rubble controlled, where there are thousands of perfectly peaceful families rebel controlled. families that have been displaced up to 20 times already in their lives. and now this. to 20 times already in their lives. and now this- and now this. that some of the challenges- let s look at the aid response so far. around 45 countries have offered their support to turkey. the european union is sending ten search and rescue teams, and the bloc s copernicus satellite system will provide emergency mapping services. india is flying in 200 personnel with dog squads and equipment. doctors and paramedics are also being readied. russia is sending rescue teams to both countries. 300 military personnel in syria are also helping with the clear up effort. and the government in japan, which frequently suffers earthquakes, is dispatching the japan disaster relief rescue team to turkey.
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happening soon. let s go back to our lead story. the earthquake devastating turkey and syria. these are live pictures from turkey and you can see the time they re coming up you can see the time they re coming up to 11 o clock at night. it is dark and cold and yet these people are clambering over the rubble and trying to search for people still alive under the rubble using their bare hands and equipment and cranes. unfortunately we do have an update on the number of people that have been killed. the latest figures are 2700 people. reported dead so far. the actual figure, 1762, 2700 people. reported dead so far. the actualfigure, 1762, the number has been sadly going up as we had been on air throughout the day. the numbers have gone up not least