[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah ah, the sustainable you news, lying from berlin that the u. s. president breaks his silence on the recent you. a 4th shot down by the military. joe biden says the 3 most recent objects down over north america do not appear to resemble

a suspected chinese spy balloon down earlier this month. also coming up after a devastating earthquakes, an ancient city in ruins. we report from the turkish city of am. talkie are known in earlier times as an eoc for the recent quakes have wiped out historical sites dating back thousands of years. and the bare is back, hollywood glamour, robs up against politics. as for linds famous film festival, the berlin outlet opens it includes the world premier of superpowers, sean, penn's documentary about ukraine's war time. president ah avenue cough really shower viewers on p b. s and the united states and all around the world. welcome. yes, presidential biden has finally spoken about the chinese balloon saga and 3 other

unknown aerial objects shot down by us fighter jets. in recent days, it all started when a gigantic, a white balloon suspected to be a chinese surveillance device. was shot down and early february, putting north american security forces on high alert since then 3 other much smaller objects were spotted over canada. and the united states of, of the u. s. states of alaska and michigan and shot down as well. biden has now broken his silence about the unknown aerial objects. we don't yet know exactly what these 3 objects were, but nothing, nothing right now suggest they were related to china, spar balloon program. or there were surveillance vehicles from other any other country intelligence committees, current assessment. is that these 3 objects for most likely balloons tied to private companies? recreation or researchers solutions studied whether or conducting other scientific research. oh, can i speak to the devil you corresponded mikaela,

chris no is following all this from washington mckayla, according to joe biden, at the origin and purpose of these object is still not clear. how can that be because they're still looking for the devry, and this is in difficult conditions. the most, michelle, they found is about that very 1st balloon that spock this whole affair. that is linked to chinese intelligence gathering that much, we know we're still due to learn more about the makeup of that, the electronics, what the precise target could have been. although there was speculation that it was originally supposed to go across hawaii. but these other 3 buildings were discovered and it's want to remind us all because it's, it's also being reiterated, but it get somewhat lost when there was another look at the radar systems used to detect any kind of flying objects. and those were much more sensitive after that 1st balloon. and that's why these other 3 objects were found who,

which were initially described to be malign. and now we've heard a bit more detail on that from the president. the assumption that these could have been weather balloons or from a private company. but we did actually and surprising the little new in that 8 minute or so statement where he didn't alter any questions. so how will these kinds of object be dealt with in the future? well, that's the thing the president did announce that there could be policy changes and look at how protocols could potentially be changed in the future. what we know a lot more about that than about the balloons, is the impact that this has had. this 1st initial balloon came as quite a bit of a shock to the american people who suddenly found a huge chinese spike balloon over their territory. and it sparked a cascade of political movement with now all sides out bidding each other to be more critical of china. and this torpedoed attempts by president biden to put

a floor in relations which with china which had been a downhill anyway after all. and his secretary of state blinking then counsel to visit and now we heard from the president that he intends to reach out and reconnect with china in the near future. so that's something many policy makers feel is overdue, and many others who a hawkish on china feel more anti china. that also means economics the, with a huge interdependence than they were before. and by has said that he wants to talk about all of this with the chinese president mckayla could no from washington. thank you so much. more than 42000 people are now confirmed to have been killed in earthquakes in turkey and syria. the cities of takia and turkeys had ty, province, was one of the hardest hid areas known as antioch. in ancient times, the city was a key staging point on the silk road. until recently, it was a multi cultural,

multi religious place home to turks curds. armenians, arabs and jews, but the quakes caused colossal damage to this once vibrant city or corresponding julia han went to and takia for us. and here is what she witnessed. mm. this is woods left of an takia, once known for its rich heritage. the city now lies and ruins, unrecognizable. unreal. in the old city, several st. so still inaccessible, blocked by buildings flattened by the quakes and cars trapped under the debris. this was the old town of antique. yeah. once popular with tourists, but look at it now. at least half of it is gone. centuries of history

ravaged in a few minutes. cherished landmarks have been destroyed here, churches and turkey as synagogue. and the happy be niger mosque. the dome smashed into wood, used to be the prayer, hol, built in the 7th century. it is considered to be the oldest in turkey. the referral shall have fun, so used to live next door. he was trapped under the rubble of his house for more than a day or after the quake struck. he tells me, so for up to can go on for grandma in the year after we got out, we saw what had happened on takyo. thomas stood here for more than a 1000 years. and when we saw that acculab some of the we understood how powerful the earthquake was and how deadly shall up his last many of his relatives, neighbors and friends. play come on his pic overland, there's nothing left and on takia you're the mud following date is coming in. yeah

. but i wish before the ada logan theater and the heavy machinery that so we could have saved all those licenses. we received food aid or serve them prior to mac, your bones or people were still under the rubble and still, the scale of the destruction makes it hard to say how many a dead and buried rescue teams have been searching day and night. the signs of life from the beginning of the at quick the narrow stays was coca totally blocked and it was not easy to find people actually. second days taught these unfortunate steel. there was a lot of a lot of people. david shelton got us for help. we talked to this to all of them, but it was impossible. tens of thousands have since flint, the city for those who stayed. the search for survivors has turned into a search for remind us. i doesn't, behind

a lot of. i chosen be darden or everybody here had dream. sudden everybody here had a future libby shares and now what's left of it, a dead city of all model. nothing else on the high up i assure level for our lives on a high up and we could never imagine this year hire little the good. we're alive, but we're now wandering around in a ghost town biology, ancient legacy. throughout the wreckage that was untouched. yeah, pain is plentiful and no one he knows how long it will take for this city to recover. now in turkey, many quake victims her being buried and mass graves, making it difficult for loved ones to find them. and as dw jack para reports, even when there are individual graves, many are unmarked. ah, the unmistakable sound of grief,

ah, these people have just identified the body of a loved one at this graveyard on the outskirts of kurama marsh in southern turkey. miss tougher arrives in search of his child hastily, letterhead, semicolon him by the modem. i searched to hospitals for my baby like almost the room, but i want to bury my baby and to pray brazos. and that's all i want to miss you, but it's no loss miss yesterday. and nurse, she 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 ms lot. we should bill on a good at sheba, probably still on been missed off a 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 will if you will, just show me that his me to their medium is janasia let him know when our processes are done. look, there is still some bodies which can't be identified. him a 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 families later miss yell pull up, you know, systemic initially. mrs. allah, missouri was shaky luchella's my of 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. gun them is done. gotcha. hutchinson. i wish every one was to lead alive is susan steers. i'm but we're here treating the bodies as they should be treated in the islamic way, brother. yes. give the families peace of mind to law me shocked larva he's in the toronto some few places represent the horrors of the earthquake more than here and is more bodies of buried. more families walked the graveyard to find their final resting place. thirty's in ukraine say they are shot down most of the 6 suspect then rush and surveillance balloons detected in the skies over cave and kremlin hasn't commented on the reports, but russian forces have launched a new round of missile attacks across ukraine. ukraine has repelled some of the attacks when authority say multiple targets have been hit,

including the country's largest oil refinery. and with the latest assaults across ukraine. russia's spring offensive appears to have begun, given the problems with jets and ammunition supplies. we asked e gord shelf cra, deputy head of the office of the president of ukraine, whether his country is ready. does that we already moved and ready and i think this revolves, which is planning now. it unfortunately will take place because they are destined to make this, but it will definitely destined to fail. and it will probably might have been a huge reverse, but very important that we should be prepared to come to atlanta. we had a very good and positive dynamics for the 2nd half of last year. remember after liberation also you created was harkey, and the, and the, and the east and you bring it. i'll talk if it was part of significant part of

south include in the city or here so. so we need to get this person named positive dynamics. when you get our territories liberated each by each kilometer baker meter . and us aiming at the aim of the break and all the director of health concerns mounting that ammunition supplies could be running low. we also asked shelf whether ukraine must now prioritize which targets to choose. well definitely if you are mentioned in about am, had mentioned in those a sophisticated western type air defense system. we have, we have already got and we were all the operating, all those we're still waiting. i'm talking about medium range anytime systems. definitely. we cannot use them every time because groceries combining now except for the fire in this case would be great. the combined, the cruise missiles with ballistic missiles and those missiles,

with drones and those joins in the south, combined with the balloons, which i mentioned it. so definitely we should be smart. understand the, the, the, the, the level of our munition we have and we are smart and we are, you know, using different different devices in order to, to, to, to intersect. but look currently way intersect in about 75 to 80 percent of the of the me sauce, or johnson or any other things. it could be better, it could be better provided that we had already as of now the desired come out of their defense and enemies. system and lastly w asked shall square what victory would look like for keith. the victory for you, grain is only 1. 1 we liberate all the all new grid that is those 2 and you full holders mine to 91 hours to e gorge off quad deputy head of the office of the president of ukraine speaking to

d. w. earlier and here are some other stories making headlines around the world to day. thousands of people have marched in france to denounce president my cost controversial pension reforms. demonstrators held up signs and chanted slogans, criticizing the government's proposal to raise the retirement age. from 62 to 64. new zealand has deployed naval vessels, a transport plane and helicopters to reach people cut off by cycle and gabrielle. at least 6 people died in the storm, which has caused major damage on the countries north island. prime minister says it could take weeks to restore power to some effected regions, unity today. and at least 15 people have been killed in avalanches in eastern tajikistan. most of the victims are the regional capital hood oak. the avalanche is struck after heavy snowfall. rescuers are still looking for a survivors. and spain has become the 1st european country to introduce paid

menstrual leave for painful periods. the new rule is part of the package of reforms that also expands abortion rights for teenagers. a new law that will allow anyone over 16 to change their legally registered gender was approved to one to one of the nearly 2 weeks after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the us state of ohio, causing a massive fire state officials are insisting that the air around the village of east palestine is safe, but local residents don't believe them. when this freight train derailed near the village of east palestine, it became clear from resulting flames that dangerous chemicals were on board. and the fire could lead to an 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 that might just need to. we were ordering you to

leave. ah, 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 from 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 to 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 near by ohio river. thousands of dead fish found in the vicinity. these samples were analyzed overnight with the full support and backing

of governor dwan. i am happy to announce that the evacuation order is now limited, but returning residents had their doubts. my son came out and he was like, oh my god, its thanks mom and it smells like paint thinner and i'm like now it doesn't. i got his mouth and, and it smells like really, really strong paint thinner and then his eyes turn like blood shot and he started coughing and i was like, ever leaving at the school. jim, the local community is concerned following reports of people suffering from headaches, rashes, and painful coughing. almost 2 weeks on, still waiting for answers. juggling now from columbus, ohio is reporter nick evans. nick communication with each policy in resident seems . disastrous. official sources are not passing on consistent information, and residents are frustrated. we just heard it there. so how are they dealing with this situation? so if i were to sum it up,

i mean it sounds as though what we've heard from state government officials is that it's safe, it's clean. we're not picking up anything in our air monitoring tests that would suggest that you know, it would be unsafe to return home. however, there are just these, this mountain of anecdotal reports that, you know, people like, like you just had like, you know, it smells like pete center. i just watched a stream this morning of our, our newest us sen, judy vance, talking about like, i've been here for 3 hours and, you know, it stinks. and what we heard the other day from the the, the state medical director, doctor bruce vander half is that even at very, very, very low levels. stop some of these chemicals are things that the human body can detect even if they aren't necessarily unsafe. and so i think what we arrive, that is just, you know, state officials can't,

can't put their finger on anything that is wrong or bad. but the people that are living there are sort of saying, you know, the proof is in the pudding like, i like, i feel this right now. like it's my eyes are burning, smells strange, like what do you want me to tell you kind of thing. but let's look at the facts here because what you're saying is that, you know, there can be something in the air that isn't necessarily harmful to the human body . what to do on the on side test, tell us what we have heard at least is that the, the air clear? we have seen that the, the, the water in one of the, the closest nearby streams is contaminated, but state officials believe that they have it. they have a contained right now there are major concerns, however, that what has been released already could leach into the, into the ground water right now. like the, the 1st issue is sort of surface rudder stuff. but then once it gets into the

ground, like does it enter the water table? and if it does, like, how long does it take to to clean that? but as it seems right now, what we have heard least is that air quality is fine. water is an issue, but they are working on it. i was reporter nick evans, joining us tonight from columbus, ohio. thank you so much. happy to do it. here in berlin, the annual international film festival, known as the berlin olive opens for it's 73rd edition. as well as the usual red carpet glitz and glamour, there is a string of movies and events and solidarity with ukraine and the protests in iran . sean penn's documentary superpower about ukrainian president lensky will have its world premiere. the festival will also feature films highlighting the current human rights protests in iran. hollywood star kristen steward heads the international jury as 19 films from around the world compete for the coveted golden bear that will be awarded

a week from saturday. and the bill we use to lita barrow is covering the burly now the for us i asked her earlier for an update on the 1st day of the festival, which is usually a pretty star studded affair. fats, right. nicole, i'm here in front of the bell in i la palace and to night is been very busy on the red carpet we had the stars of the opening or feel now on the carpets are giving autographs. peter dean cleared, sporting a fabulous fil beard was here, and half the way mercer tommy were here. they both are in the opening fan, which is not in competition. arm and her as, as you know, the bell in our let is one of the most political festivals of all the major festivals. we don't just have stars or we have politics here as well. and that was very obvious during the opening ceremony, which took place here tonight. now a half the german government was there, you know, not just a culture minister claudia court, but also, or the economy minister,

the agricultural minister. we also had the ukrainian ambassador because of course ukraine is going to figure very much in this festival. now sean penn spoke briefly about the making of his documentary superpower about president zalinski and, and talked about the fact that he was literally about to interview zalinski. when almost exactly a year ago, today, the massage started flying and then he introduced zalinski and he made a very moving a live video address and got a started cut to wait. had a standing ovation that lasted about a minute under, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. and he did make some quite moving comments about how important cinema is in breaking down barriers and changing opinions earned or making people want to change. the world also talked about berlin being, having been a divided city and made parallels with what's going on in his country and ukraine taking center stage there. but what about the competition? because there are some prizes being given out at the berlin ali as

a rear. absolutely. in 10 days time now be the golden and the silver bears there in 19 films in competition. as you said, a 5 of them are by german filmmakers. 6 of or by a women filmmakers that's more than ever before. most of their fictional features, one documentary, 2, are animated features and deciding who's going to win. those prizes is an international jury headed by twilight star or kristin stewart. we've also got them in the jury to former golden bet winners. and we've got carla simone who won last year for iris. we've also got the remaining director of the year 2021 winner. good luck banging or loony porn. and we also have an iranian actress who is now living in exile because since 2009, he's been living in france because she was banned from going to back to iran because of appearing in a hollywood film and not wearing

a he job. we will see lots of solidarity with the human rights struggle in iran, won't we? there will be, there are lots of iranian films are showing m, including a german made documentary called 7 winters into iran. now this is about a woman he was executed for defending herself against a rapist and her family. and now live in berlin and they made that film in collaborate collaboration with the filmmaker i just must imagine also they'll be 9 ukrainian films as well. and there's going to be also industry panels talking about how people can help you craner filmmakers in the future. and we will look forward to your daily updates from all of that right there from the red carpet in front of the burly man palace. thank you. so much alida barrow, this 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 1986, a team of us scientists filmed the titanic wreckage after finding it a year. earlier off the coast of canada, the footage is being released to coincide with a 25th anniversary guested of that hollywood movie. and a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you. you as presidential bible says the 3 unidentified objects shot down over north america in recent days. do not appear to resemble a suspect. the chinese spy balloon down earlier this month. stay with us now. after a short break,

i'll be back to take you through the day hope to see you there. ah, [000:00:00;00] with oh mm. ah ah, in turkey, people are not only a morning there dead. there in shock,

the said fail to prevent the catastrophe. ah, because of shots construction, everything lies in ruins. for syrian refugees who have come here seeking safety, the future looks equally. bleed focus in europe. in 60 minutes on d w. ah, ah, we've got some hot tips for your bucket list in romantic corner tread hotspot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot w travel off we go. many of the wood i am on lana,

seattle's keania. i am running for president of the republic of bellow, only key with john dunder searches for the truth again. this time the exiled turkish journalist meets svetlana itsyana sky, exiled leader of the opposition in bella ruse. i mean, of course i'm tired and tired, physically untied. morally, it's too much on my shoulders, but i have to hold this weight that goes, i'm responsible for the future. follow contra for the people. far behind the boss. guardians of truth starts february 18th on d. w. mm oh, the earthquakes in turkey and syria have triggered a major humanitarian catastrophe with more than 42000 confirm, dead, and millions left homeless. on thursday,