled tomorrow to stop people who come to the uk through illegal routes from being able to claim asylum. instead, they will be detained and removed, according to the home secretary. the government will also announce tomorrow that once they are removed, they will be banned for life from the uk and barred from ever applying for british citizenship. legal challenges have stalled the government's flagship plan announced last summer to send asylum seekers to rwanda and some have doubts about the new legislation. just seems that it's more pandering to public opinion, rather than providing a clear plan as to how things are going to work. it's not really workable in terms of the wording so far. so the devil will be in the detail. especially in relation to where it says we're going to remove people to rwanda or other countries. that's quite problematic
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because we don't have agreements to return people to other countries. the refugee council has claimed it would lead to tens of thousands of refugees who would have been granted asylum in the uk being locked up in detention. working with france to tackle crossings is also considered vital by the government. the prime minister is due to meet the french president, emmanuel macron, on friday. for his pledge to stop the boats, this could be a pivotal week. helen catt, bbc news. ali is an asylum seeker who made the crossing himself — he spoke to the bbc earlier about his experience and the impact this bill would have on people like him. lots of them, they do not know where they are. theyjust — normally smugglers kept them in a dark place or forest for a while and say, ok, let's go. most asylum seekers do not know where they are exactly,
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and others, actually, they try to arrive to england because i think about 30% of them are from safe countries. i have no idea about them. but asylum seekers especially from the middle east, they have no idea of theirfinal destination and they don't choose that one, it is something chosen by the smugglers, not the asylum seekers. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. the labour party saying in their words this is the latest in a long line of unworkable from the government and the government obviously does have something to prove i guess in terms of its previous plans to try and move failed asylum seekers to rwanda. or a third safe country. how do we know or how will the government say it is going to do this, carry out these
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plans? going to do this, carry out these lans? ., ., , , plans? you are right because the government _ plans? you are right because the government strategy _ plans? you are right because the government strategy so - plans? you are right because the government strategy so far - plans? you are right because the government strategy so far has l plans? you are right because the l government strategy so far has not worked. the number of people crossing the channel in small boats has been going up. i think the argument you will hear from the government this week is that some of the measures that it will introduce will act as a deterrent. for example, if you are told if you arrive in a small boat you will be inadmissible for an asylum case, if you are told you will never be allowed to return to the uk and you will be banned from any future citizenship application, the hope in government is that. you getting on a boatin government is that. you getting on a boat in the north of france and travelling to the south of england in the first place. but the fundamental question that actually we cannot answer this morning is how much new is in this legislation and what difference that will make. we have not seen the full legislation yet, the parts that meet know about don't sound quite tough but the argument you are hearing from the
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labour party is that this is basically the stuff we have heard before dressed up as something new. the argument you are hearing from refugee charities is that this is deeply problematic because it will criminalise people who previously would have got their asylum case accepted, they will be treated as criminals instead and actually, even amongst some conservative mps who think this is a really important issue, that the government will be heavilyjudged on whether it lives up heavilyjudged on whether it lives up to its promise to stop small boats, even amongst those conservative mps i am detecting scepticism that these plans go far enough. there are some tories for example said the uk should just leave the european convention on human rights and that would be legally easier to stop people arriving on small boats gaining asylum. rishi sunak has set himself asylum. rishi sunak has set himself a really high test on this. we will get a bit more information over the
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next few days about whether he has come up with anything new to try and achieve it. , , , ., achieve it. very briefly, how uncomfortable _ achieve it. very briefly, how uncomfortable do _ achieve it. very briefly, how uncomfortable do you - achieve it. very briefly, how uncomfortable do you think| achieve it. very briefly, how - uncomfortable do you think rishi sunak will feel about those claims that he is trying to circumvent the european convention on human rights or shatter the uk commitment to the un refugee convention? i or shatter the uk commitment to the un refugee convention?— un refugee convention? i think he will araue un refugee convention? i think he will argue the _ un refugee convention? i think he will argue the measures _ un refugee convention? i think he will argue the measures the - will argue the measures the government are taking are proportionate to the issue. whether that flies are not with some of his own mps come up with members of the house of lords, we will have to wait and see. it is quite plausible that legislation could have a pretty difficult time in parliament particularly when it goes to the house of lords where i think some questions will be asked about those exact issues, about whether this complies with the uk international obligations. ultimately the prime minister is making the calculation he has to do something about this, he has to do something about this, he has to do something about this, he has promised to do it and a lot of tory mps tell you this comes up
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all the time on the doorsteps, a big thing for many constituents of conservative mps especially in the old red wall of seats that the conservatives are desperate to try and hang on to at the next election. but ultimately, the question is whether the prime minister can do something new. we've had tough talk before. we've had some of these ideas floated before, the idea for example that you cannot claim asylum if you are right by a small boat, thatis if you are right by a small boat, that is not a new concept. the question is whether rishi sunak has found a way of doing it that has not been tried before that will be more successful. ., ~' , ., one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50 thousand people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter..
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a suicide attack in southwest pakistan has killed at least nine police officers. the explosion struck a police truck in balochistan province. migrants crossing the english channel in small boats would be banned from ever returning to the uk under new government plans — but refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. russian and ukrainian forces are fighting in the streets of bakhmut — but russia does not control the eastern city, its deputy mayor has said. oleksandr marchenko has told the bbc that "not a single building" had remained untouched and that the city is "almost destroyed". bakhmut has seen months of fighting and is now almost totally encircled by russian forces. earlier, i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent james landale in kyiv. i began by asking him about the positions of the russian and ukrainian forces in the city. the fighting is fierce and hard and overnight president zelensky said it was the toughest battle that was both painful and challenging. there are reports russian forces are continuing to make very small incremental gains, holding positions in the north
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and south and east, the ukrainians holding largely the centre, they have access to the west but the russians are attempting to encircle at the moment. but every inch of territory is clearly very hard—fought. british military officials say they have had reports on some occasions russian forces have been making assaults on ukrainian positions armed solely with their firearms and their spades. which you know, russian forces have traditionally also used in the equivalent way that a bayonet would be used by other forces. in other words, an indication ofjust how close the combat is on the ground in this battle that is now the longest battle in this war so far. this has been going on now in bakhmut for well over six months. just remind our viewers if you would about the significance of this location.
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is it hugely strategically important or is this now almost about symbolism given that it's been going on for so long, is it a battle of wills between ukraine and russia? yes, it is a battle of wills but there are also different motivations on both sides. russia has clearly chosen bakhmut to be a place where it wants to focus its forces, the kremlin is in dire need of some kind of success so seizing bakhmut would be a victory, a trophy, something to talk about. russian strategists also see it as a springboard, an attempt to gain further territory in the donbas, it is the traditional russian military playbook, you bombard a city, send in forces, you take it and move onto the next one and slowly and incrementally make gains, that is the russian aim here but many thousands of russians are dying and that is the aim of ukraine, to defend
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here and degrade the russian military capability. let's get some of the day's other news initial results from estonia's general election suggest victory for the prime minister kaja kallis and her reform party. with most of the ballots counted, it's secured about a third of the votes. the election was dominated by estonia's stance on the war in ukraine. the british government has said it will continue to support students accepted by the european union's key scientific research programme, horizon, after their situation had been left in doubt following brexit. the uk will continue its financial support tilljune, bridging the funding gap left by the eu. pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, has been barred from making speeches on the country's national television. pakistan's media regulator accused him of repeating baseless allegations against state institutions and spreading hate speech. mr khan says the allegations are politically motivated.
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hugo chavez has been rememebered by venezuelans ten years after his death. there were rallies throughout the country while top government figures attended the main event in the capital caracas, as did international allies, including a high—level delegation from cuba. his successor, nicolas maduro, has seen near economic collapse and the departure of 5—million people for a life elsewhere. police searching for three women and two men who were reported missing after a night out in cardiff have found three of them dead and two with serious injuries. the five friends were last seen in cardiff in the early hours of saturday saturday night. gwent police say a car was recovered in the early hours of this morning. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith is in cardiff. you are close to the scene where the
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car was found but what our police are saying about the circumstances of this? i are saying about the circumstances of this? ~ , are saying about the circumstances of this? ~' , ., , of this? i think they are still t in: to of this? i think they are still trying to work— of this? i think they are still trying to work out _ of this? i think they are still trying to work out the - of this? i think they are still trying to work out the exact | trying to work out the exact movements of this group of young people and how exactly the car could have been hidden from view, we understand behind the bank or green fences for potentially up to 48 hours. as you said the group were last heard from in the early hours of saturday around 2am not far from here close to cardiff but their friends and families but nothing else and started to get very worried by sunday. no word had come to them. the police put out a missing persons notice yesterday evening but it wasn't until after midnight this car wasn't until after midnight this car was found, tragically with three people dead inside and two other people dead inside and two other people with serious injuries so we understand 20—year—old sophie rhys on is one of those people currently in hospital, the otherfour are involved, a 21—year—old, a
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20—year—old, a 24—year—old and a 32—year—old. police are asking for eye witnesses who may have seen the vehicle along this busy stretch of road, it may have been in the early hours of the morning with much less traffic around, they will also be speaking to the families, we understand they may be about to recover something from the scene so it is a very active police scene at the moment. it is a very active police scene at the moment-— it's already won four baftas and it's been nominated for no less than nine oscars. the banshees of inisherin is the irish movie taking the awards season by storm. sophie long has been talking with some of the stars behind the dark comedy. now, if i've done something to you, just tell me what i've done to you. you didn't do anything to me. ijust don't like you no more.
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you liked me yesterday. the banshees of inisherin focuses on an intensely local conflict between two men when one unilaterally declares an end to theirfriendship. but it's resonated around the world. globally, universally, we all do go through much of the same things. so to feel it as colloquial and then see it go out into the world and be received by people from all sorts of, you know, the corners of the globe that we share has been pretty surprising and cool. what's the best bit about being nominated for an oscar for you? just that they can't take it away. it is. it's like, you know, yeah, you're part of the history of the cinematic world in a way that i wanted to contribute to it. yeah. mad. did not see it coming. reserve the right to continue to say i did not see it coming and mean it. you know, it's one of the most shocking surprises i've had in 25 years of being an actor, how this film has been received. the picturesque and profane intermingle as the complexities of life and friendship
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are explored through brutal, dark comedy, earning the banshees of inisherin no less than nine oscar nominations. have you been rowing? we haven't been rowing. i don't think we've been rowing. how do. how do, padraic. sit somewhere else. huh? er...but i have my pint there, colm. he has his pint there, colm, - from when he came in and ordered his pint before. well, ok, i'll sit somewhere else. to be here isjust an absolute joy. and look, we're doing it a while, this fella and me, and so... you can't legislate for what they're feeling. i didn't think i was looking forward to it, but i was. i thought i might, but i didn't. like, that's just a human thing. er, but it's not... it was a significant thing. joyous. yeah. what are you going to wear? oh, that's the question! what are you going to wear, big man?
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i know what i'm going to wear. i know what he's going to wear as well. watch out. watch this space. oh, yeah. tasty. i'm going to large. tasty. can't be waiting around for any more of this madness! - a reminder of our top story now. it's been exactly a month since devastating earthquakes struck turkey and syria — killing more than 50,000 people. the challenges on the ground remain immense — with many people still without shelter. the united nations development programme — the undp — estimates that in turkey alone at least one and a half million people still inside the disaster zone are homeless. jaime lesueur is head of emergency operations for the red cross. i began by asking him how the red cross is supporting people on the ground. well, the long and short of it is we have onlyjust
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begun this operation. one month and the turkish red crescent society has delivered over 100 million meals to people, they are providing emergency medical support through 12 mobile health clinics in rural communities, psychological support to much of the community but this is a drop in a bucket in terms of what their needs are here not just today but also in the future. as we go through this operation what we will start with is the humanitarian phase and we are strongly still within the humanitarian phase, looking at provision of food to the affected population still staying in tents for the coming months because as we move people from tented shelters into prefabricated homes into reconstructed homes, as we heard in the previous interview this will take a lot of time. we are planning notjust today
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for the humanitarian operation spot for the coming months and then this transition into recovery. how we use multipurpose cash for other recovery programmes to help people get on their feet? to give you an idea of what antakya looks like, i have seen a lot of the devastated cities in the affected area and we are talking about a city the size of manchester that has been levelled. itjust goes on and on and on and on. and it is surprising and shocking, even for those of us who do this for a living, to see this level of devastation because it's notjust the buildings that have collapsed, it is the social fabric, the banks, the supermarkets, the restaurants destroyed, so as we go back to building shelters in the long—term reconstruction efforts there is also the element of the social and community infrastructure that has to be built and this is where i think the turkish red crescent has a pretty strong added
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value, using community centres and volunteers and the penetration we have to build back better and build back social cohesion and fabric that has been unfortunately and devastatingly lost in this earthquake. given the scale of the devastation that we have seen the pictures of over the last month which you describe as surprising and shocking even for someone like you working in this field, how long does the emergency phase of this last for given the scale, presumably, that could be quite a long time? it is hard to say. we know the search and rescue phase usually lasts for around a 72—hour window but in this context it lasted for eight, nine, ten days, that is the reality. we cannot predict the future but what is more important is we are here to provide humanitarian assistance now and for as long as it is needed and recovery assistance to the turkish red crescent
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for as long as that is needed. the red cross red crescent network is the domestic responder, we are building on top of an emergency social safety net work and we have a really good added value to help people today, tomorrow and as they build their lives, however long that may take. the prime minister of greece, kyriakos mitsotakis, has asked for forgiveness from the families of 57 people who died in a rail crash on tuesday. he said it should not have been possible for two trains heading in different directions to run on the same line without anyone noticing. thousands of protestors, including striking rail workers, have again clashed with police. they blame the collision on government neglect. sofia bettiza reports. there's an outcry in greece. for the third day in a row, people have been protesting
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all over the country. this is a sign that anger is pulsing across greece and the systemic failings of that allowed this disaster to happen. on 28 february, a passenger train and freight train that were travelling in opposite directions ended up on the same track. 57 people were killed, mainly students. on sunday, hundreds of balloons were released in the sky above syntagma square in athens to honour their memory. later that day a stationmaster appeared in court. he was charged with manslaughter by negligence. his lawyer said he's admitted to having a share of responsibility in the accident. and the prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, apologised to the bereaved
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families on facebook. ..he wrote. he promised a fast investigation. but many feel that's too little, too late. translation: despite | the continuous warnings of the railway workers, those responsible were indifferent to our requests over the safety systems and that is what led translation: the government needs to change the way - they think. they need to start caring about our lives. this must never happen again. we shouldn't be afraid to take our children in the metro and in trains. this is rapidly becoming a defining issue in the next greek general election, which could be just weeks away. sofia bettiza, bbc news. insiders at the social media giant
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twitter have told bbc�*s panorama that the company is no longer able to protect users from online abuse, state—co—ordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation following mass sackings and changes under new owner elon musk. exclusive academic research, and testimony from twitter users, supports their allegations, suggesting hate is thriving under musk�*s leadership. our social media and disinformation correspondent marianna spring reports. with more than 350 million users, twitter�*s often described as the town square of the internet. but since elon musk took over last october, the company has been in chaos. the personal abuse i receive on twitter has tripled. so i headed to san francisco to look for answers. twitter used to have around 7,500 employees. now at least half of them have been fired or chosen to leave, including lisa jennings young.
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she worked on features designed to protect users like me from online hate. thanks so much for having us. it was not at all perfect, but we were trying and we were making things better. one of these protective measures was a nudge function to scan tweets and ask users if they wanted to reconsider posting something potentially abusive. twitter�*s own research, seen by the bbc, appears to show the nudge and other safety tools being effective. so overall, 60% of users deleted or edited their reply when given a chance via the nudge. is it still happening? is there anyone working on it? no. there's no—one there to work on that at this time. the nudge does still exist. but when lisa and i tried it out, it appeared to be working less consistently. no nudge. one engineer still working at twitter, agreed to speak anonymously about what's been unfolding on the inside. it's like a building, where all the pieces are on fire. when you look at it from the outside, the facade looks
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fine, but i can see that nothing is working. like others i spoke to, he said it's been difficult to maintain features intended to protect twitter users from trolling and harassment. people like ellie wilson. while at university in glasgow, she was raped. she started sharing her experience as a survivor on social media last summer. but when she tweeted about her attacker injanuary after the takeover, she received dozens of abusive replies. the trolls' accounts targeting her had become more active since the takeover. some were newly created or appeared to have been reinstated after musk�*s amnesty on previously banned accounts. what would you say to elon musk if you had the opportunity? i would ask, "why are these accounts that are bullying and harassing people still allowed on the platform?" i would like him to read some of the messages that i've been sent and tell me why those accounts are still allowed to be on twitter. musk has used votes on twitter
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to make decisions about its future. these polls have no statistical value but, having contacted him every way possible, i used one to try to catch his attention. over 40,000 twitter users voted and 89% of them said they'd like elon musk to do an interview with me. neither twitter nor musk have responded to the points raised in this investigation. twitter says defending and respecting the user's voice remains one of its core values. but the users i've spoken to are left with questions. marianna spring, bbc news. russian reservist troops have been sent into battle with ukrainians with only light firearms and shovels according to the uk ministry of defence. the intelligence report comes as both sides continue to fight for the eastern city of bakhmut in a bid to take control of the area. fighting has been ongoing for several months in the city, which is still home to around 4000 civilians. ambulance workers in england have
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called off strikes which were due to take place today and wednesday. the unite union will enter pay talks with ministers. two other ambulance workers' unions, unison and gmb, had already paused their walkouts after what they said was a �*huge shift�* in the government's position. the trial of a man accused of shooting dead a nine—year—old girl inside her own home in liverpool is due to begin today. olivia pratt—korbel was killed in august last year, when a gunman allegedly opened fire while chasing another man who had forced his way into the house. 34—year—old thomas cashman denies murder. the former metropolitan police officer wayne couzens will be sentenced today for three counts of indecent exposure, one of which took place just days before he murdered sarah everard. couzens has admitted the offences, which took place at a fast—food restaurant in kent, and in woodland. he's currently serving a life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of 33—year—old sarah everard after he used his position as a serving officer to trick her into getting into his car.
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one of the uk's longest serving prisoners, charles bronson, will launch his latest bid for freedom at a public parole hearing which starts today. the 70—year—old, who now uses the name charles salvador, has a reputation for attacking staff and other inmates. our correspondent sean dilley reports. i've got a horrible, nasty, vicious, violent past. i've never killed anyone. charles bronson speaking on a channel 4 documentary. he has, though, harmed many people. the 70—year—old was convicted of armed robbery and wounding under his real name, michael peterson, in 1974. a year later, he attacked another inmate with a glass jug and became notorious for assaulting prisoners and staff. his offending continued. his sentences increased. all told, he said he held 11 hostages in nine different sieges. among them, his own solicitor and a prison librarian,
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for whom he demanded a ransom of a helicopter, a cup of tea and an inflatable doll. he's been involved in rooftop protests and repeated violence against inmates. in 2014, he received a two—year sentence for holding a prison governor in a headlock. now he says he's changed. never harmed a woman, never harmed a child. i'm focused, i'm sound. i can actually smell and taste freedom, like i've never, ever done in my life. later, the first day of a public parole hearing will begin at the high court in london. bronson is the second prisoner to have his case heard in public since the rules changed last year. the majority of people released each year from prison are released automatically. the parole board will look at people who've committed some of the most serious offenses — to consider whether it is safe to release them. each year, we review about 16,000 people and we release about 4,000 people.
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and it's all about looking at the evidence of the offences that they've committed and the progress they've made in custody to determine whether it is safe for the public for those people to be released. the parole board'sjob is not to decide on their personal feelings towards a man who freely admits to having a horrible, nasty, vicious past. but instead they must decide whether he still presents a risk to others. sean dilley, bbc news. a year ago, one of the most famous ships of all time, sir ernest shackleton�*s �*endurance', was discovered, perfectly preserved, at the bottom of the sea in antarctica. since then, experts searching for the ship's insurance policy have found the document and say it holds the key to future conservation plans. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. it was the shipwreck they thought would never be found, but a year ago sir ernest shackleton�*s lost ship, endurance was discovered, lying 3000 metres down in the antarctic deep. almost perfectly preserved. frozen in time.
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but this remarkable find has set the expedition team off on another quest. this time at lloyds insurers in the city of london. whenever a large ship is lost to the sea it is recorded in pen and ink in a loss book. it's a tradition that still happens today but it goes back to 1774 and the hope was that they would find the shackleton ship on the day she sank. we have come to where the archives are stored. there are 140 loss books going back hundreds of years. shackleton�*s endurance sank in november 1915 so you would expect the record to be in this loss book here for 1915. but the news of the sinking in antarctica took a while to reach london and in fact the record has been discovered in this book here, june 1916.
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and this is the loss book. john shears, who discovered endurance in antarctica has brought alexandra shackleton, ernest shackleton�*s granddaughter to see the record. as you can see... amazing. endurance, british, crushed by ice. he would never have seen this injury. — he would never have seen this injury, would you? a he would never have seen this injury, would you?— he would never have seen this injury, would you? a good question. an amazing — injury, would you? a good question. an amazing experience. _ injury, would you? a good question. an amazing experience. i _ injury, would you? a good question. an amazing experience. i knew - injury, would you? a good question. an amazing experience. i knew very| an amazing experience. i knew very little about — an amazing experience. i knew very little about the loss pick. it is part _ little about the loss pick. it is part of— little about the loss pick. it is part of the amazing pattern of more and more _ part of the amazing pattern of more and more information surfaces. these were the final moments of endurance. captured in footage restored and released by the bfi. we know from shackleton's diary that the ship sank beneath the ice on november 21, 1915. it took the endurance crew six months and a trek of hundreds
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of miles to get to safety. incredibly they all survived, shackleton was only able to send a telegram back to a newspaper in london at the end of may 1916. your grandfather sent a report on may 31 from the falklands. as reported by the chronicle in their late edition on the first. shackleton's ship, endurance, was the first ship to be insured...what lloyds called �*into the ice zone'. at that time, she was one of the strongest wooden ships ever built, so lloyds actually thought that she was a very good risk. but he lost the ship. lucky for him he had the insurance policy. we know that the insurance policy paid out. shackleton was paid £15,000 by the insurers weeks after the loss book entry was made. in today's money that is more than £1 million. so what will happen now to the wreck? i think she should be left where she is. it is miraculous she still exists in the wonderful beautiful form that she is.
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she should be left there. i have even had people come to me to say it— i have even had people come to me to say it would _ i have even had people come to me to say it would be better she was never discovered. — say it would be better she was never discovered, her romantic, but it is better. _ discovered, her romantic, but it is better. i_ discovered, her romantic, but it is better, i never thought it would be images. _ better, i never thought it would be images, let alone beautiful images. the ship will be left for now, resting in the darkness of this remote corner of the world. but her stories and the discoveries will keep on coming. across the uk, almost a million people are living with some form of dementia. it's an illness which can impact your memory, your mood and even your movement. it can also come at a huge financial and emotional cost for the loved ones around you. bbc breakfast�*s nina warhurst and her sisters amy and mel have been trying to make sense of the condition since their dad chris was diagnosed with dementia last year. my dad is a funny man is how i'd sum him up. ever since being little,
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he could give a little side eye at somebody — a stranger that he would just know we'd all find funny and we would all collapse in laughter. and he can still do that, even after all these years. he's funny. that is probably a word that most people, his colleagues, his friends, his family would use for him — he's very funny. and he's charming, he's a very charming man. he can still very much make me laugh. we can still make him laugh. that wit and humour is still very much there. not sure we always know what we're laughing at or about, but the laughter is very much there. so what year is that photo? that's the boy. who's that? georgie. george best. yeah. what do you remember about him? i remember him lifting the european cup. yeah. you were friends with him. oh, yeah. you used to go out with him.
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yeah. we used to go to old trafford to watch united play. yeah. and george best would be there, wouldn't he? watching as well. and he always still came and said hello, didn't he? oh, it's more than that. those were the days, eh? yeah. this is what i don't understand about dementia. so we had an incredibly engaged and switched on gp. his social care team were supportive and empathetic. when he ended up in emergency care, salford royal hospital was amazing. he had three daughters who were engaged and wanted to do the best by him and still we collectively felt like we were in freefall. and until you have a clear diagnosis, you can't necessarily get all the support that you need. so you're left as a carer thinking you're trying your best but that you're failing everywhere. i had two very young girls. i had full—time work and a husband
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and to try and juggle all of that, it was near impossible. when i wasn't with him, i was thinking about him and it just takes over you completely. a really hard bit, and ifeel guilty now when i think about it is that he was getting on my nerves and having to do all these practical things was getting me down and because of that stress, we stopped having nice times together. we stopped enjoying one another�*s company. and i feel like that last year when we had him at home, we won't get that back now. and that's really hard, and i feel guilty about that. yeah. i do feel really guilty about that. sorry.
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# it's a dirty old town # dirty old town.# lovely. so it's been about a year now, hasn't it, since he moved in? because he's been there since, yeah, february 2022. and he's a lot more settled now. looking back to a year ago. yeah, absolutely. and i think, you know, that's because he's got the right care, isn't it? and we were absolutely doing our best. i feel really positive now about the future with my dad because his basic needs are being met. he's in a wonderful care home. he has regular visits with us. he's resting a lot. he's physically looking well. and i know we have great times ahead of us. as children are heading back to school this morning, one group of friends in greater manchester has a fresh new �*look�* — they've all shaved their heads. it's not a fashion statement but a gesture of support for their mate, oliver, who lost his hair while being
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treated for a brain tumour. the gang, who call themselves "oliver's army", had simultaneous buzzcuts in front of the whole school. ian haslam went to stockport to see for himself. this is oliver's army arriving on stage for a school assembly with a difference. the difference being that a group of heads are about to be shaved by oliver and a team of local hairdressers. how are you feeling ahead of all this doing for you this morning? it's nice to know that my friends at school are supporting me. what's weird is before i had my hairfall out, my hair was longer than any of these. now that these guys are getting theirs shaved, i'm going to be the only one with hair. the boys themselves came up with the plan, including oliver's twin brother, george. i was, of course, devastated when i heard the news that he had cancer, and instantly ijust knew that i had to do something to help.
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and now we're here. what do you think of your brother doing this for you? i think he has just helped me through this so much. and so before an enthusiastic audience, it was haircut time. cheering reuben, you've gone bald here, straight down the middle, how does that feel? it's crazy. yeah. i want to know what i look like. you look so weird, you do! it's gone. you look almost unrecognisable right now. i know. are you the same child that was here a few minutes ago? yeah, but i feel like i went a bit too far. it's been a devastating time for all of us, but events like this really do make a difference. they describe themselves as a wall of friends around oliver. theyjust want to protect him.
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they want to look after him. and they want to do everything they can to just help us get through this. is it really that bad? yes, it is! the children have just really thought about how it must feel for oliver at the moment. we've got such amazing examples of youngsters today and what they're able to achieve. no head shaving for you, but a lovely pink do. thank you very much. i got up very early to do this. after ten minutes or so, the cuts were complete. i honestlyjust don't know what to say. they've supported me through all of this and i think they were just brave to do it. so you all feeling good now, boys? yep, yep. bit cold on my head, but...! and how do you think they look now? like me. and that's good, isn't it? yeah! unless, of course, parents take the wrong children home after school! with that, it was time
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to reveal the latest oliver's army fundraising total, which is now past £17,000. ian haslam, bbc news. not all pupils have been able to make it to school due to illness. so, some schools are bringing the classroom to them by using robots which can act like teachers or classmates. david lumb's been to see one in action. so, alex, which of the following will always improve the net profit margin of a business? is it reducing expenses? business studies from home. this robot allows alex to attend lessons remotely when attending in person is not practical. i've been able to go to all my science lessons, all my maths lessons, all my rs lessons and not have to worry about being held back and everything like that. so when i eventually can go back, when myjoints are better,
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i can just go straight from where i left off on the robot and just go from there and learn. alex developed juvenile idiopathic arthritis when he was three and it means the 15—year—old from rugby has joint pain, swelling and cannot walk as much as other children. i can't get out of bed some mornings at all, i need help off my mum. and even making breakfast and getting a drink like everyone else would be able to do can be a struggle for me. the robot is one of three owned by his school. since covid we've really utilised them to help implement inclusion of students that have medical needs, so if they are struggling to be in school due to shielding. pupils in the building will carry them around for students at home. they put a tie around them, name them, take them to lessons, they are part of the class now, part of the furniture. if you have a question, there is a hand icon, you press it and the robot's head will go blue and the teacher then knows you've got a question.
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it is not the only company to develop remote learning robots. here's one at a school in oxfordshire from a few years ago. this one has notjust helped alex keep up—to—date with school work. i get to interact with everyone, notjust in a kind of a school way, it's more of a mates way. hanging out and being able to just socialise and chat about our favourite things of like animes and doctor who and things like that. it is amazing. the anniversary of the first ever spitfire flight has been marked with a fly—past above the grave of its designer. reginald mitchell died before the plane entered production in southampton. he only ever saw his k5054 prototype airborne, including the first test flight on the fifth of march, 1936. let's show you some live pictures from hatay in turkey — which was one of the worst affected areas the damage all too
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apparent, one month on. you are watching bbc news. this picture by me was taken last night in shetland where we saw quite a bit of snow. snow in the forecast as we go through this week, potentially as far south as southern england. today and tomorrow, snow and ice risk is in north into scotland and north—east england and there is a risk of some travel disruption. we could have up to 20 centimetres in higher ground across the highlands, 5—10 centimetres across north—east england, but we will see some snow getting down to lower levels as well. today, a weather front sinking southwards, taking its cloud, patchy light rain and drizzle with it. behind it, because their digs in and we continue with frequent wintry showers across the north of
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scotland, interspersed with some sunny spells. temperatures today, one in lerwick, but milder air further south under the cloud. there are this evening and overnight, the weather from continues to sink southwards, call there continues to dig in behind itand southwards, call there continues to dig in behind it and the wintry showers will fall in areas exposed to the northerly wind. we could see some inland this well. temperatures may fall to —8 in some sheltered glens. widespread frost and the risk of ice to start the day, i weather front pulling away, dry weather tomorrow, for a bit of sunshine, areas exposed to the northerly wind will see wintry nights. it will feel cold when you are out on the strength of the wind, despite the temperature on the thermometer. it will feel more like —5 in aberdeen. tuesday night will be even colder, -10 tuesday night will be even colder, —10 in some sheltered clients, once again with widespread frost and the risk of ice and retreated services. we run into a convocation on the forecast. the atlantic air is trying to come in across the uk but the arctic air is also embedded across
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our shores, so the positioning of these weather fronts is crucial, as is the area of low pressure coming in when it lies as to where we get the snow. at the moment, this is what we think, it will come in across southern areas of income for across southern areas of income for a time and then it will revert back to cloud and rain, but later we will see more rain and snow coming in across the south—west, pushed further north it is drier and there will be some sunshine. as we head towards the end of the week, later in the week, there still is the risk of some disruptive snowfall edging north, although it will turn milder in the south.
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this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy hockings. our top stories: one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter. iam in iamina i am in a city where some of the worst devastation is. a suicide attack in southwest pakistan has killed at least
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nine police officers. the explosion struck a police truck in balochistan province. migrants crossing the english channel in small boats would be banned from ever returning to the uk under new government plans, but refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. bangladesh authorities are investigating the cause of a massive fire in the world's largest refugee camp which has left 12,000 people without shelter. and the stars behind the irish comedy the banshees of inisherin speak to us ahead of the oscars on sunday. to feel it as parochial and then see it go out into the world and be received by people from all sorts of, you know, the corners of the globe that we share is pretty surprising and cool. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. exactly a month after the devastating earthquakes which killed more than 50,000 people across turkey and syria, an unprecedented number of people
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are living without proper shelter. the un estimates that in turkey alone at least one and a half million people still inside the disaster zone are homeless. the true figure could be even higher. let's show you some live pictures from hatay in turkey — which was one of the worst—affected areas the damage all too apparent, one month on. it was really badly affected by the earthquake and unicef today seeing two and a half million children and in need of humanitarian assistance. you can see the crane in the front of the shot and the clean—up continues. our middle east correspondent
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anna foster is in antakya for us. i know you have spoken to many people about how their lives have changed in the past month and what they're experiencing. as you were seeing the scale of this devastation is extraordinary. when you look at this pile of rubble and try to remember how many homes when they are, how many lies will in there, and this is a scene replicated not just around the streets of the city of antakya but all across southern turkey and into north—west syria. the challenge is for people to find somewhere to live and they are in amongst the rubble and children need somewhere to live and there is no electricity and in many places no running water. the wind is a feature of the area and it brings up the clouds of dust that gets in eyes and throats also makes the buildings still standing really dangerous. we
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have witnessed this morning something falling off a dangerous building and soldiers including people away from the area and amid all of this people doing their best to try to find somewhere safe to live. these trains haven't left the station for a month. they're homes instead now to earthquake survivors. yilmaz and five of his family live in this carriage. they sleep on the seats, the few possessions they have around them. translation: they wanted to provide tents to us, but i refused. _ tents are cold and this place has a notoriously strong wind. when it blows, all the tents will end up on the sea. afad, the turkish disaster management agency, says around 2 million people have left the quake zone altogether. 1.5 million more are still here and struggling. there's anger, too, that so many
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buildings were allowed to have design features that struggled to withstand an earthquake. more than 160,000 either collapsed or were badly damaged. and it wasn'tjust the old ones. this is a well—to—do area. it's close to the park and there are lots of modern buildings. all of them should have stayed up. but look, this one is so new that you can still see the stickers in the glass on the top floor. nobody had even moved in there yet, and yet it has still toppled to the ground. the scale of the task ahead is enormous. there isn't enough mechanical equipment in the country to clear the rubble quickly. so places like iskenderun's collapsed hospital wing stay as they are. personal medical notes litter the ruins. there are smashed pieces of equipment and medicines lying on the floor. it's a moment frozen in time.
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people across southern turkey simply don't know how long they'll be living like this for. some, like this woman, want to stay as close to home as they can. she's sleeping in a tent right outside her damaged house. translation: my valuable articles are in there. - thieves are roaming around. the police are barely keeping them away. lots of thieves. how can i leave here? sprawling tented camps are the new towns. big promises have been made for a programme
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of permanent rebuilding. but it won't happen quickly. you can't deal with devastation on a scale like this in days or even in weeks. the impact of this is going to be felt by people here in southern turkey for years. anna foster, bbc news, antakya. all of those buildings, india they are and falling over and sanding in the middle. they will need to be down before any programme for rebuilding can start living in tents, on trains, in sports halls, they are really bracing themselves for the long haul because the number of people affected, around 1.5 million, note that this will not be dealt with quickly and the plans they are making now for what they will do could end up being the reality of the lies for a very long time to come. let's cross to syria now and speak tojoe english from unicef —
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he's on the ground there, assisting with the aid response. they are in it for the long haul, months so that people can be rehoused. can you take us through in syria what the particular needs of children are right now? the devastation _ children are right now? the devastation is _ children are right now? tue: devastation is beyond children are right now? tta: devastation is beyond belief. children are right now? "tt2 devastation is beyond belief. i children are right now? tt2 devastation is beyond belief. i am in north—west has a lot lower profile not so many high construction. many people before the applicant were living in tents and displaced from elsewhere in the country from 12 years of conflict and even before the earthquake struck we were talking about the highest humanitarian crisis in syria
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since the war began. children need drinking water and that is exactly the kind of thing, if disease takes hold it will be a disaster on top of the profound disaster children are already facing. share the profound disaster children are already facing-— already facing. are you saying the concern is so _ already facing. are you saying the concern is so deep _ already facing. are you saying the concern is so deep there - already facing. are you saying the concern is so deep there might i already facing. are you saying the i concern is so deep there might now be a worry about mound of —— malnutrition for children and some of these camps?— of these camps? honestly, the situation here, _ of these camps? honestly, the situation here, you _ of these camps? honestly, the situation here, you wonder- of these camps? honestly, the| situation here, you wonder how people will ever be able to move back into their homes. unicef are here and the united nations are here. we are trying to reach families but we need continued
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access and it can'tjust be funding for days or four weeks, access and it can'tjust be funding for days orfour weeks, we need funding for the years ahead. hagar for days or four weeks, we need funding for the years ahead. how do ou even funding for the years ahead. how do you even begin _ funding for the years ahead. how do you even begin to _ funding for the years ahead. how do you even begin to deal— funding for the years ahead. how do you even begin to deal with - funding for the years ahead. how do you even begin to deal with the - you even begin to deal with the mental health of some of these children, the psychological well—being and the trauma they have been through? tt is well-being and the trauma they have been through?— been through? it is critical. we know how _ been through? it is critical. we know how to — been through? it is critical. we know how to do _ been through? it is critical. we know how to do this, _ been through? it is critical. we know how to do this, we - been through? it is critical. we know how to do this, we work. been through? it is critical. we - know how to do this, we work around the world look natural disasters and giving them somewhere they can just be a child again and be with their friends, before they can even begin the process and what they have been through and their experiences. many of them have been through really extreme situations and will need professional medical and full—time support to be able to rebuild their lives. . . . . support to be able to rebuild their lives. ., , . ., ., , support to be able to rebuild their lives. . ., ., , ., lives. has unicef and any of the other agencies _ lives. has unicef and any of the other agencies managed - lives. has unicef and any of the other agencies managed to - lives. has unicef and any of the other agencies managed to set| lives. has unicef and any of the i other agencies managed to set up
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temporarily learning centres or schools? we temporarily learning centres or schools? ~ ., ,, , temporarily learning centres or schools? ~ ., ~ , ., schools? we have in both turkey and s ria and schools? we have in both turkey and syria and have _ schools? we have in both turkey and syria and have got _ schools? we have in both turkey and syria and have got in _ schools? we have in both turkey and syria and have got in with _ schools? we have in both turkey and syria and have got in with our- schools? we have in both turkey and syria and have got in with our tents l syria and have got in with our tents and set up schools facilities. i was in turkey yesterday and there were children preparing for exams. normal life tries to go on and we are doing everything we can to make sure that when children are displaced, living in these desperate situations at least we give them a semblance of normalcy and hope for the future. how do you work with the government in syria? brute how do you work with the government in s ria? ~ ., ~' . how do you work with the government in s ria? ~ ., ~ ., , in syria? we work with all partners we have to — in syria? we work with all partners we have to do _ in syria? we work with all partners we have to do in _ in syria? we work with all partners we have to do in terms _ in syria? we work with all partners we have to do in terms of - in syria? we work with all partners we have to do in terms of reaching| we have to do in terms of reaching children in need. doing cross—border work and exploring any and all opportunities to reach children whatever they are. at unicef our mandate is clear, we are with every single child no matter where they are or what their need is and we were in north—west syria before the
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earthquake and we are here now and will be here in the future to help them. like it has been remarkable seeing you move around and show some of the background. if you could do that for us again because it really gives us a sense of the scale of damage there. and you do also briefly touch on what is happening with water. . . briefly touch on what is happening with water. ., , ., ._ , briefly touch on what is happening with water. ., , ., , , . ., with water. that is always such a clear consent. _ with water. that is always such a clear consent. is _ with water. that is always such a clear consent. is there _ with water. that is always such a clear consent. is there safe - clear consent. is there safe drinking water where you are at the moment? we drinking water where you are at the moment? ~ . ~ drinking water where you are at the moment? ~ ., . ., . , moment? we are. we are currently trackin: moment? we are. we are currently tracking water — moment? we are. we are currently tracking water in _ moment? we are. we are currently tracking water in which _ moment? we are. we are currently tracking water in which is _ moment? we are. we are currently tracking water in which is not - moment? we are. we are currently tracking water in which is not our. tracking water in which is not our long—term solution. —— bringing water in with trucks. especially for children's vulnerability to these kind of diseases and we could see children at risk again. it is vital to remember that this earthquake was just the latest catastrophe and children and families have been through 12 years of crisis.
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yesterday i was speaking to a child he was 11 years old and he was displaced by the war when he was one—year—old and he is still dealing with it. the eyes are on syria, the eyes of the world are on syria at the moment and it is vital they remain. ~ ., ., the moment and it is vital they remain. ., ., , the moment and it is vital they remain. ~ ., ., , ., remain. what other stories are there of resilience? _ remain. what other stories are there of resilience? it _ remain. what other stories are there of resilience? it is _ remain. what other stories are there of resilience? it is incredible - remain. what other stories are there of resilience? it is incredible to - of resilience? it is incredible to see when _ of resilience? it is incredible to see when you _ of resilience? it is incredible to see when you give _ of resilience? it is incredible to see when you give children - of resilience? it is incredible to j see when you give children pen of resilience? it is incredible to - see when you give children pen and paper they are likely to draw their future. i asked one what they wanted to be when they grow up and one said they wanted to be a doctor and another an engineer. you look around and it is up to us to be helping them achieve that and ultimately rebuild this country, this
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generation. we must be doing all we can to help them do that. thank you for taking part. we can to help them do that. thank you fortaking part-— for taking part. we will be live in s ria and for taking part. we will be live in syria and in _ for taking part. we will be live in syria and in turkey _ for taking part. we will be live in syria and in turkey today. - in south—west pakistan a suicide bomber has killed at least nine policemen. the explosion struck a police truck in the southwestern city of sibi in balochistan province. hospital medics say at least 15 others have been injured in the blast. there's been a series of recent attacks across pakistan targeting police officers. it's not clear who's behind the latest incident. i'm joined now by our correspondent in islamabad, caroline davies. what are policing about this lister�*s attack in —— latest attack
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in balochistan? these police officers were leaving, they had been helping to police the sibhi festival and travelling back when according to officials and motorbike rammed into their vehicle. we have seen images of the police truck flipped entirely on its roof with smashed windows, bags are strewn around the ground around it and also some stained blood is well on the floor. we know the security forces cordoned off the area and those injured were taken to sibhi hospital and the government said the even sent a helicopter. no one has yet claimed this incident. police say they believe it is a terrorist attack although further details are not
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clear at this stage. who could be potentially behind it? there are some suggestions it could be some balochistan sceptre —— sceptre wrist group ——separatist group or the ttb. they are the pakistan taliban. migrants who cross the english channel on small boats to enter the uk will be removed from the country, banned from future re—entry and unable to apply for british citizenship, under new legislation. in the coming days, the government will lay out its plans to fulfil one of the prime minister's pledges
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to crack down on people who enter the uk illegally. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. how important is this for rishi sunak was marked. the last few conservative governments have failed to get a grip on the issue and rishi sunak will bejudged to get a grip on the issue and rishi sunak will be judged by his to get a grip on the issue and rishi sunak will bejudged by his mps to get a grip on the issue and rishi sunak will be judged by his mps and probably voters as well and whether he can deliver something different. the legislation which we will get in the uk parliament tomorrow is going to be the plan by rishi sunak to try to be the plan by rishi sunak to try to deal with those small boats crossing the channel from france to the south coast of england. it is all designed to increase the number of deterrents for people by saying if you take a small boatjourney to the uk you will not get asylum, you will be thrown out the country and not be allowed back in, so being
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tough on it, rishi sunak hopes will have some impact but there are a few things quite important here. we do not have the full detail of the legislation so we do not know everything involved, we will get that tomorrow. the opposition labour party hearsay this does not introduce anything new, it is just rehashed policies that have been tried by previous conservative governments with some gimmicks added on top to try to make it sound like they are taking this seriously. refugee charities are worried the plans would criminalise genuine asylum seekers fleeing desperate situations, and some conservative mps are saying we're not sure this goes far enough and introduces many new measures at all. one talked about by a lot of conservative mps is to remove the uk from the european convention on human rights because that would give the uk more legal abilities to make its own
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decisions, so a lot of pressure on rishi sunak to get this right. here's hoping some radical plans will be enough, we will know for sure tomorrow. thousands of people have been left without shelter after a massive fire broke out in a crowded rohingya refugee camp in southeastern bangladesh. the blaze, engulfed about 2,000 shelters at cox's bazar. it is estimated around 12,000 refugees, most of whom escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar, are now homeless. hundreds are now returning to the area to see what they can salvage from the ruins. the cause of the fire, which broke out on sunday, is not yet known and no casualties have been reported. the international federation of red cross has been on the ground helping with rescue and relief eforts. hrusikesh harichandan from the organisationjoins me now live from cox's bazar. can you give us a sense of the scale
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of devastation?— of devastation? today what we find almost 20.000 _ of devastation? today what we find almost 20,000 people _ of devastation? today what we find almost 20,000 people are - of devastation? today what we find j almost 20,000 people are affected who have lost their centres, toilets, learning centres, mosques. there are two primary health centre facilities and one got completely damaged and people have lost their centres, they have lost their clothing, and food and we saw this morning that people are queueing up to get assistance and have been waiting to get food and dry clothes and water supplies and a really chaotic situation in the beginning
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but somehow because of the support because of the international humanitarian committee, today we have been providing our support and our health camps continue. abs]!!! have been providing our support and our health camps continue. all those --eole our health camps continue. all those people who — our health camps continue. all those people who have _ our health camps continue. all those people who have now _ our health camps continue. all those people who have now been - our health camps continue. all those people who have now been made - people who have now been made homeless, how are they being housed, where are they sleeping? in homeless, how are they being housed, where are they sleeping?— where are they sleeping? in those laces where are they sleeping? in those places where _ where are they sleeping? in those places where they _ where are they sleeping? in those places where they were _ where are they sleeping? in those places where they were living, - where are they sleeping? in those places where they were living, it l where are they sleeping? in those | places where they were living, it is the set up for camp 11 so we have been providing for them and during the process we have been discussing what we will be doing to deal with those centres that are down.
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police searching for three women and two men who were reported missing after a night out in cardiff have found three of them dead and two with serious injuries. the five friends were last seen in cardiff in the early hours of saturday night. gwent police say the car was recovered in the early hours of this morning. the three dead have not yet been identified. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith is in cardiff. you might be able to see my shoulder at a very busy crime scene and several police vehicles and maybe see the fire engines. we understand they are in the process of recovering both the vehicle involved in this and watch the five people were travelling and the bodies of the three people who are deceased. we know that these five were last seenin we know that these five were last seen in the early hours of saturday
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morning around two o'clock in a different part of cardiff and it is believed they travelled a bit around south wales but it was almost 48 hours before the vehicle was discovered in that immediate area. we are on a normally busy stretch of dual carriageway on the outskirts of cardiff with people coming from here to newport. in the early hours of the morning not so many cars but at the morning not so many cars but at the moment one of the key questions will be how this car could have potentially been hidden down therefore about 24 hours. the police investigation still very active and investigation still very active and in the process of recovering some of the bodies. . . in the process of recovering some of the bodies. , , ., the bodies. there must be a huge sense of shock _ the bodies. there must be a huge sense of shock amongst - the bodies. there must be a huge sense of shock amongst the - sense of shock amongst the community. we any details about the friends? we know the identities, sophie who is one who survived. they
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are a group of friends and the three ladies started their evening off in newport and travelled to porthcawl. and already some people have arrived at the scene bringing flowers and didn't want to speak to journalists, it is incredibly sensitive time and there are questions how the search could have lasted so long and had they been found earlier, could some of those people having could some of those people have survived? ambulance workers in england have called off strikes which were due to take place today and wednesday. the unite union will enter pay talks with ministers. two other ambulance workers' unions — unison and gmb —
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had already paused their walkouts after what they said was a �*huge shift�* in the government's position. the trial of a man accused of shooting dead a nine—year—old girl inside her own home in liverpool begins today. olivia pratt—korbel was killed in august last year, when a gunman allegedly opened fire while chasing another man who had forced his way into the house. 34—year—old thomas cashman denies murder. the former metropolitan police officer wayne couzens will be sentenced today for three counts of indecent exposure, one of which took place just days before he murdered sarah everard. couzens had admitted the offences, which took place at a fast—food restaurant in kent, and in woodland. he's currently serving a life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of 33—year—old sarah everard after he used his position as a serving police officer to trick her into getting into his car. let's show you some live pictures from hatay in turkey —
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which was one of the worst affected areas the damage all too apparent, one month on. hello again. this picture behind me was taken last night in shetland, where we saw quite a bit of snow. now there's snow in the forecast as we go through this week, potentially as far south as southern england later in the week. but today and tomorrow, the snow and ice risk is in north and east scotland and northeast england. and there's a risk of some travel disruption. we could have up to 20 centimetres in higher ground across the highlands, 5 to 10 centimetres across northeast england. but we will see some of this snow getting down to lower levels as well. today, we've got a weather front which is sinking southwards, taking its cloud, patchy light rain and drizzle with it. behind it, the cold air starts to dig in and we continue with frequent wintry showers across the north of scotland, interspersed with some sunny spells. temperatures today,
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only one in lerwick, but we're still in the milder air further south under all that cloud. now through this evening and overnight, a weatherfront continues to sink southwards. the cold air continues to dig in behind it and the wintry showers will fall in areas exposed to the northerly wind. we could see some inland as well. temperatures may well fall to minus eight in some sheltered glens. so a widespread frost and the risk of ice to start the day. our weather front pulling away, bit of dry weather tomorrow, fair bit of sunshine, but still areas exposed to the northerly wind will see some wintriness and it's going to feel cold when you add on the strength of the wind, despite what your temperature on your thermometer might say. feel more like minus five in aberdeen. if anything, tuesday night's going to be even colder, minus ten in some sheltered glens, once again with a widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. then we run into a complication in the forecast. this atlantic air is trying to come in across the uk, but the arctic air is also embedded
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across our shores. so the positioning of these weather fronts is crucial, as is the area of low pressure coming in, where it lies, as to where we get the snow. at the moment, this is what we think. it will come in across southern areas of england for a time, and then it will revert back to cloud and rain, but later we'll see more rain and some snow coming in across the southwest. push further north, it's drier and there'll also be some sunshine. but even as we head towards the end of the week, later in the week, there still is the risk of some disruptive snowfall edging north, although it will turn that bit milder in the south.
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the world's second largest economy sets its sights on a slowdown. china's lowers its growth targets as it emerges from its extended covid lockdowns. the credit suisse crisis deepens. the biggest shareholder in the scandal—hit swiss bank dumps its stake. so what next for the former giant of swiss banking? welcome to world business report, i'm ben thompson. we start in china. the world's second largest economy has set out its economic
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