of course i'm tired, i'm tired physically and tied morally too much on my shoulders. but i have to hold this way because i'm responsible for the future. our country for the people who are behind the boss gardens of truth starts february 18th on d. w. ah ah, this is dw used life from berlin. the death toll keeps wising up there, devastating earthquakes it, syria and turkey. rescue crews of run for their lives as the 2nd powerful tremor hit cities and towns already devastated. the destruction stretches across hundreds

of kilometers from syria, an appeal to the world. it's very difficult for us. we need help. we need to commit to do something to help was to support us with strong areas scarred by serious civil war. hitting the most vulnerable the was many thousands of refugees. ah, i've been fas all and welcome to powerful quakes have struck syria and turkey, killing more than 2 and a half 1000 people. rescue efforts around a way. but the death toll is expected to rise further. flights have been suspended in the area. the initial 7.8 magnitude tremor was sent at north of the turkish city of garcia tip. it caused destruction stretching along toki southern border from the

mediterranean eastwards. and international late if it is underway with help coming from the united states, the european union, nato, israel, and even ukraine having offered assistance. the 1st quake hit overnight, but there was still more to come from the skies. the skate of the devastation caused by the joint quake his laid bare hitting in the early hours. he caused tremors that levelled entire sections of cities with hundreds of buildings collapsing. as people were still asleep in their homes, authorities in turkey say as many as 10 provinces had been effected. this video posted on line giving a sense that the damage caused in the city of kara man marsh. we do not know how far the number of dead and injured will rise as debris removal works, continue it, and many buildings in the quake zone. our hope is that we will recover from this

disaster with the least loss of life. rescue is now face at daunting task in the search for survivors. their efforts impacted not only by the sheer size of the rubble piles but the i did danger of falling debris and even further collapses. local tv cruise capturing the moment when a 2nd quite kits forcing people to run for their lives. the epi center of the quake was in southeast in turkey, but it also hit parts of neighboring sylvia leaving a trail of devastation with members of semi is opposition. civil defense force, also known as the white helmets, claiming many rebel held areas in the north west of the country are in a state of catastrophe. our themes responded to the,

to all the sites and the buildings. and i still know many families, no are under durable. oh, oh, oh, fab old teams trying to save him. trying to save their people to save the oh, the people from on the level with all cavities. but it's, it's, it's very difficult us for us. we need help, we need the international community to do something. and there is some hope of that with international support now in its way and moments like this, providing some joy for rescues, raising expectations that more may be found alive. a correspondent, in istanbul, dorian jones told me more about the situation on the ground. well, with knife full and cross the region is bringing a new threats and danger to the rescue workers out of the cold given and now much of the region is facing sub 0 temperatures along with praising brain,

free for risk. up hypothermia. not only for those traps in the building, up to the many, many people who are now on the streets, given seeing that many of the homes are being destroyed are being told me to unsafe to return to them. and that they, we have being more or more buildings continue to collapse. huge apartment blocks just country like houses are called captured on video as the area has been struck by a 2nd powerful quake. and over a 100 off to shocks. and with each campus building brings a tragic story of the, among the hotel to the secretary school volleyball teams was staying there. that hotel is now just a pile of rubble. rescue work is trying to find survivors. and the stories be repeated again and again across the region. and it's heartbreaking stories are being expected to be told is the country prices itself are really the worst. you find it there in crisis. this country has faith in dec. rescue is say,

there are many more people under the rubble. how much hope is there that more survivors will be found in time? well, toki does have an expertise in digging out through the rubble given the fact that this country is no stranger to these powerful quakes and in the park. people have been rescued days even even a week off some cases. but given the fact that this is winter, there freezing conditions, making the risk of hypothermia for those trapped and trapped in those buildings rescue workers know they really are in a wreck in a race against time. and they also face dangerous themselves, given the fact that these areas continuing to be struck by powerful off the shocks which bring the risk of further classes in the building. and these rescue workers in many cases are just using their bare hands and space. they can use heavy equipment to most case because i can trigger further classes in the building. so they really are facing a huge top and it's a massive scale of it. we're talking about hundreds,

possibly thousands of buildings where people believe to be possibly tracked in them . and the question over source is in getting people to the, to these things in time. so really, they are really desperate to get so many people to the scene as possible. but that's been handled by the fact that many of the roads in this area are already been destroyed by the quake. i'm an air pulse. also one, apple has been put out of action and others really are facing very limited to so they really are up against the eighty's arriving assistance is arriving, getting to the area. but this is just not enough. given a huge scale of a problem the country is facing, or you say turkey has the expertise, but how prepared was the country for such a disaster as especially economically well, i mean its tugee bracing itself already in myriad of economic problems. so wasn't this, it's just another hammer blow, but now it's the supplier is saving people and i think that they do have the

expertise they do have these, the skilled workers who have worked many other earthquakes across the country in the fall. what turkey hasn't, she scale of it? we're talking about major cities and i've been badly affected home to around 13000000 people took it never face a scale of crisis that had faced with massive earthquake and the secretary of quite across this whole area. and that is why they're looking for international assistance. more for the help in the major humanitarian crisis from dorian jones reporting from is dan bill. thank you very much. dorian, in syria. many buildings were all ready neglected to, to war, making it especially difficult for rescue workers. there are also up against poor infrastructure and bad weather. rebel held areas in the north west of the country were among the hardest hit, the white helmet volunteer groups as if he is hundreds of people could still be trapped under rubble. were joined out by freelance journalist,

alma obama, who's currently in it live in northwest in syria, roma. we just know the situation is desperate. what more can you tell us? yes, no, i still am in to try to say a this place does twice elementary and in order to place a machine to govern this place. okay, i'm,

i'm finding it hard to understand you there. but can you tell me, emergency responders, have they been able to excess to access the affected areas? a studio, this place is a 4000000 people. busy a lot of people live here and maybe some, some building a 20 to 20 percent or more of a mobile own people. you know that people here doesn't have any anything to a now and now just swipe human thought or maybe maybe people know maybe

a dozen or families. freelance journalist obama bomb their reporting from a lip. thank you very much for joining in so well, the german chancellor has expressed his solidarity with turkey and the victims of the powerful earthquakes. speaking on the sidelines of a factory, visit olaf sholtes also offered help to miss my mercy. i'd like to say do all those who have been affected by this terrible disaster for, for belongs in good relatives and friends in 20 the whole of turkey. we stammered solidarity in by more with the lighting that assessment. it's really very set as a disaster and a massive scale to some home gets with them together with all the others we have offered help isn't if problem. we have ordinating it with the turkish government, but also with all of the others in europe and elsewhere. who have offered health,

no school to will as well as help from germany. turkey will also receive assistance from a joint european union relief effort, coordinated from brussels. from their out bureau chief chief, alexandra phenomena told me more about the healthy you is providing the european commission here in brussels said that they reacted sir immediately after receiving the request from the turkish government to activate the protection mechanism. every country whose national own a resources are overwhelmed by the disaster can request to this mechanism to be activated. and the you commissioner in charge, she honest leonard should show who is in charge her of for crisis management and humanitarian aid. he said on twitter that her 1st her search had to rescue units from the netherlands and romania were already on their way this morning. according

to that show socrates, the team from the netherlands includes police, military personnel. but of course, also 1st respondents and fire fighters, and we have to say that over a dozen of you countries have said that there are a sending search and rescue units to a turkey. this is of course only the beginning. we just heard from the german government that more help is needed and the european commission president, also our fund alliance said on twitter that europe stands ready to provide at the health that it's needed. i think it's also worth it or worth mentioning that turkey as a member of nato, has already requested sir, assistance or from the alliance as well on their list are a emergency medical teams and equipment as well as a field hospitals for extreme weather conditions. what about help for syria,

not just turkey from the you? well, the situation in syria is of course a bit different. and then in turkey, that is what a spokesperson for the european commission told us today, pointing out that some areas that are affected by the air as quakes in syria are controlled by the government. others are held by the position there and the spokesperson told the reporters that the european commission is working with partner organizations on the ground on the ground. and that those organizations are trying to channel some of the human italian assistance already there to help the areas affected about the european commission. he also said that they are of course, ready to provide more humanitarian 8 and a reminder of the top, sorry way. following for you here on d, w. a 2nd powerful trema has struck the turkish syrian border, which was already reeling from an earlier massive earthquake. for the 2 and

a half 1000 people have died. the death toll is expected to keep climbing amid destruction, stretching from serious mediterranean coast to east and tuck it up . next, an interesting proposal to combat climate change. that's all close up. i've been for solon, i'll be back tomorrow. otherwise break off. we'll have your next news update next out of us and an interest in the global economy. our portfolio.