The earthquake in Turkey and Syria dominates the front pages as the death tolls reaches over 4,000. Students on a trip to Turkey from Cork also managed to avoid the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
The Irish Times and Irish Examiner both focus on the spiralling death tolls in Turkey and Syria as the Cork paper reports close to 4,000 people have been killed.
The Echo have comments from the principal of Coláiste Éamann Rís in Cork city who has confirmed that staff and students are all “safe” after an earthquake hit the area of Turkey they were due to travel to.
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Morning readers. Here's a look at the front page of the Belfast Telegraph this morning. https://t.co/ECatefDYNK
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In the UK, the newspapers are consumed by the “catastrophic” earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria in the early hours of Monday morning.
The 7.8 magnitude quake that has killed thousands of people in the Middle East is the splash on the front pages of The Times, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, The Sun, The Guardian and Metro – all of them featuring images of the miraculous rescue of a girl from the rubble.
Times: Sunak planning Whitehall shake-up with cabinet reshuffle #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/AZKOYkgTBj
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) February 6, 2023
Tuesday's front page: Quake Horror #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/RMuTsL53PJ pic.twitter.com/FAHU4eahXr
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) February 6, 2023
Tuesday's front page: Moment of hope amid the horror https://t.co/goa57qJQdb #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/oLMwO5XG4o
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 6, 2023
On tomorrow's front page: The Sun launches Earthquake Appeal to help the victims of huge disasters in Turkey and Syria https://t.co/H6f2ojdNZo pic.twitter.com/7jJFX44674
— The Sun (@TheSun) February 6, 2023
Guardian front page, Tuesday 7 February 2023 - ‘Catastrophic’: thousands dead as earthquake hits Turkey and Syria pic.twitter.com/svKBrfIYiA
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 6, 2023
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🔴 Girl alive...but thousands die in Syria and Turkey
#TomorrowsPaperToday pic.twitter.com/CaOEtBHS4J— Metro (@MetroUK) February 6, 2023
The Financial Times – which also covers the disaster – adds that it was the biggest earthquake in Turkey in 84 years.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 7 February https://t.co/2L4y5hOLbi pic.twitter.com/9ZIE7otYUQ
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 6, 2023
Elsewhere, The Independent reports on the deaths of Epsom College’s headmistress, her husband and their daughter after they were all found dead with shotgun wounds in the grounds of the school over the weekend.
Independent digital front page: 'Gunshots at 1am' #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/aBH7iYeZK3
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) February 6, 2023
The i writes pollsters have warned the Tories that Liz Truss’s potential comeback has damaged the party.
Tuesday's front page: Truss comeback has damaged the Tories, pollsters warn#TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest by @poppyeh: https://t.co/fe01foiZ6X pic.twitter.com/8VAhunBY45— i newspaper (@theipaper) February 6, 2023
Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond has warned Nicola Sturgeon that the new transgender laws are putting the country’s next run at independence in jeopardy, according to The Daily Telegraph.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Sturgeon trans row set us back years, says Salmond'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Prime Minister has come under pressure to announce a boost in military funding, the Daily Mail claims.
Tuesday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/SXq6OnGzdH
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) February 6, 2023
And the Daily Star writes that the half-term holidays could be hit by travel disruptions.
Tuesday's front page - more travel chaos 😬 #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/yPf7y5qd8v pic.twitter.com/NOpRcpydSd
— Daily Star (@dailystar) February 6, 2023
