are too much on my shoulders, but i have to hold this weight because i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people who are behind the boss. guardians of truth starts february 18th on dw. ah ah, there's a dw news live from berlin, devastating earthquakes leave an ancient city in ruins, report from an takia where the disaster has wiped out historical sites, dating back thousands of years. also coming up. russia rains,

dozens of missiles across ukraine, damaging more critical infrastructure, ukrainian president, and he says, moscow has begun a major new offensive. joe biden breaks the silence on the balloons and other aerial objects shot down by us fighter jets in recent days. ah, i'm told me or logical welcome to the program. the un has appeal 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 disaster is killed. more than 42000 people. the city of n, takia and turkeys had a problem, was one of the hardest hit areas known as antioch. in ancient times, the city was a key staging point on the silk road. but the quakes have caused colossal damage to

this one's vibrant place. of course, when a union has more this is what's left of untouched air, once known for its rich heritage. the city now lies in 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. a 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 for up to can go on for grandma in the year after we got out and we saw what had happened on takia yesterday, the masters 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 hub has lost 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 earthquake, the narrow stays was coca 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 they were shouting, get us for help. we try to rescue all of them, but it was impossible. tens of thousands have since flat the city. for those who stayed, the search for survivors has turned into a search for reminders. i cousin behind a lot of them. i chosen beer garden or everybody here had a dream, sat on everybody here had a future willoughby shares. and now what's left of it,

a dead city l model. nothing else on a high up i as yes of of our liaison i up and we could never imagine this year hire little the good. we're alive. but we are now wandering around in a ghost town. i live chat engine legacy. throughout the wreckage that was and takia pain is plentiful and no one he knows how long it will take for this city to recover. she crane where president villa, dimmer zalinski says russia has started a new offensive in the east. his commons follow the latest round of miss all strikes across the country. russian forces have been pounding and encircling the city of backwoods for months, all stirred by tens of thousands of reservists. they have intensified ground attacks across the southern and east and ukraine in recent weeks. are coming under fire in bar mode. ah,

despite the dangers, these volunteers are here looking to evacuate. anyone who wants to leave they tried to get everyone out of the firing line, but some residents still refused to leave. i don't know anything but west. i am here from them most of back, what's pre war? population of about 70000 people have gone. russia has intensified its attacks on the city in recent weeks as the 1st anniversary of its february invasion nears, observers say, moscow is planning a major new offensive. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says that offensive has already begun. he praised his countrymen for holding the line in mud, holding the situation at the front and preparing for any escalator. he steps of the enemy is a priority for the near future. are moving forward with the further liberation of

our land. as a priority, we a carefully preparing zelinski said there were a number of missile strikes targeting ukraine's critical infrastructure overnight that i had thought o. key says moscow has been experimenting with a mixture of drones, dummy missiles and even balloons to mislead ukraine's increasingly sophisticated air defense systems of the sol as the fighting escalates. however, the 2 sides did manage to carry out a prisoner exchange on thursday. 101 russians were traded for 101 ukrainian fighter is mostly captured in matter you boy. it was a sign of hope for many in ukraine amid 10th times, and more tough battles. ahead and with the latest assaults across ukraine. russia's spring offensive appears to have begun, given the problems of jets and ammunition supplies. we asked ego of cva,

deputy had all the office of the president of ukraine, whether his country is ready. this move in ready, and i think this revise 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 revise, but very important that we should be prepared to come to that we had a very good and positive dynamics for the 2nd half of last year. remember after the break and then also your credit card and the, and the, and the, it was part of significant part of south in the city or here. so, so we need to get the name of the dynamics. we need to get our territories liberated each kilometer, make a break, and all the time. that was ego,

the deputy head of the office of the president of ukraine speaking to d, w. and if you want to watch the whole interview, you can find it on our youtube channel. it's youtube dot com. forward slash please . us president joe biden. this spoken about the chinese balloon. sagen. the 3 other unknown aerial objects. shot down by us fighter jets and recent days and had all started when a gigantic white balloon suspected to be chinese surveillance device was shot out in early february, putting north american security forces on higher lead. since then, 3 other much smaller objects were spotted over canada and the us states of alaska and michigan and shut down as well. widen, has been speaking about the flying objects. we don't yet know exactly what these 3 objects were, but nothing, nothing right now suggest they were related to china spy balloon program,

or that there were surveillance vehicles from other any other country intelligence committees, current assessment. is that these 3 objects we're most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studied whether or conducting other scientific research heat of the course on any hello, kristen 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. as us says, was a chinese spy balloon. china still protests 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 tiniest president

she direct 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 rival b, that is official u. s. policy. and that's crumbled visit by the us. secretary state was cancelled when that balloon was detected in the sky. so relations have been in the downward spiral and this can safely be seen as an offer for talks from the united states. here in berlin, the annual international film festival known as the burden aller has opened. the 73rd edition includes movies and events in solidarity with ukraine and the protest in iran on 19 films are competing for the coveted golden bear that will be awarded a week from saturday cameras flashing fan screaming. the 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 keith. the actor and director took to the stage to introduce the night special guests to lensky in care of can you hear us in his video message, the premium 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 evil 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 would 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 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 newberg room. in

the morning before the opening gala was also the international jury's 1st big appearance. hollywood actor kristin stewart, known for her performance, is in films such as twilight and spencer leads to jury this year to 32 year old is the youngest ever jury leader. she admitted being quite nervous. it wasn't my decision to be here, which i was shocked that they called me. um, so i, it's, it's an enormous opportunity to have a hand in, 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 nile. it bears

his reminder of the top story of a falling for you. the u. n. is 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 disaster is killed. more than 42000 people. oh, that's it for me. for now, up next. as a documentary about nigerian mass protests against police brutality in 2020, that ended in bloodshed. i'm told me a lot ago. many things for your company. you ski about delivery? are there goes nibble other, get out a medium me global law, give up garbage, done. but again, i was goblins was out and argued yoga, or would you? yeah, but sure, let up joel media dog. currently more people than ever on the move.