Baby girl rescued after Japan earthquake

Rescuers have saved a baby and are continuing to search for anyone trapped under rubble after a powerful earthquake hit southern Japan.

At least nine people died and more than 860 were injured, when the magnitude 6.2 quake struck at 21:26 on Thursday (12:26 GMT), near Kumamoto city, on the island of Kyushu.

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.

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