ah ah ah this is a double news live from by land, no decision from germany on tanks for ukraine. a meeting of ukraine's military back as he has at berlin is still thinking through the pros and cons of allowing it to have been selected to vehicles for use against russian aggression. also on the program, millions of south africans plunged into darkness as the countries energy crisis

deepens. to look at how people are coping with the worst power cuts on record, icelandic football player wins a landmark case against french team leo. i failed to pay her full salary while she was pregnant. ah, i'm fill gail. welcome to the program. western military lead us meeting in germany have failed to reach agreement on allowing german made battle tanks to be sent to you correct? going into the talks, keith was optimistic that berlin would give approval for its modern leopard, 2 tanks to be delivered to the battlefield. those hopes were dashed, though, after the german defense minister, that his country was still weighing up the decision. the question of whether germany, we'll send tanks to ukraine, took center stage at ram center base. but instead of giving the green light,

germany's near defense minister just said that it is up to the chancellor to make that call. but if i need to even and chime 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 examined the stalks of the different types of leopard tanks, both in our own forces and in the industry in an eigen slide captain i, it's all go by the end of p as sounds that has led to criticism, including from other partners who want to supply the same kind of battle tanks to ukraine, poland, and finland, for example, are willing to send them to ukraine fast, but also need the green light from berlin. despite the dilemma of or tangs exports, us defense secretary lloyd often had warm woods for germany. a country that he called the reliable ally going forward can do more. no germany has contributed a lot to this circuit his campaign. ah, you know,

from the very beginning when we saw them, ah, cycle in defense, kate rowley, are the get bards. ah, the patriots most recently, irish t r. they stepped up and offered to provide martyrs, they will provide the those models and conduct the training on those platforms. but for many, including these protestors who gathered outside their chancellor relate friday. berlin is dragging its feet when it comes to sending tanks will actually have political correspondent at nina has or is there at the ramstein, the air base and census this report. the pressure on germany to give its green light to leopard, to combat tank deliveries remains high after this meeting at ramstein. some observers are saying that the fact that the new german defense minister announced that he's now taking stock of what germany, what theoretically, have in terms of lever to capabilities, can be seen as a sign that the german government is almost there for

a space story is announced that the decision will come very soon in the next days or weeks. now, one thing came out of from some very clearly, the new man in the job is much better at communicating publicly than his predecessor was something that cannot be underestimated at a time when western unity and western resolve is being tested like it is because of russia's aggression need a hasa, aurora keys. vetter is a retired senior field officer with the german defense forces. the point is there is no member of germany, parliament for the opposition christian democratic party, welcome to dw, to case better and standard. when affirm backer of german battle, thanks for you cry. what's your reaction to today's continued indecision from palin? thank you mr. gail. it's really horrifying because 2 messages are very clear 1st that the german defense minister has had no sheet of paper with stop taking. this

is unbelievable. and 2nd, that the american defense minister did not mention germany. very clear about that. after the 1st question about the german leading power, he answered what german leadership, ha, germany is a reliable partner. so this in the grammatical field is really a well very outspoken criticism. so i believe there is a lot of disappointment, and we are losing time. ukraine is running out of personnel is running out of weapons every day counts. they are bleeding. and i believe that the european credibility is dying out and we're going to come back to that point, but i just want to get something clear. has chancellor shows stated clearly why he's so reluctant to send the tanks or indeed to allow other countries to send them? no, not at all. it's a communication disaster. it would have been much better to clearly state that

germany is reluctant and will not deliver all. this would be a clear message, but now the decision is postponed again and again. and there is not only disappointment. it is also a sign and signal to russia that the european and american allies are not unified. and 2nd, that germany is taking the united states hostage. they only will deliver also, the united states might deliver. but the united states have to live at 150 infantry fighting we because so if you would deliver 150 tanks, then this would clear message for a combined was there. but this signal did not come due to german reluctance. and do you draw the line at tanks, or would you send, i don't know why not a fighter jets? well, germany never would send fighters fighter jets. and they put it last year in march, the polio,

a polish idea to deliver me $29.00. why i'm shy and this was stopped by the chancellor re nearly a year ago. but there is a need also we should bring all in what is needed. not suff marines, but also aircraft and fight touch it. for example, make 29. the americans already already training pilots on f. 16 so we should start with it, but probably without germany, the new euro will be more eastern, more scandinavian, more decisive, more really also determined and more modern, but probably without germany. paris has understood the message because my call has changed. it's his rhetorics last week. he said, now ukraine must win, must have a week to read. but germany, you will never find these words from the chancellor. so as to how concerned are you that german foot dragging over this issue is undermining its reputation as a reliable partner, regardless of the us defense secretary at sent in public today the

german reliability is already undermined in the you of our eastern neighbors. and it's also a question of time we have on sunday, the french german summit that also france will find some clear words. but we could not and should not do this to, to rush up because this would be that again a wrong signal. but the responsible also of these wrong sickness is germany and it's not our lives and the target. ukraine is really becoming a sacrifice if we don't stand together to develop everything which is needed. germany's own armed forces, i acknowledge to be in need of updating one of the jobs and new defense minister has set himself how depleted would sending the german tanks to ukraine. leave the bond is there not at all because the german, i'm a model version a 6 and

a 7 and the european and ever would focus on a 4. and these are in 10 of our european states as well as the german industry. the german industries delivering 27 to model a 4 by summer to check republicans leukemia. these could be changed and moved to for example, to ukraine. this would be half of 10 and the others could be delivered from one docks of the on. so they are not employed as you see it, it's eminently doable. thank you so much for outlining that. so clearly i rather keys better of the see to you. thank you. good evening. let's have a look at the most doors making headlines around the world now. front resident emanuel macro has announced plans to increase his country's defense budget by 3rd over the next 7 years. made the statement during your visit to an advice in the

southwest, the country told ministry personnel he would ask parliament to approve a new budget of 400000000000 euros through 2030 on germany. 3rd allergy gas terminal has arrived in the state of stress. holstein economy, mister robert har, back was on hand to have a safe delivery once installed, the pipeline will deliver liquefied natural gas from tankers to the country's grid, as part of building strategy to secure alternatives to russia gas. so the football player danny alvarez, has been remanded in custody in spain on sexual assault charges. lisa, the alleged incident happened on new year's eve in a night club. barcelona, i'm solvers was, has denied any wrongdoing of a decades thailand has been a top destination for millions of chinese travelers. the stream of tourists, dried up when mccovie 19 pandemic struck him and china shut his borders. beijing has now eased it, sir travelled, restrictions,

and thailand has begun to welcome our chinese tories back with a fanfare. it was the red carpet treatment for chinese tourists returning to thailand. they were met with applause, flowers, and gifts on arrival. the countries, health minister was even there to greet them. we shouldn't get carried away, but we shouldn't panic either. this is our chance of an economic recovery after all, the immense losses of the last 3 years, gradually that, that, it, all before the pandemic, over a 100000 chinese tourists travel to thailand every year, making up 30 percent of all the rivals. now, nearly 2000000 are expected in just 2 weeks, but concerns about the virus haven't gone away. so people are being extra careful and even getting extra vaccination boosters. i'm worried about all of the chinese tourists coming over here. this is my 6th dose, so i do feel more reassured. now, monday,

a good relaxing holiday. thailand's chinese guests have never needed one more than they do now. we could all the 3. 03 bowler. yes. category. all that over canada for europe. hello. good. i. oh, joy of over them. he certainly is. after a long wait down to south africa where president ran a poser is holding emergency meetings to address the countries deepening energy crisis. authorities have been imposing rolling blackouts as the countries in battled power utility struggles to meet demand and the power cut are hitting the economy. t w's christine mando, reports from johannesburg. this generator is keeping tandal, mobiles, business running. but the backup power solution is not a cheap one and it's costing a whole lot more to continue serving the local summer favorite in so little be

a fortunate that we have invested in a generator pads. the costs of running a sewer took remedy have grown because we be need to purchase a petrol annette regular basis. the past few weeks has seen some of the worst power cuts on record in south africa with the pow utility s. com. rolling out nationwide blackouts locally referred to as low shedding for up to as much as 10 hours a day. even hospitals have not been spared. and it does affect a lot of our equipment that we do have on site. for example, like i have mentioned, we have our elevators that are obviously put on to the generators which keep going on and off. i would have also put patients in very dangerous situations and by being inside, they're not being able to be able to get out in a country that already has high levels of crime. the power outage is mug cars are

being stolen at gun point. so those are the issues that we face during low trading, especially when it's peach black at night. south africa's coal power stations supply most of the country's electricity. but these power stations are not functioning at full capacity. sub africa uses on average, about 27000 megawatts. the moment re struggling to produce 21. and in an electricity system, you've got a match supply and the mon, instantaneously. exactly. the reason we have load shedding all load reduction in south africa is that is to prevent the grid from collapsing while the power outages are a necessary evil public outreach is growing. what really riles people up here is that much of the countries electricity problems have been attributed to endemic corruption at the state and power utility and

a slowness by the authorities to invest in new sources of energy, especially as the countries coal power plants are very old. they breakdown easily and often have to go for maintenance. that puts them out of commission. as the electricity crisis further deteriorated, the managers of the pal utilise, he held emergency meetings with the countries president and other stakeholders. but south africans have been warned. there is no quick fix and that the outages will continue for at least a another year. as get more on this from energy analyst clyde melanson, who we saw in kristine's report, he joins us from south africa, a furnace from johannesburg. bang von, or welcome to d w. and south africa was have been putting up with his power coach for years last year. there was the worst on record $205.00 days. just explained was how he got some bad. in the very simplest too, we haven't put a new enough new capacity in place to cover for the declining act of the coal

flee. so the co features been getting older and it hasn't been declining linearly. it's starting to decline exponentially. and these a mismatch between what we've put in this new generation with the rate at which the old coal fleet is not declining and the banks that always or having to pick up the extra. and we all know that if you put an extra load on 2 pieces of equipment, they more likely to break. and that's basically the position we've, what else? and what part has corruption played in this? each one of the elements. it's one of the elements. but i would say the biggest, the biggest problem is being privacy. deadlock, these being of the high eighties of about 7 years, i think that the replacement of new generation has sold and we haven't done that. and that's been the biggest problem. and then if you add on to that corruption and

other things, it obviously doesn't help. so they knew that this was coming because it's predictable. you have, you have equipment, it gets old, you have to replace it. so what is the policy deadlocked over? we have to replace these, these base power plants. let's replace these power plants if it's one thing to follow the other. but you say there is a deadlock over what? yeah, i think, i think just in terms of the fleet, i think the decline of the fleet is court act, the policy makers. and perhaps even a scrum itself. so these, that old saying that, how did you go bankrupt slowly at 1st and then very rapidly. and so it's been, it's been one of the things i saw was that, you know, you're going to get a big shock when you go to your cardiologist one day. and he explained to you that you didn't look off your heart properly and not breaking. and we kind of in that

phase and he hasn't been agency to, to get to get a credit on reading with new generation. so there's a special meeting conveyed by the president today to address this crisis, what you expect to come out of it. repeating any number of meetings. so these being cabinet meetings with these cabinets ministers. the meeting at the moment is with the parliamentary across this committee. i think they call them. and that broadens the scope of people who are in so it's not just cabinet ministers, it's premium of the provinces. you will be various advisors. but at this stage, it, it, it's all, it is really frustrating because because many of us have been calling and predicting this crisis for some time. and the message that we've had is that do something with the degree of agency before the crisis becomes a disaster. and i'm afraid we in disaster to recreate the moment it's,

it needs are all my stuff. all right. if it to for last started think i'm a logistics a. thank you for explain that so clearly. i mean, i list a clag, applied manager ah, football, germany bundles. leger returns after an extended winter break, and due to the 2022 world cup. the question is, can anyone challenge bar munich one a record 10? 1 is like a titles and era. oh, building exercise high up in the mountains by and munich, players bonded one last time of ice driving before the restart of the business league season. must see everyone else and struggle with the drifting as well and i'll know suffer. this is bring the team together on is 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, science have netted a total of $49.00 goals so far this season. and on course to printing a rec, an 11th street title. not if these guys have it their way high book are currently in 2nd place, just 4 points behind by an incense. so d 4 has done most of the talking up front with 9 goals. the season high book can also brag about having the 2nd best defense in the league. they've only conceded 17 goals. latency 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 a one of our main title, rival social, they're in good forms and they would often those points wise. they're right there with all of their unbeaten in ages. i couldn't log in 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 those 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. a cynthia against me 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 is eager title was back in 2012 with co children up. but ever since it's by and that has been running circles around aaliyah, the teams in the me landing footballer sarah york, a goodness daughter of this week when a landmark case against a former employer on picket olympic leo, which could help set

a new standard for maternity protection football the w has been speaking with a lawyer who represented her at her fif a tribunal, and heard about the impact this high profile case could have on the global gay from domestic titles, to champions, leagues sorrow, bjork, who knows that he has won plenty, but the benchmark she set for maternity standards in football may be the biggest victory of her career while she was pregnant, her then club, leon withheld her salary. now fifo has ruled, they must pay up. we're only leon as went wrong, was when they and said we're going to look nice french law and we disregard the theory. nations under the very nations, the players are entitled during the pregnancy and until the 19th or to the full salary, all of a 100 percent free for introduced new maternity regulations in 2020 want to protect female players. the result of

a successful campaign by players union faith pro. but the rules have not yet been implemented uniformly around the world. in part because many did not know they existed. it is really, really important to have a case like this one with such a player that a so well known as these information is what he spread. and players get to know that if a player gets pregnant, she is protective free pro hope this verdict will raise awareness that protections all. now in place for players who have children during their careers, with an elite european club brought to heal and a big name, international star, helping the case make headlines. and we can speak to alexandra gomez bruno old, who is the senior legal council. you saw in that report, welcome to d w. i think what is most shocking about this is out and perhaps you can shed some light on on. it is why did leon choose to disregard the fee for rules in this way? and then once it's brought to their attention in a court ruling,

why did they choose to fight it? well, it is a question that we also austin ourselves. we were quite surprised. i said it before that when we push for these regulations because the relations are there in 5 because the made a huge work to happen there to have the projects in there and to be honest, we did not have in mind. i wouldn't be clear on when we thought of these predictions, we thought that it was more or a smaller class for lower profile players that would not be protected, assuming that these type of class would already provide that protection. right. and so it was quite choking. they were very convinced that french know would, would apply. we didn't know that we, we explained our research and, well, we, unfortunately, could not get to, to an agreement. and this led to the case before the sci fi dispute resolution

chamber that's ruled in our favor. and how did you come together involved to do a person player or the player come to, you know, the player approached us and also through her agent that was also a big support during the whole process. and knowing one of our colleagues at pro and well then we got to talk 1st meeting to get some information on on what her rights were because there had been no, no breaks yet. but she just wanted to know ok what, where am i standing? what can i do? what are my rights? she wasn't aware of, of the details of the change regulations. but then of course we made the link and when this happened, she, me at the contact. right? i'm sorry to be clear. this case is now settled. you have one and this is going to have implications across the game across the world. yes,

definitely. we think that this is so important because especially because of the big calamities and the big player it is, this is being as frank as now i'm speaking here and this is so positive because all the clubs are getting to know that the really, really need to apply these regulations. federations must be aware that they need to amend these regulations of national level players and then maybe are still don't know about these. they can now have this information and know that if they get pregnant, that they are protected and this is our and main mission and concern. and yeah, if anyone has any doubts or, or, and would like to have more information they got, they can always reach out to us in pro good talk to you. thank you so much for joining us out of hunter, gomez. greenwald. thank you. is one of our top story this, our western defense officials meeting in germany have failed to reach an agreement

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