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is spent with grenades the pakistan. taliban claims responsibility at 11 days off. the devastating earthquakes flattened off of turkey and syria. demand is called, alive from the rubble. ah, i'm all on soccer. welcome to the program. ukraine's president followed him. zalinski has renewed his push to speed up arms deliveries. he spoke at the start of the annual munich security conference here in germany. the summit is widely seen as one of the most important global secure to gatherings in a virtual address. zalinski said there was no alternative to speed in stopping rushes aggression leash. so if he set the tone comparing ukraine's fight against russia to david and goliath here,

we'll definitely fall already this year. we can make it all of us together, just as david deed, we can make sure that there is no alternative to our victory. john ukraine's president urged western leaders to act quickly. we need to hurry up. we need this speed, speed of our agreements, speed of our delivery to strengthen our sling. speed of decisions to limit ration potential was lewinsky pushed for speed. german chancellor, all of sholtes argued for caution the by losses. we will continue to maintain the balance between providing the best possible support to ukraine and avoiding an unwanted escalation. but shorts also challenged western countries to deliver on promised weapons that this means that everyone who can supply these battle tanks should actually do so. now, your french president, emanuel microns packing for ukraine remains firm nudism absolutely more at the us.

if you not, we must absolutely intensify our support for the resistance of the ukrainian people, appropriate law, me, and army for leading the counter offensive, which alone you so will enable credible negotiations under the conditions chosen by ukraine. h authorities, its people ha, lieutenants is authority, isn't that significant? with a formal stage set, talks between western allies, began in earnest offstage, with the next step to bolster ukraine against russia's illegal war or being decided . dw chief international editor richard walker, as following the conference in munich to 3 really big speeches. here at the munich security conference. on the 1st day village. amazed lensky addressing by video message from key if and then all of shows the german chancellor and emanuel my call, the french president, following on, and shelton, my comb,

both with strong words of support for the ukrainians. as this war approaches his 1st anniversary, and the people here in munich look back over this year of war that began pretty much the last time everyone gathered here a year ago. but there are a key discrepancies opening up or around the question of what is the urgency of providing support to ukraine, and how long is this war going to drag on for? so let's take a couple of quotes from 2 of those speeches festival, from a velocity me as a lensky who said there is no alternative to speed urging ukraine supporters to get as many big, serious weapon systems from tanks to fight to jets across to ukraine. as fast as possible, to help him fight against the anticipated big russian offensive coming this

spring. on the other hand, olaf shows saying that caution must take priority over hasty decisions and defending the fact that he took quite a considerable amount of time to come to the decision to provide tanks to the ukrainians a few weeks ago. a decision that caused many of his critics to accuse him of dithering and wasting valuable time as he led skis. argument in terms of speed is not just that ukraine needs to weapons to fight back. but also that if given the proper weapons faust, ukraine could finish the job, it could kick the russians out of ukraine effectively. by the end of this year, he even promised that he could be back here in munich, in person for this conference next year. after having won a victory against russia, schultz, on the other hand, emphasizing that germany is ready support ukraine for the long haul,

anticipating that this could turn into a long war. so this question about stamina versus speed. how fast provide what sort of weapon systems. the idea of speed versus caution, i think, is going to be bigger and bigger, one among western countries, considering how to calibrate their support to ukraine in the weeks and months ahead . certainly, we know from se lensky, he's going to be pushing that message. that every 2nd count. you have a new chief international edison, richard walker there in munich. meanwhile, on friday, russian president vladimir putin. how talks on foreign clothes, the military and economic ties with neighboring bella, bruce, the leader of better is alexander lucas shank, as one of the closest allies. russia used batteries in territory to send troops into ukraine at the start of the invasion and deliveries. rely on russia to pop up

its economy. back on our several people have been killed as gunman, storm they police headquarters in the southern city of karachi. authorities say a gum battle between the assailants and encouraging forces has now ended 3 suicide attackers enter the police compound for an aides and other weapons. the battle lasted 3 hours. police say all 3 were killed. the peck on taliban known as t t p. say they carried out the, the later in a string of terrorist incidents and journalists use as curry and koran. she gave us an update on the situation up. sienna austin operation began in a new time easily announced the recent i'm inside the building had what we do is line wall once in

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a raid in ne area you had since through the jihadists who had defeated in syria in 2019 remaining fighters have mostly retreated into deserts, high downs. that the pentagon have more information on bulgarian police, have discovered the bodies of 18 dead migrants from afghanistan and abandon truck near the capital. sophia, the truck was transporting timber and carrying illegal migrants hidden in compartments for people under arrest. the u. s. has finished recovering the wreckage of the balloon shutdown off the coast of south carolina. officials say, examinations sofa confirms that it was a chinese spy balloon. and north korea has threatened to take what it calls unprecedented action against his rivals. off the south korea announced military drills with the united states. north korea launched more than 70 missiles last year . a record number of the united nations is appealing for at least

$1000000000.00 in aid for those left homeless by the earthquakes in turkey and syria. the disaster has killed more than 45000 people. 11 days after the tremors, there are still stories of survival against all odds. 248 hours after the earthquake. the chances of rescuing survivors are incredibly slim. but amidst all the rubble in the city of custom on mud ash. oh, the rear moment if joy rescue workers he 17 year old eliana earl mazda is open and close her eyes, and miss in turkish means immortal. with hulu, i love them by her

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law despite what experts say rescue workers keep going. embracing every life saved as little short of a miracle with now the competition for the coveted golden bear has begun at the berlin film festival. 19 films are buying for the top price among the contenders our films buy and about strong women. and out of competition, a moving documentary about the abuse of women's rights in iran, made as well from it. play on it after 19 year old re honey g. binary killed the man i was trying to rape her. she faced the ross of iran's patriarchal justice system. after 7 years of imprisonment and legal battles against the regimes, blood vengeance system. she was hanged. german director, stephanie,

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attract the attention of the international jury. later barrow, the reporting has a quick reminder of our top story. president holiday, mister lensky has purged western partners to speed up arms that have raised to ukraine in a virtual, addressed to the munich security conference. he said western weapons were key to defeating what he called the russian goliath. ah, and that's you in use for now. i'll be back with headlines at the top of the hour, stephen bits they has business officers will break that you'd the music security conference, 2023. this year's meeting is tasked with the tool auda rushes log. scale war of aggression against ukraine has been going on for one year. now the main question, not the top level meeting is what will prevail, the strength of the law or the law of the.