all experience outstanding shopping and dining offers. enjoy our services. be our guest at frankfurt airport city. managed by from board lou. ah ah . you're watching d. w. news wible from berlin. disaster in afghanistan as a powerful earthquake strikes, the east of the country. officials say a 1000 people have been killed and many more are injured, making it the country's deadliest weight in decades. also coming up on the show.

thousands of indigenous protesters march through the streets of quito for a 10th day, demanding a cut to fuel prices. the rally followed violent clashes between police and demonstrators earlier. and germany finally fulfills its promise. the 1st a shipment of heavy weapons has arrived in ukraine. but are they enough to silence? critics who say germany has done too little to help you praying defend itself. ah, hello, i am clear. richardson, thanks so much for joining us. a massive earthquake in afghanistan has left at least 1000 people jed and many more injured. u. s. president joe biden has ordered american agencies to look into how they can help. but that will not be easy since the taliban took control last year, most agencies have stayed out of afghanistan. the country is already struggling

with a drought and food shortages. ah, they survived the deadly earthquake and were taken to safety. hospitals impacting a province near the pakistani border are filling up with the injured many of them, recount stories of horror and terrible loss. mad mobile the press. when the roof came down on me, i thought i had been shot with my body was in pain. it took me awhile to get up, but i lost feeling in my body when i saw the rest of my family under the debris hills, with people digging with their bare hands through the rubble i just saw in the hopes of finding someone still alive or to recover their dead with houses and other buildings have been flattened by the powerful quake. it struck in the middle of the night when most people were at home sound asleep. the number of dead an injured is expected to rise as news slowly trickles in from these remote

parts of afghanistan. rescue efforts have been directed towards the area, but the need for support is huge. at least $50000000.00 will be required immediately to respond all sector least concerned about not just non food items and getting people to shelters and awaiting medical slot, but also presenting waterborne diseases. the taliban lead government has called for international support. but it might prove hard to get since the taliban seized power last year, some international agencies have left afghanistan and billions of euros in development. aid were held back. more than 60 percent of the population relies on aid to survive the earthquake and only worse in their dire, tremendous, terry, and situation. fans mighty as a freelance journalist in cavil earlier,

we asked him how well the taliban government is equipped to handle the situation? 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 poly mon also reacted well, for example, they quite quickly dispatched helicopters to the most affected areas in bar mold. one of the most heavily heats districts escalate. excavators arrived pretty soon as locals confirmed to me um, in other areas, the taliban lex, the capacity to, to act quickly and, and aids that has arrived to some extent is not sufficient. aid agencies have a pretty soon after the polygon, takeover try to resume their operation sometimes successfully, sometimes not successfully. the u. s. m. has issued several general licenses that

exempt humanitarian organizations from sanctions that are imposed on afghanistan and the poly mon regime. so legally, it is possible to get aiden practically this. a very wolf analysis still faces difficulties. nonetheless, some angels have expanded their self, have expand that their programming. they are on the pressure to implement from the donors their own, the pressure from the taliban. that wants to get aiden also to siphon some of the aid off. and that this leads to to various problems sometimes. but all sold to the fact that 8 projects are still running and still implemented. and that also in this case, a certain amount of international aid will certainly reach on these regions. as ch are now to some other stories making headlines at this hour. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed vince on mon is visiting turkey for the 1st time since the killing

of saudi journalist mancha shogi. when that plunged relations between the 2 countries into crisis, the crown prince today met with turkish president, russia tie up to one at one once blamed the crown prince for cash. oh, he's murder the remains of connelly's independence hero. patrice limone have arrived in his home region more than 60 years after his death. only a single tooth remained. it was handed over by former colonial power belgium on monday. it will be taken on a tour around the democratic republic of congo before being buried. the police commander of you've all the texas has been put on administrative leave over his handling of a school shooting. last month, he has been blamed for law enforcement delays and confronting a gun man who killed 19 school children and 2 teachers. police had waited for over an hour before storming the school. 6 in july, thousands of miners have gone on strike at the world's largest copper producer

could alco. the fate operated company recently announced the closure of a foundry located in one of the country's most polluted regions. minor say the closure was arbitrary and are demanding the government instead, invest in the plan to, to bring it up to the highest environmental standards or classes continue between protestors and security forces in ecuador capital, kito. thousands of indigenous ecuadorian have taken to the streets in response to a hike and fuel prices and the rising cost of living. the government has since declared a state of emergency violence broke out when protesters marched through downtown quito on wednesday evening. they are demanding a change in government policy. ecuador, indigent community is disproportionately affected by rising inflation, unemployment, and poverty. at least 2 people died in previous clashes between soldiers and demonstrators on tuesday night. was protest have now been going on for 10

days. earlier i asked you to the correspondent, johan ramirez and quito, how they have affected life in the city and elsewhere in the country. you, you have the answer behind me. i mean, this is a very central point of the city, and this is big our right now in kito. this place used to be fuel of cars right now. and that, that mo, most of the seat is like this nice, empty shops are closed. i was touring the city all day long and shops are close. i was near downtown and there, there are lots of protesters and they are taking, i mean, martin, some of them are very violent actually. is this the 1st time i've been reporting them, protest all around latin america? this is the 1st time i've been said. please don't go to the protest because it's very dangerous. there are some very violent people there. so it is a very complicated now, and authorities are fearing that the city could be search by. they are indigenous

people. something i have seen all day long is trucks full of indigenous people coming to the seed. the it says that they are coming from rural areas and other provinces of ecuador to take the city or local authorities. i worry about it because they fear that basic services could be paralyzed in some days. actually, we have seen some, a garbage collector. provenance in mobility, and there was already some searching gas for example. and in germany, we'll do justice to its responsibilities. that is the message from german chancellor, olaf sholtes. he's an address in the countries parliament to restate germany's commitment to supporting ukraine and other international allies. in a wide ranging speech, schoultz said be new, and nato had joined forces like never before, to fight against russian imperialism. his and germany knew from its history, that alliances were important and that germany was a reliable partner. douglas,

lindsay, yes, please. oh, in the biggest security challenge in europe for decades, germany as the economically strongest country in europe with the largest population in the u, takes on special responsibility. it's one of those and not just for its own security, but also that of its allies for navea. when i visited the baltic states 2 weeks ago, i made it clear, it's like an attack on them would be an attack on all of us. and under the office allah and his speech german chancellor sholtes also said ukraine has every right to defend itself. adding it is our duty to support ukraine as best we can. germany has faced international criticism for its initial reluctance to supply ukraine with weapons and men for the time that it took to actually deliver them. the german panza. ha bits at 5001 of the most sophisticated artillery systems in the world. o most 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 heels over the delivery of legal aid to ukraine. to counter such criticism, berlin has released a lengthy list of weapons and equipment. it is handed over to keith. it includes pansy fast 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 mass, a tillery deployed by russia in its dumbass offensive. ukraine needs more heavy guns of its own. germany had been 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 send long range missile

systems. poland has donated at least 18 self propelled houses and hundreds of soviet era tanks. germany to has pledged more heavy equipment on the to do list. the gear pot self propelled anti aircraft gun effective against low flying aircraft . the mars 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 moss launches only slated for delivery in july the iris t white only arrived in ukraine in october. a long wait for a country under constant attack from the air. and in other news, 8 medical personnel will stand trial charged with criminal negligence over the death of argentina, soccer, great diego marianna,

a 6 year old died of cardiac arrest 2 years ago while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot. he had also battles cocaine and alcohol addictions. for decades, prosecutors accuse his caregivers of causing his death by abandoning him during home hospitalization. no trial date has yet insects. and a new bio packet telling the story of elvis presley opens in us sent him. as this week, presley scandalized the united states with his swinging hips in 1957 and became an overnight sensation in the process. let's take a look at what's in store. ladies and gentlemen. oh, really? austin butler is elvis, the young actor went to great lengths to get his portrayal rights. so was just being a sponge in a reading every book that i can do my lawn watching everything and every image that are cost fine. treating like a detective. and then also working with a number of different vocal coaches on she's working on that because voice is so

important with tom hanks. praise persley's, controversial manager, colonel, tom parker. no, i don't know nothing about music, but i could see in that girl. so he was a taste of hook with i ah, gee, was my destiny. i have to say you could not take your eyes off austin book, no matter what the sea was, whether he's up on stage performing, singing full on full tilt the close to the best dedication was impressive right off . the movie covers the milestones and the single life leading up to his tragic death, but fails to dig deep. it's a visual face in the familiar past. dorman directorial style review as loved it and hated it. now cinema goes, can decide and in football news, as synagogue stars, i do manet,

has completed his move to byron munich from liverpool. and a is one of africa's most successful players having won the champions league and from your lead. he also led senegal to african nations cup and glory. last year, byron will pay around $41000000.00 euros for the star. 30 year olds could end up replacing robert levant dorski. if the call gets his wish to leave the chairman ins update office hours, stay tuned. for the business has lines, as can be a max with she's up to date, don't miss our highlights. the d w program online, d w dot com highlight.