experience outstanding shopping and dining offers. enjoy our services. be our guest at frankfurt airport city managed by fraud. ah ah, ah. ah . this is d. w. news live from berlin. the west promises ukraine, more heavy weapons. german chancellor off schultz says berlin will send advanced anti aircraft missiles and the u. s. pledges powerful rocket system's prompting a warning from moscow. also coming up denmark closest military ranks with all the

d u nations. in a referendum, danish voters overwhelmingly agreed to join the european union's common defense policy. after decades of opting out and a major legal victory for the actor, johnny depp, a u. s. jerry sides of the hollywood superstar concluding his ex wife. i've heard defamed him in a 2018 opinion article. ah and told me your logic well, it's good to have you with us. western governments are increasing their pledges of military aid to help ukraine fend off a russian assault in the countries east. president joe biden says the us will provide precision rocket systems while germany has promised modern anti aircraft missiles, russian foreign minister. so gay lab rove has responded by saying that the delivery

of advanced weapons risks bringing what he called a 3rd country into the conflict. these at the advanced rocket systems, the u. s. will be sending to ukraine long requested by president, followed me zalinski keith harps these type of weaponry. we'll give it the upper hand. these medium range missiles could strike into russian territory. but ukraine has a grade not to use them to do so. writing in the new york times, president biden announced the latest military aid to help ukraine in its fight against the invading forces. but russia's foreign minister warned the deliveries could draw a 3rd country into the wall. but it is the condition of this wishes to such risks, of course exists as to what the key of regime is demanding from its western suppliers in such a categorical manner. as we went 1st,

it crosses all boundaries of decency and diplomatic communication. i'm q brochure, a diploma description of the root, and 2nd, it's a direct provocation of aim to getting the west involved in combat, liam reduced. well, actually in a speech to the german parliament on wednesday, chancellor left schultz followed in biden's footsteps. he announced that germany would be sending modern air defense systems to ukraine, as well as rocket launches in coordination with the united states. near kong and wrong. in the coming weeks, we will also deliver further weapons to embark, for example, he'll beat german government has just decided that we will supply the irish t system. the most modern air defense system that germany has. this will enable ukraine to protect an entire city from russian air strikes. that, too, is a decision by the federal government. ukraine's army chief has said that these

rocket systems provided by the u. s. will be crucial encountering russian attacks in the long battle over ukraine's eastern territory. earlier we spoke with liam collins, executive director of the madison policy forum, a think tank on security policy in new york, and we asked him if these promises of weapons deliveries are coming to late in light of an intensified russian offensive. i wouldn't say too late. i knew it would have been obviously better. they came to meet them, the onset of the concert. but i think if you look at the opening days of the war, right, western nations programs, he's out, they didn't expect you credit to successfully kind of her body than just the arms to b. e. o to inflict some pain, a garage, and then what it wasn't until it became obvious that ukraine could actually defend its territory. they started to increase that support ukraine. and so it kind of gets that timeline and it's going to take time to get there. i would definitely not say too late, right, rushes, having some success,

they're just like they had some success route to work with their ability to maintain the gains that they make it not necessarily shown a great capability of doing that today. and i was named collins, executive director of the madison policy forum. the voters in denmark have back to the country, joining the european union's common defense policy in a referendum, more than 2 thirds of danes supported a proposal to work with other e u members. denmark is an e u member, but in the past and negotiated an exemption on the blocks defense policy. now against the backdrop of russian aggression, danes were asked whether they wanted to opt in detail. the correspond barbara vassal is in copenhagen, and she sent us this assessment. it's a big deal for danish people. the yes in this referendum because traditionally they have been incredibly skeptical against the european union. whatever you asked them

about coming closer to europe. they tended to say no, but this time the war in ukraine has changed everything. their mindset in the mentality have felt the insecurity, rippling across from the baltic states even down here to denmark. and they feel thou, the danish people, that this is a time to step inside the tent. what it means for them on the practical level is that they will engage with other european nations in buying armament in making plans, serve for common missions, and just participating in something that optimists call european defense policy. a policy that is only slowly evolving. but there is more to it politically because behind this move is a sort of unification of scandinavian of the nordic countries. they feel that the time for isolationism, the splendid isolation of the north,

where everybody did what they wanted and felt apart from the neighbors, is over. so that sort of points to a larger defense union that many hope to create here in europe snores. and in order to defend better against the strip that everyone here fields is emanating from russia to some other stories making news around the world. chinese officials say a 6 point, one, magnitude earthquake has killed 4 people and injured 14 others in the southwestern sichuan province. authorities in the city of ya on which was at the epicenter of deployed more than $4000.00 rescue workers report suggests that quake triggered a landslide that damage several homes. a grand jury has charge than the white 18 year old man, accused of fatally shooting 10 black people at a buffalo supermarket last month. peyton gander who has been in custody since may

14 is indicted on 25 counts, including 1st degree murder. as a hate crime and domestic terrorism, as well as weapons possession for people have been shot dead on hospital campus in tulsa, in the us state of oklahoma. the police, a multiple people were wounded and describe the scene as catastrophic 40 said they also found a body or person believe to be the shooter. actor johnny deb has won his defamation case against his ex wife. actor. amber heard the court awarded the pirates of the caribbean star over $10000000.00 in damages. dep had sued her for $50000000.00 of a newspaper article. she wrote in 2018. that said the piece implied. she was abusive during the marriage, heard county sued debt for a $100000000.00. the 6 week long trial made headlines around the world with a pair swapping often lurid claims and counterclaims of domestic abuse that he was

going to start lacking. let's bring in k j. matthew's entertainment journalist in los angeles, k. j. good to have you on the program. now. the jury concludes johnny depp was indeed defamed. amber heard with the much smaller when our both camps responding to the verdict. vastly different. as you can imagine, this is a straight victory for johnny debt, and he acknowledges it in his statement that he recently released, he basically said our false very serious and criminal allegations were levied at me via the media which triggered an endless garage of hateful content. basically, and he said in 6 years later, the jury awarded me and gave me my life back. i am truly humbler. so as you can see was extremely, extremely elated. on the other hand, we have amber, hard reacting and basically saying the disappointment i feel today is beyond words

. i'm heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still wasn't enough to to stand up to the disproportionate power. so vastly different reactions from this voting. obviously amber hurt extremely disappointed, even though she walked away with $2000000.00 be awarded to $1000000.00. i her counter claim and johnny debt having a clue victory. there was also the court of public opinion which had its own a clear window for weeks. why do you think that was very early on in this 6 week trial, you could see that the court of public opinion was really in the corner of johnnie debt. you could see it on social media. you can see a lot of articles that were written, even if you watch all of the legal analysts. they all tended to be in the camp of johnny depp. his team did a really great job as her train him, as someone who was really just victimized and lost his multimillion dollar career in standing in hollywood based on an op ed that amber heard had written. now even

though amber, her took that with the stan and she cried. and she talked about the relationship that she had in the marriage that she had and how she felt that she was abused. it didn't seem to really have the same mustard and that johnny deck happy when they put him on the stand for whatever reason. perhaps it was the fact that the, the jury was predominantly male as opposed to female, or perhaps it was her lawyer versus his lawyer. and the analyst that came up on there they even have to therapists are from both camps. come on and understand and try to really talk in their defense. but in the end it was really johnny depp. who was the victor, there were more people on his side when his trial i was over simply a teacher. it's not news that you know when celebrity couples have trouble, but i don't recall a case like this. did this have to play out so publicly and in such great detail? you know,

i think it really played out publicly because johnny depp felt that he lost his career. so he really had not the notion at this point. he felt that he lost his standing. he felt that he was being accused of being a wife beater. and he didn't feel that he was so he really decided to pursue her for extraordinary amount of money saying look, if i've already lost my career in hollywood, i might as well go for everything and let people know what was happening to me. my side of the story and probably expose amber in his mind for what he believes acute she is. i mean, of course, we heard a lot of story details over 6 weeks. so much stuff that was happening so many recordings. they were recording each other and we didn't even know that that was happening. and at the end of it we all said they should have never been together. i think this is really a toxic relationship, but so much was happening behind the scene. and i think just really shock hollywood shocked the world. right. we'll have to leave it there for now. so much detail, but not enough time. k. j. matthews, a pleasure speaking to you?

yes. mass in south africa, which was already grappling with high unemployment and economic decline, and now is facing rising fuel prices. the latest increase was triggered by russia's invasion of ukraine. d, w, south africa. respondent address, increase reports about one year of 40 per liter. that's the current cost of fuel here in south africa, that is the double amount and in the beginning of the pandemic about 2 years ago. and it is a massive problem for those who rely on fuel for the transport to get to work. i'm no longer driving to work, so i use pop insurance, but people gone live like this anymore it's. it's crazy. it's k use. we are look or yes world now in the state we living in it, but i just discovered up been up and up. it's crazy. i can even deal any more. it says the fact everyone, because as you know,

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