the, the, this is dw news lie from berlin after 2 years fighting off russia's invasion. we looked at what could be next for ukraine and asked, tend to keep up the fight, facing ammunition shortages and delays from western allies on funding. the war effort. also coming up the united states achieves its 1st moon landing in half a century flight controllers confirm they are receiving a faint signal from the lunar south pole. the

i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. ukraine remains in the fight, but the war has entered in on certain phase just ahead of the 2 year mark of russia's full scale invasion team. now face is a critical munition shortage. political deadlock in the us over continuing military assistance and the lack of production capacity in europe are both factors. now, since russia invaded, it has taken control of large regions of eastern ukraine. and currently moscow appears to have the upper hand dw. as you claim, bureau chief and economy poses the question, can ukraine keep up its resistance to put in for the only thing we can regret it, we didn't stop active measures earlier. means the rule that was brought in many persons message, their recent interview with the russian state, tv woods, the put in and speculation that the kremlin might be open to some kind of deal to freeze this conflict. originally let's say,

which is ukraine x. but at london's chatham house think tank, she says, pretend still thinks he can take all of ukraine. it is clear from both ends, public statements that she's not changing. she's wor, objectives. what i see russia in this. yeah. really believes it has a chance. it has a chance to break ukraine, and they will be breaking ukraine militarily. unnamed russian sources, talking about the potential piece deal, adjust to districts and tactics. she says. they also will work in the west to actually undermine decision making, to send these confusing messages about the possible ceasefire. meanwhile, not mean ceasefire for them. they would like to see washington actually accepting of food instead of tauriel drab versus victory, and have div was the biggest since the full bus smoke last may many expect pushing to use momentum. going to try to take all the full ukrainian regions. he's already

formally annexed. that's done yet. so, hans, so please you can so it will be easy. ukraine still controlled sludge waves of these regions puts in may want to push on, but does he actually have the results? his taking of difficult construction forces many lives wasted intelligence. estimates the casualties of a $10000.00 dead. as one russian editor builder, you can claim that the death toll had reached $16000.00 mike martin the senior visiting fellow and was that is at king's college london. he says that you can, you know, me, can make russia pay a high price for any territorial gains. defense is much easier than attack. the russians may well be able to take small amounts of ground at great cost, but they don't. then it suddenly rolled over and take up his operational odessa, and i know you kinds know that they need to just move back very slowly. their

ability to do that will depend on how well west and support holds up. the ukrainians were fortunate out gunned $5.00 to $1.00. you promise its supply ukraine with a 1000000 shells and a year failed while russia got that money from north korea in a matter of months. well, you can, you know, is now on washington. but i think at the moment we were that little bit of a guy political lighting point. everyone's waiting to see what happens with the us presidential election. i think you've come wins. we all going to say, you know, quote unquote the data bas entry and from is going to hand lodge average of ukraine to pizza in the ukrainians on what kind of the assumption that they're on there right now. so they're doing what they can with home grants, innovation, eating targets deep inside russia with long range drones to fix maximum damage options. war economy. as ukraine enters its 3rd year full, it's trying to take the fight to russia while it waits to see whether the west provides resources have another go on the battlefields. and us president joe

biden has just announced punitive sanctions against 500 targets in russia. in a fresh effort to counter what he called putin's war machine, the measure is also seek to punish russian officials and those supporting them for the death of dissident politician. alexa and of all the in prison last week. the european union has also imposed sanctions on russia to hendrick's ability to fund the war and ukraine for the new report points out that a major loophole that still allows the kremlin to make money off of e u through oil sale still exists. the w's brussels correspond to drug parents, reports oil time because like these are still bringing russian oil into the you did the criminal in 1100000000 your raise last year. according to when you reports by the n g, a global witness. a legal loophole is allowing russia to sell it soil in the you,

the spice of sanctions bind against impulse. countries which haven't imposed sanctions on russian oil are able to import millions of barrels of russian crude oil. they refine them in those countries and at the point that they've become a refined product, like fuel or diesel is no longer considered russian. and so this fuel is freely imported into the european union. they followed oil time to move months and delved into publicly available russian tax revenue. information in that research deal is mainly coming through india and turkey, but also the bulk area, which is actually inside the u when the you brought in the sanctions on refined to petroleum products. in february 2023, they did so with limited exceptions. so one of those exceptions being to allow bo galleria to continue to impose for find oil in order to prevent a major economic hit to the use poor is nation. and the statements to dw the european commission, acknowledge the loophole. we do not prohibit the import of refined petroleum

products from 3rd countries, which do not have a russian origin because of the refining process. they said the 1100000000 yours in oil sales is the equivalent of nato's recent pledge to spend on. i munition, the ukraine and member states stockpiles. and on the other side of vice versa, arrives 1200 cruise missiles. the type it's been using to strike targets in ukraine for 2 years now. and now we have some breaking news coming out of germany where lawmakers and parliament have voted to legalize cannabis for private consumption. the new legislation allows the limited legal availability of cannabis with numerous rules, regulations, and restrictions. the government says that the main goal of the bill is to crack down on the black market and drugs related crime. but the move face considerable opposition from medical associations. the judiciary and opposition politicians cannabis will be legalized in germany. the decision came after much debate. the

government's aim is to solve a number of social problems, but do criminalizing the drug test, because it's case infancy false fingerprints if both below addresses 3 existing unresolved problems. so the 1st problem is that we have increasing kind of base consumption in the we have extensive and increasing drug related crime. and finally, we have a large block market that is becoming more and more problematic in which kind of these products increasingly contain toxic additives or talks issue by a name on the or 5 some on april, the 1st the band on cannabis, which has been enforced for more than 40 years is to be lifted. it will then become legal for adults to grow 3 cannabis plants at home. adults will also be allowed to process up to 25 grams in public. noncommercial conservation and

sale will be permitted in limited quantities from july in so called cannabis social clubs. consumption is prohibited close to schools, playgrounds, daycare centers and to use facilities. and by minus the legalize ation of cannabis has been criticized by plots of the to district and law enforcement. both theater above all inefficient and impractical regulations projects and penalties. the german medical association come see it as the age limit of 18 to be too low due to the potential health risks for young people. the german government says it's cannabis campaign will provide people with the information they need to make informed decisions. then the kind of a so they've come from when we've shown the kind of based campaign to everyone. every young person will know that if they consume kind of basic ones on the if they do it regularly, they have damage inc. that rate on the share degree starts monday,

around germany's largest, the position party is critical of the plans announced if will repeal the law at the window next year's election. and let's cross over now to the point us tod, where the vote has just wrapped up political correspondence. thomas barrow is there . so tell us what the more about what's going on, thomas? well, this is the result of a very long debate here in the german parliament. and by the way, not only in the german parliament about this proposed law, about the implications of this, about how it's going to be implemented. this is the result of really months of political discussions here in germany and by the way, also discussions among the german nation. they were just a whole a few days ago which revealed that route ha, of the month of on for 70 percent are actually in favor of this for about 40. again, spend the remaining 10 percent simply said they do not have a strong opinion on this role. so the fact that there's been a debate here in parliament, but also debate in german society means such

a nissan rogue, that this is a very sensitive topic, but also a very important topic for the german coalition. germany's governing coalition, which has led, obviously by tons of uh for that size. so tell us a little bit more about the implementation then because, i mean we've, we've heard from the reporting that the law itself is also a bit complicated. thomas. i mean, what is it potentially now going to mean in terms of practical application and you mentioned probably the key aspect when it comes to this controversy, how it is going to be implemented. all these complications that have basically meant that whereas some, especially in the governing correlation, not very much in favor of this law suppressing that it will help them to re gain everything from the black market. that it could increase the quality of the kind of boost that is consumed. there has been criticism not only from germany's main, a position potty, but also from doctors from legal scholars essentially stressing that the

implementation of it will be very difficult. and that's something that, by the way, we're also hearing from some of gemini, 6, the states that ultimately will have to implement all this. so one thing is the law actually passing. another thing is how it is going to be implemented in the future . and the clock is ticking, it takes effect in a months time. we understand how is germany going to compare to other european countries and making cannabis more widely available? what, what should we expect here? so gemini, such in the joining of the european countries that have either legalize kind of a, so it'd be criminalized the use. people normally tend to see the netherlands as the country with the most tolerant rules in this respect. but we've seen several reports actually pointing dot the small country of multi is the one, at least in the issue with the most popular one clause in this respect. so basically that the fact that you're seeing here in germany that you pay $30.00 seeing within german societies, one that you're also seeing, you know,

that european countries as well. this is an important topic, not only for dr. my name is not only from the drum and government, but it is a topic that could also have intimate implications on the fee and level as well. what a huge historic boat dw political correspond to thomas barrow, putting it into context torres of germany, legalizing canvas. appreciate your reporting, thomas too. well, here's a look at some other story is now making headlines around the world hungry and sweden have agreed to a defense packed in budapest. the head of hungry is expected approval of sweden's bed to join nato, swedish prime minister of christmas and signed the papers with his home during counter part. prime minister victor or bonnie said that not that hungry would by swedish fighter jets. i'm not hungry is the last needle member to back swedish membership and the alliance citizen in spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has visited the site of a fire that killed at least 4 people after it swept through 2 residential buildings

in valencia. at least 14 people are missing and firefighters are searching. the buildings remains for victims. a woman who travel to syria as a teenager to join the islamic state group has lost her appeal against the british government's decision. to revoke her citizenship. shamia big them fled to syria 9 years ago when she was 15 to marian r i. s fighter. she now resides in a refugee camp there. well, the head of the u. n. agency for palestinian refugees says that the situation has quote, reached a breaking point. israel has accused several unreal workers of directly participating in the october 7th terror attacks. the un responded by launching a probe into those allegations. the head of the un agencies says that the accusations have caused 16 major donor countries to suspend $450000000.00 worth of

funding. that could severely hamper operations and does a as soon as next month, a recent us intel report said that some of the accusations were credible or could not be independently verified, while also kelly, the casting doubt on claims of white or links to militant groups. or let's get more on this. we are joined now by tomorrow. i'll resize. she is a director of communications update on run the united nations release and works agency for palestinian refugees. thank you so much for your time this afternoon and tell us a little bit more about the agencies current capabilities on the ground to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians at casa de la garza, in particular, the agency is stretched to the max because of the ongoing of fighting and hostilities in air, wyoming, and are very restricted access to most of the guys a strip on the concentration of people. $1500000.00 people in the class today at

the southern, most of the guys us trip. and also because of the restrictions on humanitarian assistance or a truck move truck coming in. but the bigger picture is a big is a picture of a lot of political and financial pressure on the other. wow. that affects its ability to continue working. not only in the but also in the west side, including east jerusalem, syria level and jordan, where we run 700 schools for half a 1000000 children, hundreds and 40 medical centers and many more programs that are today at risk. can you put that into context for us because um, you know, we've heard from your director about how serious the funding crisis is. what is the real world impact on the cuts that you are experiencing on the civilians who are on the ground as we're experiencing to date,

a freezing of funding that affects almost half of our budget's requirements for this year. in the numbers, this means that may be all righty at the end of march, beginning of april, half a 1000000 girls and boys who go to 700 and the rest schools may not be able to continue learning. it also means that if we don't get the funding back to 1000000 patients of palestine, refugees who get up to 8000000 medical consultations per year in our a 100 them 40 health centers might not be able to get their medicines for the beaches . high blood pressure and other long term diseases, but mostly it means that more than more like almost the entire population in gaza then today relies on there was food distribution and shelters might

no longer be able to rely on the right. if we cannot continue our operations, so i'd like to ask you a little bit more now on the background as to why these funding cuts are happening . you know, we have these allegations from israel that have boss, has infiltrated on raw israel, is name the number of employees that it says were involved in the october 7th, a tax. it's a shadow of a year agencies, reputation, and it is not the 1st time that the agency has phased criticism. how are you, and how can you re gain the trust of donor nations? so let's start by saying that many, many donors and governments still trust other well and still trust our ability to deliver humanitarian assistance in gaza and schooling and other services everywhere . $16.00 decided to suspend their funding to the agency on the basis of the allegations. allegation of the offer, the term here, every agency, every workplace,

every bank, every institution, every media institution, may face allegations of corruption, mistrust, or even criminality. there is a very serious investigation going on commission by the un secretary general mr. of the on your good daddy's. the allegations out above 12 staff members out of a staff of 30003030000. and we're facing allegations against 12 and weight allegation is extremely serious, but we cannot jump to conclusions before an investigation is over. and when the investigation concludes, then there are sanctions against those who are probably believes to be implicated. for now, we already terminated in their contracts. we already have an investigation and we even have an internal review of all the rules and regulations related to stuff

behavior by sweet, credible. yeah. i'm sorry, i didn't want to interrupt you there, but my understanding is that israel has actually named additional names since then . in addition to those 12 is that you have mentioned what more can you tell us about the humans investigation into these allegations and the sort of time table on which it is going to happen. and the circumstances under which you're going to get to the bottom of this, especially considering that right now you are operating in a war zone and gaza. i actually want to say the israel shared was under web 12 me. that is all israel has shared with us. no evidence, no circumstances, no details, nothing. everything else we've been hearing from the news like the rest of the world. so we have not been in the possession of any evidence, but in all cases, i don't recall is to israel or do any entity that claims to have information just submitted to the investigation. the investigation is ongoing,

is the highest of the most of the rest of the investigating but the of the un from our headquarters in new york. because the secretary general of the un promised a friendly minute read in the room room for women a month of the visit of the beginning of the investigation. so early march, having said that, we have lived there. why are we looking forward to not only the results of the investigation, but also the um, what came in the recommendations to improve our own internal system? tomorrow i'll refile. unfortunately we have to leave it there. we weren't out of time, but we thank you so much for joining us to share that perspective and to share the view of what your organization, how you are proceeding and what you're currently going through with the current circumstances. we appreciate it. are now the darling men in video. stunning quarterly earnings triggered a wave of record highs on stock markets across the globe. and video shares,

search 16.4 percent over night, lifting its market value to almost 2 trillion dollars. the company reporting quarterly profits of more than $12000000000.00. it's record high revenue is driven by demand for its technology to power artificial intelligence applications and video is now the 3rd most valuable us listed company leapfrogging amazon and google's parents. also that let's get wireless k ferguson from the business drives us here in the studio. so i explained this dramatic rise. well, i think nvidia have been pretty lucky to be honest because they create a nice at just the right time. the company was founded back in the early ninety's and back then they specialized in making graphics cards for computer games. and at some point, they realized what we can actually use that know how to design these super powerful ships that are used in a system like touchy p t for example. and if you fast forward to today and video designs, 90 percent of these a i to put a used in the world's most sophisticated ai systems. and that's because you need so

much days of processing power to run these a systems. a typical data center will have tens of thousands of graphics processing units, which and video makes one of those just $1.00 costs around $25000.00. so you can just imagine how dizzy annually profitable this industry is. wow, i mean it's, it's a big world out there who are the other big players. so i think it's really important to point to, i thought in video doesn't make a attempt think design them. so the production of these tip is dominated by one company. and that is t s m c, in taiwan. so in video sense, it's designed to t s, m c. and that relationship itself is not without its risk for especially given uncertainty arrange china's intentions towards taiwan. for example, there are a couple of competitors when it comes to designed as a m d, there's another, an american company, then arm in the u. k. but really in video top of the game is this kind of gross sustainable. honestly, it depends on who you ask. so sam altman, he's the finder of open a i the company behind chatting easy he recently called for

a 7 trillion dollar investment. so that is ridiculous number. so to put it in context, voss is like twice the entire gdp of india. and his argument is a demand for ai systems is just spot like vastly pacing the development and hardware. so if you believe him, this is going to continue. i personally think that it depends on how quickly new new products come i because the whole hype a ryan general does a i was really driven by talk to you bt. i think if we don't see more of those developments soon, we could see a bit of a slow that interesting stuff. ok. ferguson from dw business. thank you so much for joining us to tell us a little bit more about it. in other news, nasa is handling what is it is calling a giant leap forward. a robotics spacecraft built by a private company has landed on the moon. it was the 1st control de sent it to the moon by a us built space craft since 1972. the company behind the mission intuitive machines, hopes to collect data with odessa slander. to better understand the lunar

environment to behind the scenes. last call, the team can't see the landing live on camera getting a switch within minutes relief as a voice is heard. it's a ceo of the company working with nasa on the mission. i know this was a nail biter, but we are on the say on the surface and we are transmitting and welcome to the move. in the absence of real footage, a simulation of what the landing at the south pole of the moon may have looked like . today for the 1st time in more than a half century, the u. s. has returned to the moon. today for the 1st time in the history of humanity, a commercial company, an american company, launched and led the voyage up there. the 1st landing of a commercial lunar pro, naso benefits, permits, collaboration with a private company. you can either spend

a lot of money with a government spacecraft or you can spread the risk to many spacecraft with a hope that if one fails, another will succeed. a week ago, a deceased took off without any one on board. now, so wants to use the mission to collect data and make landing safer for astronaut when they fly to the moon again. a quick reminder of our top story, 0 dw news, german law makers have voted to legalize cannabis for private consumption. the government says that the main goal of the bill is to crack down on the black market and drug related crime. however, the move face considerable opposition almost 2 years after russia's full scale invasion of ukraine, keith is facing major i munition shortages, lack of production capacity in europe, and political deadlock over war funding in the united states. next eco, india is looking at a report at white indian uh commuters are choosing reader ways to get around so to

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