this way because i am responsible for the future fall country for the people who are behind the guardians of truth starts february 18th on d. w. ah, ah ah, this is dean w. news live from by lane. nato promises more military assistance for you crate. the alliance as member states are stepping up production of artillery shells, but there's no agreement on increasing overall defense spending. also on the program, 9 days into syria and craig disaster, damascus agrees a deal with the you add to allow aid into some serious,

worst affected areas. and berlin gets ready to roll out the red carpet for its annual international film festival. on top of the usual glitz and glamour that movies on the bed supporting you crying on the protest in iraq. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program that our secretary general against dalton burke's as member states have made new pledges to provide ukraine with heavy weapons and military training. nato defense ministers have been meeting for a 2nd day in brussels, has been no new agreement on increasing overall defense spending. bons to stall to book says allies have agreed to increase production of ammunition and artillery shells. united states france have signed the contracts for those older allies of germany in norway, and there are also olders who have all designed contracts with the defense industry

. meaning that the production is not not ramping up on the and, and that is making a huge difference. the production for instance, some artillery shells, the 11155 is now increasing. and that enables to are both abbreviated greenwich, our own stocks, which we have depleted, but also to continue to prod, supporter to, to ukraine or corresponding terry shoals in brussels has been following those talks . i asked her what nato is promising in order to speed up military aid. nato is, is really trying to ramp up production of ammunition, which is seen as, as a key necessity right now. as, as you mentioned, the supplies are running low. we don't make my ammunition as fast as ukraine is using it up. so this is really seen as one of the, the things that is needed fast. and this is something that they've also been talking about for quite some time and haven't moved as quickly as,

as they should have done. now they're starting to sign contracts with weapons manufacturer, something that hadn't been done quickly. and this is something that stilton berg says. we'll truly make it make a big difference on the battlefield and they've also been discussing how to get the tanks and especially spare parts. they're more quickly, there's been some lag between the promises that they would be getting tanks and the delivery of these tanks. so this is something that, you know, ukraine counts by the hours and allies sort of were counting by the months how long it would take. so there's been some disappointment there. but in fact, this meeting here, the last couple of days has really been about about the logistics and improving how nato is doing. right. and another of the challenges for nicer countries seems to be supplying ukraine with military equipment while maintaining their own stock from their own ability to defend themselves. how the handling radishi that's true, that nato has standards for how much nations need to keep in their stockpiles for

their own defenses and to support other allies in, in case of, of an attack on somewhere else in nato territory. now what secretary general silverberg has said is that those standards can be relaxed now because the priority should be to give ukraine all the equipment possible, especially those countries on the front line. the baltic states, poland. they very much see this battle in ukraine as one step away from them. so they've been giving extraordinary amounts of equipment to thinking that you know, the ukrainians can use our bullets other otherwise we will have to when the russians come here. so this has been, there's been a big difference geographically between the attitude countries have but what nato has said is that they will replenish countries. own stocks send, which you can't ukraine as quickly as possible under talker. so the discussions on potential changes to national defense budgets. what about that's right. everyone

has, has heard the complaints about countries not spending 2 percent of their g, d, p on their own militaries. and, and, you know, most countries don't, most nato countries don't do that yet. but this, this pledge which was made in wales is expires in 2024. and so nato wants to come up with a new formula about how much country should spend on their defense in order to keep nato's capacity at its maximum level. so that's where the discussions are now. they didn't intend to make a decision today, but rather at the summit in vilnius in july. but this is a very touchy topic for, for many countries, including termini. of course. thank about her social sign process. is a look at civil stores making headlines around the world. iran's present abraham racy, has criticized sanctions as weapons of mass destruction during the 2nd day of a rare state. is it to china that ran is thinking closer ties with beijing, which is already one of the biggest a bias of writing oil and economy has been struggling for years because of

accepting us sanctions imposed of its nuclear program. scotlands 1st minister nicholas sturgeon is stepping down. the scottish national party leader took office in november 2014, soon after an independence referendum in which scotland voted to remain part of the u. k. sturgeon, a scotland, that longest lead, admittedly by traffic, is returned to normal. at germany said, this is busiest airport, an i t failure at frankfurt airport, major disruptions and flight cancellations, and airline lufthansa. blame to problem with checking and boarding systems. companies as a focus of course by railway engineering works damaged broadband cables. 42 year old woman has been found alive a week and a half after the earthquake set in turkey and syria. she was trapped under collapse building in the city of rom, maras, douglas president,

reggie type erd. one has promised that rescue efforts will continue despite the dwindling prospects of final more survivors. number of people now known to have died in both countries has risen to more than 40000 humanitarian aid has been slow to reach parts of syria, which has been fighting a civil war for more than a decade. but a deal reached by the united nations of the syrian government beans assistance is now getting through help is finally on its way within hours of the year and negotiating a deal with the government and damascus to open to border crossings between turkey and northwest and syria. this international aid convoy is heading straight on through the earthquake devastated parts of the opposition held legion in syria, and also damaged the road to the only border crossing that had been approved for un, a deliveries 8 workers can now deliver more shell to

materials, blankets, and medical supplies, i am now you re on the article in senior order. we just log in to fax. we, reproductive magazine supplies tracking parking. now we're not, we're celia and they, we did eva this last 170 s u d u n is also launching a 397000000 dollar appeal to help nearly 5000000 people affected by the earthquake and syria. as the hope of finding people trapped alive under rubble in turkey and syria is dimming, rescue efforts are shifting their focus on to helping survivors. this war ship docked 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 hot, i thought you all hospital,

but it's full of people injured by the quaking. that's why they can't provide help to people like me with slight injuries. instead of that hospital, we prefer this makes shift one tens of thousands of people have been injured by the earthquake in turkey. many requiring medical treatment with only 300 beds. the warship hospital can only relieve a small part of the current huge strain on the turkish health care system. earlier, correspondent jojo han told us some more about the situation inside a camp in the turkish city of adama. rescue efforts are coming to an end here in the quaking region in turkey. and now of course, the focus is on the massive humanitarian crisis. hundreds of thousands of people, if not, millions are now homeless. and although there have been huge evacuation efforts to other churches, cities, most of the people have had to say intense for the past week for the past days here

in this 10 camp in the city of i don't know, people tell me they are receiving the help they need right now, a workers have just been distributing baby diapers next for the children wet wipes . but there are areas, there are provinces that have been so much was effected. the city of i'm talking, for example, in the province of ha, tie has been almost entirely flattened by the quakes. people still have to stay outside in the open. they urgently need heating, shelter, electricity, but also sanitation hygienists, products. many people here in the area also need psychological help because they are traumatized here in atlanta and surrounding cities. the zeal forties now encouraging people to return to their homes, to the buildings that are still standing, and they has started inspecting these buildings. but many people here tell me they

are too scared to afraid of returning to their homes. julia han and donna are here at berlin. they are rolling out the red carpet ahead of the opening of one of the walls. biggest public film festivals, 73rd. well now that kicks off on thursday with 9 t movies via the gold and silver bell was a vicious event. we'll focus on the recent anti government protests in iran, in crime among the headliner, sean homes, documentary about ukrainian. as long as the density films are filmed, as russia invaded ukraine almost a year ago, a report from a leader, a borrow, hers lube will be one of the people bringing a step daily news from the festival edge of blood, say she's here with me. welcome. her leader, so normal burden allah service has been resumed with an extra helping of politics, to reflect the current crises. while this year is the 1st year since 2020,

where cinemas are expected to be packed again, there are no restrictions, no social distance thing, no test testing, and the organizers hoping the public will come back into res. now obviously because of the political situation and also because of the timing, because last year's festival ended just days before the russian invasion, there's a particular focus this year on films from or about ukraine. and also because of, you know, the protest in iran, from, or about iran. so as well as the sean penn's documentary superpower which is primary here, there are about 8 other films across the festival in different sections. and all about you know about, from about ukraine as well as that. and about iran, we have this film that we saw in the report 7 winters into iran, or which is a powerful documentary about a woman who was executed after she stabbed the man who was trying to rape another son, jam film. it was made in collaboration with her family who now actually live here in berlin. so it's particularly interesting that it, some are premiering here. and are we expecting a big stars this year?

we are expecting stars to really come back as well as of sean penn. we've got kristin stuart, she's heading the international jury. we also have steven spielberg making a flying visit to collect his ordinary golden bath for his lifetime. achievement and will be shown the cross section of films of his from his entire career right from the beginning to, to the present, cate blanchett as well coming to the european german premier for film tall, which is already premier to other festival. and is he to, to great to claim she plays the female pastoral conduct. so you get involved in a b scandal. you've got your markovich coming to premiere seneca and we also have on the 1st night that's tomorrow night for the opening film. were hoping to see half the weight and peter dinklage on the carpet for rebecca miller. she came to me . why will i do?

and besides politics and the stars, the house of the brother, the other course is the competition for the golden bear. it is of course, and they said we've got $900.00 films competing for the golden back on the silver bass. there's also a special documentary prize. i think the competition for that will be stiff if you, because there are a lot of documentaries. so yeah, the best will be handed out on the 25th today off the next and as usual, anything forget the pride, you can never predict these things. what do you particularly looking forward to? well, there's a film in competition called our past lives. an american film by a korean american about childhood sweethearts who kind of meet a child there again, decades later, we discover them that we discover each other. and this is what he had. it's well premier early this year at the sundance festival and it was already talked about in january as one of the hottest takes of the whole year by critics. and i'm really looking forward to seeing that. ok, thank you so much. we will speak again as the by the knowledge gets on the way for

another holiday, a borrow. thank you so much. is remind of our top story at this hour. nicer defense ministers. i'm waiting for a 2nd day in brussels to co ordinate tom's lives. crane keith says that victory could depend on speedy delivery because foolish will have more world news at the top of the hour coming up next. that documentary looks at one of the most important innovations of the 21st century. so far. the lithium ion battery after day with nature connected snip splish at 1st like a construction manager. mean 1st like unless his teeth i've witnessed his report has with mary you pull a story of resilience rushes more in ukraine one years.