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a powerful earthquake shakes the southeastern region of chakiya and northern syria . many those killed were in syria search and rescue efforts are underway and hospitals of tracing the injured that are overwhelmed. 3 minutes where very, very, very old, full and very big and very difficult or, or, and, or, and the one in other news, hong calls largest national security trial gets underway, pro democracy activists are accused of trying to topple the government. i'm trying to catch roscoe, it's sporting cleaning reports of a big trade in the n. b a. and harry kane becomes totland all time top score. as far as the mental city one know primarily 53 years ago. mm. we begin the news off with the news, all a powerful earthquake that's killed, more than sick 100 people across to kia and syria. his the map gives you an idea

exactly where it is. the shallow magnitude, 7.8 quake was centered in puzzles check. so you can see it's something turkey and the areas of northern syria have been affected. it brought down hundreds of buildings, inter kia and syria, the tremor hit just after 4 o'clock in the morning. that's local time. now is day broke. rescue scramble to try and find survivors. those efforts and still getting on into kia. more than 280 people are reported to being killed. the death toll in syria is above $370.00 so far, hospitals, they are struggling to treat the injured people in cyprus and lebanon, also felt the quake. well, we have report, as mr. bullen bay root will be speaking to them in just a few moments, but this report from me consumed sharif the scenes that follow a puzzle from the clay rescue workers crumbling the cross ponds debris trying to reach survive and recreation. mood harder to

use. busy as for level disasters announced by the turkish disaster. also the t means and its international disaster information level disaster makes remote areas an eastern turkey, hard to access at the best of times. but the rescue efforts have also been hindered by bad weather and car as calling for international help. with more than 10 cities affected neighboring, silvia has also been hit hard casualties, a mounting the regions of an epo hummer and luckier among the worst affected abuse. urea, lakisha, german 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 complete electrical blackout. it's really catastrophic. every one is on the streets. the buildings are either destroyed or barely holding. here. the quake was felt throughout the eastern mediterranean, including lebanon, cypress palestine, israel, and as far as egypt, turkey sits on top of major seismic fault lines and is frequently shaken by of quakes. some eating 1000 people were killed in crates that hit the northwest in 1999 on a cold. some sheriff al jazeera wallace. i'm joiner, boston consider whose military developments for us from his stumble. and before we start to set him, let's just bring our viewers up to speed with what we know about the death and injury toll so far. well, so hell the in the air, the final numbers are the latest numbers actually were given by the turkish vice

president fought ox. i asked for his statement a few hours ago. $284.00 as citizens are reported to be that $2323.00. a people are injured and 100. 1710 buildings have collapsed in eastern true care. in 10 cities that have been effected by this is 7.8, magnitude earthquake turkeys, a disaster management agency. air had reported the magnitude of the earthquake as 7.4 or but a just a couple of minutes ago. recently the air, the disaster management agency revised its scale. okay, said i'm, i'm sorry, i do have to interrupt you that we're going to cross over to the turkish progressive typo on who's addressing a press conference at the moment on the his lawyer group. the north of syria has

been also affected of the damage was also there. our country since the very beginning of the earthquake has worked hard and within h govern rate was always on the work well, massive and huge. and the mayors of these govern rates a have been assisted by other more mayors and all that to help and support those in need. our institutions are quite concerned with these characters trophies, also out of the turkish army forces and other institutions in turkey at which has experiences in this connection have been summoned to work in these govern the race. our priority is to

rescue those in need. 9000 elements are woking now hard to rescue and to continue the rescue operations. the govern rates that have been, you did affected by this good as quake as their results. and the rub rules also need a lot of work and support even by the citizens. since the very 1st moment of the earthquake, we were in contact with the local and the concerned living authorities and agencies in anchor as well. the coordination center in ankara has quickly moved under the chairmanship of the vice president for the ministers

went to the govern, reads, in order to supervise the risky operations at the place. so give of the night, blanche la la, good langley land out of since the very beginning day, you know, those govern rates affected and the a govern reads that are a little bit affected. have been all so in contract with us according to major plan to distribute the rescue teams all over the place and this winter. the weather is very cold, sean, and get a good the people after care, all so in called the nation will all of us in order to stop the explanation of the disaster. every one has done his job quickly

and as soon as possible, we will continue our efforts at the same time because the him, those who are killed and those who are injured and that this, the buildings that have been destroyed are the huge, 2800 buildings have been destroyed filler and collapsed in these, in these govern rate. and there was human, the risky operation is ongoing. and we don't know exactly where you are. the figures will mount and will be escalating to what extent we need to work and to do our best in order to continue in contact with these areas . and consequently,

carmen locations and contacts must be always there and available means of transportation must on was work. an individual and institutions working there and that is asked is, area must be in complete contract and coordination with the concerns of thought as we need no more carriers. and we need to provide those in lead with the assistance is when it comes to the international help and aid, we have our contact with other countries in addition to ne, to and european union. there are 45 countries that have requested to help us of this disaster in shallow mir lowell marty bestow his mercy on those who lost their lives. amir allowed so as mercy on the injured and wounded we

as a country and as a people incomplete harmony and we will overcome this problem. we will overcome this crisis. we are 85000000 citizens today is the day of union our country as this particular moment will were called. and we all asked the local marty to keep our country safe to keep the humanity safe. and thank you very much. your children's arrow. why live, man cur? the presence of die bed i was addressing the assembled press call for an update on what's been going on regarding the earthquake that hit the country and also northern siri in the early hours of monday morning. i mean, we did expect the president to take to the airwaves after both the deputy vice president for ot k also gave an update. we had comments and press releases from the interior minister city, man sewell, you,

the president didn't give any more new details that we have already heard already. but generally generalities about the infrastructure of turkey, the authorities, the armed forces, the medical rescue teams have all been deployed to those particular areas. 10 governance or 10 provinces have been effected on the action plan has already been in place, turkeys no stranger to these sorts of earthquakes. he's also confirmed that international aid and help has been offered. they are a member of nato. one of the over 40 countries in that group, and of course, i hope to aspire to become part of the e you the you or the offering help us get back to send him conseula. you heard really what the president had to say. he said no more rainy sin and we've already had so far. but he obviously has a very big task ahead of him because this is perhaps an earthquake on the scale that turkey has never seen before. well so her, i'm in the figure is that the president gave are very high after following

a vice president statement. and 2 hours ago it has been only 9 hours since this earthquake happened. the battle has rise and 29122027042 people have been rescued, but 5385 people have been injured. so apparently there are so many buildings that have been collapsed and the figure is 2818 and because of the weather conditions. apparently the rescue teams are having difficulty to reach out to some of the buildings or the weather conditions are making. they were very difficult, but this, this is one of the worst earthquakes, yes, stumble, earthquake in 1999. it was almost as strong as this one, a bowl $7.00. also as in john earthquake and it's still on a toll now doing ninety's, it was also one of those biggest earthquakes, but this earthquake impacted acted. 10 cities as the full line was close to the

surface, less than 8 kilometers. that's why intensity is everybody was able to feel the springs of this earthquake, the geology expert. so saying that the magnitude is $7.00, but what is felt was around $11.00 magnitude. so the impact of the earthquake was very strong. and as far as we are hearing on the reports from the witnesses, that the duration of the a shake was very long. this is one of the reasons of the big damage. him, of course, the, the rescue operation continues. now you say over 10 provinces affected, but for all of us, can you sort of tell us a little bit about the terrain because there are large urban areas in these, in these provinces, to the southeast of the country that are also vast arable agricultural lands as well, and as you say,

the weather is impacting the potential helps that can get to these areas, just color the picture in terms of the type of area of the season and how problematic it will be if you can get asked support in the roads to will be effective. well, definitely to have a minute to kid, eastern part, some of the cities and eastern took. you are industrialized cities with high population, relatively high population. of course you can not compare it to it. stumble on cobra is mit other? no, or i'm sorry. yeah, but at, within the range compared to the standards of instant, anatole death. malaria is a big city. the booker is a big city, and the mom is a big city. as you said, says these cities are still agriculture. cities along with some invest 3 in the urban structure is it is actually hard zone told. so we are talking about

a vast geography that has been affected, including the rural areas. and all of these a provence is not only due to the centers and because of the weather conditions. for instance, in gods. there is, there is no for the last couple of days in the hotel, 2 kits, southern coastal, which is, which is border with their f yesterday. it's known there is also heavy rain. i mean, the winters are always very, very difficult in eastern anatolia because there is always have is to know. that's why prisons are gone. also mentioned about carriers that should be brought to those areas. i'm reading some reports on social media, that's some areas. and there was no access, and of course these needs to be verified and the rescue workers are doing their best to do that. but everything, all these climate conditions make, makes it very difficult to reach out to people and even rescue operations on it.

and during normal weather conditions, it's easier to take people out, but when it's snowy or rainy, all those robles and the month it is making everything very difficult. that's why. as soon as we heard the turkish interior minister who spoke in the early hours of this morning, he said, to keep an alarm alarm level 4, which requires international assistance. this by true kids very experienced about earthquakes and rescue operations and always help felt to countries in need in when there is, when there are natural disasters, this time, the personnel, the carriers will not seem to be not enough and they will need more international assistance to reach out to those places will continue to monitor events with you from the capital clinic. soon without any stumble for us. now to keep the vice president says the government is in contact with several countries to receive health. old buildings that are hosting hospitals have been affected. we are doing

our best in order to give assistance to the people. we have provide the tents and counts already in the nearby area. rescue operations have already started and we are in contact with every concerned party in disregard. we have also received information of so many countries that are ready to help. we have requested medical supplies and medical equipment. now the white house is rented to the earthquake, the national security advisor drink sullivan says the u. s. is profoundly concerned . i think that washington stands ready to provide assistance. he said that president biden is directed usaid under the federal government partners to assess response options to help those affected. the us will continue to monitor the situation in coordination with the government of kia. while he was also sending rescue teams european commission president live on the land says the box members stand in full solidarity with the people to get and syria will continue helping in any way that they can vessel. so that joins us now from his stumble. will you heard

what the president had to say, wrestle, we also had what the vice president said and also statements from the interior minister. the government seemed to be in 5th gear. they have to be seen to be doing all and saying all the right things for the turkish public right now. indeed assail because the country is going to hold the elections general elections on may 14th, which is going to decide about which party is going to form the majority in their parliament and also who is going to be the next president off turkey. so in that sense, it is quite a very critical time for the government, and not only particularly about those in terms of the weather as well. just to begin at the beginning of the week. so i called, we've hit the country, particularly the south and east southeastern cities of the country are a britain. this is sub 0 weather conditions. so it's quite tough and very critical time book, particularly. and in terms of the weather in target. so spreads and out of the one,

according to many experts, is going to face the most difficult elections to our chief political carrier care. because it is the pause show that did that, that the chance of winning is almost 5050, which is the 1st time may be in through his pointing of carriers that chance of losing is this time a real. but on the other hand, it is regarded as a kind of opportunity for their opposition as well because garments failure could work in favor of the opposition as well. so this way or position now is calling out the government to, to deliver the rescue. the house in disc me thoroughly and they are seeing that today is a day off, the unity rather because of course the that in turkey, that particular very divided country. now we can see from book, from government and, or physician there at the masses of the unity being standing out because any wrongdoing here, particularly during this delicate time,

could hurt the nation. so that's why they are meticulously careful. i bought that and just in less than 3 months, there is going to be a very significant election in turkey, which according to many experts, is the most important election of 2020 teresa. okay rita, let me just jump in there. let me just jump in that little procession, particularly let me just jump in there for a 2nd resume because obviously the government and opposition want to win hearts and minds as you say, with an upcoming election. but in terms of the affected earthquake area who has more influence right now, what sort of sway do, or what sort of way to the people think they're about the government and the opposition parties? definitely one of the important aspect of this earthquake is that many off to southeastern, the city of turkey, have a churlish majority population. so then water is going to be quite determinative in this election. so wherever they walk in favor probably is going to win the election

. so in that says, friends, now one needs to convince the kurdish waters an old, on the other hand, a position or so is try to convince them. so in that, that it is quite important. and so it's not on the i bought the magnitude of their, of their, of the earthquake, by the way. it has also been devised. it was a sad that it's $7.00, but now it has, you will be wise to $7.00 magnitude. and it's not only about the magnet, but also the area that it covers were talking about pan cities. and many of them are major cities. the cities like jarred about cur malati or an aunt at which majority of them are, curves are almost have been around $2000000.00 population and the other city is like garcia and there are, they are not all 5. they have more than 2000000 population. so when we talk about this provinces, this city is we are talking about the major cities in the candidate. that's why it is quite a difficult task for the government. good because can feed into the previous or the

current quince in turkey. this is happening in multiple cities and it is very much difficult and delegates for the government politically. and also in terms of the people's lives, as the number of the figures off did that thought here is going higher and higher our of our, by our bristles of the forest there in it's double thank if will area we spoke to ha, produce amazon critique, who's in gaussian tap, one of the worst affected areas, he explains what his family went through during the earthquake. we going through one of the heaviest earthquakes that i've ever seen. and i think turkey also seen that the situation was on describable. i mean, like, you don't know what is going on and you can feel that some of there's weeks that i have been witnessed before. it was like, you feel that the windows you feel the, the tv is shaking, but this fine. i felt that the wall is shaking the building,

the whole building was shaking. it was like it's, it's massive like at the moment that we faced it. i couldn't think of anything just to put my kids under the table and stay there until they're gone. and i was wishing that's moments to be a dream. i didn't want it to be like a truly what's happening. that's what we've seen. i just wanted to be a dreamer. start to pray at that time to be a dream. but it wasn't. and after the quick, just finish for a 2nd, we just picked what we can get and we moved outside. and you can see the small tense that i had with me that's with my kids in it's my mother was just sitting next by the temperature is under 0. it's undescribable. that's what we've got seen . some of the building was falling down in got down to up and then i got my, my gosh on channel fos. and i've just received like

a few hours ago. that's my uncle and his wife and she's 2 children, was just dead under one of the following pod came unplugged so far they couldn't get them out of there. and we are still waiting just for their buddies to be watching some miserable seeing some of the images come through from gaussian tip and, and the other regions that have been effected a just absolutely horrible. and it's, it's amazing to see some of these brave search and rescue teams going through the rubble, especially with the aftershocks that have been continuing. can you give us a sense of what it is like because of this? some survivors of previous quakes describe the aftershocks just as bad. not because of the magnitude, because of the psychological impact that it has on people that have survived the

initial initial earthquake. how, what, like we will you? exactly, as you said, the aftershocks. it's similar to the same 1st one. and after we left since 412 until now we are just standing outside in the cold until the some of the mosque was open their doors for people to be welcomed and sit inside in warm condition. many other people don't feel safe to be inside any building that you can see the whole streets are filled with cars and people sitting inside it. i mean, they be the aftershocks in each 10 to 5 minutes that you can feel it. sometimes it's coming so heavy that you can see, like some of the items inside the mosque is shaking. the kids is start screaming, the, even the big an elderly people start screaming like it's, it's undescribable. i cannot,

i cannot tell you that i can't film even. they don't allow anyone to film because of this horrible situation. but it's like it's just like a dream and we wish that we go out of that dream. we wish just to be wake up. and how your family doing my family actually that we are trying to make the kids feeling it's, it's kind of a game that's because they don't understand it. and this is the 1st time they are what's missing kind of a week. and they keep asking like why we're not going home. why we're not staying at home. it's called outside. let's go home. we want to go back home and we went just a few minutes to the home to get some clothes and change the like what clothes. and we felt like some of the parts of the building start falling internally. and then we decided, no, we need to go back outside like it's not safe here. and even the security governments risk society,

they start sending messages through the phone saying that it's not safe to stay in tones. go outside to the public locations or to the most. so the kids is like trying to understand what's happening. we the elder people's, like the young people, like we don't know for who we need to have a fear on like the kids or told ourselves or dollar parents. we don't know like when it's happen again what we should do. opportunity for the amazon, cuz he's speaking to my colleague, tom mccrae early, obviously one of the victims in terms of having bereavement himself in his own family. during the earthquake was mentioned, more than 300 people had died in syria, a member of the syrian civil defense in the city of keens as a situation that is dire abuse or you can come in, civilian buildings has completely been destroyed due to an earthquake that hit the northwest 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 complete

electrical blackout. it's really catastrophic. everyone is on the streets. the buildings are either destroyed or barely holding here. let's go over to the liberties capital. beirut was aiming holder, is standing by for xena. you've followed and reported from northern syria. during the conflict. anybody your contacts telling you about the impact of the quake? cries for help, people are desperate for international assistance. the human toll keeps rising, families are trapped underneath the rubble and the northwest of the country. this is an opposition controlled area. there are no state structures there. all the civil defense volunteers, many of them are using their hand to dig through the rubble. so there is an emergency situation. the earthquake dentist effect areas in, in the north controlled by the opposition and government controlled areas as well.

buildings collapsed. many of the buildings, the structures of those buildings have been damaged by war. so as you can imagine, there is no solid foundation, also in opposition controlled territories. there are a lack of hospitals and health facilities because during the course of the war, 10 years of artillery shelling of airstrikes and many of those hospitals were destroyed or damaged. there's also a lack of doctors. so what we are hearing from people inside are really cries for help international assistance. the human tool, like i mentioned, is now in the hundreds and the weather. the weather is very bad that there is a severe storm hitting the whole region. rain, snow, people are out in the cold. many people, millions of people in the north of the country already live intense. they struggled to put food on the table. so most of these people are already on their knees. you can see social media videos,

the emerging on line where people are saying help us help us on the call sir, is a, the international help is, is certainly on its way of being pledged to, to kia. but what about syria? because obviously the situation is very complicated between government and rebel held areas and where the access can actually be given to agencies and personnel. yes, this is a country the while the guns may have largely fallen silent, it is still divided by front lines and government control the areas united nations operates. there are many agencies on the ground that will be easy for them to fly in a atlanta airport. but what happens in the north of the country? the government has used aid as a weapon of war for many, many years. we are hearing international organizations calling to open these lines . so dr. aid can cross without any, any restriction whatsoever, every 6 months, a united nation has to meet to discuss the possibility of renewing cross border 8

assistance the, the government of period does not want a to enter as to borders other than the ones that it controls. now turkey has been a staunch supporter of the opposition, providing a lot of turkish and heels have put in providing assistance. but here is in need of help right now. so it's, we have to wait to see how the international community is going to be able to mobilize to bring in a much needed assistance to the people trapped inside those areas that are holding force in beirut. thank you. let's bring in a smile how dylan he's a volunteer at white helm. it's join me now from it lib via skype. good. have you with us on the program, mr. abdulla now, before we talk about the that at an injured you just been feeling aftershocks. just tell us what's been going on. yeah, just another quick struck the northwest, syria, and the teams that was important immediately that i billed. they loved me as we

took as me as we took the big labs on the ground. so tell us now with obviously your colleagues off to go and try and help people by not building collapse. what sort of numbers can you tell us about in terms of the dead and injured in your area? and where are those casualties if they are alive? where are they going? the treatment up to now we documented segment that more than 2 or 222 people died because of this are sick quick and more than 400 people are injured. all of them were transferred to the hospital that steve regard cheap and our teams on the ground or the steam. we're working with full capacity to meet the needs of the people to meet her. what, what we can do to save our people to see the families that are trapped under durable, in each city, in each village and from of course northwest. you know,

there are people that now are trapped under the ground under that, under the table. we just are we asking who we as everyone who watching us and hearing us, we need help. we need everything, everything in every, in each area. we need medical care when he does like wire white links to to, to help us to respond to this, get us into our it for it. well let me just get, let me just let me just get there. yes, you do need help. absolutely. but we need to know what sort of help you need. so can you describe to us exactly what condition the medical facilities are in where you are? and do you have, or are they up to a level that can actually treat all the injured people that are coming to the facilities or are they just overwhelmed? the medical sector already in north or northwest. it's fraudulent, it's hosted by the bomb being by that of station part of the assessor jim many hospitals. many doctors were killed by the big and the best time that

we were suffering from the pandemic. covey and after and after now or the medical sector cannot handle all of those ensure the cannot receive all of those injured. we need a shelter for those who lost their houses. we need the like maybe food gets for those who will be sleeping now. our doors maybe, and we need even the cold water for those who, who are now the bright, from the private, from their houses, by the earth, with those people who are under durable, who are beneath that, of course, northwest in each city, each village, they need a cubit and actually we need our acute met and our rule and our it's not enough to handle this. get us trophy. it's not enough. we calling we and we calling and we seeing that northwest syria disaster,

it needs help from everyone. we need like a, a cube met and everything that we can support us to help our people unsafe. our b one understands that in terms of when, when there is no earthquake, you do get an aid supply in some shape or form. just explain to us how that aid comes in and how long it takes to get to you. because obviously with an earthquake, the transportation links will be damage and that will be a problem for you. ashley, we need it as soon as possible. maybe from the cross for the maybe from turkey. it, it, you know, i, we know that time is a little bit you and we will need immediate response to help. we need like a few hours like you and yours or countries or states and you send support to those civilians who are now in the under the fees. who are those who are

injured? maybe just to see if the people who are injured from the course for the to, to receive treatment or some doctors to that gross for that correspondent. and i think, i think maybe you can make the difference for the people in the study. ok, it's my daughter volunteer with white helmets. thanks for joining us from it wasn't. tomorrow is the middle east regional director for the syrian american medical society and describe the situation in northern syria. it was a week took long time for for, for us to understand what, what's going, gone very heavy. everything inside the office get shaking. and there, there the i wait, wait. we used to go downstairs in the, in very difficult weather. maybe you can see me. the thing inside my car,

alongside with my family because of the inspection of the government, not to go to the at thought to our homes in those hours. so very heavy rain and the day 3 minutes where very, very, very oh, full and terrific. and very difficult or for us and for every one we are here in turkey in and stable state. and then the government doing good it's, it's best to, to help people on to respond. but that, that, that the crisis is inside syria. unfortunately, at least in, in north west india, it's a very, very horrific that you wish. and right now we got initial information from all a hospital or about then off. this is and hundreds

of your people that the hot with those or hospitals are all of our and from the number of casualties in those hospitals. unfortunately, we used to evacuate one of our maternity hospital because of that. and then it, because of the air squeak, and also we have it at, at least at $5.00 to $7.00. this is in a, she felt hospital in aspirin. let's just remind you of what we know so far. a major earthquake has struck se in turkey along the border with northern syria. more than 1200 people have died or not. death toll is expected to rise. manuel has the latest, ah, the aftermath of one of the most powerful earthquakes to strike, to kia in years. rescue work as digging through piles of deputy in search of survivors. scenes of destruction spread across at least 10 cities in south eastern

anatolia. thousands of homes have been leveled to death. tom keeps rising and harsh . winter with it is making rescue f. it's more difficult to use. s for level disasters a t, it's means an international disaster. informational level disaster anchor. i'm calling for international health rescue operations have already started and we are in contact with every concerns, party and disregard. we have also received information of so many countries that are ready to help. we have requested medical supplies and medical equipment. neighboring syria has also been hit hard, the regions of lippo hammer and le takia among the worst defective abuse you can, you can come in, civilian buildings have completely been destroyed due to an earthquake that hit the

northwest 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 complete electrical blackout. it's really catastrophic. everyone is on the streets. the buildings are either destroyed or barely holding here. i couldn't take your seats on top of major seismic fault lines and is frequently shaken by earthquakes. about 800000 people were killed in quakes that hit the north west in 1999. with a history of such natural disasters. many i asked him why the country hasn't been propelled turkey and syria while the hardest hit. but the quake was also thumped for walt eastern mediterranean, including lebanon, cypress palestine, israel, and far away of egypt, had one of the 0 miss sooner lobby. as the spokesman, vol. the syrian american medical society jersey now from doha good talk with us,

live on out there at miss lobby. can i just begin with the fact that just a few moments ago, i spoke to smell abdullah volunteer with the white helmets in the north of the country and it lived. will you be able to, will your agency be able to help everyone in syria? of 1st of all, thank you for having me know an agency how however, that capacity can care will be able to help everyone. however, we are trying to do whatever we can around the clock of hours. medical staff is there to try to support all the victims that need medical care at these. the devastating moments are so are we still in our hospitals as well? there is a shortage of from medical supplies. the shortage of the trauma supplies m a. we need know that there has been a shortage, generally speaking. amen. in the hospitals,

even before the earthquake. so i, you know, more is needed. we have started a fundraising campaign, them on our website, on our facebook, in terms of ation, in terms of where your medical facilities are, are either in serial or in southern turkey. can you just give us an idea of where your focal point saw and whether those facilities have actually been damaged from the reports that you've been hearing? cuz i obviously put more pressure on you. yes. well, we are basically a based in northwest syria. well, out of 12 of our big, bigger hospitals for i have been forced to evacuate. ah huh. they have been damaged and they are not operational at the moment. one of them is the maternity hospital where we had to evacuate the death toll on the latest update. i got from all of sams facilities at the moment, is around a 138 to 9, 30 april,

now instead, and more than 600 injured seriously injured and in need of fun and medical health. ah, from the, from the, from the people you're speaking to again, sorry, from the people you're speaking to on the ground and your colleagues, what sort of injuries are we talking about? what sort of problems of people face to, while they've been dragged, to all saved from the rubble, all sorts of problems, really trauma being a huge one of them. injury is that because, you know, they're treating people from under the rubble. injuries of, of all kind of source are, are really are what, what we are receiving. we had a case of a pregnant lady who i'm a fortunately and she came to us. she felt hospital that she, we were not able to rescue her. however, we were able to rescue the baby ha through a c section. she didn't make it out alive. so the situation again is very devastating. and, and a, and the need is huge. indeed,

when you're appealing to the international community for help. most of that aid comes through official channels to get to you. i mean, how, what sort of relationship does your organization have with official done, whether it's in syria or in turkey to try and make sure that you can get the aid that you need to help the facilities that you support? well, we are partnering with our humanitarian partners in general and in invest in this response i'm, we are all all also appealing to the larger and international community to get any support that we can achieve. as i said before, like some of the supplies for medical facilities have been scores even before the earthquake. and now there is a real need for a, for the international community to step up and, and to help in the provision of medical supplies and especially,

emergency supplies for emergency rooms, operation, rooms, consumables, and you know, medical consumables. there is a shortage in all of those even pain killers, stuff like that, have been recorded as of the, you know, there being a shortage of we shall see how this develops. so for the moment it's good to talk to you as soon or lobby from the syrian american medical society. thank you for joining us. you know, thanks. pull meteorologist rob mcafee joys. been here in studio, you got bad weather and a huge earthquake. it's just 2 elements of huge trouble for your region. it was the worst time the weather can be, your friend it doesn't get will be in the next 24 hours. current conditions are quite varied. it's by so about an hour ago. so in fact, most temperatures are a freezing, as you can see is a huge amount of snow over turkey over the whole high ground. but currently falling only been goal and anchor. so in the quick affected area currently not overly bat,

but that's just, i think, a full stop. i mean the conditions are not good in the air. anyway. we had these shots from yesterday, which is in the refugee camp over the border in north west and syria. it's been snowing off for a while at least not snowing and it's been raining. so conditions on the ground already southern or frozen cause night is worse. i think the rest of the day window rating will keeps pretty evans, a general area. so i think the sunshine will tend to disappear at height, you get some snow, but daytime temperatures are largely above freezing is the night when they are not so overnight. drop sub 0 again minus 2 quite easily, probably most minus 45 or 6 to cos. nighttime is not a good time to be that cold, but by the time it gets to morrow, the snow will be disappearing eastwards. so from tuesday, almost as a a hint of better weather from the point of view of rescue, at least with temperatures. about freezing current happily, the by the up again, me excuse by my pronunciation will cease, no showers on tuesday, then it tends to be better. which is more typical of the whole area. so this is

tuesday night with clear skies it gets cold. so i think we got to see from this point on was after the 1st 24 hours. this is so is it will be cold at night. that's fine. by how much longer can we expect sort of this area of weather to stay in the region. because if you look across the black sea looks pretty terrible there. and i was wondering about what's going on, as you say over dea, back here. whether we can make, make them for the sound, i can tell you through be on wednesday with the full ca for life, which is fairly typical of the area. and from wednesday always, it looks fine, least until the end of the week. we look all right. once we go through the next 24 hours or say beyond that, confidential, yes. the better whether it's good for the rescue is at least for the name is rob mccauley. thank you. let's bring in some other news from the day and we'll go to asia pacific. now a group of prominent pro democracy supporters have got on trial at hong kong is the largest to be held under the controversial national security law imposed by china. the defendants include legislative activists and community workers who are arrested

2 years ago and charged with conspiracy to commit subversion. the charges are linked to their roles and an unofficial primary election held in 2020, which kimber has moved from hong kong. well, this is certainly a big deal for hong kong. there's really not being a problem. i try like this for the last 2 years under so many cove at 19 restrictions that here we have some of the most high profile democracy activists in hong kong standing trial across the cross section of society for 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, the school is the 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 courthouse. now. the co 19 rules have been somewhat east in hong kong, is an opportunity people to come out and show their voice again. and this is

a patient about this trial because many of those arrested have 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 your presence as he expects a major russian offensive in the coming weeks in his night, the address on sunday lot of his lensky said moscow is increasing pressure on several fronts ahead of the 1st anniversary of the war. on february, the 24th, the battle, the control of the eastern city of lute has been intensifying with russia deploying more troops. the throbbing reports from the capital chief 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 for a lot of me resilience, he may also be preparing his people for a worst case scenario. that 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 trying to keep their ukraine's army says it 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 buckman. russian missiles are also hitting more civilian targets along the eastern front airstrikes in car keith hit a university and a residential walk. 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 me from the 1st and most i know there is a chance i might die last night itself into my garden. all the vendors were blown out a booth, flint on my house this morning. it will have to keep me in the head, a related collision. they will die in any case. now or in 2030 years. it is not

important. they may think if i present myself to god lives like those jumped i pray for our country for all ukraine, for my children, for my family, for all ukrainians, for all i pray but will ukrainian lines remain as unbreakable as their faith. both likely to be tested in coming days, as russian forces escalate their campaign for 30, then basra, the algebra on their reports, ukrainian defense minister is set to be replaced by the head of military intelligence, alexia vince nichols has come under increasing pression. after his ministry was tainted by corruption scandal involving food contracts. on sunday rest, nicole commented on his possible dismissal. julio stocks press it. where should i? when i entered public service for the 1st time in 2014,

i was then the secretary of the city council. and i made actually told everyone that no official is in his chair forever. would the decision to be the minister defense or not is made by one person according to the constitution, is the commander in chief and the president of the country. for me, the landscape, it's been counted and could all constitutional referendum and local elections. the national referendum was proposed by president glamour, lasso, to battle a crime wave, and address environmental issues. your position is voted to reject the proposal. authorities have 10 days to count the ballots and announce the results. on sunday, m. p s t has more from the capital key to elections officials. they're counting the votes of sunday, the election in ecuador, but they also said that this will be a long process. early projections show that a majority of what dorians could have voted in favor of the constitutional referendum that the president proposed to try and deal with the many social,

political, and security crisis. this country is going through this election was seen in many ways as a referendum on the administration of the very unpopular precedents to get more lasso. and if indeed in the end, a majority will have voted in favor of this referendum. this could be major political, a victory for the president, one 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 the reforms that he promised when he came into power in 2021, especially saying, so he's dealing with an austell congress. his party only has 13 of 100. 37 in congress. now basing is confirmed that a 2nd blew and flying over lots of america is also chinese. it says it's an

accident involving civilian aircraft. this comes out to the us, shut down the suspected chinese spy, berlin on sunday, saturday. pardon me? after days of it's flying over the country. could you as well? basically china has confirmed that the 2nd balloon steam flying over latin america and the caribbean is chinese. they say it's a civilian ship used to like similar to the 1st balloon, the flying of the united states and canada. last week they said this one also deviated from its plan course by mistake, due to limited self steering capacity. they gene has again reiterated condemnation of the u. s. decision to shoot down the 3rd balloon, holding it an over reaction. we can, the only issue when i want to emphasize is that this incident was completely accident caused by false major u. s. department of defense itself has stated that the balloon will not pose a military, our prisoner threat to ground the person. now,

the us in this to down using false in disregard of china's repeated explanations, which is an obvious overreaction. trying to defend china now has the right to respond in kind to something similar happened over china. while china is vice foreign minister, she phone has complained to the u. s embassy here engaging over what he says is an unnecessary use of force. he also says that washington is undermining effort on both sides to help to stabilize the relationship which has been very fraught in recent years, over a growing list and just grievance between the status of taiwan and the south trying to see it was hoped that anthony, blinking visit would help to improve the us china relationship, but that has now been postponed indefinitely. was more of the earthquake that hit to turkey and northern syria that's killed over 1200 people. and we also got reports now, but there's been a 2nd quake north of the api center of the 1st one area this morning. we have the

center of the magnitude 7 points. the earthquake is cut on the mattress. and of course, this happened to the early hours of monday morning, 18 kilometers deep, $7.00, magnitude that hit southern syria in the areas alls. dia becky, are the passers chick. of course will bring you more on the rescue efforts both domestically and the office of international help that are coming into chakiya. it'll next bulletin, straight after this break with toddler, quite to stay with us here. allow dessert. ah ah,

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