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hello there, i'm this darzy. hey, this is al jazeera life from durham, also coming up a damaged dom compounds problems for village and north western syria, raising concerns about the safety of other wars reservoirs in the region. the u. n says 5300000 syrians could be homeless due to these quakes. as we use, our government allows aid into rebel health areas and u. s. find the jets shoot down an object of the alaskan coast saying in posed a threat to the safety of civilian aircraft. ah, well, it's been 5 days since powerful earthquakes had southern to kia and northern syria . more than 23000 people are confirmed dead. but there have been some signs of hope from under the rubble. a 10 day old baby was rescued after 90 hours, buried in the remains of a house in some wonder in turkey is hattie province. a 15 year old girl trapped
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under the rubble for 99 hours was saved and carmen marsh with emergency teams playing her favorite song and a 17 year old was pulled out of the wreckage and reunited with his mother and his brothers there in kasey and tap or we have correspondence in the turkish capital in ankara, in nor doggy, near the syrian border of the southern coast of kia and in our donna. but 1st we begin with russell santa, who is in cullman. mad us near the creeks epicenter the race against time, continues on the malik as their state in common, marsh. ah, it has been more than a 100 hours since the massive earthquake struck here. but rescue air force are still frantic, but must say good ways of grief singing for her loved ones. oh, my niece is there 5 days without her was she says every 2nd meadows in the race
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to save lives i here hope is intertwined with pain. as bodies after bodies keep arriving as either i took years, waited here for 5 days, hoping to find her 4 children alive. now, 2 of them lay lifeless on the floor next to her. the remaining 2 are still missing . hate that he had la la, ma'am. may god punish those who constructed these buildings that collapse in whoever didn't respect them. families keep waiting here anxiously throughout the day and night. some of them just to get the bodies of their loved ones. zakiria by had to witness his wife and son die slowly. as they remained stock under the debris, mr. beckett off either i was under the rebel for 5 hours. my son was screaming and saying father was dying. his mouth was full of dirt. he couldn't breathe properly.
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i crawled towards him and he told me, dad, i love you. he died there. now i'm waiting for his and my wife's bodies. rescue teams are calling for silence. trying to track a waste, a heard from under the rubble. they must be quick, but careful before it fades. people pray and hold deborah. i found a moment of joy for a hopeless family and others around as rescues pull out the disabled 25 year old chasm, totter after nearly 110 hours on the robert. a moment also celebrated by the rescuers michigan urges, after 5 days under the rebel, we rescued him. now we need to continue to work. this order. carson tells of another man that was stuck next to him under the rubble and was still alive. another spark of hope and the work restored as the sun
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sets the rescuers, the relentless, the continued their search. several bodies were pulled out of this rubble behind me in just the past few hours. there are still many missing people and rescuers. no, they have a short window to find them. restful, said other o 0, carmen marsh, southern turkey. well, let's get the latest now from sim castiano. she joins us live from ankara. st and the government has now admitted that things really haven't been going as quickly as they should that yes, miss darcy, this is what the government actually acknowledges of. and they have been had meeting this, but they explain the situation or what they scale or of the earthquake as we have been explaining. and a currently there are 160000 rescue workers on the ground. then they have done pretty good job as further explanations. and last night, vice president for talked,
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i had the press conference, he said more than 1000000 citizens or have been taken to temporary shelters for now of course we're talking about so many buildings that have collapsed. they were able to take out many people alive and a many buddies from those rebels, but expert said there are more people still trapped on those rebels. and even after 100 hours, as you also have explain a couple of minutes ago, there are people are being brought out alive. but of course it were, there was the effort, sorry, have big in the teams are. and since we're talking about 10 cities and more than 13 and a half 1000000 pupil, nothing is enough for now. the government says they are doing their best and air. the vice president sat, he thought he had a meeting with the air with air. martin griffith from the un who, who will be in a to who is in true care right now. and
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a he also caught at martin griffith saying that according to you and records, and there is no other country who could mobilize so fast. so this is what are the vice president or quoted or from martin griffith. but i have to explain something a we, a people have been talking about, accusing the construction companies, a construction auditing agencies, or inspection agencies about the, about this scale of the collab says, we see that the buildings weren't that strong. and that's why some lawyers individually a turkish bar as a buyer's association. a many people are fire criminal err, filed a criminal complaints against the contrary. construction companies against the construction inspection companies than the prosecutors started the lodge prob for his yesterday in osmani, or one of the cities hit by the earthquake, they arrested 4 people. it, 2 people were arrested at a stumble airport,
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trying to escape outside to gear. and those 2 men a were responsible of a construction site in hud tied. that collapse were 1000 people who are living. so also some legal work is started to get in the way. but of course, as i said, currently, nothing is enough because it's a very big earthquake impacting so many people. millions said, am jose ali there with all the latest for us from the turkish capital. and gret, thank you very much, cnn. well as an em alluded to, a delivery to parts of the disasters or an antique here has been challenging, also because of damaged roads and highways. our correspondent bernard smith joined the crew of a fishing boat. you've been chuckling aide to one of the worst areas around the town of santander on the mediterranean coast. that's near to cares border with syria. loading onto this fishing boat use food, medical supplies, nappies, cooking oil, blankets, heaters, and worry and apprehension. murmured air on his heading back to summon,
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down his home town, flattened in the earthquake, waiting for him, he'll find his mother and 3 sisters alive at least. but now homes. get a good. i got really worried when the quake happened. but my sister told me that they were ok. then i texted my friends to make sure barrow county, but most of them didn't respond. that's why i decided to come to my town to help rescue operations. and i'm bringing food and medicine to my family. member hopes he can still find a few people alive, but he knows time is running out. it's a 5 hour crossing, but still the fastest way to get to one of the areas was hit by the quake. a troll is can carry $25.00 truckloads of a per day. so we are able to get much more aid from across turkey. and now let me know. our 1st stop is the coast guard where most of the official aid is dropped off. in the morning, survivors will be allowed to take what they need from then on the other side of the
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harbor, aid is delivered to families who made specific requests from relatives. there is nowhere to sleep. no one has got enough aid yet. so made it coming, but it is not distributed in an organized way. they got a sack of flour and several boxes of 8. i don't know what's in them if you're going to need to buy them from a 3rd day on what truck loaded with a poured into our town, you know, only on the 4th day that heavy duty machines arrive here going on, ma'am. at his bringing supplies of attend his family now called home, he's reunited with one of his sisters. i feel happy and set. oh, i see my city in distortion, which is really worth for me. so here we go. go look for the drive into some and are from the port reveals the desperate circumstances. the
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survivors are in still living out of their cars, 5 days on from the initial quake. the government has not yet got tense through to this town. and this is where that aid is coming to and where it is desperately needed. more than 70 percent of the buildings in this town have been totally destroyed. there is no electricity and there is no sign of life. bernard smith, al jazeera santander se in turkey. of the devastation and gassy and tad also near the border, has left many families increasingly fearful that they'll never see their loved ones . again. stephanie deca has worn out from the doggin and se, and turkey. it's difficult to convey even with these pictures, the extent of the damage here building after building home after home street after street destroyed. one resident told us no dag,
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he is no longer on the map where people remain under the rubble. the rescue operation goes on. relatives wait, day and night. they sleep here under blankets that offer a little protection against the bitter cold. but as the days go on, many tell us that they have lost hope. swan the anchors ult, amber at the moment we are expecting for more people from our family grandfather and grandmother and grand daughter and a sister in law. when they bring them out and we will burn them in our land. we've seen 4 bodies hold out of this building so far. 28 people remain, but all hope has been lost to find any survivors here. entire families have been wiped out in one moment. and if you drive further up the road, you're going to see the scenes being replayed again and again. the other day we are going are helena. and yet incredibly too young children are pulled out alive by
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a spanish rescue team. just a few blocks away. days off to the devastating earthquake they survived under heavy concrete, in freezing temperatures. these are seen as miraculous moments these days providing a rare moment of joy for every one here. as overwhelmingly it is the dead who are emerging from their homes. blankets are used to offer them and their families, some dignity. we are asked not to film as the bodies are carried past us in black bags. there will likely be many more. stephanie decker, al jazeera new turkey in south eastern takia hall. meanwhile, a dan and northern syria has also been damaged from 2 concerns about the safety of critical facilities in both. so syria and to kia and alzheimer's, they down reports. one village has learned 1st hand how concerned can quickly become catastrophe. walter, the source of life is now
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a threat to it and to lulu rebel held northwestern syria. monday's earthquake damaged the offering dam, creating a crack that sent its waters gushing and flooding a nearby village. when you've endured war and an earthquake wading through flood waters is a bitter cherry on a cake soaked in misery. marvelous mccarthyism. we survived the earthquake, but we are displaced. my family was living in at 10 within the flooding starting. now i don't know what will happen to them. the water submerged houses, swamp streets, and engulfed fields. the false tranquillity barely conceals the horror which forced an evacuation engineer comes to take the building and really cover a hundreds of buildings cannot be saved anymore. so they ask the people to be everything from the building quickly. the worry doesn't stop, but the syrian border,
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you say that may not have been any breaches in the dance here in the care. but the earthquake hit zone here that hosts around 75 percent of the countries, dan, that's enough to send the official scrambling. official say that checking around a $140.00 dams and rest of was in the south and east of turkey like this one. say han in a donna say hon hasn't been affected, but others have shown us that we have examined 120 of these dams and reservoirs. we found cracks and 6 dams, but however, we can safely say these cracks do not pose any danger. but those assurances haven't eased all the concerns, not only about the safety of dams, but also about other critical facilities connected to them. the thing is, you know, and that a dense ashley indeed, earthquake area, there is a power plant or our plan in all should i
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so it is very important as well. for turkey. the main edge is one of the main energy sources we don't know any is position at them is near the match. ready dams, in the south and east provide at least 65 per cent of 2 kias electricity. many communities live along the rivers which feed those dams. but officials say their biggest fear so far is what dam breaches and potential collapses across the border and syria will need for villages here in tokyo, dans name pete rivers. not the flow of catastrophes. sammy zaden, a dana tortilla. well, the united nations refugee agency says as many as 5300000 people have been left homeless in syria as a result of these quakes. the situation and already war torn areas has been further complicated by the devastation,
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not cause problems for the un response. as kristen senior reports the full scale of the devastation and syria is only just beginning to come to life here at un headquarters in new york. and while more 8 convoys are getting through to northwest syria and the one border crossing that goes into the hardest hit area. critics are saying it's too little too late. critics like the advocacy groups to organize this demonstration here by the you ends own calculations some 5300000 syrians are likely homeless as a result of this way. the majority of them in areas the syrian government doesn't control where people have already been uprooted by years of war. un agencies say they've been responding from day one and this very difficult environment. they've sent in food emergency medical kits and supplies for pregnant and lactating women. we are left alone, once again, defending our dead body, shouting,
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asking for s q. it's not the sovereignty. it's not the stances. every one who doesn't care, found the shelter to hide behind and execute then is the execute. we are working as fast as we can within the political prob, within the parameters that we have to operated of. but i mean, as you saw, the blue cross or the cross border mechanism is now up and running again, things are going through. there was a lot of aid that was pre positioned on friday. the u. n. a release $25000000.00 and emergency assistance for syria bringing the total so far to $50000000.00. an assessment team is now on the ground, however, and needs are expected to far exceed that. a flash appeal for donations is expected early next week. still a had here on al jazeera,
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2 people are killed in a car running attack at a bus stop in the occupied west bank and physiotherapy is cut down on cannabis use and amsterdam is infamous red light district. ah hello, welcome to another look at the international forecast. we have got the potential for one or 2 showers into to kia and into we're syria as we go one through our sas day. but i think it's not anything like as heavy as we have seen recently, the key factor is that it will remain very, very cold. in the coming days, further south is been cool enough in kuwait 15 celsius. recently 18 celsius temperature, starting to bounce back here. as we go on through, sat down, we're getting up to round 24 by sunday, some re sleep the snow pushing across into iran by that stay south of that. it's
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generally drives a warm, a sunshine coming back here in doha, around 24 degrees. there's plenty of sunshine, but the said it does remain very cold across a good part of the gear. we see your temperatures, sir, getting the high them around 8 or 9 celsius for aleppo and over towards southern parts of it. here as we go on through, sat day is the overnight temperatures, of course that give greater cause for concern. and once again, we are falling below freezing and that will be the case for many days to come. got some wet weather, some windy weather, just grazing the far north of africa. some showers, the possibility into tennessee are still some showers there into northern areas of libya, and staying rather unsettled for northern egypt. ah, i freak him stories from african perspectives. i'm a marine biologist, a business swim short documentaries from african. he'll make what i'm going to do
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about africa, ethiopia, and nigeria. we've been to pull both from stuff in this classroom. she saw this as my, and my role africa direct on al jazeera lou . ah ah hello. they are watching al jazeera. i'm no styles here take here and uh huh. let's remind you of our top stories. it's now 5 days after powerful earthquakes had southern to keep an open syria. more than 23000 people have been confirmed, dead turkish president rush up to about one has admitted the response hasn't been
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fast enough. meanwhile, though a 2nd una convoy of 14 trucks has crossed into rebel held parts of syria following an initial 6 on thursday. the syrian government has approved cross border, a deliveries to rebel held areas, and the u. n's refugee agency is saying as many as 5300000 people left homeless in syria as a result of these quaint. now u. s. officials of shut down a 2nd, unauthorized high altitude object found in the sky above the nations territory on friday. when the troopers all say the object was shot down over alaska and recovery efforts are ongoing. how does your customer has more public details about what us officials described and the op jacqueline discovered over northeastern alaska remain spars. the pentagon says it was about the size of a car for an unmanned and did not appear to be maneuverable. this was travelling at about 40000 feet, which posed a potential,
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a reasonable threat to civilian air traffic. and the decision was made to take about the decision came from president biden, as he was preparing to meet with brazil, president at the white house. biden had been criticized by republicans for waiting days to shoot down a chinese spy balloon. as it traveled across the united states last week. the administration had feared the risk of a bad landing and so waited until the balloon was over the atlantic ocean to take it down. u. s. official say there is no indication the object shot down over alaska on friday was related. we do not know who owns it, whether it's a weather state owned or, or corporate owner, privately owned. we just don't know. the us northern command is now working to recover the object that landed on ice near the arctic circle. as the american public waits to learn what it was heidi jo, castro, al jazeera washington. now 2 people, one of them
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a 6 year old child has been killed in a car running attack near the illegal israeli settlement of vermont. and the occupied westbank. sa hire a triple is the latest in a series of attacks carried out against israeli settlers. this time a palestinian man slammed his car into a crowded bus stop in remote and illegal israeli jewish settlement. ne occupied easter gruesome. there had been 2 people announced to see of those victims of one of them. is it the 6 year old child, i want to emphasize that the attack was on civilians and the police will not stand for this type of terror on our civilian. the 2nd victim was recently married, 20 year old student. several of those injured were hospitalized. the assailant 31 year old, palestinian has been cut aka from occupied east jerusalem was killed on the spot by an off duty police officer. within minutes. israel's prime minister benjamin
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netanyahu ordered more forces on the streets, has he in time, has since been sealed ready for demolition in line with a false tract measures onto the new right wing government. national security minister, been given, rushed to the scene, assuring his supporters of a hard line crack down some soldiers from them. from the new chile. i 1st of all thank the prime minister for adopting my policy to seal the house immediately. i also instructed the police to set up checkpoints around day, so we're going to stop and check every vehicle. so mean i wanted to set a full blockade, but there is a legal question around this so we will discuss it. well, there was no room for discussion for those living in her same neighborhood that was so we're israel security forces rated, it's immediately arresting several people including has seen wife hollis. the nunes in the occupied territory have called israel's home rights and demolitions collective punishment. much of which is prohibited under international law, but israel says it's the only way to deter others from future attacks. a policy
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that doesn't seem to be working that well. this is the 3rd time carried out by palestinians against israelis in just 2 weeks. the 1st one being outside a synagogue where 7 people were killed. the ultra orthodox years community says that it very much feels targeted. and you can see just behind me there. they've been offering the prize at the place where this attack happened. is ready, defense minister of government has since imposed financial sanctions on 87 palestinians from occupied east jerusalem. and ordered the seizure of funds given by the palestinian authority to families of prisoners and israeli jails, accused of terrorism. at least $43.00 palestinians have been killed since the start of the year. and with the death toll rising on both sides every day there are fees, the violence is likely to continue for us. also, there are remote occupied east jerusalem. while sri lankan president, running the con, the singer is inaugurating a tunnel cultural center as part of his outreach towards the tunnel and minority
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and the north. ahead of next month, elections move comes amid ongoing unrest in the country as it struggles with a crippling economic crisis. on wednesday, thousands of people to part in a trade union that protests against recent tax rises. well, let's speak to michelle fernandez. you joins us now from just now president bicker missing. it has said that he wants to give the commas more autonomy will this actually happen? well no one's holding their breath. let's put it that way because the piece of legislation that actually gives them that degree of autonomy called the 13th amendment to the constitution here, interlocal was passed. we're back in 198736 years ago. and president runner, vicar missing her, says as president, it is his duty to ensure that this is implemented. but obviously many, many leaders, those who have gone before him have tried and actually come up against
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a blank wall, particularly faced with a whole of form, the nationalist, even the british clergy who see that giving are the tamares powers over the police and land, which is what are some of those amendments involved as well as devolving powers to other parts of the country is going to be a threat to national security. they have said this should not happen. so run a vehicle missing or has kind of weeded into this. let's not forget that just in a few weeks on the 9th of march, that he's a local government election, the 1st sort of public, a litmus test after all, the political sort of tumult that she lanka saw. so he's kind of trying to, obviously reach out be seen as being states, mainly giving the tamares or some sort of progress. but for tamares themselves, i've been here talking to different members of the community. they are quite cynical. they haven't seen it so far and they don't see a big chances of it happening now. men are fernandez there. lie for us and near the
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opening of that center and from jack not thanks. how much mina? now the city of amsterdam has banned cannabis smoking on the streets of its red light district. the measure comes amid wider efforts to restrict drinking hours and to limit disruption their course by tourists. step athens has more. i'm is famous for its canals, 17th century houses, and it's coffee shops, especially this last attraction is drawing thousands of tourists to the city every year. it is given amsterdam name as a rebellious city, a city of freedom. the freedom to be able to smoke, read on the street, is especially appealing to visit us. the bad been called by some historic break with the past we've been or i grew up in the 19 seventy's and eighty's in amsterdam . that was the real amsterdam. this is not amsterdam, as i know, it is kind of a good thing cuz you know, like a saturday night in the red light district or new market was kind of crazy. so it's
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no allowed on the inside coffee shop. so the people can still enjoy in the notes, annoy residents. you know, for many years residents have been complaining about the noise and the behavior of taurus i've been drinking and smoking on the doorstep. this and the fact that the city wants to change is image from a city of coffee shop to the city of culture has left to the band of smoking, weed on the street. but the main question is, how will they enforce it if they succeed? for sure, it will smell a lot different here. ah, hello again. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. it's now 5 days after powerful earthquakes, hit southern to kia and northern syria. more than 23000 people have been confirmed dead.
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