u. k. ministry of defense from london dummy sack the most so is a senior lecturer, insecurity and development at kings college, london, and from berlin. and please say ben harris is joining us. the founder and editor in chief of b. e in tele news will welcome to you all. busy general dinner, if i may start with you, because it is one of exam in just why the such an intense focus on this issue of tags. one might think that tank is a part of a bygone era, certainly to lay man anyway, because in this age of long range precision missiles, you'd think that they weren't as potent as they once were. but i presume that's not the case is still very valid on the battle grub. yes, very about it. please bear in mind the listening to a very ancient chad general and you need to take over the printer so. so having tanks on the battlefield contributes to what we call the all arms battle. and it's integration of that or arms battle that makes an attacking force or a defending force, much more potent, the you christians have got some good tanks. but, but as we have seen that they're not that much better than t

u. k. defense ministry saying they think it's likely that russian forces have taken control of most of that town. last night we heard from president zalinski saying that so ukrainian forces in his words, at one more time in, in solid are again pointing to the importance of moods to the south. we also know though that this town has been contested for months now largely been hit by heavy artillery from the russians. but we knew we do know now that according to military analysts, and these intelligence reports that the fighting seems to be very heavy. and in the streets, indeed, the witnesses quoted on some of the agencies who managed to escape the town describing having to move back street by street as tanks moved in interestingly as well. there are reports that heavy contingents of the wagner group, this private mercenary group, whose leader guinea pri, gozine, is very close to vladimir putin list to saying that the wagner group are making up a large number of russian forties fighting for full solid. and again, interestingly, on the wires, there has been a statement made picked up by social

u. k. defense ministry for one has denied plans to send a party attack helicopters to ukraine. that's after a british tabloid report at the helicopters will be part of a newly announced military aid package, which is also set to include challenger to tanks. a made a denial from london. some media outlets report that britain's military is actually testing the apaches for use on the front lines. the training is reportedly based on the experience and lessons. the u. k. has reaped from the ukraine conflicts, including how to counter threats like air defenses, drones and electronic warfare. this comes as prime minister, richie su, neck urges, as western allies to increase the flow of weapons to cab, former hamburg left party member of parliament. martin dozer believes that the west is simply profiting from the conflict and ukraine and actually wants us to go on. if you look at that, i think that's an escalation. and why. ready why they do it because of the profit of the weapon industry. they make a lot of money for that. and it's because they're used to study, they russia and to go

u. k. former defense ministry official alyssa body was arrested in 2019 and accused of espionage charges. he denied russia says it now has full control of the eastern ukrainian town of san adopt. and what would be the 1st again in the don't bust regions since july. what keep an eye is the claims and says the fighting isn't over. brazil supreme court, willing to former president charitable sonata and it's investigation into last week's attack in the capital, is supported, stormed government buildings, demanding. the ousting of president loose enough you alluded as silva perused, president has apologized for the death of at least $47.00 civilians during recent anti government protests. dinner ball off his apology comes after 3 of a cabinet ministers resigned over the handling of the demonstrations while he's broke out after pedal kasteel was impeached and arrested last month, but whose chief prosecutor has launched 11 inquiries into the killing of civilians by security forces. the accused of using excessive force against demonstrators. i will not lost it some violent invite equal people ar

u. k. defense ministry saying they think it's likely that russian forces have taken control of most of that town last night. we heard from president lynn sky saying that the ukrainian forces and his words had one more time in, in solid off again pointing to the importance of moods to the south. we also know though that this town has been contested for months now largely been hit by heavy artillery from the russians. but we knew we do know now that according to military analysts, and these intelligence reports that the fighting seems to be very heavy. and in the streets, indeed, there been witnesses quoted on some of the agencies who managed to escape the town describing having to move back street by street as tanks moved in or russian state news agencies reporting that moscow has appointed colonel general alexander lap. and as the new chief of staff of the ground forces lapin was the commander of russia, central military drift. district him was blasted last october by hawkish allies or president vladimir putin. after russian forces were driven out of the city of lamont and eastern ukraine.

u. k. former defense ministry official, alan arissa on body was arrested in 2019 and accused of espionage charges. he denied russia says that novel has full control of the eastern ukrainian ton of sola, dogs in what would be its 1st gain and the don't boss region since july. but keep denies the claims and says the fighting isn't over. brazil supreme court scrolling through to former president charitable sonata, when this investigation into last week's attack and the capital, the supporters stormed government buildings demanding the ousting of president lewis. and i feel a little disobey today's climate activists. griffith humbug has joined protesters in a german village trying to block the expansion of coal mine thousands more. are expected to join them in. lloyd slat on saturday, but he's been trying to be vig demonstrators since wednesday. i think it's absolutely absurd that this is happening. the 2023 and it is that most effective people are clear. the science is clear. we need to keep the carbon in the ground and with germany, it's really embarrassing itself. right now it has been spe

u. k, where its defense ministry has denied plans to send apache helicopters to ukraine as reported by the media. while at the same time, the country's prime minister has called for an increase of military age for care of in his country and abroad. well, those statements come amid a surfacing allegations from a british tabloid reporting that london is in fact going to send the apache helicopters to kiev. i've been told to refer to the move as quote, a game changer. all this reported to be part of a recently announced the military aid package, which is also set to include a challenge of 2 tongues that tabloid has subsequently taken down the article. let's discuss this at now with political commentator anthony web a thank you so much for joining us on the program. it's lovely to have you on this evening. so the u. k. has denied these reports that it was under patrick helicopter ukraine. however, some experts believe this will happen sooner or later. what do you make of the case? well, i think if it did happen, it would be yes or not. the escalade race should not over the government's ha inte

u. k. has sanctioned iran, prosecutor general over after the execution of british or indian national into run . and he was a barrier former iranian defense ministry official was convicted of spying for the u. k. in an audio recording a bar, he said he was made to falsely confess under torture. the u. k. has described the execution, barbaric and cowardly. prime minister receives tonight said, death won't go unchallenged. iran has summoned the u. k. ambassador in response for so sorry, there isn't a wrong with more on the impact of sorry, hanging i lose that there is execution is one of the highest level executions in the more than history of iraq. he was a prominent while connected figure within the power structure in the company had close ties with top diplomats bureaucrats. and with this and steve central institutions in the company are also close. graduate with alicia county, who is the secretary general of the national security council. a body that overseas the, the nuclear negotiations and the regular report to the supreme leader. so the authorities here are accusing him or spying for the u. k. i'm for years a providing the sensitive informat

ministry is right? where it says the u. k is holding onto this historical colonial. mine says while the colonial mindsets, all of the u. k. government really has left nicky last perpetually in colonial nostalgia, even when nations to become independent. the british government still seeks to dominate them through economics and trade and cultural suppression as well. so very much there is the colonial mindset when it comes to hong kong. many people inside the corridors of power in london haven't got over having to leave hong kong as yet, and they haven't also accepted the fact that the world is changing all around them . they can't get over the fact that they're having to deal with a chinese government that they have to take seriously and treat as an equal. they don't like doing that when it comes to the indian government either. and we, we've seen how they react to the russian government over the last few years. and these are people trying to cling onto a world in which it is uni polar. meaning that is, it is one that is organized around the priorities of the united s

u. k. is called the execution of the british iranian national intent, ron callous and cowardly. former iranian defense ministry official, i live the art body was convicted of spying for the u. k. charges that he denied thousands of activists are gathering in the german village of lloyd's for the us as they tried to block the expansion of a coal mine. swedish climate activists gross a ton bug has joined them. please have been evicting demonstrators since whiten state police say around 470 protesters have been removed from the site and dozens will be the arrested service. since joining us live from the protest camp act lot started step. there was a point to which the numbers of the protesters looked like it might be dropping, but it seems now the crowds are growing again. well, absolutely. i, the situation is now that the village of literature, which is somewhere behind me, it's nearly fully controlled now by police and by the energy company r w e. there's only a few activist still left there are among them are at least 2 people according to police, still hiding in a tunnel. as far as we know. now the energy com

ministry of defense rather said it recently destroyed. and number of ukrainian facilities involved in the production of u. a. v. 's, the ministry stated it was done to prevent k from carrying out a tax on russian territory. installed. sumburgh is a war criminal who should face 13 years behind bars. according to jesse young, us democratic candidate for governor in kentucky, he slams the nato leader for sending on ukraine who's justifying that there's an attempt to reach peace. it may sound like a paradox, but military support for ukraine is the fastest way to peace video audit. and makes no sense at our location. the fastest past apiece at this point would be, for is for the welsh, for united states, nato. the building to stop sending anything to ukraine. exception, humanitarian aid for the civilians who have been displaced. not send any more weapons. any more money, every us president, from 1945 till the present day has been an aggressor and a war criminal. nato is now under the direction of the united state. and assistant henberg was chosen in order to support us imperialism to the camera. so he's a war criminal to, specifically in your grade. when young has

and he resign barry, a former iranian defense ministry official, had been convicted of spying for the u. k. in an audio recording act, very said he was made to confess falsely under torture. the u. k. is described the execution as barbaric and cowardly to stay with us up next out as it are world looks at wasn't any stumble. i'll be back with one use after that. my for now. ah ah ah a all i need them with a ah estoppel. the biggest city in tokyo, it's cosmopolitan, often known as where east meets west, with a mix of many different cultures and communities. it's also a magnet for refugees, asylum seekers and political activists from other countries. these can attract the interest of the world's intelligence agencies. that my le, let me find the me one though. well, i was looking to a key as foreign relations can sometimes directly affect people from specific countries living in his sample. one example of this is israel. in the 2000 to key a 7, it's relationship with israel because of the repeated killing of palestinians in garza. but in august 2022, the 2 countries agreed to restore full dip

u. k. should get rid of its colonial mindset. that's a message from china's foreign ministry, which lash downs at london's recent report criticizing beijing's policy on hong kong. so not like regular hong kong has long been returned to china and hong kong affairs are purely the internal affairs of china, which allow no room for foreign interference. we urge the u. k. to recognize reality. trends let go of its colonial mindset and respect china's sovereignty and unity. the u. k. government were poor claims. freedoms are being loaded by the chinese government in hong kong, alleging authorities systematically cracked down on free speech forcing the closure of independent news outlets. hong kong was handed over to china by the u. k. back in 997. the city was guaranteed a high degree of autonomy and freedom of speech under a principle of one country to systems. then in 2020 paging and post a national security law to punish terrorism, treason, subversion, answer session with possible life imprisonment, which has been met with criticism from the west. with that in mind, human rights

a former iranian defense ministry official was convicted is fine for the u. k . a chinese government has announced a number of people who died in hospital from 19 says it abandoned 0 current policy last month, trying to reported nitty 60000 deaths since paging abruptly stopped. frequent testing, travel curbs and mass locked downs around the 8th of december. trying to previously reported just over 5000 since the pandemic began one of the louis death rates in the world. this week, the world health organization said beijing was heavily under reporting cova death. but it's now providing more information on its outbreak. but international health experts focused at least 1000000 coven related deaths in the country. by the end of this year. don't go far, amend. literally all the number of the outpatient nationwide picked on the 23rd of december 2020 to 2000000. 867000 then continue to decline, falling back to 477000 by the 12 generator. and 83.3 percent decrease from the page number. the number of visits to favor clinics in all provinces is now showing an overall downwa

thereon says the british, iranian national and former defense ministry official, has been executed. ali rosa barry was convicted of spying for the u. k. charges he denied the execution, came to spite last minute appeals to clemency from britain and the united states. russia says it now has full control of the east and ukrainian town, a solid door in what would be its 1st gain in the don bath region since july. the cave denies the claim saying the fighting is not over. peruse president napoleon tier has apologize for the deaths of at least 47 for testers in a televised address to the nation. police are accused abusing excessive force against people, demonstrating against the ousting of her predecessor peddler castillo. last month, the chief prosecutor has launched 11 inquiries into the deaths. i will not war says some violent and radical people are telling me to resign, inciting the population to chaos, disorder and destruction to them. i say responsibly, i will not step down. my commitment is withdrew and not with this very small group that is making the homeland bleed. jolla. brazil supreme court has decided to include former presid

and he, reza berry, a former iranian defense ministry official, had been convicted of spying for the u. k. in an audio recording, at the very said he was made to confess falsely under torture. you can describe the execution as barbaric and cowardly as the top stories do. stay with us. the listening post is up next, looking at brazil's insurrection. i'll be back with more news after that. thanks for watching bye for now. ah. and a trump bull scenario effect hits brazil, a country that has its own issues with misinformation. alexander lucas, gentle apes, his ally bella roses cracked down on journalism, is pu to mass and tick tock and the mafia. elements of the italian underworld are surfacing online. ah, hello, i'm richard burton, you're at the listening post where we dig into the coverage and analyze how news gets reported. it was an insurrection that was months even years in the making last sundays invasion of brazil's democratic institutions in its capital. priscilla coming 2 years and 2 days after the january 6th assault on the u. s. capital in washington, it looked like a carbon copy r

u . k. has called the execution of british iranian national into ron callous and cowardly. the former arabian defense ministry official allie was a very with convicted of buying for the u. k. charges. he denied brazil. supreme court will include former president terrible scenario in the investigation until last week's attack in the capital to support a storm government buildings demanding the president. and after a new law, the silver malawi, government says 75, excuse me, 750 people have died in the worst caller outbreak in 2 decades. so it's ordered the closure of businesses without proper sanitation, unrestricted, the sale of pre cooked food, african health authority, se 14 countries on the continent are reporting cholera cases many due to flooding. the health minister has urged malawi and to get vaccinated to slow the transmission of the water born disease a bit. i wouldn't have to put them in middle doses. we've received 2900000 doses of the color of vaccine, but as we speak, we have about 40000 left. it means malawi and scott, the facts saying, what is boring however, is the doors that received the vacc

u. k. has described the execution of the british iranian national in tehran, as barbaric and cowardly ali reza act. barry, a former iranian defense ministry official, was convicted of spying for the you came in an audio recording. expiry said he was made to falsely confessed under torture. the u. k. has sanctioned to ron's prosecutor general after the execution. prime minister wishes snack said at barry's death won't go unchallenged while a run has summoned the u. k. ambassador, in response or so, sarah is in tehran with more on the impact of act. barry's hanging. i lose that there is execution is one of the highest level executions in the more than history of your on he was a prominent, well connected figure within the power structure in the company had close ties with top diplomats bureaucrats and read this and steve central institutions in the company also close graduate with alicia county, who is the secretary general of the national security council, a body that oversees the, the nuclear negotiations and the regular report to the supreme leader. so, dorothy is here or accusing him or spying for the u. k. a for years of providing the

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u. k. should get rid of its colonial mindset. that's the message from china's foreign ministry, which lashed out at london's recent report, criticizing beijing policy on hong kong. so no regular hong kong has long been returned to china and hong kong affairs are purely the internal affairs of china, which allow no room for foreign interference. we urge the u. k. to recognize reality, trends let go of its colonial mindset and respect china sovereignty and unity. the u. k. government report, claim freedoms are being eroded by the chinese government in hong kong, alleging authorities systematically crackdown on free speech. hong kong was handed over to china by the u. k. back in 1997. the city was guaranteed a high degree of autonomy and freedom of speech under the principle of one country to systems than in 2020 vision. impose a national security law to punish terrorism treason and the burden which has been met with criticism from the west. with that in mind, human rights watch is now sounding the alarm over violations, but in the u. k itself. in 2022, we saw the most significant assault on human rights protections in the u. k. in deca

ministry official has been executed. and he raised act. barry was convicted on charges of spying for the u. k, which he denied the execution followed last minute appeal to clemency from britain and the united states. a greek quarter's drama to espionage charges against $24.00 activists involved in rescuing migrants, citing procedural errors and u. s. president joe biden is told japanese prime minister, few mucous shita that washington remains strongly committed to their countries alliance. is she there is on a global ter aimed at boosting long standing relationships in the face of regional security threats. a new york judge has ordered donald trump's family business to pay a $1600000.00 fine for tax fraud. trump denies any wrong doing. he says he'll appeal . one of the world's largest muslim gatherings as underway in bangladesh states back to the 19th sixty's and consists of 3 days of prayers as well as a lectures from scholars, roadster guidelines, more news coming up right after africa direct. either we, i generation of people. very ambitious, very united, very pleasant and i'm very good, b

seeing human al jazeera brazilian of homer rainy and defense ministry official has been sentenced to death on charges of spying. for the u. k. l. a reza barry was arrested in 2019 and accused of spying for m. i 6, which he denied you. k as urs, uranian authorities to release him nearly 3 years after breaks its opinion, polls suggest a growing number of britons regretting, leaving the european union. the change of mind is being driven by the economic downturn that resulted from exiting the e u. r. force it went to one of the most pro, breaks it towns, mel, to mulberry, to get a sense of the mood that is market day. milton no brief, but despite the auctioneers best efforts, the bidding is proven sluggish. for the farmers disappointment and dark talk of the recent free trade deal signed with museum and the lamb spring coming over from new zealand for the total tons and tons of it out for the last 2 weeks. the trade in the local market has just been been hit with horribly, probably $50.20 pound per down. is the kind of trade deal with the government. so does the potential benefit of breakfast, freeing the country from the shack

a former iranian defense ministry official has been sentenced to death on charges of spying for the u. k. ali reza act bari was arrested in 2019 and accused of spying for m. i 6, which he denied a barry also holds a british passport. the u. k says they're supposed to the family of berry and urged the reigning authorities to release him. early result from beneath the election suggests the opposition will return to parliament for the 1st time in 4 years. the democrats, 128 feet out of $109.00 member assembly. it was far from running in the last election in 2019, but the party won a court order in november allow its members to stand in sunday's po. how many address is following the processing kaufman will probably know results. we now have to be endorsed or rejected by the constitutional court by law. the court has up to a week to decide whether or not to reject or to accept the results and by the election commission. what was official from the electoral commission told us that we may hear a decision probably in 2 or 3 days time. what this decision or what these announcement means if there

, a british, iranian national, who's a former defense ministry official, has been executed, valued his ark body was convicted of spying for the u. k. charges he denied the execution came despite last minute appeals for clemency. from britain and the united states vessel selda has more fun to hon. oliver zach berry was not an outsider. he was an important actor within the power structure in iran. so he had an access to the assistive centers, and he had the good relationship, even friendship with top our politicians and bureaucrats in the, in the country. so he was close to the national security council, which is headed by a sham county and who is quite close to the supreme leader of the company i says is now has full control of the eastern ukrainian town of solid darb in what would be its 1st gain in the don bye region since july or keep denies the claim seems the fighting isn't over. brazil supreme court will include former president charitable, sent out on its investigation into last week's attack and the capital. a supporters stormed government buildings demanding the ousting of president lewis in that field . lily da silva, yos

says a british, iranian national and former defense ministry official has been executed. ala rosa barry was convicted on charges of spying for the u. k, which he denied the execution, followed last minutes appeals to clemency from britain and from the united states. but he said the case was politically motivated. urgency, say funding shortfalls, are preventing them from meeting the needs of displaced people in northern syria. humanitarian supplies have been delivered through turkey since 2014. the insecurity council has renewed its operation, but aid still is not reaching hundreds of thousands who need it most oregon as this as winter set thin conditions in the must have had to placement camp, go from bad to worse. northern italy is one of the coldest regions in syria. rain is telling unpaid parts to mud in this makes shift cam ha, ha, ha, ha ha. so inside abu an o muhammad are raising their grandchildren. the wood burner is lit day and night and she doesn't want her thick grandson to get cold garrett rather. c dec i used to live in a wonderful house, and now i'm here in a tent. water enters from every side when it rains. i'm older a

the palestinian ministry of health says he was shot in the chest by soldiers. tens of thousands of railway workers in the u. k. a holding a 2 days stride started on the 1st day back for work. for many people who rely on the rail network. again, thousands of brazilians have been lining up in the city of santos, to pay their final respects to palais, who died on thursday. the football legend started his career. the city is now holding a 24 hour wait for those of headline news continues here, announces era after inside story, stay with us for that. ah, who is cindy? asked yoletta sylvia is back in power in brazil, his promise to unite the country and undo his predecessors, policies that deadly divided nation. what can lou, that deliver? this is inside story. ah hello, welcome to the program. i'm hash am abolla as the saying goes, the 3rd time's the charm for newly sworn in brazil and president was in the us. you live at the silver, commonly known as lola. it's a chance to take his nation in a new direction. he has inherited a bitterly divided country with oblique economic outlook and an amazon rain forest suffer

u. k says he will temporarily withdraw its ambassador from iran for consultation after the execution of the british, iranian national into iran alley rizza, barry, a former iranian defense ministry official, was convicted of spying for the you came in an audio recording. expiry said he was made to falsely confess. under torture. the u. k has sanctioned ron's prosecutor general after the execution, prime minister where she acts at barry's death, a warrant go unchallenged. while iran has summoned the u. k. ambassador in response, russell said it is into rom with more on the impact of back berries hanging. i lose that there is execution is one of the highest level executions in the more than history of the iraq. he was a prominent, well connected figure within the power structure in the company had close ties with top diplomats bureaucrats. and with this and steve central institutions in the company are also close. graduate with alicia county, who is the secretary general of the national security council. a body that overseas the, the nuclear negotiations and the regular report to the supreme dad be there. so dorothy is here or accusing him or spying for the u. k. i'm for years of

this time the bell russian defense ministry says the exercises are defensive . moscow launched attacks on ukraine from bell russian territory in february. last year. the u. k is confirmed, it will send 14 battle tanks to key. if defense minister ben wallace has urged nato ally, germany to follow suit. there's a debate in germany. the moment about whether a tank is an offensive weapon, or defensive weapon, well depends what you're using it for. if you're using it to defend your country, i would wager that it is a defensive weapon system. secondly, that we are not on our own. this is a joint international coalition, and i know they've been concerns in the german political body that they don't want to go a low. and while they're not alone, but in germany, the government slow response to ukraine's demands for weapons says force it's defense minister to resign. christine lumber act says the media's attention on her as hinted factual debate on the readiness of germany's defences. she has been facing criticism over the pace of modernizing germany's military. a successful will be announced on tuesday and another nato member nation latvia has given military support

the palestinian ministry of health says he was shot in the chest by soldiers. tens of thousands of railway workers in the u. k. a holding a 2 day strike, a and working conditions are at the center of the long running dispute. this is the 1st day back at work for many people he belie around that work. now thousands of people in brazil continue to queue to pay their final respects to football. legend pele, these are life pitches of the scene. his body is lying in the stadium of his long time club santos. he died on thursday, the age of 80 to be laid to rest near the stadium where his career started. john holman reports from santos. her valet, coming home to the very last time to the football ground where he made his name is a 16 year old. the small villa bell, miro stadium returned the suttles team into a global force and himself into or hey, the king. a mark this world status, the elite military unit which usually guards the president assigned to watch over his coffin. and in the morning came thousands toiling pulse to pay the last respect . play have been only present in brazil for so long. it was hard for so