|
Post by Admin on Feb 7, 2023 1:18:41 GMT
The number of those known to have died has been rising throughout the day.
As night fell, authorities said the two earthquakes have claimed 2,600 lives across Turkey and Syria.
But no-one expects that will be the extent of the final grim outcome.
The epicentre of the first 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Turkish city of Gaziantep at 4:17 this morning, local time.
A series of at least 20 strong aftershocks also collapsed hundreds of buildings in the region.
A second 7.6 magnitude quake struck around eight hours later.
In Syria, already devastated by war, hundreds were killed and trapped under rubble in the provinces of Hama, Aleppo and Latakia.
Tremors were felt as far away as Lebanon, Greece, Israel and Cyprus.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Feb 7, 2023 3:52:58 GMT
A rescue operation is under way across much of southern Turkey and northern Syria following a huge earthquake.
Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after hundreds of buildings collapsed in the region.
More than 3,500 people have been killed in the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck near Gaziantep. But it is highly likely that the death toll will rise.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Feb 7, 2023 17:11:44 GMT
Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after thousands of buildings collapsed in Turkey and northern Syria in yesterday’s huge earthquakes.
An international rescue effort is under way following the quakes that have killed more than 5,000 people across both countries.
More than 1,600 people have been reported dead so far in northern Syria following the quake.
The region is home to millions of refugees displaced by the civil war.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Feb 8, 2023 17:20:08 GMT
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed a joint session of the UK Parliament shortly after making a surprise trip to the UK.
Hundreds of MPs and peers packed into Westminster Hall to hear him speak - he received a long and rapturous applause as he arrived.
It is Zelensky's first visit since Russia invaded his country last year and his second international trip since the war began.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Feb 10, 2023 22:23:26 GMT
A "high-altitude object" was shot down over Alaska earlier on Friday, the White House has said.
Spokesman John Kirby said the unmanned object was "the size of a small car" and was over a sparsely populated area at the time.
President Joe Biden took the decision to shoot down the object, which was of unknown origin, Mr Kirby said.
It comes after the US shot down a Chinese balloon over its territorial waters last Saturday.
|
|