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Families shaken from their sleepjust after 4am by a powerful earthquake whose epicentre isjust across the border. in the dead of night, rescue workers known as white helmets race to help, pulling this young girl from the rubble. this is work they know well. idlib, the last rebel—held enclave, has lived for years with ferocious bombardment by war planes of the syrian military or its russian ally. the few hospitals which still operate here have hardly any resources or staff. now theyre overwhelm...

We need help, we need the international community to do something. families shaken from their sleep just after 4am by a powerful earthquake whose epicentre is just across the border. in the dead of night, rescue workers known as white helmets race to help, pulling this young girl from the rubble. this is work they know well. idlib, the last rebel—held enclave, has lived for years with ferocious bombardment by war planes of the syrian military or its russian ally. the few hospitals which still ...

Fled buildings, sleeping outdoors and in their cars. this building was ten stories. it has completely collapsed. we are seeing the rescue workers now on top of the building, some of them using their hands to date. there are pneumatic drills. this is incredibly precarious work, because that rubble is unsafe. they have two grains. i was just down a side street here where a lot of the survivors from this particular area are huddled in blankets. i was talking to one woman whose daughter was on the s...

Filled with international rescue workers and also volunteers from other parts of turkey taking part in what is going on. so there is a huge sense of solidarity, a huge sense of people wanting to try to help. we are hearing about parts further south of here, particularly on the border in hartside province —— hatay province, where we have seen images of people calling out to people clearly still alive under the rubble, shouting back or aiding metalwork to make their presence known. but there a...

Possible. >> the search and rescue will stretch on for days, hope remaining as long as possible. >> continue near the region. how hampered all these rescue efforts right now in turkey and syria? >> they are continuing, anderson, but as you can imagine it is nighttime here, it is dark, this is definitely slowing down the search and rescue operations that have been ongoing now nearly 4:24 hours. rescue workers are dealing with so many challenges, the weather of course, it is freezing, snowing. man...

Regions of the world. its been cut off from the international community after a decade of conflict between the syrian president bassar al ashads forces and rebel fighters, making rescue efforts even harder. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who has reported extensively from syria, has this report. a syrian village which vanished in minutes... ..besnia. its people are all thats left standing — those who survived. so many didnt, all along this area, next to turkey. still now, ma...

Devastation. we have not been able to get to yet and others havent been able to reach. so, yeah, i mean, the search and rescue workers are extremely stretched, the conditions are extremely dangerous. i hazard to guess many of these people would not have slept for 36 hours. its plus 1 degrees out here at the moment, it will be minus 6 as soon as the sun goes down effectively and there are many, many people here in blankets, they clearly havent been able to go home, people are being accommodated i...

Our correspondents and foster has just arrived near the epicentre of the quakes in southern turkey, there is a little bit of a delay on the line. the devastation looks appalling behind you, what more have you seen? it is appalling behind you, what more have ou seen? , ., ., ., , ., you seen? it is extraordinary and even to get _ you seen? it is extraordinary and even to get here _ you seen? it is extraordinary and even to get here is _ you seen? it is extraordinary and even to get here is long -...

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This is bbc news. the headlines: rescue workers in southern turkey and northern syria are working through the night to find survivors of two powerful earthquakes which are now known to have killed at least 4,300 people. many people are spending the night in the open after their houses were destroyed. in turkey alone, nearly 5,000 buildings have been flattened. medical resources are being stretched on both sides of the border. hospitals have little or no power. a un official in syria says the roa...