experience outstanding shopping and dining offers. enjoy our services to be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by fraud. ah ah, ah, ah, business dw, live from berlin, devastating earthquakes leave an ancient city in ruins. report from antarctica, where the disaster has wiped out historical sites, eating back thousands of years. also coming up, joe biden breaks his silence. the balloons and other aerial objects shot down by us

fighter jets in recent days. and the bed is back. hollywood glamour robs up against politics as berlin seamless film. first of all, the burden alley ah, i've told yoletta, go welcome to the program. the u. m. has appeal to the international community for at least $1000000000.00 us dollars. it aid to help those affected by the earthquakes, a turkey and syria. the disaster has killed more than 42000 people. the city of attack year in turkey is hattie province was one of the hardest areas known as antioch and asian times. the city was a key staging point on the silk road. but the quakes of cause the colossal damage

to this one's vibrant place correspond, julia han has more. ah, this is what's left of untouched air. once known for its rich heritage, the city now lies and ruins. unrecognizable. unreal. in the old city, several st. so still inaccessible locked my 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 hobby b niger mosque. the dome smashed into wood, used to be the prey

a whole built in the 7th century. it is considered to be the oldest in turkey. referral shall have fun so used to live next door. he was trapped under the rubble of his house for more than a day after the quake struck. he tells me so for her to come jumper grim on the year after we got out. we saw what had happened on takia to mastered here for more than a 1000 years. and when we saw that acculab, some of we understood how powerful the earthquake was and how deadly shall hub has lost many of his relatives, neighbors and friends. play come on this chick overland. there's nothing left hand and takia the mud following date is coming in. yeah. but i wish before the ada logan theater and the heavy machinery. so we could have saved all those lives. we were c, food, aid or serve and protect 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 earth clicked the narrow stairs was cloak totally blocked and it was not easy to find people actually. second days, thirty's, and forty's still. there was a lot of a lot of people, david shelton get us for help. we try to rescue 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 reminders or doesn't behind. a lot of them are chosen beer garden or everybody here had dream sat on everybody here had a future early be shares and now what's left of

a dead city of all model. nothing else on the high up. i assures laval, florida is on a high up and we could never imagine this is she? hi, a little the good. we're alive. but we are now wandering around in a ghost town. i. allah! cherish and legacy. throughout the wreckage that was untouched. yeah, pain is plentiful and no one he knows how long it will take for the city to recover. u. s. president joe biden has spoken about the chinese balloon saga and the 3 other unknown ariel objects shut down by us fighter jets in recent days. not all started when a gigantic white balloon suspected to be a tiny surveillance device. was shot down in early february, putting north american security forces on high lead since then, 3 other much smaller objects was spotted over canada, and the u. s. states of alaska and michigan and shot down as well. biden has been

speaking about the flying objects. we know yet know exactly what these 3 objects were, but nothing, nothing right now suggest they were related to china spy blue program. or there were surveillance vehicles from other any other country intelligence communities current assessment is that these 3 objects for most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studied whether or conducting other scientific research, dw correspondent michelle casner has been following joe biden speech. so finally a. 6 word from the president on those balloons. the 1st one, the united states says that big balloon that could be seen from the ground here in the united states. u. s. s. was a chinese spy balloon. china still protest that the other 3 now heard from the mouth of the president himself, unlikely to be part of any kind of spying program,

more likely something malign, something that belongs to a private company or an institution. the real new announcement from the president today is that there's an intention here to speak to the chinese president . she directly about this very issue. but the united states and china would never only speak about one balloon. they have a lot to talk about to responsibly manage that competition, that rivalry, that is official u. s. policy. and that's crumbled visit by the u. s. secretary of state was canceled when that balloon was detected in the sky. so relations have been in a downward spiral, and this can safely be seen as an offer for talks from the united states. turn to some other stories, making headlines around the world. thousands of people that marston, france to denounce president microns,

controversial pension reforms. demonstrators held up signs and chanted slogans, criticizing the government's proposal to raise the retirement age from 60 to 60 new zealand has deployed naval vessels, a transport plane and helicopters to reach people cut off by psych loan gabrielle. at least 6 people died in the storm, which has caused major damage on the countries north island, the prime minister says it could take weeks to to restore part, to some effected regions, significant of in a bearing. viola. at least 15 people have been killed in avalanches in eastern tajikistan. most of the victims are in the regional capital. all the avalanche is struck after heavy snowfall and rescue is still looking for survivors. spain has become the 1st european country to introduce hate, menstrual need for pay periods. the new rule is part of

a 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 when i went to 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 residents don't believe them. when this free train derailed near the village of east palestine, it became clear from resulting flames that dangerous chemicals were on board. and the fire kit, lee tune explosion, local authority said they weren't aware of high risk chemicals moving through the tracks before the derailment. ohio's governor issued an immediate order by just need to lou 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 chemical smell 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 nearby ohio river. thousands of dead fish found in the vicinity. these samples were analyzed overnight with the full support and back of

governor de wine. i am happy to announce that the evacuation order is now limited, but returning residents have their doubts. my son came out, he was like, oh my god, it stinks mom. its it smells like paint than her, and i'm like now it doesn't, i gotta look mt and, and it smells 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. here in berlin, the annual international film festival known as the bell n alley, has opened. the 73rd edition includes movies and events in solidarity with ukraine and the protest in iran. 19 films are competing for the coveted golden bear. that'll be awarded a week from saturday. cameras flashing fans,

screaming to berlin ali is back in full swing. but while celebrating film with glitz and glamour, the festival has always been political. maybe this year, more than ever. john pans documentary about ukraine, title superpower, is one of the festivals most anticipated films just returned from key. if the actor and director took to the stage to introduce the night special guest zalinski in care of, can you hear us in his video message? ukrainian president shared his thoughts about the role of film in times of crisis. call her make choices in times like these are chooses aside, are, are sticks out in different ways fighting as any evil or overhauled and

remains science and in fact, helping it. the belly knowledge has chosen not to remain silent. the festival is taking a clear stance against the russian invasion of ukraine and is showing it solidarity with the anti regime protesters in iran solidarity that is also represented by terran, born french, iranian actor, angio. remember goal shift tape for our knee. the people in the are on the, we need germany, we need for us, we need europe to be on the side of the people of iran and not the regime. so i'm very happy to be here, just echoing the sound of people of your own. besides the political messages, the opening nights red carpet showed that the belly narly also offers renowned stars and glamour game of thrones star peter dinklage, and hollywood actor and had the way star in the opening film. she came to me. a

romantic comedy directed by rebecca miller or newburgh who move the morning before the opening gala was also the international jury's 1st speak appearance. hollywood actor kristen steward known for her performance, is in film such as twilight and spencer leads to jury this year. to 32 year old is the youngest. ever cheery leader. she admitted being quite nervous. it wasn't my decision to be here, which i was shocked that they called me. and so i, it's, it's an enormous opportunity to have a hand and in highlighting beautiful things in a time where that's hard to hold out in the next few days. the international jury

will be looking for the beauty in 19 films competing for the belly knowledge there's before we go, here's a reminder of the top stories of falling. in the u. n. has appealed to the international community for at least $1000000000.00 us dollars in aid to help those affected by the earthquakes in turkey and syria. the disasters kills more than 2000 people. that's it for me up next of documentary about niger is mass protest against police brutality in 2020 i am told me on let it go through a company with great a.