and living conditions in their country and inspiring world with their ideas. valley africa. watch go to w documentary. ah ah, this is the w news lived from berlin. devastating earthquakes leave an ancient city in ruins. we report from untouched here, where the disaster has wiped out historical site, stating back thousands of years. also on the show, a barrage of russian missiles,

rains down across ukraine, damaging more critical infrastructure. pregnant president, the modem is zalinski says moscow's major new offense. it is now underway and the u . s. vice president of harris is among the high profile names to arrive in munich as the annual security conference gets under way, just days ahead of the 1st anniversary of russia's invasion as you praying ah my manuscript mckennan welcome to the program. the u. n. has appealed to the international community for at least $1000000000.00 us dollars in 8. now 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 antonia and turkeys had ty, province was one, the hardest hit air is,

it was 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 once vibrant place. our correspondent jojo 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 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 has been destroyed here,

churches and turkey 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 for her to come jumper, come on the year after we got out and we saw what had happened on takia the masters here for more than a 1000 years. and when we saw that acculab some of it, we understood how powerful the earthquake was and how deadly shall up his last, many of his relatives, neighbors and friends. play. come on this chicken milan, there's nothing left hand and takia the mud following date is coming in. yeah,

but i wish before the 8 logan theater and the heavy machinery. so we could have saved all those lives. we were c, food, 8 or 7 bread maker. boeing, 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 quick, 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. we tried to rest you 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 you are

r as in beer garden law, everybody here had dream is. everybody here had a future early be shares. and now what's left to this dead city have almost nothing else on the high up by a shrill or vocal. otherwise i'm a high up and could never imagine this issue high a little bit. we're alive. but we're now wandering around in the ghost town by a legit nation that gets you throughout the wreckage that was untouched. yeah. pain is plenty fool. and no one he knows how long it will take for this city to recover. i spoke to johan, who fall that report and i asked her how the survivors in untouched a dealing with this disaster. people we met in on talk here. the paper was still there, they have lost absolutely everything and they have no idea what's coming for them. next, what the next week,

so months are going to bring because the full impact of this disaster is still unfolding. it is already the deadliest and modern turkish history. a few 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 like in on takia, have been inaccessible for days or still all the number of fatalities is expected to considerably increase the in the next week's a and a month possibly. now, there is also colossal colossal architectural damage, according to the authorities. more than $60000.00 buildings in the affected areas of 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 cholera. 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 rates, president ad one's handling of this crisis. well, i can tell you what people here in the earthquake have a region are telling me, i mean, many of the provinces that have been effected, or actually strongholds of prison 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 form of faith. they have to accept, but others are absolutely shocked and angry at the government's handling of this crisis. not only the initial disaster response, but they blame the massive loss of live on many buildings being 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 arrest so 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 authority to 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, thanks so much for your reporting. that's the w correspondent, julia han reporting from turkey. the ukranian president vladimir zalinski says that russia has now 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 buck mood for months. now. all stood by tens of thousands of reservists. they've intensified ground attacks across 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 we're staying here . is it necessary to leave? comma? most of batman's, pre war, population of about 70000 people have gone. russia is 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 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 missile strikes targeting ukraine's critical infrastructure overnight. bar 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 to saw as the fighting escalates. however, the 2 sides did manage to carry out a prisoner exchange on thursday. 1101 russians were traded for 101 ukrainian fighters, mostly captured and murder you poor. it was

a sign of hope for many in ukraine amid tense times, and more tough battles i heard. oh, we can take a look now. some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the electric car make a tesla, is recalling more than 362000 their thought. and so the safety problems with their self driving software. u. s. regulators pushed for the recall saying the so called full self driving system could cause fractions larger investigation into the safety of tesla's automated driving systems is ongoing. protests isn't 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 protest related charges. iran has been gripped by unrest for months after a young woman died following her arrest by the settled morales. he please. b. u. s. president joe biden has said 3 ariel object shut down by the you as this week

will likely not chinese was by balloon authorities believe they were privately owned balloons that weren't conducting surveillance. raj washington says that a much larger object, though, shut down earlier in the month, was sent i beijing to spy on the you, us. i just, one year ago, leaders mash at the munich security conference to discuss the war they hoped would never happen and made all the global security concerns. ukraine is set to dominate this year's conference. as the 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 gone just 5 days later, when russian tanks rolled into ukraine, one year on russia's war against give 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, also with weapons of you involved. 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 a new offensive, or they pay a very high price. but you can see how much it twitter, a tier 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?

but that 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 recipes. you know what he ended up in using his a reminder of the top stories were following for you the u. n. as 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 has killed more than $42000.00 people. and ukrainian president below them is lensky says, moscow's major, new offensive is now on the way after a barrel of russian missiles rained down across. he cried, damaging more critical infrastructure, and that's the new up to date coming up next we have don't feel,

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