ah ah ah ah, this is dw 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, the swedish miners hid a rare earth metal jackpot will look at how it could help europe produce its

dependence on china. ah, i'm amin east 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 joe biden's, delaware home. the discoveries are politically embarrassing for biden, after his sharp criticism, a former president trumps, alleged miss handling of classified documents. if, if we are the latest classified documents performed in the garage, a few as president of biden's home bloomington by law might and should have handed them over to the u. s. national archives. after he left by spitted in c in 2017, might in thieves, it was in a fed mistake. maury, people know,

i take classified documents classified material seriously. i also said were cooperating fully and completely, the justice department's review. that republicans accused the u. s. president of bar chrissy by den sharply criticized former president donald trump for allegedly holding on to classified documents after sensitive files but discovered at trump's home in florida last year. here's an individual that's been in office for more than 40 years. here's an individual that sat on 60 minutes. there was so concerned about president trump's documents locked in behind and now we find it just as a vice president, keeping it for years out the open in different locations. biden steam faith, this gift, different, the u. s. president, while and dear to hand over the documents to the national archives the moment they were discovered. on the other hand, drum delayed responding to requests from the national archives for months. the

justice department ceased to await any conflict of interest, especially council will investigate the case the case against former president donald trump is also been handled by a special council. earlier i spoke to washington based political analyst lose 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, somebody found, as earlier stated in a think tank in d. c, and some of them are found in his delaware home in his garage near his beds. none were found at the 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 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 differ and says among them. again, this is the word coming from biden's can't, but it's a very small number of documents. trump out at over 300 humans at his residence in florida as well. by was the one that found it. his team found them alerted. the archive is 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 scene of them trying to get their hands back on these documents. and again, this is where the difference comes from by can't be presenting, hey, we're not only cooperating, we're being proactive. and that's what sets us apart because 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 this documents before the investigation into trump. how can we explain the you know, i think finance 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 and with other political documents. they were supposed to take to the think tank, not paying close 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 error. a lot of clerks have access to, they're 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 at home and using a server there. and i think especially if we before we look forward to, to government employees doing more hybrid work from home situation. is this going to be something i think this definitely speaks to what a need for revamped security and trading about what is the classified document, what can we build and what can. but i also think it talks about paper work. we're talking about legislators. their job is to read page it bills and reports with thousands of pages. and so it 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 by the case and 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 bye favor is that this is almost 2 years out from the election and an entire year out before the 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 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 him on in 24. ok political analyst. she'll go in washington. thank you. ukraine says fierce fighting in the eastern town of solid r as still ongoing, falling 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

appointed a new commander to take charge of his war as ukrainian soldiers fight to repel russian attacks, the sound of explosions is relentless. the battle for salida 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 in sara 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 alden graves behind unique in hawaii when they are the ones who sacrificed their lives for our peace. did you do this of dicky kim, marriage of m a murder names h m o brushes bid to take solid?

dan is said to be key to boosting its military morale, when many say most good old so desperately once after struggling with numerous setbacks and recent mom. justin crump is a security analyst and the ceo of sibling, and he gave us this assessment of the situation. and solar was, as you said, we just had in the report. it is very confused played by both side, differing claims that interests me from different, bought the russian military as to what's been going on. i think without the russians have all the c a t something or developed around the town of redondo, there, north of back situation remains fluid and they suddenly made some other minor about that toward with itself. sort of off is considered important because it starts to unhinge the city in itself. so it's kind of a stepping stone to taking mo, which obviously the russians would celebrate further. they got a long way to go from there. regardless, this is going to be

a stepping stone on the way to the main cities of the northern dumbass like so the, and some kind of thought. and there was a way to get it before the russians are a place to that. so, you know, while it might be celebrated by russia, that they are making some advances. finally, off the 6 month or any 20 kilometers. and there start line in the don't math. and this was not even a particularly significant strategic objective. they've still got to do let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. severe weather has killed at least 6 people in the u. s. state of alabama. the powerful storms, including a large tornadoes, struck near the city of selma. authority, say dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. rescuers are still searching for people who may be trapped under debris. voters in the czech republic, go to the poll starting friday to elect a new president. the leading candidates for the largely ceremonial post include a former nato general and

a controversial former prime minister. men kennedy are all seen as more pro western than outgoing president milos to damon. a new study in the journal science has revealed that oil giant exxon mobil scientists made highly accurate predictions about global warming. beginning the 19 seventy'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. a swedish mining company has discovered europe's biggest known reserves of rare earth metals. find at corona in the far north of sweden could make one, could make europe one day, less dependent on china. the metro 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 i

and all here for years. and soon they could also be extracting ret, earth's geologists beneath these underground caverns could hold more than a 1000000 tons of red earth oxides. a hugely significant discovery. we have ongoing exploration 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 largest upholstered of areese 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 your union. the geopolitical aspect as saying, 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. lisa marie presley, the only daughter of rock'n'roll legend, elvis presley has died at the age of $54.00. she reportedly suffered cardiac arrest . presley was the owner of her father's graceland mansion in memphis, which is a major tourist attraction. there. she made headlines in 1994 when she married pop star michael jackson. in early 2, thousands, she released her own rock music albums. her last public appearance was at the golden globe awards just earlier this week. and a reminder of the top story were falling for you. 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 had been found in an office vide used. after

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