[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, germany approves the deployment of battle tanks to ukraine, berlin's decision to send the leper to tax and approve others doing the same comes

as the u. s. appears ready to also supply tanks to key also coming up the momentos of lives that were up and did by the holocaust to go on display. the german parliament opens an exhibition of personal items, each of which tells a powerful story of the jewish life in nazi germany, and the pain caused by the regime and fired make their fans and wait until the dying minutes. but it was worth it. jubilation follows a spectacular goal from good to a commission. that saves the day for the defending champion. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. we begin with breaking news that germany has officially approved sending a contingent of leopard tags to ukraine. after a lengthy decision making process, german chancellor,

olaf sholtes informed his cabinet this morning. berlin is also given the green light to other countries to do the same. the decision comes after pressures from germany's allies. now, the leopard is seen as a game changer on the battlefields, even if the numbers some 14 tanks initially are smaller than the 300 that ukraine has asked for. the force could be a decisive one in some battles situations. but just what is it about the german made tank that makes it the weapon of choice for ukraine. let's begin with a look. it's the flagship of the german army, the leper to a heavily armed battle tank with superior firepower weighing close to 60 tons. it can hit targets at a distance of up to 5 kilometers and protect itself and other vehicles from all kinds of threats. while still being agile and easy to maneuver, that's why it's widely regarded as the best of its kind,

developed for the bonus van more than 40 years ago and built in germany. the leper too is now also used by many other countries, especially in europe, but also in canada. sheila cutter indonesia and elsewhere. more than 3500 units i used world wide by some 19 nations. overtime the tank was upgraded and adjusted for use in specific environments. so several different versions have emerged and not all of them are still up to date. refurbishing them to make them fit for combat in ukraine takes time. so even with a political decision made, it could take months until the leper to can make a difference on the frontline. and as we've heard, germany has now officially announced approval for its tank delivery. let's bring him political correspondent, thomas baron times. it cannot be underscore enough, not only how big a decision this is for ukraine who has been requesting these strengths tanks quite emphatically. but also when we look at german policy as well,

right. actually because of any, any particular the german government has been criticized for days, if not weeks for what allies consider to be reluctance coming from germany's leadership, taking basically too long to make decisions that are desperately needed, especially by ukraine. it is a very, very important decision which will help germany very probably to improve slightly that image that has been tarnished now by what can be considered that reluctance. we're waiting to hear what exactly the chancellor will have to say when he addresses the german parliament or in the next hour or so. but what we've heard so far from the german government after that press statement was released is that germany will initially hand over 14 tanks. initially. that's the important word because i do expect that to be only the 1st stage doesn't sound like a law, thomas, it doesn't sound like it's really impactful. well, the thing is, it's not only germany sending tandoori. second part of that announcement is that germany will also authorized 3rd countries like poland or finland or other

countries within the european union to send their own tanks to ukraine. i was also part of the problem because germany as the country of origin of these epa tongues had to authorize. not only those leaving from germany's own ranks from germany's own stock, but also those at other countries already had. that's the re export rules. so 14 is certainly not a lot, but if you look at what's happening generally, when other countries start to send their own lepper tanks, that can start to make a decision on a difference on the battlefield. and we know the german decision now confirmed our what we do not yet have confirmed is the american anticipated decision as well to also send some of its tanks on talk with us a little bit about the timing of all of this. and what you make of it. well, this is essential to understand because germany did not want to make a unilateral decision. what could be interpreted as a lateral decision to have only german may tanks sent to ukraine. so that's why germany had been discussing with its american allies for

a very long time on what could be that common, that joint decision moving forward. so the fact that we're now hearing that the u. s. is also willing to send its own abrams tanks, means that germany can sort of take a step back and say, okay, this is not a unit actual decision just by us. it's not just us authorizing those times to be sent. it's also something that's being discussed and decided on jointly without closest international allies. and i do expect chancellor shots to say a lot about this when he addresses the german parliament that it's not something that just germany is doing unilateral. it's important to us to recognize that if we look on the part of germany, paul, in the united states, as you've mentioned, they don't see themselves as directly involved in this conflict. rather, they are supporting ukraine and it's fight. talk with us a little bit about how the russians might see the calculus right now, because they're called this any potential sending of of tanks to ukraine. they say it would be a provocation. yes. and there of 0 rejecting that outright. but one of the elements

that went into all this that went into all this debate was to what extent, if a country sends tanks to ukraine, it is taking part in that conflict. to what extent it can make things probably worse rather than better. that also has to be part of the discussion, is the idea of sending times the decision to send tanks, something that could make situation the situation on the battlefield even more difficult, or is it on the contrary, something that is helping, in this case ukraine to actually gain some space to make improvements also on the battlefield. and that's why germany in its allies came to a decision that by sending these tanks that could actually help ultimately ukraine to make gains on the battlefield. ukraine has been same time and time again that it needs these kinds of times that he needs more heavy weapon to actually gain to actually make those improvement on the battlefield. so from that perspective, germany and the u. s. and all the other countries do see this as a necessary step and a step that by the way,

that taking jointly not unit actually okay, estero with a view on this breaking as we have to mention, thomas chantelle all f sholtes expected to speak in about an hour's time, we will have live coverage of that. you will be here on to analyze what it is that he might say in this regard. in the meantime, thomas, thank you so much. so let's get the russian perspective. now. we are joined by the w as konstantin eggers, who is joining us now from vilnius. and we've just been talking about the russian perspective on konstantin. what is the russian reaction to supplying tanks to ukraine so far, very little bits. and actually, if you google russian websites, are you fine still people talking about how the non delivery of lear parts is a sign of a great rift inside nato. so not much yet. however, the russian best to the u. u. s. mr. until nov already said that, well,

that's no problem. these thanks would be destroyed the, the bout feel like, like the tanks were in my suspicion is that's up the line is going to be a well, it doesn't make that much difference, especially because the initial or quantities of this tang saw or not huge in the non numbers are 1420, something like that. so i suppose that there will be less talk a red lines, and more talk about how it's all completely insignificant, because russian armies very strong, can destroy this arma, without any problem. ok, causes, he meantime, were almost a year into this war. russia ordered a partial mobilization of reservists back in september. first of all, where does that stand and is another expected? well, mister booking sir roger pudding, sir, the spokesman neatly, passcode repeatedly said that, that's not, there's not going to be in you mobilization known you mobilization is on the cards

and frankly, i think for, for it's a very rare occasion what he's saying. the truth is telling the truth, i think mobilization is ongoing, ah, put to the will not to risk in those seeing another big one just because he does want to destabilize the situation. russian society so far is pretty lethargic. concerning this war and good and wanted to stay that way. or if he wants to grab more conscripts, oh mercer's for the wagner girl. he can do it without announcing mobilization. i think that's creeping process is going on. and i think that's going to be the case for the foreseeable future. dw constantine accurate reporting on the russian position. thank you so much. thank you. well, ukraine has been battling the russian invasion for almost a year now. and for many, documenting what has been taking place there is extremely important. now objects

left behind by retreating russian soldiers from weapons and books. 2 cans of food are being put on display. the objects tell the story of an unpredictable war. sonya found the car reports yearly now what the ankle has been receiving some unusual parcels with her. this belong to a russian soldier unless it smells terrible. it separates and this is the glove of a russian pilot. she regularly takes it to ukrainian soldiers on the front lights in return. they've started to send her objects that russian troops had left behind them. jolena herself visited a school in carty, a city that had been occupied by russian forces for 6 months. then she found russian language textbooks, even though she reached you, i entered the can some, i don't know why i collect their shrier. it stirs many emotions. when you go somehow, it's interesting. it's in me, it's linked to history, has been hired. some say i gather things related to death and it has bad energy yet

i will eventually give it away. all sorts of things left behind by russian forces, a piling up everywhere. curators created an exhibition here in keith's world war 2 museum, just month after the russian and vision last february. you re sub ciocca says it's the 1st of its kind to be held during an ongoing war. he collected most of the artifacts with the help of the ukraine and military on us, a wholeness of dania. the common are main task is to document this war in order to preserve its memory and reconstruct it for the next generations. learn a stockton and authenticity is what is most valuable and important. seeing that these objects tell the story of the wars to see the still viewed on this to a war that is inescapable them. there's a power cut as we speak. sir, this is a russian national dish. she a vegetable suit,

very famous and russia dormer. many of the exhibits were found in the region around keith and chimney, who, in homes, trenches and basements the russians occupied before being pushed out by ukrainian fossils. you also, the museum has made it a mission as to continue collecting items wherever they can. and this was written, stood authority, when new territories are liberated and we try to get there right away o'clock in the she because the face of this war changes so fast was more publicity was inside the obituary. all these objects could disappear. some horror, some people could just take them. mm mm hm. are blue and then the boys we need to gather and hold on to these artifacts in order to show them in the future. superman with key news, mcclure because of you. oh my goodness. more for now,

this seems to be no shortage. the city itself is something of an outdoor war museum . ah, and here are some other stories making headlines. the european court of human rights is said to announce whether it will hear a dutch case against russia over the downing of flight. mh 17. in 2014 all 298 people on board. the malaysian airlines flight were killed when it was shot down by a missile fired by forces under moscow's command in eastern ukraine. microsoft is investigating an issue that has caused world wide disruption to several of its services, including teams and outlook. the company has not said how many users have been affected, but outage tracking websites have logged thousands of incidents globally. teams alone is used by more than 280000000 people. folk, francis has said being homosexual should not be a crime in an interview with the associated press. the pontiff acknowledge the

catholic bishops and some parts of the world. so support laws that discriminate against the l g. b t q. community. the vatican, however, is still considering the quote act of homosexuality to be ascend to see who the now the german parliament is hosting a new exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the yod vashem israel's holocaust memorial. it highlights 16 everyday objects that too took from them as they fled nazi persecution. one of the momentos belonged to a holocaust survivor now in her eighties, who made the trip back to germany to share her story. finger a doll wearing a baby's pajamas is all that's left of neuron 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, i will crystal now the pajamas that she wore to sleep one night, 1938 when she was just a year old lancaster, not night of broken glass. when the nazis destroyed synagogues, jewish businesses and homes, 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 of course, very reluctantly, he went, took a year and

a half until he was able to send the visas, my mother and myself. and it was a very difficult time. the him in, in america, in 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. while di then never heard from them again. mm. the exhibition carefully reveals these personal stories through the unique objects individual fades, 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 mire feld now lives in israel. she donated her doll to the yard vashem holocaust memorial so that we never forget or and now to southern is iran has said that it will respond to the latest sanctions imposed by the european union and the u. k. over tay, ron's months long crackdown and protest in the country. it is one of the most heavily sanctioned countries in the world and its economy as in crisis. inflation is high and the gap between the wealthy and the poor is widening. poverty is also a major reason for the ongoing demonstration. a quick look around the fleshy consumer goods on display here. and you'd hardly guess that iran is in deep crisis . but it's household goods industry is struggling and the economic sanctions imposed by the united states and europe are making business even tougher. tiring ha,

the sanctions have made bank transfers difficult both for imports and exports. for example, we have to buy our raw materials like steel abroad, but to transfer money for it is difficult. that's shy. but most people here know that the main causes of iran's economic crisis, a domestic, they politely referred to endemic corruption and mismanagement as economic problems . delivery shall problems are enormous and they have their roots in our national economy. if the economy improved, all branches of industry would benefit and everyone would get their piece of the pie, the hi mandy. this our team was allowed to visit the nab factory, 4 hours drive south of terran in cholos. it's the 1st time since anti government protest began in september that the authorities of allowed us to leave the capital . he had to, there have been protests, but the government wants to show that it has things under control. now, just like in to iran, inside the knob factory,

they say that none of them joined the protests manager months or muhammad, the gives us a tour. he says there are no more spare parts for the german made machines. so the company is turning to countries who are not imposing sanctions, such as russia and china. the sanctions haven't really affected their production, but trade has become harder in martha here. we also have customers in india, but they say we can't send you any more money. instead, we can give you black fabric for your char doors or rice syllabus from us. i told them to stay with us alone. lilian, necessity is the mother of invention. nab has reacted to western sanctions by opening up new markets in asia in the middle east. and they've seen growth despite all the problems. but the protests are a symptom of dissatisfaction in the country, compounded by high inflation or food mall. mother, we want our nation and our government,

everyone to sit together. mistakes need to be corrected. and the problem is between us must be solved to take the pressure off us rule, blah blah. but european countries are hitting iran with fresh sanctions. they hope that by keeping pressure on the regime, they can force change and from why, let's bring in now sarah vasa, vandy research fellow at the giga institute of middle east studies. welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. around continues to carry out executions and violently suppress opposition. despite western sanctions. are the sanctions having an impact? well, i mean, yes, they sanctions have impact a have affected the government's revenue that has caused a huge declines. various episodes of dick nines, the by a value of the national currency. they have pushed a lot of economic problems in addition to what your report mentioned. being in

partly referred to as a structural problems in the rain in economy, including the severe corruption that exists. so that yes, the sanctions have indeed played a role. ah, but the problem is where the sanctions is that the elite and the policymakers who have control over all the strategies of the country over the foreign policy, domestic policy, fiscal and other economic strategies. they also are in control of resources, therefore they can and they have the ability to manipulate these are circumstances in their own favor and in the detriment of their majority of the population that, that has a need to have happen. so with that in mind, what possibility do you see for western sanctions to be more effective at provoking positive regime or, or policy change in the country? i think we are moving towards more meaningful, more targeted sanctions that are addressed um towards individuals who bear the

responsibility of these violence, these atrocities and so on and so forth. on the conversation around, for example, list thing designating the i r g c as a terrorist organization is a huge signal for these kind of developments that hasn't been approved yet. but at least we can see that we are moving towards these kind of directions. and so i think the only way forwards to send a signal to the people by the west to come in to see that the west is supporting their coil. was sending a strong signal to the regime that the west is not going to tolerate oldies and intolerable violence and crackdowns. and also hoping afore weakening the regime and facilitating a smooth transition of power. i think the only a policy that we have in our toolbox left ease, i'm imposing, targeted, meaningful sections. okay. do you think that that message has been heard by the

iranian people that they do indeed have that level of support from the west? there's been lots of ups and downs. there's been lots of push and pull the iranian a public. i'm is at least part of this in a segment of the society. part of the site is convent. thought they specifically the europeans would like to put their feet in the door, so to speak. as we have a saying in far say that if the door is going to be shot, they are not going to be caught inside or outside of the door. so they want to keep this channel open to assess the situation to see who's am i going to win? well, either the people or the regime and be able to continue maintain certain level of diplomatic relations with the army or the powers that elite or empower. and i think this is this, the fairly correct assessments i'm, there has been some push and pull. there are some negligence by the european policy make as this disc should have been done a long time ago in a, a for the past decade or the conversations about iran was minimized to one issue

and that is the nuclear power human rights abuses and other issues in iran had been completely neglected, so it is a still not to lay it's a but there is a still very little dawn there can be done more on the public and especially the protest. those in iran are waiting for that. sarah vazo vandy are joining us from the gate, the institute of middle east studies. thank you so much. thank you. mid week. wonderfully good action now. and leipzig are looking to carry on the form that saw them take a point from lead leaders. byron munich out the weekend, they were on the road again, intent on beating shaka and climbing to 2nd in the table this time. and they did it in bold fashion. jessica then started the game by gathering in the dock to sing a song of hope that soon wish they didn't bother switching the lots on us all. they exposed the joining gap in class between the sides. andre silva got the 1st go

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