ah ah ah ah, this is the w news live from bern, ukraine's wes and allies say they're doing all they can to keep its forces supplied with ammunition data defense me. so ministers of matthew brussels with ukraine's other international military backers to consider keeps appeal for more heavy weapons, including fighter jets, also on the program the new and says the earthquakes in turkey and syria,

other regions worse, natural disaster for a century. being the latest from the city where nearly 3 quarters of the building have been destroyed. new zealand, the class of national emergency psycho gabrielle brings flooding and landslides. ah, i feel gail, welcome to the program. ukraine's western allies are meeting in brussels to discuss further military assistance for keith. us defense secretary lloyd austin, said they're doing all they can to keep ukraine's armed forces supplied with ammunition. he also said the west expects ukraine to launch on offensive in the spring. nato defense ministers and keys, non nato, back, as it represented at the talks. general aston said the allies will remain united and resolute for as long as it takes

a year ago. thornton assumed that ukraine was an easy target hootin assume that cave would easily fall. and potent assume that the world would stand by but the kremlin was wrong on every count. over the past year, ukraine soldiers have fought valiantly for their country. ukraine's people have shown deep courage in the face of russian cruelty and countries of good. we all have rallied to the fan an open order of rules and rights. together we seek a world where disputes are resolved peacefully where sovereignty is respected, where borders are honored. in we're civilians are protected. as us defense secretary at lloyd austin, the chairman of the us joint jesus staff mock millie, was at the same podium and said in russia had effectively already lost the warning

. ukraine didn't die. he could defeat ukraine quickly. fracture the nato alliance and act with impunity. he was wrong. ukraine remained for the remainder had no when his coalition has never been st. rama and russia is now a global brier. and the world remains inspired by ukrainian bravery and resilience in short. russia has lost, they've lost strategically operationally and tactically, and they are paying an enormous price on the battlefield. but until pohden ends is war of choice. the national community will continue to support ukraine with the equipment and capabilities it needs to defend itself. as to an corresponding teddy showed that nato headquarters in brussels that welcome attorney. what else stood out to you from this press conference? what we heard from,

from the americans there was that they are going to increase coordination of all of these weapons systems and supplies that are being given to ukraine. they want to make sure that, that instead of perhaps giving completely new capabilities that they, that they tie together the ones that have already been sent. and that includes and more training for ukrainian soldiers and includes more spare parts. it includes of course, as we've been speaking about more ammunition, they want to make sure that, that the ukrainians have everything they need to use the systems they've already got. joining us and government increasing concerns about ukraine running out of ammunition general milli was asked to whether achieve what has to do more with less . what did he say? yeah, this was an interesting question because of course we have been hearing that ukraine is running out of ammunition and that europe and the united states can't possibly make enough to resupply it at the same rate. so this is a really important problem and that it was mentioned by everybody to day. so he was

asked whether they would have to stop firing as much. and he said that he thinks that with his increased training again, he wanted to emphasize that, that something being provided that perhaps they wouldn't need to use as much. and perhaps some of the more efficient weapon systems would not be using as much artillery. so this is something that he said we could hope for, but he said it remains to be seen whether that actually happens and the nato secretary general against all to book a separate chief needs ammunition more than it needs. a fighter jazz for keith is still asking for those jets to clinic. both parties have differing expectations from this meeting. i don't think the ukrainians probably went into this meeting expecting that they were going to get fighter jets. but you know that it, unless they ask of course they're never going to get them. and a month ago, at the last round sign meeting, they didn't have any tanks yet. and now today they announced at this meeting that 11 countries are sending tanks. so the ukrainians know exactly what they're doing and a diplomat told me yesterday that they are so impressive in these meetings. they come

in, they're very organized, they're very rational, and that they impress everybody and everybody understands just how urgent this is for them. and that's something that we heard time. and again, today's meeting, every one saying that with the russian offensive, the spring offensive of perhaps already underway now is a really crucial moment in the war. and germany, defense minister has said that he's country will ramp up the production of ammunition have complicated a process is extremely complicated. but the biggest problem i've been hearing from sources is that contracts have not been signed. in fact, a minister for story is, came out today and said that germany has signed a contract now to put money on the table for these weapons manufacturers. because without that, they're not going to even start the production. now we heard yesterday from secretary general stolen, berkeley, that the lag time on producing the producing munitions. it has now more than doubled. so something that perhaps took

a year to produce before the war now may take more than 2 years now. that's not good news for ukraine. so i was just speaking with the estonian defense minister. and he says that he proposed in this meeting to day for a joint procurement of nato countries. but to be facilitated also um through the european union and, and, and the piece facility. so there are some new ideas coming about how to get the, the ammunition production scaled up. moved up more quickly. but at the moment, it just hasn't happened as fast as, as a, as ukraine needs it to, frankly, i could about to terry i. tony show some brussels away from the war. more than 37000 people are now know to have been killed in the earthquakes in syria and turkey. the un says it was natural disaster in the region for a 100 years. tens of thousands have been evacuated from the hardest hit areas of southern turkey and had a province. the city of takia was almost entirely flattened or

corresponded. julia han is an am tackett and told me more about the situation that well. and tucker is a city in ruins. the scale of the destruction here is massive about 70 percent of the city. the, the, the estimate sir, are gone. just look around, i'm trying to show you a little bit of what i see here. we've been driving around town to day and we saw hardly any building still standing, and the buildings that are still standing are shattered, cracked, tilted, unsafe and uninhabitable. and you should know that on takia used to be a home for more than 400000 people in the city with a rich cultural heritage. i'm in fact in the ancient old city right now, which was a popular spot with tourists from turkey, but also from abroad. a city that was multi cultural, multi religious,

but the architectural damage done here is colossal to iconic landmarks as well as 7th century mosque. the city synagogue churches have been heavily damaged and then of course, when we speak with the people who decided to stay here, they are in so much pain because everyone here has lost someone. so people are grieving, they are grieving for their loved ones. they are grieving for their city. we still see search and rescue teams, a disaster response teams, both from turkey, of course, but also from mexico, from australia. they are still walking the streets and trying to hear if there are sounds and noises coming from under these piles. of rubble, one team from istanbul told us that they are determined to continue. they won't give up to try and find survivors even though the chances of still finding people alive now, all very, very slim. but you also have to know that many of the roads here are entirely

blocked by the collapse buildings. the main roads have been cleared and are accessible. but there are many small roads. the teams have not yet managed to access. so you'll hear, you mentioned some of the people who have survived, i'm studied. how are they living? what of actually, what about using, what are living on the 1st of all. and what we see here today is basically a ghost town. most of the people, many people have, have left and takia. they move to city the villages nearby. and those who stayed are now living basically in intent camps that have been set up here by n g o z by the authorities. some of the tents were being told will be replaced by more solid containers, but still the situation is desperate. we spoke to 8 workers here on the ground. many of them are actually volunteers and they tell us there are still people who sleep out in the open. they need tense, shelter, heating, electricity,

generators. they need high jenny products. they need toilets and things like underwear. so because people have lost almost everything here and what they also need is psychological help because the people here who have been through this nightmare here and untouched, they are absolutely traumatized. and is it too early to think about what happens next when a place has been so comprehensively destroyed? that's what i've asked people here to day and they have absolutely no idea what's coming for them in the next day's next few weeks. months, even the turkish government has promised to wake them all these earthquakes, financial aid, they have promised to provide permanent shelter within a year. but from where i am standing, seeing the destruction is very hard to imagine how, you know, reconstruction could look like the entire city basically would need to be rebuilt

and reconstructed. it's a city where the history of mood and 2000 years, which was to a large part wiped out a by these earthquakes within minutes. and this is gonna take time. it's also gonna take time for people to come to tons. was to really understand what has happened here. thank you. lou. julia han in on taca and son tucker. lee un says the focus of its operations in the disaster zone is now in caring for people who've been might homeless emergency crews haven't given up on the search for survivors and are still pulling people alive from the rubble. more than a week trapped under rubble. 17 year old mohammed is pulled out alive and cut him on mirage and turkey, nor d at the center of the devastating earthquake. he is carry to an ambulance mohammed, brother, becky, is rescued soon after. but hopes of finding more survivors are feeding fast. rescue

teams are scaling back operations to focus in both turkey in syria, shifting instead to helping survivors. first with immediate relief, like food, water, and shelter. and then assisting them long term. the rescue phase is dragging live people out from the rubble and finding those who died in the rubble that's coming to a close. and now the humanitarian says, the urgency of providing shelter psycho social care food schooling and a sense of the future for these people. that's our obligation ago, syria's infrastructure was already battered from over a decade of civil war. in some areas, the earthquake brought total devastation, liking government controlled aleppo. people are waiting for shelter, tense and blankets. but mistrust of the regime runs deep. many fear the 8 coming

into the country will not reach them. serious government has so far only allowed aid to rebel areas through one border crossing probably, but in an unprecedented move. but it says it's reopening 2 additional land crossings with turkey, syria support. the entry of humanitarian aid into the region through old porcelain cross points with ever from inside syria or across the border. for the period of 3 months, his displace syrians living in dire conditions and the rebel held northwest can only hope the promises kept valuable. in turkey, the disaster destroyed 10 cities, at least 40000 buildings collapsed or were severely damaged. many now need to be demolished. turkeys government has been accused of

a slow response to the quake did in a relief and long term reconstruction are set to be a major challenge, multiple service along with housing. the millions who are suddenly left homeless is looking more sort of making news around the world. starts in the united states, where former us ambassador to the u. n. nikki haley as an asset. she'll run for the republican presidential nomination in 2024. the 2nd contents join the race after her boss, former president donald trump. recent polling shows she has backing up just 4 percent of republicans, voters, a lot of time is present. jason paying has hail the close relationship between facing and 10 rom, uranium leda abraham. abraham lacy is a 3 day visit to china, the focus on strengthening a trade and economic ties. equitorial guinea has confirmed its 1st outbreak of the mob of virus that the highly contagious disease related to the vote. 9 people who

dive in more than $200.00 or in quantities through india, where tax or authorities are rated the b. b. c. office is in delhi and will buy weeks after the broadcast to show the documentary critical of prime minister near andrew moody. bbc says it's fully cooperating with the investigation. british broadcast is that to part documentary claims. mr. moody failed to prevent sectarian riots on running the state government. you could euro in 2002. the w south asia bureau chief and me to cima told me more about today's events. hi failure. first of all, you know, the income tax authorities are not describing this as a read, but rather a survey. and they say that they've carrying out the survey to investigate what they call financial irregularities at the b, b. c, and non compliance with the indent tax laws. now the action started just before mid

day, summer 20 officials marched into the bbc offices are in delhi. and some more in, in mom, bye. and this sees telephones belonging to people working there as well as their laptops. they're also been asserting their desktops, they're now obviously everybody is talking about the timing. there's intense debate about here, about the timing. and as you mentioned, these are servers or reads game just a few weeks after this documentary, there's bbc documentary, a questioning that in that a more these rule in the 2002 voyager dark rise and the indian government was furious about this documentary because they said the prime minister had already been cleared by the indent supreme court. so they try to block this documentary and a very still an action against students who were organizing a private viewings. so obviously not everybody is just drawing a link between what happened with the documentary and what's happening today in the offices of the b, b. c. to tell us more about what people are saying,

what is the reaction bring to this re slash survey? well it, it, it was the breaking news, an all major news channels here in india, the widespread condemnation from the opposition describing it as an authoritarian move. and some said it was an undeclared emergency. and other said that it was tarnishing india's image. but the b, b, the ruling bgp was quick to respond to describe the opposition, a comments as anti india, and then the spokesman for the b j. b lashed out a scathing attack on the bbc using very strong derogatory language. he described the b, b, c as anti in deal with the hidden agenda and describe it's reporting as venomous and, and said that, you know, india was being targeted by the b, b, c. so they strong words there, which didn't go down very well with lots of people who are critical of the

government section. and i'm researchers in the 1st time media organizations in india have run into trouble with the law as it that's right. i mean, there's been a history of journalists who are viewed as critical of the government being targeted in this manner with income tax reads for financial irregularities. you know, in the middle of the pandemic to large media houses were targeted because their reporting was viewed as critical of the government's handling of the pandemic. since then, many other journalists as well as media houses who are viewed as independent, not pro government, has faced this kind of action, including television stations, leading newspapers, and also individual journalists. now, given that india is a whole, is the presidency of the g 20. this is really not such a good look for india, which aspires to play a much more significant road on the international stage. thank you for that. i'm brita cima in new delhi. or nationally bonuses in force in new

zealand cyclone, gabrielle has caused widespread flooding on land slides. the worst affected areas on the north, ireland 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 vast swathes of lands submerged and sub 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 acknowledge the situation that you cylinders have been waking up. so 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 landslides have left some areas completely cuts 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 bit. this is a significant disaster with a real threat to the lives of new zealanders. today, we are expecting to see more rine and high winds will 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. so more sore is making a nearest this hour a russia is denying plotting to overthrow the government moldova, using foreign saboteurs. although from president my a stand do, had accused moscow of planning, a crew crane says it had also covered details of the russian plan. kremlin says, claims are unfounded, least 3 people are dead and several injured after shooting at michigan state university in the united states only surrounded the campus after gunfire was reported at 2 locations late on monday night. these have confirmed, one suspect, was found dead from a self inflicted gunshot. a german choreographer. marco good is under police investigation. the smearing dog faces in the face of

a critic who gave him a bad review. it had took place over the weekend of the opera house in the city of hanover, where is ballet? director victim says he confronted her during the interval of a ballot before taking a bag of dog waste out of his pocket and shoving it in a face. as you might imagine, still is making headlines around the world and david levitz from a call to desk. is he it welcome, david. not the sort of thing we usually talk about. no, no, no, no. you know, 1st of all, happy valentine's day to you. it really does sound like something out of a bad teenage movie, doesn't it? to tell us more about this attack? well, so micah good is, or i should say, was a very prominent choreographer. and he was furious at the crew stud, known as germany as possibly sharpest tongue dance critic. she'd called a recent choreography of his and embarrassment,

and said that it made her both go insane and perish of boredom. i think that may have been a slight exaggeration, but when group is all her at the theater, he decided to confront her. it must be said, google also has a very cute docs in named gustavo, that he always keeps with him. and he'd apparently taken goose stuff out for a walk and decided to keep go stubs excrement as a weapon to use against the brewster. who still the dance critic says that she screams. then she went to wash her face off and then went to the police to report him. ok, so now this police investigation has mr. a suffered any other consequences? well, he's been suspended from his job. it's not clear if and when, however, work again, really, he's not even allowed to enter the theater. and police are investigating him on charges of bodily harm and insults which is a crime in germany. you're not allowed to insult people, it's, it's a crime here. ok, that's good to know. what's he been say?

well, he made a statement, it was, it was basically a sorry, not sorry, kind of statement. he said that his choice of using dog excrement was quote, not super. but he also criticized schuster. he continued to criticize her, basically saying that she had figuratively done the same thing to him with her words for years. i know, and the many of his colleagues felt the same way. so really not showing any kind of remorse for his actions. ok, and how is japanese culture seen reacting very strongly actually, both from cultural institutions and from the press. so group is employer, the oper hanover condemned him for playing with the future of the 30 dancers who work in the company really and for damaging the theaters, reputation, the newspaper that the critic worked for, which is one of the top newspapers here in germany. it's the frank for tiger minded sites and one of the most prestigious newspapers has called it an attack on freedom of the press. what people are making jokes and laughing about it in private, the,

the official response is really the highest level of condemnation. people are going to want to know how is the dog i assume that the dog, i hope that the dog is fine fil i've that i hope the dog is fine. i'm concerned as well. thank you david david live, it's room that d w. thank you. and your mind that top story at this hour great western allies are discussing further military assistance for cave us defense secretary lloyd austin, sense that would remain united and resolute as long as it takes us chairman, joint chiefs of staff mock. camilla says that russia was effective, meet already lots that told me of tracy syria until he was kind of more than $37000.00 focus days. now i'm finding shelter for the millions of people.

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