ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, the u. n says the rescue phase of last week's devastating. earthquakes is now coming to a close. we report from the turkish city of untouchable west 70 percent of buildings have been destroyed. and 2000 years of history wiped out in seconds or so coming up, ukraine is pressing for more heavy weapons, including

a fighter jets. as russia starts, a new offensive key will be making the demands up to key meetings of its allies in brussels today. and more worries, i've a press freedom in india as tax. will socrates raid the offices of the b, b. c. that's after the channel broadcast the documentary critical of prime minister neuron, dr. modi ah my manuscripts mccaden, thanks so much for joining us. we saw with the latest on last week's devastating earthquakes in syria and turkey. the combined death toll from both countries now stands at more than 30 set, more than 158000 people have evacuated regions and southern turkey. hardest hit by the earthquake. now this includes had tie province where the city of ad takia was

almost entirely flattened. our correspondent julia han is in antique here, and she told me more about the devastation there. well, the destruction caused by the quakes here in untouched, is massive. it's unimaginable when we drove into town earlier today, we saw hardly any building, still standing, 70 percent of an takia that are the estimates are gone. well, you can see here where we are. this is the olds city of antonia. there is a hotel right behind me. we're going to show you around a little bit. they used to be a bakery here, homes, a mosque. we are actually standing on a pile of rubble that used to be part of a mosque. and antonia used to be home to more than 400000 people. it is a city with a rich cultural heritage, a multi cultural, multi religious city. and now this is what's left of it. the architectural

damage is colossal to landmarks as well. turkeys, oldest mosque has been heavily damaged churches, the cities synagogue, and the people we speak with here. the people who are still here, they are in so much pain. everybody here has lost someone, people are grieving for their loved ones and they are grieving for their city. we do still see search and rescue teams. crisis response teams, both from turkey, but also from the broad, from mexico, from australia. they are walking the street. they're trying to hear voices or noises from under the piles of rubble. a team from the estimable fire department told me that they aren't going to give up looking for survivors, no matter how small and slim the chances now are of still finding people alive. but the problem is, the main roads here and on takia are now accessible, but many small roads are. and so the search and rescue teams haven't even been able to access many of the collapse buildings you do,

you talk about that the pain of the people. can you describe to us the, the humanitarian situation? what situation all these people in who have survived this nightmare? well, a most of the survivors that is our impression have left on takia to nearby cities to villages to elsewhere in turkey. they have been evacuated, others and i think is easily thousands are now staying in makeshift, a tent camp that has been set up here. some of the 10s are going to be replaced with containers within this week we hear, but we've been talking to 8 workers and many of them are actually volunteers. they told us that people here need absolutely everything. they need food, water heating, electricity, they need hygenic products. there are almost no toilets around,

they need underwear, they need everything. and they also need of psychological psychological help because many people here, as you can imagine, they are absolutely traumatized you live. i can just ask you briefly what happens now? what are the next steps? well i, i can't answer that question for you and because i think that people here don't know what's next for them in the next few days, weeks or months or the government has promised financial aid to the survivors to the victims of this crisis. they have promised to provide permanent housing within the next year. but from where i'm standing right now in the destroyed old city, that's very hard to imagine. this city has a history of more than 2000 years and that has been wiped out within minutes. but these deadly quakes, johan reporting from untouched and turkey. thank you so much for the update. now, despite the desperate nature of the situation in areas hit by the quake,

emergency workers all still managing to save some people his more. oh, a moment of joy and relief. a young girl is pulled out a life from the rubble. after 7 and a half days trapped under a collapsed building. the girl 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 work. cm side is super dangerous. the collapse food cannot just go inside and you should be really careful. so not to harm the people inside the i like kind of you thing and talking hard thinking with our nail one by month long as your discovery. but over a week after the earthquake devastated parts of turkey in 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 countries president bashar al assad said he will allow 2 new crossing points for the much needed humanitarian aid to reach the rebel held region. a move welcomed internationally, or the assad regime has consistently argued against additional humanitarian crossings are 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 end to their final days, the death toll from the devastation is predicted to rise dramatically. and we can get more from selma message from may habits of french health and international solidarity organization that's working to help earthquake victims,

sama your team is in the earthquake zone delivering aid. can you tell us about the challenges that you've encountered? getting rescue equipment where it's needed, as well as a food and shelter to survivors. thank you very much. good afternoon and yes, basically the priority needs include a lot of a lot of items. of course, as you can see, bit of heavy machines, 4 degrees removal, medical supplies, and balances, and of course a shelters and on food items. as you can imagine as well. basically our team in the field is trying to support as much as possible. the persons that are actually affected by this, by this earthquake, especially by providing a primary health care to, to those mostly needs through like a social support, mental health support. and of course, we are trying to provide as much as possible on food items to have them surviving in to the current situation or for the,

the hard conditions of the weather. and can you tell us a bit about the challenges involved? surely it's not easy to provide all of this, not at all. and as you, as you can imagine, are due to the fact that the renewal of the resolution from the un security council is happening every 6 months. we are calling of course for let's say opening additional many terry corridors so that the aids can be supplied and transiting towards the most affected areas of the northwestern part of syria. and that means that currently the only corridor that he's open in by been how watch is not, of course, you know, as you may know, are the only one un convoy from guys that has reached the northwestern part of sir, especially in the bay area. and that is, of course not, you know, so we called for sure the international community and to make sure that the resolution can be renewed for an additional year. and of course,

to open additional corridor. so people can of course, benefit from all the international 8 within syria, the, the syrian government, and the opposition of both being accused of holding up aid deliveries. how does your organization deal with this kind of challenge to make sure that aid reaches those who need it? desperately it's a very good question. thank you very much. basically us and of course she many, terry entity independent and geo. we are, 1st of all the ado direct implementation, which means that we are the actors on the ground and we are the ones that provide results in the ground. so we don't use any additional intermediary to support the beneficiaries in the field. that's one. the 2nd point is that we also do vectoring, vetting meanings. we are screening. of course the areas we are screening also let's say the activity that we are trying to implementing the can to make sure that every single lead say a support and they that we provide to the beneficiaries goes directly to them. and

of course, the 3rd thing is that we have a monitoring and evaluation system that allow us to track as much as possible to, of course, certain extent. so, let's say the we're trying to track where the aid goes again throughout our internal procedures and regulation. and finally, i must say that again, this is dawn in compliance. we've also done a rules, but also may have roles applied here. and if we could just talk about that, the basics, the most important thing, what people need the most right now. they need water, they need food, they need drugs, they need shelters, they need everything correctly. that's. and fortunately, as i said before, the international community, due to the fact that there is only one for many during corridor open on is not able to provide to them. so these are the basic basic needs that we are talking about.

as i said, it can be a piece of bread. it can be a liter bottle of water. and that will make a huge difference for each of these persons that are affected by this earthquake. selma message from the french health and international solidarity organization may had, thank you so much for your time and all the very best. thank you very much. now nato defense ministers are meeting in brussels today to discuss further military assistance to ukraine. ministers from the 30 member states adjoined by representatives from non nato countries, also aiding ukraine. speaking ahead of the summit, nato secretary general and start and i wanted to get an anticipated russian offensive in easton, ukraine has already begun. he says, ukraine's back as on now in a logistical race that has to supply it with weapons. and with i munition, the us secretary of defense lloyd austin earlier gave the opening remarks at the

ukraine defense contact group is dozens of members coordinate, military assistance to keep. and we're going to take a listen to some of what he had to say is still betting that it can wait us out. but when you're on, we are, as you made it as. and that's your result will help sustain your crazy momentum in the crucial weeks. i know you're praying travel, the challenging road that lies be, are looking around this room today. i know that our unity will only grow. we all understand the stakes in rushes. we're a choice. this isn't just about your grade right, to live in peace and security. it's also about the world that our children, when they're and we can go straight to the w brussels bureau chief alexander that phenomenon, who's at the nato headquarters. and we're also joined by dw correspondent in keep nick, commonly, alexander, we just heard there

a strong message of support from the us defense secretary confirming that the us and nato allies will back ukraine in the long term. all, all the nato allies on the same page here. well, i think that all allies are on the same page when it comes to their promise to support ukraine as long as it takes support that secretary austin described to us unshakable and enduring. and the u. s. is of course the main donor of weapons to quinn with you as administration announcing just last months. and you package of military assistance where at long range missiles, the ammunition and other weapons worth 2000000000. you asked to lars. but of course, there are other nations allies that are a bit more restrained. for instance, for germany agenda, german it, germany, it took its time to decide whether they are willing and ready to deploy a leopard,

2 tanks to ukraine. and actually there have been some discord between germany and poland, for instance, with the polish government criticizing germany for doing to little and to late. and the german government saying that this criticism is not justified. but in german old town terms, we have to say that allies are still on the same page when it comes to support for ukraine. nick, if i can come to you now, rusher appears to be escalating. the war ukrainian forces a locked in a fierce battle and back moot. can you give us an update on what's happening there right now? was some pretty striking footage coming out a bus moot recently. basically kind of lunar landscape, trench warfare and lots and lots of lives lost kind of very reminiscent of the 1st world war israel since the russia is desperate for anything, it can spin as a victory after months where it's been on the back foot. losing still like have san

to ukraine's forces and is now really investing everything it can to at least have something to show it. as we head towards this here anniversary, it looks like they're trying to kind of put most their fire against the 2 main roads coming in and out of buttons which the ukrainians needs to resupply. i think they're going to be very careful about engaging the cranes and kind of house to house urban warfare that is very, very dangerous or very, very risky for now. the ukrainians thought it was worth trying to pin down the rest of them. but we'll try and get them to lose as many men and equipment as possible. but i think that equation is shifting slowly and the losses are matching up the ukrainians. so i think are a pull out from the ukraine side in, but what could be on the call to next week or 2? alexander, we know that ukraine is pushing for more ammunition. in particular, what can we expect from today's me saying in brussels is more support on its way. yes officials are telling us that we can expect certain you pledges that we can expect alive and they're pot mercy to stay to say they're willing to increase their

military support for ukraine. secretary austin pointed out what said they have already promised to deliver to ukraine. a modern western made a battle tanks for instance, or patriot missile defense systems. and i think the down to standing is that missile defense and air defense systems are now crucial for ukraine as well as ammunition when we consider that ukraine is firing according to estimates that ukraine is firing. corona, 5000 artillery artillery ammunition. and that is roughly as much as a small european country orders in a year in peaceful times. the, the last time the ukraine defense contact group and met the decision was made to send tanks to ukraine and ukrainian troops. and now being trained to use the german leopard tanks, can you tell us more about that?

we had a chance to visit a military sites in western poland, one of 3 leopards, to a training centers in europe and instructors. there told us that the ukraine and soldiers are very eager to learn, that they are asking a lot of questions and they, that they would like to learn as quickly as possible how to operate the leopards, 2 tanks. but let's have a look at our report. 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. excess 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 because they are highly motivated, young,

and want to learn everything motor needed to operate or the tanks of imogen upon yet much deviated. 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 in such a good fit for keith, 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

at 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 game, were it 3 manion luxury army? when we learn how to operate them is that door and begin using them in battle for me. will you away from this will have a big woo hang over her. yet we should said with a dues of really affect resume. 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 just heard in alexandra's report. there that this training can be fast track that it can be done faster. but is that gonna be enough sir? ukrainian troops to be able to properly operate and maintain these tanks. i think the operation is less of a challenge, as you saw in the report that these people who already very experienced in your

operating tanks will be at soviet built tanks. so that is relatively quick and given them motivation, i think they will find a way that's been the patent all through this war that the grain yomi has exceeded your expectations or western countries offering equipment in terms of the ability to get their heads around new systems. but exactly, it's going to be the maintenance, the kind of engineering pol this it is very difficult and you know, trying to repair tanks near a front line under fire and also getting enough of all the spare parts. it also has to be remembered here that it looks like ukraine's and get different modifications, the leper tank, or have slightly different needs slightly different spare parts, and that is going to be a logistical nightmare for ukraine's army. thanks so much to both of you and d, w, correspond, and nick connelly in cave and d. w, brussels bureau chief, alexandra for non reporting there from the nato headquarters. thank you. or alice. okay, up to speed now. and some of the other stories making headlines around the world. moldova president, maya sandow has accused russia as glossing to overthrow her country's government

using foreign saboteurs disguised as protesters. the statement comes after the ukrainian president wrote him, is the lensky said ukraine had uncovered details of the russian plan. moscow has not responded to the accusations. a national state of emergency has been declared in new zealand after a tropical storm passive parts of the north island. this is only the 3rd time that such an alert has been issued. tens of thousands of homes are without power and has been widespread flooding and landslides. thousands of people have protested outside israel's parliament against government plans to reform the judiciary. the proposed changes would give the government more power to appoint judges to the supreme cause . opposition lawmakers have been contesting the proposals vigorously. israel's far right government says the reforms are needed to correct an imbalance of power between lawmakers and the court. now,

indian authorities have raided the b b. c. offices in delhi, and in one by weeks after the broadcast to release a documentary that was critical of the indian prime minister, nor rendered moody at bbc says it is fully cooperating with his investigation by india's tax authorities. the u. k. broadcast the last month released the 2 part documentary claiming that modi failed to prevent deadly sectarian riots. while he was heading the state government in good, you're out in 2002 and we go straight to delhi to get more on this from m. return cima. dw south asia. bureau chief is good serum rita, can you tell us more about the timing of this right? a yes and an a good to seal as well. now this a read started add about it just before noon about 15 to 20 officials or went into the bbc is office in delhi. and i'm on by,

as you mentioned. and the timing of the rid of course, is being discussed in densely out here. now this comes just after, as you mentioned, a few weeks after a b, b, c documentary on a prime minister. more these rule in the 2002 good europe riots now, the income tax department says this is not read this, say it's a search and they're investigating the bbc for what they see financial irregularities and noncompliance with tax laws. when they rented to the offices of the b, b, c, this snatched away the forms from all the people who are working there, as well as their laptops. but it's not a read in a classical sense because the consequences of a read are much grabber and they can only in fact enter into the areas where business work is going on. and that's what they've done in the offices of the bbc in delhi. and in more by okay, and what's the reaction been to this? not to raid? well, you know, there's been

a big reaction in india because all the major news channels are carrying the story as breaking news. the opposition has lashed out and said this as condemned as a tag. some have described this as an authoritarian move. others have said this is an undeclared emergency, but the b j. p. the ruling party and the party of our prime minister either more the has lashed back, a spokesman, the so spoke on television. and he said that all these opposition comments, they are really linked to people who are anti india. he lashed out at the b, b, c. and describe it in very derogatory terms. he did it accused the bbc of having a kitten agenda. he said that the mrs reporting was shallow and venomous. and he also discard the b, b, c, as the most corrupt organization. in the word though, that's quite tough language, isn't it? i mean, what does this say about media freedom in general in the country?

well, it's nothing new for people who've lived in india and people who've been journalists, they have often been targeted by income tax reads. we've seen big newspaper houses and during the pandemic, they were viewed as being anti government because they questioned the government's handling of the ban. demik. they were rated various individuals that have been graded. so it does not speak very highly. but freedom of press here, the latest kind of freedom of breast or index a go down by reporters with our borders. but india as a 150 to a 150. i beg your pardon, out of a 182 countries. so it does seem that it ought media freedom and birth freedom is sliding to some extent. and there's also a fair degree of self censorship, which is taking place because when you have more like 80 reads and people feel intimidated than harris by that. so there is a degree of self censorship, also going on here in india at the moment. i'm marita, thanks so much for that. that's d w's and return cima in new delhi.

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