venture full of hardships, dangers, and death. but jillions journey around the world starts january 19th on ah ah, this is the w use line for russia makes advances in florida, but holds off declaring victory. ukraine exists, its troops are holding out and refused to give out the small town a symbol of its resistance. hundreds of civilians are still tramping swedish miners hit upon a rare earth jackpot. the huge fight could help out the world's dependence on china

. 4 elements crucial in the manufacturer of everything from wind turbines to electric vehicles. and joe biden comes under investigation, and special council is appointed to look into the west president's handling of classified documents at the boys. find both files at his home. ah, i've been for sewland, thanks for joining us. fighting in the eastern town of zoe di is becoming a test of ukraine's resilience in what is causing a difficult phase of the war. it says it's resisting a high intensity russian offensive. the battle is being fought in large part by the pro ration most and re private arby. the group. hundreds of civilians are trapped in the small town 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 defense leaders say be a soldier. the fighting stubbornly. despite claims. russia had taken control of the area in tyranny's lens density of shelling, rose by about 70 percent. but nothing changed radically, or our 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 sarah barn. 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 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 burring. as you see, all the new graves behind munich, hawaii, they are the ones who sacrificed their lives for our peace. did you do this of the q u q, merge of m o. my name is h o, 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. sonya finally car is al,

corresponded in keith. i asked her to bring us up to date on the fighting. it's on a dime backward. will battle for solid are seems to be still grinding on the ukrainian military says russia is using everything it can tanks, mortars, rock, rocket, artillery, even street fighting to try to break ukrainian defenses and take that tone. now, the deputy defense minister of ukraine anomaly r, yesterday said that russia is building up its forces in ukraine. she says it's raising it ushers, raising the number of it's combat units in solid are. and last evening, president zalinski held a daily address when he said, you know, ukrainian forces were still very much holding out in florida. he said, you know, reinforcements, ammunition supplies were being rushed to the border to, to, to troops who are kind of holding the line in, in solid are and in neighboring recruit. now we still have no clear picture off of who is really in control inside the door. there been many conflicting reports. both

the russians and the ukrainians say they have inflicted hemi heavy casualties on enemy troops, even that has not been independently verified. and i think what we're seeing now is both sides really digging in and throwing everything they can at this fight uniform for russia taking so the dar could help with help it in its assault on blackboard, which is absolutely critical to its goal of occupying the entire on bus and for ukraine, you know, holding on to back move to and a so the darn has become a national symbol of resistance and defiance. so your, what about the $500.00 civilians who are said to be trapped there? that's right. the, the mirror of the done yet region has been speaking to the ukrainian state t v. and he said that, you know, the intense shelly shelling an artery fire there has, has destroyed more than 80 percent of the town. he says, most civilians have fled the area, but over $500.00 of them, including children, are still trapped there and, and the, it's hard to evacuate them because of the fighting. now

a twenty's there are advising people to steal porch to see, put in basements and shelters. there are some volunteer groups have been speaking to the ukrainian media there who have described really grim situation on the ground . the intense shelling has destroyed energy infrastructure communication lines. so many civilians have to do without heating, in some cases, water, electricity, and that and freezing winter temperatures that are also reports of drinking supplier and water supplies become becoming critical. and i think for, for many people now, the only help is volunteer groups. there is a stabilisation point in blackmore with fighting has raged for over 5 months now where civilians can go and get some basic medical help and it's only a pocket or a pockets of resistance in the town. what chances do the credit troops have attorney thinks around? well, i think the ukrainians are in a we, you know, pinning their hopes also on, on new supplies of weapons from the west and keyword,

your is staggs. i think the vicious fighting in insulted are unbuckling, has kind of lent a new urgency to, to going calls in ukraine for heavy weaponry like battle tanks. and that is why i think the announcement by pulled in this week that was prepared to deliver germany . combat time for leopard to to ukraine has been hugely celebrated here. and, and ukraine, of course, is hoping that this will open the floodgates to other western countries. offering more of these battle tanks, which, unless insignificant numbers could help change the tide in this conflict. it obvious on your find a car in came thank you. and let's have a look at some other stories making headlights. researchers say that one of the world's biggest oil companies made highly accurate predictions about global warming, while publicly dismissing the link with climate change. the study in the general sciences, it's a mobile scientists knew about the risks of fossil fuels from as early as the

seventy's, but chose not to disclose them. excellent, nice the accusations, prosecutors in japan have formerly charged a man, suspected of assassinating for the prime minister, shinta ami. the suspect will now stand trial for allegedly shooting ave during a campaign speech last july. police say the mag pissed the killing because of his rheumatoid links or abe's rude things from the total religious were a swedish mining company, as discovered europe's biggest known reserves of railroad minerals. the company l. k. a be found the deposits in northern sweden, in cyrano. well above the arctic circle, the metals a group of 17 elements used in a range of technologies from smartphones to electric cars. the discovery scene is crucial to enabling a green transition for the mining process 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 could 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. have ongoing expiration activities in this deposit, 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 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. at brussels chief alexander nomine is in cyrano, and gave us a sense of how big this discovery is and unfortunately the audio wasn't working there. we'll try bringing that at a later stage. the u. s. justice department has appointed a special council to investigate joe biden, after his legal team found more classified documents of the u. s. president's home in delaware. the discoveries are politically embarrassing for biden, after his criticism of former president donald trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents. if, if we are the latest classified documents performed in the garage of us president

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 morning. people know i take classified documents classroom material seriously. i also said we're cooperating fully incomplete with the justice department's 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 were so concerned about president trump documents lockton behind and now we find it just as a vice president, keeping it for years out the open a different locations, biden's, dean, faith, this gift,

and the u. s. president. while until to hand over the documents to the national archives, the moment they were discovered. on the other hand, jump to late 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. lisa marie presley the only child of rock road legend elvis presley has died at the age of 54. she reportedly suffered cardiac arrest. presley was the owner of her father's grayson mansion in memphis, a huge tourist attraction. she made headlines in 9094 when she married michael johnson in the early 2 thousands. she released her own rock music albums. alas, africa harris was at the golden globe awards just this week. i asked entertainment reporter on there in san biddle 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 an all and, and you know, as sheep 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 top, tim allens, of 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?

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 wine, devastate about the news. and so, as you know it's, it's extremely sad given how soon, 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 of upheaval 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 you've been

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