we go with slowing in february on d, w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news live from berlin. survivals against all odds, an earthquake victim trapped for 4 days. this pull the life of the rubble for the death toll than turkey and syria reaches the 23000. and 8 organizations struggle to

deliver humanitarian supplies to the homeless verbal held areas in syria. plus the u. s. military shoot down an unidentified object over alaska. the white house, as it was, travelling at high altitude and posed a threat to civilian life. ah, i'm a here mohammed. welcome to the program. the number of people killed in the earthquakes and turkey and syria has passed. 23000 rescue teams are still trying to bring those traffic under the rubble hopes of finding most drivers. all fading bought in motion to cruise have saved several more victims. turkeys had tie province, dw, witnessed a german team rescue women in an operation that loss of more than 2 days. deep

under the rubble trapped beneath layers of concrete. here in the town of carrie con, is 40 year old say nap. she's been trapped under this debris for days now, but there is hope she will make it out alive. a complex mission to free her is underway, involving a team of german rescuers and using drills and specials equipment. they've been able to cut a path to her. oh it's all right. a on the surface,

sitting amongst the rubble is debated. zane ups younger sister. she's been here since monday, waiting and worrying and in a desperate attempt to give her sister the strength she needs to keep going. zabeda gravely heads under ground. later showing us a video of the moment they shared beneath the rubble, the name debated. oh yes. oh yes, i'm a lawyer. all dead. i used to go even now he is the guy does not know the saying i need

one. xena 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 cool young. i'm in there. the rescue team works deep into the night offerings zabeda. all the comfort they can do anything with this day attempt to free her sister and by the early hours of friday morning, there is good news. after 50 hours of non stop work rescue workers miraculously pull zane up out alive. she sat to be in stable condition. the relief is overwhelming. with an alleged we're all just so relieved,

so relieved this woman. she got herself through it yet she didn't give up. susan alice or dont we are so thankful that she is in this ambulance. now homes are food and i have no word c bottle. absolutely. and the attention was extreme really up there. when she was out i said no, i believe in miracles. after 100 hours fighting for her life, zainab was free. remove and her sisters desperate wait. it's finally over. o 8 agencies have been struggling to get to relief to earthquake victims in auto and cereal. but vital supplies are slowly trickling in. the syrian government says it will allow humanitarian assistance into rebel held areas. a 2nd un relief convoy has now got through. didn't that you're what i've heard the devastating earthquake has struck an unimaginable blow it. assyrians,

already struggling with years of civil war. many of the people living in the latter kia province had fled the fighting, and ed lab only for disaster to hit their new homes. community leaders say many refugees were living in these collapsed buildings and i've been young bobby motto, magnet, my cousin and his wife have 3 children. we do not know anything about them. their home is on the 2nd floor, nor swollen my palm. the united nations estimates 3 and a half 1000000 people may now be homeless after the quakes, which have killed thousands of others. but assistance has been slow relief in fits, hampered by the complications of war and roads damaged by the shaking. in a carefully choreographed tour of the quake zone, president bashar al assad visited a hospital. he has agreed to international demands to allow aid into regions, not under state control,

meaning it no longer needs to go via damascus. clerk or luckily in a 2nd un 8 convoy entered a short time ago consisting of 14 tracks loaded with various relief supplies and materials for tans or hygiene and some food ivy. but will be handed over to an organization. partnering with the when operating and deliberate areas williams home from there, the 8 will be distributed to those affected by the earthquake with power outages and a lack of food and shelter the races on to get assistance to those struggling to survive the earthquake response. now turning into a desperate humanitarian situation, dealing another blow to syrians who have already endured so much. the u. s. military has shut down an unidentified object over alaska on orders from you president joe biden. officials say it posed a threat to civilian flights. the u. s. air force down to

a suspected chinese spy balloon. last week, the white house says it's not clear where the latest object came from. out of an abundance of caution, and the recommendation of the pentagon. president biden ordered the military to down the object and they did. and it came in inside our territorial waters. we have no further details about the object at this time, including any description of its capabilities, purpose, or origin. the object was about the size of a small car, so not similar in size or shape to the high altitude surveillance balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina on february for we don't have any information that we confirm. a stated purpose for this object, we do expect to be able to recover the debris of since it fell not only within our territorial space, but on what we, what we believe is, is frozen water. so in

a recovery effort will be made and i asked our washington correspondence to me some misconduct what this incident and the one last week involving the chinese balloon mean full us national security. so the pendant was actually asked that question and in a press conference earlier on friday, and the question was, you know, has the u. s. now essentially reassess national security with that? a chinese my balloon incident this object and the spokesperson said that really anything that is considered a threat to national security, of course, is dealt with. and that this particular object was deemed a risk to civilian aircraft, as i said. but the reality is where he lived, that the country is on high alert, and there are also political considerations at play. here you as president biden has been heavily criticized, particularly by republicans who accuse him of allowing the chinese spy balloon to fly over the country over sensitive military sites. they've called him week in the face of china. so i think it is safe to say that that pressure,

at least somewhat informed of the decision to shoot down this object off the coast of alaska. but we still, as i said, need to find out more information about what the object was and what was behind it . well, let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. authorities in chile have arrested at least 20 people suspected of starting forest fires. the blazes have killed doesn't says drought and reco temperature, temperatures fuel the flames. a curfew is in force in the worst hit reaches. the leaders of brazil and the united states have been holding talks to reset relations with the focus on democracy and climate change der biden and results. new president new law promised to rebuild to strength diplomatic ties. both leaders face challenges on the far right after winning elections or through shooter pre job on through his president, denovo lots a has called for multi party dialogue to salvage what she called the most fragile democracy. in latin america follow up,

they came to power off to her predecessor was impeached for attempting to dissolve . congress or dozens of protesters have been killed and clashes with security forces i response. i believe that russia has launched a renewed attack on ukraine. civilian infrastructure as president of the remains lensky returned from a toll of western capitals. the latest wave of strikes included drones, rockets and cruise missiles, the new which were shot down here. it says russia has also begun a new ground offensive in easton ukraine. on each of these special correspondent abraham is in give and has more on russia's new offensive given the intensification of, ah, the shelling and the missiles that we've seen last night and today. and also what you know, ukrainian officials are saying that is certainly something that, that you hear experts, you're saying that this offensive,

this long awaited offensive has begun. and also the timing is something that we have to keep in mind. we are fast approaching the one year anniversary of this war, february 24th. and it is, you know, it would be a great symbolic move to have this offensive start now or a, some of our viewers will recall that at the beginning of the war, russia really thought that ukraine would fall within weeks. and here we are now a year into it and you know, the country is still standing and so they are desperate to make gains on the ground as this anniversary approaches. at the same time yesterday, we saw ukrainian president zalinski and brussels, where he is received a warm welcome by european leaders. these images that we saw yesterday coming out of brussels would have been unimaginable before the war. you know, talking about the fast accession talks into the you and so on. and so the timing here is very crucial and it does fit into this into,

into the idea that the offensive may have already begun that chisel sports news now . and american football super bowl takes place on sunday. he, kansas city chiefs face off against the philadelphia eagles. and for the 1st time, 2 black quarterbacks and 2 brothers will be competing against each other. the stage is set in arizona for one of the most remarkable super bowls. yet. it's the 1st time american football showpiece. we'll have 2 black starting quarterbacks as kansas city chiefs star patrick now homes take some jaylen hurts and his philadelphia eagles. the significance of the moment is not lost on any one that has been on his retirement. i said his historic moment to be honest, perform and to do so many others so much is the reason for telling them that they can do it. you. so this is

a problem. hertz is in his 1st super bowl. his opposite number ma holmes has already lifted the trophy in 2020, but understands why this game is so special. to be lucky enough to be in this position. and the plague is another great galle jalen. it's only a special moment and i'm glad that we're here today, but how can we keep moving forward and how can week motivate kids that are, are younger that are gonna follow their dreams to be a quarterback is going be a special special day. and a great morgan. my homes has struggled with an ankle problem of late, but nothing is going to stop him teaming up with start. i tend, travis kelsey, who will be facing his own brother, jason coronel, a center for the eagles. this is also the 1st super bowl since 2017, which was won by the eagles. whether to number one, seeds from the regular season have reached the finale. 6 if that's not enough to whet your appetite,

pop star rhianna will be making her come back in the half time show. it's all shaping up to be a super bowl. like no other. you're watching d w and is live from berlin coming up next is well, stories are model. you can also find much more news analysis and video on our website. that is d w dot com. i'm really mohammed, thanks for watching to take care of. i think