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Turkey-Syria earthquake live news: Hope amid 100-hour rescues

The death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquakes has passed 22,000. At least 18,991 people have been killed in Turkey, according to the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — surpassing the toll from the devastating 1999 earthquake in that country.

At least 3,377 people are known to have died in Syria.

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Yet rescue workers are defying the odds, finding people alive in the rubble more than 100 hours after the earthquakes.

The World Bank has promised $1.78bn to Turkey in relief and recovery assistance. UN chief Antonio Guterres is calling on the international community to provide more money for earthquake relief and has announced a donor conference for next week.

Sherjeel Malik

Sherjeel Malik is a content writer at Kashmir Digits. Apart from covering current affairs, Sherjeel likes to create content about sports and write opinion based articles.

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