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Global News Podcast

World 'letting down' Syrian quake victims

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

International community accused of having blood on its hands for abandoning those in north-west Syria. Also: Israel's president has warned that the government's plan to reform the judiciary is pushing the country towards constitutional collapse, and British pop star Harry Styles sweeps the board at the UK music awards - The Brits.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:05.0

I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Monday, the 13th February, these are our main stories.

0:12.4

The UN's aid chief says earthquake victims in Northwest Syria are being ignored by the world.

0:18.1

Arrests in Turkey for involvement in suspected,

0:21.1

shoddy construction work exposed by the disaster,

0:24.3

and massive protests accusing the city authorities of destroying the Spanish

0:29.2

capital's health care system.

0:33.5

Also in this podcast, Nigeria's military rejects government accusations that it's

0:38.8

planning a coup as malicious and wicked. And...

0:42.0

The winner is... Harry Styles.

0:45.0

Harry Styles!

0:46.3

The one and only... Harry Styles.

0:50.4

From Grammy Award-winner last week, Harry now sweeps the board at the UK's biggest music awards,

0:56.8

the Brits.

1:00.4

The United Nations has warned that earthquake victims in rebel-held areas of Northwest Syria

1:05.8

are being let down by the failure of the international community to send help.

1:10.6

The UN's aid chief Martin Griffiths says people rightly felt abandoned almost a week after two

1:17.1

massive earthquakes destroyed thousands of buildings. Manar Al-Kabutli lives in the town of Al-Atarab

1:24.6

in Idlib province in Northwest Syria. She's described what the last week has been like to Julian

1:30.8

Marshall.

1:31.8

We cannot cover all that damage by ourselves. The border crossings, they were closed

1:37.5

four days after the earthquake. No aid was delivered. We need medical aid. Our hospitals cannot

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