this way because i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people who are behind the boss. sh. gardens of truth starts february 18th on d w a. ah ah, this is data when it's long from berlin, nato prompts us more military assistance for ukraine. the alliance says member states are stepping out production of artillery shells, but there is no agreement on increasing overall defense spending. also on the program, 9 days into syria's and turkeys earthquake disaster, damascus agrees

a deal with the you went to allow aid and to some of syria as worst affected area. and berlin gets ready to roll out the red carpet for its annual international film festival. on top of the usual glitz and glamour, there are movies and events of boarding ukraine and the protest in iraq. ah, i'm cold, really. it's good to have you with us. they are leaders and brussels have made new pledges to provide ukraine with weapons and military training. there's been no immediate promise of more tanks and no advance on increasing overall defense spending. allies have agreed to supply more ammunition and artillery shells, but they are secretary generally in stoughton berg, immense more needs to be done. it's a show of support tank. the media would network eliza have decided to ramp up their

weapons production for ukraine. african fans rise that ukraine is using ammunition much faster than the west is producing it. things are happening, but we need to continue. we need to step up even more because it isn't a big need out there and to provide an ukraine with ammunition. this is now becoming a grinding war or attrition on the war. attrition is a war or logistics on the, on the on. therefore this is so, so crucial for our ability to ensure that ukraine winds is able to retake territory. us defense secretary light austin is optimistic at a bit targeted support. there is real chance ukraine could make 15 gains in the war for every system that we provide. we got a train troops on that system, but we're also going to give him additional training on, on maneuver on the integration of fires on sustainment and her in on maintenance.

and so with that additional capability, better trained troops are platforms that can perform a lot better. and in this environment, i think they'll have a real good chance at making a pretty significant difference on a battlefield. considering future security threats to thick dejan arched member countries to spin at least 2 percent of their g. d. p on defense at no agreement was reached on no targets for override defense spending by the near to a life. w corresponding terry schultz and brussels has been following the talks and i asked her earlier, what exactly nato is promising in order to speed up military aid for ukraine. there are a lot of different things that nato needs to do, to speed up the delivery of what it's already promised to ukraine. and that's what secretary general stolen and berg was talking about. although they have known for

many months now that that ukraine was firing many more rounds of artillery bullets than could be produced, they have yet to really ramp up production on the ground here in europe, or even in the united states to meet that demand. so now they're getting really serious about it. it's, it's, you know, a shortfall that people worry, could see ukraine actually running out of ammunition. and so each country is looking at what it can do to both generate more, more production in their own companies, and also joined together. they're talking about jointly procuring ammunition now to make the orders big enough to, to entice industry to, to change production practices and make them more rapid. and one of the big challenges for nato countries seems to be supplying ukraine with military equipment while maintaining their own ability to defend themselves. how is the alliance handling this issue? this is an issue because of course nobody was prepared for a shooting war in europe again. so once this started, they had to send

a lot of these weapons that they hadn't really been stalking up on in, over past years. in fact, with ammunition which we o scaling production thinking, it wouldn't be necessary again. so when it came to supplying ukraine secretary general stilton berg said, don't think about this as a dilemma. if you've got, if you've got an issue, send the supplies to ukraine and let's back fill our own stocks later. so he's allowed countries to, to sort of reduce the standards and what they should keep on hand for some kind of domestic emergency. and they, they're planning on replenishing those as we talk about it, scaling up the ammunition supplies. and the allies are also discussing potential changes to national defense budgets among all of this, right? that's true. i mean, all these things we're talking about cost, a lot of money more than nato was. it was prepared for when it made this 2 percent pledge 7 years ago. that's of course one that's become famous in germany because

germany was very slow to scale up its defense spending and has come under a lot of criticism for it. but it's certainly not the only country. so now what nato is talking about is not making 2 percent the lower thresh, the upper threshold, but rather the lower threshold. some countries are already spending 3 percent of their g, d, p on their defense. and they'd like to see other countries ramp up as well. so by 2024, nato is going to need to come up with a new formula to replace the so called whales pledge. and that's something that they plan to decide at this summer's summit in vilnius. what about ukraine's playing for fighter jets, any progress on that issue? if you're ukraine, you certainly don't see any progress. this is not something nato has any appetite to do. none of the allies who possess these fighter jets have made any offer whatsoever to ukraine and they don't see this is really a practical solution for ukraine. they believe that that fighter jets is flying

over russian held territory, and ukraine would immediately be shot down. and so that's a very expensive failure. what nato has said to day and, and yesterday to ukraine, is that let us bolster your air defense so that you can shoot down these missiles without having fighter jets in the air. this is something they're talking about possibly providing ukraine in the future when ukraine has pushed russia off its territory to pursue rebuild and air defense, including fighter jets for ukraine. but everyone says it's too early. now this is really not something that's in the cards at the moment, but remember that we said about tanks as well, and now they should be on their way to ukraine. so you never know b, w corresponding terry sholtes in brussels. thank you so much. turning now to the earthquakes and turkey and syria, the number of people known to have died in both countries has risen above 40000 military and 8 has been slow to reach, especially parts of syria,

which has been finding a civil war for more than a decade. and a new deal between the united nations and the syrian government means assistance is now starting to get through help is finally on its way within hours of the you and negotiating a deal with the government, damascus to open to boot crossings between turkey and northwest. and syria, this international age convoy is heading straight on through the us quite devastated parts if the opposition held region 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 here sir. border. just log in so fast. we that reproductive magazine as

like digital transaction parking. now we're not, we're celia and they, we did, you hurt the sliced 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 quiet. 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 and turkey. many requiring medical treatment with only 300 beds. the worship hospital can only relieve a small part of the current, huge strain on the turkish health care system. let's get you up to speed now and some other stories making headlines around the world at the sour. at least 39 people have been killed and 20 more injured in a bus crash in panama authority say the bus was carrying migrants who had entered from columbia record numbers of my friends arrived in panama last year headed for the united states. for your conviction, a us court has sentenced a white supremacist who killed 10 black people in a mass shooting last year to life in prison. court proceedings were briefly disrupted after one of the victims relatives lunged for him. the shooter expressed for morse for the massacre saying he had been radicalized by racist conspiracy.

theories on the internet. dozens of migrants are missing and presumed dead. after their boat sank off the coast of libya, rescuers have retrieved 11 bodies, while 7 survivors are in hospital receiving treatment. it's just the latest ship wreck in the mediterranean, one of the world's most dangerous migration routes. will ron's president ever i'm right you see has criticized sanctions as quote weapons of mass destruction during the 2nd day of a rare state visit to china to her on is seeking closer ties with beijing, which is already one of the biggest buyers of iranian oil runs economy has been struggling for years due to crippling us sanctions imposed over its nuclear program . here in berlin organizers are getting ready to roll out the red carpet or the cities annual film festival known as the brilliant dollar. on top of

the usual glitz and glamour, there's a string of movies and events in solidarity with ukraine and the protests in iraq. the berlin allah is back after 2 scaled down additions this february. it's back to business for one of the world's biggest film festivals. and one of the german capitals, greatest cultural jewels. the organizers are pulling out all the stops to get filled lovers of their couches and industry players out of home office artistic director carlo chaplain. your says this year's festival received more film entries than ever before. may been the last 2 additions, some companies hold off their films or it also may be. ready the result of the fact that after 2 years, many companies, many filmmakers wanted and want to be back and be part of this great celebration of cinema. hollywood will be well represented with actress kristin stewart,

heading the international jury. she'll be joined by a host of stars on the red carpet. besides the glamour, the berlin ala has always engaged with the real world and this year is no exception . last year's festival ended days before russia's invasion of ukraine and lis, 73rd berliner is putting the country center stage. sean, penn's documentary about president zalinski superpower will have its world premiere here, a qu for the berlin ana. oh, so for me, this film is like the doors through which i hope the entire audience of the festival i can pass and, and then be connected without a documentary that are maybe less or now we have films in panorama fiction and documentary. we have him since generation, we're film films in form that really provide a very wide diversified picture of what happened in cream and still happening

during the last 12 months. the festival will also feature the european premier of iron butterflies. a documentary about the shooting down of malaysia airlines flight m h. 17. about the current human rights protests in iran are also reflected in the line up films. primary include 7 winters into iran, about an iranian woman who was executed for defending herself against a rapist. as well as politics and blister for the next 10 days, all eyes will be on the gold. as 19 films from across the globe compete for the coveted golden bed and a host of other prizes. they'll be handed out a week on saturday and in true bird in our fashion. any one of them could be a winner. i do have a new one. i would look for you with them. before we go, here's a quick reminder of the top story. we're following for you. nato allies meeting in

brussels have agreed to supply more weapons and military training to ukraine. member states will step up reduction of ammunition and artillery shells. the nato secretary general admits more needs to be done with offer me, but now invariably is here after the break with your business updates. so stay tuned for that. the, you here again, tomorrow i'm the call for me and the entire team in berlin. thanks for your company . ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips with.