Search specialists with equipment and trained dogs will contribute to an international response.
No 10 said the government was looking at ways it could support humanitarian action in northwest Syria, and that its first approach would be to work through the United Nations .
Those numbers are still expected to rise as rescuers comb through mountains of rubble in freezing, snowy weather. Attila Ustun described it as a "heartbreaking" day for Turks everywhere and said there was "a very large connection" between the Turkish communities in east and north London and the area where the quake struck.Mr Ustun said people from Turkish backgrounds had been reaching out after learning family members had died, including "one gentleman in Bedfordshire who has lost three of his uncles in one property".
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