[000:00:00;00] a commentary ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, ukraine's interior minister killed in a helicopter crash near keith aircraft carrying a number of senior officials came down next to a kindergarten, local police, a several children among the dead countries president described as a terrible tragedy also on the program, german chancellor,

olaf sholtes is due to address the world economic forum in diverse, amid increasing pressure on berlin to deliver modern tanks to ukraine. will bring you the chancellor speech like the victory in the philippines for a journalist under threat. when when we go to quit nobel laureates, maria and her news outlets of tax evasion widely seen as politically motivated. bring your reaction to the right ah, i'm feel gale. welcome to the program. a helicopter crash. ukraine has killed at least 17 people, including the country. interior minister, dentist, mont,

astir ski. the helicopter with the minister and other officials on board went down into in the city of bro body. just outside the capital. keith official state had a kindergarten and an apartment building as it came down. several children are among the dead of building a blaze. moments after the crash. emergency services were quick to the scene. it's not yet clear what caused the helicopter to full from the sky. not at the moment was won't be no at present is that the helicopter fell to the ground between the kindergarten on a residential building in the time of bravery was awarded to put the issue on board . the helicopter operated by the state emergency service was where 9 people was. among them. the leadership of the interior ministry sort of lift, gate of islamist, absolute issues, role. interior minister,

denise modesty. ascii as well as his deputy and other officials are among the dead away. they were believed to be on their way to the front line. when the helicopter came down in foggy conditions. one eye witness said that the pilot seemed to try to avoid buildings as the helicopter came down. and if you, but i love you. so my think that he chose the smallest target, is that because there was a 2 story building there and here there were 10 floors you owe the pilot made heroic effort. you had you didn't give you both to. he flew the helicopter to the smallest place. he did the best he could, i knew them to view them or investigate his already looking into the incident which presidency lensky has dubbed a terrible tragedy. go straight to cave then and we can join our correspondent sonya found. the car welcomed sonya. i could bring it up to date please. well we still don't know the exact number of people killed because authorities have

been revising those figures in the last hours. what we do know that over 20 people have been injured, including several children and they are in hospital. now i am just at the rescue site. you can see behind me, emergency workers are still working the clearing the debris securing the walls of the kindergarten. that was reported partially hit by the helicopter. now the walls of those kindergarten, you can probably see behind me are completely black and the, because there was a large fire that broke out off to be impacted the crash. i've been speaking to some residents, your one resident lives on the 15th floor, told me she saw a huge flame from the window of the residents. i've been speaking to said they rushed to the kindergarten when they heard that crash and managed to get some children away from the building. now others have been also telling us that, you know, there was a power outage in this area when the crash happened and several buildings really didn't have lights. the conditions, also very foggy. we've also seen around me a few. make sure memorial come up with people. you know,

mean flowers and candles. to remember the people who lived in this neighborhood who died in the grim tragedy. and of course, is handicapped fashions, also kills the top brock of your brains, interior ministry, including the interior municipal court. what we do know is that she was traveling on the french made helicopter provided to the states emergency service, and he was on his way to franklin and what's being said about the cause of this incident. well we don't have details of what really calls left incidence authorities here. have been seeing that since the beginning of this war, you create an officials of problem planes and across public flying a lot of tools in order to avoid russian messiah from that has been some speculation here that the find is probably try to avoid all these high rise buildings in this neighborhood. now ukraine's security service the s b u has taken over this investigation and the see the probing all possible angles and they're not

rooting or technical glitches. they also going to be exploring deliberate actions to destroy the helicopter. right, so we have 3 of the main figures in the ukraine's interior ministry killed, including the, the minister at the, at the top. what effect is, is likely to have on government you're right. i mean, the loss of these 3 leading for goes and then the interior ministry does come as a big shock to ukraine. and of course the, the interior minister him says dennis $159.00. he was a key who was killed. he was a key member of president landscape cabinet. he's been one of his longest running political advisors. he was of course, responsible for running the police of security in the country. but he also played a key role in informing the public of casualties when they will sign a tax field russian this under tax and don't tax. he was a family of the go at the sight of the station every time there was a medium beside the attack here. now officials here see but his loss would not

affect the working of the ministry and to be the cabinet has already appointed the head of the national police as a deputy and tito minister. and he will tell me now take over the duties of the interior minister. i thank you for that. sonya found the car reporting from the crash site just outside to keith. although the miss lensky has now spoken about the crash describing it as a terrible tragedy. meanwhile, he still pushing to acquire more heavy weapons from western allies to defend against russia's invasion. here in europe, the focus is on the delivery of battle tanks, which keeps says, are crucial in order to make progress on the battlefield. blew this new, clear picture of the active, frontline and east and ukraine, and the pieces of a puzzle. what this piece says ukrainian sold with launching rockets towards russian forces near the strategic city of buck, mood, northrop, arizona. the situation is tense,

the russians are creeping in the back moot. they're attempting to break through and then we won't allow them. this will do everything to support her infantry nato. we strike our targets with power and hit with precision with them. i believe that with god's help will when they bought them a little more but divine favor isn't the only thing ukrainian say they need to decide this battle. oh, the wool, mussman, woody. what do we need? those weapons and our partners depos, which our troops are waiting for. douglas euclid, nancy void chief amongst these needs. modern battle tanks like the british armies challenge a t on saturday britain promised to get 14 of them to ukraine. breaking a longstanding western taboo and ambling up the pressure on other countries to follow suit. namely, germany, the producer of the long sought after leopard to tag. it's

a battle tank regarded as one of the best in the west. and germany could authorize its export in numbers, some say could decide the wall under like others disagree, the kremlin denouncing western tank deliveries as insignificant on monday. it's a marina special military operation will continue and those tanks, we burn just like the others. the goals of the special military operation will be fulfilled or triple to disagree with the stigma. while heads of state are talking weapons fighting continues for control of back remote. every day of deadlock, reduce a small ukrainian homes to rubble. and analysts say there's been little change to the frontline of the school. he if hopes that battle tanks are the missing piece of the puzzle that will change the game. let's get more on germany stanza on this issue with our chief political correspondent that dina hasa,

welcome at dina. so is the british promised without strings of sending a challenge a tank said to ukraine. is that like me to shift germany's position at all? well, it is a complicated story and of course the pressure is on the left shoulder to at least say, if he is going to give the green light to other countries who already expressed interest in delivering combat tanks that were made in germany to ukraine. poland has said it wants to do that, and some of the other allies are also asking souls to be more a bit clearer and is messaging so far. he's been adamant. germany is not going to go alone. the delivery of combat tangs, they see that as a completely different dimension. many here in berlin are speculating that choice is essentially waiting for the us to give. it's ok. so that potentially even washington decides to send combat tanks to ukraine, that would be a completely different ball game. and many are saying that after shows this phone

call with president biden on tuesday, they are seeing 1st signs of a break through my and so we were president zalinski has addressed the world economic forum and asked them to send a signal for i have tanka delivery heavy weapons student research to his country, including germany, he see likely to get that from them. well, you do have to see this in a, in a, in a detailed way of we will. we're talking about 2 different questions is germany going to give us the greenlight to poland so that poland can say to ukraine? we're going to send you left too that we got from germany. because germany does have to give that consent and so far says that it hasn't even been officially asked bipolar and then there is the question, will germany join the coalition of countries that are willing to supply ukraine with those combat tanks? and there we have a problem with a bundle for being depleted, if you will. so even if germany decided today that it wants to send lepper to tanks, it will take probably until october,

before the 1st thanks can arrive ukraine. just to untangle that for us, if you were to get you mentioned in passing a, just for our international viewers. so we have an issue in germany where germany is a massive arm supplier, but has a veto on where those arms can be sold onto. absolutely, they're very strict when it comes so weapons deliveries to the countries they, ukraine, war rushes, large scale invasion into ukraine in february, last year meant that they meant they broke with one of germany's longest standing principles. we're not going to deliver arms to active crisis regions. so that was broken when germany started supplying ukraine with weapons. and when it comes to selling weapons to other countries, there is sort of a paragraph in that law that says we can deliver those weapons and to other countries. but then we will have to give permission if you want to sell them on to others. ok, thank you for to nina. so the german chancellor expected to address world economic

forum in something like half an hour and you'll be back for us until then. thank you as to say that we'll be covering that speech from the german chancellor and double sat here on the w news will be on us nuclear watchdog guy had a rough l. grossey has been said to you kind of the commission checks, double the power plant side who was worst nuclear disaster. grossey was there to establish a permanent international atomic energy agency. mission is been touring plants throughout so you credit as part of efforts to expand its presence be to the tax on nuclear energy infrastructure of sparked fears of disaster ever since the russians invasion began. yeah, this is actually being posted at all of ukraine's nuclear plants in order to provide security assistance. let's look at this with elena cova, who's executive director of the vienna center for disarmament and non proliferation . welcome to d, w. well, it, early in this war,

russia took control of ukraine's nuclear power plant at zap a region which is your biggest is upper region now secure as far as we can tell and there is a still remains under the russian occupation and we are occasionally, but not as often as the case before, steal get through boys about it being cut off from the power from the external house line. and so far as some of this interactions floor, relatively short and the power was reconnected within a few hours no less than a day. but the efforts by the i director general to establish any go see both the russia and ukraine as safety and security protection on

a new plan have not yet materialized and even means hopeful, but so far and why not there yet? so ok, so, so we have nuclear weapons inspectors, a nuclear inspectors stationed at ukraine's a power plants around the country b i. e, a flag is man flying, but the situation is, is still in the balance i'm, yes and by this is, this is a new development. prior to this recent is that of the group of the i. e specialist which was by the way, by the request from crane, we only had tie and inspectors station, and there's a position to clear up her ukraine. and now they will have it's

expert stationed at all nuclear power plants in ukraine. and also to know the significance of that is that they could assist ukraine in ensuring safety and security of their separations. and 2nd, that that will be a continuous presence on that they couldn't for the agency and the international public if they have been any already compromises to the safety and security. whether there any physical damage to the facility. and so force that i know you mentioned in your 1st on survey interruptions, to electricity having an effect on the separation of power plant touches explain to us what effects russians attacks on the countries electricity grid have on the safety of the nuclear reactors. because they do need to be powered,

even if they're not supplying power themselves. that's wanting to study. absolutely correct. well, some of them continue to supply power and that's actually very important to have them operational. because as we know, much of the power infrastructure have been damaged or destroyed by russian and tax throughout the ukraine. but it is extremely important to have the continuous supply of electricity, electric power to this apartment. first of all, for the cooling off the reactors themselves. and for the cooling of the spent fuel ons, if horace is cut off or the grief is damaged, then these power plants need to rely on diesel generators. and they can only work for a short time without them. and there is, is a big potential for an accident when you claxon them and

roots up ready and, or explosion of it that do seem to be a few international rules against attacks on nuclear facilities or during a war a d. what if it's such attacks could still happen in this war? well, to start was well already saw the attacks and therefore asian was attacked. and there were military activities around the other end, the power plants, one not so far have been targeted directly by russia. but did the infrastructure or interest or around them, wasn't ready targeted? and in the situation of the war. first of all, they could be miscalculations. and we saw a number of attacks where missiles landed, where they were not supposed to them 1st. and 2nd, what a there still discussions about potential new rush and, and we know,

and there is no guarantee that russia good. again, start advancing from the notes, go back to normal one to another, and that is very close to the border with bellows. so that there is no guarantee right, you're correct. and then they did this. a facility should be off limits during the war overall. thank you so much for outlining that for us. elena chicago from vienna center for disarmament. a non proliferation. thank you for having me away from the war and ukraine caught in the philippines as acquitted to journalist maria ressa online news outlet wrapper of tax evasion was at rest. there was a join to women of the nobel peace prize 2 years ago, but a globally recognized reporting on a country's violent anti drug campaign. later an enemy of former president rodrigo,

to it's not the end of the war for nobel prize winner maria reza, but she has won a significant battle. speaking outside court, he struggled to hold back tears. black today. sachs when truce wins. just if wins. major emotional alum for resar co founded the online new side wrapper and used it to expose philippines. president rodrigo, to 10 days, alleged abuse of power and growing authoritarianism. detached, a tried to discredit wrap. le reza says he weaponized the philippines judicial system against her and her associates. the 59 year old has been battling a series of cases filed due to her vocal criticism of the former president.

these charges, as you know, were politically motivated. they were incredible to us a brazen abuse of power and meant to stop journalists from doing their jobs. he still faces 3 other criminal cases, including a cyber libel, conviction currently on appeal for which he could be sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison. a call of con day as a senior researcher with human rights watch asia. he joins us from the philippines capital. welcome to d w. i guess you must be very happy with this decision. oh, definitely. so this is been a very thrilling day for many of us here, the philippines, you know, from the media community, journalists, as well as you decide you. so this is, wow, a piece of good use. it's been

a long time for me. that this suspicion has always been that these charges were brought because the government of the philippines was unable to silence. wrappers criticisms by legitimate means. just today's decision. mean those days are over. this could be the beginning of the end of many of the persecutions that my are out there and many other critics of former president. so we are better be hopeful that this could signal the change in the way these cases are being handled. of course, we are very optimistic that the other rob maria are going to be similar to the bid on. but you know, a lot of people out of hardships and difficulties and threats and harassment. so this has been going on for years in a day. and so this is acreedo is definitely very,

very much welcome for many of us here. so what has changed? is it just that the president has, has changed but that definitely the fact that mr. did there is no longer in power. has something to play in all of you, but also i think when you look at the case, you know, objectively it just doesn't have any legs it's, it's clearly politically motivated. charge barely. mr. ben is people move mountains to try to persecute mistretta, dave and compelled, or force worse the security exchange commission to to do to do this, to investigate herbert activation and other charges. so. so yeah, this is clearly kind of a consistent and very deliberate attempt to try to sign in for and many other

critics and tell us about the role that social media played in this case. maria reza has described it as a toxic and helping to deem life her gent journalist that in general. oh, definitely. social media played a large, large role in the demonization of journalism and philippines, the immunization and the side, the more specific to be the demonization of miss murray. r s. on her calling because the social media didn't work hand in hand with the campaign. where did there get new stretch and to try to discredit? you know, you report already mentioned that the 30 weaponized countries last and judy sherry . so he did that, but on the other hand, social media made it easier to sell the idea that mr. route, there are enemies of the people, and so they are all in the and we were here to see now

hopefully not to change. so a d, are there more cases in the pipeline? do you think of, of cases being brought against what you might call deterrent, a enemies for political reasons, didn't you expect those to actually reach just conclusions? definitely. there's one particular case that has been giving us a lot of concern. the case that there might be more of a former student there. she was a form of critic of mr. bit there day. i'm going to 17, she was arrested in a trauma drug charge and she has been previous intentions since then. you know, a lot of the evidence and the witnesses against regard that they're just, emily, there hasn't been any solid evidence presented in court, but the trial is still going on. so we're hoping that this verdict on murray or use a case would, you know, encourage the court to, to, to also rule similarly and finally,

and the suffering of either the ma i'm there are other journals. so, i mean, there's one particular journalism mistress identify just journalist free to make computer, or she is now detained in police detention. we're doing her job and we hope that again, this is maria. this will free her were will, will in bold in the government to, to do their i think thank you for joining us. call us can day from human rights watch. and manila, thank you. look at some more headlines from around the world. i tokyo's high court is apparently not guilty. verdicts of 3 form a power company executives over their role in the focus. she might nuclear disaster . a lower court had previously cleared 3 men of negligence following the 2011 earthquake and synonymy, which flooded the nuclear plants reactors. causing the worst nuclear disaster, since chernobyl. zillion president luna da silva,

has fired at least 40 members of the military responsible for guarding the presidential residents is expressed distrust in the army after they failed to stop the storming of government buildings. on the 8th of january. you suggested that some troops were complicit in, allowing a mob of jaya boston our supporters to attack the buildings, police and anti government demonstrators of class in the movie and capital lima demonstrate as according to the resignation of the country, president that dina watch a through the scene weeks of anti government process that have left a dozens of people that the european union lawmakers of elected a replacement for a scandal. head vice president was facing corruption charges mark anger from luxembourg and the member of the parliaments. left of center socialists and democrats. group was also backed by the parliament that 2 of our largest groups is predecessor greek,

m e p. ever. kylie is one of 4 people with links to the parliament to under criminal investigation and facing charges including money, laundry, w. alexandra phenomena has more they are back at work in strasburg, but not back to business. as usual. the corruption scandal dabbed as katara gate continues to royalty european parliament threatening to undermine the very credibility of the institution. a lot of damage has been done to the parliament due to that corruption case. but of course it's corruption. it's a crime or so justice, the belgium and european justice will make their job whenever you meet people, they ask you about the corruption toys and not about to political work. and i think this is sir, a big damage or in the repetition, in the work of more than 700 members. in december, belgium, police raided homes and officers of incumbent and former members of the parliament,

bags of cash were found for people among them. eva k lee, one of the parliament's vice presidents were arrested. they have been accused of taking bribes in exchange for favours for co. tar and morocco, accusations the countries deny heidi hotel is a finish politician. and as kaylee used to be vice president of the european parliament, she did not fit very well into the opinions of her her other social democratic colleagues in the bureau of the european parliament where we were colleagues. so that i could observe that them she had her own way. some questions about if she had some sort of private interest, maybe sometimes went through my head, rightly as a consequence of this candle, the parliament president robert are met. sola has proposed new rules against corruption, including better control of who has access to the chamber and its members safe. emmy peas would also have to declare their assets and who they meet. when

discussing legislation, a good start says daniel, find who is representing german, greens. but he points out that the problem was never elac of rules is lots of the rules we have are good to the member states. we have reasonably high standards of transparency and integrity in the you institutions. but we also need to enforce them. and for that we need the independent body to check on on ethics rules. would an independent body do the trick? there are different proposals on the table with some members of the european parliament warning that freedom of their mandate needs to be protected too. but given the seriousness of the accusations, most your say now is the time for action to restore the trust lost in this candle. now yet vash. m as the world holocaust remembrance center in israel. this year it turns 70 and it's holding commemorative events around the world, including here in germany, situated on the mount of remembrance in jerusalem,