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Weekend: UN says 26 million people affected by earthquake in Turkey and Syria

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UN says 26 million people affected by earthquake in Turkey and Syria

12/02/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, UN says 26 million people affected by earthquake in Turkey and Syria

WHO says nearly 26 million people have been affected by the earthquake.

The WHO says nearly 26 million people have been affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

The World Health Organisation estimates that nearly 26 million million people have been affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

Also in the programme: We will be hearing from two aid workers coordinating help for victims of the earthquake in Syria.

Plus, an insight into Nikki Haley, the former Governor of South Carolina and the former US Ambassador to the UN who is preparing to launch a possible US presidential bid.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other stories are Colleen Graffy, Associate Professor of Law, Caruso School of Law, Pepperdine University in California.  She's also a former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Ramy Inocencio, the CBS News Foreign Correspondent in London.

(Picture: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks with a man as he visits quake survivors at a hospital in Aleppo, in the aftermath of the earthquake, Syria February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi)

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