in sheila, some of that rain edging into western areas of chew, but lots of sunshine breaking through the cloud. across the caribbean. some heavy falls for costa rica as well as panama. but for the worst of the wet weather, we have to look to coastal areas of brazil. that sure weather update. ah, ah, al jazeera, with every oh i ah, a potential breakthrough for ukraine. 0 moves closer to providing advanced battle tanks to keep their reports that germany may do the same. also several top

ukrainian officials resigned or dismissed over accusations of corruption in the biggest government shakeup says the war began. ah, hello, how robin watching out there, alive from doha, also coming up. anti government demonstrators and perry remain defined despite calls from the president for truce new zealand label leader chris hipkins is officially sworn in as the new prime minister now after the shock resignation of just into arden. i brought mcbride in japan at the leading expos wearable devices. in the very home of the gadget. welcome to the program for weeks. ukraine has been pleading its western allies for

battle tanks to bolster its campaign against russia. and now kiva p. set to receive some of the most advanced combat they calls the world from the u. s and germany sources have told al jazeera that the bottom administration will approve the delivery of m one abrams tanks. as soon as wednesday, the u. s. president is yet to make a formal decision, but the tanks could take months or even years to reach the front lines. ukraine's president lottery zalinski says his country needs decision on real deliveries. that is the reachable had awarded. there is a lot of talk about tanks, about modern tanks that we need and about the way this shortfall can be filled defeats a lot of efforts, words promises. but it is important not to lose sight of reality. but it is not about 5 or 10 or 15 tags the need is larger, michigan, arab off session. the upheaval, ship discussions must be concluded with decisions,

decisions on real strengthening of our defense against terrorists. with the most of it from washington, d. c. his political aid, a source in the us government has confirmed to me that they are close to finalizing a deal on providing us made m one abrams tanks to ukraine. now of course, a lot of things can change. a lot of different international players are involved in these sort of discussions and decisions. but the source did say that they expect that it could be announced from the white house on wednesday. this comes after weeks of top military brass saying all the reasons why it wouldn't work to help you crane. i get these tanks right now. they say the things like the 4 person crew that operate the take. these are very modern machines. they need a lot of training, but the bigger factor is they need even more maintenance to keep these. again, very complicated, but powerful tanks running. they said that would in fact take time. there were some complaints that the u. s. uses jet fuel to power. these one abrams,

but in reality they can in fact run on diesel. so they were asked about this at the pentagon today. why say all the reasons why it wouldn't be immediate and then potentially make this announcement. and they responded by saying, we're also looking at helping ukraine over the medium and long term that seems to indicate that they don't expect if these tanks are in fact sent to you. crane that they will be on the battlefield anytime soon. again, they need to find the source, are they going to try to build them here in the united states, or try to use that money to pay other countries to give up there and want to abrams tanks? so again, it seems that if a deal is in fact made, if it isn't announced, it is not going to be on the battlefield anytime soon. and that's what the top military brought from us has really been focusing on, is what they see as a very short turnaround to the upcoming spring offensive. jimmy is also expected to decide soon on whether to authorize the export of one of the world's most advanced battle tanks to ukraine. german media reporting there chanced earl of shawls has

already decided to send them fresh, has been building on berlin to supply leopard to tanks. and allow other countries to transfer theirs. poland formerly requested permission on tuesday, dominic came as more from berlin. this is the weapon system. the ukranian president says his country needs to fight the russians. the german made leopard to main battle tank. see here during a nato exercise, in lithuania, it's both heavier and faster than many of the tanks. russia is using in ukraine and widely used by other european countries. several of whom now want to re export them to key. if to end the conflict, we need to army crying. so being aquinas able to defend itself and turn russia is not able to push through with this a gender imperialism, and still incur territory. on tuesday. the polls formerly asked germany to allow them to do just that. the view from nato is clear,

while anti aircraft weapons and missiles can defend against air attack and armored personnel carriers can transport troops to the fighting. the strategic value of heavy armor to punch through the front lines is clear. battle things are, of course important, or both to be able to repel a russian, a new offensive, but also for ukraine to be able to retake territory to, to win, answer, or prevail as a sovereign in the pen nation in europe. but there is another angle to a decision by germany to release the leper two's some believe it could lead to an escalation in the war. and to a worsening of relations between berlin and moscow. a kremlin spokespersons said on tuesday, they are all ready at a low point, and that is the problem facing olaf shots. the legacy of the 2nd world war hangs heavy on german governments. tanks like these help the ussr defeat nazi germany. and yet, 80 years later, it's modern german tanks that might help defeat russia in ukraine. dominant cane al

jazeera at the soviet war memorial in berlin. estonia decided to contribute one percent of its g. d. p in military aid to ukraine. it's foreign minister told alger there that western countries need to deliver the heavy weapons ukraine needs within weeks. usually if the political decision is made. so the weapon systems will reach already to the battle ground, maybe week time. but surely, the tanks will demand also to have a certain instructions ukrainian soldiers. and so it will take some time and i hope in poland there will be a certain instruction that programs start launched and we need also a support mechanism, logistical it. but i think the time we will measure, i hope,

is going to be in weeks already to get them in the better freight. we should immediately deliver all the conventional weapons what are in our possession western countries. and secondly, also without any political candidates. estonia just passed the season that we are, we are now in a comprehensive amount. we are going to deliver one percent of our g, d, p to military a to crane. and i have consistently made the pledge also to other countries to join that pledge or sidney freeburg say, contributing editor for future warfare or the digital magazine breaking defense. and joyce, we live from washington dc. mister feed big, good, tough with us on the program before we talk about the american to thank you. before we talk about the american tank, we talk about the leopard to a lot of talk this past few weeks about the germans is specifically this german tank. i mean, what impact can this particular vehicle make on the battlefield?

the leopard and the american abrams are actually twins. they both came out of the same project. joint national project in the 19 seventy's, they're very similar. big vehicles heavily on much, much better protected than anything the soviets built. meeting the russians currently have ukrainians currently have much better targeting systems which are electronics. the difference between leopard and abrams is primarily the engine. the leopard has a diesel, much more common, much easier to maintain the abrams a higher performance, but rather, more finicky turban engine, which is very unusual for a tank. although there are some ukrainian tanks that do have turbans. the biggest difference though is simply there are 2000 leopards in europe and only a few 100 abrams. there's a huge logistical infrastructure, a spare parts, warehousing, skilled maintainers on the ground in europe. for leopard that don't exist for abrams of the they might be said that

a you should perhaps keep put all your eggs in the same basket. how will these 2 types of tanks, if deployed a found when deployed to ukraine complement both each other on the battlefield and also the locations that they might be deployed within ukraine? the ukranian step, the eastern region where the fighting is concentrated now is precisely ideal tank country. and for that matter have we country from for centuries before that where the mongols sweeping across the plains. it's good territory for mobile warfare. and that was, it was a tank is all about. it's about being able to move across an open field across all sorts of badgering on your tracks, under protection of armor. so machine gun can't stop you. dead literally as it stop men dead in world war one. when these were invented and with a powerful main gun, able destroy any target. another armored vehicle?

yes, but also a bunker dugan infantry group in a trench from great distance are these are the spearhead of the attack. they are not the only weapon. they need infantry support to watch their flanks. they need recognizance to scout ahead for ambush. that's what the russians failed. to do consistently my sorts of heavy losses, vehicles but used properly are devastating. how do you think rush was going to counter these vehicles if they all deployed poorly as they've done everything else so far this conflict? the russians once were masters of armored warfare. they once were masters of defense against armored vehicles, but it appears that those skills had degenerated. they do have a large supply of shoulder fired. anti tank weapons similar to the javelins and the british and laws are made famous early on this war. there are not as advanced and more to the point. their troops are noticed, well trained and not as i,

we motivated it takes me incredible courage for one man on foot to take aim at tank and hold his aim and fire a weapon. even a very such good weapon, it takes training to find a proper ambush light. it takes training for that matter to use tanks properly in the defense, to find spots where you can hide a method vehicles. it's not simply targeted by artillery and destroyed, ah, all these require tremendous disagree of tactical proficiency, which the russians have not demonstrated. he should mention training because a lot of the debate and now that we're hearing is the amount of training it would take the ukrainians to be able to utilize and use these tanks. because obviously there is a very delicate diplomatic move here that americans are all of the nationality should not be on ukrainian soil over the war i'm into in ukraine. how long you think is going to take to train military personnel to use these tanks in the

appropriate way that ukraine would like to use them asked. i spoke to half a dozen different armored officers miller most with abrams, also with the british challenger and with the german leopard. the consensus answer is buried anywhere from 4 weeks to 11. but typically 56, perhaps 7 weeks for a crash course. remember, these are not roll recruits. the koreans are going to be sending out the american tank course for a brand new. private is 22 weeks. these men vote need that they've been fighting in tanks. they know how to use terrain to their advantage. they know how to coordinate with infantry, another se ambushes and you know, to, that's what they need to know. the specifics, the technical specifics of how to use these much heavier, much better protected, much more complicated western main battle tanks and use them to the greatest effect . they're not going to be taking weekends off and going home for holidays. they're

going to come to probably a train sold in poland and they are down and work 12 hour days or longer. so is possible passable minds? you not necessarily certain or even probable that the 1st cadre of ukrainian veteran tankers could be qualified on the leopard to within 4 or 5 weeks. that's critical timing because that's actually just before the winter, what snows and the ice going to fall in ukraine trying to step into a sea of mud to once that respiratory thing happens as, as the germans could tell you or to pull again from their invasions. nothing is moving easily across the country side of the interesting see what does that for the moment sidney? phoebe, thanks so much for joining us from washington. d. c. thank you. my very great pleasure. several top ukrainian officials, including governors, have lost their jobs and corruptions candles, engulfing the government. that's the biggest shakeup in presence landscape

administration. since the war with russia began. the 1st to resign was clearly at shanker, the president's deputy head of office. he was implicated in scandals involving his use of expensive cause, but denies any wrong doing. deputy defense minister vanka slavery shop, whole bottles has also resigned that following an allegation, his department overpaid suppliers for soldiers food. the changes come 2 days after deputy infrastructure minister, vahsel looks in ski, was arrested and accused of receiving kickbacks up to $400000.00 in a deal to import generators. the road, yes, when you call ahead of our government continues to carry out the necessary forms for our country. even this evolves building anti corruption edifice, or what this entails. systematic and orderly work that's vital for ukraine as a require conditions for euro integration form. natasha butler has more from the ukranian capital. will ukrainian present followed him?

is lensky had indicated on monday that he was going to make some changes in government circles because of a number of recent corruption her scandals and allegations. what we now know, what those changes are, we've seen a number of top ukrainian government officials who have resigned or been dismissed the same for a number of regional governors, including as a governor of here, the capital o keys. now, as lensky says, we are, look, we're at a time of war. there is no place for corruption at any time. there's particularly no place for corruption at a time of war when all politicians or people should really be focusing on the war effort. he is also said that are, all officials are no longer allowed to go on holiday abroad. they should be remaining in ukraine and very much focusing on that war effort. as i said, look for so lensky. he knows that you have western powers. ukraine's allies are sending billions of dollars of military and humanitarian aid to the country. they

of course, want to know that their money is being well spent to not siphoned off by allegedly corrupt. administers. semanski is also very aware that for ukraine to become part of the european union, one of the conditions is that corruption is stamped out in the country. security force in peru, her fire tag as at thousands, anti government protest as in the capital lima, that amending prison dina brought his resignation at new elections. gelati has called for a national, truthfully, weeks, unrest. more than 50 people been killed. the crisis began to december of to former president frederick austria tried to dissolve congress and was arrested. yeah, man, most. i will not today what we call for a truce. we call the congress and now i call my dear homeland for national truce to establish the dialogue tables and better still to be able to set the agenda for each region and develop our people's annual. so had here on al jazeera,

the u. s. justice department and 8 states to google accusing its abusing its dominance enough times. and when are you with us? i am paying attention to the multi verse. fancy the scoop the most or school of nations. sure. recruiting one ah hello there. exceptionally cold wintry weather has stolen the show across east asia . with china recording its lowest temperature ever up in the northern that trends continued across the korean peninsula. temperatures have tumbled, rain, sleet, and snow cause problems with traffic and canceled. some flights and temperatures remain exceptionally low for places like sol minus 5 degrees there. there's going to be some improvement. however, as that winter storm blasts into japan,

it's going to bring some very heavy snow to western areas. here we could see some disruption there, but behind it a much improved picture for places like beijing, the temperature in sol, picking up. and it's a similar story in shanghai with a change in the wind. some warns coming through, if we have a look at the 3 day, at least the sunshine will be coming back in. now was a move to south asia, things looking rather wet and wintery up in that northwest corner and snow coming in for the himalayas, trickling into parts of pakistan as well. it has, however, been some unusual warmth across northern parts of india and nepal. katmai do continuing to see the temperature push up into the early twenty's, went to where it does improve, however, slipping down further south, some of the heaviest showers coming in to sri lanka on thursday that should weather update with the latest news as it breaks. also narrow supporters across the country. they don't

take to the street until they chop all the government with detailed coverage since led to fort wayne commercial farm with the from why can given to plants and bobby, and some of the land is not being fully utilized from around the world. the newly formed orthodox church grey holes christmas pres, if for the 1st time ah ah look back to what you have to say with me the whole robin reminder of all top stories ukraine looked set to receive advanced battle tongues from the u. s. and germany to boost its defenses against russian forces. sources of told al jazeera at

washington will approve the delivery of am what abrams tanks. as soon as wednesday, the greatest prime minister is promising greater anti corruption efforts following its string of high profile resignations atop adviser to the president for deputy ministers of 5 regional governors. left their posts on choose day and peruvian president inability has called for a national truce. after weeks of violent protests, thousands of demonstrators of rallying and the capital leave it to demand a lot, his resignation and new elections. chris hipkins has been sworn in as new zealand prime minister. congratulations can see for mckay, with my team, the with the replaces isn't the following. the prize resignation last week. he faces the task of reviving the government waning popularity of october's general election. this is the biggest privilege and responsibility of my life.

i mean a joyous and excited by the challenges that lawyer heat, the deputy prime minister and i both take today's appointments very seriously. adrian brown has more. who, wellington? you know, without doubt, chris hipkins turns out to not does not really have the sort of, you know, just kinda rod the caribbean. huh. he's much more a sort of pragmatic politician. you might say, he said that he wants to focus on bread and butter issues that indicate the might move away from some of cinder earns policies. but certainly he wants to address the cost of living crisis. when i went to his constituency on tuesday and i spoke to some of his constituents, they all basically said that main worry at the moment was the economy. and the sense that you said and was becoming a less equal society. but you know, he doesn't have long because there's going to be an election in 9 months and at the

moment, labor is trailing. the conservatives by more than 6 points, 6 points. so he doesn't have a lot of time to turn things around in labels. fabre so what sort of reset that will be to say to seem to say countries from latin america and the caribbean, who calls will international funding following economic and climate crises. regional leaders announced declaration at summit in the meantime, capital one virus, thanks for support for talks between the venezuelan government and this opposition and demanded the lifting of us blockades on cuba. the meeting mother attended brazil which left the block under the previous administration treason. bo has more one, as always said, if we were present in america and the gathering site of integration, development from local how to face the challenges of this part of the world is facing today. at this region, a pool is known was created back in 2010. what was known as the title of fence are

left and left when lingers in latin america was created to come through the influence of the united states. and this part of the world, the leaders present here in one side is celebrated the return of brazil to this return back in 2019, during the government of canada. and i was leaving this for mostly because of the preference company. and i said, resume should have never left premier. it was meant that in my 1st 2 terms in office, i dedicated myself to the task of building a latin america based on bonds and trucks. it is with great joy and very special satisfaction with brazil is back in the region and ready to work side by side with all of you, with a very strong sense of solidarity and close. and he's opening statement hard continuum president of a federal expressed the importance of defending democracy and also warned about the

risks of extreme right in the world of the same time, truly impressed it. and it said that human rights need to be protected everywhere in the world. of an order that we know that values of freedom and respect for human rights and the principle of holding 3 all dick and january elections by universal suffrage, are essential elements of democracy. and in this sense, i reiterate as others have done that we need to see venezuela back in unilateral farms. the members of the elect presented a final declaration in which the press, the importance of preparing for climate change, for example, or defending indigenous communities and languages in latin america and the caribbean. but they also express the importance of working together towards solving the conflicts that are ongoing right now in this part of the world. for example, the situation in haiti with a political and economic crisis in plato,

there's been riots for weeks, have left dozens of people dead, but also they requested an end of the marvel in cuba. the vigil has been held through the victims of saturday, shooting incident. judy in southern california. 11 people died in the attack in monterey park. tuesday. there was another shooting to agricultural businesses in the northern city of halfmoon bay. certain people died in that time. only in america, do we see this kind of courage, this kind of chaos, this kind of destruction of communities and lives and confidence in a sense of safety and belonging which we whole yearned for. regardless of our political stripes. the us department of justice and 8 states as soon google for as the lead dominance of online advertising market. the company is accused of maintaining a monopoly that us officials say, had corrupted,

legitimate competition. in the tech industry, prosecutors what the firms advertising businesses to be broken up, but the company says the lawsuit attempt to pick winners and losers in the advertising technology industry. for 15 years, google has pursued a course of anti competitive conduct that has allowed it to halt the rise of rival technologies, manipulate auction mechanics, to insulate itself from competition, and forced advertisers and publishers to use its tools. in so doing google has engaged in exclusionary conduct as severely weakened. if matt destroy competition in the ad tech industry that the latest wearable gadgets have got on display as an exhibition in tokyo, the annual wearable expo showcase. all sorts of technology that can be worn on the person's body. this year's event is promising. everything from virtual reality to exoskeletons, to smart watches, of more or less that sir cross over to rob mcbride. he wasn't donned any of those

quite yet. but i'm sure that's quite a lot to see and do as the day progresses. rob ah, absolutely, the day is young. this is billed as the world's leading expo for wearable at devices and tech. and you can certainly believe it looking around. we're only just after opening and it's already pretty much a full house because of course this is an expo that is coming like japan out of the pandemic. this was held at the same time last year, but only about half the numbers of people here. we have a quick pant around. they are expecting over the course of the next couple of days or so around 14 hundreds exhibitors from all around the world about 70000 dev visitors coming to visit here. most of the visitors last year were all from japan, but now the borders are open again, we're going to be seeing far more international visitors as far as the, as far as definitions go. wearable gadget, as the name suggests,

is basically anything that you do where that has another function other than what it would seem to do. so for example, the watch is the most obvious example apart from telling the time, it's also been telling us our blood pressure and heart rate and feeding that information to other devices may be sending it to our doctors, insurance companies. and with the advances in technology and supported by super fast internet speeds, it can also do other things like you being used for payments, which is because i, because very important and opposed pandemic world. and because all of these, wearables are also possibly fashion items, you're seeing a very exciting tie ups between the big fashion brands and the tech company. so for example, your latest sunglasses, apart from making the coolest on the block. i will also be streaming images live to whichever device you want. so it is a very exciting period in time. exciting also for japan, of course, as one of the world's leading industrialized modern economies. it was also one of the slowest to come out of the pandemic,

but seems to be making up for lost time with a message here, at least that japan is back. will be following your experiences through the day robert bride there for us in tokyo. thank you. well, it's the most coveted award in cinema. the content as vicious oscars were revealed in los angeles earlier leading the pack are the multi verse, fancy every think every where all at once and the tragic comedy, the van cheese of arish in australian actor kate blanchard has won her 8th nomination. and steven spielberg got his 9th best director, nomination. 2 more important than you're happy. ah. your child deserve me, said robin in doha. reminder of all top stories. if rain looks set to receive advanced battle tanks from the u. s. and germany to boost its defense as against russian forces.