and my old on africa direct on al jazeera is a wave of sentiment around the world. people actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries. and i think often people's voice is not heard because i just not part of the mainstream news narrative. obviously we cover the big stories and report from the big events that are going on, but we also tell the stories of people who generally don't have a voice. i mean, whatever child my dad never be afraid to put your hand up and ask a question. and i think that's what i'm really does. we ask the question for people who should be accountable, and also we get people to give their view of what's going on. wow. ah, mass burials in turkey and syria as the death toll from twin earthquakes surpasses 21000 but some relief in northern syria. the 1st you and aid conway crosses from to kia

ah hello there, i'm the stars you take. this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming at freedom for more than 200 political prisoners. nicaragua, government releases its jailed critics and sent them to the u. s. class and standing ovation for ukraine's president as he takes his push for more weapons to the european parliament. ah, well, it's now been 4 days since the 1st powerful earthquake struck to kia and syria, and hope is rapidly waning. as each hour passes the death toll climes and the chance of finding war survivors beneath the rubble of thousands of homes and businesses fades. the total number of dead has now exceeded $21000.00. but for the

1st time, since the quakes are you and aid convoy has passed through the bubble, how a crossing into serious rebel held areas. russell sort of begins our coverage from carmel morris. the epicenter of the 2nd adequate zahida has been waiting here for more than 80 hours, hoping to find her loved was her son, daughter in law and grandchild, are still under this rubble. reports on there so that people know my pain. my dear ones are burning under this rubble. this syria family has 6 relatives in the same collapsed building. they fill out the civil war and came to caught among rushed to begin a new safer life here about this turkish and sealing families on now she had the same pain. people are trying to call unless they are relying on aid and sleeping in cars as the off the shocks continue. i n n a lock list that i

got shall save us. we are now refugees. she says. death and life are intertwined. here, as survivors are, per why that food, the dead bodies keep arriving. this was one of the largest stadiums in caught among rush. it has now been turned into tense city for those who survived. with houses $3000.00 people around 15 in each tent. donna and her family moved in this tent at their goal. she says she and her 3 children had to survive the sub 0 temperatures for 2 days when her home was heavily damaged. some of her relatives also died in the disaster. grande's alaska. young. we are safe as much as attend can defend us, kids a cold at night. i have a 3 year old son shot. he is scared as soon as the tent shakes and runs towards me

asking, is it happening again about among the residents here? are served food and warm clothes, but at night the weather is extremely cold. they say they struggle to stay warm, especially the children. i as the sun sets above his phone. oh, her son has been pulled out from under the rubble. but he's not alive. but i'm on my rush, really, it's nearly 2000000 population was one of the most developed cities, inter kia now, the city center is mostly destroyed and many lives here have been torn apart. it will take these weeks even months to find all the victims and years to rebuild, but the impact will be felt longer still as men of his faces are gone forever. restaurants out of that, i'll just iraq, carmen rush, southern turkey. when it's now it's peterson,

m cassiano. she joins us from the headquarters and the disaster emergency management authority, an anchor at sin. and after all the criticism of the previous days that government has been stepping up their 8 efforts. i see, yes, the government is working very hard, especially in this crisis center, which is a right a bo was upstairs. there is the very big crisis center where you will see working groups from each ministry, eva agenda irma ah, the military, they are trying to organize these aids and they are trying to a, connect the people in need a, with the supplies also they have a representation of an international aid unit, which is a which also organizes which ex, the coordinates, the international aid coming from a road and transferring them to the field. but even though they are working around the clock since the scale of this disaster, and the effect of disaster is a very large and they are not that of this might. or we have so many international

rescue teams on the ground, according to the figure by the foreign ministry, the number of the if for in a rescue workers on the ground, it is a both 6000 and it is expected to reach 8000 then the government says there 120000 search and rescue use. these are the local ones or national ones on the ground. it's been more than 90 hours. a hopes are fading, but also there are signs of life. for instance, a last night a baby attend. they old baby, a was rescued from the rebels after 90 hours. again, a baby, a with the father was rescued but of course, as i sat time takes end of the clock is ticking in dead it. the hopes are fading, but on the other side, international aid is in air to kiss help. yesterday, the world banks that that they are giving an aid of $1800000000.00. a turkish

foreign minister spoke to his u. s. counterparts. anton a blank and n a, the u. s. and ounce, that they will be sending an emergency aid of a $85000000.00. the e u commission is preparing for a donation conference for trickier and syria victims as so every are all countries, including the nato, are helping to care. but as i said, the scale of this earthquake is very large, and it's will take a long time for to get it to cure these wounds. of course, selim cassie ali there with all the latest for us from the disaster and emergency management authority in ankara. thank you so much. sannin was we mentioned earlier, 6 trucks carrying 8 suppliers from the united nations have now moved through one of the main border crossings from took here into northern syria. it's the 1st convoy to re, to rebel held areas of syria since these devastating earthquakes. madame has been

the 1st you and plucks loaded with 8 supplies left for syria through the babylon hoa crossing on thursday. the destined for residence, liberty, health areas. the supplies can't come soon enough. why? honestly, it is the 1st response after this earthquake of the convoy consists of 6 trucks loaded with sanitary materials in blankets and other items that will be delivered to one of the organizations that operates in the liberated areas of an organization . that is a partner of the when in order to be delivered to our people need in those areas. what city and white helmets say the shipments are not enough because they contain only a regular aide and not tailored to the disaster. elsa desperate need for that equipment here. it live where rescue workers use their bare hands. along with the few tools they have to dig through, mountains of concrete and twisted metal for survivors. thousands of people have lost their loved ones, as well as their homes. in italy went elsewhere across north east from syria,

an air of despair and helplessness is taken over the safe. you hear me. hello la. we still have hundreds of families trapped under the rubble, including 16 of my own cousins, along with their wives and children. we can see what we know of the bodies of our relatives right under these roofs where there is nothing we can do to collect them and at least bury them. civil defense teams are doing their best, but we need modern machinery to remove the debris. medical workers are also calling for help. oh no, we're dealing with quite a lot of dead bodies and injured people. we send the bodies to selah moon and the wounded to sulking for treatment. we provide emergency care for the wounded, but we have a huge deficit in medicines and other essential medical equipment. in the city of al epo, hundreds of residential buildings that survived more than a decade of air bombardment of smoke come to the f quick. those that still stand

are being inspected. some people have been evacuated from their homes for safety harbor. second number ha, green. this is where we live in that building over there. around 415, a powerful earthquake. it. we managed to get out with the children's up, but then when we got out, we saw this building collapsed before our eyes. vertically. we were evacuated for safety reasons, because we share a wall with the building that collapsed at the border with turkey, truckloads of bodies of refugees who fled, syria are being taken back. hallett as fools brought the body of his 5 year old niece. this name to be taken to celia for burial. she and her father died after being trapped for 3 days under rabble in the border town of kitty han. as owes scribbled her name on the body bag and asked her to pass his greetings to the rest of the family members who died in the quick. they had left celia fleeing death at the hands of the syrian army, but they couldn't escape it in turkey. hum, advisor,

and joseph. on. meanwhile, serious authorities have opened a dan, fearing that after shops can potentially damage it. but that's led to flooding downstream and caused another damn to collapse out. is there a car sponsor? handbell colors visited some of the affected areas. then in the province or the upper level, look not that it's not on the little so that you lay her. this is the closest point we could reach me at the east and down the collapse because of the our civil lock on the flood of the river. after the earthquake, you pushed water towards the eastern body and which collapsed quickly and the water floats towards the village houses. and you can see the scale of the disaster of this village where the earthquake and bring what of the river destroyed more than 20 houses else. flooded, mailed and settled families in these houses left during the night. this village, like all other towns and villages, horses at his leis camp on the syrian turkish border. the display sleep in this cal

. i've also left 2 other camp and higher areas are all over the history. people of this region has managed to use waters of the assay river or the benefit, but this time the earthquake was more powerful than them and led water up the river to invade the houses. so able kind of fell just 0. mean, well that it blue. if we live to smell the news now and the nicaraguan government, unexpectedly freed almost all of its political presidents on thursday, following the release, they will push on a plane and flown to the united states. the nicaraguan judiciary says they were traitors who were being deported. she had returned to the friends and family of the release prisoners gather the washington's dulles airport to greet them. they and those who landed in the us express surprise of what had happened, a new or new to, you know, we were obviously not told that we were going to be freed. we realize it when they gave us our clothes at night and took us to another cell and they took us in some buses without knowing where we were going. among the prisoners,

those who led the 2018 protests against the government and those with connections to n, jose received us funding accused of attempting to overthrow president daniel to take the opposition of the us have maintained that these most civil society figures attempting democratic change through the ballot box following the release will take us said they'd been no deal with the u. s. one below. when they came to ask what our interest was, we said none. let them take them. that's all it was not about negotiating. we're not asking for sanctions to be lifted. we're not asking for anything in return. it is a matter of honor, dignity, patriotism, and for them to take their mercenaries away. the us state department also said this was a huge natural decision by the nicaraguan government over at it. it was also the product of concerted american diplomacy, and that the channels of communication were open between the 2 countries. the action opens the door to discussion of other matters and mutual concern. united states remains committed to a dialogue with the government of rug will amuse and other matters,

and will continue to support an incorrect when it's not clear yet whether they tones may lead the members of the nicaraguan government and will take it at his family or on the sanction by the u. s. government shambrika and see al jazeera washington what, peruse, largest workers' union is protesting against president d. n. a ball on to his government. they will so called an indefinite strike, a move that hasn't been made in 20 years. there have been violent protests in the country since early december, when hedrick astir was ousted as president. after trying to dissolve congress, nearly 60 people have died in the protests. marianna sanchez reports now from the streets of lima. well, it's another night of protest here in the capital of the country. there's been protest throughout the day and other cities of the country, especially in the south. but now police royal police are pushing. this is the strategy. police has had every single day for weeks now. they push protesters and then circle the area, not allowing people to move out. and that's when they start throwing the tear gas.

there are thousands of police officer fees on motor bikes. are the ones who are going around this year. the police is going forward to push the professors back under another group of officers. here they are not royal police, but they're here to support the royal police in front of them. protest, i have tried to reach congress like every time they protest and police does not allow them. people are very angry with congressman because they have not approved how to bring forward elections. they have shelves at least 4 proposals last week, and they only have until the end of friday to reconsider that they may vote again to bring elections in 2023, but it's unlikely that they will get 66 votes needed just to open the debate again, and you're not getting it, they don't want to leave. they want to stay and continue causing mayhem in our country. and we need them all to leave. a lot of the congressmen have betrayed the

country. they are elected by the people, but they have betrayed us by not supporting the population. they do not support what we are demanding with so many people did in 2 months of political turmoil, many people here say there is not a chance that a negotiation will be a way out of this crisis. i'll still ahead here on out there. now that i in the line for can opposition policy members disrupt the president state of the nation address. and they also get a sneak peak of what's in store at the largest also share in the united states. ah

hello, we may still see one or 2 showers in the forecast for the quake zone as it go on for the next couple days, but it should be largely dry, but it will stay cold. the cold, rare is sinking further southwards, actually so temper to secure weight struggling to get to around 15. so should be about 2122 at this time of the m all the same as we go on through saturday. but it's lottie dry across the ribbon finished a high c doha recovery to around 23 degrees that's pushed further north and into that east side of the met into the kia into a serious you can see it is lottie drive, but one or 2 showers maybe wintry in nature, a possibility lap out around 6 celsius i was on the board of getting up to around 7 . so 6th, and 7th in the daytime temperature is better than it has been overnight though we are falling below freezing. so that is remaining a major concern, but at least it will be dry large. she dry over the next few days, not to dry across the far north of africa. nasty little area of low pressure swirling away, or central parts of the mediterranean,

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ah ah. hello again. you're watching al jazeera, i miss dozier take here and there. ha, that's remind you about top stories. the total number of dead in the earthquakes that struck to kia and syria has now exceeded $21000.00 rescue teams are in a race against time to find the survivors in the rubble. meanwhile, though, the fast una trucks have managed to cross from tequila and to northern syria, they're delivering relief supplies to rebel held areas of the country, but there's still only one border crossing authorized by the u. n. so more than 220 political prisoners have been released from prison in nicaragua and flown to the united states. the nicaraguan judiciary said the prisoners were traitors who were being deported. hotels across turkey had been throwing open their doors. busy

to those left homeless by the earthquakes and the turkish government is working to find temporary shelter for them from guardianship stephanie deca reports. this is the living tragedy. more than 300000 people in government shelters, and many more sleep elsewhere. thus were people here. we lost our homes with our neighbors. this is very, very difficult, very difficult. people are helping each other. this man collected milk from farmers and has come here to hand it out for free. they love to put in a bit. we will be bringing submits and pastries to we are doing this by ourselves, by our own will to this is the long term problem, tons and tons and tons of thousands of people homeless across this region. these people are standing in line to that handout. i'm in a, you're the money. i don't know just

a little that the yet and best guy did with the good feel comfortable that we get interrupted. he says, we don't have any issues here. everything is super, everything is great. we were intimidated and harassed by a number of men in order to leave, determined to make sure there was no negative coverage. the government, it seems turkeys. disaster management agency is coordinating both local and international teams from this center and does yon tap. it is a major task the turkish president arrived in the city on thursday as part of his visit to the disaster zone. so vic, yep. hello, jack. all on. i'll talk this bit there really there. while the damage assessment is underway in this transition moment, we will provide $530.00 and financial aid to our citizens all been there. and with this financial aid, we want at least to alleviate their problems a little bit. oh, does anyone hear my voice? he shouts. they still haven't given up hope they may find more survivors

against all the odds. 3 people were pulled to lie from beneath the shattered building on thursday. so much needed good news. in a region of tragedy, stephanie decker, al jazeera, gassy on top, or thousands of volunteers have turned out, and it's turnbull to help prepare relief supplies, to be transported to, to kids, disaster head cities and natasha games. that if you can believe it since monday, the city of istanbul says 7000 volunteers have come here to this convention center turned release center to pitch in. there has been such an interest in helping to their fellow turks in the southern 10 cities that people have been lining up outside and waiting for hours until they've been allowed inside, where they can be used effectively. the applause you're hearing is that this door is about to close. meaning another semi truck headed to the city of high tide,

with supplies is almost ready to hit the road. these people have been told that they know it's only a matter of time before another earthquake hits the city of istanbul. one did hit in 1099 magnitude 7.4 killed more than 18000 people. so they know at some point this help we may be needed for themselves and they're saying that's why wanting to help and not feel hopeless is all they can do right now. there's also been a global outpouring of support for turkey. 95 countries have offered assistance as we speak more than 6400 workers representing 56 countries are already on the ground in southern turkey. pitching in and that type of assistance is not going to just be needed in the coming days and weeks. the head of this operation here has said that they expect to be in this convention center for the next 3 to 4 months. so really

the question becomes, how do you keep the momentum going? the energy going and the attention focused on the 13 and a half 1000000 people who have been devastated by this earthquake are these earthquake avenues now and ukraine's president has received a standing ovation at european permanent brought a muse lensky, thank leaders for their support. event. the war with russia and every matter get attention. spanish reports from battles. 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. i told the pac session of the european parliament that ukraine's home in the future is as part of europe. my numbers,

i am like we are moving closer to the european union, but did ukraine will be a member of the european union shall claim it is winning will be a member of the european union rattled when a usual you are so usual, shaw, what am i right after standing ovations in the parliament, a short drive away, he was again greeted with applause by the leaders of all the used 27 nations. when he sat down with them, he laid out his specific requests list. but that evening we need artillery guns that ammunition, that our modern tags at long range may files of modern aircraft. at a news conference president zalinski wouldn't detail the responses he's received to his wishlist, but he says the conversations have been constructive. he also stressed the time is critical with the new russian offensive expected in the coming weeks. james bays al jazeera brussels, also the heck as president solar on the poser has used his annual state of the

nation speech. to declare a state of national disaster in an attempt to deal with chronic electricity shortages there. i 1000000 as you can see, members of an opposition party, the economic freedom fighters disrupted the session before then being escorted out by security. pressure has been mounting on rom, opposed to provide a solution as of africans of his hours of daily outages. and 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 that the manufacturer of the balloon has a direct relationship with the chinese military. the balloon was eventually shot down over the east coast of the u. s. and has caused a political standoff between the 2 countries. rosalyn jordan has more from washington dc. on thursday, the u. s. state department released what it called declassified information related

to it's surveillance of the chinese spy balloon, which it shot down over the coast of south carolina on saturday. us officials are now on the defensive, trying to explain why they allow this craft to cross u. s. air space for so many days. but the state department spokesperson net price told reporters on thursday that it's not the u. s. that has anything to defend. it's the chinese government because it was engaging in what the u. s. is calling active surveillance. it's not surprising to hear them issue these types of denials . they're in a very difficult spot, but they're in a difficult spot because they placed themselves there. and they decided to take this action against the united states. they've decided i to leverage this program against dozens of countries around the world. i wouldn't say that we're seeking or organize a formal coalition of countries that have been subjected to this specific program.

what i would say is we have as part of our diplomatic blocking and tackling since really day. one of this administration's sought to have a convergence of views regarding the challenges presented by the p r c. the state department isn't saying which other countries, chinese bullets have, ugh, crossed in recent times. but the us says that it is consulting with its allies and partners about the best way to confront bay ging about it, spying activities. certainly one thing that ned price wouldn't leave off the table on thursday is the possibility of more sanctions against the chinese government. after 2 years of poor sales during the pandemic, us comic as gearing up for stronger showing in 2023. the chicago auto show is offering a glimpse of upcoming models and our don hendern got a need preview of what's install. oh,

the post pandemic era auto industry is back and it's transformed more than the new 2024 models. wow. what is it a way to start the warning? the chicago auto show, the largest in the u. s. rebs. back to life after 2 years of smaller shows and outdoor tracks were finally back to our pre coven levels. with 2 halls here. we've got almost all the manufacturers returning. there's a lot more cars on the show floor. there's really cool things like airplanes on the show floor as well. the pandemic put kinks in the parts supply chain reduced inventories and drove the cost of used cars to record prices. now inventories are up and prices. well, maybe not. all. prices are down. dealerships are adjusting to a new pair down arrow with smaller lots and bigger online orders and a widely expected increase in sales. the demand for new cars, the demand actually get in them and actually, ah, text tires, test drives never really went away. people always did still want to buy cars during

the pandemic buy to. they couldn't make sure they weren't any available now, but their production started to come back. now the sales are starting to come back . auto shows are starting to come back as well. the show is one part showroom, one part celebration with planes trains and especially automobiles, along with a once again, festive environment. even contacts sports have returned. sort of this year starz include the new corvette e ray, the all electric version of the classic american muscle car, one of a broad array of electric cars, a toyota highlander that doubles as a nintendo entertainment center. in some e v's that aren't cars at all. one of the things that makes a car show different from the show room are concept vehicles. this ran 1500 revolution battery electric truck might not come out for years. but it's pretty cool. after.