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UK search team joins Venezuela earthquake rescue effort
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- Ministry of Defence By Zahra Fatima Published9 minutes ago British specialist search and rescue teams have been sent to Venezuela, where the death toll from two massive earthquakes on Wednesday has neared 1,000.
- A Royal Air Force plane carrying 68 personnel and equipment including sniffer dogs and drones took off from Brize Norton airbase on Friday evening to join an international rescue operation.
- The British government announced £2m of humanitarian funding for Venezuela, where tens of thousands of people have been displaced by twin earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude, which struck seconds apart.
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Ministry of Defence By Zahra Fatima Published9 minutes ago British specialist search and rescue teams have been sent to Venezuela, where the death toll from two massive earthquakes on Wednesday has neared 1,000.
A Royal Air Force plane carrying 68 personnel and equipment including sniffer dogs and drones took off from Brize Norton airbase on Friday evening to join an international rescue operation.
The British government announced £2m of humanitarian funding for Venezuela, where tens of thousands of people have been displaced by twin earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude, which struck seconds apart.
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