The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Nicola Jackson, from Tameside, says her family have no idea what to do

As the scale of destruction from the disaster is revealed, friends and relatives tell of their heartbreak and desperation

Rescue crews pulled more survivors, including entire families, from toppled buildings despite diminishing hopes as the death toll of the quake in Turkey and Syria surpassed 28,000.

These people are unimaginably brave and witnessing unbelievable tragedy

Public asked to donate essentials that can be found in their homes - like first aid kits, power banks and tents

"The probability of finding survivors under the rubble in below freezing temperatures is becoming a lower probability."

Rescue workers extricated the family of five from among a mound of debris in the hard-hit town of Nurdagi, in Gaziantep province, where they had been surviving under the rubble for five days

A border gate between long-feuding Turkey and Armenia has been opened for the first time in 35 years to allow aid for victims of the devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey, state-owned Anadolu news agency and a diplomat said.

At least 24,596 people have been confirmed dead after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck on Monday

Two German aid organisations suspended rescue operations in quake-hit Turkey on Saturday, citing security problems and reports of clashes between groups of people and gunfire.

Humanitarian groups working in southern Turkey and northern Syria warn that Monday’s earthquake will have a “long tail.”