decisions and decision for tomorrow's journalism. save the date and join us for this discussion. and the 16th edition of d, w. c. global media forum ah ah, this is d w. news. why? 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 shut down by the u. s. military over alaska. the white house, as it was,

travelling at high speed and posed a threat to civilian flights, but gives no indication of the objects own plus super bowl sunday kicks off. and for the 1st time in history, america's biggest sporting event will featured to black starting quarterback. 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 of vital supplies, are now slowly trickling into syria, where the government chang it will allow humanitarian assistance into rebel held areas. a 2nd you and relieve convoy has also now gotten through. didn't have your

why the hell 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 it leaped 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 north to landmark hall. 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. 7 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. cook go. 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 eval 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 death toll in turkey falling in a massive earthquake has now passed 20000. there was number from the national

health ministry. and international aid effort is underway with rescue crews and supplies being deployed to the region. teams in turkey are still finding survivors in the mounds, rather, some have been trapped for more than a 100 hours. in freezing temperature. i spoke earlier with our correspondent mohammed treacher, who is in turkey's high province and asked if there is still any hope for victims trapped under the rubble. michael, the whole across both countries that hit by the deadly quakes has now passed 24000 . unfortunately, this number is at the found the clock that says that many more would be found alive are getting slimmer that some family is gathering by the whims of what used to be their homes. we're hoping to find more survivors, but they are now desperate. after they stopped hearing moans from under the now

they are waiting to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones for a proper burial turkish authorities, as you surely know or being criticized for failing to enforce building codes, but also for sluggish response to the quake. what are you hearing? what have you witnessed? well, most of the people we spoke to ought expressing anger and frustration over what they called the slow, the delivery of fade and belief that this was recognized by turkish president. the guy who said that the initial response to the quake was slow. he also said that this might be the biggest nephew operation ever in the was more a than the q teams are still 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? $100.00 uh hundreds of thousands of people across both countries or have been left homeless in the middle of winter may need have camped out in makeshift shelters and cause in parks and roadsides often in need for food, water and heat. 8 convoys have what are the arrived with the devastated region in turkey, but delivery is looking much, much slower to know them, syria, sybian activists have been expressing frustration of all about the delays. they

said, what is of the victims arrived to see the are much faster than the 8 supplies and support. the turkish authorities obviously said that they were overwhelmed by the situation and that they now working with the international community to speed up the delivery of humanitarian aid to syria. in many thanks to our bahama tratta in had tie province in here in germany, a growing number of volunteers has been doing what they can to help with leaf efforts. here's a look at how humanitarian aid is getting from germany to the disaster zone. tense blankets, generators, all stored in almost 20000 pallets here in old, in the south of germany. all rescue against the germany delivers to turkey and syria. go through this logistic center. it's germany central rescue supply hub and by the agency for technical disaster assistance, a federal organization that is mostly stuff by volunteers. they come here multiple

days in a row, leaving their jobs behind to help me find out on them. i had already gone with one of the 8 transports and when you see how much the people actually needed, i think it's just good if you can support them because otherwise it's almost impossible. you don't know whether the 8 will arrive or not. and here you really have the opportunity to see that the aid is delivered. the train volunteer spring into action when disaster strikes. almost immediately after the earthquake in turkey and syria, about 30 volunteers started to prepare supplies, volunteers load the goods on to trucks and then drive them about 600 kilometers to the von stuff. air base in laura saxony get sold in the us yesterday. the 1st 3, a $400.00 ems to come from here from von stove, and another 4 planes will leave to die with a total of more than 40 tons of ac supplies. it's a fantastically prepared operation. there are already logistics experts in turkey.

that's good because now it's important that the supplies arrived quickly so we can help people and for security reasons, the german air 1st can currently only fly to turkey. the service decisions on where the goods are going. i taken day by day with regards to the security situation is, is no longer a decision for our agency, but for the foreign office or brussels summon tongue twisted. the german foreign minister and in a bare book has asked for the turkish syrian borders to be opened for rescue supplies, something that could prove difficult. meanwhile, the volunteers in own will continue their mission, and the blue trucks will keep driving to the u. s. now where the 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 there suspected chinese spy balloon. just last week. the white house says it's not clear where the latest

object came from. adam in 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 would confirm 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 various u. s. government officials. there we ask our washington correspondent soon we saw

misconduct what this incident and the 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 u. s. 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 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 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 . some sports for you now, an american football, super bowl 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 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 guess it is his lord moment to be on his performance to do so many others so much as to reasonable. tell him as i can

do with him. 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. it's only a special moment and i'm glad that we're here today. how can we keep moving forward and how can week motivate kids that are, are younger that are gonna oh, they're going to be a quarterback, is going be a special special day. and a group of organ 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, 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, 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. early we spoke to german nfl store jak up johnson and asked him why this sport. and in particular the super bowl captures the global imagination. put both of those sports like no other. it's the most entertaining sport out there. it combines physicality with teamwork. it's the ultimate team sport. nobody has ever won a football game by themselves. in soccer, you have the opportunity to maybe score a lot of goals and, and assert yourself that way. but in football there's no position that works with out somebody else supporting them. and i think people just gravitate towards that on the beauty of football is bringing people together from all different kinds of backgrounds. you guys from down south florida. busy guys from iowa that were raised

on arms. guys like me that are from germany. we're all coming together for this beautiful game. get the popcorn ready? you're watching d. w. news up next. we have switch life. were you on football and politics? a michael o. 2 in berlin for me and the rest of the berlin news team. really appreciate your time and your company. so i was just rescuing it from a farm. this one, the study globally. i found it like this and i couldn't just leave it there. he should meet her.