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Pressure piles on Italy's Renzi amid quake shock

Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi says his cabinet will decide on emergency measures for the victims of this week's powerful earthquake. As Hayley Platt reports, the disaster raises serious questions over the country's construction laws - and over the resilience of a fragile economy.