lashes war in ukraine has dominated well, these for the past 12 months. devastating for those in the line of fire or directly impacted. it has strength and global alliances and deepened divisions with far reaching effects on the lives of billions of people worldwide. in a week could special coverage. al jazeera explores every aspect of the conflict, the human, the political, and the economic, and the possibilities of resolution. ukraine war, one here on, on, out there. ah,

desperate for help, earthquake victims and mortals, syria said they've been forgotten. we report from one of the worst hit areas we had previously several times, and now they're displeased. again the united nations more just a $1000000000.00 appeal to help turkey combat is worse. natural disaster ah, and armand isn't broaden this. is alex, as even live from door ha, also coming up, the head of russia state backed wagner group blames moscow's military bureaucracy for slow gains in the east of ukraine. the united states strongly opposes these unilateral measures, and the vitamin ministration condemns israel's decision to expand and legal settlements in the occupied west bank. ah!

we'll begin in turkey and silvio. a rescue efforts are winding up after last week's devastating earthquake. the un has appealed from $1000000000.00 to cover immediate humanitarian needs into here. well, that's on top of the $400000000.00 appeal for quake affected regents and sylvia. the relief effort there has been delayed by the last legacy of civil war opposition . held areas and serious northwest have only seen a trickle of a delivered so far more than $42000.00 people and now known to have died across both countries. we have a team of correspondence covering the disaster into care. natasha. the name is in the ancient city of on takia. bernard smith is an card of mine. madame, that's one of the epi centers of the earthquakes. as that bag in abbey, a man across the border and sylvia bristles her dar isn't she? there's this people are the residence of generous in northwest

syria. they're been hit hard by the earthquake. and now they're here and trying to get the aid. they said that aid is too little and too late. however, it's still very much precious for them because any drop off the aid can help them to survive this winter. you can see that there are thousands and thousands of people that they have lost their houses or relative there did ones. now they're here waiting for aid for food, for warm clothes, for heaters and for the medicines. so it has been days that they were waiting for these aid. there sat there angry and they say the field that the international community has forgotten them. they said they was, is not hurt. many of the relatives have stayed on the rumbles for days and days

didn't have more than more than equipments to, to pull them out. very rudimentary equipments, even sometimes with their bad hands. they needed to, they had to get their beloved ones out of the rebels here. so note were, syria has been bombed heavily by the regime over the course of a decade. they already lost a lot. they had been displaced several times and now they are displaced again. so just a little ago, i was talking to a young man who has lost his family. he said that when the earthquake hit him hit his house. he had to hold his son 6 years old son next to him for 24 hours. and that boy, his son, by while the blood was coming out of his his mouth and the father had to witness that. and just to me, there's away his and his other son who was 8 years old. he has called several times

that i am dying help. and he said that it was quite a painful moment for him that he couldn't help his daughter as well, has died. and now his father, his, his, his wife, is just disabled. another man told me and his historian, he has lost his family as well. he said that when he arrived to the hospital, he was in comma. and when you wake up, we, when he woke up, he asked the doctor about his wife, the doctor said, she's dead. he has about his daughter, the doctor says she's also dead. and he asked about his son, who dr. saw told him, he's also dead. so these are the shared stories here that are, that are really painful and the tragedy is still unfolding here. and the kids many of them, they still do not know how much they have lost. many of them are now without the parents. so that's why, particularly now the international aid is significantly important because it's

winter, and particularly during to tide that the night time it's freezing cold, and every single drop of the 8 can help them to survive. and so his president, bashar al assad says the road ahead is difficult unless, unless you like, what will face in the upcoming months and years in terms of social challenges and economic challenges is no less important than what we faced in these 1st few days. now, aid is done and read survivors and serious rebel how areas that they've been criticism of how long it's taken to negotiate the opening of border crossings from to kia medical facilities that are already fragile. from years of war, a close to collapse, they hold their reports. here in northwest celia medical south have little choice but to use damaged incubators. last week's earthquakes and southern 3rd year hit this region hard medical facilities and this opposition controlled enclave were

already weak. do 2 years of war and the lack of funds there now close to collapse. not allow them. we have always faith shortages, but this is not new. but now many incubators, the damage as well as other equipment that we need to treat the children. many children were affected by the powerful earthquakes where russia was among those who survived, but he still in shock getting. i was asleep when it happened for lapse. my brother and i would clap under the library for 3 days before they brought us to hospital. international agencies say they are facing a catastrophic situation in the north, where limited access to aid has complicated efforts to handle the aftermath of the disaster. it's a different situation and government controlled areas where plain loads of supplies are being delivered to airports. the world health organization says the impact is significant there, but services are available and people are able to access them. unlike in the

northwest, where it says people have been through hell, falmouth now william during the 1st 2 days in hospital, i didn't receive any treatment. if there were no doctors available volunteers or students were trying to help us, aid has long been politicize in a country divided by front lines. the international community is promising scaled up response after the syrian government approve the opening of a cor doors 4000000 people in the north re i'd on aid before the latest disaster. and the reality is only getting worse. shelter and food are needed on an unprecedented scale away. and can i look at our situation? it is cold. our children no longer go to school. we lost our home. there are no toys here. well, the u. n. is appealing for emergency funding. it has long been working with a shortage of funds and what many describe a forgotten conflict? the earthquakes destroyed already crumbling, infrastructure gentle only. i lived and we moved to italy 3 years ago when we knew

the building was not structurally sound, but we had no other choice. now engineers who told us that we can return to our home album. now we are homeless. the challenge now is to care for the living, who've already endured 12 years of war, then a footer l. shahita. now while search cruise continue to dig through the ruins, we're still hearing miraculous stories of survival and carmen mirage. a 17 year old girl was pulled alive from beneath the rabble. she had been trapped for 10 days, while several people were found alive in turkey. on wednesday, the number of rescues has decreased significantly. roman, i'm a bit as if we have to get her away from this environment because of the effects of trauma inevitable. she doesn't have any important bone fractures. her brain functions are good, her chest area and all her organs are in good condition. but we want to get her to a better environment, like sick briggs. now bernard smith, as income on mirage with more, ah, on people blaming,

lags construction norms for compounding the disaster. those behind the rubble behind me is the remains of apartment blocks that just crumbled within an architect tells us 10 to 15 seconds of the quake started meeting those in the people inside had no chance a toll, but across the street. amidst the rubble, there are other apartment buildings like that. one of the behind me, that as you can see, still standing now, it's going to have to be pulled down eventually. but the point is it stayed up long enough that the people inside it were able to escape and nobody was killed. but the difference is the buildings that collapse were built before $999.00. and that one and others like it were built after 999 when there was another major quake in turkey, which prompted the introduction of new rules and regulations strengthening the building was compounded the damage on the death and destruction is that even buildings built after $999.00,

many of them were granted ominous days. if they failed to come up to scratch, this was often done before elections instead of having to build a building, building the buildings up to standard. people paid a fine and that was paid to the ministry of environment instead of having to build, bring the buildings up to standard architects. we've been speaking to here. they said what they wanted to do that building behind me is the architects union office . it's low rise and what they wanted to do, they told the council about 3 years before this quakes, they want to knock down. they said all the pre $999.00 buildings should be destroyed and rebuilt to new, a low rise standards. when the building is low, arise is more integrated with the ground. and then we're totally more able to withstand the shaking in the oscillation. the quake causes but these buildings weren't evacuated, it means moving thousands and thousands of people or hundreds of buildings and hundreds of businesses. so the buildings were left as they were. and the collapse,

as i say, very, very quickly, chamber of architect is angry and frustrated because they say that this death and destruction was easily avoidable. now the united nations has launched a 1000000000 dollar appeal to help more than 5000000 people in turkey or funding from the p on the resources will allow aid organization to swiftly wrap up their operations to support government lead response efforts in areas including food security protection, education, water, and shelter. martin griffith the under secretary jones for humanitarian affairs, who was in the country last week said the people of turkey. i have experience, unspeakable heartache. and we must stand with them in their darkest hour and ensure they receive the support they need. housework has say many earthquake victims and now suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. and panic attacks are corresponding natasha. the name has been speaking to psychologists and on takia we

followed to clinical psychologist around today there with the turkish red crescent . and they're trying to help people begin to make sense of this collective trauma that is going to be felt across southern turkey. the clinical psychologist say during a disaster like this, their 1st priority is to help restore a sense of safety. make sure that people have shelter. there is still a critical shortage of shelter in southern turkey. sometimes it's giving people a blanket or a hot cup of coffee and then it's settling in and just listening. we watch the clinical psychologist offer hugs. pats on the backs. they often play with children, as for children were told they're being overlooked. and that's not uncommon in a situation like this that they've experienced, seen and heard things that no child should have to experience. and the clinical psychologist says, if they don't get the mental health services they need,

that could emerge as a bigger problem as they grow a. you should be working with the colleagues from here, from the field in, you should, you know, shoot your cherry emotions with them. you know, you both share your emotions and both work together. so it means basically this. so sites of ill work in the will break. now flavio scenario is the global network leader for emergency medical teams at the world health organization and he explains what's involved in the next stage of recovery efforts. there is a significant level of also destructions. so what it's, so it's important today's ensuring access to the most vulnerable and our to reach our populations, extending korea, the capacity to, to treat as you say, before, all the emergency and, and trauma, trauma cases at the same time and ensuring that, and that he very critical mental m psychosocial are support to those in neat with

ws provides as shipped as well magazines and supplies as a say to treat it carefully. all doors start when did that incorporate access to emergency and, and trauma care, as well as the surgical interventions. there's been the possibility to, to move, to say they're the materials. there's been a what d g actually very welcome. they possibility to move supplies and, and, and personnel in the blue in the attempt to scale up the provision of the services . so we are here, we had talk about element of capability, grinding up ability, and beneath clearly office scalability. so scale up those services. so i think we are the stage now to increase the response to the next level. they re establish it, they routine health services become a busy day. the next step of the response and showing that those they have a exacerbation, for example, for non communicable diseases. in any other condition. an access to our dos

services still had on the bulletin outrage and controversy. why the israeli military has appointed more than a 1000 olive trees from occupied palestinian land. the burden alley is back, the taking of position is one of the largest film festivals and the one with hello hello received some really nasty storms moving across. so colorado pushing through the southern plains of the u. s. big area of low pressure, just making its way here, easing over towards the eastern seaboard, ferry, high temperatures ahead of that. some rewards they're just around the eastern seaboard coming behind is cold sub 0 actually minus 3 celsius. they're in chicago.

similar temperature, the air force rancher and a minus 5 in ot, we're look ahead of it. 141516, maybe 800 celsius there for new york. and for d. c, as we go through friday afternoon with that wet weather slowly but surely making its way further is bright skies come back in behind? so looking good. if you make away through the weekend, if little cool leslie had blue skies and some sunshine, just one or 2 showers into ontario, maybe into work. we're back. wanted to shout just around the mountain states of the u. s. but for much of north america, it's actually looking pretty good. she make her way into the next couple of days. pretty good. so across much of the caribbean lassie blue skies here, lots of tropical sunshine coming through. you might catch a shower or 2 just around the eastern islands, sir. nothing too much to worry about. so much to whether they're to just making its way into one nicaragua and panama chassis some showers into southern passive mexico by saturday. ah.

oh, on a with ah ah ah ah, watching al jazeera will be it is the poor on doha amanda of our top stories. the

sour, the u. m. has appealed to $1000000000.00 to cover immediate humanitarian needs inter kia following last week's earthquakes. they also need $400000000.00 to quake effective regions. sylvia, where the relief effort is being severely disrupted by more than a decade old, civil more than 42000 people are now known to have died. 2 countries. authorities haven't yet announced the number of people still missing, but there are still some amazing stories of survival and caught them on my dash a 17 year old bill has been rescued after 10 days under the rubble. now the disaster has effected an area almost the size of brushwood. millions of people have been displaced in thousands of now living in cabs, completely dependent on aid as a beg, visited a camp and the southern turkish city of audi amman. o, a moment of happiness and play amid the destruction they've written. and these

children now live in the cabin, the yemen in southeast and to tear and being helped by volunteers. we came here to provide psychological 1st day to the children and to help them return to the normality of life. our aim is to make the children laugh because we say if one child laughs, the whole world law more than 5000 people live here, providing food, water, and shelter for them has been a combined effort. madman is a business man who came to help me. remember, this is a part of our country. we know they need both physical and financial help. we came from 1200 kilometers away. we've been here for 8 days. we live like them. we like them, we sleep in our cars and tents among the tents that make up this camp. they burn wherever they can to keep warm in the freezing temperatures. and they're grateful for the help they've received. that which we call my very big areas affected a lot is needed. we need to, every once

a bought from across the country. people are helping us. children are breaking their piggybacks and giving us money. some have a little money, but they buy medicine and send it to us. he shows us his tent. some have heating, some don't. he says some have masters this some don't. across the city. another group of volunteers has opened a pharmacy. they travel from mr. bill more than 1200 kilometers away. until shouldn't be. i took any leave to come here. we bought some medicine ourselves. some are donated dog. this disaster has shown high people of this country and not only united in their grief, but also the determination to help each other rescue operations. and thus shifting to cleaning up the city and attention has turned to those in need. it's a challenge that will remain for the foreseeable future, but people across the country, a helping them the effort aside, beg, i'll jazeera or the human southern therapy. now, nations secretary,

general yen stone. burke is inter care to discuss the organization's role and providing support after the earthquakes is held. media briefing with the turkish foreign minister in ankara and explained how nato members responded. the day off to the earthquake, nato's de source response center issued an immediate request for assistance to all naval laws on partners. since then, thousands of emergency response personnel has been deployed to, to kia, to support the reef efforts, including with search of rescue teams, firefighters, medical personnel, and so mc experts, ah, now the head of the russian state backs wagner, listen, regroup,

is blaming what he calls moscow's monstrous bureaucracy for sloane military gains. if give me propose it says it could take months to capture the eastern town of buck moon, which has seen intense fighting in recent weeks. cave has committed vast resources to hold. the mining area is captured would be a major symbolic when for russia though, the town halls, little strategic value with the advance is proceeding slower than what we want. why is the advance not fast enough? i think we could have taken control of back moved by the new year if we had not been hindered by monstrous military bureaucracy and obstacles created on a daily basis. so sandy romani is an associate follow the royal united services institute and he says it's not the 1st time that pickles and has criticize bushes, military leadership wildly. that's very surprising that promotion with lash out of the military bureaucracy in this manner. he's been launching a shadow conflict against the defense minister survey shows you and dates back to the war in syria dispatch 2016 as really escalated over the past year with him

going public is the owner of the water grip and rushes military. having stepped back after sent back. so i think that this is totally aligned with his public persona. over the course of the past few years, the water grip assembled an army of 50000 troops, 40000 prisoners, and 10000 mercenaries. and all they have to show for its been cited. heavy casualties is a takeover of soda and back food. obviously was that increasingly important for the russian campaign because it gave them a critical victory. and on the ask, as well as access to railways and logistics. and even though pre goes in to try to frame and reframe brushes, goals as not necessarily being to capturing the city, but creating a stalemate that glad you creating forces. i results from the death of ukrainian territorial defense forces are a lead core. that kid, that narrative is not really that convincing, because russia wants victories and dynamics can promotions just not delivering them as losing heavy casualties in the process. meanwhile, the president of veteran service, as his country would join the war alongside russia,

if attacked. alexander lucas shanker made the comments during the rear press conference involving foreign journalists. batteries was used as a launching point for the invasion last year and still hosts russian troops. luca shanker, has so far avoided sending his own finances into ukraine. now the u. s. has condemned israel's decision to expand and legal settlement activity in the occupied west bank white house press secretary, kevin john pierre says to move creates facts on the grounds that undermine a 2 state solution. we are deeply dismayed by israelis announcement that they will advance thousands of new settlements and retroactively legalize 9 outposts in the west bank that were that were until now illegal under is really law. the united states strongly opposes these unilateral measures which, which exacerbates tension, harm trust between the 2 parties and undermined the geographic viability of the 2 states which solution. during this,

his recent trip to israel secretary blinking was clear that all parties should refrain from actions that heightened tensions and take us further away from peace. now israeli troops have cleared olive trees planted by israeli settlers on palestinian land. the trees had been there for 15 years and were removed following and israeli court order. higher reports from shiloh and the occupied westbank. freshly dug up soil and more than a 1000 olive trees are removed by the israeli forces here on occupied palestinian lands in the west bank under an israeli high court ruling. because all of the olive trees that were planted here were planted by israeli settlers illegally. now this olive grove here has caused absolute outrage, the removal of these trees amongst the right wing politicians within the israeli coalition government. but this situation here highlights simmering tensions within

the government that have been bubbling underneath the surface for the last few weeks. you have the national security minister. some i've been given who is accused the defense minister of bringing in border police here to remove these trees. something he says comes on the his, you're restriction. so the conversation here now is about who controls what, especially when it comes to occupied with thank you also have the finance minister smart church that has also told the finance minister he can quit his job because it's up to him to decide what happened with in the west bank in terms of the expansion of illegal settlements. we're seeing a coalition government here that is rapidly fast tracking measures to make these illegal settlements bigger and as fast as they possibly can. all of this just days before judicial reform plans are being voted on on monday reforms that many israeli said is a threat to democracy. it would potentially give the government the upper hands

over the supreme court. now that vote is going to happen on monday and we're likely to see thousands more israelis protesting against it. now finally, this bulletin, the 73rd berlin film festival is underway with speakers and guests taking part and person for the 1st time since the pandemic actors and filmmakers were on the red carpet alongside actress, kristin stewart, who had the international jury. the war in ukraine is said to be at the forefront of this. yes, been an hourly dominic came, has more fun. been in these are the sites and sounds of war in ukraine. these, the realities of combat in a country invaded wyatt's largest neighbor. just really guy. and yet in sidney front or eastern front, we are given a glimpse of far more. for in this film, we see the other aspects of life since the russian invasion from the happiest moments with family and friends to the times of greatest danger.

the directors of the film set out to chronicle close up. this nation's fight for survival as a message. it's like how can everson change in one second? ah, like all your friends who was like go legs who. oh so some guy work on colored collection. some know over to one on frontline. the situation in ukraine is the transcendent theme at this year's barely in allah. several of the films here deal with it directly with the aim to keep it at the forefront of people's minds. certainly that's the case for the artistic director of this year's festival. this film try to make something different, trying of course, to move our conscience and to make us be more aware of all these matters. by the same time, to give an insight from a very personal point of view. with the film in the ukraine, we see what many civilians there have found themselves doing. learning how to use

an automatic rifle. the nervous smiles and laughter during the lessons are a distraction from the question of how effective these novice soldiers might be in real fighting. in some areas destroyed tanks, provide an impromptu plaything for the younger generation. yeah. what was that? oh, but what? pulling up. i don't have to use the girls while the more traditional playgrounds now nestle between bombed buildings. some areas are out of bands entirely. here the happy wailing of infants has given way to the high frequency wail of the mind detector. a reminder that in the war in ukraine, even children are targets thorne, a cane al jazeera berlin. ah .