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we need massive supports and across the border and syria, the united nations secretary general calls for more a calm voice to be a mountain. ah, hello, i'm elizabeth brought them and this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up freedom for more than 200 political prisoners. nicaragua was government releases. dissident fan, sends them to the us. and we get a sneak peak of watson store. the largest auto show in the united states. ah, that is now more than 4 days since the 1st powerful earthquake had southern turkey and northern syria. at least 21000 people have been reported dead despite freezing conditions rescuers ah, finding more survivors. oh,

in the southern to the province of jose, an entire family pulled down and live from the rubble and ghazi on tip. a teenage boy rescued search teams of working relentlessly bought chances of finding more people to live a fading by the hour. bernard smith has more on the rescue operations in escandone when the whistle blows, hopes rise. there are at least 21000 rescue personnel still looking and listening for signs of life among the ruins of the villages, towns and cities at heart. i, in southeast and turkey survivors a desperate for something to show that a loved 1 may still be alive. were buildings a pancake in seconds? as a chance, some one has been tossed into a gap. melanie de mer has been

a rescuer for 7 years and owns a construction company. is him a little over there? we need to take advantage of the 1st 72 hours to rescue people alive. unfortunately, people don't know what to do when earthquakes happen. they don't know what to look for in a house before they purchase one. is that durable? how is it built? if you buy 30 to 40 year old houses with renovated facades, this is what is going to happen to them. as scantrons port is on fire swathes of the city without electricity running water and sanitation. 4 days after the quakes hit the city, tens of thousands and now homeless. i, my cousin and my brother in law of in here, we've been waiting for 3 days today. they rescued a girl and her mother. yesterday they found the bodies of 3 people. our cane is great, i can't express it enough. they'll sleep to night. in one of the thousands of tents, the turkish government has shipped in office didn't yoke. the biggest challenge for us is the relatives of the victims. we need to tell them what we are doing while we

are carrying out the rescue operation. they want to interfere and do things we are unable to control the rescue area. the rescue is no, the time is now running out to find any more survivors varies so much death here and on a scale. i think people still find incomprehensible that people really cling to any hope. there is even this long after the initial earthquake, and that is why here again there hoping for a minor miracle. but there wasn't, there are perhaps thousands of times when rescue was hopes rise, only to be dashed again. but the search for survivors hasn't been called off yet when there is still part of this country waiting for the 1st rescue teams to arrive . bernard smith, al jazeera, is candor. you know, when a moment will speak to selim casino new in the turkish capital and can i but 1st let's go to wrestle, said that, and kind of man mirage. that, that is the epicenter off the disasters. and there are some incredible stories of survival even for days after the earthquake. but for each of those vessel,

there are just so many more of hot break, especially where you are. well, we're in front of our blog. that collapse blog is just one of the hundreds here. this blog is robles pod. now the fresh graveyards for hands and pans of the people. so to deny dozens that the bodies had been pulled out of under from under there's a rubble. and now you can see the rescue, air force, or steel underway, heavy lifting machinery is dead. the vehicles rescue teams joined by the families are still hoping and working, trying to dig into the robbers to reach some of the bodies dead or alive. in this 2 blocks, there has been more than trinity that but these that has been taken out, but this is just one side of the store did that there the street,

the other side of the street is definitely not bad. that have done this side. you can see blocks off their blocks apartments off, their apartments are blocked and unfortunately now as it is past, just more than and 100 hours since the earthquake. the hopes here are our fading rescues address care force are getting a little bit desperate here and the tension is really high. but families, families, families, as the tragedy is still unfolding. those who survive till who is feel hope to have the love one back part of going to a prolonged pain are going through a painful tragedy. and i'll talk to some of them. that is a he that has been waiting here for more than 80 hours hoping to find her loved ones. i. her son,

daughter in law and grandchild, are still under this rubble reports on this so that people know my pain. my dear ones are burning under this rubble. the studio family has ceased. relatives in the same collapsed building. they fill out the sigurd war and came to caught among much to begin and need safe when life here is turkish. m. c. d. families are now sharing the same thing. people are trying to call unless they are relying on 8 and slipping in cause as the off the shocks continue. oh man. all awkward that i god shall save us. we are now refugees. she says. death and life are intertwined. here, as survivors are per why the food, the dead bodies keep arriving. this was one of the largest salems in common rush. it has now been turned into tents city for those who survived. with houses $3000.00

people around 15 in each tent. oh donna and her family moved in this tent at their goal. she says she and her 3 children had to survive 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 saying as much as attend can defend us kids a cold at night. i have the 3 year old son. he is scared as soon as the tent shakes and runs towards me asking, is it happening again? let him. the residence here are served food and warm clothes, but at night the weather is extremely cool and 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 the line. well, it's the other home that has off stories like zayed as one in this city. and families are still anxiously waiting to hopefully get their loved ones back alive for at least that to have their bodies. just the family behind me. they have the nieces on the biz rubble and another family right over there. she has an old lady. she has heard from her sisters and brothers in another block, and only today i have talked to another man, an old man, who said that his sister is on his blog. but he's come and put them and others to the account in the provost or got him on my trash. and in, at this done. and in that town his but that he's also on that the novel. but he said that i came here at least to get the buddy off my sister that they can't give her a proper burial. so that are no more than 18000 that people in church and one

church of them are just in this city. so the tragedies are still unfolding. the time is running out and popes here. i said, so thank you very much for that. see that there are 2 more dat buddies to me on that, but just have you taken out some thank you for that. that is raisal, so bad as rifle mentioned, those live pictures from the epi center caught a mon massage, where the bodies of the dead continue to be recovered from the rubble. well, let's go now to another correspondent to city course. you know, she's joining us from the turkish governments relief coordination center in the capital, encore, another 2 bodies being brought from under the rubble more than 21000 people killed and turkey and syria. so how is the government into kia reacting to the criticism phenom all that lack of preparedness and the country that's known for earthquakes

and also it's response to the quake. well as of, as the government has been harshly criticized about how it handle the situation, at least that the beginning of this, a crisis caused by the earthquake on monday or at 1st or for a ports were closed because the runaways a were cracked main highways between cities, major cities like hut, i and garza ant up were cracked. there was no ac sets and for instance are reaching out to hot eye and tucker or it was very late. that's why and there are more casualties. a pupils say, but of course the government explains this situation as we have spoken and to the official since yesterday, as the scale of that said, the impact of this earthquake is a very large as it has the air. it total area that it has. it is nearly more than 100000 square kilometers in more than a 13 and

a half 1000000 people are directly affected. but of course people are criticized this in 1999 to the experienced the very badly earthquake. and just in 4 days after the earthquake, the total backed all exceeded 1990 nine's death toll. so people say we haven't learned anything, deal thought you haven't burned anything. the why did they all tore it is a haven't assess the buildings or structures. well, why did they allow those a weeks fractures, and these are the questions people are asking, but the government says right now the priority is reaching out to people who are trapped and rescuing them. and they are evacuating doors of survivors to other cities to hospitals, or if it is necessary. but this is a long run for to kids. love it too much. money is needed or too much, but too many people need it on the ground as why we have international hate pouring over truck yet financially and in terms of human resource. this is the situation

and today about this is the long run, as i say, elizabeth, it will have so many an effect. so i'm in a dime, mentions in the coming feature we are seeing so many babies being and left as orphans. ah, there are earth hush, logical or dimensions of the situations security and i 1000000 are so time will tell how to kia will really, really handle this. and then thank you for that selim course, here to live for us in the turkish capital ankara. and the 1st international aid has arrived and rebel held areas of syria 6 trucks. karen supplies from the united nations, entered one of the main border crossings from southern to a kia and to northern sylvia. muhammad via has moore the 1st you and plucks, loaded with 8 supplies left for celia through the babylon. how are crossing on thursday? they are destined for residence level 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. now, so 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, band elsewhere across enough is from syria, an air of despair and helplessness is taken over this. if you hear me out law, 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 sailor moon and the wounded to sal keen 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 light 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 here. 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, because food brought the body of his 5 year old niece, his name to be taken to syria for burial. she and her father died after being trapped for 3 days under rubble in the bought the town of kitty had, as opposed 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 quake they had left syria, flynn death in the hands of the syrian army, but they couldn't escape it intact with home advisor or dizziness or people around the world have held prayers for the victims of the earthquakes as go to corresponding c'mon high that he's joining us from pocket fans capital as lama bob and pakistan has had its share of natural disasters recently come also how people

they're showing. solidarity with those and to key and syria. today's friday they will be congregational prepared. and they've been, they've been all the congregation that day should include the paper to, to care and syria, who are self frame from the devastating disaster. now, the buckets on a prime minister, the whole airport to see all the plan lot of supplied all sort. ok, sure. military transport crop are landing and budget on to take their supply budget on their donating. now, dokey is one of the country, one of the bus barn. when buggers dawn was hit by a devastating earthquake in 2005 and ridge about 800000 people died there to okay, sure. the baby some of the infrastructure that they've always been aboard buckets

on whenever they've been may date. so the pockets on a prime minister saying that the people of august on are ready to head board and city and the people over there. and there are of lead now focused on the military and already a container and which includes that notion off medical doctor for dog and rescue teams. and also by august on rescue 11, those 2 approved by the united. and if it's been a while, if i game, i've also been transported up beards across the country to help the people to care center that being a stablished across the country so that people can donate, generate the prime minister buckets on job budget. he was saying that that relationship with delta care, it's something which is starting that the people of doug

a now need buckets on. they need help from other international to georgia and, and i thought red will not hesitate to supply anything. it can to help those people who are affected by this devastating earthquake. come on. thank you very much for that. come all over the scene for me as lama bob. thank you. and still ahead on the bulletin trying to keep the lights on. south africa's president declared a national state of disasters, indeed with an electricity crisis. ah hello the weather sludgy, troy across a good part of europe. now pretty much a clear skies for many but more cloud up towards the north west. as you'll see in small cloud there, i went to war scandinavia, pushing

a further east was quite brisk winds as well as you can see from the at the toilet packed. i said bars, we have got a nasty little area of low pressure, still swelling away in the mediterranean. that causes the problems around southern parts whitley over towards molten, far north of africa to but in between there's our area of high pressure and that's what's keeping it lossy dry and settled if a little cloudy at ties with some early morning mr. for particular cause northern parts of a europe as at wet weather, coming into our western scotland, some snow there and to norway into west sweden. we have got some very wet and windy weather still in place there, across a central part of the mediterranean. that will ease out of the way. as we go on through the, we can dry over towards the se. care does stay dry, it does stay cold. i'm afraid we are going to see tab, which is struggling to get anywhere near freezing. once again over the next few days the some of the temperature to which a western russia minus one the top temperature there in moscow. wet weather then across central parts of the med also brings them very heavy rain into tennessee and

northern parts of libya and still very wet for western sahara. ah, african stories from african perspectives. i'm the maroon by the business when short documentaries from african feel. i'm going to do probably about africa, ethiopia, and nigeria. we've been to go from stuff in this classroom. she saw this as my, and my role africa direct on al jazeera lou . ah ah,

watching out as they are with me, elizabeth brought them in doha, reminder of i taught stories. the sound more than 4 days have passed since 2 powerful earthquakes had to a kia and syria. more than 21000 people have been reported. did. turkish rescue teams continue to dig through the rubble searching for survivors. often by hand. freezing temperatures and snow have been slowing down their efforts and 6 trucks carrying age from the united nations have arrived in northern sylvia. it's the 1st con voice reach, rebel. how areas in the north since the earthquakes now suffer salinas, the aleppo area coordinator for the middle east council of churches. and he has not enough help as reaching the city says, tuition is so bad for the people. most of that is so afraid. the being in the street on monday, you know,

all of them was in the tuition. nobody was in the building. the with there was after it, after the week we have 1000 in the, the, in the and the old ship, those that opened by you church and schools and most of the situation now is start to be more bad doing. yesterday the engineer comes to take the building and we discover hundreds of buildings cannot to be saved anymore. so we ask that people to be everything from the building and quickly begin make it bigger and bigger and media. and now we are suffering for the future. happens what we will do now. now hotels across to kia has been opening their dose, those left homeless by the earthquake and the turkish government working to find temporary shelter for them. stephanie decker report from ghazi and to

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 in his come here to hand it out for free, a little to put in a bit. we will be bringing simulates and phase 3 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 emma is beginning your job. the money i deal with dish with the computer i, 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 gus 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 vicki? yup. hello jack along. awesome. 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 ought to be nearer. and with this financial aid, you 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 beneath the shattered building on thursday. some much needed good news. in a region of tragedy, stephanie decker,

al jazeera gaz young tap live on to some other news now, and hundreds of people in democratic republic of congo have fled their homes. as m 23 fighters closed in on the eastern town of san k. it's on the main road connecting the country 2nd biggest city goma with the capital kinshasa, the congolese army and the m. 23 armed group have been fighting in the area since monday. the group re emerge last year after a decade of inactivity. more than half a 1000000 people have fled m 20 threes advance. in the last 8 months, the nicaraguan government has released nearly all its political prisoners. they would then put on a plane to the united states that they can go in judiciary since they were traces who are being deported. she have her tansy, have more the friends and family of the release prisoners gather the washington 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 end jose received us funding accused of attempting to overthrow president daniel to take the opposition of the us have maintained that these were 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 the, you know, 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 their members of the nicaraguan government and will take it at his family or on the sanction by the u. s. government, she ever chancey al jazeera washington. now, south africa's president has declared a state of national disaster in an attempt to dude with chronic electricity shortages. so in rom, oppose a made the announcement during his annual stay to the nation speech on thursday. members of the opposition economic freedom fighters party disrupted the session before being escort without pressure has been mounting on rom, opposed to provide a solution. a south africans face hours of daily outages. now, after 2 years of pull sales during the pandemic, us comic as a gang up 1st stronger showing and 2023. a chicago auto show is offering

a glimpse of upcoming models. john hendrick got a sneak preview of what's in store. ah, the post pandemic, your auto industry is back and it's transformed more than the new 2024 models. wow . what is it the way the start rewarding. the chicago auto show the largest in the u. s. rebs, back to life after 2 years of smaller shows and outdoor tracks. we're finally back to our pre kobe 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 pare down era 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, kicks and tires. test drives never really went away. people always did still want to buy cars during the pandemic buy. they could certainly warrant any available now, but that production starting 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 show room, one part celebration with planes trains and especially automobiles, along with a once again, festive environment, even contacts boards of return sort of this year. stars 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 an in tendo entertainment center. in some e v's that aren't cars at all. one of the things that makes a car show different from his show room are concept vehicles. this ram 1500 revolution.