in their country and inspiring with deli africa store to february 13th or the w ah ah, this is, these are the news live from berlin. poland says, is prepared to send leopard 2 tanks to ukraine with or without german permission. and germany is hinting it would not stand in the way. also coming up. you foreign ministers agree on a new sanctions package against iran, with pause to brand the countries revolutionary gods as

a terrorist. organization. glass o. find out what to expect during the bullet alleys. first, real post pandemic condition taking place next month. ah, am hello mohammad. welcome to the program colon says it would send german made leopard tanks to ukraine to help fight the russians with or without germany's consent. leper tanks are made in germany, so usually governments that have purchase the tanks must seek berlin's permission before they can be transferred to another country with the war in ukraine entering a 2nd year. time and patience are running out. ukraine might be one step closer to finally getting the modern and german made battle tanks. it says it urgently needs. poland 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 at 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, radical 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 at an e. u. foreign minister meeting a day later, she reiterated the importance of full fledged support for ukraine. mixed up good

weakness on testing is the salvage. this does fios internet deluxe 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 leper tanks are vital for fighting off an anticipated kremlin offensive in the spring and retaking territory. products they brought to foot. well 90, more to japanese political correspondence, joins me now for more on this. now. matthew berlin has come under growing pressure to give the go ahead. what have we seen so much in decision coming from the german government? yet it will. germany is what has been one of the largest backers to ukraine through this war in terms of weapons and aid. and every step of the way for all that support. it takes a size, a huge amount of caution and non more so over the issue of leopard 2 tanks. and i

would say there are really 3 main reasons for that. the 1st one is the german fear of going it alone and being seen to kind of, to act independently because of its history, germany squeamish about military might. and so there we came to work with partners around europe in the world. what to support ukraine and that's the key part is doing. it's part of a coalition. the 2nd part is logistics. there are 2000 lepper tanks in europe owned by various different countries and the germans want to make sure that the right version of that tank ends up in ukraine. so that countries on sending different versions which could cause problems with coordination for the euclidean forces. second part is how do you repair these tanks when they get damaged in the wars and in the battle field? and at the moment there isn't really a way to have that support and to repair the tanks and, and ukraine. so you to figure out the 3rd party training the ukranian forces, so they can use a tank which we've never used before. and the 3rd reason that germany is kind of on it is hesitant, is this fear of that it can be used as russian propaganda. i mean,

gender official, senior general official said publicly, we're way we don't want a situation where a russian german tank could be firing at russians in the east of ukraine, and russia can say, look, ne 2 is attacking us. those are 3 main reasons i would say. and what's the public opinion on this case? yeah, well public opinion, until recently, most germans have actually been really kind of cautious about this and i've been again standing lepper to tanks as this debate has been of a raging last couple of weeks will seem. public poli, actually shift to in favor of sending lepper to tanks. i mean it's still quite split and, and you can see in the pulling that, that it's not, there's not overwhelming support for this. today we actually went out and spoke to, to some people, and we can take a listen to what they had center your point of view. we want your crane to be independent, that we don't want to let russia gets away with starting a war of aggression as of thought. and we don't want to let to get away with threatening to use nuclear weapons at home so they can do whatever they want.

that's why i think we need to take a strong stance as anger. but why don't general moment progeny invaded russia with tongues once i forwarded for me has a to me is just like 1941 a little bit. i'm not on with that. i want to lose that. so does. and zack, germany says it will only do it if all of our allies are on board, but i think that's just a distraction to avoid having to make the 1st move image. i would like to see the united states get involved to friends which different. i mean, it's not right that the polls want offered lepper tanks, but germany says, you know, and yes, you should be a joint european decision. here's one that should be taken. now it's of them. so doesn't look like ukraine is going to get these battle tanks that they so badly need. i think the prevailing mood here in berlin is that german government will give the go ahead as just needs to kind of soil the, the details. and i think one of the reasons for that is as a, mentioned that various models, etc. but feel the feeling as that pushes towards giving the go ahead and i'll

probably be polish and polish government sense. thanks. first part of a small group of countries, the trouble is for the ukraine, is it for ukraine? is that it could be months before the reach that the battle crowns in the east because it takes months to prepare these tanks. at which point it could be too late to stop that expected rush and offensive. all right, that is a w, matthew moore. thank you so much. well, let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. on ukraine's president for him is lensky claims to 1000000 ukrainians have been deported to russia since the start of the war. lensky address the national association of state chambers by a video link. he also accused moscow of stealing goods and equipment from occupied ukrainian territory and gray at our little cock, prosecutors in germany have charged 5 people with high treason for literally plotting to kidnap health minister called lots about and also overthrow the german

government policy to say the group had a 3 step plan on the 1st to cause the nationwide blackout, then to adopt the health minister and finally to pose your government versus other people. and doug, protestors took the strengths in yemen, iraq, as well as jordan, offer danish politician, burnt a copy of the koran in sweden, in baghdad. people gathered outside the swedish embassy to voice their anger. the far right politician, burned his mom's holy book, to protest against tacky and sweden's bed to join nato authorities in california. they another person has died after a mast shooting in monterey park on sunday, raising the death toll to 11 police are still trying to find out what the motivation was for the 72 year old gunman to open fire at a ballroom dance club during chinese luna new year's celebrations before killing himself and brazil's president lula lewis did now so led to silver is on his 1st

foreign trip since taking office. he is in argentina for talks to his counterpart. alberta fernandez believe is, are discussing a new gas pipeline and the creation of a common south american currency. brazil is one of our containers, largest trade partners. power is being, were stored in pakistan after millions of people were left in. the dark authorities blamed the major power caught on a voltage surge off generators with temporarily switched off to save energy. if the 2nd grid failure, in 3 months 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. he was 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 otherwise, jessica community schools were also pitched into darkness. something that many students are used to by not right. when there is no power at her 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. if, if 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. will you foreign ministers have

agreed to impose new sanctions against iran over its brutal response to anti government, protested ministers, ami thing and brussels to discuss a range of measures. but there's been no mention of iran's revolutionary gods, which some member state say should be listed as a terrorist group. to iran has tossed the gods with cracking down on protests that have gripped iran since september. well, let, 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. use 1st is old age, and the people versus the state. i mean, that state is made up of the elite revolutionary guards who control most of the economy and security, and the cleric's, lead by supreme leader, ayatollah hammond nay, who make the rules. the regime has long blamed the west for its troubles,

including the latest round of protests. kiddo guzman, 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 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. anytime soon. the organizers of berlin's international film festival, the bowden ali, have unveiled this year's program. russia's invasion of ukraine and the protest in iran will be called themes, actor and director, sean, penn, will premier superpower, his documentary about the ukraine war. he boldenall also feature french director,

nicolai philip as soon a demo and documentary about mentally disabled people. and also the allen a movie says the name by japanese director makoto chin. kylie. oh, did i please culture correspondence? scott rock tspra has more, and once we can expect from the belin on is pre done pandemic planet. this year it's been actually 3 years since we've had a proper of that value. now, after they did have a one, but there were still some covert restrictions and social distance seeing and so forth in place. so he didn't really have a pack theaters, didn't have the, the red carpet craziness that is always a part of the bell. and on i think of people like myself going to so many a 1000000000 hours over the years i've really missed. and i'm hoping it'll come back or this year. i mean, we least have enough star power coming again. we got, you know, and halfway coming and keep blanche tad and helen mirren, some of my favorites, you got other,

the hunky alexander scars gars is going to be walking the right carpet. and the almost as hunky john alcove at you will also be coming on. kirsten stuart, starved twilight. she's going to be in berlin the whole time because she's the jury president of this year. so missing a lot of her. and we should be able to spot a steven spielberg because he'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 berlin ala back to its sort of pre kobe normal. it watching the news live from berlin up next is stock for looking at the fight to save one of the was not just species of stokes from extinction. i'll see if leonardo da vinci's mysterious masterpiece. this perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the collection of the louvre. it is the virgin of the rocks. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful painting.