tv DW News Deutsche Welle February 8, 2023 6:00pm-6:16pm CET
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a slowing in february d w ah ah, this is dw news, a y, but from berlin. rescuers raised to locate potential survivors after the devastating earthquakes that hit turkey and syria. international teams joined turkish crews to reach victims, still trapped alive under the wreckage. meanwhile survivors in northern syria sift through rubble and bury their dead appeals are made to open corridors for aid to
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a region already devastated by civil war. also coming up on the show in a rare trip abroad ukraine's president zaleski tells you, case, parliament that russia must be defeated, reno or i shall, will loose and we really know that week 3, there, week 3 will change the wall. lensky tells of british lawmakers, a victory over moscow will deter future aggressors. anti produces appeal for more western weapons. ah! hello, i'm claire richardson, a warm welcome to the show. more than 11000 people are now known to have been killed in the earth wakes that struck turkey and syria. the death toll is expected
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to rise as more victims are found in remote areas. the 1st quake struck near the turkish city of gaussian tap, and the destruction stretches along turkey's southern border and parts of northern syria. international rescue crews are now helping in the desperate search for survivors. fueled by the hope of miraculous rescues. like the one you're about to see in the early hours of wednesday morning rescue workers in the turkish city of other mon found hope under the rubble. they had heard voices, boy feldman looking all over him. bobby will not work for mom york miss you who told him, well, bear with my cellphone, all 3 year old muhammad and later, his mother fatma what pulled to safety. another
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toward law was rescued and got on one mirage. a city close to the earthquakes epi santo out of had been under the debris for 43 hours to submit to audi, carmen ball. i hope the girl saw this. you can get you got a project with whom he was taken to a hospital and along with his father who was rescued earlier. some of the wounded survivors from a round turkey have been flown to san bull for medical help. the countless, although the field trapped under the debris rescue workers continue to dig and shout out through the biting cold if only in the hope of saving one more life and perhaps another. and another will d. w corresponding julia han is in the earthquake zone in an a turkey and she
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earlier at told me what the situation is like their rescue efforts continue. friend takes me here in the city of atlanta as well, where several apartment blocks like the one right behind me have basically collapsed in an instant when the quake struck. this building had 14 stories on being told, and about 100 people were inside when it happened. dominance had been killed here and they just just started from over there that they pulled out 2 more dead bodies, but many are still missing. and that is why you are seen so many people on this giant pile of rubble. they're looking for signs of life and many of them are not professional rescue work is they are bowling tears. i just spoke to a young man who said he's living. and i don't know, he wanted to help, so he came here and now he is digging to survivors with his bare hands. but at the
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same time, a very bitter reality is also settling and it's very cold. here we have temperatures below 0 at night. the chances of finding people alive of finding signs of life under the rubble dwindling. i should also mention that other areas further towards the syrian border, a much worse affected than other not despite all the destruction. you can see here i'm talking about the provinces of what i call her, i'm on my god, the tip. and we're hearing really africa lip take stories and getting upper lip shake images from those areas. but the, there is a much harder to access. we are trying to get you updates and information from the as well if trouble allows. but this is the situation right now in many areas, very disparate. so as you hunt speaking to me earlier or rescue efforts in neighboring syria are being complicated by it's 12 year long civil war. the
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affected area in syria is divided between government controlled territory. and a rebel held enclave where millions were already relying on humanitarian aid. damascus is demanding that international sanctions be dropped. st. bear hindering relief efforts. t w has this exclusive report. saw b. hussein can barely take his eyes off the rubble. this moaned of concrete. was his brother's home. he managed to find him in the aftermath of the earthquake, but couldn't get him out. love you are. my brother and his young son were under the rubble. so we couldn't reach them. you know, we didn't know what to do next. we had support yesterday. maybe we could have saved them on. i could see them. the blood was running down. my brother's no. his son in his arms. we rescued his daughter. after that it was dark. like so many here saw b is left wondering water. john doris in rebel held northwestern.
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syria is one of the washed towns, damage roads, have hampered, rescue and recovery efforts. making it challenging to bring in heavy machinery. mazata zel embodiment him no, we haven't slept since yesterday. that medea people here working with primitive tools. there's now have equipment to help them bought in the civil defense. teams are working on the many families earned of the rubble. we're doing what we can i, michelle alone, and we appeal to people need to help others. okay. i'm in nashville and it's adena locals. estimate 60 percent of the tone has been destroyed. the death toll rises every day. attention now times to helping the homeless. i did not give a thought on a situation is very bad. we need 10 food water docking, b flat for just our clothes. look at us up. we have no shot to select your thought . bonnie: this unfolding humanitarian catastrophe. complicated,
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farther by serious 12 year civil war, western countries reluctant to send help to the regime in damascus. but serious pariah government says aid delivered over the border. is a violation of its sovereignty. without the control of the government, without permission of the government without approval from the government. this is violation. very simple to the un has called on the international community to politics aside. piece building support is goodwill. on all sides are, but you know what you're dealing here with. a catastrophe. on top of a humanitarian crisis said already existed. i'm back in syria. cheers erupted as rescue as managed to pluck a whole family from a collapse building. father. oh daughter
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anson. something to lift your spirits in dark days was with us all in a perspective and take a look at the key figures from the earthquake disaster in turkey and syria at this hour. so far more than 11000 people are confirmed dead with more than 40000. others reported injured rescue teams from more than 2 dozen countries have already arrived to help turkish cruise search for survivors and one world health organization. official estimate that as many as 23000000 people could be affected by the disaster will bring you up to speed. now, with some other world news headlines, landslides in peru have killed 36 people with dozens still reported missing. as villagers are beginning to assess the damage, access by rescue brigades is hampered by rhodes, walked by mud, and rocks. steady rain for several days triggered the land slides in gold mining villages in southern peru. us president joe biden has delivered his annual state of
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the union address with a message of unity for america at a time of deep divisions in the us. he's calling on republican lawmakers to work with his democratic party in rebuilding the economy and bringing the nation together. you know, the u. s. navy has retrieved some of the wreckage of the chinese bible and shot down by a fighter jet above the sea. off the state of south carolina of asian has said it wants it back, but washington plans to have it examined by its secret services. the balloon controversy has our relations between the 2 countries and international investigators. they, russian president vladimir putin played an active role in the shooting down of malaysian flight. mh 17. in 2014 prosecutor said they had quoted strong indications . putin offered missiles to pro russian rebels. but they said they did not have evidence put in ordered the attack. the plane was shot down by
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a russian anti aircraft missiles over eastern ukraine. while in an address to the u. k, parliament, ukrainian president volunteers. the lensky has repeated his appeal for more western weapons, blunt, making just his 2nd trip abroad since russia invaded ukraine nearly one year ago. he thanked britain for backing ukraine since day one of moscow's invasion. and he urged western partners to deliver advanced weapons, including fighter jets as key braces for a potential russian offensive this spring representatives. lensky sat, a victory for ukraine, would deter future aggressors. we know, or i shall, will loose and we really know that week 3, there, week 3 will change the walls and this will be a change. did the walk has long needed
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the united kingdom is marching with us towards the most. i think the most important victory of our life time it will be a victory over the weary idea of the war. after we went together, any aggressor doesn't matter, big or small will know what awaits him. if he attacks international order, d. w correspondent, burger masses in london, and i spoke to her earlier about zalinski historic address to you. k lawmakers, a very powerful speech and presidents lensky. really managed to strike a balance between on the, on the one hand are defiance and strength, but also him the humidity he's fake about or how when he was going to meet prince charles or where it was a very humble moment for him. but you also said in ukraine, every air force pilot at the moment is
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a king. and he definitely knew how to address our british lawmakers who liked to feel special. and he said that they were really standing by with ukraine from day one. and he is vague caea references to history and the defeat of, of naziism. but he also came with something that he wanted. and you mentioned that he said that ukraine needs om fighter jets. and he said this will be the wings, are that ukraine needs for its freedom and for its peace. and for the view from ukraine i asked dw, corresponded nick connelly in cave, about the reaction there it is, a landscape trip to the okay. well, definitely lots people here thing. this is long overdue, especially given the you case role supply ukraine early on with weapons at a time. well, it's from other european capitals, the least as seen from kia, were still basically planning for a russian victory and didn't have a lot of faith in ukraine's ability to fight this war and say, this announcement of the training for fighter pilots is very,
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very welcome. yesterday we had the german defense minister voice per stores in town, talking about tanks, some of which would only be arriving at the end of $23.00 early $24.00. and people here already basically calculating, factoring all of that in their thinking further. so this is a very welcome announcement. it's kind of a breaking of a to boo after other leaders, german shouts, lola shot, but also u. s. president joe biden, that basic dismissing the idea of says, sending sending weapons of that coin so that it's very, very welcome and something that people i think he were expecting given because strengths, those ties. i was due to the correspondent nick connelly and keep speaking to me earlier at night. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski is expected to meet with the french president and manion mccoy and german chancellor, olaf schultz in paris. will of course be covering that for you here on dw news before we go, let's get a reminder of our main story today. international teams are joining turkish crews working to reach survivors of a devastating series of earthquakes. but it's mostly bodies now being told the
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rubble, the confirmed death toll in turkey and syria has climbed to more than of $11000.00 people. and coming up next in pakistan's economy. on the brink, prices of food, staples are skyrocketing and the government solution. it may prolong the pain that am more coming up with my colleague, brush banner g for a short break. if you want more news and analysis. of course to find that on our youtube channel or on our website at t w dot com. i'm clear, richardson in berlin, thank you so much for watching and sometimes the show right out at you t. v. highlights fresh in your inbox every week, snapped them up and you cream was like a stepping point unified voice. you in to that warned you want to be finish your studies now. yeah.
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