hi alice services. ah, be our guest at frankfurt airport city managed by frappe, bought, ah, ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's western allies say they're doing all they can to keep key of supplied with ammunition. dozens of countries meet in brussels to discuss the cranes appeal for more heavy weapons, including fighter jets, also on the program. the united nation says the earthquakes in turkey and syria are the regions worst natural disaster for a century. but more than

a week on the focus is now turning to meeting the needs of survivors. and the last minute preparations in rio de janeiro for what organizers say will be the biggest party on the planet. with the pandemic restrictions lifted rios carnival set to return to its full splendor. ah, i'm armies of welcome to the program. ukraine's western allies have been meeting in brussels to discuss further military assistance for key f. u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin says they are doing all they can to keep ukrainian forces supplied with ammunition some 50 nations, according nato members have been taking part in the talks. germany plans to fast track the delivery of anti aircraft ammunition. but there has been no answer to ukraine's request for fighter jets. ukraine says this

is a fight for its survival. as to winter begins to thaw all the united states warns russia is preparing fresh attacks and deploying new troops to the battlefield. but washington says, keith may soon have a window of opportunity. what ukraine wants to do in the, you know, at, at the 1st possible moment is to establish the, or create her a momentum and her in and establish of conditions on a battlefield that they continue to be in its favor. and so, well, we expect to see them. i conduct an offensive sometime in the spring to fulfill their promise to keep sending keys, weapons. nato nations need more arms and munitions as their own stock piles dwindle . germany says it's now signed

a contract to restart home world production lines for gepford antiaircraft guns sent to ukraine. exec florida. i'm very pleased. we've succeeded in doing this because it will ensure even greater independence and foster delivery. it's particularly important for air defense in ukraine, as old as it is. the captured performs outstanding services, particularly in defense against drones, out by the dawn up there. after securing pledges of western main battle tanks key, it is now setting its sites on the skies at nato headquarters, ukrainian defense minister alexi rest. nicole pulled out of pocket square depicting the next item on his weapons. wishlist western fighter jets get from the sky. but so far, there are no offers of modern aircraft, some site to complexity of these systems. others fear the risk of escalation. we have to debate this with our partners also with the united states. and we have to think about feasibility. and it is something that will take time and it is best

done behind closed doors or to see what is possible, what is not possible. what consequences would be nato officials, ny warn this more has become a race of logistics. and speed they say will save life. ukrainian president vladimir lensky has again called on ukraine's allies to speed up deliveries of more military aid in his nightly address. zalinski welcomed commitments from a meeting of nato defense ministers and ramstein from war air defense systems, tanks and ammunition. he described the situation on the front line and on yet in the hands grievance. as extremely difficult. russia has been bombarding the eastern front in what appears to be the early stages of a new offensive, abusive thought. while the death toll from the earthquakes and theory and turkey has risen to more than 40000, united nation says it's the worst natural disaster in the region in

a century. the focus of you and operation is on caring for people who have been made homeless. but emergency crews haven't given up on the search for survivors. and people are still being found alive. more than a week trapped under rubble. 17 year old mohammed is pulled out alive and cut him on mirage in turkey near the epi center of the devastating earthquake. he's carry to an ambulance. mohammed's brother, becky, is rescued soon after that hopes of finding more survivors are fading 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 watering 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 phase. 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 public foot. but in an unprecedented move, 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 display syrians living in dire conditions and the rebel health northwest can only hope the promises kept sunk home. tell them of them. in turkey, the disaster destroyed 10 cities. at least 40000 buildings collapsed or worse severely damaged. many now need to be demolished. turkeys government has been accused of a slow response to the quake, didn't a relief and long term reconstruction are set to be a major challenge. multiple servers along with housing, the millions who are suddenly left homeless. our correspondent jack perez sanders's impressions from garcia's tap and southern turkey, where thousands have been left homeless. that he is a municipal park in central guys. the an tap is

a southern turkish city of about 2000000 people in as you can see, a number of tents have been erected here to house refugees who had to flee their homes in the earthquake. now, many of the homes that they have to, that they had to flee with ones up on this hill just here or in a local area around here. and essentially the authorities haven't been able to tell these people that their homes are safe, yet. they haven't been checked or the homes are not safe, but in a lot of cases as well, the people are to traumatize and too worried to return back to their homes, fearing the structural damage that may have taken place during the earthquakes. now one of the big issues in this camp is accessed, attends. this theory of family told us just now that they had to wait 2 days in order to get a 10. and many people have had to wait many, many more days than that. there are quite a lot of syrians here, people that fled the war in the past 5 to 10 years and made

a home in this part of turkey and then have had to flee those homes. once again, due to the earthquake that hit this area just over a week ago, there are also local turks and kurdish people living here as well. now, while this part might not be an ideal place and certainly wasn't designed to house this kind of 10 city, there are some facilities here that make it a relatively good place for them to have set this up. for instance, their, our toilet blocks already here that people can use as a library just on the way over there that has been turned into a makeshift clinic. now one of the big concerns for the people that are living in these tens, especially from, for the ones that are actually from this part of gassy and tad, is that within 60 days, they will have to return back to their local municipality to register and they don't know what that will be, whether they'll be able to return to these tens afterwards. but the ones with the tensor actually the lucky ones for everyone else that hasn't managed to get

a tent yet. they're sleeping on the floors in these buildings and the situation that isn't very nice for them as they wait for a slightly more permanent place to live. there are 8 organizations here providing food and water, a medicine. but there's a lot of fear for the people here, they just don't know what's going to happen in the coming days and weeks dw jack paris reporting there from southern turkey. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. in new zealand, at least 3 people have been killed and more than 200000 left without electricity. after the country was hit by cyclone gabrielle authorities have declared a national state of emergency to deal with the extensive damage to rental rains, triggered flooding and landslides that reeked havoc on roads and infrastructure. a service has been held in parkland florida to mark a 5 year anniversary of school shooting that left 17 people dead. the memorial

comes just a day after 3 people were killed in the latest mass shooting at university in michigan. u. s. president joe biden again demanded that law makers take action against what he called americas gun violence epidemic. but former us ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has announced she's running for the republican presidential nomination in 2024. she's the 2nd contender to join the race after her one time boss, former president donald trump, 51 year old former south carolina governor is pitching yourself as a new phase lead a generational shift and the republican party. a recent polling shows that just 4 percent of republican voters back haley. well, 43 percent support trump, and nikki haley and it's in her home state of south carolina, least nikki haley can count on plenty of support. well, i was a trump supporter, but i think that he speaks a little too much and i think it's time for

a change from him. and by and i think a, nikki haley around to santas ticket would be an amazing ticket. she did a great job here is covered in south carolina. i think she'd make a fine president. go for nicky if you could be done from, i'll be happy. go for it. nicky did a great job in south carolina. you did a great job with the un love to get you in the white house. it's just days until carnival time. and while celebration still went ahead in many places during the pandemic in brazil, it wasn't the same. that's because for people in brazil's carnival hotspot, rio de janeiro, the experience wasn't complete without st. parties. now they're getting ready for what's being billed as the biggest party on the planet. ah, it's been described as the reaper thin rio nodded neighbourhood rides across the city. oh, the sounds and colors of carnival aback. ah,

this year sees the full turn of the world's biggest posse including the cities, epic street, la coast them off. the unofficial launch of carnival. hundreds have been authorized after being bans due to the cobit pandemic in 2022. and there is much to celebrate allow in this carnival, what we need is to be happy. throw yourself in happiness, huck. people at the stake, lay down somebody lot. i actually, i think that politically this year is special, not only because of the pandemic, but also because you've had the victory of a left wing governments. i keep asking myself, what would become of this cannibal if it were not to this victory of a left when government foot free as well, famous sombre schools. there's no time for dancing just yet. for months now,

artisans well doesn't. so as i've been working long hours to have everything ready for the main parade, acoustic rigid though missy lucy believe in this romantic carnival, he has he that they see on the television, the greatest show on asked buck. it's all about passion, where? oh, app. boshra. nice to see, but it's also a lot of hard work and bay mood of all than a year. got a bio, he had the gabriella, my you one and for re i shop owners, they hope the cities passion for carnival. we'll also see, revel is spend big and help them to make up for the loss of tourism. during the pandemic, m, i have everything you need to sam, by the night away is on sale here with retail is expected to and more the $970000000.00 us dollars during the celebrations.

well here in berlin, the red carpet is being rolled out ahead of the opening of one of the world's biggest public film festivals. 73rd, bell and alley kicks off on thursday with 19 movies vying for the golden and silver bare prizes. this year's event will also have a special focus on the recent anti government protest in iran, end the war and ukraine. that's all for now, asking beardsley is up next with your business update. statement of i was just rescuing deducted from a farm. this one, the study globally, i found it like this and i couldn't just leave it there. should meet. 2 he.