this is the pulpit to unleash on violet boss and re imagine that these teachings were relevant to. gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on dw. ah ah, this is dw news. why? from berlin? germany and the u. s. a pure, ready to send their modern battle tanks to ukraine. media reports indicate berlin. it will allow a delivery of its powerful leopard 2 tanks to the battlefield. and at washington as signaling it could soon sent in the m 1 april as well. also coming up on the show,

protests are robbed across the middle east after a far right politician burns a copy of the koran in sweden. could the incident derail the country's bit to join nato? foster, the nominees are out at this year's oscar. and odds are here. we'll take a look at which films have the best shot at bagging the biggest price in show business. ah. hello, i'm clear. richardson of our warm welcome to the show. germany's darshay, the magazine is reporting that the german government has decided to supply ukraine with leopard to tanks. this move follows days of talks between ukraine, supporters, during which in germany was widely criticized for moving too slowly. other allies, including poland, france and the united states are also reportedly planning sent combat tanks to

ukraine. so let's go straight across. you are political correspondent, benjamin others group for more on this story. benjamin, according to media reports here in germany, it looks like chancellor olaf shoulds has made that decision to send leopard tanks to ukraine. what more can you tell us? that is what this spiegel is reporting. it's the 1st source. that's an article that starts with the decision has been made, saying on one side that germany will give green law to other allies of ukraine who wants to send their own battle tanks. that's not such a big surprise because it's also something that german foreign minister on alina babcock hinted on sunday, saying that berlin will send in the way. but what's interesting, he and that's also a new information that according a to dish beagle. this also at least a company of leopard 2, a 6 tanks, a from the bonus vist stock. the could also be sent a to ukraine will still waiting for the confirmation for this. and also the

confirmation about the media reports that say that the u. s. will do the same with the ab raps tax. so if those reports are confirmed, can you give us a little more context to help us understand what would have led to that shift in position from germany? it was a lot of fresh on the german chancellor, was quite clear that it would be his final call to make that something that the new defense minister boris pictorial said last week, when the defense ministers and allies of ukraine meant to talk about these. it was clear that this is the main focus now talking about battle tanks, talking about how quickly they could be sent. and that was also something that caused surprise it with all the allies because the defense minister said we still have to count would have to see how many tanks we have. how many tanks could be delivered to to ukraine. and even though he is new and office, he's still new in office the a wish boy ukraine by volume is cilenzo, the ukranian president to get battle tanks as soon as quickly and to say that it's not the time for debate, but for action. and if this reports proved to be true,

and if germany is open now, to not only giving green lights from allies to center tanks, but doing the same, that will be acceptable. we're seeing now. let's talk also about those reports that the about tanks being sent from the united states. we have reuters reporting at the us could drop its opposition to sending aprons tanks, as we've hinted at. does this have to do with the development in germany and chancellor? all i felt as a parent change of heart there's definitely an increase all pressure with it when it comes to that chance. larry, we had the am secretary general of nato. you installed back in berlin. he met also with the a german defense minister saying that he's confident that there will be a decision to maybe he have this information already there. that billing is planning on announcing them soon. but something that the governments spokesperson denied is a balloon is waiting for washington. it for this announcement. so we have this a 2 media reports. and that will be interesting to see if there are the allies saying, now that you said that you will give the green light and that they want to send

also more heavy weapons, a to ukraine, to have more allies joining them with the calls and saying that we want to do then, that something that we've heard from the bridge, from the french, that there is an intention, but that they need that the green light from berlin. so that might be something that might change a quite soon. we have the confirmation of this reports. benjamin alvarez at gruber for us in berlin. thank you so much for that update will in ukraine, several government officials have resigned and made accusations of food procurement fraud. it is the country's largest corruption scandal since russia's invasion began . ukraine's president ability was lensky announced key personnel changes and a video address. he has also dismissed the governors of 5 provinces. they include yas lava younger shake. it shake his from the her son region. the scene of a fierce fighting in recent months. ukraine is under pressure to tackle corruption as billions of dollars of 8 and military assistance flow into the country. ukraine

has a history of endemic corruption, including among the political elite, bought efforts to stamp out graft have been overshadowed by moscow's full scale war . i earlier asked you to lose much his bona 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 a 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 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 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 it 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 a, like a dam broke with these 1st investigations as d w as my ts bilingual speaking to me earlier from keith, we can take a look now at some other stories that are making headlines around the worlds. germany's foreign minister and alina barbara has praised europe, 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's aggression change. last sentiment, 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 a nearby trucking business, police have detained a 67 year old suspect. it comes 2 days after another shoot or killed 11 people in monterey park, california. a judge in lebanon investigating the 2020 port 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 bloss killed 220 people after a warehouse with a tons of poorly stored ammonium nitrate caught fire and extreme cold has hit china's northern most a city of mo, hey,

with temperatures falling to negative 53 decrease celsius. the city near the border with russia see snow and ice for 8 months of the year, but this is the lowest temperature it has ever recorded. all turkey's president has warned 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 anchor, as embassy in stockholm 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. i will go that it's important to boycott sweden. why did you come out with them or one rather, over hello,

interacts capital baghdad. protestors gathered in front of the swedish embassy calling for its closure. ah, bobby sigh, this is offensive to own losing and 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 religion on the shedra. this author johnson, ohio, on saturday brass miss pallet in 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 because it is clay, but those who allowed have such a while knows to take place in front of our embassy. no longer expect any charity from us. all regarding van i membership applications look big them is if did i to go so that was im sorry, i said this at the beginning that it so you will let it table organizations were wild on your avenues and streets. i would expect our support for getting into nato from god that is not happening in new york robes. data loss suite and enter key appeared to be making headway in nato negotiations. the quran provocation is putting their ties to the test yet again. let's change gears and go to los angeles where the nominations for this year's oscars awards have been announced. the event was hosted by actors that was off made an allison williams, the action comedy,

everything everywhere. all at once, storing michel jo, is the film to beat with 11 nominations? picture not far behind is the netflix and german anti war drama. all quiet on the western front. it's received ny nominations, including best picture. the winners will be announced at a ceremony on the 12th of march hosted by comedian engine. we come up early, rusty w culture has got rocks for about the chances of germany's all quiet on the western front. picking up all those warts. oh, picking up all that is probably going to be a re cheaper 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 1030, but actually 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 mexican spanish language film from mexico on managed to beat that with 10

nominations. they both won a few oscars. i think all quite on western run 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 or your other favorites to win this year. this year is 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, a stoner, multi verse comedy. it's unlike anything that ever one best picture of the oscars. and if i had to pick, i would go over the irish film, the banshees of insurance, which is a strong front runner. and it's a, it's a nice balance of light. and dar had been comedy that a bit of drama. i think it's the kind of movie that the academy in my really go

through this year. oh yeah, everything everywhere. all at once, i saw that in theaters. i did not know what i was getting myself into. scott, you think there any other surprises that we should be keeping an eye on on this year's oscars? well, i'm the really surprised me this year was in the best actress, a category which i'm andrea res bro english actress, getting a nomination for to leslie. this is a surprise because the film really hasn't made much noise at all, and it hasn't been well. the box off, as it was almost completely ignored until a bunch of other actresses, including her competitor in the best actress, a category cate blanchett, a gentleman support of this film, and said, this is the best performance of the year. and her getting an all nations a huge surprise. i think she's one, keep an eye out. she may pull off a real surprise this year. all right, thank you so much for that. that is d w scott rock farm. before we go, let's get a reminder of our top story at this hour. the german news magazine dash bagels reporting that chancellor olaf sholtes has given the green light for germany's

powerful leopard 2 tanks to be delivered to ukraine. the u. s. will also reportedly begin deliveries of its modern battle tank, the m one abrams here. it says it needs the tanks to combat a potential russian offensive this spring at chinese update at this hour and all from you for now. a branch off will be back with more headlines in 45 minutes time . and if you want the more in the meantime, you can find us online at dw dot com or check us out with social media at dw news. thanks so much for watching. ah, linda lou, what people have to say matters to us. ah.