Turkey-Syria earthquake: New-born and mother saved after four days in rubble

A new-born babe and his parent person been rescued from rubble successful Turkey, astir 90 hours aft the archetypal of Monday's deadly earthquakes.

The 10-day-old boy, named Yagiz, was retrieved from a ruined operation successful the confederate Hatay province.

Footage showed the kid being cautiously taken retired overnight - a show described by section media arsenic miraculous.

Hopes of uncovering galore much survivors are diminishing, amid freezing-cold upwind 4 days aft the disaster.

However, hunt and rescue efforts proceed successful some Turkey and neighbouring Syria - which was struck by the quakes arsenic well.

New-born Yagiz was pictured wrapped successful a thermal broad being carried to an ambulance to person treatment.

His parent was brought retired connected a stretcher. There were nary further updates instantly disposable implicit the wellness of both.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu - whose teams were reportedly progressive successful the rescue - tweeted astir the rescue, saying it happened successful the municipality of Samandag.

Footage obtained by the Reuters quality bureau besides showed a antheral being retrieved from the ruins, though it was not known if helium had immoderate transportation to the different two.

More than 21,000 radical person died - astir of them successful Turkey - aft Monday morning's archetypal 7.8-magnitude tremor and the hundreds of aftershocks that followed.

There person besides been fears of a secondary catastrophe, arsenic galore radical person been made stateless and are lacking shelter, water, substance and electricity.

Turkish President Recap Tayyip Erdogan has described it arsenic the "disaster of the century".

Opposition figures person accused Mr Erdogan of failing to hole for the earthquake and person questioned however estimated 88bn lira ($4.6bn; £3.8bn) raised from an "earthquake tax" was spent. The levy - archetypal imposed successful the aftermath of a monolithic quake successful 1999 that killed much than 17,000 radical - was meant to person been spent connected catastrophe prevention and the improvement of exigency services.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the person of Turkey's main absorption enactment said connected Wednesday that said Mr Erdogan's authorities "has not prepared for an earthquake for 20 years".

Despite the devastation, stories of singular escapes oregon heroic rescues person been emerging implicit the past days.

When she was rescued, babe Aya - meaning occurrence successful Arabic - was inactive connected by her umbilical cord to her mother, who died on with different household members.