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fighting vehicles could soon be on their way to the front west. there's no end in sight. after 3 days of political deadlock, republican congressman kevin mccarthy loses an 11th. but the speaker of the house of representatives by the setbacks helps to spot concessions to 5. right. lawmakers and post been a big the 6th day is like the rest of the funeral ceremony presided over by process at the vatican. ah, i'm anthony howell. walk into the program, germany in the us side, they prepared to send armored vehicles to ukraine. and after speaking by phone, the leaders of both countries said ukraine would be receiving german made mother and u. s. bill bradley fighting vehicles. the decision follows a move by france to equip ukraine with similar hardware. this is the

am x t, n, r c. it's a french light battle tank to ukraine's delight frances donating some of these armored combat vehicles. to give france if awarded europe, france brings a new level of european defend, get more armoured vehicles, including french made wield 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. it's important in order to restore security for all ukrainians and peace for all europeans europe ways. zalinski has clearly been frustrated by the west's reluctance to give his country the tanks. he says it's so desperately needs job. wow. they've been used by the u. s. military to carry troops around the battle fields since the mid 19 eighties, military experts, f m. but biden's move falls short of sending in heavy tanks. like the

abram, which is what key if really wants. berlin was reluctant to agree to donate models which are armored personnel carriers. but the sholtes government gave way to increasing pressure to change its mind that some dental cleaner by we've discussed supporting ukraine in its right to self defense, even even with heavy weapons looking lot that vacant ukraine ran out of weapons and international support. allah, just had some agin, lloyd would win this war that isn't he given good and ask for debbie. so joining me now for a closer look at this story is date of the report of florian neu huff. welcome, and let's start with the basics of what, why are these armored vehicles so important? what are they going to enable ukraine to do that they haven't previously been able to do? well i, my is incredibly important after exploit those openings. and so these vehicles that

you claim ones are important for armed forces forces to take back the territory that's still on the russian control. if you cranes, army doesn't have sufficient offensive capability. and we're looking at a war that will descending to prolong stalemate and have long argued that if this delivery will, that wouldn't actually escalate the war. but shortly it's down to the, the all important numbers. how many armored vehicles will be delivered. and just as importantly, when, well, we'll have clarity on that tomorrow. in the case of the bradley's a media report suggest it will be 50 now on friday, as i said, and the media says that 40 models will be delivered and there is no number given on the amex tens of friends. i. what we do know is that the modest, there are hundreds of these vehicles decommissioned vehicles and industry storage and it will take months for them to be refurbished. but one way to shorten that delivery process is for the german army to deliver weapons, vehicles and services with goodness,

where and then get this vehicle for recompense by vehicles that being refurbished in the industry has been asking for main battle tanks. the german leopard to in particular is ukraine. now more likely to get those, it's possible. a german chancellor will have choices long argued that germany should not go along alone. and he's also said that there is a, is claim that there is agreement among nato to not supply western tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. but frances knocked the stuffing out of that excuse by now delivering the amex 10. and so the pressure that reserve shows have been facing within his own coalitions refer by the green party on, but for liberals or even below, even today. ah, and sir, so it's possible that the shots will be forced to change his mind on that one. we shall see. did you believe reporter florine? no health. thanks so much. kevin mccarthy has filed for an 11th time to when enough

support to become speaker of the house of representatives. there's been a little to no sign of progress in mccarthy's showdown with a group of hotline members of his own party talking selection, despite him offering them various concessions. kathy is the 1st candidate in a century to face multiple ballots. the chamber cannot move on to any other business until a speaker is chosen. the honorable kevin mccord. so with voting us d w. washington bureau chief in his poll, how much longer mccarthy can possibly keep going? well, this is the 1000000000 dollar questions like little her procedure, but what we hear is that there is some back door negotiations going on. obviously that those who are opponent are opposed, oppose him. since all these are votes or once something in writing i. 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 unclear. and we might see just another round of votes during the nights. you speak a little bit to my next question. why are these 20 or so hard? right. republicans so motivated to make this so hard for yeah, that's a very good question specially because he's hot a core right wing, a republicans who are members of the so called a freedom caucus which was founded 2015. that reminds us all this is when donald trump enter the scene, are huge from fans, vote for mccarthy. that is kind of surprising. and why don't they do that coming back to your questions. they just do not trust him or they don't trust mccarthy. and they want someone else that even so that didn't come out with any other name. so therefore maybe they are working on this bag or do that. they would be members of various boards important committees. what they are aiming for

a trust makes it hard. but what does this power struggle mean for the short i so i think they just seem kind of a preview, what we will be experiencing over the next 2 years until a new house elliptical landscape which is so fractured in a country me. it only has 2 parties that the parties themselves have really different in other countries. like for example, in germany, where we have just a various parties where people could go, you know, for the specific and things they're fighting for. we do not have that here in the united states. therefore the parties themselves are very fractured and with merit. very narrow majorities. one 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 who are only are mainly concerned about kind of their own gold gold,

but not one to find compromises to really itching to bureau chief in his poll. thanks so much his look now, some of the other stories making headlines around the world to sell. russian president vladimir putin as ordered a unilateral 36 our seats on the 20 in front line would take place from the 6th of the 7th of january to coincide with russian orthodox christmas kind of dismissed russia's declaration as bankruptcy and propaganda. mexican security forces have captured cattle leader, video guzman, the son of a drug. lord, walk him. goodman. no. nestle, chap. fate don't operation sort of gun fights and broad blocks across the western lopez open the door hosts us counterpart. joe bought demonstrators in peru have blocked roads in another day, protests over the asking president dina watty to resign. demonstrations. died down

of the holiday period, but restarted on wednesday. the 1.5. now accounts for over 40 percent of cases in the us and has been protected in 28 other countries. mostly in europe. scientists say it's francis has presided over the funeral of his predecessor, pope benedict tens of thousands gathered in some papers square in the vatican. city for the service, benedict died last week at the age of $95.00. a funeral concludes a unique arrangement in which 2 pipes co existed in the vatican of the funeral mass . as pope frances blast 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 their final respects to the former pontiff

man of great fate. and i want to follow his example and his kindness reserve and great faith. we have a face and i shall get an defeated the 16th, which means um, for the seminaries, my generation. and we all read his works in seminary. the mourners held from all over the world, including benedict snakes of bavaria and southern germany, a benedict, the 50. i think benedict the 16th was the most significant bavarian, telling me that at regular benedict was the 1st german in almost 500 years to lead . the catholic church on the foreign dignitaries in the crowd included germany benedict choosing an unadorned wooden coffin in which to be laid to rest. that good mistake to write the service pope francis 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 pause rang through saint peter's square. a celebration of benedict's life and an anticipation of the eternal life. before we leave you, a reminder of the top story we're following for you. u. s. and germany announced plans to deliver ahmed vehicles to you, cried jim and made mata, n u. s. bill bradley fighting vehicles could soon be on their way to the front lines. decision fullest announcement by france to quit you tribe with. i'm with that is over nice for now. up next another from the doc film series. this one, plumbing the bit of the world's waste water fish died june for that one. and i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news headlines for now. thanks for the company with

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