ah, ah ah ah, this is the w news lie from berlin. nato says a new russian offensive has begun a new crime. as moscow steps up it's sold, keith is expected to press its demand for more heavy weapons, including fighter jets at a series of meetings today. also coming up the devastation caused by last week's

earthquakes in syria and turkey is widespread. but why did some buildings remain standing while others crumbled? plus the white house says there is no evidence of alien activity. links to mystery flying objects, us jets of down us and china trade, blame over alleged bible. ah, i'm glad elf is welcome to the program. nato's defense ministers will gather today in brussels, to discuss further military assistance to ukraine. ministers from the 30 members states will meet as russian forces continued to mount pressure on ukrainian defences. nato secretary general, the stoughton bag has said that an anticipated russian offensive in easton ukraine

has now begun ahead of today's meeting. still beg warned that ukraine's back has arna logistical race to supply keith with weapons and ammunition allots a burgundy. w correspondent, he calmly and keith and d. w. has bonnet, rosie birch had at the nato headquarters in brussels and nic, let's start with you. ukrainian forces are locked in a fierce battle and in back more than the new large russian offences offensive seems to have started. what's the latest situation on the ground there? so really awful image is doing the rounds on social media from. but what kind of scenes reminiscent of the 1st world war craters everywhere, lots and lots of human losses, seemingly more on the russian side. the russian leadership, apparently desperate for some kind of when something that me spun as when after months of defense and even losing big cities like cats on to the ukrainians. for

now, all the attention is on the 2 routes coming in and out of back moved to the northwest or slow violence and kind of southwest was constantine of give, basically without that ukrainian forces can't stay in buffalo and i think the russians have seemingly learn their lesson from other cities, they're not going to try and engage the ukrainian forces in kind of house to house fighting into kind of urban settings. they're trying to basically force ukrainians into giving up by moot or by depriving them of those roots in and out for now. that's not happening. but there definitely is a growing sense in kia that that could be the reality in the next week or 2 that ukraine has to take the decision to leave. but more because basically, the calculation doesn't work any more. the kind of advantages to christmas tree of holding the russians, they will just, you know, be overweight by the potential losses. nick, we're hearing reports that are russian aircraft and, and polish air space. what more can you tell us? so now we just have a statement from the netherlands defense ministry saying that this was one

recognizance plane and it was a school by 2 fighters. this was coming out of the russian exclaim, of cleaning ground, which is no basis rounded by nature church by lithuania and poland. this isn't in itself something new, but it is the for the sign. but russia is testing nature's defense is trying to make sure to find any kind of weak spot and keep you. nato's military patrol in the skies on its toes. and there is a sense that this is a stretch which is getting more tense and more difficult. once again, after kind of couple months, which will be about regrouping and kind of trying to sort out the logistics, both on the ukrainian or russian side. russia now really pulling up the dial and seeing what it can do and seeing if maybe later partners are gonna eventually get worried about this and lose the nerve. rosen has come to you, then brussels and nato headquarters. what can we expect from the meeting of nato? defense ministers and the ukraine defense contact ruben, brussels to their well ministers are beginning to trickle into these talks. and there is a sense of expectation in the air, not least from the man who,

i believe was 1st to enter the building. and that was ukraine's defense minister, alexi, wrestler. cough he has come here, essentially with a wishlist, a wish list of weapons given that nato chief yonce dalton burg know, says that expected russian offensive may be starting to begin with. the winter thawing out here in europe. the ukraine's defense minister will brief other minister saying essentially that his country needs these weapons in order to keep up their defenses on the battlefield and nato. she stoughton for excess. this is no really becoming a race of logistics and that ammunition must be top of the agenda here. that's because ukrainian forces and russian forces are using ammunition at rapport rates where it fast rates. indeed, no, that means that this is all about natal trying to militarily make good on that promise. that pledge it's made to ukraine to stay by cave site, for as long as it takes. now the last ukraine defense contact group meeting and january here in germany was key for the decision to send tanks to ukraine and our

ukranian troops already being trained on how to use those leopards. so let's have a look where this dance leverage to tanks in action. showing what they are capable of at a military site in western poland, the 1st ukrainian soldiers have started to train here. fish of shadowed sky is one of their instructors. she's only a her 2. we don't need to motivate the soldiers at all. in fact, we have to hold them back a bit to let them learn a bit by bit more voucher before they are highly motivated, young and want to learn everything with motor needed to operate or the tanks of imogen upon, you know, she weird. normally the training takes 2 months, but the instructors here say they can cut it in half. the polish government has been one of the staunchest supporters of ukraine calling time and again for

deliveries of more advanced weapons. president, angie, duda himself has come from war. so to visit the training center job bah, but we'll just, we hope that these modern weapons will help them strike back against russia stronger than before, but they both considered one of the best tanks in the west arsenal. the leopard too, is also one of the most widely used that makes him such a good fit for key if expert, se tanks and known wouldn't be a game change on the battlefield. but they could help ukraine to go on the offensive again. only days ago, major that him hot dog and his tank brigade were fighting on the front lines in don had screeching. now they are here in poland regular yet our girls amuse? sure. i think these tanks will be a great helicopter and great support for our army. was it would at the given were it 3 manion luxury army? when we learned how to operate them, is that door and begin using them in battle for me. of will you away from this will

have a big will you hang over her? yeah. don't wish that they will. that does have really ok effect. we still, ukraine has been waiting for western tanks for months now. the 1st ones are expected to arrive on the front lines at the end of march. nick, we heard of that report that the training can be fast tracked to finish and half the time normally needed. is that sufficient erection to operate, maintain these advanced times and bring them into the battlefield, a new crime or we've seen time and time again. ukrainian forces basically exceeding the expectations that western train has had of them. these are people have very clear motivations. you heard that in the report. they know why they're doing this and they are not learning to deal with tanks in for the 1st time . these are people who have been working with soviet built tanks for years. so this is obviously slightly different situation. and i think the bigger question is going to be the logistical side. you're getting people to drive taxes wanting,

but having enough engineers to repair them on the battlefield. fast enough, organizing the supplies of spare parts, especially given the fact that it seems like you know, western european countries can be sending slightly different variance of the separate tank which will have slightly different spare parts efforts like different needs. that is going to be the kind of central question about whether ukraine is able to use these thanks victory or not. a rosie back to you in brussels there ukraine says it needs western fighter jets. the will we see any firm announcement from nature today? well after ukraine secured those pledges of modern main battle sykes, it has no indeed set it sites on the skies, on fighter jackets. and so far, the message from nato allies has been a no. but whether that said no, never, or just no, not yet. well, that really remains to be seen and i just spoke to you. crane's defense minister, lexi resident called about this. he came in, he took out a design of a fighter jet and showed that to us journalist here in brussels. i asked him, is that top of your wish list?

he gave me a wry smile and shrugged as though to say yes and that a colleague asked him, well, are you at where do you expect to get these fighter jets from which country? and he simply said, from the sky. so that's certainly what we expect, mr. wrestler, cough ukraine's defense minister to be pushing for to day. whether or not we get any announcements will that remains to be seen worth noting that russia essentially accuses these nato nations, which are army ukraine of prolonging and fueling the war, thereby by offering key of ours by donating weapons. but of course, the view here in brussels at nato headquarters is quite the opposite that the only party prolonging this deadly conflict is the aggressor, russia. thank you very much, dw correspondence, a nick comedy, and keith and rosie burton, of nato headquarters in brussels. now the death toll after the earthquake and sir and turkey has now exceeded 35000 us hope dwindles of pulling a more people out of the rubble alive. the un says it is shifting its focus to

finding shelter for survivors. a moment of joy and relief, a young girl is pulled out to life from the rubble of to 7 and a half days trapped under collapsed building. the go named mary, was found in a town in southern turkey by groups of rescue workers tirelessly digging to find remaining survivors. it is difficult and often dangerous walk, sire the super dangerous the collapse. so you cannot just coin inside and you should be really careful not to harm the people inside the i like kind of, you see in turkey guard thinking with our nails. one by one floor is very slowly, but over a week after the earthquake devastated parts of turkey and syria, the chances of finding people still trapped alive, dwindles with each passing hour. there is a sign of hope for the millions of earthquake victims in north west syria. after

the country's president, bashar al assad said, you will allow 2 new crossing points for the much needed humanitarian aid to reach the rebel health region. a move welcomed internationally, the assad regime has consistently argued against additional humanitarian crossings . but if the regime is serious about this, and if the regime is willing to put those words into action, that would be a good thing for rms hearing people. immediate help is needed for millions of people in both syria and turkey. as rescue operations for survivors enter their final days, the death toll from the devastation is predicted to rise dramatically. of the ws jack barack is in abeline turkey for us and earlier he told me more about where a rescue efforts stand right now. well,

the reports of people being pulled from the rubber coming few and further between as the days continue. and many of the people that are actually put, being pulled out alive are children and, and suddenly young sort of teenagers, rather than adults watching turkish rolling tv this morning. what aid workers have started to do is to brand and to, to put signs up next to the buildings, which has seth york, which means no sign that the marking, each building now for places where there is no longer any signed. and they should continue with their rescue efforts elsewhere. 8 days on from when the earthquake 1st hit. the question is how many more people wills we'll of been able to survive for so long underneath the rubble. now, jack, what's needed next? most urgently? well, food, water, shelter, just here, where we are in atlanta, this is the sort of makes it 10 city that's been put up by a flood,

which is the turkish crisis response center. but most of the people here, the people that are just behind me here they, they're actually from the city and of a donna, their houses were affected here. but this is an enormous region that has been affected. there are hundreds of thousands of people without shelter still we believe that the region is affected was at home for, for about 13000000 people are in the region of that number at least. and so, and there are many parts of this region that still haven't really, hadn't received much humanitarian support. so that is the apple in a donor at the moment you can see large numbers of, of humanitarian aid workers coming in. in fact, some of the people that we were speaking to that were flying in with us said that they had been coming from keys into turkey to try and support this effort. they are trying to, as i say, how's people find them shelter, find them food, find them water. but also there is a need to start looking long term because so many people's homes were destroyed in

this earthquake. now there are allegations of corruption and negligence by building contractors, and indeed the government will, people told you yet that's becoming part of the discourse as the days go on. now this region saw a construction boom and the turkish authorities have have issued warrens for a rest for around a 113 people. contractors who believe to have broken the earthquake regulation rules, a dozen or so of them have been arrested publicly. films being arrested in a sort of show of, of desire to show that there's something being done about this. but there are also questions about blind eyes that were turned potentially by the authorities to allow these kind of buildings to be built. and that is really sort of, one of the focus is now of the discussion here in turkey about what exactly happened to perhaps ally so many buildings that maybe weren't up to scratch,

to deal with the earthquakes, to be built. bearing in mind that turkey as a country is one of the worst affected by earthquakes in the world is says on 2 fault lines gab jack barrack than reporting from other in turkey. thank you jack. let's have a look now at samba more headlines, moldova president, maya sandal has accused rush of plotting to overthrow her country's government using foreign saboteurs disguised as protesters. the statement comes after ukrainian president vladimir zalinski said ukraine had uncovered details of that russian plan. moscow has not responded to those allegations. at least 3 people are dead and several injured after shooting at michigan state university in the us. police are on the campus after gunfire was reported at 2 locations late monday night. police have confirmed, one suspect,

was found dead from a self inflicted gunshot. the socks on gabrielle has caused widespread damage in new zealand. some of the worst affected areas on the countries north island officials have declared a national state of emergency it's been described as a significant disaster. and in hawkes bay on new zealand north island cyclone gabrielle has left a trail of devastation. the storm hit the country with wind gusts of more than 140 kilometers an hour and heavy rain. as much as 20 centimeters has fallen in just 24 hours. with the rapidly rising waters, cutting off roads and leaving baths, waves of land submerged, and some and trying to fight their way out of the depths and to safety. it has been a very big noise for new zealanders across the country, but particularly in the upper north island. i want to. busy acknowledge the

situation that new zealand is have been waking up to this morning. a lot of families displaced a lot of homes without power, extensive damage done across the country. it will take us a while to get a handle on exactly what's happened. and that's because flood waters and land slides have left some areas completely cut off. hampering efforts by emergency and rescue teams to respond. the deadly impact of the severe weather is now pushed authorities to declare a national state of emergency for only the 3rd time in new zealand history. a little. this is a significant disaster with a real threat to the lives of new zealanders. to die, we are expecting to see more rine and high winds. we are through the worst of the storm itself, but we know that we are all facing extensive flooding. slips,

damage rides, and infrastructure. tens of thousands of homes are without electricity. with new zealand, national power grid operator declaring an emergency following the loss of supplies . it's warned that it may take weeks for some areas to be reconnected with more severe weather expected to arrive. thousands of demonstrators have rallied outside israel's parliament against planned judicial reforms. opponents say the proposed changes attack democracy. the measures would give the government more power over the supreme court. government officials say the reforms would correct what they see is an imbalance of power between the branches of government. democracy is one of the mean slogans at this protest. tens of thousands of israelis have taken to the streets. they feel that democracy is under threat. i'm here to

demonstrate against changing laws which will make this country, which we love not a democracy anymore. that's it. more people are coming to demonstrations and we have this they optimistic. if we don't have our hope, there's nothing left and we're doing what we can. and we think that maybe today is a very, very name. and we hope that bill here and bill here, premium. that's all we can know. we came here to protest against the law. this is very quick, very aggressive change of law. there's a lot of people that are very unhappy with the parts of the government are trying to do here. deal here to send a message to benjamin netanyahu is new foreign government, which wants to overhaul digestive system and reduce the influence of the nation supreme court. the plan would allow and armika to overnight, supreme court deficient and give politicians more influence in the appointment of

judges. critic fee. it will give overreaching power to the government that many consider to be the most right. being in israel's history and what they are hearing from this spot is not a voice of despair, but a voice of hope. what they are hearing is not hatred, but love of the homeland. that's what is frightening them so much. that's what made our voice louder and clearer. it's annoying because i forgot to bucko, read your statement posted on his tweeted account. nathan, yahoo! accused opposition fermenting a crisis. recoiling michelle's dr. deliberately dragging the country into anarchy. hold, get a hold of yourselves. show sponsibility in the leadership because you are doing the exact opposite of you to where the good cause, who google protests against the proposed or high have been going on for weeks. but the government thief,

it's plans are essential and doesn't seem to be back down, at least for now. oh, united states is still working to identify unknown flying objects spotted a neutralized in north american as base us. find the jets on sunday shot down what they described as an 8 a sided objects over like who room on that's along the canadian border. it's just the latest incidents since a suspected chinese surveillance balloon was blown out of the sky earlier this month. the white house, as the objects do not pose an immediate threat. this is the moment, are you as jack shut down a big white balloon, which washington believes could be a sophisticated chinese spying device. it 1st entered u. s. territory in late january and was shut down off the coast of south carolina on february 4th. since then, 2 smaller objects have been shut down over alaska and canada, and another one over michigan. the uncertainty around the last 3 mysterious object

has raised concerns over north american security. and among some even fewer speculation over an alien invasion. the white house has responded to these claims with amusement and good afternoon. there is no indication of aliens or terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. wanted to make sure that the american people knew that all of you knew that. and it was important for us to say that from here, because we've been hearing a lot about it, only the white balloon has so far been linked to china. investigators are analyzing frank mans recovered at c, hoping to find out more, go teaching and says to the balloon was conducting whether research and has rejected any connection to the last 3 objects or, or to you. so we have stated many times the china civilian unmanned airship

entered the us aerospace accidentally, which was an unexpected accident due to force missouri, which we thought maybe going at a 100, as for the 3 other so called unidentified flying objects, not here and i have no information on ok make well make would, i mean that actually i'm a, should you show, you know, after years of mistrust, these latest tensions highlight yet another downturn and us china relations colleague rico is a senior fellow at the stimson center. that's a think tank in washington, and we also, whether she thought there was a large, a global security threat given the tensions between the us and china or whether these were just isolated incidents. i think there is a much bigger security impact here in part because this incident is happening at a time of deteriorating us chinese relations. and it's being fit into a larger narrative about china being a threat and about competition. and

a need for the united states become much more serious about the china threat. and both parties in some ways are trying to almost out bid each other. and they're, you know, hawkish nest towards china. i would just say, i think there is a real opportunity here for some kind of diplomacy around this issue. you know, one of the 1st china did was note, it's regret about this incident, but highly unusual. and i would just suggest that there is an opening there with that statement for the white house to perhaps engage with jang, particularly around the in the issue of surveillance balloons. and maybe setting up some rules of the road. the check footballer jacobi young toll has announced that he is gay and his step that remains extremely rare. among professional male players young to published a video on social media in which he said we no longer wanted to hide his sexual orientation. the midfielder has played $45.00 times for the check national team.

he's only active male player, kept as a full international to come out publicly. you will change dw news here as a reminder of our main stories today. ah, metal is defense minister zack gathering in brussels today to discuss further military assistance to you, christ, nato's secretary general jensen, stoughton back. as said that an anticipated russian offensive in easton ukraine has now begun. is also warned that ukraine's back has arna logistical race to supply keith with weapons. and with ammunition the death toll from the earthquakes in the syria and turkey has now climb to more than 35000. the focus is now shifting to finding shelter for millions of people

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