impact on us where events might lead from here. rigorous debate, unflinching questions up front, muslim on tail, cut through the headline 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 will that to those who confronted people. in paula investigate the youth and abuse of power around the world. february on a jesse that lou o. rescuers continued to pull survivors from the rubble into kia in syria. but almost 90 hours after 2 powerful earthquakes. hit hope is fading for the many still missing mass burials begin as the death hole rises to more than 20000. and

the 1st u. n. a convoy. since the quakes crosses into rebels held areas of syria, as a damn collapse is forcing more people to flee their homes. ah, only buck at this is al jazeera life from london, also coming up sub, okay, sounding evasion for ukraine's president vladimir zalinski as he takes his push for more weapons to the european parliament and scuffles in south africa. parliament where president law opposed that has declared a national state of disaster over the country's power crisis. ah. walking to the program, it's almost 90 hours since the 1st powerful earthquake struck turkey and syria and hope is rapidly waning. as each hour passes the death hook told climes and the

chance of finding moss of iris beneath the rubble of thousands of homes and businesses fades, the total number of dead has now passed $20000.00. just over 17000 bodies have been recovered into kia a more than 3000 in syria. the turkish authorities say around 6 and a half 1000 buildings collapse, they're leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. despite their growing despair and freezing temperatures, many cling to the hope that their children, their parents, their partners, could still be alive under the concrete. meanwhile, for the 1st time since the quakes are you, an aide convoy has passed through the bub oh, how a crossing into serious rebel held areas. russell soda has more from caramel marsh . the epicenter of the 2nd earthquake. i am in front of a collapsed block year. this is just one of the hundreds in, in this city, the work, the rescue air force or steel continent. you can see that the heavy lifting machineries are still digging into there that the rubble there. and hopefully,

trying to find some people at least alive. however, this blog disco, last building has been a graveyard through the last 24 hours. thousands of people have been taken out from under the rebels bought all of them unfortunately, were that so and on the other hand, it's not only the rabo, a fire also has continued since the beginning of the earthquake here and last night for bodies that had been pulled out from under the rubble were completely burned. so it is a tragedy on folding in front of us here. so in the morning, i met an elderly woman as she was with her blankets and in that freezing cold waiting here. and she said that has been more than 80 hours that she's waiting because her son, her daughter in law and her grandchild was,

were under the rubble. and unfortunately, when the sun was setting in the city perfectly, instead of the air, because the rescue teams got out her a son's body, however, he was not alive, the tragedy is unfolding everywhere. death is everywhere. pain is everywhere. people are trying to cope with their new life with all the mat, with the consequences of these tragic events disaster here. they're provided food shelters here. but the life and the death are so much intertwined here where people are receiving foods, we can see the dead bodies are just laying down next to them. and bernard smith is in a skin. darren in turkey is mediterranean coast. so in a scanner city of a quarter of a 1000000 people, we want to show you how, where i'm standing, looks before to how it looks. now we took this off, her streets view that shows you the normal life just feel

a few days ago taken by the girl. girl st. maps before the earthquake stroke and how it looks now i am standing on the remains of those buildings that you see in the picture. they have earlier on today managed to pull her 3 people alive out of the building behind me. that is why there is they are still clinging on to hope every now and then work stalks around me here. a whistle is blown. recall goes out for absolute silence because people think they may have heard somebody deep underground in the buildings of a lot of nothing while we've been here unfortunately. but they are still clinging to that hope. the problem is they've been so much destruction. and so much stress on the facilities, the turkish government can provide that they can get through every building quickly and we walk past areas where the fillings are just completely pancakes. and if there's any chance of finding people in the knee, it's just taking a long time to get to them. and the turkish president has been visiting affected

areas facing criticism for his government's response to the disaster. russia tab or do an has called for unity. i would like all members of the press and turkish citizens to be supportive and be united. i would like to thank each and every want to be on my behalf on behalf of the turkish parliament and government and hotels around turkey have been throwing open their doors to those left homeless by the earthquakes. the turkish government is also working to find temporary shelter for them. so them costs yearly reports from the disaster management center in ankara. hello, lemme lease deal. do all 3, any recommendation or one that of our do they have the equipment or a cook? this is a turkish disaster management agencies crisis center in the capital, encore nationwide relief is being coordinated here. days after 2 earthquakes at 10 cities with more than 13000000 inhabitants. these officers are distributing aid and

supplies to serve virus and deploying rescue teams across an area of more than 100000 square kilometers for the defense because of ginger georgia, it is difficult to manage an earthquake of such magnitude and impact. we may not have got everywhere, but we are aware of it. however, 100000 people are working tirelessly in these 10 affected cities unless you know, finest. experts say monday's disaster was worst inland, shallow earthquake. oh the 21st century. menaced fractures built over 200 kilometer long fault line collapsed. the government's initial response was seen by many as inadequate a fact acknowledged my present treasure type out on the scale of a disaster. and a criticism on clara has gone under force response are likely the most challenging task the governing a party has face during it's 21 you in power as circus citizens pledge donations to help those in need. international aid is pouring in, managed by a unit within

a foreign ministry. temporary shelters are being greatly welcomed from the arc other fall, but we have received help and offers of aid from 95 countries. 56 deliveries are already in the field. more will arrive from 19 others were engaged with international institutions where also coordinating aid from turkish citizens living abroad. these contributions are transferred to the turkish red crescent and disaster management agency. i am at harsh winter conditions. time is running out for many traps, survivors. people are calling on the government to do more and in a country with a history of earthquakes, it is also accused of being unprepared for such a disaster. even though the scale of this one has shocked many seen em co solo al jazeera on kara. okay, well we've got correspondence all over turkey covering me off to myself. these earthquakes and in the city of estoppel is our correspondent natasha good name, who is it a relief collection center there?

and it's actually judging by the scene behind g. u, a huge response continues nationwide. what an outpouring of response there has been at this exhibition center in is stumble, i'm told, or then 7000 people have pitched in to help separate donated and use goods. get them in these boxes and get them on to semi truck headed to the 10 southern cities that have been declared disaster areas as a result of these earthquakes. 150. so my trucks have been on the road already to the south of turkey. while you're seeing an incredible local response here in istanbul, turkey helping their fellow turks, there has also been an enormous outpouring of support on the global level. the foreign minister here in turkey has says, 95 countries have offered their assistance. and at this very moment,

more than 6400 people representing 56 countries are already in those 10 southern cities. pitching in whatever way they can with more teams arriving within the next 24 hours. and with 13 and a half 1000000 people impacted by this earthquake and people here, very cognizant of the fact that this is probably one of the worst catastrophe, is to hit a in several generations. you can understand why so many of these people, many of them quite young. i said they, we cannot stay at home. they feel helpless. pitching in to help is the only thing they can be doing right now. yeah, national an extraordinary hive of activity behind g. but what's the turkish government saying about the ongoing task at hand? especially given all the criticism about the initial speed of the response, it looks as if a president irwin has been trying to get personally involved hasn't

had heard one has acknowledged some initial missteps at the beginning on monday when these 2 major earthquake kid, it's important to know, by the way, there been 1100 after shot since then. so people remain very rattled in the south of turkey. but president on says that this and he believes that the government has committed all the necessary resources and that people's needs will be met. he is in the middle of a 3 day trip to the 10 effected city today. he visits 2 of those cities, including guys the n sat and he stressed that people are affected. there are 338000 people without shelter. more than 70000 people into kia who have been injured, he says they will not be neglected. they will not be left on the street. the government, he pledges will rebuild homes within a year. people indeed will be given a $530.00 payment. i'm told that is

a little more than one month of a minimum wage salary. but there are critics. of course, one of the observatory called net blocks internet observatory, has said that there has been restrictions on twitter since the earthquake began. they're saying that this is a life saving tool, and there is no reason that the government should be restricting it. the government has not commented precisely to this, but they have said that people need to rely on co official government information to avoid propaganda on social media. bear in mind that. c in may, there are elections and today a state of emergency, a 3 month state of emergency was passed by the parliament that will take the seed of emergency will end just right up until a few weeks before the elections begin. so all of this is happening also as campaigning for presidential and parliamentary election. begin. but right now here

are definitely not talking about politics. they're talking about the need to help their fellow natasha many thanks for that. it's actually going to him live or the ethics relief response there with the city of his stumble. well, there's some good news from northern syria. 6, laurie's carrying aid supplies from the united nations have started moving through the bob. how, how are crossing? is the 1st common voice to reach rebel held areas of syria since the quakes. however, the u. n says it needs a lot more resources to deal with a disaster. well, let's introduce our guest now. oma da wishes a teacher and residents of ariba, a town in northern syria, in the western aleppo, countryside. he joins me now on the program. thank you so much for your time. firstly, can you talk us through your own personal. busy experience with greg all people here. busy in the. busy area are

frustrated and this appointed disappointed because of the late for a. busy we don't want any food, any medicine, any tents. we just want machines to, to rescue the victims. you can't beat that screaming oh, you are really good calling you to, to say them. and you can do nothing. of course, the teachers and students and the citizens to go to the places with that, but they use their hands. they use similar tools. you know, you know, people are all the time to speak about to you when you,

when you see the people here and say, what is the humanity? humanity is an action, not just books. they want the organization to, to give, to supply them with machines, to help the victims, to make it a happy. and you can't imagine how people are happy when a single person is alive. this sounds like a very, very frustrating situation for you and for everybody. and now part of syria, they want to know more lens and it's a, you can't, you can't to stop becoming all the time when you electives and your families are

hon. can you give me a sense of who is in overall charge when it comes to providing relief for those people trapped and those people who have lost their homes or, or the people here are afraid to still now they are afraid may they're a, again, maybe once again, so they are outside all the time. they went to school are they feeling very frustrated and very cold and they want to even a 100. busy i have done, you still have the hope to rescue a who is leading the response there at the moment

for every every, every family a. busy give me a call on streaming, but the stream doesnt, i gotta go to any, any, any medicine to hear them. they have gone to death, the person they can. no, nobody can hear them. and he is a very strong guy county, they have the machines that. busy good just suitable to, but here as you know, people left their homes are because they are obliged by the gm's. so, so every single village,

it representing area we have from home or from a, from the, from or the cities of the city. so the people in the area are very good and so their number is a big good. it is very big. oh my god, i wish many thanks for sharing your experiences. it sounds like a extremely desperate situation that many thanks. thank you. thank you very much. and her in syria is clay, cause cause river levels to rise, and a dam to collapse, washing away several houses. and is there a correspondence? a higher alcala has more from italy, province, had he could have looked at it. it's not on a little so that you know, yeah, this is the closest point we could reach me at the east and down the collapse because of the are serial lock on the flood of the river after the earthquake pushed water towards the eastern body of which collapsed quickly and the water

floats towards the village houses. and you can see the scale of the disaster with this village where the earthquake can bring what of the river destroyed more than 20 houses and flooded. many other settled families in these houses left during the night. this village, like all other towns and villages, horses displays camp on the syrian turkish border. the despised people in this town . i've also left all the account and higher end is all over the history. people of this region has managed to use waters of the us, the river, or the benefit, but this time the earthquake was more powerful than them and led water of the river to invade that houses. so the coun, this half hour, more people on the move in easton, d r. c. as a majority, 3 rebels close in a town whose capture could see goma cut off from the capital. and nicaragua, fries $222.00 political prisoners, including former presidential hopefuls and sent them to the us.

ah, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has received a standing ovation that the european parliament and brussels zelinski thank to you leaders for their support and ukraine's war with russia. but he still called for more military assistance in already visited london and paris. this week. antibiotic editor james bass reports from brussels. on the 3rd stage of his brief surprise, european tour after trips to london and paris president zalinski flew with the french president, emanuel mackerel to brussels in the capital of european union. he was again repeating the same message. thanks for all your help. but ukraine still needs more slow graham, who told the pac session of the european parliament that ukraine's home in the future is as part of europe lame knowledge. i am as we are moving closer to the

european union will, did ukraine will be a member of the european union shall crane with his winning will be a member of a european union of letters. when a usual, you are a say, usual shaw, when i'm a guy. after standing ovations in the parliament, a short drive away, he was again greeted with applause by the leaders of all the use 27 nations. when he sat down with them, he laid out his specific requests list, but that evening we need artillery guns, ammunition at modern tags. long range missiles of modern aircraft, which are at a news conference president zalinski wouldn't detail the responses he's received was wishlist. but he said the conversations have been constructive. the also stress that time is critical with the new russian offensive expected in the coming weeks. james bays al jazeera brussels, m $23.00 rebels in east and democratic republic of congo are reportedly close to taking a key strategic town. the just outside soccer on the main east west highway connect

and the country 2nd bigger city, goma with a capital kinshasa. m $23.00 and ethnic tootsie group started its latest advance in november after the collapse of a ceasefire with a government. thousands of civilians are escaping the fighting. 2 days ago, 8 people were killed when angry civilians attacked the united nations peacekeeping . convoy taking supplies to goma. people displaced by the violence, are angry at a perceived lack of action by the un force to protect them. malcolm web is on the road from sika to goma the route for thousands of display civilians. thousands of people heading out of south came from the surrounding villages, the city of gomez in that direction, so k is down, they're going to stand aside. so we can take a look around. talk about 10 kilo mrs. down the road people from they've come from the south and say that they can hear heavy fighting from within the town. it seems the m $23.00. fighting with the government forces on the edge of the town right now

. that was caused some fear and panic among the population, people to pick up whatever possessions they can. and they're heading towards the city of go by livestock mattresses, things that are valuable or important know, things that will help people to survive wherever they end up. and they do it the, the half a 1000000 people have been displaced by this conflict in and 23 resumed in rebellion just over a year ago and 23 widely understood to be backed by neighboring. rwanda is vices use rwandan equipment. rwandan soldiers have been photographed with them since the 3 congress. the government says they are in fact just fighting rwanda's army. they ruined the denies, backing them rushes foreign minister, a lover of his back sedans, bid to have united nations sanctions lifted or the latest stage of his tool of africa. liberal who is speaking in the capital cartoon. after talks with his sudanese counterpart,

it comes off 2 trips to molly and martini early this week. russia is trying to strengthen ties with the african continent in the face of western functions over the war in ukraine. now south africa is present, civil rubber poser has used his annual state of the nation space to declare a state of national disaster and an attempt to do with chronic electricity shortages. but the event was marred by violence, processed by opposition. politicians calling for his resignation, deteriorated into scuffles inside the parliament building before rub, oppose. it was finally able to take to the stage. the national disaster management center has consequently classified the energy crisis and its impact as a disaster. we are therefore declaring a national state of disaster to respond to the electricity crisis and its effect

or will as cross over to for me to miller who's in cape town. and for me to, when he finally did start speaking was the president able to convince the country that he's addressing the nation's dire electricity crisis and poor economic outlook . while, if social he does anything to go buy one as to wonder how many people are listening to that state of the nation address, though. so many other africans have lost faith in the government and the president's ability to deal with that electricity crisis. the state of the economy, the state of infrastructure, a number of issues that they want dealt with in a more adequate to manner. and renewables are criticized the state of the nation for the cost. it has uh, 4 taxpayers and then really not delivering on many of those promises. one thing the president did mention was the appointment of a, an electricity minister specifically with in his office to deal with the electricity crisis where they are ongoing blackouts. in fact, worse and over the last 18 months, they began 16 years ago,

and i think many south africans wouldn't have imagined that they would get this bad . and that's one of the issues that the opposition party, the economic freedom fighters raised issue with a bit earlier or when they disrupted proceedings are saying that enough hadn't been done. and that's one of the key things the president should be dealing with. at this point. he did declare state of a disaster and that essentially will allow the government to our boss, track procurement processes, provide some level of support to a variety of businesses from our, from our food businesses to those dealing with purchasing and distributing solar panels over me to we've seen, of course, a huge amount of public anger have a way those scuffles and parliament boss protests reminds us of the challenges that people are having to face every data. well, the major thing, as i mentioned is electricity and us feeds into everything it's affected, the economy in that small business is unable to continue running because they don't

have the capacity. they don't have the funds to buy things like inverters and generators. we've seen a number of small businesses, clothes, people lose their jobs. and that's the key. worry for economist is, is how badly the economy is being affected. as in a country where the unemployment rate is above 30 percent, some would argue that it's even higher than that given those have given up looking for work. poverty levels in south africa are of great concern. again, linked to the invite link to the economy and something like electricity, where the government is just not managing, running the electricity supply and dealing with that state owned enterprise is calm . they are trying to bring in renewable energy. the president has mentioned some effort at trying to deal with that crisis in allowing licenses regulations to be reduced so that they can be a great number of players in the field and alternative sources of electricity. but really electricity, the economy, heightening unemployment. these are all great concerns,

both of africans and even feeding into the water infrastructure because of that load, shooting, all these power cuts, which are infect, affecting various infrastructure in the country. and so south africans really looking for solutions from the president. and i am not sure how many would say that there is an adequate response from the government for me to live in cape zone. thank you. now the news, the united states says it will consider taking action against companies connected to the flight of a chinese balloon that entered the country's air space. last week. washington says it's confident the amount of fracture of the balloon as a direct relationship with the chinese military. the balloon was shot down over the east coast of the us and has caused a political standoff between the 2 countries. to lee and president gabrielle borage has ordered evening curfews in 3 regions of the country as wildfires continue to rage. that includes the iraq hernia and b o beer regions were put shay resistance groups are believed to be setting fires to force the curfew. aims to prevent

thieves from stealing from properties affected by the fires. so for 24 people have died. over 200 political prisoners have been released in nicaragua and flown to the united states and a move secretary of state mc blinkin, says opens doors to further dialogue between the 2 countries. the nicaraguan judiciary denounced the prisoners claiming they were traitors who were being deported. in recent years, president daniel ortega has detained dozens of opponents to his government. i learned the bordeaux of wood on the meadow, 3 the deported people who declared is traitors to the motherland. and punish for serious crimes, apart for life in public services, and to be nominated for elected post. therefore, being suspended from their citizens rights perpetually or career leader kim young on has share the spotlight with his 10 year old daughter that a major military parade of the capitol pyongyang the event mount the 75th anniversary of the founding of north korea's army. the appearance of his young

daughter as to speculation that she is being groomed for the leadership. the girl who is his 2nd child was 1st shown by state media attending a miss our launch. we came last year but hasn't been named burt bacharach the allegedly composer behind. i say little prayer and walk on by has died at the age of 94. ah, and her house is not a songwriter, performer, wrote and scored 73 top 40 songs over 7 decades. his melodies were brought to life by some of the most influential musicians of the last century, including aretha franklin, elvis presley, frank sinatra, and the beatles. backer at $18.00 grammys and 3 oscars over his illustrious career, conquering the pop charts as well as scoring films and broadway productions. ah.