Also, Volodymyr Zelensky visits Britain and LeBron James breaks a record.
Good morning. We're covering rising frustrations in Turkey and Zelensky's plea for fighter jets in Britain. |
| President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with survivors in southeast Turkey, many of whom are homeless and waiting for aid.Photo by Adem Altan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
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Erdogan meets quake survivors |
During his first visit to the disaster zone, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey tried to reassure survivors of the devastating earthquake that the situation was under control. But as people wait for aid, their anger is mounting. |
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which killed more than 12,000 people in Turkey and Syria, has left many many more homeless. In Kahramanmaras, a city near the epicenter, Erdogan met with people sheltering in tents as temperatures hovered around freezing. He acknowledged that rescue efforts had been hampered by damaged roads and airports. |
In hard-hit areas across southern Turkey, many residents have waited in vain for government help. Frustration with the government's response could hinder Erdogan's re-election campaign. |
"It is trauma on trauma, it is heartbreak on heartbreak," a UNICEF spokesman said. |
| The Ukrainian president met King Charles III.Pool photo by Aaron Chown |
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Zelensky's surprise U.K. visit |
The British government has so far resisted calls to send Ukraine fighter jets, concerned that it could put NATO in direct confrontation with Russia. Still, Sunak announced that Britain would train Ukrainian pilots to fly NATO-standard jets, and signaled he was open to eventually sending planes. |
Ukraine, for its part, is already paving its runways with asphalt, so F-16s can land safely. Zelensky presented the speaker of the House of Commons with a helmet of a Ukrainian pilot that had a message written on it: "We have freedom; give us wings to protect it." |
| President Biden's State of the Union address focused mainly on domestic issues.Kenny Holston/The New York Times |
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President Biden did not unveil any big proposals in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. Instead, Biden — at 80 the oldest president in U.S. history — gave a speech that framed his argument for an expected re-election bid in 2024. |
Biden listed his administration's accomplishments and pledged to "finish the job," a barely veiled argument that voters should give him a second term. His performance could help assuage doubts about his vigor as a campaigner. |
While he mostly focused on domestic issues, Biden mentioned China's leader, Xi Jinping, by name, repeating that he sought competition, not conflict, with China — but he never mentioned the spy balloon. |
The closest he came was this warning: "Make no mistake, as we made clear last week, if China threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country. And we did." |
| The remnants of the balloon just off the coast of the U.S. on Saturday.Chad Fish/Associated Press |
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- A bird flu outbreak in a mink farm in Spain suggests the virus can spread between mammals. Experts stressed the need for vigilance — but said not to panic.
- Black and biracial people in England and Wales are significantly more likely to be prosecuted than white people arrested on comparable charges, according to a study.
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| China consumes half of the world's pork.Gilles SabriƩ or The New York Times |
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The farm stands as a monument to China's ambition to modernize pork production. But one researcher said hog towers exacerbate the biggest risk facing the country's pork industry: disease. |
Lives lived: Mukarram Jah, the last ceremonial monarch of Hyderabad in India, later fled to Australia to become a sheep farmer. He died at 89. |
| LeBron James with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Adam Silver after breaking the N.B.A. scoring record.Kyle Grillot for The New York Times |
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When LeBron James entered the N.B.A. at 18, no one thought he would overtake Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the league's all-time leading scorer. It didn't seem like anyone could. |
But on Tuesday night, James scored the record-breaking 38,388th point that had eluded generations of superstars. He did it at 38 years old, an age when most players have retired. His longevity is one key to the record — but so are 3-pointers. Abdul-Jabbar scored just one 3-pointer in his career. James has hit thousands. |
| Caitlin Ochs for The New York Times |
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Play the Mini Crossword, and a clue: Neighbor of a Norwegian (five letters). |
That's it for today's briefing. See you next time. — Amelia and Mariah |
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