ah, was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful painting that perhaps we just don't understand? a search for answers store to february 10th on d, w ah, ah, this is d w. news coming to you live from berlin, growing criticism of the official response to the earthquakes which have killed thousands in turkey and syria. turkish president, rush of time out of one, sees the destruction for himself and admit their work failings on the day of the disaster. survivors in northern serious sit through rubble and bury their dead.

rescuers appeal for humanitarian corridors to the region already devastated by civil war. also coming up ukraine's president is on a diplomatic drive to drum up support for the fight against russia. followed the male zalinski holds talks in paris with the leaders of france and germany before heading to brussels to meet with other leaders. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good. have you with us. the death toll from the earthquake disaster in turkey and syria has now reached more than 15000 international rescue teams from more than 2 dozen countries have joined forces with local emergency crews, but hopes are fading. a finding more survivors under the rubble of thousands of collapsed buildings. 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 residency rescue operations here in the city of carmen marsh have arrived too late. oh no. jumps is you lose. 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 a pass already. there was a man under the debris beyond all timber presidents taking shelter are growing restless, waiting for aid for food, for medication. frustrated, many are lashing out at 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 or if there's no electricity, there's no water. there's no natural gas stomach, we are in a miserable state. no, no, no, 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 signing 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. cindy crystal, 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 on. and then we'll go back. what else can 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. turkeys pres eric f. ty bardon has defended his government's response to the catastrophic earthquake at one says it was almost impossible to prepare for the disaster considering its scale. but he admitted there were problems in dealing with the immediate aftermath. his promise to step up relief efforts, critic say, took far too long for rescue workers to arrive. many blame president ado on 3 days on he defended his government's response on a visit to the disaster zone. it included if she all state agencies, a working now public, it was a 2nd to load yosh on them or on the 1st day lost. there were a few problems the from the 2nd day on we had the situation under control, steal. physician leaders sees things differently,

accusing the government of serious failings. he also traveled through the region and blames the president for the destruction was suited. there is only one person responsible for this catastrophe, and that is ato. on the 20 years he has failed to prepare the country for earthquakes. and some geologists agree they say earthquake proof structures would have prevented devastation on this scale, but were held up by corruption and ignorance. this team prepared an earthquake risk map for one city. now in ruins, germany, the hobbies account there and had we send the map to the man he looked at it berg didn't believe it and did nothing. boy, god bless me or need your voice. why was he able to do that? said the smith globe. research is maintain every one you chuck. he was sitting on

a powder keg, but far too little was done or correspond. dorian jones is, isn't, isn't istanbul covering the saw disaster. he sent us this report a short while ago will be the 3rd day after the 2 deadly quake that struck turkey. and it's a cool pressure is building on president type one over his handling of the crisis. there's growing criticism over the world. many critics say was a slow response and deployment 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 we're hoping 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 that admittedly, that that had been a close response to the beginning, but insisted that they were mount 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 that lease to journalists have been contained for questioning. but the point, the push, but criticisms a concrete is continuing to grow the tickler over the question of why so many buildings failed, according to authorities. as many as 17000 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 1999 of quite just outside sample which claim over 17000 lives. 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 going criticism and warnings by the president, one, he's still doubling on down insisting. but all of the countries facing on presidential natural dissolves and they called for what he said, national unity for the same time we are getting report for twitter has been has been 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, the united nations is hoping to resume a deliveries to syria, broken off by the earthquakes rescue efforts in syria are being complicated by the 12 year civil war. the affected area is divided between government controlled

territory and a rebel held enclave where millions rely on humanitarian aid delivered through turkey. a dw team is in the region, including one colleague who lost his own house. this exclusive report comes from the town of harem. digging through the rubble an assyrian town of harrow, just one of hundreds in the region that have been flattened by the quake rescue as 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. loyal um, and we need help from other countries. we're getting some equipments, 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 like? what we really need is heavy equipment to rescue people and they've been on to the

rubble for 48 hours and we need heavy equipment to get them out. she honestly about olive 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 other than the streets and the rain without socks or anything man. they don't have anyone to stay with out of my siblings died in a leper loa. had taught him, especially in the hadn't rafa. and the other helpers in our him who continued to hammer away until they're, it is complete. and after that, they'll have another massive task rebuilding their village. so you look at a few other stories making headlines around the world today. north korea has

showcased up to 11 intercontinental ballistic missiles during a night time parade, marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of its military. north korean leader kim young own attended the event with his daughter. the missiles are seen as a major challenge to the west, as they are designed to reach the united states. mainland washington says china has a global fleet of spy balloons, like the one shot down by the u. s. air force. last week. the pentagon says chinese by balloons have been spotted flying over all 5 continents for several years. emergency crews in chile are battling wildfires in central and southern areas. the blazes have killed at least 26 people authorities or warning that a new heat wave is likely to fan the flames. it cranes, president of me, of all of them, he is a zalinski, is expected to join

a european union summit in brussels later today and to address lawmakers in the parliament. on wednesday evening, he held talks in paris with president manuel mccall and german chancellor. all of sholtes. so lance is 2nd trip abroad since russia invaded ukraine, started with a visit to london on wednesday, where he renewed his appeal for more western weapons, including fighter jets touching down for a surprise visit ukraine's presence zalinski got a warm welcome from the british prime minister, richie soon act then it was off to parliament where he thanked lawmakers for their support and urge them to provide fight jets. his marching, i appeal to you and the walt was simple, and yet most important wars combat aircrafts for ukraine wings for free them. later, as the 2 leaders visited ukrainian soldiers training with the british army,

soon back assured him that this appeal has not fallen on deaf ears. so when it comes to fight combat aircraft, of course, thou part of the conversation we've announced today that we will be training ukrainian air force on nato standard platforms. because the 1st step in being able to provide advance across is to have soldiers away aviators that are capable of using them with that breakthrough in his back pocket. the next up for zalinski was paris and another enthusiastic greeting. this time from france's president macro and germany's chancellor shells at the alizae palace. after some slight confusion about who should stand, where ah, i say you are a month. zelinski returned to his main theme. her initial grain. now the sooner ukraine can get powerful, long range weapons,

the sooner our pilots can get modern planes, the stronger our forces will be, all of which he meets nisha will de nashika leads. he thought, boy young. and the sooner this russian aggression will end. and we will bring peace back to europe. hope if bear with me, where the french and german leaders were quick to reaffirm their support. lieutenant ukraine can count on france, its european partners and its allies to win the war. russia cannot and must not win novelty. justin inc, and as we stand firmly by ukraine's efforts to strengthen its defense is to defend its values, sovereignty and territorial integrity associates. wish to hist. yes, the book room them if you zelinski is heading on to an e. u summit in brussels, where he'll again press his appeal for more support from ukraine's eyes.

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