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powerful quake that sent tremors across the entire region. the magnitude 7.8 quake struck before day break in southern turkey nearly the border with syria. the quake and aftershocks collapsing buildings. now a desperate search and rescue efforts under way to find people trapped in piles of rubble. cnn's scott mclean joins us from london. scott, this is one of the strongest quakes to hit turkey in a century, what do we know? >> reporter: that's right, this part of the turkey, christine, used to earthquakes but nothing like this. this happened in the middle of the night, so people were...

Security cases wrapped in legal language but just part of the chinese efforts to smother activist. it shows beijings utter contempt for democratic processes and rule of law unquote. christine, this is a landmark trial. a lot of people are watching it in hong kong and around the world. it's expected to last at least 90 days but the implications for days to come. >> all right, thank you. the european union has banned imports of russian zeechl fuel in an effort to slash russia's profits funding the war. cnn's clare sebastian joins us live. clare, will this hurt russia? >> in theory, christine, ...