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Haiti earthquake: the rescue race
As rescue teams begin searching the rubble after a massive earthquake in Haiti, Julie Ryan from the International Rescue Corps tells Channel 4 News what the key phases are in the hunt for survivors.
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Haiti earthquake death toll soars
Haiti’s president warns the scale of suffering is “unimaginable” and says thousands of people could be dead as a 7.0-magnitude earthquake quake devastates the country’s capital.
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China: artist lists earthquake dead on web
A Chinese artist is poking his head above the parapet of the Forbidden City. Ai Weiwei helped design Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium. Now he is publishing a list of children killed in last May’s earthquake in Sichuan, in the absence of any proper accounting elsewhere. He’s also not afraid to point out that hundreds died…
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‘A Diabetic Tsunami’ – The Welsh hospitals grappling with rising diabetes
At least 8% of the adult population in Wales now has diabetes, the highest estimated prevalence rate of the four UK nations. The rate of new diabetes registrations, mostly Type 2, continues to astound.
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Varadkar decision shows ‘trend of sheer exhaustion‘ in politics says writer O’Toole
We spoke to Irish Times columnist, Fintan O’Toole. And asked him whether this resignation is, as some have called it, a ‘political earthquake’.
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‘No rebuilding’ in Syria one year on after quake
Over the border in Syria, the earthquake killed some six thousand people and left many more homeless.
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Iceland volcanic eruption could last months warn experts
Residents in the Icelandic capital Rekyajik have been warned of the risk of gas pollution – after a large volcano erupted in the southwest of the country.
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How President Erdogan redefined Turkey
Tomorrow Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will take the oath of office, tightening his grip on power, adding another five years to his twenty already in office.
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Erdoğan’s election win: What does this mean for Turkey?
With the economy on its knees and a devastatingly slow response to a deadly earthquake – many thought President Erdoğan’s time was up.
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Turkey-Syria quake: Why is aid being blocked?
The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has now passed 46,000, although – incredibly – people are still being pulled alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings twelve days on.
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Turkey-Syria quake: fading hopes and shoddy buildings
The WHO called it the “worst natural disaster” in 100 years in the region.
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Turkey quake: over a hundred arrest warrants issued over building safety
More than 33,000 people are now known to have died after Monday’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria – and each hour rescue workers find yet more bodies in the rubble of destroyed towns. Remarkably, some people are still being found alive. Earlier today a ten year old girl was among survivors pulled out of collapsed…
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Political backlash after fracking ban lifted
The Government is facing a political backlash from its own MPs – after it lifted England’s ban on fracking.
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DR Congo volcanic eruption leaves at least 15 dead
A succession of small earthquakes has shaken the Congolese city of Goma, rattling a community already reeling from a volcanic eruption over the weekend.
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Jon Snow to step down as Channel 4 News presenter at end of 2021
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow has decided to step down from his role from the end of the year after 32-years at the helm of the flagship news programme.