curry, oxygen to the muscles. drugs like this one, i easy available, you can see all you need is cash and a good pharmacist. people who talk to say it's a liquidity business. some of the athletes, like cocoa, who are under suspension, say they just want to keep their heads, you know, continue training, wait out their band and hope they can compete again. tough times the man tough questions. what exactly are you asking for you? what troops on the ground, the rigorous debate we challenge, conventional wisdom and demand the true up front with me, mark lamb on hill on al jazeera ah film folding tragedy into kia and sue. yet where rescue as a battling against the clock is aiden international help styles to arrive. there is anger over the government response by a hands and basic tools harnessed as part of the rescue efforts in syria. b, u and

u. n. pledge, money, aid and equipment to areas caught off by conflict. ah, on the back of his, i'll just say a lie from london also coming up on his 1st visit to the u. k. ukraine's president pushes for the supplier fighter jets to repel russia's offensive combat aircrafts for you green winks for free them. ah, welcome to the program. the death toll keeps rising in the world's deadliest earthquake in more than a decade. 3 days after the disaster race, thousands of buildings and flattened entire settlements and southwest turkey, and northern syria, nearly $12000.00 people are now known to have died across both countries. an aide is pouring in from around the world. in syria,

the earthquake is killed almost $3000.00 overall wiping out entire families. a doctor says the scale of injuries is more devastating than the civil war. but 12 years of conflict of complicated humanitarian efforts, especially in the rebel held stronghold of italy, medical supplies are running out and the region is heavily reliant on aid from tokyo. but to kia has also be at the epicenter of the catastrophe. more than 9000 people have died there and over 50000 injured president, russia type o n has acknowledged shortcomings in his government's response, but insists it would have been impossible to prepare for such a disaster. angry survivors say state agencies failed to arrive in time to look for people traps under the rubble. stephanie decker has more and rescue operations against the an tap on turkey's border with syria. it's been more than 3 days since everything changed. and faint calls that offered such hope have gone silent

dinard. the building collapsed in the 1st 10 seconds to 22 people were leaving that our father and one cousin of steele dead. and the 6 year old who was our neighbor, we are waiting for them. the hope they will bring them out, but not like this. their worst fear come, true. a father, god, a home gone. everything worth living for, gone, his family inconsolable. one of tens of thousands living a similar unimaginable hell of his life. rescue workers and told us that as of last night, they no longer heard any voices and he sounds coming from underneath the rubble. this is now a recovery operation. no longer a rescue on 3 bodies remain underneath his building. but we're being told, getting to them under all of this is going to take another building here around 80

. people remain missing or we saw were more dead bodies pulled from the rubble. relatives and friends come to watch in agony. the apartments and people they came to visit. nothing is recognizable any more. or friends is he heard her, she has a children learn the but if you don't have any hope more because it's towards that. yes. so, but we are here. she tells me she now sleeps in her car with her 2 children and recalls when the quake hit. oh, it was just like want is voice strong voice and the shaking. the aftershocks keep coming. there is a serious danger. the buildings can collapse. as time goes on, the prospect of finding any one alive under these crushing layers of concrete face . and suddenly a sound of hope and in

silence that hope only grows. they think they heard a sound. some people believe it's a small girl. but the silence doesn't last for the moment. that hope is lost. stephanie decker, al jazeera gaz. yep. and people are also asking why some buildings that were supposed to be quite proof didn't withstand the tremors. bernard smith reports from chandelier firm. there's a chance, some one might be alive. so these rescuers must work carefully. but quickly, volunteers help clear the debris about 40 people lived in these apartments in the center generally offer in southeast and turkey belongings recovered from the rubble and neatly piled up in case the survivors to reclaim should fall shriveled through . i just live here in the next building. i walk my wife up when the earthquake hits

went outside and from this market. at 425, this building collapsed. i sighed with my own eyes. my wife fainted. 47 hours later, a 4 year old boy was pulled out alive. he'd fallen into a supermarket on the ground floor and said he survived and biscuits and water, the digging goes on until every now and then work stops and a call goes out. does anyone hear my voice? they shout no luck. this time pulling someone alive out of the rubble so long after the initial earthquake, you have to imagine not give the rescue teams a renewed sense of hope. but the hours drop by those lucky breaks are going to be hard to come by. but many people are asking why this building collapsed when those around it didn't. all were built after 2007 resident said, that's when new laws came in, making quite proof structures mandatory. so that's one of them that it hit us from

wall to wall as we were leaving the building. it hit us again in the stairs. thank god we are alive. but this building had already collected on the resident say the supporting pillars of a ground floor supermarket have been removed to create more floor space after north quake in october 2020 a judge accused a supermarket chain of doing this. the prosecutor say it was impossible to prove any evidence was lost in the deputy bernard smith, al jazeera jennifer se and turkey are. we got multiple correspondence, multiple locations. natasha. my name is in the city of is stumble when natasha. of course, a huge relief response is well underway. the the people we've been speaking to in danville has said we want to show our solidarity to our fellow church. we want them to have the phone and we want the people to know more than 13000000 people spread across 10 disaster areas in the south that they

are not alone. and that is why we're seeing so many people here in his down will take the time off from work to come and volunteer. 2 of those volunteers are with me right now. these are marva, who are you feeling as you watch this catastrophe that is widely the worst in several generations unfold in your country. it's really a great disaster for our country. i haven't been sleeping for 3 days. i've been watching the news. i've been trying to catch up with all the bad news that i get from all over the country casa, like 11 cities, were affected by this big disaster. and i thought, what can i do for my people, even though i have no family there, even though i know nobody there, i needed to do something. i couldn't stay at home. so i came here and she, she municipality, and everybody's working really hard here. we've always here to do something. we

cherry, it's like boxes to debate. we, we help the people here. we help the boxes to the people in need. so it's really a harsh word for it as, as accounts we can do it. we can do it. you were going to be returning to the classroom next week. all classes in the country has been cancelled for one week during this official morning period. you teach 11 to 13 year old. how are you going to address the situation with? well 1st of all, i want them to feel a. a situation, i want them to be aware of the seriousness of the situation. and we have drills at school nationwide drills like all over the country. and they are actually aware of where we're going to place what are quick someday some anywhere in this country.

and i want them to be able to feel the people in need their like they, they have a really bad experience right now. i cannot even think about the students that small children over there. i want my students to feel it. i want them to understand the seriousness of this situation because they're going to be grown up in the coming years. and i want them to volunteer at work with their parents work with the school, with their teachers and do their best to do their best. 1 to see the good thing, and we hope that the days they know it may be a while. let me hope they'll be good days ahead soon. thank you both so very much. there is a bit of good news to report a short time ago. turkey is foreign minister and now that one of the border crossings between tia and syria will be open to allow desperately needed

humanitarian aid into syria. the foreign minister says that they are working on reopening to more order process. he says, this is not a political issue. this is amanda carrion, or natasha many thanks to you and your guest that has a name live in this number. and in syria, rescuers, in some areas have been digging through the rubble with their bare hands getting aid. there has been even more difficult because of the civil war. the european union says it's providing $3750000.00 in emergency assistance. after president bashar al assad government called for help in a you official insists, the aid won't clash with sanctions imposed on a sad and his officials the world health organization's also sending medics and supplies and ad lib. serious last rebels stronghold has been isolated by the devastation around 2700000 people depend on aid that's only allowed to enter from

bob our crossing into kia. but the road leading up to it has been damaged. the closest turkish airport has also been forced to shut down. volunteers form the white helmets group have been leading rescue efforts and rebel held areas. they say they're in a race against time and a struggling to treat survivors. many hospitals in the region have been bombed by russian and syrian war claims. so in order as more from beirut, shorts may nominate gala, he 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 were why he was living, being a laugh. tell us rescuers that her siblings and mother are dead under their destroyed house. i was 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 this scale. lee mean mostly has been. i've been waiting for news of my father, my mother, brother, sister, and i talked to them and had the voices to 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 popular and gussy and it makes it difficult for 8 to be brought through. the united nations says roads leading to be about how us have been damaged or closed. it's the only crossing that can be used according to

a un resolution where 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. less of the aeroplane cargo aeroplane refuse to land on cillian airports because

off 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 other regime. they say most of the damage has been in the opposition controlled north, where some aid has started to trickle in. but rescuer. say it's not enough. zenato . there else is eda beirut. so the cameras half hour, an investigative journalist says the u. s. was behind explosions. the 2 major gas pipelines between russia and germany, the white house calls complete fiction. ah how i we will gradually see a continuing improvement in the weather. a crust care over the next couple of days . still a few showers in the forecast here. high pressure dominates the weather across much

of europe. there we go. big area, high pressure that will sink further south was squeezing that when she weather out of the way, but it will stay very cold. i'm afraid the lease is not gonna be anywhere near a snow, as it has been recently some lively weather up towards the north west of europe. bands of cloud of rain started to push their way in temperatures about where there should be this, that cold, rare cross at east side of europe, down towards the southeast at the blues. there shy where the frosty conditions by day and by night do look set to continue but slightly mild weather into central and western parts. as we go on towards the we can, we got that wet weather when she weather pushing across northern parts of scotland getting into norway, grass pushing across into our sweden. central air is generally dry, but on the cool side, we have got to some very stormy weather across central parts of the mediterranean. really heavy rain there and some snow. i with high ground of southern leslie to was malta more the same as we go on through friday friday. says that quiet weather

across the east side of the mediterranean. still a few showers clearing away from spain. lucy, dry for portugal. ah. that light admitted from history kept alive only in the family. tales of those who survived. it's hard to believe for people who didn't see the astonishing story of the polish women and children who endured the siberian glass and sought refuge in africa. never to return again. an epic odyssey of resilience memory is our homeland. on al jazeera lou.

ah, welcome back. a reminder brought top stories here when al jazeera, the death toll for mondays, earthquakes in turkey and syria is closing in on 12000. rescue operations are still ongoing, while bodies are being covered as president reship time. o m 's acknowledge shortcomings in his government's response, but insists it would have been impossible to pass such a disaster in syria rescue as have been digging through the rubber with their bare hands. european union says it's providing $3750000.00 in emergency assistance. president bashar assad government court. and you and official se deliveries of critical cross border aid for from turkey to northern syria could reach you on thursday. kristin salumi was at the briefing in new york. united nations was struggling to get much needed aid into the region before the earthquake struck,

the north west was hit hardest by the quake, and this is an area that is under opposition control. it's an active conflict zone and the un by international law works at the discretion of the government in the country, syria insist that all aid go through them and be delivered cross line across the front line of this conflict through their auspices. and one exception to that however, has been authorized by the security council. one cross border point of a delivery is allowed under international law from turkey into syria, which the un can use. so the un says now with needs even greater or they were struggling to meet those needs with that one border crossing in the cross line deliveries because of complications to current priceline, they're trying to ramp up their services. but they say cross line is more

difficult. here's what the regional coordinator had to say, hurting the coastline. missions is something very complex, even before b, even before the f quick. it needed multiple levels of coordination between different bodies, security and humanitarian angels. so it's not a straight forward or it's not a straightforward operation. add to that. it's a military active zone where we have to operate in a military zone. so it's not easy. we try our best. we as on most of us said yes, that you and has the, the willingness and the ability to do this. just to put it in perspective prior to the earthquake, the un had 9 cross line deliveries from within syria in the last 8 months, compared 250-2600 cross border deliveries in a month. so the, the scale is very different and the amount of ramping up that they're going to have to do to get aid into this area is considerable. in other news,

ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has been in the u. k, for his 1st visit since the war began nearly a year ago in a speech to both houses of parliament, he said victory over russia would change the world. he okay, has been one of the ukraine's biggest military supporters during the conflict. john hall has the story. president zalinski arrived in the ancient westminster hall to a rapturous welcome both houses of parliament on their feet for the wartime leader, some here compare to former british prime minister, winston churchill, the united kingdom is marching with us towards the most. i think the most important victory of our live time, it will be a victory over the weary idea of the war. after we win together, any aggressor does matter, big or small,

will know what awaits him. if he attacks international order. beyond his gratitude for britain support, zalinski was here to deliver a singular request, his appeal for combat aircraft, inscribed on a ukrainian fighter pilots helmet. we have freedom, he said. he 1st wings to protect it. and i appeal to you and the wall was simple, and yet most important wars combat aircrafts for ukraine winks for free them. right. there's no denying the ukrainian president's popularity nor the rousing support for his cause. but allies who only recently agreed to give tanks to ukraine warry now that providing fighter jets may be an escalation to far entering downing street earlier to the unusual applause of the staff. president

zalinski carried a message that was all too clear. if you want us to win this war, give us what we need to do it presently crazy. this is a message, no doubt, reiterated at buckingham palace, where he met king charles, the 3rd grade on the printer and a message repeated to ukrainian troops being trained by british forces on the plains of southwest england in response, prime minister re, she soon acts at the supply of combat aircraft was part of an ongoing conversation and that a 1st step would be expanding britton's training program to include teaching ukrainian pilots. how to fly nato standard jets. that is a significant step that president zalinski will used to press other allies as his trip moves on to paris and then brussels. joe, to hold al jazeera lumber,

a nato secretary general young sultan burgess in washington, d. c. to discuss the situation in ukraine with the year, a secretary of state antony blinking. rosalind jordan is in washington dc life rosalyn rosalyn. oh, i can see quite a lot of ground has been covered in these talks 40 by the leaders have to say well, essentially the of main focus of the meeting was of course, on the war in ukraine. and what we heard from young sultan burg, these nato secretary general, was an appeal for all countries that care about democracy and freedom and self determination to continue their support for the government in ukraine to ensure that ukraine does not to lose control of its territory. to russia, this is a perhaps in response to some concerns that there might be some growing fatigue in terms of supporting ukraine in its war against russia. for the secretary of

part of the secretary of state's part, i should say of there. yeah. question of, of the u. k. suggesting that it's going to make of military training available to ukrainian pilots was met with the response of the u. s. is doing all that it thinks is necessary for ukraine to defend itself from bratia. but that it was not going to be pushed hastily into a discussion of whether the u. s. should be providing some of its f. 16 fighter jets to the ukranian air force as part of that military support of the i'll follow up question was, well, you know, the u. s. has said no before to was certain missiles to certain missile defense systems to why abrams tanks. and every time that seems the u. s. has finally given in and the secretary of state's response was as of right now, the u. s. is view is that f sixteens are not part of what ukraine actually needs in

order to defend itself. that's not to say that the u. s. is wavering, in any sense, in its support for ukraine's efforts against russia. rosalind jordan live in washington dc. thank you. ah, now the white house is responded to claims published online that the us was behind a tax which sabotaged the gnawed stream pipeline last year. the claims are made in a blog post by respected investigative journalist seymour hersh. russia says the u . s. must be investigated while adam fisher is in washington, d. c. for more of this and pretty quickly, it looks like her, the white house working to pull cold water on this on. well, the white house is very clear and what they're seeing describing this as utterly false and complete fiction that also being backed up, not surprisingly by the national security council. and also the cia what seymour

hersh alleges as that using the cover of an e to operation, navy divers planted explosives on the north stream pipeline that were later remotely detonated. no, you remember that both denmark and sweden carried out investigations. they said that definitely was espionage, but he didn't see who was responsible. now the fact that this was an operation carried out by navy divers means that it wasn't a covert operation. it was a military operation. and that's important because of it's not if it's a covert operation, then senior members of congress have to be informed if the military operation than that doesn't happen. now, as i see the usaa saying it simply did not happen. we're aware that joe biden and many members of the u. s. administration at the time. what critical of europe for considering going ahead with lot stream to and were critical of europe using north stream to get energy over the winter period. but speaking to a couple of people in the last few hours,

they say it would make no sense for joe biden to approve this operation. given that he came to office claiming he was the man who was going to rebuild international alliances and dependencies and didn't want to do something that could if it became public, completely undermine that and also damage any, any prospect of being reelected in 2024. not normally something online wouldn't get a great deal of attention. but this is seymour hersh. he is one of the most famous journalists in the united states. he won a pulitzer prize, which is perhaps one of the best, a biggest awards at for journalism in the united states. and significantly, he uncovered the my lai massacre in vietnam with more than 500 innocent civilians were killed by the army. and they tried to cover up at that point, and he also veiled at the the of the atrocities at abu ghraib prison in iraq. but more recently, had track record hasn't been so great. he claimed that the u. s. lied about how

they tracked down osama bin latin. and also he claimed that serial was not behind chemical attacks on civilians in northern syria and rebel held areas. but it's very clear from the white house. they see that this has no basis in should be considered completely false. utterly false is what they're seeing. are alan, many thanks, mike, insensible of the alan fish alive in washington, dc. thousands of people in sri lanka there have been protesting against recent tax rises, trade unions or angry. the workers face a squeeze on wages during an economic crisis that seemed food and fuel shortages and rising inflation. present ronald rick grimacing, told parliament the economy is expected to grow again from the end of the year. when l fernandez has more from colombo people are angry, i mean one of the resounding cries again and again and again, is that we just cannot take it any more. ah, that on top of galloping inflation,

the government claims that inflation has been controlled. having hit almost 80 or 90 percent, especially in terms of food inflation, you have the president and his team at the statistics department talking about inflation coming down to 60 percent. one just has to enter a supermarket or a grocery store, or take some cash out at the boutique just to buy some groceries. and you really feel that that's not the case because it's buying much less. so the president saying that austerity measures are needed are talking about being hopeful that within months that the i'm, if bill out were come. but for people who are spending over and above, ah, what little bit they're getting. now they're left with given high interest rates, inflation, and are all of these expenses. they say they are struggling to survive. ah .