ah, what's the status of human rights and social justice in what's called the world largest democracy to unleash and violent pass and re imagine. now these teachings are relevant to gandhi's legacy starts january 20th. on b, w ah ah, u. s and germany announced plans to deliver ahmed fighting vehicles to you cried the german, made mata and us bill bradley fighting vehicles could soon be on the way to the

front lines. we'll look at the difference. they could mike on the battlefield, also coming up in the us. there's no end in sight. we're historical. political deadlock are policy led to sit that comes the spot concessions to far, blah, blah, blah. and pope benedict. the 16th is light to rest at a feud sitting pope has conducted such rights for his purposes. ah. m anthony howard welcome germany and the u. s. side. they're prepared to said ukraine would be. we're saving jim and my mother and us built a bradley fighting vehicles. the decision follows a move by france to equip ukraine with similar hub. it's a french light battle tank that's highly mo bile and fitted with a powerful gone now to ukraine's delight as donating some of these brings

a new level of european defense support to ukraine. and i thank president my call for this leadership. we'll get more armored vehicles, including french made wheeled tanks, which sends a clear signal to all our other partners. there is no rational reason why western style tanks have not yet been supplied to ukraine or europeans. he would always zalinski has clearly been frustrated by the west's reluctance to give his country the tanks. he says it's so desperately needs. joe biden has now sent the us. we'll send bradley fighting vehicles to help key if they've been used by the u. s. military to carry troops around the battle fields. since the mid 19 eighties, military experts say the bradley would give ukraine more firepower and build shot of sending in heavy tanks. like the abram, which is what key if really wants. berlin was reluctant to agree to donate mod

reason pressure to change its mind that some debt will krajina by we've discussed supporting ukraine in its right to self defense, even even with heavy weapons looking. las vegas potent believes that he has the longer breadth and that effect some point. ukraine ran out of weapons and into and asked the devastation and ukraine mounts the pressure on all key it's allies will only increase. early at the w political correspondent, catherine lug has told us more about the equipment germany is now delivery to euclid. so officially, the martyr is not a tank that has been in use in germany since the 1970, which means since the cold war. but it is also used similarly to a battled high early. well, they can fight infantry that can fight other tanks as well. it has a canon on, on top of it. it is a pretty sturdy,

but it 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 in mid december and the germans are now moving ahead and doing the same thing that the us now way of republican politician kevin mccarthy appears to us. it's one of the most important jobs in us politics. there's been little to no sign of progress in mccarthy showdown with a group of hot one members of his own pious concessions. the kathy's 1st candidate in a century was had the face multiple balance. the chamber cannot move on to any other business. until washington bureau chief in his pole is watching on in washington is another round of voting down into double figures. now, mccarthy doesn't seem to be making any progress. how 1000000000 dollar questions? a question. you know, theoretically he could really go on forever. there is no rule known like legal or

proceed and obviously that those who are opponent or opposed oppose him. since all these are votes or once something in writing. so to make sure that you fulfill these promises, you also have been talking about. so maybe there is a movement behind the scenes, but that's totally up to my next question. why are these 20 or so hard? right. republicans. so motivated to make this so hard for kevin mccarthy, so hard for their own party and for ashley because he's heart a core right wing, a republicans who are members of the so called a freedom caucus, which to the scene are huge from fans. huge from support us, but they didn't follow donald trump's endorsement 2 vote for mccarthy. that is kind of surprising and why don't they do that coming back to questions. they just do not trust him. they don't trust mccarthy and they want someone else that even so they

didn't come out with any other names. so therefore maybe they're working on this bag or door ideas to get something in writing something. what he promised them, for example, that they would be members of very and boards important committees, what they are aiming for. so trust makes it hard, but what does this power struggle mean for the short and medium term for republicans and us politics? in general, i sizing the 2 years until a new house is voted in and maybe even longer because it shows that in a political landscape which is so fractured in a country, which only has 2 parties that the parties themselves have really difficulties in finding someone who is able to rule them that's very different than other countries, like for example, in germany where we have just a various parties where people who are in the united states. therefore,

the parties themselves are very fractured and with merit. very narrow majorities like the republican party has right now in the house. it is really difficult to govern if you have like 51015 people who just don't want to follow any majority. so it just shows you how difficult it is in an era where there are many a politicians were only are mainly concerned about kind of their own gold gold, but not one to find compromises to really get something done and to really govern watching j. w. washington bureau chief in his poll, thank so much on his look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. russian president vladimir putin as ordered a unilateral 36 hour cease fire on the friday in front line. it will take place from the 6th, the 7th of january to coincide with russian orthodox christmas. eve cried us dismissed russia's declaration as the property and propaganda jell. nobel

peace laureate alice be allowed yet ski has gone on trial in belarus. he and 2 others faced charges of financing protests and money smuggling, a man face up to 12 years in jail. you have the ascii co founder, the the asner human rights group. share the 2022 the nobel prize with rights for russia and demonstrators in peru of blocked roads. in another day, protests of the asking of former president pedro castillo, protest is holding for his were vice president. you know, they period restarted on wednesday by francis has presided. over the funeral of his predecessor, pope benedict tens of thousands gathered in some pitter square in vatican city for the service of benedict died last week. at the age of 95. in 2013 he,

stunned for world by voluntarily stepping down due to ill health, becoming the 1st pontiff in centuries. to do so, the funeral concludes a unique arrangement in which to pope's coexisted in the vatican. ah, i historic moment at the end of the funeral mass. esther filled with respect. pope frances has struggled to walk in recent months. but she took grace at 1st to stand and chippy to benedict. from the early hours, the faith all lined up to pay their finer respects to the former pontiff elephant attorney. good. and he is a man of great fate and. and i want to put in a sharon defeated over 60 means um yeah, solid rock for the church. was he through inspiration for the seminary in my

generation? and we all read his works in seminary. the mourners hailed from all over the world, including benedict snakes of the very end, southern germany, a benedict 50, i think benedict, the 16th was the most significant bavarian and german as probably the last 500 years from one of yours. that layla benedict was the 1st german in almost 500 years to lead the catholic church on the foreign. despite the grandiose sessing, it was a simple ceremony benedict choosing an unadorned wooden coffin, in which to be laid to rest that with me still to write the service pope francis alluded to the former pon tips, religious work, and the sacrifices he made for his catholic faith. peace or square a celebration of benedict life. and an anticipation of the eternal life. catholics

believe he will now enjoy with god in heaven. health experts are concerned about how quickly a new coven variant is spreading. the only chronic sub veering exp be $1.00 is currently spreading rapidly in the united states. official daughter last week showed that accounting for over over 40 percent your cases. the 1st question saw to say it's the most contagious version of it. 19 year old hope organization says it has been detected and in october. well, did he go to sunny is an expert in epidemiology and global health at queen mary university in london. he is live all today, just suggest that this is a baby and that doesn't just escape immunity really well, perhaps the most invasive 18 so far. but is allowing device to and sell more. which means that it's also likely to be more transmissible. we're already seeing being back in the places when spreading. so for example, in new york,

where this branch is already dominant, we have seen associated with a higher rate of hospitalizations. and what's really concerning is that this is now spreading and many other parts of the u. s. in parts of europe in the u. k. in canada. and it's very likely going to be the vain that becomes dominant across europe in appealing the sell the west and germany have announced plans to deliver albert vehicles to you current job and made mata. and he whispered, bradley fighting vehicles concerned to be on the line with that is all the news for now. up next. can the latest gadgets helped in the economics my life? i tune for that. and i'll be back with more news headlines. the top of the out for me and the team here and building thanks for your company inspection with.