it has strengthened global alliances and deepens, divisions with far reaching effects on the lives of billions of people worldwide. in a week heard special coverage al jazeera explores every aspect of the conflict, the human, the political, and the economic, and the possibilities of resolution. ukraine war one here on, on, out there. ah, displaced by the war and now made homeless by the quakes. thousands of syrian refugees rushed to the border to return home. ah,

i'm not about this and this is our da 0 live from dough home, also coming up warnings of disease and so care as tens of thousands of earthquake survivors live in makeshift camps without basic amenities, no place to go. turkish families who lost their homes and las vegas earthquakes, find refuge on a fairy. and we meet her here. refugees seeking shelter in indonesia, after making dangerous journeys to escape persecution in me and more. ah, to, we're going to begin with the aftermath of the earthquake since appear in sylvia rescue efforts are winding down and aid and relief operations are being scaled up. some remote areas and took care have just begun to receive aid. many syrian refugees in turkey, a trying to go back home and we've had a team of correspondence covering the disaster. sim costello is in the turkish capital anchor. i said begun some is a done or in

a german and natasha. her name is ines can escandone on. we're going to hear from them in a moment. first, here's a report from laura con on the situation in sylvia. this little boy is too young to understand how last week earthquake will shape his life . he simply wants his mother. oh, it's beastly cold engendered eith a town in the rebel how district of afrin in one of the areas was hit by the earthquake him northwest from syria. these people were forced on to the streets of their homes were destroyed. conditions are harsh and resources short. i am posada zed, i was asleep when the earthquake happened. the war collapsed on me and i broke my arm and leg and now i'm here in the cold. i am at a loss for words. my fiance can claim if he had,

there are too few tents for the number of people here in there. about 3 families pretends about 200 people are out in the open air. you can see it with your own eyes, but the cold is killing as you would do the hunger and the sickness. and am i. am a woman with diabetes. for some, it's a struggle to speak. this is what the town looks like now. lives shattered everything they know destroyed, the united nations of calling it a crisis of colossal proportions that affected more than 9000000 people in syria. and they desperately need help before the quake aid for more than 4000000 people was delivered to just one crossing theory as president of the creed to open to more from turkey. ah, but people here feel forgotten and say they should be a priority. now and i'm in law, lot of them sleeping on the ground. it's now 7 days of sleeping for my children are

getting sick from the cold. i can't imagine his tuition worse than this. wonderful pain and suffering may not be new to many who have endured years. of war, but it's one of the biggest tragedies that's befallen them. and now they're just trying to find neural con algae theorem. or the turkish government is using fairies to provide services to people affected by the quakes. one of the vessels doctor in his candidate on his being used as a shelter for those with nowhere to go. as natasha can aim reports, the 2nd will transport survivors to other cities. 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 do tunes scared you school to go let actually get at this. i can

logically, it affected my 5 children a lot. i could barely rescue them. all my savings is gone with the factory. i saved my children and that is enough for me. this theory 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 and is docked in the mediterranean port city of his gun, duran in her tie. the mayor says, 14000 people have died across the province. the survivors feel nami grappling with trauma, their only just beginning to articulate. those were so going to love the all to be so 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 of calls, its capacity humble, compared to the immense scale of the need law. they deal with them, 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 are among more than 13000000 people carrying the worst of southern tre kias collective trauma. natasha n a. l d 0 is scantron turkey, a girl esco's i said, beg,

who's in the gym and i said we were talking earlier about rescue efforts, generally being one down on recovery efforts and aiden relief operations being scaled out. tell us what it's like where you are. well, road, that's exactly what's happening here. it's less of a rescue effort, more of a recovery and a clean up operation. fact, the authorities here have told us that they've buried more than 8000 people and they expect that number to go up as high as 10 and even 15000. now what we're seeing here are trucks carrying away some of the rubble. we're seeing it this morning. the ministers pilot to work is coming out and cleaning the streets. this almost every sense of normality returning some shops are opening up. people are out on the streets, but you will see people walking down the street, then stop and look up at where the buildings have collapsed. now they have the local people coming out to help the soup kitchen set up. there's a food been distributed trying to trying to keep people there, give rebuild,

that gets to keep them warm. medical students have set up a pharmacy at the hospital here, so they are local people from the area elsewhere. and turkey coming to help 8 is getting to, but the chances of finding people now amongst this rubble is very, very same. now what we're seeing now is trucks and everything else trying to take the rubble away. but you also see people trying to stay warm as the temperatures really dropped, trying to get hold of anything that they can ward paypal, anything to try to burn and keep themselves warm. and the authorities are trying to get some of the services back up, their electricity, the gas and the water with those places are not receiving it. and in the camps, again, there's a concern that the infectious disease is made as spread. there's a lack of sanitation, but again the agencies are hair. but what we really striking hayes when the sun sets and you see the fires lit up on the sides of the streets and dark holes. the sack holes on, on the street for the buildings. one stood is just darkness and i thought really

striking here, but like i said, life is returning just some sense of normality and people are cleaning up the streets. but ages going through and local people are trying to do their best to get through this disaster. i shall thank you very much. indeed. i said they're talking to us from a german. well, several countries are any humanitarian aid to cares. military is involved and delivering it to the 10 affected provinces. a son is a don reports, it's a challenging task for teams to deliver to remote areas. a busy military control room received request for help from air is more numerous than the pen to write them all down with. the military decided to send a helicopter to carry aid out to ashanna. certainly it's one of the many earthquake villages high up in the mountains of a remote part of southern tortilla. in no time, the trump 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 is hopeful. when we get back, we will still find survivors. people alive and able to help unload this stuff 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 think when landing, it looks like a complex home, all the very see it all down 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 have made

a mistake 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 wrote a generating file, rows of like, you know, that good thing is ready and emotionally involved moment because i want to get out to those people like me, 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 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 witnessed the cycle of loading aid and delivering duncan again. thermal of nature may have conspired against people. earthquakes of what the aid effort has let some light through the very dark clouds on the horizon. semi's ada drelick air base to a kia no center console is joining us live now from the turkish capital anchorage set. am i understand that the nato secretary general johnston berg is expected to be visiting? so can yes, rob secretary general assault embark arrived in the turkish capital anchor out last night and today. and he will be meeting with the turkish foreign minister, made a chill the shoulder. they will get together. deliver

a press conference in the foreign minister building right behind me, and then he will be received by the turkish president. and following that, a sultan burke is expected to visit one of the earthquake hit areas to day. and a he would like to see the damage caused by the stadler earthquake in the region a and x rays. it shows the experiences of the field teams out there. and the main reason he's coming to he is in to kia is to share his condolences and he said that he said that add that as nato and all allies are ready to help to kia and of course, and he will be talking about the details of the shelters that are being provided by the name to ally institute, kia and we are aware that those shelters will be coming to, to get to the planning of their arrival, or is going to be on the agenda. besides that, besides the earthquake and the alliance or corporation, a 2 kids approval for finland and as sweden's natal membership is going to be on

the table as well. and then then to care answered them, had signed a 3 way protocol. as many of you would remember for the next session to the nato alliance and, and 2 kids approval is the main. a main concern here and turkish president has a, has been expressing a, his, a, his, his reactions against sweden, about their support for the out boat could to some workers, party or, or a sweden or so it has been accusing sweden for not extra dieting. at the members that to get asked for. so a we heard nato secretary general of salzburg saying that it's up to, to kia to all this. of course as natal alliance, they would like to see those to know the countries as the new members of nato. so these are the topics that are going to be discussed today. and besides this diplomatic traffic in the foreign ministry, we are expecting pakistan's prime minister shop us sharif to be received by the

turkish present as well these days. and many world leaders, many a high profile and diplomats and bureaucrats, politicians. i am paying visits to the turkish capital on clara and to show their support and solidarity with this with turkey in these difficult days. rob shannon, thank you very much indeed that sent him costello, bring yourself to day from the turkish capital ankara. we're going to go across 2 vessels. soda who's joining us live now from the turkey syria border. we understand that have been more border crossings, which have been opened your at the border just to talk us through what's been happening there. well, as of now there a delivery as is just on the way here at the $18.00 border course in here. and but they're there on the other side of the board, they're just tang kilometers away. the gender as the town of gender as is there.

it's one of the part of the see the worst yet place in north, west syria, over a 1000, people have died and over 4 or 300 buildings, how collapse engender has and the surrounding areas. so in total there are more than stairs, more than $5000.00 people that are dead. and a 150000 have already been displaced here. so it says that the gender is one of them, but there are some of the other places as well, very much close to here. how to him. so kin a tattoo, and the ottoman as these places are the most, at the worst heat places here. and as of now, we can say that they did that the delivery, it's slow. however, it started to arrive, the united nations and the, and the world had to had organization. they have been able to deliver they'd, which is most needed by the syrians here. and the country aid and also rat crescent

are constantly delivering it. however, considering the fact that just the northwest syria, there are roughly around 5000000 people steal. they need much more of the health and the syrians, as we talk. they're telling us that the atheist too late is too little and they feel this sad. they are angry, they feel that they are abandoned and ported than by the international community. so i was talking to one of the rescue at risk rescuer here. and he said, as particularly for the 1st 3 days, almost there was nothing, no escalators, no diggers, no light, even to work through the night, no heavy lifting machineries. and they had to work with very much primitive, a cook months, they lacked the more than equipments. and that's why the death toll is quite high here. so the health sector also his is, is almost collapsed, that the health facilities are already overwhelmed. they either had been damaged by the bomb being or did they are, they are cracked and they lack of the staff,

the more than a coupon. and so one, so many of the people who had been taken out of the but the trouble alive they died in the hospitals because of that the lack of did the equipment. so international aid, as i said, is now flowing in. however, it is very much tiny as of the as of, as of now. so these areas north west of syria has been bombed by the city regime by the massacres for a, for over to while the years. so it is already that the places are already heavily damaged. they that they don't, the houses are like make shifts to make shift camps and the tanf and so on. so this people now of the 12 years of the civil war, they have been hit, bye, dear bye bye, den earthquake. and it has affected the roughly or over over 1000000 people in north where sir, it is quite a high number here. however, people are not so the families, we can see that now they're having

a q waiting here to cross the border. some of them they lost their loved ones, as some of them were worried about their families. they relatives here, these are the refugees that are leaving. have been living in church here for years . they have me tricky as a home. they fill out the war and now they're getting back to syria, at least to join the funeral. they're log loved ones and also to meet up those who have survive distribution. his ear is quite diet, particularly during the night at the weather is extremely cold for children and the pan cities are not enough. there's the makeshift, so there's a camps or so are damaged now. so as i said, this, people have seen many displacement through this last well years and now they have been shipped by the earthquake as well. so disaster of the disasters for syria, and they say that they are forgotten and abandoned by the international community. they say there that there, there was, is not heard. if the international community have heard a voice,

maybe there will be able to say much more lives, particularly during this recent earthquake. russell sarah live for us in the turkey city of border russell. thank you very much. indeed. still ahead on all does it after serving 8 years is stopped and as far as minister nicholas dudgeon is pony courts. explain why a tough times the man tough question. what exactly are you asking for you? what on the ground, the rigorous debate we challenge conventional wisdom and demand the true upfront with me, mark lamond hill. what out is there a a

with the latest news as it breaks. this is just a small example of big strawberry humanitarian charlie facing with turkish old bar . it is now the scene is being repeated across this region with detailed coverage like inside me. and mark seems to be getting increasingly difficult on the military rule from around the world. the pentagon says that in recent years, surveillance balloon spotted over warm and white move

ah, what you know, the 0 mind of our top story is this our harsh winter conditions and no shelter is driving thousands of syrian refugees to return home. many are trying to cross the turkish border. millions fletcher took here during the country so whole war took years, military is taking aid to remote regions after several affected areas have been cut off since mondays earthquakes, there's a desperate need to shell for shelter, food, water, and clothing in regions. nigeria, as president mohammed who bahati has approved a 60 day extension to turn in old bank notes as part of a plan to replace the niagara with new re designed notes. no currency was supposed to be replaced by saturday, but some banks failed to disperse enough money, causing a wide spread protests. an increasing number of mere mas or here refugees are

making the dangerous journey by sea to reach southeast asia. hundreds have arrived in indonesia, northernmost province, archie in recent months. jessica washington reports from jakarta. in r. t new than indonesia. hundreds of for him over he cheese had found shelter in a government building close to the coast safe at last, after a dangerous journey to get to southeast asia, turning on labor to get out there to one another on the boat. we didn't have food, water or medicine, we felt like we were dead already. and i heard that a child died on the boat. i. so i sal since he left bangladesh after around 6 years in a crowded and impoverished camp. others say they boarded the boat, thinking of their children and their, their mother. she has she that we wanted to go to malaysia, but our boat ran out of gas and we ended up in indonesia. you know, we were searching for a place where we could find peace and give our children education. many told al jazeera about the joy,

they felt when the feet touched the ground for the 1st time in almost a month, was yara in did. he 1st saw that in one invitation, that we are very grateful to the indonesian government and people for providing us with medical treatment and a safe place to stay narrow. indonesia hosts around $13000.00 refugees. they don't have any rights to employment residency or citizenship here. or novel under that, we don't want to stay here. we want to leave this place and our plan is to live freely and to attain nationality. according to the international organization for migration, more than $3000.00 for hinder, arrived in the region in 2020, to an increase of almost 300 per cent. on the previous year, this year several boats with hundreds of her hanger, people have arrived in indonesia to canada, has called on southeast asian countries to work together to address the crisis. including however, ation on rescues a theme human rights group say indonesia must lead the regional block to

a solution as n. i should not just discussed this as an at the diploma big level, but more importantly, taking more concrete steps to make sure that the root cause is being addressed in the leisure as a chair has to discuss a dis, oh, with all asi and government in the region to define a solution on how to best approach the the flux of refugee from, from myanmar for now, this group says they are happy, the worst is over for them. now they are wondering what comes next that we want to laugh and live together in peace. we just want a place where we can be happy. after years of trauma and uncertainty, sham, she does says she's unsure with such a place exists. jessica washington aren't as era took out her scotland longest serving 1st minister. nicholas sturgeon has resigned. she was the 1st female leader

of the countries devolved government to san office until the scottish national party elect a successor. marie 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 going and saying my intention to stay as for minutes, the leader of my party have asked the national secretary of the s n p to begin the process of relating 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. and the steering scotland towards independence would get fresh impetus. with a new captain at the helm, the decision was and she insisted because of the current received by nor it will be tempting to see it as such. this decision is not

a reaction to short temperatures. of course that are difficult issues confronting the government to know when does that ever know the keith, the popular mood shifted against nicholas sturgeon recently after she pushed a bell that would make it easier for people to change their legal sex. 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, unlikely assent. so nicholas sturgeon favored telling the next general election into a de facto referendum on independence disquiet within the past. he about how much further farmers came to strategy would actually at pick the party and 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 dodge and worked with 5 different u. k prime ministers through that have political dominance, north of the border, seemed unassailable. shall leave big boots to fail. and the questions about the future of scotlands independence movement, rory helen's house, his era. we're going to be back in about 30 minutes time was more in all these stories. now don't forget, you can get a lot of background and more pictures and all these stories that we've been talking about as well. of course, on the website audio dot com, coming up next. it's inside story, boy. oh 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

was a lot of warmth to be found that it is going to get wetter and windy more wintry as well across more no than 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, for places 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 . the african story from african perspective, short documentary from african filmmakers from ivory coast, just to last year from school for the bus for fun, for a home and south africa. tina i would change and it shows me that i'm actually tracking and fire with africa direct on al jazeera days off to powerful earthquakes had trickier in this area. the death toll continues to rise. rescue curious of finding fuel survivors under the rubber, but there.