is the poll unleash on violet bass and read. imagine that these teachings for relevant gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. protests in berlin about germany's in decision to send tanks to ukraine. faulty countries are pleading with berlin to send weapons. now asked germany ways the pros and cons of allowing its advance that for 2 vehicles to be used in ukraine's bytes against russia. and millions of people in

china are returning home for the special festival to mock luna new year with all the increased travel come fears over covert said ah, i am eddie micah junior. welcome to the program. western military leaders meeting in germany have failed to reach agreement on sending german made bottle tanks to ukraine. go into the talks. keith was optimistic that belin would give approval for its powerful lip, a 2 tongues to be delivered to the battlefield. a do scoops were dashed after the german defense minister said his country was still way in the decision that sparked protest in berlin. and please from other countries to provide the weapon to reach the question of whether germany will say tanks to ukraine,

took center stage at ram st. our 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 coal. but if on an uneven 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 agony light captain i, it's all good 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 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 or tangs exports, us defense secretary lloyd austin 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 sir, to this campaign. ah, you know, from the very beginning when we saw them, ah, cycle in defense capability 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 mortars and conduct for 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 from on this let's bring in robert fox, associate fellow at a center for the friend studies kins, college london. hello, robert. so for now, the answer seems to be no to we rapid shipment of jim i left but 2 tanks to ukraine . does this come as a surprise to you? not really. why not? because the ukraine debit thing is the fries. they want the tanks now. because

germany's possession, for all the generosity in quantity had added money and materiel has been quite ambivalent. it follows the americans, the american, follow the germans, one foot on the accelerator, one foot on the foot brake there warning about di, did this of escalation, provoking russia. meanwhile, the one person who was really gained out of this is vladimir putin. yeah. so, i mean, ukraine is receiving many other weapons, but 1st and zalinski says, quote, there's no alternative but for the west to give you a green heavy tank. so why is that? so important for you green in its defense against russia. you have to turn this on the head. it's really valerie is zillow's ne, and had 5 o sex general, some of whom seemed to have real her genius. but also experience, interestingly not because of the fighting ukrainian forces more experience than

many of those they're asking for weaponry from they've got a campaign design for breaking or breakout. they have to have ahmed formations and they're going to be built round the tank. the maneuverability and the defend ability of the tank and the best available for all kinds of reasons. if the lap it to that the challenge it to have the, a bronze m one a 2 on bad either. that shows clearly how badly they need that now germany says no. is there a possible scenario where a country like, for instance, poland would leopard tongues can send them to ukraine without balance approval? well, i have to say that mr. patrol pastorius caused immense tactical damage to the nato alliance yesterday. or both by what is the assumption to what he said and by his body language. at what is very surprising. yes, i'm surprising that poland estonia, finland of saying we would like to find a way of getting our leopards through to you, craig, because they're needed. now,

by the way, the british tanks are already in training for this. what was surprising, what the dutch have also said that at the dutch of said they would be prepared to provide leopards and possibly the danger behind them, and they want to provide epa. so what does all this me now this is clearly not there, or it can be a natural decision. it has to be all allies coming together to agree, but what seems to be happening now with that? well, what's happening is on the other side is that putin is moving into a new phase. he is quite clearly staking his dictatorship and it is a dictatorship now, on being out on its military stance. it died oh for it winds or falls. by that i turning russian industry over on a war footing and he's going to get to a position where he will have said he wants to be seen to have triumphed as a military diplomatic leader by the summer. and if it stays there,

if he does build up and if it is still contested, there is every possibility of a wider war in eastern europe. that will involve nato pars i'm, it's very in the outlook is very gloomy because the shirley shelling at ramstein yesterday is a time we'll leave it here. robert fox, the fence analyst, kings college london. many thanks. alyssa, got more stories, making headlines around a wild. washington will designate rushes, wagner probably 3 group the significance transnational criminal organization. the move allows the treasury to impose additional sanctions on the masonry army owned by put analite. yep. candied figures in the us estimates. got the 50000 wagner. personnel fight in ukraine include around $40000.00 conflicts, police and protest is half classed for a 2nd night on the streets of the peruvian capital. thousands flooded into the

mount to call for fresh elections on the resignation of the countries president deena walla, watty, i should say. dozens of people have died after weeks of violent protests as in the audience shock resignation this week means that there's a vacancy for a new prime minister in new zealand. and there's only one candidate. it seems. chris hipkins, he is widely known for successfully of a seen the countries cuban 19 pandemic response. he's now stepping up to the top job. he's political c, v, as anything but short trip conserved as minister for health police and lately education and the know he said to lead new student government at a time that says the country on the edge of the recession lighting. i acknowledge that at the moment we're going through some economic turbulence, and we're gonna have to navigate our way through that i believe passionately that we can come at the other side of it in better shape than we went into it. i'm really optimistic about our future. i'm really committed to leading new zealand

through that. i know why that is strong, stable, and unifying. hipkins nicknamed chippy is well known, particularly for his role in managing be covered in huntington demick. now with the governing labor party losing public support, hipkins nomination receives mixed reactions on the streets. pay them, but i would call a friendly guy, an easy going and very vulnerable. i can remember once he came into our week and why anything today with lucas sinai? sorry, his any more into said and the top people, it's a great choice. i wish it was still to send out, but i've got to get me most up. but i'm no, yes, it is a good choice. i think we call it a day harden's resignation called many new zealand. us by surprise. the popular leader cited exhaustion his reason for stepping down 3 years into his 2nd term. hipkins is considered one of her closest political allies. i'm just under provided,

you know, cam stable, reassuring leadership, which i hope to continue to do. we are different people though, and i'm sure that people will say that for the opposition hipkins appointment is prime minister means not much will change the upcoming elections in october. are going to show if new zealand thinks that is a good or bad thing. chinese new year's celebrations of kicked off around the globe and especially in china, there festivities are shy in the year of the rabbit and hundreds of millions of people, a mock in the holiday. it's also one of the busiest days of travel on the planet. the travel surgeon, china, to spend time with family comes up to a realization of cobra. restrictions shine is night. sky light, south is celebrations, kick off for the lunar new year. time for family, food and bright beginnings. festivities have begun in cities

across the country to mark the year of the rabbits from lanterns to light shows and plenty of rabbit themed products. what i want to buy was rubbish said pastry for my family. it's cute ortho baggage. elario has a heart, hulu, for many chinese, being with family hasn't been possible in recent years, due to coven restrictions. but with the rules relaxed, the holiday is expected to bring mass migration. the busiest annual travel day in the world with covered still circulating and recent surges and cases. many people are willing to take the risk to see their loved ones. anyways, my young and they were the cause of coven 19. i wasn't able to come back for 2

years, so i can't wait to go home. it's very warm feeling. you know, to let us time, we will have the whole family back together again, including my uncle, my grandmother and my grandfather will all be together and gather for reunion to know for the chinese new year. that will be perfect. we'll start to this year and a good start to the next one of them. yeah. we got i, the chinese authorities expect double the number of trips made during the same period last year. despite the bounce back and travel, those figures are still only 70 percent of pre pandemic numbers. the real effect of the mass migration uncovered figures will only be seen long after all the bunny cakes have been eaten. in a few weeks time. i've got more or less from ruby, one professor at a school of medicine, national taiwan university. hello ruby. how many park trains on crowded airports? what could i mean for china's coven numbers?

i see. nothing can compare it to the festive season, especially the lunar a new year. the chinese new is one of the most important to us to festivity for chinese people. and many of the chinese people haven't been able to make this trip for the past 3 years. so for this year is particularly important for them. so proud of train airports. i don't think this will dampen their motivation of going back home to be reunited with their families. yes, for sure. we will see. definitely see an increase of coven numbers. because this direction of traffic is me on the julie from the urban area to the rural area. and i think we've already seen several ways the co infection in the urban areas, after the relaxation of the co it. so you know, most of the people making this trip, we have got their co bid. so,

but we will only be able to see the actual number, whether there will be a shot, right, spike optical cases and several weeks after. okay, talking about cobra numbers begin says the infection numbers up at a relatively low level of our experts. one china is playing down the risk of a new wave. what's your assessment? i think the issue that every one of us outside china has been stressing we think that only their infection number is questionable. so then what telephone number they're just told is far less than what we would expect. so i think this, this official speaker, we might not be able to get it from the chinese social. we might be able to get it from secondary data in terms of death. we probably could see from, you know, people getting pension the year before and the year after or the general

population, a census data. then we would have a glimpse of what the impact on the population in gen ok will be one professor for medicine, not a national taiwan university. thank you. thank you for i me off next doc film puts taiwan and it's democracy and there's more news and analysis websites d, w dot com and also follow us social media stations. more news with nor do davinci is mysterious masterpiece. is perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece of the collection of the louvre. it is the version of the rocks.