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Weekend: Turkey and Syria earthquake death toll rise to 24 000

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Turkey and Syria earthquake deaths rise to 24 000

11/02/2023 GMT

Turkey and Syria earthquake death toll rise to 24 000

BBC World Service - Weekend, Turkey and Syria earthquake death toll rise to 24 000

More than 24 000 people are now known to have died from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

More than twenty-four thousand people are now known to have died in Monday's earthquakes in Turkey and Syria and millions more left homeless.

Also in the programme:  The US has shot down an unidentified object over Alaska at the order of President Biden. The action comes less than a week after a US fighter jet downed a Chinese spy balloon that had travelled for nearly a week across the United States. 

Teachers from across Portugal are expected to descend on Lisbon in later today for a demonstration to press for better pay and working conditions.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other stories are Julie Norman, associate professor in Politics and International Relations at University College, London and Vedi Hadiz, Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Melbourne in Australia. 

(Picture: People mourn their relatives at a mass grave area following a major earthquake in Baris village near Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey, 10 February 2023. Over 22,000 people were killed and thousands more were injured after two major earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on 06 February. Authorities fear the death toll will keep climbing as rescuers look for survivors across the region. Credit:  Photo by SEDAT SUNA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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