Turkey quake toll hits 35

By Umit Ozdal
Updated January 26 2020 - 8:38pm, first published 8:35pm
Rescuers in eastern Turkey are searching for survivors following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake.
Rescuers in eastern Turkey are searching for survivors following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake.

Rescue teams working through the night have pulled 45 people from collapsed buildings, Turkey's disaster authority says, as the death toll from a powerful earthquake in the country's east rose to 35.