filled with ideas. so get ready for the brain. i 40 to the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a bloody battle for control and eastern ukraine. russia's wagner mercenary group says it has overrun the town of sold our cranium president below to me as a landscaping. this fighting is still going on. also, on the show, poland offers to supply leverage tanks to ukraine. the pledge piles pressure on

western allies to send in more heavy weapons and german police clear out activist trying to stop the expansion of a giant coal mine activists. a the new rush for coal makes a mockery of germany's climate goals. ah, i'm ami annisa. thanks for joining us, rushes, wagner mercenary group, says it has taken complete control of the eastern ukrainian town of solid. our president vladimir zalinski rejects the claim and says fierce fighting is still going on over running sword are as seen as the key to capturing near by box woods, which russia has been besieging for months. another salvo launched ukrainian trenches in their muslim campaign to take the city of back, mort, russian forces have concentrated that fire power. nearby town of solider they are

claiming progress brother's in will go for just airborne units have blocked. solid are from the northern and southern parts of the city. what russia's air force is targeting enemy strongholds, storm troops are fighting in the city. the assault is led by the wagner group. mercenaries under the command of putin at i. yet gainey for goshen progression has released this picture of him in a salt minute solider and claims that the town is so rounded. but you crane denies that solid ice lost and points to rush and losses of them a bunch them all up. so we see an absolutely irresponsible to put it mildly, attitude of the russian elite toward their military personnel before they die there by the thousands was a whole lot of blood, a lot of artillery jewels, a lot of contact combat does especially and solid are to day full of that is that when that my, this is the hottest point in the war to day for the new the

ukrainians, amounting as stiff resistance. here, a german supplied how it's a, it's battering russian positions before shifting location, shoot and screwed along a slow moving front line. but among the pretty much the deadly impact of such high precision strikes is captured by a drone used by ukrainian soldiers and solider to acquire targets. russian unit comes under fire and is forth to withdraw after heavy losses. with the cleaners determined to fight for every inch of territory, i will pay a high price for any progress again battlefield over the years of virus, new garage, d. w correspondence. sonya found the cars in ukraine for us and send us an update with the ukrainian military says that the fight for solider is continuing. it says it forces are very much holding out and that they're putting up a stiff resistance. but of course,

a defense official fuel have acknowledged the intensity of the fighting inside the door. you know, they've called it a challenging and of a difficult situation. we're also seeing a lot of images on ukrainian social media about the ongoing fighting buildings reduced to compete shayla plumes of smoke rising up in the sky, photographers on the ground, they're speaking of the situation there as a living. hell. and i think for you cream, you know, the fighting in sort of dog and in and around buck flute which is also inflicted heavy losses on their own. troops has become something off a national symbol of defiance. he noted a precedent zalinski in his daily address said the fight post on the dog is, is continuing. and he kind of reverted russian claims that he had gained some success in the area. he said, the don, yes, up front is very much holding and that everything is being done really to, to strengthen ukraine's defenses. dw, sonya fall in a car. they are reporting for us from key if poland is offering to supply ukraine with german made leopard tanks. but only as a part of

a wider international coalition print polish president andrea, due to has been hand holding talks with vladimir zalinski and leave. this pledge puts pressure on germany, which has so far, refused to deliver the advanced tanks to ukraine for feel. ukraine needs heavier weapons that has been, keeps message to its western allies for months on top of the list, the german built levered to battle tank. so far, western nations have been reluctant, fearing further escalation with the new killer armed russia. but that might be all about to change over fattening darcia to be sure we have decided that the moment for poland to decisively support ukraine has comes with throwing force. keena stumpy, a company of la tanks, will be handed over as part of a coalition low part of the ram are who the one are crowded. see the offer from

poland. president on j. duda is a welcome one for keith. but there's a catch without germany's approval. of the nations cannot supply leopard tanks to ukraine. poland coal for an international coalition to deliver the weapons piles additional pressure on german chancellor, olaf schultz. so far he's been reluctant to commit but as russia claims it's making fair the gains in easton ukraine. keith says berlin's foot dragging is costing lives. although i, who only the transfer of weapons will end this war leadership. otherwise the war will go on and on. luxury do not will ukrainian cities will be destroyed ish and ukrainian. people killed elizabeth, but we will definitely keep going to the end of the but it's just that the costs will be very high. ali thing long. poland and other nato allies are leaning ever harder on the german chancellor to change his tune. well, as we heard,

poland needs germany is approval before consent leopard, thanks to ukraine. here's an assessment from d w. political correspondent, catherine lucas. boy can't move at his own will on germany, needs to roof if a country that has the german manufactured leopards once to send it elsewhere. and for now everything's been a bit cryptic, as we've heard today. the polish president, spoken about it international coalition is not entirely clear what he specifically means by that. and the other hand, also the german government this afternoon, said that, well, they won't probably change their stance on delivering leopards or agreeing to deliver levers. and that they haven't received any official requests to deliver leopards yet either. so they said they will stick with their line at least up until january the 20th, when nato allies will meet at the u. s. air base here in germany at 9. so we don't

yet have many details. what we, what we do know is that poland actually has quite a considerable number of low per 2 tags and leverage to tanks at their disposal. they have more than $200.00 and the polish president said that they would like to send one company, which we think is about 15 tanks as a 1st package to ukraine. and what they certainly are doing with this is mounting the pressure on germany with asking for that approval, at least indirectly d, w 's. catherine lancoste reporting. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. we believe us defense secretary lloyd austin does not believe china is about to invade taiwanda. whether he said this when he was speaking, it talks between senior us and japanese officials. japan's foreign minister yoshi yo yoshi, marcia says china represents an unprecedented strategic challenge. each tokyo plans

to double as has been spending in the next 4 years can and they will not out. the court has convicted the head of turkey's medical association of spreading so called terrorist propaganda. not said num, co finance. g was sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison. she's been released while she appeals financially called for proven to allegations that turkey used chemical weapons against curtis militants. iraq flights have resumed in the u. s. falling the breakdown of a crucial computer network at the federal aviation administration. thousands of flights were cancelled or delayed after the system providing pilots with safety and flight information went down. the white house says there is no evidence to back up speculation that a cyber attack caused the outage. world health organization says uganda's latest bowl outbreak is over. more than 50 people have died since the disease took hold last september, but no new cases have been registered in the last 6 weeks. no more patient in

def makeshift, a boiler clinic in fight that big. i finally empty. and this is a moment of filipino. the deadly outbreak of a bullet in uganda has ended. authorities give credit to the committee head to parkers. i'm really, i really feel so great because he was one of the people who was the fast lane culture walker. i'm really happy was, i'm still alive. those are some of our own one. uganda was hit by the outbreak in september last year. around a 140 people were infected. more than 50 people lost their life. the hive. the outbreak was caused by the rear, so downstream for which there is no proven vaccine. as the number of cases spiked, the country embossed blocked downs, unaffected 80th,

aerial and health stuff was mobilized. the global community is learning a lot from this success. their success is not only of uganda, it's a global success. and the global health community will learn and follow uganda. directly to thief, splits with the bodily fluids of infected persons. it often causes fever and bleeding, and has that fidelity rate of foot on 50 percent. the end of outbreak office the rest by to communities who have lost hundreds in federal outbreaks that had hit the country. police in western germany have begun forcibly a victim climate activists from a village at the center of a battle over coal mining. protesters moved in to stop german energy giant r w e from demolishing homes to get to the coal under ground the government and says

the cold air is essential to maintaining energy supplies. but activists say, germany is climate goals should come 1st. in the early hours of wednesday, police began to cordon off the protest camp near looked sad, as well as the village itself. using loud speakers they called upon the protesters to leave voluntarily. me. i'd rather moderator so comfortable. but some activists are prepared to hang on for as long as possible. climbing out of reach of security forces, their goal to stop energy giant r w e from excavating leg night, the dirtiest form of coal, from deep beneath the village. elaine sun means by burning the cold from under the village. germany is breaking the paris climate agreement. and at a time when the climate crisis is escalating, we have to make sure that emissions are drastically reduced. and that's why coal mining has to stop here. now it's often the german government has struck a deal with the energy company to phase out coal by 2030,

the demolition of this village as part of a compromise. excavate here now spare others in the future of host? oh does. i'm also tired of signs that a large part of the villages actually irma for demolition will not need to banish one or 2 qualities where hundreds of people still live your will not lose their homes and law which oh, dos commercials on protests and ball up all i do think the protest mead symbols, but looks at art where nobody lives any more kind of the wrong symbol of my knowledge of switches and voice with the war in ukraine and the energy crisis. coal has seen a revival in germany. still, experts doubt that the coal underneath lots of art is really needed ah, studies and also other studies show that it's not necessary to mind the cold, especially beyond and below the village of lit up and not a vest failure. because we do have enough coal in other areas of gods by law and

the other mining regions that it's necessary add to to meet the energy transition and also the climate goals. but in the end, it's the energy giant r w e, who legally owns the village, and they want to stick to their plans. after all, they expect profits with several 1000000000 euros from the additional comb. in the meantime, the atmosphere on the ground remains tense with activists not prepared to give up. the british guitarist jeff beck has died of meningitis at the age of 78. beck rose to prominence as a member of the yard birds rock group and the 1960s. he was respected by fellow musicians for his technical virtuosity, often playing alongside other big names such as eric clapton. beck took part in countless recordings and was revered by his many fans as the guitar players, guitar player. and a reminder of the top story were falling for you. russian mercenaries are claiming

to have taken full control of the eastern ukrainian town of sola, dark. but key of says its troops are holding their positions. solid are as seen as the gateway to near by bachman, which moscow is also besieging. watching dw news from berlin of next our documentary, globalization profits over people focusing on countries that are losing out. i'm ami at ease of stay tuned and thanks for your help with the green. do you feel worried about the planning to on neil? host of the on the green fence about cost and to me it's clear. we need to change. join me for a deep dive into the green transformation.