a leash on mileage past and re imagine these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on b, w. ah. ah ah . this is d w. news live from berlin. joe biden comes under investigation for the 1st time as president. a special council is appointed to look into biden's handling of classified documents. after lawyers find more files at his home. also coming up . in the far north swedish miners hit a rare earth metal jackpot will look at how it could help europe reduce its

dependence on china. ah, i'm only in use of welcome to the program. the u. s. justice department has appointed a special council to investigate after more classified documents were found at president biden's delaware home. earlier this week, reports emerge that secret documents have been found in november in an office biden used after his time as vice president by law, the classified documents should have been given to the u. s. national archives after he left office. the discoveries are politically embarrassing for biden, after his sharp criticism, a former president trumps a legit miss handling of secret documents by and says he's cooperating with the investigation. people know i take classified documents or classified materials seriously. i also said were cooperating fully completed the justice department's

review, as part of that process. my lawyers reviewed other places, word documents and my i'm of from my time as vice president were stored and they finished the review last night they discovered a small number of documents, of classified markings, of storage areas in file cabinets in my home, in my, in my my, my personal library. earlier i spoke to washington based political analyst, liz sugar. i asked her what more was known about the documents that have been found . so right now they're saying there is a very small number of documents with classified noting on them. interestingly, some of these were found as earlier stated in a think tank in d. c. as them were found in his delaware home, in his garage near his corps are beds, and none were found at the rehab beach house, which is considered in and out as official. i'm so it's kind of what we have right now. aside from what bite has already said that he's cooperate,

it's his team who has found these and turn them over. and they're hoping that helps a public image. right, and this is become a political issue, especially because biden's called trump irresponsible when it came on investigation for keeping similar similar documents as part of residence. so what is the difference here? there are a lot of really notable different says among them. again, this is the word coming from biden's can, but it's a very small number of documents. trump out at over 300 humans at his residence in florida as well. but it was the one that found it. his team found them alerted the archive that the proper protocol who alerted the f. b. i income reverse trump. the archives discovered it themselves and years later, and went to trump, who did not cooperate. and in fact, you remember that was very dramatic. seen of them trying to get their hands back on

these documents. and again, this is where the difference comes from. bytes can't be presenting, hey, we're not only cooperating, we're being proactive, and that's what sets us apart. so it's a small number of documents, but that would still technically classify as a violation if it were true. and it just seems a little bit surprising. the biden did not discover these documents before the investigation into trump. how can we explain that? you know, i think by this camp is going to come with, it was an honest mistake. they get as so many documents. i can't imagine what 8 years of government classified documents must have looked at the sheer volume as well. he's saying these are mixed in political and personal documents. so aids that help to wrap up the vice president's office could have them in with other political documents. they were supposed to take to the think tank, not paying close enough attention to the classified notation. so there's

a lot of way for, it's just human error, and that's, i'm sure the angle they're going to try to say. and i'm wondering how common this is, is said that it could just happen under air, or a lot of clerks have access to the transporting these documents. so would you say this problem is larger than biden, and trump that a lot of politicians are actually taking these classified documents. that is a very good question. if we go all the way back, it wasn't documents. but the question of hillary clinton working in our home and using a server there and i think especially as we do for we look forward to, to government employees doing a more hybrid work from home situation. is this going to be something i think this definitely speaks to what a need for revenge security and trading about what is classified document, what can leave the building? what can't. but i also think it talks about paperwork. we're talking about legislators. their job is to re page it bills and reports with thousands of pages.

and so we just needs a massive amount of error, a space for error. and so briefly, do you think this will have political follow up for biden, or do you think the button to some, the term case will kind of cancel each other out? there are a lot of factors that are different as we discussed. and one of the biggest things going in by favor is that this is almost 2 years out from the election and an entire year out of primaries start. the downside is the american voter doesn't always like nuance. he just gave the republicans their greatest talking point, as well as really need to have the democrats often against trump. so it's a, it's a long enough runway. it might become a lesser issue in the next year. but it definitely will be something i think we'll be hearing again from the republicans as they gear up to take them on in 24. ok. political analyst. this will go in washington. thank you. ukraine says

fierce fighting in the eastern town of solid r as still ongoing. that's following conflicting reports about whether the town has been captured. this comes amid a major shake up at the top of russia's military as russian president vladimir putin appoints a new commander to take charge of his war as ukrainian soldiers fight to repel russian attacks. the sound of explosions is really the battle for solider in the nearby city of buck mote is proving to be one of the fiercest so far following russia's invasion, ukraine's defense leaders say be a soldier. the fighting stubbornly, despite claims. russia had taken control of the area in concerning these are the intensity of shelling roles by about 70 percent. but nothing changed radically, or our fighters are holding the defense as they used to hold the ticket there might

taking salida and back moot is key to the kremlin is going to claim all of the denise, 3 gen russian leaders have praised the work of the troops on the ground, a truly gigantic work has been done and sir a bar. this is absolutely celsius and heroic action. not align solar, dora, but in many areas where it says operations are being carried out. both sides have suffered heavy losses in the fighting as the battle rages on in the east friends and family of a soldier killed in salida gather for his funeral and butcher to those who die in war are mostly the young one good when there unfortunately, there are many warriors, we are burring as you see all the new graves behind, unique in hawaii,

when they are the ones who sacrificed their lives for our peace to today of decay. kim, marriage of m, m m m g h m o rushes bid to take salinda, it seems to be key to boosting its military morale. a when many say moscow also desperately once after struggling with numerous setbacks and recent months. several of now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world, voters in the czech republic go to the pole starting friday to elect a new president. leading candidates for the largely ceremonial post include a form of nato, a general, and a controversial, former prime minister. the main candidates are all seen as more pro western than outgoing president milosevic. damon, spain supreme court has drops edition charges against the former catalog. president carls pushed him on. he led the region failed bid for independence in 2017. which month who fled to belgium to avoid prosecution still faces other charges. the

decision comes weeks after a controversial reform of spain legal codes. grab the crime edition. a new study in the journal science has revealed that oil jain and exxon mobil scientists made highly accurate predictions about global warming. beginning in the 1970 s exxon's researchers, forecast future warming with precision equal to or better than government or academic scientists. this was during the same time exxon was publicly casting doubt on its own researchers. conclusions please. in western germany have spent a 2nd day clearing out climate activist attempting to stop the expansion of a coal mine. protestors moved into the empty homes of notes of ad, that's a village bought out by german energy giant r w e, which wants to get at the coal under ground. the government insists the coal there is essential to maintaining energy supplies. that activists the priority should be fighting climate change. a peaceful protest to his escorted away from

a condemned farm house. police raided the building after a tense over night stand off. within minutes, hundreds of officers had flooded the complex to route out high to ways. jasa shawn, it was very scary in the morning when the alarm went off and the police stormed the barricades. it was really a very scary situation. and circles, they just beat police then turned their attention to the hard core faction. hold up down the street. the barricaded themselves inside what was once residential apartments. it began with a game of cotton mouse but grew more menacing as please tried to clear the way activists through fire warps and glass bottles from make shift ramparts projectiles through ever more vulgar. police retreated

then made their move, storming the building from 2 sides. a sportsman said, police were negotiating with the activists inside my mind enforcement, according to my information. one yard has already been completely cleared and other buildings talks are still under way with the activists to me than leave voluntarily and independently enough. but the situation is very complex. in the meantime, work has been done on a wide range of buildings. so it's not possible to have a detailed overview. i'll put it this way. we're making progress. progress for the police though, is a set back for activists. and they say for global climate change, i finished your other. i'm feeling very sad, disappointed for it's vibrant and

a little bit last for long. oh, liptrot's last stand. may not save the village, but if nothing else, it's brought attention to their cause. a swedish mining company has discovered europe's biggest known reserve of not coal, but rare earth metals. to find at corona in the far north of sweden could make one day europe less dependent on china. the metals are used to make everything from smartphones and electric cars to wind turbines and even light bulbs. key renee in the far arctic north is all ready sweetens treasure chest. they've been mining iron or here for years. and soon they could also be extracting rare earths. geologists believe these underground caverns could hold more than a 1000000 tons of rare earth oxides. a hugely significant discovery. we have ongoing expiration activities in this,

the pulse at which means that for us it's open. it's not closed, we don't actually know how big it is. but what we know today is by far the law just to pull it off. all rees in your europe depends on the importance of these vital minerals most come from china, which has deposits many times bigger. but it's still a breakthrough of european union. the geopolitical aspect to as sag. you can't emphasize that enough. so i would say this is also an important chance possibly to become even less dependent of one single country. sweden's discovery will not entirely offset europe's dependence on china, and it will take years to extract the valuable minerals from under these frozen waists. and finally, a mesmerizing look at swarms of starlings in cyprus, the performing aerial dance over a lake near the capitals, a city land arca,

lanark of the island and the mediterranean is renowned as a weigh station for hundreds of thousands of birds migrating between europe and africa. happens twice a year in spring and autumn. as an unusually mild winter in the region draws to a close, birds are preparing for their long flight to their breeding grounds. in the north of next is our dock film, closing in the missing links, exploring human evolution with a team of researchers. i'm obvious of stay with us. departure into the unknown. today. this meet flying to a foreign planet. in the 16th century it meant being a captain and setting sale to discover a route.