Hopes of finding survivors fade amid freezing temperatures more than three days since the quake hit
It comes after the president of Turkey acknowledged “shortcomings” in his country’s response to the world’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade.
He also hit back at critics, saying “dishonourable people” were spreading “lies and slander” about the government’s actions. Rescuers at times used excavators or picked carefully through debris. It was not clear how many people might still be trapped.
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