Myanmar quake death toll rises to 3,354

The death toll from Myanmar's devastating earthquake climbed to 3,354, with 4,850 injured and 220 missing, Reuters reported citing local state media.

The leader of Myanmar’s military government, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, was back in the capital Naypyitaw after a rare foreign trip to attend a summit in Bangkok of South and Southeast Asian nations, where he also met separately with the leaders of Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and India, Reuters reported.

Min Aung Hlaing reaffirmed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the junta's plans to hold "free and fair" elections in December, Myanmar state media said, according to Reuters.

Modi called for a post-quake ceasefire in Myanmar's civil war to be made permanent, and said the elections needed to be "inclusive and credible", Reuters quoted an Indian foreign affairs spokesperson as saying Friday.

United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher spent Friday night in Myanmar's second-biggest city Mandalay, near the epicentre of the quake, posting on X that humanitarian and community groups had led the response to the quake with "courage, skill and determination".

"Many themselves lost everything, and yet kept heading out to support survivors," he said.