ah ah, i knew trema hit turkey a just a day off. so one of the strongest earthquakes to ravaged parts of the country, destroying homes, and leaving thousands that with children being pulled from the rubble of the disastrous off to shops, hit syria. more than 3000 people have been confirmed in both turkey and syria. the death toll continues to rise on the program, the russian defense ministry says ukraine has lost over 6000 of its soldiers in

just the past month. the us and its western allies have been seeking to prolong the conflict with covering your wealth use life from moscow. talking international with me, role res, to show you and today's hard working news team. it's a time for your top stories right now. so today has been struck by yet another series of earthquakes, just a day off to a more powerful one detected at 7.8, wrote havoc in the country and neighboring syria. now the talk is present or the one describe the best of strongest earthquake in almost a century. more than 3000 people have been confirmed dead already. and the following footages from one of the areas hottest tip, i should warn you. you may well find this disturbing. i'm with

elderly residents from a nursing home with forced to flee into the freezing cold because the facility was heavily damaged outside temperatures at around a 0 degrees celsius of a time. of the stuff footage are showing locals. some of them seriously injured, exposed to the elements without wearing proper wind for closing images are also circulating on social media, showing people in tears. they wait for news. any news at all about that loved ones in the affected areas. i get this, you're not at this moment i just after a building collapsed, was filmed by

a journalist during a live broadcast, and se in turkey upsetting footage. that really just speaks for itself. is it even that is it got put on there is also not on the other yet, but also the now as we understand at least a 10 turkish provinces have been impacted in the tremulous could be felt for, well, it's far away as hundreds of kilometers. now, among the countries affected, a neighboring syria, already crippled by years of war, suffered mass devin station when seismic shock slammed into his northern regions. well, just for a moment here, let's take a closer look essentially at the extent of this destruction as we understand now. so far, nearly a 3500 debts have been confirmed in turkey over 21000 injured assyrian authorities reported more than 700 killed and 1400 injured. now we heard from us, we heard from some of those who have well has lost their loved ones. ah,

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a was a roswell new families under there. my sons, my daughter, my son in law, they're still under the rubble. we hear their voices, they're still alive. there's no way to get them out. there's no machinery, there's a, i'm not in a meeting. grandson is 18 months, so please help them please. we can hear them have not got any news from them since

the morning please. there were the 12 so we can't reach my family. my grandson ah . just put out in the program here at ashi. we heard from my door busha austin, a correspondent of a turkish news agency, d ha, a reporting from the epicenter of one of the. well, one of the worst quakes. and she says a search and rescue missions are underway in turkey. i expect more help from the international community. we are in caught up. i'm on us right now. it's so 7 points, 8th, magnitude, charge, crank, this fall, turn turkey. it's be gauss early monday morning, yesterday. all most of part 1000 spalding had been destroyed,

destroyed by the urge. gregg behind my back as you see. that was the 7th floor, this throwing palding's searching i rescued themes laurie on the mission income on my rush to say say lives in turkey. people needs basic needs like blank blanket, dry dry fields, leather situations are really bad. that though very cold winter day in turkey. yesterday night it was a very bad small stone. and ross are closed. so we try and they handle this situation. then our risk with teams are caused the liver king. people are called still searching for their families for a blog wants mosley in our area in our neighbor could neighboring countries earthquake. it's such a biggest sapp, ms. thim for humanity. so of course we hope for international help. meantime, a video circulating online show multi story residential buildings that toppling throughout the country with local residents,

with no choice just being forced to flee their homes. well that's of course not a doctor showed a buddy if your professor of size knology and turkey joining us live here on this program from moscow. a variable and welcome to use. sorry, sorry to be joining you on such a day of bad news indeed. but we appreciate your time. thank you for joining us here on the program before i go any further with you, talk to the body shop. i'm just checking now the european size medical center saying 540 earthquakes have now been reported in the european mediterranean, according to earthquakes are not try most are off to shops. is this crisis getting worse? it's spreading right now. yeah, because you know, the after show can still continue and those are the strong after shops actually. maybe after shocks takes less more than 5000 and as the course mother told you that the also,

the better condition is very so we're very cold weather and collapse. building number of call last building is totally is very huge amount because she mention only want to note griggs, but if we didn't 9 hours we had 2 large events. one is 7.7, and the 2nd one is 7.6. and plus, we have an unusual case that at this 3 magnitude, 6 plus earthquakes and after show broker in this region, and the central region will tell turkey a is still experiencing some, some substantial off to shocked. as you say, one subsequent trema had a magnitude of 5.6. how long doctor, do you expect the seismic activity to continue? if you know the felt earthquakes? i mean, if you are thinking of the parent or grace it takes one year. but if you think is that mike, good grade me, beach means is smaller one,

we will just consider about 2 years after shoke activity can continue. of course, those are not harmful. the really, it's will not destroy the houses but socially will affect the people because they will already, social trauma, psychological trauma. and these after shows will trigger the social and psychological trauma for the after show area. people then it will, the recovery period will be take long as well. i don't want to get into the details of the, of the infrastructure, the devastation, to the infrastructure. but before i get there, i just wanted to ask you one more technical question. if i kind of a dyna stan the quake was it was a, the main quake was a, a strike slip earthquake can italian scientists reporting the tectonic plates in the area have created a 3 meter shift in the landscape. but what, what kind of implications could that have if that's accurate,

actually in the east and not only for volts on his left let. let's let the strikes report. but that is also normal and component, which means that the earth moves little bit also down place as well. we say that type of default, but as i told you that we don't have. busy only one un, 2 large events, and this is the turkish histories of the 1st time that we did 9 hours. we have 5.7 and 7.6, very large events in this area. the less, all these events has also higher acceleration values. so it will create huge damage in the region. so to us already create damages. we didn't turn the skis nearby. so this is in maybe the turkish story of the 1st time that to large

events at this same place within a week time period. so so, so what would you call these 2 quake events, unusual? all that pretty standard for this region, that is a highly sign. all know, this is, this is, is bigger surprise. and now usual, this is the 1st time in my life. i mean, i 5, smaller just the absorbing also historical size mr. and instrumental science, mr. period. so you don't have a similar case in before. so you're saying you're saying this double event is unprecedented right? history of the right 3 can call that believe that one of the event is to go to the 2nd event. this is the indifferent by folks. but in this similar region, dr. body shop wanted to ask you, because as you mentioned several minutes ago that this part of the world, it's got a history of size knology happening there. but i guess one would say that given, given the potential for a natural catastrophe in that part of the world,

these things taken into account when the buildings are constructed in cities and towns. as we've seen these, this awful footage of buildings just collapsing actually, you know, we know that their daughter quick is turkeys, old creek, brown country and, and since many years we are conduct exams, scientific studies that this region is one of the sas macapp region, which means that in former time, there were strong events in this region and probably soon we will have another large us. this is one of the seismic gap is filled with these 2 events right now. so we're also later, nice building called and regulation. but when you have some regulation, we also need some attributes of the people to obey the rules and as well as the very good type control of the construction houses. and, and other reason is that the,

the assume that this is the skis is landing. standing on the very soft soil tick sediments, maybe in set such a tick sediments in the region. we need especial precaution for construction houses. so we had to similarly you and in different region in turkey. but all these, if you take that precaution in, if you will be the building called regulation, than that it will be no big damage and not collapse the building in this region. probably people doesn't obey is such strict rules. and with the very high you zone. so i sneak ways probably amplified and stripe to building more strongly. and as i mention that the also the acceleration value of these events

is when we compare with other magnetic 7 class event is higher than that. the former ones. this is another reason. and the 3rd reason is that the, these events occurred in 72 long to depth. so means that very close to the surface and seismic energy is not dissipated and is not attenuated so much and wrong laughing between 3 or 4 cities. because the focal mechanism and focus of the un is in between 3 large, but dr. thought about is just sorry for just jumping in quickly. i'm running very low on time, but it's so good to have you with us on the program today. i wanted to ask you, we know that the global community is responding. but as far as i understand from our conversation here, your expectations are that right now, this is not necessarily the aftermath. this is actually a quite before the next storm. you're saying that the earthquakes or the,

or the off to shops or tremulous could get worse. know because already, you know, many after shocks or cur, than people is outside in the living there in is safe place in and outside. so you know, if you have a minute or damage or moderate damage, strong aftershocks can call such building, but for people is not standing inside such buildings. the government doesn't provide and there's a low to people to enter such. so right now it's safety inspection. yeah. yeah. all right, so right right now it's an issue of safety people staying away from, from buildings, for example, as the rescue and recovery operations to continue dr. shoddy about asia, a professor of size knology and a great pleasure. have you on the program. thank you for your time. thank you very much. thank you. now the syrian city of l. f. o. near the talk is border was one of the areas most effective residents were forced to free their homes and have been gathering

a shelters where they have been provided. the necessary help of the facilities were chosen because they're far from told buildings as residents. that could be further trauma or heard from some of them as they share the terrifying experiences. the mom who could feel the ass moving under as like windmills and the shaking was getting stronger and stronger. all the things in the house were fooling. we could not get ourselves together. we didn't know what to do, and i believe people fled from their homes and we decided to come to this comment. this is their will area and there are no 2 buildings there. we went out to the street to see old people standing there. there were in a disastrous condition. hi leon aleck, that was there more than 750 people in the convent. we're providing all we can for these families. we give them breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as providing heating and bathrooms, and the most important thing for them, which is safety. because now i have syria trying to cope with the aftermath of

a devastating quake. so the u. s. has again refused to lift its sanctions against the middle east and country. now the u. s. state department spokesperson recently deflected a question about policy saying it's actually the syrian government that is to blame for the overall disastrous situation in the country. i don't reach out nothing in government. they aren't. are they going to run dish your operations are integrations. and so it would be a great gesture and i'm just show it going to sort of lift the sanctions that have basically you know, suffocated. see, it would be quite ironic if not even counterproductive for us to reach out to a government and has brutalized its people over the course of a dozen years now. gas in them slaughtering them, be responsible for much the suffering that they've endured. the human rights groups of war and that western sanctions, particularly from america, a blocking aid from entering syria,

especially after the earthquakes and media outlets report the transport companies were afraid of making deliveries to syria due to a risk of punishment from washington. well, it's more about this right now of crossing large douglas and the political commentator stevens, who ini in the northern syrian city of the taca variable. welcome to you, so sorry, it's on a day of such tragic news. what do we know right now? so about the current experimental, terry, and situation in syria. the situation is still living there. it is devastating. in the city of la talk, you know that about 400 people died about over 750 people are injured. there are some people under the trouble shooting government and disputing aid and red unit costs are trying their best to to, to pull them out. but the problem is there isn't enough equipment. she's been going

through 12 years of war. syria also has sanctions on it. so syria is not ready for a human hearing crisis. and this situation is really, this is in really bad. this is in the park. yeah. and other parts, even worse, because it is closer to the turkey. there's about $270.00 people dead that's. that's the number, the numbers is increasing by the minute. 600 people are injured at the health department and rescue teams did save about 90 people. 7 about 700 buildings have get up. there's over 2000 buildings. already. they are really damaged and the mit kept up in the thought. you know, where i live is 100 to building and i have collapse. the problem is in

syria, as i said, we need aid already. the algerians and the russians, and the iranians and iraqis have seen rescue teams, have sinned aid and brought the sanctions on syria. and of our good that the western and the white house has have the put on the syria reports are coming. more countries are going to send a d, m, or at the, the king of the king, a bahrain, oman, and other countries resilient. and the number of countries are responding. so, so sorta jump in. but as you say, a number of countries are responding with humanitarian help. but the united states apparently is essentially blocking. she monitoring help from getting into syria. i did just a moment ago you meant, if you, you mentioned a few minutes ago about the war in syria, that was us orchestrated regime change. that was an attempt to get rid of a sod. let's not call that a civil war. let's, let's just, let's just be straight about that. is it now the fact that the office such

a natural disaster in that part of the world are all the every day syrians still in effect being held hostage to us policies in that country? yes, it is because because of the policies and because of these sanctions on syria and because of the illegal appearance of the american army in the eastern area, you how going to city, we get 10 minutes of electricity. there's no fuel to turn on the personal cars. how are they going to turn on the developed and been in the truck all so also the for the food situation. this all these sanctions and embargo on this unit. we cannot import any good there and they're taking the all stealing on of the oil and gas in the urea theory has no electricity, no cooking gas, no gas to turn on. the electric generators that gives the city generator city has

nothing. we are living almost in a black out and on top of all of that, now we have this humanitarian crisis where there's thousands of families with our homes, thousands of people under the destroyed buildings. and then they noted states, they don't do it, they don't care. they keep the sanction, but i'd say, as you say, i just want to say, you know, as you saying that the american does like to say as well and european countries in the time of a natural disaster. that should be no politics involved. what so ever, apparently, not practicing exactly what they preach. so russia is helping syria, algeria, some members of asia, even new zealand is going to be happy, is going to be sending help to you. how is the assad government doing it, getting the right equipment to the right areas as quickly as possible? yes, the earthquake happened and on the in dawn of february steaks the prison, assad and his met his cabinet and gave the orders and,

and lifting and got the reports in front of him in on at 8 p. m. yesterday and immediately the government started sending the equipment from other cities in the area like damascus, that homeless, that you there asked with another student, syria, and they sent him to talk. yeah. and a full fire trucks, ambulance equipment and also a lot of syrian businessmen and syrian who is your own, the medical factories and food fact, you also are supporting and helping the government. because as we can see, if turkey, who is a country was no war and a good economy, they are asking for a can you imagine a country like syria was called views of war and sanctions? how the government is, they are doing their best. they are doing with and they are working with the equipment that they have. but as i said, we could not how we can do this. and we cannot have done this with

a without the help of our friends, like l, julia, russia, and iran and iraq. particularly these 4 countries have been a big, huge help for ya. and the last 24 hours was great. it's great to see an outpouring of support, sympathy, and help among regional partners, and you're part of the world stevens, who ini. a journalist and political commentator live from the syrian city of the talk. you great to have you on the program. thank you very much. good, happy with us now for this program on archie, the russian military has assessed key abs battle field losses over the past month of the russian ministry of defense as sort of a show who said that within that timeframe, ukraine has lost over 6500 troops and more than 600 combat vehicles. he also said the us in the west and allies have been trying to prolong the coffee in an effort at the end of the day to hom, russia. well, no surprise with that, let's do more right now. ok. marina culture,

ever joining us live here in the studio. very big numbers. what else just showing you have to say marina. i'll give you some more numbers actually, because during that month in january they also lost 26 aircraft 7 helicopters and 208 drones. so that was the end of that list of the losses when it comes to ukraine . then she went on to talk about those who are supplying ukraine with weapons. and he said that the us and its allies are really dragging out the conflict by supply heavy offensive weapons. and that their actions also openly calling all new framed to snatch russian territory. and not their actions, the us and the tantalize their action, or actually dragon main. so countries into the conflict and escalated things to a point where we could see it, reach an unpredictable level. that sounds quite scary, but again we're seeing, it's not something they're just continued and continue. and he also went on to say that the weapons that they do find russian troops are continuing to grind all the

weapons and equipment. they find that supplies the key of regime both on the battlefield and also on the supply roof. then he spoke about the key of regime continuing to intimidate people in the territories that have recently come on the russian control. and they're doing that by striking hospitals, by striking residential areas. then he moved on to say about how over orthodox christmas, when both it was supposed to observe a truth period, a ceasefire. because as we know in the 1st week of january, russians and ukrainians, of course they observe, that's when they observe christmas. and still, despite that, ukraine's armed forces carried out over $550.00 artillery and more thorough types during that period. so the defense minister said that this shows their a barbaric nature, that they don't care about anything, even something as sacred as christmas. and then he went on to give us a list of the territories. the areas that have recently been liberated and he said

that flights and currently in the area of oakland are and are almost is developing successfully. that's the wrap up. well, i mean, you talk about showing who's saying that the west has prolong in the conflict that this is remind reminder of us very quickly. just few days ago, the former israeli prime minister natalie bennett, who acted as an intermediary between russia and ukraine at the beginning of the conflict, said that the negotiations were interrupted by western countries. quote, natalie bennett, the former israeli prime minister said all my actions were coordinated to the smallest detail with america, germany and france. they broke off the negotiation they did. and also he did say, nationally, bennett said that when push push comes to shove, israel will always follow america's lead his words. and it's amazing, isn't it that 2 weeks into this, we could have had a cease fire. we could have had a peace deal bought again that for some reason didn't suits the west. and here we are now didn't through the western press either because they don't like talking about that. do they don't like admitting that they're european and american leaders

with the very ones that scuffled the piece, eggs and laurie, where are the headlines after the interview? that was so naturally, bennett and no one the same. we could have had p seal all along. yeah. they're keeping mom, there you go. marina, we're not, we're not at all as always setting the record straight. thanks marina. well, thanks for joining us here. party international ally from moscow. a busy day ahead . of course, lots of reporting coming in from all around the world. appreciate your company, we're back soon with. ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, museums are important for preserving our history so that it is

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