week on d w or ah ah, this is the w news. my from berlin burying the dead after devastating earthquakes. turkey digs mass graves for thousands. and while most victims have been identified, many families are still desperately trying to find missing loved ones. also on the program, more balloons shot down this time over key if ukraine says it brought down the suspected russian surveillance aircraft as moscow increases its attacks in the air and on the ground. and germany receives a record number of refugees as the war in ukraine continues. overwhelmed?

local authorities as berlin for health. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria have now claimed more than 40000 lives in turkey. many of the dad to being buried in mass graves, making it difficult for loved ones to find them. and as d, w as jack para reports, some grades are still unmarked. the unmistakable sound of grief, ah, these people have just identified the body of a loved one. at this graveyard on the outskirts of karima marsh in southern takia. mister duffer arrives in search of his child. how silly little hep simple as you buy them out, you. i searched a hospitals for my baby like almost the room,

but i want to bury my baby doing and to pray rosalind, that's all i want washing machine. it's now lost miss yesterday. and nurse told me my baby had died is all that i get and that i should come here, but they showed me a photo let. now i'm here to find the gravy of miss lot. wish him do on a good at she been mccullen this the order been mr for goes to find his baby fans arrive here every few minutes throughout the day, each carrying up to 4 people who died in the earthquakes. the national police force is coordinating the operation taking photos and fingerprints of the bodies which they match up to a national database in coordination with the interior ministry and the office of immigration live, which are shown that history to their medium is generally led him is when our processes are done like there's still some bodies which can't be identified whomever southerner for them would you like to avoid any confusion in the future?

in our knowledge, we take a biological sample for dna analysis. another which can be matched to blood samples from their family. slater missy up will up, you know, systemic. and then a stationary mrs. alma gazette was shaky luchella's my up yours. there are 600 people working in this graveyard alone. each of the graves here has a number on it so that the families can come and find out exactly where their loved one has been buried. it is an extremely sad and extremely powerful scene. and the reality of this earthquake is that this is just one graveyard like this pretty much every city in the region has a similar one. around 95 percent of the buried have been identified for those whose families don't make it here in time. volunteers have come to treat the bodies before burial. my name is dania ferguson. i wish every one was at alive. jones, i'm but we're here treating the bodies as they should be treated in the islamic way

. a brother is to give the families peace of mind law. mister clover is in the toronto few places represent the horrors of the earthquake more than here. and as more bodies are buried, more families walk to graveyard to find their final resting place. on more than 10 days after those massive tremors, people are staying, being still being pulled alive from the rubble. the 17 year old girl was rescued in carroll man, mira's province, 248 hours after the 1st earthquake hit on refuse, said she appeared to be in good health and could open and close her eyes. but such glimmers of hope are dwindling. tension is now focusing on delivering 8 millions of people left homeless without water, fuel, and other infrastructure. now, nato has promised to send tens of thousands of tents to provide some shelter for the many left without homes, but aid workers on the ground. so there is little hope there is little more than

a drop in the ocean. i've been speaking with that you action shockey. who's that c e o of the muslim foundation, which has been distributing aided cassie on tap airport in southern turkey. i asked him what else was needed or we think else is needed. i mean, we're talking about food blankets tailored like ok, the shelters. i mean there places to shower. you saw anything was where is woke up here and i'm talking here that you guys and i'm talking to the southern turkey and northern syria. and we've heard the reports of tensions between turkish citizens and syrian refugees. have you seen that? well, all this to i did not see it myself, i would the few i would call it to my or on line or maybe some individual incidents . but me, i been in the time on my eyes and many areas. i did not see it, but i think this will happen sooner or later if the it doesn't the right. right. so more shelter. right, so it's 8 is the most important thing at this time?

yes, yes, absolutely. i mean, aid that any other essential, like 2 days ago, actually yesterday i managed to pick shower base and the, you know, how relief is that? and i just imagine people who doesn't have shirts or doesn't have food and we cannot give them even place to just shower. it's very simple things. people don't think. all right. so what do you think that is needed next? let's presume that the 8 is arriving because we, we know, at the very least it's, it's on its way people get fed tense, get to put up what then is needed. i want to be done. i mean, the trauma everybody here, what does this catastrophic disaster is? traumatized, so we really need it like the specialized lockers petite. that was here. we need school agencies where it's all we need like

a lots of food carefully after at craig, and this one is not easy or it's great. thank you so much for joining us. we wish him well and you and deficit. yeah, jackie, and i got you on to thank you very much. that ukraine where authorities say they have shot down. most of the 6 suspected russians surveillance balloons detected in the skies of a cave. the kremlin made no comment on the reports as russia increases its attacks on areas of east in ukraine, nato countries of responded to keeps call for support by promising to increase production of munitions or russia. so war has fundamentally altered the perceived threats to security in europe. since the start of the war, nato has significantly increased its presence in the baltic states. at the request of the government. there, latvia, lithuania and estonia all border russia and were once part of the soviet union. now they're members of nato, and the european union. dw killian buyer has been to the amari air base in

australia to look at nato's air policing mission, which is monitoring the skies for unauthorized russian activities. thermal underwear, a water immersion suit, boots, a g suit, a life jacket and a helmet. it takes lieutenant colonel christoph hoffmeister just under 2 minutes to put it all on right next door. his euro fighter is refueled and armed with a 27 millimeter cannon, and air to air missiles ready for take off in under 15 minutes. their courts, the ones on how complex that's a very short time for such a highly complex system. as for ela, pillow, it's no secret that for all pilots, when you're fast asleep, when the alarm goes off, the your pulse starts rising melinda, that's in the adrenalin kicks in, because you're trying to be ready heights as we completely awake shine, so that you can get your job done at day or at night is and splitting ones off.

take about half my stuff is the german detachment commander for nato's enhanced air policing mission in estonia. under his command on a my re air base, our 4 year old fighter jets their pilots ground crew and support personnel. a total of around $150.00 soldiers. their military mission is to protect the air space over the baltic states and to identify unknown and potentially hostile aircraft. just like the other baltic states, estonia has a very small air force and no fighter jets of its own. nato has been providing air support to estonia, latvia and lithuania since 2004. in 2014. after russia illegally annexed crimea, nato started a 2nd air policing mission and amory, where the germans are now stationed. i'm standing here on the estonian coastline and behind me in that direction is the gulf of finland. and this is where nato

fighter jets are regularly scramble to, to intercept russian airplane, heading from st. petersburg to coline ground. after take off the jets need as little as 3 minutes to reach international air space and intercept their targets. russian military aircraft regularly fly with their flight transponders turned off and do not communicate with aircraft controllers on the ground. a potential hazard for civilian air traffic. in this case, the loft buffer euro fighters are tasked to intercept the unknown aircraft and identify them. the melissa, so not normal when to fight a jets don't communicate in international airspace i look. and when you're approaching an aircraft that you're not in contact with us and you don't know what the other guy's doing was intentions are then what is flight path is going to, of course you are bit more tense, can respond as well. is this an anguish monta christoph hoffmeister and his soldiers are well prepared for all possible situations. together with other nato

pilots, they secured the air space along the alliance eastern flank, 24 hours a day. all year round. russia's war in ukraine is putting the issue of refugees back on the german political agenda. last year, more than 1200000 refugees arrived in germany even more than in what became known as the migration crisis of 2015 and 60 many had fled at war and the consequences of war in countries like syria and afghanistan. but now, more than 80 percent of refugees arriving in germany from ukraine, and that's left many local authorities feeling overwhelmed, which is white a day. politicians and experts have been meeting in berlin to discuss solutions. political correspondent, hands branch has been following that meeting at germany. se interior ministry, welcome hands. so what news? any answers not really. i think you have to say that the summit,

which are brought together the different levels of government from central government to the regional governments to the local government didn't really find much agreement. all that could agree on is that they would to coordinate their work more closely in future. they have forming a few working groups to coordinate various subjects that they're all interested in . but in the end, what remains is this really major dissatisfaction among local authorities and feel that to a large extent, they're being left alone with dealing with refugees, with dealing with a problem which they themselves cannot really control. that the controls should be at central government. and the major problem here, of course, is as you've said, that more than a 1000000 refugees from ukraine have arrived in the last year or so. so all the systems that are in place for dealing with refugees normally have basically been

overwhelmed in this past year. right. so it, it sounds like they are at least agree that there is a problem. and why is the central government failing to, to come up with a solution? well, i mean, in a federal system, and this is the stance of the central government in the federal system. responsibility is divided between the central government, the federal states, the regional governments, and the local governments and federal government to saying, well, what the local government has to do is to provide for the refugees, ones that have been assigned to the areas. and i guess everybody agrees that that is the normal way of doing things, but under the circumstances, it's a very big ask. and the biggest problem is accommodation basically accommodation is as it is at a premium all over germany for anybody living in this country. so it's very difficult beyond emergency accommodation, in se,

tans tenths or in sports holes or something like that to find something more permanent for these one point. 2000000 people that have arrived and the last year or so. and there in fact the, on the quick solutions and not even money would help in that situation. well, that was, that was go to that. that was actually brings me to my next point because one thing that germany is not short of is money and the states have asked for more financial aid to cope with those that structural problems facing them. so from what you've said, that wasn't on the table either. well, there was a, there was a demand for, for, for more money, especially from the representatives of local government. the central state has said, we have talked about this repeatedly and various other forums. it is being talked about and decisions will be made in mid april, somewhere around easter. but at the moment today, no money was promised, no money is in the offing. and in fact, the local government left this meeting,

very dissatisfied. thank you. that hands hands brands at the w political correspondent. well as germany, struggles to keep up with that unprecedented number of refugees in the country, some communities are trying out their own solutions to house people. small city of golf law in central, germany's using all the resources it house to make a new arrivals feel at home. a taste of home to day jojo esther panko is making ukrainian butch beetroot soup. she fled from ki if to germany and march 2022 with her 2 daughters since then they've been living in the small city of kosler. her husband, a policeman, stayed behind julia's daughters, anya and maria go to local school and kindergarten. at 1st, the family lived in a hostile room provided by the district, but moved to a private apartment just 2 months later. leopard health was in the world at the beginning, it wasn't very important where we lived because the situation was so terrible. she didn't have any expectations,

wound up with all we wanted was safety that we ended up moving here with these great conditions is very cool. not that she is here or more with said auto group of just over 2000 ukrainian refugees like julia and her kids have come to the district of goss law since the war began. the local population is about a 130000 people. there are many older people here and many apartments have been left empty. the local administration created a system to match refugees up with the owners of that free accommodation. the district also has several temporary arrival centers for refugees on offer, including a hotel and a hostile and me, its facilities misdemeanor. if i imagined that i had to live for several months in a sports hall with lots of people, i don't know, conflict put into of course that kind of thing can create conflict. and of course, having people living in apartments across that goes large district allows us to integrate them better in them. and then we also have

a lot of volunteers and villages and cities who else these people and it didn't been mentioned. so as i understand, you know, like in this former casino in the city of goslin, now a center for donations around 30 volunteers have been here almost every day to help the refugees with advice and to sort through clothes, furniture, and household objects, all things the ukrainians desperately need when they move into completely empty apartments. the common he here is to they come here and the 1st thing they say is do you have cutlery, neck blankets? i do have a pillow as well. it's almost unimaginable what that means to really have nothing as high as midnight hub. the state has now officially stopped assigning ukrainians to the goslin district, but the local administration is expecting around 700 asylum seekers from other countries to arrive in the coming months. some of them may not be as lucky as eula and her family. the local administration says the stock of empty apartments may run

out soon onto the us and nearly a 2 weeks after a train carrying toxic chemicals. d railed in the state of ohio, causing a massive fire state officials are insisting the air around the village of east palestine is safe, but local residence don't believe him. when this free train derailed near the village of east palestine, it became clear from resulting flames that dangerous chemicals were on board. in the fire could lead tune explosion. local authorities said they weren't aware of high risk chemicals moving through the tracks before the derailment. ohio's governor issued an immediate order by you just need to, we were ordering you to leave of this is a matter of life and death. hundreds of families evacuated from the community of some 4700 people. we am evacuated pretty

quickly. we didn't know what was going on to a hotel in west virginia. yes. or west virginia yesterday i had to go home to pick up prescriptions. um the creek by my house had a very, very strong family mount to it. i went in my house, it was worse. meanwhile, authorities burned the remaining chemicals to prevent a catastrophic blast. releasing more toxic fumes into the air. officials collected samples to gauge the extent of environmental damage. traces of chemicals found in the nearby ohio river. thousands of dead fish found in the vicinity. these samples were analyzed overnight with the false born backing of governor de wine. i am happy to announce that the evacuation order is now little bit, but returning residents have their doubts. my son came out. he was like,

oh my god, it's thanks mom it's, it's more like paint than her and i'm like now it doesn't. i got up of mount and, and it smelled like really, really strong paint than her. and then his eyes turned like blood shot and he started coughing and i was like our leaving at the school gym. the local community is concerned following reports of people suffering from headaches, rashes, and painful coughing, almost 2 weeks on still waiting for answers. let's see if we can get any from our responds or mikaela krista in washington. welcome mckayla. what a residence being told about the potential dangers to their health? well, they're being told that they should not drink the water. they're supposed to drink bottled water, which many odd hearing to and when it comes to this smell and the quality of the air, they're the environmental environmental protection agency has taken samples. they have analyzed that is accessible on their website. i have looked at the website and

to, with everything that they've tested, they say the column where it says whether it's a hazard says no. at the same time, people are clearly smelling that something is wrong and they are seeing in the environment. there was reports of dead fish. there's also reports of chickens that have died. so all of this looks and sounds like almost a disaster movie and, and what didn't help is that the company, norfolk southern southern whose train derailed. and course this didn't turn up to a townhouse meeting here on wednesday, exciting security concerns, not because of the chemicals, but because of what they could potentially face the anger that they could face. so they're still many, many open questions on the community of some 5000 people deeply concerned about this. so if this does turn into the complex environmental disaster that said it's a j t van says it is without leave. the railway company are open for to be charged for

more than just the physical cleanup of the. busy busy so it potentially would, but there's so many open questions also whether the soil has been hasn't been removed fast enough to contain the toxic chemicals that are there. and we're also seeing from the wording of the statement issued by norfolk southern who were talking of trying to help the local residents reimbursing residents. not compensating or getting into legal territory here. and also setting up a charitable fund of 1000000 to help the local community. already one can see that the company is going into legal defense mode, right in the middle of this disaster, where people have only just been given on the 8th of february, the opportunity to even, to return to their homes. so there's a lingering fear. there's signs of real contamination there and no clear

answers also and how residents should behave. and the governor was asked whether he would be concerned if he lived there how he would react at that town home. and he said, well, he would drink the only bottles water, he would remain vigilant and alert, but he didn't really have any answers for people. so this is a community that is deeply afraid. and by the look of the i the have a reason to be. thank you. mikaela, mikaela, kirkland in washington, are here in berlin. the organizers are getting ready for those cities, annual international film festival, known as the bought another on top of the usual glitz and glamour on the red carpet of as a string of movies and defense in solidarity with ukraine on the protesting era. 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 shats the all 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 allah has always engaged with the real world and list is no exception. last year's festival ended days before rushes invasion of ukraine and lis 73rd berlin. allah is putting the country center stage. sean, penn's documentary about president zalinski superpower will have its world premiere

here a to 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 with other documentary that are maybe less or now we have films in panorama fiction and documentary. we're film since generation. we're film films in the form that really provide a very wide diversified picture of what happened in cream and still happening. or 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 glitter for the next 10 days. all eyes will be on the gold. as 19 films from across the globe compete for the coveted golden bear and a host of other prizes. they'll be handed out a week on saturday. and in truth, early in our fashion, any one of them could be a winner and revenue, one. hello, clear to them. it was the world's largest ocean liner, thought to be unsinkable until it sank during its maiden voyage. now, rare footage of the titanic is being released some of it for the 1st time in niger $86.00, a team of us scientists film the wreckage after finding it a year earlier off the coast of canada footage is being released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of that hollywood movie.

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