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UN chief pushes for more aid access to Syria from Turkey

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday pushed for more aid access to northwestern Syria from Turkey, seeking an expanded mandate from the UN Security Council to allow UN help to be delivered through more than one border crossing after a devastating earthquake struck the region earlier this week.

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Days after quake, aid trucks reach northwest Syrian enclave

A small convoy has crossed from Turkey into Syria’s rebel-held northwest with desperately needed medicines, blankets, tents and U.N. shelter kits, the first aid to reach the enclave, three days after the devastating earthquake struck the region, killing thousands

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Daily Dose Ep 1273: Kharge questions expunged remarks, another Adani row plea in SC

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from Delhi, Parliament, Supreme Court, Turkey, and Syria.

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Aid workers in Turkey and Syria describe devastation caused by earthquake

The Disasters Emergency Committee is co-ordinating a joint rapid fundraising response by 14 charities.

The Independent UK

Middle East roundup: Devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Here’s a roundup of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Expats in Turkey urge those at home to send money as UK begins relief effort

The UK’s International Search and Rescue Team have begun operations in disaster zone.

The Independent UK

Film legend Tamer Hassan reveals he and Love Island star daughter have family missing in Turkish earthquake

The death toll for the earthquake in Turkey has now reached over 17,100

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UK will keep working with UN on Syria-Turkey earthquake response - Cleverly

Britain will continue to work with the United Nations and others to support Turkey and Syria following earthquakes there, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Thursday, describing the situation in Syria as "considerably harder."

Reuters

Syrian woman in Ireland desperately trying to find out what happened to newborn baby of friend killed in earthquake

"I can't get in contact with anyone at the minute as most phones are dead because they have nowhere to charge them"

Irish Mirror

Ghana soccer player Atsu still missing in Turkey earthquake

Ghana international soccer player Christian Atsu is still missing after the earthquake in Turkey despite earlier reports he had been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building and taken to a hospital

The Independent UK

Turkey turns to tents and tourist resorts to house quake homeless

Turkey is grappling with one of the biggest challenges from the earthquake that flattened a swathe of its towns and cities: how to shelter hundreds of thousands of people left homeless in the middle of winter.

Reuters

Palestinians extend a helping hand to quake-hit Turkey and Syria

Rescuers from the occupied Palestinian territories are joining international efforts to bring quake survivors to safety.

Al Jazeera

Horrific scale of Turkey earthquake disaster in numbers as death toll nears 19,000

The death toll passed 19,000 on Thursday morning, as the WHO fears that numbers could reach 20,000

The Independent UK

Twitter cutoff in Turkey amid earthquake rescue operations: A social media expert explains the danger of losing the microblogging service in times of disaster

Twitter was blocked in Turkey on Feb. 8, 2023, according to internet monitoring service NetBlocks. The outage came amid the massive rescue operation and humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of the earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria two days earlier. Access to Twitter appeared to be restored about 12…

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Back-to-back mega-quakes devastated Turkey. California faces similar aftershock threat

The mega-quakes in Turkey this week showcase how a magnitude 7.8 quake could trigger a magnitude 7.5 aftershock on a different fault, with 60 miles of distance between the epicenters.

Reuters

Anger over Turkey's temporary Twitter block during quake rescue

Turkey's decision to block access to Twitter for about 12 hours from Wednesday afternoon to early Thursday as people scrambled to find loved ones after devastating earthquakes has compounded public frustration at the pace of relief efforts.

Daily Mirror

Three bodies found in search for school volleyball team after Turkey earthquake

Rescuers searching the collapsed hotel that had left members of a school volleyball team trapped following Monday's devastating earthquake have now found three bodies

The Independent UK

Britons in Turkey plead with friends and family in UK for earthquake donations

Debs Handy, who moved to Turkey in 2020, said ‘if you know someone in Turkey, get the money over here, tell them to go shopping for you’.

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Tamer Hassan reveals he and Love Island star daughter Belle have lost family in Turkish earthquake

The British-Turkish actor said his family has been left ‘devstated’ by the tragedy

The Independent UK

British volunteers begin earthquake rescue as other crews speak of delays

Teams from the UK have started to travel to Turkey to help with the search operation.

The Conversation

Turkey-Syria earthquake: the challenge of delivering aid in a disaster zone

It’s the middle of the night and you are fast asleep. Suddenly you have ceiling plaster smashing down on you, pictures are falling off the walls and your bedroom is swaying. You wake your partner, grab the kids and make your way down a stairwell in the darkness as you…

Reuters

Analysis-Investors see Erdogan's earthquake response as pivotal

The humanitarian disaster of Turkey's earthquake has caused an outpouring of concern by international investors, but also an acknowledgement that President Tayyip Erdogan's handling of the crisis will now dominate the run-up to May's elections.

The Independent UK

Toddler pulled from ruins after 78 hours trapped by Turkey earthquake

Earlier, in the same city, a father and daughter were pulled from the wreckage of another collapsed building

The Independent UK

Tamer Hassan fears he and Love Island daughter Belle have ‘lost’ family in Turkey earthquake

Death toll from quakes crosses 15,000 mark as rescuers continue to pull bodies from rubble

Al Jazeera

Why did so many buildings collapse in Turkey?

A combination of factors led to the widespread destruction that has left thousands still trapped under debris.

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