biala guest at frankfurt airport city managed by from. this is the news live from birds that combating islam most militants in west africa france and germany disagree on how to do it 1000000000 has rejected a request from paris for more german troops to be sent to the south held rachel groups affiliated with al qaida and isis continue to start tensions also coming up thousands of protesters in barcelona demand the release of

a popular rapper who was sentenced to jail for his song lyrics and tweets the cases put the spotlight on freedom of speech spot. i'm anthony how'd welcome we begin with the fight against islamic extremism in west africa after a summit with hopes additional forces from european allies will allow france to reduce its contingent that germany doesn't agree with the strategy. and this roads leading through the sparsely populated sawhill desert this remote part of the world remains chronically underdeveloped and under policed. the western style is plagued by a violent islamist insurgency jihad as threat is particularly acute in the region

bordering mali kneejerk and blocking a fire zone prompting france and other european countries to deploy troops there during a regional summit attorney by manuel. the french president committed to keeping over $5000.00 soldiers in the area until at least the summer. i consider the year of 2020 to have paid off we have had one victories and we have opt in the results we were working to say given the results the important reengaged bit of mali book unifiers are in need both on military issues and on recommitment to your policy of developed bent i think that france withdrawing a significant number of troops which is an option i've considered it would be a mistake. so it. my core hopes that european countries will in time increase their presence in the region allowing their french

to draw down their contingent. this was rejected by germany whose foreign minister stressed the need for development aid instead. it is obvious that only white governments are functioning in a tangible way and offer their citizens the prospect of development and a better life we will be able in long term to eradicate terrorism. but the german and the french positions are not at all it's an dishonor there will be no development without security and no security without development. earlier we spoke to garrett kurtz a research fellow at the german council on foreign relations he explained what gemini and france are hoping to achieve with the involvement in the sun help reach . conflict in this. is a very important one and france has been involved since 20 said teen militarily

when 1st rebellion struck mali and then a coup. struck that the government and. you know who could lead to government in by michael wasn't ready to deal with an islamist and separatist insurgency in their own country and they asked france for help and this ever since then fronts hosts supported on a different mission 1st mali and now also the 4 other governments are that make up that you are setting the states their main focus is on strengthening governance and strengthening their security institutions in the south and especially in mali at the moment so germany is one of the most important true contribution countries to the e.u. training mission u.t.m. in mali. and that missing trains the mali and security and

defense forces and has been doing so since at 20 set scene. and the hope is depp's that somalian forces will be able to protect their up populations from armed groups and other threats in the future was that kind of support. fall and street protests have erupted in several spanish cities following the rest of pablo. he was sentenced to 9 months in prison for his song lyrics and tweets which or authorities cite glorified terrorism and insult the monarchy but he supporters have portrayed his case as a fight for free speech several 1000 protesters turned up in basra. was. chants of freedom for pablo has said echoing through the streets of barcelona scuffles erupted between protesters and the police with trash container set on fire

and shop windows destroyed demonstrators are calling for left wing rapper. to be released from prison. earlier on tuesday police have stormed a the university in the country's northeastern catalonia region and the rest it has said who was holed up there with dozens of supporters after he missed a deadline to turn himself in in 2018 the rapper was sentenced to 9 months in prison for glorifying terrorism and insulting the spanish monarchy and some of his songs in tweets they included references the paramilitary separatist group and called former king juan carlos a mafia boss his case has garnered widespread attention in spain and spurred a debate on freedom of expression after the arrest the deputy prime minister said in a democracy like spain there should be few limitations on free speech because some

moved. because we think that in all matters stemming from freedom of expression if nobody safety is put at risk then imprisonment is not an appropriate punishment within the freedoms granted by a democracy. the government confirmed that slamming to reform spain's criminal code with lighter punishments for free speech offenses and protection for artistic and cultural forms of expression. ok look now some of the news. france's lower house of parliament has approved a controversy old bill aimed at curbing islamic extremism the legislation expands the state's ability to close places of worship and banned individual preaches it follows a series of islamist attacks in for us but critics say the bill stigmatizes muslims and would limit free speech it still needs to send. iran says it will reduce

its cooperation with international nuclear inspectors as of next tuesday the foreign minister ministry rather had already warned that it would stop restricting inspections if it got no response from the united states tehran is seeking to pressure the bottom ministration to rejoin the international nuclear deal without preconditions and to lift sanctions. and all the vaccination campaign that started in the democratic republic of congo that's after an outbreak of the virus was discovered in the east of the country earlier this month health care workers in the bridge an obvious saving the 1st shot was. the mount etna volcano on the italian island of sicily is spewing out smoke and fire and a fresh eruption authorities say it currently poses no threat to the surrounding villages but they are monitoring the situation closely the ashes caused the closure of khatami. winter storms and brutal cold having gulf huge

swathes of the united states killing more than 20 people and leaving millions without power the frigid temperatures brought giant wind turbines to a standstill in western texas making it impossible for energy companies to keep up with surging demand the state has implemented rolling blackouts to ease the burden on pal agreements. minus 7 degrees celsius in texas that's 90 degrees fahrenheit cold by anyone's standards the state's residents powered up their electric heat is rarely needed and the climate weather overloading power grids in many areas. ice crippled gas fired power plants and wind turbines produce more than 4000000 people across texas are without power. but when we lost power yesterday morning in the house it's hard getting real call like around 2 o'clock and then you got all the blankets out we try to all sleep together to keep us warm

to the cars to keep our phones charged and and then today when we got up there was no water it's pretty bad that sticks just camp here or. every other part of the country this would have been. colder inside realize we have no wife no nothing no internet everybody need to eat we had our camping stove out. on the stone and tried to be a safe as possible officials say the situation is serious and that the entire state is likely to be affected by snow ice and strong winds over the next 2 days. the european space agency says it wants to recruit someone with a disability as part of its 1st call for new astronauts and 11 is the agency to boost diversity among crews and is also looking to hire more astronauts this year

for. up to $26.00 permanent and reserve astronauts the. said it's the 1st time a spicy yes i put up the application process for those with disabilities. or had to tell us more reporter melanie hole melanie hello. what will be more diversity focused work for draws from the european space agency actually and. so what the european space agency is going to be doing is they're looking to hire $4.00 to $6.00 astronauts to be part of their permanent staff and they'll be assigned to go on space missions and they're also looking to hire 20 astronauts who will go on their reserve list and these will be selected for specific missions now on this preserve list they are looking to hire an astronaut with a physical disability and this will be part of their power astronaut feasibility project and this will be used to investigate what conditions candidate could fly to

the international space station looking at what kind of safety and technical support would be necessary and the e.s.a. will then be talking with partners or the i.s.o.'s to look into the best way to fly apart astronaut to 2 there now they hope that. the in the future there will be a an opportunity to get to the i s s the e.s.a. stresses that it isn't about who can ism and that when they do send a pass not to the i assess they will be operating on all normal operations and they will also carry carrying out scientific research now that yes a says based on category set by the international paralympic committee it will initially initially consider applications from individuals with a lower limb deficiency or who have restricted growth now previously they have these have been circumstances which would normally have barton asked not for applying to this program now speak at a virtual news conference on tuesday this is what the essays carney only female

astronauts as the month of christopher already had to say on the agency's drive to hire more. with disability. did not evolve to because he's so when it comes to space travel we are all it is a boat you know we all have a disability because we were just not meant to get there so what really goes from being you know is able to go to space to being able to go to space is technology. so far has only sent 2 women into spice one of them was christopher verde speaking there who we just heard speaking the agency is lagging behind a little on gender is absolutely when we look at the figures of how many people have actually been sent into space of 560 people who've been sent into space only 65 of them have been women and if you look at the essay as you've said only 2 of those how thin women looking back at the 2008 yes

a drive for the last time around just 16 percent of those were actually women so the essay really wants to redress this imbalance now if we can look at what future recruits may have to look forward to when joining the essay which is astronaut tim peake said that new recruits may not just go to the i assess they make us the moon and also potentially even mas and for anyone who thinks they may have what it takes to go there and they have until may 28th to apply genuinely exciting times they do believe melanie hole thanks so much champions league football now in liverpool of big. deal in la pursuit in the round of 16 after a goal was 1st off muhammad the target for a live boy minutes after the restart and they needed another just 5 minutes later also on. the line of 41 thrashing linnell messi up in the scoring for boss but then

p.s.g. came back with a head for it from killing. another goal from morey's a. that's all for now more news coming up at the top of the al coming up next on the channel doc film titled is stamboul quite chilled or just fearing the city could be hit by severe at this point in the coming years from now i'm anthony held in berlin thanks for watching. german. jewish i'm jewish so what. does that mean in daily life and at school beloved teenagers 11 stories. i'm jewish and so. young german and jewish starts feb 22nd on d w. istanbul

straddles the straits between europe and asia time and time again it's shaken by unpredictable strong earthquakes the stumble to stumble is extremely at risk over the past 50 years this mega city has grown from a population of about 1000000 residents to more than 15000000 all have to understand. it's a race against the clock posing a challenge to disaster management teams and local residents. the city lacks buildings that can withstand quakes. 95 percent of all houses would have to be demolished you know that they cannot. face a terrible situation it's not just the quake itself it's the aftermath too. is it possible to predict the next big earthquake seismologists a developing

a new method. to. him best. best case scenario would be to put out a sort of fever curve where every day we could estimate if there's a higher or lower risk of an earthquake. off the forecasting too far in advance has risks of it and saw the bulk of the people would storm the banks they would storm the stores they would turn on each other are there security forces or a plan in place for this type of scenario no. the countdown for seismologists and emergency responders is known. more than 15000000 people live in this coastal city. and it's becoming increasingly crowded. the

bosporus strait divide system into a european and an asian signed. the region is particularly prone to earthquakes. in 1990 s. than 100 kilometers from the city center an earthquake strikes it's one of the worst into he's history at least 18000 people die hundreds of thousands of left homeless emergency responders are often too late there is no working emergency plan or early warning system in place. some thousands of buildings collapse like houses of cons sandy subsoil and show

deconstruction and to blame. seismologists expect a similarly powerful earthquake in the coming. yes this time right off the coast they stumble. a good 1700 kilometers away at the german research center for geosciences in punch's dam scientists monitor earthquakes all over the world. frequently. because seismologists marco bone huff and his team a studying the city on the bus bursts the earth's crust is especially unstable in the region. goofier don't exist on ball is extremely at risk over the past 50 years and this mega city has grown from a population of about 1000000 residents to more than 15000000 or and unfortunately just off the coast of istanbul there's an active plate boundary and from what we can tell it's under enormous stress focus fund.

a tremendous amount of energy is currently building up underground as it went we'll . like all continents up sits atop tectonic plates directly in front of istanbul in the sea of marmara the eurasian plate the anatolian plates forming a so-called full zone. typically these plates push past each other bit by bit and gas bubbles rise from the ocean floor we can see this from footage taken by a french german turkish research team. but right off the coast of istanbul the plates stuck we don't see the usual gas bubbles. but the earth's plates cannot move alongside each other

the pressure builds energy accumulates. if it discharges the plates could move forward by up to 5 meters that once triggering a violent earthquake. right in front of the coastal city. the government forecasts 30280000 deaths could result experts even say a tsunami is likely with waves as high as 4 meters. predict the earthquake will have a magnitude of at least 7. earthquakes and measured on a scale of one to 9.5 quakes with a magnitude of 4 a felt by most people in the area a magnitude 7 quake is considered particularly strong. boone have steam months to

use a new method to predict powerful s. craigs like these in the future. fall off there's a series of indicators we can observe before an earthquake strikes. and if we can systematically record and evaluate them automatically in real time it would essentially be possible to look at the beaver curve of a fault zone 24 hours a day when done and then issue warnings when necessary or housekeeping. that would be revolutionary. so far early warning systems around the world to react to at most a few seconds before hand. so called seismographs registered the less powerful primary waves of an earthquake sending a signal just seconds before the destructive secondary wave start. mexico city uses such

a system then 2017 there were 2 particularly strong quakes here. about 20 seconds before hand residents were warned via public loudspeakers saving thousands of lives. this was possible because the epicenter of the quake was far outside the city. in 2011 tokyo experienced one of the most severe earthquakes ever saying worldwide. the city's residents were warned via television radio and the internet nearly 80 seconds before hand. and. in those precious seconds the city can shut off gas lines switched traffic lights to read and bring trains to a halt. a

stumble also has an early warning system but it's only for the disaster management team and the warning period is limited to just 5 seconds. at the disaster coordination center that is not enough time to warn residents. of the trucks because their time span is so short people would not be able to escape in the event of a quake that's why our system is limited to preventing accidents or fires for example by automatically turning off the gas. employees of the local transport system and gas utility as well as firefighters are often on standby in case of an earthquake they also get some help from the computer software depending on the magnitude and location of the quake the program immediately calculates the number of potential deaths or collapsed buildings. then we have to compare the computers estimation

with water actually going on from there to do this we use information from the team that's on site for example the fire department and then we can be confident with sending the right team to the right place. residence must also be prepared. at the disaster training center in cars and 8th grade classes running through drills today so how close is the danger. this is the north anatolian fault zone. we're only 12 kilometers away from it here in this district. that means a quake could be felt especially strongly here. a simulated generates a quake with a magnitude of $6.00 the children and they have

a few seconds to duck under the table. it's important they remember to protect their heads. when the quake is over the students can run out signed but not before turning off gas and electrical appliances to prevent fires. i only knew a little about earthquakes before this but now i've experienced and understand what to do. the instructed jane tank our recommends always having an emergency backpack ready to go equipped with water a flashlight and a 1st aid kit. aid won't come for the 1st 72 hours of a disaster. therefore we must be prepared for survival until help arrived.

but these tips are only useful if buildings and infrastructure can withstand the earthquakes. on the european side of the city a subway 9 is being extended. civil engineer. is supervising the project on behalf of the municipality. in the district of khatami the tracks emerge above ground and cross the bridge it is supposed to be safe for an earthquake up to a magnitude of $7.00 but the soil poses a risk. we have to cover a long distance here but the ground is very muddy and unstable. this is dangerous during quakes. that's why we dug very deep into the earth to connect the bridges pillars with stable ground. and. a 70 meter long

steel structure will anchor the bridge to firm a ground. invasion of the subway control center this is where emergency plans should take effect in the event of a quake stop elevates his switch escalators to move up only slow down and evacuate trains. legal. and then while we're filming this happens. i was. a moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 hits the city. it's the 2nd quake within

a matter of days there hasn't been a situation like this for many years should maybe i was a 1st i thought something struck my chair and started shaking we were evacuated immediately now on the edge of pick up my child good luck. cell phone service is disrupted to me from those who can try to reach their friends and family . and there is a houses here are all old so we were very afraid i can't reach my family the lines are down i'm also afraid to go home. on the t.v. i'm nervous very nervous i can't even picture what the big quake would be like no. one could say there are no deaths or injuries. but many buildings including this minaret are damaged.

one day later. typhoon cameraman is the head of earthquake risk management for the city he's faced with a big challenge there. the city's warning system did not activate during the quake. you chose the shade of a key issue of the you can say the system worked as it should have we have 10 stations at the moment but we aren't receiving a signal for many of them not even yesterday our task now is to build more stations and repair the 10 we already have shows with. turkey's conservative party ruled istanbul for 25 years until the summer of 2019 car a man says the party did not do enough to prepare the city for earthquakes something that the muslim fortunately we cannot say that is done bull is prepared

for an earthquake today because i know there are still buildings here that are in danger of collapsing but they did it after all even the 5.8 magnitude quake caused major damage that the god who is still. the new city government wants to set new priorities. today and hosts representatives from the matter foundation and city hall for about 2 decades this group of scientists merchants and crafts people has been trying to prepare istanbul residents for the next big earthquake traumatized by the 19 $199.00 quake they do not want to leave their fate in the hands of the state alone you know our mission is that within the 1st 72 hours everyone is active in their own neighborhood with schumacher who knows we want to train 4 to 5 volunteers in each district to form a civilian disaster rescue team are you x.

. the new city administration wants to work together with the foundation for disaster management expert. this is a ray of hope all right we have come to the right place he will support our projects develop them further and he also has plans of his own. the earthquake was a wake up call for the whole city. as a panel discussion the foundation magda informs residents about the dangers of earthquakes there's quite a bit of interest. tells them what they must avoid at all costs is panic. makes it look like when combating a disaster the most important asset we have is people but only if those people are prepared and can act reflexive. if they are not prepared then they become a liability. because they panic so they get plenty to take.

the music down by. germany. during the brit tree test seismologist marco bone hoff has a breakthrough. yet he uses various types of stone to simulate test quakes. in the real world there might be $100.00 or 200 years between 2 strong quakes we don't have that time so instead we simulate these processes at an accelerated rate and we increase the pressure relatively quickly and then retrieve the measured values so we can do our calculations for let's list alternately we can recreate a complete cycle from one quake to the next within a few minutes and often from. bono of tests to town with

a sandstone sample. oppressed supplies an enormous amount of pressure to the stone . in the machine similar taney asli registers acoustic signals that reveal what is happening to the stone internally. in the arab. world with slowly the machine increases the pressure on the stone it says the 30 trucks were stacked up on one finger. on the surface it appears the stone hasn't changed but the acoustic signals on the monitor show another story it's beginning to fracture more and more cracks become visible like small miniature quakes. 15 minutes later the stone breaks. down. marco bornhorst says the same logic can be applied to large scale earthquakes.

disease in 14 we're seeing all of this for shark activity before the point of fracture and since that similar for all rock samples we're hopeful that we can apply this method was with us in much income so we're on the scales many many quakes to signal a larger earthquake is coming. was this also the case with the september quake in istanbul. scientists from all over the world conduct research at the german research center for geosciences in potsdam in the hope of predicting when earthquakes will strike in addition to turkey greece and italy a 2 danger zones in europe the main trigger is the african plate which is pressing northwards towards the eurasian plate in the mediterranean. in 2016 an earthquake rattled central italy nearly 300 people died one day she was the collapse of many old buildings this was not the case in japan which experienced

a 9 point one magnitude earthquake in 2011. nearly 20000 people died most from the resulting tsunami that slammed into the northeastern coast of the country devastating the area. researches say adapting infrastructure is crucial the city's mccue the earthquake that struck japan in 2011 is a good example indeed there was a lot of damage related to the tsunami but the buildings withstood due to compliance with earthquake resistant standards. japan invests a lot of money in earthquake resistant construction for example offering subsidies for buildings with shock absorbing dampers.

the money for this kind of technology isn't available in a stumble. 3 factors must be considered. the likelihood an earthquake will strike 2nd in all the number of buildings and. and the 3rd you know the quality of the construction or how vulnerable the buildings are so a hotspot in other words a place where damage could be particularly great has these 3 factors and we see that in istanbul but also in cities like lima quito or mexico city key to mexico. the biggest challenge now in istanbul is limiting the potential damage of a mega earthquake. in the southwestern part of the city the bucky neighborhood is particularly at risk. this is denise from the

mag to foundation has what if a trophy is a disaster prevention coordinator. she surveys the area with who's going to do a seismologist. looking if you want to see. the houses here are very old. it's imperative to push for change and rebuild. after the september quake 2 buildings were evacuated. the facade shows significant cracks. because those who go. down. to the foot of the bridge the residents are alone and upset. the focus of the few type going to cover your own luck one of the buildings will be rebuilt but the owners simply

cannot agree on what to do with the other one. again everyone. if a building is reported to the city is unsafe it should be torn down. but there's not enough funding to build a new. that's why unsafe buildings a still inhabited. boost to show number government only cares about prestige projects it doesn't care about how people really live but they should. try to do that from the it's not just about the quake itself it's the immediate aftermath of what might be terrible the fire department wants fires to be ignited by natural gas leaks or there's an aviation fuel tank and gasoline. and yet there is still no precautions stumble the finest that could occur after quite the biggest risk in stamboul. we have no time to lose but our government in

ankara prefers to plan an absurd new canal through istanbul we must immediately prepare for a quake but they just aren't listening to us through it. all they. know what a major city in europe has grown quite as fast in recent decades. and what is knocking however earthquake resistant to residential buildings. in recent years the turkish government has repeatedly tightened building regulations. but the chamber of civil engineers is skeptical of the construction industry its chairman jamal good to stress is that just because a building is new doesn't mean it's safe from earthquakes. it's a major point. and then study the title to brew

a lot until very recently inspectors were chosen and paid by the builders themselves. how independently can you inspect the person who's paying you. at least since the 1st of january 29th teen inspectors and they'll selected through an electronic system where yet but even that does not suffice. because they're often not trained well enough they don't have special certificates so a simple diploma is enough to get the job we have a serious problem with construction supervision in this country yet they did the city is growing rapidly as a result it is becoming more and more crowded and the risks of severe consequences from an earthquake are increasing. that's the situation we're in right now it's a crime isn't it can one really live in a city like this well not of the government these open spaces already there's sure

to be construction here it can't go on like this. meanwhile the state disaster management austerity after it's raising awareness about the risks posed by earthquakes with an elaborately produced t.v. commercial. the message prepare for disaster said that your neighborhood stays safe how to go about this however is not specified instead the austerity promises educational campaign. the reality on istanbul's street is not as a generic as the commercial. in actuality there are constant traffic jams and more

and more high rise buildings. the new city government knows this all too well it is seeking solutions and has invited german seismologist marco born half to istanbul. scientists from all over the world are joined by local rescue teams and associations to discuss the current situation. on half delivers the opening speech a sign of how much his work is appreciated. the current knowledge of the marmara hold indicates a maximum expected earthquake magnitude of $7.00 of course this would not exclude a larger event as we have learned so dramatically in japan in 2011 but based on historical data this is probably a solid measure. over the years boone half the team has worked with turkey's disaster management austerity to set up 7 measuring stations in the mama region.

quake safety is a top priority for the city's new man a crowd. he is in close discussion with bone half and other international scientists their research will be incorporated into the new earthquake road maps they stumble. i'm convinced this is an issue that the whole world must solve together. stumbled and. istanbul's biggest problem when it comes to worst quakes is the safety of its golding's nearly $50000.00 buildings are at risk even a mild quake can damage the village eliminate up with this poses a huge threat to the lives of tens of thousands of people in the short of the answer is not only to demolish houses and build new ones but perhaps to strengthen existing buildings as well. and that we must use this time very wisely to find quick and practical solutions so we can save people's lives you saw modern john

mcwhorter walk of an. engineer is also committed to finding solutions but it's not working on predicting if an earthquake will strike days or hours ahead of time he's focused on the seconds before the quake. we developed an early warning mobile app that alerted users about the earthquake in cities you're starting to spot it in these get off the questions of knowledge so we've proven the app works. i'm now here to get support for it from the city can control the system in ny i don't wish to see should get in on this deal on the chin . i pay goodness appointment was put off until a later date. the fear of the quake has been propelling him forward for years is stumble doesn't have an early warning system like the one in tokyo or mexico city so goodna took matters

into his own hands and developed a mobile app in 2017. it's designed to send a warning signal to people in the istanbul area a few seconds before a major quake the app can be purchased for the equivalent of around 2 you. a year. so far has set up 6 measuring stations in the mama region using his own phones today he is monitoring his station in the future mentioned just tricked. which church which. the sensor registers tiny tremors 3 meters deep. in the event of an earthquake it measures the less powerful primary waves of the quake it sends a signal to pieces 5 to 25 seconds before the stronger and more destructive

secondary waves. the warning time increases the further you are from the earthquake's epicenter. the structure of the spotted stuff system has proven itself but if there's only one station per location there's a risk of false alarms on all the cost reasons i've only set up $1.00 system at this course but it would be better to add one or even 2 stations every 3 kilometers and set up a whole network. but he doesn't have the funds for that each new station costs about 25000 euros currently about 5000 people have downloaded his mobile. only a fraction in comparison to istanbul's 15000000 residents. but good now believes in what he's doing every 2nd counts also on you. in

10 seconds you could take shelter with your children if you're driving a car you can park it safely if you're about to go inside a building or drive through a tunnel you decide against it these are seconds that saved lives. you know. i. love that seconds and not enough the german seismologist marco bone health he wants to be able to warn the population hours before a quake. he is out on the sea of marmara just off a stumble exactly where a full 7 fall below the surface could trigger the next big quake. on the island is known hoffa set up a measuring station to help with his full costs. but the station is hardly sending

any signals at the moment that's a problem. of the course this is the largest island off the coast of istanbul and these are pre-determined measurements sites because they're closer to the fault zone from. the team is headed to the highest point of the island. at. a summit in the middle of a nature reserve. hear seismographs were installed 300 meters deep into the earth and covered with concrete. using acoustic signals they register the smallest traumas that do not reach the surface. this way even many earthquakes have recorded.

the depths of the seismographs plays a critical role. we have to try to get beneath the surface because in a metropolitan area like istanbul there's a lot of background noise from infrastructure wind and weather that's bad for us because we want to measure the signals as cleanly as possible that's why we have to go deep below the surface but drilling deep down is expensive and we have to drill at least a few 100 meters so in this case a compromise between the cost of drilling and meeting our requirements is 300 meters deep. construction around 300000 euros was financed by the german research center for geosciences the turkish authorities are fads and international donors did him cherelle remembers how intensive the process was he said in the 2 most along the drilling here took a total of 9 months the ground is made from very hard stone so drilling into it was very difficult. it was also

a mammoth task to bring these huge machines to the island. and then the drill heads of the machine kept breaking off. i think we had to replace 10 of them the drilling company hated us by the end of it all. the data from the seismographs dissenting almost to real time via the internet to the disaster management tool sorority off in ankara and to potsdam. well the team must now figure out why the signals a failing to send a u.s. company manufactures the senses they used in earthquake zones all over the world. technicians surge of venezuela has come all the way from the u.s. to help with maintenance we have some problems with the station seems like the source and if they get to the central station so we thought of you know it was a problem seems like it's the round the details are as like a running site when it gets for it will stop

a solution because it's always decide because the seismographs are embedded deep underground they cannot be swapped out then and so they can only activate them by remote control. become like they didn't get here. on the. moon have phones his colleagues in part stand to find out if the data has arrived from. them and we repair the data locker we know the data arrived in ankara and in 5 minutes we'll know if it arrived in part but everything looks good. mission accomplished the data finally arrives in potsdam. meanwhile app developer has found a backer for his early warning system

a renowned istanbul geologist wants to further develop his. jobs arbuckle professor genki alter rock wants to use cell phones to measure the shaking during an earthquake and compare it with the measurement data on site something like this is not been done before we want to combine these 2 functions in the air and till now it's not been possible to measure how each building reacts individually during a quake but with cell phones lying around the house we could measure that. meets the geologists it is stumble technical university. they discussed how the app could be used to estimate damage after a quake. a few years back geologist change tack who is also working on a warning system to predict earthquakes yeah yeah that's no longer his priority

because he considers it dangerous. yeah there's that you sort of if i could predict now that in 30 hours there will be an earthquake bungalow how would they control the money in turkish banks it would flee a bronze people would storm the banks they would storm the stores they would turn on each other well are there sufficient security forces to prevent something like that is there a plan in place when you know there isn't it therefore even if there was a way to predict earthquakes our society would not be set up for it because then you would need 2 and a half square metres of space outside per person. but there is no space in istanbul we don't even have $75.00 square centimeters per person just go to the city center the streets are 2 and a half meters wide the houses 6 stories high if one house collapses the whole street is blocked a fire breaks out in just one house it's spreads to all of them didn't they are.

only a few months of passed since the last quake in istanbul on the 24th of january 2020 another earthquake strikes turkey. this time in the eastern part of the country. the quake is almost 30 times stronger than the september quake and $2900.00. 90 buildings collapse and 41 people died in the e.u. knows the region. survivors and rescue workers brace overnight temperatures of minus 8 celsius. emergency units travel from istanbul the rescue work takes days. geophysicist marco born half doesn't have much time left unfortunately that's exactly what research requires. but he does have new findings the results of the

september quake i read. his thesis seems to be correct. under the sea of marmara many many quakes accumulated until the big quake with a 5.8 magnitude struck. it because of and the big question is whether these fractures the 4 shocks are signs of a larger earthquake. researches don't yet know if this is a pattern that can be applied to all quakes but the indications are growing. boone have estimates that it will take another one to 2 years to see if the method is proved correct. only then will it be possible to develop a reliable forecasting system. best best case scenario would be to put out

a sort of fever curve where every day we could estimate that there's a higher or lower risk of an earthquake and residents would start to adjust to this it would be like what we see with forecasting extreme weather this is not yet the case with earthquakes and there's a long road ahead to get there but this is what we're aiming for and we're working to improve this situation systems of our best. 7 to. the people if they stumble only have a real chance if priority says set. as quake resistant buildings. public mourning seconds before a quake. and a full cost. the researches were cremains a race against time.

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