in their country and aspiring with africa, started february 13 on the w. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, race against time to rescue earthquake survivors. international teams join turkish cruise to reach victim still alive under the wreckage. dw news is on the ground in the quicksand. meanwhile, survivors in northern syria sift through rubble and bury their dead appeals on may

to open corridors for a region already devastated by civil. also coming out, joe biden delivers his annual state of the union address the u. s president of the message of unity calling on republicans to work with his democratic party to rebuild america. ah, i manuscript, mccann, and welcome to the program. more than 9000 people are now known to have been killed in the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the death toll is expected to rise as more victims are found in remote areas. international rescue crews are beginning to arrive in the quake. so the 1st quake struck near the turkish city of gassy and tap destruction stretches along turkeys. southern border and parts of northern

syria. freezing conditions, a hampering rescue efforts, emergency crews struggle with limited resources. searching on into the night in turkey's heart hit hat i province. rescue is no time is of the essence. nearly 2 days on from the 1st pre dawn quake this still pulling survivors from the rebel. ah, but with thousands of buildings flattened, no one knows for sure how many remain buried under the ruins. already low temperature's sink further after dark and authorities fear that few of victims will be recovered alive with for those fortunate enough to escape the

destruction of their homes, the cold is only adding to their suffering. i like to settle gloves or we can. we feel terrible. you can see our situation, buddhism was up and we're trying to warm up with this fire. skeletal nutrition. if we're trying to keep going without food or water hospital, they shout shaking opiates, chickens good w. we came here today, but we are freezing. there is water under the tent, it never gets warm. emergency crews provided seep for the 1st time in 2 days that we finally ate. then as an international relief effort gathers momentum, rescue as a, doing their utmost to get supplies to those in need and to find more survivors before. it's too late. i

did have a correspondent, hulahan is in atlanta, turkey which is in the earthquake zone area. can you tell us what you're seeing that way you are? well, what you can see right behind me is what's left of a 14 story apartment building. i was told that's about a 100 people inside this building when the 2nd powerful way truck on monday. and that'll be $100.00 people more than 40, were killed. that's according to the 14th here. and we got to the scene. another or dead body was pulled from the rubble. now there are a couple of sites here in the city of odd enough that look like this, but i should mention said, i don't know, has been significantly less affected than other turkish provinces towards the syrian border, like the and have her call her mom mirage. and we will get you updates and information from these areas as well. now,

here and other be infrastructure remains intact and the city has become a hum from where rescue and h. s is now being coordinated international assistance as well. we know that dozens of countries has pledged help, and we've just meant to search and rescue teams from hungry from mexico, from the u. k. they had specially trained dog with them, search and rescue dogs, which are considered a pretty cold to finding survivors. so these f says continue desperately, but it is a race against time. it's just been another very cold night here in the region with temperatures below 0 and chances of finding life under these piles of rubble. and that is the bitter reality dwindle. you mentioned some of the other places that have been affected by these quakes. can you give us

a sense just of the scale of the impact of disk, of these quakes across turkey? well this is a price as a human to cherry and prices, all of a mess to scale. more than 13000000 people across the region have been affected in and out of the one that is an area larger than mainland portugal. just to give you an idea and looking at the death toll which continues to rise and the number of people injured, this is already one of the largest disasters modern turkey has ever seen. the turkish authorities say they have dispatched more than 60000 rescue workers through the region. now add to that all the international aid that pouring in, but the task these work is all facing across the region just seems overwhelming. i

mean, i mentioned there are very hard hit areas in hotel for example. oh, and on top and the on tech where people say they have received no health at all or help came way too late. there are people with no electricity, no food, no water, no gas, no, nothing. and these people feel abandoned by the states authorities. others have taken to social media with desperate please for help. they are sharing the addresses as people were so sorry under robin. so this is catastrophe, by all means and the effect of health of the country. you set the people a feeling in bad about them. there are reports of growing anita at the slow speed of the turkish government response. is that what are people telling you? yes, that is what we have been hearing. that is what we have been hearing here on the

ground that what we've been hearing on social media as well that age. many of the areas came late. i should mention though that axis is extremely difficult. i mean, a high wave has been ripped open by the way, but there was criticism that the church military, for example, has been deployed to laid. there was also criticism to with the government and then that the government will present ad on why over time through the construction sector in, in the last is that building safety standards, in many cases have not been implemented because they're all structures that have with these tremors but thousands of building for just collapsed in an instant, and there are more than 11000 buildings i believe that are for and he had wrist. all collect say yes, that is, 1st of all causing despair and fear. many people still sleeping in their cars

because they say they're building are just not paid, but it is also causing anger. but there are certainly also the voices and say, look, now it's time to 1st get people out from under the rubble rescue tape live. and then later, you know, point the finger and assign blame julia. thank you so much. that update, that's d w. hon reporting from a donor in turkey. meanwhile, rescue as a neighbouring syria are appealing for aid corridors to be opened to the disaster zone. there, northern syria has already been scarred by more than a decade of civil war. their affairs that aid could be blocks from areas that are not held by the government. prayer chance from mass burial sites in syria after destruction struck its border wit, turkey. the sadness, of course, but there is also physical and mental exhaustion until comes though every 5 minutes we learned bodies of 4 or 5 people died in the earthquake submarine. but we haven't

stopped since the warning for ella last week buried more than 50 bodies. and yesterday, we buried around 85 people in the late hama. the missing are now field dead. there are glimmers of hope as the syrian arab red crescent worked the night to rescue those who have been trapped beneath flattened homes and hospitals. a baby born during the earthquake survived building collapse, the only one of its family to make it out alive. even in the face of hope. desperation is ever present positively. our situation is very bad. we need the hands of food water. we fled with jester close. look at us, we have no shoes abroad. it's not your thought on all the destruction is horrible. the buildings, everything has been reduced to rubble that the number of dead is incredible. an issue mobile album, the red crescent has been instrumental in rescuing those in need during serious, ongoing 12 civil war. but they are begging the international community for help.

they want the united states and europe to lift sanctions imposed in 2011 after bashar assad regime wildly crack down on anti government protestants. roslyn fell. we made her equipment ambulances and fire fighting vehicles. if we don't have heavy machinery to conduct rescue operations, there are a lot of issues due to sanctions, sanctions against the syrian people. the red crescent faith corridors are needed to bring in humanitarian aid. and they're asking the united nations to coordinate efforts to make that happen, as it has done with opposition held areas in the past. i sake letting out some of the other stories making news around the world. the daughter of the north korean leader kim jong on has been seen at an event marking the 75th anniversary of the country's army. it was only the 4th time, but kim ju, i has made a public appearance. his believe to be about 10 years old. and that speculation

that she might be groomed to become her father's success on your tongue. let me just van slides and peru have killed. 36 people with dozens still reported missing . as villages are beginning to assess, the damage accessed by rescue brigades is hampered by rhodes, blocked by mud, and rocks. steady rain for several days triggered the landslides in gold mining villages in southern peru, ideal pharaoh. the u. s. president joe biden has delivered his annual state of the union address, his speech focused on the domestic agenda and delivered a message of una, see for america at the time of deep political division in the u. s. biden called on republicans to work with his democratic party to rebuild the economy. mister speaker, the president of the united states. oh, joe biden, on his way to addressing the nation in his 3rd state of the union speech. with his

approval ratings, low, the president wasted little time talking as legislative achievements, focusing on massive investment in infrastructure and critical industry. a very different president than its predecessor, donald trump, but nevertheless presented his own version of america. first, we need the best infrastructure in the world. we used to be movers which saunter 3rd teeth in the. busy world, the united states of america 30. and when we do these projects, again i get criticizes where i make no cheeses. we're, we're going to buy american title by economic protectionism, or it's damaging the international lines of that. if gaining an important has been author, russia invaded ukraine last february with the conflict without to extend into the

2nd year wide and spoke directly to ukraine's ambassador. when pledging continued us military support. we're going to stay with you as wanted. it takes one a, he's working for more freedom, more dignity, more and more peace, not just in europe and everywhere. he also bow to stand up to the challenge post by china. before i came to office, the story was about other people's republic of china was a christian, his power, and america's failing world. not the more biden, with some announce if he intends to run for a 2nd term. even his own parties. reservations about the 8 year old mounting, another bid. but that did little to mute the applause at the end of a confident pitch of his credentials. is

a reminder of our top story for you. in to national teens are joining turkish crews working to reach survivors of a devastating series of earthquakes. it's mostly bodies now being pulled from the rubble, the confirmed death toll in turkey, and syria is climbed till the 9th out until we have time for business is up. next with chris cobar. i'm a nick hudson, the can and i'll be back with up the out with morning national at 943 someone else to the t. v highlights. it's selected for you. you every week in your inbox. subscribe now with johns and guards to searches for the truth again.