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deliver $31.00 of its abrams tanks to the battlefield. as key prepares for a potential offensive this spring, and that announcement just hours after german chance or olaf schoultz confirmed at berlin will send its leopard a 2 tanks to ukraine as well, and allow european allies to do the same. also coming up at least 2 people killed and several others wounded in a knife attack on a train. in northern germany, police say the attacker is in custody. ah, i'm burned, gone to our review was watching on p b. s. and the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin to night in washington, d. c. u. s. president joe biden today announced that his country will send 31 of its m one abrams tanks to ukraine. the decision in marking

a coordinated move with germany and other european allies to equip ukraine with modern battle tanks ahead of a potential offensive this spring my bite and also promised logistical support and training for ukrainian soldiers in operating the takes. here's the u. s. president speaking a few hours ago. today i'm announcing that the united states will be sending $31.00 abram tanks to ukraine. the equivalent of one ukrainian battalion secretary austin has recommend this step. because on hands the cranes capacity finished her turn achieve strategic objectives. i'm grateful a chance for shops for providing german leopard to tax, and will lead an effort to organize the european contribution of to tank battalions for ukraine. i want to thank chance for, for his leadership and steadfast commitments to our collective efforts to support crane. germany has really stepped up of the praise there for germany. need

a museum, paul. she is covering the story for us in washington. early i asked her how much of the role germany transfer all of shields played in biden's decision, is decision to change his mind and send those things to ukraine. present biden got to ask this question right after he addressed the nation and announced that the earth will be sending these 31 tanks. he got asked if the germany forced him to change his mind and he said, brand, know we were working in this together. this is a co ordinated effort, and that kind of was the main message. besides the pure fact that they will send tangs to ukraine, it was like that germany, the united states. the western alliance stands firm and is not scrambling is not weakening. what probably vladimir putin was kind of hoping for in what we heard today is certainly not what we've been hearing in, in the past few weeks. you know,

until basically, a few days ago, the president of the united states had been saying that american abrams tanks are not suitable for the battlefield in ukraine today. corps, it was, it was a different tune. how do we explain this 180 now that's a really, really interesting questions which is highly debated. it was not only the president himself who said they are not the best weapons to be sent or the best tanks to be sent over to ukraine. they're too heavy, they are too complicated to maneuver and after all then you need jet fuel and not diesel fuel, which is difficult to provide on a battlefield. also a general to trainers, brent, you remember we interviewed him and he said the exact same thing. so what is the kind of news behind or the story behind it changed mind? obviously, again, they wanted to show that they are on the side with the united states that with

germany and that the united states kind of is willing to fulfill the request from german. chancellor will actually to also send battle tanks, but what also might make a difference is the fear offensive of vladimir putin in ukraine and the understanding of the military that ukraine really, really needs these tangs to defend itself. so i think it's probably a complex answer. why the president biden and his government changed their minds. you spoke with the youth from washington is thank you very much. just hours before biden's announcement are here in berlin, german chancellor. he gave the go ahead for german made leopard to change to be delivered to you. correct? to me is also a proving request from other european countries to transfer their tanks to keep initially, germany plans to st. 14 tanks and to provide training ammunition and maintenance.

ukraine has been asking allies for these weapons for months now, as its troops try to push back, russian forces the words that keith and its allies had been waiting for the vendor. okay, we will also provide ukraine with lepper to name better tank 0 puts why many had criticized shoals for dragging his feet on this matter. but he defended the timing on which will also look this and i want to say explicitly it was right. and it's right that we did not allow ourselves to be forced into action. but instead in this issue to focus on close cooperation and continue it with your thoughts, it's berlin will deliver a company of 14 lepper, 2 tanks to ukraine. it will also give the green light to other allies that want to supply, keep with tanks. all is finished. on the it is, and i'm, this is not just about any weapon. this is about one of the best battle tanks in the world. news. uh, that's an important potential game changer in this war,

at least in the current face. hicks, i'm going to cinder getting her father further details on the road. a hack will now be discussed with other allies who want to sent. they are tanks. so how much did the decision to supply tanks to you? great, depend on the german chancellor. i put their question to our political correspond. so i mean young well bred ela shoulds, so came to the parliament a really to make this announcement, but he presented it as part of this sort of coalition, this alliance of european countries who are now going to, we have a step up their direct military support for ukraine, an international cooperation was really what it's about in particular with the united states. and, you know, working together in lock step, making sure that vladimir putin can't tell the world that there is somehow a division of the year in both western countries at when it comes to what,

what response to give for the russian invasion in ukraine. so i think all our shows will have had a number of different factors in his mind as he presented this decision. certainly much of the international criticism that he's faced. some of it unfair because of course there are real historical sensitivities for germany in getting involved in this. but on the other hand, for much of the time over the past few weeks, it really looked as if nothing much was going on. and the communication was very poor. i think it's also worth saying the public opinion here in germany has back begun to nudge in favor of sending tanks to ukraine, although the general public still pretty divided on that. so i think he's been looking at a lot of factors, but what he's really been doing is working behind the scenes. he says, to get this sort of coalition of the willing together. and now tanks, you haven't made leopard tanks in particular, will be able to be sent. i'm going to pick up on the public opinion here for

a moment is i been when it comes to sending tanks to ukraine. public opinion. germany is basically, it's $5050.00 is divided. many fear that sending the takes could escalate this war . they're afraid that this could become a war between russia and nato. why is that a concern here? and not such a big concern in poland for example. yeah, i mean, i think that the short answer that is that germany is a cautious country. german politicians are cautious and germany is the country that had to make the decision. here a poland may see things differently. i think it's long a feared russian aggression against its national territory. more directly. i think germany has seen this a question much more in the context of its dark history. and of course, the kremlin has tried to make quite a lot out of the idea. you know that german tanks operating in easton ukraine where

many of the worst nazi crimes of the 2nd world war took place as an uneasy idea for germans generally that to get their heads round and that you know the russians talking about germany and german tanks on the eastern front and so on. there's been some propaganda efforts made there. i think that's among the reasons why germany is just taken a bit longer than some other countries to get to this position of sending its tanks or political correspondence. so i mean young here in berlin tonight with the latest . i'm as always, thank you. well, it was a decision that ukraine has been waiting for for about 10 months now. so was there a sigh of relief in keep when they found out that the tanks will be headed for you crate up with their question to our correspondence in the ukranian capital, but he's building that's exactly what there is. and we've seen a lot of for people who are posting on social media, for example. all kinds of means i've seen the national poet herself tranquil in

there kind of a code and a heart made from a li, apart leopard skin and i, there were m either the mimi or zalinski inner in body armor or which has a leopard pattern, et cetera. et cetera. people have been after harshly criticizing germany for weeks been kind of conciliatory. ah, lensky has thanked shoals personally for this decision. murder are somewhat notorious for my ambassador to germany. melnick yesterday already when the news broke. without being confirmed, it took a photo drinking german beer and saying he's enjoying german, his favorite german beer today. so ah, there's lots of for expressions of gratitude for this final decision and a lot of hope that this might really change the fate. i am on the ground in the

battlefield in. is this now a race against time mathias will enough tanks arrive in time to hold back an expected russian offensive go we would need to know when this resin offensives is expected. russian or offensive takes place in order to answer that, but maybe what's more important, there's that these tanks are we'll help ukraine to plan for its own offensive, which is also expected these tanks. this is what her experts and, and the ukranian army have been saying are needed to be able to break through the russian lines to put more pressure on the russians and to drive forward offensive operations. and i guess or knowing her now probably when these tanks will arrive in what quantities will of course make it easier for ukraine to plan these offensives on martinez. belinda reporting tonight from key as always,

my dear thank you. it has been almost a year since russia's invasion of ukraine began, and for many documenting what has been taking place is crucial. now objects that have been left behind by retreating russian soldiers are being put on display from weapons and books to cans in food are corresponded. sonya found the car has his report. yearly now, hardy ankle has been receiving some unusual parcels. said sir, this belong to a russian soldier. when left, 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 and cut to 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 now 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. 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 caves, world war 2 museum. just month after the russian invasion last february, yury sub ciocca says it's the 1st of its kind to be held during and ongoing war. he collected most of the artifacts with the help of the ukraine and military on thus a whole nerves 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. 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 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. this is in that authority when new territories are liberated in life, but we try to get there right away. could appleton the ship because the face of this war changes so fast was more publicity? is us insert a bush of in the all these objects could disappear, see horror, some people could just take them. i mean,

our goal and then the boys we need to gather and hold on to these artifacts in order to show them in the future. keep on with the key as my to you 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. here germany, police say to people that been killed several others injured in a knife attack on a passenger train in the north of the country. it happened as the train was traveling between the cities of keel and hamburg only to rest of the alleged attacker in the town of brock state. the motive behind this incident remains unclear. now this is what the regions interior minister had to say about the actions of passengers on that tray. peskin on varden and politeness. when we should mention that the passengers intervened very vaguely,

may well have prevented the attacker doing even more harm. in teeter lunacy, we don't exactly know at the moment and i thought i've had enough live of it, but it's definitely the case that many or at least some of the people on the train, the passengers will ready pre whether she of them to have you. well, for more on what has happened, we want to go now to journalist philip conquer he is at the scene of that attack. philip, what do we know about the attack right now? so it happened on the train at 3 p. m from kia to hamburg and a this suspected male person killed 2 persons with a knife and injured 7 people. 3 of them as seriously. so some passengers in the nearby put him down until the police arrived and arrested him. so as we heard,

there were quite dramatic scenes inside the train and to the suspected person was injured too, and had to be taken to the hospital as well as the other 7 injured persons. and are we any closer to knowing what the motive was? it any, any details about the suspect that a suspected person is sir 33 years old and he is from a palestine and he's obviously mentally ill as we heard. and we also heard from investigations. the suspected person has just been released from raymond a few weeks ago and to there are until now no hints at the moment about his actual motive. journalist, philip conquer with the latest to night on that stabbing that took place on a train to northern germany earlier today. philip, thank you. let's take a look now some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. a court in moscow has approved

a government application to shut down russia's oldest human rights watched on the moscow. helsinki group is least organization to be targeted for being critical of the kremlin. it was created back in 1976 to monitor soviet authorities, commitment to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms. spanish police have arrested a 74 year old man suspected of being behind a recent letter bombing campaign. it targeted prime minister pedro sanchez, the ukrainian embassy and several other sites in november and december. an employee of the ukrainian embassy was slightly injured while opening one of those packages. the european court of human rights says that it will hear the dutch case against russia over the downing of a flight image. 17, back in 2014, nearly 300 people on board. the malaysia airlines flight were killed when it was shot down by a missile fired by forces under moscow's command in eastern new gray. 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, cracked down on protests in the country. it's one of the most heavily sanction countries in the world now and its economy is in crisis. inflation is high and the gap between the wealthy and the poor is widened. 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. tad, him ha, the sanctions have made bank transfers difficult. both are 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, he had know that the main causes of iran's economic crisis, a domestic, they politely refer to endemic corruption and mismanagement as economic problems

that will be, 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 ma'am. yes. 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 protests 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 tehran, inside the knob factory. they say that none of them joined the protests manager, months or mohammed. he 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 mama them been. we'll so 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, understand the salon religion 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, them all fit for the muslim, we want our nation and our government every one to sit together. mistakes need to be corrected, and the problem is between us must be solved to take the pressure off us, you'll love us. but european countries are hitting iran with fresh sanctions. they hope that by keeping pressure on the regime, they can force change further,

who campaigns are getting under weight and julia ahead of next month general the presidential elections. voter apathy is a concern, especially among younger people, but that could be changing when you're talking about getting their permanent voting cards, which are known as pvcs so that they can help decide who will lead africa's largest economy. it's a big deal. here's more now from d. w's, elisa chic woom. ah, it's early. we are in the outskirts of lagos normally, chico my low beak would. she would be going to his chicken far. but to day is prepared in what he calls his morning cry. com. yahoo. com, 2000 people to the warden has been doing this every morning since the start of the year. determined to get people to vote. i think that the board responsibility rests on me because i realized that i'm,

if i take all the names you and so i'm probably starting to be company according to my, my view from my own and have to be involved. so but nature that you want, you have to invest, do something, something to change to start to school. or even 93000000 nigerians add registered to vote in the selection. nearly 40 percent of them are 34 years old. from different parts of the country, young people can be seen mobilizing ahead of the electrons. they say it's time to decide if your job nigeria and they want. yeah, boards 2 accounts, the huge and sas protests like this in late 2022. as seen as to root of this new young political movement. yes, us was about full is aware by the same time in many young people understand the power of organization, power of organizing, coming to get that to, you know,

to demand. so beyond the and so being a trigger de la la la was now electra was what now sweetened the horse in that has given this rise, younger voters seemed to be looking for something new and fresh. they want something new. so they just launched land their voices and see if it'll make any difference. basically, i'm woodson, i've got to my privacy. i'm young and i just feel like this is the right time for me to do it. and out of i thought i used to go and get everybody so can get a bit of an issue that we have to do. these guys wants to voice mail the meal junk people are just regular tie ads, and that's it. as my jillions prepared to vote, young people are also preparing to have dare say are sports news now mid week bundis legal action leipzig were looking to carry on the form that sold them,

take a point from league leaders, buyer and munich at the weekend. they were on the road again, intent on beating shock up and climbing the 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. not 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 fist go in the 7th minute. it wasn't yet a disaster for the home side, but it soon would be. benjamin hendricks. got the 2nd on 15 minutes. andre silva had the goal and he sought again for the 3rd from close range t my vana. dane mocked his return from injury with the 4th glade at the crowd and the crowd looked back vacantly wishing perhaps they could be back in the dock again . for neil at half time, it would finish $61.00. the penultimate goal came from a smiling spaniard, denny alma. a gorgeous bit of skill,

a slight draw humiliation as the stands emptied behind the keeper lot take up to sickened. chalka still rock bottom, they fancy stay to the bitter end left with that familiar, sinking feeling. and here's a reminder that top story we're following for you this hour. you as president joe biden has announced that his country for deliver 31 abrams battle, thanks to ukraine distress the tanks are to help you create to fit itself and are not what he described as an offensive threat to rush up. and german jethro of schultz has confirmed that germany will send lever to battle tanks to ukraine and allow other countries to do the same. they've comes after intensive consultations with germany's allies with partners training for ukraine's forces on how to use the tapes. is also set to begin in germany to your watch dw news after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day. stick around. we'll be right back.

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