this way, because i'm responsible for the few shall fall country for the people who are behind the boss. guardians of truth starts february 18th on d. w. ah . this is d. w. news live from berlin, syria. civil war complicates earthquake relief efforts a decade of war and a regime suspicious of outsiders means aid organizations are still struggling to reach victims in rebel held areas of syria and mystery surrounds an object shot down by the u. s. military over alaska. the white house, as it has,

was travelling at high speed and posed a threat to civilian flights, but gives no indication of the objects owner. ah a michael ok. welcome to the program in syria rescue efforts in the wake of the devastating earthquake are being hampered by the complications of a decade long war there. but despite the obstacles, vital supplies are now slowly trickling into syria, where the government saying it will allow humanitarian assistance into rebel held areas. a 2nd, un relieved convoy has also now gotten through. didn't have your head, 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 fleet, the fighting, and ed lab only for disaster to hit their new homes. community leaders say many refugees were living in these collapsed buildings. 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 efforts 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 un operating and deliberate areas, williams at 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 assyrians, who have already endured so much of a byron from the jordan base norwegian refugee council, which provides help to syrian refugees, told me more about the challenging task his organization is facing. now the challenges are too many, the biggest one of them is the overwhelming nature that is also looking about.

millions of people affected millions of people who have, you know, walk off with no home. and people are saying shelters where there's not enough food . there's not enough eating, there's not enough water. people have to times walk outside for a few moments is to just get to the nearest bathroom. so, so the situation is very overwhelming and with the trickle on that we have seen so far, it's going to make everything more challenging despite a hearing on the ground. the situation on seems on the ground as we speak. and they are talking about a massive, massive challenge ahead of everyone. the death toll in turkey following the massive earthquake has now passed 20000. those numbers from the national health ministry and international aid effort is underway with rescue crews and supplies being deployed to the region. teams and turkey are still finding survivors in the

mountains of rome. some have been trapped for more than a 100 hours in the freezing temperature. were now joined live by our correspondent habit shedra. he is in turkey's had time province. mohammed, i'm curious what you're hearing on the ground there with temperature is dropping below freezing is there still really hope for victims trapped far beneath the rubble. michael, the das toll across both countries hit by the deadly quakes has now passed 24000. unfortunately, this number is increased, found the clock at 10 says many more would be found alive, are getting slimmer that some family is gathering by the ruins of what used to be their homes. we're hoping to find more survivors, but they are now desperate. after they stopped hearing mon from under the urban, now they are waiting to retrieve the bodies of their loved $140.00 proper you

took your stories, as you surely know are being criticize for failing to enforce building codes, but also for sluggish response to the quake. what are you hearing? what have you witness? well, most of the people we spoke to audit, pressing anger and frustration over what they called the slow, the delivery of fade and relief. this was recognized by turkish president at the guy who said that the initial response quake was slow. he also said that this might be the biggest, your ation ever in the was more a than the q teams are arriving with the teams arriving for the airport for more than 90 countries. this is a massive operation. but the mass of that destruction and the large scale of the

damage that affected at least 20 millions in turkey alone, is slowing down. the response of the blood supply. those who survived would have most likely lost their homes, is necessary aid, reaching them and have they found adequate shelter to survive this winter where hundreds of hundreds of thousands of people across both countries have been left homeless in the middle of winter. may me have camped out in makeshift shelter and cause in parks and roadsides, often in need for food, water and heat 8 con, voice have what are the right to be that of the state? the region in turkey, but delivery is looking much, much lower to know than syria to be an activist. i've been expressing frustration about about the delays. they said why these of the victim theory are much faster

than the 8th of life support. you obviously said that they were overwhelmed by the tuition and that they know working with the international community to speed up the delivery of humanitarian aid to syria in many thanks to our mohammed shutter in, had tie province now to some of the other stories making news round the world at this hour, authorities in chile have arrested at least 20 people suspected of starting forest fires. the blazes have killed dozens as drought and record temperatures fuel to play. the curfew is in force in the worsted areas. the leaders of brazil and the u. s have been holding talks to re sent relations with a focus on democracy and climate change. joe biden and brazil's new president lula promised to rebuild strained diplomatic ties. both leaders faced challenges from

afar, right after winning elections were put in jeopardy on the lot of the f. b, i has carried out a search at the residents or former us vice president mike pence. the search in indiana is the latest interaction with classified documents. are missing from the white hanover pence who is cooperating with the pro was found to be in the possession of sensitive documents. last month, he denied being aware of them. the u. s. military has shot down an unidentified object over alaska, on orders from president joe biden. officials say it posed a threat to civilian flights. the u. s. air force down to suspected chinese spy balloon. just 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

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 and size or shape to the high altitude surveillance balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina. on february 4. we don't have any information that we can from a stated purpose for this object. we do expect to be able to recover the debris since it fell, not only within our territorial space, but on what we, what we believe is frozen water. so recovery effort will be made. officials from the u. s. government, we asked our washington correspondent, sunni. so misconduct what this incident and one last week involving a chinese balloon mean for us security. so the parent was actually asked that

question and in a press conference earlier on friday, and the question was, you know, has the us now essentially reassess national security with the 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 us, 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 weak 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 the subject 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 will give you some sports news now. and american football superball takes place on

sunday. the kansas city chiefs will face off against the philadelphia eagles and for the 1st time in the history of this event, the teams will be led by 2 black quarterbacks. ah, 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 my homes. take some jalen hurts, and his philadelphia eagles. the significance of the moment is not lost on any one that has been on his retirement. i guess it is historic moment to be honest performance to do so many others so much is the reason for telling them that they can do a team. so it's 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 is only a special moment and i'm glad that we're here today. how can we keep moving forward and how can we motivate kids that are, are younger that are gonna oh, they're going to be a quarterback. is going to be a special special day and a great the morgan ma holmes 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, 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. if that's not enough to whet your appetite pump sariana will be making her come back in the half time show it's all shaping up to be

a super bowl. like no other. earlier we spoke to german nfl store yonkers johnson and asked him why this board and in particular the super bowl captures the global imagination. mad football, the sport like no other. it's the most entertaining sport out there. combined physicality with teamwork, it's the ultimate team sports. nobody has ever won a football game by themselves. in soccer, you have the opportunity to maybe score a lot of goals and start yourself that way. but in football there's no position that works with somebody else supporting them. and i think people just gravitate towards that and the beauty of football is bringing people together from all different kinds of background. you guys from down south. busy florida guys from iowa were raised on farms. guys like me that are from germany. we are all coming together for, for the beautiful game. this is d. w. news is a reminder of our main story today. more than 23000 people have been killed in the

earthquakes in turkey and syria. rescue teams are still pulling people from the rubble, but hopes of finding many more survivors are faded up. next we have dark film for you with a story about the business of luxury yachts. a michael. ok. thanks for watching. we'll have more news as always. 45 minutes. ah. daddy daddy. muted doing sure. i understand you mouth. right? yeah. the end of a superpower. the collapse of the soviet union rushes more ukraine one year since.