anchor: welcome to live from paris on france 24. here are your headlines this evening. several media outlets report the u.s. and germany are poised to supply ukraine with thanks which would mark a big reversal in policy. washington and berlin have been fearful of provoking an escalation from the kremlin but have come under increasing pressure internationally. finland has called for a cooling-off between sweden and turkey after tensions spiked over the weekend. stockholm says it is looking to restart dialogue with ankara as turkey holds the key to sweden's

nato membership bid. and the war in ukraine is a number of factors that have made scientists set this embolic doomsday clock to 90 seconds to midnight, closed as it has ever been to signaling humankind's self annihilation. good to have you with us this evening. in what has been a dramatic u-turn, germany and the united states both poised to ounce they will not export thanks to ukraine. international pressure has been building on berlin to allow the exports of leopard to tanks germany maintained it would only grant permits if the u.s. agreed to exports of their m1 abrams tanks. washington had held out citing that link the troop training requirements, but those concerns seem to have eroded with both

untries pected to gi the go-ahead immintly. for the latest, let's cross live to berlin where we can speak to our correspondent in germany. calls have been increasing in germany for the last few weeks. was this announcement inevitable? porter: i think it was the outside pressure from europe that made the decision inevitable, the consequences unimaginableor the cncellor who finally will ultimately make official the green light we are hearing from multiple sources, pressure from european allies, particularly eastern europe and the baltics where they would free export that tanks to ukraine. for days, we have been expect an announcement from germany to allow the re-export or send its n leard tanks to ukraine or finally allow both. there were talks, discussions in

the media, no official talks were nothing anyone owned u to, where germany would -- was asking washington to send abrams tanks in order to provide cover for the chancellor to explain to the german public why they have to send the leopard tanks, because the americans are doing it. the americans being the big protector historically of germany. looks like it is all coming to a head. we will hear from the chancellor tomorrow and the german parliament as well as well as on tv tomorrow night for this big u-turn. anchor: some people were expecting announcements over the weekend. what has been holding the german government back and how will this go down with the german public? reporter: olaf scholz has sd he's afraid of an escalation and possible nuclear conflict or conflict between nato and germany. his party is by and large kind

him on that, the social democratic party, but he does not govern alone. he governs with the greens and free democrats and both of those parties have been in favor of at least allowing the re-export of leopard tanks from the 13 european countries outside of germany that have used them since 2000. there are plenty to go around, plenty to send to ukraine. fierce opposition, saying germany risks having a reputation as an international basket case, being accused of cowardice and obstinacy. all of that was playing in the background and forcing the chancellor's hand. now he's going to have to address the german public and explain the decision, but being able to say we are doing this jointly with the americans, which they did just recently when they were sending in the armored personnel carrier should make it a little more palatable to t german public, which is

slightly in favor of sending the leopard tanks, so this is the end of the saga we have been going through for a week, wondering when germany will get the green light. it seems to will be made public tomorrow. anchor: thank you for joining us there live from berlin. president zelenskyy has given his government its biggest shakeup since the war and his country began. several senior figures were sacked, including five front-line governors. he's capital it -- grappling with a corruption scandal as plagued is government. the former comedian says he looks to root out the corruption has dogged ukraine for years and blocks the countries e.u. membership in the past. the chairman of the anticorruption action center -- >> it doesn't show ukraine is corrupt. on the contrary, the -- it was followg the case even before we have seen a series of

arrests. the deputy was fired within one hour. anchor: the war in ukraine is a number of -- one of a number of factors that have forced scientists to push the doomsday clock to 90 seconds to midnight. the embolic clock was created in the 40's to show how close humanity is to self annihilation. reporter: -- >> it is now 90 seconds to midnight. reporter: it sounds like a hoax but the panel is made up of atomic scientists, several of them are nobel laureates. less than one month into 2023, they are worried. >> nuclear risks increased due largely to russia's unprovoked invasion of ukraine. the possibility of nuclear use cannot be discounted. accidents, mistakes could lead to unintended escalation. and putin might deliberately

escalate if faced with the prospect of defeat. reporter: since the start of the war, the kremlin has showcased drills by its strategic nuclear forces. in ukraine, shelling around the nuclear power plant has sparked fears of potential disaster. aside from nuclear risks, the scientists said there were concerns biological weapons could be used in ukraine. the clock was last changed in 2020. it was set at 100 seconds to midnight, closest yet at the time. it was first created in 1947, it was set at seven minutes to midnight, the furthest it has ever been was in 1991, the year the cold war ended. the scientists also warned the war in ukraine has hamstrung the world's response to climate change. instead of scaling back investments in fossil fuels, countries dependent on russian oil and gas have diversified suppliers, expanding investment in natural gas. anchor: sweden is hoping to

reset talks with turkey, for ankara holding the key to their nato membership bid. finland who has been running a bid with sweden set a pause of a few weeks was needed to help things calm down. things spiked over the weekend after a protest was hold at turkeys embassy in stockholm where a karana was born earned -- karana was burned. -- koran was burned. now this threatens to derail sweden's nato bid. what has reaction been like? guest: there has been discussion whether sweden should stop this kind of demonstration. we have two problems here -- we need to protect the rights of

freedom of expression and so on, but we also have the most vulnerable situation since the second world war. we have to join nato. so maybe cool down, don't make those protests so we can get along with turkey and join the eu -- nato, sorry. the most common explanation for turkey to start with was already gone -- erdogan is a strong man. they had an election in may and nato will have a summit most people expect sweden to be able to join. anchor: let's touch on those reasons. turkey objection was over what erdogan called swedish terrorists.

the countries membership is being used as a vertical bargaining chip. guest: as i said, erdogan needs this for the election. there is another option, and that is to buy fighter jets, the f-16 from the united states. he hopes he will get that as a prize for letting sweden get in. of course there are discussions over whether he wants to help his friend putin to sabotage this process. but the main reason is the elections and his argument that he wants to obtain the terrorist threat sweden has, he wants to get rid of the soft finance. anchor: what do you think the

prime minister can do to win turkey over? is there'neath -- anything or is it out of his hands? guest: this will be -- this will solve itself in may. buthere's another problem which i think is his main object now and that is the is an escalation of criticism against sweden that is not only a case of sweden versus turkey, but sweden insulting islam as a religion. we had a few years ago the caricatures of a vanished newspaper which caused a lot of problems for denmark and i think the swedish government is worried this could be another case of swedish companies being attacked, swedish tourists being

attacked and so on. i think that is the problem right now. anchor: is there anything nato can do as an alliance to maybe help swayed turkey to come on site and vote for sweden to ascend? guest: not really. just wait for the elections in turkey and maybe the americans will sell the fighter jets and everything will be clear. anchor: thank you so much for joining us on friends 24. -- on france 24. in the u.s., california has been gripped by gun violence with three shootings in just eight days. on monday, seven people were killed in a shooting spree at two mushroom farms in the north of the state in what is being called a workplace violence incident. police arrested a 66-year-old man, he is the secon older men thought to have committed a mass shooting within a week after a

72-year-old is believed to have killed 11 people at a dance studio in east los angeles over the weekend. the list of former u.s. officials found in possession of classified documents is getting longer following donald trump and president biden, former vice president mike pence is now on the list afteraterials were founinside his residence in indiana. since's lawyer said he had contacted the naonal archives and the former vp was unaware of the existence of sensitive materials at his home until a search turned them up last week. the u.s. has said it will propose further targets for sanctions as gang violence worsens on the caribbean island of haiti. on tuesday, they said the situation was spiraling out of control and renewed calls for an international force to restore

order. poverty and lawlessness are rampant in the country. powerful gangs now control much of the capital city with many hoping to claim asylum abroad to flee the violence. listen to a representative from the u.n. >> gangs have increasingly resorted to the deliberate killing of men, women, and children as young as 10 years old have been brutally raped, attacked, spread fear and destroys the social fabric of communities under the control of rival gangs. anchor: time for a look at the top business news. i'm joined on the set by brian quinn. starting with a major antitrust action against google in the u.s. >> the u.s. justice department has filed a lawsuit against google, accusing it of anticompetitive practices in the company's digital advertising business. rescuers are being joined by

eight u.s. states, including google's home state of california. the complaint alleges the tech giant has neutralized and eliminated rivals through acquisitions, including the 2007 purchase of double-click. it asked the clerk to force the divestiture of google's ad manager suite and the ad exchange, add x. the business is responsible for 80% of googles revenue. it marks the second antitrust move against google after a lawsuit over the alleged mellott belay in online searches. that one is scheduled to go to trial in some number. to buenos aires where latin american heads of state have gathered for a summit of the clec group -- the community of latin american and caribbean states, an informal consortium of 33 nations. among its early boosters was left as president lula da silva, who is back in office after to

feeding his rival. the goals include reviving a stalled trade deal between european union and the group of brazil, are get tina -- argentina, and paraguay. an agreement was reached but never ratified in part two two european concerns over bolsonaro 's environmental policies. argentina is economy ministry says european concerns are an impediment to finalizing the deal. >> in the discussion of the agreement, there is an issue on the horizon -- on the horizon europe must stand up. agricultural subsidies, for example because in some way, they act as a barrier to the competitivess of argentine projects. anchor: another key talking

point for those gathered at the summit is a attentional creation of a common currency to be shared among latin american states. its key backers have been brazil and argentina with leaders of the few countries promoting the idea as a way to reduce dependence on the u.s. dollar many analysts remain highly skeptical. reporter: a warm welcome back for president lula da silva after his predecessor pulled out of the regional grouping. lula da silva sought to rebuild bridges over various issues during talks with its argentinian counterpart, but the hot button toxic, high potential common currency between the countries. >> we are trying to get each of our finance ministers to draft a proposal for foreign trade and transactions between our two countries. which will be done in a common currency. reporter: the initiative would

be launched as a bilateral project, with a vision to be extended to other latin american countries, and idea backed by nicholas maduro. his country reached 234% inflation in 2022. >> i announce venezuela is ready and we support the initiative to create a latin american and caribbean currency. reporter: according to early-stage talks, the brazilian reality and argentine peso would continue to exist with the new tender only targeted at trade as a broader aim to reduce dependency on the u.s. dollar. but the idea was met with deep skepticism from many who say neither economy is in position to toy with a shared currency. analysts say there are more pressing issues at hand like the trade block which after three decades since its exception has yet to deliver on its goal of trade integration for its four founding members. anchor: live nation is in the

hot seat. the u.s. entertainment giant, the focus of a senate committee hearing on antitrust issues. in november, its subsidiary, ticketmaster, sparked a major backlash when sales for taylor swift's u.s. tours were canceled as overwhelming demand crash the company systems. for years, ticketmaster has faced criticism from artists and fans over high fees and service charges. senators are increasingly focused on the company's market share, estimated by some to be as high as 70%. here is senator dick durbin. >> if you want real business practices and the strength of the free market system coming need competition. in a monopoly circumstance, it blesses that it lessens competition and diminishes the development of the company. what happened here -- taylor swift announced a concert tour and the technology of ticketmaster completely blew up over that announcement. to suggest we have a consistent

today ignores every out life. anchor: european indexes ended the day mixed despite showing the eurozone group. the u.k. economy shrinking at its fastest rate in two years. footsie in london down about one third of a percent. wall street treading water as you assure stumbled amid disappointing quarterly results from firms like 3m and verizon. ugo parent alphabet down more than 2% on news of the antitrust suit. the dow up around .3% at the close. finally for business, elon musk spent tuesday morning in san francisco courtroom as the defendant in a class-action lawsuit. the tesla ceo chuck did he had secured funding to take the electric car maker private at $420 a share. tesla stock price skyrocketed

before falling back when the deal failed to materialize. investors who lost money say the tweet amounted to securities fraud. musk as testified saudi arabia's public investment fund had committed to backing the deal with the billionaire himself prepared to make up any shortfall i selling his take in spacex. in tuesday's testimony, he insisted he had no ill intent with the twe. musk and tesla have already been fined $20 million each by u.s. regulators over the incident. and another revelation from the testimony -- the $420 a share was not a weed joke. if the jury believes that, i don't know. [laughter] anchor: that is the first thing that sprung to mind. >> it is amazing the power twitter has two influence the stock price.

speaking of the power of twitter, time for truth or fake -- our daily fact checking segment. today, you are following the california mass shooting in monterey park. some media outlets started to report more attacks in the u.s. tell us more. >> following a second mass shooting in only three days in california, this post started circulating on instagram on january 22, cleaning right here new york city is in trouble. there are many injured. you can see a picture of what looks like a heavy law enforcement presence following an alleged attack published right here. published on a telegraph account -- this post received 12,005 hundred likes on instagram which was later deleted from the

platform. there were many similar publications on instagram by firefox media. a different caption claiming new york is bombed. this post right here with over 1200 likes, with another one one of the same links, a telegram to watch the publication of this alleged attack and finally a third similar post here -- new york is in trouble. this post with over 506 t5 likes on instagram. -- 565 likes on instagram. many reposted this publication, asking can someone please confirm if this is true. many wondering if this information was true and whether new york was actually in trouble. fraser: clearly there were no reports of any bomb attack in

new york, so what was the purpose of these fear mongering posts? >> clearly there is no evidence of a bomb attack that took place in new york city on january 22. as the users on instagram claim. before we explain the why, we will explain though where. this image is from the ap report , from december 12, 2017 when law enforcement officials were working following an explosion in times square. a suicide bomber set to detonate a pipe bomb in new york city. the islamic state terrorist group. moving on to why these users would invent such things on social media, first let's take a look at the users posting these false claims on instagram.

we have many of them right here, this one who is a trump fanatic or this one -- god bless donald trump. trump right wing fanatics, there's one thing in common right there. next, we will take a look at their post published on this telegram account. the same account called america salutes, so we know this clearly indicates the posts were designed to recruit users to this telegram channel, america salutes. a eight tactic in play here. fraser: thank you for joining us for truth were fake. we are going to take a quick break. i will be back with more of your world headlines.

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01/24/23 01/24/23 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> this is a devastating tragedy for this community and the family touched by this unspeakable act of violence. amy: california is reeling after three mass shootings in three days. on mday, a gunman in half moon bay shot dead seven former cork