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Frantic efforts to rescue hundreds trapped under rubble continue in the dark after a huge earthquake hit southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early on Monday, killing more than 3,500.

The level of destruction caused by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey is strikingly clear in this series of before and after images.

A doctor in an earthquake-stricken region of northern Syria described the hospital he was working at as "reminiscent of a warzone".

A huge rumbling crash, screeches of buckling metal and shouts from people running away can be heard in dramatic footage of a seven-storey building collapsing in Turkey.

Newcastle United say they are "praying for some positive news" amid reports that their former player Christian Atsu is among those trapped under rubble following this morning's earthquake in Turkey.

Sir Salman Rushdie says he feels "lucky" and "grateful" in his first interview since being stabbed multiple times during a literary event in New York last summer.

A suspected surveillance balloon spotted over Latin America is for "civilian usage" and entered the region's airspace by accident, a Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman has said.

As the death toll continues to rise following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, huge numbers of rescuers continue to comb through rubble in search of people left alive.

Google has launched its own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, in answer to the wildly successful ChatGPT.

At least eight people including a snow plough driver and a ski guide were killed in avalanches in the Alps over the weekend.