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Earthquake death toll in Turkey climbs to 31,974 - AFAD

The death toll from powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey last week has risen to 31,974, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Watch: WHO holds briefing on Turkey earthquake response as death toll continues to rise

Watch as the World Health Organization provide an update on the urgent health needs and response in Turkey, following last week’s devastating earthquakes.

The Independent UK

Capital Radio DJ apologises for ‘insensitive’ joke about earthquake-hit Turkey

Ant Payne said on Twitter that he ‘would never wish to offend anyone’.

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Commentary: Yes, you can help the Turkey-Syria earthquake victims

The Antakya I know is a cosmopolitan city in southern Turkey. Kurtuluş Caddesı, the city’s central avenue, is similar to streets in Los Angeles or Miami, lined with restaurants and palm trees, resonant with multiple languages. The city was devastated in the Feb. 6 earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria,…

Los Angeles Times

Survivors leave earthquake-hit homes in Turkey, unsure when they will return

Riza Atahan, from the southern Turkish province of Hatay, put his wife and daughter on a bus taking them to safety 300km (186 miles) away, then returned to his earthquake-damaged home to guard their belongings.

Reuters

DJ apologises for making sick jokes about Turkey live on air

The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine hours apart on February 6 in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria has passed 35,000

Wales Online

‘It’s so cold’: Earthquake aid eludes many in southeastern Turkey

Residents of Osmaniye say they need food and proper housing arrangements to take care of their children.

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After Turkey's quake, one family mourns its losses — and braces for more

As volunteers continue digging through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building, the siblings of a woman found dead with her four children are now awaiting news of their mother and another sister.

WEKU

Syria White Helmets criticise UN over Assad say on aid deliveries

The rescue group in northwest Syria has criticised the UN stance on aid delivery in the aftermath of the earthquake.

Al Jazeera

NATO boss: more important Sweden, Finland join soon than together

The head of NATO said on Tuesday it was more important that Finland and Sweden's applications last year to join the alliance, seeking greater security after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, were ratified quickly than together.

Reuters

Thai quake rescue team to return home Saturday

A Thai team taking part in the international earthquake search and rescue effort in Turkey and Syria will return home on Saturday after completing a mission during which it recovered 34 bodies, Deputy Interior Minister Naris Khamnurak said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Natalie's Perthshire push to get Turkish earthquake aid to airlines

The terrible earthquake in Turkey and Syria prompted a rapid aid collection effort by Natalie Dormer and her family in Perth resulting in a bumper delivery to a depot in Edinburgh.

Daily Record

Israeli flights to Turkey to resume as ties improve, FM Cohen says

Israeli airlines will resume direct flights to Turkey as a mark of a continued improvement in bilateral relations, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Tuesday, predicting a 25% increase in tourism this year.

Reuters

Map of areas Foreign Office says to avoid as it issues advice for those heading to Turkey for half-term holidays

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit at the beginning of February has caused devastation across Turkey

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France 24

Turkey quake revives trauma of war for Syrian refugees made homeless again

Syrian refugee children in southern Turkey have never known a time without war in their home country. Last week’s devastating double earthquake has now struck their home away from home – shattering their safe haven in just one night. FRANCE 24’s reporters met Syrian refugees made homeless once more, this…

The Independent UK

Watch live as rescue efforts continue in Turkey after earthquake death toll surpasses 37,000

Watch live as rescue efforts continue in Turkey as the death toll from devastating earthquakes across Turkey and Syria passes 37,000.

Reuters

Three people rescued in Turkey 198 hours after earthquake

An 18-year-old named Muhammed Cafer was rescued from the rubble of a building in southern Turkey on Tuesday, the third rescue of the morning some 198 hours after last week's devastating earthquake, broadcaster CNN Turk said.

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Meet NDRF's Romeo and Julie who saved 6-year-old in quake-hit Turkey

While India's National Disaster Response Force miraculously rescued a six-year-old girl and made headlines, a lot of the credit for the daring rescue ought to be reserved for Romeo and Julie, part of the NDRF's dog squad. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Independent UK

Amid quake's devastation, parallel rescue bid targets pets

Six days after the earthquake that flattened parts of Turkey and Syria, two survivors emerged from the rubble

The Independent UK

Rescuers find more alive in Turkey on 8th day of quake

Rescuers on Tuesday were working to reach people under the rubble in three provinces hit hard by the powerful and devastating quake that hit Turkey and Syria last Monday

France 24

Quake aid flows into Gaziantep airport as urgency shifts to humanitarian relief

Hopes of finding more survivors have all but faded more than a week after the double earthquake that devastated southern Turkey and neighbouring Syria, with the focus now shifting to providing shelter, food and medical assistance to survivors. Every day, aid pours into quake-stricken Turkey from around the world. One…

The Independent UK

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Syrian rescue group criticises UN over Assad say on aid deliveries

The head of a Syrian opposition-run rescue group on Tuesday denounced a U.N. decision to give Syrian President Bashar al Assad authorisation over aid deliveries through border crossings with Turkey, saying it gave him "free political gain".

Evening Standard

Ant Payne: Capital Radio DJ apologises for ‘insensitive’ joke about earthquake-hit Turkey

Capital Radio DJ Ant Payne has apologised for making an “insensitive and ill-timed” joke on air about earthquake-hit Turkey which has devastated the country.

France 24

First UN aid convoy crosses into rebel-held territory in Syria

A UN convoy comprised of 11 trucks entered rebel-held territory in northwest Syria from Turkey via the newly-opened Bab al-Salam crossing on Tuesday. More than 50 other trucks of UN humanitarian aid have already been sent through another crossing at Bab al-Hawa. The UN said on Monday that President Bashar…

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