[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, germany inches closer to green lighting, the use of german made tanks and ukraine. defense minister boris historian says allies can start training ukrainians to use their stalks of levered tanks. but the chancellor is still weighing

a decision on whether berlin will supply its own tanks to keep also coming up on the show protests across the middle east after a far right politician burns a copy of the koran in sweet it could the incident to derail the country's bid to join nato. we look at germany's plan to invest in africa and help african countries make their economies more climate friendly. wasn't the nominees, are the nods for the oscars? have it just been released? we'll take a look at which films have the best shot at bagging the biggest prize in show business. ah. hello, i'm claire richardson. thanks so much for joining us. germany's defense minister says the country will soon decide whether it will allow its powerful leopard 2

tanks to be sent to ukraine. after talks with the of nato, boris historian, stress that berlin would not stop other countries from training ukrainian forces to use the tank. but he added that german chancellor, all of sholtes, would make the final decision on sending the leopard to to ukraine. this comes as poland on tuesday piled more pressure on berlin, making a formal request to allow it to send its own leopards to the battlefields. the 1st official meeting of nato secretary general and germany's new defense minister dominated by one question. i remark one remarks, since i know you're all going to ask anyway regarding the leper tangs, there's no new state of seattle in stunned. germany has received criticism recently over its hesitancy to send battle tanks to ukraine. but miss doria says it's an international debate. the sample of in a private friday's meeting and ramstein showed clearly that some countries won the careful, considered approach of past us. our trensler comes while other countries are making brush demands, which is also fine,

falls into flawed olga for going on in the end. it is the task of a country like germany, that's willing to show leadership to bring everyone together or fuels. only one name ukraine is clear that it once weapons and tanks for nato says it's listening. we discussed the issue of buckled tongues. consultations among our laws will continue on. i'm confident that we will have a solution soon, but it's unclear when the german chancellor will decide on a possible delivery of the leper to tanks and patients within the government is running out of indicators. dr. ultimately, we need to show vladimir putin that we will not permit an aggressive attack for 11 months if we can't accept murder and rape by kidnapping and torture and accepted rules. as europe waits for a decision, ukrainian soldiers are now allowed to be trained to use the german mate let her tax . so the german defense minister saying that other european countries can start

training ukrainian forces on how to use their german made leopard tanks. but why is germany still not committed to sending their own leopard tanks to ukraine? i put that question to political chorus on it. benjamin authorized cooper. that's a very good question and it shows the criticism and all eyes on the german chancellor. he said that he will take that position as soon that's something that the defense minister said so many also ukraine allies did not expect a very big change with a new defense minister, the recent national council, a off security. but we know that the decision is up to shoulds a to make it up for many, also within the german government. and that's something that we just saw in the report. the patient is running out not by also by ukraine. we have the ukraine and president who said this is not the time for discussion. who will go 1st? who will not go 1st? germany is always stressed. the drama, chantelle has always stressed that he will not go alone. but of course that argument is not that convincing. anymore where we have poland officially asking

berlin to be able to re expose the leper tanks with other countries in the brits, for example, the french saying that they are analyzing it. and for many, it's been too late that the decisions that they are taking now many expected germane to give green light at least for the allies when they met it of option uh, based. but the only thing that the defense minister set that instead of exporting them 1st they have to count how many, how many tanks they half. and that's a question of many a saying, why was this not done earlier? in that report. we also saw nato secretary general against oldenburg on his visit to berlin. today he called for the speedy delivery of new weapons to ukraine. do you think that we should read that as pressure on germany to send it to elaborate tanks more quickly? so he said that ukraine needs those heavy weapons and they needed now. so this is not time a for discussion. they need to be a clear signal. also from berlin, that this tanks, it will be sent. and that's something that many allies are looking for. so as

separately also signed from the secretary general there, but also a sign of confidence that something that he has repeated that he is confident that there will be an answer to this question previously. and we are also hearing from a german official, a confirmation, a germany has indeed received poland official request to re export leopard tanks to ukraine. do you think that these things will start moving faster now? poland hopes for a quick response, and that's something that the polish government has said. they accused germany of dragging its feet when it comes a to giving at least any signal. and we'll, we also heard from the german foreign minister on french t, v that she said that berlin will not say in the way. and that now we come back to the initial it thing that i mentioned about the communication that we have different signs. we have the frenchman is the same one thing with the defense minister saying another thing. but the the answer that we need if it's a yes of the know has to come from the chantelle and he has been reluctant to answer that question every time he's been asked that he has thought that sofa right

. all eyes on off shall to thank you so much for that. it's our correspondent correspondent benjamin of escrow. let's bring you up to speed. now. what's another world? news headlines. germany's foreign ministry in atlanta, barbara has praised europe's response to russia's war against ukraine. addressing lawmakers from the council of europe in strasbourg bare bach focused on the legal and human rights aspects of the war. she said neutrality is not an option in the face of russia, aggression in russia change ukraine's president voters alone peace as 2000000 ukrainian have been deported to russia. since the start of the war, lensky made the claim and addressed the national association of state chambers. video link, he also accused moscow was stealing goods and equipment from occupied ukrainian territory. while in ukraine, several government officials have resigned amid accusations of food procurement fraud. it's the country's largest corruption scandal since russia's invasion began

. ukraine president, voiding res lensky announced key personnel changes in a video address. he's also dismissed the governors of 5 provinces. they include at yahoo, slop chevy, h from the her own region. the scene of fierce fighting and recent months, ukraine is under pressure to tackle corruption as billions of dollars of 8 and military assistance flow into the country. so ukraine has a history of endemic corruption, including among the political lead, but efforts to stamp out craft have been overshadowed by moscow's full scale war. i asked a w, matthew is bullying in keith. if these new allegations have come as a surprise, we have seen heard very little about corruption during the 1st 11 months as this war. and that was in part, deliberately, by many investigative journalists who have said that it's more important now to stand together and to support the government in its efforts to defend the country. then to look into these things and a,

with the clear or intention not to undermine trust in ukraine, especially by the partners which read crane relies on but that period seems to be over. now what we've seen is that, um, we are seeing a quite a few cases are flowing up to the surface. now, all of these cases might have not been over an immediate corruption cases in the before the war. there they are relatively limited, but they are corruption cases in the harming the country. the harming also the country's ability to defend itself if, if, if her there is of her fraud in the, in the procurement of course, of food for the army, this money is lacking somewhere. and this has broadened our civil society and her many journalists to the point where they say, we need to resume our, our role as watchdogs of the government. and we need to bring these cases to light . that's why we're seeing such a r a. yeah, we, we're seeing quite a few cases coming up now or more than usually all in this, in, within

a short period of time. this is something, i'm a little it, a dam broke with these 1st investigations. i was detail is mac, i'm pulling our reporting from keith. i turkish company says it's in talk to sent a floating a power ships to help supply electricity to ukraine. russia has stepped up a tax on the countries power grid and around half of its energy infrastructure has been disabled. ukraine says that putting millions of people are risk of sickness and 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, substations and distribution lines. about half of the country's energy system has been crippled,

official se ukrainian president were loading his lensky 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 was locked before they cannot defeat ukraine on the battlefield. and that is why they are trying to break out people who is in this white hobby, magically deep countries around the world have pledged immediate aid to help rebuild ukraine's energy grid supplying generates as transformers and other hardware. one possible solution to the countries, the energy emergency could come from tacky and it involves ships like these. they call them power ships floating electricity generation plants, the turkey based company, car 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 megabits per hour. gordon is juggler scholarship over here and generate about $420.00 megawatts of law . it is an awful 4000000 people like yourself, so it could supply the residence of a city like belinda. the 2nd edison over the, this, the ships have been used in shortage stricken countries, like lebanon, synagogue, and indonesia. they know how to 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 odessa governor it with moldova utilities, with romania utilities to understand the best way to send the electricity 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 ground, 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 shapes may be deployed to neighboring countries. instead, we need to ensure the safety and security of our parcel now of our ships. and if this is not pulls the boat while operating within ukrainian borders, it may be possible while operating at target less the port in moldova, or costanza port and romania, and transmitting the electricity 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 hope ukraine get some lights back on during a brutal winter blackouts. while turkey's president has warned sweden not to expect his support in its bed to join the nato military alliance. his comments come after a far right politician, burned a copy of the koran outside, anchor's embassy and stock home at the weekends. he incident has set off a series of protests across the middle east o 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. i am god that is important to boycott sweden. why did you come out with him to have them won. mcgrath over in iraq's capital

baghdad protestors gathered in front of the swedish embassy, calling for its closure. ah, bobby sigh. this is offensive to all museum to 3. 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 chicago. it's all good jago all on saturday grasp 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, long day collect any charity from us. all regarding van nate's i membership applications. big them is if there are to go. so about was im sorry that we said this at the beginning of it so you will let her organizations were wild on your avenues and streets enough. i would expect our supports for getting into nights ilunga that is not happening in new york road. the law suite and enter key appeared to be making headway in nato negotiations. the koran provocation is putting their ties to the test. yet again, i will germany's ministry for economic cooperation and development says it wants to help african countries make their economies more climate friendly. the ministry

unveiled it's new africa strategy on tuesday. priorities include improving social and health services and making agricultural, less dependent on foreign seed, fertilizer and pesticides. the ministries as growing populations mean quick action is needed to stave off mass migration events, new conflicts, and emx, and increasing emissions. germany's minister for economic cooperation and development finacialow. so gave d. w. an exclusive interview. she stressed that she wants to build mutually beneficial partnerships with african countries violent in. we don't want these countries to be permanently dependent on us. we don't want to create some kind of neo colonialism, but rather a partnership relationship. we see how africa's developing, what potential for innovation. there is, how many young people there are often. and we want to build networks partnerships from which both parties benefit. and you can see that in the large infrastructure projects that china has, especially they make these countries dependent for many,

many years. they can then no longer decide for themselves. so we're making a more democratic off her gotten something that refer are common value minds on the other. or earlier d, w africa editor daniel poets told me what's different about germany's new africa strategy. the previous strategy was largely about promoting german private investment in africa, helping germany, companies to set up a presence there or extending its presence and we see a turn now to a strategy that is more classical. it's more development oriented than the old strategy of 2017. and so how do they expect this approach to benefit germany's partners in africa? well jer, africa population is growing rapidly 582050, about 2500000000 people are going to live on the continent. so there's, of course, a dire need to create more jobs for the rising numbers of young people that are

going to enter the job market every year. and then also supporting african countries in the green transformation of their economies is very important. since we are living in the age of climate change in many african cantonese, come trees are really feeling the effects of climate change. not going to feel them even more in the next years. they said this is a move to a more traditional development agenda. how much do you think the strategy is about expanding german influence in relation to that of russia or china on the african continent? germany's government has made it very clear that it wants to extend to germany's influence and its presence in africa. but it's going to be very difficult even with a new strategy because china has a lot a lot larger footprint on the continent. turkey in some areas has a bigger footprint than germany has, and turning all of these words into action is going to be a very,

very tall order. exactly. how do we expect them to turn these words into action specifically regarding their plans to make the agricultural sector less dependent on foreign sources? fertilizer and pesticides have they outlined, outlined a clear plan on how to move forward with that? well, the clean up plans are going to be outlined in the next 2 years. of course, it depends a lot on the details, but it's clear that a lot of money is going to be needed. and many of the plans that outlined in this strategy will take years until they are implemented. so there is a lot of work that this remaining for the drum and development ministry for the development organizations. and of course, also for african governments. i thank you so much for that. that is daniel health for us. really appreciate it. i can bring up to speed. now it's another story's making headlines. a judge and lebanon investigating the 2020 port explosion has charged several senior personalities,

including the former prime minister in connection with the incidence. 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. extreme cold has had china's northernmost city of mo, hey, with temperatures falling to negative, 53 degrees celsius. the city near the border with russia see snow and ice for 8 months the year. but this is the lowest temperature it has ever recorded. well, the nominations for this year's oscars awards have been announced in los angeles event was hosted by actors resolve met and alison williams. the action comedy for everything everywhere. all at once. starring michel yo is the film to beep with 11 gentlemen asians of the and not far behind is the netflix german anti war drama, all white on the western front. it's received 9 nominations, including best picture. the winners will be announced to the ceremony on the 12th

of march, hosted by the comedian and jimmy kimmel, the earlier asking to view culture as got rocks for about the chances of germany's all quiet on the western front. picking up all those awards. oh, picking up all that is probably going to be a re cheaper very for this bill which is which is really quite a phenomenal. i mean, it's the 1st german language adaptation of the famous anti war novel from the 1920s, which has already been made into a movie that actually won best picture in 1930. but that really was in english. this is a, is a german language film. and 9 nominations for a non english language. so it is incredibly impressive. only a crouching tiger hidden dragon and roma chinese and america in spanish language. go for mexico. i managed to beat that with 10 nominations. they both won a few oscars. i think all quiet on the western rug is also going to come home with a few oscars in march, but i think it's can be reached to pull off a 9 p in this news. so are your other favorites to win this here? yes,

this year's really interesting because there's no real favorite i'm and i think it's going to come down to what the academy a decides if they're going to go to the really big film, sort of the avatars and a top gun. maverick, which are both nominated for best picture and a bunch of other other awards or for the more independent films. you mentioned everything everywhere, not all at once. the surprise of 9 nominations that could be considered under, but it's such a strange film. it's sort of a stoner multi verse comedy. i'm like anything that's ever one best picture of the authors. i'm. if i had to pick, i would vote for the irish film, the banshees of insurance, which is a strong runner. and it's, i think it is a nice balance of light and our, i've been dominated, a bit of drama and the economy, the southern d, as in my we have everything everywhere was i saw that in theater. they did not know what i was getting myself into. it's got to think there any other surprises that we should be keeping an eye on on this year's oscars. well, i'm really surprised me this year was in the best actress,

a category which i'm andrea res bro. i english actors getting a nomination for to leslie. this is a surprise because to feel really hasn't made much noise at all. it hasn't been well at the box office. it was almost completely ignored until a bunch of other actresses, including her competitor in the best actress, a category cate blanchett, denote and support of this film and said, this is the best performance of the year. and her getting an omni. she's a huge surprise. i think she's one, keep an eye out because she may pull off a real surprise this year. all right, thank you so much for that. that is des scott rock for? well this evening, the german parliament is open a new exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of yad vashem israel's holocaust memorial. it highlights 16 every day. objects that june took with them as they fled nazi persecution. one of the mementos belongs to a holocaust survivor. now in her eighties, who made the trip back to germany, to share her story, finger a doll wearing your baby's pajamas is all that's left of nora meyer fields,

childhood and germany. now the dahl is part of an exhibition, 16 objects, 16 mementos of jewish life, and germany lives that were destroyed by the holocaust. my pajama will crystal now the pajamas that she wore to sleep one night in 1938 when she was just a year old on coast on last night of broken glass. when the nazis destroyed the synagogues, jewish businesses and hopes we were told beforehand, what was going to happen. my mother and i were hidden by neighbors. and in the meantime, the nazis came in. they broke every bit of furniture in the house. her father was arrested that night, but eventually was able to escape nazi germany with the help of the u. s. vsa little laura stayed behind with her mother and he said,

i can't leave you here. you know? my mother said, if you don't go, then we will all die here. so close. very reluctantly, he went, took a year and a half until he was able to stand babies of my mother myself. and it was a very difficult time, the headman in america and my mother in germany. not knowing will we ever get out? they managed to flee just in time. dingo. the doll was laura's farewell present from her grandparents day and the rest of her family stayed behind. grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, all died. i never heard from them again. the exhibition carefully reveals these personal stories through the unique objects, individual fates, intertwined with those of the millions of jews who were murdered or driven out

a piano. an evening bag. a 12 year olds diary. ah, all history, it's interesting. yeah. ah, laura meyer feld now lives in israel. she donated her doll to the yard vashem holocaust memorial so that we never forget that you need update this. our coming up next is a dw news asia with my colleague melissa jim stating for that. and thanks so much for watching ah,

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