i this morning to see the world as you've never seen it before. describe now to detail you documentary. ah ah, this is dw news alive from berlin, germany inches closer to green lighting, the use of german made tanks in you crate. defense minister boris pastorius as allies can start training ukrainians to use their stalks of leopard 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 iraq across the middle east after a far right politician burns a copy of the koran in sweden. could the incident to derail the country's bid to join nato? and the nominees are this year's oscar nods. are out. we'll look at which films have the best shot at baggage. the biggest prize in show business. ah. hello, i am clare 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 head of nato, orest historian, dress, that berlin would not stop other countries from training ukrainian forces to use the tank. but he added the german chancellor 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 know remark one remark, 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 his doria says it's an international debate. the sump of in a private fridays meeting. and ramstein showed clearly that some countries, when the careful considered approach of asked us our transfer. while other countries are making brush demands, which is also fine, falls into florida. all this was opened up in the end. it is the task of a country like germany that's willing to show leadership to bring everyone together hot or fuels. oh, honestly what name?

ukraine is clear that it wants weapons and tanks for nato says it's listening. we discussed the issue of buckle 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 talked. 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 void to 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 tanks. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, benjamin alvarez gruber, benjamin the german defense minister is saying that other european countries can start training ukrainian forces on how to use their german made leopard tanks. but why hasn't germany committed to sending its own leopards yet?

every one is waiting for a clear sign from the chancellor. re, we know that the final coal will be the one that the german chancellor all of scholes will make the reason national council of security. but in that's in theory that many of them also have the say on this meaning, but the problem, and that's also the criticism that many have that it's not a yes the so no, no, it's a maybe and, but we had from branch then as well from the new defense a min is says, saying that 1st they have to count how many tanks germany has and how many tanks, jeremy, could it deliver. and of course, that also cause criticism by saying it he is, he was in there for 48 hours, but the idea and the wish of ukraine to have. the thanks is not new. and germany has received poland official request to re export lopper tanks to ukraine and is promised to assess it shortly. does that mean things will start moving quickly? now that's pretty possible. we have media report saying that this will happen in a few days. it's a pretty

a quick in the the will happen as soon as it arrives. this official request, bipolar we have sources saying german officials that say that it already arrived here that they might give a green light in the following day. so then it might be pretty quickly in that something that german foreign minister and alina babcock, told french t v on sunday as well. the germany will not, is staying the way and give the green light for the allies who want to send those left. the tanks, ukraine, directly to be able to do so. i also want to ask about some recent reporting by reuters. they say the u. s. at could drop its opposition to sending abrams tanks to ukraine. what kind of impact would that have? the german government spokesperson, stephanie wished i denied that there is any link the germany, that berlin is not waiting for washington to act for them to send those tanks there . but of course, the argument that german chancellor is always said that they will not act on their own, that they will wait for the allies. it would lose strength because of the u. s. now says we will send those ab rams tanks. there is not many meaningful berlin off

saying we will not act along. we will wait for them. so of course that would increase the pressure even more on the german chancellor to give a green light. pretty soon our correspondent benjamin alvarez grew by thank you so much for that update. we're 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's president voting his lunch. he announced key personnel changes in a video address. he's also dismissed the governors of 5 provinces. they include gauss love, yano havoc from the hearse on region. the scene of fierce fighting and recent months. ukraine is under pressure to tackle corruption as billions of dollars of aid and military assistance flow into the country. ukraine has a history of endemic corruption, including among the political elite, but efforts to stamp out graft have been overshadowed by moscow,

a full scale war. i earlier asked ease of use mathias bullying and keith if these new allegations have come. as a surprise, we have seen heard very little about corruption during the 1st 11 months as his 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. than to look into these things and a, with the clear, a 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 image or 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 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 are seeing quite a few cases coming up. no more than usually all in this in, within a short period of time. this is something i'm a like a damn broke with these 1st investigations. i was the others that is bullying. i speaking to me earlier from keith, now we can take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. germany is foreign minister and alina bareback has praised europe's response to russia's war against ukraine. addressing lawmakers from the council here of extras. wife bare bach focused on the legal and human right aspects of the war. she said, neutrality is not an option in the face of russia, aggression,

russia change. at least 7 people are dead after a shooting and half moon bay in the u. s. state of california, a gun man opened fire at a mushroom farm and then at nearby trucking business, police have detained a 67 year old suspects. it comes just 2 days after another shooter killed 11 people in monterey park, california a judge in lebanon, investigating the 2020 port explosion has charge 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. well turkey's president has worn sweet and not to expect his support in its bed to join the nato military alliance. his comments coming after a far right politician, burned a copy of the koran, outside anchor,

as embassy and stock home this weekend. the incident has set off a series of protests across the middle east. oh condom nation 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 his become out? i had them won rather oh, in iraq's capital baghdad. 6 testers gathered in front of the swedish embassy, calling for its closure. ah, bobby sigh, this is offensive to all museums. we don't want it to happen again. more later, ohio and recalling on the european union to condemn such insults, to religion on the shedra. it's all to jonathan o'hara. all 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 in labor. those who allowed have such a wildness to take place in front of our embassy. i no longer expect any charity from us all regarding vanity membership application. big them is if that artic gustavo was, im sorry,

i said this at the beginning of it so you will let in type of organizations were wild on your avenues and streets and the next hour supports the getting into night toils and that that is not happening. in new york robes, the law suite and enter g appeared to be making headway in nato negotiations. the quran provocation is putting their ties to the test yet again. hello. let's change gears and go to los angeles where the nominations for this year's oscars awards have been announced. event was hosted by actors resentment, and alice and williams. he action comedy, everything everywhere. all at once, starring show is the film to beat with 11 examinations. joe, not far behind as the netflix german anti war drama or white on the western front. it's received 9 nominations, including fest picture. the winners will be announced at a ceremony on the 12th of march has by comedian jimmy kimmel i earlier asked and

d. w. culture's 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, sir. 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. film is incredibly impressive. only a crouching tiger hidden dragon and roma chinese and a mexico in spanish language film for mexico. i managed to beat that with 10 nominations. they both won a few oscars. i think all quite on western rugged 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. that's a big surprise that it took 9 nominations. that could be considered a front runner, but it's such a strange film. it's sort of a stoner multi verse comedy is unlike anything that's ever one best picture of the oscars. i'm, if i had to pick, i would go over the irish film of the banshees of insurance, which is a strong front runner and it's a, it's a nice balance of light and dar, accommodate that. a bit of drama. i think it's the kind of movie that the academy in manually go this year. oh yeah, everything everywhere. all at once, i saw that in theaters. i did not know what i was getting myself into this. got you 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 or a category, which i'm andrea res, bro. i english actors getting a nomination for to leslie. i'm, this is

a surprise because the film really hasn't made much noise at all, and it hasn't been well at the box office. i was almost completely ignored until a bunch of other actresses, including her competitor and the best actress. a category cate blanchett came out in support of this film and said this is the best performance of the year. and her getting an omniscience. 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 data these scott rock for and that is your news update at this hour. don't forget you can get more news analysis on our website at d, w dot com. i'm claire richardson in berlin from the team. thanks for watching ah, making the headlights and what's behind them. d. w, news africa. the show that faculty issues shaping the continents. clive are slowly getting back to normally well industry.