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ah, hello, i'm mary. i'm to my z in london. you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program puck. his son works to restore power after it's national grid, soft as it's 2nd break down in months eating most of the country in darkness. the death toll from a mass shooting a dance hauling california rises to 11. police is still searching for a motive. and ah, brazil's president apologizes for his predecessor and hales a new beginning for relations with argentina on his 1st trip abroad since returning to power. ah, hello, welcome to the program, our top story this our poland has said that it was berlin for permission to st. german made leopard to tax to ukraine. but it might go ahead with doing so. even if

it doesn't get the required approval, you cried, wants those tanks to help it break. the deadlock hit its fight with russia, and amid intense pressure at the german, foreign minister said that berlin won't stand in the way of poland. if it does send the tanks out, there is dominic cane reports now from the german capital. a confinement of german weapons makes its weight eastward these elements of a patriot missile battery, which is being deployed in poland. they're being sent to protect the polls against malfunctioning russian rockets that may miss targets in ukraine to be about midpoint. and so i just, i'm not to be told him the civil colon after slovakia is now our 2nd area of operations and the training of ukrainians on the patriot system is also running simultaneously. therefore, it only makes sense that for the time being this deployment in poland will be limited to 6 months. and then we will have to see how it will continue in the future. but in ukraine, the need is for tanks. specifically,

the german manufactured leopard to main battle tank. many analysts consider it to be the perfect weapon system for ukraine, which would give it a material advantage of a soviet era tanks which make up part of the russian forces. the leopard too is in the arsenal of many e u countries and several of said they want to give some to the ukrainians, but can't without german permission. since they manufacture the tanks, they hold the re export rights. now poland says it is considering sending them to ukraine even with no german authorization. we will seek this approval from germany, but this is a secondary issue. but even if we don't get such an approval in the and we will give our thanks to bring us with an, a small coalition of countries, even if germany isn't in that coalition for a month, leopard to issue has been growing an importance in germany. many politicians from within the coalition and without on now arguing in favor of releasing them,

including the foreign minister who told french t v on sunday. if asked, germany would not stand on the way until night the weapons systems germany is allowed to be deployed to ukraine have been predominantly defensive. but main battle tanks are mostly offensive instruments. ultimately, the decision so allow german made tanks to be used against russian forces in ukraine. is one for the chancellor. all our shots, dominant came al, jazeera berlin. so why then a japanese tank so vital to the battle and ukraine? well, the leopard tanks were launched in 1979. they've been upgraded several times since then. they're currently around 2000 left the tags in 13 european armies, but in varying states of readiness. a leper too is valued for maneuverability. it's lighter than other comparable models, like britain is challenger to. it can also hit targets 5 kilometers away while moving. they are considered the best option of ukraine. they're much more widely

available and use much less fuel than us abrams ukraine says it needs at least $300.00 of these tanks to repel a predicted spring offensive by russia. well, it's important for keith to have this weaponry to break through russian lines. the fighting right now is centered on the town of bath in the east by russia's vag, the mercenaries, and you quite enforces a locked in battle. the ukrainian army is published drone footage, showing the panels frontline town. it reveals impact craters in residential areas, damaged high rise apartment blocks and destroyed businesses. a ukrainian soldier unbuttoned what central square described the situation is difficult, but stable. about the close combat artillery and aerial attacks. the city is mutilated, but under the control of the ukrainian armed forces, ukrainian flag stands back moot. in short, this is all the information as of today. don't worry about backward damage,

but what keeps holding on back is ukraine. fish at ash about has more from keith ukrainian prisoners. let him is. lensky says that what he's waiting for . what ukrainian people are waiting for is a very clear answer from berlin on whether or not germany will send tanks to ukraine. ah, he gave an interview to the german press in which a zalinski said that he was trying to reassure germans that ukrainians don't want these tanks for offensive purposes. they got no interest in trying to again a russian church. they want them for defensive purposes in order to defend the country from ongoing attacks. and a russian forces now keeps government to sit in the past that it needs about 300 tanks in order to do this. and there's also the sense of real heightened urgency here in ukraine because many officials believe that russia could launch

a new offensive in the coming weeks in the coming months. and they say, if germany does decide to send these tanks or allow others to send them and send them now because every day counts because you're gonna have to have soldiers that are gonna have to be a train to use those tanks, maintenance or experts going to have to be or people can to have to be trained, i should say, in maintenance on those tanks. and also you can getting the tanks into the country . all of this takes time and time at the moment is not on any one side here in ukraine because every day people are being killed. whether that's a civilians or soldiers in parent, places like back most in the east where they're fighting or russian forces. again in the last 24 hours, very heavy shelling in some parts of the south of the countries upper asia and care so on. so that is why ukrainians really are getting increasingly frustrated with all this or lack of decision making, coming from berlin. they want those tanks on really they want the mouth and other

developments rushes farmers. the saga level has been meeting a south african counterpart in pretoria. south africa's government is maintain what it says is a neutral position on ukraine. they've also expressed a desire to mediate in the conflict. well, a number of ukraine protested in the city of pretoria. as the meetings took place, i have defended plans. it's military and outs last week, the whole joint exercise of its coast with china and russia. a joint news conference lover of blasted western nations were sending billions of dollars of weapons to cave and the south african foreign minister expressed hope for a diplomatic solution till war. are sincere wish that the conflict currently between russia and ukraine will soon be brought to a peaceful land through diplomacy and negotiation. as we believe this is the desire of all of us in the globe. we all your favor in favor of for diesel resolution of disputes and so will be,

will be bald as regular discuss, negotiate of solution to any conflict growth in september, president zelinski, sorry, a slide, the green brosuti all ukrainian officials to negotiate on innocent with the russian federation, so i believe it is absolutely obvious as regards to the origin of the problem or flymkoff negotiations, ah, power is solely being restored to large parts of pakistan on the electricity grid failed, leaving millions in the dark. nearly 220000000 people have been affected by these power cuts, which highlights a weak infrastructure in the country by efforts to restore power. as the evening drew on, many homes were still in darkness. as the 2nd major grid failure in 3 months,

and millions of people suffer from blackouts on any a daily basis, or come all high to has more or less now from islam abide. for the 2nd time, since there's new government power in april after the award of no confidence against him on con, the country had seen a major breakdown in the country, electricity power system today, pockets on experience. yet another outage that 2nd and that's got the affected life across the country where the deal was here and it's a bad day, depend on electricity. so they can use their reading machine. i'd rather be able to cut that. but as you can see, the paper that you're waiting for electricity or a don and that means a lot, so 4 days raging. they cannot afford to go bob rich filing inflation anyway. who bought it, believe me,

i got to get since morning. you're waiting for the trustees that we can start our daily chores. and unfortunately, there isn't any hope. and that has made us worried about how we will make our livelihood for the day not to go to nobody. can we do bundle with other boys? what sean, we are all dealing wage earners and our work, i totally dependent on electricity, which is cutting and welding and can't be done to help power. this shows the incompetent government was not been able to restore the power this morning and are making it hard for us to earn anything for the day. back to add to that frequent follow up guard, which i've got it now also affecting our for the politic the can not be fixed as long as it is in the traditional public sector. and as long as it is controlled from one office in this law, we have 9 distribution companies in the country or 10 or whatever it is. whether we way into management, outsource, whether we're going to privatize whether we're going to work out something with the federal,

with the federal government in the provinces. the discourse needs to be fixed, but indeed a warning trying for the people of pockets on and origin follow that the country can not afford to lose electricity or such a large scale will bring you some news from the united states police in the state of iowa, a saying that 2 students have been shot dead. a teacher is also been seriously injured at school and des moines. this takes the number of mass shootings in the united states so far this year to 37 according to the gun violence archive. meanwhile, an 11th person has died after saturdays shooting a ball room dance studio. east of los angeles police are still searching for a motive behind the attack. after the 72 year old suspects shot himself from monterey park. rob reynolds reports a massacre in a quiet community, celebrating lunar new year. 10 people, 5 men and 5 women were killed when

a gunman entered the star ball room in monterey park, california, saturday evening. 10 others were wounded. some critically, one of the county's most heinous cases. hours after the killings police in torrence 48 kilometers south west of the crime scene surrounded a white van believe to be linked to the shooting. as officers closed in a single shot was fired from inside the vehicle. at 1252 p. m. r sheriffs, a swat team approached and cleared the van, and determined the suspect sustained. a self inflicted gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. investigators conducted a search of the vehicle and determine the mail inside the van was the mass shooting suspect. the gunman was who can train a 72 year old man of asian descent. police said he had several firearms, including

a semi automatic machine pistol. police have not disclosed a motive. we want to know. we want to know how something like this, something this awful can happen. and congresswoman judy chew represents the area. there are also other rumors about this being. i had to spend awe by a has been who are caught his wife, dance, and heir, please say shortly after the monterey park shooting. there was a related incident at another nearby dance studio who can trans, entered the studio with a gun, but was disarmed by patrons. he was disarmed by 2 community members who i consider to be heroes because they saved lives. this could have been much worse. people in monterey park, a city of 61000 whose residents are pre dominantly, asian american, were stunned by the violence. i was shocked. i was because the bar i'm dancing studios where i go dancing on monday evenings with friends. and i was

a hit close to me. you know, my kids were afraid to go to sleep last night because they were afraid, the shooter, my break the windows and come in or something i had to tell them. now it is okay and come for them to go to sleep. the killings came at the lunar new year, normally a joyous family oriented festival. monterey park now joins a long list of us towns and cities scarred by deadly gun violence. what should have been a time of celebration is now a time of morning in a community that may be changed forever. rob reynolds al jazeera, monterey park, california slide for you on the program. the world health organization calls from media action to protect children from contaminated medicines. after more than 300 deaths linked to coff syrups, and to judge announces charges against top security officials over the 2020 bay report last ah

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on al jazeera lou. ah, welcome back. a look at the main stories now. poland says it will ask berlin for permission to send some of its leopard tags to ukraine, but it might go head even without that approval. if other countries do the same. germany's foreign minister says berlin won't stand in the way of poland if it does send the tags. power is slowly being restored to large parts of pakistan of the electricity grid failed. even millions in the dark. nearly 222000000 people have been affected by the power cuts. and an 11th person has died after saturday's mast shooting a ballroom dance studio. east of los angeles police is still searching for

a motive behind the attack. 72 year old suspect shot himself off to being cornered in a car park. we want to take you to peruse now they've been more demonstrations in the capital where police just moved in to disperse the latest protests. anti government demonstrations 1st started in early december when president pedro castillo was arrested off to try to dissolve congress and ruled by decree or test as a calling for his release. and the resignation of his replacement deena bolo, artie, and for fresh electrons to be held more than 50 people have been killed so far in these protests. well, of course one at marianna sanchez has been following the protests improved. she joins us live now for an update from lima. so just tell us what's been happening there in the capital where police have been dispersing the latest round of protests . that's right, mary, i'm, it's the 1st time that i see a large column of people organized marching one after another,

as opposed to different a 2 days before when we saw different groups in different parts of the center of the capital. now it was one big number, one big pores of people who are, are marching now around many a here in the capitol. most of them, we've seen our people from the highlands, from coastal, from who know where 3 weeks ago, 17 people were killed just in one afternoon in clashes with the police. the police opened fire there. many people are very angry at the government especially because just 2 days ago the police went into the university of san marcos campus where not only students live there, but also there were many people from the highlands camping there. they were taken out, they were detained and they were taken not to any police station. they were taken to the head quarters or the anti terrorism task force in the country. that is

a big message being sent to the protesters that the message from the government seems to be. well, if you protest we are going to treat you as a terrorist. mariam also widespread condemnation of the excessive use of force by security forces. we've been reporting on at least 50 protest is dying over the past month or so. what does the government say about this? that's right. is this mission for the entire american, the entire american commission for human rights transparency international. a amnesty international law of human rights groups are saying that the excessive use of for the very worried about the excessive use of force by security force, as they said that the language, the rhetoric that the government is using is confrontational. and also a document has been a, has been issued by

a number of intellectual university professors. very important critics, if you will, out saying that the government is rapidly gearing towards and also is tarianna because of those are the tensions that were, are hurry and it because of the disproportionate use of force. and they said that if the government has chosen this rhetoric that is fueling the unrest in the country. and so now you don't only here in the streets of the capital in the streets of other parts of the country, people asking or demanding the resignation of president did i would what they it is also a group of people who are looking at what is happening in the country and are very worried about what could happen if the unrest escalates. marian, thank you very much for all the latest on the ongoing protest there in lee ma, marianna sanchez and other developments the brazilian president. reason osteo lula

da silva is in argentina on his 1st international trip since returning to office. luna has met with the argentinian present alberto fernandez, and apologize for offenses made by his quote genocidal predecessor char, both dinero, the pet signed agreements to boost trade. those are gonna meet all the need is from the region at summit on tuesday. 2 presidents also discussed the prospects for a common currency. luggage term was due today by one hour. finance ministers are currently working each with their on economic team to make us a proposal for foreign trade until inspections between the 2 countries that he's done in common currency to be built after much debate. and many meetings will mirror as there is theresa both brings us more in the story now from going as iris . well, we're here right in front of the residential pilot in the center of will side is where lucila was just meeting there with president. i live out of the 4 members, and this is his 1st flooring trip, but it is not a coincidence. there's been

a history in brazil of when a president takes off the 1st country. it visits is argentina that it was suspended was 8, was fernando was in office. and that's something that president latha wants to change. he was supposed to be the devil's economic forum and he preferred to stay in the region trying to strengthen the relationship with other countries. and also in a way we build that relationship with countries such as or didn't tina just a few minutes ago. there was a press conference happening inside of the presidential palace where lula was asking for a man base for his forgiveness, saying that she also nato was very violent and that he was an educated when referring to countries like cartoon tina. that was when i used to call a socialist country with massive economic problems that he blamed to governments such a bad about it for him. and this among the announcements that were made was a strategic partnership between argentinean and brazilian companies. the

possibility of building a common currency between both countries that were very, you know, when they ask about the specific and the possibility of this, they were, they were just beginning to evaluate the possibility of creating something like this and later on some other countries in the region could join in, but this is very, very preliminary. so lots of discussion going on. and this is, you know, just a beginning of a longer trip on to say president from all across the region will be meeting here for some, it's a region i block. i made off a latin american caribbean nations that's going to be happening here in what a fight is or bring a bit of news news from venezuela because there's economic data from that country showing the inflation hit. 234 percent last year actually representing a slowdown from the previous year. south american countries struggling with a deep and lengthy economic crisis. processes have been marching in the capital, caracas against the government of president nicholas madura. that demanding better

salaries and policies to curb inflation. march comes on the anniversary of the 1958 fall of the military dictatorship of marcos. perez jimenez, a while health organization is called for media action to protect children from contaminated medicines. after spate of child deaths linked to cough syrup, last year, more than $300.00 children in indonesia, gambia and his back, his dad died of acute kidney injury which the w. h o says might be linked to contaminated syrups. wi chose as the serbs of unacceptably high levels of toxic chemicals, wants them remove from the shelves. it's urged, it's $194.00 member states to prevent any more dest from taking place. the indian manufacturers, meanwhile, have denied that their products are a tool contaminated. the opposition party leaders in tans in the air are welcoming a decision by the president, samuel to lew her son, to lift a 6 and a half year ban on political rallies on saturday. turns in his main opposition

party held its 1st public rally more than 6 years in the northwest in city of missouri. and tanzanian opposition either in former presidential candidate to a new lease. so as now announced plans to return home on wednesday after years spent in exile in europe. easy left as near 2017 or through his shot 16 times by unknown gunman were only r. i spoke to turn duly sue. and he said that he is not surprised that the government has failed in its bitter stopped cent. very pressure. a fade that he's on that he's on the illegal bad on policy period to bio position part is has been lifted ease because they vary pressure has favor after high vicious gym and it says one year of presence. i me a little hot from adams pression that that pressure did not work. the opposition has brought in, it has grown stronger,

and that is why they were compelled to leave the, the bad, the illegal bad on the clock. typically, what needs to be done badly to do that, we was pause thought the years ago at the time we were going to party. and that is a, carry out, a thought are going constitutional and political to fall in order to move our compet away from the the terrier constitutional and put it off. our nations, a judge and lebanon, has resumed his investigation into the 2020 bay report last, after a 13 month break and announce charges against top security officials, will, than $200.00 people were killed when chemicals stored in a warehouse caught fire, causing a massive explosion. but the investigation was derailed by legal challenges. on monday, the judge ordered the release of 5 people, but also and i was charged against 8 others,

including 2 of the country's top generals and a former army chief. they hold the it brings us more in this now from beirut. families of the victims of the 4th explosion are welcoming the resumption of the investigation. it has been stalled for more than a year, mainly due to political pressure. judge, to be tired, was facing lawsuits, lawsuits calling for his dismissal lawsuits that were filed by former ministers officials. he had charged with criminal negligence in that explosion. so there, welcoming this decision. no court order was issued for the resumption of the prob, raising a number of questions on. but what we understand that judge baton is based in his decision to resume the prob, on legal justifications. we also understand that he is filing further charges against top security officials. men like the head of general security, major general abaz ibrahim. now he's been up against

a political and security establishment that has been rejecting any form of accountability. they have not been cooperating with the prob, so it's unlikely that the general abaz ibrahim is going to cooperate with judge retard. so how far will he be able to push in order to find the answers on who was responsible for that explosion? one of the biggest non nuclear blast in recent history, we still do not know what caused the fire that led to the explosion. we still do not know who owns the ammonium nitrate, which was stored in one of the warehouses, but it's an established there is an established fact and that is officials as high up as the president were aware of the presence of highly explosive materials at that port. warehouse and did nothing about it ah.