more than a century, government report says 2022 was a bad year for weather. 2023 isn't shaping up to be much better already here in california series of severe storms as battered the coast line and the interior of the state buzzing. a number of deaths and up to a $1000000000.00 in damages. climate scientists say the warming is caused by industrial age, heat trapping, gas emissions, which have been rising steeply since the 1960. they say rapid reduction emissions are needed across the globe to slow over 1st. the greenhouse effect ah 72 hours on dramatic rescues. continuing to care, but hopes of fighting of finding more survivors. amid freezing temperatures, mass burials in syria as hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors in the war torn country desperately need aid. lending

a helping hand asian countries mobilize aid for the earthquake victims. ah, until mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up ukraine's president makes an unannounced visit to europe after visiting the u. k. and france, he's about to arrive in brussels and a new us border plan could force more cubans to take a risky journey by sea to escape economic hardship. ah, it's been more than 72 hours since to earthquakes, and southeast to kia and northern syria jolted the region and shocks the world. more than 16000 people have died, many remain unaccounted for and took years antalya origin. a girl was pulled out alive after being under rubble for more than 3 days. the scale of the disaster and

freezing, whither is making it harder for rescue teams to operate the death toll and took here has now exceeded 12000. we'll wrestle suited, joins us alive from current rom mirage. the if a center of the disaster and result for the is honest, there still any hope of finding people alive or is this now a recovery operation? well, i'm now in front of a collapsed block. so blocks of their blogs have collapsed here and am just the front of one of them. you can see that the, the rescue airforce, are seen still continue, still armed away. the heavy lifting machinery are still working over there just almost an hour ago too. that bodies have been just taken under from this rubble and that the rescue teams had hold the blankets not to at least to, to, to cover the dead bodies that the families do not see that disturbing images.

people are, are quite sad here. the passions is high, the emotions are high through the last 24 hours. no one has came out of this rabo a life. so there has been dozens of people through the knives that has been taken out, pulled out, but none of them on. fortunately or unfortunately was, was alive and for the bodies that we have seen were completely burned because it's not only the rubble, but also fire is still continuing and that bodies were completely burned out. so, but right on, on the behind this blogs, there was an, a hotel called soft run. and in that hotel tow, it also collapsed completely level down. but just hours ago, we have been informed that an italian citizen somehow send out an a message. sorry, a signal and a what's up message from his wife in italy has been seen and right there after

right after dead, the rescue teams have used their, the rescue dogs and rescue those got the smell. so now the rescue teams, the pink that there are at least 10 people at the basement of the hotel and the hope that they are still alive. now they're what they're digging the holes from top of the rubble to down and they're trying to reach the basement and hopefully to reach that can people alive. so you can see here also there are families that are waiting anxiously. they have been here for more than 72 hours. i was just talking to one of them and all that an elderly lady. and she said that her so her daughter in law, her son and her grandchild, are still under the rubble. another family assyrian family. that they also have 6 of their family members still on the rebels under the collapse buildings. they have the fidel deflood, the war in 2014 in syria,

the for lad. and they were from our airport. they came to this city and to, to, to, to make a safe life to start a new life. but the disaster after the disaster for them, because the earthquake has hit them here. so this is just one of the scenes in this series city across the city. there are tons of such, such a collapse buildings and, and sides and the scenes. and unfortunately, tons of people, probably even hundreds of people are still buried on that there's rubble. so the carmen marsh was at the center of the added the earthquake and it has been heat, but twice the 1st one was 7.8 and the 2nd 17.5, magnitude in just a 9 hours. so of the, as it result, nearly a 1000 buildings, how could lapse in this city and hundreds of people have died. so it is a did that the death is everywhere. here the disaster is everywhere. the pain is

everywhere. here. whoever you talked have at painful story, a painful story of their families, but by every passing minutes the hopes are feed them. so as i said, so this is unfortunately a sad scene. i have been here in this city recently, but now it's completely at different one that i can see. so that the magnitude, it was so high, the area that had been affected by this earthquake is so wide that according to many or of the, the scientists, they said that the energy that has been released after these 2 are quickly, almost equal to more than 500 atomic bombs that could release that energy. and also, as i said, the areas that is affected is quite big, almost equal to the united kingdom. so that is why now the officials are quite struggling. here. they are mobilizing all of the means opportunities that they have . however, more than 13000000 people have been affected and so far around,

13000 people are dead and more than 60000 people injured across the country. and the fear is that by every hour, this figures potentially are going to go higher and higher. yeah, just incredible. and, and absolutely heartbreaking st here. thank you so much. that's resources for us with stephanie deka is in garcia's hip and took here near the syrian border. she spoke with a man who has lost everything. he's one of the many thousands who has taken refuge at a relief center. we are in i it's, it's next edition center. i need to take a look. it is packed with people. children and families are sleeping wherever they can. there are 3 holes. here. it is packed. they are telling us that there is enough age are asking me there are deliveries of water bread further down call. let me show you because of the light controls. boots are being handed out and there is a queue of people,

so it does stretch all around to the other side. but it is very difficult. i becomes very cold at night. i'm gonna bring in the hot who is from the on depth and he has been here for the last 3 days now. thank you for talking to us. tell us a little bit about what it is like for you here. it is kind of difficult to everyone possible. i think you deserve english to show home. thus would people view, we lost our homes with our neighbors. this is very, very difficult for the people. this is the reality is going to be very difficult moving forward because a lot of homes have been destroyed. if they haven't been destroyed, the infrastructure is broken. there's danger of multiple many, many buildings collapsing. so, you know, we're now focusing on the rescue and recovery efforts, but this is what the long term problem is. tens and tens and tens of thousands of

people homeless. they going to need shelter, they're going to need food and water. and we're just giving you a very similar snapshot here in guardianship. and of course this is something that's a reality all across the region. a t t m demand. jen is the deputy executive director for ox family to k a. she joins us from sample. thank you. so much for being on al jazeera that we've seen and heard i just arrived in most of the largest cities now . but what about some of the more remote areas in smaller towns? have you been able to reach everywhere that needs help? unfortunately, this is not the case at the moment. there is a big path for patients from various parts of her to here. and there is parts of the world to earthquake area off, you know, basic needs and the, you know, all the other emergency needs, but are fortunate the distribution within the cities to that in those areas is still not very good. so there's

a need for volunteers and the vehicle to make sure that all these emergence needs reach to the law. effective area. what does the hold up as a rhodes in the ports closed and damaged? yes, the roles are damage, the interest after is damaged and in addition to that, of course, there's the weather conditions the winter. and of course, the geographical area is very be, it's a problem. it's a 13000000 people at 1700000 of those are, you know, refugees that are already that had that had already been escaping from another disaster and other cries. and so the geography is very big. that's why it will take some time. feel all areas are reach, emergency and you said it's going to take some time. do you know how long it's going to be before you can get to to everyone?

a team and a nation or disaster is platform that we are a member of the are working hard be, are mobilizing our volunteers, make sure that you know, we can reach to all the areas, it's soon as possible, but the need to go the huge like shout to water sanitation, there are all 2 pipes that are damaged p thing, parts that are that mission, nature guess is not you know, provide the old area because of the possibility of an update disaster. a fire. that's why they're all the emergency needs and the, the need to be because population that is impacted is big over the last day or so. there's been plenty of criticism that hasn't been st fast enough. is that because the country just wasn't prepared for an earthquake of the scale and over such a vast area? exactly. the area is very be and too many people are affected.

so the county was not prepared for such a big disaster. okay. for people watching at home, what can they do? what's the best thing for them to do to help? so at the moment, as i said, the emergency needs are arriving to the area. so that's, that's being provided both nationally and internationally, the emergency needs arriving. thank for that, but then it will take months if not 2 years for the hipaa location and reconstruction of these areas that rebuilding the lives of the community. so we really ask for financial support because that will give us the flexibility to make sure that we can support communities also in the museum a longer term so that they can rebuild their life. okay, we hope you can get to to those who are still waiting for it as soon as possible.

that deed is tamisha and deputy executive director for oxfam and assemble. thank you. in theory of the disaster has compounded an existing humanitarian crisis and created new ones. in the northern liberal town of gen doris mass burials are taking place. it is one of the hardest hit areas. much evolution has already been destroyed in serious 12 years. civil war rescue if it's are severely restricted by lack of equipment needed to move debris and fond survivors. when i was not gone since the 1st gave you for my cousin, his wife and children, we pulled out 4 people yesterday, his wife and clear of his children. we came back today and pulled out the husband, who's my cousin. he has another son and a little louder, and now you're waiting to get them out and buy them. i have caught about some company sites. after 50 hours of work, we pulled out a man and a little girl,

life and harm. the civil defense teams are struggling with heavy machinery due to the massive area that has been damaged. over 400 sites were destroyed completely, and over 250 sites are partially damaged. we urge the international community to help. well, al jazeera correspondence, her hub, i'll health sent us this report from italy, province in northern syria, were health facilities have been overwhelmed by hundreds of people needing treatment. why am i una and moody are a littler billy and mustache for a doctor. we are here in front of the south keen hospital where the bodies of some of the victims are ready to be given to their families. now where there is a glimmer of hope for summer, we just saw some people who had minor injuries and were released after a quick checkup. and with me now is the hospital director, doctor blazys to tell us how the staff here have been dealing with the situation so that nasa lawyer said it got him and let the highly unclouded match for what the situation in the hospital is very critical. the whole situation is catastrophic.

this morning. they were more than $300.00 debts since then. they have been dozen small. i think we just received a man who had been saved from under the rubble. and this has given us hope of finding more survivors. during the last 2 days, we also received more than 700 people who injured which only doing the 1st. there was a disaster because we chris a lot of difficulties due to the huge number of victims in addition to the wounded who came from different towns and villages around the hospital. we are grateful for the assistance provided by so many doctors from different places. well thought are not hardy. good luck on victoria any. and thank you dr. the euro, the center of the most affected part of the border area. and we know your mission is hard run of florence. louis has more from call and port on asia's aids to areas affected by the quakes. with search efforts on growing it, earthquake hit to kia and syria. countries in asia, like many other countries around the world are responding to that need by deploying

their search and rescue team. here in malaysia, a 2nd team of emergency personnel and track adults left on wednesday night. the 1st team had departed on monday, within 24 hours of the disaster. south korea sent a 118 member team, including doctors, emergency medical technicians, and special forces trained to deal with extreme situations. the government says it's the largest ever south korean mission for emergency rescue work abroad. japan, which in 2011, was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami dispatched to highly experienced teens, indonesia and the philippines. countries that have a lot of experience dealing with natural disasters. earthquakes, landslides have also sent an emergency and rescue personnel. and it's not just governments that are responding. civil society organizations, volunteers are rallying to help the people to care and syria,

by donating to charities and offering other forms of assistance. was still a hit on al jazeera will have all the rest of the day's news, including proposed law hoping to strengthen and will bronson spine is exposing divisions between the countryside and the city. ah, how low they will look to southeast asia and the wet weather can be found across southern a areas of the region in particular for indonesia, some of the islands in the very east seems heavy falls in the days ahead. but farther north of this largely warm and settled picture for much of indo china. just a smattering of showers here and there in the system. the story for the philippines, sunshine and a mixture of rain there. but that heavy rain starts to pull its way further south

across northern areas of australia you cuz he's a heavy force for the top and some storms for die one over the next few days, putting a cross into queensland. but the story is really about the tropical psycho gabrielle . it's expected to strengthen as it works its way further south towards the north island of new zealand next week. but for large areas of australia is the very quiet picture. the heat continuing to dominate. alice springs in the temperature sit about 5 degrees celsius, above the average for this time of year, and we are expecting that warmth to spread its way further towards a se 30 degrees celsius in sydney and melbourne on saturday. and we hope across the tasman to new zealand, temperatures have come down in the south island, missiles extreme heat there, they will improve slightly over the next few days. lots of settled, weather have head of the heavy rain next week. ah, oil companies, the biggest companies in the world had

a very deep understanding of the climate crisis before the rest of us. and yet they did not tell anyone else. that's where the crime 40 years of denying their own scientific evidence. i thought that i could influence them to change their business plan. this was very naive decisions that have plagued our future. it's just pure evil. i don't know what to say. big oil speak lies on. i'm just gonna lou. ah, you're watching l j 0 reminder of our top stories, the salad, the death toll from is quite into kia and syria on monday has risen to more than 16000 mass burials are taking place in

a lippo and northern syria. one of the hardest hit areas, the stories of survival and incredible risk use, continue and took he is and tally of region. a girl was pulled alive up to being under rubble for more than 3 dies. countries in asia ascending experienced rescue teams to help among hundreds, deployed from south korea, china, malaysia, and japan. a doctor's special forces personnel and emergency medical technicians, ukraine's president is about to address the european parliament and brussels. the laudermill zalinski is on an unannounced visit to europe. he's already visited paris and london. zelinski asked e u. countries to st. 5 digits and more weapons to you. crime. manual knoxville. assure him of francis full support of gen space. it joins us live from inside the european parliament in brussels. jim said we had zelinski asked budgets and long

range missiles yesterday. what are we expecting to hear from him today? well, i think he's going to be repeating the same please. this the 3rd stage of his surprise visit to europe. he's been to loveland. he's been to paris. he's now in brussels. he's expected shortly, landed in brussels in the last 50 minutes or so expected here shortly. the european parliament and the probably see a gaggle of people behind me that's just outside the door of the chamber of the european parliament. they're waiting to see ukrainian president who arrives here was reminding you that he addressed the european problem by video link on the 1st of march last year that was just 5 days after the invasion. at that point, i remember standing here at the time, many were doubting whether he would stay in power. whether you train would stay in

the independent country, whether key would full. of course things have moved on a lot in nearly a year's time and we are just 2 weeks ahead of the one year anniversary bought. ukrainian president is still demanding more his message to all of these european leaders is thank you for what you've given me. but i need more, i need fighter aircraft idling, need long range missiles and suspects when he speaks here. in the next few minutes, he's also going to be talking about his country's long term relationship with the you. because he doesn't really want to just have a relationship with the you. he wants to be a member of the you, he wants ukraine to become a member of the european union. what we know is that after he's spoken to europe in parliament, there's already another very important meeting, very close to he had less than half a kilometer away. web $27.00, the e readers are all gathered that will be meeting that there already arrived. many of them and presidents and then he wants to spoken here i think will be,

continues please, to european leaders at that meeting of the european counsellors at school when they all meet together. and i think he'll be pressing in more detail. some of his demands with the european leaders. okay, thank you very much. that's jamie space for us and brussels supports for you. crime was also discussed in the us. rosalind jordan has more. the main reason, of course, for the meeting between antony blinkin and young salton berg was the ongoing war between russia and ukraine. the nato secretary general said that it was incumbent upon countries not just belonging to nato, but world wide, to stand up and to stand by keith side because of the historical threat that could be posed if russia were to prevail. this is young, stolen berg, the nato secretary general. if putin wins, it would be a tragedy for ukraine. but it will also be dangerous for all laws. it will send

a clear message, not just to wooden, but also to older all through the italian regimes. that when they use force, they can achieve their goals. that will make the world more dangerous on all levels . more vulnerable, begging is watching closely and learning lessons that may influence its future decisions. so what happens in europe to they could happen in asia to morrow? ukrainian officials are now pressuring the west for in particular the united states to provide the ukrainian air force with f. 16 fighter jets, the president followed amir zalinski argues this is critical to helping the ukrainian military defend their country and eventually prevail in the war. however, antony blank and said that so far the u. s. his view is that f sixteens aren't

required for ukraine, but that the u. s. and other countries are committed to giving ukraine what it needs in order to win in this war. north korean leader kim jong and has hosted a military parade in the capitol pyongyang. it marked the 75th founding in history of north korea's army troops rolled alba, lightest hardware of kim's fast growing nuclear arsenal. of thousands of cubans are leaving their country as the economic situation worsens. the us is a favorite destination, but strict rules for migrants announced recently as making that journey dangerous. it augustine met some of them and bar car cubans leaving the country in record numbers. last year, more than a quarter of a 1000000 fled cuba hoping to get to the united states. and while mostly by plane, many others try their luck at sea. john cruise is one of them. after spending

months building a boat, last month he left with a group of friends, his 2 children, and the family dog. but he was intercepted by the u. s. coast guard and sent back. crew said he wanted to leave cuba because of the economic problems, not for political reasons. lucky that my all, meghan guar with you, all the economy is never been good here, but says the printer, mac, things have gone 3 times worse. hamilton is also critical of the united states for it sanctions against the island nation. john and his family departed from the town of barrack o, a place where more than a 1000 other cubans have tried to leave. roger garcia has tried to make it to the u . s 11 times by see, he has a tattoo for every failed attempt. at arnold i and leah, my motors broken down before i've spent days on the high seas with a bottle of water to share between 8 people. i have seen friends of mine die leah. it's genuinely hard to find people under 40 in this town who say they don't want to

live right now. people are secretly making boats in the houses and in the nearby woods. over the last 12 months. hundreds of rickety vessels have departed from these shores. so many that locals have given that on a nickname, terminal 3, the biden administration recently unveiled a shift in migration policy that would allow up to $30000.00 migrants per month from cuba, haiti, nicaragua, and venezuela. to enter the u. s. and be able to work legally for up to 2 years. the u. s. embassy in havana is once again processing immigrant visas after being shot at for 5 years. but along with the carrot, that stick in order to qualify for the program, migrants must apply in the home countries and pass a background check. but that went stopped. those unable to get a visa from trying to get the me, what's my plan right now? as soon as i get the chance i'm leaving plenty more people in this town, equally determined to keep meeting the perilous voyage. at augustin al jazeera barracka, cuba spends parliament is due to vote on

a controversial animal welfare law is designed to make the treatment of both domestic animals and wild animals and captivity, more humane. but the legislation is faith and criticism from animal rights groups. the theme bob of reports at this dog shelter in southern spain, they look after greyhounds that have been abandoned often that badly injured for the people who work here. it's a labor of love. so you think they'd be in favor of a new law meant to strengthen animal rights. you'd be wrong with them. and then you, recently we were hit by a big step back. suddenly there was an amendment where hunting animals, among other animals, such as work animals, would not be covered by this law. it's a huge step backwards because this has really been made for the types of animals, the ones that are not controlled at a health level. and don't think kind of annoyed to so that the bills already expose divisions between the countryside and the city. when spain's ruling socialist dropped it last year, they angered many voters in rural areas,

an important support base. in december, they submitted a last minute amendment excluding hunting dogs and other animals involved in traditional rural activities. but some involved in hunting say it generates more than $5000000000.00 a year in economic activity and argue the law would still effectively legislated out of existence ins. eddie, that boon does, there's a series of points that go against our sport. for example, the obligation to sterilize on you to animals out of my dogs have been bred for 30 years, raised their grandmothers and great grandmother's house, that dogs with an exceptional genealogy. now what are we supposed to do you to them? but at the we can thousands, marched in madrid, calling for the law to be toughened up. i guess, madame, i believe animal should not be exploited. my animals have to be free and half a day in greyhounds and all hunting animals have to be sleeping on a 2nd. nose of the law would increase fines for animal abuse to more than $200000.00 and impose

a possible 2 year jail sentence for the most serious cases. it's already opened up a debate unlikely to end soon. ready baba al jazeera, a, one of a kind. cafe in costa rica has just opened. we appeared, saw the patrons at l. per. raso and san juan search dogs are the customers. and the owners are merely the guests. the menu is inspired and named after traditional costa rican meals with canine friendly ingredients. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. the salad, the death toll from earthquakes, and to kia and syria on monday, has risen to more than 16000 rescue operations are still ongoing. that the scale of the disaster and freezing with it is making it harder for rescue teams to operate. stephanie dick a has more from a relief center in cassey on tip to kia near.