on leash on violet pass and re imagined galleys teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy starts january 20th on d. w. ah ah. isn't dw news live from berlin? could german made tanks soon be on their way to you've crate? poland says it is prepared to send the leper 2 tanks to the front line even without berlin's permission. but as germany's foreign minister says, berlin won't stand in its way. but the german chancellor is yet to change his

official position. also coming up on the show, you foreign ministers agree, a new package of sanctions on iran, amid calls to branch the country's revolutionary guards. a terrorist organization was we meet a russian man who fled to serbia to escape putin's military column. but he says, even there, he faces daily reminders of the power of russia's propaganda machine. ah . hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. we began now with signs of movement on the question of supplying ukraine with a german made leopard tanks. poland. now says it will apply to berlin for permission to send its own leopard tanks to ukraine. this comes after germany's foreign minister anna lena bear. bach suggested berlin would not object to poland, sending its to chief ukraine might be one step closer to finally getting the modern

german made battle tanks. it says it urgently needs. poland. prime minister mateusz mode of ascii, said his country will apply for permission from berlin to supply its lepper tanks to ukraine. but he added that poland could also export the tangs without a green light from germany. his goggles thought that even if we were not given the approval within the framework of a small coalition, if the germans were not present of this coalition, we would still send the tanks together with others to ukraine. a condition for us is to build at least a small coalition of countries concerned with the issue. although germany has been providing substantial support to key if it's been criticized for hesitating when it comes to sending battle tanks or allowing others to do so. but there appears to be a shift in berlin's position by default, speaking to french television on sunday, german foreign minister on a lena bear box said berlin would not stand in the way if poland decided to send

its lepper tanks to key of and that an e u foreign minister meeting a day later, she reiterated the importance of full fledged support for ukraine. mission obvious, when testing is the salvage distance fios internet slacks important that we as an international community do everything we can to defend ukraine so that it wins and wins the right to live in peace and freedom again. keith has been asking western allies to supply them with modern tanks for months. ukrainian officials say the military vehicles in particular, the leopard tanks are vital for fighting off an anticipated kremlin offensive in the spring and retaking territory pro it's been brought to folk. so for more, let's go to w as chief political correspondent, nina hossa. nina, we've been hearing mixed messaging from germany, chancellor and foreign minister. can you shed some light on the german government's position regarding tank deliveries to ukraine? i think that is one of the very big problems here in this,

at tank discussion that there is no single government position in this topic. so if you want, that position hasn't changed. even with an alina burbock statement, there is no big news that has come out of berlin. the decision has not been made. it's a decision that officially the national security council makes. and that was repeated by a government spokesperson, who spoke for chancellor schwartz today, but unofficially, everybody knows it's the chance level of choice. who has the last word? the new defense minister forrest, the story is that on friday that the decision will be made soon though. but that decision can be positive, it can also be negative. we don't know when it will come. we're expecting it for this week on next. however, many are seeing the fact that the defense ministry is not officially looking at what they could get, hold off in terms of leopard 2 tanks. if the position, if the decision is then positive as a sign that germany could be willing and municipal stories also said that other partners can of course, start training ukrainian soldiers on the tanks already. but yes,

you're right. the chancellor himself has been very tight lipped on it. he's drone, lots of criticism for it. and as a result, there's just a lot of speculation and a mix picture and give us a bit of context. what is behind this reluctance to send these tanks? well there is one thing that does seem to be clear. it's that combat tank deliveries are seen by the german government as a different quality in terms of weapons delivery. the chancellor himself has always said that germany would only be taking such an important step to deliver those battle tangs in close coordination with its partners. now everybody knows that all afterwards means the u. s. berlin wants the us to be involved in such a step. there is fear of german tanks facing russian tanks on the ground and all of so it's just one to wants to avoid those pictures. and that argument is, of course, beginning till sound less convincing because other countries are also saying they would deliver that like the brits would or the challenge or 2 tanks for example.

and you also do get hints here in berlin, that there is a real fear of escalation historian said in an interview on his very 1st day last week that germany is not a nuclear power. so there is a fear. what do we do? this is seen as too much by the kremlin. what if this is considered a, an escalation? and what is also true is that german public opinion here with the people is split on the issue and narrow majority. one slap it to be sent to ukraine, but a majority doesn't want them used to get back crimea, for example. now perhaps we'll learn more at the press conference on tuesday morning between nature chief installed and back and forth to stories. a might be the breakthrough for that green light for tanks, but i wouldn't bet on it could also just be about details of air defense deliveries . right, thank you so much for that. that is data. these chief political correspondent, in house for us. let's bring you up to speed now with some more updates. at this hour come by russia

. wright says, a former commander of the wagner's mercenary group who fled to norway has been told he will be deported or we didn't believe confirmed. they had arrested andre medive for violating immigration law, and veteran says he fears for his life. after witnessing the mistreatment of russian prisoners brought to the front lines to fight for wagner, russia and estonia have expelled each other's ambassadors and are downgrading their diplomatic relations. moscow said it took its decision after the baltic country ordered a reduction in the number of russian embassy staff. the already strain relations have taken a further downward turn since the war in ukraine began in brussels. hundreds of demonstrators hold on the belgian government to push harder for the release of an aide worker held by iran. when the v vonda casteel was sentenced to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes on espionage charges,

his supporters accused her on of using him to force the release of a detained iranian diplomat. for you, foreign ministers have agreed to impose a new set of sanctions against iran over its brutal repression of anti government protestors. the ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss a range of issues including punitive measures against iran. but there has been no mention of iran revolutionary guards, which some member state say should be listed as a terrorist group. to iran has tasked the guards with stamping out anti government protests that have grip to run in september. so let's take a closer look at this branch of the iranian armed forces, the home of the founder of modern day iran, and it's a religious government in flames. youth versus old age of the people versus the state. i mean,

that state is made up of the lead revolutionary guards who control most of the economy and security, and the clerics lead by supreme leader, ayatollah hyman ne, who make the rules. the regime has long blamed the west for its troubles, including the latest round of protests. oh smell. why did the enemies, why did america and the zionist regime, conspire against our nation, our country, and our revolution? and create these riots. as the supreme leader said, our country is advancing and the enemies don't want our country to make progress. only the protesters don't seem to be buying it. the brutality of the security services, the corruption of the revolutionary guards, the decline in living standards as the country strains under sanctions. all feed into a rejection of the ruling classes. and the authorities seem split on what to do about

it. there were announcements that the dreaded morality police would be shut down. and the law requiring women to wear a had job, the relaxed, but it's unclear if either has happened. meanwhile, the executions of protesters have spurred fresh outrage. death to the dictator, the crowd shouts, not death to america as the regime would prefer. and it's not just young women and students getting involved. these auto workers walked off the job to support the demonstrations. no one knows if or when a reckoning is coming for the guards and the clerics. but the states brutality has guaranteed that the divisions will not go away any time soon with either the special correspondent i, if i him is following the you for ministers meeting for us in brussels. i tell us

more about this new packet of sanctions against iran. well, claire, we now know that 37 new individual entries will be added to the use a list of sanctions against iran. now it's very important. the messaging that we're hearing here from brussels is that this, this lead us sanctions package of, of course, not the 1st one. since the protests have broken out in iran is meant to target the drivers of the oppression. it's really high ranking officials within the iranian regime, and that's important because it signals the recognition from the blog that you know, the people of iran, they are victims. and should there be new sanctions? they should not be the ones that have to bear the brunt of the sanctions. so individual sanctions for those driving the oppression as in the blocks words to day here and presses. and we know last week the european parliament had called on

member states to label iran revolutionary guards as a terrorist group. has there been any movement in that direction? no, there hasn't. the block has signal to day that it will not list the revolutionary guard as it her organization. the use high commissioner for foreign affairs has said that for that to happen a european court. what court would 1st need to designate the revolutionary guard editor organization before the blog can recognize it as such. but as you mentioned, the european parliament, which is, you know, a different institution within the european union has already voted for that classification. and so it certainly adds a lot of legitimacy to that demand that the revolutionary guard could eventually be listed. and we have heard, for example, from germany's foreign minister on a lena bear book that you know that she did, she, she welcomes that the legal, legal avenues for that classification are now being looked into. so it certainly

will continue to be part of the discussion as this brutal crack down by the iranian regime continues. thank you so much for that data data. these special correspondent, i abraham reporting from brussels. let's go to pakistan now where tens of millions of people were left without electricity after nationwide power outages. early on monday, officials blamed a quote, major breakdown of the national grid. a power is back on in some parts of the country, but the energy minister has said it could take at least 12 hours to restore supply to the whole of pakistan lives reliant on backup generators. at this hospital in karachi that was running without any great electricity for several hours up and down the country, people sat in darkness. a regular occurrence in a country plagued by unreliable power. some attempted to keep businesses open in

the hope that the power would come back on. we'll get busy and we're facing so many issues are worked depends on electricity. only when there's light, are we able to do business? otherwise we can't work on otherwise us are gone, reachable schools were also pitched into darkness. something that many students are used to by not doing right when there is no power at our school, then we have to study in the dark. but sometimes we even have to leave the classroom and sit outside in the cold because sometimes there is no natural light inside for us to see the last me person. these are some of the problems we are facing. the stuckey issues, there's been a victim pakistan's grid, is in desperate need of an upgrade. one which the government says it cannot afford . this is the 2nd nationwide power outage in the last 2 years, highlighting the infrastructure, a weakness of a country struggling through an economic crisis. let's take

a look now at some other global news stories making headlines. a popular journalist in cameroon has been found dead with his body mutilated rights groups. say, martinez, it's ok was abducted last week and his badly damaged car found outside a police station in the capitol yada. so go was known for tackling cases of corruption on his radio program. police in the u. s. state of california as a the suspect in a mass shooting near los angeles has been found dead after he shot himself. the gun man is thought to have killed at least 10 people and wounded 10 others at a ballroom dance club. during chinese, new year celebrations to greek air force fighter jet, scrambled to escort a passenger plane with a 190 people on board. after a bomb alert the ryan air flight from the polish city of kutrovitch, gsa eventually landed at an isolated area at athens. airport, passengers and crew were inspected by police. hundreds of thousands

of russians are thought to have left their homeland since september when president putin announced a military call up of young men to fight in ukraine. and they've gone to destinations around the world, but including one place that might feel a bit more familiar. serbia, it has long had a close ties with russia, and those are ties that have only gotten stronger since the war broke out or correspond it funny for char met one man who was able to escape hooton's draft. but not his propaganda. the owners didn't feel they had to change the name or the, the quarter when russia invaded ukraine. customers where not put off, they admire the russian leader board did it. the 13 is the only real leader in the world. only think on all the others. the just politicians drago, but he looks after his country and these people will not order for yog many here is that an yanine near bol: great! feel that the west cause the ukraine war, and yet it's, we're on j. a rush,

young journalist, flat to last september, before the war, he had reported on corruption a risky pursuit, which became too dangerous when men started being drafted into the army. i left the because of mobilization because of the re, reese, go for m, go to jail or a gold true war. well, i would not go to war anyway, so when i could face so jail or torture or anything else you can bigger than i decided believe right now he decided to come to serbia because he had some friends. sierra b has cape the putin regime. right. but not his propaganda love. they have problems with information remote war. ah, i'm not in the position to tail soviet people want they should sink

and holiday sheet to transform the media. oh, good people, angie sas, you feel safe yet, but he plans to leave and he's more open when talking in private than when the camera is rolling. back great city center shows how close links between the countries have helped spread the russia narrative on serbian media rushes propaganda. mouthpiece recently launched. a local online service survey is not the most obvious place or for a few. it should a thousands fleeing russia. many serve see a support. the russian regime. glory to russia is painted just outside serbia's presidential office, pull say more than half of the serbian population, cease putin as serbia's closest foreign ally. goma elizabeth is a good leader early because he's challenging the leech because he shaking up the

weld alder. sometimes people in serbia try to break through rushes propaganda. these protest doors are showing the names of bombed ukrainian towns in front of a christmas tree donated by russia. their attempt to create awareness is quickly cut short though russians are welcome ensued, dea, but criticism against russia lesser. let's get more now from our correspondent who filed that report and effect our joints. dina, from vienna. i funny. can you tell us more about why serbia is one of the main host countries for russians and exile? yet you really wonder why, because there's so many other countries that russians could go to with the russian passports right now due to the visa free policy. that's also in effect not only serbia, but many other countries. however, they're not that many countries that again, really well come russians right now,

regardless of their policies and strangely or not, serbia is one of those countries because of the, with close ties with russia that will embrace people who fleet from russia because of their admiration for vladimir putin and that was really what i was really strange also to of the only step we met that he says, yes, he's being embraced by cbs because they look up to put in and they seem as a strong leader. but he, of course, and the experience is there that he shared why grown up in russia, where the reasons why he said ok, the mobilization here is really the last dropping the bucket and he's going to leave. now what i find quite interesting though, regardless of the fact that it's really easy to move to suby or much easier to move to serbia for oceans compared to other countries. because of a lot of contacts, relatives, and, and, and, and france in serbia. what i found quite strange that the ones who didn't flee or didn't leave russia for economic reasons, but really fled due to political reasons that these russians are very careful in

speaking, in terms of speaking up against vladimir putin being in serbia. because obviously they do not want to offend their host country to say so, but in many ways they're quite worried for the relatives that they have left behind in russia. so it's a really strange situation that in a way they feel safer, but not safe enough to articulate the opposition of is regards to vladimir putin in serbia. and i sound like a tricky situation for those russians and exile now aside for from that admiration that you said many serbians feel toward vladimir putin, can you tell us what's behind those close ties between russia and serbia economic interest for one. sophia is very much interested in supporting the population, be cheap gas. and in fact, just a few months after the war began. last year, the president of serbia president footage extended the 10 year contract, the gas prom for another 3 years. even though the country is looking for

a tentative supply of energy. it right now, it certainly is looking for cheap gas and it receives that cheap gas via russia. and of course, the various political reasons as well. the fact that russia supports the political stance of serbia to not recognize kosovo as an independent state is something that suby of course, once wants to have more allies with that regard. because this is an ongoing issue. in fact, one of those issues that also slows down the process and a negotiation process to join the european union. but what i find quite tricky here in this entire situation that since the war began last year, the war between russia, ukraine, and russia, really the relationship, this complex relationship between, between suby and russia, has been exposed. and suby i really is at crossroads and needs to make a decision. does it really want to have towards the west, or does he want to keep floating bratia, which poses various other risks. thank you so much for that update that. did you

correspond it? funny for char? well, ice age paintings in case across southern europe have long, fascinated, and intrigued. but the meaning of the symbols drawn by hunter gatherers has always been something of mystery. now though, an amateur archaeologist in britain says he's cracked a code to help him to cypher what those early europeans were saying. to re cave in the south of france was famous for a reason. it contains hundreds of animal paintings drawn by hunter gatherers, tens of thousands of years ago, like in numerous other european caves on many of the paintings i accompanied by mysterious markings like these thoughts. for a long time, no one you were to make of them. until pin bacon and independent researcher noticed a pattern. each animal has a dominant number. and these numbers a sense a horse is a 3, bison,

and rocks are 4 red d rower sat and ibex or sat. and fisher 3 is he just, we had to so i probably had to be a time to store some description. because not everyone has walks, not everyone would have killed 4 ox units. it had to be, it had to be drawn after evaluating hundreds of drawings, bacon and other researchers concluded that this must have been an ancient calendar . according to the researches it was used to record sophisticated information about the animals a horse with 3 dots, for example, would mean these animals made 3 lunar faces. after the beginning of spring. in memory, they will have records of effectively all the animals in the area are all the major animals. so they have a fairly good idea what animals are at their shades when they're there, what they're doing. generally,

the week when they come and generally when they need this quite precise so they can track it 10 or 12 different praise these scenes in their area very, very accurately. in the hostile environment where people migrated with the animals . this information could make a difference between surviving and dying. bacon says that the calendar has been used for at least 10000 years until the end of the last ice age. it has been found and caves all over europe, from portugal to ukraine. it shows that hunter gatherers were, by no means primitive, but rather clever people who use this form of writing to store vital information. sports now a hand in the bonus, luca or a saint arm and ended up on the right side of a 7 goal match against osborne. besides traded calls until darkman pounced late in the game to seal a memorable when i don't means jude bellingham dazzled the defensive out bird to

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