i see how they can also go terribly watch, you know, ah, ah, business dw, new life from berlin, the u. s. and germany announced plans to deliver armored fighting vehicles to ukraine, the german made martyr, and u. s. bill bradley fighting vehicles could soon be on their way to the front lines . we'll look at the difference they could make on the battlefield. also coming up in the us, there is no end inside to a historic political deadlock. republican congressman kevin mccarthy loses an 8th

vote to become speaker of the house of representatives. the latest that back comes despite concessions to far right. lawmakers and vote benedict. the 16th is lay to rest at a funeral ceremony presided over by po francis. it's the 1st time and 2 centuries that a sitting pope has conducted such rights or has breed assessor. ah, i'm nicole really. it's good to have you with us. germany and the u. s. a say they are prepared to send armored vehicles to ukraine after speaking by phone. the leaders of both countries said ukraine would be receiving german made martyr. and u. s. bill bradley fighting vehicles. the decision follows a move by france to equip ukraine with light tex,

and it looks like we're experiencing some technical difficulties, i apologize for that. but luckily the w political corresponding katherine bank has, has more on this. catherine, germany has long been reluctant to deliver these kinds of armored vehicles. why the change of heart now? well that is true. ukraine has been asking for those armored vehicles for quite some time in germany has always been hesitant saying germany wants to move. doesn't want to move unilaterally, wants to move in close coordination with its nato allies. but now it seems that the pressure that rusher is putting on your credit has mounted so much that the jury that the west also had to step up and had to amp up their support for ukraine.

friends seemed to have moved ahead a little faster than its allies. the u. s. and germany. they announced that they wanted to send light tanks already yesterday. and today the 2 leaders, the u. s. president to bide and determine chancellor, all of shawls have had a phone conversation and after which it was announced that germany wilson, mart, or tanks. we don't yet know how many of those it has transpired that it might be dozens, it might be 60, we're not yet sure about the details. and it also will send another patriot system, one of which the u. s. has already promised before. what kind of equipment are we talking about here? so officially, the martyr is not a battle tank, which is what you, who has been asking for a while. it's a tank that has been in use in germany since the 1970 is which means since the cold

war. but it is also used similarly to a battled, meaning that it is used on the front lines that it protects the soldiers fairly well. they can fight infantry that can fight other tanks as well. it has a cannon on, on top of it. it is a pretty sturdy but also a light and very mobile tank and such. and the patriot is one of the world's most advanced air defense system systems. it's a surface to air defense system and it is u. s. built and the u. s. has already announced that it will send patriots in mid december and the germans are now moving ahead and doing the same thing. you political correspondent, catherine like is thank you to the us now were republican politician kevin mccarthy appears to have failed for a 9th time to win enough support to become speaker of the house of representatives

. it's one of the most important jobs in us politics. there's been little to no sign of progress in mccarthy show down with a group of hardly members of the party blocking his election assigned him, offering them various concessions. mccarthy is the 1st candidate in a century who has had to face multiple ballads. the chamber cannot move on to any other business until a speaker is chosen guilty. and d, w. washington bureau chief is full joins me now from where all of this is happening . this is turning into the never ending story and round after round. mccarthy doesn't seem to be making any progress, so how much longer can you hold on? yes, and we are just witnessing a unprecedented event here. and they called a 100 years ago. they failed with 9 ballads to we like to speaker and mccarthy. as you just mentioned, failed this one as well. so we are really like entering here, new ground. there is no,

no idea out here in washington. when this will end. some people say there is a lot of pressure on mccarthy to step down to make the seed free for another person . there are names out there, but he didn't show any signs for that yet. and the same is true for the other side for these 20. so called rebels, the members of the freedom caucus, they didn't show any sign kind of to except that mccarthy, with all the concessions he made, would be able to become the next speaker to get the how is basically a to start work. so to answer your question, very short, no idea when this will be over. now this is uncharted territory, but even the members of this so called dream caucus have to know that the optics are horrible for their own party. right? so and tell me just why are these 20 are so hard, like republicans refusing to support their parties, canada?

so on the one hand, this has something to do with mass, are the republicans have only a small majority? so mccarthy can't lose more than 5 votes to become the speaker of the house to gain these 218 wallets. and we have these 20 so called rebels which are basically they are on their own agenda and you call, they don't care about the, the republican party they don't care about to govern. they just kind of care about their own fame. and in a way they having the time of their life getting all the attention within the united states and basically around the world. and this all, this has a lot to do kind of with the, the new a landscape of democracy here in the united states. but also in other countries, many of these young politicians don't need the party to be famous. they have social

media followers, 9000000 more than a very well known politicians like pelosi, the former speaker of the house, for example. so they don't really need their colleagues in the house to raise money to, to win elections and beg home in their states. so this is a totally new landscape and it makes it much more difficult for political leader to bring these fractions together. and especially in this country, the call, if i might add that it with a 2 party system in countries like germany, for example, all these different groups, they form their own parties and then it might be difficult to find a coalition, but we have kind of a structure for situations like that, but here in the united states, we don't so it's 2 parties fighting with each other and we're seeing the results. it's really hard. yeah. to come back to, to her to a situation where governing is possible. again. yeah. well that, you know, talking about the future, what is that all of this, this power struggle is bitter,

bitter fight within the party need for the feature of the g o, p and u. s. politics in general? yeah, i mean for the to your peers it's, it's really an open question. i mean, many of these freedom caucus people are form or from support a strong asked them to vote for mccarthy. they didn't follow. so they kind of distance, they freed themselves from him, but staying in the house here, i think it's also was talking a little bit why it is also meadows for an international audience. because if there is no speaker in the house who kind of can conduct some reasonable politic making, this would have an impact, for example, in the support for countries like ukraine because they wouldn't be able to organize the majorities for booths like that. so this whole fight is much more than an inner u. s. a kind of craziness of fight within the system. it really matters for the

rest of the world. thank you so much in his full sitting tight there in washington, dc for us. and here's a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. today. russian president vladimir putin has ordered a unilateral 36 hours these fire on the crane in frontline. it will take place from the stakes to the 7th of january to coincide with a russian orthodox christmas. ukraine has dismissed to russia declaration as hypocrisy and propaganda. jail nobel peace prize laurie and alex filiette ski has gone on trial and bella rose. he and 2 others faced charges of financing protests and money smuggling. the men faced up to 12 years in jail. yeah, the out ski co founded the vs. now human rights group, which shared the 2022 nobel prize with rights groups from russia and ukraine. health experts say a new coven, 19 various friending eggs, b, b, 15. and now accounts for over 40 percent of cases in the us and has been detected

and 28 other countries most in europe, i'm to say is the most contagious version of the virus. yet, and demonstrators and for ruin block roads. and another day of protests over the ousting of former president pedro castillo protesters, or calling for his replacement president deniable warranted to resign. the demonstrations die down over the holiday period, but restarted on wednesday. hope frances has presided over the funeral of his predecessor, pope benedict tens of thousands gathered in saint peter's square and magic and city for the service pope benedict died last week. at the age of 95, in 2013, he stunned the world by voluntarily stepping down due to ill health becoming the 1st pontiff in centuries. to do so, a funeral concludes that a unique arrangement in which to pope's co existed in the vatican. ah, i historic moment at the end of the funeral mass. as pope francis blessed the

coffin of his predecessor, it was a ceremonial gesture filled with respect. pope frances has struggled to walk in recent months. but she took grace at 1st to stand and tribute to benedict from the early hours, the faithful lined up to pay you their fine, no respects to the former pontiff. oh, seen just to make it and he was a man of great fate. and i want to follow his example and his kindness reserve and great faith, we have a face and i showed it undefeated the 16th means um yeah, solid rock for the church. was he through inspiration for the seminaries of my generation? and we all read his works in seminary, the mourners held from all over the world, including benedict snakes of the very end, southern germany, i think the benedict,

the 50, i think, benedict, the 16th was the most significant bavaria and german as probably the last 500 years from one of your lila benedict was the 1st german in almost 500 years to lead . the catholic church on the foreign dignitaries in the crowd included germany's president. despite the grandiose sessing, it was a simple ceremony benedict choosing an unadorned wooden coffin in which to be laid to rest that good mistake to out the service, pope frances alluded to the former pon tips, religious work, and the sacrifices he made for his catholic faith and as the ceremony drew to a close, a pools rang through saint peter's square, a celebration of benedict's life, and an anticipation of the eternal life. catholics believe he will now enjoy with

god in heaven. rosie mitchum iow, one of germany's most celebrated alpine skiers has died at the age of $72.00, which m. io is known as gold. rosie after winning 2 gold medals and the downhill and salam at the 976 ins broke winter olympics, are success that the games sealed her fame and germany in later life. she tried her hand as a pop star and worked as a sports commentator. paying tribute, i o. c president must, boss said major maya was a very charming and credible ambassador of sport before we go, here's a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you. the u. s. and germany have announced plans to deliver armored vehicles to ukraine, the german made martyr. and u. s. bill bradley fighting vehicles could soon be on their way to the front line. a decision follows a move by france to equip ukraine with light tanks. frances has presided

over a funeral mass for his predecessor benedict, the 16th at the vatican of rome. thousands of the faithful attendant, the historic rec me a mass benedict has been entered in a simple wooden coffin in the crept beneath the st. peter's basilica. that's all for me for now. of next can the latest gadgets help? and the economic malaise daniel winter had more and business after the break. so stay tuned for that for me and the rest of the news team. thank you so much for your company today. but she's got issues with all say grady for.