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As fighting continues in Sudan between two military factions, tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes with aid workers warning women and children are being disproportionately affected by the violence. Also with the UN saying it will take us close to 300 years until the world reaches gender parity, Annette Young talks to Anita Bhatia who's just finished her term as the UN Women's Deputy Director on how women's rights are facing a global backlash. Plus being a Barbie doll in a Barbie world takes on a new meaning as its manufacturer, Mattel, launches its first Barbie doll with Down's syndrome as part of promoting diversity.
Search and rescue operations are still underway in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, with two miracle rescues providing hope for the families of the missing.
After 180 hours buried under the rubble, a Syrian woman, Abir, is now fighting for her life in a Turkish hospital. "It's a miracle to reach a patient alive" explains Yilmaz Aydin, an emergency doctor in Hatay. Over a week on from the disaster, the chances of finding survivors like Abir are growing slim and focus in the affected region is turning to caring for the tens of thousands left injured and the millions made homeless.
A huge 7.8 magnitude earthquake brought down entire apartment blocks and killed more than 2,700 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the thousands of survivors left injured or homeless. Freelance journalist Rama Al-Shikh joins us from the Turkish town of Kilis. She's reporting directly from one of the hardest-hit areas along the Turkish-Syrian border.
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,300 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns across the area. On both sides of the border, residents jolted out of sleep by the pre-dawn quake rushed outside on a cold, rainy and snowy winter night, as buildings were flattened and strong aftershocks continued. FRANCE 24's Nicholas Rushworth tells us more.
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