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British doctors have been ‘extremely warmly welcomed’, says UK-Med doctor in Turkey
We Spoke to Dr Steve Mannion – he’s one of a medical team flown out to Turkey by the charity UK-Med which enables NHS staff to volunteer on overseas crises like this by funding staff to cover their jobs back home.
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Rescue efforts defy odds in quake-hit areas of Turkey and Syria
In the wake of every natural disaster comes a horrible turning point at which rescue missions become recovery operations.
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Turkey Syria earthquake: Children still being pulled out alive as death toll hits 23,000
It’s now 108 hours since the first quake struck here at just after 4am on Monday when so many people were buried in over six thousand buildings that collapsed.
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Creator of music that was catchy but complex – Burt Bacharach dies aged 94
It’s almost easier to list the smash hit songs of the 60s and 70s that he didn’t write than those he did.
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Former MP jailed for four years over £52,000 fraud
A former Labour MP who attempted to claim more than £50,000 to fund his cocaine habit has been jailed for four years for fraud.
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Nicola Bulley: Police issue dispersal order to member of public ‘investigating’ disappearance
Police have been given extra powers in the Lancashire village where Nicola Bulley disappeared – over concerns about videos posted on social media.
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Ukraine war likely to last until 2025, says former army commander
We spoke to General Sir Richard Barrons, a former Commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command.
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EU leaders signal willingness to supply jets to Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
After his surprise visit to the UK, Volodymyr Zelenskyy brought his charm offensive to the European mainland – meeting the French and German leaders in Paris last night, before heading to the EU in Brussels this morning.
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Turkey’s earthquake tax “didn’t go to the right places”, says former diplomat
We were joined from Ankara by Sinan Ulgen, the former Turkish diplomat currently chairing the Istanbul-based Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy.
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‘Bad buildings killed people not the earthquake’, Turkish construction boss says
Among the many questions about the scale of deaths in this disaster is why some buildings collapsed when they were surrounded by others that didn’t?
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‘Please help us’ – Turks call on world for help after earthquake
Travelling around this region reveals the unimaginable scale of the tragedy.
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Turkey Syria earthquake: death toll rising as ‘window of rescue’ closing
People are still being pulled alive from collapsed buildings, following the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. But they are now outnumbered by the dead.
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Conditions in women’s prison Eastwood Park like ‘a Victorian asylum’, says Chief Inspector of Prisons
Women with acute mental health conditions are being held in “terrible conditions” in a prison with scratched and “blood-splattered” walls, a watchdog has warned.
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Man pleads guilty to treason over Queen crossbow threat
A former supermarket worker who climbed into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow and said he was “here to kill the Queen”, has pleaded guilty to an offence under the Treason Act.
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Children in northern England are most vulnerable to cost of living crisis, MPs warn
On the eve of a major meeting of northern mayors to discuss levelling up, a new report from MPs is warning that children in the north are the most vulnerable to the cost of living crisis.