Morocco quake: UN offers support to search an...

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The UN’s humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths has described the earthquake in Turkey as the worst natural disaster he’d ever seen in his decades of humanitarian work. While visiting the Turkish city of Kahramanmasa he told the BBC that the UN would work actively and firmly to open ...  Show more

A senior official from FEMA tells Newshour that additional expert help has been deployed to Hawaii and that forensic work continues in the wake of devastating wildfires. Also on the programme, Armenia has written to the United Nations Security Council asking for an emergency sess ...  Show more

The Syrian government says it will allow aid agencies to deliver humanitarian aid across government lines to earthquake victims in rebel-controlled territory. We speak to the International Red Cross and hear of the continuing search for survivors under the rubble in Turkey as wel ...  Show more

A gang in Haiti has kidnapped 17 American and Canadian missionaries, and is now demanding millions in ransom – the latest example of the increasing chaos in one of the world's poorest countries. So, will international aid be needed, again, to return it to stability?  Join host Mo ...  Show more