hi to d w documentary on youtube. no . ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin tonight in afghanistan, a powerful earthquake kids hit the east of the country. officials say a 1000 people with died and many more are injured making bits. the countries deadliest, quaking decades, also coming up here in germany. chance or olaf schultz calls for a new marshal plan to help ukraine in a speech before parliament today. he also said there will be no partnerships with hooton's imperial russia. and this comes after the 1st german heavy weapons arrived

in ukraine. but are they enough to silence? critics, you say germany has done too little to help you. crane defend itself? ah, vibrant golf. it's good to have you with us and we begin with a massive earthquake in eastern afghanistan, at least 1000 people have been reported dead. hundreds more injured. u. s. president joe biden has ordered american agencies to see how they can help, but that will not be easy since the taliban took control of afghanistan last year. most agencies have stayed out of the country. rescuers and survivors rush, the injured to waiting helicopters, getting around, and the remote mountainous regions of eastern afghanistan is challenging under normal circumstances. but after wednesday's earthquake, it is even more difficult. the powerful tremor took residents by surprise. many

were at home in their beds, when it hit the sea, the spin you, i spotted up, i think it was midnight when the quake struck them and gone. the kids and i screamed. one of our rooms was destroyed. all our neighbors screamed and we saw every one's rooms collapsed. mine when both eventually the houses in this rural region are mostly made of mud or stone. and dozens were destroyed. authorities fear, many people could be trapped beneath the rebel. what a demand. the disaster opposes a major test for the taliban, lead government, which seized power last year. since then, many international agencies have left the country and billions of euros and development aid were caught as a result of dentist and was already facing a severe economic crisis. in light of these difficult circumstances, the taliban lead government is asking for international help. the afghan red crescent society has dispatched humanitarian aid from cobble to the affected areas

. and the united nations says it's also sending it's teams. or earlier i asked freelance, journalist, bronze, marty, who's in kabul to give us the latest a death hole and the numbers of injured have risen through the day to the numbers that you mentioned. 100-1508 might rise even 3rd or rescue efforts were also impeded by rainfall and heavy winds. at times. now it is night in call. holy enough conason . so rescue efforts has mostly sculpt until tomorrow morning. this was the deadliest quake. it's in the country and yours are. are there agencies in afghanistan that can deal with this, especially with the tally, but now in control? one thing to remember is that of con sons, he's frequent earthquakes. yes,

this one was from the death toll a major one of the largest one in several years. but this is not something completely new. to some extent. the polygon also reacted well. for example, a quite quickly dispatched helicopters to the most affected areas in bar mold. one of the most heavily heat stay streets escalate. excavators arrived pretty soon as little as confirmed to me. in other areas, the tale bone likes to capacity to, to act quickly and, and aids that has arrived to some extent is not sufficient. if you can help us understand the united states, president biden has ordered agencies from his country to do what they can. what can they do though, right now in afghanistan the situation is not easy. it is difficult. however, um aid agencies have a pretty soon after the polygon. takeover tried to resume their operations on time

successfully, sometimes not successfully. the u. s. has issued several general license peach. it a commitment that he made back at the start of the war in ukraine, saying that we will protect every centimeter of nato territory. and he says that germany is doing that by a beefing up its own military spending. but also by sending of troops and materiel to nato's eastern flank and showing its commitment that way. but of course, also by the support that it's given to ukraine. both the financial and decreasing li are in the form of the direct military support as well. in simon the jason and he tried to quash the idea that he is moving too slowly on helping ukraine. did he achieve what he wanted to i guess that will depend

on why the perceptions there certainly are plenty of people here in germany, opposition politicians and others. who think that to the progress has been too slow and too hesitant? will other world leaders, you know, give germany the credit that i laugh, shouts thinks it deserves. i will have to wait and see. yeah, he's got a week of summit meetings coming up are in particular the nato summit here in germany at the weekend and the beginning of next week. and we may hear more there, particularly president zalinski of ukraine. himself. will be part of that nato summit by video link. and now that the 1st heavy weapons from germany have actually begun to arrive in ukraine, perhaps some the criticism of germany's so cautious approach at will die down. our political correspondence, i'm young with the latest to night here in berlin. simon, thank you. in his speech to day,

the german chancellor also said that ukraine has every right to defend itself, adding that it is our duty to support ukraine as best we can. germany has faith international criticism for its initial reluctance to supply ukraine with weapons. and then for the time that it took to deliver those weapons the german panther hobbits of 5001 of the most sophisticated artillery systems in the world. oh must 5 months after russia's invasion of ukraine, 7 of these self propelled houses have finally arrived on the battlefield. germany has long been accused of dragging its hills over the delivery of lethal 8 to ukraine. to counter such criticism, berlin has released a lengthy list of weapons and equipment. it is handed over to keefe it includes pants, our 1000 infantry anti tank rocket launchers, man,

portable air defense systems, or man pads that enable soldiers to down enemy aircraft. 60000000 rounds of ammunition. these deliveries proved useful in the early stages of the war when ukrainian forces ambushed russian columns often at close range. but against the math, a tillery deployed by russia in its dumbass offensive. ukraine needs more heavy guns of its own. germany at, in slow to react and like some of its nato allies, o. u. s. has delivered over a 100 of these modern and hilary pieces and will soon, and long range missile systems. poland has donated at least 18 self pelt. how it's us and hundreds of soviet era tanks. germany to has pledged more heavy equipment on the to do list. the gap itself propelled antiaircraft, gun effective against low flying aircraft. the mos multiple launch rockets system

able to targets up to 80 kilometers away at the state of the art iris t anti aircraft system, able to clear the sky of enemy aircraft and missiles. but the 1st batch of gay pots and the mos launches, are only slated for delivery in july. the iris t might only arrive in ukraine in october, a long wait for a country under constant attack from the air. ukraine's president says that the future of the don bus region is being determined in and around the city of several . don't ask will today's delivery of heavy weaponry from germany? will it make a difference? here's the w's, rebecca rivers. in keith. i think that they don't believe that either, that there's still not enough heavy weaponry to really push back at this stage or really to make any sense to me. i'm not going to meet that, that the, the fire pow you and we're seeing that he chance being actually pounded, severed a. net is also being completely bombarded. and though progress is slow,

they're slow moving. it does look as though that will get taken by the russians at some stage, a within, you know, short amount of time. it is really hard to give a time frame. of course, i mean, it did look like the cities would fall sooner than they have the, the credits are doing a pretty good job of holding those defense lines of tying up the russian forces in this area and creating another mario poll, if you will, as sort of an area where the russians are having to focus on. but i don't think that these weapons this 1st trance, have weapons that have come from the west. going to have much chance at pushing back russia. of course ukraine hoping that when they do get even heavier artillery and more of it, they will eventually be able to push russia out of the dumbass and out of their territorial together. when they're from key bloods take a quick look. now some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. saudi arabia's ground. prince bahama had been solving is visiting turkey for the 1st time since the killing of saw the journalist jamal. cuz shogi plunged

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go a quick look at our top story this, our an earthquake in the east of afghanistan has killed around a 1000 people injuring hundreds. moore that's according to the country state media . you as president joe biden has directed american agencies to see what assistance they can provide. stephen beardsley that makes with the w business news. i'll see you tomorrow with she just will use crime fighters are back to that and african most successful radio drama series continues them all episodes are available online. and of course you can share and discuss on d. w, africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters tune in now what's making the headline and what's behind d. w. news africa. the show.