office and john alice services. oh, be all a guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by frappe, bought lou. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin tonight. could german made battle change soon be on their way to ukraine. poland says that it is prepared to send the leopard 2 tanks to the front line with or without the german permission in germany is hinting it may not stand in the way. also coming up tonight, prosecutors in germany charged 5 people with high treason for allegedly plotting to

kidnap the country's health minister, and to then topple the government and the head of berlin's international film festival. we take a look at sean penn's 1st documentary about the ukraine war and it's called super pop. ah, i'm regards our viewers watching on p b as in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin tonight with german made leopard to battle tanks and where they may or may not be headed to de poland said that it and other countries will send the tanks to ukraine to help the military, their fight against the russians with or without german consent. now leopard 2 tanks are manufactured here in germany, governments purchasing the tanks most 1st seek german permission. if those tanks are to be transferred to other countries, always warn you. grain about to enter

a 2nd year time it appears to be running out for the fine print to prevent bold moves. 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 tanks without a green light from germany. these go do that even if we were not given the approval within the framework of a small coalition. if the germans were not present at this coalition, we would still send the tanks together with others to ukraine. 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 sent its leopard tangs to key of and at an e u foreign minister meeting a day later, she reiterated the importance of a full fledged support for ukraine. mixed up giving his and asking is the service this does fios internet is an oxymoron that we, as an international community and do everything we can to defend ukraine. so that it wins and wins the right to live in peace and freedom again. he 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. runaway stay in bridge on joy now by raphael bl, song. he is with the georgia institute of for international insecurity affairs here in berlin. it's good to have you was going to see you again. there have been

a lot of messages coming out of berlin in the last 72 hours or so regarding what will be done with these lepper 2 tanks. do you have any clarity to offer tonight? do you know is germany going to grand consent? is it going to stain in the way? what's it going to do about these things? well, i'm sorry, i got to disappoint you there. i mean, i think we all really left guessing in these few days. i mean, do newspapers present different reports which country is saying watch which minister saying what the current coalition in germany is being divided over this for some time already. are the leading green politicians have been making the case for sending more tang weapons including tanks. so it all in the end boils down to the question, what is the chancellor going to do? and the chancellor is not saying anything. so we're running in circles waiting for the decisive signal from one of shorts, but he's not ready to move a piece yet. so i don't think we can really make this already

a green light and it might be just of the foreign minister expressed a personal preference and she already did not confirmed the statement this morning in the brussels meeting for ministers. so unfortunately, no clarity yet yet there is no clarity and there's silence at the same time that forces the rest of it to interpret, to read into this silence and what, what are you reading? what does the german chancellor, what does he want to do? do we know? well, there is a lot of speculation that it's his style not to be well forthcoming and that he makes his decisions on his own and then takes his time on. but i think this is really beside the point. so the main point and of course, judgment can vary on this, but the main point is that actually almost everybody expects. no, it's only a matter of time. and with aids germany now leading the free with germany coming later a week or 2 or a month later, the result is more or less pre determined. that's at least what really the

expectation is. and i think for good reasons. so that's really what is a little bit disconcerting that even if we really see this on the horizon, why is germany not ready to actually go with the flow and take up a leadership position? and rather than seeing as this sort of foot dragging, reluctant, unreliable alley, i think this is really where the problem lies at the moment, not sholtes, and particularly only what about public opinion that the latest polls show that they're still overwhelming support for ukraine among the german public, but when it comes to the question of sending tanks to ukraine, it's about $5054.00, and against it germany. is that in forming the chance or should it be informing the chancellor in his what appears to be long decision making tie? well, when he can't ignore it for sure, but of course he's also the chancellor and also any deputy is not just following public opinion by the minutes. sure. we need to explain. we need to. it's sort of

explained to the general public what the intentions are, what the strategy easton of this is also on the bottom is beryl. that one thing leads to the next. i can see these concerns, but particularly these matters of minutes or is strategy all some of something average people have fully formed opinions about so while not everybody may change the mind if the government was set out to really communicate what they're doing, i think it's weld fair to say that they may weigh another 10 percent of the population. so this 5050 isn't the decisive factor. i really think it's more this kind of hesitation of in the party and sort of trying to sell it to the party. and of course, i may be managing the risk of escalation if that's still a consideration, but we left in the dark. we are in the dark. that is for sure. tonight, we're payables on with the german institute for international insecurity affairs here in berlin. it's always thank you a prosecutor here in germany have charged 5 people with high treason for allegedly plotting to topple the german government and to kidnap the countries help industries here my dear carl walter

buffy schools. and also he did say that the group had a 3 step plan. first 2 calls a nationwide and lack out then to have ducked the health minister and finally to depose the government. it's believe the potters were prepared to kill or lauterbach bodyguards to carry out their plan. they got one dog. all right, let's go now to our political correspondence. i mean, young, he's been following the story force. yeah, this is a wild story. is, i mean, who are these people who've been accused? yeah, these 5 people are for madden and one woman who's been in custody as since last year's, most of them since last april. and there are keys by prosecutors, as you say, of, of essentially planning to topple the german state that we're going to sort of cause a power black out across the country and kidnapped the health minister. and then

according to some reports and get actors to appear as the chancellor in the gym and president on t v and sort of polish the german state and you know, cause chaos, civil war conditions, prosecutors to get. so really pretty serious allegations. they also say that they found weapons cache and munitions and ad cash money that had been put aside in preparation for sort of taking over power. and this group doing so because they're going to divide up the future political offices in germany between them. so who all day with their let their said to have links to the right citizens movement. this is this group that's come to prominence, particularly during the coven pandemic party, on the back of opposition to government restrictions over that. and there people, essentially you just reject the german state. they say there's no democracy in germany. they want to return to some previous german rice. and so they normally

ascribe to the far right. some of them can be very violent and dangerous. and these are the kind of people, at least that we're talking about here with, with the proceedings that are going to now go forward in court inside me. do we know why was the german health minister carl lauterbach, why was he targeted in this plot? yeah, and i think that's because he's somebody he's very prominently been carrying for the german governance policy on responding to where the coven pandemic. and he's somebody spoken up vociferously in favor of tough restrictions. and he has said that he's faced a very serious threats. death threats of online and threats against his family. he said he's very worried about the safety of himself and his family, and he can't go out without a permanent body guard. so i think that explains the sort of hatred targeted, particularly against the health minister abuse simon young with leaves like here in

berlin is always, simon, thank you. sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the unless a treaty which laid the foundation for post world war 2, reconciliation between france and germany. that this agreement have stood the test of time. in the 2 countries, they recently intensified their military cooperation. it may have been unthinkable . 6 decades ago, but in our next report we're about to get on board a military airplane in which german and french pilots flight side by saw a hercules military transport plane live saw from insular in north in france. the pilot and co pilot are from different countries and that doesn't matter to them. as it is, sir, is sir with capital really doesn't matter which places that i thought the next year we are not supposed to to, to regard eaves ago. you, sir john french?

basically the same as a competition. good beer for 40. chima hor makes. so do you want to to remain a to the toyota english is the official language on board and on the ground by the end of 2023. 10 planes will be based an envelope and the german french air transport squadron will number 280 soldiers from both countries. it's the only by national military unit in europe. it is and also some of the germans have more experience than i do. and they taught me a few things, some have less experience with this aircraft, and perhaps i can show them something there to optimize. baltazar, lieutenant colonel, mike plans nato missions and to communication systems. one for the germans, one for the french. the unit has not yet found perfect harmony. the countries must still conduct sensitive missions separately, such as evacuation from conflict zones. structural differences can still cause hang

ups. every now man won't key. a german army is a parliamentary army, isaac, and that's why germany cannot deployed to military without 1st holding a debate on it with the hosting. and that might have above posted the false me guzzles on the back that up in france. the president is also a commander in chief who presided rebekah. it was shipped is on it. there has been much squabbling after french president manuel mccall and then german defense minister was on a funder lion, celebrated the new f cons warplane system. both countries, industries wrangled for influence. whenever germany bought weapons in the us, france reacted less than favorably. but the franco german flight crew say that the disputes have not affected their co operation. with the experience we got right now with the police express, we're, we have it back later on on the operational side, glue that to who's perfect movie ever. another followed portrait. the flight crews

and ground personnel hoped to complete even more sensitive missions in the future. i, let's take a look now some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. hundreds of french bakers had marched through paris, calling for more financial aid from the government in the face of high energy prices. bakers say that they are now paying $4.00 to $5.00 times more for electricity, and that's forced them to raise prices for things like the bagget. i over 50 percent, making it impossible to compete with cheaper lower quality products. the holocaust survivor, margot friedlander has been awarded. germany's federal cross of merit here in berlin. the 101 year old emigrated to the united states after surviving a concentration camp. in 2010, she moved back to berlin. she has been telling her story in schools ever since. russia and estonia have expelled each other's ambassadors and are downgrading their diplomatic relations. moscow says it's decision came after the baltic. country

ordered a reduction in the number of russian embassy staff. the relations are already strained. they take it a further downward turn since russia invaded ukraine. pakistan's government if scrambling to restore power to millions of people after a fault in the electricity grid triggered a major outage, officials are blaming the cuts on a voltage. surge after generators were temporarily switched off and then on again to save energy. this is the 2nd major blackout in 3 months. in addition to the, the blackout. millions of people in pakistan suffer almost daily 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 will give beginning 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. as advisors are gone, each of the 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 in sight 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 from power to people in some parts of india. child marriage is still come despite laws against it and efforts by activists to step it out. the tradition continues in several states, particularly in the north of the country, and the practice, and has a dire effect on the rights of girls to study and work. the w bonaire richard already has this report denied from the north western state of rochester, 19 year old by levy love to see a student in college right now. her dream is to become a professional single. but 5 years ago, her life almost took a completely different course. when her parents tried to force her to marry at the age of just 14 medical. by beneath that, without my consent, my parents fixed my wedding. when i learned about it, i try to reason with them a lot, but nothing helped my name for them. and they finally gave in. when i threatened

them that i would go to the police and the government when i found god may say cynical by vod by livi is not the only one here who has faced such a situation. digest on is one of the states in india where child, madam is still an accepted social practice in many communities, lack of education and hypo with the levels. have kept this tradition alive. according to a government. so we conducted between 20202021. over 25 percent of women between the age of 20 to 24 were mad it before they turned 18 by levy was lucky. she received counseling from an india called because since ton, when she was being pressured to get married by her parents. rounded by such audrey, who managed to fend off her own child manage when she was 14 got mammogram. the n g o has been working for almost 20 years. who addressed gender inequality issues facing young girls and women. in india,

it has successfully stopped. many child manages talk, i've been now oh and for whites, counseling and education support the almost $5000.00 boons who shall says that while many boys are also matted off at a young age, they don't face the same work and study obstacles that goes to a lot more needs to be done in terms of awareness, campaigns and laws to obliterate the practice entirely. she adds a b, b, how me board. we need to make a stronger push for the education of these girls. secondly, we need to work towards changing the mindset of the communities here, whether the girls are not a liability or meant only for being in the kitchen. they have their own life, their own dreams. parents should have faith in their daughters, cbs or unbridled soccer. that's all these go as asphalt, or they know some feet and supports on their families because i believe of and many already have plenty of them like vina here,

who was engaged when she was 3 months old and montana who was engaged when she was a yogurt as was in what i'm studying to be a social worker, and i told everyone in my family that i won't marry until i fulfill this dream of mine and my bill. it hello civil. that's pressure from the community for me to get married, but i don't want to marry now. i want to become a teacher to dylan. awaiting child marriage will still be a struggle for many of these goods. but thanks to and she was like, so many more will follow their dreams and not give in depression. articulate now more headlines taking place around the world. burkina faso have confirmed. it's a changes to and it's military cooperation with france. the military junta has given france one month to withdraw its troops. observers believe that linda is trying to re tyndall ties with russia. 400. the french special forces are station burkina faso to help battle and islamist insurgents. a popular journalist in

cameroon has been fell dead with his body mutilated rights groups say that martinez zuka was abducted last week and at his badly damaged car was found outside the police station in the capital city. logo was known for tackling cases of corruption on his radio program. the organizers of berlin's international film festival known as the belly nala had been built this year's program artistic director at harley shaw tree on revealed that luscious invasion of ukraine in the iranian protest movement. they will be a major thesis. the actor intersect, rashaw pan, will premier superpower, that is his 1st documentary ever. that deals with ukraine more, the barrel and other will also feature the french director nicola phillip it, sir, let him a documentary about mentally disabled people. and the enemy movie says you by

japanese director my co to shinnecock daylight starts february 16th and runs 11 days earlier, i spoke to the w's culture guru scott boxborough, and i asked him whether the bill, in all his pre pandemic glamour, is set to return this year yeah, brain, i hope so. i mean, it's been actually 3 years a proper of that bad, you know, last year they did have a one, but there were still some kobuck restrictions and social distancing and so forth in place. so he didn't really have to pack the eaters didn't have the, the red carpet craziness that is always a part of the bell. and on i think people like myself going to so many of them now as over the years of really missed. and i'm hoping it'll come back this year. i mean, we least have about star power coming again. you know, and halfway coming and keep blanche at. and helen mirren, some of my favorite leave, the the hunky alexander scars guard is going to be walking right carpet. and the

almost as hunky john malkovich will also be coming. kirsten stewart starved twilight, she's going to be in berlin the whole time because she's the jury president of this years. we'll be seeing a lot of her, and we should be able to spot a steven spielberg because i'll be dropping in to receive a lifetime achievement golden bear. so hopefully that'll be enough our power to really get people out again and get the gala back to. it's sort of free cobit normal. if people like the bell in all because they get to see the stars. and they also get to see a lot of movies which movies. are you saying r a must to see this year? well, you mentioned a couple up top. i mean sean, penn's a documentary superpower, which it was shot in ukraine during the war and features some exclusive interviews with the ukraine. president of miss lensky. that's going to be a must see. i think, for everybody here at the billing all. but what i love about the bill now is that it's gone. it's really, i mean it's something for everyone. it's such a huge, eclectic array of films and you mentioned to me, this japanese enemy,

it's competition. the 1st enemy film in competition over 20 years at the bela and it's coming just as a sort of huge wave of japanese enemies sweeping the world. i'm really excited to see that i'm in for something only different. a horror film infiniti cool from brandon cronum or the son of david, a crossover starting alexander star started. and i hear that he is teachers in sort of odd bizarre breastfeeding c in the phil. so as i think the something for everyone, any taste that you haven't movies, you don't find something to like this. you're spell it up. yeah. yeah, that's bar. you caught me off guard with that. when scott know we, we know that the bill of dollars, they're always political. what are we expecting this year? how political is this film festival going to be? yeah, i mean berlin's probably the most political, the big film festivals. and there are going to be a lot of political films this year, a lot of documentaries i've been noticing. i mean, sean pens is probably the, the most prominent. but though big a number of films on the ukraine situation on the protests in iran and

the history of developments in that country, berlin always tries to balance it sort of glamour and red carpet glitz with really serious movies that deal with the political realities of the world and the billing hour takes place really just a few blocks away from the center of power in berlin. so as people in the bonus tag are discussing issues dealing with, for example, sending weapons like ukraine. we're going to have people discussing the, the broader issues and cultural issues of the same political effects act on the red carpet in berlin. and that's sort of what makes the belly analysis special. exactly, and it will be taking place as this war enters its 2nd year shot runs for d. w culture is always scott, thank you. good to see. thank. thank you. sports is now in the german goodness

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