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rains down the prostitute price damaging, more critical infrastructure. ukrainian president to load him is the lensky says, moscow's major. you offensive is now underway. and us vice president carmella harris is among the high profile names to arrive in munich because the annual security conference gets under way just days ahead of the 1st anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine class berlin's film festival. the belinda gets underway with a surprise guest appearance and politics fully in the fright that supports for the people of ukraine and solidarity also for the anti regime protests in iran. ah, can i manuscript mac it and welcome to the program? the u. n. has appealed to the international community for at least $1000000000.00

us dollars in aid. that money is to help those affected by the earthquakes in turkey and syria, a disaster that has now killed more than 42000 people. the city of antar, kia and turkeys are ty province 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 of caused colossal damage to this once vibrant place. our correspondent julia han has more. ah, 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 streets are still inaccessible, blocked by buildings flattened by the quakes, and cars trucked under the debris. this was the old town of

antarctica 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 has been destroyed here, churches and turkey synagogue. and the hobby b 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 with char, 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 her to convey on her grandma and the year after we got out, we saw what had happened on takia de 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 his check over them. there's nothing left and, and takia they are, the mud following date is coming in. yeah. but i wish before the 8 alerts and the heavy machinery. so we could have saved all those licenses. we received food aid or serve them bread, mac, your bombings, 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 coca totally blocked and it was not easy to find people actually. second days taught these on forties still there was a lot of a lot of people. david shelton got us for help. we tried to rest you all of them,

but it was impossible. tens of thousands have since fled the city. for those who stayed. the search for survivors has turned into a search for remind us or doesn't be high. a lot of them are chosen beer garden or everybody here had dream. everybody here had a future early be shares. and now what's left of it, a dead city of all model. nothing else on a high up i assures level for our lives on a high up and we could never imagine this year high a little the good we're alive. but we're now wandering around in a ghost town. i are legit 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. i spoke to you leo, hon. his fall that report and asked her how the survivors in and tucker are dealing

with this disaster. will the people we met in until here the people who are still there, they have lost absolutely everything and they have no idea what's coming to them next. what's the next week 2 months are going to bring because the full impact of this disaster is still unfolding. it is already the deadliest in modern turkish history. if you consider that tens of thousands of people in the affected areas had to be taken to hospitals, many of them severely injured. if you consider that many of the collapse, buildings liking and talk, you have been inaccessible for days or still all the number of fatalities is expected to considerably increased in the next weeks and months. possibly. now, there is also colossal colossal architectural damage, according to the authorities, more than $60000.00 buildings in the effect of areas has either completely

collapsed or have been so severely damaged. they now need to be demolished. hundreds of thousands of people are homeless, they need help, they need help dealing with their trauma, with their anxiety experts, a warning about possible outbreaks of diseases like colorado. so this is overall, a massive humanitarian tragedy. a massive humanitarian crisis. this country wasn't prepared for at all. the turkish government has been quite heavily criticized for its initial response. how to people in turkey rate president ad one's handling of this crisis. well i can tell you what people here in the earthquake heater region are telling me, i mean, many of the provinces that have been affected or actually strongholds of president ad one. and his ruling is islamic conduct conservative a p. they're all people here, religious people who say what happened. we'll see what happened, some sort of fate. they have to accept,

but others are absolutely shocked and angry at the government handling of this crisis. not only the initial disaster response, but they blame the massive loss of life on many building seem very poorly constructed on negligence, by the authority to have not implemented earthquake and build it. building safety codes, who have, as they say, turned a blind eye to corrupt practices. in the building sector, now the authorities have started investigations. they have made a rest. so for several developers somehow linked to the collapse to buildings. but people here tell me it must not stop there for them. it's ultimately the authorities who have to provide answers who have to be held accountable at elections were expected to take place here in turkey, in the coming months. but now there is a huge debate whether they will be a delay of the election. so the political future of this country right now, there are many questions about the political future as well. really,

i think so much for your reporting. that's the w correspondent, julia han reporting from turkey. let's take a look now. some of the other stories making headlines around the world protest is, have taken to the streets in cities across iran overnight in the most widespread demonstrations in weeks. they were marking 40 days since 2 men were executed on protests related charges. iran has been gripped by unrest for months after a young woman died following her arrest by the so called morality police. u. s. president joe biden has said 3 ariel objects shut down by the u. s. this week. we're likely not chinese spy balloons. authorities believe they were privately owned balloons that were not conducting surveillance. washington says that a much larger object shut down earlier in the month was sent by beijing to spy on the us. the electric car maker tesla is recalling more than 362000 vehicles. if the safety problems with their self driving software,

us regulators push for the recall, saying so full, full self driving system could cause crashes larger investigation into the safety of tesla's automated driving systems is on during the ukrainian president. vladimir zalinski says russia has started a new offensive in the east. his comments follow the latest round of missile strikes across ukraine. russian forces have been pounding, and encircling the city of back moot for months now. bolstered by tens of thousands of reservists. they've intensified round attacks across southern and eastern ukraine in recent weeks. are coming under fire and 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 we're saying here is it necessary to leave camera? most of back, most 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. mir's, 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 remark, holding the situation at the front and preparing for any escalator. he steps of the enemy is a priority for the near future. moving forward with the further liberation of our land is a priority. we are carefully preparing. zalinski said there were a number of missiles strikes, targeting, ukraine's critical infrastructure overnight. sappy bar

o. p says moscow has been experimenting with a mixture of drones, dummy missiles, and even balloons to mislead ukraine's increasingly sophisticated air defense systems to saw her 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 fighters, mostly captured in matter you boy. it was a sign of hope for many in ukraine amid tense times, and more tough battles ahead. i asked eagerly, special correspondent abraham his in keys, how much delays and munitions supplies will affect ukraine's ability to keep russian forces at bay. that's certainly what the ukrainian side will tell you. any other every delay, every minute with every tank and every piece of ammunition costs lives because they are fighting for their lives here in ukraine. i do think though that these are the

2 kind of related issue. there's the issue of ammunition that is a capacity issue. and by the way, on both sides manufacturers, we're just not, you know, they could not anticipate that as such an ammunition heavy war would take place again in europe. and so it is a capacity issue. and both sides are trying to ramp up production there. but in the west, as opposed to russia, we're vladimir putin can sort of command factories and manufacturers to produce faster. this is a much more complicated process, but it is something that is very much on nero's radar and has been addressed in many forms. then there's the issue of tanks. so weapons coming from the west. i think it's important to remember that, you know, part of the reason why ukraine has been able to withstand this aggression the extent that it has has partially been because of the delivery of western weapons. with that being said, there is, of course, the issue of lepper, 2 tanks that has dominated headlines for the past weeks. and that will,

that will take time. these countries, 1st of all, need to see how many lippard it 2 tanks, they have these tanks sometimes have to go through maintenance. there is a training issue, and we know that they won't actually reach you clean until the end of april. and we heard a couple of days ago, german defense minister boris, pa. storia saying that, you know, the allies are actually struggling to put together 2 battalions of these tanks. so that's a battalion is $31.00. it tanks because of maintenance issues and the like. so that will likely take time and much to the frustration of ukrainian officials. and thanks so much for the update. that's abraham reporting from keith. now as we've heard, the ukrainian president laudermill zalinski has confirmed that russia's new offensive is underway with facing intensifying in the east. it was just one year ago that leaders met the munich security conference to discuss the war that they hoped would never happen amid other global security concerns. ukraine is set to dominate this

year's conference. as the new anniversary of vladimir putin's invasion nears at last year's munich security conference, there was still a glimmer of hope that russia wouldn't attack ukraine as ukrainian president vladimir zalinski appealed for support. with the high ranking audience in munich, rushes president vladimir putin was amassing thousands of troops at ukraine's borders. all hope was done just 5 days later, when russian tanks rolled into ukraine. one year on russia's war against cave is set to be the main topic of debate at the munich security conference where leaders and security experts will discuss how partners can continue to support ukraine, of course, is also with weapons of you involved. that if we have to see what is what is needed,

how do we cope with the russian aggression? and we see that russia is right now starting an offensive, or they pay a very high price. but you can see how much it took a tin regime is able to continue this ruthless, horrible war, and we have to support ukraine. and instead of putting red lines, i think we have to see what is needed. what does presence lensky? what does the ukrainian army, what do, what does the ukrainian people need me? but the discussion will also center on the wars consequences for the international order from the need to reshape the european and global security framework to the growing false lines between democracies and researching on talk grizzlies of to rep and joining us now from the munich security conference is our chief political correspondent, mena arthur, mourning ninana rushes was we know in ukraine is the main focus of this year's security conference. can you give us a sense of, of what and who we can expect in munich?

well this forum is considered to be the most important international security conference, and the organizes are saying that they've got some 150 high ranking guests from around the world. heads of state and government. the u. s. m a deputy president, comalla harris is going to be here than the french president manuel my home, but also high ranking officials from countries like brazil or gonna there's a representative from china sitting on panels. so this really is a forum where people get together and discussed the most pressing security issues of our time outside of the regular diplomatic frameworks on the strict rules. what is different this year is of course, that we're just days away from this sad anniversary. the war in ukraine has been raging for almost exactly a year now. now last did this forum happened just days before russia launched its large scale evasion invasion against ukraine. and the organizers had invited

russian officials in the hope to persuade them not to launch this large scale attack on ukraine to no avail, as we all know. so they see the organizers say they are not prepared to give kremlin officials and platform. so russia has not been officially invited this year . there will be no russian representatives in munich that will be russian representatives, but not from the kremlin. so the hope is to get in touch with some representatives from the civil society because of course, everybody wants to end this war. but people here are saying, we need vladimir putin to understand that he needs to withdraw from ukraine and that he is the one where, who has the ball in his court. essentially, this is a forum where candid discussions can be held in all those corridors of power, some of which you can see behind me outside of those strict diplomatic rules frameworks. but, and this is something why the organizes off the munich security conference have

been saying, as long as letting me put in is not showing. and he willingness to discuss just how he is going to withdraw from ukraine. and he, they don't want to provide a platform for their propaganda because of course, and he has severely breeds international law. now in 2007 vladimir putin walls, he had delivered a speech where essentially he gave am a speech where he accused the west of wanting to create a single polo welled under u. s. dominance. in hindsight, of course, this is something where the world could see this as a warning sign of where the kremlin was headed. okay? so ukraine and the russian invasion domination. but can you give us a sense of what of the topics will, will be discussed in munich? while all the consequences of russia's war against ukraine am, for example, when it comes to the international food security, but also climate security is going to be on the agenda. now, some people around the world have been asking,

is this forums really something where europeans are talking amongst themselves? so there is this strong idea that you also get into a dialogue with the global south because of course, they are going to become an important to you political plays in the future. their populations are growing. so it will be interesting to see just how much use all those officials who are represented here will make of the fact that they get to sit down with representatives from india and china. and we just, we can just see that there are lots of bilateral meetings planned between all those officials. nina, thank you so much. that's d. w chief political correspondent, nina has a reporting from munich a staying in germany and several airports have suspended operations due to a wide scale strike cooled by a local union staff at 7 airports, a staging a one day walk out over pain or the walk out has left frankfurt airport,

germany's largest airport and a major hub for international travel. nearly empty on friday, travelers were asked not to go to the airport after all regular passenger flights were suspended for the day. cancellations have hit some 2000 flights across the country, likely affecting around 300000 passengers. and we can bring in he w correspondent, asha hush pan day from one of germany's biggest travel hubs. as i just mentioned, frankfurt airport, i, she touched, is looking very empty there. tell us how things are looking. melanie, exactly that it is, it has a deserted look. it's difficult to actually believe that this is one of the largest airports in the world. as far as traffic is concerned, we're the biggest transit hubs today. it is empty to many. it is a limited sense of the log down during the log dos during the pandemic. it was as empty back then just a few windows open. chicken counters opened. there had been some ogre passengers

who've off, who made it, despite the messages going to their mailboxes and their phones. they've come your and they're trying to look for a gun. it is. so basically it is pretty empty. and i spoke to people. yeah, they did this on really frustrated as the advisor stride did really can't understand why their plans have to suffer because of somebody else's negotiations. as she touch we're hearing that this could effect around 300000 passengers. is that a realistic number? and i also wanted to ask you, could this affects a deliveries, for example, to turkey and syria. following the earthquake there polena. that's right. i mean, thousands of passengers have been affected here a long of a more than 100000 passengers who have been affected here in frankfort. so it's

a big inconvenience if i could put it mildly, but like i mentioned, travelers are frustrated. the, the few i spoke to did, they really can not understand why they have to suffer. one of them is in germany only for 4 days. and now that holiday is being basically spent in hotel rooms and on the train tracks so that that's how it is. as far as the relief efforts are concerned, the trade union has categorically said that that's going to keep going ahead and the strike is not going to affect the relief efforts are related to the earthquake are pretty much as is the case in emergency cases like london lake ogden, donations and organ, or transportation. okay, i should touch monday, reporting from franklin apple. thanks so much. now here in berlin, the annual international film festival known as the bell in ali, has now opened the 73rd edition, includes movies and events showing solidarity with ukraine and with the protests in

iran. 19 films are competing for the coveted golden back that will be awarded a week on saturday. cameras flashing fans screaming to berlin ali is back in full swing. that 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, ukrainian president shared his thoughts about the role of film in times of crisis. call her mate shows us in times like these color chooses

aside. our are sticks out in different ways fighting as any evil or overhauled and remains science. and in fact, helping it will have value knowledge has chosen not to remain silence. 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 shifty 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 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. 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. in the next few days,

the international jury will be looking for the beauty in 19 films, competing for the belly, nodded bears. and his remind her about top story. the un has appealed to the international community for at least $1000000000.00 us dollars in aid to help those affected by the earthquakes and turkey and syria. the dissolves that has now killed more than 42000 people. that you are up to date. i think it's mckinsey, thanks so much for watching the w. ah, [000:00:00;00]

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