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Greece extreme weather: Widespread flooding just days after wildfires brought under control
Torrential rain has caused widespread flooding in Greece, just days after the deadly wildfires that raged across the country for weeks were brought under control.
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Syria: people struggling with trauma, father who lost son in earthquake says
We spoke to Fouad Sayed Issa. He’s a youth activist and founder of the Syrian refugee-led humanitarian group ‘Violet Organization.’
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Syrian refugees struggling six months on from earthquake
It’s been six months since two massive earthquakes tore through southeast Turkey and northern Syria, leaving fifty thousand people dead. Countless more were made homeless when entire towns and cities were turned to rubble.
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Building collapse: have Turkish authorities learned lessons after the earthquake?
Ramazan Yildirim is a civil engineer who built fifty buildings in the city – all of which remained standing.
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Environmental policies need to be taken seriously or we will see a much worse situation, says new chair of UN’s climate change panel
Wildfires are still burning across at least nine countries around the Mediterranean – leaving dozens of people dead.
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‘I don’t think Erdoğan is going to be pro-immigration’ says chair of international relations at Özyeğin University
What does Erdoğan’s victory mean for Turkey’s place in the world. It was no surprise that the first leader to send his congratulations was Russian President Putin – commending his “independent foreign policy”.
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FactCheck: how many British nationals are in Sudan and what’s caused the crisis?
The government urges British nationals in Sudan to “stay indoors”.
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Is Africa at the centre of a new cold war?
Is Africa caught in a new Cold War?
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FactCheck: why Russia is planning to store nuclear weapons in Belarus – explained
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin plans to store nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus. But should we be worried? FactCheck takes a look.
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How one Turkish holiday destination became home to thousands of Russians – DUBBED
The beaches of Antalya in southern Turkey have long been a favourite holiday spot for Russians but since their country invaded Ukraine it has now become home for tens of thousands.
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59 dead after boat carrying migrants shipwrecked off Italian coast
At least 59 people including twelve children, have died after an overloaded migrant boat sailing from Turkey was shipwrecked in rough seas off Southern Italy.
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2.2 million people evacuated from earthquake hit areas
Turkey’s President Erdogan has said that more than 2.2 million people have now been evacuated from areas affected by last week’s devastating earthquake, while 1.6 million have received emergency shelter.
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Syria earthquake: Devastated rebel-held areas in urgent need of aid
In Syria, the area hardest hit by the earthquake is the northwest region, which is predominantly under rebel control and in desperate need of aid.
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Government ‘should have drawn lessons’ after 1999 earthquake, says Turkish opposition MP
We’re joined from the Turkish capital by Ünal Çeviköz, a senior MP from Turkey’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party.
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Northern Cypriot student volleyball team among 33,000 quake death toll
More than a hundred arrest warrants have been issued over the construction of buildings which failed to withstand the quake. Among the tens of thousands killed were a Northern Cypriot student volleyball team who won a game in Turkey, the day before all 24 young people lost their lives. We spoke to one of only…