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BBC OS: 2023/01/20 16:06 GMT: Tanks for Ukraine

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Tanks for Ukraine

2023/01/20 16:06 GMT

2023/01/20 16:06 GMT: Tanks for Ukraine

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Western alliances have failed to agree on the provision of tanks to Ukraine

Western alliances meeting in Germany have failed to agree on the provision of tanks to Ukraine.

At a meeting of more than fifty countries at a US airbase in Germany neither the United States nor Germany has decided to deliver their respective advanced tanks to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky made a direct appeal for tanks at the crunch talks. BBC's weapons analyst Chris Partridge explains why the talks were held, whilst we also hear messages from people in Germany for their thoughts on whether their country should be providing military assistance to Ukraine.

A top United Nations official believes progress is being made towards reversing bans on women taking part in public life in Afghanistan. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has been in Kabul for a four-day visit to urge the Taliban to reconsider. The BBC's Yalda Hakim who is in also Kabul gives her perspective, and we hear a conversation between three women studying or having just graduated at university about what has changed for them.

Dentists have told the BBC that demand for Instagram smiles has left people with damage from wearing clear braces or "aligners" ordered online. We hear voice messages from people for their experience of using the braces.

(Photo: A German Leopard tank during exercises. Credit: Getty Images)

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