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Thousands offer to adopt baby born under rubble
The baby girl was rescued from a collapsed building in Syria, but her mother died after the birth.
Icy weather stokes fears as quake toll tops 20,000
The UN calls for aid workers to get more resources and warns the full extent of the disaster is still unfolding.
First aid convoy since quake reaches northern Syria
Vital UN deliveries to the opposition-held region were halted for four days due to road damage.
Syria doctor: ‘When he looked at me, I started crying’
Ahmed al-Masri describes the horror he felt while treating Syrian children injured in the earthquake.
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How videos give only glimpse into Syria quake horror
A look at how the BBC is able to cover the story with such limited access on the ground.
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Crowds erupt as family rescued from rubble in Syria
Video shows a rescue team pull two adults and four children from rubble in Idlib, Syria.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scores four times to move past the 500 career league goal mark as Al Nassr beat Al Wehda 4-0 in the Saudi Pro League.
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Thousands offer to adopt baby born under rubble
The baby girl was rescued from a collapsed building in Syria, but her mother died after the birth.
Icy weather stokes fears as quake toll tops 20,000
The UN calls for aid workers to get more resources and warns the full extent of the disaster is still unfolding.
First aid convoy since quake reaches northern Syria
Vital UN deliveries to the opposition-held region were halted for four days due to road damage.
Syria doctor: ‘When he looked at me, I started crying’
Ahmed al-Masri describes the horror he felt while treating Syrian children injured in the earthquake.
Video 47 seconds
How videos give only glimpse into Syria quake horror
A look at how the BBC is able to cover the story with such limited access on the ground.
Video 1 minute 20 seconds
Crowds erupt as family rescued from rubble in Syria
Video shows a rescue team pull two adults and four children from rubble in Idlib, Syria.
Ronaldo scores four to pass 500 league goal mark
Cristiano Ronaldo scores four times to move past the 500 career league goal mark as Al Nassr beat Al Wehda 4-0 in the Saudi Pro League.
Icy weather stokes fears as quake toll tops 20,000
The UN calls for aid workers to get more resources and warns the full extent of the disaster is still unfolding.
First aid convoy since quake reaches northern Syria
Vital UN deliveries to the opposition-held region were halted for four days due to road damage.
Syria doctor: ‘When he looked at me, I started crying’
Ahmed al-Masri describes the horror he felt while treating Syrian children injured in the earthquake.
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Copyright: Getty ImagesImage caption: Saïd Bouteflika was also an advisor to his brother An Algerian court has sentenced the brother of the former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to 12 years in jail for corruption.
Saïd Bouteflika, who was his brother's advisor, was also fined nearly $60,000 (£50,000).
Several top Algerian businessmen were convicted with him and also given long prison terms.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was accused of fostering corruption over his 20 year rule, was forced to resign as president in 2019 following a wave of pro-democracy protests.
He died two years later.
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Copyright: AFPImage caption: French President Emmanuel Macron visited Algeria in August to mend ties Algeria has recalled its ambassador to France for consultations, the presidency said on Wednesday in a new spat over the evacuation of Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui who is wanted by Algiers.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered ambassador Said Moussi to be recalled "with immediate effect", a statement said.
Ms Bouraoui, 46, was arrested in Tunisia on Friday and risked being deported to Algeria, but she was finally able to board a flight to France on Monday evening, the AFP news agency reports.
The French-Algerian was sentenced in Algeria in May 2021 to two years in jail for "offending Islam" and for insulting the president. She has not been placed under arrest since then pending an appeal.
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Algeria in August 2022 to repair fractured relations after a long period of tension over conflicting memories of Algeria's bloody war of independence.
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Copyright: AFPImage caption: Emergency responders in Tunisia load supplies on to military planes Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia are among African Union countries that have sent aid and technical assistance to the Turkish-Syrian border.
Kenya has committed to sending aid and called on trained medical workers to volunteer their services.
Africa’s largest non-governmental humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers, has also dispatched teams of rescue workers and equipment to help the huge international rescue effort.
More than 11,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria have been killed in the 7.8 magnitude quake, with officials quoting 8,574 deaths in Turkey and 2,660 people confirmed dead in Syria.
Death sentence in Egypt for Islamic State links
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An Egyptian court has sentenced one man to death and 11 others to life imprisonment after convicting them of links to the Islamic State group.
Six more were jailed for between 10 to 15 years.
All were said to have either led or joined a terrorist group between 2015 and 2019.
In recent years jihadists - some inspired by IS - have carried out a wave of attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and others areas of Egypt.
Mass trials of this kind there are not uncommon there.
In a single case last year, 215 defendants received sentences ranging from 10 years to the death penalty.
