thanks very much. >>> we're joined by david miliband. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> you do have teams on the ground there. what can you tell us about the scale of the disaster right there? where is the greatest need? >> tens of thousands of dead, but hundreds of thousands are in danger. on the turkish side of the border, you have a strong government and massive aid effort under way. on the syrian side of the border, it's people who have been abandoned over the last ten years, and a grave danger of a secondary crisis, ill health, injuries not treated, economics just out of the window because the aid is blocked across the turkish/syrian border. only one humanitarian crossing point is open. there is news from the united government is going to allow aid to go into this rebel-held area from the government-controlled side, but frankly that's an indirect route and caught up in politics. >> does the syrian government have any leverage? >> they do have allies around the world. the critical thing is that the u.n. has said that the mos

and joining us now is david miliband, president and ceo of the international rescue committee. of your colleagues were killed in northwest syria. i want to extend my condolences to you, to the organization which does such magnificent work around the world. the death toll is staggering. >> yeah, thanks, that's meaningful to us. two of our 430 colleagues. we have a team of over 400 in northwest syria. and in turkey in the southeast of turkey, southwest of turkey, in gaziantep. and like every part of the northwest syrian community, the southwestern turkish communities, we've been touched by this crisis. i think the critical point to make is that the crisis that you've described and that gabe gutierrez has described, the earthquake crisis is piled upon 10, 11, 12 years of agony for the people of syria. both those who are trapped in the northwest of the country under the control of armed opposition groups. and those who are refugees, 3 plus million of them in turkey. so this is a double crisis. and it's a very good reminder that when the world moves on from a crisis like syria and l

at the international rescue committee in new york city, are led by individuals, in this case david miliband0,000 a year as the leader of a humanitarian organisation. do you think that weakens the case of humanitarians, when they're on that kind of money? it's up to the board of international rescue committee, or any organisation, to set its own... of course it is, but what's your opinion? so my opinion comes back to the lessons of the last few years for organisations like ours, which is that it's really important that we walk the talk — that if we're to be taken credibly and seriously, then we also need to strive to be a more inclusive organisation. so, for example in 0xfam, yes, i'm lucky enough to be paid a good salary, and importantly, we're committing to reducing inequality within our own organisation, so we publish the pay ratio between my pay and that of the lowest paid, or median members of median pay in our own organisations, and are ambitious about making our own organisation more equitable so that our arguments to make the world fairer and more equitable are taken more seriously.

anchor george stephanopoulos sits down with international rescue committee president and ceo david milibands the ongoing recovery efforts in those regions. you can watch the full interview on "this week" with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 this morning right here on abc 7 news. another unidentified flying object shot down by a u.s. fighter jet, this time over northern canada. this comes just one day after the u.s. military shot down a different unknown object over the waters of alaska. abc news reporter tai hernandez tells us why president joe biden is facing scrutiny. tai: for the second time into -- in high-altitude object has been shot down by u.s. military aircraft. the u.s. aerospace defense commander confirms its radar and aircraft tract an unidentified hi altitude object over northern california. >> the unidentified object was flying at an altitude of approximately 40,000 feet. had unlawfully entered canadian airspace and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilians. the object was downed approximately 100 miles from the canada-united states border, over canadian territory in

news anchor george stephanopoulos spoke to president and ceo of international rescue committee, david milibandssed the disaster affecting syria and turkey and he stressed the danger ahead for the thousands who have been displaced in harsh winter conditions continues. >> on the syrian side of the border, it is people who have frankly been abandoned over the past 10 years and the grave danger of a secondary crisis -- ill health, injuries not treated, economics out of the window because the aid is blocked across the turkish-syrian border. only one humanitarian crossing point is open. gloria: he mentioned calls for the un security council to meet as soon as possible. he wants aid to be able to pass through critical access roads. another unidentified flying object shut down by a fighter jet, this time over northern canada. u.s. intelligence officials believe the most recent objects were balloons. this comes one day after the u.s. military shot down another object flying over though waters of alaska. maryalice parks has the latest. >> overnight, another unidentified object shut down over the yukon a

anchor george stephanopoulos sits down with international rescue committee president and ceo david milibando discuss the ongoing recovery efforts in those regions. you can watch the full interview on "this week" with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 this morning right here on abc 7 news . another unidentified flying object shot down by a u.s. fighter jet, this time over northern canada. this comes one day after the u.s. military shot down a different unknown object over the waters of alaska. abc news reporter ty hernandez tells us why president joe biden is now facing scrutiny. tai: for the second time into days, an unidentified high-altitude object has been shut down by u.s. military out -- aircraft. the u.s. aerospace defense commander confirms its radar detected it over northern canada. >> of the object was flying at an altitude of a proximally 40,000 feet. had unlawfully entered airspace and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilians. the object was downed approximately 100 miles from the canada-united states border, over canadian territory in central uconn. tai: the pentagon say

we're going on road, we're doing going on the road, we're doing a project large in david miliband seatse 15th seats. absolutely. so the 15th of march budget day , we're going of march budget day, we're going to be gb news be that evening in august at michelle dewberry. we'll do her i will do my show. liam will join us. we want you to go to gb news dot uk join us that evening. priority will go to those involved in business or acting as sole traders . we will acting as sole traders. we will be deeply prejudiced about those that get tickets. we want to hear from the voice of real britain on that day. now a quick quote. the this tick tock appeared this morning and yes , a appeared this morning and yes, a small boat crossing , the english small boat crossing, the english channel. you've been used in the past to the albanians. this is about one of six. yes they're all coming from india. what a good day out. they're having. it's a qarabag hour. basically, it doesn't matter where you come from in the world. it doesn't matter whether you've got a legitimate claim to be a genuine refugee or not.

we're going on road, we're doing going on the road, we're doing a project large in david miliband seatse 15th seats. absolutely. so the 15th of march budget day , we're going of march budget day, we're going to be gb news be that evening in august at michelle dewberry. we'll do her i will do my show. liam will join us. we want you to go to gb news dot uk join us that evening. priority will go to those involved in business or acting as sole traders . we will acting as sole traders. we will be deeply prejudiced about those that get tickets. we want to hear from the voice of real britain on that day. now a quick quote. the this tick tock appeared this morning and yes , a appeared this morning and yes, a small boat crossing , the english small boat crossing, the english channel. you've been used in the past to the albanians. this is about one of six. yes they're all coming from india. what a good day out. they're having. it's a qarabag hour. basically, it doesn't matter where you come from in the world. it doesn't matter whether you've got a legitimate claim to be a genuine refugee or not.

earlier we spoke to david miliband, ceo of international rescue committee, and asked him about the scaleof lack of effort for relief in syria. i think it's really important that we understand what the threat is now. what's called a secondary disaster is now imminent. the first disaster is now imminent. the first disaster was obvious leave the earthquake. the secondary disaster is the failure to treat the wounded and the threat to the health of the living who have survived the earthquake. people have very little infrastructure, so the actual plan needs to start with real basics. 0ne, expand the basic crossing. two, reopen the closed crossing that goes further east, down into aleppo — that's actually a government held part of syria — but this should be done for humanitarian reasons, not political reasons. third, make sure we scale up both the cash support for people in syria, because there is a marketing area there, commercial crossings are open and people can buy things — but obviously there's a desperate need to scale up the convoys of medical supplies, hygiene supplies, some of the spec

and judy pmqs sessions that we used to enjoy when it was the time of david cameron and ed miliband.rime minister's questions towards the end of the session, kim johnson, a labour mp used a question speaking about the state of israel to that state and its government as fascist . she also used the term fascist. she also used the term apartheid state, something that the labour party leaders spokesman said was unacceptable . let's listen to what she had to say . thank you, mr. speaker. to say. thank you, mr. speaker. since the election of the fascist israeli government in december last year the house being an increase in human rights violations against palestinian civilians including children. so can the prime minister tell us how he is challenged , what amnesty and challenged, what amnesty and other human rights organisations are referring to an apartheid state? well mh are referring to an apartheid state? well mr. speaker, the honourable also failed to mention the horrific attacks on civilians inside , israel as well civilians inside, israel as well and important in this matter to cal

david? what about "owen" ? some of them you think you could have a go at that, and i've kind of done ed miliband, who was kind of for aid to reach syria — the un says five million people in the country still desperately need help. a remarkable rescue — almost a week after the earthquakes, a six—year—old boy is pulled from the rubble. three people have been arrested after police clashed with demonstrators outside a hotel housing asylum seekers on merseyside. good morning on a defining day in the six nations rugby as scotland and wales clash at murrayfield, and that's after the two favourites, ireland and france meet in dublin. #in # in this world it's just asked. and will harry styles sweep the board at tonight's brits? as the biggest night of the year for uk music takes place on a saturday for the first time. morning. a quite weekend of weather awaits. it will be dry for all of us and quite mild as well but we could be chasing plough demands around. not that much in the way of significant sunshine. all the details throughout the morning. it's saturday 11th february. our top story — in the past hour, bbc colleagu