ah ah ah this is the w news live from berlin. russia's defense minister says its forces have taken control of sally. dar ukraine denies the claim and says severe fighting is still going on. a small ukrainian town is seen a strategically important for russia as a stepping stone into the dumbass region. what is the war? intensifiers of russia looks to mobilize more troops. we meet a former russian policeman who fled to live here,

to avoid being conscripted. to struggle to get recognized as a refugee also on the program, joe biden comes under investigation, special counselors appointed to look into the u. s. president handling of classified documents. after age, find more files at his home. and lisa marie presley the only child rock and roll legend, elvis presley dies to the age of $54.00. she was rushed to hospital after a report of cardiac arrest. ah, i'm from gail. welcome to the program versus defense ministry says it's forces of capture the town of salazar in eastern ukraine. ukraine denies the claims in the battle for the small mining town has intensified in recent days. it seems the stepping stone in moscow forced to capture the entire don bass region. if the claim

is true, taking sally dog would be russia's 1st big battlefield when, after 6 months of defeats. ukraine described the fighting for the town as a difficult phase of the war. correspondence on your family card joins us from keith. welcome sonya. this is not the 1st time that russian forces a claim to have taken this town. what more do we know at this stage? that's absolutely right. this is not the 1st time that russia is claiming control off the salt mining town off on a dark. and all this week we've seen quite a bit of confusion about who was actually in charge. there, earlier this week, the head of the russian mercenary group, the wagner group, who's fighters have been heavily involved in that assault on saudi. dar, he claim to be in control of that town. ukraine denied that claim. we also saw the kremlin walking back that assertion. so we've seen a lot, a lot of conflicting reports about the feet of the stone. not unless you see that.

if these latest reports, these russian claims of taking solid are were indeed true. it would mark a rare military triumph for russia after months of you know, military said backs. it was of that they troops to push back from car keys in the northeast, in a kennesaw in the thought in november. and, and unless you're really kind of suggesting that this would, for russia mean more of a symbolic victory rather than a strategic one. and if, if, if raj, it's on it are, were to fall, it would not have implications necessarily for buckland. so as to what is your chrome, sorry? will ukraine has officially denied this latest russian claim, seeing the fighting is very much going on there until this morning. we saw a number of ukrainian officials, including the deputy defense minister anna maria, seeing that its forces were very much hanging on in solid r. no putting up a stiff resistance against a relentless russian assault. they've been reports of intense fighting overnight,

and we also saw a president lensky last night, seeing the forces of very much holding out seeing they were rushing reinforcements and supplies and ammunition through the troops holding the line in solid. dire and enabling backlot, i think for ukraine, this brutal fight for sword adar, which is also, you know, inflicted casualties on its own. troops has become something of a national symbol of resistance against russia's invasion. right? it's a small town as you say. so why is it coming under such a fierce attack? why, what is the significance? that's right, solider is a small provincial town with a pre war population of just 10000 people. and i think it's taken on this kind of outside importance and the conflict mainly because it's because of its proximity to buckman. it's just 10 kilometers away. and back north, of course, has been the epicenter of, of the bloodiest fighting in this war between a russian and ukrainian, or troops for, for russia, you know,

taking back more the seen as something of a centerpiece in it's got a broader push to take the entire don bus region, and it sees, you know, solid r as a kind of way to get there. unless you're suggesting that if, if rochelle were to take on a dog, it would, you know, provide it with a new beast, a new position, but it's utterly to attack about what it would uh, but it also has some disuse, salt mines, which could potentially be used by russia to station its troops and ammunition, and sheltered them from, you know, ukraine in mrs and, and president, he has her birth cert, cable do whatever it cancer, defend the east and push the russians back. do they have the resources to do that? well i think ukraine has been doing all it can to really kind of hold out there. but it is, you know, all also waiting for important deliveries of advance weapons for the west and in particular, battle tanks. you know, since the beginning of the war, ukraine has asked for these tanks to supplement their own aging fleets,

which are mainly from the soviet era. and let's say those fleets are kind of worn and damaged by months of battle and badly need of repair and replacement. and in that context, of course, this week, bolan's announcement that is, is prepared to provide some of these job and made a combat tanks to ukraine has been hugely welcomed here. thank you. sonya sonya found the car in care was that fighting in ukraine intensifies russia is preparing to mobilize more troops and conscript more young men to fight on the front lines. the move is likely to provoke a fresh wave of russians fleeing to avoid the color. but some russians have found it difficult to be granted 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, stanislaus is relieved to have cut ties with a country that started

a war of aggression in the middle of europe. the bitterest little 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 latvia, 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 by wednesday, 27 year old received a draft notice from the army. he decided to flee over night without losing any time he drove to russia. the boda with lottery to jump over the fence at an unmanly torrent location illegally because he had no visa them yet, but i am no orders for those that he capable. finally,

it was terrible. i was panicking. my heart was pounding. i was running through the forest and 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. whose language i don't understand. i had no idea how they would react to get them or can you tell us been the officials and lot were were accommodating at 1st to let him file for asylum. but a few months later, his request was denied. stanislaus went to court and fall to the decision in the and he was allowed to stay a rare ruling fall latiere in contrast to germany. the baltic states general denies russians fleeing military service at the right to spain. delete mobilization in russia, which began in september of last year had little influence on that policy due to security concerns is through supposed to start 1st with 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, when you merge that a little more prosser ms. across mr. stanislaus, but she'll of 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 bars. and from there they cannot achieve anything any more. with yells,

stanislaus says he would go back to russia one day went put in his not in power any more. his parents lived there, stanislaus, missus of them, he says, but he knows he will not see them anytime soon or that report was produced by correspondence. you re re shatteau who told me more about the difficulties for russians who are escaping the war in ukraine. while russians who are going to flee the war, must 1st of all be allowed to leave russia, other professions in russia that have been forbidden to travel abroad. ah, employees that are part of so called critical infrared or crucial or critical infrastructure. and some state on companies, members of the armed forces are then you have to be able to finance the trip. flights to the western countries have become very expensive because you have to fly via 3rd countries because of the sanctions. and what remains are neighboring countries are media kazakstan, georgia or the baltic states. our georgia has long been one of the countries that

hosted wasn't of russian citizens fleeing the war and especially mobilization. but the move there seems to be changing towards russian citizens is getting more and more negative. right. so, so of ours is very rigor generally opposed to most russians who are trying to get there and become refugees will have to stress that to the baltic. countries of course, have not close to their borders to all russian citizens. as before, the let russians in who are really threatened people who criticized publicly in the buddhist system in russia. for example, independent journalist, political activists, and their family members. these are all people who can get protection for so called hungarian tarion reasons. but at the same time, for the authorities here simply fling mobilization isn't the reason to apply for asylum as they argue that while as each russians feel their personal lives in danger. but they may still be sympathetic to work of the kremlin. so there are a major security concerns. yeah. yury is this war popular in russia?

what really hard to say am, how strong the support of put in policies or the boy is. and because many people, no long idea, even to talk about politics in the subway because they are afraid of simply being denounced am. a few weeks ago, an elderly woman was thrown of a bus from making critical remark about the russian army, a video that showed this incident circulated on social media. let's have a look at a poll from moscow mate about our colleagues. the question that was asked was, what has changed in your life since the start of the so called special bullet operation as this voice caught in russia for the boy bad? it's bad for everyone. we should not be fighting that we should live in peace. near rose shermer doors and i've got 2 sons. i worry about them. the situation won't get beat earliest the war ins could. how can you force them on to fight and kill it's against the bible. louise, me, new life has changed for the better. with mover,

we'd want less war to be stopped. when you heard him a voice from the studio. oh boy, i hope all these young 18 year old children will get back home safe and sound. 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. that's the only thing that did happen. many men were taken to the front of it, but i support the operation. there are no rallies. everyone here support that. we've sent humanitarian supplies. that's what people in moscow say. some of them still support put it as we just heard, even though there is great fear of next mobilization wave. by the way, the russian government announced that the draft age is to be raised soon from 27 to 30 years old. russia needs people on the front line. thanks. furniture, europe,

europe, russia, and ria, has walker to more storage making headlines around the world. no german government has called on russia to provide urgent medical assistance to jail. kremlin critical next in the family is family and support to say that increasingly distressed about his health found that he's been denied care in the values. certainly a 9 year sentence that a penal colony nov on moscow. officials in south korea seeking a criminal charges against a $23.00 officials over a deadly crushes people, celebrated halloween charge is related to a lack of safety measures include involuntary manslaughter, and negligence. more than a 150 people died of the character sold and rebels got trapped in a narrow alleyway. prosecutors in japan, a form of charter man suspected of assassinating former prime minister soon. so ave suspect when i stand trial, after mr. arbor was shot during a campaign speech last july. police like the man confess to carry on the killing

because of the on our is that room with links to a religious group. but the nighted states where the justice department has appointed a special council to investigate joe biden, after his legal team found more classified documents at his u. s. at home. at scuse me at is at home in delaware. the discovery is a bit to politically embarrassing for mister bible, given his criticism, a former president of donald trump's allege mishandling of classified documents. if, if we are the latest classified documents performed in the garage of you as president of biden's home in wilmington 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 hypocrisy by den sharpie criticized. former president donald trump, for allegedly holding on to classified documents after sensitive files, but discovered at trump home in florida last year. here's an individual that's been in office for more than 40 years. here's an individual, the 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's, dean, faith, this gift and 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 jumped late responding to requests from the national archives. for months. that justice department sees

to await any conflict of interest, especially counseling investigator keith i. t major shocked during anti government protests in peru died on thursday, bringing the death toll from a month a violent unrest of $49.00. since december, supporters of ousted president of pedro castillo, have marched and barricaded streets or in the south american country, demanding new elections. and the removal of the current leader dealer boil water, the carried more coffins and effigies of their unwonted leaders in jail cells. thousands of noisy protesters hit the streets of the capital lima to demand the resignation of their president. unless something is the loss of indignation, pain, and suffering, it's having a psychological impact on those of us who are following what's happening in the provinces. that especially our brothers and sisters there who are been killed. it's a total massacre. my 2nd thought back into school,

the ancient capital of the inca empire. the caskets were real. locals, better public farewell to a killed protest her elsewhere in the city clashes blue coat, yet again. please fire tear gas. protestors responded with stones and slingshot fire. by night, the violins escalated. the turmoil was triggered by the arrest of former president pedro castillo last month, feeling a page after he tried to seize emergency powers to evade impeachment, over sleeves allegations. the insuring crisis has rocked the country. mark cause kish baker was protesting at the airport when he was killed. was these young ladies, but had only shot him. i don't know who gave the orders illegal that now we want

those responsible for his death to pay for us on this by him. but somebody like marcus most of the victims, hail from working class heart, lungs loyal to casteel communities united in recent weeks in protest or in grief. and sometimes both give that so headlines from around the world math. at least 6 people have been killed in severe weather. in the u. s. state of alabama powerful storms including a large tornado, struck me in the city of selma. authorities say dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. rescuers are still searching for people trapped under devry. research to say that one of the world's biggest oil companies made highly accurate predictions about global warming, while publicly rubbishing such signs to protect it's called business. the study in the journal science says exxon mobil scientist knew about the risks of fossil fuels

from the 1970s, but chose not to disclose them. exxon denies the accusations. germany economy grew by 1.9 percent in 2022, according to the latest data country managed to stave off a full recession last year with the economy performing better than expected us despite supply chain problems of russia's war in ukraine and high energy prices. i think as drugs on growth, lisa marie presley the only child of rock'n'roll legend, elvis presley, who died of the age of 54. the singer songwriter and protector of her father's legacy of reportedly suffered cardiac arrest. lisa marie presley pictured at the gold and the home she inherited from her father, elvis presley, crowns it gathered to mark what would have been his 88th birthday you and keep saying, you're the only people that can bring me out of my house. not here. lisa

marie presley was born in february 1968, exactly 9 months after her parents, elvis, and priscilla married, they later divorced and when their daughter was just 9 years old, elvis died. it was a traumatic start for the only child. presley was married 4 times including to singer michael jackson. but that ended 2 years later her marriage to act and nicholas cage lasted only a few months. she had 4 children in total, one of her sons, benjamin, died by suicide in 2020 ah presley, for which her own singer songwriter career,

which she could never escape her father's iconic status. i feel that he would have been proud, but i think that he also would have understood sort of the path that i had to lead to find myself here, like the 1st 2 albums needed needed their place just because i needed to know. and then i had my own audience, i needed to find my own, my own kind of voice, and try on different things for myself. um, i think he would have understood the path. i got to tell you, lisa marie presley was very close to her mother priscilla. in a statement following her daughter's death, priscilla described her as the most passionate, strong and loving woman i have ever known. scott moore from d w coach is that david levitt. so welcome and david despite being a musician and celebrity in her own right, lisa marie presley, she's always been famous for just being elvis daughter. how did that impact? right. and we just heard her talking about trying to forge her own path. i think we

can only begin to imagine what it's like to be the only child of the king of rock and roll to be famous in connection to someone else to grow so much in the shadow of your deceased parent. really because she didn't really grow up with him for that long. he died when she was just 9 years old. and to be famous to so many people in relation to someone else so much so that when she married michael jackson, there was speculation that he was only marrying her because she was elvis presley's daughter and the end of the same time because elvis wasn't around for most of her life, she didn't have the benefit of him as, as an actual paternal figure. very complicated for, of course she did love her father, which she said that she's celebrated the success of this bio pic, elvis at the golden globes just this past weekend. and she said that she was very happy that it was such an accurate portrayal of her father and of their relationship. what's being said about the cause of death. well,

there are reports and speculations of cardiac arrest. it's not really been confirmed yet so far. we don't know about much, we do know that she had a medical emergency, she was rushed to a hospital near l. a and she died there. we also know that she happened to have very rough past few years. she wrote about battling addiction to opioids and pain killers. she also wrote an essay about the death by suicide of her son, benjamin in 2020. that as it came out just 5 months ago. and she talked about how tough it was not receiving as much support from people she knew as she would have liked. the people didn't call they didn't come to visit. so she had some very tough past few years. the presley family haven't confirmed either way of cause of death or they're just asking for privacy at this time. right. and talk to some of the tribute great with lots of tributes are coming in, especially on twitter. i think we can, we can have

a look at some of those. tom hanks is one of them. he said that he and his wife rita wilson, are heartbroken over her death. pink says this one really hurts my heart. she says we summary was funny and whip smart. john travolta scientology, like lisa marie's mom says, you know, see her again. latoya jackson and lisa marie's ex sister in law says she'll forever b in our hearts. and those are just a few of the tributes that are coming in for it. lisa marie presley with david levitz from that d. w. coach. let me remind you that helps dahlia. this russia says its forces have taken control of solid di easton, ukrainian town seems a stepping stone into the billing bass region. ukraine says that denies the claim and says severe fighting a still going on. the rest justice department is appointed special council to investigate after more classified documents were founded. president biden's, delaware,

hope reports emerge this week. the secret documents have been found in an office he used after leaving the vice presidency in 2017 and coming up next a news asia here on the w. top norwegian, i envoy. a young edgarland has been to afghanistan to try and convince the taliban to change that anti main band. it tells d w. he was surprised by what the militant group had to say. holmes full of cracks and too dangerous to live and we visit to holy city high up in the indian himalayas that he's thinking i would read. we'll have those stories on a d. w. use asia in just a moment to terry martin will have more world news of the top of the. don't forget, you can always get to use an analysis on our website, d, w dot com on the d w. a good day, a great weekend. bye bye. ah

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