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Turkey earthquake: Teenager trapped under rubble for 94 hours drinks own urine to survive

‘Thank God you arrived,’ he says following his rescue

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

‘Best of the brigade’ - Fire chief praises London firefighters in Turkey

Fire commissioner Andy Roe said the 12 London firefighters in Turkey were setting an example for his whole team

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: why it is so difficult to get rescue and relief to where it is most needed

The death toll from the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 has climbed above 21,000 in four days, exceeding the World Health Organization’s estimate of 20,000. But it continues to rise by the hour as more grim discoveries are made under the rubble.

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2023

Cyprus probes washed up dead whales, earthquake link possible

A number of whales have washed up dead on the northern shores of Cyprus, authorities said on Friday, possibly affected by the massive earthquakes in neighbouring Turkey and Syria this week.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2023

US exempts Syrian earthquake aid from sanctions

The new rules are designed to speed up deliveries.

Al Jazeera · Feb 10, 2023

Survivors pulled from rubble 100 hours after quake as toll passes 24,000

Hundreds of thousands more people have been left homeless in often sub-zero winter conditions

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

Video shows London firefighters reunite mum and daughter after they were trapped in earthquake rubble

The mother gave her young daughter a huge hug after being helped to freedom and safety

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people

It didn’t take long for Syria’s Assad regime to seek political and economic benefit from the devastation of an earthquake. As emergency services were reaching victims of the 7.8-magnitude tremor on February 6, regime-linked organisations demanded governments “immediately end the siege and unilateral coercive economic sanctions imposed on Syria and…

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2023

Enmities from Syrian civil war obstruct a quake aid convoy

An aid convoy from Syria's Kurdish-led region to earthquake-hit areas of the northwest was turned back on Thursday, failing to reach those in need in the latest example of how relief efforts are being complicated by civil war enmities.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2023

Satellite images reveal fault line through city near epicentre of Turkey’s deadly earthquake

Images capture extent of devastation and destruction left behind by deadly earthquake

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023