dining office and dialysis services. oh, be all a guest at frankfurt. airport city, managed by frappe, bought lou sir. ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president renewing his appeal to join the european union. modem is zalinski telling officials in brussels that there will only be peace in europe when russia is defeated. and when ukraine becomes a member of the you, also to night more than 20000 people now confirmed dead after earthquakes in turkey

and syria, as hopes fade of finding survivors. days after the disaster plus anger in south africa over the countries energy crisis, protestors stormed into parliament as presidents hero, ram of hosa declared a state of national disaster over crippling power shortage. ah, i'm brick. gov to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome, he wants to join the e u. ukrainian president boredom. his zalinski to day renewed his appeal for his country to join the european union. he told d u leaders meeting in brussels that europe will only be at peace once russia is defeated. and when ukraine has become a full member of the european union, zalinski strip to brussels, kept off a busy 2 days of diplomacy,

in which he urged european allies to keep the military and the economic aid flowing to keith images for the history. dogs, president zalinski and the you parliaments, president met sola, standing side by side to demonstrate that ukraine is part of the european family. it is this family and its value. so lensky emphasized in his address, did, did people of ukraine defend every day on the battlefield? sir? massey of rabo, this is our europe match. these are our rules, this is our way of life. a little grain him for ukraine. it's away wholly away to its home slash this whole dormer, zalinski priest, the chamber for its early backing of you. kennedy status will ukraine, pointing out that this support motivated his country to be strong and to stay the course? president salons, he speech was

a powerful mom. it was moving the fact that he spoke with such character and passion for joining our family. here in the european union, we have been walking this path for the past year, and there is under so much who can add on except for solidarity and our feeling that we belong together. and this is the feeling that we all felt to day solidarity with your queen. that was what you opinion leaders wanted to demonstrate as well when they came together in brussels for they were meeting with the ukranian president. tougher sanctions on russia and further arms deliveries were at the top of their agenda with zalinski once again asking for western made fighter jets for his pilots, much negotiable, visibly number for us to survive. we need these weapons for that is what i'm talking about. actually pulls that are positive signals concerning the respect of weapons. roy, we've got positive signals that we heat each other. awesome. we all know that i

really want these signals to become concrete words. so can ali, but a torrijos concret and his all hello. and she made clear that his country also needs a concrete date for the start of accession talks with the eel. of course we needed . and this year and this year child, when i see this year, i mean this year, i mean there's ah, 2202 to 3. i feel i feel really, really responsibility at that unanimity in the repair and yourself with you the other. but despite all the laughs and a lighter tone, ukraine is likely to have a long way to go to join the block. it's a merit base process. the commission president, funder lion said not one set to rigid timelines for the lensky. however, you queens you. membership is not a distant dream, but a future that is certain. his visit to brussels has seen a lot of good will, and promises to provide more military support. but the ukraine and leader made it

clear that what his country needs right now, it's not promises. but swift action is zaleski was in london in paris yesterday asking for fighter jets. earlier i asked our court brussels corresponded jack parent if so lensky message in brussels was the same. yeah, very much the same. he was demanding that the european partners step often provide those fighter jets. that's what he says that ukraine needs. but it's only in the last month or so that the, the european partners agreed and allowed tanks to go to ukraine. a german block of re exporting german made tanks, the leper twos that are made in germany that took a long time for the german government. so to release and relax and allow those times to go to go, i think frankly the appetite to some fighter jets in the big a you capital that matter, which is really paris and berlin on this. i don't think that to keen to immediately start sending fight stations just just after they've agreed the tanks. during his

visit to the united kingdom, the british government agreed that they would start training, fight a pilot. so now zelinski knows that he's going to try and get those planes at the moment is it's just, it's just was the haven't certainly been any promises made. but with all of these issues, with all of these weapons deliveries the demands were made. and then slowly over time, the ukranian government managed to turn the nose or the maybe into yesses. so we'll have to wait and see. yeah, he's done that with battle tanks. he's hoping to do that with fighter jets or we will. we heard it was almost like a love yesterday when we heard ursula on the line in charge. michelle, both i'm speaking with of the ukrainian president but but beyond words of a what do we know about unity within the e u when it comes to weapons for ukraine and just general solidarity with this country. this solid hours he is, is very sure actually, and i think that was quite heavily expressed by pretty much all of the leaders and certainly that reception in the european parliament. i've been in brussels

a long time, and i have never seen quite a reception for alida as a lensky when he walked in up towards the the parliament hamis. i co op the up the says, all of the stuff out in the balconies cheering for him. so it's been a very woman, but as you say, what are the promises on the table as of, on the lines as a 10th round of sanctions, including some of the political and military leadership that would be significant success for him to take back. also this sped off the accession process. ukraine isn't just trying to turn away from russia. i think we have to keep that in mind. it's not trying to turn away from russia just to be independent. it wants to be the be any you member state. but there are complexities to that, and i think that that message was carried to the ukranian president today by those other leaders. the leaders are continuing their summit without him him in brussels now. okay. d w process corresponded jack paired with the latest from brussels to night. jack is always thinking the death toll for monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria has now surpassed 20000,

and there is mounting criticism of the turkish governments response to de turkish president wretched pioneer to one. he responded, saying that preparing for a disaster of this scale is practically impossible. international rescue teams have joined local emergency crews in the worst affected areas, but hope of finding more survivors is fading. now, by the hour a you an aide convoy carrying urgently needed humanitarian assistance has arrived in north western syria. this is the 1st since the earthquakes hit 8 organizations they have struggled to bring supplies into rebel held northern syria, which is under a blockade by the assad government. burdened with grief and living in harsh conditions. ali my mood is staying at this makeshift camp in aleppo province. he says he lost many of his family members to the earthquake. his surviving daughter is now a widow with 2 children,

led the at all whole. my kids died under the rubble wallet. the situation is horrible. you know, when we're here in a camp the found a 10 school, there's nothing. the situation is bad. i wish i'd also died with my kids. it would have been better. manually molded when of organizations in the country are stretching their resources over a decade of war had already left millions dependent on aid, especially in the rebel control northwest. in the aftermath of the earthquake, there is even less assistance to go round. local aid worker say they are unable to secure the basic needs of all survivors. i'm not yet so about it dumping. we're finding it difficult to secure chance food water mia and even mattresses financially. and then this winter, it was minus 6 degrees celsius day of had gone. it's very cold. this disaster needs to support of nation. see any law that individual initiatives alone and not enough

. i'm getting on that via my name's you, however, that lot in ed live de situation is equally grim. many have had to brave poor weather conditions, lament him no man we how his loud gave. how can we sleep any thoughts? very cold, while alex things are bad and it's raining on us in here. oh, would notice that we want help is that we want someone to help us men of our lives . we have only god. there's a lot of cool. did them, but we didn't feel warm yesterday and the children were freezing that will open up that he thought that allegedly as the demand for each skyrockets, the pressure is mounting on damascus, which is said to be obstructing aid. while international agencies are criticized for not acting fast enough, syrians feel they have no choice but to wait. or the earthquake has led to the collapse of more than 6000 buildings in turkey alone, in gauzy and to have one of 10 turkish cities affected. almost one out of every 6

buildings was destroyed in the quick authority, se countless more buildings were destroyed or damage the leaving estimated hundreds of thousands homeless in the middle of winter. turkey officially has building codes to deal with earthquakes, but the extent of damage from the quakers raised questions about how well those standards were enforced. after 1999 earthquake killed, 17000 people in turkey building codes were changed, adapted to promote earthquake resistant construction. earlier i asked, yeah, i mean, did him october and engineer specializing in seismic effects on buildings at the university college london? why those regulations did not prevent the destruction that we sold this week? i don't think the issue here is the billing cause that they weren't in 1999. they

are not now he's still in line. they are very, very long. and you're going engineering training is pretty high quality the scientific know the importance and regulation a compliance with fire inspection practices lacking. so i think there are 3 issues. one is that the design might not follow the code in the 1st place on the as this, these things are going to another another. secondly, even if the design actually a, in the right way, that the cost function stage contractor actually might not in the math. and also a key is the cost of the modifications. and i thing on the line of this, you know,

starting from the design all the way to stages. things can do wrong and the have seen the time. and again, it's a 99 or wait before and after 2020, your wait, et cetera. unfortunately, this is the route that the building calls. i think people that were looking at what has happened in asking, is it possible then to have building codes? is it possible to build buildings that would have withstood this magnitude of an earthquake in this location? yes, so when you look into this, all of these, these are only the only day. we need to complete our engineering assessment properly to be able to say something more concrete. our initial understanding that look into the records is that in a large, especially we are seeing that most people are often vertical acceleration. the

design level. as not only they do se, the design levels that they actually get very close to or exceed the limits, things values are collapsed. so therefore, in a way we see these are only initial assessments and we need to issue on the search and rescue operations are over and manual these our engineering assessment. and it looks like the large amount of time, especially if you would expect me to high levels of damage, the damage mechanisms that are going to be slightly different perhaps. so that's good to me that to me and what, what, what does that mean? the damage mechanisms, well, the way that the building that gets damaged is something that we actually, we actually design it is, it is a something that is embedded into the engineering design process. so how you

actually design buildings is that, you know, you allow the building to undergo some damage, but in a way that is not going to remind the stability, asked that or was leads to line losses. so we are see here is it. so you're saying the buildings can be built to that where there is an allowance for buildings maybe to sway back and forth in an earthquake. what we have seen here in southern turkey or buildings that have basically just collab straight pancakes, one level on top of the other, all flattened. and you're saying that dutch construction should be or there should be codes that should prevent that type of pancakes from happening. absolutely. so there are things like those accounts that i had just mentioned. we would definitely expect barry to hear that man, 1st of all,

boston. so the from the who just, i thing let me are you still push? yes, i possibly, you know, so then little damage by the area, even those locations are the values didn't exceed the design and they will still be out of their main source. so this is a to the stronger motions doesn't allow problematic loss fraction. no, definitely. i can tell that from what we're observing, we can definitely say the buildings are not ready. yeah, and that's a, that's a sad, sad statement to be able to make male when of course it will be too little too late for tens of thousands if not more people who have lost their lives in this disaster lose access. we appreciate your time and your valuable insights tonight. thank you

. we are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world. chili's president gabriella border has asked for international assistance to combat wildfires across the center and south of the country. 24 people who died in the fire in recent days. authorities have more that a new heat wave could worsen the situation. oscar and grammy award winning american composer burt bacharach and has died at the age of 94. 1 of the most prolific authors in the history of poppies. he produced dozens of his including baby. it's you, i say a little prayer walk on by and raindrops keep falling on my head. the philippine president has met with the japanese prime minister in tokyo, as the 2 nations looked to strengthen ties in response to china's growing military pressure in the region. the 2 leaders are expected to sign a key defense agreement later that would allow japanese troops to join more

training exercises and to respond to natural disasters in the philippines of staying in that part of asia. north korean has marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the country's army with a military parade, including a large number of intercontinental ballistic missiles. north korean leader kim jong on attended with his daughter fueling speculation that she is being groomed to become the country's next leader. an imposing display of military might. on the 7 5th anniversary of the founding of north korea's armed forces is top brass put on the show for the country's leader came young own front and center, the parade in the capital p on young. a growing awesome of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the united states. you experts say that the

number an increasing sophistication of these missiles present a challenge for us efforts to fend of potential attacks. but approve of military prowess will be of less concern to north korea's adversaries. like this promotional video featuring soldiers training an ice conditions, or come from brick screens to mark the occasion. but observe, as did note the prominent role kim's daughter identified as you a plate in the official coverage, kim known as a ruthless dictator, seen here displaying genuine tenderness. a simple case of parental affection was signed that u. s. it's being groomed for leadership role. whatever the answer, the intended message of the event was clear, north korean regime is here to stay. south africa's president seattle, rema poser has declared

a state of national disaster as his country faces its largest energy crisis. in decades he made the announcement during a speech before parliament in cape town, power outages across the country which last for up to 12 hours or topping the list of public grievances. the blackouts are expected to further damage south africa, struggling economy. now ahead of the speech, dozens of demonstrators tried to force their way on to the stage to demand that the president resign. you see the might there, security forces were able to prevent them from reaching the president and dramatic scenes there. let's good our corresponded christine. what was she joyce? me now from johannesburg? christy. the, what did we just see there? it looked like a skirmish that some people have asked. maybe this was a january 6 moment for south africa. well brain, i can tell you that it's not the 1st time that the impedes dressed in red, known as the if. if this economic in places have dentist in fact,

it is sort of become a standard playbook for them to disrupt the proceedings. they've made it very clear that they're going to make it very difficult for the president to have his say and address the nation. but looking at that footage and, and watching those m p 's storm, that stage one can only wonder what would have happened if that security detail did not remove them from that stage. it certainly got out of hand and escalated to a level we've not seen before. and of course, it prompted an unprecedented reaction. we're told that that force that was on the state is also part of this president security guard. they were heavily on part of an elite unit. and i so certainly the government was preparing for some kind of hostile reception to the president. but we've not seen anything near that, brent. i think a lot of people would have been stunned by seeing that. yeah it's, it's a shocking to, to see the image is right there in that video. we know that the president declared a state of disaster in the speech that he delivered. let's just take a listen to part of what he said. the national disaster management center has

consequently classified the energy crisis and its impact as a disaster. we are therefore declaring a national state of disaster to respond to the electricity crisis and the super christine, what is a state of national disaster mean in south africa and what's going to change for the people? well, that is the thing average. and if, for, for those of us who know the audience in the run, those capping and cheering would have been from the president's party writer, we saw that many of the opposition parties the necessary applaud at that announcement effectively. what this now does is it allows the government to operate with less checks and balance. and in fact, dennis prompted many concerns are by people in the opposition who are opposed to this measure by the way,

because they say it's going to open up at the floodgates to looting on mass. because the suddenly as spending will be unaccounted for, they don't have to go through the normal chips and balance of parliamentary procedures for example, and that, and in the offices of we are operating in a state of disaster. so that is the main concern. and in fact, the opposition has gone as far as to say that they're going to be challenging the constitutionality off this provision that the president has announced. but but to your question, brent, this is unlikely to, to solve the problem that the south africans are experiencing right now. these up to 12 hours a day of power outages that people are experiencing. this is a prison trying to put lipstick on a pig, but the reality is these power cuts are going to be enduring. if anything, as of africans have been told this evening that they've got to learn to adapt, add to the situation because even this measure is not going to solve the problem, it will try and make things better in the sense that the government will make provisions for example, a bigger budget for the pol utility to use to burn more diesel. this is very

expensive and only helps to alleviate that, that, that, that the pressure on the problem but doesn't take it away. so south africans this concludes small businesses. farmers, everything from travel, all factors of life have been impacted by this power has this measure simply isn't going to help that correspond. it was remodeled with the late tonight from johannesburg. christine, as always, thank you. art lovers and amsterdam are gearing up for one of the biggest ever exhibitions of works by the dutch master yon fare mer the world famous girl with a pearl earring will be on display along with many of the 17th century masters creations. $28.00 out of around $37.00 known works are on display at amsterdam rags museum. among them the milk made 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 in fanny 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. he yawned 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 from m and with a mia uses natural light as it naturally enters a room. and as it highlights certain objects and not others. and on this 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 masters, a fine painter, treat 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 ramirez works. this is the w names is a reminder of our top stories ukrainian present. bodamer zalinski has renewed his appeal to join the e. u in brussels. he said that long term peace in europe will only happen once ukraine defeats russia. and once ukraine becomes a member of the european union,

european commission president ursula from the lion, said that there is no rigid timeline on ukraine joining the ear and the death toll from the recent earthquakes in turkey and syria. the death toll has now talked 20000 international rescue team to have joined local emergency crews in the worst effected areas. hope of finding more survivors is fading. now by the hour. you're watching the w news. after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day, stick around. we will be right back with

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