Turkey earthquake is country's worst disaster in 84 years

2023-02-06

Turkey earthquake is country's worst disaster in 84 years - Erdogan

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1.Turkey earthquake is country's worst disaster in 84 years - Erdogan

- The death toll from a strong earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, has exceeded 2,300 people across both countries.

- Those numbers are still expected to rise as rescuers comb through mountains of rubble in freezing, snowy weather.

- It is Turkey's worst disaster in decades, the country's president said.

2. Australia shark attack victim identified as schoolgirl Stella Berry

- A 16-year-old killed by a shark while swimming in a Western Australia (WA) river has been identified as Stella Berry.

- The schoolgirl was pronounced dead after being pulled from the Swan River in Perth on Saturday.

- Stella was riding jet skis with friends when she jumped into the water to swim with dolphins and was attacked.

3. Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance completes rock depot

- Nasa's Perseverance rover has finished building a rock depot on Mars.

- It's laid down a series of tubes on the ground containing a variety of rock and environmental specimens.

- The depot will serve as a reserve cache to be brought back to Earth in the event Perseverance is unable to complete the next stage of its mission.

- Scientists want rock samples brought home to study in the lab. It will be the best way to determine whether life has ever existed on the Red Planet.

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