A 10-day-old baby has been rescued 90 hours after the earthquake hit Turkey. Yagiz was pulled from the rubble with her mother by rescue teams in turkey's Hatay province. Latest:
Updates from Alex Crawford in Adana, John Sparks in Kahramanmaras, Mark Austin and Yousra Elbagir in Gaziantep, and Kay Burley and Siobhan Robbins in Adiyaman. Live reporting by Brad Young and Faith RidlerThe number of people confirmed dead in Syria and Turkey has risen again today.
"'We're here, we're here, don't be afraid,' said a paramedic, as she stared at the emergency workers surrounding her. "Twenty-five people per tent is what we are estimating would be inside, that's what we've been told by government officials previously, and more and more are being erected all the time.
"The Disasters Emergency Committee appeal has received the backing of the Prince and also the Princess of Wales – and it has gained the support of celebrities such as Daniel Craig."The president of Turkey declined to answer Sky News' questions as he walked through an aid hub in the city of Adiyaman.Kay BurleyMr Erdogan met with survivors, hugging some, before addressing the crowds assembled.Read what he had to say in our post at 12.13pm.
Abdulrahman Mustafa said the humanitarian aid from Kurdish Iraq will be followed by more emergency supplies from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, expected to land soon at Gaziantep airport. There is at present only one border point - Bab al-Hawa - included in the United Nations cross-border agreement with Assad's regime.
He pledges"we will rebuild" as he says sorry to survivors for not being able to rescue everyone trapped. "It is not possible to explain the grief we have. I know words are not enough," he says, adding the disaster affected an area of 500 square kilometres and 10 cities.
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