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$7.00. earth quite shakes the south eastern region of to kia and northern syria. many of those casualties are in syria, search and rescue if it's are underway and hospitals are already overwhelmed, treating the injured 3 minutes where very, very, very awful and terrific, and very difficult for, for other and for every one. ah, more than 300 people have been killed across to kia and syria after a magnitude. 7.8. earthquake struck the southeast in region of peasant jack bond's trimmers were felt in civil provinces around there, as well as syria and lebanon. in syria. along the death toll already stands at $230.00. the trim lasted a minute causing hundreds of buildings to collapse, and took years reporting upwards of 70 deaths and as day breaks, rescue as

a frantically searching for survivors return to today we ask our citizens outside defected region to reduce them by phone activities that especially out like to warn everyone above to some formation hopper cheering and misleading information to social media now would be the biggest treason to this country. of more on this i am now joined by and am costello who's monitoring developments for us from a stand balance and am obviously a huge earthquake like this requires a huge emergency response. what's the government been doing so far? well tom, this is one of the biggest earthquakes that turkey has experience within the last couple of decades following assemble, earthquake back in 1999. currently, i'm saying that search is foreign minister, vice president and the parliamentary spokesperson are speaking on a live describing the details of the situation and the measures the government has

been taken. it has been taking as since is early morning. and today we 1st heard the turkish interior minister, who is in charge of the disaster management agency. talk about the issues. and he said that rescue workers have been dispatched to the area and many governors are, i'm sorry, many governors were also deployed to the area by the order of the turkish president and a he said that he made a coal, that in order not to interrupt any rescue works or any health facilities ambulances reaching to the area and citizens students be taking to their work with their cars . but the situation is dire. of course, as you can imagine, because the earthquake was $7.00, magnets according to turkey, disaster management agency, but to some other out that it was $7.00 of the biggest, so it's kind and it effective 10 city is in turkey. it was able to felt and lexie city of tubs on it meant cyprus, lebanon, syria,

damaging and many buildings. and so far, according to the official figures, 7 to 6 people have been having have died on the, on their level. the buildings and many buildings have levels in the area in some of the cities, including the epa center, congress mirage, because our district them and my last year of the, among the r, booker and other places. and this is the difficult time for the turkish government who has a quiz. this alarm level to level 4, which also requires international assistance. so have been hearing from the friends and, and they bring a countries off to get that they are ready to assist. we heard a u. s. a national security advisor sullivan, a she get statement saying that a the united states is also rated to help. we heard israel and we heard there's a minister saying that a soft aid program is being prepared right now. and as i re john to kiss or one of

the friend, then we're, as uncle recalls, brother country is sending 370 rescuers to help her turkish rescue workers and the, and there's a big work. and that will be a ongoing in tense, a different cities, which means as many, many people. but this is a very tragic situation into care in syria and a in a surrounding areas that have been affected by this great earthquake. how can you just tell us a little bit more about the cities in the towns and in the region for those of us that don't know that area particularly well, how large are they? how developed ave oh, well, the earthquake mainly affected the eastern and south south eastern part of turkey and the epicenter caught her mom mirage instant to keep it. the earthquake was a less than 8 kilometer is deep. so it was very close to the surface,

according to the experts. this is why many cities, 10 more cities were directly affected faces in the morning when i 1st woke up with a call from a friend or by a friend, n d r, because he 1st thought that the epicenter was there. because so at the cities that were also effective, that were not that were not the epicenter also felt as if they were the epicenter of this earthquake. and those is, sin, city is some of them are developed is density. some of them are big, some of them are small air, but since turkey is ferronte, earth wakes especially after 1999 earthquake and as stumble. there was any rigor. there have been new regulations on the buildings, fractures, and so apparently what we'll look at when we look at to the news. and when we look at to the reports, we see that the new buildings that are in lie with the new earthquake regulation, or were able to stay up. but most of the buildings that have

a leveled so far are they all buildings, for instance, in mulatto. at one of the most prominent hotels and the city a, even though malachi, or is it one of the developed city is innocent, you get one of the, a prominent hotels or was leveled. we are hearing these kinds of reports. many apartment buildings have been leveled and a people are trapped inside. of course. a building quality is always a life changer when it comes to earthquakes, even though it's a very, very strong one. and do we know how some of the infrastructure has held up under this earthquake in the aftershocks of the year ports? there's still open and what about the health facilities as well? obviously the hospitals will be in an dated with the injured. how are they coping at this stage? well, of course, some of these hospital buildings are, are reported to live damaged the earth, the air force are open, but a, the weather condition is the challenging factor here. tom,

because to care has been under heavy storms and snow. i for the last couple of days, even it is stumble and circus capital on kara. it's been a tough weekend for since last night, even before the earthquake, the flight from a summerland anchor out to the eastern turkey were cancelled. and now are we? i say we are hearing that the air, the turkish airline company is going to launch. and more flights or to the region, or because also there's some medical supplies and emergency supplies are being transferred from big cities to the area or via flight. that's why am more flights art needed and the main infrastructures are i set to be saved for now. but for instance, we saw an explosion of fire in some, a city is like hot i after the earthquake, or for instance to the area is to some of the areas, natural gas has been cut in order to avoid any kind of

a explosions or fires. they are taking, the officials are saying that they're taking the necessary measures to avoid any, any kind of casualty or any extra, a disaster that can be it caused by this earthquake. but so far made infrastructures are set to be safe because some of you are speaking, i lost our about the some of the bed with a and it's been affecting to kiya. what impact is that having on the search and rescue if it so some of the cities in as soon as sent to kia are under heavy snow and, and the winter conditions in that part of j center kia are always heavy. and now it forces in ghazi on tap. we know that people. 5 outside trying to stay as safe on the snow. in some cities there is heavy rain and these are, of course, are challenging to rescue workers their work as they need to go inside a the,

a level to buildings and try it and try to rescue trapped people. and because of this rain and snow, it makes mud and it makes the rescue work more difficult. looking from the civilian side, it is more challenging for the civilians as even for a small earthquake. you know, people get air when it's happens at night. people are scared, they're frustrated, they get outside and until they feel safe, they do not return to their apartments or houses. and in this situation for the civilians to stay outside on their smo and rain. and when the weather is very cold, it is a difficult task. and we don't know when they will be able to return to their homes even though their homes are not damage. because so far since a, it is 6 30 am and there has been at least $6.00 to $6.00 after shocks. and the strongest was 6.6 magnitude, according to turkey's disaster management agency. a which is

a sign that as still there is a danger because even the aftershocks are measured to be around it between $5.06. and the reason of this is that a true kid, i sent him, we're going to have to interrupt you there because of the took, he is vice president speaking from anchor and now we're going to listen to him now are ready fool operation regarding hospitals. i gave you the data, some hospitals have been affected. old buildings that are are hosting hospitals have been affected and the we are doing our best an older to give assistance to the people we have provided tense and some camps already in the nearby areas. all. so we have other creatures that have been affected by the earthquake.

we have our animals. and in this sir, we have catalogs and in this regard. le missy has a food a committee or to provide the necessary support in order to protect the animals from the cold weather and dare to protect the animals from the consequences of this vow. situation. also, we have provide so many areas with the necessary tent and equipment in order to keep our at well, to voluminous turkey or is working hard doing its best to intervene and to help within the coordination of different govern rates and coordination of different ministers, risky operations have already started and we are in contact with every

or concerned party in this regard. and we have also received a formation of so many countries that are ready to help. we are my request, some medical supplies, medical equipment, our citizens at the same time, are quite ready to help and assist their brothers or sisters in these a disaster aries. and we are organizing this altogether. we will be able to provide the needy people with their needs of supplies and blanks and tense. and in this connection, there would be some bank at cow and still receive the donations. and the help

a fad will be doing this job. we urge our citizens to work hard to health through a fad. once again, michael don as the saw people and i wish safety to everyone, and they ask alone, marty to keep us and to prevent us from all disasters. we know that turkey is an error with wakes, so we have to deal with this situation. and we know that death work in itself is not the main reason of death by the old buildings. are the main reason of the cause of the so many deaths, and we need to get her our lesson. and we will go forward, according to our vibrations, and with the directions of the president and the ministers,

we will be learning our lesson. and we will be estimating the degrees and measures and volumes of how to rescue our citizens. this is our priority. this is our main now topic and main matter to provide people with food and water is also another priority. and the infrastructure has to be taken off. and in short, a law, our areas will be fine after the earth wake will be able after the earth wave to operate high on the are the necessary speed. it is a big earthquake are, but at the same time, we appreciate all the it kinds of cooperation and coordination between the members of our people, all safety faulty are all set for the turkish people. i'd like to thank the

speaker of the parliament and we are hearing on clara doing our job. ok, that was for at october the vice president of took here announcing that the death toll has risen to $284.00. and some flights have been suspended due to damage and civil airports in the region. we're going to go back to us and, and casino lou, who's monitoring developments or for us from a stable before we and heard from the vice president there you are speaking about some of the bad weather that has been hampering other search and rescue if it's can you just tell us a little bit more about how they are dealing with that and, and, and, and what effect that that is, having well,

so my have been speaking to people living in garza and tear the our booker and other places furnaces in garza onset, where also, a huge number of syrian refugees are residing and that there is, there is heavy snow and people are outside. people are trying to stay in their cars . that's why some experts have been making calls that the pay a gas stations and should provide for you guess, add to these people because they can not go inside and is staying outside. under snow is impossible and we heard a turkish vice for as than saying that the gas line in my eyes and garcia on tip may take bass to repair. so this is very important that we are hearing from the vice president and supplying gas to the area. a heating those, a warming up these people is going to be very difficult and probably they will need to take these places to big buildings or even mosque. so it is very difficult for them to stay outside because as so far, yes,

there are buildings that have been damaged or that have been leveled, but the damage on the buildings are not ident determined yet. so is it safe to go? is it, is this, it made structure of those buildings are as safe to take back those people. it is still unknown. and since there are 10 cities that have been affected by this big earthquake, and this seems to be dead that they will be days, probably for them to go back inside talking from the previous earthquake experiences into kia, even an eastern, anatole, there just 2 years ago so this is a very tragic moment for especially it is civilians, inter care right now. it certainly is. thank you so much and, and will no doubt be talking to you throughout the day. we're going to cross now back to foot octo the vice president of turkey who is now taking christians from the media with the information that i have said that the fire

went off and the regarding the international health. our little be jan, has offered. yes. so many come to is have her us offices, we need some help. at the very beginning, we said we can accept the medical teams and rescue teams. we need some help in this connection. medical teams and rescue teams. we have no problems when it comes to transportation, we will take care of the remote areas and remote villages. thank you very much and we'll share with you the developments you wish safety for our people. thank you very much. come up with octed. if you did not, you were listening to

a foot off day, the vice president of to kia who was dating the country on the latest damage. and the death toll which has now risen to $284.00 and took here only we're going to go into bristol city, who joins us from a stand bowl. and how was the turkish government going about handling this? well it is a for the government just. a of the electra so turkey with less than 3 months is going to have and general election, which is going to determine which party is going to form the majority in the parliament. and also who's going to be the next president or turkey in debt that it must have what the current government, and also an opportunity for the position in the country. so president, one are probably going to face the most difficult election in political carrier

already the economy when the country is not doing well. so the prices are quite high. and lation the annual inflation is around 80 percent, certain bad. losing a copy of that with you. however, for now, the polls show that it's $5050.00, but the way most of the experts agree that it is going to be the most difficult election that. a one is going to face to quantico carrier, so big the opposition little bit country is already criticized in the government. i'm seeing that menu of the buildings that have collapsed to the earthquake were old and they didn't pass the past. they are not the durable, they are the animal and they do not have the food by to talk to you regarding the task about the, the earthquake. so the gun is already being credit decides. and one of the other at

teeth are here is that so many of the city that has the hardest in this week or the tradition majority cities like yard about like. b the months or the kurdish war in the election are going to be quite significant in detroit. michigan, please go to being so in that sense it is another critical task for the, for the government. the government does not say that you had more like all the means that. busy turkey has so that the old, the rescue team are already there. the local teams are there. and from there, the largest cities of turkey like i'm somebody and i'm the other regional centers that have been rescued, mobilize their vehicles as well. vehicle including the vehicles that have been deployed and also the ones the pallet, the local one spell, it is understood the site. so turkey in that's going to say that mobilizing all the

go mantel and to the mean to handle the distribution that we can, we can see that it is a kind of reeves now a competition between the government and also the opposition. they both are focusing on it and mobilizing all the means because not only going to be critical for the government, but also the performance of the opposition in turkey also is going to. 6 a lot, so one of the other critical part is, is that how the goldman is going to handle the math for, for a quick. so checking the time with turkey is not the danger to the earthquake. it has the ability to look through the time because it has been high key. it's hard in 1009 and then the recent years or so. so almost every year in low magnitude or high magnitude, turkey is used or the way over in turkey,

people will regard the government for the success will be on how to handle the aftermath of the great. so will people be, why did the new house when they be, why the shelter will they have the conditions mentality, conditions that they can survive while they get they have new houses. so that is going to be another because tricky now, which means. busy that the 8 on the weather conditions are quite difficult. so the majority of. busy now is on the snow, and just at the beginning or days, we actually did that because they have heat trucks including a stumble at the largest city, but particularly if they're not turkey, which has been effect last week, is having a tough weather conditions. so in that says that there's not danger to the quick

to do the time. you look to handle the natural disaster, but the government has almost around 80 days and it's going to face an important significant election, which for many it could be it what it is that the the most critical the election of 2023 was and so definitely a failure will cost $1.00 and his part to be on the other hand with trinity for the opposition turkey as well. how they are going to conduct the campaign, how they are going to handle the often math or it's quite important for now. but that had that to definitely it's rising as of now it is $284.00. b that are more than 500 injured people, but as the rescue from the way the concern here that the numbers, the figures could go much, much upper and higher,

followed by and day. thank you so much for your, your insight. they thank you. that is russell, set up for us and assemble. earlier we spoke with kareem clinic, who is the head of the turkish rid crisen. he says the group is currently using all resources available. 7, proven effective for and b has 7 to 6 because your other piece and for the, for the, for the injured people, we have d. c, s. s for level disasters by the turkish disaster. also the t means and it's international disaster information level disaster. so the 1st turkish disaster response plan activated by the hour, all purpose, these shelters,

food rescue and search purpose. these are helped purpose these, deployed to the effective provinces, rex goodson by deer branches, regional and shop regional branches supporting us be activity that the fielding 7 probing says. busy be deploy each other or shelters and food capacity from different disaster response centers from different provinces or to care. busy until we out as a responsible for the services. so if you could provide it to the hospital, then eco seasons for donations in every province our centers. because unfortunately our estimation,

the casualties will be rise upon me as well. so we have coordinations crisis centers in each provinces and headquarters on credit as well. there was the head of the turkish rid crisen, who he spoke to not long ago, and a member of the syrian civil defense. and the city of sultan describes the situation. there is catastrophic abuse or do you do like you should get gum in? civilian buildings have completely been destroyed due to an earthquake that hit the north west of syria around 4 30 in the morning. the situation is dire and catastrophic. tens of buildings have fallen in the city of sel. kin is a complete electrical blackout. it's really catastrophic. everyone is on the streets. the buildings are either destroyed or barely holding here. will it speak to an a hot her for her joins us now from by wrote into is i know what are you

hearing finger contacts and syria are we know the death toll there as well into the hundreds now as well. what's the impact been like there? hey, a state of emergency has been declared and a number of areas have also been declared, a disaster zone. the human soul is climbing. it's already in the hundreds of the earthquake. the epicenter was in turkey, but many areas in syria were affected. many provinces, under the control of the government. others under the control of the opposition syrian states, media says nearly 240 people were killed in areas under the government control. i've been speaking with the white helmets. this is the main rescue team. a civil defense team in opposition, controlled areas. they're saying that they still don't have a casual people. they're telling me the numbers in the dozens, at least the 80 people, especially in opposition controlled areas. a lot of buildings collapse because

their structures were weak after 10 years of civil war. many of those areas were repeatedly bombarded in airstrikes or artillery shelling. and you can see from the videos emerging from the area, how really catastrophic and catastrophic that situation is. you can actually see one building collapse after the other. people are trapped underneath the rubble and this is an area which lacks the resources. there is no state and that some civilians are helping to dig through the rubble using using their bare hands. now also you have the problem of hospitals because an opposition controlled areas. health facilities were repeatedly targeted over over the course of the war. and there's also a lack of doctors and government controlled areas. also they're facing another crisis and that there's a cash strapped state which is.