ah, ah ah, this is detail you news live from berlin. disaster in afghanistan, rescue teams race to get a to survivors a day after a powerful earthquake left a 1000 people dead and many more injured. also coming up ukrainian president, volota, mayor lensky urges allies to send more heavy weapons faster. he warns that moscow is trying to destroy the don bass, has russian troops closed in on key cities in the region ah,

unexpired. welcome to the program. rescuers are racing to reach survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck eastern afghanistan on wednesday. at least 1000 people were killed and many more injured. international aid has now started arriving after tough weather conditions. initially hampered access to the remote mountain region. since the taliban took power last august, it has become harder for 8 agencies to operate and the countries already facing several other humanitarian crises. they survived the deadly earthquake and were taken to safety. hospitals and practica province near the pakistani border are filling up with the injured many of them, recount stories of horror and terrible loss. mad mobile that 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. hence, with people digging with their bare hands through the rubble of just 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 the sleep, 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 to sexual needs. they're concerned about not just non food items and getting people into shelters and awaiting medical slot, but also preventing waterborne diseases. the taliban that 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 humanitarian situation. internalized france marty in campbell has more. i spoke to polly bon from barnwell, one of 2 years the most head. he said they're old people. the dad and injured have been buried from under the rubble bob to the burials off to death is still ongoing, given the large number of casualties have you rate unfortunately stopped? well, yesterday weather was really bad and impeded 8 air force. now there are clear blue skies of. busy afghanistan, i'm so this makes it a bit easier,

more ambulances and some helicopters, in addition to the ones that already were dispatched yesterday, reached areas are. so the ada ford has ramping up. i've canister and as we know, as a country that is already on its knees, is the taliban lead government equipped to deal with such an emergency? not fully, as you rightly say already before it was the human humanitarian crisis. the taliban already before the end of that bonded age for all the international community. most public services have since years already before to polygon to power been funded by international aid. and this of course, and compound to situation now with, with these many people that lost their homes and are in all the dire need of help.

and the taliban are now calling for international aid or the aid agencies and the governments that stop sending money, perhaps inclined to change their minds and help out this time. do you think any indication of that was, 1st of all, it has to be remembered. it is not that most agencies left off to the taliban takeover. so ride that to take over a lot of programming of 8 agencies was really suspended. but this started already months ago. the u. n. has been pumping cash into afghanistan since to paul 78 mum. um, some agencies have already before because of the looping family and drought expanded their program. so it's not that aid organizations have to start from scratch. of course, this adds to the to could needs that are there across afghanistan. but it's not that it's that that 8 organizations would be completely unprepared and the polygon

today, for example, state that, that top top and you don't already sent plains with aids, to ask on a song. and that pakistan dispatched a convoy with um, a material over land. um, so this is adding to the ada fords that were anyway, already ongoing. okay, france, marty reporting for us from a capital let's take a quick look at some other stories making headlines at this hour. major flooding has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in southern china with more rain expected water levels in the pearl river delta have reached their highest level at almost a century in parts of one don't per province. schools and offices have closed and rising waters, and the threat of lance lies ousted. miss marlene, her own sang suit. she has been moved to solitary confinement. it present in the capital not to doll, since she was toppled in a cru last year. the 77 year old nobel laureate has been under house arrest. she

faces a raft of charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. german economy minister robert habit has triggered phase 2 of a 3 stage emergency gas plan, in response to a drop in natural gas supply. russia says gas is now in sort supply and rush in germany. it's the latest escalation in the stand off between europe in moscow. that's revealed the blocks dependence on russian energy to the war. and ukraine know where president laudermill zalinski has renewed his call for faster arms shipments to his country. russian troops are intensifying or assaulted, the don bass region. they are closing in on the city of lucy. chance in the eastern don bass, russian troops are now less than 3 kilometers from the city limits. they've already captured almost all the neighboring city of soviet or the nets. russian forces have also resumed pounding ukraine, 2nd biggest city, harkey,

located near the russian border. missile strikes there on tuesday and wednesday were the worst in weeks and his nightly address president zalinski describe the situation and don't boss. madam bikes, you must fool when you are seeing massively air and artillery strikes it done. but i find you, let me occupiers, goal isn't, hasn't changed the rule. they want to destroy the entire done bus waste. them step by step was the gent, all of it lesson chance slow the on thought parameters game means they want to make every city look like i'm, are you yet? my completely destroy these 2 are so that's why we're repeating what i've always been. acceleration of arms delivery last ukraine to genuine brewing, no grain. earlier i spoke to debbie's rebecca ritters, who's in the ukrainian capital, keith. i asked her what we know about the humanitarian situation in lissy chance. well, we know that is incredibly dire near carrying. you just have to hear what's happening

to that city. it's being completely bombarded, constantly people really having to live on the ground only being able to come up for air. you know, in the few moments between bombardments, between bombings from the russian forces. we know that little chance gets really the last ukrainian stronghold in the hans as service ever done. it, as you mentioned, is already almost completely captured by russia. now there's just one small hold out who me as all chemical plant where russian for, sorry for the cranium forces and some civilians including children, still holding out their very unlikely to be able to get out without a complete c, siroy humanitarian cordele. so situation in that city also pretty dia and lucy chance lies on the other side of the river to separate on it. and it has been being bombarded for weeks. now. we know there around about somewhere around 10000 people out of 100000 people still living there. we're trying to live getting by. there's

very little humanitarian, a being able to be brought in. they're struggling to find running water, drinking water. there's little medication. they're really running out of all supplies. they've been cut off from internet, from all the utilities for weeks. now they have only getting very little access to information when people are managing to get in. we know that russia is now encroaching on that figure from a couple of sides. and they're also trying to strike the supply route into their, the back road, which they are doing relatively successfully. i mean, ukraine has been holding out. they've been doing quite a remarkable job, considering how gum they are in, you know, completely in this war. and as you said, calling desperately for more weapons to try and stop the russian advancement. but at this stage, really doing all they can just to, to stop them coming ad. but yeah, for the civilians there, it's an incredibly tough situation. european union leaders and the leaders of 6

western balkan countries are meeting in brussels to discuss a new pan european political area proposed to bring aspiring member countries closer to existing you members. this comes as ukraine in moldova are expected to be designated as official candidates for e u membership, leaving some balkan countries frustrated by their own path to you, expression which they say is taken too long. in brussels, german chancellor, olaf sholtes addressed the frustration express by the balkan nations waiting for you membership. so the most important question is that we all work together and that the states from the west americans will have the good opportunity to become really members of european union. they worked so hard, so it is our common toss to make this something that will happen. thank you. dw correspondent barbara basil has more from brussels. purpose of the meeting is of course to sort of foam boil down this anger a bit to tell the western boykin states one more time. now just wait,

we are on your side the trying to do our best, but i fear that more than words will not be at the end of this meeting and the anger will keep on bubbling. and it's justified anger, particularly on, on the side of the country. like, for instance, north macedonia. they have been in the waiting room for 17 years. they have been bending over backwards to do everything that you demanded. they've changed their name even. they've tried to do all the reforms. everybody in brussels says yes, of course they're ready to, to come closer for session talks and to sort of really become a human the relatively quickly. but nothing new because bulgaria is blocking it. and as we have seen last night, the government and sophia collapsed and now the compromise that had been on the table and put on the table by the french presidency. it will obviously not happen because the prime minister is the caretaker and can't really make decisions. so this game is going to go on and if everyone here talks about the candidacy for

ukraine is a big geostrategic move now or the or the other side of this failing the better. the western bargains is a really big july strategic failure. and let's look at the summit itself and the topic you just brought up. is there any chance that ukraine won't get candidate status? i'm not really. it seems, i mean there was a rumor that hungry in the wings was preparing another off. it's nasty surprises in sort of at the very last minute. jump out and said no, but we will only say yes to the candidacy status for ukraine is also a georgia gets it. and if the if also m bosner had to gov know will be included in the, in the club of exception candidates are, but probably it will not happen. we haven't heard any, any indications that they will really do. it was probably just the threat to make people nervous. so this is from all that we know. going to go across the stage this

afternoon. everyone talks about the winds of change a big historical moment because yes, this is a country on the very outer eastern borders of europe that will very firmly turn towards the european union and say, yes, we want to become a member of your block. we want to turn towards the west, we turn our back to russia under the circumstances served. that is obviously very clear. plus, we also do need your help and we don't need your help. only now was veterans and, and humanitarian support. we need your help in the future. we heard yesterday the german chancellor. all of shall say, then it's a big big marshall plan for ukraine and it is also support it money. and the rebuilding of the country that is on the table to day. ok, did abuse barbara. those are reporting from brussels and you are, of course, watching d to the news live from a berlin coming up after

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