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ah ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin after the devastation in turkey. arrests are being made. officials detain those allegedly involved in faulty construction of buildings that have crushed thousands to death. we have the latest updates for you from our correspondence on the ground. and in syria, it is now all about getting aid to earthquake victims in a country where
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a 12 year long civil war has been holding up desperately needed supplies. plus will the 2nd time the the char residence cast votes in a rerun of berlin's local elections. we looked back at the botched ballot that prompted today's vote. ah hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for over a 100 people allegedly involved in constructing many of the buildings that collapsed in the earthquakes. the government has vowed to punish any one responsible for the collapse buildings or critics say turkeys. construction codes are rarely enforced with rescuers is still trying to locate any remaining survivors . desperation on the ground is also leading to looting and civil unrest in some
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areas. hampering the efforts of emergency cruise of the death toll across turkey and syria is now over 28000 people. at the u. n. warrens that figure could double ah, the moments of prayer for life, cut short as hopes of finding survivors fade. public attention turns to burying the dead in huts i province scowls, a lay to rest in mass graves. as more bodies continue to arrive on the streets of untouchable, while there were concerns over security and civil unrest, a shop saluted an atm,
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ransacked in the big deal. if people take diapers, food and drinks from supermarkets, it's normal. there's been no help for days one, but some people are strange. they take a cooker or a coffee machine. in the market that we watch our houses, our vehicles looted, looted, houses that unfortunately there's nothing to say. yeah, we're devastated, upset up all that what we are experiencing is like a nightmare. her mother is younger, there is it. so the solution doesn't have been arrested and turkish president recipe type err tuan. want those looting and committing the crimes would feel a firm hand of the state on their box. german rescue work as an austrian soldiers were temporarily false to halts operations owing to growing security concerns. as as soon it's very typical that the security situation gets a bit more 10 socket. that's partly due to the fact that food is now running out of
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water supplies are running out of the and then people out searching for food and water. so when the 2nd thing is that the hope that people had is now increasingly fading at that hope. it can then also turn into anger is often an all in water long coming. almost a week on from the earthquake. the importance of protecting the rescue operation is clear. as a 12 year old child is pulled allied from the rubble in a rare moment of visible relief. let's go live to our correspondent mohammed a traitor who's reporting from carmen marsh in turkey. my grief is turning into anger over the poor quality of the buildings that collapsed. and we've heard turkey's now issuing arrest warrants for those they are holding responsible for shoddy construction. but have these failures also left the government looking culpable? well, claire f,
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quick be monday through in quick succession, could pose a risk to any building i. so somebody for adjusting that be 1st quake is the equivalent to the energy release from an explosion of about $5000000.00 tons of empty. nevertheless, the government is investigating whether all buildings where up to a standard and is talking down on contractors, an engineer that you may see behind me here and got them on shop. at the epicenter off the earthquake, things are still can be, but there are other than are dramatize and afraid to return to their home. even in the very few building that looked in the same condition, especially after shock reocurring and could be felt every now and then as people are experiencing these after shocks, they're afraid to return home. we know people are growing desperate and there is an increasingly precarious security situation hampering rescue efforts in some areas.
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well more can you tell us about that? with a fight. some medical failed off the bible. 6 days after the earthquake, the rescue mission are nearly coming to an end for the 1st time, nearly in a week off. the be great, but that's all because of that much of an increase in one day. the number had passed at 24000 and yesterday morning before the sunset. this number one would be near at 28000 us both who at least double thousands of bodies are still buried in when the found. and if you get very noticeable how rescue mission one from 34 survivors to digging and removing using heavy machinery right behind me, you know you mission as you can see and was underway, but they found nothing. that's what it probably we're hoping to find. the love one
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ally are now hoping to find their body so that they can grief and you so much for your reporting. that's our correspondent. i'm at a traitor in carmen rush years of civil war have left 8 organisations struggling to reach victims. in some parts of syria. the u. s. has suspended some sanctions against syria to make it easier to get supplies to where they're needed most. on saturday to address gabriel as head of the w h o visited aleppo, where calls for medical supplies are growing increasingly desperate survivors of the quake have flocked to make shift camps originally sat up to house those displaced by the war. but anger is growing at the slow pace of international aid deliveries, particularly in parts of the country, controlled by rebels and not by the us, had governments destruction and devastation in a part of the world which can hardly take any more. it lip province has been
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a central theater of the syrian civil war and its home to one of the last remaining rebel controlled enclaves. the earthquake has killed more than 2100 people here. among them, this man's 4 year old son. he's angry that a lack of support meant it took 4 days to recover his child's body. raffle member dishonor, who is helping us in turkey that getting every thing they made a special ed bridge to bring aid from all round the world. but no one is coming to help us. what did this child do wrong to be under ground for 4 days before we found him? getting aid into this part of syria is complicated by the war. and the sad regime still being in conflict with rebels and it lib there has long been only one approved route in for international aid, over the turkish border. one of the rebel leaders says the civil war has impacted
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the where the government has responded to the catastrophe in the region. when the people who died in the earthquake would not terrorists, they were innocent civilians. they were women and children. such confused, humanitarian issues with politics is a big problem with state media report that the government will now allow aid into it live from within syria, but not through other international border crossings. that would help those scrambling to make the best of a desperate situation. but for thousands of victims it's already too late. let's bring you up to speed now with some other world news headlines at this hour. canada's prime minister just entered outs as an unidentified object has been shot down. it is the 3rd object identified in north american aerospace in just over
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a week. and the 1st incident shown here, the us shot down a chinese balloon. it sat was being used for spying. auckland new zealand largest city is bracing itself for more bad weather. as a potentially devastating storm is, forecasts thousands have been left without power and dozens of flights have been cancelled. it comes less than 2 weeks after the city experienced historic levels of rain, which kills for people. while polling booths have opened in the german capital, berlin for a rerun of the cities botched local elections. last year. some 2400000 berliners are voting for their state parliament and the representative bodies of the cities for 12 districts. the re run comes after voters in 2021, were unable to cast their votes because ballots were missing or polling stations closed while people were still waiting in line to vote. it is the 1st time germany
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has had to repeat an election because the process was so badly organized pictures of an election gone wrong. in 2021, many voters and berlin were unable to cast their ballot. my business, as far as i know, nothing like this has ever happened in germany before. that an election didn't work out full logistically and organizational reasons to the list of mishaps as long some polling stations run out of balance like this one or didn't have enough polling booths in the 1st place. some received belts for the wrong district. the situation was so bad that after long deliberation berlin's highest court stepped in the whitefish kite when, according to the constitutional court, the frequency and severity of the electoral era's lead to the only option that the elections must be repeated throughout berlin leader, who is the ed this, this is the only way to preserve democratic standards. i vehement. so what do
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berlin us think of having to go to the poles twice? it's been that is berlin. things like that happen. he all the time permanent does the whole, but it has to be run a stupid. it's typical darlin, but it's good that they're doing it good for democracy. as an see, it's a daily problem. the election is only the tip of the iceberg before the government under supplies the public with services. and when does isn't matter, it is indeed typical for berlin. mo, because many of the administrative problems and berlin are related to its district structure were dashed arcs was on the chauffeur some and it is time to hold that at the end of the day, this election re run will strength and trust and democracy in its institutions. to nissan, because we're also proving how in order houghton, the democratic elections are to us, get you off the bison. vashti. once the more cottage of ions in then does either, one thing is very important. there was absolutely no vote or fraud in this last
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election, yet berlin us are now counting on election officials to get the 2nd election. right . let's change gears and get some sports news now and bring you up to speed with the bonus league where barissi a dormant, traveled to brandon, a dominant, displace all the visitors, keep their title, hopes alive. the vesa studied was dressed in green and white as vertebrae and try to put their way back from me table to the upper reaches of the league without a title in 20 years though memories of victory here belong to the older generation . for dorman, it's about generation next. as i look to break binds decade, long grip on power, goldman of scouted and landed some of the best young players on the planet. mckoko is one he was brought back down to worth with a thud in a gold us 1st half the home. so i'd huffed and puffed that had nothing to chauffeur's 20 year old g. a rhina has been the hero several times already the
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they office our, let's get a reminder of our top story before we go. turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for over a 100 people allegedly involved in constructing buildings. a collapsed earthquake. after a short break, world stories will be up next reporting from ukraine's to frontline, the board they turned and thanks so much for watching. ah, what secrets lie behind these will discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating world heritage sites d w world heritage 3.
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