secretary blinken and foreign minister sergey lavrov spoke by phone and that is significant given talks have been sparse during war. the 31-year-old reporter was arrested wednesday in central russia about a thousand miles away from moscow, russia is accusing him of spying. gershkovich has been reported in russia for the six years mostly the wall street journal which denied allegations. the timing of the arrest looks like calculated calculation to embarrass the u.s. the board called for the russian ambassador to the u.s. be expelled along with journalists. president biden said that wasn t part of the immediate plan and offered this. detaining the wall street journal reporter. let him go. you heard the president say there. secretary blinken also called on russia to release paul wylan he s been retained in russia since 2018 as you mentioned mike and back in december the biden administration facilitated release of brittney griner in exchange that freed merchant of death. th
germany and the united states are reportedly ready to send tanks to ukraine, in what kyiv hopes will be a game changer in the war. at least 1a leopard 2 tanks could be provided by germany, following months of debate. the united states reportedly plans to supply at least 30 m1 abrams tanks. it s claimed german officials privately insisted they would only send tanks if the us did too. ukrainian officials say they urgently need heavier weapons. britain is providing challenger two tanks. poland wants to send some of its german made tanks but needs permission from berlin. at least 16 other european and nato countries have leopard 2 tanks, which could be available if germany approves their export. elsewhere in ukraine, it s been confirmed two british aid workers, who went missing earlier this month, have been killed. chris parry and andrew bagshaw died while attempting to evacuate people from the eastern city of soledar. we ll have more on that shortly, but first this report on wea
does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more information has come forward and that is why i have asked the independent adviser to look into the matter. for the first time, amazon workers in the uk walk out on strike they say they re treated worse than robots. and talking to the animals a study of chimpanzees suggests human beings can understand the gestures they make. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. no problems for novak, as russia s rublev is ruthlessly swept aside in straight sets. djokovic into the semifinals. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. after weeks of hesitation, germany has finally confimed it will send some of its leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine. ukrainian commanders are hoping they could help turn the tide of the war with russia. germany will also allow nato allies like
zahawi. iamat i am at the amazon warehouse in coventry to find out the details of the dispute where workers threatened to walk out. in memory of her dad bill turnbull s daughter tells us why she is running the london marathon in his name. he was the real light of our lives really and he was centre of ourfamily, so losing him has been a huge, huge loss for us, but, equally, ifeel so incredibly lucky to have him. it s advantage newcastle as they close in on a first cup final in in almost a quarter of a century as they beat southampton in tehir league cup semifinal first leg. there semifinal first leg. is frost and fog in parts of the there is frost and fog in parts of the south. it will be cloudy in england and wales with rain coming through. in scotland and northern ireland, after a cloudy wet start, brightening up with sunshine and showers. all the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 25th of january. our main story. it s been confirmed that two british aid wor