the the, this is dw news lines from ballot, i believe is of germany and the us push for more a to ukraine. tons of all of shows met with president joe biden in washington on friday to urge you as little makers to approve mold military aid for us. president says, not doing so would be criminal. also on the program. compete in terms of victory and pockets. don's election form a prime minister, and there was a re says his policy has caption, the largest number of seats fox is jailed rock drive or him run con. uses a i to announce his big plus the countdown for super bowl

sunday as people will, kansas city or san francisco prevail in america's biggest sporting events. when the tireless with the good health is welcome to the program, germany is john step, one of shots has met with us president joe biden in washington on friday to pressure the us congress to approve moment it's already age for ukraine. little bit because uh, working on a bill that would send tens of billions and assistance to keith. but a political deadlock has left the legislation in dallas in washington where political paralysis has left vital a to crane in jeopardy. germany's chancellor, all of schultz made us stop at the white house,

joining in on efforts to push for the funds. and you know, without the support of the united states, you can have a lot of chance that the country the us is the largest supplier of military assistance to ukraine. the white house has been warning for months. that of lawmakers failed to resolve the deadlock on sending aid. it would hurt to have the ability to fight off brushes nearly 2 year old invasion for the failure. united states congress. not to support this close to criminal justice outrages the us senate is making progress on a bill that includes some $60000000000.00 in a to ukraine and funds for other us allies do things in senators hope to pass it within days, but it's unclear if the legislation will be approved by the us house,

where some republicans are strongly opposed. different connecticut is the effects of the sold funds already being felt on ukraine's front lines or us and european official say. the delay is contributing to critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield. jackson, james is a political scientist and a senior fellow at the german marshall fund that we asked him earlier about the deadlock in congress and how that affects the united from the west wants to present a lot of if we can it's undermining it. and that's the problem, i think that mr. buddy was talking about when he said it's almost criminal for the us to pull out of the support from granted disjuncture. so that's a problem. it's basically domestic politics that we're trying to figure out. remember this is last year and it's definitely difficult to extract that from that

particular uh environment which mr. barton is in. and i think it's important that mr. schultz was. ready just to say, we stand with you, will you stand with us as the question? i think that basically there's support for europe is increasing. i think that will maintain a level of support for you print to keep going in this war with russia. but the united states isn't a major support of military hardware that begins to, to decline. that's gonna make it that much more difficult for us to keep up that side of the support they're supporting in all kinds of ways financially. but the major problem is that it's america doesn't get the support for military hardware. it's gonna be very difficult for ukraine to maintain its position towards the rushing aggression jackson's rights that now officials and ne ukraine say a russian drone attack. and keith has killed 7 people, including 3 children,

according to the regional government of the striker and ukraine, 2nd largest city, hit homes and infrastructure, closing several large 5 brands visitors that it's ad defenses. down to more than 20 drums. it comes as president flooding is lensky shakes up ukraine's forces, replacing it's cheap stuff i'm commander in chief chief, has been struggling to make progress on the battlefield for months use in the field and central ukraine. a shy head drone i so most intact, rainy and supplied drones like this have become a key partial versus air war. relatively inexpensive, their use to drain ukrainian air defenses and spread fear among civilians. as waves of russian drones, the missiles are low instead civilian homes and infrastructure across ukraine on the battlefield. there are also for middle challenges. after nearly 2 years of fighting ukraine struggling to mobilize new forces,

ukraine's military have said it needs half a 1000000 new recruits to replenish and leave the exhausted troops on the front line. the hopes for military gains of all so fated as ukraine was unable to break russia's front lines and it came to offensive launch last summer. so ukrainian forces of switched the defensive mode, facing the length of suppression of sold, sometimes like up dave cost. president flooded me as a lensky is no best thing on a shakeup at the top of the military to turn the war in ukraine's favor the right number. one is a military analyst and research at the will studies department of kings colors, london. and earlier she told us why russia is so keen on taking such a small town like of the, as well as div car has been very important to the russian forces since 2014. as a matter of fact, because the premium troops established a strong hold there,

it has a symbolic importance for russian since they tried to take it for 10 years now and according to the russians, ukrainians, use of div cross to sheldon that so on the one hand the russians would be able to better defend the nets and attack ukrainian troops in the vicinity. however, the other important military strategic importance inside of the car is on the height. so it's, it will be easier for the russians to oversee the area. and of course, defend the city which has a, a, quote blend, the biggest in ukraine producing steel which would deliver a blow to ukrainian military industry. and of the you've got, it's located next to a railway and a highway which would make russian logistics much easier. opening up the route to a permit, taurus can slip out and so having bust moved and having of the car would make it

much more easier for the russians to supplies of forces. if they happen to cause a to launch an offensive on a slow down script from a towards marine on there on the speaking back to us earlier, let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around us. vice president cala harris has criticized a special counselor report, but the question presidential biden's mental abilities are a said the report on biden's handling of classified documents included inaccurate and inappropriate comments. she claims to be questions it raised over by the agent . memory was politically motivated that has been more afresh. clashes in center goals, capital dot com over a decision to delay the country's presidential election. president and mackey sell postponed the vote scheduled for february 25 by 10 months,

sparking of fis backslash. truly has held a state funeral for the former president, sebastian pierre on the 2 time president died on tuesday when the helicopter was piloting, crashed into a lake. he will be buried in the private family. so for us to notes have slash down off the coast of florida at the end of a private mission to the international space station to key turkeys. first estimate was of all those retired either. it was the 3rd flight operated by us company, extremes by our frequent flyer in pakistan, public i got is growing as vote counting continues to drag all enough to thursday's general election, full of prime minister. and that was to refund his jailed arrival in rome con, have both declared victory. supporters of con, have validated in karachi and other cities to decry both ricky,

with counting still underway. independence candidates back by con one. the most states the same time provisional results show. sherry's progress, the muslim league emerging as the single largest pump bump. it will still a full short of a majority forcing sherry to turn to all the parties and in efforts to form a governing coalition. can you call me man dick relying from the bottom of our hearts? you'll say that's what i'm going to we respect the mandate of everyone dialogue quite a bit biased whether from other parties. wow, god or independent candidates, how to that? then we invite them to come and sit with us. a gift is me, father is trying to help pakistan as of this crisis, which is the last and they've gotten literally all my decides of bed. did i use travel shops, follow the election outcome in pakistan and told us what we can expect from

negotiations to form a government? the coalition docs are already on the way and, and run the cons. main rivals, the sure to use and disabilities have had adults and the re coming to the docs in campus negotiations. but. ready got it out in the coming days and weeks. it may be a does a good situation for anybody to find the government because nobody has a clear mandate from the government of bought the shenice and those are the bodies . it'll to join hands out the numbers as far as the in prison brand is wrong. cons bundy is concerned. they have the independent candidates, one not bound to buy a new body and loyalty and the good to switch sides in the coming days and weeks. that's how it looks like the w sound of shops,

they're reporting from congress dot those vegas is point is to put on the biggest event in us bull space. yes. super bowl pits, things from san francisco and kansas city against each other or american football championship. but sundays clash promises to include another formidable force with taylor swift expected to attend. she's helping focus global attention on the uniquely american event. at the pop, superstar isn't even performing in the half time show in the metropolis once known as sin city. the biggest sin heading into sunday evening super bowl is not knowing that this god number 87 is the boyfriend of taylor swift. number 87 has a name, travis kelsey star in american football terms for the kansas city chiefs and a star for answering repeated questions about his love life. why do you think everyone so fascinated with you to?

i think the values that we stand for and just to you know, who we are as people. kelsey support extends to taylor swift fans swift. these half a world away. tokyo hosted the last to for sold out concert saturday evening. all right, well what i'm, what do we haven't really watched american football until now? but because taylor boyfriend place finally watched it, he did the question on so many lips after this last gig in tokyo will a private plane get her back in time to as she has in the past, joined other players, girlfriends, wives, and family for the game. she should make it, and that's good news, even for those who don't count themselves as with these. she will be in the house, the building for the civil ball, but i mean, i think periods and they will bring a new i to this board. i think there will be a lot of women who will probably shift their attention to football. we should all be so lucky that we have a significant other one to support us in our job. right. the super

bowl hardly needs the additional site offered by a pop culture romance. but since city las vegas isn't about to turn away from the attention or and elsewhere, billions of people are mocking the stats of the lunar new. yeah. above all, in east asia, many and china as well come to year. all of the dragon with the traditional temple visits in the hopes of securing good fortune for the year to come. hundreds of millions across the country and throughout the why the region all set to journey home to enjoy the festivities. that's the and that's it. from me, the news team you are up to date don't go away. the next a dw documentary on china's grip on the lines,

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