>> welcome to "life from paris" -- "live from paris," world news and analysis from france 24. the united nations says the turkey-syria quick is the worst in over a century. turkey's president describes it as like a nuclear bomb scene. voices are still being heard miraculously under the wreckage. in syria, aid is getting through to rebel-held areas. nato has to assure ukraine it has the weapons it needs to win

the war. ian stoltenberg added putin is not preparing for peace but for more war. the year anniversary of the conflict is approaching. allied forces have met in brussels. the kremlin says nato is demonstrating his hostility to russia every day and becoming more and more involved in the conflict. moscow denies being behind an attempted coup d'etat in moldova . this is "live from paris." thank you very much for being with us. death toll is now over 41,000.

from the earthquake in turkey and syria. let's bring you the latest on the situation. hopes fade, but there are still survivors being found. those who have lost everything are desperate for answers. why did some buildings crumble while others resisted? the a quick happen on monday, february 6, -- the earthquake happened on monday, february 6. >> these are no ordinary planes. they are carrying much needed aid to alleviate the strain on those turkish hospitals that have not been damaged or destroyed. on board this cargo flight is 16 metro -- metric tons of material to a field hospital. >> everything that is needed to have a functioning hospital. and then everything weeed for us, sleeping tents, canteen,

showers, toilets -- everything we need to live on the ground for four to six weeks or more if needed. >> in the hours that followed the earthquake, turkey asked for international assistance by calling on the european mechanism of civilrotection. >> the european commission responded massively. >> more than 80 countries are present in turkey with close to 10,000 personnel on the ground. >> week really appreciate all the friends, allies for being with us at this time. >> after the cargo, it is the men and women servicing the hospital who touched down, impatient to get to work. >> we get through 100 patients a day, but that would depend on the seriousness of the injuries. in all, we have a maximum of 75 heads i addition to the outpatients. >> there are sanitary problems, infections, and diseases.

meanwhile, everyday life continues with its scrapes and bumps and illnesses, even in the aftermath of an earthquake. mark: the united nations has confirmed humanitarian aid has been taken in syria through a newly opened crossing. this is part of the announcement from the assad regime, that two more crossings will be open to allow help to rebel-held areas like idlib and parts of aleppo, but there is anger over how long this has taken. were joined representative from the united nations commission on refugees. >> we also saw the huge needs. we saw a lot of pain. we saw people in shock, traumatized. this earthquake really brought an emergency on top of all of the emergencies. the needs are growing by the day

. with every day unfolding, there is the number growing in the losses, the losses in infrastructure, homes destroyed, hospitals and schools. the job to help these people and support them in the next stage is not just a one-week job. it is not for two weeks. it is long term. we will need months and months to help people recover. what we saw was many people lost their homes. many people in aleppo are in makeshift shelters, in mosques, in schools. some do not have a space, there wasfor them there. they were sleeping in cars. some are sleeping in parks. >> nato's secretary-general told the meeting of allied defense

ministers that ukraine must have the weapons it needs to defeat russia. ian stoltenberg poses the question of aircraft. >> no one else lives on aircraft, but ukraine's allies pledge to give as much ammunition as possible. u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin said ukraine was preparing a counteroffensive in the spring and the alliance was focused on making sure kyiv had the firepower, armor, and logistics to make it effective. >> it is a monumental task to bring all assistance together, get the troops trained on those platforms, make sure we have sustainment and get those systems into the fight. that is really the focus of our

conversation today. >> on the battlefield in bakhmut, moscow was digging in its heels with the book of russia's resrces directed at the key eastern city. media reported not one square inch of theity was safe from russian fire and drones. with newly drafted soldiers, poorly trained and ill-equipped, the casualty rate is high. >> the leadership and morale is not great, and they are struggling mightily. however, they do have numbers. as you know, president putin did call up several hundred thousand and those folks have been arriving on the battlefield. >> nato pledged to keep ammunition flowing to ukraine after you and stoltenberg said ukrainians were going through

ammunition faster than it could be supplied. mark: next, to a possible war crime as russia holds thousands of children. this coming from a u.s. report. 6000 ukrainian children in reeducation camps. this was something that began as early as february 24 last year when russia launched its invasion of ukraine. a study by the yale humanitarian search lab funded by the u.s. state department has unearthed these figures, 43 camps across russia, including in moscow-annexed crimea and in siberia. this is pro-russia patriotic and related military education. this could represent another war crime committed by russia in

this conflict. we will be speaking to the author of the report very shortly. possible war crime as russia holds 6000 ukrainian children in a series of 43 camps across russia and russia-occupied ukraine. as we say, the report's author joining us later. moldova's president says a coup attempt has been uncovered in the country and russia is behind it. she says she has evidence moscow was planning kidnappings and attacks on government buildings. russia productively denies any knowledge of plans to overthrow moldova's elected leaders. >> moscow says it is not plotting a coup in the former soviet republic of moldova and is accusing moldova and authorities of russophobia. it says unlike western countries

and ukraine, we do not interfere in the internal affairs of moldova and other countries of the world. the denial comes after the moldova and president on monday said russia has been plotting to use foreign saboteurs bring down their leadership as part of moscow's war against ukraine. >> the plan involves actions using saboteurs with a military background camouflaged in civilian clothes who will undertake violent actions, attack some state buildings, and even take hostages. >> ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy last week said his country had uncovered a russian intelligence plan for the destruction of moldova. days later, the moldovan government resigned. the white house on monday expressed its support following

moldova's accusation moscow was plotting a coup. >> deeply concerning reports. certainly not outside the bounds of russian behavior, and we absolutely stand with the moldova and government and the moldova and people. >> the eu says it knows how much moldova is under russian pressure. the country gained independence from the sorbed -- the former soviet union in 1991 and applied for e.u. membership last year. there is increasing concern they could be drawn into vladimir putin's conflict with ukraine. >> india's tax officials search bbc offices in new delhi and mumbai after it was critical of

narendra modi. rights groups have denounced the move as an attempt to intimidate the media. >> authorities tried to prevent dozens of journalists from entering this building in central delhi as tax offices searched bbc bureau inside. it comes after the indian government aired a bbc documentary last month. the government said "india: the modi question" was propaganda. police in delhi detained students as they gathered to watch it. it focused on renter modi's leadership -- it focused on narendra modi's leadership of a western state in 2002 during riots in which 1000 people were killed. the bbc has stood by the reporting and issued a statement. >> we are fully cooperating. we hope to have the situation

resolved as soon as possible. >> no individual, no agency -- [indiscernible] why is there a hurry to give a clean check? >> media rights groups condemn the searches. the editors guild of india said it was distressed by the continuing trend of government agencies being used to intimidate and harass news organizations that were critical of the ruling establishment. since modi took office, journalists describe feeling less safe doing their jobs. within the annual press freedom index published by report -- reporters without borders, india delta 150, its lowest ever

ranking out of 180 countries -- india fell to 100 nifty -- india fell to 150. >> former american ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has announced her candidacy for the republican nomination for the 2024 u.s. presidential election. she's the first major challenger against donald trump after having said she would never stand against him. >> i'm nikki haley, and i'm running for president. >> it is official. nikki haley is a candidate. the former governor of south carolina is cascading herself -- casting herself as a younger, fresher alternative. she was appointed ambassador to the united nations under former president trump. she became a colleague of his even though she had been a trump critic. >> i won't pretend to have always been the president-elect's biggest cheerleader.

>> she became the first female and first minority governor of the state at the age of 44. the daughter of indian immigrants is known for bridging the racial divide. she was thrust into the national spotlight in 2015 after a white supremacist killed nine people in a charleston church and push for the removal of the controversial confederate flag at the state legislature. under trump, she supported his decision to pull out of the united nations human rights council. >> in this warehouse is concrete evidence of illegal iranian weapons. >> after leaving the trump administration, she returned to south carolina and wrote two books. in 2021, she announced she would not consider a white house bid if president trump was running. that's not how it has worked out. >> i don't think you need to be

80 years old to go be a leader in d.c. i think we need a young generation come in. >> pulls show nikki haley in single digits, but she has a record of winning tough races. she would be the first woman in the first non-white person to secure the republican ticket. >> we will see how that develops. first challenger then to donald trump with the republic -- for the republican nomination for 2024. the battle to curb inflation in the u.s. is not yet over. tell us more. >> the u.s. bureau of labor statistics has released its highly anticipated consumer price index, the main figures for inflation. it shows the resilient u.s. economy is past the peak of inflation but that consumer prices were still 6.4 percent higher this january compared to

last january, slightly better than analysts were expecting -- slightly higher, rather, because of rising energy costs and still well above policymakers' target of 2%, so it does look like the central bank will need to keep hiking those interest rates. and how have markets reacted to the new consumer price index figures? it has been a choppy day of trading. in the u.s., the dow jones was not too happy with the slightly than higher inflation reading while the nasdaq in the end recovered thanks to rising tech stocks, tesla and nvidia. it was also a turbulent picture in the markets in europe with the ftse 100 hitting another record high on tuesday, inching even closer to that 8000 mark. to india now with its rapidly growing airline sector, the

fastest growing in the world, in fact, as it races to keep up with consumer demand. it just placed another massive order for 470 planes from both airbus and boeing. that's worth tens of billions of euros. during a video call with the french president, prime minister narendra modi said his country was looking to buy some 2000 passenger jets in the next 15 years. in the not-too-distant future, you will not be able to buy a new petrol for -- or diesel car in the eu. european parliaments formally approved a new law effectively banning their sale from 2035. european carmakers are faced with a clear deadline, before which they must switch electric vehicles. emission it is part of a plan to become a climate neutral economy. >> with that, a landmark law cleared a final legislation

hurdle. the eu parliament officially banning the sale of new gas and diesel-powered vehicles in the eu starting in 2035. ahead of the vote, supporters said the law was needed to speed up the switch to electric vehicles and to combat climate change. >> the industrial revolution is happening, if we like it or not. we can choose to lead it or we can leave it to other parts of the world to lead it, and then all we can do is follow. >> in addition to the total phase out of gas powered cars and vans, the law also requires a 55% cut in co2 emissions from new cars sold from 2030, compared to 2021 levels. but opponents, led by conservative mep's, argued the industry was not ready for such a step and that the move but hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk. a member of the center-right european people's party saying,

our proposal is to let the market decide what technology is best to reach our goals. but the market is already making the switch. volkswagen, for example, has said it will only produce electric vehicles in europe starting in 2033. the new law covers cars and vans and not trucks and buses. with that in mind, the european commission unveiled plans to require urban buses in the eu to be zero carbon emitting by 2030 and to cut emissions from new trucks sold from 2040 by 90%. >> one company powering ahead is ford, but the american carmaker has had to pause production and shipments of the f-150 lightning because of a potential battery

failure. also tuesday, fort announced it would be axing one in nine of its employees in europe. would said it was moved to in the u.s., but ceo jim farleyw has also said they will have to cut down on labor in their drive to produce electric vehicles. mark: thank you very much indeed. peter o'brien with all the business. that diesel story will change how many people use a car. it is time for truth or fake. good evening to you. today, then, scammers using the turkey-syria earthquake to trick people into making false donations online. i'm astonished reading this. it sounds sick. tell us more. >> quite astonishing. scammers are channeling donations away from real charities and into their paypal

accounts and cryptocurrency wallets. we have some examples based on a disinformation report created by the bbc and security experts. content creators and scammers alike can make money on tiktok live by receiving what is called the is a digital gift on tiktok live streams using stolen content like this and in this particular case, there is this livestream on tiktok live that the bbc reports was broadcast for more than three hours on the platform. where we see this pixilated aerial view of buildings destroyed by the earthquake, you can also see this purple thumb on tiktok live, encouraging viewers to send money. the caption on this video was -- this one saying, let's help

turkey, but scammers use other messages on the platform. this one like, pray for turkey or donate for turkey earthquake victims. there was another tiktok live scam on the platform. this one right here where we see this picture of this prison running away from an explosion. here at the bottom, the host message is please help achieve the goal, so big plea for tiktok gifts. but a reverse image search shows this photo right here had already been posted online on twitter in 2018 with this caption that reads stop genocide, referring to the offensive of the turkish enclave in syria. >> it seems wherever there is a

platform, there will be a scam or someone trying to pull the wool over someone's eyes and trying to get cash. not just tiktok, though. twitter was also implicated in this. >> twitter scammers are also showing links to their cryptocurrency wallets asking for donations on the platform. for instance, this account with this moving image, this greek firefighter holding this child. the caption reads, friends, we're launching a campaign. the people have experienced a disaster in turkey, and you can see the links to their cryptocurrency wallets. this image we see actually went viral. it was created by a greek firefighter that was using artificial intelligence to create this image to support his greek firefighter colleagues, helping out with disaster relief in turkey and syria. there's also this fake fundraising account on twitter where they post a link to their

paypal account right there. this account has actually received $900 in donations already in their paypal account, but according to the bbc, the creator put in $500 to their own cost to make a fundraiser appear more authentic. nonetheless, the account has already been suspended by tiktok. >> it is actually disgraceful what some people will stoop to. can you please tell us of some trusted places where people can safely send on you to help people? >> of course, there's more real than fake donation fundraisers -- at least we hope -- helping the victims of the turkey and syria earthquake disaster leaf. here are some of the highest rated charities listed on charity navigator with 100% ratings. this is according to forbes

advisor. you can check out these donations, these disaster relief organizations to donate for the turkey-syria earthquake. also beware of charities that say they are in turkey and ask for donations to be paid through their paypal accounts since paypal has not been operating in turkey since 2016. also checked online how to spot fraudulent charities that have some of the same methods as the one we just showed. the same methods were also shown for fake donations for victims of the war in ukraine. >> thank you very much indeed. thanks to peter o'brien for the business. great to see you, sir. and thanks to you for watching wherever you are around the world. more to come "live from paris." >> it is unheard of. young people in china

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