ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin the you and says the rescue phase of last week's devastating. earthquakes is now coming to a close. we report from the turkish city of and takia, west 70 percent of buildings have been destroyed, and 2000 years of history were wiped out in seconds. also coming up ukraine is pressing for more heavy weapons, including fighter jets as russia starts,

a new offensive key will be making the demands that 2 key meetings of its allies in brussels today. ah, i'm a new cubes mc and welcome to the program. we start with the latest on last week's devastating earthquakes in syria and turkey. the combined death toll from both countries now stands out more than $37000.00. more than 158000 people have evacuated regions in southern turkey, hardest hit by the earthquake. now this includes has high province where the city of antarctica was almost entirely flattened. a correspondent johan is in and takia, and she told me more about the devastation there. well, the destruction caused by the quakes year 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. where you can see here, where we are, this is the old city of an takia. there is a hotel right behind me. we're going to show you around a little bit that they used to be a bakery here, homes, a mosque. we are actually standing on a pile of rubble. they used to be part of a mosque and, and takia 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 abroad, 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 with 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, that the pain of the people can you describe to us the humanitarian situation? what situation all these people in who have survived this nightmare?

well, a most after 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 here, 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. the government has promised a 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 say that they are 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 in inside a super dangerous the collapse. food cannot just go inside and you should be really careful, so not to harm the people inside that kind of thing. and talking hard thinking with our nail one by month long and short of it. 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 country's 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 are 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. may had is a french health and international solidarity organization that's working to help earthquake earthquake victims, it's spokesperson selma massett told me earlier about the challenges that it's teams are facing. 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 for debris removal, medical supplies, and valences 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 the saudi, this earthquake, especially by providing a primary health care 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 hard conditions of the weather. and can you tell us a bit about the challenges involved to 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 as many tarried corridors so that the aid 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 ben, how watch is not, of course, you know, as you may know, are the only one you and convoy from guys that has reached the northwestern part of share, especially in the bay area. and that is, of course not, you know, so we called for sure the international community to make sure that the resolution can be renewed for an additional year. and of course, to open additional corridors. so people can of course, benefit from all of the international 8 within syria, the, the syrian government, and the opposition of both being accused of holding up a to 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, as and of course, sure many terry and independent and jill. 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 fields. that's one. the 2nd point is that we also do betting betting meanings. we are screening. of course the areas we are screening also let's say the activities that we are trying to implementing to can to make sure that every single lead say as 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 or 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 how grows i've quite here. and if we could just talk about the, the basics, the most important thing, what to 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 to many turn corner door 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.

time for look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world to day . indian tax authorities have rated the offices of the b, b, c, and delhi and mom by now, this comes just a few weeks after the u. k broadcaster released the documentary, the claim that the prime minister and a render modi failed to prevent deadly sectarian riots when he headed the state government in good. you're out in 2002 equitorial guinea has confirmed its 1st outbreak of the marble virus. this highly contagious and deadly disease is related to ebola. so far, 9 people have died in the outbreak and more than 200 have been quarantined by health officials. a national state of emergency has been declared in new zealand after tropical storm battered parts of the north island. now 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. russia has denied that it is plotting to overthrow the government in moldova, using foreign saboteurs disguised as protesters. the moldova president maya thunder earlier accused moscow of planning. a qu, that's after ukraine's president said that keith had uncovered details of the russian plan. moscow has called the claims completely unfounded. now, nato defense ministers, a 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 a head of the summit, nato secretary general ian staunton burg warned that an anticipated russian offensive and eastern ukraine has already begun. he says you, cranes backers are now in a logistical race to supply it with weapons and ammunition. the u. s. secretary of

defense, lloyd austin earlier gave the opening remarks at the ukraine defense contact group whose dozens of members coordinate, military assistance to keep. let's take a listen to some of what he had to say. a still very, very good will. so when you own your own that should resolve rocky. i will, you will not grade level children role. that was your looking around this room today. i know that our unity will only grow. we all understand in russia we're, this isn't just about the great right to live and security. also about find a world in our children. and we can frustrate to d, w, brussels bureau chief alexander that phenomena who's at the nato headquarters. and

we're also joined by dw correspondent in keith nick, commonly and alexander. we just heard there a strong message of support from the u. s. defense secretary confirming that the u . s. a. 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 as unshakable and enduring. and the u. s. is of course the main donor of weapons to ukraine with you as administration announcing just last months. and you package of military assistance with 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 took its time to decide whether they are willing and ready to deploy a leopard, 2 tanks to ukraine. and actually, there has 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 routes recently, basically kind of lunar landscape, trench warfare and lots and lots of lives lost kind of very reminiscent of the 1st world war is the real sense that 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 as 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 re supply. 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. a 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 think that equation is shifting slowly and the losses are matching up the ukrainians. so i think 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

a new pledges that we can expect allies and their partners to state to say there are 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 era 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 around $5000.00 artillery artillery ammunition. and that is roughly as much as a small european country orders in a year in peaceful times. 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 military sites in western poland, one of 3 leopards, to a training centers in europe and instructors. there are 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 actions 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 ski is one of their instructors. she's only a her to who 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. i'm over to the book. they are highly motivated and want to learn everything motor needed to operate or the tanks. the mcgonigal junior nudged cbs. normally the training takes 2 months, but instructors hearsay. 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 level just now, we hope that these modern weapons will held them strike back against russia. stronger than before, the people considered one of the best tanks in the west arsenal. the leopard, too, is also one of the most widely. yes. that makes him such a good fit for keith. experts say 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 varden hot dog and his tank brigade were fighting on the front lines in donnette screeching. now they are here in poland. we're yet our girls, emir sure. i think these tanks will be a great helicopter and great support for our army reserve would at the game were 3 manion luxury army. when we learn how to operate them is that door and begin using them in battle for amune am for your way home. this will have a big will handler her. yet we should, they will. the dues of villages, factories to 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 that this training can be fast track that it can be done faster. but is that gonna be enough fer 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 report, that these are 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 grainy army 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 holders that is very difficult and you're 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. few grains on me. thanks so much to both of you. adibly correspond and nick connelly in cave and d. w. brussels bureau chief, alexandra for non reporting there from the nato headquarters. thank you. now the u . s. also bake of ford has announced plans to slash nearly 4000 jobs in europe over

the next 3 years. the cuts are to be focused on the areas of product development and administration. the will to make a site's rising costs and the need for a leaner structure as it pivots towards producing electric vehicles. most of those cuts will be in germany and in the u. k. l, our summer ford cut about 3000 product development jobs in the us in canada, and in india. and we can get more on this from my colleague, cassandra sent from d w business. hi cassandra, and what these cuts tell us about foods business here in europe in particular? well, ford, like many automakers, is taking this leap into electric vehicle production. but unlike some of its competitors, it's a little bit late to the game here. now, ford has been investing billions of euro's into electric car production, specifically in cologne, here in germany. but it's 1st electric vehicles, purely electric vehicles, in europe produce solely in europe are not central off the line in cologne until

this year. so also stepping back in terms of the business, ford saw $2000000000.00 loss in 2022. and these might seem like some pessimistic science, but for to still insisting that it plans to have a on offer a purely electric fleet in europe by 2035. they say like you said that these cuts are to help streamline its electric vehicle production in case of staying positive . but i mean, if we look at the whole of the industry, ford, it isn't the only or so companies struggling right now. i think to, to conditions a turbulent for the whole industry. that's right. yeah. the pandemic has caused some aftershocks and many are still being felt right now. and those aftershocks really boil down to 2 things. higher costs and shortages on the cost side, we're seeing higher costs for lithium. those go into a lot of electric car batteries and logistics costs have also increased on the shortage side. i know everyone's probably heard the sort a bunch of times semiconductors and micro chips. those are still being felt across the auto industry, especially over the last year. manufacturing in some places had to be halted like

a swedish automaker of volvo. they had to haul production a few times because of chips shortages. so this is being thought across the industry. now of course e rules and regulations they feed increasing in recent years, haven't they? and, and europe has been looking in general to move away from the combustion engine. so looking to the future, what does the future of the automotive industry look like? right? i can't parent anyone's head, sir, i don't have a crystal ball, but i have a feeling of a very strong feeling that 2035 is circled in big red circles by many auto industry execs. because that is this a deadline that the e u voted on the summer and which passed its final legislative hurdle today. for when the ban on new petrol powered cars will go into effect on that's 2035. and don't forget the e. u is the world's 3rd largest polluter. so this band was part of a package from the commission, which would aims to cut emissions in the by 55 percent by the year 2030 as compared

to 1990 levels. but the problem is, these ease are only as clean as the energy source is a power them. and as we've seen over the past couple of months, there's a lot of shift happening in europe right now, especially here in germany, from gas supplied by russia. for example, to some controversial or possibly dirty sources like coal. so if you really only exist as part of a broader energy ecosystem, so we'll see what happens, cassandra son from vidalia business. thank you. now the check for bola jacobi young toe has announced that he is gay. this is a step that remains extremely rare among professional male players. canto published a video on social media which he said he no longer wants to hide his sexuality. the midfielder has played $45.00 times for the check. national team is the only active male player kept as a full international to have come out publicly as being gay. watching

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