alice pass and re imagine these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on d, w. ah, ah, this is the w news live from berlin, no decision from germany on tanks for ukraine. the meeting of ukraine's military back as he is a berlin is still thinking through the pros and cons of allowing its advanced rapid 2 vehicles to be used against russian aggression. also in the program, millions of south africans plunged into darkness as the countries energy crisis

deepens. look at how people a coping, the worst power cuts on rent. ah, i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. western military leaders meeting in germany have failed to reach agreement on allowing german made battle tanks to be sent to ukraine. going into the talks, keith was optimistic that berlin a would give approval for its powerful leopard, 2 tanks to be delivered to the battlefield. those hopes have what dashed after the german defense minister said his country was still waiting up the decision on the question of whether germany will send tanks to ukraine took center stage at ramstein abbeys. but instead of giving the green light, germany's new defense minister just said that it is up to the chancellor to make that coal. but if i need to even and chime in the event of a negative decision, nothing needs to be done is near 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 agony. like captain ice all her by the end with he has 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 no germany has contributed a lot to this or to this campaign. ah, you know from the very beginning we, we saw them cycle in air defense capability or the gap, ards, ah. the patriots most recently, irish te ah, they've stepped up,

been offered to provide martyrs, they will provide the those martyrs and conduct the training on those platforms. but for many, including these protestors who gathered outside the chancellor relate friday. berlin is dragging its feet when it comes to sending tanks. as if political correspondent, a nina has attended those talks and sent us this update from ramstein. the pressure on germany to give its green lie 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 would theoretically have in terms of leopard to capabilities can be seen as a sign that the german government is almost there. forrest historian 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, a robbery keys. vesa is a retired senior field officer with the german defense forces. and now a member of parliament for the opposition christian democratic party, asked for his reaction to berlin's continuing indecision. 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. off of the 1st question about the german leading power, he answered what german leadership ha, germany is a reliable partner. so this in the medical 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 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 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 have put it last year in march, the polio, a polish idea to deliver me 29. 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 projects. 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 p a words. but we could not and should not do this to, to russia,

because this would be that again the wrong signal. but the responsible author of these wrong sickness is germany, and it's not our allies and the target. ukraine is really becoming a sacrifice if we don't stand together and deliver everything, we just need germany's own armed forces. i acknowledge to be a need of updating one of the jobs and your defense minister has set himself how depleted would sending the german tanks to ukraine. leave the bond is not at all because the german i'm force level 2 is the model version a 6 and a 7 and the european and over would focus on a 4. and these are in 10 of our european states as well as a german industry. the german industry is delivering $27.00 leopard to model a 4 by summer to check republic and slow achia. these could be

changed and moved to, for example, to ukraine. this would be half a battalion, and the others could be delivered from talks of the on the employ. as you see it, it's eminently doable. thank you so much for outlining about so clearly, i rather think he's better of the see. do you think you could even well d w also spoke to you as democratic congressman adam smith, who was a member of the house armed services committee. does he agree with the criticism that germany is taking? i don't think actually it's a fair criticism to say that germany has tried to see just because, you know, somebody in the process is said, well, you gotta send them out. yeah, i'll send it now. is a calculation that goes into this, and a lot of people don't pay attention to, as i said, what, what weapons are in their stockpile? how does this affect their own national security needs? and then always remember that there are a number of goals in your crime,

but there are 2 that are primary number one. they want to preserve a sovereign democratic crime, while russia to be defeated not to be successful and trying to take our grant. the number 2, we do not want a direct conflict between the u. s. end, or nato and russia. we want to avoid that direct conflict. and you have to take that into account. and as part of germany's argument is, what does that escal atory point at which it runs a higher risk of getting into that direct conflict? so i think people would just look at this and say, oh gosh jeremy, they should send whatever they want whenever they want. not even thinking about it . you know, i don't go down that road. it is more difficult calculation than i think a lot of people are willing to admit less democratic congressman adam smith. there is a small stores making headlines around the world in france, where president macro announced plans to increase his country's defense budget by

a 3rd of the next 7 years made the statement during the visit to an airbase in southwest france. he told the military personnel that he would ask parliament to approve a new budget of 400000000000 euros through 20. washington will designate a rush as a wagner paramilitary group as a significant transnational criminal organization. the move allows the treasury to impose additional sanctions on the bus, re army owned by putin alive if any p gorgine, the u. s. estimates at the $50000.00 wagner. personnel fighting great includes around $40000.00 convicts. one man has been killed and another is missing. after they were swept away by swollen river in southwest serbia, heavy rain falls on unseasonably warm, weather triggered floods across southeast in europe. mitrovica in kosovo, to be evacuated and in albania. fields were inundated and rhodes blocked

south africa. president 0 rema poses holding emergency meetings to address the countries deepening energy crisis. authorities have been imposing rolling blackouts as the countries in battle. the power utility struggles to meet demand and the power cuts hitting the economy hard. t w's. christine bond reports from johannesburg. the, the generator is keeping tandem with 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 them. as abraham insulate will be fortunate that we have invested in the generator pods. the costs of running swift creamery have grown because we be need to purchase petrol on a regular basis. the past few weeks has seen some of the worst power cuts on

record in south africa, with the pow utility is come. 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. it does affect a lot of our equipment that we do have on site. for example, like i have mentioned, we have elevators that are obviously put onto the generators which keep going on and off, which is most of the patients in very dangerous situations by being inside and not being able to be able to get out in a country that already has high levels of crime, the power outages of further compromising safety and security. in some areas. people are scared to even use the roads at nights. so peach blacks the sexual right behind me being one of the hot sports people are getting robbed, getting mug cause up being stolen,

a gunpoint. so those are the issues that we face during low trading, especially when it's peach black at night. so that it is coal power stations supply most of the country's electricity. but these power stations are not functioning at full capacity. sub africa uses on every jabbar 27000 megawatts. the moment re struggling to produce 21. and in an electricity system, you've got a match supply and demand 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 outrage 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 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 utilities, 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. oh well here's the top off it. ah, stephen beardsley, how's your business update in just to park people and trucks injured when trying to flee the city center more and more refugees are being turned away. families played on taxes to lease credit. as we learned, demonstrated.