ah ah ah ah, see the way news lying from berlin ukrainian soldiers receive a long awaited boost to their campaign to push back russian forces. keith takes the livery of western tanks after a year of using old soviet armor to fight back against the invaders. also on the program, mexican authorities say a deadly glaze at a migration detention center was caused by migrant starting the fire themselves to

protest plans to deport them. and no end and signed to the public anger over french president michaels pension reforms. dozens of officers are injured and 200 arrests are made in the latest clashes between police and protesters in paris. ah, i'm nicole furnish, thank you so much for joining us. after months of campaigning, ukraine has finally received western battle tanks from germany and the u. k. are expected to beef up, it's armored fire power for a potential offensive in spring. grain in defense minister alexey resident call gave a thumbs up as you took a ride and a british challenger to battle tank. while german made leopard 2 tanks were also delivered. and before the awaited nichols arrived,

ukraine had to rely on soviet made tax. italy's corn responded max, and that meant some of the crows in eastern ukraine. these men, or farmers from the south. now they belong to the most feared units on the battlefield. the soviet era t 80 takes 3 men to operate at 40 tons and driven at speeds of up to 80 kilometers an hour. gunner basil says the tanks scare the enemy. hello, i will tell you this. as soon as they see from the drones how the tanks are coming, then all the artillery is only aimed at us. they forget about the infantry about everything. so they're afraid. culture, but the tanks need a lot of attention. this one is more than a decade older than the mechanic e orders. and it shows the actual really key thought, if the tank is on really uneven, groaned, it's often this part of the tracks that breaks and needs to be replaced every now

and again. we also have to tighten the tracks missional. let jessica also with these tanks may be old and worn down, but they're easy to repair. if the men can get the spare parts, they often find them on the battlefield. on martha's up to a think, it wouldn't mushy. yes, many russian parts fit our vehicles just. we also dismantle russian tanks for spare parts. then the undercarriage is suitable for the word and often we find parts suitable for the engine blows up to syndicate with it. more does, i'm in it at the start of the war, the ukrainian seem to be facing a ship piri or tank force. but the russians deploy those tanks often in a very risky way without adequate protection from infantry or fighting vehicles. the ukrainians were able to take out and capture close to 2000 of those tax. but they're saying now if they are to have a chance of taking back territory, they would need a significant upgrade themselves. the men here are waiting for better tanks to

arrive from friendly countries. no one if i should come on out and share with the new ones are more maneuverable, they have other equipment of the thermal sites range finders incident and ramirez have say in check. the crew is more protected than the ammunition capsule is placed at the back. now and keep on is, is shanisha. ne cops lost his idea when they shoot, the capital flies out, but we don't control how many 1000 people to post nominate our in our old tanks. we're sitting on a powder keg. now we're looking for 2nd. ah, what he's actually sitting on is this. all the tanks, ammunition that can go horribly wrong when an all tank like this takes a direct hit. tanks are seen as the key to a successful ukrainian character offense. the

moral tanks that are destroyed, the greater the appetite for new, better ones. as can talking about these new better tanks, then max tunnel filed us are poor joins me now from cave knox. and ukraine spent months pleading for modern western battle tanks. now they finally had their hands on them. what are the newer tanks, seeing or why are they seen as crucial to this expected ukrainian counter offensive? rodney co. so these, these tanks that ukraine has been promised that are now step by step being deployed to ukraine. are some of the most modern battle tanks in the world? if not the most modern battle tanks in the world, they have a far superior weapons. they have, they are more maneuverable. the armament is better, so it's also safer for the crew to operate in these tanks. but apart from that, they are seen as a key to a successful counter offensive,

if used in the right manner in that with in larger quantity. so the trains will need more tax, but if they have them, the, the, the idea is that they could lead a counter offensive if deployed properly and in a proper manner in the right constellation, with lots of techs, and with an overwhelming mechanic force, with proper surveillance with infantry fighting vehicles with infantry on the ground. and this could be all used to yeah. to, to bring in the momentum and to push through enemy lines. and in this case, hopefully for the ukrainians move, the enemy lines that haven't been moved for the last couple months so far. but using them in the right manner is king. right. is that there how have ukrainian soldiers been trained to operate these western meetings? right, so i am the ukranian soldiers have received training in germany and in the u. k. for example, but also so successfully completed training in spain on older leo card models in

march. and this trading hasn't been done by the book as it usually would have been done, was done in a rapid matter. and that is because you say these crews are quite experienced them . they are, i would say they're probably a lot more experienced and tank war for, than any instructor in western europe at the moment would be so they don't have to learn all the basics, but they would learn the specifics about the individual tanks. these tanks are different, the t 80 that you saw in the report there as a 3 macro than the pot, for example, has a, a 4 man true, but they will be working on the, on the specifics. and so far as, as, as far as we know have completed or have been able to pick up these new skills very, very fast. and this is also partly due to their motivation that they had that we also saw in the ground when we talked to these, these texans is their next. what about the russians? because much as being said about how many tanks they have lost, what are they taking to battle right now? right, so from what we know russia started this were with an overwhelming tank for some the ukrainians i had far inferior in terms of numbers. of course with the russians

were not able to to deploy their tanks properly and they did not use these big consolations. they did not did not use them straight to their strategical advantage, and that's why the ukrainians were able to pick them off pretty much one by one also with a simple weapons deployed by deployed by the west, a with anti tag weapons. so that, that's the situation at the moment or with, with it's how it has played out with the russian tag. so for my son and keith, thank you so much. let's take a look now at some of the stories making headlines around the world right now. the u. s. has stopped sharing key data on its nuclear arsenal with russia after moscow did the same. it follows the kremlin decision in february to suspend its participation in the key arms treating with washington that limits the number of nuclear warheads and missiles each country is allowed to deploy. beijing has

threatened to retaliate against taiwan as president, sighing when heads to the united states. she's expected to meet with you as how speaker kevin mccarthy on her way back from visiting taiwan central american allies . but china has warned washington against allowing the meeting to take place for you as president has said he is against israel's plan, judicial overhaul, which was paused on monday after weeks of protests. joe biden said he hoped israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu would quote, walk away from the plants. netanyahu responded by saying that israel does not make decisions based on pressures from abroad. mexican authority say a blaze at a migrant center that killed at least 38 people was started by some of the detainees themselves. the detention center is the in c dot quad is in northern mexico. it's known as a major crossing point for migrants seeking to enter the united states authority, say some migrant set fire to mattresses after hearing they were to be deported. the

un secretary general has called for a thorough investigation. this young man is taught to be one of the victims. he was among the 68 people detained at the micro center when the fire broke out getting outside their families and friends are trying to get information about their loved ones. not homeless, like the migration authorities haven't told us anything if they haven't told us where they took the bodies for they haven't told us how many people died or how many were injured. we don't know anything about our friends and relatives, maybe anything. im not i am artful at them and then i throw hm ego, either familiarity. now these events inside were filmed by a surveillance camera. migrant said did mattresses on fire in what officials have called a protest. de video shows the smoke filling the room while the cards forked ivy

apparently making no attempt to save them. in a thing, desperation was one of the biggest causes or perhaps was the cause for losing control of the situation. and having cases like these, most of the victims were identified, escort the mile and citizens. others are from honduras. and salvador, venezuela, columbia and ecuador. dietrich went off, migrants by the mexican authorities, was under scrutiny long before this tragedy. the victims families unload demanding answers from the mexican government. moving on to france out, which is seen a 10th day of strikes and demonstrations as hundreds of thousands of people protest against the governments unpopular pension reforms. nearly 2 weeks after president emanuel my comp pushed the changes through parliament, public fury shows no sign of subsiding believes in paris and nonce deployed tear

gas after protesters looted stores and started fires. and 200 people were arrested . the president has refused to back down on his deeply unpopular moved to increase their retirement age to 64. and then go straight to the d. w. least. the lewis is following events in paris, lisa, a 10th day of nation, mine protest against this pension reform. how does it compare to the previous protests? well, when you look at the numbers, protesters and that number has gone and gone down slightly from the record day. last week there were between 70000222 1000000 people out in the streets across france compared to last week's 1500000 up to 3000000. these figures obviously coming from the police, all the unions, also not the number of people taking part in sector strikes himself gone down. but mind you, as he said, this movement does not seem to be over just yet because they are still hundreds of

thousands of people on the streets demonstrating. whereas as you set the, the reform has already gone through parliament. the government pushed the reform through and up next, legally speaking is the decision by the constitutional counsel to see if the reformers, constitutional indeed. so people seem to be waiting, at least for that. and the french prime minister has now invited union leaders to discuss this pension reform, which has already been pushed through parliament. you said it there. so what could a solution look like? well, that was obviously quite surprising because the french prime minister, the government has not talked to the union for about 2 and a half months. the unions were asking for that for a talk, but the government didn't want to, didn't seem to want to talk to them. now they're saying the units are saying, we're going to go there. we're going to talk to the government. but what we want to speak with about is really this pension reform. we want the government to drop the

reform. however, the government at seems not really willing to do so. they are talking about, you know, taking things forward when it comes to work relations to other things, other reforms. and if that's the case, if the government does not really move, when it comes to the pension reform this, this round of discussions, it will not provide any tangible result. and the units have already said that they would keep on demonstrating afterwards. yeah. months of protests, now, what effect are they having on a life and friends on your day to day life? we don't have much, much time, but i do want to ask you this. well, as you know, ways collectors have been striking in paris. so, and waste is piling up on the earth sidewalks, in certain areas of paris. however, they've now interrupted their strike. so that will be collected in the coming days . but they're saying that they could go on strike later on. again. there's also some disruption in the transport sector when you take the train, your train might be canceled. and when it comes to the refinery,

some refineries are being blocked. and you know, as certain fuel stations are running out of fuel. so, you know, there is still a certain amount of disruption and daily daily life here in france. italy is lisa lewis, joining us this morning from paris. thank you. wanting to buy you news life amberlynn states you now for business with stephen beardsley. i'll be back with more at the top of the hour, obscene and with scoring we say they were about giving up sports like every weekend on d. w.