In today’s episode, dozens of Turkish Cypriot children remained buried for a third day yesterday under the rubble of a devastating earthquake that killed thousands across southern Turkey and in Syria.  In other news, DISY’s parliamentary leader and long-standing MP Nicos Tornaritis has come out in support of Nikos Christodoulides ahead of the second round of the presidential election. And family members of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou have instructed their lawyers to initiate criminal proceedings against the state.

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