:00:19. > :00:24.Rescuers in Taiwan are continuing to search for people trapped
:00:25. > :00:26.in the ruins of buildings following a powerful earthquake.
:00:27. > :00:29.At least 11 people are known to have been killed and others
:00:30. > :00:38.efforts are centred on the ruins of a 17-storey apartment block.
:00:39. > :00:59.Until the quake struck in the early hours of this the morning,
:01:00. > :01:08.in to try to save those still trapped inside
:01:09. > :01:11.Most of the more than 200 residents would have been asleep
:01:12. > :01:18.TRANSLATION: Rescue workers broke through layer by layer
:01:19. > :01:21.and they asked us to climb out, but I said my children are too small
:01:22. > :01:27.Then one rescue worker tried his best to climb in and take
:01:28. > :01:32.the children out and then I slowly climbed out myself.
:01:33. > :01:35.The earthquake was felt right across the island of Taiwan.
:01:36. > :01:40.But the city of Tainan, close to the epicentre,
:01:41. > :01:45.Thankfully the damage is not as widespread as first feared
:01:46. > :01:48.and the rescue operation is now focussed on this one
:01:49. > :01:56.TRANSLATION: We've seen people alive, but they're trapped.
:01:57. > :01:59.Right now these people are our priority and it is a matter
:02:00. > :02:05.The next stage is to get access to the survivors using all kinds
:02:06. > :02:12.of equipment including those that detect life.
:02:13. > :02:15.Following the powerful earthquake in 1999 that claimed more than 2,000
:02:16. > :02:21.lives, Taiwan has improved its building safety standards.
:02:22. > :02:26.The collapsed tower block was built long before those changes,
:02:27. > :02:31.but questions will still be asked about whether corners were cut
:02:32. > :02:43.The White House has warned of a growing humanitarian crisis
:02:44. > :02:46.in Syria as tens of thousands of people flee a government
:02:47. > :02:50.Many of them are stranded at the Turkish border which has been
:02:51. > :03:00.Their only thought is escape, away from the madness
:03:01. > :03:10.15,000 gathered on the Syrian side, given shelter but not safe
:03:11. > :03:24.A country that has already taken over two million Syrians,
:03:25. > :03:31.Rebel supply lines have been cut off, 350,000 civilians
:03:32. > :03:40.Washington accuses Moscow of bombing civilian areas.
:03:41. > :03:42.But says there is still hope that the fighting might be halted.
:03:43. > :03:45.The number of modalities for providing that humanitarian
:03:46. > :03:58.access have been discussed and the modalities of a ceasefire
:03:59. > :04:05.And the Russians have made some constructive of ideas about how
:04:06. > :04:07.a ceasefire in fact, could be implemented.
:04:08. > :04:10.But if it is just talk for the sake of talk in order to continue
:04:11. > :04:13.the bombing, nobody is going to accept that.
:04:14. > :04:16.Taking temporary shelter for now on the Syrian side of the border,
:04:17. > :04:18.an even greater humanitarian disaster looms.
:04:19. > :04:21.But Turkey, the question - whether to open the door
:04:22. > :04:24.to those in need or bow to EU pressure to stem the flow
:04:25. > :04:36.Turkey, the gatekeeper, faces a tough choice.
:04:37. > :04:40.Gavin, that difficult choice will be discussed with the German
:04:41. > :04:45.chancellor, Angela Merkel, who is visiting Ankara on Monday, her
:04:46. > :04:49.second visit to Turkey in the space of months. And a sign of the
:04:50. > :04:53.pressure that's being exerted on this country to reduce the number of
:04:54. > :04:57.refugees. As for the 15,000 who are queuing on the other side of the
:04:58. > :05:02.border, well, many of them have dispersed west of Aleppo to
:05:03. > :05:05.opposition held areas. Others could be brought over the crossing into
:05:06. > :05:09.Turkey to other refugee camps, but there is no sign yet, there is no
:05:10. > :05:14.definite decision on that so far. But all we do know is that even if
:05:15. > :05:17.the 15,000 are dealt with, tens of thousands more could yet follow in
:05:18. > :05:21.their wake as Aleppo descends into chaos.
:05:22. > :05:23.Twitter says it has suspended 125,000 accounts since the middle
:05:24. > :05:31.of last year because they threatened or promoted terrorist acts.
:05:32. > :05:33.Most of the deleted profiles were related to the so-called
:05:34. > :05:37.The company says that, as a result, what it calls "this type
:05:38. > :05:42.of activity" is shifting off its network.
:05:43. > :05:44.Charities are to be banned from using government grants to fund
:05:45. > :05:46.lobbying campaigns aimed at pressurising ministers to change
:05:47. > :05:51.The new rules, which will take effect in May, will not prevent
:05:52. > :05:52.charities from using privately-raised money
:05:53. > :05:59.Our Political Correspondent Alan Soady is here.
:06:00. > :06:05.What is the Government thinking about this, Alan? Well, the
:06:06. > :06:10.Government gets lobbied all the time on all sorts of issues, whether it
:06:11. > :06:14.is minimum pricing for alcohol, a sugar tax, environmental issues and
:06:15. > :06:18.some of that influencing can come from charities that are partly being
:06:19. > :06:21.funded by taxpayers money. The Government says that it thinks
:06:22. > :06:24.that's wrong. With those organisations want to do that kind
:06:25. > :06:28.of lobbying, they should pay for it by money they raise themselves,
:06:29. > :06:32.hence this change of rules, but it is not going down very well in the
:06:33. > :06:35.charity sectorment some say, that they need to try to influence
:06:36. > :06:40.Government policy in order to help the very people whose lives they're
:06:41. > :06:42.trying to improve. There are some who are asking whether it is some
:06:43. > :06:46.sort of an attempt by the Government to stifle its critics and there are
:06:47. > :06:51.also questions being raised of just how practical it is to enforce it.
:06:52. > :06:53.Alan, thank you very much. Alan Soady.
:06:54. > :06:56.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:06:57. > :06:58.The next news on BBC One is at 6.55pm.
:06:59. > :07:17.Hello. Good afternoon to you, we're going to cram a lot of weather into
:07:18. > :07:22.the next two-and-a-half days. Things have looked more sparkling than this
:07:23. > :07:27.in Plymouth, I can assure you, but that's what you will be stepping out
:07:28. > :07:29.into this afternoon. A lot of isobars ahead of