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ah, wherever you go in the world, one airline goes to make it feel exceptional. katara always going places together. this is the image of home comb. this cancelled speeches, bustling glamorous city. but under ground, a different reality appears. official figures released in november show the number of people experiencing homelessness is the highest in a decade, and is shop rise in the number if women experiencing housing insecurity. that report also set this me to better services and more funds the hosting accommodation . as the situation western, it's the middle of winter here in hong kong and the temperature often drops below 10 degrees at night. people are nice underpass preparing for another nice exposed to freezing conditions. ah,
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getting vital aid to remote pulse of tortilla devastated by earthquakes. al jazeera joins a military on the challenging mission. everybody is hopeful when we get that, we'll find the vibe of my able to help unload it up and get help to the people who need them both with the horrible geology their life day. also coming up on the program, the w h. i who says it's biggest concerns are about northwestern syria, where many earthquake survivors say they've been abandoned by the world and health workers. in milan, we struggle to treat patients as the country faces. it's worst color outbreak. ah mm. welcome to the problem we begin with the raise to get
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a to remote areas of cherokee or cut off by 2 powerful earthquakes. it's been 10 days since the quakes tumble tens of thousands of buildings across to kia and syria . the total death toll for both country stands at more than $41000.00 to figure that rising by the day. now we have a team of correspondence covering the disaster and because it is in the turkish capital ankara, stephanie decker is in got shot data. natasha can m as in hot time. we begin with some is it on who's on board a helicopter that's been delivering aid to a remote area of our them and province. a busy military control room receives request for help from areas more numerous than the pen to write them all down with the military decided to send the helicopters to carry a doubt to a shot in the server. it's one of the many earthquake hit villages high up in the mountains of a remote part of southern kia in no time the trough is already da da,
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is loaded all drinks food and clothes amongst other things. so while journey or one hour, 10 minutes, the pilot says everybody is hopeful. but when we get back, we will still find survivors. people alive and able to help unload this stuff and get help the people who need it 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 think when landing, it looks like a public 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
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where what happens to the villages? what happens to the people living here we all people have made a mistake in a dream. taking a we desperately wanted to get out and ask the villages what they've experienced, whether there are still people trapped under the rubble and how they survived. but beyond, the asked us to stay on the chopper and we didn't want to get in the way of saving lives. i wrote a generating file road of late. you know, that good thing is ready and emotionally involved 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 home, right. look down and see these kids that we fly, all waving out of what situation are they going to?
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i was gonna 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 delivering. thermal of nature may have conspired against people. earthquakes of what the aid effort has let sunlight through the very dark clouds on the horizon. semi's ada drelick air base to clear the scale of the damage from the quake is now becoming a lot clearer. the turkish government says, 40 percent of buildings in carmel mirage have been damaged. in an takia half the structures will be demolished because they're considered unsafe and 50 percent of the buildings in hat. i a damage not interior ministry says it expects to rebuild the affected areas. within a year, stephanie decor brings us this report now from the village of goc cheberra.
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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 band. 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 lion 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 that we really showed you the devastation of what it's done to the buildings. but the way this ground has been
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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 is 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 aftershocks her 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 the turkish prisoners have to have the one says the government will begin building new homes as 5, as by the end of the month, he promised to start with 30000 houses and to complete all the projects in the 10
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affected cities in the south within a year, but for no survivors or trying to find any shelter to become increasingly reports now from the turkish capital anchor. these machines haven't stopped since 2 earthquake 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, long to get them there. 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 needs are acute to meet the demand,
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all tend manufacturers in the country have been mobilized. the turkish ret crescent is a major contributor. so that was only the franco solution. 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 chosen blankets, food medical supplies, containers and mobile toilets are also urgently needed. the purpose present has asked people in our like, affected areas to 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
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organizations are likely to face a longer mission scene. am casala elders era on cutter? this is aiden recovery efforts continuing across southern to kia, but also the houses triple felicity of adina, which is also his home town. life has come to hold in the torture city of the amazon since the earthquake struck last week. and nothing symbolizes that more than this clocked over a 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. laws, no natural gas, no electricity, no water, nothing for food. we rely entirely on the a dish we did in the 10 city. more than 1000 buildings have collapsed here and around 10000 people lost their lives. those who survived are now struggling. only
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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 living without electricity, none are getting natural gas. this was the largest stadium in or the ammon. it has not been turned into a 10 city that's home to more than 5000 people. turkeys and vitamin to an urban planning minister. murat groom told al jazeera that the government will provide people with more shelter, and promised homes will be quickly rebuilt. it is now, some parts of the city are provided with electricity and water. we are repairing the infrastructure of the city. now though, for natural gas, the process of damage assessment is continuing. once we fix the pipes, public buildings such as hospitals, schools, and buildings that are 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,
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or heavily damaged. this is what is left of his erstwhile shop. shooting that lucy, 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 life. according to some reports, the earthquakes have already caused turkey 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 a humanitarian crisis. rescuers here are not here a few or worse. as 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 there that are 0 or the amana southern turkey. millions of syrians have been affected by the disaster, and most of the deaths have been recorded in rebel held areas where aid has been
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slow to arrive. i am at val as well. the rebel held city in town of generates is close to the border with tortilla for 12 years its survival barrel pumps and artillery shells launched by the ceiling army button of quake leveled most of it in seconds. more than a week has passed since 2 quakes struck this region and people here say there is no sign any help is on its way. they're struggling to survive on their own. busy young circle desperately need tense. 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 lock 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. he caught in civil war. but the queen have disrupted that and worse and they're suffering. you couldn't get us from the 1st day. we had around 3900
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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 $82.00 syria for border crossings with port after the syrian government announced it would cooperate. and shortly after its representative visit to the effected area around 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 overlap these people to syria. other humanitarian agencies and countries in the region half sent 8 shipments by air to damascus international airport. but quick
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survivors in opposition held areas in the northwest said none has reached them. then we'll stella thought we want our voice to reach the whole world. but where's the aid on that? there are hundreds of people who still need tenants and they don't even have somewhere to sit, find a solution. where is this 8 coming from? let's see. the 8 is never going to come here. when am sutherland nearly 3000000 people have been displaced within syria, live in the northwest. many have been forced to move repeatedly because of the war . the earthquakes have left tens of thousands homeless yet again. and they desperately need shelter, food, medical care, and killing water to drink, hammered, fun hunters, you will still had here all else 0. ah, i don't have a why. many colombians are protesting against government plans to reform the health
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care system. and after serving 8 years, a 1st minister nicholas surgeon announced her resignation. ah hello, there was dot in the middle east and levant from the satellite image. you can see where the unsettled weather continues to linger. it's certainly feeding a lot colder across more northern areas of the region for northern areas of turkey as well as in the east, where temperatures remain well below the average. for this time of year, a lot more settled across syria and iraq, some wet or weather, working its way south from kuwait pulling into some southern areas of iran. we are expecting some snow on the mountains here and for coastal areas of the caspian sea, but it is still a windy story as we go into friday is going to be lots of lifted dust around the
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gulf that thanks to a shamar wind that picks up blowing its way through katara knocking the temperature down dramatically in doha. it will, however, be a steady $32.00 degrees in 2. by now it's a windy story across the north of africa. we've got some wet and windy weather continued to linger across morocco, pulling into western areas of algeria and those winds can certainly be felt as far south as nigeria, but it is a much dryer picture around the gulf of guinea. it's wet, however, across eastern areas of southern africa, in particular for south africa where we have seen flooding, we could see more as those thunderstorms continue thursday to friday. ah, this is one of the logical revolutions in all make our planet gritty. we have to meet with you to emission electric cars, a nation many to be mine to where people are,
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and damascus of agreed to temporarily relocate syrian refugees living an earthquake kit. aries of turkey, managers errors adam about ha, some has more from bob on how i bought a crossing of 90. 0, how? i'm not sure if you have more than 600 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 syrian families undertook his sight, reading to cross about 1600 people. 600 have already cross the border into serial wednesday for those a lot to return had a temporary protection cart granted by the turkish authorities and were living in earthquake effect 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 the turkish organizations in those areas,
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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. the for the niece has been fierce fighting east in ukraine as russian forces continue to attack ukrainian positions. and the dentist region 12 people were injured when the apartment building was damaged by shelley earlier russia that its troops had broken through to 45 lines of ukrainian defences. on the eastern front in the hands. well, are we is battling its worse to cholera break on rac horse over the past year. more than 1000 people have died. the government declared the disease, a national disaster in december. but health workers are struggling with the large numbers of patients needing treatment. katherine sawyer as the details. this man has symptoms of a disease that has been declared a national disaster in malawi his week and has been brought to this health center
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in blan tire to be treated for clara. crispin lever brought his sick wife here several days ago in time. she's now recovering. i think i really am by the race 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 twitter that they have soap at home for daily hand washing more than 1000 people have died in malawi in the last one year. more or coming to facilities like this to get help with the health work is he has said this outbreak of clara is a crisis. the mortality is habitually just because we are admitting our driscoll acton patients per day. so compared to previous was people in the villages in communities, they have to understand that color is still here, and they have to come to hospital elia so that they should minimize and also reduce
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pressure to those people that are waking in the hospital. oh, 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 numbers of was less likely going down a but still we are getting over 500 kisses on a daily basis. which to what is i'm glad i live in bay number of people were dang, on a daily basis. you get maybe 1015, but they would just do a wedding for their for as that outbreak have 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
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keeping their homes, neighborhoods, and markets clean. and are hoping that message gets across. catherine c. r 's era. the thousands of people have taken to the streets and major cities across colombia, in opposition to the leftist government of president gustavo petro. it comes just a day after petro presented a controversial health reform proposal. us under m p a t report from bucket all. oh, no more paid through, is the slogan, demonstrators repeated over and over as they marched through downtown bowl butter, protesting against the social and economic reforms proposed by columbus 1st sever left. his president policies, gustavo pedro says, will fix decades of injustice ending equality, but that opposers argue will only worsen columbia's plight name on it. we oppose reform that would destroy our health system, pretending that it doesn't work. when it does,
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the president who wants to give the health money to mares and governors all to satisfy his populace ideas. the march called by the right wing, democratic center party of former president alberto dba. we're the largest organized by the opposition since petro took office in august. and they came just a day after supporters of the government took to the streets to support the reforms among them. a controversial health bill that with and private management of health funds, while promising to increase coverage in axis can be over our reform bill that will now start with promises to be a tortuous approval process in congress, where it will likely face changes your focus on these rallies are a message for petro, the streets are speaking up, saying that the reforms he wants to impose on us will not pass. and that congress have to listen to us as well. but governments opponents defined themselves as patriots in saviors of
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a country. they fear could fly away from democracy. some clue that don't tread them me. flag used by donald trump's supporters in the u. s. confrontation came along the route when the most radical protesters met petra supporters. and there were further sanctions as the demonstration arrived here in san for the last, i believe i were to face up against a group of less indigenous teachers from the cow cow region in south west columbia . we're here to protest against the current house in columbia. second city, maybe you processed this class with the police as we tried to enter the office of the mayor. a pits are supporter either smashed the copy of the piece sculpture, every known colombian painter, fit, and the boterro created in response to the 2016 piece process with 5 rebels. but despite these incidents, both the government and opposition rallies have been largely peaceful,
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considered by many to be a good sign in a country long defined by political violence, and still learning to negotiate its differences. peacefully, allison and the eldest booter, the bus carrying dozens of migrants as crushed in panama, killing at least 39 people. but the bus collided with another vehicle and plunged off a cliff on route to a refugee camp near the border with costa rica. it's the worst accident in panama involving my friends in at least a decade. but the 73 people trying to reach your, of a missing and presumed dead falling a shipwreck off the libyan coast. on tuesday, the migration agency says the boat was carrying 80 people when it left. early that day, 7 survivors were taking the hospital in critical condition. at least 130 migrants have died, trying to cross the central mediterranean. earlier this year. nicholas sturgeon has announced her resignation as leader of scotland. government saying that she wants
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to step away from the brutality of modern politics in pounds and 2014 sturgeon is the longest serving 1st minister and the 1st woman to hold rolled. she's the leader of the scottish national party, which is the nation's largest party, and holds the most seats in parliament. she vowed to keep pursuing scottish independence, but her most recent efforts to hold a referendum were blocked by britain supreme court. this decision is not a reaction to short term pressures. of course that are difficult issues confronting the government to snow. but when does that ever naught? the case, i have spent almost 3 decades in front lane politics a decade and a half on the top or 2nd top rung of government. when it comes to navigate thing, choppy, waters resolving seemingly intractable issues or sojourning, or when walking away would be the simple option. i have plenty of expedient to draw on. so this is just a question of my ability or my resilience to get through the latest period of
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pressure. i wouldn't be standing here today, but it's not. this decision comes from a deeper and longer term assessment. their going calls in india to make the himalayan regional locked up a separate states. he used to be part of indian administered kashmir until the government stripped the region of her so ptolemy a split it into 2 territories. and 2019 of the missile has more from the capital, new tele, ah, the people of la dock are determined to make their voices heard. many have travelled a 1000 kilometers to new delhi to demand their rights. i'll continue severely because we have protested in general and la talk earlier, but nobody listened to us. that's why we have to come to dell. he so the government can heal a voice was o protesters say they want to separate state and their jobs and land to be protected with the union constitution has a special provision called the fixed schedule that protect areas with tribal and
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indigenous peoples. it's been applied to force deeds in the northeast. most people adopt belong to these communities. and while they have wanted more autonomy for a long time, the demands have intensified over the past 2 years. nestled in the himalayas le dark is part of the logic ish me region, claimed in full by in dead pakistan, kush meters governed by both nations and bots. in august 2019 the governing bgp party revoked at special status and brought it under the governance of new delhi la doc became a union territory. infrastructure projects by new delhi have sparked fears of interference and concerns about environmental damage in the ecologically sensitive area. people say local administrators now have fewer powers and lead doc was better off before our land was protected. our georgia protected m navea totally exposed to outside influence. indeed,
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rare revealed much better. but we wanted separation of all of us to him. jim, when crushed, mute. ah, but we didn't want it in this way. the bgp says the dock doesn't need a separate state to protect its residence. nobody is going to settle here. nobody has come to settle here. and this is just start of you murder by d opposition door. you're not misled the people of luck, nor democratic dormer demographic changed has taken place so far. and this will not happen. and v, i dare to assure you, oh, the government has formed a committee to address concerns of the protesters, but they see they only take part in talks. if that core demands up put on the agenda part, you meant the largest iraq new delhi. ah .
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