Hundreds of people are dead and several hundred more injured after a huge earthquake struck south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border
Statements from officials in Turkey and Syria put the death toll at more than 500, but that is likely to rise
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the early hours of Monday while people were asleep and dozens of aftershocks have been felt in the hours since
Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after hundreds of buildings collapsed in both countries
Turkey declares state of emergency in affected provinces and urges people not to use mobile phones to allow rescuers to co-ordinate
Millions of people across Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus and Israel felt the earthquake - the epicentre was near the Turkish city of Gaziantep.
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