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destruction despair and i warnings of disease the struggle to survive in turkey, 9 days after 2 devastating earthquakes. the u. n. health agency says it's biggest concerns are about northwest syria, where many survivors say they've been abandoned by the outside world. ah, hello, they're dealing with all this out. as he relies from london, also coming up a relentless assault by russia in eastern ukraine, plus my decision comes from a piece of duty under looks. scotlands longest serving 1st minister shocks the u. k . by announcing her resignation. ah, a warm welcome to the program. turkish health authorities are warning severe water

shortages are raising the risk of disease after last week's earthquakes destroyed at critical sanitation infrastructure. millions of survivors, many who are now homeless in freezing conditions are without basic immunities. we're talking about toilet showers and of course medicine and many remote areas still haven't received enough aid. rescues are few and far between. but in carmen marashi that's at the epicenter of the quake. a 74 year old woman has been pulled from a collapse building after 9 days trapped under the ruffle, than more than 41000 people across turkey and syria have been killed. meanwhile, the world health organization says that it's greece is concerns are about northwestern syria and has asked syrian president, basher allah, sad to open more border crossings with turkey, nearly 6000 people have been killed in syria. many survivors feel like they've been left behind by the international response. but we have

a team of correspondence covering the disaster, but we begin with sammy sedan, who has been on board a helicopter that's been delivering aid supplies to a remote area of a d. l and province. this is charlotte. they getting aid out to these areas. we're now on the way to the hospital for the left. it's a very way this is and all the believe. not exactly sure what the condition is. all we know these with a few days ago. there was a hell, we've got a helicopter that loaded all off you out. give us a short walk inside of boxes. all flo boxes. so when you sold to the military bed, this is more than just a melva military operations. i say these are going over

you know, this is more than just another minute. real break. all these all families to get a list for the millions of people i've been by the area that like fall you just get out to a map when all told me about all you were on the ground. now the military on taking the box, we're looking for the big hole. where what happens to the village? what happens to the people living is a lot where we whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. okay, daily, all be bullet made it all. take it to the military. taking

a badly. i don't think it's a good idea for us. i get out of although i want all of them will be going with our mine. do they need medical with? we want to do it get in the way 8 operation. well, natasha named joins us live now from iskander. and good to see you natasha. what was the current situation there is a critical shortage of shelter. there isn't a total tally yet of the number of homeless as a result of the earthquake,

but we do know that so far there government, we're talking about the federal government has given 1600000 people shelter. but the countries entire supply of tense has been depleted. it is working to make more tents procure more from abroad and is constructing mobile container camps. in the meantime, a fairy with a capacity of 1200 people is now here at the escandone port, and it will offer a refuge and an alternative to people from living outside. these children are too young to know the word earthquake. they asked their parents why their house shook so violently. they want to go home, but they say they're too scared disclosable enough to get this. i can logically, it affected my 5 children a lot. i could barely rescue them. all my savings is gone with. thankfully i saved

my children and that is enough for me. this ferry has been converted into an emergency shelter and medical clinic. every one we met on board has been living in tents. it arrived from istanbul 2 days ago. it is docked in the mediterranean port city of his scans. erin, in her tie, the mayor says, 14000 people have died across the province. the survivors feel nami grappling with trauma. they're only just beginning to articulate. so go to the nothing is left. i don't want to live here anymore. i cannot live with disappear. you can't believe what we've seen horrible things or psychology is badly affected by it. there were so many sounds, everything shaking it stopped and then we ran. survivors can get psychological support on board the ship. the president of the turkish red crescent says it's

providing mental health services across the region. a calls its capacity humble, compared to the immense gale of the need. they deal with them or whatever. god says it happens, but we are very afraid. i experienced the moment of death. i have nobody a little more than a week ago these earthquake survivors had beds to sleep in and taught food to eat basic necessities. most people take for granted. now there, among more than 13000000 people, carrying the worst of southern turkey as collective trauma were told, the fury will be available to earthquake survivors for as long as is needed. there is a 2nd ferry that is coming here to the iskander and port traveling west along the coastal cities and onward to istanbul. busy dropping people along the way so they can

resettle temporarily. natasha can aim their joining us from escandone. natasha thinking. now millions as syrians have been affected by the disaster, and most of the debts have been recorded in rebel held areas where aid has been slow to arrive. muhammad vol has more than i beheld city in tone of didn't that it is close to the border with porky it for 12 years. it's survivor bottled pumps. and off to liddy shells, launched by the ceiling armed button of quake level. most of it in seconds. more than a week has passed since 2 quakes struck the citizen. and people here say that a snow sign and help is on its way. they're struggling to survive on their own little hail, early on, 2nd desperately need tense. i can stand the cold, no problem, lumina. i can sleep anyway. no problem. not, but they are women,

children, and injured, who we took out from. and the rabble that was good, not care. i just dropped my kids off at the hospital, but a whole body is all blue on it. a lot. casa for years, nobody tortilla has sent health to people here caught in civil war. but the elf quakes have disrupted that, and worse, and they're suffering a well, you often get us from the 1st day we had around 3900 families who reflected without any shouter. we had 270 buildings that were completely destroyed around a 1000 buildings and not suitable for use. we have 3900 families who have no shelter. last week, the united nations started sending aid into syria through border crossings with turkey. after the syrian government announced it would cooperate. and shortly after its representative visit to the affected area around aleppo, 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 is people of syria as a 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. se none have reached them. then we'll still have the full, we want our voice to reach the whole world. but where's the 8? there are hundreds of people who still need tenants out and they don't even have somewhere to sit, find a solution. whereas this 8 coming from, let's see. it is 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 the war of weeks have left tens of thousands homeless yet again. and they desperately need a shelter, food,

medical care, and clean water to drink. $1500.00 will syrian refugees that had been living an earthquake hit areas of turkey are being temporarily relocated. he bill at the babel, how are crossing have been describing their sense of devastation and loss following a disaster. some of those well with i am heading to syria because of the earthquake, because nothing has been left for us. we have no homes, no work on it. we have almost nothing. we have suffered the look because of the cold weather. we are not happy to go to syria, but we are forced to. so we will go for some months and then we'll come back here. i don't feel safe anywhere. valesh gone? well, i can, i'm to love it. thank god. they opened the crossing for us to see our families and to pay our condolences to my family and to others. we know in syria will we fear

nothing now, because we can go to see our families after almost 18 months. we lost friends here in to kia and they're in syria, and thank god, my families fargo hakim, this over lou. i'm here with my wife and 2 children and going to syria to pay my condolences to my family. as my sister and her 2 children have died in 3rd grade. we have gone through horror. the building, real living has been completely destroyed. but god's power saves us. dozens of people trying to reach you are, are missing and presumed, dead driving to after they're both sank off the libyan coast. on tuesday, the you and migration agencies as the boat was carrying 80 people when it left casa our care. earlier that day, authorities have retrieved 11 bodies so far. while 7 survivors have been taken to hospital, at least a 130 migrants have died trying to cross the central mediterranean just this year. still ahead on al jazeera health workers in milan, we struggle with the countries worst. cholera break on record.

ah hello there, the weather scene is looking more divided as we go into the end of the week across europe. we still got lots of high temperatures across the region. there is a lot of want to be found that it is going to get wetter and windy more wintry as well across more northern areas. but it is looking rather settled with lots of sunshine in the south. so let's start in the north west with the more in the way of rain putting to northern areas of the island of island and britain. stronger winds as well coming into play on friday. it will feel rather blustering, but still some spells of brightness. in the very south. we've got a wintry mix, is going to blast into norway, pushing across sweden, wind warnings out for denmark. it is going to get wetter,

replaces in germany and poland. some fog issues remaining here and more wintry weather, working its way across the baltic states and into western russia, where temperatures are falling slightly. but there'll be on the up across the south, not just for areas like greece in italy, but certainly for spain and portugal. lots of clear skies and sunshine, the wind remaining an issue across the straits of gibraltar, but further east it is looking a lot quieter. colder across northern and eastern areas of turkey. but for greece, have a look at the 3 day in athens. lots of sunshine through to saturday. ah . in a notorious waterside community, what kings and folks will one theater director ventures to stage a play called me i tried to empower the women. that old man sitting right. did i and redefine best

status in society? missy that nigeria is women, walk on water witness on al jazeera lou . ah, ah, a quick reminder of our top story see on al jazeera, turkish health authorities, a warning severe water shortages are raising the risk of disease after last week's earthquakes, destroyed critical sanitation infrastructure. millions of survivors are without basic communities such as toilet showers or medicine. the world health organization says it's greatest concerns are about northwest syria and has asked syrian president basha allison to open more border crossings with turkey. many survivors

feel like they've been left behind by the international response. dozens of people trying to reach you are, are missing and presumed drowned after their bolt sank of the libyan coast. on tuesday, the un migration agency says the boat was carrying 80 people when it left casara. okay. or earlier that day. more on top soy now, massive aid and recovery efforts are of course continuing across southern turkey and northern syria. following the earthquake disaster wrestle, sir der has this report from the city of at the amazon, which is also his home town. life has come to hold in the torture city of young sister, earthquake stock last week. and nothing symbolizes that. more than this clock time . the landmark office of the clock stop when the question the region, like many others here, job id is there has sent his family members to stumble. know what? because of the destination door. no natural gas, no electricity, no water,

nothing for food. we rely entirely on the a dish. we didn't attend city more than 1000 buildings have collapsed here and around 10000 people lost their lives. those who survived are now started. only 25 percent of the city has water. of the pipes were heavily damaged. it will take days if not weeks to repair them. 60 percent of residents are given without electricity. none are getting natural gas. this was the largest stadium in or the ammon. it has now been turned into a tense city. that's home to more than 5000 people touches environment and urban planning minister, murat groom, told al jazeera that the government will provide people with more shelter and promised tom's will be quickly rebuilt. electric is now some ports the city of provided with electricity, him water. we all repair in the infrastructure of the city now, so you for natural gas, the process of damage assessment of his continuing. once we fix the pipes,

public buildings such as hospital, august, greens, and buildings says, have slight damage will be our priority to provide gas. you know, we will rebuild the homes within a year under the gold luggage business here has also been disrupted and must shops have either collapsed or, or haven't chemist. this is what is left of his results shop. you see we have lost everything. whatever we had in the shop is gone. we don't know how we will resume our business again, but at least my family's alive. according to some of the course, the earthquakes have already caused turkey more than $80000000000.00 in losses or 10 percent of its cross domestic product. in, on the um, on the scale of destruction is immerse and the displacement of survivors is becoming a humanitarian crisis. rescuers, here are now he had a fever voices. from under the rubble, they are gradually shifting from finding bodies to clear in the debris and for white in the essential goods as services to tens of thousands who have survived.

this was out of that i'll just iraq or the month 1030 year. israel has passed along . busy and allows them to strip citizenship from people who receive money from the palestinian authority after having been jailed for security offences. so to current has more now from western whistler. now this is one of many measures that's being false, tried by the new israeli governments. on specifically, this law has been voted for by 94 votes with only just 10 against the major support from both coalition and opposition to revoke residencies and citizenship for palestinians are accused of terrorism or anyone that supports them. but specifically, those are receiving funding from the palestinian authority that tends to be a funded for kids. see that that to fund to send money to the families of palestinians, specifically those in prisons. but the big question is why will they go?

this is a place where they live. this is all they've known. where will they go from here? there's been fierce fighting in eastern ukraine as russian forces continue to attack ukrainian positions in the town of port cro skating. the dentist screeches 12 civilians were injured when an apartment building was heavily damaged by shilling. earlier russia said its troops is broken through 2 fortified lines of ukrainian defense is eastern from the regions governor has denied reports that ukrainian forces are engaged in a major retreat. the head of nato has called on member states to significantly increase their defense spending in order to support ukraine. insult him, bird made the play on the 2nd day of natal summit in brussels, steadfast reports nearly a year into the war. ukraine is using more nato countries. can produce tank and artillery shells are especially needed amid fears that ukraine could soon run out. nato secretary general announced you contracts with the arms industry. this is now

becoming a grinding war or attrition. and the war attrition is a war o logistics on the, on the and therefore this is so so crucial for our ability to ensure that ukraine wins is able to retake territory. and for this to happen, nato nations need to dig deeper into their pockets the plaque 8 years ago to spend 2 percent of the countries annual budget on defense won't be enough to face what stall timber calls a more dangerous world to day global. i believe that just spending 2 percent will not be enough. it must be the basis for everything that follows the german government. distributing that right now and will soon reach an agreement. last year, germany committed to an additional 100000000000 years to defend spending, but only a fraction has materialized so far. nato secretary general has called it a battle of logistics to raise to speed up production of weapons and ammunition,

both within nato and in russia. only a year ago, many countries didn't see the need to prioritize defense spending, but the war in ukraine has changed this. the challenge is now to deliver these weapons ammunitions. in time. ukraine says they're needed to fight off a new russian offense if they are urgent request for f. 16 fighter jets has yet to be answered. if they will start a real offensive campaign. certainly they will use aircraft or from their side, trying to stop our descent. sir. forces and they will dominate in the sky. that means it's a real threat. that's why we need more sophisticated, more modern aircrafts to stop them to defeats them to determine them. natal members are reluctant to send fighter jets fearing an escalation of the war. for now, they want to focus on making sure weapons, and ammunition already promised,

reaches the battlefield. step, fasten al jazeera brussels. russia says it's new, foreign policy will focus on ending what it calls the western monopoly over global affairs. speaking to the lower house of parliament, foreign minister, sergey love. ralph said that western support for ukraine was prearranged. she wouldn't show you exactly the u. s. and it's satellite with a waging, a comprehensive hybrid war work following years of preparation using ukrainian national radicals as a battering ram. so not the purpose of this war is not hidden in your school. it is not only to defeat russia on the battlefield and destroy russia's economy, but to turn it into a pariah state. regional. a bus carrying dozens of migrants is crashed in panama, killing at least 39 people. 20 others were injured as the bus collided with another vehicle before falling off a cliff. the passengers have made it through the darien gap with a dangerous stretch of jungle that connects columbia to central america and were being driven to a company of the board. it was costa rica,

it is the worst accident in panama involving migrants in at least a decade. malawi is a battling is worse, cholera. i wake on record since march more than a 1000 people have died. the government declares the disease and national disaster in december. but health workers are still struggling with the large number of patients needing treatment. katherine saw, explains this man has symptoms of a disease that has been declared a national disaster in malawi his week and has been brought to these health center in blown tire to be treated for clara. crispin lever brought, he's sick wife here several days ago. and in time, she's now recovering, i telling him, but the rest is over more than cassandra, woody. when i return home, i will insist on my family's hygiene. my wife must cover food properly for food must be well cooked. i will see to it that they have soap at home for daily handwashing more than 1000 people have died in malawi,

in the last one year. more are coming to facilities like this to get help with the housework. as he has said, this outbreak of clara is a crisis. the mortality is habitually just because we are debating our trees, collecting patients per day. so compared to previous was people in villages in communities, they have to understand that corla is still here under the health to come to hospital alia, so that they should minimize and also reduce pressure to those people that are waking in the hospital. the outbreak started in march during the rainy season and has spread to different parts of the country. health officials have struggled to vaccinate everyone. oral vaccines have run out, is due at high risk. from the corridor went by the members of the flight by going down by the still we are getting over 500 kisses on

a daily basis. we've seen what are some of us i live in their number of people were . 5 jay, on a daily basis, so you're good, maybe 1015 good. they would just do the wording for us sat outbreaks hub been often in malawi, but this is the worst on record. the disease is spread by contaminated food, water, and pool high gin. while it is easy to treat and treated, it can kill within hours. health workers are warning people about the importance of keeping their homes, neighborhoods, and markets clean. and they're hoping that message gets across. catherine soy all 0. nicholas sturgeon has announced her resignation after more than 8 years as the head of scotlands government. the scottish national party leader says she wants to step away from what she calls, quote the brutality of modern politics in power since 2014 sturgeon is scotland,

longest serving 1st minister, and the 1st woman to hold all. she'll remain in office until her party chooses her successor, while the s and p scotlands largest party hold and most of the provinces, seats in the british parliament in westminster. and the scottish regional parliament in hollywood surgeon, became leader of the s m. p. after the 2014 independence referendum, when scott's vaulted 55 percent of 45 to remain part of the u. k. she vowed to keep pursuing independence. but her most recent efforts to hold another referendum were blocked by britons. supreme court will re sharon's has more clouds have been gathering for nicholas sturgeon. but when the storm broke, few were expecting it a morning of leagues followed by confirmation at a hastily arranged media briefing. today i am an insane my intention to step down as 1st minister, a leader of my party. i have asked the national secretary of the s n p to begin the process will be waiting

a new party leader. and i will remain in office until my successor is the lead elected. explaining her decision, she spoke of the mental and physical impact of 8 years in a relentless job. and that steering scotland towards independence would get fresh impetus. with a new captain had the helm. the decision was and she insisted because of the current rough seas, though i know it will be tempting to see such this decision is not a reaction to short temperatures. of course that are difficult issues confronting the government. just know when's that ever know the keys? the popular mood shifted against nicholas sturgeon recently after she pushed a bill that would make it easier for people to change their legal facts. it became a full blown controversy. when a double rapist who done this was moved to a women's prison. and her main course, the 2nd scottish independence referendum was smashed in november by supreme court

ruling that they can't be won without westman says, unlikely assent. so nicholas sturgeon favorite telling the next general election into a de facto referendum on independence disquiet within the past. he about how much further forward that kind of strategy would actually at pick the party in the independence movement. so i think that will probably end up being the issue that defines the leadership contest. and it will be interesting to see if there are differences. nicholas dash and worked with 5 different u. k prime ministers. through that her political dominance, north of the border, seemed unassailable. to leave big boots to fail, and big questions about the future of scotland, independence movement rory helen's out his era. and you can of course, follow all the stories that we're following lots of video on demand and other stuff at our website. i'll just say red dot com ah.