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Added on the 28/06/2023 14:53:40 - Copyright : France 24 EN
French and Turkish rescuers, searching through the rubble in the town of Osmaniye, southern Turkey, discover a body, before bringing it to an ambulance as a crowd waits anxiously near the ruins of a building in which seven people have been found dead, according to an official report given to AFP at 22:25 local time. Search operations like this are ongoing across southern Turkey and northern parts of neighbouring Syria after Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake, of which the death toll has reached over 12,000. IMAGES
At least 18 people were still missing on Friday after the Kalibr missile strike on the central Ukrainian city that killed more than 20 civilians the day before.
Rescue workers are searching eight buildings in Bayrakli, a metropolitan distric of Izmir, despite dwindling hope for survivors, as the death toll of a powerful magnitude earthquake which hit western Turkey rose to 49. IMAGES
Italian firefighters continue to search for missing people in homes filled with mud and debris in Libya's flood-devastated Derna. The flood disaster, which killed thousands in the eastern coastal city, also displaced more than 43,000 people, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Despite political tensions meaning that Morocco has so far not answered France’s offer of aid following a devastating earthquake, a number of French firefighters have nevertheless travelled to the country to join the search for survivors. “We are humans at the service of humans. We are here to save lives”, said one French volunteer.
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