BREAKING: Three Brits are missing after an earthquake struck south-eastern Turkey near the Syrian border.
Three Brits are missing after an earthquake struck south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border.
President Erdoğan has declared 10 provinces in the country as disaster zones after as the death toll has risen to 3,549 people. In neighbouring Syria, more than 1,600 were killed, but the numbers on both sides of the borders are expected to grow.The foreign secretary said the government is supporting at least 35 Brits ‘directly affected’ by the catastrophe.Turkey has requested international assistance ‘on a scale matching the enormity of the situation that they are facing’, Mr Cleverly said while updating MPs on the UK response to the disasters in the two countries.
‘Across the region inhabited by more than 12 million people, 6,000 buildings have collapsed. Electricity and gas infrastructure has been severely damaged,’ he said.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that‘Turkey’s outstanding disaster relief response capability has been severely tested by the sheer scale of this catastrophe.
‘The Turkish government has declared a state of emergency and they are requesting international assistance on a scale that matches the enormity of the situation that they are facing.Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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