cuz i'm a cool breeze. i live, but it was just me in the monroe. oh ah. ah, this is dw news live from berlin. will germany give the green light to send its tanks to ukraine? kevin, it's western partners are pressuring berlin to do that at a meeting of defense ministers here in germany. the country is news offense. ministers says the issue is being debated, but that no decision has been made yet. also coming up the global business and

political elite pack up to go home as the world economic forum ends in davos, switzerland. we catch up on the highlights with our correspondent and after world compet winter break, that one is legal returns today with all eyes on yahoo zelmer. byron's last minute replacement for the injured manuel noir. ah, a marion evans dean is good to have you with us. we start with what could be a decisive moment in the war and ukraine. right now, ukraine officials and their western partners are meeting at rom, shine air base and germany to discuss a big boost and military age for key of all eyes are on germany, and whether berlin will greenlight deliveries of its modern leopard,

2 tanks to ukraine. but the new german defense minister is stressing that no decision has been made and divisions over the issue remain. it's a meeting many he has say, comes at a crucial moment with russia regrouping and recruiting you, kranz, allies feel they have to ramp up their support. and fast, this is not a moment to slow down. it's a time to dig deeper. the ukrainian people are watching us. the kremlin is watching us in history is watching us. so we won't let up. and we won't waiver in our determination to help ukraine defend itself from russia's imperial aggression. so many of the countries present the hammerstein have already announced additional military, 8 armored vehicles and ammunition for example. but the main focus of today's conference is on what is not yet on that list. the german leopard to

a heavily armed battle tang kia has long been asking for germany itself is so far, reluctant to deliver and says it would take a very long time. anyway, other countries like poland and finland, however, also have these tanks and are willing to send them to ukraine fast. but that to needs the green light from berlin and pressure is mounting. poland is now hinting it might go ahead without permission from berlin. i think that if their strong resistance polish, deputy foreign minister, pavel jablonsky said, we will be ready to take even such nonstandard action. but let's not anticipate the facts. ukraine too is pushing heart amid rush us latest attacks. oh yea, i am truly grateful to all of you. for the weapons you have i. every unit chance to see our people from terror. tire time remains arrows

let. oh hi must be our combo. just like beard fans and artillery ali eagles and dance with me. the heating, baldwin, youth, germany's new defense minister, bulus historian, who's been in office little more than 24 hours, says he is preparing for the decision from the german chancellor. but if i had a negative uninsured, in the event of a negative decision, nothing needs to be done again by sunday. but in the event of a positive decision, we have to move quickly because it is then a matter of training, checking the leopard tanks and the like, my them all, that's what this morning i ordered my ministry to examine the stalks of the different types of leopard tanks, both in our own forces and in the industry in an island slide captain. i've all gone by the end of tea, but when that decision will be made is still any once guess. a short time ago,

i spoke to the w as chief, political correspondent in a has that who's falling the meeting at lunch time based? 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 go to the liver, leopard two's themselves. but boris 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 as 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 shouts, ultimately,

then those left 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, boris, his story is used the meeting. i'd ramstein here today to buy germany a bit more time so that these issues can be discussed in detail. boris 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 beside himself, said whether it's in one week or in 2 weeks. we just don't know, but turn 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 burst. the story stressed that ramstein was not just about battle tanks, it is about a properly coordinate it packaged for ukraine. that helps you train right now on the battlefield. if germany says it is going to deliver leopard to use, many people are saying that is not going to help ukraine immediately. any way those tanks would only arrive in october, for example, as or even later, possibly so boorish to story has argued that today was also a lot about air defense systems. now we heard from nato's chief install it 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 mentioned 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 are 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, and 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, provided that we do get permission to do. so i don't think that poland would go it alone, especially now that boris pastorius has said we will have a decision in the next coming days at potentially in 2 weeks time. natalie is chief

political correspondent in a has of there in, in a thank you. ukrainian president of mirrors, lansky has made a point of increasing the pressure on germany in an exclusive interview with german television. he use it to repeat his call for the rapid delivery of tanks that are in plain language. can you deliver leopards are not living in the stance on hand. the most part of the it's not like we're attaching. if anyone's worried about that, these leopards are not going to pass through russia. we're defending ourselves, james. i spoke earlier to marina miran from the war studies department at kings college london, and i asked her if it was not too late to be discussing, sending tags to ukraine as some argue, oh it's partially true because 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 be 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 ukraine and still we don't know which numbers of tanks will be sent to ukraine right now. the only thing we always said once water and of challenger to tags from britain will be kami. all right, so you said not clear if the tanks are how soon the tanks would be able to arrive. but what about just numbers and 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 horses being under equipped cannot defend their positions. so a time is really critical and they might move from one territory and therefore the goals will change. and the demands will change, so the 2nd sees of war

a 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 trim, an 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 meter 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 prior control system,

and basically they're electronics which could pose a threat to treatments and other allies, national security. if 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 a 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 w. mcsaunder followed germany's minister for economic cooperation and development, financial on her visit to the southern port city of odessa, where she renewed the german government promised to help this place support children and their families who have been displaced due to the war offering

young people a chance to play together the glasses and meet new friends here, it's going to be no spot on meeting point and german develop administer for vinny, i should say if 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. but we already need to work so that we can handover the support this type of activities to the government and make sure we build a better ukraine in the years ahead. germany provides eat fat as century tiff and medical equipment for places like this, where people can keep warm, charged their phones and shelter. when did is an attack it becomes the i've 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 as this has to continue. people here need a roof over their heads, heats 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 there with vice prime minister, i let funder cobra cove shall said jew attention to the disruption to create exports. ukraine had its sports blocked for months, but through 2 great deals. it is exporting wheat again, but in much smaller quantities than it used to rival speaking at a joint press conference, the vice prime minister addressed efforts to rebuild and what sorts of time scale to expect funding. so in the process of reconstruction, what has already started but we believe that most damage buildings,

more apart from the very technologically complex ones, can be rebuilt within the next 2 years. all the, all the political will, if there. and if the hope that the destruction will stop now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world, germany's 3rd, ellen g gas terminal has arrived in the northern state of switched a switch washed. i'm economy minister, about havoc was on hand to oversee the delivery. once installed, a pipeline will deliver liquefied natural gas from tankers to germany's grid. it's part of berlin's strategy to secure alternatives to russian gas. french president among olma crohn has announced plans to increase frances defense budget by a 3rd over the next 7 years. he made the statement on a visit to an air base in southwest france. la cron told military personnel he'd ask parliament to approve

a new budget of 400000000000 euros through 2030 says on us president joe biden has visited areas in california, head by deadly rain and snowstorms. at least 20 people have died in the extreme weather. bide med 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, quote must have been asleep in recent years. while the world economic forum is wrapping up in switzerland with continued focus on the impact of the war and ukraine and the effects of global warming on climate change, there are strong concerns that the cost of encouraging the transition to clean energy will hurt the developing world in particular, the week long meeting and davos brought together business leader as politicians, academics, and non governmental organizations from around the world. for him to wish. the

forums theme this year was cooperation in a fragmented world. dw correspondent been visible and told us if the form succeeded in following this theme, 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 lockdown as 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 said with it's war in ukraine, which sparked an 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 a 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 saying 30000000 on the roads, not on the roads here in davosto. 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 deadline. political crisis deepens, supporters of allison president, petrocca theo, are demanding the resignation of his replacement. president denied without a oh, they came by the thousands to oust a precedence. and after a week sipped turmoil and deadly violence that demands a 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 nights. i was 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 application that was dedicating care. 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 for 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 andy and background. many of those demonstrating here have traveled from the poor, andy and regions. now bringing their fight to the capitol field by mistrust in the countries elite and anger at the blood shed, linked to crackdowns on protest. it is in their home towns. get him on lorenzo. 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 get i, you must. well, there is not poverty, i'm was my fin laura band, and most of there is nothing off here. no history is waiting for us on. 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 how he'll a country deeply divided. now to some other news making headlines this hour,

google's parent company alphabet inc. his announce is cunning around $12000.00 jobs or 6 percent of its workforce. soon are peach alphabet c o said in a staff memo that the company's rapidly increased. hiring and recent years matched a different economic reality. the cars come days after arrival. microsoft said it would lay off 10000 workers in georgia, 5 people were killed when a gunman opened fire from an apartment balcony. the victims include his neighbors and a police officer authority say the perpetrator, who was a former soldier than killed himself. it happened in the town of sa, got age, or east of the capital to be lazy. brazilian football player a danny alvarez has been arrested in barcelona spain on sexual assault allegations . who he said, the alleged incident happened on new years eve, in

a nightclub in the coastal city alvarez will now go before a judge who will decide on the charges. let's take a look at some sports news now. and the fondest league of returns this friday after an extended winter break due to the 2022 world cup. and the question is, can anyone challenge buyer munich hoover on a record 10 wonderfully to 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 marciello knows 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 printing a record 11th street title. not if these guys have it their way high book are currently in 2nd place. just 4 points behind by on been 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 friday's opponents, by an normally exhibit and like our one of our main title, rival officials, they're in good forms. i on those points wise, they're right there with all of their unbeaten ages. i couldn't log in. and this

one in christopher nicu like to have the nico top gold score at 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 india against v at abilene earlier in the season were dormant, conceded 3 goals and 6 minutes after taking a to lead. the last time dormant one, the one as being a 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 or i to talk about the vendors league a return to action is chris harrington from date of lee is forth at to see you, chris savvy, is it again a foregone conclusion, or could any of the teams that we just saw possibly dethrone 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 in fryeburg, you look in leipzig frankfurt, and you don't believe they look within striking distance. but the reality is byron or 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 house burke, but nonetheless, one number stands out the most me and that's gold. different byron have a positive 36 gold difference, the best office and defense in the league. second, best, positive 8 it fryeburg sledges tells you the difference in the skills inside the bar locker room. well, there 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 locals, knuckles, my sen press. copper is the new goalkeeper would only need 15 minutes to get integrated. so i do expect him to stay 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 by an 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 zelmer is the man. well, let's talk about dormant for a minute. the perennial runner up, and they're gonna see the best in hannah joining falling his bout 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 alcohol. and when you look at how many goals dominant produce so far, only $25.00 such bosh now layer lead the dutch league and goals. he scored 11 in the champions league as well. is the record transfer for dorman. and he recently scored a hattrick in the stretch of 7 minutes in a friendly we call. 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 deserve some venture. all right, chris, you mentioned tonight's game buyer and travel to our be light sake for the bonus. 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 very solid at home. they have the best home record in the book as they go in. there's a bit of emotion involved as well. u e u b, and i was my use to coach arby leipzig. one thing i do think gives bar in the slight advantage or we live 6 main goal. get her chris for on 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 the device for it's always great to speak to you. thank you. singer songwriter david crosby has died at the age of 81. he was the most influential rock artists of the sixties and seventies proving enduring font proc

sound with the birds and crosby, stills, and nash with his wife jan, said that she and his son jango were with him when he died. oh, you're watching the w news coming to from berlin. a reminder now of the top story for falling for you. german defense minister boris. the story says no decision yet has been made on allowing german made a leper tanks to be sent to ukraine. key of and western partners are pressuring berlin to do this at a meeting of defense ministers at ramstein airbase in germany. they noted faith, top military officials are due to address reporters there shortly. and we will be bringing that to you live once it gets underway. and as we are waiting for statements from the us defense.