ah, we take a look and into the future. in the new 1000000, slowly in february on d w. now, ah, this is dw use life from berlin. more than 21000 killed in the earthquakes in toki and syria. rescue is continue to pull people alive from the rumbled to find the odds. but 4 days after the catastrophic earthquakes hit, hopes of finding survive his fate. the head of the syrian rescue group,

the white helmets sharply criticizes. the winds quite corresponds accusing it of acting on behalf of syrian president, bashar assad. russia launches new missile, and rome strikes on ukraine. civilians forced to take cover again as sirens bring out across the country. authority say get tax targeted power facilities in 6 ukrainian regions. and police detained belgium, emmy paint, mach terah, bell of questioning, in a bribery investigation, atari, american officials, a suspected of trying to influence decisions in the european parliament. ah, i've been visible and welcome the death toll from the earthquakes and turkey and syria just keeps rising. the hopes of fading of finding survivors for days of the

tram. it seems us still managing to rescue some people alive from the rubble. several people was saved over night in hot it hattie province in the south of turkey. a dw crew has traveled to the village of care con, and so 1st hand, the efforts of rescue was to bring one woman from out from under the wreckage. deep under the rubble trap beneath lay is of concrete. here in the town of kimmy con is 40 road zane at she's been stuck under the debrief a days now. but there's hope she'll make it out alive. there complex mission to free her is underway, involving a team of german rescuers and using drills and specialist equipment. they've been able to cut a path to ha ah,

so drive from foot ah, on the surface, sitting amongst the rubble is zubaydah zane, eps younger sister. she's been here since monday waiting. i'm worrying and in a desperate attempt to give her sister the strength she needs to keep going to beta bravely heads under ground. later showing as a video of the moment they shed beneath the rubble. and then they debated it for the yeah. oh

yes, i'm a oh. all dead i scan in is the guy does not know the same meaning. zayna is buried very deep under the rubble. i could only hear her voice. i can no longer hold out, save me. she said, i'm in so much pain. help me young, i'm in there. the rescue team works deep into the night. offering zabeda all the comfort they can. which of us as they attempt to free her sister and by the early i was a friday morning, things are looking more positive. we think it,

we are right above her. now i can access her from the top and from the side. this means that the doctor has been able to get to her a bit and feel her there, as far as his arms could reach him. good is that with you? the good thing is that he can now touch her. she felt it, and this will give her a bit of strength. it's news that will give zubaydah renewed hope that her sister will make it out of the rebel alive. and they will soon see each other once again. and we've since received use that saying there has been rescued. these images show her being taken from the collapsed building. she spent a 100 hours under the rumble of correspond via han, gave us the subject. well, it took the rest here is more than 50 hours to get to they never. now of course everybody is incredibly relieved, including us, including me and my team. and we hear that dana is doing relatively well considering the circumstances. at least physically

serious president bashar assad has made his 1st public appearance since the earthquake visiting the devastated area of aleppo, along with his wife us mar, visited wounded patients in hospital. according to state media. international aid has finally begun reaching the country, but some organizations are uneasy about working with us are due to his role in the country civil war. let's talk about that with a bother i one he says spokesperson for the serial civil defense, better known as the white helmets. we've been helping victims in revel held areas in north western syria. mr. i want you're joining us from east and bold. tell us what sort of aid is getting through according to what you're hearing. yes, definitely. first of all, thank you for having us. i'm so there was news recently about you and ada inga delivered into syria. but i just want to clarify that this

a being delivered is not a part of a there's no, there's not any sort of earthquake relief 8 being delivered. this is part of a regular routine aid that was happening before the earthquake. as northwest syria relies on aid from the un, this was disruptive during the earth, but those a convoys have continued now in terms of earthquake relief and response 8, we have yet to receive anything. so what's happening to the relief aid that's actually needed? where is it? what's holding it up? oh, that's a very good question. to be honest, we're asking the same thing that people are asking the same thing. we're wondering why after 5 days of a huge catastrophe, had no emergency response groups coming to syria has no 8. i mean, we need tools, we need fuel, our volunteers on the ground are now i don't know if you've seen the videos, but they're using their own hands. they're using hammers. they're using very

primitive tools. we have the experience to deal with such a catastrophe, but it's way above our capacity. at this point. there have been coals and accusation, accusations against the united nations saying that the un is on the side of the government, not the people. what do you make of that? ah, well, we're very much so focused on the of humanitarian aspect as opposed to the political aspect that we ourselves are kind of questioning and wondering why aid hasn't been brought into syria. i mean, we think of catastrophe like this, warren, some international humanitarian intervention of politics. aside of what's going on in the area of what needs to be done, then i'm from what i've been reading. the government insists that any aid needs to go through damascus in well, what needs to be done is there's only one order entrance some into syria. and

there's a lot of security and policies to get into there. first of all, more borders need to be open to continue providing aid and aid needs to be directly provided by the un instead of going through the steering government as well. what about western sanctions? are they making it harder? on western sanctions? i don't affect the areas of northwest syria and western sanctions also don't affect our humanitarian relief for many other countries. i've offered humanitarian relief to i said, and that's been received as well. so western sanctions shouldn't be the issue at hand right now. in the meantime, people are buried under the rubble hoping for some sort of help this. this is an urgent matter and you're no stranger to working under such extreme conditions with the civil war that's going on. but what was happening here in your eye from,

from what your searing are seeing. yes, i mean, so we are, as you know, 5 days after this major catastrophe. i mean this morning the report that we received was over 2000 dead and over 3000 injured. we haven't received our latest reports, but i there's been people buried under the rubble for over 5 days now. so hope is kind of waiting and finding people life. i've been getting reports for my colleagues on the ground talking about how in the beginning you can hear the sounds and the screams of the people under ground and how those voices are kind of disappearing. or we always approach our work with the hope that we're going to find someone alive. but after 5 days in these terrible conditions, hope is, i mean, definitely decreasing. about i, i one spokesman for the white helmet. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us here on the w news. thank you. ukrainian officials say

russia has launched dozens of missiles and its latest wave attacks on the countries energy infrastructure. the ukranian air force as it shut down 61 out of 71 roberts . the attacks on friday morning triggered air raid sirens in cities across ukraine . residents of you know, to take shelter, including the capitol keep a special corresponded abraham is standing by in keith. i a, you and your team were forced to head to a bomb shelter earlier. bring this up to date on what's been happening. that's right, been, so we woke up this morning to the piercing sound of air raid sirens. and you know, these apps that everybody has on their phone alerting to an air raid and just kept, i just went off and buzzing. and that was our sign to start heading to the near a shelter, which is the one that you see here, right behind me, that's the closest one to where we are staying. we were able to stay there, stay here for a couple of hours until that area siren em. and the main thing to,

to remember is that this, these, these air returns have become so usual for residents of kia, hear that as we were walking to this shelter, there was no panic on the street. you really feel that residence here in the capital or sort of used to this. it's a, it's a very sad side effect of the fact that they have been living in a war zone for a whole year. it's a sign of defiance, but it's also a sign of just how bad things have gotten. now we know that according to the mayor, if key of 10 missiles were shot down a over at the capital, and there have not yet been casualties reported here in the city, but there have been casualties reported elsewhere around the country. what else have you been hearing from other parts of ukraine, though the whole country is on a look for air strikes at the moment. that's right. i mean, overnight and this morning the cities and towns that were particularly under heavy

attack were towns towards the east. so we're talking about her keith, denise pro, a, her son and so on. but you know, these, these particular, you know, these territories in the east. they have been under relentless shelling for weeks now. but this morning, it was the entire country, almost the entire country had this air rate alert. but surprisingly, amid this shelling and amid this aggression, we met women here in key of that are expecting to have their children, you know, in a war zone. let's take a look at what they have to say to us. sneeze on a cool, it 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 goes to minute. but with the we talk about family and things at home, as well as the sweetness cable. he feels that he is abandoned us. but i tell him not to worry what 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 new jana refuses to have her baby anywhere else, but give 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 out. 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 with 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. 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. love will look like a yankee, yet we have seen patients with more complications during pregnancy or for non what that even though they have complications related to birth and enormous stress. m. alagood omaha thought we weren't the psychologists and our doctors also became psychologist themselves. hm. at albums, langley is hanging my decay, bullets, the volume, the whole. hm. dr. 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 kalashnikov 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 seen fighting between russian and ukrainian forces since 2014 toyota, that vehicle i have 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 answered, gina are optimistic about the future of the country. they're bringing their children into. oh, they did 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 was no good for that to happen. ukraine meets peace, and susanna knows she'll likely have to wait a long time for that. i have what stood out to you in compiling that report.

i think it's the defiance of the women. their determination to stay here and to have their children here and to have them grow up in a ukrainian cultural environment if you will. and i think it was also this, this desire to wanna take control over your life. you know, so much of their life has been completely turned upside down because of this war. she, john, are the 1st woman. her husband was a restaurant manager and they were having, you know, she will be a very happy life with their daughter before the war. and then to, to have that be completely taken away because her husband has to fight was disruptive enough and she decided, no, i'm going to stay here. this is my country, and i'm going to stand up to this aggression and the, the 2nd woman, renata. i mean, she's from the east. i mean, that's a region that's been under russian shelling and there have been clashes between russian and ukrainian soldiers there since 2014 and for her to have to flee again after having fled, wants to keep. no, that was not something that she was really willing to go through again. so it's about taking control of the narrative of their lives. i think where the spirit of

defiance comes from been on. on another topic as speculation. a new rush and offensive could be, but getting, is there evidence for that? well, that's what some ukrainian officials are certainly saying there have been talks of this eastern of you know, offensive by russia for 4 weeks now. and it makes sense given brushes, obsession with symbolism, if you will. it's just in 2 weeks, february 24th. that's going to be the one year anniversary of this war. and russia is desperate to show winds and gains on the ground. and so this offensive comes as no surprise, and we unfortunately expected to get worse in the coming days. you w special correspondent alga abraham, thank you very much for the analysis there. now some other stories making news is where the emergency services say a man and a 6 year old boy have been killed in a suspected car. ramming on the outskirts of jerusalem is where the authority said

5 others wounded and police killed the palestinian driver in the incident at a bus stop in from bought a jewish settlement in east jerusalem. tensions have remained high since the palestinian gun attack last month killed 7 people. u. s. officials have released the 1st images of agents recovering the remains of a chinese balloon shot down last week. the u. s. s. the balloon was part of a major surveillance program targeting more than 40 countries. china insists it was a civilian aircraft. demonstrate as of clashed with police and peru as anti government protests into their 3rd month. young rest was triggered by the detention of former president pedro kasteel protest. there's a demanding his release, and the designation of you president, dean of warranty. this deal was arrested in december, attempting to dissolve parliament and will bind to create space acts as successfully completed. the 1st full test of starship booster engines, a key part of the company's ambitions to eventually land astronauts on mars. the

test, both the most rocket engines ever 5 civil tenuously, a total of $31.00 space ex found a mosque says the staff ships 1st include test flight to come as soon as march, south africa's president, several ram. a poster has declared a national disaster. a move he says is necessary to tackle a record electricity shortage. the country's currently seeing its worst energy crisis in decades, which is stifling economic growth and disrupting public services. but opposition parties are angry at the emergency declaration accusing the president of overreach . k r. c roberts. in cape town, city hall, members of the left wing economic freedom fighters, party storm. the stage where south africa's president is about to give his annual state of the nation address security. some of them heavily armed,

managed to expel the opposition lawmakers. the disruption inside this chamber may have been brought under control, but ongoing disruption to south africa. his electricity supply, led to president sero ram, oppose a declaring a national disaster. 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 juries von cuba electricity crisis. elizabeth electricity, black counts across south africa, can last up to 12 hours a day. the power costs are affecting all businesses and are hitting the country's

economic growth. they've been imposed to help the country struggling coal generated power system survived. as demand grows, declaring a national state disaster gives ram, oppose is government more power to unlock funds. but some say he's exploiting the crisis located. you'd glue, instead of just up goes one department has a problem. what is going to happen with, if you go to another fit of disaster, what is happening with the government? and so now the government has to prove it can get a grip of the energy crisis. otherwise, ranma pose a may face more scenes like this, both inside and outside parliament. belgian authorities have detained any piedmont, caribella for questioning in connection with

a bribery scandal. european parliament waived his immunity last week. her bella had been kicked out of his socialist party in parliament. there are allegations members of the european parliament lobbyists and their families had been influenced by tari and moroccan officials. let's get the latest from our corresponding jack park in brussels. jack, explain a little bit more about why our bell is being taken in for questioning or we had a press release from the belgium prosecutors saying that as part of their investigations, they searched a bank safe in the city of li age. and then after that, a number of searches also happened in other places. and then after that they decided to take marked her ballot in and arrest him. he's appearing before an investigating judge who will decide whether he remains in detention. this is broadly expected. there was a leak from the left group within the european parliament who had seen judicial

documents saying that he at the, alleging that part of the charges that were likely to be put against mark tara bella, was that he would have taken somewhere in the region of a $140000.00 euros as part of this corruption scandal that is engulfed the european parliament from just it just at the end of 2022. now 3 other people remain in prison as part of these charges relating to kentoria and potentially morocco money entering the political system of the european parliament, $1.00 of them, the former vice president of the european parliament, eva kylie, a greek member of the of the house. her partner, francesco georgie, he is also stayed in prison and a former m. e p. antonio panzarella, who is agreed with belgium, prosecutors, a plea deal in order to give information into exactly how this corruption ring worked. as we say, martin bela is now in custody. he remains in belgium custody and it's likely that his involvement details of his involvement in this corruption scandal will start to

be, to be known more fully in the coming days to grade searches and arrests today. or where would you say police randomness investigation? they've been very, very tight lips ben about the details of the investigation. we get these small press releases every now and again. a bit of buzz comes just before them and then oh, almost you know, just a few. maybe i'm maybe an hour after the bus stop happening. we find out these details. they're trying to keep a tight clamp around the information on this. then the last week we did see one of the initial suspects that was put that was put on a tag. yeah. she wasn't incarcerated, it was in a, an electronic tag in his house, nicolo figured salamanca, he was actually released from that time. the charges have been dropped yet, but he is now no longer sort of in detention under the belgian authorities. there is another member of the european parliament, andrea selina, whose an italian member as well him and more terrible,

a saw their immunity wave. that parliamentary immunity wave last week in a vote in which where she saw marked her, tara bella, stand and sit in the house and put his hand up to vote to waive his own immunity. this scandal is a deepening and broadening the european parliament says that it's doing everything it can. they're trying to overhaul some of the systems. they have to prevent corruption, but the investigation is getting deeper and it looks like it's gonna continue for some time. now what we're all waiting for is the exact charges to be leveled at to see all of these people in a courtroom. because up until this point, we still haven't seen any of the people that have been detect detained, visually and to the court house. it's all been done behind closed doors, cheperdak on that by the scandal evolving the european parliament. thank you very much for joining in this is dw news, a reminder of our main stories. all the 21000 people have been killed in the quakes and touching syria, rescue as continue to pull people alive from the rumble to find the odds for days

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