wiring with africa store to february, 3rd, or the w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, no decision yet from germany on supplying it's tanks to ukraine. german defense minister boris historian says the government won't be rushed into a decision, but he adds allies chance start training ukrainians to use that german made let the time. also on the show outrage in the middle east. protests rocked off to

a far right politician, burns, a copy of the koran in sweden will tell you why the incident could now derail the country's bid to join nato. ah, january mc and welcome to the program. germany is under mounting pressure to supply ukraine with its leopard tanks and to allow other nations to do the same. defense minister boris historian says, germany still needs more time to decide if countries light poland can re export their battle tanks to ukraine. however, in a press conference here in berlin with the nato chief young stockton bug, miss torres also said the countries with german made leopard tanks can now start training ukrainians to use these tanks. and the polish defense minister has

confirmed that germany has now received poland official request to re export their leopard tanks to ukraine. let's take a listen to the german defense minister burress stories and his comments about training ukrainian troops to use leopard tanks. really partner countries that are already have let little tanks that can be deployed, that training of tank teams from ukraine can already start. and that is absolutely no question whatsoever. we would not a stand in the way of that. and he doesn't, his chief political correspondent need are the joins us now. for more. nina, the german defense minister is saying that other european countries can start training ukrainian forces on how to use their german made lap tanks. but germany still went commit to sending its own left the tanks to ukraine. why not?

it is a tricky communication phase that we're dealing with here in berlin. there is not one message, a united message coming out of berlin. there are several people who are participating in the discussion here, but of course all eyes are on the left shows the chancellor. so he is ultimately the one who has to make that decision. officially, it is the national security council that everybody knows. it's really the chancellor. he's always made it clear that he doesn't want to take such a step alone. he doesn't want germany to become party to the war. everybody sees combat tangs as some sort of a qualitatively speaking, a step up that needs to be considered very, very carefully. and such a step can only be taken says the german government. if allies are on board, if it's got the support gemini, doesn't want to be the only country seen as applying combat tanks to ukraine. of course, that argument is sounding less convincing with the brits already having announced that they wanted to send challenge

a two's. the french have also announced their willingness but the defense minutes about the story of said again that he was expecting a decision very, very soon. now on that topic of training, ukrainian soldiers by other countries who already have those leopard tangs, who still just need germany permission. that is a statement that boris stories already made last week when he announced that that was of course up to every partner to train ukrainian soldiers already. and he also said that his defense ministry is now looking at which leopard twos would technically be available if the german chancellor makes a positive decision so that the delivery can then happen swiftly and in an efficient way. ok. now, in the same press conference in stoughton bird, nato secretary general stressed that battle tanks all crucial for ukraine to stay and independent nation. so let's take a quick listen to what he said. battle times are of course important both to be able to repel a russian, a new offensive,

but also for ukraine to be able to retake territory to, to wind onto a prevail as a sovereign in the pen nation in europe. at the same time, we need to understand that the allies have all the decided to deliver both battle tanks, but also the to deliver more armored vehicles, including infantry and fighting wiggles. so what we need is heavier, more modern equipment. that's exactly what allies have old it announced to, to deliver sending of what was yen shelton bags. main message today was, was he increasing the pressure on jenn me to make a decision about sending its own tanks? now again, starting back says there cannot be any waste of time any want. so ukraine needs to be helped so that it can defend itself. native chief also wants ukraine to be able to claim back some of its territory that the russians have conquered in this terrible war. and but the main message of where i got the feeling that was vital

for the german government as well. and from you and started back here in berlin, was that he wants to respect partners and their considerations for whether or not they want to send which systems. and he essentially is keep kept stressing that germany has been vital and has been really instrumental in aging ukraine. so far, this is sometimes forgotten in the public debate where everybody's focus is so much on the left twos that people forget that germany is one of the most important contributors worldwide when it comes to military age as well. not just financial and humanitarian so that that was also called by native chief or allies to not essentially give russia the pleasure of seeing the west, squabbling and fighting with each other. he wants a united picture, but of course he's up the pressure on germany. but at the same time, everybody also says ukraine also needs other systems. so add defense,

for example. so starting back stress that germany has also already announced that will supply patriot system. also, he said germany is help essentially help save ukrainian lives every day on the battlefield. nina, thanks so much. that's the w chief. political correspondent, mena has a reporting that now turkish company says it is in talks to send floating power ships to help supply electricity to ukraine. russia has stepped up attacks on the countries power grid, around half of its energy infrastructure has been disabled. ukraine says that putting millions of people at risk of sickness, even death during the cold winter months. now is the winter of blackouts in ukraine. like here in the city of levine, nights without power have become part of war time life for millions.

russia has been relentless in its attacks on ukraine's power plants, sub stations, and distribution lines. about half of the countries energy system has been crippled, official se ukrainian president were loading zalinski accuses moscow of energy. terrorism so fought the very fact that russia resorted to terror against the energy industry and shows the weakness of the enemy, prost locked before it cannot defeat ukraine on the battlefield. and that is why they are trying to break out people who in this, what have been magically deep countries around the world have pledged immediate aid to help rebuild ukraine's energy grid, supplying generators, transformers and other hardware. one possible solution to the countries, the energy emergency could come from turkey. and it involves ships like these. they call them power ships floating electricity generation plants, the turkey based company called power ship has a fleet of 36. they are to energy crisis sports around the world. the ships use

either fuel oil or natural gas to generate electricity and feed it into local power grits. some have an output of several 100 megawatts per hour. gordon is gamma yolk. the scholarship over here will generate about 420 megawatts of ha english enough. so 4000000 people like yourself, so it could supply the residence of a city like berlin. the 2nd edison even got us. the ships have been used in shortage stricken countries like lebanon, synagogue, and indonesia. zayna potter easy, one of the companies senior executive says she is and talks to send several power ships to help alleviate the ukraine energy crisis. we are in discussions with oakland argo, with or the for governor it with moldova utilities, with romania utilities to understand the best way to send,

like through the to ukraine. we can actually deploy these ships in less than 30 days and make them operational to inject new kilowatt hours, new electricity on the grid, which is the what does need that for ukraine. the initial idea was to send the power ships to odessa, ukraine's largest port holly's. he says, but security and hence, insurance or major considerations, the ships may be deployed to neighboring countries. instead, we need to ensure the safety and security of our parts for now of our ships. and if this is not possible while operating within ukrainian borders, it may be possible while operating at target leslie port in moldova, or costanza port and romania, and transmitting the elect through sea to ukraine via transmission lines. costs and

financing also remain t issues. so far, there is no deal ukraine's energy ministry wasn't available for comment. so it's not clear if a, when the 1st power ships might make their way to help ukraine get some lights back on during a brutal winter of blackouts. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. power is being restored in pakistan after millions of people were left in. the dark authorities are blaming the major power cast on a voltage surge after generators were temporarily switched off to save energy. the 2nd grid failure in 3 months. at least 7 people are dead after a shooting and half moon bay in the us state of california. a gunman opened fire at a mushroom farm and then again as a nearby trucking business police have detained a 67 year old suspect is comes just 2 days after another shooter killed 11 people

in monterey park. california and the prosecutors in germany have charged 5 people with high treason for allegedly plotting to kidnap the health minister carlotta above and overthrow the german government. prosecutors say the group had a 3 step plan 1st to cause a nation wide blackout than to abduct the health minister and finally to depose the government. over extreme cold has hit china's northernmost city of mo, with temperatures falling to an extraordinary minus $53.00 degrees celsius. the city near the border with russia sees snow and ice fir about 8 months of the year, but this is the lowest temperature that it has ever recorded at heck, his president has won sweden not to expect his support in it's bad to join the nato military alliance his comments come after a far right politician, burned

a copy of the koran, outside on chris embassy in stockholm at the weekend. the incident has set of a series of protests across the middle east. ah condemnation in yemen, capital santa, against the burning of the koran islam sacred scripture. the incident in sweden has caused outreach in parts of the middle east. oh god, that is important to boycott. sweden was his become our champion. brad, i'm a one rabbit. i interact capital baghdad, protesters gathered in front of the swedish embassy, calling for its closure. ah, bobby sigh, this is offensive to own losing 3. we don't want it to happen again. more or less an overall and we're calling on the european union to condemn such insults,

to religions on the shedra this all to the doctor know hello. well on saturday, rasmus paloton, head of a far right danish party, held a protest in front of turkey's embassy in stockholm. the swedish danish national set fire to the koran, sweden's prime minister called the act, deeply disrespectful, but defended the right to free speech. that has put sweden's nato application in jeopardy. a session to the military alliance must be approved unanimously by member states including turkey, who tim is in bure kids, and he says, clay, but those who allowed have such a while not to take places for to have our embassy, no longer protecting any charity from us. all regarding vanity membership, application big, there music did artic. ah, gustavo was im sorry. i thought we said this at the beginning. did it so you will

let it have your organizations were wild on your avenues and streets. allen, expect our supports for getting into nato and that is not happening in new york robes. de la sweden in turkey appeared to be making headway in nato negotiations. the koran provocation is putting their ties to the test yet again. hello. c and without you are up to date, chris of cobra has your business news that the next i many kids mckinnon. thank you for watching t w ah, linda, i, what people have to say matters to us. ah, that's why we listen to their stories.