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through the pros and cons of allowing its vehicles to be used. millions of south africans plunged into darkness as the country's energy crisis deepens. we look at how people are coping with the worst power cuts on record.
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an icelandic football player wins a landmark case after her team failed to pay her full salary while she was pregnant. welcome to the program. military leaders in germany have failed to reach agreement on allowing german-made tanks to be sent into ukraine. he was optimistic that berlin would give approval for the tanks to be delivered. those hopes were dashed after the german defense minister said his country was still weighing the decision. >> the question of whether germany will send tanks to ukraine took center stage, but instead of giving the green light, germany's new defense minister said it is up to the chancellor to make the call. >> in the event of a negative
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decision, nothing needs to be done. in the event of a positive decision, we have to move quickly, because it is a matter of training and checking the tanks. i ordered officials to check the stocks of leopard tanks in our forces and in the industry. >> it has led to criticsm, including from other partners who want to supply the same kind of battle tanks to ukraine. poland and finland are willing to send them to ukraine fast, but need the green light from berlin. despite the dilemma over tank exports, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin had warm words for germany, calling it a reliable ally. >> germany has contributed a lot to this campaign. from the beginning, we saw them cycle in air defense capability,
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the patriots most recently, rst. they have stepped up and offered to provide mortars. they will provide those and conduct the on those platforms. >> for many, including these protesters who gathered outside the chancellery friday, the leader is dragging his feet when it comes to sending tanks. >> our chief political correspondent sent this update from the defense minister's meeting. >> the pressure on germany to give its green light to leopard ii combat tank deliveries remains high. some observers say that the fact that the new german defense minister announced he's taking stocks of what germany would theoretically have in terms of leopard ii capabilities can be seen as a sign that the german government is almost there. the minister announced a decision will come in the next
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days or weeks. one thing came out very clearly, the new man in the job is much better at communicating publicly than his predecessor was, something that cannot be underestimated at a time when western unity and western resolve is being tested like it is because of russian aggression. >> that is our correspondent. this is a retired field officer with the german defense forces and now a member of parliament for the opposition christian democratic party. i asked him for his reaction to berlin's indecision. >> it is horrifying because two messages are clear. first, the german defense minister has had no stock-taking. this is unbelievable. and second, that the american defense minister did not mention germany very clearly, but after the first question about the german leading power, he answered, what german leadership?
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germany is a reliable partner. this in the diplomatic field is really a very outspoken criticism, so i believe there's a lot of disappointment and we are losing time. ukraine is running out of personnel. it is running out of weapons. every day counts. they are bleeding and i believe the european credibility is drying up. >> we will come back to that point. i want to get something clear. has chancellor schulz stated clearly why he is so reluctant to send these tanks or allow other countries to send them? >> not at all. it is a communication disaster. it would have been better to state germany is reluctant. this would be a clear message, but now the decision is postponed again and there is not only disappointment. it is also a sign and signal to
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russia that the european and american allies are not unified and germany is taking the united states hostage. they will only deliver if the united states might deliver, but they have delivered 150 infantry fighting vehicles, so if europe would deliver 150 leopard tanks, this would be a clear message for a combined warfare, but this signal did not come due to german reluctance. >> do you draw the line at tanks or would you send, i don't know, why not fighter jets? >> well, germany never would send fighter jets, and they hampered last year in march the polish idea to deliver mig-29. this was stopped by the chancellor really a year ago -- the chancellery nearly a year ago. we should bring in all that is needed, not only submarines but
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also aircraft and fighter jets, for example, mig-29. the americans are already training pilots on f-16s. probably the new europe will be more eastern, scandinavian, more decisive, more deterrent and more modern, but probably without germany. paris has understood the message because macron changed his rhetoric, but germany, you will never find these words from the chancellor. >> cap concerned are you -- how concerned are you that the german foot dragging is undermining its reputation as a reliable partner regardless of what the american defense secretary said today? >> it is already undermined in the view of our eastern neighbors and it is also a western of time -- a question of time.
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france will find some clear words next week. we should not hold this to russia because this would again be the wrong signal. the responsible author of these signals is germany and not our allies. the target, ukraine, is becoming a sacrifice if we don't stand together and deliver everything needed. >> germany's own armed forces are acknowledged to be in need of updating, one of the jobs the new defense minister has set himself. how depleted woods sending german tanks to ukraine leave the bundeswehr? >> not at all, because the german armed forces have leopard ii in the model versions a6 and a7, and the european would focus on the a4. the german industry is
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delivering 27 leopard ii model a4 by summer to the czech republic and slovakia, and these could be changed and moved to, for example, ukraine. this would be half of italian and others could be delivered -- half a battalion and others could be delivered from the stocks of the armed forces. >> it is eminently doable. thank you. >> good evening. >> dw also spoke to u.s. democratic congressman adam smith, a member of the house armed services committee. this he agree with the criticism germany is taking? >> i don't think it is a fair criticism to say that germany has dragged its feet just because, you know, somebody in the process said, you ought to send it now. there's a calculation that goes into this that a lot of people do not pay attention to. what weapons are in their stockpile?
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how does this affect their own national security needs? and always remember that there are a number of roles in ukraine, but there are two that are primary. one, we want to preserve a sovereign democratic ukraine. we want to russia to be defeated, not to be successful in trying to take over ukraine. number two, we do not want a direct conflict between the u.s. and/or nato and russia. we want to avoid that direct conflict. and, you know, you have to take that into account as part of germany's argument, is, you know, what is that escalatory point at which you run a higher risk of getting into direct conflict? people who go, they should send whatever they want whenever they want it and not even think about it, i don't go down that road. it is a more difficult calculation that a lot of people are willing to admit. >> that is u.s. democratic
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congressman adam smith. get more from coordinator for pan-european data projects at the european council of foreign relations in berlin. welcome. what do you make of germany's position on these tanks? >> i think first of all, we have to recognize the meeting at the airbase today produced a significant upgrade to ukraine's fighting capability by new pledges from the united states, various northern and eastern european countries. unfortunately, germany does not belong in that club today. we see continued foot-dragging from the german government to produce a decision on the delivery of leopard ii heavy tanks to ukraine, either from german stockpiles or allied countrie' stockpiles. >> why do you think the german n chancellor is so
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reluctant? >> we have heard numerous explanations coming out of the chancellery over recent days, weeks, months, because it has been an issue for months in the german political context, but some of these revolve around escalation concerns. some revolve around historical memory, some around pictures of german tanks going toe to toe with others. it has been debated at lengths and with international support from germany's allies, i think, politically, have, you know -- i think there's a coalition of countries coming together on this question and germany is holding that back. >> i want to ask you why germany is holding them back, what is behind it. but what you have said is that
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reasons have come out of the chancellery, but we've never heard, as far as i can tell -- we have never had the chancellor come out to say this is why we have to take our time. why is it happening around him instead of from him? >> you are right. we have not received a good explanation for why this is taking so long, why even preparatory steps for taking a decision to produce a european coalition on this question have not been taken months, weeks earlier. olaf scholz wants to emphasize that he does not want germany to go it alone with supplying ukraine with any kind of new military gear. for a long time, this was interpreted as meaning that germany would act in a european/ countries would need to supply
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western-produced heavy armed vehicles as well. these would need to be western-produced tanks. now it seems to me that the united states has to take the lead with supplying ukraine with m1 abrams tanks and germany is happy to go along. so this is a confusing political picture that looks like an onion, where you sort of peel it off layer by layer, and we are not sure what is at the center of that political onion that olaf scholz is on this question. >> thank you for joining. >> thank you very much. >> some more stories making headlines around the world. french president emmanuel macron has announced plans to increase his country's defense budget by one third over the next seven years. he made the statement during a visit to an airbase in southwest france.
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he told military personnel he would ask parliament to approve a budget of 400 million euros threw two 2030. germany's third energy gas terminal has arrived in the northern state of choice -- in a northern state. once installed, the pipeline will deliver liquefied natural gas from tankers to germany's grid. it is part of berlin's strategy to secure alternatives to russian gas. in georgia, five people were killed when a gunman opened fire from an apartment balcony. the victims include neighbors and police. authorities say the perpetrator, a former soldier, then killed himself. it happened in a town east of the capital. a brazilian football player has been remanded in custody in spain on sexual assault charges. police say the alleged incident happened on new year's eve at a
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nightclub in barcelona. he has denied wrongdoing. to south africa, where president -- where the president is holding emergency meetings to address the country's energy crisis. authorities have been imposing rolling blackouts as the country's embattled power utility struggles to meet demand and power cuts are hitting the economy hard. christine reports from johannesburg. >> this generator is keeping the business running, but the backup power solution is not a cheap one and it is costing a lot more . >> we are fortunate to have invested in a generator but the costs have grown.
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>> the past few weeks have seen some of the worst power cuts on record in south africa, with the power utility rolling out nationwide blackouts, locally referred to as load shedding, for as much as 10 hours a day. even hospitals have not been spared. >> it does affect a lot of our equipment that we have on-site. for example, like i have mentioned, we have are elevators that are, obviously, put onto the generators, which he going on and off, which has also put patients in dangerous situations by their not being able to get out. >> in a country that already has high levels of crime, the power outages are further compromising safety and security in some areas. >> people are scared to even use the roads at night. it is so pitch black, the intersection right behind me being one of the hotspots.
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people are getting robbed, getting mugged. cars are getting stolen at gunpoint. so those are the issues we face during load shedding. >> south africa's coal power stations supply much of the electricity for the country, but many of these are not functioning at full capacity. >> south africa on average uses about 27,000 megawatts. at the moment, we are struggling to produce 21,000. in an electricity system, you have to match supply and demand instantaneously, exactly. the reason we have load shedding or reduction in south africa is to prevent the grid from collapsing. >> while the outages are a necessary evil, public outrage is growing. what really riles people up here is that much of the country's electricity problems have been attributed to endemic corruption at the state owned power utility
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and a slowness by authorities to invest in new sources of energy, especially as the country's coal power plants are very old, break down easily, and often have to go for maintenance that puts them out of commission. >> as the crisis further deteriorated, the managers of the utility held emergency meetings with the country's president and other stakeholders. south africans have been warned there is no quick fix and that the outages will continue for at least another year. ♪ >> this week, icelandic footballer sara björk gunnarsdóttir won a landmark case against her former employer, olympique lyonnais, and it could help set a new standard for maternity protection. dw spoke with a lawyer who represented her at her feet for tribunal and talked about the likely -- at her fifa tribunal and talked about the likely impact of the case on the game.
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>> sara björk gunnarsdóttir has won plenty, but the benchmark she said for maternity standards in football may be the biggest victory of her career. while pregnant, her then-club withheld her salary. fifa has ruled they must pay up. >> where olympique lyonnais went wrong was saying they were going to apply french law and ignore fifa regulations. >> fifa introduced new maternity regulations in 2021 --
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international star helping the case make headlines. >> sara björk gunnarsdóttir's lawyer was asked why olympique lyonnais failed to comply with fifa regulations. >> it is a question we also asked ourselves. we were surprised. i said it before when we pushed for these regulations because fifa made a huge work to have that there. we did not have in mind a club like olympique lyonnais when we thought of these protections.
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we thought it was more for smaller clubs or lower profile players that would not be protected assuming these types of clubs would already provide protection, so it was quite shocking. they were very confused that french law would apply. we did not agree. we explained our reasons and, well, we unfortunately could not get to an agreement, and this led to the case before fifa's dispute resolution chamber that ruled in our favor. >> how did you get involved? did you propose to the player or did the player come to you? >> the player approached us, also through her agents. that was also a big support during the whole process, and knowing one of our work colleagues, we got to our first meeting to get some information on what her rights were because there had been no break yet but
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she wanted to know where am i standing, what do i do, where are my rights? she was aware of the details, let's say, of the maternity regulations. of course, we made the link, and when this happened, she contacted us. >> to be clear, this case is now settled. you have won and this will have implications across the game, across the world. >> yes, definitely. we think that this is so important because -- especially because of the big club it is and the big player it is. this is being spread as i am speaking here and this is so positive because all the clubs are getting to know that they really, really need to apply these regulations. federations must be aware that they need to implement these regulations at the national level. players that may be still don't know about these, they can now have this information and know that if they get pregnant that
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they are protected, and this is our main mission and concern, and, yeah, if anyone has any doubts or would like to have more information, they can always reach out to us. >> good talking to you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> one of the best-loved voices in rock music has fallen silent. american musician david crosby has died at the age of 81. he was one of the most influential artists of the 1960's and 1970's, creating an enduring full crock sound with the byrds and crosby, stills and nash. here's a look at his life and legacy. >> big ego, no brains. i don't think i was a good lover. i was selfish. i feel alive. >> scenes from the last major documentary charting the life of one of the greats of american
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music. david crosby made it into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame with not one but two bands. ♪ >> ♪ turn, turn, turn ♪ ♪ >> the full crock singer-songwriter meredith -- made his first splash in the 1960's with the byrds, but tensions split them up, into 1968, he teamed up to form crosby, stills and nash. after neil young's addition, they became crosby, stills, nash and young. their music was political, it reflection of the counterculture at the time. one of the -- one of their most famous performances at woodstock in 1969. >> for a moment, dr. king's death was not hanging over us. >> the legendary group enjoyed multiple hits and successful albums before tensions broke
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them up also. besides his innovative guitar tunings and vocal harmonies, david crosby was known for his peace activism, is turbulent for -- turbulent professional relationships and rockstar lifestyle. he underwent a liver transplant in the 1970's after decades of drug use cut up with him. in later decades, he turned his health around and continued doing what he had always done so i chronically. >> no music? >> not interested. it is the only thing i have to offer. >> david crosby will be remembered as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. ♪ >> a reminder of our top story. western defense officials meeting in germany have failed to reach an agreement on delivering german-made battle
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tanks to ukraine. kyiv have been pleading for berlin to greenlight the delivery of leopard ii tanks. the german defense minister said his country was still weighing up the decision. i will be back in just a moment to take you through the day and looking at that continuing german indecision over leopard tanks and looking at how russia is gearing up for his next onslaught. that is here on dw in just a moment. ♪
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>> welcome to "france 24". the headlines this hour. no breakthrough on whether to provide battle tanks to ukraine. there are reports that it was the only holdout. russia's group this is washington labeled transnational criminal organization. and pro-life demonstrators take to the streets of the u.s. capitol after the u.s. supreme court struck down roev.wade.
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defense ministers from 50 countries meant at germany's ramstein air base on whether to provide battle tanks. keef says it needs 300 tanks but germany has been reluctant to do so. germany's new defense minister and dismissed reports that berlin was the only holdout. >> hopes were dashed as defense ministers failed to get an agreement. forces are desperate to get their hands on. berlin weary is reluctant to send the tanks.
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and that germany is not >> the impression tt one sometimes gets that there is a united coalition and germany is standing in the way of is false. there are many allies that share the onion that i have stated here today. >> the u.s. came to germany's defense. >> germany has contributed a lot. they are a reliable ally and been that way for a very long time. >> and in his address dellens ki is asking for the tanks. >> we have to fight for the supplyf modern tanks. we make it obvious there is no alternative that the decision about tanks must be made.
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>> western officials are ramping up support with the u.s. pledging military equipment worth $2.5 billion. u.k. and poland are vowing to send weapons of their own. they say it will not change the course of the war. >> wagner group has been designated as a criminal and recruits to fight soldiers in ukraine. criminal complaints have been filed against the group in serbia. they are accused of fighting them to fight in ukraine. the head of serbia state security are amongst those of allowing the group to actively recruit in serbia. we are standing by tonight. what does this criminal complaint accuse the wagner groupf? >> well, basally this criminal
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complaint in order to see whether there is a re recruitment or not in serbia. there are some in the belgrade in the city, which were -- the activity of far-right group in serbia which has been supportive of russia since the very beginning of the war. and last month in december, it was announced that there are some activities in serbia in order to see whether they can recruit some people. and nothing has been opened in belgrade. and very active on the social networks. and on the social networks there
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were ads for recruitment in serbian language. but this is the reason why the serbian president decided to go public on tv and ask to stop these activities. as far as we know for the moment, there is not a significant member of serbian officials and there is no alternatives in belgrade. >> from what you're seeing, if they are active on social networks and can be based anywhere. what is the presence in serbia? >> this is a very presence that is built by the far right group in serbia, namely one group which is the group that was
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found add couple of years ago -- indiscernible] and the ideology of the far right -- [indiscernible] >> since the beginning of the war. there are rallies in belgrade last year to show support for belgrade, and that's as far as amount of serbian fighters.cant there were serbian fighters in ukraine in 2014. and they were prosecuted by the serbian governmen because they are forcing them to fight in foreign wars and this was made clear by serbian president this week.
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it seems very much that this is the kind of propaganda or game of interest in order for the russian side to show that serbia is on its side. there is nothing more. >> thank you very much for that reporting to us. this friday, anti-abortion activists are holding annual march for life in washington, d.c., and first such gathering since the u.s. supreme court overturned roev. weighed. and -- wade. for pro-life activists overturning the law is first step. they are trying to make it illegal across the country. >> hole mary mother of god pray
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for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen. >> it answere the prayers of the pro-life movement. the right to an abortion was protected by the constitution. now more than half of u.s. states ban or restrict. a huge win for pro-life activists. >> i'm happy about the decision because i think many babies' lives have been saved but doesn't mean that abortions ending in ourountry, because if one state h abortions, people from other states can travel to that state. >> since june, 13 states have enacted near total bans and others have strict restrictions. other states have increased or >> there is abortions.bortions.
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it is legal for every state in the united states. [applause] >> the new republican-led house has passed two abortion-related measures. one condemning attacks on pro-life groups and other requiring medical care in the ra cases o infants surviving abortions. there hasn't been a push of a federal ban leaving the issue up to individual states for now. >> we can bring in assistant director for the project in colorado. last year, we saw the u.s. supreme court overturn roe v. weighed -- wade. why are they taking to the street today? >> they are emboldened by this experience and the march is something they had in the past.
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i heard that this year that people who will be present at the march will be minor political past. in the past, major players like donald trump have been there but many are trying to disassociate with the movement because these bans are at odds with what most americans want and huge liabilities for their political survival. it will be a few years before any meaningful dhaing is made to support the cause. colorado project and our partner organizations will continue to help people seek necessary medical care and health care system for everyone. >> when it comes to the republican party, you said taking names is absent today. so who is present? >> i have heard representative steve sca lease and joniernst if
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they ran for president, they wouldn't have a huge following. >> certain republicans are trying to distance themselves from this movement, because while overturning the decision was a huge victory for the g.o.p., certain republicans like the governor of florida ron desantis did not really embrace the overturning of the decision. a lot of people come to florida to get abortions. is that strategic on his part because he is looking at the presidency next year? >> most republicans are mostly not anti-abortion. the only ones who are are intensely religious and what we have seen -- there what a pew research study done that are christianity is in sharp decline and in 2070, it will no longer
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be the majority religion in the country. and there will be different ways of being. i think what's going on right now is the swan song of it as we know it. i know that a lot of republicans died during covid. and there was a study conducted by the national economic research and that in conjunction and christianity in decline, the democrats are in a good position to be able to keep some semblance of abortion rights in this country and i think that some republican leaders are aware that even though their voters are supportive of them on other issues, they are not necessarily supportive on them for this. >> let's just say republicans
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win control of the white house next year in the presidential election, do you think the president will continue to chip away at abortion rights given what happened already? and particularly women, don't -- they want access to abortion. >> yeah. so i'm having trouble foreseeing a national bantully happens. it is a fantasy for a lot of evangelical christians and when the chips fall and a candidate is pushing a national ban and running on that platform, i don't think they will have the supporters to get into office and implement anything. >> melissa benjamin, thanks. thousands of protestors called on the president to go. the country has been rocked by the worst political violence following the arrest of former
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president. the demonstration have highlighted the divisions in four rural areas. >> tensions running high in the peruvian capital calling for the president to step down. >> enough with him and the repression. >> later that night, she called for dialogue and also faced her muscles. she said protestors would be punished as what she called violent acts in december and january. at least 13 civilians and four police officers were injured in the capital on thursday. a major fire broke out in the city center and unclear if there was any link with the unrest. protests erupted including in peru's second largest city.
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>> we are demanding the resignation of the president and closure of congress and new elections in 2023. >> the demonstrators are supporters of the former president. hisous ter has revealed deep fault lines in peruvian society. he attempted to dissolve congress which is controlled by the opposition. he was detained and accused of rebellion. dozens of people have died and the former president remains in president. >> a time now for truth or fake. you have been looking into some images that were played on polish television, what did you find? >> a very interesting election map has been going on social
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media. look at this tweet, what we can see here is a screen shot now we can be here there are a woman standing in front of the map of poland and something may not emseem out of the ordinary but look at the borders behind her in that map. now if we just pull up a side by side of the map in question. this is a legitimate map that we have ourselves of poland's international border and alleged map. now what we can see is that poland's borders with belarus and ukraine, this little dip goes out and this is the accurate map. and this one by this, we can see that poland's territory
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massively extends into ukraine and almost encaptured this city which is part of ukraine and extends so far that it is almost coming up to the capital. so there are inaccuracies in that map. they are saying it was deliberate and poland intending to take over part of ukraine or join the russia war effort. these images were shot by pro-russian media and telegram accounts and there are indications that these images were never published and that they were indeed doctored. >> what are the signs that these images were doctored? >> many shared to us that the spellings were inaccurate and that's because there was no, the
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symbols that the letters of the alphabet. and cities were quick to react, to show the difference the things on the map. this is the first indication that this is not or chess traited by poles and gentlemen unlike by the polish state and unlikely they would make a huge error like this. if we take a closer look at the graphics that the broadcast journalists tend to use for their weather forecasts. but what has been used in these images and extremely different as well this woman here is a presenter in poland, doesn't work for this tv channel and actually a presenter for a channel which is a polish
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catholic channel and very likely that the people who doctored that image took her image. and it is from 2020. and as we see there it is the same woman and wearing the same dress and nail colors, hair style and hair cut are exactly the same. they probably stole her image. >> poland said it is regularly pummeled by russian propaganda. >> they have responded to these internet claims and slammed it as russian propaganda and this is the statement. they even went as far to denounce what they described as russia's warfare tool box.
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they said this logo had been paced to convince the russian public that this is propagated by moscow. poland's secretary of state has also weighed in -- apologies for these technical issues, but he has also weighed in and said the russian propaganda attacks are part of the disinformation structure and staff people with the idea of people enter the war effort against ukraine and it is to wear down their trust in poland and that trust is pretty high as poland is one of the strongest allies. they are the country with one of the loudest voices calling for steeper sanctions against the kremlin and accepted the highest number of ukrainian refuse.
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and this week, poland are going to sairve supplies for the ukrainian war effort. >> thank youor tt effort. truth or fake? brazil deforestation has reached record leflts. levels. many of these export so. a state has suffered extensively control burns are common sight in these parts. in central brazil, land owners use them to expand their so farms as pducts continue to soar. natural vegetation has
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disappeared this year alone. >> there are immense fields, mostly soybeans and corn, quite chilling, the entire area has been completely transformed. >> the soybeans had just been planted and feed for livestock in meats and dairy production. much of france's so comes from this municipality. >> more than 300,000 tons of so come from here and represent 100,000 of hectors. france is dependent on this area. >> seed, fertilizer and farming equipment line the rods roads and new towns have popped up. there is a program dedicated to intensive farming on local radio giving the latest news on the
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sector. >> it's impressive. we have hit new so production in the region from 2021-2002 -- 2022. >> the area conveed to farmland has gone up 50%. these soybean producers exports to china, europe and north america. ey say simply fding the world and don't understand the desire to reduce. >> it's very easy to ask us to stop cutting down trees and stop producing. when you have nothing to eat, how will your people react? >> as the savannah goes up in smoke, she lives on the fringees of some people who lived here
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for hundreds of years. lima said he was shot in the leg last year. >> they started firing at us. i got shot. i kept running. after a while, i fell over. >> it took 12 hours to get him to hospital where he was saved from the brink of death. >> scared. very scared. i was scared of dying, losing my family. i have a son. >> the river near the village is polluted with pest is eyeds. they don't stop from using it to bathe and wash clothes and dishers. >> people don't eat what's produced here.
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instead it comes in. >> as well as destroying our environment, they are making other countries rich, while here, we go hungry. with each new farm, land riched in diversity lost. they have to fight all species. >> stay with us. this is "france 24". >> i am 25 years old, since i was born, all i have known is the war in somalia and they kill anyone who doesn't think like them. >> muhammad's journey is hell on earth.
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>> our spirits were crumbling and no one knew what was going on. >> when a lifesaving thing that happens. she told me about her jobs and what she wanted after this nighare. watch "love story in hell." an exclusive illustrated testimony on "france 24" and france24. com.
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