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that i had what has happened a lot in the west is that culture and food is separated studio b unscripted on out his era. the american people have spoken. but what exactly did they say? is the world looking for a whole new order with less america in it? is the woke agenda on the decline in america. how much is social media companies know about you? and how easy is it to manipulate the quizzical look us politics? the bottom line? emergency crews struggling to cope more than 11300 people are confirmed to have died and mondays earthquakes. ah,
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although i'm wrong about this and this is the news are live from doha. coming up the next 60 minutes. the turkish president thomas is housing and financial aid as he visits the city at the epicenter of the disaster. a 3 year old, alive after nearly 2 days under the rubble, astonishing, rescues give hope of finding more survivors. i'm the struggle to get help in to sylvia region already damaged by years of war. ah, one of the worst as quick disasters this century has killed more than 11300 people in turkey and syria. a number of those killed is rising every hour as rescuers race against time to find survivors trapped under the rubble. so care alone is counting more than 8000 dead rescue. teams are working around the clock 3 days after 2 powerful quakes struck the southeastern region and northern syria. president serge
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up, ty, about amongst promising help for survivors. miss eleger overdone, on the 1st day we experienced some issues, but then on the 2nd day and today, the situation is under control. koto will never allow our citizens to be left on the streets with our moscow. people not give the provocateurs an opportunity and only pay attention to the statements coming from the disaster management all $30.00 . today's the time of unity and solidarity. across the border in city, a rescue was face a logistical nightmare. 8 efforts have been held up as rebel held areas can't be reached. that situation is being made worse by years of war and isolation. several countries have sent rescue teams and aid the world health organizations warning as many as 23000000 people could be affected. while russell sat is joining us live now from carmen morales, the epicenter of the disaster that wrestle, i've aside from the terrible tragic consequences of this,
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the scale of it is astonishing. tell us about what you have been seeing while i am in the city of god, among marsh, we're the at the center of the earthquake here. and i am now in front of a rubble of some of the collapse building. i'm seeing some because these are just some of the 100 here more than 900 buildings has collapsed in this city. or there were there, you can see that the have lived in machinery. the vehicles are still working and the rescue teams are still working, trying to rich to the people under the rubble. they're just a little that go over there where you can see the live the missionary over there. a 28 years old man. his name is member there, mean good. he had been rescued alive of the 58 hours under the rubble. the rescue teams managed to rescue him and then his mother was waiting for him for
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hours. his ounces are the relative and when he has been pulled out of the rubble, it was a moment of joy from his family and the people who have been waiting for hours and hours during nights and days. so his i asked him his his on't know whether she'd have to send them assembly out be but my brother means his father is still under the rubble and he's also still alive. so know the rescue team are trying to reach his father who is 66 years old. and according to the, the, through the team there that, that he's making some voices some sounds and asking for help. so now there was, there is a hopeful waiting hear that he's also going to be rescued life over the next building there just last night. another girl whose name was you pack. she was 14
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years old and she also has be rescued alive by the team here. her mom has been waiting for her for more and 40 hours. and when did that, the team here got her out of the rob. all her mom was going, it was burst into the tears. it was a moment of worth of see. and really so these are the spots of the horse that the mormons of the horse and this city. this country definitely needs much more of this kind of seems, however, that level of destruction here is, is as beyond imagination right over there, you can see that the riskier force is still continuing. here. a german rescue team is trying to pull out another another person with alive out of the that the robin. so the families you can see their families that also steal down and waiting. so the families has in another story here. the moment at their right here realize them. so it's extremely cold here to do the nice. they're getting their
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blankets and come in front of his brothers waiting for hours and hours and trying to hear a voice of the, of learn at these or family members. right over there, you can see that there, there are 2 other heavy lives in machinery is, are working and clearing their robbers and hoping to find more people. however, see some morning there has been several of that, but is that just has been taken out off from that point and right over there and other building behind it just a little ago, the rescue team said that they have heard to weiss's so one female and one male and their lives the of so they are dig in a hall from there to the top of the building, from the roof of the building, building down there to, to, to hopefully try to get them also out. and i have talked to one of the guy just a little ago and he said that he of his family members are under that, rob,
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all his wife, his daughter, and his son. and he, himself, was quite an old and the old guy. and he said his, he has been eating nothing almost since more than, more than 50 hours. so that is the story of the people here. as i said, the level of destruction is quite big. not only that, this is one of the scenes here, but across turkey are closed f pam cities that has been here by the earthquake. there are hundreds of such scenes that are still on or that are still ongoing. so this city, carmen mirage was one of the don't look cities or for turkey. and recently i have been here now this is a completely different city that i have seen recently though that this city has been here twice by the earthquake in just 9 hours. the 1st one was 7.8, and the 2nd one was 7.5, magnitude bought have created at the with the tim a factor here. so in total,
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more than 13000000 people had been affected by this earthquake and the size, the geography that this 10 cities are spread and on is quite big. just to make a comparison, it is almost equal to the size of the united kingdom. and that's why the government has to deal with all of that. and definitely there is a shortage of waters food and lack of electricity, which is making the life extremely difficult here. so today the president out one has was did the city of car ahmad marashi as it was, the epicenter or of the disaster. and he has wisdom at hand. city that was set up by dorothy is ours of the earthquake, and now it is the home for thousands of people. avalon promised for reconstruction, for a more full housing for those who survive. but as i said here at the time is passing, the hopes are fading. so thank you very much indeed, but as you say, of course, as you've been describing among the tragedies that are at least some signs of whole
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brush, all shadow there. thank you very much. indeed. no, certainly decker has more from garcia's tap and took here around 80. people were told as so trapped under this building, but rescue workers have told us that they haven't heard any more sounds any more voices since last night is a huge rescue operation happening here. it is the 3rd day we are being told to move out of this area because a lot of these buildings that still stand around here are structurally damages concerns that they could come down. you can see cracks, and some of these buildings are actually going to demolish one of them later today . because of how dangerous they are. a lot of volunteers here, which is came from another location as well. where also we were told it was no longer a rescue operation. it was a recovery operation. we saw one be body being pulled from the rodriguez rubble. it was a father. his daughter was there sobbing. ah, incredibly,
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heartbreaking scenes. sorry there's smoke coming because it's so cold a lot of the, the volunteers in a lot of the residents who are coming back waiting, hoping still that perhaps someone will still be taking a lie from this rubble. they've created fires, burning anything they can find to keep themselves warm. so that's another issue, the cold proving extremely, extremely difficult. also, when it comes to finding anyone alive at this stage, not far from guys in supplies, shanley of bernard smith has more on the rescue operations there. a very, very small piece of good news, one machine we offer. today, a 4 year old boy was pulled a line from the rubble of this apartment building behind me in the early hours of wednesday morning. some 47 hours after about building collapsed. very sadly, his mother's body has been recovered and they're still looking for the body all his father. but you'll notice that all around this one collapsed building. all the
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other buildings are still standing. you regulations came in supporting took you have to to 1007, making sure that buildings were earthquake, safe on all of these buildings. locals. tell us we're built after 2007. that includes the building that has collapsed. but what's the difference is with the building that is collapsed we're told is there was a supermarket underneath. and it was been a common practice for supermarkets to expand the space in the cellar area to remove the pillars of the building. this was a practice discovered from a previous earthquake, some 2 and a half years ago where many of the buildings that collapsed shops in the basement of the building had removed, supporting pillars to give them more space. and people here say this was the case with this building and that's why it's the only one that collapsed, where every one else is around it. all the other buildings around. it is still
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standing well as have been hearing stories of some astonishing rescues have been coming in a 3 year old boy was find alive and cut ahmad marashi, the epicenter of the disaster. and if one was pulled from beneath rubble, after being trapped for nearly 2 days, united nations says damage, roads, lack of equipment, and severe winter conditions, a hampering efforts to find survivors in syria. rescuers is struggling to reach some of the worst hit areas residency. the response from authorities has been slow . zenato reports from beirut. maggie, i'm going to get a laugh is 10 years old. she survived mondays, earthquake. others are still being pulled out from under the rubble of collapse, buildings across syrian cities and towns. but many didn't survive until y'all was, i'm not quite to maintain a laugh, tells rescuers that her siblings and mother are dead under there. destroyed how
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funny. among us in the opposition controlled northwest of syria, the civil defense members are working on their own without the specialized equipment needed to deal with a disaster of the scale. the mean mostly has been i've been waiting for news of my father, my mother, brother, sister, and her phone. i talked to them and had the voices work is too slow. rescue workers are appealing for international assistance, but the opposition controlled region is one of the hardest places to reach in syria . it's been blockaded by government forces and their allies during the course of the war, and the only lifeline has been help sent over crossings from their k through what is now also the worst hit part of that country. the devastation and cities like i'm pucker and gussy, and it makes it difficult for 8 to be brought through. the united nations says
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roads leading to bear, but however have been damaged or closed. it's the only crossing that can be used according to a un resolution. with the backing of russia, the syrian government has ensured all aid goes through the mosque us, and it's insisting they should continue now to as it struggles with a disaster. but critic say they don't trust serious authorities. i don't think any of the syrians refuse or mind or reject that the assad, regina receive aid. it's just that we know for sure. he is never, never going to give the people that are in need any kind of aid. while some friendly countries have been sending a directly to damascus, much of the international community is avoiding dealing with a government sanctioned for war crimes against its own people. long accused of using aid as a weapon of war. it's now seen as politicizing, a catastrophe. blaming western sanctions for worsening the situation. a lot of the
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aeroplane cargo aeroplane refused to land on syrian air force because of the american and european sanctions. american and ear officials insist sanctions don't affect humanitarian aid and say it will continue to be provided in all parts of syria, but not through the aside regime. they say most of the damage has been in the opposition controlled north, where some aid has started to trickle in. but rescue or say, it's not enough. then elisha zita, they wrote not hardy, is the us regional humanitarian coordinator for syria. and he told us that the disaster is making an already dire situation. even worse, we felt when it could not get much worse for the city and people. now we have this, this, this f quick, syria, even before this, it suffered from so much devastation and suffering. the people there are 90. 9 percent of the syrians are below the poverty line in it live alone. more than
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4000000 people are totally dependent on humanitarian assistance. and now with this destruction definitely, then that's the humanitarian assistance is, is much more needed with working with all parties with working with all with member states, with everybody to make sure that the humanitarian work continues. not just continue at the same level but increases because of the needs that are that are increasing people, their weight for health. they honestly don't care for me which direction it comes. it just, we want to make sure that if that we reach them, we in the humanitarian world, they danger the united nations agencies and other humanitarian workers. want to make sure that we reached the people and we totally de politicize the humanitarian work for us. our main objective is to make sure that none is left without support and without help we have some cross line mission that went from the government control area to live. but we mainly depend on cross border operations. so between the cross border cross line, we're hoping to be able to, to go back to our human,
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to our, not just the level we were operating at that at a higher level. still had an all, does it? ukraine's president makes an appeal for more military sports, as it appears in person before the british parliament. we're going to be live from london, jobs coming back prior to coming back to you as president joe barton delivers the confidence state of the union address. ah hello there. it's a largely settled picture for much of south asia. we are going to see things change . thanks to disturbance, moving its way across afghanistan, bringing some heavy rain possible thunderstorms and some snow to northern areas of
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pakistan and india. we have got some warnings out for those thunderstorms with possible lightning across northern areas of india. but when you delete the skies, remain clear. however, the air quality remains unhealthy. we could see that change as some stronger winds pickup in the days ahead. temperatures across more central parts of india, sitting towards the mid thirty's down in the south, largely dry and settled with just a few showers coming in for sri lanka and was we had to east asia. things are going to turn wet or certainly for southern areas of japan as men usually wet and wintry, weather works its way further east into shanghai. when i see some snow likely in beijing on thursday, that wintry weather skirting its way across the korean peninsula, blasting into honshu and her cargo. we could see some heavy snow here in the days had certainly looking very wet there. the temperature in tokyo dipping down to 5 degrees celsius on friday. so is certainly going to feel a lot colder. that's not the case with sol double digits. 10 degrees celsius on
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friday. ah, a ah. lou. ah,
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you're watching out a 0 reminder of our top stories this our rescuers and took here and syria by continuing to search for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings. often monday's earthquakes, they're struggling with harsh winter conditions and the scale of the disaster. more than 11300 people have died. the turkish president has visited one of the hardest hit areas. there's a tie about one admits the wire problems with the initial quite response. he said people will be offered hotel accommodation and none will be left in the cold. 3 or boys been rescued in common marsh. the city was the epicenter of the 2nd earthquake in turkey on monday, or if khan was pulled from under rubble after being buried for 43 hours. it grains president vladimir zalinski, addressed british members of parliament in person is on a visit to the u. k. a 2nd trip abroad since the start of the russian invasion, almost a year ago, britain is one of ukraine's biggest military backers. so lance,
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who's called and allies to provide you train with modern plains to help defeats russia. already achieved remarkable results, and we must make every effort to turn our achievements into their foundations of the future global securing security architecture, the walls, the world needs your leadership, britain just as it needs ukrainian bravery. ah, when the full scale, amazing began we together with uber is m and united states and other and eyes formed it through coalition of france. john, how's johnny, his life from london? so i'm not even unless he's saying he is grateful, of course for all the support from the allies that there his country has received.
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what was that? the bronze as surge of his message. but it's been an extraordinary day. so father surprised visit 5 lot of his zalinski here to london, and he walked into that whole westminster hall in the parliamentary, his estate behind him in ancient building to an absolutely rapturous applause. the usual sort of austere protocol of these sorts. occasions put to one side, you could hear cheering in the back of that hall. such is the esteem with which he is held by britain's political establishment. unplugged him is the lensky, of course, launching into some of the trade mark rhetoric that we are used to hearing from him . we know, we know freedom will when he said we know russia will lose and change a change. he said the world has long needed. he thanked britain, as he said he was going to in a tweet beforehand for its steadfast support. he thanked forest johnson, in particular, the former prime minister,
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who being the 1st leader to rally to ukraine support showing the rest of the world . he said the way, but as to the message, the real purpose of this speech, when it was quite different, he wasn't here to thank anybody really. he was here to renew ukraine's appeal, not just for continued help, but for more help. so much for the air defense equipment that has been handed over in large quantities. the artillery. now the tanks as well that have been agreed, but from vladimir zalinski is point of view. everybody wants this war to end. if they want ukraine to, when ukraine has got to be given more of what it needs to win it. and so there was this moment of political theatre of flamboyance if you like at the end of the speech with deep, deep impact. when he handed over the speaker of the british parliament, lindsey hoyle, a gift, it was a, a ukrainian pilot's helmet, and on that helmet was written the words, we have freedom,
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give us wings to protect it. and the message is abundantly clear what ukraine once a combat aircraft, and once those, as soon as possible, it wants the allies to back up their pledges of tanks with planes for their pilots to fly. and in his meeting with richie soon before the speech here at westminster, all we don't yet know exactly what was discussed. but there's a clue that he would have got some of what he wanted, or at least a hint of what he wanted out of that meeting. because a statement from number, the number 10 downing street before the meeting said that britain would pledge that sooner would pledge to deepen and widen its efforts to train ukrainian servicemen in the south west of this country to include training it's pilots to fly nato standard planes now why do that, unless at some point in somebody's thinking is the acknowledgment that at some point, those planes are going to be given to you crime. so at least a hint there,
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some encouragement for presidents zalinski as he continues this visit or more events this afternoon and potentially moving on from here in the coming days or to other places in your turn hall in london, john, i thank you very much. indeed. during his state of the union address, u. s. president joe biden has urged congress to work with him, with republicans now in control of the house of representatives, bible called for unity and to credit for an improving economy. our white house correspondent kimberly hearken, reports was his approval rating still among some of the lowest of his presidency, joe biden delivered his 2nd state of the union address, and despite still soaring, high inflation, biding declared, backbone. his nation, strong, millions tuned in to watch biden, who used to speech to highlight what he sees as his successes of the past 2 years. not employment rate is a 3.4 percent of 50 year low on record on
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a former black and hispanic workers. we've already created your help, a 100000 good pay manufacturing jobs, the factors gross and for a year. but this state of the union was different from biden's last. this time the democratic president spoke to a divided congress as he made the case for raising america's debt ceiling and protecting social programs from spending cuts. he was challenged by republican lawmakers, armies car was driving o, one, grimes and these by the criticism might and sought to bridge washington political divide, turning to his opponents and use in the speech to negotiate with them directly, a stand up for seniors. oh. by then also honored terry nichols, the 29 year old man beaten by memphis police officers. as nichols,
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mother and stepfather looked on biting, urged congress to invest more in police training. something good must come from this horrifying women's rights to an abortion was another priority. make no mistake about him. of congress passes the national band. i will veto it. o 5 is speech focused mainly on domestic policy. once again, underscored america's support for ukraine. following the downing of a chinese spy blue after across the united states, he issued this warning. as we made clear, la squeak of china threatens our sovereignty. we will act to protect our country. and we did, but republicans had their own rebuttal from out of control inflation in violent crime, to the dangerous border crisis and threat from china biden. and the democrats have failed, he, president abiding, used his address to reflect on his accomplishments and lay out his agenda for another term. and office is been widely reported. the biden senior aides preparing
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for the president to announce his re election bid. sometime later this month. kimberly help hit al jazeera capitol hill. got officials joining us live from washington, dc. allen, democrats praising the speech. some republicans, no toppy. what happens now? well, joe biden hits the road to try and sell this speech to the american public. remember, millions were turned in and saw joe biden, unfiltered for more than an hour on tuesday evening. there was no interjections by the committee at, he could speak directly to the american public. he's aware that people think that he's done a lot of work in the 1st 2 years, but they're not feeling the benefits of it. so you'll go to wisconsin to day to talk about the jobs that have been created. he'll be in tampa on thursday to talk about the changes to infrastructure in the united states. and by using the phrase, let us finish the job. he's making clear that they're still what to be done and
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people will soon feel the benefits of the measures that he is taken. but also using that phrase. let's finish the job. it's also foreshadowing the fact that that could well be a campaign slogan. you can hear amusing it on the campaign trail that he wants to do more. but he needs support from congress though we saw just how split congress is. there was heckling of the president back in 2009, when one republican congressman shouted out to brack obama. you lie! there was condemnation of him. but we saw marjorie taylor green and others use the phrase liar. i and various other things they were shouting out at the president during this speech, but there seems to be no repercussions for them a tall. it shows just how difficult will be for joe biden to push through his agenda in the next 2 years, particularly with the republicans controlling the house. but he's aware that he's got to go out and see to the american public. things are good, better than they were during covered and things will get better. just trust me
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support me and make sure that the republicans, what with me, he's got to do that, particularly if he wants to be re elected. because his kimberly says at the moment his approval rating is down in the forty's and have any chance of winning the presidency for a 2nd type that has to be well in the fifty's. and he's got a lot of what to do can convince the america. but the what he's doing is working for them. alan, thank you very much. indeed. alan fisher in washington dc. when we return now to our top story mondays, devastating earthquakes across to kia and syria. more than 11300 people now confirm debt. we're going to leave you with some urgent images as well as voices of despair and hope. ah .

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