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Despair grows with quake death toll

SURROUNDED by mounting death, destruction and despair, rescue workers are racing against time and icy weather to save as many people as possible after this week’s devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.

As the cries of those buried under the debris grow fainter, lives are now threatened by growing cold and hunger. Yesterday the death toll rose to more than 22 000.

Also yesterday,

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