impacts us where events might lead from here. rigorous debate, unflinching question. up front, mclamore hill, cut through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom. nigerians vote in what's likely to be the most closely contested election in the country's history. from those that wielded to those who confronted people impala, investigate the youth and abusive power around the world. february on a jesse ah 2 powerful earthquake skill. more than 2600 people crossed to care and syria, with freezing weather hampering rescue efforts. awe whole apartment blocks collapsed, burying families, and leaving apocalyptic scenes across the region apart,

yet more misery on millions of syrians, already displaced by war with hospitals struggling to cope north with su, yes, sir, sir, it needs help from every one. ah, and your entire this is andrew 0 live from london. also coming up is really forces kill 5 palestinians during the latest range in a refugee camp near jericho. and we'll take you to ground 0. the wildfires that have killed 24 people in chile and are a major rescue operation is underway across much of southern turkey here and northern syria after 2 powerful earthquakes hit the region early on monday, killing more than 2600 people. size managers say it's one of the largest ever

recorded in took here, where at least 1600 people have died. and more than $11000.00 are injured. the current death toll and syria is just below 1000 with more than 2000 people injured in a country already wrecked by 11 years of civil war hospitals. they're overwhelmed and struggling to treat the injured adding to the problems for the many trapped under the rubble left homeless by the disaster. temperatures were expected to fall near freezing over night. let's look at exactly where these 2 quakes hit or the epicenter, the 1st 7 when 8 magnitude quake was near the turkish city of gasoline, tap at a depth of 17.9 kilometers in the early hours while people were asleep. the 2nd 7 and half magnitude quake hit kara mara in turkey, several hours later. she didn't go to lou begins or courage from istanbul. oh, this was the moment the 2nd powerful earthquake struck southern turkey. yet this

concrete apartment block in mulatto. not able to withstand the earth violent tremors, many had already fled their homes, fearing what might happen with the ability to call him on marsh is at the epicenter of the disaster. here 2 children are pulled from the rubble of a collapse, building out their parents in the sleeve go yellow. so the 1st quick struck while they were sleeping. the 2nd came a few hours later as rescue team scramble to find survivors from the 1st. with there were scenes of distraction across at least 10 cities in southeastern anatolia

. hundreds of people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed. it offered to turkish. it is after dido to reach it, mobilized the rescue team from different provinces to the effect of the region. joke is yet good, isn't that as well? i appreciate it. no. supposed to use gender. martin, a military and many other angels also deployed theoretical team structural damage to the affected regions all much the handle themselves. in the city of atlanta, a cherry picker was used to lift a woman from an apartment building in danger of collapse in a national address. present ridge at a parent on said the government was doing all it could to deal with the situation to seal all the quick things. the turkish armed forces and emergency and disaster authority have been called to the affected areas. i'll priority is to rescue those, anita. so 9000 people are working now in the rescue efforts on tier care the clear

the level for alarm. that means international assistance is necessary given the affected area is so large and millions of people needs help. and their need is even more acute because it is winter and they're facing cold temperatures, snow and rain ha, to kia, sits on top of major seismic full pines, and is frequently shaken by earthquakes. about 18000 people were killed in quakes that hit the northwest in 1999. with a history of such natural disasters, many are asking why the country wasn't better prepared and why so many buildings collapsed and said and joined us, live from me, stumbles, have bring us at the latest on the search and rescue efforts in while the surgeon rescues underway in full capacity, as well as for the turkish officials have stated since the morning currency. there

are more than 15000 personnel working on the ground to rescue the people who are stuck or trapped under the rebels of the record buildings. but of course, given the size of the scale of the earthquake, that it hits 10 cities and it's going to require the capacity of the turkey has, which is a decent and big capacity in general. it is not enough this time. that's why true kid has asked for international assistance and, and from the neighboring countries have offered their hands to, to care. they are attending the rescue teams, extra teams, medical and monetary and it applies to turkey here. and this is how turkey is trying to handle the situation, but the most important thing for the rescue organizations is to have enough carry is to reach out the areas it is underway. but of course the climate conditions as it is winter,

it is making it difficult for the rescue workers to work as it snow the trains and most of the areas. and it is very, very cold. also, this is very difficult for the civilians out there and let me shortly describe you the area as we have been saying that 10 cities have been hit by this earthquake in as soon anatolia, some of those cities are industrialized eastern and it's all in cities. some of them are small cities like agricultural ones, some of them have high building. some of them have medium sized buildings, but there is no specific definition of the earth's gate because we are hearing in some cities as despite the new buildings are standing, old buildings have collapsed. but in some other cities, we are hearing that new buildings are collapse, have collapsed, but at the old buildings are, is standing still. so apparently this is a construction issue which requires more care by the con, construction companies, plus a better auditing from the government authorities in

a country like to care which has suffered many earthquakes in its recent history and giving the kind of destruction you describe what is access currently like to the affected areas. well, the governmental authorities are the rescue. workers are trying to access everywhere, but we know that some of the infrastructure is damage. for instance, for a ports i close right now in god's down to the epicenter, province of call her mon mirage. how tight and donna donna is one of the major cities of her care following is minute, talia, and the se a 4th are shut down for civil aviation since the morning and there is no access to the area and the highway is between those cities. some of them are totally cracked and people are trying to follow the old rule. it's old highways down by the mountains. that's why we're hearing that, especially to unpack your access is

a very difficult which makes it more difficult for the rescue workers to, to help people out there to know. also the natural gas pump pipelines are damaged in some of the provinces. this is also another problem that is making life more challenging for the survivors out there. thank you. thank you very much. indeed. across the border and syria, the devastation is also widespread. communities that were already struggling. after years of war, st holder reports from bay ridge a child is told to recite to prayer, i la la, dropped under the rubble of a collapse building. this is the human toll of a major earthquake that struck central turkey. it was felt hard in neighboring syria. hundreds of people have already lost their lives. buildings collapsed across

towns and cities, and on both sides of the front lines of the war in syria. in areas under the control of the government and those controlled by the opposition. hello. * the i'm, i'm desperate appeals for help from those already struggling to survive after more than a decade of war. in rebel areas, there are no state structures to deal with. such a disaster calls are growing for emergency aid as residential areas are leveled to the ground abuse because 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. many of the buildings that

collapse were already not structurally sound. do 2 years of war. civil defense team say they need machinery to rescue people while the few hospitals that survive the government attacks in recent years are overwhelmed. that medical sector already in was or not with students project. it's hosted by the bomb being by that of station by the jim many hospitals, many doctors were killed by the palm, big and the bus. good time that we were suffering from the pandemic go via and after, after now or the medical sick dog cannot handle. all those injured look cannot receive. all those injured people are already facing a severe storm in freezing temperatures and aftershocks are making their lives worse. more shelter is needed, as many families are, again, made homeless in a region where millions displaced by war live,

intense powerful tremors were felt in lebanon as well. they started just after 3 a. m, when most people were asleep and lasted for at least 40 seconds. i mean there was chaos, as many people evacuated their homes. damage may have been minimal here, but more tremors are feared. back in syria, the extent of the humanitarian tragedy is only becoming apparent. santa for their elk as ita, beirut, people in the syrian city of a leper describe the terror they felt when the 2 earthquake struck. many have been left homeless. it was ha, we're in the street. we don't have a place to go. there's either the mosque or the street where scared for the children. when we went back home, a new earthquake took place. so we went back to the street. we remembered the days of the war, but this is god's will. and a quick update turkey and now says the death till there has risen to 1762. i'll

just hear a producer amino hattie biz. in gaussian tap, one of the worst effected areas. he explains what he and 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 that 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 on the table and stay there until they're gone. and i was wishing that's moment 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. 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 i put 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 godaddy 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 dad, i'm the one of the following part. can i talk? yeah, so far they couldn't get them out of there. and we are still waiting just for their buddies to be the opinion. and the us are among those sending international aid to,

to kia and syria off of the turkish government, appealed for help. at least 10 search and rescue teams, including firefighters and humanitarian aid organizations of being sent from the u . russia is also sending rescue workers to both countries. and israel says it's ready to send emergency help to syria in what would be rare cooperation between the warring neighbors famous landmarks and archaeological sites in syria and took you were damaged by the powerful squeaks sections of a citadel in the northern syrian city of a leper collapse. leper is renowned for its ancient unesco listed historic center and its centuries old covered markets. the exterior of historic type castle also crumbled castile was built in about the 2nd and 3rd century. it's a popular tourist attraction and goes into ah,

went on, you are news now and is ready. forces have killed at least 5 palestinians during a raid on a refugee camp in jericho in the occupied west bank. israel's, as 2 of those killed, were involved in a gun attack that happened late last month. did abraham reports from jericho, which has been under 9 de israeli blockade since that attack was, is there a number counting? the deadline was impossible for palestinians near jericho in the occupied westbank in this room on the outskirts of awkward debit refugee camp. witnesses, se palestinian fighters. it changed fire with israeli forces to them. allah, blood is all that's left here. after these released took bodies with them done so it was a very difficult situation, often is ready forces shot at asada and at another ambulance and prevented us from helping the wounded to god. it was only hours later that families would informed at least 5. i'll athenians have been killed among them. 2 brothers. while families

have opened morning houses, it's not clear when and if they'll get the chance to bury their sons. israel has a policy of withholding bodies of palestinians. it accuses of killing israelis. your for your memorial rushmore law. is there even a day that passes by without a massacre. what you expect our sons to do? go through sweetser flowers at the israelis impossible for is ready for to say 2 of those killed carried out a gun attack near any league is ready, settlement more than a week ago. although no one was injured than the shooting. it was who was behind it . that's worried these release and you armed group called the october debate brigade claims responsibility. as a result is really forces in both and 9 deb locate on jericho on saturday and his really rates failed to and suspects but lead to a gunfight. we're in this part of the westbank. for years jerry guys remains

relatively calm when it comes to act of resistance. but at the same time it witnesses the daily struggles of being under military occupation, like supplement, expansion, house, the militia, and land confiscations. last year, more young palestinians, during quite in groups in jeanene and nab, listen the north of the west bank. now that's also happening in jericho. these and also just more than half of palestinians support the army struggle against israel, the highest number into decades. many here said that's not surprising for young society that feels left behind by its leaders and the world while having to face off and increasingly violent israeli military occupation the debit him and just ita the occupied westbank. $47.00 pro democracy activists have gone on trial in hong kong, 2 years after they were arrested, as charges of trying to undermine the government. after organizing an unofficial primary election in 2020,

which is kimber. ports from hong kong. the a brief moment of protest outside a court in whom call, members of one of the territories, few remaining pro democracy groups shouted slogans to condemn the trial about to take place inside. the police soon stepped in. they took one of the group away, the breaking cove at 19 rules by removing his mask in public about the trial is the largest national security case held in hong kong, the introduction of its controversial national security law. 3 years ago. the $47.00 defendants include form lawmakers, student activists, and legal scholars. they are accused of conspiring to get a subversion by organizing an unofficial primary election to choose pro democracy candidates the government. prosecutors said that the vote responsive plans, the paralyzed government operations and overthrow,

hong kong leader and normal democratic process. peaceful, peaceful way of using democratic power to try to get to, to go, try to get things done that is now been criminalized by this law that, that's kind of foreign to the, to the normal process in hong kong. the trial is attracting international scrutiny, conceal representatives for more than 10 countries, but at the courthouse is expected to last at least 3 months. those found guilty could face a maximum of life in prison. the thought of his trial coincides with a major government effort to restore hong kong international reputation. after 3 years of control, this is about the city politics and strict code 19 rules. in reopening the border with the chinese mainland and launching a multi $1000000.00 campaign to boost international tourism to the city for some home commerce, the territory reopening is making the national security case. an afterthought is at the moment, actually, i don't really have any feelings about this trial of become numb to all the

politics here for a long time. it, hong kong finance is doing well. that will be best for the city and there will be less discontent. massey, hong kong chief executive, is trying to make that happen. john lives in saudi arabia, brokering deals to boost the territories economy and keep the world's attention on hong kong, financial future rather than his politics. richard kimber, al jazeera hong kong senior us general says the military may have missed previous chinese spy balloons flying over american territory. after a suspected surveillance balloon was shot down on saturday, of the south carolina coast is good move running fisher in washington dc. so what, what, what are they saying? well, it seems that these 2 balloons that pass over during the time that donald trump was in the white house, but only now putting together the intelligence and some of the things that they've gathered over the last week or so. they have realised that they went undetected.

what we do know is that there is a big operation underway off the cost of the carolinas. at the moment. it involves navy ships, coast guard ships, a divers. they are mapping the surface a below the water to go on the that the ocean floor. they've gathered up almost all the debris that is floating. no, it's going to be much more complicated at to get some of the things that were sent because of course you're talking about balloon that was 60 meters tall. and the below it was what the, the, the pentagon describing as essentially at the size of a small jet. so you can understand why there was that amount of debris at know, the americans are saying that the managed to use the time while the balloon was moving across the united states to gather intelligence about these balloons. things that were an intelligence gap, things that they didn't know about them before. so they say that was worth doing just for those few days. but of course,

republicans are being very critical of joe biden and the pentagon for not shooting it don't sooner. they see it shows that joe biden is particularly weak. this is a particular argument, a political argument that they're keen to push at the moment because of course, joe biden has a very big day on tuesday. he presents his state of the union speech would of course we'll get millions of eyes on it. he'll be able to put his case directly to the american people and to lawmakers in the chamber itself. so if they're talking about the balloon, they're not talking about jo biden's achievements and what he's going to see at the state of the union. and i'm just, i on that you were saying that tell the republicans and getting by the hard time about and how long it took to shoot it down. now that the, the evidence is sippy appears to be it that they feel either while trump was present, is that for him really neutralizes that line of attack of it. what it normally

would. but of course this is america 2023 a. so what it does is it'll, it's the republicans ignore that, and just hammer on joe biden. suddenly the fact that these 3 balloons went over during the trump administration will lead to questions about how did this managed to happen. and of course, we're now hearing news that there was a surveillance balloon over latin america as well. it appears that the chinese have been doing this for some time. the americans of just caught and dawned to the idea of been able to track these. the chinese continue to insist this was a civilian aircraft that it was gathering weather data. it had no military uses, but it was still taken out of the year by the u. s. military. the reason they didn't do it when it crossed over the islands, just off the alaska courses, they didn't have time to react initially to that. but also they didn't perceive it as an immediate, a kinetic threat is the freeze the use. so they were quite willing to let it travel for several days with the political follow that we're seeing. no, but to use some reverse intelligence data,

a gathering to find out exactly what it was doing and how they could possibly combat this in the future. and fish, thank you very much. indeed. firefighters in chile continue to battle a deadliest fires on record, which have now killed at least $26.00 people. 800 homes have been destroyed and more than a 1000 people injured in the fires, which have been raging since thursday. a searing heat wave is complicating efforts to extinguish the flames. 11 people have been detained in connection with the fires present. gabriel maricia has declared emergencies and the worst had regions, and international assistance has started arriving around at latin america in this year. newman joins me live now from santa ana mission. tell us what's been going on there. what's happening here is that there are fires all around that are still out of control both here in the bill, bill region and to the north in our, in the new blue areas as well as further south. but these are the 2 worst hid areas

. we've been speaking to people throughout the day who have lost their homes and who were able to flee just barely with their lives. they say that were, by the time they got the warning, they had less than 5 minutes to just grab a bag or anything they could and get out before their whole above, before their homes were completely engulfed in flames. they before their, their animals were, were killed. many people did die. you're mentioning 26 people, but the, the death toll is expected to be much, much higher, particularly in this region. you measly re, i me, that there are forests of forest area and above the mountains. there are many, many more people that live in areas where there are no roads, no easy roads with on which to escape. so these people have been missing so far, authorities and firefighters have not been able to reach these areas. and it's, i presume that at least some of them actually were not able to get out with their lives. now as again, there are no specific numbers we've been hearing. also stories of that are both

heart warming and, and heart wrenching, heart warming in the sense of people coming from everywhere to help those who now have no more water or food, or homes or clothes. and also we're hearing a, we'll heard a story of a man who had come to help his best friend to put out the fire and he himself was killed and overtaken by the flames. we also hearing that there are some loot, there's looting going on around here. so some people are staying intense or in or blankets on their property, trying to at least preserve the tins that were on the roofs if nothing else which they believe they might be able to recycle eventually. so to very, very sad, a very dramatic situation here in the b o, b, or region. and there, as you say, there are, there is international help coming in and one plane, it's called a super tanker is as at this moment we understand making the rounds and throwing it has it can take 3 lots of water to put down out flames. and presumably that will

help a bit, but the heat here is really suffocating. it may look like there's no sun because it, there's so much smoke but it's, it's very, very hot. and if the wind picks up, this could get much, much worse. this year newman, thank you very much. indeed. england faced its largest m a strike by health workers on monday with tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walking out in an escalating pay dispute. the government says can't afford pay rises in line, but inflation. it strikes and wales and scotland were called off off to improve pay offers that. and the mother reports from brighten, ah, on the picket line, and getting plenty of support from passing motorists, nurses and ambulance workers on strike together for the 1st time pushing for a pay rise in line with inflation. jason, jeffrey worked in a cardiac unity for him. it's all about staffing levels. for me it was never about

money is about delivering care and making sure that i can make a difference to somebody's life. even if it's one person, we just want to be able to provide that care that i sent out to enough study really hard for national health service policies. and i worked the u. k. government to reopen pay talks for the current year for england. like the devolved welsh and scottish governments have done that ambulance work as the rejected claims. they're not attending urgent cases on strike turns saying they're leaving picket lines to do so. we are more spoken to the government for the past month. we have over spoken to the government and willows and the government in scotland. we are making progress in negotiation to wilson scotland. and that's why we all know and shrink from wilson. scotland today always might be the biggest, and i just strike so far, but it certainly not the last a while the striking workers say they are pushing for a fair pay rise. they say they're also doing it for the sake of their patients. patients like laurel,

a retired counselor who see the effect of increased amount on any chest workers. she's currently waiting for an ultrasound and also needs a hip replacement, but baxter strikes even if they delay her treatment, sometimes is painful, sometimes a good day by day. so i feel it can wait, but i won't be able to like for the operation forever. it will get worse. and now i'm lonely. it's. i'm frightened. again, there won't be any knows he's left the y fi in an h s left to do the operation. for no, it's a stand off adding to the record waiting lists and to growing public kangaroo with a state of the national health service. the dean, bob al jazeera, brighton in southern england ah. m, under the top stories are a major rescue operation is underway.