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Escalation, theyre worried about this escalating — whats your reply to people who think this action would be seen as an escalation? let me iut it would be seen as an escalation? let me put it this way — poland and the free world cannot afford not to send leopard ii tanks and not to send more weapons to ukraine, because the kremlin and russians, whom we know very well not just from our kremlin and russians, whom we know very well notjust from our history, but they were our neighbours for more...

That we will have a solution soon. germany plays a key role in our alliance. i the announcement by chancellor scholz is historic — _ with a special100 billion euros defence fund for fifth - generation aircraft, - new helicopters, ships, tanks and ammunition. lets remind ourselves of why these leopard two tanks are so important. the model was developed in 1979 but has been upgraded many times since then. its now known as "the worlds leading battle tank". there are believed to be more than 2,000...

Even have the backing of his own government. two government parties are objecting him in this, but he is resisting and blockading the delivery of weapons, particularly of leopard ii tanks, for months now. i think now the international pressure is mounting and getting increasingly higher, then he will be forced to change course, but hes lost a lot of worthwhile time. lets speak to our berlin correspondent damian mcguinness. according to numerous german media reports, does seem that germany is goi...

Poor equipment to are not of the calibre or quality that would be able to make a significant offensive successful and break through the ukrainian lines. its when the russians have failed in their offensive that the ukrainians will have the best moment to launch a counter offensive. they must be ready for that, and thats their best moment to attack, when the russians have spent themselves, then the ukrainians counter attack with the ukrainians counter attack with the armour capability we absolute...

Washington will also deliver those tanks, so you could say it is a victory for chancellor scholz, because hes brought in the americans as well, which is all along what he wanted, a larger alliance which would get more protection for europe. lets turn now to important development froms inside ukraine. several top ukrainian officials have resigned as part of the countrys crackdown on corruption. heres what we know. a top adviser, four deputy ministers and five regional governors have now left thei...

Well, germany played a key role in building up the huge russian offence for this war by buying russian gas, trading with russia big time — and now, special responsibility is on german shoulders, and we do expect their contribution, we expect quick decisions, we expect more openness towards ukrainian needs. so lets take a closer look at germanys role in all this. the leopard ii is operated by about 20 countries worldwide, and its made in germany. but it gets more complicated, because other coun...

If you tackle something that was made into a film that is part of film history, 1929 milestone adaptation and such a novel, there is a certain of respect and even fear of not being true to the novel or not doing it well enough. best of luck to that film into all of the films and actors and actresses nominated at the oscars. just very quickly, remainder of our top story, danny mcginnis tells us that german media are reporting that the chancellor, mr scholz, has decided to send battle tanks to ukr...

In the report, and so highly anticipated. the judge said that he would not make any rash decisions when it is coming to the release, so it sounds like we will be waiting for a little longer to see if the public has a chance to take a look at that. >> we will wait. sa sara murray in atlanta. and the u.s. is finalizing plans to send tanks to ukraine and it is coming as germany is deciding whether to send the leopard ii tanks. that move is straight ahead. s to get started. then work with prorofes...

And now, special responsibility is on german shoulders, and we do expect their contribution, we expect quick decisions, we expect more openness towards ukrainian needs. so lets take a closer look at germanys role has been in all this. the leopard two is operated by about 20 countries worldwide and its made in germany. but it gets more complicated because other countries that operate the tanks have to ask germany for permission to donate them due to german export restrictions. meanwhile, the lead...

——in afghanistan, taliban officials saying more than 120 people have died as the country suffers its coldest winter in a decade. we start with the war in ukraine. in the last half an hour, german media and the reuters news agency have both reported that chancellor olaf scholz has decided to send german made leopard two tanks to ukraine something ukraine has been asking for. we should note that we havent had any comment from the german government on this yet well bring you more once we do. on...