one of the most insightful discoveries in the history of mankind. down the hatch. more life starts may 28th on d, w. b. ah, ah, this is d w. news coming to live from berlin. russian forces turned their fire on the city of several donuts as they step up or a pensive in the east. a local governor says the russians are carrying out indiscriminate 24 hour shelling and trying to destroy everything in their path.

also coming up the global business, elite tar meeting at the world economic forum in switzerland and start by sending a message to russia. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian forces are stepping up. they're offensive to take territory in the eastern region of don bass cube says the main city still under ukrainian controls to better denounced is coming under heavy bombardment. a local governor accused moscow of engaging in a scorched earth approach and intentionally trying to destroy the city in kept the polish president is become the 1st foreign leader to address that countries parliament in person since the war began. a show of war time, solidarity between neighbors, polish president on j. duda became the 1st foreign leader to speak to the ukrainian

parliament in person since the war began. due to stress, to support for ukraine's bids to join the new and said that any territorial concessions to russia would be a blow for the entire western world. yas, that the chief, oh, i want to see clearly out, but only ukraine has the right to decide its future. so there can be no negotiations and decision making behind ukraine's back a lot. nothing can be decided about ukraine without ukraine. so absolutely not. this is an iron principle that easily put into that ukranian president volota may zalinski has said that only a diplomatic solution will bring a definitive end to the conflict. but the government and keith has repeated it will not accept any ceasefire that would require giving up territory on the battlefield . russia's offensive to capture the don bass grinds on with shelling. continuing

along the front line, russian forces have intensified the efforts to surround several dennis. the main city still held by ukraine in the loo, hunt's province with fists fighting, raging across the don bus. neither side looks ready to accept a compromise just yet only are i spoke to frank lead, which are regular military analyst. i asked him about the significance of russia, claiming that it now controls 95 percent of lou hunter province. oh, good morning, terry. i suppose it depends on what one means by control since there is a intense battle going on. as your reporter said earlier around that city of serotonin and its twin city chance, which is just just along side, it control would be the wrong word. so the russians are moving to surround that city. we will see over the next weeks something like what happened in my up all the

difference is that so better than it is prepared for this was my up wasn't you can use me fortifying it now for about 7 years. they knew exactly what was going to happen. it's very reasonable to see what was going to happen in a house. this will be a very, very tough fight. however, that side, they are moving to surround it, making incremental gains. russians, and this battle will go to some time. ok, so there's that battle that's shaping up to be quite significant. what beyond that, do you think is the next step that the russian military is likely to take and you can't well, terry, it's interesting. you mentioned earlier that the russians have played control, 95 percent of the province. one wonders whether that is now the limit of their operational objective. it looks like it at the moment in addition to what they've already gained in the west around s, on, of course was

a last around concave. so what we can expect is, and what's happened, we got a little bit of this reported speech a couple of weeks ago to very much a narrowing of those objectives. and focusing now on that area with an artillery artillery center battle. that's what we're going now. so do you see an end game shaping up any of this? right, it was interesting. so it hasn't zalinski talked about or has talked about the last few days. this being the final stage of the war because it isn't. and what we could say, i suppose it's the end at the beginning, and we're seeing the rest of the war which could go on for months. so years taking shape with the decisive battles of the or the battle. is that anyway, predominantly taking place down in the southeast quadrant of the country? she's known for some time unless negotiations are going to intrude and there's no

evidence that they are you. credit has already said that it will not accept anything short of the recovery of its territory. this war, of course, is going to grind on in the short to medium term. we're going to see a big battle around america, that's the russians cannot sustain this limited very limited momentum. they are cheating. and we will see things start to settle down to something that looks like status within the next few weeks. certainly i think before the end of july, mid of july, frank, thank you very much for your assessment. that was frank led were just military analysts talking to us from oxford. thank you, terry. stay look at some other stories making headlines today. u. s. president joe biden has said he would be willing to use force to defend taiwan meeting with japanese prime minister from york. you should in tokyo, he said the u. s. was committed to defending the island which beijing claims as its own territory. but he said he was considering reducing some tariffs on the health

authorities in vienna say they have detected the 1st case of monkey pox in austria . this comes as more cases have been identified in germany and other countries where the disease is not usually found. the world health organization sort of expects more reports as surveillance is stepped up sermon chance all of schoultz is on his 1st visit to africa since taking off the 6 months ago. in senegal, he held talks with president. he saw the leaders discuss the fallout from the war and ukraine when shoulds eyeing senegal as an alternative source of gas supply. thor and ukraine is also likely to dominate the gender of the world. economic forum getting underway in switzerland today. ukrainian president below them is the landscape will give the opening speech via video link will carry that live for you in about 2 hours from now. this year there'll be no russian delegation and in

a nother snob, ukrainian, businessman is using moscow's former residence in doubles to stage. an exhibition on reported russian war crimes in ukraine. this used to be the russia house here at the world economic forum. now it's been re christened the russian war crimes house . the ukrainian billionaires backing the project to highlight alleged abuses committed by russian troops in ukraine. the world economic forum cut all ties with russia for this year's summit. meanwhile, davos is rolling out the red carpet, for the biggest delegation from ukraine ever present. zalinski will open the meeting with a video address and for ukrainians here, it's a bittersweet moment. we are here in this beautiful setting, but at the back of our mind always are these images of these horrific killings and atrocities and war crimes going on. as we speak back in ukraine. and we are here to as best as possible, represent those people and to do all that we can to galvanize the international

community to support ukraine even more despite dallas's spring cheer. the mood is somber amid soaring geopolitical tensions. the war in ukraine has worsened the global food and energy crisis, and there were other urgent problems to tackle as well. climate change the ongoing pandemic and fears of an economic slowdown. the challenges are so big that we need these a board and the ideas of everyone around the world. so i think this is a place where people trust each other and we can build solutions together. well, deb ross is a global convenor of the global decision makers. i'm hoping that it would really be able to facilitate engagement because we are all for a peaceful world and we are old, full global prosperity. ukrainians have more immediate concerns. i don't think that we will see any, you know,

additional ah pledge as being made here in terms of financial weaponry aid or something of that sort to ukraine. a di hold that we can also use the reach out to a business community here and have them on board also giving up an on some of the revenues that they were probably looking for, ah, with russian federation. it's now up to the global lead here in this was out to see if there's an economic path to peace in the war in ukraine. our correspond, emily, sherwin is in dev olson joins us now from there. emily ukraine's president vladimir zalinski is due to redress the leaders gathered there in davos. what are they expecting from him? well, so, and he will be addressing a really influential audience today here and voice, you know, with over 50 heads of government and attendance, 2500 delegates from you know,

business and joe's all sorts of decision makers as it were. and of course, that has a practical aspect for zelinski, who i think will be calling for the world to unite behind ukraine, even as the war still drags on. he may also call for russia to release 22000000 tons of grain which are currently stuck in ukrainian ports because of this war. and i think you'll be really calling for the world to come together. zelinski, of course, in the past has made passionate speeches to various parliaments, and usually you kind of tailors his messages to his audience. so it will be interesting to see what he says today in the past. for example, when he was addressing, addressing the u. k. parliament he referenced kind of winston churchill war time speeches in germany. he talked about a new wall, dividing europe kind of referencing the berlin wall. so we'll see how he grabs his audience today. it's highly unusual. emily isn't it that the leader of

a country at war would address the forum? what's the significance of that? well, i think it really shows that ukraine is kind of taking center stage at the world economic forum this year. and actually ahead of the beginning of this form today, the head of the forum actually called for sort of marshal plan for ukraine for rebuilding ukraine even ahead of their being a piece. he said that was a very important aspects to think about. so i think that will be kind of on the agenda today, and we've been speaking to some of the ukrainian delegates here at the forum. and they were really talking about the importance of reminding people. but there's this ongoing war despite the beautiful scenery here in dove, was that the things the suffering is happening in their country. and they also really emphasize that they want to punish and continue to punish russia to punish the russian economy with sanctions as well. and i think that will be one aspect

that will be discussed here as well. an exhibition of alleged russian war crimes is getting a lot a lot of attention there in davos this year. tell us more about that. well, there used to be a big russian delegation here at the divorce for, you know, there was a russia house. there were these glitzy parties that russia was, had become notorious for the, even one year, hosted a kind of ice skating show. they served vodka and caviar this year. it's different this year. there are no russian nationals here at all. the forum has cut ties completely with russia, so no rush in business men are here and we saw it in the report. the russia house on the main, pro minot here in this little town, has been replaced with the russian war crimes house where there's this exhibition very visceral, where you see a kind of video installation with photos as well, of the suffering of civilians in ukraine and the people who put that exhibition on

there that we were speaking to yesterday, said they really want to show the world that this is russia. now, this is the pain that they're inflicting on, on ukraine. that's what they were telling us, at least. so russia's invasion of ukraine getting a lot of attention there. but the, the forum emily is supposed to have a global perspective. the world economic form is that global view reflected in the program this year. it is reflected in the, in the program. of course, there are all kinds of aspects and all kinds of really difficult problems to tackle here, including the pandemic, the aftermath of that, the climate change as well. but i think, you know, many of the economic aspects being covered here really are overshadowed at least have something to do with the war in ukraine. the food crisis that is blooming, for example. and the energy crisis as well are deeply entrenched and tied up with this war that's happening at the moment. emily,

thank you very much. corresponding emily, sherwin endeavor, was just reminder of the top story. we're following for you to dive in. russian forces turn their fire on the city of several don't ask as they step up their offensive in eastern ukraine. a local governor says the russians are carrying out indiscriminate 24 hour shelling and trying to destroy everything in their path . so you news now of next documentary about bio diversity on an atlantic island with plants and animals, found nowhere else on earth. thanks for watching. stay in for live and on demand on gas in language courses, video and audio. any time anywhere. the d. w media

center ah, surging up from the ocean stats in the heart of the south atlantic lies an otherworldly drop of land that offers a window into the pa, stretches of our planet. located 2000 kilometers from the nearest land mass. midway between africa and south america, the volcanic island of st. helena is unique, not only for its extreme isolation, but also for the diversity of its exceptional flora and fauna. this baffled jewel is home to a multitude of micro ecosystems, each with its own endemic species. but

the discovery of the island by europeans and the 16th century resulted in a systematic exploitation of resources and introduction of alien species destabilizing its fragile balance. yet to day the people of st. helena have come together to save their natural heritage and achieve what many would consider impossible ah. shaped by thousands of years of volcanic eruptions, the central ridge of st. helena dominate the horizon. rising more than 800 meters

above sea level. it's 3 misty peaks. are home to a unique ecosystem. the cloud forest of diana's peak park. this is the beating heart of the island. and the reason why st. helena was so important to european fifths fresh water. within these 81 hector's survived the relics of a tropical rain forest. that once covered the entire island cut off from the rest of the world. the plant life here has evolved over millions of years. and simple france and daisies have become trees. but isolation came at a price in the absence of natural predators. the endemic plants never evolved, the ability to rapidly regenerate, leaving them defenseless,

against the ravenous appetite of the domestic animals, introduced by passing ships left to rome, the island in just a few short years. the goats had decimated the islands, ancient forests. having exhausted their resources, the herbivores sealed their own fate, and to once 1000 strong hides have now disappeared. well, though cattle are no longer a danger to the endemic flora. invasive plants now pose a serious threat to their survival. st. helena, redwoods, ebenezer, and tree phones are struggling to maintain their foot home and their future now lies entirely in human hands. satar vargo, the terrestrial conservation officer, is part of the small team dedicated to the ambitious restoration of this

exceptional forest. diana's peak park is very unique because it holds quite a high proportion of endemic vegetation anna vertebrates. the word endemic means that it's very unique, it's found nowhere else in the well. so there is quite a large number on st. alina, because we have the highest endemic biodiversity off the u. k. and all the services territories, the endemic plans, they are really good at intercepting miss. so the island doesn't receive a high proportion of rainfall, but we do get quite a lot of cloud cover coming over this high central ridge. so they actually have their leads adapted to intercept the nurse, and then they fall to those water down into the p d. soils and then they trickle out to the catchment years unless where we come back our drinking water. the parks endemic vegetation

provides more than a 3rd of the islands drinking water, making the teams conservation work essential to the local inhabitants. and it all starts here at the foot of diana's peak. ah, propagation in the nursery start from feed. so we go out into the wall and we collect seeds from the last remaining individuals. and then from there we would clean the seed, sought it, then we would plant them. we wait for them to germinate, there's a few stages of putting out until we can actually produce a plant that is very strong and durable and ready for planting back into our fights . after months of care in the nursery,

the precious saplings are now strong enough to join the cloud forest. the recently cleared patch of land that will be their new home is at the highest point of the park. and there is only one way to get there. we go through viewing controllers of both troy rounds forgivable poses roses and you're a good really good. so what we do on diana's pickpocket habitat restoration. and there actually involves propagating endemic, supplant, back into sites. but before we can do that, we do quite a lot of in base of clearance. hopefully in the future, i would like to see banners pick completely vegetated in endemic habitat and supporting very high populations of endemic invertebrates as well.

although there is still a long way to go, the colossal walks carried out by the terrestrial conservation team has been a real success tree fans and black cabbage trees now dominate the parks ridge there. canopy shading the forest floor limiting the growth of the invasive plants. many endemic invertebrates, like the blushing snail, find refuge in the newly rehabilitated flora. much to the delight of the entomologists. natasha stevens and liza fowler. selina was quite loving in research on our lot of rights because he has been expeditions going back rate from like the 1800s even charles dobbin himself came. he at one point documenting a lot of foreign matters from spiders to beatles to true bugs. so

a wide range of it the cloud, far as off diana's peak, national cough is the highest heavy task for invertebrates, so they have like $120.00 in them species on average. so it's very unique here on st, alina, we have irma 400 in damage species. and although we have little those, we are actually discovering more every time. i mean more. oh, another spiky. let's hear another one. they're like, bristling with bright yellow spines. this tiny armored creature hides in the forests, must inaccessible corners. this is the spiky yellow woodhouse.

and it is one of the wild rarest ice puds. whitey, yellow wood lies is not like you average with lace because it's him to live in trees. underneath the tree fan, we've been quite loppy here to have a dedicated project to the spike yellow with love, while fortunately the spiky, they don't do much. so i think it's like a ph. d student or something. they need to come down and actually like study and fully for a whole year to know and be out in the field every day. sort of thing to actually see what they really up to. but it is nice that we have touched on a little off them the population and a little off the ecology, and it is also helping with the conservation as well. a recent population survey across a spikey is known habitat, has identified between 10200 individuals within diana's peak park.

due to the research and conservation work for this minuscule creature, the spiky yellow would louse is considered to be an umbrella species. so by protecting it all the flora and fauna with which it says its home are also protect it. like it was popular, a veritable eden for the minute. st. helena is home to $25.00 times more and annex species per square kilometer than the famous galapagos islands. however, as in many places around the world, this unique foreigner faces multiple threats among the most worrying r habitat, los climate change, and invasive species. bow in the dry lands, south of the park, near high peak, sasha laser and natasha are setting out to visit

a particularly special part of the ridge. at the edge of a steep cliff cling 6 unobtrusive trees. the value of these false gum woods is immeasurable despite their modest appearance. they are the last wild survivors of their species. here are quite a few and demick invertebrates that is associated with plans. the false gum would leaf harbor is associated with the false gamblers and hence the name is not unique and it is very sad at the same time there it's habitat has declined to about sucks trees the laughing the while. and if these trees go, the leaf hobbles will go there, like it's spray off. on 2 of the 6 trees, the entomologists have made a disturbing discovery. some of the leaf hoppers appear to be covered in a strange whitish film. they have been infected by

a fungus that has devoured them from the inside. out invertebrates play a vital role in any ghost of them throughout the world. they help with decompose and plant matter or dead things really and recycle it back into the earth. as long as the restoration of the heavy tats keep going, then it will be safe. gaiden, i invertebrates. so all that where all the effort there, every one is putting into conservation is it will help in the long term and it still needs to continue way off day go from the striking,

spiky yellow wood lies the dazzling golden sail spiders. the cloud covered heart of st. helena is a treasure trove of biodiversity, precious and fragile thanks to the conservation team's work. the cloud forest is gradually being restored to its former glory and one day its borders may, once again reach the coastline. the water captured by the cloud forest trickles down from the central ridge, feeding thousands of mango trees as it meanders through sharks valley to the sea. but the island is natural. riches are not confined to its flush peaks. testament to this are the raucous colonies of red build tropic buds that populate the colossal wall of great stone. driven to the fringes of the island by the hungry tax and routes that arrived with the 1st settlers. many sea birds now find refuge on these inaccessible cliffs and the surrounding islets.

busy ah ah ah, yet recently, many of the once threatened populations have begun to show signs of recovery and some species like the tropic birds and white very tons have become particularly fond of the rocky slopes that surround the islands capital james town. the elegant tans have even become somewhat of an avenue fixture and frequently raised their young.