of truth starts february 18th on d w. ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin to night. more than 12000 people confirmed dead in the turkey syria earthquake. turkish president, air to one visited the disastrous own today meeting with families in his bidding shortcomings in his government's response to the catastrophe. meanwhile, survivors in northern syria are sifting through the rubble burying their dead. appeals being made to open corridors for aid to a region already devastated by civil war and ukraine's president caps off

a big day of diplomacy. after a trip to the u. k. a lot of my zalinski touches down in paris for talked with the french president and the german chance ah, i'm burnt. gov. it's good to have you with us more than 12000 people are now known to have died in the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the death toll is expected to rise further as more victims are found in remote areas. the 1st quake struck near the turkish city of ga, the, and tap and the destruction stretches along turkeys. southern border and parts of northern syria. international rescue crews are now helping in the desperate search for survivors. and they are given hope by 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 men found hope under the rubble they had heard voices, voice, robert falconer, wilson. oliver bobby would work from um york, missouri, we told him, you know, barely with marcella. a 3 year old mohammed and later his mother fatma what pulled to safety another toward law was rescued and got on one mirage. a city close to the earthquakes i presented out if i had been under the debris for 43 hours to submit to audi, carmen ball, i because i had to go through because all i get a project with he

was taken into a hospital and i along with his father, who was rescued earlier, some of the wounded survivors from around turkey have been flown to responsible 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 of course bye and julia han, she has more from the earthquake zone in turkey. 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 quakes struck. this building had 14 stories on being told, and about 100 people were inside. when it happened. dozens have been killed here

and they just of just hurted from over there that they pulled out 2 more dead bodies, but many are still missing. and that is why you're 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 as they are bullying 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 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, much worse affected than other non, 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 african lipstick. story and getting african lipstick, images from those areas, but the, there is a much harder to access. we're trying to get you updates and information from that as well. if trouble allows. but this is the situation right now in many areas. very desperate. there was julie han, they are reporting a you and 8 official says that the organization is hopeful that it will be able to resume cross border deliveries from turkey into syria after they were halted. following this earthquake rescue efforts in northern syria are being complicated by the effects of the countries 12 year of civil war. now the affected area is divided between government control territory and a rebel held enclave where millions were already relying on humanitarian 8 a. d. w team is now in the region, including one colleague who lost his own house in the quake. and has this exclusive

report now from the town of her, him digging through the rather an assyrian town of haran, just one of hundreds in the region that have been flattened by the quake rescue as often just using their fair hands for the most basic of tools graphite is one of the locals, frustrated by the lack of proper digging machinery that's compounded by exhaustion after working 2 days without sleep. however, hm. and we need help from other countries. we're getting some equipment, but we have people under the rubble and we're trying to pull them out. we have malice, but what good are mallet obviously? well, what we really need is heavy equipment to rescue people and they've been on to the rubble for 48 hours a day and we need heavy equipment to get them out. she on about olive some boulders as have arrived, but they're not nearly enough. given the widespread scale of destruction and hopes

of finding more, survivors are diminishing by the hour while the able bodied assist with rescue efforts, others are left to ponder. what's next for them? law that anela miss willa. dont have any clothes or any possessions any more than that. um other than the streets and the rain without socks or anything man had they don't have anyone to stay with us. my siblings died and the leper lola had a lot in special ed in the hannah, rafa and the other helpers in her. and we'll continue to hammer away until our mission is complete. and after that, they'll have another massive task rebuilding their village where there has been a truly global response to this earthquake, earthquake disaster countries around the world are offering help to both turkey and syria. all the countries that are shaded in dark grey have pledged aid. most of it

going to turkey, the european union, the united states, china and india, are all sending rescue workers and equipment. ukraine says that it wants to help its friends in turkey, while russia is assisting. it's like syria where moscow also has troops stationed among neighbors in the region. greece in israel have sent rescue teams to turkey despite rocky relations. in recent years, israel has also approved humanitarian aid for syria, neighboring lebanon, jordan and iraq, as well as the palestinian authority, are all pledging emergency supplies for both turkey and syria. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world of firefighters. in chile are battling wildfires across the sinner and south of the country. 26 people have died in the fires in recent days. authorities a warning that a new heat wave could further fan the flames. canadian police say that 2 children

had been killed after a bus slammed into a daycare center in montreal. police believe that the driver crashed the vehicle deliberately, but they say they don't know why. the u. s. as says that china has a global fleet of spy balloons, similar to the one that was shot down by the u. s. air force last week. the white house says that over the past few years, chinese spy balloons have been spotted flying over 5 continents. international investigators say that russian president vladimir putin played an active role in the shooting down of malaysian flight image. 17, back in 2014, prosecutors say that they have, quote, strong indications that putin offered missiles to pro russian rebels. but they say they do not have evidence that he ordered the attack. the plane was shot down by a russian anti aircraft missile over eastern ukraine. ukrainian president

obama zalinski has arrived in paris for talks with french president emanuel mac, ron and german chancellor, olaf schultz zelinski touch down moments ago in the french capital. he is now on his way to the l. e. z a palace. this is the 2nd leg of his 1st trip to europe. since russia invaded ukraine almost one year ago. earlier today, zalinski repeated his appeal for western weapons in an address to the u. k. parliament in thank britain for backing ukraine since day one of moscow's invasion . and he urged western partners to equip ukraine with fighter jets as key bridges for a potential russian offense of this spring. a warm embrace on the tarmac, mr. bradwell place and a rapturous applause at a joint session of the british parliament. ukrainian president bellotta knew zalinski was the man of the our doing with summit called nearly impossible.

unifying the united kingdom's contentious political parties. he thank the u. k and its former prime minister boards, johnson for immediately supporting the fight against russian aggression. we know, or i shall, will lucy and we, we really know that week tory their week to re, will change the walls. and these will be a change that the walk has long needed. united kingdom is marching with us towards the most. i think the most important victory of our life time. thanks and praise were quickly followed by please to provide ukraine with air power since day one. and i appeal to you and the walt was simple, and yet most important wars combat aircrafts for ukraine

winks for free them. is the message symbolized the presentation of a helmet to the u. k. parliament speaker. it belong to one of ukraine's ace fighter pilots. the rising on the hellmouth res, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. the historic visit comes as ukraine races for a possible new offensive in her heath and zap rosier. it also highlights britain's desire to once again, play a leading role on the world stage. after the united states. it's the largest donor of military aid to ukraine, committing to point 3000000000 pounds since the war began, and pledging to match that this year. zelinski is expected to continue his please to european leaders. some in person for air support he believes will bring the war

to a quick end. artless unit. our correspondent lisa lee. she is in paris. forest elisa, so regards zalinski earlier today in the u. k. now he is in paris wise if there's any peers while he is continuing to rally support for ukraine, obviously as we just heard, he's asking for fighter jets. now he's oping to get f, 16 american fighter jets or mirage. a french fighter jets from the europe haines. we understand from the european side, though, it's rather unlikely he would get these. he would get these in the immediate term at the european countries are offering to train pilots such as the you k, which has promised that earlier today. and francis also saying we're standing in a with ukraine, we're giving ukraine full support, but it's rather unlikely they will provide planes a right now. mind you, it might, it would take several weeks, months,

even years to train up pilots to fly these planes. does this is not something that can be a delivered immediately indeed. lisa, how important is this visit for the french president? president my call has always been depicting herself as a european leader as an international leader. he has a strong international profile and he wants to show that he's really one of those people really trying to help and solve this conflict. conflict, he and zalinski, they go back at least until 20 to 2019. when zalinski was still a presidential candidate, a president, my car had already been elected and he will come to lansky him harris and gave zalinski credibility air through that ever since the war, the invasion, the russian version of ukraine starter though it has been a slightly rocky road my call has been repeating, obviously, that he was standing that his country as such as germany,

and that they were both standing with ukraine. but sometimes my calls also criticized for being maybe a to, you know, close to russia and saying we also need to reassure russia today will be a, an occasion for him to show that he's continuing to support ukraine. did abuse at lisa. we appears these as always. thank you. steven beers, these are next with dw business news. i will see you tomorrow. every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips on the indian, the footsteps of the reg reason. i'm in here, northernmost count, please. oh.