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As the digging continues, the un is warning the death count will likely more than double, as the rescue phase of its operations ends. now its about supporting the survivors. millions of them injured, traumatised and homeless in freezing conditions. providing shelter, food and health care in the wreckage of a stable country like turkey is challenging enough. across the border in syria, over a decade into a civil war, its proving near impossible. only one of the four original border crossings in t...

As it deals with the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. the countrys president, bashar al—assad, agreed to open the routes from turkey after complaints about the time taken for support to reach some regions. vincent mcaviney reports. the second week of recovery in turkey and syria begins after the regions most powerful earthquake in a century. apartment blocks and homes turned to rubble and graves. in the southern turkish city of adiyaman, rescuers chant "god is great," as they pull a yo...