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republican congressman kevin mccarthy loses and 11 vote. the become speaker of the house of representatives. let us sit back comes despite concessions to far all night. and pope benedict, the 16th is light to rest. and a funeral ceremony presided over by pope francis asked the vatican ah meth. and he had walked into the program, germany and the usa. they're prepared to send the armored vehicles to you, cried 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

air max t, n r c. it's a french light battle tank that's highly mo bile and fitted with a powerful gun. now to ukraine's delight frances donating some of these ahmed combat vehicles. to cave franks if awarded you, france, 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. it's important in order to restore security for all ukrainians and peace for all europeans. you replace. 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 said the us will 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 strengthen its ability in trench warfare. 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 debt will krajina by we've discussed supporting ukraine in its right to self defense, even even with heavy weapons looking lot that vickers put and believes that he has the longer breath and that affects some point. ukraine ran out of weapons and international support. allah just had some aliens. i would win this war that even he given good and ask the devastation and ukraine mounts the pressure on all key.

its allies will only increase. joining me now for a closer look at this story is date of li reporter, florian, know huff, welcome, and let's start with the basics of 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, armor is incredibly important in modern warfare. it's powerful enough to punch through and defenses and mobile enough to exploit those openings. and so these vehicles that you claim ones are important for it's, i'm, it 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 the walk are going for years. and that's why proponents of delivery have your weapons have long argued that if this delivers move wouldn't actually escalate the war. but shortly,

it down to the deal in port 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 media report suggest, it will be 50, and this will be part of the next 2 packets that will be announced on friday. as i said, under dra media says that 40 modest will be delivered and there's no number given on the amex, tens of french vehicles in terms of when these will be supplied. we don't know. what we do know is that the models, 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 the bonus where and then get this vehicle for recompense by the vehicles that are being refurbished in the industry. he kind has been asking for 9 battle tanks. the german leopard 2 in particular is ukraine. now more likely

to get those? it's possible or 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 not delivering the amex 10. and so the pressure that it shows has been facing within his own coalition for by the green party and the for liberals to supply tanks and armored vehicles is now even gotten more intense even though even today. and so it's possible that the shorts will be forced to change his mind on that one . we shall see the w reporter floor in the health. thanks so much. the u. s. government continues its descent into crisis as a power struggle inside the republican party has prevented the election of a speaker of the house of representatives the most powerful role in congress. the

battle for the next leader of the lower is said to enter it for the day after republic in front runner, kevin mccarthy suffered another string of defeats on thursday for a total of 11 losses. he made several k concessions to a small group of right wing republicans, but they continue to oppose it on this side. watch them and show. so with 11 rounds of voting done, then kevin mccarthy still no closer to clinching the speakership, i asked d. w. washington bureau chief in his pole. how much longer mccarthy can possibly keep going. well, this is the 1000000000 dollar questions. a question, you know, theoretically he could really go on forever. there is no rule known like legal or procedure. but what we hear is that there is some back door negotiations going on, 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 unclear. and we might see just another round of votes during the night. you speak a little bit to my next question. why are these 20 are so hard? right. republicans so motivated to make this so hard for kevin mccarthy, so hard for their own party and for every one else for that matter. yeah, that's a very good question specially because he's heart 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. huge from support us, but they didn't follow donald trump's endorsement to 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 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 back door ideas to get something in writing something. what he promised them, for example, that they would be members of various boards important committees. what they are aiming for 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 we're just seeing kind of a preview, what we will be experiencing over the next 2 years until a new house is voted in and maybe even longer because it shows add that in a political landscape which is so fractured in a country. me, it 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 could go, you know, for the specific and things are 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 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 who are only are mainly concerned about kind of their own goal gold but not one to find compromises to really get something done and to really govern watching day w washington bureau chief in his poll, thanks so much. or let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. russian

president vladimir putin has ordered a unilateral 36 l, a ceasefire on the crown in front line. it would take place from the 6th to the 7th of january to coincide with russian orthodox christmas. e chronus dismissed russia's declaration as a poker see and propaganda. mexican security forces had captured cartel leader of the oak, was fun, the son of drug, lord whacking goodman, known as of chapel for a door operation, set of gun fights and broad blocks across the western state of sinaloa. a capture comes just days before you as president joe biden is due to visits. young phil help, experts say a new covey. 19 variant is spreading. the x may be 1.5. now accounts for over 40 percent of cases in the u. s. and has been detected in 28 other countries most in europe. scientists say it's the most contagious version of all of the others that germany has joined

a growing list of countries to impose mandatory covered tests on travelers from china, which is facing a surge in infections. the european union has recommended all its members states follow that policy. starting from monday, china has said the travel restrictions are discriminatory or proprietors has presided over the funeral of his predecessor, pope benedict tens of thousands gathered in saint peter's square in the vatican. city for the service of benedict died last week at the age of $95.00. the funeral concludes a unique arrangement in which 2 popes 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 francis a struggle to walk in recent months. but he took grace adverse to stand and chippy

to benedict. from the early hours, the faithful lined up to pay their final respects to the former pontiff. oh, she says to any good and he is a man of great fate. and i want to follow his example in his kindness reserve and great faith with a face and i showed it and defeated the 16th 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 held from all over the world, including benedict snakes of bavaria and southern germany. i think the benedict, the 50, i think, benedict, the 16th was the most significant bavarian and german. that's probably the last 500 years from one of your auto legal 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 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 applause 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 that before go, he's a reminder of the top story. we're following for the u. s. and germany have

announced plans to deliver ahmed vehicles to you, cried jim and made mata and us bill bradley fighting vehicles, could soon be on their way to the front lines. the decision follows an announcement by france to a quip you've tried with similar and that's all been used for now. coming up next on the channel. can the latest gadgets help in the economic malaise? and with a tech to look in the business news and that's coming up after a short break. stay cheering for that. and i'll be back on top of the hour with more headlines until then. thanks for the question of questions about life, the universe and everything to review the answer well then give it here for the.