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

I'm Nick Miles and at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday the 7th of February, these are our main stories.

The Turkish President has declared a state of emergency across a large part of the country

after Monday's earthquake that's left more than 5,000 people dead there and in Syria.

We'll bring the latest on efforts to bring people out alive from the rubble.

We heard voices. Our children are in there.

But what can we do? The building is already partially collapsed.

We risked our lives, but there's nothing to do.

There are no emergency workers, no soldiers, nobody.

We'll hear from Syria where the hospitals are struggling to cope.

We saved more than 300 injured.

All of those injured are so complicated. They need the resurgence.

Our staffs are limited. We have a limitation.

Also in this podcast, Russia's Foreign Minister is in Marley,

part of Moscow's effort to spread its influence across Africa.

What's in it for the people there?

As we record this podcast, it is 36 hours since that powerful earthquake hit parts of Turkey

and Syria and the scale of the disaster seems to grow by the hour.

Teams of rescuers along with all the equipment they need are arriving in South

Eastern Turkey from around the world. They need to work fast.

At the moment, people trapped under collapse buildings are able to send out

texts, videos, voice notes and their live locations.

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