ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin, growing criticism of the official response to the earthquakes that have killed thousands in turkey and syria. turkey's president sees the destruction for himself and admits 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 and a regent already devastated by civil war. also coming up ukraine's president does on a diplomatic drive to drum up support for his country's fight against russia. although the mayor 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. thanks for joining us. turkish president, rush of type out a one has defended his government's response to the catastrophic earthquake ins. turkey and syria at one says it was almost impossible to prepare for the disaster considering its scale. the death toll from the clay has now reached more than 15000 international rescue. teams have joined forces with local emergency crews in the

worst effected areas, but hope of finding more survivors is fading fast. and in many places like turkey's hot a province, residents say they've seen little outside help. for days, these residents have spent the night here. can amongst the ruins of homes in hattie province. one of the hardest hit by monday's quakes. they say they can still hear voices coming from under the rubble of the moment, but had been left without any help to save their loved ones. rescue teams, equipment and emergency support is now starting to arrive here that many fear it's come to light and their frustrations. and now turning to anger, we have 30 dead in that is our state really incapable? i think so incapable. i have no words. 30 bodies have been lying. have until the

morning we should the middle zill. oh to front us a lot already. feel it a little turkeys president is acutely aware of the fingers now being pointed at him and his government's response to the disaster. and while visiting some of the worst effected areas on wednesday, he did admit that they had encountered some problems elevator. certainly there have been shortfalls. as the conditions have become clear, it is impossible to prepare to face a disaster like this. all of you make merchandise. the opposition leader sees things differently though, blaming the president for the destruction. with that there is only one person responsible for this catastrophe, and that is the one for 20 years. he has failed to prepare the country for earthquakes with our international emergency and rescue teams are now up and running with crew. so more than 2 dozen countries taking part in the rescue mission

. and despite fears at the window to find more survivors is closing. there is still hope that more people may be found alive with moments like this, providing emergency teams with all the motivation they need to carry on the search for signs of life. spring in our correspondent terry shoulds. here she is an aide center in a donna that's one of the worst affected regions in southern turkey. terry, what's the situation there right now? good morning, terry. we are currently in a suburb of a, donna cordova and in fact is, is not one of the areas hardest hit by the quake. but we spent time here yesterday at collapse buildings. and i just spoke with the mayor who said, 400 people in his community have been lost. and as you can see behind me, there are some 400 tense and 1200 people here. but as we have seen throughout the

country, people seem to be in relatively good spirits and most of all they are so welcoming and i just want to share with you some new friends i made immediately upon arrival here. this is irene. she's 8 years old and we're going to come here. and when i came up with my tv makeup on my face, they said we have some lipstick. and so, i mean, you asked me to give you a stick to you and look at her and miracle, she'd only 3 a better ride, but all of us know exactly how that goes. thank you, girls. and as you can see, of course we do have their parents permission. oh my gosh, highlight of my day. definitely. so sorry for the noise behind us, there are trucks arriving here with aid. and as i said, i just spoke with the mayor of chicago, who said that they have enough food and enough water for the moment, but no one knows how the situation will continue to develop. oh my girls are still

here, terry? yes, many people, terry, in the effective regions there are angry that help hasn't arrived sooner. what are you hearing from those you're talking to their yes, of course we see those reactions. i read them, i keep track of them on other media, and i did ask the mayor about this. i said, are you receiving aid from the national government? what as president air to one delivered to you. and he said that they are mostly getting local donations. there are piles of clothes around. we saw some greg delivered. and again, this is not an area that is facing the absolute worst devastation. the buildings around us right now are still standing and not visibly damaged. but he said they will need aid in the days to come in, in addition to the 1200 people living in these tense. he said there are thousands sleeping in the streets, burning what they can find to stay warm. and there's no telling how long the

situation will go on. we've been feeling, you know, we've been hearing about the aftershocks continuing. and so people are very concerned that while they may feel ok today on a sunny day with no aftershocks, no one has any idea how long they are going to need to continue supporting people who can't go back to their homes. turkeys president richard tapped out on has declared a 3 month state of emergency. is that something that's likely to help people on the ground they're terry? well, i think that will be their hope. if the situation continues, the mayor did not talk to me about about what kind of national programs they might be needing. but of course you've heard our other reporters talk about this across southern turkey. again here where i am right now. people seem to have enough of everything. in fact, as i've been reporting, they keep trying to give us a juice. i've got a cup of tea here on the ground and someone just came by and asked to adrian if he

wants some soup. so they seem to be ok for now, but no one knows how long that will last and again, throughout the rest of this region, people are in much, much worse condition. and here the people standing around me say time and again. thank you for coming. thank you for your help. please keep us in your thoughts. we're going to need more international assistance. speaking of international assistance, terry, are you seeing some international relief workers in the region? are you seeing turkish relief workers in the form of the army? for example? well here is the aide center. there's no army, but all the tents that you see behind me, they have a f, a d on them. this is the turkish national relief organization. so they have set up the tents. the workers here are from that organization. so clearly they do have a support from, from the i, it national organizations. at the moment we do not see any international aid workers, nor anyone speaking english here in this camp, which is not,

not so surprising of perhaps the 8 as best needed elsewhere. and particularly in the search and rescue operations again, yesterday we saw the bulgarian red cross on the scene with the sniffer dogs, and they were moving on to other areas where there were still people believed to be buried. and i can just say that it bolsters everyone's spirits when, as we heard this morning, people are still being pulled alive from the rubble in other parts of in other parts of southern turkey. so rescue operations will not cease. terry, thank you very much for now. our correspond, terry schultz there in southern turkey. 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 control territory and a rebel held enclave where millions rely on humanitarian aid delivered through turkey dw teams in the region,

including one colleague who lost his own house. this exclusive report comes from the town of harrow ah, digging through the rowboat, 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. 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 have and they've been on to the rubble for 48 hours a day and we need heavy equipment to get them out. and she ended up by 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, annella, missoula, dont have any clothes or any possessions anymore that that mother then the streets and the rain without socks or anything man had they don't have anyone to stay with us. my siblings died in the leper while i had the hot in, especially in the hadn't profit and the other helpers in our him who continued to hammer away until our mission is complete. and after that, they'll have another massive task rebuilding their village bell's mother stories making headlines round the world to day. north korea has showcased up to 11 intercontinental ballistic missiles during a night time parade, marking the 75th anniversary of its founding 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 continental united states. gillian president, gabrielle bori, has asked for international aid to help combat wildfires across the center and south of the country. 24 people have died in the fires in recent days. authorities are warning that a new heat wave could further fan the flames. disney says it will cut $7000.00 jobs world wide and slash caused by $5500000000.00. the media company said it will spend less on producing films and series as follows in the footsteps of warner and netflix, who have been pulling back on content to ukraine's president followed the mail. zalinski is expected to join a european union summit in brussels. later today is also due to address lawmakers

in the u parliament. cilenzo 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. he then went to paris for talks with the leaders of france and germany. an enthusiastic greeting from french president, micron and german chancellor sholtes at the elisa palace after some slight confusion about who should stand. where are they? who are in zelinski returned to his main theme or any so green 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 new civil did not require leads, he thought were young and the sooner this russian aggression will end. and we will

bring peace back to europe. bear with me when 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. houston inc, and as we stand firmly by ukraine's efforts to strengthen its defenses to defend its values, sovereignty and territorial integrity associates wish to hist. early as the lensky had also made a surprise visit to london for meeting with prime minister richie soon act. ukrainian president addressed the british parliament, thanking lawmakers for their support and urging them to provide fighter jets marching. i appeal to you and de walt was simple, and yet most important wars combat ear crafts for you green

wings for free them and appealed at zalinski is likely to echo, in brussels. in the coming hours or at that summit in brussels, ukraine's presence will have a chance to meet all you leaders in person, dw brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena has more. i would say that this is, it is very important. and so of course, it is a probably man's to remind the european leaders of the urgency of the situation. the ukranian president has repeatedly said that the situation on the front lines in the eastern part of his country is a getting more severe and severe. and that the russian army is throwing more and more troops of their ukraine, braces for a massive russian offensive in the spring and a people there are a portly getting a war weary. so of course, we can expect her zalinski to deliver his urgent message to their european

leaders. what he needs are more advanced weapons and what he needs is also a commitment for the you from the european leader, his dad sir, an e and e u. membership for ukraine is not a distant dream that it is a realistic option. however, a speaking to you officials or you hear that this is really a difficult questions mit with many of them telling me that award. so we are probably going to see our nice speeches and, and turn symbolic gestures, but maybe not the commitments that the korean president is hoping for. in addition to meeting the leaders of the individual, you member states there, uh zaleski will address that. you harlem it today as well, what coin expect there while he is or skilled a speaker or we know that or,

and he has as i said, an urgent message to deliver. so we can expect, i would assume an emotional speech in which he would probably thinker the european union for its support and assistance by to we can expect him to once again speak about sir. uh, what you cree needs. and sir, that is a more advanced weapons and fighter jets and are delivering fighter jets to ukraine was, are only a few weeks ago, totally unthinkable. but there is movement or there are, for instance, with the u. k. seeing there are looking into this option to have started screening ukrainian pilots. so there is some movement there. and we also have to add, add, speaking before the european parliament president zalinski will be speaking to friends and allies are and only a week ago the european lawmakers adopted an am text calling on the european leaders to work towards the start of exec accession talks with ukraine

and to step up. there are military and financial assistance for ukraine. reminders, alexander, briefly, what the you has done so far to help ukraine defend itself against russia's war of aggression. the european union and its member states have provided you queen with weapons and military equipment worse, almost 12000000000 euros are only recently denmark or the netherlands and germany. i have promised to deliver more than a 100 lipper to one at tanks to ukraine. they're also working on delivering leverage to, thanks to you, queen the european union is also slated to provide you quinn with 18000000000 euros in financial aid this year. xander. thank you very much. our brussels directory, alexandra for norman. during to lance, his visit to london,

the u. k said it would train ukrainian fighter pilots, but no combat jets have been promised so far. i spoke to dw nick connelly in keith and asked him how disappointed presents lensky is likely to be with that? or i think if you look at the past year at all the different weapons sent by western countries to ukraine. that has been the patent time and time again. first talk of red lines and wanted to pro rusher of kind of providing defensive rather than offensive weapons. while, you know, experts would tell you that often a fairly artificial distinction to be made. and then 1st of all, training is offered and then eventually the actual equipment arrives. has to be said though, that you know, compared to tanks, these battle planes, these fight digits are a lot more complex in terms the logistics, even the pilot training by, in conservative estimates takes half a year. even if you're really going at it very, very fast. other people talk of several years training and then there's all the kind of supply and logistics questions. and the other question of whether you grant

can really protect these planes if they were to get to ukranian basis from russian rocket. so let's questions there. but as if me a sense indicator that this is a turning point and that, that taboo that had been expressed very clearly even by president biden of chance. the shots, obviously in recent weeks that is now slowly crumbling, speaking of crumbling taboos, are battled tanks have been promised to ukraine now, but they may not arrive until the end of the year. what is key of saying about that was important to distinguish here between the more modern leopard 2 tanks, which are arriving on federalist the german ones. but in very small numbers, germany is sending 14 similar numbers expects from poland and much smaller numbers from other european countries. that promise seems to be, are holding for now. although if you read the german press, their suggestion there that the german governments pretty unhappy with other european countries that we're trying to push germany to do more. who are now unable to really make good on those promises. but the, all the leopard, one tax, which are available in much larger numbers that have been basically written off and

been sitting in storage for years now. they are now going to be made ready for ukraine's mercury and will be sent by the middle or end of the year. so may be less modern, but a lot more numerous and available easily without having to take things out of active service. so yes, it is a long wait and there is a fear here and give that western culture just don't get the scale of this war that's being for on thousands of kilometers. and they don't really understand that key of really need the list of yesterday, especially given they're expecting a new russian attack new russian activity in the next couple weeks. nic, thank you very much. as always, our corresponding economy there in keep control of the skies is considered crucial in war. the in ukraine conflict, both sides have been using unmanned drones for attacks and information gathering. russia has made particular use of iranian made so called suicide drones. these devices which carry explosives can spend significant time in the air before finding

a target and crashing into it. dw mathias burning. i went to meet ukrainian soldiers whose job is to shoot them down. this is what some of your friends most important army units look like. this is a mo, buy air defense unit, protecting the capital from drones. as soon as they're told that she had drones are approaching, they take position and try to shoot them down. arrows, missouri here that was a she had drone measures, 2.5 on 3.5 meters. but in the sky, they are just small dots. drones might be weapons of 21st century warfare, but defense against them on not d s. h k, machine guns like this one were 1st used on the battlefields of world war 2, the control center, since the coordinates and estimated trajectory of the drones to the soldiers on the

field. they rely on their own eyes. for thomas, my record the letter we had special training to teachers, how to shoot in front of the trajectory were not shooting straight at the drone, but in front of it to create barrage fire grandpa. we aim quite far ahead of the drone. they kicked a corpus over anesha. i bet. just this is just a demonstration. the army won't take us to the actual positions at the moment, but jones mostly come at night ukrainians. rely on tracer, ammunition and night vision devices, rain, fork, or snow. make it difficult, which is why bad weather makes drone attacks more like it's a game of cat and mouse chart cor. bully premier's office care. in the beginning, they sent them straight to their target it up put on a linear trajectory, which really the promote the mushroom d lender lent a program them in

a way. so they take a different route every time we try to call me or to call it, we were expecting them to come from one side and they were coming from another direction. in sure, that's how the enemy is trying to avoid the places where our forces have shot down . she had similar fruit in their gear or not they trying to find holes in our defenses. them hides, isn't it? the ickes sprawl in the bro, but there are none. at least that's what i think the via the closer for these world war 2 goes, retirement is not in sight. 4th lovers in amsterdam are gearing up for one of the biggest exhibitions of works by dutch master young. familiar, ever. many of his most famous works are going on display, including the world famous girl with a pearl earring. never before have so many paintings by the 17th century painter

been brought together under one roof. $28.00 out of around $37.00 known works are on display at amsterdam, ranks museum among them. the milkmaid girl reading a letter and an open window and perhaps the most famous of them. all girl with a pearl earring painted in 1665, the common thread that brings them altogether. our depictions of real life in the 17th century. keep it up on for him as infamy as paintings. don't tell a story in the sense that there's a lot going on. there's no running around horses galloping or something fording on the ground or people fighting. his paintings are always very quiet, very introverted. and this introversion, of course, allows the viewer to enter into a new world of the media to him. yon for mere lived and worked in the dutch city of delft. he was only 43 years old at the time of his death,

and it was only posthumously that both he and his paintings gained worldwide recognition. especially for the use of light. for men of the me a use his natural light as it naturally enters a room and as it highlights certain objects and not others. and on her girl with a pearl earring was fictionalized on the silver screen in 2003 with american actress scarlett johansson bearing a striking resemblance to farmers famous subject. ah sir, your master's sighing, painted. the exhibition in amsterdam has been years in the making with the paintings, arriving from various museums around the world. it's an extremely rare chance for

a brief encounter with most of vermeer works. this is dw news, just reminder of the main story we're following for you. this our growing criticism of the official response to the earthquakes which have killed thousands in turkey. and sir turkey's president seized the destruction for himself and admit, there were failings on the day of the disaster of next it's conflicts with tim, sebastian, talking chinese security and strategy. i'm terry markets. and thanks for watching ah, with

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