demick imprisoned some quentin outbreak on a. turkish rescue and search for survivors after an earthquake that killed at least 27 people . there and can but all this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a media's prime minister asks russia for help in the fight against azerbaijan both sides agree not to target civilians. police in thailand are accused of using excessive force while arresting anti-government activists one says he passed a house. and polls open in ivory coast about to opposition candidates are

boycotting and calling for civil disobedience. the search for survivors has gone on through the night in the turkish city of izmir after a powerful earthquake the magnitude 7 tremor on to the aegean sea brought down buildings and triggered tidal waves in the coastal city as well as in parts of greece these are live pictures from izmir at least 27 people have been killed since the reports . rescuers search for survivors and the rubble of buildings and is made turkey's 3rd biggest city the epicenter of friday afternoons shallow magnitude 7 earthquake was off the turkish cost. i have a shop on the back side i was talking with someone i felt it but we were outside the ground started to shake while i was watching our building i saw this one

collapse. many buildings collapsed injuring hundreds. and hundreds of. this man says got you are the greatest please protect us it still continues. emergency responders are traveling from a stumble to support rescue efforts while residents are asked not to jam phone lines or transport links unnecessarily. i thought that the ground to chatted you cannot think or you try to do is get out everywhere was collapsing luckily our building was intact we were really panicked to manage to get out at the last minute turkey's president rejects a barge and was quick to respond to the quake shows that in the russian or the new jersey i would like to express my sympathies to the city that were exposed to the earthquake that occurred around isn't it all right to express condolences for those who lost their lives on the buildings that collapsed india and i wish speedy recovery for the injured. the quake caused damage in many provinces in western

turkey and triggered to see stores that flooded streets near the city of is measured some damage was also reported to buildings and roads on the greek island of some us the hospital director there said some people with slight injuries have been treated we are hoping that the numbers will not be escalating and we hope to hear in the news about more people being rescued but the fact that some 20 buildings have collapsed is. a big news and i'm afraid the number of casualties may rise. crisscrossed by major force finds turkey is one of the world's most earthquake prone countries at the 17000 people were killed in 1999 when a large quake struck the city of is met south as stuff a stumble and around 500 troops died in deer creek which struck the eastern city of 9 years ago. let's go live now to see him who is in izmir now specifically i

believe seen him in. one of the worst hit parts of the city tell us what's happening where you are. well yes by about the district is one of the most of the hit areas in is near and i'm standing in front of the result of a building this was an 8 story building with 33 flats then since yesterday we most of the sold this building and search and rescue efforts for this building as far as we know a 16 year old girl was rescued just more than an hour ago or 17 hours after the earthquake a she was rescued alive and 3 people were killed on the this rubble camp and so far this 16 people have been rescued from the struggles and the turkeys management the disaster agency tell us that they they believe they're there almost

4 to one more people right now on there the rubble we don't know whether. many of them are alive or how many of them are dead but and search and rescue operation is still underway for result bait building to rescue those 4 to one more citizens who are trapped under the rubble. ok so that that's what's happening there behind you really not a race against the clock isn't it what about more widely across across is mere. world yes. this is buying up the district and also the strict is highly affected by the earthquake so far as you have also stated at least $27.00 people were killed under the rubble zz and including the nearby cities 804 people have been injured some of them are being treated in the hospitals right now even

some of them are in intensive care but we know that in viral with the street there are many other buildings like this but what we have been a hearing so far is yes the earthquake was very strong 7.0 which is a very strong earthquake to kick is made but. the main problem with the buildings that have collapsed seem to be structural most of them are stuck to have been built even before 999 the largest earthquake that hit turkey which close at least 17 people lies about. the same tell me what's the feeling there on the ground i mean so many people must be waiting for news of their loved ones who are still inside that building. well kim there is a chaos in the city into this in israel and environs of the district the area where i am standing right now is surrounded by journalists and machines and by trucks

aid trucks construction trucks so it is it is like a construction field right now and you see the civilians who have who have been left outside those who have been just recent the rescued from under the rubbles people are trying to get more with some blankets it's the early morning hour of course but you have the team score from disaster management agency you have other health ministry teams other private n.g.o.s who are trying to help people right now but basically it's a scale strike now and people are terrified because especially for those buildings that seem to be standing the damage of rep it reports haven't been issued yet so we don't know how calm and badly these are damaged or will they be able to stand a lot so people don't know when they will be able to go inside their homes this is also another thing and also given the global pandemic the risk for the virus

also threatens the citizens here. ok thank you for that update we'll be checking back in with you sin and cos will live for us in is near. maybe as prime minister has also to provide assistance in its conflict with us my job as area forces have made advances toward some locations in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region of talks in geneva and the collapse of a 3rd ceasefire the 2 countries have agreed to not britney target civilian populations both sides also agreed to swap bodies and provide a mist of prisoners of war within a week. is being constantly violated despite they could be. there if. it would cause of them. political. involvement. they need spoke.

but we must. unite. so. they have this cause. let's go live now to rory chalons who's in johann rory is there any sign that these 2 countries will actually abide by this pledge to not deliberately target civilians. while the armenian side is saying this morning that the azerbaijan. is already breaking these pledges that there has been indiscriminate shelling of the central market place in. the main city of new corner karabakh this morning the armenians are also saying that. in recent days perhaps weeks that these areas have been using

white phosphorous an incendiary munition that spreads you know white hot burning material over a large area causing horrific burns to anyone who's who's caught in that they say that the areas been using that in going to karabakh and its surrounding areas the azerbaijan side has denied that but clearly over the course of this conflict so far sides have been doing things in the course of this war which are considered by many countries to be illegal. missions they're being cluster munitions sort of. by the azerbaijan side and they're being passed on munitions. by amnesty international in the last few days. as about johnny towns such as barter as well so we'll have to see whether the use of things like this decreases but so far it doesn't seem like there is much chance that it's going to be stopped completely.

meanwhile rory armenia is now trying to get more involved what's likely to come out of that. yeah well this is interesting i think in armenia there has been a feeling for a while that perhaps russia. an ally of armenia should be doing more than it is there's a large russian military presence in armenia already russia has military bases here and russia guards much of the southern. border of here so. the prime minister has just written to me basically saying that there should be immediate consultations to determine the type of assistance that the russian federation can provide to the republic of armenia and he cites a treaty between the 2 countries and that treaty basically says that they should consult immediately when one of them considers that there is

a threat of an arms tacked on him in order to ensure joint different peace and mutual security the problem is that russia like pretty much every country in the world has never recognized as belonging to armenia so from the russian perspective what's going on in the corner karabakh is outside the borders of armenia. russia. little inclination to get more involved in this conflict is trying to. maintain a fine balance in maintaining good relations with countries with armenia and azerbaijan of course there is a danger for russia that in sitting on the fence in this way it might annoy and weaken its relations with both of these countries but that is a choice that russia is going to have to make over the coming days whether it maintains that sitting on the fence position or gets more involved on the armenian side. ok really. speaking of russia

moscow says there are now not enough doctors to cope with the growing number of coronavirus cases in the country the warning came as covert 19 infections soars to a new day the high of more than 18000 officials say people who live in moscow could be vaccinated against the virus as early as next month. in the italian city of florence hundreds of people protested against the latest restrictions there to control the spread of covert 19 some threw molotov cocktails at police. emergency field hospitals have been set up in parts of italy is coronavirus case and search it true according to its highest increase in daily infections and 5 more than $31000.00. and there is a number record in the u.s. as well 904000 infections were recorded on friday overall more than 9000000 americans are known to have contracted corona virus despite that donald trump is

marking lock down mischa's elsewhere if you look at europe there surjit despite these draconian lock downs they have it locked at their surgery so what happens is you get it you're going to get defeat get it stay away if you get it you're going to get better and then you get a b m you and it's a whole thing and it goes away but the vaccines will have. still ahead on al-jazeera a midwestern sweep in the u.s. donald trump and joe biden campaigned in several swing states to look for. and activists say a race that's what stopped their protests against the 3rd term election this president for condé.

spin fine and sunny across the good parts of southern europe the downswing spain and portugal a lovely big dose of clear skies here high pressure in charge of keeping things nice to settle but around our high we've seen bands of cloud and graeme just getting pushed in from the atlantic some very wet sand windy weather across the british isles we have seen flooding in the northwest of england further spells a very wet weather coming in here as we go on through sassed blustery day as well that cloud on the right will make its way across the north sea notice some lawyer was to around rumania ukraine pushing across the black sea pushing up into that western side of irrational as we go on through sunday still some showers around here clear skies for central and southern parts but the weather will push towards the by of biscay say more than pasta spine of course you can expect to see some wet weather there are really wet weather will be through the press potentially pushing back across and snow the nala and western parts of england along with wales and the good parts of scotland so some more lively weather coming through here best of the

sunshine then is across the mediterranean but that said on the side of the med we'll see a few showers just getting just put fed into that said more the eastern corner of libya so much weather to a possibility for those in egypt. do you feel validated in south way as a type of performative activism. let's go back to specifically you calling donald trump a white supremacist the lights are on there's nowhere to hide join me richelle carey is up with the questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate. front times on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour rescuers continue to search for earthquake survivors in the turkish city of izmir of the magnitude 7 travel under the aegean sea or down buildings in tribute tidal waves in turkey and greeks least 27 people died. a media's prime minister has asked russia for help in its conflict with azerbaijan the 2 countries have agreed to not deliberately target civilian populations. field hospitals are being set up in parts of italy as it recorded its highest increase in daily infections on friday and the us reported the world's largest ever single day increase in cases.

but he's in thailand have rearrested 3 prominent leaders of the growing government protests one of them. lost consciousness when he was reportedly placed in a chokehold by an officer he was removed from a police van and taken away in an ambulance or accused of sedition violating an emergency ban on public gatherings. let's speak now to tony chang who is in bangkok tony let's talk about the arrest in a moment 1st i believe you're outside a university where the king is expected in a few hours time what's happening there. we are not sure how much you can see behind me but there are thousands of students milling around in their academic downs with proud parents having photographs taken and they're all getting ready for their graduation ceremony takes place over a couple of days here at thomas university which is one of the most prestigious universities here in thailand where the king was here last night handing out degree

certificates he's expected this evening there is however very high security because of the student protests we've seen over the last couple months many of those student leaders actually come from this university itself and this university has a very strong tradition of being involved in the pro-democracy movement so the security forces are taking no chances everyone coming in is being checked very thoroughly there's a metal detector people have to show their id cards and around the university the police and military have been deployed but we're expecting 3 youths one of the student protest movements to give an announcement 5 pm local time they say they're going to announce a big surprise but i think everyone's expecting that we probably won't see a demonstration in the seedling as we have done so often in the past couple of weeks because the well know that for many students this is a very important day we know the half of the people here have opted out of their

degree ceremony with the king but i think still many of them are still very proud of the hard work they've done and still want to pick up their diplomas tony coming back to that news that 3 prominent leaders of the protest movement have been a rearrested what happened to the talk of the government taking a more conciliatory approach toward protests that. well i think as as we've seen over the last 3 months these procedures the government has said one thing and done something completely the other we saw the prime minister general prior to. this time last week saying that he wanted to reach out to the protesters he wanted there to be some kind of dialogue he wanted to form a direct line of communication with them and then we heard in the week that some of those who were under arrest would be released from the rim prison yesterday evening we saw that happen but immediately they were bundled into a police van to be taken to face new charges a nearby police station when they arrived one was unconscious the other 2 in

a very agitated state it certainly appears that the police are under instruction and not to take their conservative jury. mode where the government has been talking about and frankly i think the students will regard this is talk only. one of their key demands has been that the harassment of pro-democracy protesters stop we've seen the key leaders being arrested released rearrested again for involvement in separate protests and i think at this stage they're aware that all of the talk coming from the government is just bluster. ok thank you for that update there tony chang live for us in bangkok. the number of early and malin votes in the u.s. state of texas has now surpassed the total number of votes cast there during the 2016 election where the 9000000 texans have cast votes it's the 2nd state after

hawaii to break its voting record before election day. and with a few days to go until the presidential election donald trump and joe biden have been crisscrossing midwestern battleground states both have records to defend with voters in those states who play a crucial role in deciding the outcome she had pretends he has the details of the presidential candidates know the midwest will be crucial to winning this election and both donald trump andrew biden visited minnesota and wisconsin on friday with biden also going to iowa and trying to michigan the president returned to the themes that served him well in the last election protecting workers from the offshoring of jobs and the trade deals favored by wall street and multinational corporations and he does have an achievement welcomed by u.s. trade unions to point to his successful renegotiation of the north american free trade deal now after a vote for me is to keep and create auto jobs and all sorts of jobs in michigan

where they belong. i ended the nafta nightmare and replaced it with a brand new u.s. embassy a just kicked in just kicked out you know how you know it's good because mexico and canada are so happy president obama had also campaigned on renegotiating nafta but instead he signed the us up to another international trade deal the trans-pacific partnership which unions felt would just multiply the jobs lost to other countries it's clear dr biden is aware of the suspicion among blue collar workers of his record both at obama's side as vice president and before nonetheless he continues to tout what he says was once a booming economy the truck was handed in 2017. care to a stronger economy from iraq and me like everything else he'd heard it he squandered. as senator biden long fought for the credit card companies of delaware that made up his donors against those forced to max out their debt and often advocated cutting health and pension benefits for the poor but now biden insists

he's learned from the progressive wing of the party you know who really got this country. it was it was strange it was c. yes it was hard work and folks like all you know it's about time the wealthiest people in america the billionaires their trillion heirs out big multi-billionaires and the biggest corporations start paying their fair share as for trump he must also contend with his own record the president did not stop historical trends of outsourcing on the decline in manufacturing and has shown himself also to be a close friend to wall street and the most current good morning team the polls show trumps on the playing of its effects are liability as the current of ours storms through the midwest and the economic crisis deepens that you know our doctors get more money if somebody does them you know that right. back in washington d.c. office buildings and storefronts are being boarded up ahead of election might even

though the polls have consistently shown biden ahead no one knows what to expect she over time see. polls have just opened in ivory coast his vote is choose between president to a somewhat taller and his rivals but the opposition has promised to disrupt the process raising fears of civil unrest amid interest has. unclear voters kong at a collection center in a. the election commission says voters have claimed less than 42 percent of the cards some say that illustrates how many people in ivory coast feel about the presidential election. in the above with. i will not go under the current circumstances because you can only go where your safety is assured i don't see such conditions in place i'd rather stay home in the run up to the vote dozens of people have been killed i mean the escalating political tensions. that in a country still recovering after months of pre-election violence in 20102011 but

left about $3000.00 people dead incumbent president alassane ouattara is running for a 3rd time against an independent after 2 other candidates boycotted the election and called supporters to disrupt the polls that. are going to be funny i find this election a bit strange every party started campaign well then we hear of a boycott it's so confusing i think we should proceed with the vote to avoid a repeat of 2010 but i can tell you everyone is scared people haven't forgotten 2010 the literacy rate here is 47 percent an area many voters will want to see improved with an average of 7 percent and all growth ivory coast economy is doing well and better than much of africa but many of its young people say they feel left behind. for some ready to cast their ballot they expect much from the next president. and i would like the next president to be

a leader for the whole country a man who would develop the country someone who will improve health care delivery and security he should also improve education because of the high level of illiteracy importantly he should provide jobs for the lives. meeting these expectations would be easy for a country whose revenues are tied to fluctuating commodity prices in addition people here will want to see who ever wins this election tackled the difficult task of reuniting a deeply divided country greece al-jazeera. turns a new year's electoral commission says president john michael foley has won a 2nd term in office opposition groups have dismissed the results saying there's been widespread irregularities according to the national count 4112 and a half 1000000 votes in wednesday's election was main challenger got less than 2000000. gimmes opposition party. protests against president also

condemn next week 10 of the 11 candidates who ran against him have contested the election that gave condit a 3rd term and reports. putting guns knives and other weapons out on display police in guinea say they've made the streets safer 49 people have been arrested suspected of playing a role in post-election violence that's claimed dozens of lives all are supporters of opposition leaders seller d.n.d. alo and his party. these are wrestling to crimes committed during the recent protests but when it comes to burning houses terrorizing people innocent families for the simple reason that they belong to a certain community it's no longer political it's a crime. security forces raided the homes of yellow supporters who say they're being framed and falsely accused of owning the very weapons used against them but in the other settle down to the last a long time some of the police entered my father's room pulled out one of the guns

you see and accuse me of owning it i told them i woke up because of your shooting and they forced me to say it was mine or else they'd kill me. amnesty international is among those accusing canadian police of using excessive force against the opposition. president alpha condé has personally congratulated the military for restoring order the electoral commission says he won the election with nearly 60 percent of the vote allowing him to bypass a 2 term limit under constitutional changes he pushed through this year 10 of the 11 candidates have rejected the election result an appeal to the constitutional court which still has to certify the outcome. of the constitutional court is the last resort in this process it's crucial that it understands the importance of its responsibility to avoid endangering the social peace and stability of the country we await its decision on the result we are contesting which does not correspond to what happened at the ballot box. ruling party says the vote was open and

transparent which the u.s. and the e.u. project more protests are planned next week as the legal battle plays out. al-jazeera. thousands of people have gathered in taiwan for the largest gay pride parade in asia they marched from government buildings through the streets of taipei then to a performance stage celebration was 1st held in 2003 and was criticized by the government at the time. you are watching al-jazeera these are the top stories rescuers continue to search for earthquake survivors in the turkish city of izmir the mag richard 7 tremor under the g. and c. down buildings and triggered tidal waves in turkey and greece at least 27 people died. who has more from izmir. a 16 year old girl.