'What more support do you need for your people in southeastern Turkey?' - KayBurley Sky News asks Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan questions during his visit to an aid hub in Adiyaman. Latest: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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 YoungTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met survivors in Adiyaman as his government faces criticism over the speed of assistance and lax enforcement of building regulations.
Daniel Craig, Tamsin Greig and Sir Michael Palin made TV pleas, and Rishi Sunak said the UK will match the first £5m raised. Questions have been raised about shoddy construction and whether officials could have prepared better for a disaster on this scale. Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asmaa, visited patients at Aleppo University Hospital in the country's second city, according to state media.
Thousands of buildings were built with inferior materials and methods that did not comply with earthquake-engineering standards, said Eyup Muhcu, president of the Chamber of Architects of Turkey.
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