[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, germany inches closer to green lighting, the use of german made tanks in you cried. defense minister boris. storia says allies can start training ukrainians to use their stalks of german made leopard tags. but a decision on whether berlin will supply taxes to keith is still being weighed by.

the chancellor also coming up german foreign minister and alina bab praises the european response to russia's war in ukraine. in a speech before the council of europe and outrage in the middle east protests to rop softer a far right politician to burn to complete the koran in sweden. we'll tell you why be it could now derail the country's bid to join nato. ah, i manuscripts mckinnon. welcome to the program. we begin with the latest on the issue of supplying german made times to ukraine. poland has now submitted a request to the german government to transfer it's german, made leopard tanks to keith. and earlier at the german defense minister boris pastorius encouraged allies with leopard tanks to begin training ukrainian forces

on how to use them. bass had a press conference here in berlin with nato chief young fulton bug. he said berlin has not yet said whether it plans to deliver tax, adding that that decision rests with the chancellor or la. germany's defense minister tried to play down the discussions over whether or not to send the left the tanks. or do you know my dog, i want to underline something. some are saying that there is disunity machine or that germany is isolated. what i've asked, fortunately yet, so skipped. there is a process for decisions like this, each starting a different member states handle this differently, dumpling 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. he w as chief political correspondent, nina has a told us more about 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 jan may 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 of 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 a brits already having announced that they wanted to send challenge a two's. the french have also announced their willingness, but the defense minister boys historian 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 for 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 an 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 alice hobbled. 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 it same tanks? now just again, starting back says there cannot be any waste of time and you 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 of where i got the feeling that was vital for the german government, as well as 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 aiding ukraine. so far. this is sometimes forgotten in the public debate where everybody's focus is so much on the left. two's 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 a cold 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's help essentially help save ukrainian lives every day on the battlefield. nina, thank so much. that state of the chief political correspondent mena has a reporting that in the french city of straus, bud, lawmakers from the council of europe are missing this week and german foreign minister on alina bab, oak address, the organizations member states on the legal and human rights aspects. of the war ukraine, the council of europe is a buddy of $46.00 european countries and is separate from the european union. and we can take a listen to what their 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 europe, begged in

a past 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 in 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 the dresser and standing on the side of the victim's. i asked d. w special correspond an i e brand, who is in strasburg, what stood out for her in particular in anabolic 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. herb, and in eventually finding justice for these teenagers that she met in her cave. 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 political prisoner, alec seen of only the, 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 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 the past decade or so. he w special heart correspondent, i abraham reporting that from strasburg. thanks so much. meanwhile,

there has been no letter in the fight saying on the front line close to back moot in easton ukraine. months of artillery fire have reduced to much of the city and neighboring towns to ruins. we have this report on a group of volunteers who are braving the shall fly to bring the air is vulnerable civilians to safety evacuation spelled out in red. this is the staging area for pass. i commence and a group of international volunteers in cromwell task. one of the frontline is visible on the horizon about 40 kilometers away. when we're on 1000 in the evening . you can see the rockets rising and about a minute later, click on them in a minute and 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 finance, madame all kinds. this is the car we're taking in. it's an armored vehicle. take a leak. there were metal plates, great everywhere. that's how 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 mance 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 who has frostbite and has to go to the hospital on monday. the field will not until schools 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 the i can find the names of st. just go and s. s goes to the lens or military, so we're the streets. you know, as of isn't hide kindness, we're not an ambulance. no, in 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 solidarity. 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 sankoh 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, they never 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,

but who he took me in. i knew. oh don't mullah 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 closer. there's no toilet here. the length 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 frostbite. these volunteers have taken over evacuations because nobody else will. their mission ends here at the emergency room or the hospital where the 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 that theme dot. 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 challenge is that the people are dealing with which parts of the country are the worst affected right now? the mean 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. the piece on the west to the creation people are from the east and south and supporting people who were state after your state during the occupation the church. the reason who is apartment and house is damaged or destroyed fully. so this is big of a huge expectation. that 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 ukranian 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?

and 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 make the access to the people that are for humanitarian action actions. very difficult and i definitely ukrainian red cross will induce and you bring in the red cross stuff. i have to think sure to fall about support them to civilians. but we can not do these due to the security reasons are. so we are have to go after the military's which provide the mining and this is, this is significant areas which are polluted by mines. and definitely this problem will say was ukraine for the kate. and we are very worried because of these. and of course, a day after day in ukraine, you will are early sinned about there are died civilians because of the mice. 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 rico society don't have any axes on the territories which are now not under control of ukrainian government. we know that this is 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 grow committee for cross ex is to lose their there is usually ok. and it's been 11 months since russia invaded ukraine next month. it will be the year of this war . is there any thing 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 this thursday for 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 where supported by the movement in ukraine. and this is something that really, you can not work. it's gives the hope to the people they see the light at the end of that. how so i think this is something unique 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 pierson. what would you tell him? i always try to weigh these questions out why this unforeseen because we're hindrance where i have to be neutral in our support. of course i'm ukrainian, i have my own opinion, but now i'm speaking to you as

a director general of ukrainian red cross society in our main aim to be a neutral in our support. so hello me just just to put poles on base. and i understand maxime, that thank a secretary general of the ukrainian red cross. thank you so much for joining us today. thank you. and we can take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a judge in lebanon investigating the 2020 port explosion has charged several senior personalities, including the former prime minister in connection with the incident that article pressure has delayed the probe for more than a year. the powerful blast kill $220.00 people after a warehouse with tons of 40 step stored ammonium nitrate caught fire. power is being restored in pakistan after millions of people were left in. the dark authorities are blaming the major power. caught on a voltage surge after generators were temporarily switched off to save energy. it's

the 2nd grade failure in just 3 months, lease and peruse capital. lima fired tear gas to disperse protest as, as fresh demonstrations sprang up across the city. the protest as are continuing their demand for president dina, blow out is resignation. at least 46 people have died since protests over inequality. and rising prices began last month. 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 at a nearby trucking business, police have detained a 67 year old suspect. this comes just 2 days after another shooter killed, 11 people in monterey park in california. and extreme cold has hit china's northernmost city of mo, with temperatures falling to an incredible minus 53 degrees celsius. the city near

the border with russia does thief snow and ice for 8 months of the year, but this is the lowest temperature that it has ever recorded. a turkish president has worn sweden not to expect his support in its bed to join the nato military alliance. his commons come after a far right politician, burned a copy of the koran outside, and chris embassy in stockholm the weekend. the incident has set up 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, my god, that is important to boycott sweden, what is become our number one without us? oh,

interacts capital baghdad. protesters gathered in front of the swedish embassy calling for its closure. ah, bobby sigh, this is offensive to own museum. we don't want it to happen again. more latin overall and we're calling on the european union to condemn such insults to religions. shedra this altered jago all on saturday, brass 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 wildness to take place in front of our embassy can no longer correct charity from us. all regarding van, nate's i membership applications, look big them is if there are 2 gazoomba was im sorry, i said this at the beginning of it so you will let her organizations were wild on your avenues and streets enough as an expect our support for getting into nato, and that is not happening in your groups. the la sweden enter t appeared to be making headway in nato negotiations. the quran provocation is putting their ties to the test yet again. hello. the organizers of berlin's international film festival. the banana has unveiled this year's program. russia's invasion of ukraine and the protest in iran will be called themes,

actor and director, sean, penn, or premier superpower, hidden, that's his documentary about the war in ukraine. the bolona will also feature french direct and equal laterally bands assume that a more as a documentary about mentally disabled people. and the animate movie says any by japanese director makoto, chicago o. date of the cultures scott rooks, bra has more. and what we can expect is the balin ali returns to full pre pandemic glamour this year. it's been actually 3 years since we've had a proper of that bell, you know, after they did have a one, but there were still some covert restrictions and social distance seeing 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 and on. and i think of people like myself be 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 he glanced at it and helen mirren, some of my favorites, you got other, the hunky alexander scar scars is going to be walking the red carpet and the all. this is hunky john alcove, that she will also be coming kirsten stewart, a starved 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 to receive a lifetime achievement golden bear. so hopefully that'll be enough our power to really get people out again and get the galena back to it's sort of pre coded normal. they also ask, got to tell us more about the must see movies that this year's festival contents, a documentary superpower which it was shot in ukraine, a during the war and feature some exclusive interviews with the ukraine. president of o to miss lensky. that's going to be a messy, i think, for everybody this year at the billing all i but what i love about the bill now is that it's got, it's really, i mean this something for everyone is such a huge,

eclectic array of, of films. and you mentioned, so for me this a japanese animate, it's in competition. the 1st animate film in competition over 20 years at the bella . and it's coming just as a sort of huge wave of japanese animated, sweeping the world. i'm really excited to see that i'm in for something utterly different. we've got a horror film infinity pool from brandon cro number, the son of david a chromebook, starting alexander scar start. and i, i hear that he is teachers in sort of odd bizarre breastfeeding seed in the film. so as i think the something for everyone, any taste taste that you haven't movies, you can find something to like this is belinda, steve w. scottsboro sprout, looking forward to the bell and ali watching d. w. news coming up next on the w news. asia, japan makes a fundamental shift on defense strategy and spending to counter rising threats in the region and rights group, slums, china's practice of airing,

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