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begin across the asian world to mark the lunar new year. billions of people are returning home for the special festival, but some in taiwan and hong kong are feeling political tensions mixed with the festivity and all eyes are on new buyer keeper. yonge, oma, as the bonus, we go restarts after the winter. great. the lights it deny the switch international . a dream debut. ah. a michael ok, welcome to the program. western military leaders meeting in germany have fail to reach agreement on allowing german made battle tax to be sent to ukraine. going into the talks, keith was optimistic that berlin would give approval for its powerful leopard,

2 tanks to be delivered to the battlefield. but those hopes were dashed after the german defense minister said his country were still weighing the decision. 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 on an uneven and chime in the event of a negative decision, nothing needs to be done again by son. 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 agony slide. clifton, i, it's all go by the end of t as sounds that has led to criticism, including from other partners who want to supply the same kind of federal thanks 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 our tangs exports, us defense secretary light austin, had worn woods for germany, a country that he called the reliable ally going full, which can do more. no germany has contributed a lot to this i to this campaign. and you know, from the very beginning when we saw them cycle in air defense capability, the gephardt's, the patriots most recently, ours t r. they stepped up and offered to provide the martyrs, they will provide the those martyrs and conduct the training on those platforms. but for many, including these protest us who gathered outside that chance to relate friday, but in it's dragging its feet when it comes to sending tanks. d w also spoke to will us democratic congressman adam smith, who's a member of the house armed services committee. does he agree with the criticism level that germany i don't think actually it's

a fair criticism to say to germany as dr to speak, just because you know, somebody in the process is said, well, yada, send him that ya send it. now, there's a calculation that goes into this, that a lot of people don't pay attention to, as i said, you know 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 rules in ukraine, but there are 2 that are primary number one. we want to preserve a sovereign democratic ukraine. we want russia to be defeated, not to be successful in trying to take over your crime. but 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. ah, and you know, you have to take that into account in us. part of germany's argument is, you know, what is that asked latoria point at which it runs a higher risk of getting into that direct conflict. so i think people who just look at this in your gosh jeremy,

they should send whatever they want whenever they want, not even think 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. looked out some other stories making headlines around the world. washington will designate russia's wagner paramilitary group a significant transnational criminal organizations. the move, the last the treasury to impose additional sanctions on the mercenary army owned by continental life. gaining precaution, the u. s. estimates that the 50000 involve your personnel fighting in ukraine include around 40000 convicts, police and protesters if clash for a 2nd night on the street of the peruvian capital. thousands flooded into lima to call for fresh elections. and the resignation of the country's president dina blew up. dozens of people have died after weeks of violent protests. u z lynn's

education minister, chris hipkins is set to become prime minister, taking over the current p n. just into our durn who announced her surprise resignation on thursday. hipkins was the only candidate nominated to replace or suggesting lawmakers wanted to avoid a drawn out of leadership context. i was the only nominate. one man has been killed and another is missing. after they were swept away by a swollen river in serbia heavy rainfall an unseasonably warm weather have triggered floods across southeastern europe. parts of course, of them had to be evacuated, and in albania, fields were inundated in roads, blocked south africa's presidency. ram, oppose up, is holding emergency meetings to address the countries deepening energy crisis. authorities have been imposing rolling blackouts. as of the nations embattled power utility struggles to meet demand. and the power cuts are hitting the economy hard.

t w's. christine, meanwhile, reports from johannesburg. the, this 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. some of favorite insulated be a fortunate that we have invested in the generator pods. the costs of running swift look remedy have grown because we 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 s. com. rolling out nationwide blackouts, locally referred to as low cheating 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, they're 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 or being stolen at gunpoint. so those are the issues that we face during low trading, especially when it's peach black at night. south africa, his coal power stations supply most of the country's electricity. but these power stations are not functioning at full capacity of africa uses, on average,

about $27000.00 megawatts. the moment re struggling to produce 21. and in an electricity system, you've got a match supply demand instantaneously. exactly. the reason we have low shading or lead 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 country village tricity problems have been attributed to endemic corruption at the state. and paul, 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 be electricity crisis, further deteriorated. the manages of the pol, utility held emergency meetings with the countries president and other stakeholders

. but south africans had been warned, there is no quick fix and that the outages will continue for at least a nother year. the chinese lunar new year, holidays officially begin this weekend with the associated travel rush, commonly regarded as one of the world's largest annual human migration events. this year is holiday season is the 1st in china to feature such mass travel. since the pandemic began more than 3 years ago, lunar new year is expected to provide an economic boost. but health officials have warned that covered 19 cases could serge in coming weeks. traditionally, this is the time for family reunions, but not for everybody since the passage of hong kong, sweeping national security law. many hong kong are, is, have gone into exile and moved to taiwan. now they don't feel safe. returning home . a festive atmosphere in the street of taipei.

the lunar new year is a time for homecoming and family reunions. for many hunkers, cannot go back home. missus, jo, she would only give her a last name is preparing a tradition milk antonius? faster dish. it's going to be her 3rd luna new year in taiwan. she's that she never used to be good at cooking. but missing le flavors of hong kong has changed bat. mrs. joe moved to tie one falling beijing's crackdown. ali hon. com per democracy movement. she has never been back. she roused restoral now to support exiled hon colors. so she is afraid of showing her face on screen a very thin, why i wouldn't go back to hong kong if a theme one as why i chose to move to taiwan. hong kong is now completely different

from what it used to be in the one sample. yeah. shall. is only one of many people in time like we had to leave hong kong before the new year. she is having a reunion dinner with allah exiles. while of her friends all while easy, see each other is nice. it reminds them of your roots. is a journalist, are reported on the per task in hong kong in 2019. she laid her flat to taiwan, where she had already spent time as a student. she now sees the island is a 2nd home, but many others don't feel that way. bob will 1st move on. good people have chosen to live there one because of its immigration policy. they don't know when they will get a definitive answer on whether they can stay long term or not. so the whole williams with ha, paper and, and just kevin administrative limbo, wiley, taiwan, near scar lindsey's in principal that in, well, comes hong kong. ers,

some politicians are calling for a tightening of immigration rules. lee said national security is at stake. so more and more hunkers have already given up on taiwan and left for other countries. all i loses. hong kong immigrants could help protect taiwan. she said, she's willing to prove her loyalty to our new home. she, china in vate no, johnson hill this if there's awards, or i hope that us will, susan. i can do something for the one on my, his, this song. oh, has met up from my to state for many of the hung cars in taiwan. that is clearly a difficult deficient the year of rapid gets under way. some sports used now and the bonus league, or has returned after its extended winter break, due to the world cup and cattle. the 1st game backs are arby leipzig, hose champions, buyers who were hoping their new goalkeeper could fill the gloves of manual noah,

who is out with a broken leg the leipzig showed, they can go toe to toe with the leagues topside. leipzig, fans were clearly glad to be back as the bid, as league came out of hibernation on a freezing night in eastern germany. meanwhile, the buyer and supporters eyes were all on new keeper, young zelma. but it was his opposite, no book on his blood speaking, who was picking the ball out of the neck 1st. eric tuple meting bundled home for by on 37 minutes. much to the delight of newman sama. what missed an equalizer? the referee waved away almost hateful claims for an off site with house to bag the good meter on one. all it finished. no dream debut shut out for sama. but the point that keeps by and 6 creed of leipzig was the chase that 11 titled in a row. and that's time. sports,

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