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UK search team joins Venezuela earthquake rescue effort
- The UK has sent a specialist search-and-rescue team — including sniffer dogs, drones and 68 personnel on an RAF plane — and pledged £2m to help Venezuela.
- Twin quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck seconds apart near Caracas; the death toll is nearing 1,000 and tens of thousands have been displaced.
- A state of emergency is in place, hundreds of aftershocks (215 reported) and overwhelmed hospitals mean international aid and rescue teams are still racing to find survivors.
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