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so i was still being told from the rubble 9 days after the worst disaster in turkey is modern history. ah. raw baptism, this is our 0 lie from dough hob also coming up. the un says it needs nearly $400000000.00 to bring what it calls life saving relief to ask like victims in syria, off to 78 years of scotland. first minister nicholas sturgeon is about to announce her resignation and ukraine's president says, his troops are fighting for every metre of land as nato allies meet to discuss sending more weapons to key ah, to it's 9 days since powerful earthquakes toppled tens of thousands of

buildings into chia and celia, the death toll in both countries, stands at more than $41000.00. that figure continues to rise every day. now turkish authorities are racing to get a to remote areas. cut off from the quakes, or some is a dance. joining us now from southern so kia isn't a helicopter with government officials as they distribute aid sammy, tell us what's happening. okay, well right now we're on a job more. i'm going to like, do you feel like line off throughout to look out the cover out the window. you can see how difficult this is to write it and they want the will work, struggle we get aid. some of these areas we're going through now it's like help with though it's a very difficult to right to access. i imagine even all that good day let alone

what a life of the size of it has been. like now people that's been out with a couple of days ago from areas around here saying we need help with mobilized old results that help these people, frankly, really quite the size of the population size. it would be a struggle for anyone with charlotte today. they're getting paid out to these areas, but now the way most of it's a very situations shouldn't do this is i'm not really not exactly sure what the condition is. all we know these we've let me know that a few days ago, but we've got a helicopter that loaded all off you out to try to give us a shot or walked inside the helicopter boxes. all flo boxes

when you talk to the turkish military. well that this is more than just another 3 operations. i say you know, this is golden. just a family's assault. we need to get a lot of times as i'm also getting this now to the possible i think any moment we're about to latin, rob, while you go to continue with us and we'll, we'll stay with me for the moment. you go ahead actually be able to see. all right, so i think what landing it looks like all the, all,

all the very see. now i don't see any body. this is where you live. normally, the full that comes to my head frankly, is not to help you with normal conditions. let load it up like joe out, are we able to show the shop side of that mountain? i mean, how would the process that the, the size of the mouth is alive, raises the flight openings between the mountains and it's very, very difficult. there is a road making route. i imagine this is a very livable area. laura, this falls down, but again, everybody on this helicopter is healthy people all in relatively own

goals. we know that if you live out hoping people are still in a relatively good position. how the private has all that as soon as we live, not to get in the way of delivery via so we're going to stay where we are and let them do well. they do business all my own. just to give you an idea of what a horsey spoke about with millions, all 5 of the areas with these fall, you just get out. when all told me about poles, you've run location or i will all the ground wall. we're on the ground now. the military on taking the box. we're looking for the recall where what happens to

the villages? what are the people living in the law? whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. okay, here we are. people that play with sadly, i go think it's a good idea for us to try and get out of all those we all with all the more they going to they have people. so the robber, they need to see these old with our mall today. the medical assistance with the law fleet, we want to get in the way paid off the re

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all i see, wait with all my good is ready and emotionally a moment because i want to get out to those people like me, looks like a grandfather and so many young children. while we have to go, we have to go. it's right to look down and see these kids as we fly off waving. got off, walt, situated through the hallway, going to i was gonna say, what situation do they go home to? i'm not sure how much of a home they have left. about to pull over, sorry about sorry about the shots may not be as stable as we'd like to be like we're flying in the air taken off the mouth. right. it is a bit difficult to say the least. ok,

sarielle will be out there. we go to see if we're going to hit widow, obviously voice, but it's not bad. i bye. bye bye. license for so i think with the delivery. we'll come back to that with me. thank you very much indeed. and thanks also to jo cameraman there who was doing all the work, we saw some zaden and jaw on by helicopter, forming part of the turkey military air bridge, which is delivering aid to some of the local villages. while the scale of the damage from the quake is now becoming cleared up,

the turkish government says 40 percent of buildings in carbon marsh have been damaged in an takia. half the structures will be demolished because they're considered unfit. 50 percent of buildings in katia were damaged. the ministry says it expects to rebuild the affected areas. within a year, we're going to call cross to stephanie decker. now, who's in the village of our go sherri steph, a. we just saw sammy there talking about the deliveries that are be made to some remote areas. you're in one of those remote villages. what's been happening there? yes. will in our last life we showed you just the devastation in the remote villages. we're now going to show you what it's actually done to the earth that we're in a cemetery. and you can see that the earthquake even disturbed the dead. and then in the ground, you see where the earth broke. when that immense magnitude earthquake hit in this

area, you even have a fresh grave here. sure. we were being told by the villagers that this line actually killed the sister of a man who lives in that house further down. this is the gray. fatty is going to show you those. this is a newly newly buried of course. part of so many people over 41000 people that have lost their lives in this devastating earthquake. but looking at the ground really gives you a sense of just the power. i mean, and of course we don't need any more in the sense if we really show you the devastation of what it's done to the buildings. but the way this ground has been lifted, you can see here as well. and then you see this massive crevice crate that they have started to fill up where the earth literally just split apart. and so this gives you a sense of just the enormity the, the, that the power of mother nature that has caused such destruction. i mean we, when we were in the village in our last life, just before we went on air,

there was an aftershock and we've been feeling the aftershock sir, every day and every night. but we were standing on the village ground. yeah. and it literally shook, and you could hear the sound and this is a very light compared to, you know, the 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes that caused such a devastation. so this just gives you a sense of just how violent that was. stephanie, thank you very much. indeed. stephanie decker talking to us from the village of gosh, daddy. all right, so sad as joining us live from the city of agile. i'm in the southeast of tokyo russell. this is your home tone. describe to us what it's like. whoa, the indeed it is. i have reported on many crisis areas and before going wars and syria in ukraine and in many other places they have been hit by disaster. however,

i will then imagine that one day i'm going to report about the death of my own friends and the city that i grew up in, in this very street, that now i am report him. i have worked with my friends. i have several great memories. how loft we have joked, and we had hopes for the future, but now many of them are gone. and i know that from no one, i'm not going to be able to dial the number and to talk to them over the phone or going into summers when i come to was of my family's. i'm not going to be able to meet many of my friends that i had years with now. it's quite a painful feeling here. however, here the rescue for still continuing. you can see that the heavenlies, the machinery is the diggers. are digging into the robles right over there, but that is checked by the secured by the, the rescue teams here. and they said there is no one alive on that. there is lovell

here. so now they are cleaning this robles to make the way for the vehicles to move in the city. and this is not only a single example here that are hands or such sites blocks off their blocks apartment off the apartments are leveled on across the city. so this is one of the main avenue of the city that connect rest of the of the month with each other. now you can see it is it's completely gone here. and the other houses lit the homes that are still standing there either either cracked or heavily damaged. that's why people do not feel secure enough to get back to them because they are not safe now . so here a 1000 people have been buried already. the mayor of the city says that this here, the number will go up 215001175 buildings have called left here. so the scale of destruction is beyond imagination

is too much for the city size of the r man. however, people are trying to cope with the aftermath, so they are better than the tense cities that have been set up by the authorities here. now, thousands of people are living in that tense cities. however, the supply chain is not, is not sufficient. the lack of toilets, lack of proper warm clothes, heaters is still an issue here. and thousands of families have already abandoned, the city did left the city and they took their families to the safer place is just a little ago. i have talked to the, the mid, the minister of enlightenment and urban planning. and i asked him if they are going to be able, in a short term to why the natural gas, electricity and water to the city says that it is going to take time. there were kim, but as of now on the 25 percent of the city is receiving the water. 60 percent of

the city doesn't have electricity and natural gas. nothing here. so it's completely, particularly during the nice freezing times, it is completely abandoned. russell, thank you very much and he does wrestle shudder, talking to his from a gym on millions of homes have been destroyed across to a kia send them costello. is that an aide sent an an ankara will work, is underway to help those in need of shelter were at the 10 production facility of the turkish rad crest in the capitol unfair. there's another one, like the factory in the eastern province so bad in job every day. more than 500, the workers are working around the clock to produce 510 so that the fans tend to deployed to the earthquake. it's amy at them today. and people are quick survivors, it can be accommodated, even the fans are 16 and a half. so meters and they have separate sections for the family and the children

inside the material is waterproof, a fireproof and know that we are told. but of course, until the trick is present, finishes, building new homes for the earthquake survivors. he says that bear with me for one year. these 10 will be a temporary solution for the locals who are trying to continue their lives. and we have no place to go, help them being in the city. the non custodial houses. here are you an aide convoys which the quaker area in northwestern syria, 22 trucks carrying aid, entered through the bubble holla, border crossing between syria and took care. and the only days of the earthquakes, there was a delay in getting to the region where a prolonged civil war has ravaged the area on the coffee. our honda is an activist in it. lebanese says, the recovery and relief efforts in the region are underway with limited resources.

this device did it even before that quick now is suffering more and more. all those people in fact, who have been directly affected or even those people who have been indirectly affected are living very severe in conditions. okay, if you are thinking about the korean sides, old people here are really in reality they need an urgent help. in fact, they needed help from the 1st day of the earthquake. nevertheless, in fact the united nation was very, very late responding to these people. and even if we go to the medical medical field, if that you are really, i mean, suffering from a shortage on of or resources and materials in dominican, a medical field. even for example, if you want to take our kids, my 2 kids in fact are sick. you know that i can take them to the hospital because because they know they are really heavily impact that and overwhelmed by the whole situation. and they are really suffering from the so the sources they have

a product to people. so that's in fact to how people this is of course, i mean in addition to the risk you gain, all people are in the rebel places. are trying either to get people alive or even some people are trying to get some of their memories of places of their beloved who passed away during our quick in the last few days. they are not successful in taking living people of the rebels. but at least of course, many people might be dead under the stubble and they deserve to be poor and in the appropriate way. and so that's why they have to do. they have to continue in either impact rescuing, rescuing their buddies, or at least it's a, i mean they can get a way which is in fact making obstacles in the whole cities and towns and villages in northwest syria. ah, let me bring you some breaking news out of scotland. scotland 1st minister nicholas surgeons just announced her resignation. after more than 8 years sturgeon's been in

the position since 2014. 1 of the this decision is not a reaction to short term pressures. of course that are difficult issues confronting the government, just know. but when is that ever not the case? i have spent almost 3 decades in frontline politics a decade and a half on the top or 2nd top rung of government. when it comes to navigating choppy waters resolving seemingly intractable issues or soldiers. orn, when walking away would be the simpler option. i have plenty of expedients to draw on. so if this was just a question of my ability or my resilience to get through the latest period of pressure, i wouldn't be standing here today, but it's not. this decision comes from a deeper and longer tear assessment. we're going to get more on this was rory challenge in london, laurie. i'm just the nickel, sturgeon, and fighter still carrying on,

making that statement at the moment this in many ways as it is an upheaval in the scottish politics given the length of time she's been in office water, she's been saying and the statement. yeah, he'll certainly write about and people having we where you stay at the moment, we are people in westminster politics with prime ministers coming and going with a dizzying speed. but north of the border, things have been much, much more stable for many, many years. nicholas sturgeon, the longest serving fast minister of scotland. she said that stepping down was a very hard decision to make it as a leader. you have to kind of intuitively know when the time is right to make way for someone else. and she thinks that that time is now, she said that there were a couple of questions that she has been asking herself recently. the 1st of those is he's carrying on right for me. and the 2nd of them is, is me carrying on, right for the country. and right to the parts into said recently,

she wasn't so convinced that the answer to both of those questions was yes, she talked about the personal toll, the, the pressures of the job had been taking on her so that she wasn't expecting violins for this. but there's only so long, she said that you can give everything to a job. it takes its toll. and more recently, she was suggesting the pandemic, she said was particularly tough. and also she was hinting at past decisions that she's taken choices that she's made. position that she holds that aren't necessarily shared by the rest of her party. and that in stepping down, she would free the party to choose a new leader and go forward. now, as for the timeline of that, that will of course be a process which is going to start now to choose the next leader of the scottish national party, and that nicholas sturgeon will be staying on in her role until that process is

completed. we don't know how long that's gonna take, but that's the process that has to be done. right. thank you very much indeed. chung's, bringing this up to date there. thank you. now ukraine says, russian forces have bombarded troops and towns in the eastern done yet screeching in what appears to be a new offensive, but keeps as its troops have repelled attacks around the frontline city of buck mode, as well as causing russian losses in the nearby town. of vala dot russia has intensified attacks in the region as the 1st anniversary of its invasion approaches. the greatest presidents as his forces are fighting for every meter in the east of the country. louisa lensky made the comments as nato defense ministers meet in brussels for a 2nd day to agree on more support for. keith said dice in upper de vieza blue, another matching into the situation on the frontline, especially in done it. skin hunter remains very difficult. the battles are literally for every meter of ukrainian lance. we got confirmation from our partners

about more air defense weapons, more tanks, more artillery and shelves. more training for our military. as it was said to day, ukraine must be successful. we're in agreements here. success must come, limp. cameroon, has detected 2 suspected cases of marburg, infection among people living near is southern border. at least 9 have died after contracting the disease and neighboring equitorial. guinea is considered as infectious as a bowler, and it causes severe fever, bleeding, and organ failure. but on no approved vaccines to prevent infection. foreign ministers in the united states, germany, france, italy, and the u. k. have issued a joint statement condemning israel's plan to formalize 9 illegal settlements. they say they strongly appoint propose israel's unilateral action morning. it'll worse intentions with palestinians is a security cabinet said the decision was taken in response to a series of attacks and occupied east jerusalem. us call maker ford plans to cut

3800 jobs across europe in the next 3 years. it's as the decision was aimed at cutting costs and stay competitive in the electric vehicle market. ford hopes to reduce numbers to voluntary redundancies accompanies diverting $50000000000.00 to developing electric cars. us authorities of arrested for more people in connection with the killing of haitian president, juvenile, noisy, in 2021. a total of 11 suspects are now in custody wise's assassination 2 years ago created a power vacuum that's allowed, gangs to gain power and control in the capital puzzle, plants prime minister annual re has demanded deployment of foreign troops after an increase in kidnappings and killings. we're going to be back with more all these stories in about 25 minutes, and these is going to continue and al jazeera after inside story the by, ah,

with have been huge amounts of stow in the mountains of hon. shoot this year. and there are still snow showers falling at the moment, but they are soon to die out in the full cost. the thursday, she's very feebly also sees a rise in temperature, which means the avalanche risk is going to be much higher. temperature wise. we are rapidly seeing the varieties and the sun is out to help with that fact. but there is still cloud in central part of chad and temperatures. here are where they should be. they're not high nor low. similar sort of story on friday with the north in particular seeing temperatures rise, rosalyn stay where they are. i think we might be seeing the end of winter here. for india, nothing is happening, but this dark brown, you see here is morling fog, which tends to burn back. there is snow in the very far north of pakistan and afghanistan. but no more than that. that's persistent line that stretches back to iran as well. temperature wise and not probably 30 level and karachi the course

that's attended this term here by rog, poor air quality, particularly in northern pakistan, but it's not limited to part time get to saturday. the snow is still falling. afghanistan's not in couple, but the mountains around it and it stretches through to the finals of pakistan and northern india, but to say beyond that. but hopefully you can enjoy the sunshine ah . in november 2023 and security services carried out operation lock, so against dozens of miscellaneous, i opened my eyes. i saw a machine gun pointed at my head, but a court found the re, a now charges that they dropped in one of the views on the reason why they are doing this because they want to intimidate antiterrorist, measure discrimination, austria ration looks all on al jazeera.