too much on my shoulders, but i have to hold this weight because i'm responsible for the future of our country for the people who are behind the boss. guardians of truth starts february 18th on d. w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin after the devastation in turkey. arrests are being made. officials detain those allegedly involved in 40 construction of buildings that have crossed thousands to death. we have the latest updates for you from our correspondent in the area. international aid comes to serious earthquakes,

survivors along with a top un official, but supplying rebel held areas remains difficult in a country where a 12 year civil war has been holding up desperately needed supplies. and berlin us past votes in a re run of local elections. we look at how authorities botched the initial vote and what it could mean for today's results. ah, hello monica jones, welcome to the program. turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for over 100 people allegedly involved in constructing many of the buildings that collapsed in the earthquakes. the government has vowed to punish anyone responsible, but critics say turkeys. construction codes are rarely enforced with rescue are

still trying to locate any remaining survivors. desperation on the ground is also leading to looting and civil unrest in some areas. hampering the efforts of emergency cruise. the death toll across turkey and syria is now over 33000 people. at the u. n warns that figure could go much higher. sooner. klein's the rubble of his building has been waiting for a signal from rescue teams who were trying to locate his family. still and rulers he is not optimistic that his mother and sister wisdom come out alive, but he refuses to leave the place before they are fond. here. we don't know my from 91. no. and i just wonder why my moderate no doubt wrong, but we can't, they've got to read

it will define as chances of finding survivors feed the z, noticeable shift rescue teams go from quietly searching for trop survivors to digging and removing from families here. no, exactly what this means. sonata and his family are gathering near the ruins of what used to be their home. they're still have that family members dropped under the rubble, but they lost hope that anyone would come alive. now all they want is to find a bodies of their loved ones. for proper burial. he didn't want any, he just wants to find anything, anything ever. we just want that. we want to pray for our from and what we, we gen fuel. where is god dammit, maybe we can find them. i read know,

believe dad died, we never been because we can proceed in our faith to city office, come to room is largely destroyed. the buildings that did not fall are cracked and have been evacuated. people sleep in public, yards and sleep and a cold night era. many residents are leaving for safer areas that's come their own turns into a coast town. dw johan is on the ground in a donna and speaks with earthquake victims there every day. i asked her what their main concerns are now. well, 1st of all, people are grieving almost everybody. we speak with here and we've been to different cities in the affected region and has lost a loved one or know someone who did. the scale of the grief is not only heartbreaking. it's overwhelming. and then there is despair. hundreds of thousands

of people have been left homeless by the quakes. you can see there is also a make shift can here in a donna set up by the local turkish disaster management authority. people here are trying to stay warm around fires as well. it's going to be another bitterly cold night. grief and despair have also very quickly turned into anger in the areas that i have been seeing and visiting. in the past days, people say that rescue teams have only arrived days off to the quakes hit. they also say that the buildings, many of the buildings that have collapsed, have been poorly constructed or earthquake, safety standards have been neglected and these people won't answer. they won't those responsible for this to be held to account. we hear that arrests have been made, but i believe this is just the beginning, right under clearly need help. union. we've just heard it in the report as seems to

be a lack of government aid coming to the affected areas. is that what you're seeing to well, the turkish government has admitted that there has been a problem with the initial response to the crisis. but now they're trying to give the impression that the situation is under control and that they are managing to reach everybody who is in need of aid right now. but we also speak to many people who tell us they have received no help. a tens are a big issue. there is a lack of tens heating is an issue. people really just have the fires. they're making themselves often times a sanitation, a hot meal. many people are really they are left with nothing and they absolutely have no ideas. oh no idea what's coming in the next weeks for them. right. our correspondence, johan, they're reporting from a donna in the earthquake hit region of turkey. julia,

thank you so much for that. the united nations who monetary and she says the international community has failed. the people of northwest and syria, martin griffiths wants the un security council to authorize the opening off 2 more border crossings from turkey into rebel held regions of syria. years of civil war have left 8 organizations struggling to reach victims of monday's earthquake, particularly in part of the country outside government control. there is currently only one crossing open to the un agencies hampering deliveries of life saving food and medical supplies, destruction and devastation in a part of the world which can hardly take any more. it lip province has been a central theater of the syrian civil war. and its home to one of the last remaining rebel controlled hand lives. 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. remembered his hardener, who is helping us in turkey. they are getting every thing. they made a special air bridge to bring aid from all round the world friends. 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 lived 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 the way the government has responded to the catastrophe. in the region and the people who died in the earthquake would not terrorists, they were innocent civilians, they were women and children. such

a confused humanitarian issues with politics is a big problem with state media report that the government will now allow it 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 now to some of the other stories making use around the world around and then b, u. s. senate majority leader, chuck schumer says it's likely that to i'd, unidentified objects recently shot down over north american asset base. were balloons, the 3 objects have been down to over the us and canada and just over a week. and the 1st incident show in here, the u. s. took down a chinese balloon. it said was used for spying in madrid. hundreds of thousands of

spanish health care workers have been protesting against what they say is the destruction of the public health system by the conservative regional government demonstrator. say the government is favoring private health providers at the expense of public health services. and all the details here in berlin. bowes as took to the poles to day for a rerun of the city is bought to local elections and 2021. when many were unable to cross their boast, you to missing ballads or long lines. exit polls leave open, who will become the german capitals. next, mayor, a several coalition options are possible. wherever is able to form a government will have to tackled pressing issues. mike, rising, rents, and housing shortages, as well as the cities notoriously dysfunctional administration. that belinda's have long been frustrated with our political correspondent, benjamin all the rest. gruber told us more about the challenges of today's election

rerun. that's right. we already have the access full was standing right next to the room with a fall, right, a if the pot to have a party, an election party. so what we've heard throughout the day is that there were more volunteers in the polling stations that wilma booth as well. and what we heard, and what many the public already heard is that international of service that i hear from the european council said that everything works movie, even though they said that if small things happen, it's important to always put that in a broader context. and what about to turn out how motivated to we're berlin, us to actually go and add vote 2nd time. so by 12. so by noon the, the voter turnout was lower than the last time. but the good thing that happened was of the province that we had during the last election. there were many things happening in that city. on that same day. we had a housing referendum, we had the berlin marathon that also led officials that it was difficult for them

to get this balance to this place. and so there were ballots missing. some people had ballots with other candidates on it. others were not able to vote or who had to vote in law to wait in line for many hours, and had to vote after 6 pm gland to post exit. a pause came out, so now we have the 1st result. we're expecting it a to last still a few hours until we get other results that we can also portal and banyan forgive me for asking that. but can we be sure that everything works the way it should, this time it definitely worked better than last time, but as i mentioned, there was an expert who said, even if there are small miss happenings happening in those stations, it's important to wait also to see if the big problems that happened, we have this poll, that was a very, very good election. according to the x is full for the conservative cd you potty, almost the 10 percent more. we had the social democrats. so the s p d who lost a few percentage points and as we see the exit polls, we have that the after. so the pro business sd party that's also in the government

would not make it again into the local in parliament and berlin as they got whole point 5 percent. and therefore, not every 5 percent threshold are going to be a, an interesting night for many berlin politicians dw politic correspondent benjamin others. gruber, thank you so much to them. honestly go now and when you're in berlin have surprised almost every one about emerging as by on unix closest challenges. and they proved they have the temperament to go with their talent, with a wind in leipzig. lights explored, 1st off of them in henry's thumping shot from the edge of the box and the host led at half time. but janik harbor better to that go with a strike of his own to tie the score a magnificent volley from harbor. the only one a penalty for a hand to ball and of robin pronounced her held his nerve to secure the wind and

another precious 3 points for the billing as they remain just one point behind via some were stories from the well of sports. now, all across the bonus league this weekend clubs are honoring the victims and families of earthquake victims and turkey and syria with moments of silence. millions of people of turkish descent called germany home. and germany has welcomed thousands of syrian refugees in recent years. the top links in italy, spain, france, and england also would pay their respects in the u. s. a gambling firms are in overdrive with american football, super bowl. just hours away a record 50000000 american adults planned to bet on the game according to a trade group. they're betting not only on who will win, but on the most valuable player, the coin toss, and even what the ads will include. this is dw news, and he has a reminder of our main story today. turkish authorities have begun arresting people

accused of being responsible for the collapse of thousands of buildings in recent earthquakes. while critics say safety rules are rarely enforced. the death toll now exceeds 33000 as rescue as continue looking for survivors. coming up next, the mystery behind leonardo da vinci's masterpiece. virgin off the rocks. that's in doc film. after a short break. i'm monica jones. thanks for which booth and we're all set to go to your citizenship, amend. we're all in as we take on the we're all about the store.