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the un says he said regime is agree to open to more border crossing, says other international, a trickles into serious quake affected regions and this sounds, rescues race against time to search for survivors. the death toll from the turkey and siri earthquakes crosses 37000. ah ha, ha ha robin, you're watching old. is there a lot of my headquarters here in the hall? also coming up. new zealand declines. the national state of emergency, as the cycling holes is widespread damage. and the u. s. claims china is using high altitude balloon for intelligence gathering. after a series of objects was shot down as a north america. ah, in welcome to. it's been
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a day since to devastating earthquakes, hit turkey and syria. more than 37000 people have been declared that across the 2 countries. but the final told is likely to be higher in syria, president bashar al assad as agreed to allow you in a deliveries into the rebel held northwest through 2 additional border crossings that we have teams of correspondence covering the disaster and considered as an anchor. then it's smith reports not from misconduct, and semi sedan is in new to the e and stephanie decker is in the city of car marsh. but 1st, russell sort of begins all coverage from matt. it's missing in northern syria. turkey has been home to the steering families for years after they fill out the civil war in the country. many of them lost their loved ones in the earthquake in northwest syria. they are waiting to cross into syria to attend the funeral and meet those who survive. buddies of the city, refugees who lost their lives from the turret. your site are also being sent back
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home for burials here. foremost it is on the lifeline. they're about to get that lifeline way. cutter 8 and cut the red crescent. this is the 2nd 8 convoy sent by cutter to north syria. in the last 2 days, these rebel held areas were heavily bombed by the regime throughout the 12 year long sea with war. last week's earthquake has made things worse, killing thousands, an injury and many more. right there sally, the head of the syrians, civil defense forces, also known as white helmets, says the globe responds to the disaster has been to a little higher than a thought. so that i am bad. i've had the most difficult 7 days of my life. we've been forgotten for years and the world didn't hear us. if the world had heard our voice. we wouldn't have lost these souls in marta to be seen in italy province where the earthquake hit the hardest. it is desperately needed. but not right now.
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we've been displaced several times the last 9 years. we don't know what is the head of us that this earthquake displaced us again when we lost our homeless families. we need shelter. the cutter, the 8 conway, has broth pants, diapers, heaters, gas cylinders, blankets, food and medical keys, toyota, and more detail. we've been ordered by the emir of guitar to keep the aid supply line open for the syrians. we now see that the syrian people need our support, especially in this count crisis. that pains now doubled, and the international community needs to step up its support. in northwest syria, hospitals already lack modern recruitment. many survivors died on the way to hospitals, or soon after arrival, as of this region is home to more than 4000000 people of life here was already tough and the earthquake has just added to their misery. disasters overlap in syria
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more than a decade on civil war. has left very little to theory and they built makes you shelters. it wasn't much but still home. and we had this roy that too many syrians feel been neglected by the rest of the world. now the health is needed here more than ever this we started that i'll just iraq, my machine, northwest syria, risk if it's continue cost effective provinces in turkey. and stephanie decker pulls from the city of cut on the brush. the happy center of the 2nd earthquake. it is physically and emotionally exhausting. sleep is brief. no one has stopped for days. but the determination of these rescue teams, both turkish and international. many of them are, volunteers, is unbreakable. we have been working with a, with this a minor people from dork it. and then they call us to coffee with our dog and our little feet and not be mistaken ever. they have miraculously 7 days on identified
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life and are working to reach what's believe to be a mother and her 3 week old baby. but they have seen too much death here. i'm really sad thing and we have been talking about this way. we have got it. and we found people, their children are always in the bed and bodies had tried to reach the children. they're coming to the, the, their bedroom, the task of the rescue and recovery walkers is voss you can tell where the devastation begins or where it ends as one volunteer told me that it was so damaged across the south east. that makes what is already an incredibly difficult task. even more challenging g, anger is a local volunteer. he's been working with fire fighters from missouri by john genesis in a diet estimate, even though william over a dead body. and we give the course to the family. they still hug ourselves and thank austin and that they got the body back and i'll get to pray over and dirty.
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like the grateful even to be handed your dead. this is the reality of this unimaginable tragedy. one rescue worker told us, even if all the countries in the world said teams to help, it would never be enough. stephanie decker al jazeera cut him on my dash, southeastern, to kia will against all the old survivors all still being found. 13 year old car was rescued on monday after $180.00 to ours, under the rubble of a collapse department building and the turkish province of high. there's also the moments of hope enjoy in the city of a d. a month where a young girl was rescued after being trapped for more than 170 hours. some incident has been following the latest developments from nor dave. the last 2 bodies of the last 2 children who were trapped in the rubble of that building behind me were
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finally located up, pulled out, deceased. it was quite an emotional ending to a very tense day that started with hope with 18 year old sod. that being pulled alive from the rubble telling people my sisters in their, my youngest sister in the she's alive, please reach her. while they struggled. they called an extra teams, international teams even joined the effort. they eventually found her sister. sadly, she was dead. and as time has gone by, it's just been an emotional rollercoaster hoping that perhaps the next member of the 15 members of that family would be found alive and one after the other. they were all located and sadly brought out in body bags. and we saw this cycle of hope turning to grief. this is going to turn into a clean operation that's going to be an intensification of the focus and as well to provide for the people who are left alive and what to do with more and more bodies
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that will now come out of the rubble and increasing numbers in body bag that's going to put a strain on the system to. and as i said, you can't see it now it's, it's nighttime so we can get the drone up. but there's a 10 city which the authorities that foot up here. and those people, they are now getting things like blankets to them, they're getting foods to them. but there's still an issue with some basic i province as well as the hardest hit pause of turkey. michigan is in the city of and taca with more on the recovery operations. la and taca is now a city of earth, quake ruins. this st gives you an indication as to why it has been decimated. one man tells us we are psychologically broken. there are no services people have been told to evacuate yet some remain. that's because they are holding a sole shattering weeklong vigil waiting for their loved ones to be pulled out of
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the rubble. holding on to the hope, however, infant testable that they will be granted a miracle rescue. eugene oh my until the shirt i loved ones needed to be strong. my beloved nephew and his wife are under the rubble. g. know the tiny line between hope and despair. i'm going through this for the last few days between miracle and reality. she was the people who remain are also living in the rubble. they say they've been given food, they've been given clothing, but they still don't have shelter. they complain that the search and rescue operation was slow to begin here and on takia. they say it took about 3 or 4 days after the earthquake hit to begin in earnest. since the earthquakes hit more than a week ago, there has been a national reckoning over the well known use of shoddy construction material, and the lacks enforcement of building codes in compliance with earthquake engineering standards. warnings were issued,
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amnesty is given. now people are angry, the coverages, if it's wrong, to blame the government, although they've made mistakes, i think all the responsibilities on the contractors, the ministry of justice has issued $134.00 arrest warrants, arrested 3 people and police are searching for more than 100 suspects in connection with building code violations. as for the people here in and talk, yes, they say they know this diverse city with each it routes will rebuild. but given the historic proportions of this devastation, they know it will take a very long time. natasha name al jazeera and takia tortilla. no, the nearly 10000 foreign aid workers in turkey from 74 countries, and more on the way in the port city of iskander and the indian army has set up
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a field. hospital. bernard smith, is there. the turkish public health system has collapsed here in a scandal. the indian army is filling the gap. it's field hospital in a school is the only health facility serving a pre earthquake population of a quarter of a 1000000 people. initially we had dramas, lots of glossed off of lymph head, and, oh, jess dramas. patients were buried in the rubble, we had to do an amputation to save a life of the patient, it's leg was gangrenous. then finally, we have her saved stabilized him and moved him to other a donna. now, the patient profile is changing, now gradually immortal. the infectious diseases are coming in. the turkish government has struggled to cope with a disaster of this scale. so it citizens are relying on aid from across the world. i had them on the morning of the quake hammered. a search says everywhere was hell. i thought i was going to die and i started reciting my final praise. we don't
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know what we'll do next. we're on the street. there was another tremor just a moment ago and we're outside the public hospital. opposite. the school is in too dangerous a condition to consider reopening with more than a 1000000 people homeless across southeast and turkey. many living in tents. there's an increased risk of a wide spread outbreak of disease being an army says it will only consider leaving turkey when the number of patients is treating begins to level off as no sign about happening now. bernard smith al jazeera, is candor in on crow, the turkish government is facing accusations of failing to take precautions to minimize earthquake damage. opposition politicians say the government didn't act on advice from experts who warned of impending danger and increasingly report so from a stumble anchor. turkish flags have been raised up again in the capital, encore after a week of national mourning for the 10s of thousands of people killed by 2 major
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earthquakes in the southern region. opposition, party say, much of the distraction could have been avoided if the government had heated the warnings by experts of an impeding quake. this video is from last summer. it shows an opposition politician and cut him on marsh. the epicenter of last week's earthquake urging the authorities to take be cushions to minimize damage. yet he did listen. they're all pointed as of the opposition. the party has been visiting the quick affected region and is accusing the government of its late response. he says the damaged infrastructure, which cut access to some areas was also built by the current government would be productive for an umbrella. it is a disaster that after 20 years of governing as a single party, you haven't taken any necessary measures here. despite that, there was an earthquake 3 years ago. there's no excuse for
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a move of seeking accountability is another thing, but it's a systemic issue. we'll solve this altogether, though. we don't have time for reproach or descent. last week, turkish president, red tape ardon, inspected the ongoing rescue and relief efforts in all 10 cities affected by the quick and acknowledged problems with the initial response is or took a qu. we're dealing with zach the with common sense and collect of wisdom. but sure . all of our ministers, especially our president, have regular contact without teams in the field. we manage this process based on field feedback and consultations. this is a collaborative effort between our ministries and related organizations loser. all parties in a turkish parliament, including the governing arc party, have mobilized their members to help the victims. so the case for appearing for a presidential election that is most likely the most difficult for president ridge
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of tape or john who's been in power for more than 20 years. last, monday's earthquakes will almost certainly have political ramifications for now what size appear to suspend that they are campaigns as they work to help millions hoover and a fact it see nampa solo al jazeera and clara well, still had a all al desert friends and need to countries as intense relations with the us look to strengthening ties through trade. until i saw scientists battle, the country's was wild pause and decades braving stream conditions to keep that community safe. the stories after the break. ah it's been stung in to run these slices of cloud. still there are what brought snow
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new should the south region is somewhere like turkey where you tend to get a winter storm with no such thing here. any more wanna day time tends to be sunny all over turkey. there's an increase in the breeze which might bring snow in to the high mountains in the north or turkey in the area where search and rescue is going on. it's cold by night, sunny by days. the main thing for the south is an increase in the breeze. jesting was going to be road, dusty atmosphere and persistent rein them. most of it. lighten some posse rock and key weight overseas knows in the mountains of iran and also in afghanistan. but take you to wednesday. it doesn't move very much. and so that is quite warm. softly breathing these 29 in doha, away from released to tropical africa, attention the still high in south sudan was troopers 40 want. there are a few shells around in rwanda, but then not fatty very regulated. not even daily, to be honest when they come back big thunderstorms at lunch time. sorry for that. this is where the proper seasonal rainy's and it's been causing flooding in
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ah look about your what geology is there with me say romilly, doha, reminder of all the top news stories. it's been 8 days since to devastating earthquakes, hit turkey and syria. more than 37000 people are being declared dead across the 2 countries. but the total is expected to rise. syrian president bashar al assad has agreed to allow a deliveries to the rebel held north west through 2 additional border crossings. 8 has been slow to arrive in the country, which has already been ravaged by 12 years of civil war. out there is a lobby. is it a camp in serious rebel controlled a free region, families their fear they could lose what little they have left because of the aftershocks. see month. how colored trees that we are standing at an area that can not be described as a council, but simply a number of tents have been put up among the damage residential. billions on the
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outskirts of our free for free for planning. right? to show you those 10 pan left to the smoke one, which was partly damage. as a result of that quite what it is now is shelter housing. dozens of families was homes were destroyed, other families, mostly women and children, have taken shelter in the most fear of the shock at the last of which was just a couple of minutes ago. we go back to the turn we spoke about area one, and this is a civil defense truck bringing more times to how's more displaced. we're not able to go further into northwest syria because of a power outage caused by this, but it doesn't. you say radian president abraham racy, is heading to china for 3 day visit, aimed at strengthening economic ties. china is around the largest trading partner, as well as the biggest customer for iranian oil dosage. bowery has more from 10, from forging stronger ties. iranian president abraham racy,
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met his chinese counterpart, cheating, ping on the sidelines of the shanghai corporation organisation. last september. it was becca st on. that's where she didn't pink underscore china support for iran. and invited his radian counterpart to beijing with iran under heavy us, lead sanctions more than a 5th of its exports go to china. the country's biggest export market. according to the same government figures, china is also iran, the 2nd biggest source of imports. in 2021. iran and china signed a 25 year strategic cooperation agreement, ranging from oil and mining to transportation and agriculture. generally, it is a little bit unique. i want to this trip can provide a good step towards implementing these plans. in the last 12 months, iran has exported more than $14000000000.00 to china, an increase of 58 percent from the previous year. and we have imported more the
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$13000000000.00 from china. following the united states pull out from the 2015 nuclear deal with iran in 2018 and reimpose sanctions. iran has faced the toughest economic situation in over 40 years. according to the parliament, this cost economy between $150.00 and $200000000.00. while iran and china have had tense relation to the united states, they continue to project themselves as a counterweight to american power alongside russia. and you see, look east policy to deepen sizes, asian, does that the forefront of that goal? as well as the a must as 1st official visit to china. door such a party al jazeera to her on. the us government says the origin and purpose of 3 objects shot done over north american aerospace, over friday. it's still unclear. now the military has been on high alert ever since it's shut down a chinese blue alley. this month, she returns he has the story from the white house, an acknowledgement that where the 3 objects shot down over north america since
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friday came from was still a moon. we do not assess that these most recent objects posed any during direct threat to people on the ground. and we are laser focused on confirming their nature and purpose, including through intensive efforts to collect debris in the remote locations where they have fallen. kirby added that the u. s. military had recalibrated radar sensitivity to track smaller low speed objects. if not fair, that's why more were being detected. or if there had been a sudden influx of such objects. the canadian prime minister, however, suggested a connection between the 3 objects intercepted since friday, but i think obviously there is some sort of pattern in there. the fact that we are seeing this in a significant degree over the past week is a cause for interest and attention, which is exactly what we're doing. on sunday, the head of neuron or the north american aerospace defense command raised eyebrows with an answer to a question about whether the origins of the objects may be extra terrestrial. i
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haven't ruled out anything at this point. on monday the white house was still not rooting anything out have this to say. there is no again, no indication of aliens or extra terrestrial activity. with these recent take downs, us as the 3 objects shot down were to lower altitude to the chinese balloon shot down in early february. and all 3 had different appearances and didn't appear to have any means of propulsion. just moving with prevailing winds of the state department, the u. s. deputy secretary of state address relations with china. we are open to dialogue when it is in our interest to do so. and we believe the conditions are right. but sherman said she had nothing to announce about a potential meeting between secretary of state as me thinking and his chinese counterpart of a munich security conference later this week. she abraham from al jazeera washington. a balance is underway in the state of michigan. after a shooting on a university campuses left 3 people, please say at least 5 others were injured when the government opened fire at
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michigan state university and east in the city of east lansing. officers have been scouring the campus, searching for the loan suspect peace told spring columbia as largest remaining rebel group and the government of resumed the national liberation army known as the l. n. met with officials in mexico city. on monday, the renewed negotiations, the last round of talks to nearly 6 decades of conflict took place in november. but the government was forced about trying to call a truce announcement as to the ill and denied that any agreement was reached. before supplies in south central chile have destroyed nearly half a 1000000 hector has a forest and farmland, as well as hundreds of homes, sewing temperatures up to 40 degrees, finally eased on sunday. but that extreme heat is expected to return on wednesday or latin america editor. we see a new minutes in victoria where she has met with foreign scientists, have been battling the flames for 3 weeks till the ins for many
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walks of life for in listening to combat the deadliest wildfires in decades among them, his suits for none this. he's what they call a buddy guy. he stuck a member of a fire fighting brigade formed by chillies, forestry corporation, work during summers the peak season for wild fives. despite the suffocating smoke he doesn't were face mask, he says it makes it even harder to breathe. i'm going to read on the little i've a degree in tourism, but this job teaches me other skills. you never know when you're going to need to know these things. so i'll do this as long as i can. it's dangerous work. there's an eerie noise, hard to identified 1st, but on closer inspection. it's the crackling sound of fire disguised by thick smoke the young lady that the stars tell us they receive only one week's worth of
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training for this job and look at what have the fires taught you. i ask you on, on my thumb, learn that they are increasing and becoming far more extreme. nearby other firefighters with just as little formal training are battling the ferocious fires that are in circling this entire area. they belong to an indigenous map which a community called loft or quay way and have been working since yesterday to prevent the fire from engulfing a neighbor's home. ah, they use picks, shovels, and branches to combat the fires that started simultaneously in the forests above them. 2 weeks ago, but they need more help. the bigger the stas arrived just in time, their leader calling for air support on his walkie talkie. there are 3 helicopters are now being used to tie to douse the flames that are directly in front of me. but while these are here in other parts, here we are albania,
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no fires are starting to be lit. and at least according to authorities, and they're just simply are not a got a window, you are watches from her house, come up. the thing by thank you of him in the yellow doll, i have a lot of neighbors down there. and if they can't extinguish all this, i don't know what will happen to plumes of smoke are everywhere, but for now it looks like the wheel is home. is safe, a victory against an enemy that after 3 weeks of battles is showing no sign of surrendering. to see a newman al jazeera victoria chile. the new zealand has declared a national state of emergency as a cycling calls is widespread damage. hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes due to rising flood water and with more heavy rain and high winds, forecast officials say rescue efforts a challenging laura con reports. this is the main state highway in
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hawkes bay. as fi, couldn't, gabriel pushed across new zealand north island. it cut off roads and cities. it brought torrential rain and some wind gusts, reaching a 140 kilometers an hour. leading residents shaken. thunder and lightning and everything last i was just horrific. sorry. but the, the devastation as just i just might share. might you want to cry, to be honest, a soon began lashing the northern coast on sunday, mid damage in its wake. let the government declare a state of emergency the 3rd time in its history. the situation that new zealand is i have been waking up to this morning. a lot of families displaced a lot of homes without power. extensive damage done across the country will be throwing everything at this to make sure with providing as much support for the response as possible. rescue efforts are underway and the defense force has been
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rallied. residents have been advised to stay away from rising coastal waters. many regions north was still recovering from record rain for 2 weeks ago. on the east coast of the north island, entire towns and settlements have been cut off due to even rising flood waters. all the roads going in and out of these places have been cut off by slips or fallen trees. in some places the entire road is gone. hundreds, roads are impossible. land is continuing to flip under the weight of torrential rain and tens of thousands of people have no power rescue. i could say it's too early to assess. the extent of the damage with the continuing storm is likely to hamper reflect that. so can you bring nor come out to sara? ah.
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