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
a lesson in primate parenting bonobos have been seen for the first time adopting babies outside their family groups. we ll hear from the scientists behind the research later this afternoon. a number of eu countries have started using the oxford astrazeneca covid vaccine again after the european medicines agency confirmed it is safe and effective. germany, france, italy and spain are among the countries that halted its use earlier this month, after concerns about blood clots. but with cases and deaths rising now across europe and millions of people in france being placed under lockdown at midnight tonight there s been a stark warning from germany s health minister who said there isn t enough vaccine supply in europe to prevent a third wave. our europe correspondent nick beake reports. paris in the spring, a city where the mood is darkening. the french capital is descending into another lockdown, part of the effort to stop a third wave of the virus taking hold across
suspected that humans might also have some sort of understanding of them. we know that human infants, 1-2 them. we know that human infants, 1 2 years old, use quite a few of these gestures but it was quite surprising how little information that people got. they reallyjust saw the gesture action itself, nothing before or after but that was enough for people to understand what the gestures mixed up but i don t want to be a damp squib but if it was about 50%, that means half of people did not recognise the gestures, doesn t it? yeah, it does and i think what is important here is that we know that context is really important for our own communication. it is also really important for the other great apes, so bonobos, some of their gestures have multiple meanings so a raised arm might mean, climb on my back or groom me or it might mean move closer. there are gestures that has many meanings but they mean specific things in specific contexts. so one of our follow up questions is whether, given