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i'm how much i'm doing this is alger alive from doha, also coming up with the battle for buff moot intensifies ukraine's president says russia is throwing more of its troops into the fight. boats are being countered in ecuador following a referendum. that aims to battle crime and tackle environmental problems. and we follow the plight of displace families in northern syria who are struggling to cope with a harsh which ah, we begin with breaking news more than a 100 people have died in turkey and syria after a magnitude 7.8. earthquake struck the southeastern region of passer chic. the epicenter, but tremors were felt in several provinces around there, as well as syria and lebanon. rescuers are now frantically trying to search for survivors. it's feared, hundreds of people have lost their lives. trimmers lasted about a minute,

and hundreds of buildings have collapsed trapping many inside while they were sleeping. for more in this, i am now joined by sim casala, whose monitoring developments from istanbul sent him. what's the latest we're hearing at this hour from officials? well, mohammed as per the officials, the turkish interior minister, all rescue teams have been mobilized then. trickier has increased its alert level to 4, which means now true key is seeking for international assistance for the rescue worth. as the earthquake a has hit at 10 cities in the area in eastern to hear the damage is expected to be big and, and the number of people who are in need of assistance is much bigger than any other earthquake. as per the earthquake experts that we have been following is so far since the depths of the earthquake is close to the surface,

which is less than 8 kilometers, had the impact, and the effect of the earthquake was felt in a menace city as this is the reason why it has been air harshly felt by many people and as per the earthquake experts, the area of the earthquake is an intersection point of 4 main cracks. that's why. at eastern mediterranean cypress syria, lebanon have been affected a by this earthquake, along with to care and at 10 turkeys cities. some experts warn for possible, so now me, some experts warn about the water dams in the region. but so far the rescue work has been on their way to kia has it took. yeah, actually sit so many fault lies. many major full plans. that's why if through the history it has gone through many earthquakes, and for instance, one of the a dead least one was in l as a, as 2 years ago in, in again, a stant anatolia. and that time,

experts have warned that there are some other full plans that that are waiting to be a cracked and near future. so as some experts are saying that this is a one of them but, and looking at the reports from the officials and air from the, a civilian staring on social media. as good as that they always go by will a will, you might see a more bad news from the region because a many real things are being reported to be in leveled. and as civilians are trapped inside, they are trying to be rescued in the area. and the weather conditions are not the good actually. that's why at the rescue, workers need to be careful. and this makes it more difficult for the civilians a but the officials have been a making war, a giving warnings that app is, is civilians should be more careful. and if people who are not in need should open their cars and places a for the, a people who,

who are in need and they are making calls for the civilians not to drive, not to take their cars out to the roads in order not to stop the ambulances air being dispatched to the area and we are hearing from the turkish ret, crescent and disaster management agency that a many people, many rescue workers. and as so many equipment that a people will need, like a blankets and other things and medical supplies are being dispatched at through plains or to the region mohammed. or if it's an episode my 1st from istanbul, thanks for that update. send him. now let's bring and zanna holder, she joined us on the phone from beirut. zayna, what are you hearing from your contact in syria as to the impact of the earthquake has had their well, yes, like you mentioned, the epicenter was in turkey, but syria has been affected. deaths are reported injuries, widespread damage. people are now homeless. officials rescue workers

are declaring the area a disaster zone. more than one province has been affected. buildings collapsed in provinces like live aleppo. huh. luck. a kia dozens are dead. what we understand from syria and state media, more than 100 people are in government controlled areas and opposition control mary . areas closer to the turkish border, reports at depth, depth and some numbers to say that at least 80 and that many, many are in critical condition and many, many are missing. now rescue workers are struggling because of the difficult conditions. this happened in the middle of the night. there was no electricity, the weather conditions, a severe storm, snow rain, people are out in the cold. and it's not just that the buildings in this region, in particular,

in the opposition controlled region are not built to whether an earthquake and many of them were damaged during 10 years of war. so that's why we see so many of them collapsing. if you, if you see the images from social media, you understand how catastrophic the situation is. civilians are helping the rescue workers because the opposition control north. there is no state. it is the, the civil defense workers, or what is known as white helmets. some of them are digging with their hands. they don't have the equipment in order to, to save so many people trapped underneath the rubble. so they're calling for international help. this is an area which is largely cut off from the world. even hospitals cannot deal with this. with this, with this the faster because throughout the 10 years of war, the hospitals and health facilities and opposition controlled areas where severely damage there's a lack of doctors and the government controlled area as well. there may be

hospitals, it is a cash drop that states that is an able to provide basic services to, to the people. so a disaster situation in serial cries for help calls for international assistance as any we're talking just now about the impact to the region as a whole. you yourself felt the earthquake, even in bay root. have there been reports of damage in lebanon, reports of minor damage, but no doubt this was a strong earthquake because the tremors that was, were felt were very powerful. and it lasted for at least 40 seconds. and that's according to the interior minister just after 3 am in the morning. everyone was at home sleeping. so you wake up to this powerful tremors and you can see the reaction of people. this is a country that has seen multiple crises and disasters in recent years. and immediately it brought back

a trauma for many because they were afraid of another disaster. another destructive event that hasn't been here since that major explosion. they report, so people evacuated buildings, they stayed in their cars. people were concerned because this is a cash strapped nation that is not ready to deal with any disaster. government lacks the personnel or the equipment. so after that they will blast at the bay report explosion if you remember how many international teams had to come just to help the the authorities deal deal with the disaster. so minor damage so far, let the not, but people feel that they're still afraid because many of the buildings are not stable and there is a severe storm hitting the region and floods in many areas across the country with roads cut off. all right, that's all 0 zana, whether on the phone from bay root, with all the latest. thanks so much dana. but speak to karen clinic,

who is the head of the turkish red crescent. he's on his way from anchor to the southern city of caf from marsh. and that's where the target question is on the ground. get him, let me ask you 1st, where do things stand with the rescue efforts so far? actually 7.4, the magnitude of quick strong work. great. each region east and south region 7, proven effective so far and has 7 to 6 casualties and for the 440 injured people, we have d. c. s. s 4 level disasters announced by the turkish disaster. also the t means and it's international disaster, international level disaster. so the 1st turkish disaster response plan activated

by the hour, all purpose these shelters, food rescue and search capacities and helps prep us these, deployed to the effective provinces. turkeys read good isn't by the branches, regional on south regional branches supporting us gravity that the field in 7 probing says the deploy others are shelters and food capacity from different disaster response centers from different provinces of the to care. busy and to reach out as a responsible for the services. so if you could provide it to the hospital, then eco seasons for lab donations, every province in ours,

but centers because unfortunately our estimation, the casualties will be rise upon the block meets as well. so we have coordinations crisis centers in each provinces and headquarters on credit as well. so national regional. 1 regional coordination mechanisms 1st, the whole house is the, the, the, the perform each activity. in the meantime, we have to running to deploy all the capacities from different calling for kevin. you're traveling to one of the worst hit areas. now if you could just talk our viewers through what you're seeing, what have you seen so far with regard to damage? actually these active for earthquakes told also

crossing 2 or 6 different probing store. there we have schoolwide and we have many router that if you have managed you much less centers as well. busy so many buildings, so hours offer trace, produce fire j motorcycle municipalities and engineers, and the focus rates teams in collaboration with. ready trying to reach. 1 every demolished links to the school search activities but by the. 1 we will accept national, started editing, special to rescue us from different states and nation societies as will reset up our international coordination center and be. 1 keep in touch with our on the nation. the societies are ministries and janisa for

internet. please contact me august states. this is really peach. this asked us for for to come get him. are you concerned about the impact that the bad weather that the winter storm could have on rescue efforts going forward? of course, especially in the rural areas, this is of into season and heavy conditions. we have many pious also in the release because of school and others. cool. and so you have, we have heavy conditions for, for shelter for so transistor activities. yes. all right, that's kept him clinic, who's the head of the turkish red crescent. thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera ukrainian president. the letter mr. lensky says he expects

a major russian offensive in the coming weeks. and his nightly address, the lensky said moscow is increasing pressure on several fronts. ahead of the 1st anniversary of the war, on february 24th, the battle for control of the eastern city of buck mood has been intensifying with russia deploying more troops, same as rob reports from the capital. keith, ukrainian soldiers defending buck boot. enter the fray, knowing they are out numbered, and more russian fighters are on the way. but what is the major flash point on the eastern front right now? ukraine's president has promised he won't let the city fall without a fight. but believe me or zelinski may also be preparing his people for a worst case scenario. that is the sort of, she knew, the who in the course of $346.00 days of this war, i often had to say that the situation at the front was stuff and that the situation

was becoming tougher. it is once again, that kind of key there, ukraine's army says a gun down as many as 200 russian mercenaries from the wagner group in a recent attack. but russian forces are gaining ground as they push to surround the city. the worry for keys. now russia could be close to successfully cutting off the main highway into the city. currently ukraine's main supply line that could be a decisive moment in the battle for buckner. russian missiles are also hitting more civilian targets along the eastern front air strikes and car keith hit a university and a residential block. and recently there was a strong blast and everything happened so quickly. we were saved by the furniture that fell on us because of that we are alive. she's only lived in car keith, a few months homeless and displaced for a 2nd time. during this war. the siege of buck,

mood has emptied out the city. but some refused to leave, seeking refuge in prayer. more minutes more from the 1st and last, i know there is a chance i might die last night itself into my garden. all the vendors were blown out, boots linda, my house this morning. it will have to keep me in the head. our life is fleeting. they will die in any case. now or in 2030 years. it is not important. the main thing is how i present myself to god that i jumped. i pray for our country for all ukraine, for my children, for my family, for all ukrainians, for all i pray. oh, but will ukrainian lines remain as unbreakable as their faith? both likely to be tested and coming days as russian forces escalate? their campaign for bomber 30 z basra,

the older 0 kia over to the 50th still had on al jazeera, prominent pro democracy figures are on trial in hong kong. 2 years after they were arrested under the government's controversial national security. from the al jazeera london, rural call center to people in thoughtful conversation. people use the lowest get agreement. they describe the outsider with no host and no limitation. the difference between a migrant and refugee is purely a choice. when you are a refugee, you are forced to flee part one of asthma, khan, and hath on acc had what has happened a lot in the west is that culture and food is separated. hudy b unscripted on out his era, women, ron micro businesses are key to center goals development and to improved food

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well not being throw my i want to sleep. we don't have lead amendment study these evacuation now if i say 3 days journey to a shelter in western grade so and destroys our country. someone needs to rebuild. lou ah, you're watching of 0 reminder of our top stories this hour. the battle for control of the eastern ukrainian city of buck mood is intensifying just weeks before the 1st anniversary of the russian invasion. it comes as reports from keith suggest

ukraine's defense minister is set to be replaced by the head of military intelligence. at least a 100 people are dead and hundreds of buildings have collapsed after a magnitude. 7.8. earthquake struck the southeastern region of turkey. trimmers reportedly lasted about a minute and were felt in northern syria and lebanon as well. the white house is reacted to the earthquake national security advisor jake sullivan, released a statement saying the us is profoundly concerned. adding that washington stands ready to provide any and all needed assistance. he said the president biden has directed usa id and other federal government partners to assess response options to help those most affected. and that the u. s. will continue to closely monitor the situation in coordination with the government of turkey. martin, my is a professor of geophysics at king abdullah university and saudi arabia isn't the wall and with us live martin, thanks for joining us. and how does this compare to other earthquakes we've seen in the region in the past?

yeah, good morning. this is definitely one of the largest quakes we have experienced there for 100 years. 100 of us can even say so large damage and yeah, local devastation has to be expected. and martin, based on what you know so far about this earthquake, what do you expect to see in terms of potential casualties and damage? yeah, this is a, this is an excellent question. rescue forces are in the, in the area right now and you know, we will see the numbers rising over the next days. in the past, such earthquakes, inter k, r led 210030000 fatalities owing to building stock construction. and the size of this event will

have profound economic impact as well. and martin from your perspective, how bad can people expect the aftershocks to be after an earthquake like this? right, and this is an excellent question and we already had a magnitude 6.7 earthquake as an aftershock. this in itself would be classified as a sizable damaging earthquake. so man after shocks will continue for weeks and months. some of that might reach magnitude 6 to 6 and a half as one from earlier this morning. so the population needs to be aware of the aftershocks and the rescue forces need to be prepared to deal with after shock shaking and damage as well. all right, that's martin my professor view of physics at king dudley university in saudi arabia. thanks so much for joining us. martin. the quake may also have affected displaced families in northern syria who were already living in dire conditions after the destruction of their homes. but they've also,

but they're also struggling from a severe snowstorm that hit the area. i'm at vall has the details they're left in the cold. these displaced families in north and syria are facing a new ordeal brought on by a severe snowstorm. and they're not equipped for the challenge. jewels you've been with all of them, as you can see for your own eyes, only this night, 5 tenths of collapsed children, left under rain and snow without any shelter. this situation is the same across all the displacement camps in our la post northern countryside and italy, low temperatures, along with heavy rain, hath taken a heavy tal on the people here. most of the tents are not water resistant. there is a visible absence of essential sanitary facilities found water, ponts, fill vest, street st. surround the tents, thick mud, the district movement, and makes it difficult to deliver clean drinking water to the camps. children in

particular are suffering the most elegant color marano or the children in the camp are sick. if he wanted, he could tell to a hospital, we have no alternative but to carry it through the mud and walk a long distance to the main road. my dead and water every way. we are left without anything to keep us warm. serious issue mandy terry in response coordinators are warning of a further deterioration of the situation in the camps. more snow form is predicted in the coming days, and they are calling on international relief agencies for help. in addition to food and clothes, there is a desperate need for heating equipment, and there are warnings of possible deaths because of the severe cold. there are nearly 2000000 displaced people in northern syria, leaving caps along the turkish border. and many of them need urgent help to get them through a tough winter mohammed fun. jessia. a group of prominent pro democracy figures has

gone to court in hong kong in the largest ever trial under the territory as controversial national security law. the defendants are legislators, politicians, activists, and community workers who were arrested 2 years ago and charged with conspiracy to commit subversion. charges are linked to their participation in an unofficial primary election held in 2020. richard timber has more from hong kong. well, this is certainly a big deal for hong kong. there's really not being a, probably a try like this for the last 2 years under so many cobit 19 restrictions. but here we have some of the most high profile democracy activists in hong kong standing truck across the cross section of society from young activists is a very well known internationally like joshua wong, through to form a law makers and well known legal scott as you can see behind me this school is a police outside the building, marshalling the tendency from what is actually quite a large number of activists to come out despite previously facing bands on

gathering because of cobit 19 rules. there is now people waving union jack blacks behind me. there's a long queue of people sneaking around the court house. now the cobra, 1900 rules have been somewhat east in hong kong, is an opportunity to people to come out and show their voice again. and this is a patient about this trial because many of those arrested i've been detained for the entire period since the arrest was made 2 years ago. and so have not been seen or heard from since during a time when most of his democracy activism in the city has effectively closed up completely after the major political reforms that have taken place in both are now being counted in ecuador is constitutional referendum and local elections. the national referendum was proposed by president yet and last so to battle a crime wave and address environmental issues. over 13000000 people were registered to participate, the opposition led by former socialist president. rafael korea has been urging voters to reject the proposed reforms on the run p. s. he has more from kito elections. officials are counting the votes of sunday's election in ecuador,

but they also said that this will be a longer process, a precedent to guillermo, alas, to the who was expected to speak. i, late on a sunday, has now postponed this speech and will probably wait until monday morning here in quito to talk about the results of these elections. early projections show that a majority of ecuadorian, sir, could have voted in favor of the constitutional referendum that the president proposed to try and deal with many a social, political, and security crisis. this country is going through this election was seen in many ways as a referendum on the administration of a d, very unpopular president guillermo lasso. and if indeed the in the end,

a majority will have voted in favor of this referendum. this could be a major political, a victory for the president wants that he needed, given the fact that he has a support of less than 20 percent and haven't been able to push any of their reforms that he promised when he came into power in 2020 a one especially saying sir, he's dealing with an hostile, a congress. his party only has 13 of a 137 seats in congress. the venice carnival is back in full swing for the 1st time in 4 years. thousands gathered in the italian city to witness the canal parade. a rat shaped sculpture lead the procession followed by dozens of people dressed as unicorns, prisoners, and counts. the 2 we carnival has been scaled down over the past few years. due to pandemic restrictions. nicola, too low, is the events manager for the venice carnival. he says the event is regaining its pre pandemic spirit. i can see or hear events in good as far as we can observe,

that people is happy to gather in the street and square after the restriction connected to the funding material. and it's nice to have the people and mostly local families with children attending to the carnival st show, which is one of our main events around the town. and also the opening parade that it was how that last night. and for this, and i rolling both arrayed up this morning, had an interesting participation along the sides of the main waterway advantage, which is the grand canal we have good participation of the 1st week. and this is called the prologue because he's not really the peer or the current. we have the science from a bad reservation. good feedback from public passport. so we are pretty sure that if the weather allows the weekend reach people then period levels ah.