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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Christian Atsu partner calls for equipment to aid rescue

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The partner of footballer Christian Atsu, who has been missing since the earthquake in Turkey on Monday, has called for equipment to be sent to the collapsed building where he was living.

"I still pray, and believe that he is alive,” Claire Rupio, who lives in Newcastle, UK, told BBC News.

Rupio says conflicting reports about his whereabouts have been "confusing" and "quite shocking", revealing their children heard on the radio that he will still missing.

“I appeal for the Hatayspor club, the Turkish authorities, and the British government, to send out the equipment to get people out of the rubble - especially my partner and father of my children.