too much on my shoulders, but i have to hold this way because i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people behind the guardians of truth starts february 18th on d. w ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's western allies say they're doing all they can to help here. be supplied with ammunition. dozens of countries meet in brussels to discuss ukraine's appeal for more heavy weapons, including fighter jets, also on the program. united nation says the earthquakes and turkey and syria are

the regions worst natural disaster for a century. 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. what organizes say will be the biggest party on the planet. with the pandemic restrictions lifted reels, carnival is set to return to its full splendor. ah, i'm amin. use of welcome to the program. ukraine's western allies have been meeting in brussels to discuss further military assistance for kia us defense secretary lloyd austin says they are doing all they can to keep ukrainian forces supplied with ammunition. some 50 nations, including nato members, have been taking part in the talks. germany plans to fast track the delivery of anti aircraft ammunition, but there's 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, 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 or create a, a momentum, and a in, and establish of conditions on a battlefield that continue to be in its favor. and so 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 order. 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 rone sonata, by that all up for, after securing pledges of western main battle tanks, keith 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 new offers of modern aircraft, some site to complexity of the 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. and ukraine president let me as lensky has again called on ukraine's allies to speed up deliveries of more military aid in his nightly address . lensky welcomed commitments from a meeting of nato defense ministers and ramstein for more air defense systems, tanks and ammunition. you describe the situation on the front line and don't yet, can the hans goes from region as in those regions as extremely difficult? russia has been bombarding the eastern front, what appears to be the early stages of a new offensive. i mean, the ladies, my dad, the death toll from the earthquakes in syria 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 the you and operations is on carrying for people who've

been made. homeless help is finally on its way within hours of the you and negotiating a deal with the government and damascus to open to border crossings between turkey and northwest and syria. this international, a convoy is heading straight on through the earthquake devastated parts of the opposition held region in syria and also damage the road to the only border crossing that had been approved for un. a deliveries aid workers can now deliver more shell to materials, blankets, and medical supplies. i am no more just faxing reproductive parking now. and they are like 170 the u. n is also launching

a 397000000 dollar appeal to help nearly 5000000 people affected by the way to syria. as the hope of finding people trapped alive under rubble in turkey and syria is dimming rescue efforts shifting their focused on to helping survivors. this worship docs on the south coast of turkey has been turned into a floating hospital. there is no available hospital in my neighbourhood. the closest one is the hattie doughty all hospital, but it's full of people injured by the quake. that's why they can't provide help to people like me, with slight injuries. instead at that hospital, we prefer this makes shift one tens of thousands of people have been injured by the earthquake and turkey. many requiring medical treatment with only 300 beds. the war

ship hospital can any relieve a small part of the current huge strain on the turkish health care system. or correspond jack pear. accent us his impressions from gaussian tap and southern turkey, where thousands have been left homeless. this here is a municipal park in central gassy. 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, serial family told us just now that they had to wait 2 days in order to get attend . 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, well, this park 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 sat there thought. for instance, there are 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 nationally from this part of gassy and tap is that within 60 days, they will have to return back to their local municipality to register. and they don't know what they'll be, whether they'll be able to return to these 10 is afterwards, but the ones with the 10. so 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 is jack perry reporting from southern turkey there. let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the world . in new zealand, at least 3 people have been killed in more than 200000 left without electricity. after the country was hit by cycle, and gabrielle authorities have declared

a national state of emergency to deal with the extensive damage to rental rains, triggered to flooding and landslides, that reeked havoc on roads and infrastructure. the european parliament has approved a law banning the sale of new fossil fuel powered cars within the european union from 2035 measure as part of the box effort to become climate neutral by 2050 a service has been held in parkland florida to mark the 5 year anniversary of a school shooting that left 17 people dead. the memorial comes just a day after 3 people were killed in the latest mass shooting a university in michigan. u. s. president joe biden again demanded that lawmakers take action against what he called americas gun violence epidemic. former us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley as announce, she's running for the republican presidential nomination in 2024. that she's the 2nd contender to join the res after her one time boss. the former president donald

trump, 51 year old former southern carol, south carolina governor is pitching yourself as a new face to lead a generational shift in the republican party. but recent polling shows a just 4 percent of republican voters. back haley off, 43 percent sport trump. i'm nikki haley and it's great. in her home state of south carolina, at least nikki haley can count on plenty of support while 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 santas ticket would be an amazing ticket. she did a great job here as governor in south carolina. i think she'd make a fine president. go for nicky if you could be donald trump, i'll be happy. go for it. nicky did a great job in south carolina. you did a great job at the un love to get you in the white house. well, rio de janeiro is gearing up for its 1st full square,

full scare carnival since before the crone of ours pandemic. while some celebration still went ahead last year in brazil, rios famous st parties were cancelled. now organizers say this year's festivities are going to be the biggest party on the planet. ah, it's been described as a reaper thin rio. ah, i did neighborhoods rides across the city. oh, the sounds and colors of carnival ah, back. ah, there she has seized the full return of the world's biggest posse, including the cities, epic street glucose, them off, the unofficial launch of carnival. hundreds have been authorized after being bans due to the cave pandemic in 2022. and there's 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 some by lot. i actually, i think that politically this year is special. not only because of the pandemic, but also because we've had the victory of a left wing government. i keep asking myself, what would become of this carnival if it were not to? they speak true of a left when government but for re i was world famous, sambas 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, i kissed kirk rigid though missy lucy believe in this romantic carnival. he has he that they see on television, the greatest shown asked buckler. it's all about passion, where? oh, app i shrunk to see, but it's also a lot of hard work, and be more of all than

a year or by lou. he had the gabriella, my hu, one and for re i shop owners, they hope the cities passion for cannibal. we'll also see, revel is spend bag and held 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 earn more than $970000000.00 us dollars during the celebrations. and here in berlin, the red carpet as being rolled out ahead of the opening of one of the world's biggest public film festivals. the 73rd birth bell. and ali 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 protests in iran in the war and ukraine. sean penn's documentary about ukrainian president volota mir zalinski

filmed as russia invaded ukraine almost a year ago. is among the headliners is free? no, that's all for now. up. next is our doc film. looking at the lithium ion battery, a key technology driving e mobility. i'm ami and isa from me and the rest of the team here in berlin. thanks for watching and stay with us. we're all set to go beyond a minute. we're all live as we take on the way we're all about the stories.