young people clearly have the solution, the future the 77 percent, every weekend. i'm d w ah, there's a day that we knew is live from berlin. russia makes advances in solid dar, but holds off declaring victory. you crane insist that troops are holding onto the small town in the east, which russia needs as a stepping stone into a dumbass region. as the battle rages, hundreds of civilians are trapped. also on the program, joe biden comes under investigation. a special council is appointed to look into

the u. s. president's handling of classified documents. after aids, find a more files at his home. and lisa marie presley early child of rock and roll. legend, elvis, guys of the age of 50 for the 2nd it was rushed to hospital after reported cardiac arrest. she spent much of her life to celebrating her father's legacy. ah, i'm feel gail. welcome to the program. more than $500.00 civilians are trapped and fighting in sally doff and ukraine says it is resisting what it calls a high intensity offensive in the east and town. so the valley is seen as a stepping stone in moscow's push to capture the entire don bass region. a battle is being fought in large part by pro russia mercenaries from the wagner group. ukraine says it's

a difficult phase in the 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 defense leaders say be a soldier, the fighting stubbornly. despite claims, russia had taken control of the area in tyranny's. lantern city of shelling rose 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 solid are 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 true gigantic work husband and sarah barnett. 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 solidarity gather for his funeral and butcher to those who die in war are mostly the young one. good, renee, unfortunately, there are many warriors. we are bearings as you see. all the new graves behind hawaii, one measure they are the ones who sacrificed their lives for our peace to today as of the q u q. merge of m o. my name is h o o rushes bid to take solid, i seem to be key to boosting its military morale. a when many say moscow also

desperately. once after struggling with numerous setbacks and recent months, straight to key van and we can join our correspondent sonya found the car. welcome . sonya that sought without fighting in solid or i'm back would bring us up to date . if you would will, the battle for us on the door is still grinding on door. you know, we still don't have a very clear picture of who exactly is in control. there have been many conflicting reports and, but the ukrainians and the russians have claimed that they've inflicted inflicted heavy casualties on enemy troops that has not been independently confirmed. but the ukrainian military does say that, you know, its forces are holding out. it says rushes continuing. its relentless attack and throwing really everything it can from tanks, motors, rocket rocket, utterly to street fighting in order to break to recreate in defenses and capture the city. now the ukrainian deputy defense minister was speaking yesterday. anomaly,

yard and, and, and she said that russia is raising the number of combat bird units in, in stoddard, our president zalinski in his daily address last evening said every effort was being made to rush reinforcements, ammunition, and supplies to troops holding the line in san adar. and in neighbouring buckets, i think we've come to a point now where both sides are really digging in towing. everything they can at this fight for russia, of course, holding on getting started are, is, you know, is, is, could help it in it's a sort of walk more to which it says is absolutely key to its goal of occupying the entire don bus region. and for ukrainian or holding on defending and holding on to santa don, what, what has become a kind of national symbol of resistance and defiance right there. well, i'm sorry that has hit the headlines are over recent days, but this russian assault has gone on for months. ab secrets that tell us what the humanitarian situation. there's was the governor of the dani.

it's region has been speaking to steve television, jordan ukraine, and he says that the fighting there has devastated more than 80 percent of the town . he says most civilians have left the area, but over $500.00 civilians, including children are still crap there. and it's been difficult to evacuate them because of the fighting. not authorities are advising people there to stay put in basements and shelters. we're hearing from some volunteer groups in ukraine who say that the see that the situation there's quite grim because that the intense fighting has destroyed communication networks. it's destroyed the energy infrastructure, the civilians basically having to do without electricity without heating. and that in freezing winter temperatures, we're also hearing that there is a growing issue with drinking water supplies. and i think for many residents there the much of the help is now comes from a few warranty groups on the ground. there is the stabilization point inbox, more to where civilians can go and get basic medical help. now president lansky has said that ukraine voltage,

whatever it can to defend the east and push russians russian forces back. or does you, kramer have the resources to do that? well i think you cream is doing all it can to hold out right now until latino gets more advanced weapons of from the west. and you know, your, i think tanks are absolutely key that you know, the vicious fighting in solid are and in buckboard. i think i had a lent new urgency to growing calls in ukraine for more advanced weapons for the west in particular battle tanks. and in that context, of course, bolan's announcement this week that they're prepared to send german made combat tank. the leopard to, to ukraine, as part of an international coalition has been absolutely celebrated and cheered jordan ukraine. ukraine, of course, has been asking for these combat tanks, right. since the beginning of the war, are you not supplemented soviet, you're a tank, it's russian meet tanks. and unless the ukraine's fleet really needs is, has, is destroyed, it's worn down by months of battle and is badly in need off,

off repair and replacement. thank you for that. sonya sonya found the car and keith . let's take a look at those more stars making headlines around the world. now we'll start in south korea, where officials are seeking criminal charges against 23 officials over a deadly crush is people celebrated halloween. the charges relates to a lack of safety measures include involuntary manslaughter, and negligence. more than a 150 people died in the capital. so when revenues were tracked in a narrow alley, prosecutors in japan are formally charged a man suspected of assassinating former prime minister sion. so ave, a suspect will now stand trial after the abbey was shot during the campaign speech in july. a police say the man confessed to carry out the killing because it was the average rumored links to a religious group. and researchers say, one of the world's biggest oil companies made highly accurate predictions about

global warming, while publicly dismissing any link with climate change. the study in the journal science says x on mobiles. scientists knew about the risks of fossil fuels from the 970 s, but chose not to disclose them. exxon denies the obligations least 6 people have been killed in severe weather in the us state of alabama powerful storms, including a large tornado, struck near the city of selma authorities. a dozens of holes were damaged or destroyed. researchers are still search to rescue me. rescuers are still searching for people trapped under debris. people in the u. s. city of los angeles are really a police in the city of los angeles of release the body camera footage, showing the events leading up to the death of a young african american man. keenan anderson, cousin of a black life matter founder, was repeatedly taste during a traffic disturbance in early january. dido cardiac arrest hours later. that's the

one that gives me the greatest desert of us. 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 from mister bible, given his criticism a form of president donald trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents. this, if we are the latest classified documents performed in the garage of us president fighting home bloomington by law might and should have handed them over to the us national archives. after he left the vice presidency in 2017, might and see if it was an innocent mistake. more people know i take classified documents, classified material seriously. i also said we're cooperating fully incomplete with the justice department review that republicans accused the u. s. president of bar

chrissy bite and shark p criticized former president donald trump for allegedly holding on to classified documents after sensitive files but escort 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 lockton behind and now we find it just as a vice president, keeping it for years out the open at different locations. biden steam faith. this case is different. the u. s. president warranty 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. that justice department sees to await any conflict of interest, especially con silva, investigate the case. that wasn't a base political analyst at least show,

could talk to serving potential political fallout from the discovery for president biden, given that republicans not control the house of representatives. one of the biggest things going in by his favor is that this is almost 2 years out from the election and an entire year out for even primaries start. the downside is the american voter doesn't always like nuance. he just gave the republicans their greatest, talking white as well as really unique, have the democrats offense 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 a year up to take him on a 24. the shocker i to i, mexico and mexico city has deployed thousands of national guard officers to patrol at subway. system officials of suggested that a reason series of accidents could have been caused by sabotaged dozens of passengers have been killed and 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 sabotage could be to blame one linen sheets on a actually on the deck action. see an unusual events occurring on the south twinkling metal. and what matters most to is the citizen little as 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. but says in this case, it's the right thing to do. mom was at the navy. he lands. yeah. e we are going to have survey, literally, emma, they can call it militarization or whatever they want. asked me. we're taking

responsibility because prevention mass is better than regret any gillum in that. not everyone's convince. sabotage is behind the failures on the subway. many blame poor maintenance, antiquated systems, and years of under investment. commuters are grateful for the uniformed presence. it is stressful wondering where that is going to be an attack. the officers are doing a good job or 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. and lisa marie presley the only child of rock'n'roll legend elvis presley has died at the age of $54.00. she reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest was presley owned her late father's, the graceland mansion in memphis, which is

a huge tourist attraction. she made headlines in 1994 when she married michael jackson. i mean early 2000, she released her own of rock music albums. last appearance was at the golden globe awards this week and set you up to date on a more world news at the top of the hour, rob watts has your business updates here on d, w, in just a month or so. more news and headlines around the clock on d w dot com or on the, the w have a good day. ah, the question, question about life, the universe and everything? you know the answer? well then give it here for the to the.