Hundreds killed as huge quake rocks Turkey and Syria

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Summary

1. Hundreds of people are dead and several hundred more injured after a huge earthquake struck south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border
2. Early statements from officials in Turkey and Syria put the death toll at more than 300, but that is likely to rise
3. Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after hundreds of buildings collapsed in both countries
4. Turkey declares a state of emergency and urges people not to use mobile phones to allow rescuers to co-ordinate
5. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the early hours of Monday and dozens of aftershocks have been felt in the hours since
6. Millions of people across Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus and Israel felt the earthquake - the epicentre was near the Turkish city of Gaziantep