♪ >> rescue teams work through the night in turkey searching for survivors of a powerful earthquake. ♪ >> hello. i'm live from dough ha. detained in the u.s. and deported to mexico. children are reportedly being dumped south of the border with no family.

>> new efforts towards december escalation, a commitment from the warg sides to reduce attacks on civilians. and a midwestern sweep in the u.s. donald trump and joe biden campaign days out from the election. ♪ >> there's a desperate search for survivors in the coastal turkish city of izmir after it was struck by a powerful earthquake. the magnitude 7 tremor brought down builds and triggered tidal waves in the city as well as parts of greece. more than 240 after shocks have been recorded. the earth quake was felt as far away as a thence and istanbul. turkey says at least 20

buildings were flattened in izmir. greek media reported that it triggered a mini tsunami. 20 people are dead mostly in turkey. and more than 00 others are injured. reporter: rescuers search for survivors in a rubble of buildings in izmir. the epicenter, 7 magnitude earthquake was on turkey's back side. >> the ground started to shake. while i was watching our building, i saw you this one collapse. >> many buildings collapsed injuring hundreds. [speaking foreign language] >> this man says, god, you're the greatest. please protect us. it still continues. emergency responders are traveling to support rescue

efforts while residents are asked not to jam phone lines unnecessarily. >> i thought that the ground had shattered. you cannot think. all you try to do is get out. everywhere was collapsing. luckily our building was intact. we were panicked and managed to get out at the last minute. >> turkey's president was quick to respond to the earthquake. [speaking foreign language] >> i would like to express my sympathies to the city that occurred around izmir. i bowl like to express condolences for those who lost their lives and i wish speedy recovery for injured. the quake caused damage in many provinces and flooded streets near the city of izmir. some damage was reported to buildings and roads on the greek island of salmos. some people with life threatening injuries were treated. >> we are hoping that the

numbers are not going to be escalating. we hope to hear the news about more people being rescued, but the fact na 20 buildings have collapsed is a big news. and i'm afraid the number of casualties may arise. >> crisscross by major fault lines is turkey's most earthquake prone countries. 17,000 people were killed in 1999 when an earthquake struck the city of izmir and around 500 turks died when the earthquake hit the city of van, nine years ago. >> 6,000 people live in the area of severe shaking. 71,000 in very strong shaking and 3.2 area in the area of strong shaking. the number of casualties is likely to rise possibly substantially. the one thing is that turkey since 1999 has evolved a pretty

good network of search and rescue units. >> the earthquake was felt in istanbul. 500 kilometers from izmir. residents have been warned of after shocks and further damage they might bring. >> let's bring dormusch aiden who is the minister of ihh. he joins us from istanbul. many things for speaking to us on al jazeera. as we hear the first few hours are the most crucial in searching for survivors. what is your team telling you in terms of the search and rescue operation? >> thank you. our team now more than 260 search and rescue teams reached izmir at the moment. now, they're doing their best to empty collapsed buildings. so now, we are working under

that. the turkey disaster and emergency agency. so all the team members are trying to survive the lives from the area. it's hard to work under the rubble. so the search and rescue team being very careful and tried to save the lives. and when we hear about the earthquake, our team members from turkey, they moved with their cars and their equipment. now, they reached izmir at the moment. and they're doing their best. and now, we are preparing hot meals for the people who are living in the streets in the mosques and in the parks. so we will be delivering as early as possible for those people hot meals. >> tell us about the tchalings are faced in these kinds of rescue operations. it is very late night. so it's dark. so that in itself will pose a

challenge. >> yeah, there are lots of challenges. and one of the most challenges as i said, the aftershocks. and other challenges at the moment. people are now very secured and they're on the streets and they don't know what to do. we need more corporation and collaboration with the civilians at the moment. we can manage to run smoothly to do our best to help, you know? the difficult thing is to remember that there is a need for blankets an tents. already tents are starting to setup. so people will start to go to tents and they're moving to mosques and parks. so, it is really hard to work at times. and it is getting very difficult for the people. so people are very curious about the relatives and loved ones to see if they survive or not.

so it's very shocking times which we are facing at the moment. >> many thanks for talking us, wishing your organization all the best in that search and rescue information. the director from the i.h.h. relief group. a recues operation in el salvador with 30 people are dead and more missing. some locals are using their barehands to dig through the mud. the landslide happened north of the capital following heavy rain the night before. >> i've lost my father and my mother and brother are in hospital. also, neighbors have been killed. [speaking in spanish] >> we were sleeping when we heard a roar like an earthquake. my husband told me to get the kids. i was able to get them out of

the room but when we opened the door, we saw my daughter's house was buried. >> the "new york times" is reporting that the u.s. government is deporting migrant children to mexico even if they're not from the country and have no family there. more than 200 children are said to have been expelled. most have reportedly been sent to child welfare shelters. they have hardened their border policies which they say is part of efforts to contain the coronavirus. let's go our correspondent john holman. give us a bit more detail about this report by the "new york times" and if there's been any response yet to it by officials. >> yeah, we've actually been doing -- our own try to get a response on this. this is a policy from the

trumped a minutes to remain in mexico that's been controversial and in place for some time. in that policy, those seeking asylum in the united states instead of staying in that country while that process happens has been the case under previous administrations but sent across the border from mexico even though they're not from in country. that was controversial because a lot of cities that they went to, tijuana, matamoros, they're influenced by crime or kidnapping. we felt that kidnapping was taking place involving migrants. with that situation already being in place, the "new york times" article which said the unaccompanied minors, children were being sent to these cities without an adult in a country that was not their own. obviously, caused news. so after, we started to get in touch with customs and border protection to ask for their response to this.

the report is based on an internal e-mail. we haven't got any response from customer border protections december e despite telling them that we're going to be talking about it now. from the mexico government, we did have a response saying they will follow up in bases that minors could have gone to mexico in an irregular fashion. to sort of confirming if this is was happening. it would be in an agreement between mexico and the united states. our producer has checked in with the united nations, red cross, unicef and other m.g.o.'s who have said that they don't know this is happening or not. so if this is happening, as you said these will be vulnerable children being placed into cities already unsuitable for them even if they were with an adult and even if they are traveling alone. but at the moment we haven't been independently able to confirm the contents of this

article. so this is a story that we're going to continue to move on. it's coming out you in a sensitive time considering the rhetoric from both sides about migration as we go into a u.s. presidential election. >> many thanks. armenia azerbaijan have agreed not to deliberately target civilian populations just days after a third cease-fire collapsed. foreign ministers from armenian azerbaijan have been holding talks in geneva. both sides agreed to swap bodies and provide a list of prisoners of war. they made advances in kilo cases. >> the cease-fire is being constantly violated despite what

is being said. verification mechanisms are not there. and the humanitarian forces are not there. the difficult process continues with the group. and they participate, but we must -- we must recognize they're very far apart from how they see the end of this conflict. >> xixi has long played a pivotal role in the conflict. it overlooks the regional factor of this area. and it's there that aber back january shelled the city in the first war. it sits on the main highway. hamid has more from baku. >> there hasn't been any official announcement coming out of here about shusha or whether the army is headed towards that

area. i was speaking with a top commander of the army earlier today. and he woundn't, confirm any of the news coming out of armenia. he didn't deny it either. but at the owned the day, it's no secret. we have said that we want to take back all our occupied territory so that means the severin disk and not going back to that area. kubalik is south of the la chin corridor cls key for armenia. that's where it resupplies. they will be making adjustments over the 35st few weeks is now trying to, i think this is really -- it has to calculate very well what it's going to do next because basically once they get election corridor and shusha

armenia will be in a tough. it's a mountainous area. there's not many people there. armenia will be very difficult according to azerbaijan to put up a fight there. >> still ahead on al jazeera -- >> >> i don't think lockdown is the best idea because it only delays things. >> e-leaders warn members to prepare for new coronavirus restrictions to help stop the new surge of infections. and another call goes out to protect the green life of fishes.

>> hello, there. zeta has been scooting along. that's been driving its way out into the open waters of the northeast atlantic. clearer skies coming in back here behind. temperatures in new york, down to 9 degree sell siyousms it is going the be dry. some wetter weather north of the border on to ontario easing farther west. you will see showers. the possibility of a little bit of a windchilling mix coming in here as we go on through saturday. further west, one or two showers easing their way into the west side of canada. but across the western side, as you can see no sign of any rain. it stays fine, dry and settled. there will be some range to the northeast as we go one for sunday. our system rolls out of canada across new england all the way down towards d.c.

down edward the carolinas as well. got to wet weather moving across the caribbean this may well develop into yet another tropical storm as it makes its way towards jamaica.

>> you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top story this is hour. a search is underway for survivors in the turkish city of izmir after a powerful 7 earthquake. it left 20 people dead in turkey and neighboring greece. more than 700 others are injured. there were reports that the government is deporting migrant children to mexico even if they're not originally from the country and have no family there. more than 200 children have been expelled over the past eight months. armenia azerbaijan have agreed not deliberately target sill villian populations. just days after a third

cease-fire collapsed. foreign ministers from both sides have been holding talks in geneva. and agreed to swap bodies. and rescue prisoners of war within a week. >> with four days to go until the u.s. presidential election, texas has seen an unprecedented surge in early voting. , the number of inperson has eclipsed the state's total voter turnout for 2016. more than nine million texans have cast early votes. that makes texas just the second state to break its voting record before election day. the southern state is america's second largest electoral prize after california. it hasn't voted for a democrat

since jimmy carter back in 1976. butsome polls suggest he might be ahead with early voters there. donald trump won texas by a nine-point margin back in 2016. that's around 800,000 votes. his campaign says it's own analysis shows the president is well ahead there. let's go straight to shia. so both candidates concentrating in the midwest today where there's actually been a lower rate of early voting. so what does that mean? more votes up for grabs. >> right. particularly because both candidates have valid arguments to core constituency. they're the ones who lost obama. he's talking abouters's rights.

preventing outsourcing. fighting against trade deals supported by wall street, big corporations like nafta or the trancepacific partner shifment protecting medicare and social security. and he does have a major achievement to tout. barack obama. he rant on denegotiating nafta. >> which the union felt it was going to continue the trend for outsourcing jobs the country. trump did it. was warmly welcomed that. i said, look, i did this. you can point to joe biden's record of being by obama's side as he was deem twid unions as having bailed out law treed. and not done enough to stop the hemorrhaging of manufacturing jobs. biden still talk about the great economy. but a lot of people don't feel that was a real perhap. >> also, biden himself one of off e off talking.

he was always fighter credit card companies. his major donors as opposed to those people who have to max out their credit card. but so punk has on this side. trump didn't stem the tide on outsourcing. >> those trends continue. and trump also downplace covid at a time when people are feeling the economic effect. there's a dilemma for workers in the midwestern states. >> a u.s. judge has blocked the trump administration's ban on popular's chinese app tiktok. they were due to come into effect on november 12th. president donald trump argues that tiktok is a national

security threat. three american tick tok use verse filed a lawsuit challenging the ban. >> officials warn people to repair for new coronavirus restrictions as it surges across the area. they want to insure that hospitals around overwhelmed. many people are once again after lockdown. and natasha butler has the latest from paris. >> quiet neighborhoods and closed cafes in paris as strunksfruck, and the picture i took nearly empty. >> it will stop the coronavirus spread but for some staying home a second time won't be easy. >> i don't think lockdown is the best idea because it only delays things. so in the short-term things may get better. but once the lockdown is lifted, it will be the safe as before

and cases will rise again. [speaking foreign language] >> we expected it. they tried the curfew but it didn't work. >> so now the important thing is to respect the game so we can live normally again. >> thruzz with sow so. and they will want to remain the struggling company. but they were shocked. in the center of paris's business district there are a few people out and about. but it's nowhere near as busy as it would be on a regular day. tens of thousands of people work in the area. and the square behind me would be teaming with activity. >> a second wave is battering the economys and people's health. some doctors say medical supplies of running out. in germany some hospitals may not have enough staff tom you want me to make them?

>> in the past week. we've had twice even three times more patients than before. we still have capacity to provide good care. but we are seeing a falling care supply. our staff is slowly reaching their limit r. the european unit onsays the block must act fast. leaders agreed to have the patient you want to ploms to better corporation their approach. >> we're no power fless the face of it. we need to coord nay measures with other member states. and that came across very clearly. it was important that pime take that care of their own responsibilities on a daily basic. >> the french government wanted to avoid a second lockout. but the spiraling infection rate made them change. germany will also lock down.

the situations suggest that other european countries may be forced to follow suit. natasha butler, al jazeera, paris. >> russia says there are not enough dockers to cope with the growing number of coronavirus case. there. the warning came as covid-19 infections sored to a new daily high or living stouse. they could be vacksnamented against the virus as early as next month. the country's mandated the use of masks and told bars and restaurants to close early. to tanzania with where the electoral commission said that john magafuli has won. they claimed whide spread irregularities. >> mag fully won 16 elections with his main challenge well behind on 1.9 million. he will boost the economy.

he started in his first term. >> climate change and overfishing are endangering many species in the quarter of an tarkity cal. when sign stists are pushing for a protected mrn park, a latin america -- and our correspondent reports from santiago. >> the waters around a antarctic peninsula. they seed kirill, a key species in the southern portion of the second system. >> which is why the commission for the conservation of antarctic marine resources is being asked to approve a proposal for the creation of a marine protected area of the peninsula. >> science as we show, and

particularly delicate, but also important for the whole world. >> why do you say that antarctica is important for the rest of the world? >> this could be be called a current character. it brings this rich water on micro organizisms. but they're giving out oxygen because it's cold. >> so create a huge amount of life for a much bigger area. the only way to actually have more fish even in the future or to have life in this planet that is mo actually to protect some of those places are that key for the balance of this planet. >> chillian argentina asked to declare parts of the peninsula

illegal. they will support she she's that can .found anywhere else on the pla yes. >> >> so the idea so to manage in a different way. the activities according in the area by deciding this m.p.a. which i cludes some areas. -- which includes some areas. and the fishery will not be allowed. >> but there's resistance from washington to china. argentina says there's no time to lose. >> argentina and chile has taken the hospital. it will be all humanity to be damaged. we asked the country who are considering vetos this proposal not to do so because we need this. humidity needs this. >> his plea for the rational use of marine resources is backed by all the best in regular season which has been the guiding light

for the 2016 commission members. but for some countries that may not be enough. >> and you can find much more on that story on our website. address is aja zeera.com. do scheck it out. . anchor: this is al jazeera. a search is underway for survivors in the turkish city of izmir after a powerful 7-point earthquake. at least 20 buildings have been destroyed. >> i have a shop on the back side. i was talking with someone i felt it while we were outside. the ground started to shake.

while i was watching our building, i saw this one collapse. >> i thought the ground had shattered. you cannot think. everywhere was collapsing. >> a rescue operation is underway where a landslide has left 30 people dead and more missing. some usinged their barehands to dig out the people. >> the u.s. government is deporting migrant children to mexico without an adult and without any family to take them in. more than 200 children originally from central american countries are said to have been expeled from the u.s. over the past eight months. armenia azer buy -- azerbaijan agreed to a cease-fire. foreign ministerers are armenia

azerbaijan have been holding talks with international mediators in geneva. both sides agreed to swap bodies and release the prisoners of war within a week. >> health ministers have stressed the importance of a coordinated response to covid-19. including tough new restrictions. upheld a video conference as france entered the first day. earlier agreed to find the transfer covid patients across borders to help the hospitals from getting overwhelmed. >> a u.s. judge has blocked the ban on the video sharing app tiktok. government restrictions on the app were due on december 12. throws your headlines. stay with us.

>> there's always that risk that he could be stuck abroad. and that's what keeps you up at night when these cases are going.

>> in the front, he just checked out that he passed the history te and your application is recommended for approval. >> so save that date and we should know by next week. yeah, i'll get the letter too. and then for sure ask for the day off that day -- >> i'll have the whole week off. >> he has vacation. >> can we see your l. p.r. card? >> my parents immigrated in 1963. they're all citizens. i was the last one to hold out. thank you. thank you very much.

>> i was sitting there with my client to wait for his -- in the little room where they bring you in and the officer was taking a really long time. i had that feeling in the pit of my stomach that things were not going to go well. and the officer walks in with a paper bag and a baggage claim tag and some zip tie, and so right then i knew, you know, we're going to take your client into custody. and my client just -- the look on his face and the color of his

face just -- the color was gone. he tried to give me his wife's cell phone numbers and it was absolutely wrong. now, i'm getting calls about hey, you know, the wife is struggling financially because he was the only means of support for the family. so it's a super tough situation. the wife didn't know where the girls' passports were. >> how you -- are you? >> hanging in there. >> how old are your daughters? >> 12 and 16. >> ok. have you thought about what your next move in in terms of -- >> i've been looking for whatever i could -- find rooms, you know, work and things like that. and it's like, i haven't been able to find anything. >> you guys have been my clients for a long time. you know, i know your family. i know your daughters and your

story. i know how far he's come from where he's been. >> you know, he was doing what he needed to do. he was working. he was going in. so much fighting and going to courts and everything and i don't understand. it's like -- they give you hope and your kids are all happy. ok. we have this hope. and then all of a sudden, you just go in there and they take him away. >> you know, i can't imagine the grief and the sadness that you're going through and the only way that i have been able to understand it is that the current administration has shifted its focus. we're continuing his process towards that green card through the petition that you filed on his behalf. so, we'll keep up the fight. we'll do that, ok? >> thank you.

>> ok. gladys, so what are your thoughts in terms of helping this client to basically not be in her car with her teenage daughters within the next week as seems to be the -- the -- the fear. certainly the risk at this point is eminent. >> yeah, so one is i want to put you in contact with my friend claudia medina who works for the defense network. >> ok. >> and i'm going to reach out to my cousin who works on homelessness issue. but don't use public benefits. you're going the put people on the streets. >> once they ask him, have you ever received any public benefits? no, i haven't. well, i got deported therefore

my wife -- >> i can't even allow my mind to go there right now. >> no, you have to deal with the crisis that's on your desk right now. >> right.

>> he's been here far long time. he doesn't what tonight wait. that would mean being detained for several more months and continuing a different type of case in court in the meantime like asylum. and as hard as i've tried to talk him out of that, he wants

voluntary departure. i'll tell them that the family is here, so that you guys can sit inside the courtroom as well. ok? >> thank you. >> i think you should keep heading that way. try to go to b.a.t. knock on the door so you guys can try to see your dad. i know you want to give him a suitcase before he leaves, that's where you would ask more information about if it's possible to do that and when. families do pack a suitcase, you know, when they can, ok? thank you so much. thank you.

thank you. >> sometimes you think it can't get any worse. and then guess what? there's new interpretation, or there's some new policy. >> one of the things that we started seeing was an increase in apprehensions. i had one client for example who was deported to mexico. and about three weeks ago, his former partner called to let us know that unfortunately he had been murdered in mexico. and that his body had been found burned in the desert. sworpe close to having him obtain some status in the u.s. -- we were so close to having him obtain some status in the u.s. we he had two children who were

very young in the u.s. and they'll never see their dad again. ♪ [speaking in spanish]

>> i love my job. i love this profession. i love dealing with my clients and, you know, this is my passion, and this is where all of my life's preparation has gone into from the moment i left college. but at some point, you have to say, you you know what, i had a good run. and now, it's time to do something else. so i don't know.

i don't know. i mean, there's just a lot of uncertainty you know, within the next couple of years as we see happens with the administration. >> we hear a lot of, oh, with all this, you must be so busy. and so for the plans, but for me, i don't think the business is like exploding or anything. i think it's become more overwhelming to try to keep up with the law and the changes and the policies and -- i think i

still -- hopefully i'll do it for the right reason.

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