ah ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from but then the u. s. and germany announced plans to deliver armored personnel carriers to ukraine, german mazda and u. s. bradley, infantry fighting vehicles may soon be heading to the front lines. look at the difference. they could make on the battlefield also on the program. a 3rd day of paralysis in the us congress republican kevin mccarthy loses an 11th to vote. and

he's been to become speaker of the house of representatives, despite making concessions to fight like his own party. and growing fee is in the netherlands, it's a drug skaggs could be influencing the role of law. and you hear about rep from the past happening every single day. numerous types, but these are swept under the rug of lebanon's leading drag queens tells d w, the governments crackdown and l g b t q is bad it's, it's putting them in danger. ah, i'm sure gail, welcome to the program, germany and the usa. they are now prepared to sat down with vehicles to you cray. after speaking by phone, the 2 countries leaders and i'm that you create would receive a german made mazda and us build bradley fighting vehicles. the decision follows

a similar move by france. this is the am x 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 france, if a wooded 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 will please. 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,

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 strengthen its ability entrench warfare. but biden's move falls short of sending in heavy tanks. like the abram, which is what key if really once berlin was reluctant to agree to donate models which are armored personnel carriers. but the schoultz government gave way to increasing pressure to change its mind. little debt that we have discussed supporting ukraine. and it's right to self defense, we haven't even with heavy weapons. and because put in believe that that he can hold out longer. and that if at some point ukraine ran out of happened school and international support,

he would win this war ha duster to all skin zyden he had. isn't he given good him? and asked the devastation and ukraine mounts the pressure on all kids. allies will only increase spring and d, w corresponded roman, gone to ranko, who's in cave. welcome robin as to whether these vehicles likely to arrive in ukraine. what sort of difference i likely to make? well, we don't know exactly when they will arrive, but maybe some of them will arrive in the coming days. maybe in the coming weeks, i'm more sophisticated equipment. it might take months like the an air defense system patriot, that germany will also deliver together with united states and, and what about the difference or the light or armored vehicles. they will not be a game changer like the u. s. supplied am humorous, multiple, a rocket launchers are because with their help or ukraine, kate can strike

a russian positions well beyond the front lines of up to 80 kilometers and destroy the communication lines. ammunition depos a headquarters of the russian army there. so it is a game changer. these lie tanks are important for a different reason. the frontline in ukraine is more than 1000 kilometers long. intense fighting is or may be 7 or 800 kilometers long. so ukraine needs a lot of tanks, a lot of armored vehicles to defend that line, and to, to go forward to push the russians back from the occupied territories. and ukraine is expecting that russia will be trying to attack on different places and nobody knows where exactly in the coming weeks and months. so the western countries are apparently trying to strengthen ukraine before that. and that is very important . and where if you look at the french wiggles, they are very good for swift advances. they are good for urban warfare. and when we

also think about the weather conditions right now, it's getting colder in ukraine. the temperature temperatures are sinking well below 10 degrees celsius and it's snowing now as we speak in cave and but in generally, the winter is very mild and for a mild with winter light tanks are very good. so it's very good news for crane, and they are very welcome here. that today's christmas eve in the orthodox church and vladimir putin says he's ordered a unilateral cease fire along the front line and ukraine, however, it refusing to match it why well earned the main reason is, nobody believes russia, nobody believes president putin. and this is what a grand officials are saying in president lensky in his evening. address. also mentioned that he said, we know what russia does, or when he talks about sci fi, just regrouping its forces to strike again. or is the lensky made a very emotional,

an address? he also spoke in russian. he spoke to the russian people, and he said, look, we offered you to start withdrawing from ukraine on this christmas holiday in ukraine. it's an orthodox scholar, holiday. and there was no reaction from russia. so obviously russia was not interested when ukrainian ukraine suggested it in early in november than in december again. so our and last but not least, i'm ukrainians are saying it's very hypercritical of russia and especially of the russian project. korean to suggest to a cease fire because of the russian orthodox church is supporting this war. it is blessing russian soldiers who go and kill ukrainians. so there is no reason for ukraine. this is what we hear. he and he of not just from officials, bradford orginally, people to stop fighting. they will continue on. this is, this is the major message here. thanks. roman, roman, contra, coming cave. actual go to

her berlin, where our political correspondent had sprang. can a brand can talk us or the german decision regarding those at tanks are welcome back hand. so what is germany refused to send? these are armored vehicles before and why they changed their minds now. it's been a long history about these on the vehicles. in fact, they were offered by german armaments industry right at the beginning of the war because they basically i in storage and were meant to have been destroyed because no longer needed by the german army. but there was political resistance, especially from the social democrats, of chancellor shawls, who have been reticent about arming ukraine, getting involved in the ukrainian battle too deeply. because of concerns that the germany would be seen as an aggressor in this situation. and to germany has historical concerns about fighting against russian troops dating from the 2nd world

war. what's changed now is the general situation on the battlefield and the development of discussions within nato. the german government, as always said, it would only supply as such, weapons of other nato countries to that as well together with other countries. that's what's happening now. france and the united states also supplying similar weapons. and then there is a very simple logistical reason for supplying these weapons. until now, one has supplied soviet era armored vehicles to ukraine from east germany, for instance, and from nato allies from the east of europe. and the ammunition for these vehicles is now running off because nobody in the west is supplying its manufacturing soviet era ammunition. so in order to be able to supply ammunition, then need new weapons like your thoughts on a recent poll that's being conducted here in germany, hands on the question of military support for ukraine. on the 25 percent of those

polls, a poll express the need to send more weapons to ukraine. 2 thirds saying that german weapons deliveries to ukraine, where, adequate oregon. to foss. hunch, brand, this is sound like people are getting tired of this war. no, i think that's a misinterpretation of the figures. i think much of turn that around and say that only a. busy 3rd of people, polls are against further weapons deliveries and 2 thirds either satisfied or asking for more weapons. and you can see that in another aspect of this poll, which is conducted every month, this question has been asked over the month. and in the trends, you can see that the number of people that support weapons deliveries is increasing . and the number of people that support that are against weapons deliveries is decreasing. at the same time, germans are saying that the situation, ukraine is what as concerns the most, even the head of things such as inflation and energy prices. and they are saying

that they expect the will not to end this year. so the support for the government and weapons deliveries is strong. as far as handsome brand benny i hear some more. so as making headlines around the world. security forces in mexico have captured cartel leader of video goes, my son of a drug, lord lacking guzman, who is also known as al chapo. the pre dawn operation lead to gun fights in the western states. a single lower capture comes just days before a visit by u. s. president joe, by the payoff expert. say a new coven. 19 sub variance is spreading x b, b y 5 is a mutation of the only crime variant. and now accounts from 40 percent of cases in the u. s. and it's been detected in 28 other countries, mostly in new york. scientists say it's the most contagious version, yet demonstrated improve of blocked roads in another day of protest. calling for

the resignation of president dean, watch a campaign. as a former president pedro castillo for political reasons. demonstrations died down of the holiday period, but we started on wednesday now to the us where the power struggle inside the republican party is preventing the election of a speaker to the house of representatives and to still not been resolved back for the most powerful role in the us congress is set to enter it's day after republican front runner, kevin mccarthy, last 11 successive votes because of opposition for my group of hard right public times. the grid law is unprecedented in congress history and the 435 member body can't start business until the votes succeed them. and from colorado. right. well peter matthews is a political analyst and

a former congressional candidate for the democrats. he explained to why after 11 votes, we haven't seen an alternative to kevin mccarthy. 11 rose is a record of the last 150 years. it's quite amazing. and if you think about it, i'll tell you why. kennedy, yet there may be one fairly soon, but right now today, agenda is january. the step here in california is january 6th where you are and that was a day of infamy when the insurrection occurred. washington, d. c. imagine if we were there 2 years ago in this condition with no speaker, no house functioning and no business conducted. and how would the country defend itself or receive counting the votes? it's already think what's going on. and i think it's about time the republicans get together and start finding another alternative candidate. if kevin mccarthy cannot muster the 218 votes for the needs which it looks like and why on thank looking for another candidate yet. well, because kevin mccarthy is in power to some extent with the minority leader for

years he's helped, many of these people got elected. these follow republicans and the legions to him to give him a chance. and many chances it looks like, and they're working on some kind of agreement, these trying to reach by giving a lot of benefits to just 20 members of the recalcitrant caucus. you know, it was actually trying to rebel against the speaker and get what they want. mainly they want to have things like to see some the rules can be very all powerful rules giving the house guarantee to their carcass. they also want to be able to have term limits voted upon right away. and then anything that they want that come in where you initially would not give them, but any given to them or they want even more. so that's because kevin mccarthy does still have some poll in the, in the whole, you're probably going to conference, but it won't last for forever. you know, people are getting tired of this and sort of the republican variable over and over again and not find the solution to getting a speaker. this is actually imperative that a speaker be brought in as soon as possible. and i think that would be happening in a few days when i can exactly predict that one,

but it'll be happening. so is this latest modification of american political factionalism a little local difficulty or should the rest of us be worried? no is much more the local unfortunately for many of the other countries and our allies in the world, we have our competitors are looking very carefully at the situation and are concerned about the instability that seems to be bringing because he had to see us know which influence throughout the world, especially at this time when we faced the conflicts going on in ukraine and all that and other things other economic with his house. and so it was very concerned. for example, the debt ceiling will not get increased, that cannot be raised, which needs to be for the september budget. and if that's the case, then the other thing my default on, on money owes to governments and to individual. and i could just create a havoc in the financial markets throughout the world. so united states being so influential, the whole world is watching this as we are in america, re carefully and tuning and hoping that they can get it together. the republican

party, which has been split so far apart within itself because of donald from phenomenon and coming in. and i think this as a result of trump is going to some extent. thanks for joining us. a peter matters form of congressional candidates for the democratic party. thank you. thank you. a string of mafia style murders in the netherlands says lead to questions about whether drugs, gangs, or threatening the rule of law in the country. the high profile killings include that of investigative journalist, happy to active, reese, a correspondent jack parent has been exploring how attempts to shed light on criminal forces behind the countries liberal trading drugs, a coming under pressure from mafia. intimidation is his report from the hank. a dutch coffee shop where it's permitted to buy small amounts of marijuana. you can even pay with your banker. but businesses like this one could spend up to $3000000.00 euros buying stock without receipts is technically illegal for them to

purchase so much, but it's never prosecuted. that legal gray area here is coming under increasing scrutiny. following the 2021 murder of dutch investigative journalist, peter r. devries. he was part of a team supporting a witness in a case against a drug kingpin in the 1st place for his eyes family. but also the client. it was a huge blow. yeah. and, and we, we had to look for new balance and, and to, to, um, to hold on to each other to be able to continue. these lawyers have spent more than 2 years under round the clock protection for defending a key witness in a trial against riddle on target. he's accused of ordering a string of murders, including the former lawyer and the brother of the main witness against him. lawyer peter shout and says the trial against 2 other men, accused of the related murder of devries has descended into a mess. it's now headed to re trial after

a judge left the proceedings and the deluge of new evidence was submitted. but i say is, we should just legally men up against situations like this, learn from what is going on here and make a change in the law so that even lesh becomes a problem. the fear is that matthew or intimidation might be winning. journalists like saskia bowman remain committed though. my colleagues are really adamant in writing about organized crime and am revealing what, what's happening air in the country and how dangerous it is and how important it is to fight organized crime. and but they're all more carefully you can say that they're all more aware of the dangerous and we are more yeah. more careful. the local, fresh, older, with the port of rotterdam thought to be the main entry point for cocaine into europe. the netherlands is under pressure from other e u countries. the multitude of court cases around these criminal gangs rumbles on,

but there's also a national discussion about what's being done politically. and many of those questions are being directed here to the ministry of justice, asking exactly what is changing to prevent these kind of crimes in the future. the dutch government sent d w a statement saying it's taking unprecedented action and is investing an additional $700000000.00 euros in the coming years to fight organized crime. i personally think this country is not a riddle with gang violence or anything like that. it's not like a italian mafia or something, but it is starting to get a big problem. every one turns to the netherlands as the prime example of legalization of drugs and how we should, you know, push forward the, to, for example, legalize marijuana and other kind of drugs. and, and i don't know, it's really opens your eyes of the whole reality behind it. and how the netherlands

has become an arca state the mafia. gang has also been threatening people in belgium and germany routing out their influence is significant, not just for the netherlands, but for the whole of europe. a members of lebanon's algae, b t q plus community coming under pressure from the interior ministry, which was to ban drag shows. one of the country's most well known drag queens this', a speaking out to make sure the show goes on. just a few finishing touches to prepare for a big party because of prejudice and police harassment. his keeping his identity a secret. in a few moments, he'll emerge as a migration, a drug queen, well known in the l g b t q community. here. we hear about threats on that, that's happening every single day. numerous attacks but lives are swept under the rug because the law does not protect us. so we cannot file a complaint against our her rosters, abusive. we cannot do anything. gatherings and activities of the n g

b t q community are not legal and abundant. but recently the interior ministry tried to bend them, but i was it definitely. and in the decision of the interior minister effects the basic constitutional freedoms. and demonize is one of the most marginalized groups in lebanese society. in fact, the decision inside hatred against this group in a modern state must protect the most vulnerable groups in society as the topic of homosexuality is controversial and divisive here and abandon them on the the yeah, i'm not with him a sexual, i'm against them. and i don't like seeing them in public, they should go in public, they're free and they have their own personal lives. i didn't have a problem with them, none at all. no, this is not their right. all religions considerate, sinful, and forbidden. pato. m, almost the ignores the voices rejecting her gender identity and her life die. but

going out in public means overcoming fear for her safety. emma has to be careful about her public appearances. she only goes out late and depends on the help of close friends, to take precautions that make you feel like a dramatic scene from hollywood pi movie. in lebanon is not a safe haven for us. recreate our protection and freedom by the people we surround ourselves with. emma insists on performing and speaking openly about lifestyle and sexual orientation, hoping that these appearances will help build social awareness to accept gender differences. with 2023 looks like being a boom year for hollywood sync walls with canna reeves or reprising his role as

john wick, tom cruz bat for another mission impossible, and the digitally botox. harrison ford, starting as a young and old indiana jones. if you're looking for more fact, unless fiction, 1st this ah, one of the most hotly anticipated films of 2023 is oppenheimer, a world war 2 set drama about the u. s. scientist whose team developed the 1st atomic bomb. we knew the world would not be to say in the wake of moscow's recent nuclear attack threats the topic could hardly be more timely. alongside kilian murphy has oppenheimer director christopher nolan has assembled an all star cast, including mac damon, robert downey, junior, and emily blunt. but again, 2023 will be a year of hollywood. sequels. none bigger than the 5th entry in the indiana jones

franchise. harrison ford is back as the adventure prone archaeologist. those days in common. got abs, abs, mouth. the octo genario actor was digitally d age to appear as a younger whip cracking indie in several tons of the film perceived new digital botox was needed for keanu reeves in his 4th turn as the assassin john wick. the movie is billed as the last chapter in the actual franchise. though reeves has signed on for a cameo in the spin off ballerina and tom cruz's back for 7th mission. impossible movie with the 60 year old start doing all his own stunts.

with much of hollywood output will be sequels. alongside mission impossible. we have new transformers, star wars, and endless marble re treads. coming a movie with a much lower, but then all those films, but much greater ambition is women talking trade. the latest from canadian writer, director sarah polley was a hit with festival goers in toronto and rolls out on movie screens. in january. it follows a group of women in a tight knit religious community grappling with a sexual abuse scandal. women talking is the latest post me to film to show women taking back control of their bodies and destiny we liberated ourselves. we will have to ask ourselves who we are. the film is 24 hours in the life of these women and the debate that they have will be forced to leave the colonies. if we do not forget these men,

we cannot endure any more of the world's largest ice and snow carnival is underway in china. this giant ice block tower is the centerpiece of the winter wonderland in hobbin for the next 2 months and north western city will celebrate the cold with faint parks skating rinks of more than 300 ice and snow sculptures. hundreds of thousands of tourists are expected to visit the festival, which was scaled back in previous years because of coven 19 restrictions. is reminder of our top stores at this hour. the u. s. in germany have announced plans to deliver ahmed vehicles to ukraine. the decision follows an announcement by france that it was providing ukraine with advanced come about vehicles in the us republican that kevin mccarthy has filed for an 11th time to get enough votes to be made. house speaker,

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