i learned a lot of our culture history, their d w. travel extremely worth a visit. 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 korean president below. to me as a lens against this, fighting is still going on. also, on the show, poland offers to supply leopard tanks to ukraine. pledge piles pressure on western

allies to send in more heavy weapons in german police, clear out activists trying to stop the expansion of a giant coal mine activists say the new rush for coal makes a mockery of germany's climate goals. ah, i'm ami and you said thanks for joining us. rushes, wagner mercenary group. so that has taken complete control of the eastern ukrainian town of sola, our president vladimir zalinski projects, the claimant saying fierce fighting is still going on over running, sold are as seen as the key to capturing nearby bar mode, which russia has been besieging for months. another salvo launcher, ukrainian trenches. in their months long campaign to take the city of batman russian forces have concentrated their firepower on the nearby town of solid and

they are claiming progress. further zillion 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 a gift, gainey for goshen, for goshen. has released this picture of him in a salt minute solider and claimed that the town is surrounded. but ukraine denies that solid hours lost and points to russian losses. looked on much more up, so we see an absolutely irresponsible to put it mildly, attitude of the russian elite towards their military personnel before they die there by the thousands, with a lot of blood, a lot of artillery jewels, a lot of contact combat especially and solid are to day full of that is that when that nice is the hottest point in the war to day for the new

ah, the ukrainians, amounting at stiff resistance here. and german supplies. how it's a, it's battering russian positions before shifting location, shoot and scoot along a slow moving front line. but a more modern, 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 on the fire and is forced to withdraw. after heavy losses with ukraine was determined to fight for every inch of territory william russia will pay a high price for any progress in the battlefield. yet the bottom line of dw correspondent sonya fall nickerson, ukraine incentives. this update was the ukrainian military says that the fight for solider is continuing. it says its 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 incident

are not the 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 complete shales of 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 ukraine, you know, the fighting incident ard and in an around buck route, which is also inflicted heavy losses on their own. troops has become something of a national symbol of defiant seal to the president zalinski. and his daily address said the fight was on the door, is, is continuing, and he kind of rebutted a russian claims that he had gained some success in the area. he said the donnie esc front is very much holding and that everything is being done really to, to strengthen ukraine's defenses. those dw sonya folic are reporting from tia. poland is offering to supply ukraine with german made leopard tanks, but only as part of

a wider international coalition. polish president andre duda has been holding talks with florida, muse lensky levine. the pledge puts pressure on germany, which has so far, refused to deliver the advance takes to grant one bill. 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 a new killer armed russia. but that might be all about to change that entire shooter to be sure, we have decided that the moment for poland to decisively support ukraine has come to throw an important key. now stumpy accompany of lap tanks will be handed over as part of a coalition, low bottle of rum on would on your car, you'd see the offer from poland. president on j. duda is

a welcome one for keith. but there is 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 of the war, who only the transfer of weapons will end this war who didn't die. otherwise, the war will go on and on. luxury number ukrainian cities will be destroyed, hash and ukrainian people killed as well. but we will definitely keep going to the end of the but it's just that the cost will be very high. ali thing long, poland and other nato allies, a leaning ever harder on the german chancellor to change his tune.

police in western germany have begun forcibly a victim climate activists from a village at the center of battle over coal mining. protesters moved in to stop german energy giant air r w e from demolishing homes to get to the coal under ground. the government insists the coal there is essential to maintaining energy supplies, but activists. a germany's climate goal should come 1st. 0 one by one police, remove the activists occupying you. target authorities say several 100 left the village voluntarily. most others resisting peacefully as offices moved in to dislodge them. from tree has is suspended platforms and the roof tops of abandoned homes. their gold to stop energy giant r w e from excavating lake night. the dirtiest form of coal. from deep beneath the

village. the lane sean middle east, 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 address to kelly reduced. and that's why coal mining has to stop here. now that's often the german government has struck a deal with the energy company to phase out cold by 2030. the demolition of this village is part of a compromise. excavate here now spare others in the future. best host oh does. i'm also tired of this means that a large part of the village is actually earmarked for demolition will not need a bonus corner totality. we're hundreds of people to live, your will not lose their homes. love is o dos commercials on protests and ball upon. i do think the protest mead symbols but looks at art where nobody lives any more kind of the wrong symbol. and my nose is to fight, as in boy with the war in ukraine and the energy crisis. coal has seen

a revival in germany. still, experts day that the coal underneath little heart is really needed are studies and also other studies show that it's not necessary to mind. the coal, especially beyond and below, are the village of literature and not a big failure. because we do have enough coal in other areas of gods by law and the other mining regions, sir, that is necessary to, to meet the energy transition and also the climate gold. ah. but in the end, it's energy company r w e, who legally owns the village, and they want to stick to their plans. they expect profits worth several 1000000000 euros from the additional co. the police operation to clear the activists has proved complex and highly divisive. as germany grapples with its energy transition

let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. us defense secretary never secretary lloyd austin does not believe china is about to invade taiwan. he was speaking, it talks between senior u. s. and japanese officials, spence, foreign minister, how ya? yoshi son yoshi massa, said china, who he represents an unprecedented and strategic challenge. tokyo plans to double defense spending in the next 4 years out of here in 1000. uganda says its latest ebola virus outbreak is over. no new cases have been registered in the last 6 weeks . more than 50 people have died since the outbreak began last september. one, brazil's new cabinet includes 2 new women ministers for indigenous peoples and racial equality. sonya gotcha. john was elected to congress last october election. she says her appointment represents a moment of historic reparation for brazil. improving equality was a campaign promise or president lewis,

now ceo lulu to silver to ne paul, now a country renown for its mountains and beautiful scenery to his tourists. from all over the world, travel there to go tracking in the lit, emily and mountains. now the guys that they usually accompanied by are usually men . with as changing. swastika has a dream. the 21 year old nepalese wants to become a mountain guide. even if men keep saying she's not big or strong enough. well, thank you into letting you. i tell them that there is no profession that is only made for man. this is all professions can be practiced by women and men let go at them. why i'm strong, even if i look weak. so why should i be influenced by such comment about me going on? the mountain guide industry like all of nepalese society is still very male dominated of the more than 25000 registered mountain guides. very few are women. lucky

geoffrey has been trying to change that imbalance for a long time. almost 30 years ago, she and her 2 sisters founded a trucking company to assist women from underprivileged backgrounds. they now have trained over 1000 female mountain guides. so pretty elijason is the most important thing. most important thing is because of many women, the irish thing understood, made their capacity. i did neighbors know what the g, like, what did they have? the porting sheer, the practical training takes place in the mountains. the theory lessons in the office building, training food and accommodation are provided here, free of charge. lucky and her sister is also put a lot of emphasis on learning english, tricking in the sky net but actually exists exactly. english is a really, i would empower men language for them because while they speak english,

they feel like them and all the different thing, you know, concrete in. so this is also really gripping and also in ambry where english language that they can use. and also did a d y. the next morning we had up into the mountains. it swastika 2nd time on a track with tourists. she climbs for over 7 hours, carrying up to 10 kilograms of tourist baggage in her backpack. finally, the group arrives at the mountain hut while most of them use the evening to relax. swastika wants to get some advice from a more experienced colleague. i think half concrete in the most important thing is to have confidence in yourself. and you should also have a good knowledge of the places, the culture, the religion, and the flora and fauna. and communication is important again because dealing with people isn't always easy, isn't. there will be difficult situations to this. the man just to minneapolis,

if the next day it's more hard work as they climb to 3000 meters, the air is noticeably thinner. at the top, the group takes in the spectacular mountain panoramas and experience that swastika definitely wants to have again soon. and then run my appeal that i really enjoyed the track and my at the moment i'm stun assistant. but my goal is to eventually lead the group level. peter said, well that's what i wanted. and most of all to have a successful life. i thought he swastika is part of a new generation of nepalese women that is trying to break out of the old patterns and rise above the clouds. yet, under the british guitarist jeff beck has died of meningitis at the age of $78.00. beck rose to prominence as a member of the yard bridge rock group. in the 1916 he respect,

respected by fellow musicians for his technical virtuosity, often playing alongside other big names such as eric clapton. beck took pardon countless recordings and was revered by his many fans as the guitar players guitar player. you're watching dw news from berlin up next are documentary globalization. i'm ami and isa from me and the rest of the team here. thanks for joining us. departure into the unknown today. this means flying to a foreign planet in the 16th century. it meant being a captain and setting sail to discover a route magellan journey over.