ah ah ah this is the w news life from the swedish miners hit upon a rare earth jackpot. the huge find in the arctic could help cut the world's dependence on china. 4 elements crucial in the modern technology and the manufacturer of the everything from wind turbines to electric vehicles. as the war in ukraine intensifies rusher is looking to step up,

conscription leading to some young men playing the country to avoid the draft. we talked to a former russian policeman whose being granted refugee status in latvia. joe biden comes under investigation. a special council is appointed to look into the presidency handling of classified documents after lawyers find more files that he's on ah, i've been fossil and thanks for joining us. a swedish mining company has discovered europe's biggest known reserves of rare earth minerals, the company l. k, a be found the deposits in golden, sweden, well above the arctic circle, the metals, a group of 17 elements used in a range of technologies for smartphones will electric cars. the discovery seen as a crucial way to enable a green transition. but the mining post required to extract the elements,

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 in 24. they have ongoing expiration activities in this, the pulse that really 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 the pulse it 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 as fighting intensifies in ukraine, russia is said to step up troop mobilization and can script more young men to fight on the front lines. the move could provoke a new wave of refugees fleeing to avoid the fighting. but not all countries were willing to take them in and some have found it hard to get refugee status. ah, now he can breathe again as danny's love, but she love has finally been formally recognized as a refugee from russia in law. it was a long process at the end of it was, dallas love is relieved to have cut the ties with a country that started a war of aggression in the middle of europe. the bitter spittle. i fled to the 1st

best country. so i wouldn't have to go to jail or be sent to war. i don't want to fight against the ukrainians. i have many friends there. the 1st best country, as stanislaus said, was lot via and you, you member state with a 300 kilometer common border with russia. when the war started to more than 10 months ago, stanislaus decided to protest, the former policeman found himself in the midst of a peace rally in saint petersburg where hundreds of protesters were arrested. mm hm . when the 27 year old received a draft notice from the army, he decided to flee over night. without losing any time he drove to russia's boda with lottery to jump over the fence at an unmounted torrent location illegally because he had no visa them yet. but m low orders for us to do cable fighting. it was terrible. i was panicking. my heart was pounding. i was running through the

forest on wondering what if the guards shoot me? the fence was huge with barbed wire. and on the other side there were border guards as well, with whose language i don't understand. i had no idea how they would react to anything. can you tell us been the officials and lot where were mandating at 1st they let him file for asylum. but a few months later his request was denied. stanislaus went to court and to fall to the decision in the and he was allowed to stay a rare ruling fall latiere in contrast to germany. the baltic states generally denies russians fleeing military service at the right to spain. that he mobilization in russia, which began in september of last year, had little influence on that policy due to security concerns is through supposed to sure you're supposed to just read it. if you are against the war against mobilization. if you think that what is being done now is unacceptable,

then you must come out against the russian government. and i am not convinced by arguments that things are so oppressive there, that no one can take to the streets. tens of thousands of russians are leaving. now, according to our figures, and the question must be asked, why should we accept them all? this is also a matter of our own security of her chima mom. he's been humid that a little more processor miss across mr. stanislaus. but sheila doesn't think that taken to the streets in 2 days. russia can't change anything. he says that there is no rule of law in russia and also no reason to believe that regime is about to collapse either any time soon. for him, protests are of the direct way to prison and may be after that to the front lines. all legitimate parts of resistance have been exhausted when people who protest end up behind bards. and from there they cannot achieve anything any more with zealots . stanislaus says he would go back to russia one they went,

putting his not in power any more. his parents lived there, stanislaus missus of them, he says, but he knows he will not see them any time soon. al moscow bureau chief fury rossetto has been based in hunger ever since for her. he sent it. oh, he's offices in russia. tell us more about the difficulties were russians escaping the war in ukraine? while 1st been russians? if they want to flee the horse must be allowed to leave the country as there are plenty of professions in russia that have been forbidden by the government to travel abroad and some civil servants state on companies, members of the armed forces. and so one second, you have to be able to finance the 3 flights to the best have become extremely expensive because you have to fly via 3rd countries, which hardly any one can afford. what remains are neighboring russian countries, george armenia, kazakstan, all the baltic states are, but the mood there seems to be changing. and the multi countries have long close to their borders to most russians as be just seen in my report. we even saw people

flagrant foot on, on their bicycles earlier in the war. how many russians still support the war? won't really hard to tell how many russians support put into policies or polls are very unreliable in times of war, because they are made under pressure. and many people in moscow, no longer dear, even to talk about politics on the subway because they are afraid of simply being denounced. a few weeks ago, a video circulated online of an elderly woman being thrown off a bus for allowing herself to make a critical remark about the russian army. and of course there is a great fear of a next mobilization wave. at the same time. however, there are still many russians who support the voice of this paul from moscow shows . the question that was asked was, what has changed in your life since the start of the so called special militarization as the voice called in russia? let's have a look for the boy. it bad. it's bad for everyone. we should not be fighting that

we should live in peace. near rose shermer, the doors and ruth, i've got 2 sons. i worry about them. the situation won't get better unless the war ins could. how could you force them on to fight and kill it's against the bible bly . louise mean you? life has changed for the better with, with wait one less war to be stopped. when you heard him still voice from that steadily deity, shelba, i hope all these young 18 year old children will get back home safe and sound pretty. all is good with us, but we worry about our soldiers that have yet to disobey. it's up to the authorities to decide. i don't want to interfere in this early as well, so far. it hasn't affected the area where i live. i don't know what's next. is not the only thing that did happen. many men were taken to the front of it is a different i sport, the operation. there are no rallies. every one here support that we've sent

humanitarian supplies or getting back to what it's like and laughing for russian refugees or authorities. they're generally opposed to the most russians coming well, i must be very clear abandoned to lock the early for a new and estonia all through baltic countries, of course, have not closed their borders to all russians. as before, these staves let in russians who are really threatened people, who protested openly against the war, the put in system in russia, but with decal activist, independent journalist and their families. these are all people who need protection for so called humanitarian reasons, but it throws is that for the authorities here, simply fleeing mobilization is not enough to apply for asylum as authorities. argument here is that while these russians are fleeing mobilization because that they feel their personal lives are in danger, they man steal, may still be sympathetic to work, they put in regime. there are simply major security concerns in latvia, rusito,

and rigor. thank you very much. the analysis and let's update the situation in ukraine. we're fighting the same town of so dar continues following conflicting reports about whether the town has been captured is come to meet a made a shake up at the top of russia's military as russian president vladimir putin appoints and you, 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 lead as they b as soldiers, 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 as many are fighters are holding the defense as they used to hold

a ticket there might taking solider and back mood 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 has been done. so bar this is absolutely cell trace and heroic action. not alone solid dora, but in many areas more and says operations are being carried out. both sides have suffered heavy losses and the fighting. as the battle rages on, on 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 they unfortunately, there are many warriors we are burring. as you see old and new graves behind who i

am, when they are the ones who sacrificed their lives for our peace, did you do this of the q u q, where german williams reach of russia's bid to take salinda? it's the to be key to boosting its military morale. a when many say most going also desperately once after struggling with numerous setbacks and recent models. let's look at some other stories making headlines from around the world. research a say that one of the world's biggest oil companies made highly accurate predictions about global warming, of publicly dismissing the link with climate change. the study in the general science says x a mobile scientists knew about the risks of fossil fuels from as early as the 1970s, but chose not to disclose them. excellent denies the accusations. severe weather has killed at least 6 people in the u. s. state of alabama, a powerful storms including a large tornado struct. near the city of selma authorities,

they dozens of homes with damaged or destroyed rescue as a still searching for people who may be trapped under debris. voters in the czech republic go to the polls today to where they were president, the leading candidates, largely ceremonial post include a former nato general adequate reversal, former prime minister. the main candidates are all seen as more pro waste and than outgoing president middle same on police. in the u. s. city of los angeles have at least 40 camera footage of events leading up to the death of a young african american ketone addison. the cousin of a black lives matter co founder was repeatedly taser during a traffic disturbance in early january. he died of cardiac arrest hours later. for the u. s. justice department has appointed a special council to investigate joe biden. more classified documents were found at the presidents home in delaware, the discoveries of politically embarrassing for biden, after his shop criticism of the former president's 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 bite and said, it was an innocent mistake. more people know i take classified documents classroom material seriously. i also said were cooperating fully incomplete with the justice department. review that republicans accused a u. s. president of hypocrisy 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,

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. biden steam faith. this case is different. the u. s. president wollen deer 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 are forced to based political analyst lusaka how much political fallout this could have for president biden as the republicans now in control of the house. 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 for 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 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 in 24. the foreign ministers of germany and france are in ethiopia aiming to repair relations strained by the take right conflict on the bible and katrina. gaudinas visits comes as the philippine government and rebel group to gripe people's liberation front. implement a p, still signed in november to end 2 years of brutal war. at 1st, you could think there had never been a civil war in ethiopia. children are practicing their skateboarding skills and addis ababa dreaming of what their future could bring, just like kids, anywhere else in that of the skateboarding makes me happy. i just love it. when i

grow up, i want to be a professional skateboarder. melissa, which malcolm is he of his future, has been the subject of talks between german foreign minister. on the lena bear book and ethiopian prime minister abbey at mid abbey, who once was awarded the nobel peace prize, waged a bitter war, and the t gray region, the death toll could be over half a 1000000 people. burbock believes it's very important to restore food security in ethiopia. more than 22000000 people are malnourished, help for her goal, came from an unexpected donor, as has been makins, that it's remarkable that ukraine, which is under attack, either, is donating brain to ethiopia in france and germany and france are supporting the ukrainian grain donation by organizing and financing the transport. yet when finance yet hobbin to the right of burbock, we see her french counterpart, catherine colona. they stand together to symbolize a united e u that wants to help ethiopia both economically and in other areas reconciling

enemies and reviving the economy. the challenges, ethiopia, faces as it sets out to become a stable country in east africa again. now by samuel, get a true journalist based in addis ababa, samuel, can you tell us a bit more about why relations are so strange between europe and if you will, there has been accusations from the ethiopian side, from the government of yoga, and add the seller about blaming much of the western countries including ease of siding, was left in which the government had declared as a terrorist organization. a year and a half ago since the conflict had begun, there has been conflict such as ations, that the strength of the t p a left perhaps came from the support of with some nation, including talking points that has been produced by european leadership as well as accusations of providing perhaps unfounded, perhaps, of providing weapons that we brought the t p a left to the forefront of this

conflict and some success. to be honest, it's also interesting to see china seeking to boost interest in the region right now. what does europe, on the other hand have to offer? will the european union leadership is known to provide food security? as she mentioned previously, perhaps to try to deter ethiopians, illegal migrants from going to europe and asia. but the european nation has also produced much of the infrastructure of ethiopia, including the creation of universities across the country, roads, and even subsidized housing. we need to find your willingness to support some of the work in the last 25 years. and tell me what can ethiopia or expect from germany and france when it comes to support for the peace process? i think the european union can teach it yoga in terms of creating some kind of

system. where if you're bench concord, this people respect diversity, see diversity, us strength instead of division. and that the european union can perhaps it's also provided leadership skills for much of the leadership in at the summer. there's so much more that was yoga and european nations can learn from each other, journalists, and you'll get it through. thank you very much for joining us here on the w. yes. thank you. mexico city has deployed thousands of national guard officers to patrol at subway. system officials have suggested that a series of recent accidents gripping caused by sabotaged dozens of passengers have been killed or injured out in force on mexico, cities subway. the national guard on patrol across a network which carries nearly 5000000 passages

a day. a series of accidents has unnerved subway riders. officials believed sabotaged could be to blame one moment on a and see on their actions and unusual events occurring on the south. twinkling metro and what matters most to is the citizens less yet any passengers have good reason to be worried. just a few days ago, 2 trains collided, killing one person, an injuring dozens. president lopez, upper doors often criticized for turning to the military to tackle problems with says in this case, it's the right thing to do. mom was at the navy. he lands, yes. e, we are going to have survey, literally, emma, they can call it militarization or whatever they want. actually, we are taking responsibility because prevention mass is better than regret any gillem, and that not everyone's convince. sabotage is behind the failures on the subway.

many blame poor maintenance, antiquated systems, and years of under investment commute as a grateful for the uniformed presence. it is stressful wondering, but that is going to be an attack. the officers are doing a good job, no matter whatever the truth of the cause of the accidents on the subway. the mass as the national guard and the police are there to stay. 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 grace than mansion in memphis. the huge tourist attraction. she made headlines in 9094 when she married michael jackson in the early 2000. she believes her own role music albums. the last public appearance was at the golden globe

awards just this week. i asked entertainment reporter on samsung bit all in washington d. c. for more about her sudden death it's extremely shocking. like you mentioned, she was in public early this week at the golden globes supporting the elvis movie, which actually won an award for austin butler who played her father. so it's really shocking for everyone. no one was expecting it all and and you know, she's softener cardiac arrest early on thursday and her ex husband danny keel. who actually she's been 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, a minor musician as far as young commercial success is concerned, she did have to talk to and alan's 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 this tragedy? yeah, you know, 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 want devastate about the news. and so, as you know it's, it's extremely sad giving 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. um and from what i hear her, her kids haven't had it easy either. right. of course. i mean she'll, 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 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. and reminder of our top stories here on d. w. use. a state own swedish mining company has uncovered a rare of elements deposit in the arctic. to find could reduce europe dependence on china for the elements which are crucial for the manufacturer of smartphones, electric vehicles and wind turbines. and the u. s. justice department has appointed a special counsel to investigate why classified documents were found at president job biden's, delaware home. earlier this week, reports emerge that secret files had been found in an office by them used after leaving the vice presidency in 2017 and if again, you can always get a w news on the go to the app store from apple play or apple app store or google

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