This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Rachel Wright, and in the early hours of Sunday the 30th of March, these are our main stories.

In Myanmar, the search for earthquake survivors continued with hundreds trapped under the rubble,

while the UN pleads for the Burmese military to halt attacks on rebels in affected areas.

In Turkey, hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered in Istanbul to support the city's jailed mayor.

Also, in this podcast, we take a look at the in-cell culture and Mexico tackles its country's obesity problem.

The schools are banned from including junk food in fizzy drinks and sugar drinks, even juices in the school environment.

We start with the earthquake in Myanmar, where the military government there has confirmed

more than 1,600 people have died. That figure is expected to rise. Buildings and bridges have

been brought down across large waves of the country with reports of widespread destruction in Myanmar's second

city, Mandalay. Aid has arrived from China and India, but the United Nations is warning of a

severe shortage of medical supplies. Our correspondent Nick Beak has been following developments

from Bangkok. The ruins of Mandalay.

The Sky Villa Condominium was apartments and a wedding venue,

a 12-story building reduced to six stories in seconds.

And more than 90 people are still feared to be trapped here.

Yeong says he felt huge relief when he was told his wife had been found conscious in the rubble.

But rescuing her is taking time, he explains.

I am losing the hope I had.

Some have been using their bare hands, and more than 24 hours after the quake,

rescuers are freeing some survivors, young and old.

But these minor miracles are few and far between and have punctuated an otherwise grim day of

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