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ah, desperate for help. earthquake victims in war torn syria say that been forgotten. we report from one of the worst hit areas they had been displaced several times and now they are displeased. again, united nations launch is a 1000000000 dollar appeal to help turn key or recover from its worse natural disaster. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera live from dough are also coming up the head of russia. wagner mercenary group blames moscow's military bureaucracy. the slow gains in the east of ukraine, and these rightly military up routes more than a 1000 olive trees from occupied palestinian land. ah, and we begin in turkey and syria where rescue efforts are winding up after

last week's devastating earthquakes. the un has appealed for a $1000000000.00 to cover immediate humanitarian needs in takia. that's on top of the $400000000.00 appeal for quake affected regions in syria. while the relief effort there has been delayed by the lasting legacy of civil war opposition held errors in serious north west. i've only seen a trickle of a delivered so far more than 42000 people. and i meant to have died across both countries. well, we have a team of correspondence covering the disaster in turkey. yes, and i am castiano is in the capital ankara. natasha go name is in the ancient city of anne takia and bernard smith is in command marsh. but 1st across the board in syria. reginald soda is in intended us this people are the residence of generous in northwest syria. they have been hit hard by the earthquake, and now they're here and trying to get the aid. they said that aid is

too little and too late. however, it's still very much precious for them because any drop off the aid can help them to survive this winter. you can see that there are thousands and thousands of people that they have lost their houses or relative there did ones. now they are here waiting for 8 for food, for warm clothes, for heaters, and for the medicines. so it has been days that they were waiting for these aid. there sat there angry, and they say the feel that the international community has forgotten them. they said the worse is not hurt. many of the relatives have stayed onto the robles for days and days. didn't have more than more than equipments to, to pull them out. very rudimentary equipments, even sometimes with their bad hands. they needed to,

they had to get their beloved ones out of the rebels here. so note was celia has been bombed heavily by the regime over the course of a decade. they already lost a lot. they had been displaced several times and now they are displaced again. so just a little ago, i was talking to a young man who has lost his family. he said that when the earthquake hit him hit his house. he had to hold his son 6 years old son next to him for 24 hours. and that boy, his son, by while the blood was coming out of his his mouth and the father had to witness that. and just to me, there's a way his and his other son who was 8 years old, he has called several times that i am dying help. and he said that it was quite a painful moment for him that he couldn't help his daughter as well, has died. and now his father, his his, his wife,

is just disabled. another man told me and his historian, he has lost his family as well. he said that when he arrived to the hospital, he was in comma. and when you wake up, we, when he woke up, he asked the doctor about his wife. the doctor said, she's dead. he has habits, his daughter, the doctor says she's also dead. and he asked about his son, who doctor saw, told him he's also dead. so these are the shared stories here that are, that are really painful. and the tragedy is still unfolding here. and the kids many of them, they still do not know how much they have lost. many of them are now without the parents. so that's why, particularly now the international aid is significantly important because it's winter and particularly during to tide the deny time. it's freezing cold, and every single drop of the 8 can help them to survive. meanwhile,

serious president bashar al assad says the road ahead is difficult. well, nathan was you lot what will face in the upcoming months and years in terms of social challenges? land economic challenges is no less important than what we faced in these 1st few days. what 80 starting to reach survivors in syria is readily held areas, but there's been criticism of how long it's taken to negotiate the opening of border crossings from turkey, hr, medical for it is that already fragile from years of war and now close to collapse than hot reports here in northwest celia medical south have little choice but to use damaged incubators. last week's earthquakes, and southern turkey or hit the sweet and hard medical facilities. and this opposition controlled enclave were already weak. do 2 years of war and the lack of funds there. now, close to collapse, not allow them. we have always face short addition, but this is not new. but now many incubators,

the damage as well as other equipment that we need to treat the children. many children were affected by the powerful earthquakes where russia was among those who survived, but he still in shock. i was asleep when it happened for lapse. my brother and i will clap under the library for 3 days before they brought us to hospital. international agencies say they are facing a catastrophic situation in the north, where limited access to aid has complicated efforts to handle the aftermath of the disaster. it's a different situation and government controlled areas where plain loads of supplies are being delivered to airports. the world health organization says the impact is significant there, but services are available and people are able to access them. unlike in the northwest, where it says people have been through hell, falmouth now william during the 1st 2 days in hospital, i didn't receive any treatment. if there were no doctor's available volunteers or

students were trying to help us, aid has long been politicized in a country divided by front lines. the international community is promising a scaled up response after the syrian government approved the opening of a cor doors 4000000 people in the north relied on aid before the latest disaster. and the reality is only getting worse. shelter and food are needed on an unprecedented scale. when can i look at our situation? it is cold. children no longer go to school. we lost our home. there are no toys here. well, the u. n. is appealing for emergency funding and has long been working with a shortage of funds and with many describe a forgotten conflict. the earthquakes destroyed already crumbling infrastructure. you know only when we moved to italy, 3 years ago, we knew the building was not structurally sound. what we had no choice. now engineers told us that we can return to our home. a lot of them now we are homeless . the challenge now is to care for the living, who've already endured 12 years of war, then a footer,

l. shakita. i'm united nations has launched a 1000000000 dollar appeal to help more than 5000000 people across here funding from the appeal and the resources will allow aid organization to swiftly wrap up their operations to support government lead response efforts in areas including food security protection, education water and shelter. mon griffiths, the under secretary, john for humanitarian affairs, who was in the country last week said the people of turkey, i have experience unspeakable heartache. and we must stand with them in their darkest hour and ensure they receive the support they need. while some search cruise continue to dig through the ruins, we're still hearing miraculous stories of survival and cut them on much a 17 year old girl. let's pull a line from beneath the rebel. she been trapped for 10 days, while several people were found the live in turkey on thursday. the number of rescues has dropped significantly more than

a but as if we have to get her away from this environment because of the effects of trauma and she doesn't have any important bone franchise. her brain functions are good, her chest area, and all her organs are in good condition, but we want to get her to a better environment. so my name is bernard smith is in carmen rush, where people are naming pool construction codes for the collapse of so many building. those behind the rubble behind me is the remains of apartment blocks that just crumbled within an architect tells us 10 to 15 seconds of the quake started reading those in piece. so people inside had no chance a toll, but across the street. amidst the rubble, there are other apartment buildings like that. one of the behind me that as you can see, still standing now is going to have to be pulled down eventually. but the point is it stayed up long enough that the people inside it were able to escape and nobody was killed by the differences. the buildings that collapse were built before 999.

and that one and others like it were built after 999. when there was another major quaking turkey, which prompted the introduction of new rules and regulations, strengthening the building was compounded the damage on the death and destruction is that even buildings built after $999.00. many of them were granted ominous days . if they failed to come up to scratch, this was often done before elections. and instead of having to build a building, building the buildings up to standard. people paid a fine and that was paid to the ministry of environment instead of having to build, bring that buildings up to standard architects. we've been speaking to here. they said what they wanted to do that building behind me is the architects union office . it's low rise and what they wanted to do, they told the council about 3 years before this, they want to knock down. they said all the pre $999.00 buildings should be destroyed and rebuilt to new, a low rise standards. when the building is low,

arise is more integrated with the ground. and then we're totally more able to withstand the shaking in the oscillation of the quake causes. but these buildings weren't evacuated, it means moving thousands and thousands of people or hundreds of buildings and hundreds of businesses. so the buildings were left as they were. and the collapse, as i say, very, very quickly, chamber of architect is angry and frustrated because they say that this death and destruction was easily avoidable. well health work, i say many earthquake victims and our suffering from post traumatic stress and panic. attacks are correspondent natasha. a name has been speaking to psychologists in nantucket, if we follow to clinical psychologist around today there with the turkish red crescent. and they're trying to help people begin to make sense of this collective trauma that is going to be felt across southern turkey. the clinical psychologist say during a disaster like this, their 1st priority is to help restore

a sense of safety. make sure that people have shelter. there is still a critical shortage of shelter in southern tortilla. sometimes it's giving people a blanket or a hot cup of coffee and then it's settling in and just listening. we watch the clinical psychologists offer hugs pats on the backs. they often play with children, as for children, were told they're being overlooked. and that's not uncommon in a situation like this that they've experienced, seen and heard things that no child should have to experience. and the clinical psychologist says, if they don't get the mental health services they need, that could emerge as a bigger problem as they grow a you should be working with colleagues from here, from the field in you should be, you know, shoot me joy, cherry emotions with them, you know, you won't share your emotions and bullets worked together. so it means basically

this. so sites of work and the will very well, the humans children's agency says young people affected by the quakes urgently need psychological support on top of basic services such as food, water, and shelter. this is trula on top of trauma for these children, particularly those in syria who just enjoyed so much. there's not a little boy or girl in syria who's even 12 rhonda. the whole life has been conflict. so right now they need the full gamut of support. you know, medical supplies to hospitals, it sergio equipment, maternity equipment. it's literally everything for children who, you know, 910 days ago, a stacked, crumbling called crate in their pajamas, into the freezing cold. these mine bol the numbers. you know, so many thousands of children have died on this so many grieving parents out there . you tap into that one story of that child who is still alive or the head master. i spoke to yesterday, northwest and syria, who survived and is still trying to get children back into some sort of safe space

with use it. so he can give them that psychological support which we know takes months and months. but you have to start now. you know, set as long maintaining that yes, it's plain water, it's blankets, it's food, it's medical supplies, but psychological 1st i'd education, there's a life saving as well for what these boys and girls are going through so so, so to come here now desire, including a scathing indictment to peruse security forces by amnesty international of a weeks of political unrest. and the berlin ali is back. we taking his position as one of the biggest film festivals in the world. warner steamers. ah, hell, i. the weather's looking a little cool and breezy across the middle east at the moment. certainly across the raving peninsula, down toward sir,

the gulf temperatures here in dough. hard around 23 celsius. a little bit of a shamal to setting in here that it doesn't sound suddenly somebody to watch out for chance or some wet weather, just on the other side of the waters there, into iraq, pushing up towards some snowy weather, up toward sir good parts of afghanistan we've had some snow problems recently in turkmenistan that is set to continue brightest guys to come back in behind noticed temperatures here in doha, struggling to get to 20 celsius so it will be a little fresher over the next few days. meanwhile, temperatures on the rise across the kia northern parts of syria just around the year quake so largely clear skies good deal of sunshine overnight. frost not quite as intense as we go on through the coming days. i am pleased to say because he had temperatures trying to push up to was double figures here. so that son of an improvement in the weather, dry across a good part of northern africa. but i, which was a north west. we have got some rather heavy rain spilling in across morocco, snow over the atlas mountains there, but the wet weather will say,

pushing its way into that western side of algeria. south of that, hamilton lifting dust and sand. ah, the join the debate, the, you know that the sector seems empowered by those really government and stained by the daily government today they are the government, african. it's how security is also global, help security on it or online at your voice. there is no right to defense, there is no right to protest. we can't just keep relying on aid. there has to be some work toward a sustainable economy. at the end of the day, it is ordinary objects that are paying the price. this tree anal do 0, lou

ah, welcome back. a good come out about top stories here. this our, the united nations is a feel for a $1000000000.00 to cover immediate humanitarian needs in turkey. for the last weeks, earthquakes also need 400000000 dollars with quite affected regions in syria, where the relief effort has been severely disrupted by more than a decade old civil war. more than 42000 people anom known to have died across both countries. authorities haven't yet announced the number of people still missing and there are still some incredible stories of survival and cut. ahmad marashi, 17 year old girl, has been rescued up to 10 days, buried under the rubber when nato. secondly, general young st oldenburg is in turkey to discuss the organization's role and providing support after the earthquakes. he explained how nato members have responded. the day off the earthquake made those dissolves to response sent to

issued an immediate request for assistance to all night law. laws on partners since then, thousands of emergency response personnel have been deployed to, to kia, to support the reef efforts, including with search and rescue teams, firefighters, medical personnel, and seismic experts. so cassandra has more now from ankara. he was here to express his condolences and showed the solidarity of the nato alliance and with true care, the 2nd largest, the army, it within the alliance. and ah, secretary general mentioned that odd, there will be an international donors conference in march. also, we heard that e u countries are also supporting a n working gone as to the owners conference to help and to the victims of the earthquake that had that shook to kia and as syria. and he mentioned that

a 1000 tens of thousands of shelters are being provided for the people in the earthquake areas along with tense and oh, the tense are being carried by ale carriers, which is a very important element in delivering the 8th this. my true kia has is the 2nd largest nato, and a has a very decent inventory. ah, since there are 10 cities affected more than 13 millions lives are directly affected by this earthquake. a, even as so many air carries are not enough. ah, bed of rushes, what mercenary group is blaming what he calls moscow's monstrous bureaucracy for slow military gains? if any provision says it could take months to capture the east and town of fact, mood, which has seen intense fighting in recent weeks. cave has committed, vast resorts is to hold the mining area. it's capture, it would be

a major symbolic wind for russia, though the town holds very little strategic value with the advance is proceeding slower than what we want. why is the advance not fast enough? i think we could have taken control of back moved by the new year if we had not been hindered by monstrous military bureaucracy and obstacles created on a daily basis. while samuel romanies from the royal united services institute, he says it's not the 1st time progression has criticized russia's leadership wildly . that's very surprising. the promotion with lash out at the military bureaucracy in this manner. he's been launching a shadow conflict against the defense minister survey shows you and dates back to the war in syria dispatch 2016 and really escalated over the past year with him going public is the owner of the water grip and rushes military. having stepped back after sent back. so i think that this is totally aligned with his public persona. over the course of the past few years, the water grip assembled an army of 50000 troops, 40000 prisoners,

and 10000 mercenaries. and all they have to show for its been cited. heavy casualties is a takeover of soda and back loot. obviously was that increasingly important for the russian campaign because it gave them a critical victory. and on the ask, as well as access to railways and logistics. and even though pre goes in to try to frame and reframe brushes, goals as not necessarily being to capturing the city, but creating a stalemate that glad you creating forces. i results from the death of ukrainian territorial defense forces are a lead core. that kid, that narrative is not really that convincing, because russia wants victories and dine asking promotions, just not delivering them as losing heavy casualties in the process. we know the president of better room says his country would join the war alongside russia, if attacked. alexander lucas shameka made the comments during a rep press conference involving foreign journalists loose was used as a launching point for the invasion last year. and still hosts russian troops. shameka has so far avoided sending his own forces into ukraine. moldova as new

prime minister is promising to revive the economy and foster closer ties with the european union. during richie on how was voted in by parliament after the previous government resigned, last 18 months of seeing high inflation mold open government is also accused russia of trying to destabilize the country of intentions. between the 2 sides of the day brief. my russian massage used in ukraine fell on most oven territory. she has been out of state, has condemned israel decision to expand illegal settlement activity in the occupied west bank. the white house says the move undermine the 2 state solution. we are deeply dismayed by israelis announcement that they will advance thousands of new settlements and retroactively legalize 9 outposts in the west bank that were that were until now illegal under is really law. the united states strongly opposes these unilateral measures which, which exacerbates tension,

harm trust between the parties and undermine the geographic viability of the 2 states. which solution during his recent trip to israel secretary blinking was clear that all parties should refrain from actions that heightened tensions and take us further away from peace. israeli troops of cleared olive trees planted by israeli settlers on palestinian land. the trees had been there for 15 years on the or sarah hire at reports from shiloh in the occupied west bank. freshly dug up soil and more than a 1000 olive trees are removed by the israeli forces here on occupied palestinian land in the west bank under israeli high court ruling. because all of the olive trees that were planted here were planted by israeli settlers illegally. now this olive grove here has caused absolute outrage, the removal of these trees amongst the right wing politicians within the israeli coalition government. but this situation here highlights simmering tensions within

the government that have been bubbling underneath the surface for the last few weeks. you have the national security minister. some i've been given who is accused the defense minister of bringing in border police here to remove these 3. something he says comes on the have to restriction. so the conversation here now is about who controls what, especially when it come to occupied westbank. you also have the finance minister, smart church that has also told the finance minister he can quit his job because it's up to him to decide what happened within the west. bank in terms of the expansion of illegal settlements. we're seeing a coalition government here that is rapidly fast tracking measures to make these illegal settlements bigger and as fast as they possibly can. all of this just days before judicial reform plans are being voted on on monday reforms that many israeli said is a threat to democracy. it would potentially give the government the upper hand over

the supreme court. now that vote is going to happen on monday and will likely to see thousands more israelis protesting against it. almost international has issued a preliminary report on human rights violations in peru during weeks of protests and accuses security forces. a firing indiscriminately at demonstrators nearly 60 people have been killed since december when former president andrew castillo was forced from office marianna sanchez support from lima when no, none of the ankle was cuban. december 15th, at the airport in the city of our culture in the ann this family says they had no doubt. he'd been gone down by the army who'd open fire on protesters that afternoon . we and neither was among 10 people killed the question for his wife. ruth is who was in command, came another order than i'm who gave the order to kill and repress a peaceful march. amnesty international says most of the victims in more than 2

months of turmoil, were killed by security forces, who unlawfully fired lethal weapons and used other less lethal ones indiscriminately there cracked down on protesters most encounter. we're not only facing serious human rights violations, but crimes under international law, there's been widespread attacks against civilians, which implies individualized criminal responsibility, including those at the highest level who have allowed violations to continue. a preliminary report says at least 48 people died by state, were pression and 80 percent were killed in indigenous populated areas. a show of contempt against indigenous peruvians. it says savvy, all our rights have been violated because we are peasants. dina, below i t has said we are terrorists vandals, human rights lawyers representing victims say in addition, there's a pattern in the killings in different regions, mainly khaki. it could be that these are not individual cases, but political decisions turned into orders to the armed forces and police. and for

that reason we can see an escalation and their actions and a denial of responsibility level. if you're looking for a sit in the novel, not demit amnesty represent sits on wednesday. she says the judiciary is investigating the cases and they're waiting for its findings. and amnesty says they're worried because authorities have not guaranteed it will refrain from quelling future protests with excessive use of force. making a sentence i just gave me. now the 73rd bird in film festival is underway with speakers and guests taking part in person for the 1st time since the pandemic actors and filmmakers on the red carpet, alongside the atlas christian stewart, who had the international jury. the one ukraine is set to be at the forefront of this year's festival. donna kane has more now from believe these are the sights and sounds of war in ukraine. these, the realities of combat in a country invaded wyatt's largest neighbor just really died. and yet in sidney

front or eastern front, we are given a glimpse of far more. for in this film, we see the other aspects of life since the russian invasion from the happiest moments with family and friends to the times of greatest danger. the directors of the films sent out to chronicle close up. this nation's fight for survival as a message. it's like how can a recent change in one second? ah, like all your friends who was like go legs who. oh so some guy work on colored collection. some will only one on from plant. the situation in ukraine is the transcendent theme at this year's belly in allah. several of the films here deal with it directly with the aim to keep it at the forefront of people's minds. certainly that's the case for the artistic director of this year's festival. this film try to make something different, trying of course,

to move our conscience and to make us be more aware of her. all these matters, by the same time to give an insight from a re personal point of view. with the film in the ukraine, we see what many civilians there have found themselves doing. learning how to use an automatic rifle. the nervous smiles and laughter during the lessons are a distraction from the question of how effective these novice soldiers might be in real fighting. in some areas destroyed tanks, provide an impromptu plaything for the younger generation. with that, oh, pulling up, i don't have to use the girls while the more traditional playgrounds now nestle between bombed buildings, some areas are out of bands entirely. here, the happy wailing of infants has given way to the high frequency wail of the mind