>> this is gw news, from berlin. tonight, more than 11,000 people confirmed dead in the turkey syria earthquake. turkish president visited the disaster zone today. he admitted shortcomings in his government's response. they are burying their dead. appeals are being made.

also coming up tonight, in a rare trip abroad, ukraine's president does the u.k. parliament that russia must be defeated. >> we know russia will lose. we know the victory will change the world. >> zelensky telling british lawmakers a victory over moscow will renew his appeal for more western weapons. i am brent goff coming to our viewers watching in and the united states and all of you around the world, welcome. on this wednesday, more than 11,000 people have been

confirmed in this earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the first quake stuck near the turkish -- instructing others turkish city. it stretches along turkey's southern border and parts of northern syria. >> rescue workers found hope under the rubble. they have heard voices.

the three-year-old and her mother were pulled to safety. a city close to the earthquake's epicenter. >> he was taken to the hospital along with his father who was rescued. rescue workers continue to dig and shout out through the biting cold.

>> our correspondent has more from the earthquake zone in turkey. >> rescue efforts continue in the city where several of our inbox collapsed in an instant when the quake struck. about 100 people were inside when it happened. dozens have been killed here. they pulled out two more dead bodies. many are still missing. we are seeing so many people on the giant pile of rubble. they are looking for signs of life and many of them are not professional rescue workers.

he is digging for survivors with his bare hands. at the same time, a very bitter reality is also settling in. it is very cold here. the chances of finding people who live or finding signs of life under the rubble are dwindling. i should also mention that other areas further toward the syrian border are much worse affected. i am talking about the provinces here. we are hearing about apocalyptic stories. we are trying to get you updates. if trouble allows.

a fire triggered by the earthquake has engulfed hundreds of shipping containers. >> we did not come here tonight expecting to report on a new fire. we came to track cleanup operations after authorities said they had extinguished the fire that broke out after the earthquake on monday. you could see thick black smoke filling the air. as emergency vehicles tried to get past -- what we believe happened was the containers that had been burning since monday must have reignited withome ki of oil product given the thick black nature of the smoke. there are emergency vehicles arriving constantly here, all of this is just the latest flow --

latest blow to the province. >> rescue efforts in neighboring syria have been complicated by that civil war. damascus is now demanding international sanctions be dropped, saying they are hindering relief efforts. >> he can barely take his eyes off the rubble. this mound of concrete was his brother's home. >> we could not reach them. we did not know what to do. we had support yesterday, maybe

we could have saved them. i can see them. the blood was running down my brothers nose. we rescued his daughter. >> like so many, he is left wondering what if. this is one of the west had towns, damaged rules have hampered rescue and recovery efforts. making it challenging to bring in heavy machinery. >> we had not slept since yesterday. many families are under the rubble and we are doing what we can. we appeal to people to help us. qwest locals estimate 60% of the town has been destroyed, the death toll rises every day.

>> our situation is very bad. we need tents, food, water. look at us. we have no shoes. qwest's humanitarian catastrophe complicated further by syria's civil. western countries reluctant to send help to the regime in damascus. but syria's pariah government says aid delivered over the border is a violation of its sovereignty. >> without the control of the government, without permission from the government, this is violation. >> the u.n. has called on the international community to put politics aside. >> you are dealing with a ticket -- a catastrophe on top of the humanitarian crisis that already existed.

>> back in syria, cheers erupted as they managed to pluck a whole family from a collapsed building. father, daughter, son. something to lift the spirits in dark days. >> there has been a global response to this, countries around the world offering help. all of the countries shaded in dark gray have pledged aid, most of it to turkey. ukraine says it wants to help its friends in turkey while russia has assisted its ally, syria.

greece has sent rescue teams to turkey despite rocky relationships in recent years. they were lebanon, jordan and direct as well as the palestinian authority. i am joined by the media spokesperson for save the children. quick thank you for having me. i think the introduction so far gives a really good overview. the current priority is to focus on the rescue --

search-and-rescue efforts ongoing. we are trying to support the people that have lost their homes as best we can. just today, arriving here, we saw people in the streets late at night, children huddled around fires. people are afraid to go back into their homes. it is quite a desperate situation. there are still aftershocks that make people very afraid. we are trying to provide people with shelter.

ready to eat food, just today, we also try to support a number of people in a center there. we are trying to do what we can. >> let me ask you, we just spoke with someone from the white helmets and i was asking about the ability to get in aid from turkey into northern syria. they are demanding that it is stealing that aid. >> it is a difficult question.

we do that through a number of partner organizations. but i can tell you is the situation -- what we are hearing from those partner organizations is very severe. it does not come out as strongly yet. because of the conditions in that area. it has been at war for the past few years. i am very worried about the situation there. >> this is a realistic one.

i am wondering if we look into the future for weeks from now, months from now. >> this is close to the epicenter. we saw a collapsed school. that is so that children will be able to go for further stable future. it is important that we invest in safe places for children to go now. they could be reunited and separated. they could continue to learn in one way or another. temporary learning spaces. to be able to return to some form of normality as soon as

possible. we need to do our best to try to help these people. we will talk about the syrian children response office, thank you. >> zelensky has repeated western weapons. zelensky is making is just -- just a second trip abroad. today he thanked britton for backing ukraine since day one of moscow's invasion that he urged western partners to equip ukraine with fighter jets as key braces for the potential russian

events this spring. >> a warm embrace on the tarmac. and a rapturous applause at the joint session of the british parliament. low zelensky was the man of the hour, doing what some have called nearly impossible, unifying the contentious political parties. >> we know russia will lose. we know the victory will change the world and this will be the change the world has long needed. the united kingdom is marching with us to where the most important victory of our lifetime.

they can provide ukraine with airpower. >> this is one of the most simple and important wars. >> the message symbolized the presentation of the helmet. >> the writing on the home here. we have freedom to protect it. quite the visit comes as ukraine raises for a possible new offensive and it also highlights britain's desire to play a leading role on the world stage.

committing 2.3 billion pounds since the war began and pledging to match that this year. quickly writing president is set to meet with emmanuel macron. >> president zelensky is optionally hoping for fighter jets. he is on a european tour to ask for 16 american fighter jets or the french built fighter jets that are part of the french army. european leaders have been rather reluctant to respond to this.

we understand european leaders are not likely to provide -- to promise these fighter jets right now. this is likely to be a rather symbolic visit. >> there is a lot of symbolism in the decision to go to paris. how important is this visit for the french president? >> it is really -- rather important. emmanuel macron has been an international leader as a european statesman. he wants to play a big role. zelensky and mccrone --

not grown welcome to zelensky here. they have created quite a strong bond over these past few years. they were trying to support zelensky in his fight against russia. even though this has been a rather rocky road as well. he is really on zelensky's side. he will continue to support him. we have international aid with french aid. >> that is the key point. as of now.

for the view from ukraine, i asked nick conley about the reaction there to zelensky's trip to the u.k.. >> lots of happy faces. give. picking him up at the airport, that is something that is not the norm. seeing it as one of the few success stories of recent years. i think talk of training for ukrainian pilots is a big deal. this is the first step, many hoping it will be the first two getting those jets. we had different estimates there. then there is the big question

of even if these jets to come, where will they be housed? how will they be protected from russian missiles? there is a sense that britain has played the role of the avant-garde in terms of getting them to tag along and agrees work complex expensive things. quite the role that the u.k. has played here via the germans and the french, it works in getting allies for sending in battle tanks. i am wondering if zelensky is betting the strategy is also going to work in terms of getting fighter jets to his military? >> heat doesn't have any other options.

basically that is the main hope now, the brits will go ahead and later encourage the others to go along with them. france has a lot of it weapons industries and government. they are talking of the mirage fighters. so far, it has to be said that france has been pretty slow to send weapons to ukraine. i think this is the main focus in the u.k.. >> nick, as always, thank you. other stories making headlines around the world, international investigators say vladimir putin

had a role in bringing down the malaysian flight. they have strong indications that they offered missiles to probe russian rebels. they also said they did not have evidence that he ordered the attack. the plane was shot down by russian antiaircraft missile. over eastern ukraine. firefighters think chili are battling wildfires across the south of the country. 26 people have died in the fires in recent days. authorities are warning a heatwave could further fan the flames. canadian police say two children have been killed after a public bus smashed into a daycare center. police believe the driver crashed the vehicle liberally. they say they do not know why. the united states says china has a global fleet of spy balloons similar to the one shot down by the u.s. air force last week. the white house says the chinese

spy balloons have been spotted flying over five continents. sports news and with some news from the american professional basketball world, lebron james has become the all-time leader in career points. the run scored his record-breaking points. he now has a total of 38,000 290 career points. in fitting fashion, lebron james surpassed a fellow l.a. lakers, kareem abdul-jabbar who retired back in 1989. afterwards, he said he would struggle to beat the emotional high of such an historic moment. >> i write that man's name on my shoe every night.

i felt like i was sitting on top of the arena tonight. i am not sure if i would be able to feel that feeling again. everything just stopped. it gave me an opportunity to embrace and look around. just seeing the fans and see my friends. >> they don't call lebron james the goat for nothing.

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>> welcome to "live from paris," will news analysis from france 24. life images from the elysees palace in paris where the ukrainian president is expected to arrive very shortly. he has touched down at the airport. it follows a day where he was in london where he asked directly for fighter jets to be supplied to his country in its quest to repel the russian invasion. nothing is off the table. britain is going to train