ah, where is india headed in? this is the moment to unleash or non violent bias. gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on d, w. ah, ah, this is the w news live from berlin to night. germany reportedly giving the green light to send battle tanks to ukraine after days of silence. chancellor, olaf sholtes saying that other european countries can send their german made leopard at 2 tanks to ukraine. us also reportedly planning to send its tanks to the

battle field. also coming up to night, ukraine's president zalinski firing several senior officials accused of corruption with the war entering a potentially critical phase will look at the allegations and whether they could undermine support for zalinski government at home and abroad. plus the nominees are the years oscar nods. are out. we'll look at which films have the been shot. it bagging the biggest prize in show business and momentos of lives of ended by the holocaust. the german parliament displayed 16 reminders of jewish life in nazi germ . ah, i'm burned, gone to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states and do all of you around the world. welcome. we begin tonight with a possible decision to send german made babble takes to you crate german media

reporting the chancellor o schultz is given the green light for european countries owning those german made leopard 2 tanks to send those tanks to you. great. that this comes after days of talks, reportedly heated among western allies over what has been perceived as germany, dragging its feet to help you. great. poland, france and the u. s. are also reportedly planning to send combat takes to ukraine. when a good out, our political correspondence corresponded richmond over as gruber. he's following this story. floors bridgeman, according to these reports here in germany, it looks like the chance are all up shows. it looks like he has made the decision to send those tanks to ukraine. finally, the thread, the 1st media out that, that reported on this assess spiegel, they opened the article, saying that the decision has been made for 2 things. on one side, the germany will give the green light for all the european allies to one to sent the battle tanks to ukraine directly. and the other thing is that germany is also

intending on sending its own tangs, the be reports about a company of flip at to a 6 thanks, accompanies usually 14 tanks and at other tanks from the industry. so these 14 tanks are from bonus his socks, and that are the tanks from the industry will be prepared to then a be sent a to ukraine. that's the information that we have from several outlets. we tried to confirm the information, calling a germany's defense ministry, but they said that they can neither deny, not confirmed. it is inflammation. so we expect this to happen tomorrow. we have the german chancellor addressing the gym and parliament tomorrow so that he might say that then al, giving this green light of to so much pressure was put on the diamond chancellor. yeah. after so much pressure and it seems like so much extra time for this decision to come. do we know what has led to what seems to be a shift in position? so definitely a shift in position because there was just too much pressure from the german opposition from german government parties,

as well as saying that he should give this green light that he was to reluctant and 2 high ranking politicians who reacted to this information. one of them mother agnes, like simon, she's the chair woman of the bonus tag defense committee. she said the decision to the liver, the slap a 2 tanks was a tough one but was inevitable. and also the, the leader of the conservative city. you part, you said that is good news, but shawls hesitated for too long, and that's something that we've heard from other european allies as well saying the child is dragging its feet when it comes to sending these tanks and benjamin we are also getting me to report that the united states could drop it off position to ascending abrams tanks to ukraine. could this have anything to do with chancellor sholtes as change of heart? it definitely increases the pressure because the argument that the german chancellor has always said that they don't want to take the in this step alone, that they don't want to act alone. that they want other allies to take this

decision as well. of course loses its strength when there are other allies, like for example, the bread. so the french you have said that they're interested in saying in sending these things. and also the u. s. has been rather reluctant to sent this out from sacks. but if the u. s. is also saying that they will do it. and if other allies are also saying we want to sent this tanks directly to ukraine, of course the argument that germany is acting alone and taking this decision alone is not strong anymore. d, w 's benjamin alvarez group are with the latest to night here in berlin. bridgeman, thank you. as we said, there are reports that the u. s. has committed to sending its own abrams tanks to ukraine. i actually w, washington bureau chief in his poll for more i can confirm it. i just a talk to a source in the process is really in the making. and we just expect this decision to be announced pretty much every hour, at least in this week brand. so these m a one abrams battle tanks and they have some disadvantages and therefore the u. s. took so long really to decide on that

why they're super heavy and the 1st place, they might not make it over some bridges and ukraine. that's what general portray, has told us in an interview some weeks ago, then they need jet fuel. that's also really difficult to get on and ukrainian, a battle field, for example, the leo parts they are running on diesel, much easier to provide. and then for the 3rd point, kind of is that the needs a lot of training to be able to run these apron tanks. so even if the united states would make this decision today, it would take some months probably before the tanks really would reach ukraine in, in, i'll ask you what i was asking benjamin about drivetrain or shorts. he has said that germany will not go it alone in sending tanks to ukraine. the has, the united states has got the message and is this decision, this possible decision of sending abrams tanks? is that the answer? it definitely plays a role. you know, i was at the state department press conference yesterday. i could ask the press

person of the secretary, you know how the relationship is with germany and is a the u. s. understands the hesitation and he basically said, yes, we do understand and reminded us who would have thought the germany would be so heavily involved just one year ago. i. so i'm sure that the u. s. government that the white house once it wants to make it as easy for germany as possible to, to provide those tangs, which are obviously so crucial for president vladimir soleski d w. he is paul with the least tonight from washington in his thank you. we're from ukraine's war against russia to its war against corruption in ukraine today. several government officials were fired or resigned and been accusations of bribery and embezzlement. ukraine's president of oldham is zalinski announcing as key personnel changes today in the video address. he also dismissed the governors of 5

provinces, including the governor of the aerosol region, which has been the seat of fierce fighting recent months. ukraine is under pressure to tackle corruption as billions of dollars of aid and military assistance continue to flow into the country. i want to bring in our andree for the key is the executive director of transparency international ukraine. that is a non profit organization that fights corruption. he joins us tonight from keith. it's good to have you with us tonight. your reaction to what happened to day in ukraine these these firings in these resignations actually my summary for the last few days. not only today is about the democracy. this is actually the evidence that the existence of their independent journalist and working on to corruption bodies in democratic countries such as ukraine reach actually still exist even when we

are in an active state before. and i must say that all this war that was done in ukraine since 2014, after the relation of dignity visibility. now that the corruption institutions is a helper for international partners is actually in such moments showing their best results that they actually work in. this is what, what 4 of you all establish in the system. and this is how it's supposed to work. so mister border, if i understand you correctly, you're saying these resignations, these far as we saw today. this is the direct result of a recent history of attempts to root out corruption in ukraine. is that what you're saying? and this is the results of the reforms that are happening in ukraine of to 2014 and $1.00 of them. one of the sky reforms that was a demand not from all, not don't leave by the society, but also by our partners isn't to corruption reform. and this is actually how they supposed to work. yes, i mean that's a, that's

a very positive assessment of the situation. ukraine, because i don't have to tell you, the country has had a history of corruption and there's been fear among western allies if they send in all this money to help you create that money. is going to end up in the pockets of people whose names they can't pronounce. of course, i can say that after 24, so february, it is no more corruption in ukraine as in any other country. but what i can definitely say you can have a look at, at least these last few days, and their reaction for political leadership and the actions from them to corruption be run to corruption prosecutor's office. to show that we can fight with the corruption. and corruption is one of the number one priorities for the government and for the country, you know, the to be the war is internal entities. and or is it possible to say that in your opinion that this war, it is, it is terrible. but there is

a silver lining in that it has forced the, the government, it has forced the entire apparatus of government in ukraine to finally come to terms with itself and to come clean and to begin ending corruption. is that what we're see? no, i'm actually saying that it, of course not that this war that's happening is russia was not to cut the lighter for fighting with the corruption ukraine. country corruption rec form had been in last 10 years. and we can say that, for example, within the corruption perception index, the only index which compares different countries on annual basis. that was the last 10 years ukraine is one of the most developing countries in the sense of fighting with the corruption in the world. so we have slow but steady improvements in the compartment this and and the fact that we're hearing this today from

president zelinski. what should that, what do we read into that? he said today that is important for ukrainians to realize that we will not go back to the way things used to be it, can he deliver on that? that's admitting that we have a corrupt past. can he deliver on a corrupt or a less corrupt future? i think this political statement from the president are very on time. he said that he supports work of law enforcement agencies in the direction of exposing dishonest officials. and these demonstrate that though it is actually cannot any more close your eyes on any corruption practices. and there is no place for corruption in the future. and i think was a help of established institutions through the help of the civil society and with the enough of political will. we can easily after the war and you did the

reconstruction period limit corruption to the level that will not influence the state any well, a positive outlook there for the future, for a country that is still at war. under board of it, the executive director of transparency international. you create board. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. a turkish company says that it is in talks to send floating power ships to help supply electricity to ukraine. russia had stepped up a tax on the countries power grid, about half of the grid is now off wine grants. as it pudding, millions of people put it says it. these outages have put millions of people at risk of getting sick and even dying during the coldest months of the winter. 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, sub stations, and distribution lines. about half of the countries energy system has been crippled, official se ukrainian president were loading lensky accuses moscow of energy. terrorism st 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 are in this one hobby nashikuru deep countries around the world have pledged immediate aid to help rebuild ukraine's energy grid, supplying generators, 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 spots 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 megawatts per hour, golden dimmer juggler. scholarship over here, and generate about 420 megawatts of ha. it is an awful 4000000 people like yourself, so it could supply the residence of a city like belinda, the thinking that the scenario good as the ships have been used in shortage stricken countries like lebanon, synagogue, and indonesia. they nip out 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 grid, 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 ships may be deployed to neighboring countries. instead, we need to ensure the safety and security of our parts for 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 elect through c to ukraine via transmission lines. costs and

financing also remain key 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 nights back on during a due to linda blackouts. let's take a look now some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. psych loan janessa has hit madagascar bringing strong winds. torrential rains roads connecting parts of the north west to the capitol. it flooded. 30 say 15000 people have been affected by the storm that is still lashing the island. sweden's prime minister, oath christus ot, and has restated that nato membership remains his country's top national security priority. sweden and finland bid to join. nato has been sidelined definitely by

turkey after a white winged protest or in stock home, burned a copy of the qur'an, near the turkish embassy. and that incident in sweden set off a series of protests across the middle east. oh condemnation and humans, 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 haven't got that. it's important to boycott sweden. why is to come out with amazon rather oh, interact, capital baghdad. protestors gathered in front of the swedish embassy calling for its closure. ah, bobby sigh, this is offensive to own lucy. i'm just curious. we don't want it to happen again

more later on and we're calling on the european union to condemn such insults, to religions, shedra. it's all to viagra. 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 because it is clay, but those who allowed have such a vileness to take place in front of our embassy. i no longer expect any charity from us all regarding van nate's i membership applications. big them is if they're

not sure, gustavo wasn't sorry that we said this at the beginning. i said it so you will let it type of organizations were wild on your avenues and streets enough. and the next hour supports the getting into ne titles and that that is not happening. it verbs, blah de la, sweet 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 the nominations for this year's oscars. the words have been announced in los angeles. the event was hosted by actors ridge on it and allison williams, the netflix german anti war drama, all quiet on the western front, received 9 nominations, including best picture and best international feature. it is the 1st non english language adaptation of eric maria remarks, anti war novel of the same name. the action comedy, sy, fi company,

everything everywhere. all at once. now it is the film to beat it landed 11 nominations. the winners will be announced at a ceremony on the 12th of march. i s d w culture scottsboro about the chances of germany's all quiet on the western front for picking up all of those awards. who yeah, well around think okay, got all of them that will be a bit of a bit of a reach i think. but at 9 nominations is really phenomenal. i mean for non english language films to do that well is almost unheard of i've, we've seen like 2 films, roma mexican film from couple years back and crouching tiger hidden dragon, meaning sort of epic or chinese language. a movie vague a book at 10 nominations, otherwise it's never, it's never happened before that a non english language don't get so many nominations. and i think that almost guarantees all quite on the lesson for a whole while home with a few awards come the academy awards in march. i'm. it's really impressive movie

because i say, not only is it the 1st german adaptation of remarks of anti war novel, which of course was written in, in german. and it also really combines sort of the sort of epic war movie that is quite popular a, with the academy awards. and with a very sort of international perspective in a very almost unique perspective. the sort of jerk perspective of the ordinary german soldier in the 1st world war, incredibly powerful movie and really great. it's really great to see that it's done so well, at least with the oscar nomination. and i want to ask you what your favorites are among the nominations. but let's start with this sy, fi. am film, everything everywhere, all at once. i haven't seen that. and is it jamie lee curtis? she starts in. it was here in people to day think she's been around for ever. and she surprised everyone in this movie talked to me about this new yeah, this is kind of a crazy film. this is sort of the, the, the underdog story of last year. it's a small little independent movie and it is kind of crazy described. it's sort of an

action sy fy met adverse comedy. it's sort of a stoner comedy. these is the humor and this is out of this world. basically, michelle, yo place a and e asian american, this small business owner who is actually a super hero in a pair in parallel universe and another parallel universe. she is jamie curtis's, a lover, and has huge, long sausage like fingers. it's almost impossible described as movie without spinning off it to it. the mall had on into a multi verse my own. but it filled it incredibly well. i'm at the box office and it's really been celebrated here at the oscars as sake with lebanon agents. it is the film to be such a crazy movie. i don't think it will really. it'll really break through at the end in 2 months time. if i have to look and pick a favorite of of the nominees, i probably go for the irish film, the banshees of insurance, which is sort of a balance of drama and, and, and sort of like comedy that i think might play well better with the academy in any surprises in these nominations, big surprises up. there's

a couple surprises on the acting nominations, particularly an enter a res bro. she's a english actress of very well known actually. but her film to leslie didn't really get any attention a leading into the oscars. it was almost ignored pretty well. good bonded the box office but was discovered by other actresses in particular. oscar winning actresses . people like kate windsor, like cate blanchett, was also nominated. and they celebrated this film and particularly and res rose performance in it. and it was basically their sort of ground roots campaign that got the nomination. i still think she's got a big hill to climb to go up against michelle leo and cate blanchett in the best actress category. but she's definitely my dark horse candidate to watch this years . awesome. and i'm still thinking about the sausage like fingers there. when you get into an alternative with it in the film we got to c d, w. scottsboro. scott, thank you. the german parliament has opened a new exhibition,

showing 16 everyday objects the jews took with them as they fled nazi persecution. inga a doll wearing a baby's pajamas is all that's left of laura meyer fields childhood in 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 to john, i will of chris down now. the pajamas that she wore to sleep one night in 1938 when she was just a year old uncle knocked 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 send the bees. if my mother and 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 old's diary. ah, oh history, it's interesting. ah, laura meyer feld now lives in israel. she donated her doll to the yad vashem holocaust memorial. said that we never forget and after a short break, i'll be back to take you through the days to ground. we'll be right back with ah,

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