we now are going to dish and in the red cross red crescent. volunteers based for the volunteers out of the core action the local level and do my best to bring the volunteers voice. please of the ward because this is where this will be my my role in the next four years now mr ok i know you rely on volunteers but you also have to work with local actors including local governments and i may be cheapest a mistake but it's a common view here in moscow that this so-called international community has no problem coming together to create problems like the ones we observe in the middle east or north africa but it's very very rarely joins hands in order to solve the am i being too negative. if a little crowd. the capacity. of the international community and the government to fix the problems that are causing so many suffering of course there is nothing to be optimistic but if a look of the capacity of humanity of each human beings to do. to be even a party to the other human beings in pain. every day saw the problem is that we have to speak up we have t

francesca rocket the newly elected president of the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies well mr olcott thank you very much for your time and congratulations on the election thank you thank you very much it's probably the worst time to be in charge of the i f r c given both the growing scope of humanitarian needs and the man's challenge of securing the funding to meet them why would you even want these kind of job but let me clarify for us all that this is not our job. and i am a volunteer i'm not paid for my position i've been a volunteer and in my national society for many years this is a this is a passion for fashion for humanity try to improve. the way in which we live together and for me this is my always my priority and i having the owner in there is for somebody to do the most important most relevant or going to your money door it's really well mr rocca because it's a volunteering effort how do you keep your faith in what you're doing alive seeing the misery the violence the suffering proliferated to an extent they have been for the past decade or so yet

the turkish red crescent has deployed fifty five cargo trucks of aid to kurdish how the areas of iraq and iran tuesday has been declared a national day of mourning the true cost of the earthquake slowly becoming clear. al-jazeera depp and northern iraq. woman so whatever gary is the rector of international operations of the iranian red crescent society she says her teams have reached most of the affected areas and the priority now is sheltering people the bitter cold the focus now on the actually emergency sheltering and food. but the and the solution of the food but the point is that because the wide area is reaching to the people it takes a little bit time so we are actually doing our best to accelerate this procedure and to send the items to all of the people receive the items from our a starbucks from the sixteen provincial branches around the areas in order just to not to waste the time so that i can say that all the needed items are now deployed. to the. province it is which is the main province of that severely damaged. and i can say that. our people. they do their most. to rea

leaders of the red cross and red crescent societies are meeting in turkey to discuss the future of one of the world's largest humanitarian movements the power of humanity conference presented alarming information about dwindling aid supplies it comes at a time when there are more than sixty five million people displaced due to violence let's take you live now to antalya where that conference is taking place was the result of been job it is that what they said about these dwindling aid supplies or some. if you and that's why people from one hundred ninety countries have come together to try and fight find solutions to challenges like the one you just mentioned and it's not just do ending supplies it's the nature of the conflicts and the disasters that are involved evolving if the security of the stuff that actually goes in to provide that aid and its state and non-state actors who continue to flout international laws and not respect the aid work that is being carried out in this in these nations across the globe in conflicts and disasters with us to discuss it further is with julie hall

the kurdish red crescent runs one of the camp's two mobile clinics.ichael wilk is not just a doctor -- he's also an activist. he doesn't reject ideas expressed by the pkk's militant leader abdullah ocalan that have a major influence on kurdish self-government in the region. without the kurds, says wilk, the arab refugees here would be in serious trouble. michael: yesterday i was in a newly built hospital building. i saw it before back in february. itit'll open sn.n. i.s. bombs things to bitits, tn the kurds build them back up again. that's what gives you hope. and in t their model, n n and women haveve equ righthts, whih is something you don't find anywhere else in this region. in o other words, there's a glimmer of hope in the midst of disaster. reporter: hope? well, maybe in a limited sense. but not hope for an end to the war in syria. this man and his family just managed to escape the fighting. he thinks i.s. will be driven from both raqqa and deir ezzor. but he doesn't expect things to get much better. abu: there'll just be new fights -- between t

iraqi red crescent on the iranian red goodison. b. are delivering. this. to the needy people and i mean i'm presuming and maybe not correctly that there's a lot of areas you haven't been able to fully assess yet especially as you mentioned the rural areas. yes the main just. getting young district in the northern part. getting some information even now from some other villages in the villages. partially in or out of the diminished after the earthquake. quakes also contributes to carry on. the people they predict growth. getting there are just. the weather conditions not. around ninety eight he says you stayed at shelters. so just we are. trying to make sure that all this people in the rural area. reached by the workers. are still. trying to reach them and i mean presumably you do do you need more assistance to be able not only to reach people in rural areas the relief effort and to you know potentially rescue that the missing. actually disaster. nature nature is to make two disasters if the manmade disaster. countries eleven million people. suffer because

operations are underway jointly not only with the iranian authorities but with people like the red crescent as well who have moved in first responders into the area but they do face a huge challenge some seventy thousand people have been displaced now this is a huge number of people because of these sort of the area that the earthquake affected now the real challenge that they got is when they pull people out of the rubble those people that are alive need to try and get together with their families so they can be that also those people who have died in that incident those bodies need to be returned to their families as well so there's one of registration in the just sticks also what we're hearing is the local gas supply factory has been shut down for safety reasons that's going to be a big problem particularly now at night where it gets very very cold and people relied on gas and for heating and for cooking now on iraq he saw all of the border i mean body has been meeting with his various committees including the high water committees there's concern about the dam and bundy and hahn which i

to realy address against the crime and the latest for us to go through this if from the iranian red crescent. that. is that there have been three hundred twenty eight people have been killed and more than four thousand people injured. and that is accurate listen the have and has informed us that there are nine that and four hundred twenty five people injured. so volunteers from both national societies on working around the clock in order to. evacuate people from under vertebrate and provide them with first aid. and and what is the situation situation force of arms that is an awful lot of injured people and do you have enough. the medical equipment to treat them all. first in iran ethnic here that. years the severity of the earth cliff is there is. more difficult for the iranians says there are a lot of senate people industry because out few diplomat lives that are. more than one hundred fourteen an after shock still people are afraid to found additional damages and collapsed as. you can see people in the theater but the iranian that lessons are distributing tents and blankets. and put it in

ok months are about gary the director of the iran red crescent societies international operations thank you so much for joining us. now u.s. president donald trump has met with philippines leader rodriguez as a part of his tour of asia to tear to has launched a brutal war on drugs involving extra judicial killings critics want to try to bring up human rights violations with deter to but appears the issue was not discussed in detail. at a gathering swirling with controversy an unexpected moment of tenderness. the filipino president pulled out all the stops at a gala to open the summit on sunday. to use. will be united states. that some say to territories not the only one hitting the wrong note ahead of the summit filipina rights groups urged trump to confront to tear take over his war on drugs a crackdown that's left thousands dead over the past year but if there was any criticism from trunk it was not on display in manila trump showered his host a self-proclaimed trailer with compliments. and i want to thank you for your incredible hospitality and the show last night the talent show i a

families our friends but this is why we decided to to serve in our organization and in the red cross red crescent. volunteers based four out of the volunteers out of the core action the local level and do my best to bring the volunteers voice. please of the ward because this is where this will be my my role in the next four years now mr ok i know you rely on volunteers but you also have to work with local actors including local governments and i may be too pessimistic but it's a common view here in moscow that the south called the international community has no problem coming together to create problems like the ones we observe in the middle east or north africa but it's very very rarely joins hands in order to solve the am i being too negative look if i look at the capacity of. the international community and they go on to fix the problems that are causing so many suffering of course there is nothing to be optimistic but if we look of the capacity of humanity of each human beings to do. to be even empathy to other human beings. every day so the problem is that we have to speak up we have to do.

. —— red crescent.“ offering help to their iranians neighbours. -- red crescent.help across the border if we are asked. aid has been pouring in. a combination of aircraft and iran's special ambulance coaches are transferring some of the injured for specialist treatment elsewhere in the country. but the painful process of grieving for entire communities is only just of grieving for entire communities is onlyjust beginning. of grieving for entire communities is only just beginning. james robbins, bbc news. mps have begun what will be more than a week of debate on key legislation that will pave the way for brexit. at the moment eu laws and regulations affect almost every part of our lives — whether it's agriculture or finance. the bill before the commons now will bring all of that under british law. but asjon pienaar reports — there are already plenty of signs that the bill will not have an easy passage. this report contains flash photography. brexit, still a work in progress comments about westminster taking back control. but the planning and scheming is now intense

i think there are so many different forces, the military, aid agencies, the red crescent and there is no coordination between them. and even present rouhani went to the major cities affected today and said he promised that there would be blankets, food and water, something that should have happened from the early hours after the earthquake struck. that is why i think the focus of the government was on two major cities. most of the casualties came from there. but they have not putting any effort or enough effort to search and rescue the villages in the mountainous regions. viewers can see the mountainous regions. viewers can see the official visit by the president that is going on, it went on earlier today, surrounded by media as you can imagine. while the authorities then are failing to coordinate the rescue effort, people are coordinate the rescue effort, people a re really coordinate the rescue effort, people are really suffering. absolutely. i talked to one gentleman on facebook and he said this is our village, he showed me the homes, 14 members of the village were killed, two peop

gary of the uranian red crescent society joining us there from tehran thank you for your time. and an update now on the humanitarian situation in yemen the un's human humanitarian coordinator for yemen has called on the sound he led coalition to open all seaports into the country as a matter of urgency aid groups are preparing to send much needed supplies to yemen after the coalition said it would start reopening some of the air and sea ports saudi arabia imposed a blockade a week ago after who the rebels fired a missile at riyadh the u.n. is warning millions of people could die in the world's worst famine in decades unless some measures are lifted completely a deliveries are waiting to leave djibouti for yemen let's not speak to al-jazeera as mohammed i doze in djibouti is a refugee camp for you many's in orbach tell us what the situation is where you are at this refugee camp moment. only we are in america's the comp which is in town about two hundred fifty kilometers or so from the cup we're told the beauty of america's you come was thirty up about two years ago when the was

ada streaming in via air and rose the turkish red crescent deployed fifty five cargo trucks and one hundred staff to iraq on monday. so unless. we have to stop war in iraq president hassan rouhani will travel to the worst hit area of kermanshah on tuesday as a show of support and to oversee risky work the true cost of this earthquake still becoming clear charlotte dallas. what is and what actually is the research director of the national iranian american council says emergency responders do have experience dealing with the aftermath of earthquakes in the region but iran may still need help and you've seen long queues to donate blood you've seen a variety of people trying to donate everything from food to blankets to. clothing and i think you're going to see even more of a robust government response in the coming days because quite frankly if you don't see that kind of response from the government then you're going to start to see increasing outrage from the people which is the last thing that the iranian government is going to want i do still think that we're assessing the damage but i woul

francesca rocket the newly elected president of the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies well mr olcott thank you very much for your time and congratulations on the election thank you thank you very much it's probably the worst time to be in charge of the i.f.r. c given both the growing scope of humanitarian needs and the man's challenge of securing the funding to meet them why would you even want these kind of job but let me clarify for us all that this is not our job. here paul starr and i am a volunteer i'm not paid for my position i've been a volunteer and in my national sales idea for many years this is a this is a passion for fashion for humanity try to improve. the way in which we need to get there and for me these is my always my priority and i having the owner in there is for somebody to do it in the most important most relevant we're going to your money toward it's really well mr rocca because it's a volunteering effort how do you keep your face in what you're doing alive seeing the misery and the violence the suffering proliferated to an extent they h

i think there are so many different forces, the military, aid agencies, the red crescent and there is affected today and said he promised that there would be blankets, food and water, something that should have happened from the early hours after the earthquake struck. that is why i think the focus of the government was on two major cities. most of the casualties came from there. but they have not

people who were affected on the iranian side or important since our colleagues in the iranian red crescent have already deployed yesterday night to. rescue. around the hundreds and some before rescue rapid response teams are now on the ground providing medical supplies blankets tents and other needed facilities to help the people who are injured or to find the people who are still under the rubble what's also important in such a case is that people which rest their memories and how to deal with earthquakes that that's happening in iran right now through this national society that is really making really red cross and also the government to spreading information now to deal with the earthquake another victim that is usually forgotten are the people who are left on the the rubble and they need to be basically a proper management of. needs to take place in such a situation where people are matched with the families so that the return to the families that belong to a normal snatch happens we are still receiving further information on what's happening on the ground but there is always that is a

the turkish red crescent has deployed fifty five cargo trucks of aid to kurdish held areas of iraq in iran tuesday has been declared a national day of mourning the true cost of the earthquake slowly becoming clear. and let's get an update on the situation from cinema now who joins us from. northern iraq on rescue efforts. yes paula we're in. the morning right now just behind me a very very rubble building which collapsed on sunday during sunday's earthquake and there was to be when it's a in a crowd here but the traffic is kind of busy right now. so i can say the life is kind of quiet and as usual environment behind just the few buildings having collapsed but most of them are badly damaged so people around this and these are always people are leaving their homes for. parts and staying outside like like the people in iran but of course. the drama and the graphic side of the story is fully here everything is much quieter people from south. but but i can say that the damages are limits it's compared to iraq thank you very much for that sin and sin and go to live for us in northern iraq i

for international operations at the iranian red crescent society she says first priority is trying to rescue anyone stuck under the rubble. it's quick happened in the very vast area in the cities and in the villages around but the rescue and relief operation are running their bidding the first hours of the after the occurrence of the earthquake relief teams and rescue teams from probably shell branches neighboring branches of the city is just dispatched to the area. relief and rescue operation because at this time risky operation is is at the priority for the you know on your request on society and more than five hundred villages and some cities actually are covered by this operation aid groups are preparing to send much needed supplies to yemen after saudi arabia said it will start reopening some of the country's ports and airports saudi placed a blockade in yemen a week ago after what the rebels fired a missile at riyadh the u.n. is warning millions of people could die in the world's worst famine in decades unless the measures are left to completely thousands of tons of aid meant fo

apart with francesca rucka president of the international federation of the right cross and the red crescent society mr rocca just before the break we touched upon the issue of how the european countries should process people from africa or the middle east who are knocking on their doors and i'm going to ask you about the situation in myanmar later on in the program but i want to use it as a point of comparison because one of the sticking points in the myanmar situation is the proof of origin the demand by the myanmar government dead. the refugees. provide some sort of documentation to prove that they indeed come from the state i wonder how do you think the western governments should deal with the african and middle east and migration do you think they should allow anybody in even with or without documents and if that's the case how would you down ensure the bride of asylum is respected but not abused. look this is. you haven't you and she are for these these is not something you have to ask for me every place i mean need i don't ask and i got home i got my i'm sorry for jesus we all really

them to live to deliver much needed aid organizations including the international red cross and red crescent say in syria particularly and elsewhere humanitarian aid is being used actually as a weapon of war. has our report now from the turkish city of on polya where aid workers from one hundred and ninety countries are trying to find solutions to those challenges. yes. when people from conflict zones need to be taken to safety it's these workers and volunteers who get the job done this footage was shot by mohammed for can an aid worker who's been volunteering since high school a day in a job in syria means they go shooting with government representatives in armed groups and helping get the wounded to safety. but he says he's understood more about the chaos of war and the importance of being there in moments like this child is pointing to what appears to be a russian drone just hours after his whole family had been killed in an airstrike that came from that he thought that it was just a toy or something to get the answer turns it's what seems to be a noble task is not risk free more than one

apart with francesca rocca president of the international federation of the rat cross and the red crescent society mr rocca just before the break we touched upon the issue of how the european countries should process people from africa or the middle east who are knocking on their doors and i'm going to ask you about the situation in myanmar later on in the program but i want to use it as a point of comparison because one of the sticking points in the myanmar situation is the proof of origin the demand by the myanmar government that the refugees. provide some sort of documentation. to prove that they indeed come from the state i wonder how do you think the western governments should deal with the african and middle eastern migration do you think they should allow anybody in even with or without documents and if that's the case how would you down ensure that the ride of asylum is respected but not abused look this is. what you and she are for these ideas is not something you have to ask from me every person you need i don't ask and i thought oh my god my i'm so ready for jesus we already kno

working with the red cross and red crescent are currently reaching seven million people every month across the whole of syria with lifesaving assistance the problem we have is that there are parts of the country we can't get to and that is my top priority at the moment especially. it's not easy and certainly not safe to rain separately according to u.n. reports children of the age of fifteen in syria sometimes even younger have been engaged in combat there is anything that the u.n. can do in order to try and prevent child soldiers becoming a key part of this war that's still ongoing. well you know my colleague they said general special representative produced a very important report on this subject just a month or so ago and everyone everywhere needs to take their responsibilities and international humanitarian law seriously and that includes not listing or forcing children to be party to the terrible conflict in the u.n. of course compulsory huge number of reports on humanitarian catastrophes especially when it comes to africa we report on what's here on t.v. but what are the main obstacl

dr yaseen abbas of the iraqi red crescent society joins me from baghdad.with casualties. we have almost 425 evacuated to hospital including some medical cases like heart attack or increased blood pressure and almost 300 wouldn't evacuated —— wounded evacuated. we have nine deaths among the people of these cities and damages in the house is and a damaged hospital. how are the emergency services coping if we consider the terrain and extent of the damage, how difficult is the task? unfortunately all those needed to be evacuated have already been an support and services delivered to them. they are in hospital and have been discharged and there was no problem for accessing those people. also we are having services like water and electricity now back on, there is no shutdown of the services and the people in the region are safely being from subsequent earthquakes. did you feel the earthquakes. did you feel the earthquake yourself in baghdad? yes. we felt it last night and the people we re we felt it last night and the people were panicking for a while but now re

with such things are also dealing with the local aid agencies that including the international red crescent here in baghdad. there is some slight panic from people there was a lot of panic on sunday night when the earthquake actually hit i was in my hotel room and the building swayed from left to right now for the first few seconds i like many other people feel that this was an explosion that had gone off however as it went on and it went on for about a minutes realized it was an earthquake i went down i spoke to people cause we're coming to a standstill on the road people calling up their loved ones on the phone a real sense of panic baghdad has never seen anything like this before and this earthquake was felt all the way here but plus it was felt in anbar province and in other regions so the iraqis very definitely concerned about what might happen next that concern has been noted by the iraqi prime minister by the other body he shewed a statement also late on sunday night saying he was speaking to all the relevant authorities that he had everything under control and that there weren't goi

people are here what are the conditions of the buildings and for now we see turkish red crescent here active on the field both in. and. providing humanitarian aid also turkey's. disaster and emergency administration management director rate is also here but the town is. quiet for now people are out on the streets as i said and many of the buildings are damaged a people are trying to stay away from their homes to be safe but the most critical thing here is that about this on them. it was on the risk during the earthquake and yesterday. the manager of the dam egg gave a statement that everything is fine there is no then just with the body if something happened with them all these all those people in these thousand the surrounding areas i must have been evacuated which is a risk like the most of them risk that we had that we have faced more than a year ago ok and again for the people that are still pretty frightened about what might happen what are you hearing about iran and the impact of the quake there because obviously it hits hardest that. yesterday not to leave it in the saddest par

now joined by francesca elected president of the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies well mr o'keefe thank you very much for your time and congratulations on the election thank you thank you very much it's probably the worst time to be in charge of the. given both. the grueling scope of humanitarian needs and the man's challenge of securing the funding to meet them why would you even want these kind of job but let me clarify for us all that this is not a job. and i am a volunteer i'm not paid for my position i've been volunteering in my national schools i do for many this is a is a passion for fashion for humanity try to improve. the way in which we need to get there and for me this is my you know it was my priority and i having the owner in there is for somebody to do it in the most important most relevant or going to you money into or it's really an honor well mr rocca because it's a volunteering effort how do you keep your faith in what you're doing alive seeing the misery day violence the suffering proliferated to an extent they have been. so yeah. this

francesca rocket the newly elected president of the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies well mr olcott thank you very much for your time and congratulations on the election thank you thank you very much it's probably the worst time to be in charge of the i.f.r. c given both the a growing scope of humanitarian needs and the man's challenge of securing the funding to meet them why would you even want these kind of job but let me clarify for us all that this is not our job i. don't care paul star and i am a volunteer i'm not paid for my position i've been a volunteer and in my national society for many this is a is a passion for sure for humanity tried to.

personally surprised if your run didn't accept some kind of outside assistance whether it be from the red crescent or from friendly countries that have experience with disaster relief like japan for example so there's a precedent for it but precisely because geo political tensions with countries like the united states for example are extremely high perhaps it's a bit less likely that iran would accept any offer from the trump administration even though i personally believe those offers are are unlikely at least at the moment iran also had a very serious or earthquake in two thousand and twelve and it actually required the obama administration to make some amendments to sanctions regulations that run the books to allow some of that aid and some of that disaster assistance to make it into the country and so that's really what we need to keep our eye on the ball here now a the iranian government responds how robust and how rabbit is it be the degree to which they accept that kind of outside assistance and see no funny business from the trump administration this is a humanitarian issue devoid of any k

personally surprised if you run didn't accept some kind of outside assistance whether it be from the red crescent or from friendly countries that have experience with disaster relief like japan for example so there is a precedent for it but precisely because geo political tensions with countries like the united states for example are extremely high perhaps a little bit less likely that iran would accept any offer from the trouble ministration even though i personally believe those offers are are unlikely at least at the moment. aid groups are preparing to send much needed supplies to yemen to saudi arabia said will start reopening some of the country's ports and airports saudi impose a blockade a week ago after who the rebels fired a missile at riyadh in all the u.n. is warning millions of people could die in the world's worst famine in decades unless the measures are lifted completely diplomatic editor james bass has more. saudi arabia has announced that aid is going to be allowed in but only to places that are controlled by its military coalition aid is not going to be allowed to ports and airp

in charge of all of that and they're also working with local aid agencies such as the iranian red crescent they're getting in a lot of the field hospital some four field hospitals of already been set up some twenty helicopters are flying around the area in coordination with those rescue and recovery efforts and they've got heavy equipment and so they going in to try and find people that may well be still trapped under the rubble now president hassan rouhani has visited the area he landed in the province of carmen just a few hours ago he'll be visiting some of the most affected areas and this just goes to show you how seriously the iranians are taking this now this is one of the most seismically active regions in the world iranians are very used to dealing with quakes they've had a long history of dealing with quakes but a visit of this level goes to show you how seriously they're taking this particular one now what president rouhani has said is that he will every help that's needed to try to get everything back to normal they're trying to get everything online as quick as possible that inc

al-jazeera at the united nations now leaders of the red cross and red crescent societies are meeting in turkey to discuss the future of the world's largest humanitarian movement the power of humanity conference presented alarming information about dwindling aid supplies it comes at a time when there are more than sixty five million people displaced due to violence . now the speaker of quiets national assembly has received a letter from kuwait samir calling for unity amid regional tension the emir accepted the resignation of the government last week after a crisis within parliament. and touch of a name has the latest from kuwait city. this has been a frenetic few days and the emir could be viewed as a call mean voice amidst the din he's calling for national unity denouncing hatred and warning not only are these dangerous times in the gulf and the region but here at home. the moment in my home we are fully aware of the threats around us and we are fully aware of our geographic location and the dangerous situation in the region i am sure that the kuwaiti people are aware and fully suppo

increase agencies are struggling to do their jobs organizations like the international red cross and red crescent say in syria and elsewhere humanitarian aid is being used as a weapon of war. as more from the turkish city of antalya where aid workers from one hundred ninety countries are trying to find solutions to the challenges they face. when people from conflict zones need to be taken to safety these workers and volunteers to get the job. this footage was shot by mohammed for an aid worker who's been volunteering since high school a day in his job in syria with government representatives and groups and helping get the wounded to safety. but he says he's understood more about the chaos of war and the importance of being there in moments like this child is pointing to what appears to be a russian drone just hours after his whole family had been killed in an airstrike that came from that he thought that it was just a toy or something. yes what seems to be a noble task is not risk free more than one hundred humanitarian workers have been killed this year in conflicts worldwide syria has been a hi

ada streaming in via air and rose the turkish red crescent deployed fifty five cargo trucks and nearly one hundred staff to iraq on monday you had. to stop in iraq president hassan rouhani will travel to the worst hit area of kermanshah on tuesday as a show of support and to oversee risky work the true cost of this earthquake still becoming clear shallop ballasts. aid groups are preparing to send much needed supplies to yemen to saudi arabia said it will start reopening some of the country's ports and airports but the main supply routes the port of hard data will only reopen once the saudi led coalition is satisfied the whole thing is cannot use it to bring in weapons the un is pushing for the blockade to be lifted completely. what is important for us is i said that the ports that we need access to or the ones where the humanitarian needs are the greater sin that includes data and. sea ports. obviously we welcome the opening of other ports but those are the ones. that we need airstrikes in a market in a rebel held town in northern syria are reported to have killed at least sixty two pe

with such things are also dealing with the local aid agencies there including the international red crescent here in baghdad there is some slight panic from people there was a lot of panic on sunday night when the earthquake actually hit i was in my hotel room and the building swayed from left to right now for the first few seconds i like many other people feel that this was an explosion that had gone off however as it went on and it went on for about a minute realized it was an earthquake i went down i spoke to people cause we're coming to a standstill on the road people calling up their loved ones on the phone a real sense of panic baghdad has never seen anything like this before and this earthquake was felt all the way here but plus it was felt in anbar province and in other regions so the iraqis very definitely concerned about what might happen next that concern has been noted by the iraqi prime minister by the other body he shewed a statement also late on sunday night saying he was speaking to all the relevant authorities that he had everything under control and that there weren't going

worst affected areas months away but gary is the director of international operations for the iran red crescent society she says her teams have reached most of the affected areas and the priority is now sheltering people from the cult. the focus now on the actually emergency sheltering and food. but the and the solution of the food but the point is that because the white areas reaching to the people it takes a little bit time so we are actually doing our best to accelerate this procedure and to send the items to all of the people we receive the items from our stocks from the sixteen provincial branches around the area in order just to not to waste the time so that i can say that all the needed items are not deployed today. to the. province it is which is the main province of that severely damaged. and i can say that. our people. they do their most. to reach the people in the in different religious. in other news qatar's emir says his country's neighbors have no desire to end the gulf crisis shift i mean bin hamad al funny says the blockading countries underestimate the will of the qatari people

the iranian red crescent says about 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelters. now, iran sits astride a major fault line and is prone to frequent tremors. the power of this earthquake was felt as far south as baghdad and as far west as israel and turkey. alley arouzi, nbc news, tehran. >>> look at this heart-stopping video. watch as a truck barely stops right behind a kid that's crossing the road. here it is again in slow motion. and that kid has to run a little bit forward to keep from getting hit. the incident happened back in june, but the video was just released. here's the good news. nobody was hurt. >>> new video shows the panic at orlando international airport after a lithium ion camera battery apparently caught fire and began smoking. authorities say it caused panic that raised fears of a shooting and forced them to cancel at least 24 flights on friday. after the owner dropped the smoking bag, a tsa agent grabbed it and moved it out of the way. no one was seriously hurt. >>> happening now, jurors in the trial of senator bob menendez have re-started delib

the irani the -- the iran red crescent says that about 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelters. now iran sits aside a major fault line and is prone to frequent tremors. the power of this earthquake was felt as far south as baghdad and as far west as israel and turkey. ali arouzi, nbc news, tehran. >> all right. recovery efforts there. >>> happening today, there is a key deadline for victims of the north bay wildfires. people living in napa county have until 5:00 tonight to decide whether they will use the government or a private program to help clean up ash and debris r. debris. today is the deadline for the government option in show sonoma county. november 22nd is the deadline for the private option, according to the democrats. >>> firefighters on the front lines of north bay wildfires face serious dangers. even though the flames are out, there is concern of long-term health. hundreds of those firefighters will be tested this week to see if they suffered from any toxic exposure while fighting the north bay wildfires. they expect to take blood and urine samples from 200 of the

to do their job organizations like the international red cross and red crescent say in syria and elsewhere. as a weapon of war some of the more from the turkish city of antalya were workers from one hundred ninety countries are trying to find solutions to the challenges they're facing. when people from conflict zones need to be taken to safety these workers and volunteers to get the job done. this footage was shot by mohammed for an aid worker who's been volunteering since high school a day in his job in syria means to go shooting with government representatives and on groups and helping get the wounded to safety. but he says he's understood more about the chaos of war and the importance of being there in moments like this child is pointing to what appears to be a russian drone just hours after his whole family had been killed in an airstrike that came from that he thought that it was just a toy or something to get the answer turns us what seems to be a noble task is not risk free more than one hundred humanitarian workers have been killed this year in conflicts worldwide syria has been a

say of the victims of ethnic cleansing or the international federation of the red cross and red crescent society says the threat of cholera is now a ticking bomb for their agenda range in living in camps in bangladesh a facing poor sanitation and a lack of hygiene facilities which is putting at risk we are definitely sitting on a ticking bomb as far as water sanitation and hygiene is concerned so the if you look at the sheer number of people and it was only efforts being deployed in building latrines that are not to look profound enough in a way the west you know have to be manageable one way or the other you have. every reason to feel that we can get into situations that can lead to political breaks. newly released documents recovered from osama bin laden's pakistan compound show secret dealings between iran and al qaida in one thousand page report that was included in the release by the cia says iran offered al qaeda money weapons and training to american targets in saudi arabia iran has long denied any involvement with the group and not in was killed in his compound in two thousand an