this venture full of hardships, dangers, and death. magellan journey around the world starts january 19th. ah ah this is the w news life from berlin. swedish miners hit upon a rare earth jackport. huge find in the article could cut the world's dependence on china or elements crucial and modern technology and the manufacturer of everything from wind turbines to electric vehicles. joe biden comes under investigation for

the 1st time as you ways president. a special council is appointed to look into biden's handling of classified documents. the boy is buying more files at his home . and russia makes advances in solid dot holds off declaring victory as heavy fighting continues. more than $500.00 civilians are trapped in the small ukrainian town. ah, i've been fossil and thanks for joining us. a swedish mining company has discovered europe's biggest known reserves of brett of minerals. company l. k, a be found the deposits in northern sweden well above the arctic circle. the metals, a group of 17 elements used in a range of technologies from smartphones to electric cars, discovery seen as crucial to enabling a green transition. but the mining process required to extract the l. it's also

raises environmental concerns. cyrano in the far arctic north is already sweden's treasure chest. they've been mining iron or here for years, and soon they can also be extracting where earth. geologists believe these underground caverns could hold more than a 1000000 tons of rare earth oxides. a hugely significant discovery. they have ongoing expiration activities in this, the pulse at which means the 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 off all ries in europe. europe depends on imports of these vital minerals most come from china, which has deposits many times bigger. but it's still a breakthrough european union. the geopolitical aspect as say, 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 begin extracting the valuable minerals from under these frozen waste. dw business robots can give us more context from just how significant is this, put it into context when a 1000000 tons, it sounds huge, doesn't it? and indeed it is. it makes it comparable with the biggest deposits in the united states, for example, but it does not pail into significance, but it does get somewhat dwarfed by the social deposits that are in china upon which europe is extremely reliant for its railroads. and indeed, the whole world is, i mean china mines 2 thirds of the world's rest and then the ones that are left it's responsible for processing them, so absolutely dominates rarer production. and that is considered a bit of a problem by places like europe in the united states who don't necessarily agree

with china on a lot of things and has then the hard way in the past few months about, you know, to pay a get and agree with exactly, so the opportunity here is maybe not in the size of it, but the fact that it can alleviate europe's reliance on china. but the big question, 1015 years from yeah, i mean, it will take time to get that. meanwhile, all sorts regulatory hurdles to get eva, because maris on notoriously dirty to mine. i mean, the environmental implications are enormous. that created vast waste lands in china to be able to exploit these reserves there. so it's all very well having found these reserves. next question is, how do we actually get them because we're talking about a beautiful and touch part of the world. it could be most sensitive parts of europe in the arctic circle reports. thank you very much for putting this into context. for the u. s. justice department is appointed a special council to investigate joe biden. more classified documents were found at

the president's home in delaware, the discoveries of politically embarrassing for button of his shop criticism of the former president alleged mishandling of classified documents. this is where the latest classified documents were found in the garage of you as president of biden's home in wilmington by law might and should have handed them over to the u. s. national archives. after he left the vice presidency in 2017 might in thieves. it was an innocent mistake. moreover, people know i take classified documents classify material seriously. i also said we're cooperating fully incomplete with the justice department's review. that republicans accused the u. s. president of hypocrisy by den sharpie criticized, former president donald trump, for allegedly holding on to classified documents. after sensitive files are 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, that 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, might in steam faith. this case is different. the u. s. president wollen 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 sees to await any conflict of interest, especially council will investigate the keith we asked washington based political analyst lusaka, how much political fallout is could have for president biden, as the republicans are now in control of the house. one of the biggest things going in by this favor is that this is almost 2 years out from the election and an entire

year out for the primaries start. the downside is the american vote there doesn't always like nuance. he just gave the republicans their greatest talking point, as well as really me have the democrats offense 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 a year out to take him on a 24. ok, quick look at some of the stories making headlines. police in the u. s. city of los angeles of release body camera footage of events leading up to the death of a young african american union and is the cousin of a black lives medical founder was repeatedly hazel during the traffic disturbance in january. he died of cardiac arrest. ours, like, i mean, severe weather has killed at least 6 people in the usa to validate the powerful storms, including a large tornado,

struck near the city of selma. authorities say thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed. rescue was still searching for people who may be trapped under debris. and you study in the journal science has revealed that oil giant exxon mobil scientists made highly accurate predictions about global warming, beginning in the 1970 s. excellence research is full cost, future warming with precision equal to or better than government or academic scientists. this was during the same time exxon was publicly costing doubt on its own, were such as conclusions voters in the czech republic go to the polls on friday to elect a new president. the leading candidates, largely ceremonial post include a former nato general and a controversial former prime minister. the main candidates are all seen as more pro weston than outgoing president, middle, same on ukraine, says, fighting in the eastern town of de la da continues following conflicting reports about whether the town has been captured is comes, it made

a major shake up at the top of russia's military is russian president vladimir putin, a points and you commanded to take charge of his war as ukrainian soldiers fight to repel russian attacks. the sound of explosions is relentless. the battle for solider and the nearby city of buck mote is proving to be one of the fiercest so far following russia's invasion. ukraine's defeats lead as they be. soldiers are fighting stubbornly despite claims. russia had taken control of the area and certainly is the intensity of shelling roles by about 70 percent. but nothing changed radically, or are fighters are holding the defense as they used to hold her, get her might taking solider and back. moot is key to the kremlin goal to claim all of the denise. 3 gen russian leaders have praised the work of the troops on the

ground a truly gigantic work husband and sober. this is absolutely so christian, heroic action. not allowing solar, dora, but in many areas more and says operations are being carried out. both sides have suffered heavy losses in the fighting as the battle rages on and the east friends and family of a soldier killed in salida gather for his funeral and butcher killed. those who die in war are mostly the young one good when there. unfortunately, there are many warriors we are burning as you see old and new graves behind munich, hawaii, when they are the ones who sacrificed their lives for our peace to, to do this of the q u q. merge of our memorial names, richer rushes,

bid to take solider, it seems to be key to boosting its military morale. when many say moscow also desperately once after struggling with numerous setbacks and recent months. lisa marie presley, the only daughter of rome wrote legend, elvis presley has died at the age of $54.00. she reportedly suffered cardiac arrest . presley was the owner of her father's grayson mansion in memphis, a huge tourist attraction management headlines in 1994 when she married michael jackson. in the early 2000. she released her own rock music albums. her last public appearance was at the golden globe awards over here this week. and i'm joined by wednesday in san, but all right, or an entertainment before her in washington dc. one say the use of lisa marie presley's death comes as a shock. she was only $54.00. tell us more about that. extremely shocking.

like you mentioned, she was in public early this week at the golden globe supporting the elvis movie, which actually won an award for austin butler who played her father. so it's really shocking for everyone knows exactly, you know, and, and you know, as sheep southern her cardiac arrest early on thursday and her ex husband danny keel, who actually she's living with for a while now. perform cpr and her and they, she was rushed to the hospital and later passed away. she was also a pop star in her own right. wouldn't you say you know? yes, you should definitely a, you know, a minor musician, as far as young commercial success is concerned, she did have to talk to now and which one of them was certified gold. and i'm, you know, as she put out music over the years and did a bit of torn so she did have her own identity as, as a musician. how's the family coping with his tragedy? yeah, yeah. as you can imagine and devastated i priscilla presley,

her mother has put out a statement saying that she and the family are, you know, are not doing, was devastated about the news. and so, as you know it's, it's extremely sad given how suit, how recently we saw her in public and, and she seemed to be fine. it really is shocking to, to everyone again to someone who went through a lot about people in her own life. always in the spotlight because of her father of course. and from what i hear her, her kids haven't had it easy either. right, of course. i mean she was, she lost her father a young age, but she's also suffered loss as a parent. so her son, i, you know, benjamin kyo died by suicide in july of 2020. so i, you know, she's been reeling from that for, for ever since and not so it's just another tragic for the family. it's just turbo sat on sites up at o. entertain a reporter in washington. thank you so much for joining in. at

a reminder of our top story foyer, ah, estate own swedish mining company has uncovered a rarer elements deposit in the arctic to find could reduce europe's dependence on china for the elements which are crucial for the manufacturer of smartphones, electric vehicles and wind turbines. also, the u. s. justice department has appointed a special council to investigate the more classified documents were found at president joe biden, delaware home. earlier this week, reports merge, that secret documents had been founded in the office by used after leaving the vice presidency in 2017 and again, you can always get the w use on the go as download our app from google player or from the apple app store and i'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. christy flights and is up next with is this add a look at why canada will no longer allow most foreigners to buy real estate?

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