d. c. u. s. president joe biden has announced that the us will send at $31.00 of its m one abrams battle takes to ukraine. the decision marx, a coordinated move with germany and other european allies, to equip ukraine with modern tanks ahead of a potential offensive this spring, abide and also promised logistical support and training for ukrainian soldiers in operating the tanks. here is the u. s. president, speaking just a few hours ago to day, i'm announcing that united states will be sending you 31 abrams tanks to ukraine. the equivalent of one ukrainian battalion secretary austin has recommended to step because on hand ukraine's capacity and finished her turn achieve strategic objectives. i'm grateful her chancellor schultz for providing german leopard to tax and will lead an effort to organize a european contribution to tank battalions for ukraine. i want to thank the chancellor for his leadership and steadfast commitment to our collective efforts to support ukraine. germany has really stepped up. yeah. crazed there for germany and the german chancellor. he debbie's in his polish, he's co

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d. c, a. u. s. president joe biden regional security is high on the agenda. in december, japan announced its largest military build up since world war 2, calling the threat from china, the biggest its ever faced. cocoa and washington have agreed to reorganize us forces on japan, southern oki know islands focusing on anti ship capabilities during a trip to london on thursday. from you can see the signed a deal to allow japan and the u. k. to deploy troops on each other's territory for an android giant is ever it is professor at university of adelaide and an expert on japanese foreign policy. he says there is a risk of an arms race in the pacific region because japan's leadership has been talking about what's happened in what has happened ongoing and new grain that might possibly be did in the, in the free. and that me is called the high one place and china is action. but also i think japan was concerned about north korean messiahs launches. busy very often and that sentence japan quite a bit. it's not just china, i think it's not as well. so wide ranging secur

u. s. president joe biden has uncovered 6 more classified documents. mike, hannah has more from washington d. c. according to the personal lawyer, bob bower, and now bowers said as well that these documents appeared to come from a time when a biden was in the senate, as well as some documents that were associated with him while he was vice president . so not clear exactly what these documents were, but this is yet another drip drip in the ongoing process of finding these documents the by didn't administration, has attempted to take the heat out of it. and it's largely succeeded by giving an open door to the department of justice in it's ongoing investigation. turns in is main opposition party has held a really for the 1st time since the gatherings were banned nearly 7 years ago. earlier this month, the government lifted a band imposed by the former president and 2016 burkina faso. as military government has given french troops at one month to leave the country. it comes a day after hundreds of people demonstrated against the french military prisons. many say the former colonial power has failed

d. c. to commemorate the birthday of american civil rights leader of martin luther king junior, they're demanding president joe biden. and the u. s. congress passed new legislation on voting rights. my can are reports a celebration for martin luther king who would have been 94 years old. oh, but decades after his death, his work to get to boat for all is still not complete. in 1965 president, lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act. thanks to martin luther king, the measure outlawed discriminatory voting practices. but a recent report found that more than 4000000 people were blocked from voting and last year's midterm elections. a 3rd of those affected were black. and the words of martin luther king still echoed through the years that are marked on prowler, crocker. he to james was one of those who lost the right to vote because of a conviction on drug charges. as the lawyer quito was able to get through the complicated process of regaining the right to vote, and she now helps others do the same. for some people, it can be an extremely lengthy battle and you know, for some people they, they have given up because it is a lengt