that's jennifer higgins, a serial policy coordinator at the international rescue committee. appreciate your time. thank you for having me. wild turkeys presidents as the quake death toll in the country has now passed a 21000. an international aid effort is underway with rescue crews and supplies being deployed to the region. teams in turkey are still searching for survivors in the rubble working in freezing temperatures. despite fading health, let's bring you up to speed now with some other world news headlines. mystery surrounds the object, the usaa says it shot down over alaska on the orders of president joe biden. the object which was described is roughly the size of a small car. was that to pose a threat to civilian aviation last week, us warplanes down a suspected chinese spy balloon over the atlantic origin of the object. thousands of iranians have taken to the streets to mark the 44th anniversary of that islam make revolution. david, ayatollah khomeini returned from exile and over through the shells government. this year's celebration is in for shadowed by months of na

earlier i spoke to jennifer higgins from the international rescue committee. his organization has been providing aid in syria. she described the situation affecting people there. yes, thank you very much. for having me on to discuss this, i mean this area syria already before this disaster was incredibly hard to access. the situation really remains dire as a region where 90 percent of population were already reliant on humanitarian assistance. hundreds and people over 40 to remain trapped in the rubble of claps. houses in an earthquake came really at the worst imaginable time when people were in bad asleep. and many of the houses just weren't built to sustain an impact that an earthquake that they saw it could have, you know, community main responders are really fully occupied with the search and rescue. and the huge number of casualties is just overwhelming hospitals and medical center in the northwest. you know, the health system. there was already critically fragile, even before this, and not only from the coven 19 pandemic. but also of until you know, the

that's jennifer higgins, the serial policy coordinator at the international rescue committee. appreciate your time. thank you for having me. rescuers has been battling against the odds in turkey and syria, but time for saving victims is running out. according to turkish president wretched type air to one debts in the region have now exceeded 25000. it was an operation. rescuers called a miracle in the southern turkish city of kira can. we follow the story of a woman named zane ep cruz worked tirelessly to free her from the rubble. zainab sister kept vigil at the site and even went down into the rebel to speak with her dead. i even know she is. the guy does not know the soon after spending more than 100 hours trapped, zayna was pulled out alive. but the elation of her family and rescuers was cut short zane epps to come to her injuries. the next day in the hospital dw spoke to the team behind the operation. they told us there, devastated by zane eps passing, but are determined to carry on we would get, we gave her the chance to say goodbye. we gave her brother her sister the cha

opposition held areas in the past about jennifer higgins is syria policy coordinator at the international rescue committee in amman . jordan, she told us what is needed and the next coming hours. thank you so much for having me. i mean, we're coming into another night now and i think we're still really trying to understand the very real impact that this devastating ad are thinking. hot, honesty, integrity and in northwest syria. and we're continuing to see the death toll rise. but this is mostly the coming from urban areas and i think what we will get a star shot from is whenever we started meeting, understand a scale and impact and hard to meeting inaccessible areas, especially those areas in north west, syria, even before this current earthquake. this area of syria was extremely difficult to access, and it was largely reliant on humanitarian assistance with, you know, challenges with infrastructure, from health, water and electricity. and it also has very large populations of internally to stay . people who've been displaced in their homes, multiple hines over there to have your conflict in syria and pe

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that's jennifer higgins, the serial policy coordinator at the international rescue committee. appreciate your time. thank you for having me. this is as turkey's president says, the quake death toll in turkey has now passed at 21000. an international aid effort is underway with rescue crews and supplies being deployed to the region. teams and turkey are still searching for survivors in the rubble working in freezing temperatures, despite fading home. and in the past few hours, dw has been reporting on what was an extraordinary tale of survival. in the town of caroline, a woman named santa was buried under the rubble for 4 days after the earthquake struck against all odds and to the joy of her relatives. a team of wrestlers managed to pull her out alive. she was transferred to a hospital and said to be in a stable condition. however, i'm very cited to report an update to her story to day our team and turkey has learned about se not has since passed away. and i just want to share our heartfelt condolences people around the world have been asking what they can do to help here . in

it's up to the board of international rescue committee, or any organisation, to set its own... back to the lessons of the last few years for organisations like ours, which is that it's really important that we walk the talk — that if we're to be taken credibly and seriously, then we also need to strive to be a more inclusive organisation. so, for example in 0xfam, yes, i'm lucky enough to be paid a good salary, and importantly, we're committing to reducing inequality within our own organisation, so we publish the pay ratio between my pay and that of the lowest paid, or median members of median pay in our own organisations, and are ambitious about making our own organisation more equitable so that our arguments to make the world fairer and more equitable are taken more seriously. so i think it's really important that we practise what we preach. we began by trying to make sense and interpret sometimes complicated statistics when it comes to hunger and extreme poverty. you'll know that there are data analysts, economists, social scientists, who look at the data, despite what you'v

i else jennifer higgins from the international rescue committee. what's needed in syria in the coming out? yes. today's now the 2nd day that we're really dealing with this devastating earthquake and we're still to now gauging and understanding the real impact that this is hard not only in turkey, but also in northwest area. and i think as the desk will continue to rise, as we start to be able to respond to some of those more rural areas and really see a dramatic increase, i think in the need and the impact on the ground. you know, this area of syria as you were mentioning just now was already before this very, incredibly hard to access and it was largely reliant on humanitarian assistance. so i think all of this is coming also in the wake of the very devastating snowstorm which is cause freezing temperatures. and it's making the ability to respond effectively to those in need. very, very, very difficult to tell us more about how your organization is making a difference in what are the access issues for you. yes for us, you know, and i think for a l

living through this experience is very good point to make the jennifer higgins with the international rescue committee. jennifer, we appreciate your time and all the best to you and your team. thank you. thank you . rattling, let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . the syrian city of aleppo has been burying victims of the earthquake at least a 140 people were laid to rest in his womic cemetery on monday and tuesday, with many residents feared trap. under the rubble, the death toll is expected to rods. german crews have joined the upper to assist with the operation in turkey. a team of emergency workers has landed in a donna bringing with them equipment and search dogs. rescue teams from mexico, india and israel are also heading to the region with other nations. also promising support people turning up in drugs to help hundreds of wall entails or to stumble airport, trying to get to southern turkey where the devastating earthquake has killed thousands of people. countries around the world have dispatched rescue teams equipment, as well as humanita

i'm john by david miller been president of the international rescue committee and a former u. k. foreign minister, many thanks for joining us. so as we heard there, the 1st you and aid convoy has finally crossed into northern syria. this of course must be the tip of the iceberg of what's needed in terms of 8. yes, i think that's the message from the 400 class international rescue committee staff on the ground who are morning to colleagues by the way, who were killed in the earthquake on monday. the message from them is that there are desperate needs and of course the 1st priority is to bring people out of the rubble. but as that becomes less and less likely to save, life is vital to attack the threats to life that come from the freezing cold, from the lack of medicines to address illness and to treat injury from the lack of blankets. another humanitarian essentials, a but also to address the cash needs of some people who be left with virtually nothing as a result of this falling tragedy. and how or 8 rescue groups even able to function in what i suppose is essentially ungovern

if we live, david miller band is the president and ceo of the international rescue committee. he says the situation in syria antar kia is at a critical point. the message from the $400.00 plus international rescue committee staff on the ground. who are morning to colleagues, by the way, who were killed in the earthquake on monday. the message from them is that there are desperate needs and of course, the 1st priority is to bring people out of the rubble. but as that becomes less and less likely to save, life is vital to attack the threats to life that come from the freezing cold, from the lack of medicines to address illness and to treat injury from the lack of blankets. not the humanitarian essentials, but also to address the cash needs of some people who been left with virtually nothing as a result of this falling tragedy. we are working in the north west of syria, which is a rebel held area to an active conflict zone. $150.00 civilians were killed last year during fighting that were bombing raids in january from the syrian government and it's russian supporters. so our appro

in the past i, jennifer higgins of the international rescue committee told us what's needed in the days ahead. i mean, we're coming into another night now and i think we're still really trying to understand the very real impact that this devastating are thinking hot on that in turkey and in northwest syria. and we're continuing to see the death toll rise. but this is mostly the coming from urban areas and i think what we will get a star shot from is whenever we start to understand the scale and impact and hard to meet in inaccessible areas, especially those areas where syria, even before the current earthquake, this area of syria was extremely difficult to access and it was largely reliant on humanitarian assistance with, you know, challenges with infrastructure from health, water and electricity. and it also has very large populations. i've been trying to stay people who've been displacing their homes multiple times over the 2 of your competence area. let's take a look at some of their stories on the earthquake disaster. turkish authorities are shipping. some of the injured to hospital

megan fitzgerald joins me now and the regional senior manager for the international rescue committee. we've been watching these incredible pictures. the heroics of rescue crews working through the night, digging through the rubble for more than 15 hours. what can you tell us about how night has fallen, how they're doing in terms of trying to find survivors? >> reporter: well, as you know, this is an all hands on deck operation as they search quickly as possible to try and find survivors that are trapped under the rubble. what we are seeing here is complete and utter destruction and devastation in both syria and turkey. where we know collectively some 3,000 buildings collapsed. more than 2200, that number continues to rise in terms of that death toll. we know thousands of people are injured. thousands more though rushing to the area to try and help. you just look at these devastating images coming in from turkey, for example, where these buildings are collapsed. people trapped underneath the rubble. families screaming for their loved ones. first responders as we talked about rushing th

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we can hear from the international rescue committee. >> what we are worried about now is those in needtical care and the health system is not equipped to be able to deal with the levels and numbers of people that will come in meeting urgent trauma care. this is a health system that has been decimated by the 10 years of conflict. only about 45% of health facilities that were functioning pre-conflict are still functioning. more than 50% of the physicians in those facilities before the conflict have fled, so you are going to see potentially hundreds and maybe more as they are pulled out of the buildings being taken to health centers, and they are going to need critical care. they are going t need resources, equipment, and staff. it is integral that the international community does not forget syria in their moment of need. ♪ >> we are going to look at a couple of stories in the u.k. now. the head of a private school in surrey has been found dead along with her husband and seven-year-old daughter in their home on the school grounds. the 45-year-old was found with her husband and their young

i thought, who is the spokesman for the international rescue committee? middle east and north africa region is leih from amman in jordan. thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. i know that some of your staff have been directly affected by these disasters. talk to us 1st about the situation in turkey . what are you hearing about it, and are you getting a better picture of what survivors need right now? yes. hi, fully. thank you for having me. i'm, the situation couldn't be worse. it's really a tragedy here and we're still in the 1st 36 hours of one of the largest earthquakes have had hit the region over century and it has damaged road checkpoints, infrastructure we're, we're, we're hearing so many limitations to access our staff are unable to get a proper interconnection reception. we're trying to get hold of everyone to make sure everyone is safe and well. one of my colleagues at the receipt told me that was the worst part of this experience was the unknown. but they woke up at 4 in the morning with buildings collab trying to ensure their

facing starvation and several 1000000 are in need of urgent assistance, other, such as the international rescue committee and action against hunger. i warned that another 1000000 people on the continent, including in nigeria, ethiopia, and south, are also on the brink of famine. now we heard from a residence of some africa, some african countries about what they thought of those reported slash policies. they express outrage, the pigs and commercial interest could be prioritized over the lives of starving people. i think as disgusting, you know, thought for human beings to be starving and for the, for the president. although the priority to be pigs. i think that is completely unacceptable. what did i think it's rather dictate because, you know, as africans were definitely needs more than what's currently available to us to consume by then if you really think about it, if that food is really going to pigs, it's almost like putting, you know, the value of human beings to that of like a, or out of the think big things more important than done through monday for us. he african denisha media outlets a showed a

and several 1000000 in need of humanitarian assistance. meanwhile, organizations like international rescue committee and action against hungry hunger excuse me, wanted that almost 1000000 more somalian saw on the brink of famine. the great exports, controversy comes and strengthening relations between russia and africa, which also cover various fields with bright development prospects. but that's at least is the view of the director of the institute for african studies of the russian academy of sciences. and that's in her recent exclusive interview to archie . as always, you can watch the full version throughout the day on the channel. but here's a quick preview. interestingly, in terms of technology, russia is particularly competent in areas that africa needs most energy, water, purification, agriculture, medicine space technology. i t smart cities. course, these are all a priority areas for africa. suing them, russia can offer africa, los you, valuable engineering solutions to give you one example. we've created a certain type of fertilizer that when placed in the soil, stores moisture for up to 3

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and the international rescue committee. despite international generosity, their major obstacles to getting the aide in, they include damaged infrastructure, such as roads and hospitals, contested territory, particularly in water and syria. and of course, the constant threat of further tremors natasha. her name is as an aide, coordination center in the assemble people here understand after seeing the images and hearing from their fellow turks, just how desperate people are. and they know that time is of the essence. i just spoke to someone from the is don bull mayor's office, the city of is stumble is organizing this massive relief effort that will go on for 24 hours a day for at least a month. and he says it's great that people are donating food clothes, blankets and heaters, but he says we need more tests and we need sleeping bags. you just heard from the vice president here in turkey, that people who have lost their homes are going to be relocated to areas where there is a sort of touristy areas for the time being. but clearly that may not be available immediately. 338000 people across t

i to, he is a regional senior communications media manager for the international rescue committee, gaussian tab, i asked him about, well, most urgent need sli right now. what we need is, is funding international committee needs to step up and not failed the syrian people once again. and increase the funding because the needs are immense. even before the earthquake, we had over 4000000 people in northern virginia, almost 90 percent of them in need of assistance. now you can imagine how the scale and now how much the, the population going to be in need of shelter, of a place to, to be protected from the elements from the weather, from snow health care. i mean dyers, he is currently responding. we have a house health care facilities and providing medical supplies, but we do need funding. we need a lot of funding to, to cover all these need on the ground. that's in terms of health and based of course, of these 2 basic items to the water. our of our crucial areas, a lack of clean and safe drinking water and sanitation on both sides of the border . but how concerned are you about the outbreak of

begin here right now from the i begin here right now from the international rescue committee. in those facilities before the conflict have fled so they do, you're going to see potentially hundreds, maybe even more as we have been progressive buildings being taken to health centres and they are going to need critical care and resources and equipment and staff and this is absolutely integral the international community doesn't forget syria in their moment of need. no couple of stories here in the here in the uk, the head of epsom college — a private school in surrey — has been found dead along with her husband and seven—year—old daughter in their home in the school grounds. 45—year—old emma pattison was found with her husband george, and their young daughter lettie. police say they are confident there was "no third—party involvement". here's our special correspondent lucy manning. the school that she led, where she inspired, has police cars, detectives, and a major crime investigation. emma pattison was the first female head of award—winning epsom college in surrey. she was an e

red crescent, assyrian red, crescent, save children, doctors without borders, and the international rescue committee. despite international generosity, there are significant obstacles in getting the aide to the right places include damaged infrastructure, such as roads and hospitals, contested territory, particularly in water, syria. and of course, the constant threat of further tremors. stephanie decker is in gathering type, where aid is arriving, report reaches from the field and apologize for the quality of the audience. this is the 3rd. why? that is why here on tuesday, we are in the south quite close to the center. now this airport has been close to civilian aircraft, only been like this one and the other day every bring it out on the bus or just one of many, many countries that have joined the international effort. you can see that played off from minnesota. that is just wanted also filled with a thing that we joined medical supplies to set up $10000.00 for people. a medical team also had the infrastructure to help search the best on their search address. because of course, so in the 1st few d

. >> i want to bring in artem kulyk he is an interpreter for the international rescue committee.n. artem, you have a question for the national security adviser? >> i do, yeah. i wanted to ask, do you have a regret that if the united states started supplying weapons earlier, a lot of innocent lives would've been saved? >> so, in 2021, the first year of the biden administration, the united avoiding -- international rescue committee. he's a native ukrainian. artem, you have a question for the national security adviser? >> i do, yeah. i wanted to ask, do you have a regret that if the united states started supplying weapons earlier, a lot of innocent lives would've been saved? >> so, in 2021, the first year of the biden administration, the united states provided far more lethal assistance, weapons to ukraine than any previous year in u.s. history. javelins, and other critical anti-armor systems to help build the ukrainian defense. and we flowed that assistance, as we are seeing the russian troop, build up in the spring of 2021. and we kept flowing it as we saw the subsequent buildup t

that's elias abu ata from the international rescue committee, and international rescue committee, andthing you can do. what do you thing about that in terms of aid? it thing about that in terms of aid? it is definitely true. where incidents occur, the british people have already donated £60 million, but thatis already donated £60 million, but that is nothing, and relevant sum, it is 26 million people affected —— six millions. what they're obviously, doubly, tragically, unique political problems because you cannot... the amount of money required is billions. it is difficult to donate billions of pounds of dollars to be distribute by a government which, as far as we are concerned, has been on the wrong side of a horrible civil war for 12 years and that civil war itself has destroyed the infrastructure that would be needed for that money to be effectively attributed even by a government that we did not consider to be on the wrong side of that civil war. so they're not always easy solutions and this is a tragic event, and you can send as much money as you can and that's certainly should b

abc news anchor george stephanopoulos sits down with international rescue committee president and ceoiband to discuss the ongoing recovery efforts in those regions. you can watch the full interview on "this week" with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 this morning right here on abc 7 news. another unidentified flying object shot down by a u.s. fighter jet, this time over northern canada. this comes just one day after the u.s. military shot down a different unknown object over the waters of alaska. abc news reporter tai hernandez tells us why president joe biden is facing scrutiny. tai: for the second time into -- in high-altitude object has been shot down by u.s. military aircraft. the u.s. aerospace defense commander confirms its radar and aircraft tract an unidentified hi altitude object over northern california. >> the unidentified object was flying at an altitude of approximately 40,000 feet. had unlawfully entered canadian airspace and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilians. the object was downed approximately 100 miles from the canada-united states border, over canadia