ah ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. more than 21000 killed in the earthquakes in turkey and syria. rescue worse continued to pull people alive from the rubble defying the odds. but for days after the catastrophic earthquakes, hopes of finding survivors are slowing, beginning to fade. also coming up,

if you would breathe tougher rules for migration, you leaders agreed to try and reduce the number of migrants arriving in the block. but with refugees coming from conflicts in ukraine, syria and afghanistan, the talk is complicated. plus the expected mothers and ukraine determined to give birth in the capital key despite russia's war of aggression. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. teams are still managing to rescue people trapped by the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria. but for days on hopes of finding many more survivors alive are fading. more than 21000 people have been killed. turkey's government has defended its handling of the disaster and the face of growing criticism,

particularly in the province of had tie. one of the regions hardest hit, president, wretch of ty, bear to one, says it is impossible to prepare for a catastrophe on this scale. but hold from the rubble and turkey is devastated her tie province after nearly 90 hours. this little boy is fortunate to be alive. oh, exhausted, rescues, have been working non stop for days now throughout the disasters. own health has been coming in from all around the world. this ukrainian team was dispatched by keith despite the fighting back home journal threats earth return. his colleagues was surprised because of the war in our country. but we believe that we have to hell. that's the nature of mutual aid. well there's no other way to do it. the more. oh, we actually are. wal rescuers from turkey and further afield,

aunt giving up the more time passes the lower the chances of finding more survivors . freezing temperatures are only making matters worse. thousands of bodies have already been recovered and the death toll is expected to rise even further. in many areas, there's frustration with a lack of government health. these we is civilian support these people because i am not a crane. i can't lift these concrete blocks. i'm a mother, but my heart can only bear so much pain. no one's listening. where's the army? where's the stays? where is the unity? president irwin defended his government's response as he visited the disaster area and promised to rebuild destroyed homes within a year with thousands of buildings flattened and countless more damaged and

the cost of reconstruction expected to run into billions of euros. it's unclear how achievable this pledge may be while the prospect of rebuilding may offer hope to the hundreds of thousands left homeless in mid winter. for now, the focus for many remains the increasingly desperate search for survivors. and for more let's bring in now corresponded dorian jones, who's joining us from is stumble. dorian, tell us a little bit more about the what's happening with the search and rescue efforts. will like to report said the major search and rescue operations all across the lake strickland region. from fall, stare at 10 city has badly damaged by b 72 devastating quake. and over 101-7000 buildings have been damaged. most of them have collapsed. so it's

a huge area of such will be the rescue team to keep looking for people and they are racing against time. now before the night of freezing, consistent sub 0 temperatures the threat of hypothermia. but there is still how we are still hearing reports of people being brought out to the rubble of 2 days being buried. and as we speak, as each of them rescued team in the, in the town of kirk khan. and i was to pick to areas where they be digging for hours for a woman. they please is trapped down in the building and they believe they have a chance of rescue not so story flight. this gives hope. all these rescue team spoken turkey are from a countries all around the world. we're now working on the seats, helping in a desperate struggle to find people. they still believe trucks on the, the building and organ. there's also a lot of anger and most of that is directed at the state. we have to mention, tell us a little bit more about the state's ability to, to get to its citizens and, and help them right now. yeah, there's been

a wave of anger that is being generating as each day. pause with a feeling that the state didn't get to these people fast enough. we have tried to videos on social media of people standing outside the home saying they can hear their relative, their loved ones buried in the building, but there was no one there to help them get them out. and this is a repeated story that we've had all across the region government and so they, they, no one can be prepared for such an event as to our full upgrade happening within a matter of hours. but the fact that the turkish military, which is the 2nd largest, the native only, the only deployed in the 1st 40 hours a few 1000 soldiers, really has cause a great deal of anger. among many people think that the military do have the helicopters, they could get people to the scene all across the region. and the fact is, many people feel they haven't done enough. so there is a growing concern and that was where is the state is something you put so many time and the turkish president retro tire part one has been addressing those criticisms

. how has his response been received? well, i mean for saw me. yes. on doubtfully. there are, he does have support to some people who are the lease of the president, the conditions, and there is an understanding, but it has to be said as each day passes the fact that still many people are believed to be trapped and buildings and not being rescued is feeling this angry beyond that which will be about hundreds of thousands of people on the streets living in freezing conditions. now, many i just huddled around bonfires with a blank if they're lucky and, and still not even having hot water or hot tea or thing, just something to keep them going. and there's a lot of criticism now, but still not enough is being done for government all deploying and build 10 cities, but they are future talks. and the question is, why wasn't there a plan in place? could deal with other events, given the fact that the whole associate is prone to these mac, the folk with what are the

biggest challenges facing search for now? i think the biggest, the biggest problem now is, is, is the weather. i mean, it's freezing bitterly freezing conditions all across this region. hyperthermia is the big right now for anyone in buried in these building. but also basically like the hundreds of thousands people are on the street. they are an urgent need of assistance shelter. and i think that that is one of the biggest pressing problems going forward. because without that, i'm, the question is even basically seems like span attention, providing things for people to change, to be clean these and be depressing problems for a region that encompasses 30000000 people. dorian jones and assemble. thank you. and the united nations aide con boy has arrived in northwest syria. meantime, it is the 1st since the earthquakes struck aid organizations have struggled to

bring supplies into rebel held northern syria, which is blockaded by the government. burdened with grief and living in harsh conditions. holly, my mood is staying at this makeshift camp in the leper 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 whole my kids died under the rubble. well, not the situation is horrible when they were here in 10th grade. there is nothing. the situation is bad. i wish i'd also died with my kids. it would have been better . natalie, i'm our lead. when 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 sure. so about the dunphy we're finding it difficult to secure trans food water via an even mattresses financially . and in this winter, it was minus 6 degrees celsius day over gone. it's very cold. this disaster meets the support of nations. yanine ha, that individual initiative alone and not enough. i'm getting off out of him. i have hardly ever done the hot in ed lip. the situation is equally grim. many have had to brave poor weather conditions. lemme and him now when we how as well teeth, how can we sleep avionic ob, it's very cold, while alex out things are bad and it's raining on us and here. oh, would know that we want help is that we want someone to help us men of our little. we have only god. there's a lot of cool didn't but we didn't feel warm yesterday and the children were freezing that will let them know that he thought that allegedly,

as the demand for eat 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. here are some other stories making headlines around the world. u. s. officials have released the 1st images of agents recovering the remains of a chinese balloon shot down last week. the u. s. as the balloon was part of a major surveillance program targeting more than 40 countries. china insist that it was a civilian aircraft. demonstrators have classed with police and peru as anti government protests, and for their 3rd month, the unrest was triggered by the detention of former president pedro castillo on rebellion charges. protesters are demanding castillo's release and the resignation of new precedent. deena or la tay,

south africa's present and seal roma posada has declared a state of disaster over the worst energy crisis and decades. power outages lasting up to 12 hours are damaging and already struggling economy. scuffles broke out in parliament as opposition lawmakers disrupted proceedings demanding rama poses resignation. european union leaders have agreed on tougher rules aimed at reducing the number of migrants arriving illegally in the block. in brussels discussions on migration continued late into the night. the new rules will make it easier for countries to expel asylum seekers whose refugee applications have been denied. some countries also called on the e u to provide more funds for border protection. and let's go to brussels. where did of you? bureau chief, alexander phenomena has been following the debate. alexander, what have the european leaders decided all at once. what they decided yesterday is

indeed a shifter, a migration policy, as you said, towards tougher rules wouldn't come to failed asylum seekers and to towards more protection when it comes to the external borders of the european union. and we have to stress that there was enormous pressure from many members, states who are saying we are reaching our limits or we need to do something about that last year alone, according to official figures. more than 300000 people arrived and also riots in the european union. and at the same time, as you know, the european union has taken in millions of refugees from ukraine, syria, and afghanistan. so those members days were saying we really need to reduce the numbers. and so that is what they decided they want to mobilize substantial funds and means to help the member states balls through their border eye protection

capabilities and infrastructure. the european commission has said it's not about by building new walls or fences, but of course, this is a question of interpretation. and they also want to put more pressure on 3rd countries to take back their citizens who have been denied asylum in the european union. how did they even get here, alexandra? i mean, what does the say about the political environment in some member countries? wilder. i'm in the countries that are well known for their heart or stance. hard line stands on migrations, or countries such as hungry or lead steak, the new government in italy. and they have just shown that they are among hard liners when it comes to migration policy. would a legislation that is going to make it much more difficult for angie owes to rescue migrants at c. and, but this time we have to say it was austria that was leading there. please enter

increasing the pressure on all the others, seeing that, than the numbers needs to go down and that more you money must be spent to protect external the external borders, often loc. meantime, alexander, also in brussels, where you are also all eyes were on ukrainian. president avalon, amir zalinski yesterday, who insisted on getting faster arms supplies. i just like to play this for our viewers and then get your take on her. thereafter images for the history books. president zalinski and the u. parliament's president met sola, standing side by side to demonstrate that ukraine is part of the european family. it is this family and its values. zalinski emphasized in his address the did people of ukraine defend every day on the battlefield, said marsher, you've royball. this is our europe, that these are our rules. this is our way of life. a little green him for ukraine. it's

a way wholly away to its home. and those whole dormer fill in ski praised the chamber for its early backing of you. kennedy status, will ukraine pointing out the dis, support motivated his country to be strong and to stay the course. president salons, he speech was her powerful. um, it was moving the fact that he spoke with such character and passion for joining our here in the european union. we have been walking this past for the past year, and there is only so much you can add on except for solidarity and our feeling that we belong together. and this is the feeling that we all felt today. solidarity with ukraine. 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 negotiable wizard. the number for us to survive. we need these weapons void. that is what i'm talking about. so actually we pull that are positive signals concerning the respective weapons. roy, we've got positive signals that we heat each other. awesome, we all know can i really want these signals to become concrete words similarly, but a torrijos concret and his or her 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 need this year and this year child, when i say this year, i mean this year, i mean this ah, 2202 to $3.00. i feel i feel really, really responsibility at uni, within the repute jostle with regardless. 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, ukraine's e. u 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 is not promises, but swift action. so then that begs the question, alexander, how much closer is he to getting what he wants after this european tor? i mean, he was in london paris than brussels. can he? what can he show for it? well, he told us in his press conference he in brussels, that he is very confident that he is getting closer. for instance, when it comes to deliveries of war, advanced weapons, including fighter jets western made fighter jets, he said that there are some agreements that are very positive. however, he cannot make them public yet. and we see that there are some states there are

saying that they could be open when it comes to fighter jets or deliveries. nobody is promising anything yet, but i think the discussion has moved on. and of course, it will continue when it comes to sanctions, or we also know that the european union has promised to put more sanctions on russia, tougher sanctions. and of course, we will need to see whether there are going to bite. however, when it comes to queens, wish for a fast track you membership, that is not likely to happen. dw brussels bureau chief alexandra phenomena, thank you. in time on the ground in ukraine, air raid sirens are sounding in cities across the country. as moscow appears to be stepping up. attacks in ukraine, south and east russian air strikes have been reported mainly in south florida and

in car keith. but residents have also been urged to take shelter and other cities, including the capital cave that he w team is adding to a shelter right now we will talk with them when we can get the very latest. but mean time also in the country and with the threats faced by its citizens at the beginning of this war, ukrainian hospitals were not spared from russian shelling and some have taken preparations in case they are targeted. again. d. w. special correspondent abraham visited a hospital in keith that has repurposed a storage basement as a maternity ward and met with women who are preparing to deliver their children. in wartime. sneeze on a cooling spends a lot of her day waiting, waiting to hear from her husband maxime, who volunteered to fight putin's army on the eastern front. internet's and she's waiting for their 2nd child, a girl to arrive go. so my little bit that we talk about family and things at home

as well as the soonest came. he feels that he is abandon us, but i tell him not to worry. i tell him he is just doing his duty. there are plenty of reasons to worry. russian shells have hit you cranes maternity words before in this war like these haunting images from maria pole in the early phase of the invasion show. yet gina refuses to have her baby anywhere else, but key of some of which have come from the beginning of the war. i never once thought about leaving ukraine, lily with never to march. it was, oh, it is very hard for me to consider that question. even though i have an 8 year old daughter, i still couldn't leave. i didn't want her to see the war, but i feel calmer here. and i want to see how life is like in our country. i want to be close by aquatic, more moms to be, are choosing to have their children in ukraine despite the risks,

says one doctor at this hospital in western cave misery during the 1st 3 months of the war. natalia coach must saw a drop in the number of patients a year into the fighting. things are slowly returning to normal. but now her job is about much more than just delivering babies level effect yankee. yet we have seen patients with more complications during pregnancy, or for now what that even though they have complications related to birth and enormous stress. bringing allenwood on behalf of we worked with the psychologists and our doctors also became psychologist themselves. hm. at albums, liam, re send me my, the kid. whoops, the volume, the whole. hm. doctor, coachman, her colleagues turned this basement used for storage into a delivery ward under fire, a safe place to deliver babies, even if the hospitalist targeted. it's one of the reasons why renata and constantine callous knockoffs have chosen to have their 1st child timothy. here he

was born just a few hours ago. the kalashnikov fled from jeanette's eastern ukraine. a region that seemed fighting between russian and ukrainian forces since 2014. they ordered athlete, i've already left my home once. i do not want to go through that again visually and where to run to poland. we do not have a home there. we do not speak the language. it was hard enough getting settled in kiev. either ring a bell or since is lost as of hugh. despite the war, both renata antony gina are optimistic about the future of the country. they're bringing their children into a bit of that. i believe that we will rebuild everything. i believe that ukrainians will be happy again. we will draw the right conclusions and never forget this time . reason ok for that to happen. ukraine meets peace. and susanna knows should

likely have to wait a long time for that. art lovers are gearing up for one of this year's biggest global cultural attractions. works by the 17th century dutch painter . vermeer are going on show to day in amsterdam, the collections bring together his best known masterpieces, including the girl with a pearl earring. $28.00 out of around $37.00 known works are on display at amsterdam rags museum among them. the milkmaid girl reading a letter at 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 me 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 from m and with a mia use his 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 master is 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 vermeer works. and finally, now the oscar and grammy award winning american composer burt bacharach has died at the age of $94.00. ah, good. ah, the house is not in this noon to home. i. he was one of the most prolific authors in music history. he composed works for a string of stars from dusty springfield, and tom jones to dionne warwick buck rock produced dozens of heads,

including walk on by. i say a little prayer and raindrops keep falling on my head. and just love the god is the got to big ball is bit and with that now you're up to date here on dw news. i'm sarah kelly coming up next. it is to the point, looking at what is behind the growing tensions between the united states and china . so do stay with us if you can for that. in the meantime, warren website d, w dot com, thanks for watching. take care. mm hm . with, [000:00:00;00]

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