dominated, well, he's for the past 12 months. devastating for those in the line of fire or directly impact and it has strengthened global alliances and deepens, divisions with far reaching effects on the lives of millions of people. weld wide in a week could special coverage al jazeera explored every aspect to the conflict, the human, the political, and the economic, and the possibilities of resolution. ukraine war, one here on, on out there. turn dirty money into african go. exclusive owners 0 investigation coming soon. ah,

getting vitally to remote parts of turkey and devastated by earthquakes, al jazeera joins the military on a challenging mission. everybody is hopeful. we deborah rules go find provided with a lot of able to help unload this and get and help people who need them allow them as a broader than this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up the w h o says it's biggest concerns are about northwest sylvia. when many earthquake survivors say they've been abandoned by the outside world and a relentless assault by russia and the don, yet, region, as nato discusses ramping up support for ukraine. ah, no. will begin with the raised to get aide to remote areas in turkey are cut

off by 2 powerful earthquakes. it's been 9 days since the quakes toppled. tens of thousands of buildings crossed turkey and syria. the total death toll from both both countries stands at more than $41000.00. that's the figure that's rising. by the day we have a team of correspondence covering the disasters and of course ceo's and the turkish capital ankara. stephanie deka is in golf chat there. natasha good m, as in hearty, but we begin with sam is a darn who's been on board a helicopter that's been delivering aid supplies to a remote area of our the amman province. a busy military control room received requests for help from aries, more numerous than the pen to write more down with the military decides to send the helicopters carry a belt to ashanna. so la, it's one of the many earthquake villages high up in the mountains of a remote part of southern kia. in no time the chop is ready,

the aid is loaded all drinks food and clothes amongst other things. so while journey or one hour, 10 minutes, the pilot says, everybody know what we get that will still find survivors. people alive able to help unload this up and get help. the people who needed the most soon, the mountains appear, the temperature drops and every peak is covered in snow. this does not look like an easy place to lose, even if you haven't suffered devastating earthquake. i've been landing, it looks like on the home, all the very see it all down. but again, we're on the ground now. the military on taking the book. we're looking at the home

where what happens to the villages? what happens to the people living here we all people that made it shaking in a dream. taking a we desperately wanted to get out and ask the villagers what they've experienced. whether there are still people trapped under the rubble and how they survived. but the army asked us to stay on the chopper and we didn't want to get in the way of saving lives. i, on the road generating file road to blame. you know, that good thing is ready and emotionally hall moment because i want to get out to those people like b o looks like a grandfather and so many young children. well, we have to go. we have to go. it's heartbreaking. look down and see these kids that

we fly all waving out of this you, i should have a going to i was going to say what the situation do they go home? i'm not sure how much of a home they have left. it was a difficult flight back thinking of those left on the top of mountains. but on the ground, we witness the cycle of loading aid and deliver them from thermal of nature. they have conspired against people, earthquake zones. but the aid effort has let sunlight through the very dark clouds on the horizon, semi's ada drelick air base to a kia now massive aid and recovery efforts are continuing across southern takia wrestle said dar has this report from the city of r, the a man which is also his home town. life has come to hold in the churches city of the aman, since the earthquake stock last week, and nothing symbolizes that more than this clocked over the landmark of the city.

the clock stopped when to question the region. like many others here, job, your dish, there has sent his family members to stumble because of the devastation. though. no natural gas, no electricity, no water, nothing for food. we rely entirely on the aid distributed into 10 city. more than 1000 buildings have collapsed here and around 10000 people lost their lives. those who survived are now struggling. only 25 percent of the city has water off. the pipes were heavily damaged. it will take days if not weeks to repair them. 60 percent of residence bod, living without electricity, none are getting natural gas. this was the largest stadium in our the ammon. it has now been turned into a tense city. that's home to more than 5000 people. turkey is environment an urban planning minister and we're at groom told al jazeera that the government will provide people with more shelter and promised harms will be quickly rebuilt.

electric is now some parts of the city are provided with electricity and water. we are repairing the infrastructure of the city now value for natural gas. the process of damage assessments is continuing. once we fix the pipes, public buildings such as hospitals, schools, and buildings that a slightly damaged will be our priority to provide gas. we will rebuild the homes within a year. did he go? luxury business here has also been disrupted and must shops have either collapsed or, or heavily damaged. this is what is left of his erstwhile shop shooting that i 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 is alive. according to some reports, the earthquakes have already caused trickier, more than $80000000000.00 in losses or 10 percent of its crossed domestic product. in our, the among the scale of destruction is immerse and the displacement of survivors is

becoming the humanitarian crisis. rescuers, here are now he had a fever. worse as from under the rubble there gradually shifted from finding bodies to clear in the debris and to widen the essential goods as services to tens of thousands who have survived christmas. there that are the 0 or the among southern tortilla. not who fairies have been sent from his fond all to the port city of his candler and turkey as earthquake sun. one is providing shelters and health services and the other will transport survivors to other cities to recover. natasha. g. a name reports 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 good at the factory . i saved my children and that is enough for me. this very has been converted into an emergency shelter and medical clinic. everyone we met on board has been living in tents. it arrived from istanbul 2 days ago and is docked in the mediterranean port city of his gun to run 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 what we're so going to love the all to the football. 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 are. 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 of calls. it's capacity humble. compared to the immense scale of the need that they deal with on whatever god says it happens, but we are very afraid. i experienced a moment of death. i have nobody a little more than a week ago these earthquake survivors had beds to sleep, id and hot food to eat basic necessities most people take for granted. now there are among more than 13000000 people carrying the worst of southern ter, kias collective trauma. natasha guinea, old 0 is scan to run turkey where millions of syrians have also been affected by the disaster, and most of the deaths have been recorded and rebel held areas where aid has been

slow to arrive. rama vall has more than able health city in tone of didn't that he says close to the border with tucker kit for 12 years, it's survivor, bottle bombs and artillery shells launched by the ceiling army button. f quake leveled most of it in seconds. more than a week has passed since 2 quakes struck the surgeon and people he said, there is no sign any help is on its way. their struggling to survive on their own home, our young circle desperately need hints. i can stand the cold. no problem. i can sleep anyway, no problem, but they are women, children, an engine who we took out from the rebel. like here. i just dropped my kids off at the hospital. a whole body is all blue. because i guess nobody tokyo has sent help to people here. cotton civil war, but the al squeaks have 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 $270.00 buildings that would 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 syria for border crossings with after the syrian government announced it with cooperate. and shortly after its representative visit to the effected area level, 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 overlap 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. 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, 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 i was out of the nearly 3000000 people have been displaced within syria, live in the northwest. many have been forced to move repeatedly because of, of all the off weeks have left tens of thousands homeless yet again. and they desperately need shelter, food, medical care, and clean water to drink. 10500, you know, took a president ridge. it's not bad ones is the government will begin building new homes for survivors. by the end of the month, it promised to start with $30000.00 hollins,

and to complete all projects of the 10 affected cities in the south within the year . but until then, survivors are trying to find any shelter they can for them concealing reports from the turkish capital on cara. ah, these machines haven't stopped since to earthquakes struck turkish southern cities . neither have these employees at this turkish ret crescent factory. ever day 500 tents are sawn here and delivered to survivors in the region. millions of them urgent, the need shelter, loans exempt them their little bit in this earthquake affected 10 cities. that's why our capacity functions are different. this time we always had long shifts while producing for previous earthquake regions were overwhelmed. working selflessly, it's winter and it's cold. and these devastated cities, people's leads are acute to meet the demand,

all tend manufacturers in the country have been mobilized. the turkish ret crescent is a major contributor. so there was only 3 there. franklin, alluding to our tents, were created specifically for earthquake and winter conditions. family tents are 16 and half square meters in size. all of the are resistant to water, fire and mildew. sun blankets, food, medical supplies, containers and mobile toilets are also urgently needed. the practice present has asked people in our like, affected areas, bear with them for years so he can build them new homes that as recovery efforts turn into accommodating anyways, who don't even have temporary shelters. the 2 earthquakes impacted the lives of more than 13000000 people. displacing at least half of them president reject our bardon is promising new homes within a year. but with turkey facing one of its worst earthquake disasters. 8

organizations are likely to face a longer mission scene. ampio, solar elders era on cutter. now the earthquakes have not only destroyed countless buildings across to care. them also changed the landscape. stephanie decker burns as this report from the village of gotch other day. 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 did, 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 that caused such

a devastation. so this just gives you a sense of just how violent ah, that was still ahead on the bulletin and to serving 8. he is a scotlands 1st minister nicholas sturgeon announces a resignation and free at last the u. s. man has his conviction overturned, often aly sweet deck case behind ah . in november 2020 austrian security service is carried out operation lock sold against dozens of muslims. i opened a machine gun pointed with my head. but a court found the race on hold and now charges at the 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 algebra.

a lou ah ah. watching al jazeera with me and is of,

of quantum and doha reminder of our top stories this hour has been 9 days since to devastating earthquakes. kia and syria. the turkish military has been flying in much needed ink to areas that were cut off by the quakes, some of those times in the south of the country, around remote regions to the military has been delivering supplies by helicopter. the world health organization has our syrian president bashar asset to open water crossings with turkey. many survivors feel they're being left behind by the international response. and now ankara and damascus have agreed to temporarily relocate syrian refugees living in earthquake areas of to kia al jazeera as adam up. the whole son has more from the babel hollow border crossing of 90. 0, who? how to get off the other mobile. more than $600.00 syrians have arrived at the jewelry goose crossing into kit. opposite of serious bubble hub crossing. according

to the immigration of this year, there are $400.00 syrian families undertook his sight, waiting to cross. that's about 1600 people. $600.00 have already cross the border into serial on wednesday. those allowed to return had a temporary protection cart granted by the turkish authorities and were living in earthquake effective areas and to clear the decision to allow the return was the result of turkey searing coordination to reduce the burden on those families. and on the turkish organizations in those areas, they can only remain in syria for 6 months. the return is talk about large number of syrians on the turkey side. and we cannot see for sure whether they will come today or not. to other news. now there's been fierce fighting in eastern ukraine as russian forces continue to attack ukrainian positions in the don. yet, region 12 people were injured when an apartment building was damaged. by shedding. earlier russia said its troops had broken through to 4 to 5 lines of ukrainian

defences. on the east in front and no hands ukraine's presidential office says it's repelled some of the attacks and the law hans region, but situation remains difficult. and nato secretary general has called on members to spend significantly more on defense than they do. now. step larson has more from brussels, a lot more money than they are spending at the moment, or the 2 percent that they agreed on in 2014 of their annual budget to go to the fans is not enough earlier installed and worked as secretary general has sat we're living in a more dangerous world, he says because of the war ukraine, but also because of the threats coming from china. but in reality, only 7 of the 30 nato countries are reaching this 2 percent. and he says that 2 percent is just a minimum, a lot more money is needed. and that also means that the factories that are now producing arms have to work harder be more efficiently used, but also new factories need to be billed correctly. because if that not,

that doesn't happen, ukraine can't simply win this worth. now, a man in the us state of missouri is free. after nearly spending nearly 3 decades in jail, a judge overturned his conviction. for murder you schubert would dare to mow unit is still good to any of the 2013 you do show that you're in for the benefit of lamar johnson is graduate 50 year old lamar johnson has always maintained his innocence. he was convicted of murder in 1994. well, that ruling was overturned after 2 witnesses provided what the judge called clear evidence that johnson was innocent. the new hearing was the result of an investigation by the non profit innocence project. while trial attorney barry scheck is the co founder of the innocence project and your professor at the

benjamin and cardoza's school of law, he worked on the exoneration case off. lamar johnson and barry scheck is joining us live from new york. mr. shack. very good to have you with us on al jazeera, so like to start off by asking how and washes mr. johnson doing after his release. well, i know he had a great i screen. he is a remarkable guy that i should say, that's why i am co founder and special counsellor the innocence project. it was the mid west innocence project led by tricia raw ho bush now bob and the law firm of morgan pilot and a lawyer. their name lindsey runnels, who were the leading forces in making sure that mr. johnson was exonerated after 28 years in prison for a crime. he didn't commit. and most significantly a that the midwest notices project in the morgan pilot firm worked with

kim gardener, who is the dentist, attorney in st. louis county, right. what we call diction integrity unit. and that was the key to the success in this house. and as we mentioned, they were 2 witnesses, you know, the beginning was over turned off to 2 witnesses provided what the judge called clear evidence. and mister johnson was innocent. and it was years ago, i understand that another and mate actually signed an affidavit at missing to the murder that miss johnson was convicted off. so why has it taken so long for all of these people who you've mentioned, who have been working very hard to secure mister johnson's release? well, that's what so troubling about. the whole process, kim, gardener, was elected in district attorney in st. louis county, she set up what we call a conviction integrity unit, which is very important institution, where the district attorney,

softness itself looks at their own cases when an innocence organization like the midwest innocence project comes to them and says, we think this man is innocent. would you look at the case to get with us and we'll work on a joint search for the truth. but what's remarkable here is that the district attorney of the district attorney's office found in their own files, exculpatory evidence like that affidavit, you're talking about that should have turned in, turned over at the time of the trial. and yet, notwithstanding that exculpatory evidence, and when the district attorney's office went to this court and said, we want to vacate this conviction because we think this man is innocent. the attorney general's office and the state of missouri intervened and said not have jurisdiction to do this. this shouldn't be done. we object to this process.

and then with the whole case, how to be taken up to the missouri supreme court as to whether, what the a g 's office did was lawful fab. there was a big speed about that. then a statute had to be passed to set up rules for this process. the ages up is still continued to protest that mister johnson was guilty, or even though at that hearing, they provided no evidence whatsoever. and let me give a shot to judge david mason, who is a very fair man. he looked at all this evidence and he found what we call clear and convincing evidence what it lamar johnson is. and then that is a very heavy legal. and this check, we of course know that this is taking place in a very particular time in america. jew in the black lives matter movement, 53 percent of those have been wrongfully convicted of black in your time as one of

america's leading lawyers. is this something that has improved at all? well, there has been, ah, yes. i mean, our consciousness of racism in this country has come to the for, ah, you know, notwithstanding some people in the political life of this country that don't want to teach bob our real history, i think it's accepted. now, you know the taro burtons that racism has put on even getting fair justice in the united states. in some ways. it's an original sin. it's a malignancy that we have to cope with in our criminal legal system. so of course i, you know, race, racism is, you know, not eradicated. it's a ill effect on the criminal legal system continued to this day. but i think there has been some progress in terms of consciousness of and of course on

a separate project as working very hard and as part of that progress. good. thank you very much for your time. the noah barry scheck joining us from new york. thank you. now, scotland longest serving 1st minister, nicholas sturgeon has resign. she was the 1st female leader of the country, devolved the government and will remain in office until the scottish national party next, the successor where we challenge reports. clouds have been gathering for nicholas sturgeon, but when the storm broke, few were expecting it. a morning of leaks followed by confirmation at a hastily arranged media briefing. today i am an insane my intention to state the 1st minister, a leader of my party. i have asked the national secretary of the s n p to begin the process will be late thing, a new party leader, and i will remain in office until my successor is elected. explaining her decision,

she spoke of the mental and physical impact of 8 years in a relentless job. i'm not staring 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. boy, 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 that when's that ever naught? the keys, the popular mood shifted against nicholas sturgeon recently, after she pushed a bell 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. my supreme court ruling that that can't be won without westman says, unlike.