a into the future, a slow in february on d w. ah ah ah, this is deal use live from brilliant more than 12000 people confirmed dead in the earthquakes in turkey and syria. turkish president, early one visit the disaster zone to meet families. critic say the response has been too slow and he admits to failing survivors in northern

syria sift through rubble and buried their dead. rescuers appealed for humanitarian car doors. in a region already devastated by civil war and ukraine's president extends a diplomatic drive to drum up support for the fight against russia. vladimir zalinski arrives in paris for talks with france and germany. ah, i pablo foliage welcome to the program. more than 12000 people are now known to have been killed in the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria, turkish president, russia. ty, up early, one has toward the disaster area for the 1st time, promising aid for quake victims and more rescue teams. but the window for finding people alive is closing fast and critic say the government's response has been too

slow or to one admits, there were problems in dealing with the immediate aftermath. 3 days after the earthquake hit, the loud buzz of heavy equipment still fills the streets of affected cities. every so often there is silence as rescue worker scanned for signs of life from under the rubble bed resident se rescue operations. here in the city of carmen marsh have arrived too late. oh no, jobs is yulu. if they leave, even if they hear voices from afar is like they come here to listen for voices. they hear a voice mail and say yes, there was someone in there. but even then there was no team around or there was no equipment. there's no train team, no crane. 40 hours passed already. there was a man under the debris beyond walton, but residence taking shelter are growing restless, waiting for aid for food,

for medication. frustrated, many are lashing out of the official response to the disaster. goes all the level of nothing was done for 2 or 3 days for our relatives and friends who have been under the debris, or there's no help related it. there's no electricity, there's no water. there's no natural gas stomach, we are in a miserable state of them. there's no bread is provided in our most important thing is food for one 3rd of the buildings are gone, our house is gone, everything is gone. we're grateful. the we survived it, prospects for finding survivors almost 3 days after the quake are bleak. experts say in this neighborhood, in the southern city of adena, 11 buildings collapsed, killing a 130 people. some of the building still standing, sustained, visible damage, said the grill. so they told us there was nothing wrong with our house, but they want to wait and see whether the demolition of the ruins will cause any damage and then we'll go back. what else we do to help me with help of finding

survivors fading, frustrations are growing. many feel left alone in the face of what turkey is described as the biggest catastrophe of the century. with turkish president, russia, ty berto on his facing growing criticism over his government's handling of the disaster. dw correspondent dorian jones has sent this report. for miss dumble will be the 3rd day after the 2 deadly quake that struck turkey. political pressure is building on president type one over the handling of the crisis. there's going criticism over the world. many critics say was the slow response and deployments of such rescue teens. and in particularly over the role of the army, turkey, the head of the defense minister policy, aka emitter, the after 2 days, only 7 and a half 1000 soldiers. i've been deployed in an area that encompassed and large cities and will hope to over 13000000 people while the same time on social media,

twitter. they've been images of heartbreaking video. people's calling for help, signing outside clamps buildings, claiming that there were not one still trapped inside the buildings. those pro criticisms have been dismissed by president one. he said that the admittedly, that there had been a close response to the beginning, but insisted that they were mouth on top of the situation. he dismiss critism as malicious. earlier in the week, he had issued a warning saying that any malicious criticism was being slowly was being monitored by prosecutors, and those responsible will be brought to account. already we have reported at least 2 journalists have been contained for questioning. but the point, the pushback criticisms is completely continuing to grow, particularly over the question of why so many buildings failed according to a far it is as many as $70000.00 buildings collapse, including many multi story building that had been only recently built in many cases, only months ago,

and they were all mentors comply to strict building regulations introduced off in the 190909 of quite just outside sample which claim over 17000 live. those were like regulations were meant to prevent the total failure that we have seen, even in the event of major quakes. but despite these good going criticism and warnings by the president, while he's still doubling on town, insisting that all of the countries facing on presidential banks will dissolve. and they called for what he said, national unity for the same time we are getting report. but twitter has been marked as being reduced in, in terms of speed and access and has become very slow for use of particularly in the disaster. strict struck areas as well. as other communications, such as email, this is only adding to the anger and criticism from the opposition who claim that these, these social media platforms are vital at such a time for people to communicate and find loved ones. in the time of absolute

national emergency, dorian jones reporting there while the united nations is hoping to resume a deliveries from turkey to syria, broken off by the earthquakes rescue efforts and syria being complicated by the 12 year civil war there. the affected area is divided between government control territory and a rebel held enclave where millions rely on humanitarian aid. a dw team is in the region including one colleague who lost his own house. this exclusive report comes from the town of harrow. digging through the rubble an assyrian town of harrow, just one of hundreds in the region that have been flattened by the quake. rescuers often just using their bare 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 got this little? what we really need is heavy equipment to rescue people. they've been under the rubble for 48 hours. and we need heavy equipment to get them out and she ended up about al alan. some bulldozers 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. lather, anela. miss willa. dont have any clothes or any possessions any more than the streets and the rain without socks or anything man had they don't have anyone to stay with us. my siblings died in a leper while i had a hot him, especially in the hadn't rafa. and the other helpers in our him who continued to

right away until their mission is complete. and after that, they'll have another massive test rebuilding their village. well, there's been a global response to the earthquake disaster with the world offering help to turkey and syria. all the countries shaded in dark gray have pledged age most of it to turkey. the european union, the us, china, and india are all sending rescue workers and equipment. ukraine says it wants to help its friends and turkey, while russia is assisting syria where moscow also has troops. greece and 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. well now to some of the other stories making news around the world, washington says china has

a global fleet of spies, balloons like the one shot down by the u. s. air force last week. the white house claims chinese spy balloons have been spotted flying over. all 5 continents international investigators say russian president vladimir putin played an active role in the shooting down of malaysian flight m. age 17. in 2014 prosecutor se putin offered me selves to pro russian rebels. but there is no evidence study personally ordered the attack. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has arrived in paris on a diplomatic mission to drum up support from western allies in the fight against russia. zalinski is holding tolts with the leaders of france and germany. he'll also join an east summit in brussels. it's only his 2nd trip out of ukraine since the invasion last year. the ukrainian president has renewed his appeal for more

high tech weapons, including fighter jets. zelinski is urging partners to step up their support as keys, braces for a potential russian spring offensive. franklin, you mentioned a mike, but the france and germany, a potential game changer, some attack your boxes. and this is how i see our negotiation. so to when everything is obvious, ok, you know, the sunni ukraine can get path or weapons or long range weapons. the sooner our pilots can get modern aircraft, the stronger our forces will be really thick, and i am grateful to you for starting down this path. clearly the sooner this aggression of russia will end the sla you'd them switch as acutely and we will return a lasting peace enamel to europe or beverly, where while dw correspondingly. so lewis told us what of a lot of mir zalinski is hoping to achieve empowers. while he is continuing to rally support for ukraine, obviously, as we just heard, he's asking for fighter jets. now, he's hoping 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 a has promised at that earlier today. and france is also saying, we're standing in a with ukraine. we're giving ukraine full support, but it's rather unlikely they would 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 and it the st. louis reporting from piracy there. well, earlier zalinski addressed the british parliament in london. he thanked the u. k for its backing since the start of the war. a warm embrace on the tarmac

risk of reco place and a rapture supplies at a joint session of the british parliament, ukrainian president below him is the landscape, was the man of the hour doing what son had called nearly impossible. unifying the united kingdom's contentious political parties. he thank the u. k, in its former prime minister boards, johnson for immediately supporting the fight against russian aggression renaud or i shall, will lucy and we really know the weak tore, their weak durry 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 live 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 wings 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 helmets ridge, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. the historic visit comes as ukraine braces for a possible new offensive, and har he ends up rosier. it also highlights brittany'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. all right, when you're watching, either you use ofac start documentary, black and german, the afro dodge story. if you need more, there's our website d, w dot com, and you can also watch us on youtube. and don't forget to follows on our social media cancer handle as t w's for me. the team here. berlin, thanks watching. take care. i'll see again at the top, the next hour leonardo da vinci's, mysterious masterpiece. this perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece of the collection of the louvre. it is the virgin of the rocks. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful.