hold elephants to, ah, legacy starts january 28th on b, w ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, germany inches closer to green lighting, the use of german made tanks in ukraine. defense minister bars pastora says allies can start training ukrainians to use their dogs of leopard tanks. but a decision on whether berlin will supply tanks to keith is steel is still being

weighed by the chancellor. also coming up outrage in the middle east protests to rock to after a fall. 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, i manuscripts mccaden. thanks so much for joining us. we begin with the latest on the issue of supplying german made tanks to ukraine. poland has now submitted a request to the german government to transfer it's leopard tanks to keith and earlier the german defense minister boris stories encouraged allies with leopard tanks to begin training ukrainian forces on how to use them. so, but i had a press conference here in berlin with the nato chief against dalton berg. he said berlin has not yet said whether it plans to deliver tanks,

adding that decision rests with chance. let wolf shots, chimney's defense minister tried to play down the discussions over whether or not to send the leopard tanks. let's take a lesson or do you know my uh dog. i want to underline something through the summer saying that there is disunity you'd receive more that germany is isolated. it would have a bunch of idiots i skipped. there is a process for decisions like this. each time different member states handle this differently, themselves and foot on lighting of allies and ramstein on friday. clearly showed that there are states that are approaching this just as carefully as the chancellor to italians. chief political correspondent, nina, they explained why germany still won't commit to sending its own tanks to ukraine despite giving allies the go ahead to start training ukrainian forces on how to use their own german made leopard tanks. 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, but 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 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 the stories already made last week when he announced that that was of cause 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 the ukraine to stay and independent nation. so let's take a quick listen to what he said. buckled things are of course important both to be able to repel russian and new offences,

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 the lever, 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 it same tanks? now again, starting back says there cannot be any waste of time any want. so ukraine needs to be helped so that you 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 where i got the feeling that was vital for

the german government as well. and from the 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 ad 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, nina has a reporting that meanwhile, in strasburg low may cause from the council of europe. amazing this week and german foreign minister allen and alena bab, book address the organizations member states on the legal and human rights aspects of the war in ukraine. the council of europe is a body of $46.00 european countries. it is separate from the european union as take a listen to what bab book had to say about europe's response to russia's aggression and the threat to peace in europe. i didn't put in wants to address euro bag in a paused, dominated by power politics. west states can tremble on individual rights in the pursuit of imperial glory,

where rulers dispose of their citizens like horns and geopolitical chess games. that is why in the face of russia's war neutrality was not an option. we had to make a choice between injustice and justice, freedom and oppression between standing on the side of their dresser and standing on the side of the victims. shannon foreign minister molina baths now we have dw special correspondent, i abraham, who is standing by for us in strasburg, i had the foreign minister, invoked a loss of history in her speech. she quoted the words of a holocaust survivor. as a reason for standing up for human rights, but she also spoke quite movingly about her own experiences visiting ukraine and the young people that she met, that tell us what stood out for you in particular in her speech. so any of the main message of that speech was just how important the council of

europe is to preventing exactly these kinds of atrocities that she, that she mentioned up. and in the, you know, eventually finding justice for these teenagers that she met in her, keith, i mean, she, she talked, she quoted conrad at now are calling the council of europe. the soul of europe. that is much more inclusive, you know, bigger organization than for example, the european union. this council of your comprises 46 members as opposed to the 27 members of the e u. and in that vein, she called on the the parliamentary assembly to commit financial resources for the council of europe to support it in continuing the important work as a, as is in her where she also talked about the european court of human rights. how important that is as a mechanism for every citizen of the member states to bring forth grievances that

are related to human human rights. she also mentioned the importance of the council of europe as a, as a place where warning signs for authoritarianism can be a can be seen and have. according to her been seen in the case of russia. she talked about the baltic states who kept warning, germany and the rest of the council about, you know, growing russian aggression. the free did the ruling on russian co prisoner alec seen of only the show trials as she called them. and let's not forget, in 2014, when crimea was annexed by russia, the council of europe, the parliamentary assembly, the same body that a foreign minister, burbock addressed today actually voted to suspend russia's voting rights only then for his voting rights to be given back in 2019 with the support of germany. and so she was also very critical of germany today in that speech. very reflective of the

complaisant role that germany at times played in it as russia was becoming more and more aggressive or of the past decade or so. he w special heart correspondent, i e for him, reporting that from strasburg, thankfully much now there's been no let up in the facing on the front line close to that moot in easton ukraine. months of artillery fire have reduced much of the city and neighboring towns to ruins. we have this report on a group of volunteers who are braving the shell. fire to bring the areas vulnerable citizens to safety. evacuation spelled out in red. this is the staging area for patrick mintz and a group of international volunteers in cromwell task. one of the frontline is visible on the horizon about 40 kilometers away benuya. and in the evening you can see the rockets rising and about a minute later. click on them in a minute. 20 seconds. there's

a crash somewhere for them to their preparing their next relief effort. drinking water and 1st aid training for civilians. the fallacy with him all kinds. this is the car we're taking in. it's an armored vehicle. take a leak. there were metal plates, great everywhere cuz it really is the safest vehicle we currently have. it's just a little extra, better security for us. yeah, i put this in this either from it name can. patrick mans gets a call. yeah. and suddenly, plans change can odds of young it's we've now got 2 more people to evacuate. a woman who's fallen down and an older man um, who has frostbite and has to go to the hospital on monday. i could feel wouldn't not on since girls most. that's all they know for now. final preparations, then it's time to head towards the frontline in their makeshift armored vehicle. dina is ukranian in his in charge of finding their destination on the google map, all maps i,

i can find the names of st. just just go and ask pass, go to the linda a military. so we're this 3, it's, you know, as of isn't how it kinda, we're not an ambulance. no. and the traditional sense. we have a mattress and we have this pillow. they're nearly at the front. a small village right by the embattled town of solid out. the sound of artillery strikes. some people still holding out. this woman had a stroke. houses are getting hit song clear exactly. what's going on here? holiday bike of awfully. lady mealy shingo used to be a soldier than he worked in a factory and soda, and later sold fruit and vegetables. he always did everything on foot. now his foot is frozen on a cold november day, he walked a long way to his nephew's house. in his socks,

his foot never recovered. what made you decide to come out? no. the union will call you alone if i didn't want to be evacuated. but i'm a burden because i'm sick with no rush to benoit. i'm a burden on my nephew who is young. oh, but who he took me in? yeah, i knew. oh, don't mull annoy long all i've had to eat in the last few days. no, you spoiled sausages and macaroni. i tried to eat a little goofy. there's no toilet here the lilith, and yet, as in listening, we have to go since he doesn't realize he's cold because he has an infection that raises his temperature. me doesn't realize he has frost bites. these volunteers have taken over evacuations because nobody else will. their mission ends here in the emergency room of the hospital where they hand lay on the admins shank over. he

will probably lose the foot that helped carry him across the don bus. and i'm very pleased to welcome maxine duck, thank her. the secretary general of the ukrainian red cross. thanks so much for joining us here at d. w. can i start by asking you to paint us a picture of the situation on the ground at the moment in ukraine? what are the major, the biggest challenges that the people are dealing with, which parts of the country are the worst affected right now? the main problem did their challenges and needs are so huge, you know, from the east to the west, from this house to the north. this is, this is the biggest problem for our community and the response tooth from the support. i did these on the west to the creation people from the east and south and supporting people who were state after your state during the occupation the church . the reason to whose apartments and how it is damaged or destroyed fully. so this is think of a huge expectation. this is

a huge needs was which we are have to deal. and i want to talk about the issue of land mines. i know this is a major issue, the ukrainian prime minister warned earlier this month that russia has created and i quote here, the world's largest mine field. can you give us a sense of what that actually means? in reality, you know, for the citizens obviously, but also in terms of getting aid to the people who need it most. of course, this is me, the access to the people that are for humanitarian action actions, very difficult and i definitely ukrainian red cross willing to use and you bring in the across stuff. i have to think sure the fall about supporting the civilians. but we can not do the ah, due to the security reasons. so we're have to go after the military's which provide the, the mining and this is, this is significant arrears,

which are polluted by mines. and definitely this problem will say was ukraine for indicates and we are very worried because of these. and of course, the day after day in ukraine, you will are early since about there are died civilians because of the mines. and that is, that is terrible. to be honest. yeah. yeah. what about the area is controlled by russia or by, by russian, back they're separate, separate is what are you experiencing there? i mean, is it possible to deliver aid to these areas and, and what are the locals telling you about the situation in those areas? unfortunately, with ukrainian retro society don't have any axes on the 3rd through which are now and not under control of ukrainian government. we know that this is a, this is a priority for us to support our people on the occupied territories. but according to the mandate of ukrainian red cross society, we can,

we're not to love to work at the territory. and we are promoting icbc international red cross committee for cross excess to the stairs. there is usually a k, and it's been 11 months. russia invaded ukraine next month. it will be the year of this war. is there anything about what you've seen and experienced that gives you any sense of hope and progress in terms of helping the ukrainian people you know, the level of solidarity from the thursday for now? this is something that gives us power to, to work further further and further. we understand that we are not alone. we're supported by all the world, were supported by the movement in ukraine. and this is something that really, you can not achieve alone. and this is support from the, from europe for the all over the globe gives, not only for us is humanitarians opportunity to work. it gives the hope to the people they see the light at the end of the towel. so i think this is something

unique are in the world. you have seen the reality, the tragedy of this war in a way that few others have. if you could speak directly to the russian president vladimir pu sin, what would you tell him? i always try to wade these questions out why this unforeseen are because we're humanitarians where i have to be neutral in our support. of course i am ukrainian, i have my own opinion, but now i'm speaking to you as her director general of ukrainian red cross society in our main aim to be a neutral in our support. so l o me just just to put pose on base. i understand maxine, got thank a secretary general of the ukrainian red cross. thank you so much for joining us today. thank you. we're going to take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a judge

in lebanon investigating the 2020 pause explosion has charged several senior personalities, including the former prime minister in connection with the incident. political pressure has delayed the probe for more than a year. the powerful blast killed 220 people after a warehouse with tons of poorly stored ammonium nitrate caught fire. power is now being restored in pakistan after millions of people were left in the dark. authorities blame the major power cut on a voltage. search of 2 generations were temporarily switched off to save energy. it's the 2nd grid failure in just 3 months. you're in cranes. president, reload him, is zalinski says to 1000000 ukrainians, have been deported to russia. since the start of the war lensky made the claim and an address to the national association of state chambers by a video link. he also accused moscow of stealing goods and equipment from occupied ukrainian territory from you, graham farm,

and at least 7 people are dead off for shooting in half moon bay in the us state of california. a gunman opened fire to mushroom factory and then at a nearby trucking business, police have detained a 67 year old suspect that this comes just 2 days after another shoot. i killed 11 people in monterey park. california turkeys president has warned sweden not to expect his support in its bed to join the nato military alliance. his comments come after a full right politician, burned a copy of the koran outside, and chris embassy and stuck home at the weekend. the incident has set off 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, why did you come out with him to have them won without i interact capital baghdad. protestors gathered in front of the swedish embassy calling for its closure. ah, foggy sky. this is offensive to all museums. we don't want it to happen again. more latin overall and we're calling on the european union to condemn such insults to religion on the jamaica is altered jagow. hello. all on saturday ross miss paladin, 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 in clay. but those who allowed have such a viable nurse to take place in front of our embassy, no longer a any charity from us. all regarding van i membership applications. victim is it did artic. ah, go so that was im sorry, i thought we said this at the beginning of it, so you will let her organizations were wild on your avenue in st sooner i would expect our supports for getting into nato and that is not happening to the jump ropes the law suite and enter key appeared to be making headway in nato negotiations. the quran provocation is putting their ties to the test yet again.

hello. now the organizers of berlin's international film festival, the belly nala has unveiled this year's program. russia's invasion of ukraine on the protests in a rom will be cor themes and actor and director, sean, penn, will premier superpower, his documentary about ukraine, or the berlin ali will also feature french director nicola phillip baths, suv lead amo, i documentary about mentally disabled people and the enemy movie, so zooming by, japanese director, macintosh and k o l d w culture. and scott rooks per a has more on what we can expect. as the belin olive returns to full pre pandemic glamour this year. it's been actually 3 years since we've had a proper data, you know, last year they did have one, but there were still some covert restrictions and social distance thing and so forth in place. so you didn't really have to pack theaters didn't have the,

the red carpet craziness that is always a part of the bell in on. i think people like back going to so many hours over the years really missed and i'm hoping it'll come back this year. i mean, we have enough star power coming again. we've got, you know, and halfway coming and keep blanche, tad and helen, we're in some of my favorites. we've got other, the hunky alexander scars car who's going to be walking the right carpet. then the almost the hunky john malkovich will also be coming kirsten stewart star twilight. she's going to be in berlin the whole time because she's the jury president, this years will be seeing a lot of her. and we should be able to spot a steven spielberg because he'll be dropping in 3 feet a lifetime achievement golden beer. so hopefully that will be enough, gar, power to really get people out again and get the dollar back to it. sort of pre kobe normal. they also got to tell us more about the must see movies of this year's festival. bon pens, a documentary superpower,

which was shot in ukraine during the war and feature some exclusive interviews with the ukraine crescent missile. and that's going to be maxi, i think, for everybody this year, the billing, all. but what i love about the bill now is that it's got, it's really, i mean it's something for everyone. it's such a huge, eclectic array of films. you mentioned to me this japanese enemy, it's competition. the 1st enemy film in competition over 20 years at the bell in allah. and it's coming just as a sort of huge wave of japanese enemy is sweeping the world. i'm really excited to see that i'm and then for something i only different. we've got a horror film infinity pool from brandon konover, the son of david cronum burke's starting, alexander scars 3rd. and i hear that he teachers in that sort of odd bazaar breastfeeding. see in the film. so i think something for everyone, any taste that you haven't movies, you can find something to like bill it. scott spread looking forward to the belly knowledge and is a reminder of the top story with following for you today. the german defense

minister boris storia says the government has yet to reach a decision on supplying battle tanks to ukraine in the bus at a press conference with the nato chief dalton, doug in berlin. historian, allies could start training ukrainian forces on using this stalks of left the time you're watching daily news live from the lead up. next close up. looks at the question of the scottish independence, and there is of course, always more news and analysis on our website. that's d w dot com, i many kids mckinnon. thanks so much for what can be done with ah,

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