imagine that he's teaching for relevance to, ah, gandhi's legacy starts january 20th on b, w ah, ah, the w news live from berlin will germany give the green light to sent its tanks to ukraine. cave and its western partners are pressuring berlin to do that. at a meeting of defense ministers here in germany. the country's new defense minister says the issue is being debated, but that no decision has been made yet. also coming up the global business and

political elite package to go home as the world economic forum ends in davos, switzerland. we catch up on the highlights with our correspondent and after a world comp at winter break, the bundles league returns to day with all eyes on john summer. byron's last minute replacement for the injured my lawyer. ah. a marion evans dean. it's good to have you with us ukrainian president thought amir zalinski has made an impassioned plea to his allies to send more heavy weapons. he was addressing defense ministers and military leaders meeting at the u. s. air base in ramstein in germany. the host of the gathering us defense secretary lloyd austin, also urged allies on friday to dig deeper to support ukraine against russian.

pressure is mounting on berlin to allow other countries like poland and finland to send in german made leopard 2 tanks to ukraine or to deliver the heavily armed battle tanks themselves. germany's new defense minister boris stories was asked whether berlin's reluctance was due to fears of retaliation from russia. we don't feel anything. we have just responsibility for our population in germany and in europe. and we have to balance. busy all the pros and cons of the 40 review review side, things like that. just like there was nothing else. and i'm very sure that there will be a decision in the short term, but i don't know why, and i don't know how the decision will look. but what we can now speak to the w as chief political correspondent, nina hossa, who is standing by at the u. s. air basin. ramstein. so nina, did the german defense minister, elaborate why there's been no decision yet on sending those leopard tanks to

ukraine? well, if you've been calling the public debate, the picture seems to be clear. germany needs to give its green light straight away now and needs to deliver leopard twos themselves. but forrest historians said that essentially the picture is not that clear. when you talk to allies, he said there are good reasons for delivering those battle tangs from germany. german made leopard to tanks, but there are also reasons against and he argued that that is something that needs to be carefully deliberated. now he said it was wrong to say that germany was alone . there are some 50 countries around the table here at ramstein, and they are discussing this very issue constantly he said, and he's also tasked his own ministry to do an inventory essentially. so that once the decision has been made and that decision lies with the german chancellor, with all of shows, ultimately, then those leopard 2 tanks can get on their way to ukraine. but some people would

say that saying there is no decision is in essence. and the answer and of no. so what do you think the reaction is going to be among germany's allies and also inside ukraine? well, i personally think that it is a question of time now and i think taurus historian used the meeting a drum stein here to day to buy germany a bit more time so that these issues can be discussed in detail burst. visorio said, nobody is ruling it out and we're hearing here behind the scenes that some people are firmly convinced that it is going to happen. was bizarre, is himself said, whether it's in one week or in 2 weeks. we just don't know buttons already. he said the polish and military could, for example, start training ukrainian soldiers on those a weapon systems if they wanted to. so germany is not standing in the way that was the message coming out here. burse disorder stressed that ramstein was not just

about battle tanks. it is about a properly coordinated package for ukraine that helps ukraine right now on the battlefield. if germany says it is going to deliver and leopard to use, many people are saying that is not going to help ukraine immediately. anyway, those tanks would only arrive in october, for example, as or even later possibly. so, barista story is argued that to day was also a lot about ad defend systems. now we heard from nato's chief un staunton back that he said the time is crucial. now we can't lose much more time and germany also needs to do more. so perhaps not a no, but still a not yet from germany. you mention poland we have been hearing from poland that it's considering sending those lepper to german made tanks without waiting for official permission from germany. what would that do to the unity of nato or of the european union if they go in alone?

if they did indeed do that, then that would of course be a massive breach of contracts between 2 countries that a very close allies, not just in nature but also within the european union. i believe that this is something that polish politicians have been distributing essentially to the media as well to up the pressure on the german chancellor to finally give the green lights to the delivery of level 2 tanks. i in the talent pledge that poland also joined yesterday, m 8 countries said that they were going to deliver a lot of weapon systems. poland says is, was willing to deliver leopard twos. and there it said a provided that we do get a permission to do so. i don't think that poland would go it alone, especially now that forest historian has said, we will have a decision in the next coming days at potentially in 2 weeks time. nobody is chief political correspondent in a has a there in, in a thank you. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has made

a point of increasing the pressure on germany in an exclusive interview with german television. he used it to repeat his call for the rapid delivery of tanks. moreland lip are in plain language. can you deliver leopards or not wishing you must have been hand pneumonia? part of it, it's not like we're attacking. if anyone's worried about that. these leopards are not going to pass through russia. we're defending our salt shames while for more insight and all this, we can speak to mighty in the mid on the she's from the war cities department at kings college london. and she is currently in munich. welcome to d w. so some are arguing that it may perhaps be even too late to, to be discussing sending tags to you to ukraine. what's your assessment? oh, it's partially true because him, it is not just sending the tanks as it is and they will arrive to the battlefield

tomorrow. these tanks need to be refurbished. the crews, ukrainian crews need to be trained on how to use these tanks, new technologies, and so on. that takes time in addition to that, all political issues aside, what needs to be done in supply lines needs to be, need to be established for tanks, as well as support we called ammunition. and that is why it a huge logistical footprint. so it will take a lot of time and the question is, when will that happen and well, will the tanks reach ukraine and what will the battlefield look like? by the time the reach you crane and still we don't know which numbers of tanks will be sent to ukraine right now. the only thing we know is that once water and of challenger 2 tanks from britain will be coming. all right, so you say it's not clear if the tanks are how soon the tanks would be able to arrive. but what about just numbers?

how many tanks would it take to actually make a difference on the front line? while it depends on ukraine's military goals, and as it stands, if president lansky wants to get the russians out, okay, train and retake the entire territory that has been conquered. certainly the amount of tanks, the estimate was about $50.00 to $60.00 tanks at the allies can provide and we're talking about leper to tanks. these would not be enough. ukraine has made its assessments and is asking for about 300 pangs. and it has been said before that this number is way too high and that the alliance wouldn't be able to provide such number of thanks. and again, time is a crucial factor because it is possible that the russians launch their offensive and the korean forces being under equipped cannot defend their position. so the time is really critical and they might move from one territory and therefore the

goals will change. and the demands will change, so the exigencies of war change every day, almost. we just heard the new german defense minister saying that there are good reasons to not send western battle tanks to ukraine. what do you believe those good reasons might be? well, 1st of all, we have to look at the truman internal political situation and the division that exists among the chancellor and the other members of the truman politicians and who disagree with chancellor sholtes about this decision. however, i think the biggest problem is this is a 1st time that nato would officially sand offensive weapons to ukraine. and there is always a fear because we're talking about nuclear russia that it might provoke and escalation. and another problem is sending lap or to tanks. they

have systems like fire control system and basically their electronics which could pose a threat to dream and, and other allies, national security. if the russians were to get their hands on on the leopards and be able to reverse engineer and you know, it's not just what tronics, it's also armor and so on and so forth. so from a national security perspective, it's also quite dangerous venture that was money than iran from king's college london. thank you so much for your in science. thank you. germany support for ukraine reaches beyond weapons. it's also pledged additional aid to help rebuild the country in the wake of russia, bombardments of civilian infrastructure. the double use mcsaunder following germany's minister for economic cooperation and development venue shorter on her visit to the southern port city of odessa, where she renewed her government promise to help displeased

support the children and their families who have been displaced due to the war offering young people a chance to play together the classes and meet new friends. it's going to be no spot on meeting point and german develop administer for vinny, i should say it's visiting the facility, received funding from the german government. what we're doing with the support of the government of germany's already worked towards the early recovery and the development and the reconstruction of ukraine. yes, we're seeing an emergency, we need to address a q to life saving needs. or we already need to work so that we can hand over the support this type of activities to the government and make sure we build a better ukraine in the years ahead. germany provides eat fet acidity, death and medical equipment for places like this where people can keep vamp

charged their phones and shelter. when did is an attack it begins the i been very much impressed by the strength of the people here. they're in their basement going through air raids and, and then they go out again and rebuild their country. this has to continue. people here need a roof over their heads. he's electricity and food. and that has to be insured. here inside he is a shout of inclin. at the board of a defer to get that vice prime minister. i let founder cobra cove shall said jew attention to the disruption to green exploits. ukraine hunted sports blocked for months, but throw 2 green deals. it is exporting wheat again, but in much smaller quantities than it used to speaking at a joint press conference, the vice prime minister addressed efforts to rebuild and what sorts of time scale to expect with the process of reconstruction or what has already

started. but we believe that most damage buildings, apart from the very technologically complex ones, can be rebuilt within the next 2 years. all of them in the automobile when they're political, if they're and if the hope that the destruction will stop let's get a check. now some of the other story is making headlines around the world. the sour germany is 3rd, ellen g gas terminal has arrived in the northern state of slays, which washed, i'm economy minister of about how beck was on hand to oversee the delivery. once installed a pipeline will deliver liquefied natural gas from tankers to germany's grid is part of berlin strategy to secure alternatives to russian gas. french president among omicron has announced plans to increase frances defense budgets by a 3rd over the next 7 years. he made the statement on

a visit to an airbase. in southwestern france, i con told military personnel he'd ask parliament to approve a new budget of 400000000000 euros through 2030 says on me. he was president joe biden has visited areas in california, head by deadly rain and snowstorms. at least 20 people died in the extreme. whether biden met with people impacted by the damage to determine what additional federal funds are needed to help and rebuilding. he said that anyone doubting climate change must have been asleep in recent years. the world economic forum is wrapping up in switzerland with continued focus on the impact of the war and ukraine and the effects on global warming and climate change. there are strong concerns of the costs of encouraging the transition to clean energy will hurt the developing world. in particular, the week long, many meeting in davos, brought together business leaders, politicians, academics,

and non governmental organizations from around the world. the foreign seen this here was a cooperation in a fragmented world. deleon's correspondent ben facility told us if the forum succeeded in falling this theme of fragmented, i would say yes, definitely. ah cooperation. there was a little but not enough. we saw all of schoultz here. the german chancellor, the only g 7 leader to turn up here, all the others a back at home trying to deal with the cost of living crisis. the chinese were let out of locked down and they were here, but not in the huge numbers that were expected. only the vice premier came you, hey, who said he wants to open his economy to the world? it sounds like he needs foreign investment and he does. chinese growth is extremely low and wealth has relied on chinese growth for too long. can the world rely on russia? that's been a already and sit with its war in ukraine,

which spot and energy crisis. the cost of living crisis, which i mentioned, and there are certain li efforts to move away from russia and that dependency. and that is seen a huge shift to renewables. so that's been a big win for climate activists. although they have been protesting here at the beginning and the end of the summit saying that and not not enough, is being done on something like electric vehicles. 10000000 were on the road back in 2020. now we're seeing 30000000 on the roads, not on the roads here in davos though, you still see the long lines of gas guzzlers. big oil is highly represented here. the saudis, trying to sell themselves as green, modern and young. at the same time that the european commission president also look for funded by and said that europe would become the new green tech center for the world. but she does have competition for the us with it's inflation reductions act

that has been causing ripples here. invest is concerned about unfair subsidies for u. s. companies. joe biden was missing from the forum and the russians as well. they have not been invited for a 2nd time to peruse now where thousands of demonstrators have poured into the capital lima. as the countries deadly political crisis deepens. supporters of outs, if president petro castillo, are demanding the resignation of his replacement, president dynette, below arte. oh, they came by the thousands to oust a precedence. and after a week sipped turmoil and deadly violence, their demands are getting louder. ah, more than $10000.00 police officers greeted demonstrates them the streets of the peruvian capital authorities taking no chances after the country's worst violence

in 2 decades. and it's not long before tensions boy over ah, with running battles between police and protest is continuing into the nice areas. get them and attend to those who are protesting daily. who is financing you. why are you not working? and what money are you bringing to your home? why are you leaving your families to protest? and i said i like i the apparatus that was that the kidding. okay. but i really felt that what you want to do is create chaos and disorder, and emit that. chaos and disorder take over the control of the country, the money where the lender feel. oh,

anger has been growing across paris since the arrest, the former president pedro castillo, the country's 1st leader from a rural and d in background. many of those demonstrating here have traveled from the poor and didn't regions. now bringing their fight to the capitol, fueled by mistrust in the countries elite and anger at the blood shed, linked to crackdowns on protest is in their home towns get him ordering so we won't di napoli wanted to resign, and the conquest to be restructured. and that i found them, we want a new constitution so that the country can find its way back to p. i suppose, if you are, you must. well, there is no poverty, i'm was my fin laura band, and most of there is nothing off here. no history is waiting for us, but that's why we came here today to fight her hello charlie. president's body water has insisted she won't resign, but says she does support a push to bring forward elections for president and congress to 2024. but that's

unlikely to quiet these protesters and help heel a country deeply divided to soccer now and the bulus big a returns of this friday after an extended winter break due to the 2022 world cup. the question is, can anyone challenge byron munich who won a record 10 bundles like a titles in a row? ah, team building exercise high up in the mountains? by and munich, players bonded one last time of ice driving before the restart of the bananas league season. must see everyone else and struggle with the drifting as well and on the sofa. this is brings it together on this nice and jamal, most yellow nose, a thing or 2 about working together. the teenage sensation is by ins, meeting poacher with 9 gold so far, but he's not alone when it comes to giving ah

sigh and have netted a total of $49.00 gold so far this season. and on course to bringing a record, 11th street, title. none of these guys have it their way high book are currently in 2nd place. just 4 points behind by on. when since of the for has done most of the talking up front with 9 goals, the season, but high book can also brag about having the 2nd best defense in the league. they've only conceded 17 goals like to say, are also trying to make a push for the title. they came close twice before finishing 2nd in 20172021. something that hasn't gone unnoticed with fridays opponents by an normally exhibit . and like are one of our main title, rival social, they're in good forms. i on those points wise, they're right there with all of their unbeaten ages. you can only logon ah,

and there's more in christopher nicu like to half the needle top gold score of this season. the frenchman needs the way with 12 goals. now he is a team that should be challenging for the title on a regular basis. if they can get the act together, the blacken yellows have a way of knowing away points as him he against the at abilene. earlier in the season. we're doing one conceded 3 goals and 6 minutes after taking a to lead. the last time dormant one, the one is eager title was back in 2012 with co children pop. but ever since it's by and that has been running circles around aaliyah, the teams in the me. all right, to talk about the bonus league a return to action is chris harrington from date of least forth get to see you, chris, of the. is it again a foregone conclusion? or could any of the teams that we just saw possibly dethroned buyer, and this time around, you know, when it comes to buy, we're looking at dominance or display for the past decade. and you know,

despite how close the standings look, you look at fryeburg, you look in leipzig frankfurt, and you don't believe they look within striking distance. but the reality is by and just head and shoulders above the rest of the league in terms of depth and talent. you know, and they had a rough patch, you know, of draws in the one last they had the season out, burke, but nonetheless, one number stands out the most to me and that's gold. different byron have a positive 36 gold difference, the best office and defense of the league. second best, positive 8 it fryeburg. so that just tells you the difference in the skills inside the bar locker room. well that may be true, but they also have an injured goal keeper now and they did sign a replacement. how soon is he going to start? will yon summer is replaced by you know, they cited from glad. bah, you la gabels knuckles, my sen press conference, the new goalkeeper would only need 15 minutes to get integrated. so i do thanked him to start to night. in that he really attracted himself to byron brass. he sent

a record in the one as the 19 saves, you know, against byron earlier in the season. so he is stellar between the post cat like reflexes, i think byron definitely needed to secure that piece to replace noah and i. it looks like the summer is the man. well, let's talk about dormant for a minute. the perennial runner up and they're gonna see sebastian, honda joining falling his bat of cancer. what kind of a boost will that be for then? i think this is a huge boost, abashed. alleyah was brought over to replace ellen holland when you look at how many goals dominant produce so far, only 25 such bashing alleyah led the dutch league and goals, he scored 11 in the champions league as well as the record transfer for dorman. and he recently scored a hattrick in the stretch of 7 minutes, and apparently we caught it was abashed. alleyah, this is what he had to say about his return. finally, after 6 months, after 6 months in a year, like i said, it was really looking forward to her to play. because of course, when you are, when you sign for club, you want to play direct and the not the chance to do it so. so now i hope we play

games play a lot in get no stop in this adventure. all right, chris, you mentioned tonight's game buyer and travel to our be light sake for the bundle. think a restart. so what are you expecting tonight's match to be like? i'm expecting one a firecracker of a match. one thing with our be lives, it very solid at home. they have the best home record in the but as they go in there's a bit of emotion involved as well. you venagas mot. usta coach arby leipzig. one thing i do think gives bar in the slight advantage. are we live 6 main goal? get her chris for a cuckoo is injured. so i do think bard might have the slight edge, but nonetheless, every want you to name. indeed, we will be watching tonight. chris harrington from d. w 4. it's always great to speak to you. thank you. a mess. the latest on the double your news this our melissa channel be here with the w use asia after a short break. i'm marion evans,

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