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Weekend: Will Germany send tanks to boost Ukraine’s war effort?

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15/01/2023 GMT

Will Germany send tanks to boost Ukraine’s war effort?

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Britain announced it is sending tanks to Ukraine war effort, should Germany follow suit?

As Britain announces it is sending tanks to boost Ukraine’s war effort, we’ll get the reaction of Oleksander Merzhenko, MP for president Zelensky’s ruling party. Should Germany follow suit? We’ll ask Thomas Erndl, an opposition MP in Berlin

Also on Weekend: Novak Djokovic is back in Melbourne for the Australian Open, but other tennis stars are not. Who are the new stars of the game? 
And one of the most iconic buildings in Pompeii has opened to the public after 20 years.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and more in the studio in London are Gwen Hines, CEO of the British charity, Save the Children and George Parker, Political Editor at the Financial Times newspaper.

(German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in front of a Leopard 2 tank during a visit to a military base of the German army. Credit: Reuters)

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