Around 40,000 people are missing with thousands feared dead, after two earthquakes struck Venezuela.

Rescue teams are racing to reach the disaster zone in time to save people buried alive under the rubble.

The country’s interim president Delcy Rodriquez has declared a state of emergency.

The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, struck a minute apart. The second was the strongest to hit Venezuela since 1900. Areas worst hit were the capital Caracas and the state of La Guaria, where more than 100 large buildings collapsed. People have been heard calling for help from beneath the rubble.

Venezuela’s main international airport in Maiquetía on the outskirts of Caracas has been closed due to serious damage.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Vanessa Silva, Pallab Ghosh and Will Grant.

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During the pandemic, for the first time in most of our living memories, the balance of power shifted from employer to employee.

By 2021, the percentage of people in the US quitting their jobs was the highest it had been in decades, with tens of millions of people quitting in a single year, confident that they could find something better elsewhere – a trend dubbed ‘The Great Resignation’.

Five years on, and the quitting rates are way down. People are staying in jobs longer, if they are lucky enough to have one. Why?

The Global Story’s Tristan Redman is joined by Anthony Klotz, a professor of organisational behaviour at University College London and author, who coined the term ‘The Great Resignation’ and Sarah O’Connor, a columnist for the Financial Times and author of ‘We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work’, to explore how the world of work has been changed by AI, political and economic instability, and to consider how we can better enjoy the jobs we are in.

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00:00 Introduction
01:41 What was The Great Resignation?
03:18 Why were people quitting jobs so regularly?
08:11 Do people actually want to work?
11:14 The impact of AI on resignation rates and employment
14:36 What it’s like to work in a highly automated AI environment
16:41 How is this affecting young jobseekers?
21:10 The best ways to quit a job

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a multi-billion pound investment in the armed forces, which he described as the country’s “biggest sustained increase” in defence spending since the 1980s. The new expenditure is intended to prepare the British army, navy and air force for the future of war, with an emphasis on drones, AI and autonomous systems.

This comes amid international warnings that Russia could directly threaten Nato countries within the next five years. Britain and its European allies have been ramping up their military spending – spurred by the war in Ukraine and threats by President Donald Trump to withdraw from Nato.

We ask the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams how Nato members are preparing for the future of war, and threats in Europe, the Pacific and beyond.

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00:00 Introduction
01:46 Drone warfare
03:53 How prepared is Nato for modern war?
06:35 Are Nato countries spending enough on defence?
08:41 Deterring Russia and other threats

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The United Nations said tens of thousands of Venezuelans face hunger, homelessness and disease, as the country struggles with the aftermath of last week’s double earthquake.

More than 1,900 people are now confirmed dead, tens of thousands of others are still unaccounted for.

In the worst hit areas, the UN said basic services collapsed and foot shortages are widespread, with communication almost impossible.

The BBC’s Latin America correspondent Will Grant reported from the coastal town of Caraballeda in La Guaira – one of the hardest hit areas by the earthquakes.

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