jets to ukraine. we start with the devastating earthquakes which have rocked southern turkey and northern syria and are now known to have killed more than 11,700 people. turkey s president erdogan has been defending his government s response to the disaster on a visit to some of the worst affected areas. we ll have more on that shortly. but first, with the search operations ongoing in the rubble of collapsed buildings, dramatic pictures continue to emerge of rescues in both countries. cheering. this was the moment that rescuers hauled a boy onto a stretcher moments after he was rescued from the rubble two days after the earthquake. there were also cheers ofjubilation at being able to save his life. there have been other glimmers of hope in an otherwise grim landscape of devastation and death. our correspondent, anna foster, has been in the village of karamanmaras. i was watching them take bodies out of here last night and again this morning. it is pulling aside all of this
destroyed, around 6500, they believe in this area, updating the number of killed and injured, which keeps rising all of the time. it is when you look at an apartment building like this, i was watching them take bodies out of her last night and again this morning. that is what the big digger is doing, it is pulling aside all of the rubble until they see the sign of a body. this morning it was an arm clad in a purple top. they stop, they gently, with their hands, remove the body and they give it to the loved ones. you will see many of the relatives on the fringes here, they come and go and they wait for news because what they really want, they know that their loved ones have already perished inside this building, but they want some sort of answers. they want a body, they want to have a funeral, to see their loved 11 final time. when that
our correspondent, anna foster, has been in the village of karamanmaras. i was watching them take bodies out of here last night and again this morning. that is what that big digger is doing. it is pulling aside all of this rubble until they see the sign of a body. this morning, it was an arm clad in a purple top. at one point, there was a leg, and then they stop and they gently, with their hands, remove the body, and they give it to the loved ones, their relatives, many of whom you will see actually on the fringes here. they come and go and they wait for news, because what they really want, they know that their loved ones have already perished inside this building, but what they want are essentially some kind of answers. they want a body, they want to be able to have a funeral. they want to be able to see their loved ones one final time, and when that does happen, the emotion, i watched one man earlier today identify the body
there were also cheers ofjubilation at being able to save his life. there have been other glimmers of hope in an otherwise grim landscape of devastation and death. our correspondent, anna foster, has been in the village of karamanmaras. i was watching them take bodies out of here last night and again this morning. it is pulling aside all of this rubble until they see the sign of a body. this morning, it was an arm clad in a purple top. at one point, there was a leg, and then they stop and they gently, with their hands, remove the body, and they give it to the loved ones, their relatives, many of whom you will see actually on the fringes here. they come and go and they wait for news, because what they really want, they know that their loved ones have already perished inside this building, but what they want are essentially some kind of answers. they want a body, they want to be able to have a funeral.