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cut off more than a week after 2 powerful earthquakes. we report from a military helicopter on route to a remote village with these off families and get a lot of anxiety. ah, i'm the clock. this is out 0 life and her also coming up more ada trucks crossing to quick hit syria. as the calls for humanitarian assistant, they get louder. the will to survive in spite of builds the 74 year old women is pulled from the rubble and turkey alive. also, it had ukraine's president says his troops fighting for every meter of land does nato allies meet to discuss and be more weapons to keep ah

m. so we begin with the race to get aid to remote areas in turkey, a cut off to, to powerful earthquakes. it has been 9 days since the quakes toppled. tens of thousands of buildings and turkey and in syria. aid has been slow to get to some errors. the death toll in both countries stands at more than $41.00 thousands that figure continues to rise. so he said on was on board a helicopter that delivered supplies in out of human price. this is, charlie, are they getting aid out to these areas? we're now on the way. it's a very situation. this is another not exactly sure what the condition is. all we know these people know that a few days ago, but hell, we've got a helicopter that's loaded all off. do out give us

a shot or walked inside the helicopter. walk all flo boxes when you talk to the military. well that this is more than just another minute, 3 operations. i say you know, this is more than just another minute break. all these, all families get a lot of anxiety also possible. all right, so i think we're landing it looks like all the call all the very the it's right. i don't. all right,

this is where you live. normally, a full that comes to my head, frankly. no to help you with normal conditions, let load it up. but most joe out i'll be able to so all of that now, i mean, how would you that the, the size of the mouth is the law. it raises the light opening between the mountains and it's very, very difficult. there is a road route, i imagine aside laura falls down everybody, all these other people all in relatively oath, we know they'd be both in a relatively good position of

apply, but all we like not to get in the way of delivery vh. so we're going to stay where we are and let them, will they be my own lives right now, just to give you an idea what a more about that is saying that the for the millions of people, i feel like the area that like you just get out, when all told me about you were on the ground. now, the military on taking the box. what we're looking for is a big hole. where what happens to the village? what the people living here is a lot where we whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

whoa, whoa, whoa. okay, daily, all people have made it all through the military. taking the ball. sadly, i don't think it's a good idea for us to get out. although we all, with the one all the more they going today, they need i need medical with what to do to get the way 8 operation while the scale of damage from the earthquake is now becoming clearer, the turkish government says 40 percent of buildings and carmen marsh, a been damaged and untouched. half the structures will be demolished because

they're considered unfit. and 50 percent of buildings in heartache were damaged. interior minister says it expects to rebuild the affected areas within a year. stephanie decker has been to the turkish village of a gorgeous theater. 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 were 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 to 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 of we really showed 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 crater that they have started to fill out 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 your the 7.8 and 7.6. earthquakes had caused such a devastation. so this just gives you

a sense of just how violent that was a latino from whistle soda who has more from the city vitamin in the southeast, which was also his home town. early i asked him about reporting on that is also in the place that his from i have reported on many crisis areas of the foregoing wars in syria, in japan 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. we have 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 their number and to talk to them over the phone or during the summers. when i come to visit my families,

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 force are still continuing. you can see that the heavy lifting machinery, the diggers are digging into the rob, both right over there. but that is checked by the secured by did the rescue teams here. and they said there is no one alive under this rob over 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 off. 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 connects the rest of the month with each other. now you can see it is it's completely gone here. and the other houses and 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, despite the odd survivors have continued to be pulled out from under the rubble in the past few hours, a 74 year old is rescued alive in color, marsh. she'd been tracked for more than 9 days. earlier a 42 year old williams rescued in the same city 9 others were rescued on tuesday. human rights watch is called the u. n. c. monitor in response to the earthquakes and syria, inadequate. the rights group as calling for urgent help for those who've been affected. maribel has this variable held city in town of gin. terrace is close to the border with plucky, yet for 12 years its survival battle bombs and artillery shells launched by the ceiling. armed button earthquake leveled. most of it in seconds. more than

a week has passed since 2 quakes struck lisa region. and people here say there is no sign any help is on its way. they're struggling to survive on their own. home or young circle desperately need tense. i can stand the cold, no problem. i can sleep anyway, no problem, nothing but they are a woman, children, an engine who we took out from the rebel unlock here. i just dropped my kids off at the hospital. a whole body is all blue both because i guess nobody tortilla has sent help to people here. cotton civil war. but the al, squeeze of disrupted that and worse and now suffering. you won't be generous from the 1st day. we had around 3900 families who reflected without any shelter. we had 270 buildings that were completely destroy around a 1000 buildings and not suitable for you. we have 3900 families who have no shelter. last week, the united nation started sending $82.00,

syria for border crossings with after the syrian government announced it would cooperate. and shortly after its representative visit to the affected area, both the trauma of the people we spoke to was visible. and this is a trauma which the world needs to heal. and the reason we're here is because we want to raise money for the brave organizations which are helping these people of aleppo, these people of syria, other humanitarian agencies and countries in the region half sent 8 shipments by air to damascus international airport. but quick survivors in opposition held areas in the northwest said none has reached them. then we'll still have the full we want our voice to reach the whole world. but where's the? there are hundreds of people who still need tenants, and they don't even have somewhere to sit, find a solution. whereas this 8 coming from, let's see,

the ages never going to come here. when we saw that nearly 3000000 people who've been displaced within syria live in the northwest, many have been forced to move repeatedly because of, of all the off quakes have left tens of thousands homeless yet again. and the desperate teen shelter, food, medical care, and clean water to drink. 10500, you. lemme a smart as a team member with the nonprofit syrian for him. and we spoke with him earlier from finishing it lip. he says the humanitarian responds to syria has been politicized. syria has suffered from 12 years of war and no and no materials and no, they are not equipped to face this crisis. in fact, especially, i think we are here in syria. the syrian a crisis is politicized. the the cross border,

no 8, no international aid were entered to this area. and in fact, there was a delay in the international international intervention. more than 5 days, no international aid or entered here in to get into this area here in the city and for forum. we launched a campaign to face the, the need of those people who are affected in this and this crisis and disrespect we created a lot of temporary shelter. more than $1010.00 was in the areas which was affected in the us a quick a. we need more rob, to remove those trucks, we need more trucks. we need more international intervention into this area, not just a food, not just another thing of a well in both turkey and syria in the aftermath of the earthquakes as an increased

risk of infectious diseases spreading. dr. mitzi is an infectious disease professor tuck yes at the university, and he explains the concerns. they put him in dirt engineering and then it's from the 4th year of the earthquake. we can see the infectious diseases. but some of these diseases have an incubation period which could be delayed by up to one to 3 months. in general, infectious diseases that concrete tricks, many respiratory diseases. because people who are being rescued from the rebels or the relatives rescue teams, medical personnel are staying and crowded tense in sport halls and enclosed areas. and the illnesses which were popular before the earthquake recovered flu and other types of diseases like meningitis and chicken pox or did buddies and not important sources of infection as long as they don't carry any sickness during that time. so the dead because of trauma, not because of infections. that's when they're not treating any serious sickness. danger. these buddies should be put in budget bags and buried. otherwise,

rodents will appear in those areas. as switch pipes will break down and strict dogs can take them out when they are hungry. the most important is human waste mobile toilet a, solving the problem. but they are not everyone. mobile toilets are the most important right now. there is a shortage of this. people need them. secondly, that's quick areas of cold. and of course, people contest showered, but there should be water heaters in certain areas. there should be enough gloves for people who work there as well as sanitizers and must to let her now 0 soviet yes, scotland 1st minister nicholas dudgeon announced her resignation as new york experience is a very balmy winter. we asked why no real snow was road has arrived so far this year . ah.

after much heavy rain in the philippines, sir, still flood warnings out as a legacy. the next area of heavy rain in the vicinity is going to be near the arm of yap, where the circulation just developing that might end up being a named stone. otherwise this is wet, season rainy, season rain. it's focusing on the star se sumatra in the long java. otherwise it's daddy, thunderstorms, maybe bigger ones in silhouette, casey as well. no. so that was still in winter, which means it should be cold. ready, though winter has come up. right across to japan once more and dropped snow recently about tommy good thursday. it's much warmer. the avalanche risk would be that much higher. as a result, mostly we talked about sunshine, the korean peninsula and in china, bitter class, maybe dom yangtze valley. but not much for the at the sky and temperatures more or less where they should be, or maybe on the high side of where they should be. now that's also true. india temperatures are coming up now most places into the middle, thirty's. it's still

a worry or a quality place like delhi, and even the whole cause has nothing to stir up at air, but it's a quiet time of the year. apart from the morning folk of the eastern side of the delta, there is snow in the fall and also pakistan and afghanistan, and parts of europe. ah ah ah ah ah ah

ah, again your g i'll 0 reminder about top stories is and the turkish military has been fly in much needed a 2 areas that were cut off by the earthquakes. some of those towns in the south of the country are remote regional, so the military has been delivering supplies by helicopter. despite the old survivors of continued to be pulled out from under the rubble in the past few hours to 74 year old was rescued, alive, and kind of my marsh. she had been trapped for 227 hours. united nations is appealing for nearly $400000000.00 to help provide humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in syria. it comes as 20 trucks carrying you in need of crossed into opposition. health not scotland. first minister nicholas sturgeon has announced her

resignation after more than 8 years. she's been in the position since 2014 sturgeon will remain leader of scotland government until a successor pointed. oh, this decision is not a reaction to short term pressures. of course that are difficult issues confronting the government to snow. 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 horn, when walking away would be the simpler option. i have plenty of experience 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. all right,

let's get more of this with roy. challenge in london a, it's a really tell us more about the motivations here. you think she said, this was a very tough decision to make. the really to should have some sort of intuition about when the right moment was to effectively call it a day and hand over to someone else to have a go. and she said that that moment was now she's been asking herself a couple of different questions recently. and the 1st 2 days was, is it right for her right? for her as a woman, as a person, to carry on in this role? the 2nd, is it right for her party in her country as a carry on in the role. and she said that, you know, when she's been asking self, recently, the answer to those questions was probably no. and that was the reason why she decided to step down the toll on her as a pass. nothing because as she spoke of as being increasingly hard to bear,

that you can't go on indefinitely in such a demanding position, giving everything for a job and having an infinite supply left in the tank. but she also alluded to perhaps differences of policy, of constitutional opinion between her and some people in her party. and that perhaps if she steps down and gave that role to someone else in the past, it could go into the next governmental phase. perhaps more unified and i'm more line so yeah, that she'll stay on for the deterioration of the process until someone else is found. whenever that's going to be, it probably take months, rory leave that. thanks so much. roy hines, everybody from now at least 73 people trying to reach your, of a missing and presumed drown, following a shipwreck off the libyan coast. on tuesday, the migration agency says that the boat was k, a t people, when it had left gossip alitalia. earlier that day,

7 survivors were taken to hospital and what they say were extremely done conditions . at least a 130 migrants of di trying to cross the central mediterranean. already this year, ukraine's president says his forces are fighting for every metre in the east of the country for him as zalinski made the comments as nato defense ministers meet in brussels for a 2nd day. to agree on more support for key said ice and apparently the assembly of another nation into the situation on the front line, especially in donnette skin hun sc remains very difficult. the battles are literally for every metre of ukrainian lance. we got confirmation from our partners about more air defense weapons, more tanks, more artillery and shells. more training for our military, as it was said to de ukraine must be successful. we're in agreements here. success must come to live. now due to that summit, notary announced so increase reduction of a 155 millimeter artillery rounds to help create levels with knowledge that members need to spend more on defense stat,

russian joints now from brussels. so that tells us more about this noted transmitter submitted. well, these are artillery shells, of course, are important for ukraine, but as sir nato secretary general said that this by far not enough, there's a real concern. that is not enough ammunition or ukraine is using more ammunition right now than nato can produce. he has really called on natal members till were 2 half days increase. large increase of defense spending. they agreed in 2014 to have like quite 2 percent of the annual budget going to the fans. well, at the moment, only 7 of the 30 natal countries are reaching this or target. so there's a lot more that needs to be done, or there's a production light at half to be a revamp to basically day stops produce, producing a lot of arms at the end of the cold war. well, now with the war and ukraine, of course, as a different reality here in europe. so they said that not only the factories that

are existing need to be used more efficiently, but also new factories need to be built very rapidly. so that's been basically what was been discussed to day a ukraine us of course, also still asking for f sixteens, but we haven't heard any news on the delivery of these fighter jets to ukraine. no, to hopefully from sweden had been joining today's meeting. what's the latest on on that well, sultan burke was very clear on them both adjoining. at the same time at the moment, only 28 of the 30 and nato countries have ratified their accession to nato. a turkey took here and hungry. i still blocking the accession st. oldenburg, said he, a stressed also with the meat in a meeting with the peasant earl, and that he wants both of them to join together. it is still optimism that that will happen. added july, a summit in vilnius, but he also sat at the sequencing is not important. it's mostly important that both

nations will join step thanks, words that ration there in brussels within our from zone. binge obeyed who's in moscow was so far, no direct reaction from the russian government on this meeting in brussels. but russia has, for the last year, are made its point that nato is using ukraine. i do white ridge of proxy war against russia. we've heard from the russian foreign minister talking to the state duma today saying that the quote it's reached. the west has reached a point of no return in using ukraine as a bridge head against russia. he called the rest of peddling lies against russia, especially when it comes to issues such as the north steam pipeline and the russian foreign. mr. has also told the state duma, that the russian presidents actions are to to carry out this special operation is yielding results. sir. russia has not been really involved in explaining its

position to its people, but it's been telling them that it is an existential issue, that it had to go to war. and according to moscow, it is making headway the tourists visiting new york city hoping to experience a winter wonderland might be disappointed. there is no snow in temperatures a balmy, and that says nearby regions have been seeing record snowfall out 0. gabriel is on day reports now from new york. on a recent february day in central park in new york city. you never had guessed it was right smack in the middle of winter. look around, people are dressed like it's spring or summer. wait, hold on shorts and a t shirt in central park in winter. where is the snow? new york city average is around 75 centimeters of snow every winter. so far this year, only about one centimeter has fallen. i do this snow. i like snow in winter. so

i mean this is not normal winter. i feel so overdressed right now, and that's probably because i am. it's really too warm to be wearing these gloves. i certainly don't need this scarfs probably don't even need to be wearing this jacket right now, but it's out of habit because it's mid february and it's supposed to be cold. but it's not temperatures on this day, nearly 18 degrees celsius. 15 degrees above the average temperatures this time of year, whether uniform outside right now, look at this sunshine, crazy love. if you ever seen new york in february like this, never, never before. the northeast of the united states has seen all sorts of weather records this winter. in buffalo, about 600 kilometers from new york city. they saw more snow in december than any other winter in the past. 50 years and boston saw

a record low temperatures and early february, down to negative 35 degrees celsius with wind shield, which i experienced 1st hand rock and field on my finger tips through the glass. meteorologist say the extreme temperatures are caused in part by a weather pattern known as la nina. but also something else. change as you know, the oil is warming, or winter's, or warming, and all weather now it's taking place in an atmosphere that's fun of mentally church. it's warmer, it's more moist, and our weather is all current and that changed atmosphere. a new reality, perhaps with new yorkers, 1st enjoying the warm weather, but now beginning to ask themselves, will it ever snow this year? because this isn't normal. gabriel is aldo al jazeera.