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anger frustration on the rusts, one weakened from 2 powerful earthquakes that killed more than 35000 people in turkey and syria. life changed here at 417 a. m. that monday morning. you can just get a sense looking at these buildings. this is an entire residential area. this has been completely destroyed. ah, i money inside, this is out. is there a lie from dough hall or so coming up. the world is accused of failing syrians as international aid trickles into parts of the areas devastated by the earthquake. israel's cabinet recognizes 9 illegal settler outposts in the occupied westbank. the palestinian authority calls it a war against its people. ah,
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it's been a week since too powerful earthquake struck turkey and syria. more than 35000 people have been declared dead across the 2 countries. but the real toll is likely to be significantly higher. aid is desperately needed. people in north west syria say they feel abandoned by the international community. the u. n. z. a chief visited the area on sunday and said the world has failed people. there. am some in tokyo accusing the government of a slow rescue response in some of the hardest hit areas. the bitter cold and damage roads are making it harder for a to get to those most in need. and turkish authorities of arrested more than 60 people now, and connection to buildings that have collapsed, or we have a team of correspondence covering the story across turkey. the 1st alexia bryan, looked back at how the 1st hours of the disaster unfolded. ah,
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about 417 a m local time mandate, 6 february the security camera in the driveway and civic se her kia captures the rumble. and the 2 are going out well in another city, 2 hours or so. so the reast, the earthquake sounds like gunfire. ah, in garcia's tip nurses rushed into the neonatal water to stop the babies, incubators falling over america, slager. witnesses say the sway and roll of the earth lasted 2 minutes, but felt like a lifetime. ah, and as buildings topple crowds rush on to the streets. moral thought of it to save themselves soon surveyed the damage they
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confronted with chaos. to run one good luck. the magnitude 7.8 tremor was one of the largest ever recorded in turkey. ah, it was shallow and powerful and foul as far away as greenland. i don't know. oh wow. the cross took here in a neighbouring syria. the rescues began immediately under torchlight and in difficult conditions. ah ah. people digging desperately through the rubble with their bare
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hands ah, engine dressed in northern syria. rescue is from the white helmet group, held out a young baby who being cradled in the arms of her dead eldest sister as well. and his 1st light broke the scale. if the disaster became clear, banner smith reports now from a cemetery in escandone in southeastern takia. scantrons grave diggers must were quickly. the noise from the heavy machinery disturbs war is normally a peaceful place. all of the other is a glass lamp. wait with her surviving family for the bodies of one of her sons. his wife and the 3 children is good. they killed my son because they didn't sound a crane to did the rescue. did my son have nothing to give this state?
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didn't he served them. he was the best mathematics teacher in hattie. how could their conscience accept this? after all of his others? all survivors contend and prey by the freshly de graves of their loved ones. not all of the debt had been identified. so they're buried here. it's respectfully dumb, but there's little ceremony and no mourners. and sometimes not much left to bury. the victim is now a number d n a samples have been taken. if anyone comes looking in the future, only the dead who been identified accounted in the official death toll. some estimate saw that the identity of around half those killed in monday's earthquakes is unknown. the manager in the cemetery tells us these plots all the way up to the fence would take about 4 years to be filled up. it'll be full here now in $3.00 to $4.00 days. from the distraught survivors. a complaint we've heard regularly this past week that the government's rescue effort has been too slow. allen's alum,
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that you are tyrants, you have no conscience. you took my 5 kids. that is how could you let a whole family disappeared because of a crane? they're still under the rebel for 7 days now. even if they got winded by the quake, they are already dead now. you killed them. turkeys president has admitted failings in the initial response to the earthquake. reduce type heard. one says the rebuilding will start within weeks. the frustration here is why did those buildings collapse in the 1st place, bernard smith al jazeera, is kendra and in gas in tap province. the destruction is overwhelming. a stephanie decker reports, thousands of families have been displaced, and homes have been reduced to rubble, nor the yee has been frozen in time life changed here at 417 a. m. that monday morning. you can just get a sense looking at these buildings. this is an entire residential area. this has been completely destroy, but you also have other parts of the city where the apartment blocks still stand.
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but there are so structurally unsafe and if you go through them, there is an eerie feeling here of where life has absolutely changed where its ended . you can see the balconies, you can see the incredible cracks of the buildings. this is why also are the army here is telling us to be very careful when we operate. because of the danger of them actually having pieces fall off. a lot of people we've been talking to saying that within seconds the entire earth shook the entire building, shook. in this building we're told only 2 people lost their lives, the rest managed to get out. and then of course, we have the ongoing rescue and recovery operation incredibly. and in the last 24 hours or so, they managed to pull a mother and her child from this location. i'm one of the workers here. one of the rescue workers is volunteer. he has 6 members of his family still left on the 2nd
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floor of this building. you have relatives, as we've been seeing across the southeastern region, waiting for news of their loved ones. this lady has been sitting in prayer for over an hour. and then now when we're walking through these apartment blocks, you see a television screen, a chandelier, curtains still hang. it's incredibly difficult to convey the sense of devastation, the sense of loss. one man we spoke to who has a shop here. and also his from here said life is over in nor did he, nor do it, nor did he is no longer on the map. so we're very difficult to see how in an instant, everything has changed for over hundreds of thousands of people as go to
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the capital encore. now, worse than em, kashodi joins us from a crisis center. and, and the government, as we've been hearing, has been accused of a slow rescue response in many of those hard hit areas. what is the latest when it comes to aid distribution? well, moline, yes to the government has been horsed. i accused of late response to this crisis. as for maine, a boards in the region were shut down a because of the damage they received during the ad badly earthquake. one of them was hot. i a porch, for instance. and yesterday night to when it, the vice president of to kia egg, it delivered a press conference. he mentioned that i thought a port it has now resumed flights. then at 1st national a line carrier landed in haiti as of this morning, as we heard from turkish airlines. of course, a heavy you'd be being not able to reach at the to the a ports made it very difficult. and the government officials,
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including the president, acknowledge that there were no, there were mistakes and they were late in response. but as a team, having spoken to all to some military sources who are also involved in the search and rescue operation and the public a order in the region. they mentioned thus that within the 1st 24 hours, it was difficult for them. if for anyone to take off lights helicopters even for the military, that's why they were a desperate, well noble. and that's why they used drones because drones had no risk as their on men at the weather conditions also didn't help them. but of course, a many criticized that at the government was not coordinated and organized enough to be able to surface this crisis, especially. it says, it will earth since the earthquake is 10 major cities in south and east into care and san m. i believe there been more arrests warns issued the contract is behind
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some of those buildings that collapsed. what more do we know about these people and their whereabouts? molly and we have been looking at the pictures of this earthquake altogether all world and we see buildings collapse like or like cards or we see them fall down as the block a and the at the base of the buildings. it was the base of the buildings were not safe, of course, many accused the contractors and we saw some of the contractors trying to flee the county. but the justice ministry established earthquake investigation commissions are under the chief public prosecutor's offices. of those main 10 city is affected by the earthquake and a more than a 100 arrest warrens have been issued. 3, a contract or construction. a company owners were arrested as 7
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a were detained. any one linked to the collapse building in terms of responsibility are being chased after a by the justice ministry right now. and just one hour ago. a mulatto, one of the worst, la hits cities in easton to kia arrest warrants have been issued, a were issued for 3rd to one suspect, a suspects linked to the collapse buildings. but of course, arresting the constructors is not a main solution. it's, it may be just the scapegoating unless these investigations and chase after us follow other responsible like the municipalities, like the inspection companies, architects, engineers, and even the land owners. then people who buy those apartments or buildings. thank you for that. and em casala there for us in ankara. dr. ek bout omar is the head of health with the humanitarian organization. mercy, malaysia, which is working on the ground with displace people. he says the 1st priorities,
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making sure that their essential needs are taken care off. we have visited a few evacuation centers in this money area. people are i can see the coping guy. well, we with us also we have a mental health and psychosocial support office. so we have some assessment and we are trying to assist the locals. i can sort something out with some ways as well as activities and what is participating activities. currently we are doing assessment and relieve. so focusing on health needs as well as in working with the for the local disaster response organization. we are looking into the, the temporary housing like containers providing containers. we will be collaborating with after the assessment and also to provide the health care services. because we are our team, you are working with the 2 malaysian practice in turkey. so we are providing
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the move, i clinics in vacation centers, and also to expand our psychosocial services. we have just started to read and probably really expand to other places if possible. and of course, immediate relief i to provide the media. if i don't like the blankets and child essential needs like diapers, and some children food and also the food take to the families on 2nd, present recham tape 81 has announced that the university accommodation will be used to house days affected by the quakes. she didn't stumble happen, vacating the universe dorms to make room for survivors. i said back reports after being told the news, the government plan to has it. quick survivors in university accommodation. the students in istanbul had to vacate their dorms at short notice,
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decayed their belongings and said their good byes classes would not be moved online until the end of june, june gilbert, after the president made a speech the same evening, we learned that our blocks will be empty, we are sad. it's like the pandemic period. we will have online educational. we do not want this and we have some criticism. i've looked at my god grant us to build and we have nothing to do or making the sacrifice on our education is bothering me a bit to be honest, living look for shelter. parents came to help their children pack and move with. we do want to do our part to help the families in need. i am sad that i'm not going to go to school, but also the situation is pretty bad. so i know that families need a place to say so. yeah, i don't really feel too bad then tie education system in the affected areas has been hit. but the government says it's determined to make sure there is minimum destruction. education shouldn't top long my year litigation by building additional tense. we will support our children's learning process and conduct
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a series of activities to normalize life. we have up to 141 tents. in the instance, we have 3 school teachers and psychological counseling. and guided all our teachers on duty inside the dorms, they're ready to receive evacuees. here in istanbul, most of the students we spoke to were happy to be doing their bit. not all students have to leave those with family affected by the earthquake international students. medical students, as well as the old, with no family they can stay with can all remain. but this is a part of the effort and sacrifice the entire country has been asked to make to deal with this disaster. as that vague i'll jazeera assemble dorothea while anger is building in syria with survivors, saying that the international community has let them down. aid has been slowed to arrive in the rebel held north, west, abdomen, and customer resume. is one of those angered by the response? ah, well,
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if one of the i'm here to watch, i remember the book, the memories here. i see my sister's rest, her sons, clothes, and all of them there smells here because it, when they remove everything, i won't come back. i say ok, well here's their car that has them on their water tank. a lot of the solar panels, memories the good all this was the shop. sort of the whole world lead the searing people down other load them or if this is struction was in europe or any other foreign country, the whole world would have gathered here to rescue those killed fraud on gentlemen . but here, no one cares left were displaced football i don't want ask about that jonah and we were bomb. barrel bombs were dropped it, but no one cared about us. the coil on it? i did. oh, we're getting nothing from turkey or not. and not from the government side. did we hear bessie?
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i just want to take you to them live pictures. this is in kind of monitor rush, where rescue workers. i believe a working to free a mother and her newborn child pairing. they're still alive. after being trapped under the rebel now for 7 days, stay a very tricky situation for rescue as to make sure that there is no more collapse or of any material in taking this mother and child out of this area that they've been trapped in for now, 7 days since that ed quake took place, we will keep you updated on how the rescue workers do. still ahead on a you can see it's just simply not and we're on the ground in chile,
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west by cruise struggling to get the worst for spies and decades under control. and there's no place like home see the celebration in kansas city of the chief leave late to win in ah, with the weather of most central and western europe is influenced by big dough, big area of high pressure, which is steering all the cloud around the outside edge around the doors and down towards the east where it's producing some snow in turkey. but the most part is quite as little wind read to be modeled by take us the sunny side. it is, are the foggy, or cloudy east, that staff and sometimes persistently for germany eastwards but comes after romania down to the balkans. and lastly,
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we're back to the sunshine where the snow's been falling. it's in the higher ground of the north eastern turkey. the search area post 1st, craig is largely sunny by day, but still, frosty by night, and where it's been so unsettled in the sentimental train is still a breeze and still some rain for libya. less so for turkey, none for malta. and for good part of spain and portugal is relatively mild if the album trees are believing a month early weather is rain coming in. it's just missing lab is trying to get into all of the porch go, but not really make it says during tuesday, a bit of an increase in what's likely to save the north of turkey there. and the still rain folding in a line that wallace stretches from martini up towards more. obviously, morocco and this brian, you see, is the ha matter in the seasonal which is quite picking up sand dust. ah tough tara was the man tough question is what exactly are you asking for you?
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what troops on the ground, the rigorous debate we challenge, conventional wisdom racism is so deeply entrenched in the country that it's identified with america. so when you challenge racism, it looks as if you're challenging almera and demand the truth. there is no serious discussion about this because it goes to the very root of who we are up front with me, mark lamond hill on al jazeera. ah ah, welcome back. you're watching al jazeera mind if our top stories this out. more than 35000 people have been declared dead in turkey in syria, one week off to powerful earthquake struck the 2 countries decimal is likely to be
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significantly higher. united nations aid chief says that the international community has fail, norton syria, un is hoping to open new border crossings into syria, to bring an urgently needed materials to live pictures of rescue as carnie. trying to free a mother. new born child who are still alive, often be trapped onto the rubble 7. as get some other news, israel has carried out air strikes against several in garza early on monday. this video shows the attacks and the palestinian enclave. israeli media, se hamas weapons sites were targeted. no casualties have been reported in while israel's cabinet has recognized 9 illegal settler outposts in the occupied west bank despite passed us opposition?
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the far right finance minister said 10000 housing units could be built in separate existing, illegal settlements. the palestinian authority called it an open war against the palestinian people. washington has yet to make any comment. meanwhile a 21 year old palestinian man was shot and killed during an israeli rate in the city of nobliss in the occupied west bank. 5 others were injured in fall as a raid on sunday that saw israeli forces storm the home of a palestinian man whose same kodachi, who drove his car into a bus stop near the illegal settlement of a remote. 3 israelis were killed. mohammed obese is a political analyst, he says the move is another blatant israeli violation of international law. see, you think about it. the whole state of israel is illegally existing on the land of the policy us because it does not implement international law. national agreements
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and resolutions in order to share the land with. so there is no legal settlements and illegal settlements. and i think this is illegal and was ruled with a military rule. and now it is military rule and criminal rule. some of the ministers with the prime minister, a prime minister, who was under investigation, our criminals, who were convicted criminals is really not code. and that if you know code, so this is an escalation, this will increase the level of violence against the property of a law, or i guess because they want us to continue to exist. so there's just whatever they have in order to protect their lives and their property. yes,
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violence is going to be the, the, the, the news of the day for a long time, as long as it's a list shy away from peace. i'm talking real peace with the u. s. has announced. yes. another unidentified, high altitude object has been shut down in a space. it's a 10 such incident in as many days the latest interception to place i have a lake huron, which is north of detroit michigan. fast detective at montana on saturday and was not considered to be a military threat. at least one the u. s. general isn't ruling anything out about the possible origins. williams. have you ruled out aliens or extra interest terrestrials and if so, why? because that is what everyone is asking us right now. and thanks for the question, colleen, i'll look into the community and the counter intelligence community. figure that out. i haven't ruled out anything. at this point, we continue to assess every drug or potential threat unknown that approaches north
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america. with an attempt to south central chile firefighters, from as far as 3000 kilometers away being deployed to combat the country's worst. forest fires and nearly a decade and the 300 fires remain active and new ones are appearing, especially in the rest of our county region. are latin american ab salisia, newman reports from gather enough yet another wildfire out of control. in the albany, a region firefighters call for more help. unable to contain displays, when have hundreds of active fires that have been spreading throughout south central chiles until january. ah, the commander of the fire fighting brigade tells his men to evacuate order to some of the convertible. the situation here is very complex. the fire is advancing very fast. so we are withdrawing to a safer area. well,
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we review another strategy. this helicopter is trying to dolls water on the flames here, but it's barely in the bucket. as you can see, it's just simply not enough to deal with the magnitude of this fire here on this mountain or hill. the fire the way over on to the other side, and they're only about a half a dozen firefighter here right now, this smoke is it is, it is really i impossible to breathe here. weeks of intense heat and strong winds, compounded by years of drought or feeding the flames, but that's not all right with missing. okay. can kevin be 30 percent? i think up which are the neighbors said they saw 3 people with bella covers, who started the fire back there. and other neighbors say they saw a green car and a pickup truck starting fires. while they tried to put out the fires in one area, they saw how the people in cars lit others all over the place and got
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a closet then yellow shows us the house was, grew up and with her 8 year old grandmother lived until tuesday. bloodworth at her court appointed, but the vast majority of the fires have started in forest, john by timber companies who have long been targeted by rebel indigenous map, put groups, and who carry out what they call acts of sabotage drugs, chilion companies and farmers. they claim this as their ancestral land, but so far, no one has taken responsibility for the fires, which are hurting ordinary residence. many of them also my poaching you, but i will let her only look legality. what hurts most is that this was the last thing left of my deceased grandfather. he built old thus with the sweat of his brow . the loss in property, livestock, and human life is incalculable. at least 30 people have been arrested for negligence or for deliberately lighting these fires. a curfew was also in place
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from midnight to 5 a. m. but nothing seems to be enough to stop mew towers of blowing smoke from emerging. to see a newman al jazeera godaddy, no chile, the kansas city chiefs have won the super bowl and a nail biting victory against the philadelphia, eagles, and celebrations are in full swing in mid west city. she's one, bessie 835, securing the victory with feel go with to seconds to play the 2nd in or chief spans at the match in glendale. our zone i have been celebrating their team seconds super bowl title in full. yes, absolutely. enjoy today's game to me when you come to the super bowl. you want it to be a game that's worth watching. you want it to be again towards close, just like it was tonight. i'm a kept both are as open from start to finish. so we were extremely excited to be here. i mean, listen, we have the 2 brass genes. ramirez bird up in a super bowl. you can.
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