tv News Al Jazeera February 14, 2023 8:00pm-8:30pm AST
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the un appeals for hundreds of millions of dollars to boost aid to northwestern syria where millions are struggling to survive after last week's earthquakes. and life emerges from the rubble 8 days after the quakes. a woman is rescued in turkey after being trapped for more than 200 hours a. you're watching me all the 0, like from a headquarters and i'm getting obligated also ahead. iran's president talks with she jumping in beijing, china says it supports iran and resisting unilateralism and bullying. she was the un ambassador and donald trump's cabinet. but now nikki haley is challenging him and the republican race for the white house. ah.
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hello, the secretary general of the united nations has appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to supply humanitarian aid to syria. this comes as dozens of n g o is working there a call for unfettered access and a massive scale up in assistance following the earthquakes. aid has started moving across to more border crossings from turkey, year after the s said government granted the un permission to use them on tuesday. and the 1st un teen to enter the rebel held northwest has also toured some of the worst affected areas. united nations is launching a city end of the $97000000.00 us dollars. meditating that bw for the people of earthquake ravaged, cynthia and these will cover the beauty of city months. we are in the final stages of a similar it bw for to, to kia in the me this often, most of the exc wakes, united nations rapidly provided $50000000.00 us dollars. so the sentinel emergency
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response funds, but the needs body mass. we have a team of correspondence covering the disaster across her chair and inside syria. zayna cordell starts her coverage from jan doris. one of the hardest had areas in syria. there are no international rescue teams here. no international aid workers. the people of northwest syria have been left to deal with a disaster on their own. last week's earthquakes that struck southern turkey, devastated many areas in this country as well. their lives now a pile of dust. none available. we are a vegetable chillers, our shops. we're under new far homes. now we lost everything. we're sleeping in the streets. no one from the international community is helping us. jan. that is, was one of the towns and the opposition controlled enclave worse hit by. the 2 quakes, it's, they, 9 of that disaster. rescuers who have been appealing for heavy equipment still
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haven't received any as they remove the remaining bodies. and the rubble across the border in southern turkey are missing. survivors are still being found alive and pulled from the ruins. here in northwest syria, the search and rescue effort was called off on day 5 because rescuer is didn't have the resources they say could have saved many lives. so far, the aid entering the opposition north is not enough for people's needs. the un says syrian president, charla said, has now given approval to use more border crossings from turkey. a statement that has angered the opposition the united nations seems to look at, but charlotte, that is their secretary general. they're waiting for him to give them ok. 9 days into a major earthquake, i don't know in the history of the united masons that they had not responded to something. it's the hardest area in syria. in government control, territories,
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planes loaded with humanitarian aid have been arriving continuously. there also where united nations agencies are based in the north you and has acknowledged failing serial with an adequate response. it says that will change with many here are doubtful. there will be any sustained international help minima. well, we have no heaters, no blankets, nothing, just a tint of our heads. mark shops were destroyed. who will help us to rebuild on? the scars of 12 years of war have still not healed in a region where millions are displaced and poor. now there is a new crisis for people who sole purpose has long been to survive. then their elders eda, northwest syria, more than 5000000 syrians, maybe homeless after last week's devastating. earthquakes us, according to the united nations official. and these are the stories of some of those survivors and the desperate situation. they now find themselves in what law
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he saw. the generals of the people are working day and night, but we need to find refuge. but don't know where we are waiting for god to give us relief. as you know, it is winter. now there are women and children. so we need to secure heating, security, food, water, which is a minimum until things get more organized. i know that the the i just another model family, i just need to displace our know, attend foods and water. we receive food data and many good people help. we still need food and water, nothing more than that. thank god, we now took refuge in the stand last everything around her last everyone i know in the 3 building that used to be next to me. i lost my neighbors and my children, 7 friends in the building. next to us, we lost a large number of people who used to live near us. my neighbors, my friends, colleagues and partners. i want to speak to joseph stella, who is an emergency coordinator at the international organization. for migration
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who's joining us from guys can tap that's close to the turkey syria border. welcome to al jazeera, so to crossings were open today into syria, from turkey, a. how much aid have you there for managed to send through today? but how the salon was opened? the borders with the city and we managed to send immediately at the 11 trucks. today's wire from the other borders that are 100 how we send for that are so we thought of today with them more. let's just start with when you get in the system, which is basically are not with item methods and you are just as good as people that needs to be what have a dignified test and how do you assess the needs of the people on the ground in syria and what they need the most right now. the need are so high and
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people are, this is something wrong on what we are doing or not. and i was looking around the clock and she, based on governments and donors, are just to provide our supplies. so we can now specially that we have to board is open so we can ship all the items into the, into, into studio, their needs as you're saying. and as we hear over and over are just immense right now, how are you going to scale up your operations? mainly at the beginning, we always go for an emergency like leaving the systems. and we're, we're moving forward. we say that are based on the assessments that we did on the ground. that is, will be basically a more than 2 chapter and providing a provision of an edition. what do you say to those that say the aid simply is not enough and it's come too late. definitely
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need lost so high and to construct zone. and we are pushing and working out locally with all our partners on the grounds to provide any assistance. and i believe you are the ones who are working around the hours to provide to get the sense. but this is that we are playing against pain and there is nothing i want. all right, we'll leave it there. thank you. joseph stella for speaking to us from guys in tap and turkey. cindy, well, over in turkey, the number of people that are being found alive is getting smaller by the day. but despite the odds, there are still some incredible stories. on tuesday, 2 women were pulled from under the bridge and had tie province more than 200 hours after the quakes hit earlier. at 2 brothers were also found alive and so, rescues are still happening. but the window to find survivors is fading. more often responders are finding bodies instead, stephanie decker has more from her mind,
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my rush, it's the epicenter of the 2nd quake, the vast majority or dead bodies that are being pulled out of the rubble. we saw 2 at a site just behind. we spoke to the driver of the more car you see the everywhere he said that he's been driving the bodies back to their families, back to where they want to bury them. and that this is part of his duty. very, very difficult. also tension here. we saw one area just a little bit north of here. the chinese rescue team was there. they listen. i'm tension ensued between it could have been a relative and some of the, the workers. there was a fight, a physical fight, so much as the army had to fire in the air, which is the 1st time that we've seen that from our travels across the devastated region. but it shows you just tell us how high the tensions are. this is going to be a major challenge. they're going to have to clear the rubble, the buildings that remain standing are certainly not fit. none of the residents
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will be able to return. so it is a long term challenges as a heartbreaking challenge. and it's going to be very, very difficult one to manage. certainly for talking over a 1000000 people that are meeting long term housing. russell sardar has more from the a man on how people in the city are coping with the aftermath and how authorities are responding. this place was the biggest stadium in the city or for argument, and now it's turned into a kansas city or 5000 people currently are living here. and this is not the only town city in the city of are the a man that are tons of such makeshift camps that are spreading across the city. so the displacement here is becoming a humanitarian issue. and authorities are trying to deal with this crisis. i've talked to the mayor of the city, actually monkish, an ever asked him about the displacement about sanitation and the infrastructure problems and the challenges that they are facing. financial under his computer,
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the fairies, fair degree or for infrastructure issues, of course, including water networks, class network, and electric network. of course, fortunately we have in made some improves in our water, water resources and water supply may be 4 to 550 percent off the cities. now that india means water cancer or set up, but in an hour, a lot of people are still out. this is because because of a large number of it, the buildings listed, distracted and ruined. so we are working round the clock. a lot of people are homeless, sharon, that are a large number of people who want to go out of the city. they are trying to arrange data transferred to other cities around the country if you me, or the amana was one of the hardest. he had cities in south, trickier by earthquake, a 1175 buildings have collapsed here. and as a result, more than a 1000 people have died,
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the mere told me that they are afraid that this number could go up to 15000. indeed, wherever you turn in the city, you will see the collapse. buildings are blocks after blocks or levels don and the, the impact off the earthquake is everywhere. and also the south of normality among people of this city is completely lost. russell said that all jazeera or the amana southam trickier stella had on al jazeera, a crack down on child marriages in india. and why experts say social change is the way to protect millions of girls. ah. in depth analysis of the days headlines from around the world to try right extremism is real and need to be tackled as soon as possible informed opinions. why is the single position concerned about disruption between turkey and see
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what al jazeera oh, the a gun, the top stories on al jazeera, this, our, the secretary general of the united nations is appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to supply humanitarian assistance to syria. meanwhile, aid is now flowing across to new border crossings. the government in syria is open to un supply trucks. and in spite of the all, there are still stories of survival. these are pictures of women being rescued in turkey has high profits. after spending more than 200 hours under the rubble, at least 70 survivors were rescued on tuesday. other news now in china says 20
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cooperation agreements have been signed with iran as president, but i have the e. c who held talks with she jumping in beijing. china is iran largest trade partner and a major customer for iranian oil. katrina, you reports from beijing. abraham, the ac was welcomed, debating with the grad ceremony at the great hall of the people. it's the iranian president's 1st visit to china and his 2nd meeting with chinese leaders. she didn't pink since september. she says iran is an old friend of china. both sides are working to deepen ties in the face of growing tensions, but the united states, other beijing denies. this is the reason for the visit you already, you can, when you call all parisha between china and iran does not target any 3rd country on tuesday. and i, you see also met with chinese premier liquor chung and the head of the national people's congress. li just shoot, jules resigned to extend corporation in trade agriculture and infrastructure plans made under a 25 year strategic agreement,
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signed in 2021. china is ryan's biggest trading partner and the only customer of it's heavily sanctioned oil exports. and last 12 months iran has exported worth and $14000000000.00 to china, an increase of 58 percent from the previous year. and we of imported more than $13000000000.00 from china us lead sanctions have left around it. it's toughest economic situation in more than 40 years. beijing has condemned the sanctions and washington to withdraw from a 2015 nuclear deal with iran and several world powers. she didn't, inc says china will continue to take part in negotiations to get the agreement reinstated. abraham rings is visit, comes at both china and iran, strengthen their relationships with russia. both sides say they're opposed to world order led by the united states and its allies. they do will be looking to toronto reassurances of its continued support and state including one issue such as the status of taiwan and the south china sea caterine,
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our da 0 aging 4 objects have been shot down over us and canadian aerospace in the past week one of those was the chinese balloon, that washington says was being used to spy or a defense editor alex could topple us. looks at why balloons are still useful as tools for spying in the modern age. since the invention of the balloon in 1783, they've been used to gather information on adversaries in the world itself. but in an age of satellites and high tech aircraft, using balloons together, intelligence might seem old fashioned. so why has china been using them to gather data? they have some unique advantages. balloons can loiter over a target where a satellites flight great speeds and are usually only over the area of interest for short time. the chinese balloon, with 60 meters tall and carried an unknown payload, weighing 900 kilos on the edge of space at 18000 meters. drifting on counts of wind
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that circumnavigate the earth in different directions at different heights. sophisticated technology now allows able in to hitch a ride on those currents by raising and lowering its altitude slowly steering to where it wants to go. cheap and expendable balloons are used extensively by weather services. the military and research centers. china's intelligence balloon program has been expanded in recent years. satellite images of an alleged surveillance balloon watch site in animal gola show the site's been significantly upgraded since 2019 the united states are protected by a ring of long rings radar sites. they're able to track thousands of objects, the space and all a craft movement within range. but there is a gap between 15 and 21000 meters. with these radars are relatively blind. and the chinese balloon exploited this gap floating into u. s. air space via alaska traveling south. it hovered over montana for 2 days home state to the missile silos. the form,
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part of the u. s. strategic nuclear deterrent. before it was finally shot down. nato defense ministers have met in brussels to discuss boosting support for ukraine . the alliance as secretary general has promised more ammunition for keith. we see no signs that the president putin is preparing for peace. ah, what was he is the opposite sir. he is preparing for more a war for new offensive son though a new attacks. so it makes it just even more important arthur. and a doors on partner, sir. broad, more supporter to ukraine. mold over close this aerospace for what a cold safety reasons. before reopening later this comes a day after it's president, a q is moscow applauding to topple her government. on monday, my, as sandy said, she confirmed and allegation made by you the ukranian president villa lensky, that his country's intelligence services had discovered a plan by russia to bring down. although as pro you government,
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sandy said russia as aiming to use mold over the war against ukraine, the criminal has rejected the claims of some a bon jovi, it has more from moscow. the russian foreign ministry of denying the statements made earlier by the alderman president that russia is planning to carry out an operation to be stabilized over the russian foreign ministry spokesman says that this is a classical example of how western powers come up with information which cannot be verified and then use it to further their own illegal actions. nikki haley who was ambassador to the united nations during donald trump's presidency, has announced her candidacy for the white house. she criticized democrats in her campaign announcements and said it was time for a new generation of republican leaders. republicans have lost the popular vote in 7 out of the last 8 presidential election. that has to change,
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jo biden's record is abysmal. but that shouldn't come as a surprise. the washington establishment has failed us over and over and over again . i'm nikki haley and i'm running for president. forest fires in south central truly have destroyed nearly half a 1000000. hector is a forest on farm land, as well as hundreds of homes soaring temperatures of up to 40 degrees, finally eased on sunday, but that extreme heat is expected to return our line america editor, lucy newman, is in victoria, where she's met with firefighters who have been battling the flames for 3 weeks. chileans, from many walks of life, are listening to combat the deadliest wildfires in decades among them. his seuss fernandez, he's what they call a body, got easter, a member of a fire fighting brigade formed by chillies, forestry corporation, work during summers the peak season for wild fires. despite the suffocating
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smoke, he doesn't wear a face mask, he says it makes it even harder to breathe. they're going to read on 0. 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 these t as tell us, they receive only one weeks worth of training for this job. what had the fires taught you? i asked alma thunderbird that they are increasing and becoming formal extreme nearby other firefighters with just as little formal training of battling the ferocious fires that are in circling the sit tire area. they belong to an
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indigenous map which a community called loft of quay way and have been working since yesterday to prevent the fire from engulfing a neighbor's home. ah, the 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 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 albany up. no fires are starting to be lit and at least according to authorities, and they're just simply are not necessary with got amended, will your watches from her house come up with thing? by thank you of him in the yellow a doll. i have a lot of neighbors down they and if they cons, extinguish all this,
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i don't know what will happen. 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 and seeing human al jazeera victoria chile. at least 9 people have died from an outbreak of the marburg virus and equitorial guinea. the disease is set to be as infectious as a bola and cause a severe fever, bleeding and organ failure. there are no approved vaccines to treat it. the government has declared a lot done, ken, 10 province to stock. the virus from spreading. hundreds of men have been arrested in india as northeastern state of hassan, in a crackdown on child marriage. a som has the worst maternal mortality rate in the country, and the regional government has the move is to improve public health. but critics alleged districts dominated by muslims and other low income communities have been
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disproportionately targeted of natal reports from br peta. in some its been a difficult we for lukia's family. her husband was recently arrested for marrying her when she was barely 14 years old. his mother has fallen sick, leaving rookie to care for her, and their daughter. show it to her. there are lots of problems. my daughter stays hungry and i don't have money to buy medicine for my mother in law. we depended on my husband who worked as a rice mill, a som stayed in india, ne tracking, down on child marriage. in the last 2 weeks, authorities have arrested hundreds of people, including grooms, parents, clerics and priests. child marriage has been linked with too much on the health and high infant mortality. a sound state has one of the highest rates of child marriage in india, nearly one in 6 women here have children when they were just teenagers. that number is higher in rural areas where there are strong patriarchal biases and few
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opportunities. so women during but the government says it's a mr. improve women's health. as is a drastic action, just to make people realize the fall that mistake they have done for many years ages became the 5th has to be a social movement. we have to be aware, we have to stop the child met at any goal. women are demanding the husband release thing. there's no one to own m. c, the family. most of the people arrested often poor marginalized communities. there are growing calls to instead, improve good dedication and focus on gender equality. there different ways to address this problem. the crack done what sudden on unknown. that's why it came as kind of a shock at the community level. you know, and that is why to even add the impact of the cat dragged down the way and the impact of the track down also needs to be address. police have just did more than
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4000 cases. jails are filling up and people are being shifted to a detention center built for undocumented migrant. the government says it will be habitate families. but some tried bribes like cookie se will be happier and better off with a husband back home. bothering him at the 0 bar better, i saw ne india tax authorities in india have searched the officers of the b, b. c. they were reported to be looking for documents related to the british broadcasters, business operations. it comes weeks after the b, b. c. air, the documentary critical. if the indian prime minister ranger moody the program examined modi's role during riots in 2002 in the western state of good gerad. when he was chief minister. that's it for me. the news continues here on al jazeera, after inside story, thanks for watching. ah,
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ah, there's a bit more snow to come for iran, possibly in the capital and tariff, and it's more forming in the black seas, cold wind coming across it. and i think in the higher ground in northern centro, turkey, there will be some more snow. we might get a little bit further. sas with jimmy speaking, the problem remains overnight of low temperatures in the area. under search conditions where we're typically in most places minus 2 to minus 7 up in the band as it's down to minus 20 still. but that's been consistent for the last week or so . now a leper shows a bit of a trend here by day at least a slight warming even by night. we might come out of football time we get to saturday, but it's only on the syrian to the turkey side appears to stay quite cold. that back to wednesday, and here's the streak of mostly rain, but some snow and around the rain is in. suddenly rock may be cute and then you've got quite a wind building up there. it looks like it's for cost
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a high temperature is going to be knocked back quite significantly as a shamal comes in, this is dusty normally with down to $23.00 or $24.00, it will feel lower than that during 1st day. there's been a bit of a problem with rain in south africa and now the state of emergency because of the flooding of last week, and we've got more right to come significant rain in the sea too many provinces of south africa. ah. in november, 2020 austrian security service is carried out operation luck, so against dozens of muslims. i opened my eyes and saw a machine gun pointed at my head, but of course, found the race unlawful. and now charges have been dropped against one of the accused. one, the reason why they are doing this is because they want to intimidate antiterrorist measure or discrimination. austria operation looks all on.
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