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

protest plans to the port that no end and signed to the public anger over french president my cause pension reform. dozens of officers are injured, and 200 arrests are made in the latest clashes between police and protesters impair ah, i'm the cough really thank you so much for joining us. ukrainian president vladimir lensky says he's ready to meet china as president. she ging, paying to lensky, was speaking to the a p news agency and said he'd extended an invitation to the chinese leader. the 2 men haven't spoken since russia invaded ukraine more than a year ago when she visited moscow last week on what he called a peace mission. the landscape comments come after ukraine took delivery of western battle came from germany and the u. k. are expected to beef up,

it's armored fire power for a potential spring offensive. crenan defense minister alexey resit call was seen riding in a british challenger. 2 battles hang on german made leopard at 2 tanks were also delivered. now, before the long awaited vehicles arrived, ukraine had to rely on soviet made tax, our corresponding accent. i met some of the crews keeping them running an eastern ukraine. these men, or farmers from the south. now they belong to the most feared units of 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 leo. 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. closer, 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 k through. 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 missy. 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 would have done russia. yes, many russian parts fitter 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 than 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 ever papa should come on out and share with the new ones are more maneuverable. they have other equipment of the thermal sites range finders in ramirez have say in check. the crew is more protected than the ammunition capsule is placed at the back. now and keep on exist. shanisha ne cops last is on yet. when they shoot, the capital flies out, but we don't control how many times my proposed moments are in our old tanks. we're sitting on a powder keg. now we're looking for chicken. 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. let's keep talking about these new better tanks then with military analysts, frank and lead, which is joining we now get to see you again. ukraine spent months pleading for modern western battle tanks. now they finally have their hands on them. why are they believed to be so crucial to ukraine encounter offensive? well, good morning nicole. we have to go back really to the cold war. no toe. the west went much more on quality, the russians or the soviet side on quantity. so that meant and you heard that from

a lot of this from the tank room and now before that these tanks that they're getting which are much more modern, of course. and coldwell ones are a step change in quality over the russian predecessors and adversary's. so for example, army protection, they are far more survivable on the bus with him, equally importantly. and this was hinted at that or what's called fire control systems. so, tags can fight at night, nato talks, will be able to fight at night. even more importantly than that, they'll be able to engage russian tanks. that's to say, shoot at russian tanks and destroy them before russian tanks are in range and they'll be able to do that at a very high rate. so we're looking at step change in quality here and from the tank crewman perspective, as you heard that that's utterly vital at when it comes to operating these tanks though, how different are the new western tanks found? the soviet era ones, right?

so by, if you are to go inside a russian tank, they're pretty rudimentary inside set set for the very latest ones, which the russians have very few. when you go inside a western tank, you are encased in a huge amount of armor and steel, but essentially it's far more integrated in terms of systems. and in other words, you need a lot more training to operate or a nato type, such as a lap, hard to, or a challenge, or especially in a bronze. so what the west has been focusing on, i think over the last few months will be till the end of the year are training the crew equally important. and i say equally important are the provisions not only of logistics of supply and repair vehicles and they're getting those not so they're not so glamorous, let's say. but of course, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers and they're getting those as well because you can't fight tanks alone. you need to have infantry with you. that's a mistake. the russians made earlier in the war. yeah. you talk about superior

quality there, but there is also strength and numbers isn't there. do you expect these modern western battle tanks to be enough or does ukraine need far more than what they're getting at this point? it needs more the european leopard providers have so including, especially germany have promised so far, but 2 battalions worth of tanks. that's just over a 100 tanks the british, but very few but very effective company worth that's 14 tanks. you're not going to get that 100 tanks for all the fanfare. probably they're not going to have a 100 till autumn time. they've asked for 300 tanks are much more effective, used in bulk. and there whether ukraine is want to use, of course, in the counter offensive, is as a massive assault force. and there's an exponential effect in having large numbers. there's no point in having them in petty packets

for various reasons. so they need a lot more and they will continue to ask a lot more and their right to do so. now her alice frank led wench, thank you so much for those and said thank you. take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world to day. beijing has threatened to retaliate against taiwan as president, sighing when heads to the wes. she's expected to meet with you as hell. 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. lakewood jean nothing. just the united states has stopped sharing key data on its nuclear arsenal. with russia after moscow that the same, it follows the kremlin decision in february to suspend its participation in the key arms treaty with washington that limits the number of nuclear warheads and missiles each country is allowed to deploy. recently with russians and vela ruffians could soon be competing and international sports events. again,

the international olympic committee has issued recommendations for allowing athletes from both countries to compete under a neutral flag. the move is drawing criticism from both sides. western officials and moscow israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected us president joe biden's call to abandon his plan. judicial overhaul by them had urged the prime minister to quote, walk away from the plans after he paused them on monday, following weeks of protests by israeli mexican authorities. they ablaze at a migrant center that killed at least 38 people, was started by some of the detainees themselves. the detention center is in c dot horace in northern mexico. it's known as a major crossing point for migrant seeking to enter the united states authority say some migrants that 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 dirt, loved ones, not homeless like the migration authorities haven't told us anything if they haven't told us where they took the bodies, or 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 m last i marks on them and then i throw. hm. eagle. either familiarity. now. these events inside but filmed by a surveillance camera, migrant said did mattresses on fire in what officials have called a protest. the video shows the smoke filling the room while the cards walked away. apparently making no attempt to save them. in desperation was one of the biggest

causes or perhaps was the cause for losing control of the situation. and having cases like these more still to victims, but i did to fight escort the mile and citizens. others are from one to rod at salvador, venezuela, columbia, and a quarter. due to quit off my groups by the mexican authorities was under scrutiny long before this tragedy. the victims families unload demanding answers from the mexican government. the u. s. has been stepping up pressure on mexico to reduce the number of migrants crossing the border journalist an illusion of outlined some of the policies that have been implemented well since the global pandemic, the trump administration implemented a program that called remain in mexico, that mexico itself a 30 agreed to where the u. s. would make asylum seekers and refugees wait in mexico for their hearings instead of with in the united states which

a standard protocol and in mexico they normally have to live in really horrible, dangerous migrant camps on some invoices of how many people were me know a few weeks ago, as m u. s. were kidnapped and killed and was a big controversy there. um and the mexican government has also put in place a lot of migrant checkpoints and basically made that mexico b the border for, for the makers that are coming from central america, the caribbean, and other parts of the world that they cannot get past mexico. so that they are doing both the migration enforcement work of the united states before they even get to the united states. i was mexican journalist and alicia, and also of speaking to us earlier living on hundreds of thousands of people in france, have taken part in fresh protests and strikes against pension reforms at the 10th day of nationwide action. since mid january, almost demonstrated peacefully, there were classes with police and several major cities for that,

and among our car has refused to back down on his decision to increase the retirement age to 64. nearly 2 weeks after president micron pushed the changes through parliament, public fury shows no sign of abating. 740000 people marched across the country. on tuesday, the government said in the western city of not the barricades burned, it's we who work. it's we who to said reach the banner in the south, thousands marched on the old port of marsey. while in paris, protesters marched through the city center, led by the unions. ah, everyone hates the police. they chanted for the march remained relatively peaceful

. but elsewhere in the capitol violence erupted between black clouds protesters and right police reacted to stones and projectiles. with tear gas protestors dismissed criticism that the french retirement age is one of the world's lowest. it's not because it's worse in other countries that we should do the same because we know that term that they're working on in conditions in his countries are awful for people that are something more rich in nature as it should be there. she'll have the right to rest, and after work to fridge herbs, in a very poor, her social conditions was very little rights under with the one that is in france so much for the workers who work with their arms and their position and where are there other countries they must fight as we fight, striking parisian railway workers echoed to that sentiment. ah,

you will console me. they want to turn out to best years of retirement into the worst 2 years of out working lives. were all going to be broken? i guess in the increasing tendency towards violence prompted the deployment of $13000.00 officers, according to interior minister, she held darma. but the simmering outrage does not seem to have dissuaded my crawl from pushing through his changes. the president was given a boost by the decision of parisians. sanitation workers to return to work after a 3 week strike, perhaps a sign that the protests could burn themselves out. on a 10th day of nationwide protest against this pension reform in elisa louis and paris told me how this one compared to previous protests. well, when you look at the numbers, protesters and that number has gone, 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 strike seems to have gone down to remind 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 that 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 gonna talk to the government. but at what we want to speak with about is really this pension reform. we want the government to drop the reform. however, the government 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 set that they would keep on demonstrating afterwards. yeah. months of protests, now, what effect are they having on life in france, 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, a ways collectors have been striking him paris. so, and waste is piling up on the earth. i walks 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. to southeast asia. now neon mars row hinge m muslims living in bangladesh are no strangers to hardship and hunger. but now many of them fear starvation and even death due to a significant cut in un food aid. more than a millionaire hinge or refugees who fled persecution in their home country resigned and over crowded camp close to the water. for together they make up the world's

largest refugee settlement, or the daily 5 for survival could soon become even tougher. hulu. the fear of hunger is growing and cox's bizarre camps. since early march, the world food program has been forced to reduce food aid to over a 1000000 refugees here due to a funding shortage. her meter already struggles to feed her kids. now she worries, things will only get worse to la la la, i'm not getting any fish, meat or salt. now my kids are not getting fruit to eat. i but we used to have these things. i thought her meet is 2 sons have food to day, but it's not enough. and they're not alone. nearly $1.00 and $8.00 growing the children is acutely malnourished. the mothers suffer to some 40 percent pregnant and breastfeeding women are anemic. and while the refugee camps have limited

health care services, they have also seen their funding dry up in recent is the little yellow ruined. she's rama that he can nasha ro hanging kids come to us with moderate and severe malnutrition right now that we identified them through screening bakery. did they come with a lack of healthy food is causing on the meal nutrition among them? dish and i will with the fact that these kids just aren't getting vegetables, fish me and fruit formally glucose hit the printer over the cuts to food aid have been coupled with an increase in violence in the refugee camps. human rights activists here, that security will be further to stabilized. doesn't get w equal big j, the food aid cut by the w f p. that is inhumane, and disrespectful to ro hang your refugees. 7, i'll watch other corporate profit,

drug trafficking, human trafficking, and other forms of crimes like murder, than to tree and extortion could increase in the camps as a result on it or on the low bennett of lawlessness has already taken its toll and the refugees, bangladesh. investigators say that the massive fire that left thousands of refugees homeless earlier this month was carried out by criminal gangs, trying to establish supremacy in the camps. for meta fire is just one more problem that she must bear as a refugee m homeland rather than we live in fear. in the camp door, we feared that our tents could be set on fire. larry did go to my we have gas stoves inside our turns italy, which could also cause a fire and then a young we fear somebody could set fires on purpose that are laura beatings and killings have also been taking place here. but what can we do about it, and where can we go with the small care license? what i have, i shall,

hon. loaded the choices or stock bangladesh has been negotiating with me and more for refugee repatriation. but the 2 past attempts failed. most refugees fear more for their safety back home, even more than they fear the dangers of the camps. spring, an ambient, her veins. she works as a doctor in the ruins, camps and bangladesh and coal found at the organisation row hinder, medics must have been welcome to the w. now conditions have long been extremely dire. furthermore hinges, living and camps in bangladesh. how are they coping with these latest cuts? thank you very much. am are inviting me since 2017. and there was always a flow of wrangle from myanmar to bangladesh. and in 2017, there was a massive flow around 850000 or hang gas have moved to or had to because of the fear. and because of the genocide they had to flee to bangladesh and seek for the shelters. since then,

many things have happened and when it comes to the universal jurisdiction or i c, j or i, c, c. nevertheless, on the other side, many negative things are also happening against the line, get people. unlike a massive fire, an accident reduction of the food watchers plus or what do you see and also the, the partition processes and also the increase of the host hostile of the local community. which put these are noble hangers to our father to dehumanization process. and due to this, one must not forget in this refugee camps, we are more than 1000000 wine gas are seeking shelters in bangladesh. we thought this will be a short term and we will be able to repatriate. it did not happen. rather many other things have been deteriorating, which puts our people who are already traumatized,

especially our women and children. will the 6 if i person living in the camp, not only medically but also mentally and plus they have been and will be impacts on the crimes. they will be engaged to all the crimes that is happening in the cam. plus, they want to get a medical, a perspective of this one. i know there are many facets in this in this problem, but um, what does the shortage of food mean medically for the people living in these camps of yes, you not that i'm as of mentioned at 65 percent of our children and women, these are the ones who are also chronically sick, you know, and we have children under 5 years with the acute my latricia cases. and plus, we have also chronic diseases like with the any mia a with the hepatitis c and dis, a will also not help our children who have been vent through so much of a stress factors. dan been bumbled with challenges everyday. our children of women,

our a does. so medically they're mentally, they will not be at all fit enough and they will not be able to develop a normal life. they will not grow normal and the chronic disease that they have been it will deteriorate and the progress will be bad. yeah. so what can and what should be done now to help you know the nutrition. so these people were getting in the camps and the calories were not at all enough. it was the same food having the same thing and using it miss pushing them to starvation. as dire prospective and, and it might even get worse than w. f p says there might be more cuts looming. what would that mean for people briefly if you can, because we don't have much time left. ok, you know, that will be important that the m u m international community should try as, as soon as possible to repatriate durango's,

but with their dignified with the am dignified return with the full citizenship rights. and till that time, it is important that the international community does not make us dependent on the i induce and the endures. instead, make us independent so that we can live, we can earn our own money. and when did we will be able to come back to our country . thank you so much, dr. ambia harvey in timing us to day. and italy, thanks for time to washington in his life, from berlin, tennis at the top of the next hour, with awe . with

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