hold this way because i'm responsible for the shall fall country for the people far behind the boss gardens of truth starts february 18th on d w. ah ah, this is dw is coming to live from berlin. the massive earthquake hits a wide area in turkey and syria crews rescuing people from the rubble. but the death toll was rising fast in both countries, amid widespread disruption. turkey has reported deaths in 7 problems, also coming up tensions rise in us china relations. that's after the u. s. shoots

down the suspected chinese spy balloon over the atlantic. beijing warns there may be repercussions as to search for debris continues. and by music when their 1st bonus league a much this year with a poor to victory over pulled spool. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. a powerful earthquake near the border between turkey and syria has left dozens dead. turkish officials say at least 76 people have been killed while the syrian government has reported over a 100 dead, locals and rescue. teams are searching for survivors. turkeys, disaster management agency said the quake was centered in a coma. maurice province, a governor of nearby providence said over a $130.00 buildings were destroyed and neighboring syria. buildings were leveled in

aleppo and other cities are corresponded. dorian jones, his in istanbul. dorian, what's the latest on the earthquake? well this is a massive emergency operation is now going to force, but it's taking time this. it's very little concrete information we know at the moment. this happens in the early hours of the morning in the southern border of syria and turkey. and there are desperate desperate efforts now to rescue people from numerous collapse buildings all across the sub a boulder. we've seen images coming out with people just trying to borrow into building a multi, sorry apartment block sort of just collapsing into just moans of rubble. this is an extremely difficult time. this is one of the most powerful of quakes that turkey as, as turkey. in decades it appears that possibly will even support the 1999 of great

that struck in the sample which claim the lives of 17000 people. so it's bracing itself. one of the worst of this office is country has faith in decades. tell us more about the region where the quake hit, how densely populated is that area. while it struck between 2 turkeys main cities in the south, carol marsh, and does the tapping, buff marsh has a population of over a $1000000.00. the on tip is one over $2000000.00, and which is around half a 1000000 syrian refugees. but also many of us cities all across this region have been the 350 kilometers from the epi center that has a population of 82000000. having reports, there are many claps buildings and casualties, and similar alpha cities, all in my area. this is a,

has many densely populated cities and the nature and the magnitude of this quite has inflicted major, major time on all of these are how are turkey and the international community responding to this so far? well, the turkish president, jeff taper, the one which has already spoken, saying that they all declared a state of emergency. they are also mobilizing all of the security forces, the military up being mobilized along with these emergency services. there's also been now in appeal for international help. and now that gives you an idea of how serious this quake is normally does take some time before they make such appeals. but this came out very, very quickly. we understand the united states have also issued a statement saying that they are obsessing that maybe it's crisis and will respond accordingly to the needs of turkey. so i think cookie is looking,

comparing one of the biggest emergency operations in recent history, and is looking for international support in those efforts. and these efforts are being hampered by appalling weather conditions. up until recently, the country has been escaping a major wind up. now wind obstruct just days before much of this area is on the heavy snow freezing rain and this is making people more difficult to rescue those attract and numerous claps. buildings, as you mentioned earlier, the quick hit the southern part of the country that's on the border there to syria and lebanon. what can you tell us about the situation in those countries? well, we are getting a reports from syria, similar reports to what's happening in turkey. the there in the official agencies have said that yes, there are thousands of casualties and many more injures reports of class buildings . this areas just recovering from

a case of war and conflict. and now this powerful of quaker struck this, this area as well. also important the a powerful claim with them as well. and even with stuff as far as israel is on the line, the scale of his grade most only it side, but also cool decides knowledge just happened to a very shallow level of 10 kilometers which amplifies the power of the quake. dorian, thank you very much for now. our correspondent dorian jones there in the stumble. take a look at some of the stories around the world taking place today. ukraine is replacing it's defense minister ahead of an expected russian offensive. alexi arresting. coff will be replaced by carry low donno, the current chief of military intelligence, the cabinet. the latest cabinet, re shuffle comes amid a major clamp down on the corruption by ukrainian government. the trial of 47

people accused of subversion has begun in hong kong. the activists are accused of holding unofficial primary elections to stand against probation candidates. they were arrested following the introduction of a sweeping national security law. that's for the territory of previously held freedoms. u. s. navy divers or searching for the wreckage of a suspected chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of south carolina fighter jets down the balloon over the atlantic after it was discovered traveling across us airspace. last week, beijing denied it was being used for surveillance and condemned the shooting down of what it called an unmanned civilian aircraft. speaking on sunday, a senate majority leader chuck schumer said he was competent, the equipment attached to the balloon could be recovered and that intelligence authorities would be able to understand it's genuine purpose because it fell in

relatively shallow water. there's a very good chance we can cover most of it and even a chance to cover to recovery intact. and then we can learn a great deal about chinese capabilities and what they were up to. for more, let's talk to journalist hobby and crunch mo, who joins us from beijing. javion the suspected spy balloon was shot down by the u . s. military. what's beijing's reaction? yeah, baiting has strongly condemned the move by the u. s. it has called it in, quote unquote, over reaction and also violation of international practice. and also it has called in, am there a chance to fail the u. s. embassy in beijing here to lodge a complaint or so a very strong reaction i would say at the official position of the chinese is that it was not a spy balloon. it was a civilian. our flight object that deviated from its initial route because of accidents. basically because of at the strong winds and but to make it clear,

the u. s. site obviously thinks this is ally of the pentagon has repeatedly said that it knows a lot about the balloon in things very clearly that this is indeed an issue. a to a surveil, the u. s. secretary of state antony blinking, canceled his visit to beijing. he was supposed to be there right now, and he signs that the chinese government is eager to reschedule that meeting. yet very interestingly, i just went blank and canceled the visit. the foreign ministry he in beijing has issued a statement saying that there was, quote, unquote never an officially planned visit. that is really very odd to say. and it shows you how complicated things and especially by the rhetoric on the one hand, yes, the chinese have an incentive that are coming communication channels with the u. s . stay open and also that this visit will indeed happen. or mostly also because they don't want to prevent the plant in or an export controls by the u. s. they want intact trade relations with the u. s. et cetera. and they want to de escalate

things. but on the other hand, the rhetoric here from beijing is, you know, very strong, it's very confrontational, i would say. and it doesn't really, you know, facilitate things when you want to have constructive talks for a future visit by blinking, mixed messages coming there. how would you describe relations between the us and china right now by the where the bigger picture is set and they are at a record low and a since probably several decades. but recently there was actually a good vendor of opportunity. both sides had some modest hopes of a diplomatic reset, but now this is completely shattered by this spy balloon incident that has poisoned atmosphere. and there's also another diplomatic threat other, or kevin mccarthy versus speaker of the u. s. her house of representatives has already voice expressed to a visit tavern in the future. and of course, we know how tight are china will respect, respond probably very drastically and or so probably for the next months it doesn't really look good for the bilateral relationship. javion. thank you very much. as

always, journalist javion, customer they're in beijing. firefighters are trying to control dozens of forest fires in chile, at least 23 people have died in the blazes, and hundreds have been injured. turley is experiencing a summer heat wave, with temperatures nearing 40 degrees celsius, spraying war traffic canisters to extinguish the fires, with temperatures as high as 38 degrees and arrow and can near the flames, keep spreading faster. if the wind picks up a new direction will look as if our whole region is going to burn. the fire is threatening move villages, police and the army evacuated local people to safer areas. the chilean government declared a state of emergency in 3 regions. the interior minister says the destruction from a week to fi is, is of the scale usually seen in a year or 2. we have asked for international help and are in talks without the

government's sentimental. yeah. contact them, body of william said he lows for the packaging industry has been produced for export in these fi prone regions. spent decades the rule materials come from a monoculture of false growing eucalyptus trees that no native species dries out the soils and helps the flames spread once blaze the start. local people are asking what caused the fires. agari, toiling to someone must have started a fire, a yogi, i'm and out it too late. you know? like i said, all we can do is wait until the flames reach of that. okay. and for one of the police are investigating and there have been some arrests argentinian fire teams are expected to join the baffle against the flames in the next few days and go to sleep. soccer by munich finally got back to their winning ways against both sport. the defending champion started 2023 with 3 draws,

but they dominated the wolves in recent times, and this game was no exception. as they coasted to a poor to victory buyer, munich needed a victory in wolf spur to retake the table. leave a king's eco mine helped with 2 early goals. komatt put just enough on the ball, and thomas mueller play decoy to put burn up. come i'm 2nd, was assisted by a buyer newcomer defender jo alcuin cielo showing his value at the other end of the pitch by the 90 minute buyers were up 3 nail. thanks to thomas miller. a header off the free kick in the walls, fans were not amused. the 1st half was all buyer. however, the wolf show a bit of bite from jak kaminsky. just before the break buyer and joshua kim,

it was sent off for his 2nd yellow car just before the aramark and kim. mitch didn't like to call at all, but it was buyer who struck again through jamal lucy. allah! to put the match out of reach. lucy, allah winding his way, past the wolf bird to fits before fiery lin buyers for the wolves managed to pull another back. but it was too late to motivate at that point. buyers 1st league victory in 2023 comes in dominating fashion with the 4 to win over wolves, spar and sundays. how the game by the bayman secured their 2nd straight victory and the league winning to kneel and stood got after a scoreless 1st hour. yen stared, gave bremond the lead with that so herbs strike and the goals didn't stop there. marvin ducks rounded out the comfortable when it for break in style. the victory

moves them up to 8. in the table, you're watching d. w is just a reminder of the top story we're following for you. the sour, a massive earthquake has struck large areas in turkey and syria. the death toll is already in the hundreds and expected to keep climbing a bit destruction stretching from serious mediterranean coast to eastern of course you can get more of that story and lots of other news on our website at t w dot com. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. nico is in germany to learn german lodge, benita, why not learn with him online? on your mobile and free c w e learning course, eco's vague. mm.