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an area starved of aid and international assistance. ah, hello, i am, i am demising in london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program, pounding the pavement for a 4th day in paris. one of many demonstrations targeting pension reform in france we follow the hazardous journey of mexico's green gold out of the biggest sporting events in the united states. ah, hello and welcome to the program all 6 days after 2 devastating earthquakes. hopes of rescuing survivors from the rubble are beginning to fade. and on a visit to the effie center of one of the quakes you are in a chief describe what he saw is the worst event in the region. in a century,

a turkish present worship type, odo on said, steps would now be taken to rebuild the broken cities within weeks. he's denied accusations that building codes are not properly enforced, but the disaster continues to cast a spotlight on the countries construction standards. tens of thousands of people are without shelter now, many sleeping out in the open. in the freezing cold, on top of this to germinate organizations of suspended their operations, citing security concerns, state media reported that 48 people have been arrested for looting. in total, more than $26000.00 people are now known to have died more than $22000.00 of those were in turkey or more than 4 and a half 1000 as said to be in syria. but that overall figure in both countries is expected to rise significantly. so out there as bernard smith has been reporting on the story, joins me now from and takia, which is been one of the west affected cities. 6 days after the earthquake pine

italy at please tell us what's happening there now and there. if survivors are still being found or marina seen, you see behind me people huddling round fires the heavy lifting heavy equipment, digging out rubble. that is not just where i'm standing, that scene is repeated all over the city to my left in front of me, all the way down with all over the city, the destruction of antique is almost totally of an extraordinary and extraordinary site really, to seem very difficult to comprehend the scale of the destruction here, there are still people living outside. and there are still people that needs to be helped into some sort of temporary shelter tented shelter. imagine, 2 minutes of that quake left a 1000000 people homeless in this part of se, turkey, according to the government is an astonishing number, as well as some 80000 in hospital and more and hospital more going into hospital

all the time. there are yes, occasionally very small glimmers of hope. earlier today here in this area, a 2 year old baby, a few hours it was called, alive from the rubble on a couple of hours before that. a man and woman were pulled alive from the rubble. these are very, very, very, very lucky in increasingly rare. you can, we can certainly say that i'm seeing less and less rescue operations at the moment . there are less of certainly to day and compare with compared with yesterday. they're certainly winding down. but there are people outside these buildings, people outside the flood buildings with loved ones still inside, hoping that they'll be found because they haven't got anything else really. apart from that hope i am a yes and it is he say by the many people have been left homeless of course and there you know, wherever they happened to live with g to rumble. but i mean, i suppose, apart from not having the choice of,

of where to go and not having any way to go, not having shelter. they won't stay close to the sight of their homes. if their loved ones that are at a traps. and perhaps these few instances where people are brought, how alive, gives them just that little bit of, of hope it does. but one of the challenges for the government is it wants to move people away from these areas because it needs to stop this disaster turning into a public health catastrophe. the air is thick with smoke and dust. there's no sanitation. people are still buried under the rubble and people are sleeping out in the open so they need to provide the tense. there are some tense here on the outskirts of unlucky the other that is, they are beginning to arrive for the still aren't enough yet. but the government needs to get people out of this area in these areas so that they can, could start trying to rebuild and try to clear the deborah deborah,

but also so they can maintain a public health, which is a release is considerable risk care of deteriorating rapidly learned on emergency services and volunteer groups. obviously people are in need now of essential services. and the lack of sanitation will, will, is a lot of concern about at the health risk from that did the sprite of disease possibly. but we'll just mentioning that to jam and age groups are withdrawn because of security concerns. what are you seeing in terms of their a groups that are there to try and provide people with humanitarian assistance oh, there are some turkish volunteers here. there are some government agencies here, not in the numbers. people would want to see them in a off foreign, a groups here. there's an indian military field hospital for example,

set up in on takia as well. turkey is welcomed international health because it hasn't got the resources to manage a disaster like this on its own. so it's been relying on those outside outside assistance to help manage some of the worse of the situation here. but i think certainly the areas that i've been certainly early days after the quake, a lot of this was local volunteers were complaints, particularly in the very far east southeast of turkey, where i was last night in early this morning in a town called a salmon dog. the very little aid had got through at all there. there were no tents, though. we didn't see any tense. and people was sleeping in their cars. with our goods piled upon the side of the street and were nearly an hour hour a week into this quake. it's very, very cold at night is not too bad in the day, but it's freezing cold at night and yet there is a risk garza saver, a public health crisis. if the government can get more to the people and need quickly. all right,

thank you very much for that. at bernard smith reporting to us from and takia, which is one of the worst effected cities there. thank you. barnett. and so as bernard was mentioning, there have been some glimmers of her then at miraculous instances where people after 6 days have been brought out, alive from underneath the rabble. i shall soda has more on that now. he reports from the api center of that one of the quakes, and carol marsh is the 6 day and the time is definitely running out. however, i'm just a little i go, we have been able to confirm that at 5 years old syrian girl has been taken out of the rubble and she was alive and just an hour later, another girl also has been pulled out of all to the da robles and she also was alive, so these are the, the, the real moments of joy today here for the families and people around the city has

seen so much that, that definitely it needs such good news. and of course, it's given also a support go full to the families that are still waiting. however, the disaster is still on full. been here right over there. i'm not far from where we are. you can see that the rescue teams how or with a, a white blanket over there out of respect for the families, because now they are pulling an order that the body. unfortunately, in the last couple of hours, there has been several people been taken out right after each other from the same location and probably it is a family and these are their family members. so these are the stories that are going on here just a little i go have talked to a woman. she says that they have varied already $111.00 brands and relatives here. well,

the turkish present worship type. i'd want as promised to crack down on people who've been caught looting in the wake of the disaster touch authorities of arrested 48 people across 8 different provinces for this. some cause yoga has more from a capital ankara. we're talking about a very large area, a high number of people and people can not get into their places. so the properties around the risk as well as the lives of those. ah, people inhabitants of the region and it's insisted they we have been as seeing videos on social media at the local residence. the inhabitants the earthquake survivors and some security were beating looters and. and we had very, very sad stories. people stealing that people's credit card and shopping in other cities. so the president said, since it's the state of emergency for 3 months in these areas, the state was, is going to show its power against the ones who want to exploit. the victims or

devastation has been overwhelming on both sides of the border in northern syria, thousands of families there now grieving and mourning the deaths of their relatives al jazeera. stephanie deca brings us more now from the turkish syrian border. we came to the border to cover the resumption of aid into northern syria. but what we saw was body bag after body bag being carried towards the border in the bag behind, clearly a small child. these are syrians who were killed in the earthquake inter gear. he makes space for more, their families sending them back home to be buried. the smell of death hangs thick in the air here. within just a few hours more than 50 bodies, at least. no relative wanted to speak to us on camera. but this is a grandmother and her 2 grandchildren. a father came to bring his own children,

look at them, he told us clearly in a days the youngest is 5, the other is 12. he said, it looks like they are sleeping. the bodies of 4 children are in that vehicle and they're about to be put into the truck to be taken across the border. they came here to flee war and had to restart their lives all over again. many syrians decided to resettle here in hattie province, which is one of the areas that's been hardest hit. the man holding the paperwork, drives them across the border into syria. he also didn't want to talk on camera. he works 20 hour days. he tells us most syrians who fled the war will tell you that they dream of one day finally, being able to return back home. but not like this. stephanie decker al jazeera on the turkish syrian border. will search and rescue operations of concluded in serious rebel held area. but these of,

i was also struggling to stay alive because of a lack of aidan assistance. the more than a decade old civil war is making relief efforts very difficult to zane hall during our ports. the search for the living has ended in northwest syria. it's now about removing the bodies traps under the hundreds of buildings that collapse following the earthquakes that pitter kia and syria. on monday, those who responded to the human tragedy, say the world failed. the people in the opposition controlled and clave. the civil defense also known as white. tell me that said people died because repeated requests for rescue support. teams and heavy machinery never came. i mean, i have been deeply affected by the voices we heard from under the rubble. they were crying for help. in one instance, we worked for 4 hours before were able to reach a man, but it was too late. he died. destruction and devastation are not only in the opposition

held areas in the north. but in heavily populated government held cities like a level hummer and latter kia as well. the united nations estimates more than 5000000 people are now homeless. when we evacuated people from all the buildings that dangerous shelters have begun receiving people. and it's a new wave of displacement already. there are nearly 7000000 syrians have been displaced in their own country due to the war that began more than a decade ago. many are in the north, were 4000000, depended on aid before the earthquake destroyed more lives on friday, the syrian government said it will allow aid to reach areas outside its control in what appeared to be a confession linked to a deal that involved waving some sanctions for quake relief, but so far it hasn't happened. the states opponents have long feared the consequences of so called cross line deliveries with the opposition in northwest syria. is afraid of receiving cross line aid for many reasons. but primarily

they're afraid of their regime. holding that lifeline against them using it in the future to coerce them into providing political concessions. 8th has started to come in from the bible, how a border with turkey, the only crossing authorized by the u. n. for 8 deliveries. the opposition says the international community should ignore objections from damascus and use more crossings to ensure the constant flow of relief supplies. already the world food program says it's running out of stocks and the opposition and clave. we're more than 90 percent of people relied on aid before the latest disaster, santa hood, or else rosita of is much more so to bring you on the program, including their story, we're going to be hearing from one midwife. she refuses to carry out female genital mutilation and see dawn, which tells us why the outlaw practice is so hard to stamp out.

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for many or higher doubts, or to se well, his 10 or 11 there in athens, but it does stay cold into care, and that's going to be the case as we go through the next couple of days. well down close to freeze. thanks. when she, whether they're just pushing across that western side of russia, dry weather, they're across much if you believe wins falling light. really, really quite pleasant in the sunshine, some showers, they're still looking across the north of libya into trinity and northern cost of algeria will crash. you see some wet weather for western sahara. ah. 1956 to nicea gained independence from france. but the brutal power struggled broke out between the b to this is monica. and the countries nationalist prime minister al jazeera world, tells the story the downfall of the dentist. you folded the paper can read to him

the decision issue. the last monarch of tunisia, power and politics on a georgina lou ah ah, i'll come back, i'll top store the seller out the turkish present raj typo to one that says that work will begin with in weeks to rebuild cities destroyed by the devastating earthquakes that of his country, tens of thousands of people and now without shelter, state medias were been reporting that 48 people have been arrested for looting and to german aid organizations have suspended their operations, citing security concerns. meanwhile, it is day 6 of the rescue operation,

or some hope of people being pulled alive from the rubble. there have been some instances of this bits at the total now known to have died has passed 26008 is getting through to rebel how parts of northern syria rescue efforts were hampered in war torn, reaching with many saying they felt abandoned. you are nuclear watchdog, chief raphael grossey has visited moscow ways. hell talks with that of russia state nuclear farm roster. tom a disgusted situation at ukraine's apple region nuclear power plant. they've agreed to continue work on creating a safety zone. their repeated shelling of the plant, which is now controlled by russia, is raised concerns about a potential nuclear accident and is ready, sattler is shot dead. a 27 year old palestinian by and the occupied west bank according to local officials. it happened

during confrontations between israeli settlers and palestinians, west of the town of sulfate group of some $50.00 to $60.00 settlers, reportedly attacked farmers and local residence in the area. we go now to the east and democratic republic of congo, and has been fighting between the congolese army and m. 23 fighters near the town of suck a 20 kilometers west from the capital goma. it comes a day after m $23.00 fighters advanced closer to saki, which prompted thousands of people to flee their homes. east african leaders of called for an immediate cease fire in the region. mark and web is reporting from soccer. he brings us the latest. now. the army says it now fighting with m. 23. about 20 kilometers m $23.00 widely understood to be backed by neighboring one . the congress army says it's fighting rwandan soldiers here up in the household. everyone that denies backing the group. now on thursday, when i'm $23.00 vices of tax, very close to saw k,

which is just here. thousands of people as he mentioned sled along this road. and many of those playing that we spoke to said that congress soldiers had initially fled as well before reinforcements were brought in and the attack was repelled. i'm going to stand the sides so we can take a look at where we are with is a barrier put across the road branch of a tree and the soldiers money checking every vehicle that passes. and every soldier that passes to make sure that there are no soldiers here, leaving the front line, who on authorized to do exactly what happened on the day when this attack began. now if we take a look to the left of here, then the 10 has been put up outside a police station. and on the hear a military court assisting and 7 of those soldiers, the military, prosecutors say, fled country to their orders. when attacked by m. 23 the other day,

and now being tried in that. cool. meanwhile, further up in these hills, mine for colton. it's a mineral that used in making jet planes is in high demand. and 23 fighters have controlled these mines in the past and the front line advance in recent months. they've got closer to these these, these valuable mines, whoever controls and stun, to make millions of dollars. now it's been 3 years since he does government band female janice whole needs relation. but according to unicef, the practice they say is still going on. you and children's agency says the frequency if after i was actually dropping before the band, but it is still now continuing, even after it has become illegal. hebrew morgan reports from the capital high tomb for he met has been a midwife and undermined mere heart to me for more than 30 years. she is familiar

with what her kid back holes and has used its contents many times to deliver babies . but before being bandon, put down to use similar equipment to carry out what's known as f t. m o r. even the media. i used to carry out the practice on young girls the last time i did so was in 2008 on my next. but that hurt me too much so i stopped. the government outlawed it, but people still asked me till this day to operate on a children. female genital mutilation has long been part of for dance culture. those who practice it believe it protects go on there and reputation. but medical studies show that it contributes to complication during childbirth and increases chances of infection. denise right groups have campaigned for years against the practice and in 2020, to dance, then transitional government outlaw. it's completely the practice of female genital mutilation. between the ages of 15 and 49 dropped from 89 percent to 86 percent in

the decade leading up to the band and 31 percent in girls. a 14 or younger the u. n . children's agency unit has the band has a further decline of practice in young girls, an estimated 25 percent. with most of them happening in rural areas. that's a drop of less than 10 percent. 3 years on the figure is yet to reach 0. despite those who practice at risk and a 3 year prison sentence, many and daughters are some of those who were subjected to the practice, even after the band wasn't forest, she high per face, a name out of fear of legal repercussions. the alon missouri neil's lum in at if we went to the countryside for holidays and my mother in law and myself and my husband were against it, but she's older and we couldn't say no to her. hopefully she promised the midwife wouldn't cut a lot for my daughters, but the midwife did. and i didn't find out until 3 days later thing eunice f says

younger generation understand the dangers of f t m. and that helped lead to a reduction in the practice. but other challenges remain in anything. it's altogether said daniel, the midwives who continue with the practice do so because there is no supervision and the economic situation, the cost of living forces them to perform. it had the vendors, the issue of awareness over the law by launch a campaign to raise awareness around the country that f g m is now against the law . but he says if she had known the dangers of f t m, when she used to perform the operations she'd have stopped earlier. she hopes that any awareness campaign reaches those who continue to call on her to perform f jim on their daughters. so they don't suffer the consequences. he been morgan august 0 cartoon. or now there been more protests in france against proposals to raise the retirement age. thousands of people turned out in paris and many more across the

country after 3 days of nationwide strikes. french media reporting turnouts have hundreds of thousands present. an annual maximums, pension 4 pounds, will raise the retirement age from $62.00 to $64.00, and resume as, as mine is now from paris. this is a 4th day of action or right now there's a battle for hearts and minds. opinion polls consistent in around 70 percent of the country supporting this sort of action 4 days ago. the numbers were reduced according to police, that it's hope by the organizers is going to change here. for example, in paris, rail workers haven't been striking to allow the metro and other lines allow more people in. furthermore, right across the country, we're seeing people in provincial towns in bigger numbers now. so emanuel micron does seem to have a major problem. will it subside?

it's unlikely people are hopping mad about the retirement age, for example, across europe. it's a higher age, but the people here say they will accept nothing else but 62 years of age to retire . we're ready. walk 4, o 4 to 2 years. right now. i don't, i don't want to work more than death. this is what we are getting, again, the pension reform because it's another attack from that comes government against a young people, but also workers in france. despite the scale of these protests, mark, chrome is adamant. he'll stand firm. the reform package had been the centerpiece of his election campaign last year for the presidency. and he's reported to have said that he wants to be remembered for these reforms. that could be a pronouncement he lived to regret possibly. residents of new zealand, larger city or cleanser, bracing themselves the arrival of site on gabrielle in

a region that's only just recovering from severe floods. strong winds and heavy rain warnings are in place for the north island. a gabrielle has been downgraded from category 3 to a category too, but it still packing wins of over a 150 kilometers per hour. oakland is recovering from flooding just 2 weeks ago that killed 4 people and they're also damaged hundreds of buildings. now tens of millions of people in america are getting ready for sundays annual traditional evey super bowl party to watch. the biggest sporting event of the year, amongst the traditional staples guacamole just made from mexican avocados. but what many sports fans don't realize is just how hazardous a trip those avocados make from a mexican farm to the american plate money or apple as a story. mexico's me to a gun state home to some of the most productive aba kado orchards in the world. but metro account is also home to several criminal groups who pose

a threat to the livelihood of avocado producers, truck drivers like his so skin bed or see they're not strangers to criminals on the road, looking for an easy target. was the dawn of gum? yeah, they would rub out trucks to steal the fruit, and sometimes they would steal the trucks to. that is the danger on this stretch of road to curb problems, state police now provide escorts for trucks carrying over condos between the orchards and a shipping facility in the city of robin. while the encroachment of criminal groups is still a concern, farmers like jose, if bodies delincia see the situation has improved. arianne moreover, and there were many robberies on the way from the orchard to the packing house. many trucks were lost and the main person effected is the producer because the product doesn't reach its destination. alisa, me to, i can see they escort around 40 trucks of over condos every day. but despite more police trucker said they're still be occasional highway robbery. as it, oh yes,

one or 2 trucks have been stolen, but not daily every 80 days. yes, the 50 trucks has decreased a lot around here in mexico, all ricardo's are known as green gold. being one of the country's most beloved agricultural exports and ahead of the super bowl in the united states were guacamole is considered a must have on the snack menu, accardo production and mexico is in full swing. annually mexico sends an estimated $3000000000.00 worth of av caught us to the us with the super bowl representing one of the most profitable weakens of the year. when will wrapper look al jazeera ah quite look at the main stories now and up present russia type i'd one says that work will begin with in weeks to rebuild cities destroyed by the devastating of quakes. tens of thousands of.