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A refuge for women fleeing domestic abuse will continue to be provided in Inverness.

A refuge for women fleeing domestic abuse will continue to be provided in the Highland capital.

Turkish volunteer rescue worker Bayram Çini still has nightmares about those he couldn't save. But nothing has touched him more deeply than the seven-hour rescue of Kerem and his cat Strawberry.

And this is his dead body. an unprecedented brutal winter has claimed countless lives, and so, too, has extreme poverty. this is exacerbated by the talibans dystopian gender policies and response of the international community, and almost a year ago, the taliban banned the female secondary students from attending school which has morphed into a nationwide ban of all female education, but it was the talibans decision in december to ban women from working for governmental organizations to force ai...

Their homes in turkey. theyve already been through so much. you can see behind me the tents that have been set up. the message weve been hearing from so many of the people here is that these tents are not enough. so many of the families weve been speaking to have been sleeping out on the street for the last two weeks since the earthquake struck. and there have been these devastating aftershocks for the last two weeks which have really struck fear into a lot of families here. this camp is full of...

But also now as the focus shifts to more -- more to providing that support to those survivors to now supporting the humanitarian response effort. now, there have been teams flying in from across the globe including the united states to support that search and rescue effort and we have over the weekend seen those rescues continue, as you mentioned, it has been remarkable, quite miraculous to still see survivors being pulled out of the rubble but the window for finding survivors is closing quickly...

Around nearly $400 million. and we have seen an outpouring of support from the international community. thousands of those supporting that search and rescue effort still are from across the globe. weve seen search and rescue tales coming in from as far as the united states. but as that search and rescue effort begins to wind down we are still now hearing of aid groups coming in to provide that urgent care. kim? >> yeah, a long, long road to recovery. nada bashir in istanbul, thanks so much. in...

In the aftermath of the earthquake. some reports that he had been found and was receiving treatment in a hospital, but now we are learning that he sadly died in the earthquake and will be repatchuated to ghana. this comes as were still seeing survivors being pull ed out of the rubble. while theres still hope for many of those waiting for news of their loved ones, theres the reality that many will not have survived this earthquake. the situation on the ground is extremely difficult the response e...

Those impacted. united nations now calling for a flash appeal, they are looking for $1 billion to support those in turkey. secretary-general antonio guterres now is the time he says for the world to stand behind turkey. similarly they are also calling for nearly $400 million in aid for northwest syria because of course that regions has been heavily impacted. in fact we are now seeing aid being transferred across the water from turkey into northwest syria, but there needs to be more, that is the ...

Relief plane has finally landed in allepo. nada bashir is joining us live from istanbul. near freezing temperatures, dwindling hope in the rescue. what is happening now? >> reporter: were still hearing these remarkable stories, a few actually being pulled from the rubble 240 hours now since the earthquake struck. and so this is giving people a sense of hope, but of course the window for finding survivors is closing. and it is freezing cold temperatures. the situation on the ground in southeast t...