a reporting that chancellor olaf schoultz has agreed to send leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and allow all the countries to do to do the same. this comes off the days of talks among western allies over what seen as germany dragging its feet on military 8 for keith . ukraine wants to use the western tanks to reclaim territory so occupied by russia . yeah, seems to have finally yielded to the pressure german chancellor ala schultz has reportedly decided to send leopard tanks to ukraine and the low other countries such as poland and finland to do so, to lepper tank. so used by a number of nato countries. they're seen by defense experts as the most suitable heavy battle tanks for ukraine's needs. hello to me, it's a lensky. welcome to the news, but says he needs 300 tanks. which model would it put on? there is a lot of talk about tanks. know about the modern, tight i need wars and how this deficit can be failed. fits it. many efforts words, promises or beach, but it is important in reality such that it is not 5 or 10 or 15 tanks to be the need is greater yet, but we do everything and we need t

was marked by disinformation and controversial comments over the boy ukraine. german chancellor, olaf schoultz has arrived and when osiris the 1st stop of a south american tor, he's also due to visit. she lay and brazil. although the main aim of shelters, tourist of, or german business ties with these countries, he's also visiting memorials to the victims of south american dictatorships funds. well in tennis, the australian open men's final will get underway in a few hours time when of our joke of it, battles it out with stuffiness to keep us joke of it has never lost a final at melbourne park. and now the serve has his eye set on a record extending 10th australian title and was not the 1st time the 2 men have met in a major final to seep us. who still in search of his 1st grand slam nearly won the french open in 2021, but went on to below a big lead before losing to job, which will narrowly meadows as a sports and journalist covering the australian open. and she joins me from melbourne ahead of today's final, narrowly joke of it is unbeaten at the australian open in 27 matches. is it since he

oh, sure. chancellor, olaf schoultz has called for a swift ratification of the long negotiated free trade agreement between the e. u. and the south american alliance known as marcos or the chancellor is argentina has argentina on the 1st stop of his trip to the continent. a moment of remembrance for chancellor schulte and wales iris at the memorial wall, where the names of 30000 victims of the argentine dictatorship are engraved. sullens unemotional. it's a reminder to us not to take democracy and freedom for granted, but to see it is something we have to stand up for every day for the speed and talk . i interesting. listen at a meeting with argentinian president. alberto fernandez, shalt called for speedy ratification of the free trade agreement between the e u and latin america marker sore group. both leaders want stronger economic ties. i can hear argentina is keen to become a reliable global energy supplier f. that's why we also talked about cooperation with lithium mining and green hydrogen that you don't know right away. and shelters key and to strengthen europe's position in terms

doesn't get its weapons. wishlist felt saying in a recent interview that if german chancellor olaf schoultz wants, quote the germans to fight near berlin and near stuttgart on german tax with the russians, then he can just continue his game of whether tanks are needed for ukraine or not. so what do you know, germany and the u. s. have now just agreed to also along with france, sand combat tags to ukraine and they all just keep talking about tanks as though they're just defensive weapons. now, those are some pretty impressive rhetorical and mental gymnastics. almost as much as claiming to not be involved in conflict while army one side where so at the end do take the guns and canons off the tanks. so they can't be used offensively. and i'll come on. shorts and michael's thin facade of neutrality has obviously just totally crumbled, with this new move. and so has any pretence that michael may have had in adopting an independent position in the interests of peace to subs, hopping wounded, including one child off to an albanian national targeting civilians and a drive by shooting in the village

for a potential offensive this spring, and that announcement just hours after german chance or olaf schoultz confirmed at berlin will send its leopard a 2 tanks to ukraine as well, and allow european allies to do the same. also coming up at least 2 people killed and several others wounded in a knife attack on a train. in northern germany, police say the attacker is in custody. ah, i'm burned, gone to our review was watching on p b. s. and the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin to night in washington, d. c. u. s. president joe biden today announced that his country will send 31 of its m one abrams tanks to ukraine. the decision in marking a coordinated move with germany and other european allies to equip ukraine with modern battle tanks ahead of a potential offensive this spring my bite and also promised logistical support and training for ukrainian soldiers in operating the takes. here's the u. s. president speaking a few hours ago. today i'm announcing that the united states will be sending $31.00 abram tanks to ukraine. the equivalent of one ukrainian battali

while speaking to parliament, a short time ago, chancellor, olaf schoultz stressed germany is working closely with allies. we have end. okay. you know, we will provide leopard to main battle tanks to ukraine slide. this is the result of intensive consultation, along with our allies and international partners, not so long problem. and i want to say explicitly as well, it was right that we did not allow ourselves to drift to listen to that. we rely on this closed cooperation in such matters. not solution. angelique had said, well we've been talking about it all week, but how big of a decision is this? i put that question to detail these political correspondent, simon young. claire, i think she's a massive decision from olaf sholtes and potentially game changing in this war. as the german defense minister, both stories has been saying today, not in itself, perhaps because the number of tanks that germany is promising is initially not large. but if it opens the way for other countries to send tanks, particularly those countries also have german made leopard tanks, in which of course, as y

last month after former president pedal kasteel was impeached and arrested. german chancellor, olaf schoultz has named bonnet pastorius as the country's new defense minister. he served as an interior minister in the hannibal region since 2013 christine lumber. x resigned as the country faces pressure to increase its military support to ukraine. there was behind lines coming up next. and how does it belling cat? good bye. ah, i am special in relation to playing with around 300 people. the crash. crank gordon with russia. their report was shot down. flying normally without a problem and i went to run american journalist has been beheaded by ices, parents, a video showing the holistic killing was released on the internet a short while ago along with a message to the united nation in the rebel house, call re neighborhood on wednesday, activity blame and a bible bombing by government forces, and least a 100 people like me to change that of about 30 until i don't want to much back that for a hostile aircraft, you know, between russia and ukraine, it would be very, very difficult. it's difficult to

german chancellor, olaf schultz, has informed his cabinet that he is green lighting, delivery of german made leopard tags to ukraine. it follows a lengthy consultation process. schoultz is expected to outline his decision in the german bundis talk shortly. what you're looking at here is live pictures from inside the parliament that the confirmation comes after intense discussion and coordination with german allies. the leopard to tag is seen as a game changer on the battlefield. but what is it about the tank that makes it the weapon of choice for ukraine? let's it's the flagship of the german army, the leper to a heavily armed battle tank with superior firepower. weighing close to 60 tons. it can hit targets at a distance of up to 5 kilometers and protect itself and other vehicles from all kinds of threats. while still being agile and easy to maneuver. that's why it's widely regarded as the best of its kind. developed for the bond is there more than 40 years ago and built in germany. the leper too is now also used by many other countries, especially in europe, but also in canada. sheila cutter, indonesia and elsewhere, more than 3500 units i used world wide by some 1

olaf shots is done something. no other democratic chancellor here has done allow another country to use german tanks to fight russians in a war in europe. and so while schoultz is stated, goal is to prevent an escalation between russia and nato. it may not be too long before the heavy weapons of both sides are in use against each other. in ukraine. dominic cane al jazeera berlin, ukraine's president vladimir lansky has hail the decision bother u. s, and germany to send tanks as an historic achievement. jacqueline gap upon counsel machine, you much can i thank mister chancellor, old german politicians and public figures for their willingness to strengthen the defense of europe side. this is also a very powerful step by the united states. ukraine will receive abrams. thank you for this decision. yeah, i thank mister president biden personally, i thank congress. i thank every american family for the tangible strength of american global leadership glue to lead beschler the key now as speed and volume. the speed of training our military, the speed of supplying tanks to ukraine or the amount of tank support. we have to form a fist of tanks, a fist of freedom, whic

obviously, olaf shoals the german chancellor for days. turing, latin america, look your part of the world spent a lot of mineral wealth, a lot of mineral resources, a lot of good stuff there. and schoultz is apparently quite hungry for it. could it be now that certain countries in that part of the world could be facing increased pressure from certain professional partners in the west due to the simple wealth that is in that part of the world? well that's, that's also clear that spot of the, of the strategic our discussions right now going on that america. of course, this is our region is super reach in natural resources. and of course, we need to explore these natural resources. but the thing is, what kind of deal on the other country is that the richer countries super industrialized countries has ah, to give to us. let me give you one example. last week, there was announcement of a historical agreement between our chinese company c a t l that produces a legion batteries and believe you know that, believe a historically, when it has 202324 percent of the reserves of the tim in the planet. but, but believe it was never able to produce lithium batteries to industrialized lithium batterie

this is d w. news and these are our top stories. javin media are reporting that chancellor olaf schoultz has agreed to send leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and allow other countries to do the same. poland has already announced that it would like to give leopards to give the u. s. is also reports deep now planning to send abrams tanks. this comes off to days of talks among western allies over what's been seen as germany dragging its feet medusa for sweden's prime minister oath kristen has re stated that nato membership remains his country's top national security priority. sweden and finland sped to join. the block was sidelined by turkey after white wing politician in stockholm burnt a koran in front of the turkish embassy. best nominations for this year's oscars. the wars has been announced in los angeles. the netflix, german anti war drama in quiet on the western front has 9 nominations, including best picture and best international feature. the winners will be announced at a ceremony in launch. this is, these are the news from berlin. you can find much more on a website. he w dot com. ah, u