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

I'm Jackie Leonard and at 13 hours GMT on Tuesday the 1st of April, these are our main stories.

A woman's been pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Myanmar's capital

four days after the huge earthquake that left thousands dead.

The UN says about a thousand children have been killed or hurt in Israel's renewed offensive

in the Gaza Strip.

The Israelis have issued more evacuation orders for the Palestinian territory.

And China has begun large-scale military exercises to practice for a blockade of Taiwan.

Taiwan says Beijing is the world's biggest troublemaker.

Also in this podcast on the 100th anniversary of the publication of the American classic, The Great Gatsby,

we'll hear about a new rendition of the novel. Let's make her a woman, let's make her a social media influencer.

Fitzgerald himself said he had no important

women characters in this book and he feared that was a failing of it.

Flags are at half-mast in Myanmar and a minute's silence has been observed four days after the

devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake, which has claimed

more than 2,700 lives so far. Even as the figures for the number of dead continue to rise,

there was a small piece of good news. A woman in her 60s has been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed

building in the capital Napiador after being trapped for 91 hours. Meanwhile, a rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in the capital Napiador after being trapped

for 91 hours. Meanwhile, a team from the BBC's Burmese service has arrived at the epicentre of

the quake in Mandalay. Tozar Lynn is one of them. Her report has been revoiced because we couldn't

get a quality line. I am now in Mandalay, near the epicentre of the earthquake.

We arrived late last night, one full day later than planned.

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