World

The World Health Organisation has said the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has “overwhelmed everyone” – amid warnings the flow of aid must be urgently sped up to save lives. The number of people killed in both countries continues to grow and now stands at more than 33,000. Dr Michael Ryan, WHO’s executive director,

In the wasteland that scars the centre of Kahramanmaras in Turkey, we watched a pair of rescuers perched in a digger’s scoop as they investigated a great pile of concrete. Their mobile bucket took them up into the sky as they probed a toppled building. No one had checked this spot before. It is not

Aid workers in Turkey say the security situation is deteriorating, leaving them struggling to help those affected by the recent earthquake. Monday’s 7.8 magnitude quake killed more than 24,600 people in Turkey and another 3,500 in Syria, and brought down thousands of buildings. Hope is fading for those still buried under the rubble, and frustration

We meet him at the Kilis border with his head hanging heavy and his eyes red from crying. Mohamed Kenno, 21, has just come back from taking the bodies of his uncle and young cousin to relatives in Syria to be buried in their border town home, Azaz. His family fled the Syrian civil war

Aid workers have said Syria is facing a “nightmare scenario” as nearly five and a half million people may be left homeless following Monday’s devastating earthquake. With the war-torn country already dealing with the impact of over 10 years of conflict, aid workers say that the recovery operations in Syria are likely to take much

Syria’s suffering is a unique desolation and inside Idlib we’ve seen the face of utter desperation. Here, they thought their plight couldn’t get any worse than running from shelling and cowering from regime bombs, but what was already an horrendously wretched life for millions, has become a whole lot more tragic since the earthquake. People

An air raid alert has been declared across the whole of Ukraine as Russia launched strikes in the country’s south and east. Kremlin forces hit critical infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, and power facilities in Zaporizhzhia. The public have been urged to take shelter. Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv city military administration, said: “There

More than 20,000 people are now confirmed to have died in a devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday. The total number who are recorded to have been killed is now 20,451, made up of 17,134 in Turkey and 3,317 in Syria. Both countries were hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that reduced

Russian officials have attacked Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s “hasty” visit to Europe – dismissing his speech to MPs in Westminster as “theatrical”. The Ukrainian president made a surprise appearance in London on Wednesday, where he urged the UK and Western allies to provide “wings for freedom” by supplying advanced jets. Mr Zelenskyy then travelled to Paris for

Heart-wrenching footage has captured the moment rescue workers gave a little boy water with a bottle cap before pulling him out of wreckage nearly 45 hours after the Turkey-Syria earthquake. The young child, named as Muhammed Ahmed from Syria, had been trapped underneath rubble following the 7.8 magnitude quake since the early hours of Monday.

We meet Ahmat at one of the few functioning airports in the earthquake zone. He has travelled through the night from south Wales to reach his family home of Tut in the Adiyaman province of Turkey. His brother Ali has been killed after his home crumbled to the ground as a result of the earthquake.

Footage has emerged from Syria of the incredible moment men digging through rubble with their hands freed a tiny girl as her father tried to keep her calm. The father is heard saying to his young girl, Nour, “Dad is here, don’t be scared” as the search and rescue team furrow through large rocks to

More than 5,600 buildings in Turkey have been destroyed by yesterday’s powerful earthquake and aftershocks – as the long-running civil war in Syria complicates rescue efforts there. At least 4,300 people have died across both countries – and officials fear that the number of fatalities will rise further. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake happened before dawn

Frantic rescue efforts are continuing as hundreds of people are trapped under rubble following a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake early Monday morning that rocked south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria killing more than 2,600. The number of dead is expected to rise as rescue workers search the wreckage in cities and towns across the region. At

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken Turkey and Syria, killing at least 195 people according to authorities. The quake was centred in the town of Pazarcik in Kahramanmaras province, about 20 miles from the city of Gaziantep, at a depth of 6 miles and there were six powerful aftershocks, according to reports. At least 76 people

A US military operation to shoot down a Chinese “spy balloon” that had been hovering in American airspace came at a tense time for the two superpowers, whose relationship has been on rocky ground for years. But how did the US successfully down it with a single missile – and what intelligence are they now

Half a million people have been left without power after a “significant” accident at an electricity substation in Odesa, southern Ukraine. The Black Sea port and its surrounding areas were plunged into darkness following a large-scale network failure, Ukraine‘s grid operator Ukrenergo reported. It said the failure involved equipment “repeatedly repaired” after Russia’s attacks on

A teenage girl has been killed in a shark attack in Australia. The 16-year-old was pulled from the Swan River in Perth with critical injuries on Saturday, police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Inspector Paul Robinson said the victim had been with her friends on jet skis and they witnessed the “extremely

Opposition to Russians being allowed to compete at next year’s Paris Olympics is intensifying, as the UK government prepares to convene talks with more than 30 countries. The summit is due to be held next Friday 10 February. The International Olympic Committee is facing dissent over its willingness to allow athletes from Russia to compete

In an era of orbital satellites so advanced that they are able to make out objects half the size of cars from space, a spy balloon might seem like a bit of a relic. They were a prominent tool for reconnaissance during the Cold War and were even used in a more basic form for