this change doesn't happen on its own. make up your room, mind you w me for mine's ah ah! this is dw, live from berlin, ukraine's president law. miss zalinski addresses the world economic forum in wps lensky repeated his plea for more heavy weapons, saying that deliveries must arrive for the next russian attack. also of the program . in a shock. announcements, new zealand prime minister,

just into our durn thirties stepping down early. almost a year before her term is due to ah, it's been 40 years since floating balloons became a symbol of the madness of cold war nuclear brinkman ship landlords. one of the biggest hits in the german language, we look back at the phenomenon that was anointed on says, look, ah, i'm get hat alpha. welcome to the program. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has made an impassioned address to the world economic forum in davos. he called on western partners to speed up military aid to ukraine. savanski also paid tributes to the victims of helicopter crashed near keith that claimed the lives of these 14

people, including the country's interior minister and several children. he warned that tragedies are pacing life in ukraine and urged western countries to deliver military supplies before the next russian attacks. at the annual gathering of world leaders in divorce, one issue was always going to dominate the agenda. delivering his speech by a video link, ukrainian president, florida may zalinski, found a poignant way to remind the audience the victims of russia's invasion to enjoy the memory of eren garcia lost with us. he then wasted little time urging the world community to speed up the supply of

weapons to ukraine. didn't ha, no free will. he was to see you later, to kill homa, please. next one is asian, all our enjoying and the supply. you ran with fast systems. my out piece. rattlesnakes miss allen days despite always, sometimes must out be another invasion. rotten with russian force is still deep in ukrainian territory to lands me desperate for western main battle tanks to help push out the invaders. keith is especially keen on the german made leopard to a powerful tank in use in over 20 countries. under any international pressure has been growing on berlin to drop its re export veto. and to donate some tanks itself, german chance lola show. it's reiterated his country support for ukraine at the

world economic forum. in order for the war to end russia's aggression must fail. that is why we are continuously supplying ukraine with large quantities of arms in close consultation with our partners. we are not just support, but he stayed clear of making any commitments on tanks. but all, many observers believe that shots will finally drop his objections at the meeting of ukraine's main backers at the ramstein air base in germany on friday night states are so that chancellor shoulds deliver dw correspondent ben facility and was watching in doubles. no, he didn't. someone in the audience art, why hesitate? why wait? and it's germany's partners who are also putting the pressure on all our shoulders, the lithuanian, latvian, and polish presidents all in talk he yesterday a polish house where i was and desperate to get them message through to germany.

that these heavy tanks, a strategic right now to winning this war and have to ending the war and bringing about peace and j due to the polish president said it's very, very, very bare. he needed this decision. his lithuanian counterpart said it's a very strategic factor in this war. we're seeing weapons coming from all parts of the world, but it's these tanks that are so strategic. germany is not allowed to produce them to be stored or stock piled according to law. so it's left with this conundrum that it has to call on its partners to also supply the tank that it has made. and these tanks are said to be the best that the west has to offer. so they also don't want these tanks pulling into the wrong hands. they don't want russia stealing this technology or passing it on to china with some analysts worry about.

and germany does not want to be dragged into this war. been filled in reporting that. meanwhile, there's been no let up in the fighting on the front line close to the city of buck month in easton, ukraine. months of artillery fire have reduced most of the city, a neighboring towns to ruins. now we have this report on a group of volunteers who are braving the shell fire to bring the areas vulnerable civilians to safety. evacuation spelled out in red. this is the staging area for pass. i commence and a group of international volunteers in cromwell task. one of the frontline is visible on the horizon about 40 kilometers away. when you hear arms and in the evening you can see the rockets rising and about a minute later. click on them in a minute and 20 seconds. there's a crash somewhere for them. they're preparing their next relief effort. drinking water and 1st aid training for civilians. the finance?

madame. all 2 kinds. this is the car we're taking in. it's an armored vehicle. take a leak. there were metal plates great everywhere because it really is the safest vehicle we currently have. it's just a little extra, better security for us. yeah, i put this in this either from it named con. patrick mans. gets a call. yeah. and suddenly plans change. can odds of young it's we've now got 2 more people to evacuate. a woman who's fallen down and an older man who has frostbite and has to go to the hospital on monday. i could feel will not on since girls most that's all they know for now. final preparations, then it's time to head towards the frontline in their makeshift armored vehicle. dina is ukrainian and is in charge of finding their destination on the google map. all maps i, i can find the names of st. just just go and s. s,

girl civilians and military. so we're this streets, you know, as of isn't how it kinda we're not an ambulance. no. and the traditional sense. we have a mattress and we have this pillow there nearly at the front. a small village, right by the embattled town of solid out the sound of artillery strikes. some people still holding out this woman had a stroke. houses are getting hit, song clear exactly. what's going on here. holiday by go. play the really shingo used to be a soldier than he worked in a factory and solider and later sold fruit and vegetables. he always did everything on foot. now his for his frozen on a cold november day, he walked a long way to his nephew's house. in his socks, his foot never recovered. what made you decide to come out now?

so he will call you a little if i didn't want to be evacuated. but i'm a burden because i'm sick with no rush to benoit. i'm a burden on my nephew who is young, but who he took me in. yeah, i knew. oh, don't malloy long all i've had to eat in the last few days. no boiled sausages and macaroni. i tried to eat a little cool. there's no toilet here. the only thing yet, as we miss them, we have to go since he doesn't realize he's cold because he has an infection that raises his temperature. me doesn't realize he has frost bite. these volunteers have taken over evacuations because nobody else will. their mission ends here in the emergency room with the hospital where the handler need minish ankle over. he will probably lose the foot that helped carry him across the don bus to new zealand. now where prime minister jacinta done became the youngest. well,

the wells youngest, g melita, when she was elected in 2017, at the age of 37, she led her country through a horrific terror attack against moss and christ church and guided it through strict mand m. lockdown reelected for a 2nd 4 year term in 2020 i'd or now says she will step down in early february shock announcement and says she simply has quote no more in the tack in so today i am announcing that i will not be seeking really chin and my tim as prime minister will conclude no later than the season of february. this has been the most fulfilling 5 and a half years of my life. it is also had its challenges. the decisions that have had to be made have been continual. and i have been waiting but i'm not leaving because it was had,

had that been the case. i probably would have to pass it 2 months into the child. i am leaving because with such a privilege, ro comes responsibility. the responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead in all. so when you are not that's have a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. the travel, russia, head of china's new year holiday has begun. millions of people are criss crossing the country to spend the holidays with their loved ones. it's the 1st time holiday travel has been allowed since corona virus restrictions were lifted. that's a raised concerns that the virus could spread further into rural areas. european union lawmakers have elected a replacement for a vice president who is facing corruption charges. marcellus from luxembourg and a member of the parliament's left of center socialists and democrats group. he was

also backed by the parliament to other largest groups on a train has derailed in southern slovenia, injuring 5 passengers. no one died in the accident, which happened near the town of novel may still railway officials blame the incident on trees falling onto the truck. after recent snowfall, microsoft says it will be cutting $10000.00 jobs by the end. the 3rd quarter. the software company says the jobs represent less than 5 percent of its workforce. it's the latest sign that layoffs accelerating in the us technology sector. as companies brace for an economic downturn, and now to a song made in germany that became a global hit at a time of nuclear anxiety. it's been 40 years since the release of non and on c

look belongs by nina. the cold boy or a single was one of the biggest german language hits ever also recorded in english as 99 red balloons. it captured the hearts of generations of music lovers and its anti war message. and us to this day. ah me, it was a song that conquered the world and propelled a totally unknown german singer to the top of the charts since his release. 40 years ago. $99.00 red balloons by nina has been hailed as a classic anti war anthem coming out to visually and german in 1983 and a year later in english, the song hit the airwaves at the heights that the cold war with a threat of nuclear strikes was always in the background in germany, the 1979 decision to allow the us to deploy. pershing to miss 1000 german grounds

brought that threat even closer to home. but amongst the demon, gloom, came this colorful counterbalance, isn't amazon that this was the time? and the big question of whether nuclear weapons should be stationed in germany was the for a question that didn't only interest young people in germany. nina and he was young, 99 red balloons, who wasn't ear warm for many all around the world. the theda against ellen. why? the idea for the song came in 1982 and a rolling stones concert in berlin. and a moment of inspiration for guitarist carlo cargurus, he watched on as balloons ascended into the sky at the end of the gig, and wondered, what would happen if they crossed over the border into east berlin? would they be mistaken for jack fighters? ah, the thong went on to become a global hit,

stopping the charts in germany on new zealand, even reaching number 2 with the u. s. and it's the german version that is endured in the hearts and minds of fans. and now to day 40 years on songs, message and relevance were made as strong as ever in that's it from me and the new scene don't go way up. next we have an interview with donnie, diana, the chairman of the, of the sham holocaust memorial. in israel. got office in berlin from me and the new speed with ah, will you become a criminal? mm.