ah leonor davinci, mysterious masterpiece, ah, it is perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the collection of the louvre and no, it is not them on a lease, it is the virgin of the rocks. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful painting that perhaps we just don't understand? the search for answers starts february 10th on d, w. ukraine's president zalinski, he is making the round sheree europe to day making a pitch once again to leaders to send his country's military more weapons, especially fighter jets. one of his stopped was in london 1st at number 10, downing street and later followed zalinski saying in britain, the king is an air force pilot. and in ukraine to day, every air force pilot is

a key. i'm burnt off in berlin. this is the day. ah, we know, or i shall, will loose. we know freedom will win. that week 3 will change their walls and this will be a change that the wolf has long needed. it will be a big tory, all were there where he yeah, pulled the war. any aggressor doesn't matter, big or small will know what awaits him if he had sex international, what out? any aggressor is going to lose. also coming up ethnic russians living in the baltic countries. this is what russia's propaganda machine is feeding. a new government for each country,

the national people's republic alona. this louis thought a national people's republic of latvia lithia and the national people's republican of lithuania. but let me sca matter what that is because at its little off sca, narrow net is public us. ah, that's who our viewers watching or pbf see the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with a big thank you from ukraine to the u. k. a. thank you. in advance today ukraine's president zalinski paid a visit to london where he spoke with you. k lawmakers doubling down on his plea for western allies to provide ukraine with fighter jets. in fact, zalinski thanked lawmakers for the aircraft, even though no plains have been promised or delivered yet. at a press conference with zalinski british prime minister soon act, he said that his country wants to be able to provide those fighter jets. and that could signal a crack in what have so far been a wall of resistance among major european allies,

unwilling to send fighter jets and moscow. it is taking notice to day warning, the u. k. not to send jets to ukraine. here's what zalinski had to say when he addressed lawmakers in london to day and living a british parliament 2 years ago. i thank you for delicious english key. ah. and i will be living the parliament today thanking all of you in advance for paul english place. ah, all rights, let's go now to ukraine to get the view they're joined by our corresponded nick connelly. he is in keep. nick, it's good to see you. zalinski. we know he pushed hard for battle tanks to be sent

from western allies and he pushed until he got a big yes, i want us to take battle. takes out of that equation, replace it with fighter jets. will this tactic work a 2nd time? well, that's also the hope hearing care, and we've seen time and time again, those red lines and those kind of firewalls between different types of weapons. often people in the west of europe speak of defensive and offensive weapons saying they'd send defensive weapons, but not offensive weapons that has crumbled time and time again. so that's definitely the hope here has be said though, that there are formidable logistical challenges starting with training pilots. some of the more modern planes, on average, people spend to 3 years training to use them. even the kind of most basic programs take half a year. that's compared to a matter of weeks for the most modern tanks, then you have to service these machines. you're not just training their pilots, but also they're support cruise. and as even the question of whether ukraine would have to rebuild its air drums,

it's air fields provide longer and better quality one ways to make this all possible. and then the further question of c would russia, emily, come in, regular stick missiles will destroy all these new bits of shiny expensive kit coming in. would ukraine have to ask nato countries like poland to allow them to use their field? so lots question mark. there's definitely a sense here and here that they are in a role, this kind of incessant push and questioning has actually paid off and that for all the kind of, you know, cold water coming from will have schoultz, joe biden, in recent weeks that there is a real possibility of them getting these planes in the next couple of months. and we know that the u. k prime minister and he says that he wants to provide fighter plane training to ukrainian pilots, but he isn't promising planes. holding out the prospect may be providing them later. i'm wondering where the ukrainians are. they going to be disappointed by this at least where they be disappointed in private why there are 2 things here. i

think firstly in the u. k. has since the beginning of this war was here, go always kind of been 1st and the most willing to take risks and the most willing to provoke as it worth the kremlin and cross the criminal red lines in the hope that eventually other european countries, maybe the u. s. will rethink their position here. but it is also important to think of these plans. they are not just interesting or important to useless ukraine for the kind of symbolism because they know us things that really interest them. why to public and capture them in imagination. there for reason, and they're partly important to strengthen ukraine's air defenses from missiles you can knock ballistic missile out of the sky with the help of fighter jets and also to attack positions fall behind the front lines. you know, russian logistics hubs within occupied ukraine. and in recent days, and even in london, now they have been commitments from british government, other western allies, to supply more systems apart from plains do the same thing. so more re supply more

munitions for the s defense is the anti aircraft, anti missile systems ukraine's already received. and also now talk from the brits and also others of miss all the bombs that reach beyond a 100 kilometers. it would really force the russians to spread themselves a lot more thinly pushed ellen, 6 back and would make rushes at time rushes efforts a lot more difficult. and nick, i want to ask you, we've got about a minute left. we know that battle tanks are supposed to be headed to ukraine, but we're hearing now reports that the german made russia german made leopard tanks may not arrive until the end of this year. has there been a response from keith to that? what's important to distinguish here between the more modern leopard 2 tanks, which were promised couple weeks ago, which are expected to come on time from germany. actually, if you read the gym and presses seemingly a lot of anger in berlin, that other european countries that were trying to push germany to deliver and now not able to hold their pharmacist, the older leopard, one tanks will be coming later. yes, but in far greater number and you take

a step back. the important thing to remember here is this is kind of crazy year ago . none of us would have been just near distinguishing, different types of left tanks, different bits of equipment that's been multiple for years. that is the route you know, after year of war that were all, you know, kind of hobby amateur military experts w corresponding economy with elise like he was always nic. thank you. or we go now to latvia, which has been providing a lot of support to ukraine. it also has a sizable russian speaking minority a legacy of the time when latvia was part of the soviet union. now they have been a target of the kremlin propaganda machine in a bid to undermine support for ukraine. our reporter killian buyer visited a town close to the russian border to see what impact kremlin propaganda is having platinum of the bud. now that lexia along the russian

border, many people here watch russians, they television via satellite and over the internet. and with that propaganda from russia that again, dear friends at b t could drown the children, drown them with the wooded. yeah, that will be nuclear, all threats of war broadcast across the border from lot fios, much bigger neighbor russia. this worries maria to beat sca one in for latvians has russian heritage and speaks russian. since the ukraine war started latvia has become even more polarized with it and for exactly are losing our friends and our neighbors that her son in law propaganda is like poison. that's dividing the people play the 66 year old on her sonia's have lots of russian friends. russia tv is blocked here, but many people still managed to watch a lot of it. even before the russian invasion, the information war was well underway. russian media frequently broadcasts aggressive rhetoric about the e. u and nato. in a talk show on russian

t. v. a military expert described step by step, how russia hypothetically, could invade the baltic states, indian glasgow or the colony grad grouping of the russian army and bell russian forces. the origin. cut them up from the rest of the later you got a lot of nobody. most soldiers from the western military district, advanced him to his tonia latvia, and lithuania. lakeview little. nowhere can you government for each country. let the national peoples republic of estonia once come to the national people's republic of latvia. anti lithuania, it is probably saw many people in the eastern part of latvia look back fondly on their soviet passed, especially here along one of the main roads connecting riga to moscow, where some people feel left behind by democratic developments.

were right in the center of music, not a small town, not far from the russian border, about half an hour drive and around half of the population, a bit less is russian speaking. we've come here to find out how many people here actually watch russia, television. i think are you happy with russian media? my dad. oh, don't it very happy. and the quality, even if i have to leave almost just like these days, it's better not to answer questions like this. but as a russian, you're scared a voice in your opinion. if they're filming at the mouth with hatred, grampian, li i am i watch latvian tv. okay. there's propaganda on both sides. 32 years ago. this was all part of the soviet union. many people came here from other parts of the giant soviet empire to work. and then stayed to this day maria insists that not everyone feels the same here. and she says that any one can

be poisoned by television regardless of their nationality. she has given up discussing politics with many of her neighbors. like i think if we want to live in freedom, an artist, we do not want to be ruled by anyone. here. we have the right to live and self determination. that's very important. maria to beat scott is proud that lot via now belongs to the you. and not to the soviet union as was once the case out here in the countryside. she enjoys her free time, just a short drive from the russian border. ah, the death toll from those earthquakes that struck turkey and syria earlier this week is now climb to almost 12000. rescue recovery is a top priority and countries are rushing aid to the region. but for syria, the story is complicated. western sanctions were imposed on the regime in damascus because of the civil war there. that means sending aid and equipment to the

disaster zone is not so simple. syria has now requested assistance from the european union. the european commissioner for crisis management, young as leonard chic says that western sanctions are not standing in the way of cindy aid to syria. take a listen. that is nothing there that would hamper the liberty of from dated 8 and emergency assistance, especially not in situation which city and people find themselves of this that he was like. well, i spoke earlier with amar al samo from the volunteer organization to white helmets . and i asked him if he thinks that aid will reach syria, despite the sanctions assumption as a whole city a know that solution doesn't hinder. he would need to city the city and was leaving the community that people are buying it, trying to load this with somebody of the can somebody of the

war doing a justice? i'm that comes ability to claim that the community for not good is not declared is an emergency, as it is that you want it to come under his control who's deal the air. and the by those who are outside is control from dated. that you like the nation or organ and nobody can see us in the beginning of the war that we are not able to live with . this thought. it was the area know that there was much this for them, but gene. and then when i could mission to provide a receiving aid from many out of country, no age to look to the north was the city or the area that is affected more than in

india and sylvia. so we did not expect it to come from them. the g trying by invited by this guy to retire this person. i don't get number zation and steal the trucks and you the amount of the, of the government. miss our, let me, let me ask you, i, i understand there are 2 border crossings from turkey into northern syria. one is controlled by the russians and the syrians, the other is controlled by turkey. can dictate, can you tell us tonight the crossing that to turkey have to keep open? is that passable to now? is it possible to bring aid into northern syria with that crossing? yes. and a is coming from, took you through the number of sylvia and saw that it took you blame borton's, rock and coordination that went to the activity inside. sylvia, you were an agency based and got that box right now. they would, you know,

i could nation just send this is justin that they are suspending they and because of the image of that old and that is not to perfect completely go just the study and don't and today, what is the of the, from the wrong to from of the cost more than more than 3 answered there. my city ended by me. they've gotten into it. so how he's got a scar of each day that goes for a turkey just today to give that on. they open who i got a blue cross more than with no need to know the liberal to sit here. so i want to be, i want to make sure that we understand correctly. you're saying, even if the international community is able to bring an aid through syria or through turkey into syria, you're saying that the assad regime is basically stealing that aid. and it's not going to arrive where it's needed. most of that being, of course,

in the province. no. the, an ad gum a through that to the ask is that a gene it will be, feel that what i want to say what they've got be the lives of from took it look and see. yeah. and it can be distributed combustion by that, the organization that again was amaral sambo with the white helmets. or when it comes to saving people who are trapped by an earthquake, timing can be the difference between life and death. we take a look now at robotic equipment in drones designed to make it easier to locate and rescue people who were caught under the rubble in the race to save people trapped under rubble, laughter, a disaster every minute counts as time passes, the chances of survival drop and death tolls climb. teams have to locate victims as quickly as possible and are shifting unstable landscape. a european and japanese

project called cursor has developed a platform to reduce risk and new technology. here we are aiming to increase the safe at your 1st responders, providing remote access to their work psyche, motor working conditions. and secondly, with technology, we are improving their, their speed of fha, the thickening victims. the cursor project seeks to streamline search and rescue by combining different technologies as elements in a single integrated system. for work on the ground, the researchers developed what they called soft o miniaturized underground robotic finders for smurfs was most is this kind of robot here. um that is equipped with different cameras, like uh, g b cameras to pieces and we have tama cameras and we also have lights on so that we can take this world into

a collapse building and search for victims in the future. a clusters of the semi autonomous little robots could penetrate deep into collapsed buildings, outfitted with chemical noses that helped them sniff out survivors. as the smurfs rolled into the wreckage, they'll also receive information from sensors called gio phones placed by emergency personnel to listen for survivors. they can detect sounds like regular tapping or voices in shallow rubble. activities extend into the sky with special drones hovering in the air above the disaster side. some are designed to map it in 3 dimensions. others carry ground penetrating radar to detect empty spaces and piles of rubble that might house survivors still. others are designed to carry and drops smurfs right where they're needed. and finally, there's a larger mothership drawn to coordinate activities between the different elements in the system. the platform still need some work though go to the fact that we have

such a complex said technologists and, and different maturity of the technologies then now it's difficult to say what exactly these competence on the market. earthquakes like the one in turkey and syria claim thousands of lives, but cursor and other search and rescue projects like it are working to make a difference one day for at least some of the victims trapped beneath the rubble. and i'm joined now by the project coordinator tina wrist. me, tina. it's good to have you on the program. this project of the technology with cursor is exactly what is needed right now in turkey and syria. are there, are there any drones or robots developed through cursor that are headed for the earthquake zone yet? no, unfortunately, not because we are learning the prototype. so this is the research bro checked and

yes we are. we are not so far yet to provide a market rating for that's what we'll talk to me about. how was the project you know, is ready to be deployed. and how will these drones be able to detect people that have been buried in the rubble after an earthquake? so we have different technologies for detecting guy was great victims or, or gas explosion if victims, victims under collapse buildings basically. so we have the girls and year law, which indeed consists of several drones. ah, this drones are actually meant to get a door to you to be used to get quick information from the work site. to understand how big is the damage to plant the resources, to see what are the damages, are the building safe for 1st responder to enter the needs?

this is the main main functionality for the drones. they have other sensors like them or cameras which also allowed to take that victims. but it depends on the weather and it depends on the building material. so decimal we have also developed robots, smurfs, so many of the rice underground drugs, which are, which i used to take victims under the robin while the robots have different sensors, audio video components. so we are, we are able to speak with victims that with people under the rubble. well, and are the robots also have a so called artificial talk news, which allows us to detect vic, him so by sniffing the air and detecting got specific routines that and human beings are emitting. wow. and never confirming. are there people inside or not?

and even making up the sanchez and if the person is alive or that that, that it's amazing. i in, i assumed that these smurfs, these robots would be on the front lines in a disaster. they would even be sent in before we would send in dog. said we're usually send in to, to sniff l people, right? and they actually support the chance to talk somebody. greek and dogs will remain as a 3rd or, or not to acknowledge you, but solution that's just the use. but dogs can go everywhere, and in some cases it's even so dangerous that said it's not possible to over 10 talks at or the gas leaks or, or class in the roughly. so with these kinds of cases, we can use the robots which, which provide inflammation. if you want the thought on the line and seen before

going out of time, i just want to get your thought about this. and this seems to be a true story of cross border cooperation where you're bringing the best minds from across the european union together. i mean, it's a project that's really working. yes, it's really very, very bright collaboration. we have from europe 6 countries. we have collaboration with japan, knowledge and expertise about earthquakes. it's very, very relevant and has helped us a lot. and yes it's, it's a really collaborating project cruiser coordinator tina wrist may. tina, we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us and to share with the world the exciting news about how this technology is coming together. thank you. thank you so much. ah. and finally, lebron james of the los angeles lakers has become the all time leader in career points in the national basketball association. james now has an astounding total of

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