ah ah ah this is the w news coming to live from berlin. russia's defense ministry says its forces have taken control of sola. dar ukraine, denies the claim and says its troops are still there. ukrainian town could be strategically important for russia in the don boss. region, also coming up as the war drags on russia looks to step up. conscription we made

a former russian policeman who fled to let black via to avoid the draft, but struggle to be recognized as a refugee. and new research finds oil giant exxon made highly accurate predictions about global warming back in the 1970s. and then spent decades dismissing the science to protect its business. plus football fever has swept over iraq as the nation hosts. beef is gulf top once again. it's the 1st time in over 40 years that iraq has hosted the tournament after p foot lifted their ban on iraq hosting international match. ah hello and cherry martin. thanks for joining us. rushes defense ministry says its forces have recaptured or have captured rather the town of solid are in eastern you . ukraine has denied the claims the battle for the small mining town has

intensified. in recent days. it's a claim, as true taking solid are would be russia's 1st big battlefield when after 6 months of defeats. ukraine has described the fighting for the town as a difficult phase of the war or corresponded in cheer. sonya finally, cars covering the story. i asked her if there is any confirmation that russia has taken solid are well, you crate has officially denied this. latest russian claim off of being in charge in santa dar re crane says the fighting is still very much continuing there. and we have to remember that this is not the 1st time that russia has claimed to be in control there. all this week, we've seen quite a bit of confusion about who is really in charge. earlier this week we saw the head of the russian wagner, the mercenary group, the wagner group saying who site as a heavily involved in that assault on dark, saying that, you know, he's in control. we saw ukraine denying that claim the kremlin. then you know,

walking back that assertion, so that when a lot of conflicting reports about who really is in charge there, what we do know for sure about sali darnell, is that the intense fighting there has absolutely devastated both solid are and the surrounding areas. we've seen some satellite images recently off of, you know, apartment buildings, house has been completely decimate decimated there. you know, shell craters really kind of scoring the landfill and the governor off that danielle danielle region where sounded odd is located a said more than 80 percent of the town has been destroyed. this is a small town or small mining town. why is it so important that's to solid. i had a pre war population of just 10000 people and i think it's important lies in the fact that it is just 10 kilometers away from buck moved to where we've seen some of the bloodiest fighting in this war between russia and ukraine and forces and russia, of course, sees buck moved as absolutely key to its broader bush,

of occupying the entire dawn must region. and it sees, you know, a, what solid r o capturing solider as a way of getting there some solid r could afford, oak awful, its troops, a new beast, a new attack position for, for its troops. because that because on it out is within a it's an utterly would would be within range of buckled sonya. thank you very much . our correspondence. sonya folic, other in chief or someone else's. i spoke a short while ago with frank lead, which he's a military analyst at the university of portsmouth. i asked him what it would mean if russia had actually taken solider. well, 1st of all, it means as your correspond, he already said has already said terry, that there is something of a successful russia. but what we have to remember is, i think that, that this town is really only important because both sides have made it important over the last 6 months. so. so by that i mean that they've invested so much in this relatively insignificant town that they find it difficult to withdraw or concede,

defeat this backward as this is in a sense, a legacy at the battles. you may remember around several gun ask and so forth. and there was a, a salient but anyway, nonetheless, both sides regard it as important. it's interesting by the way, that the chief of staff zalinski is chief of stock compared this to van dunn. and that does does give it some military rationale, even if the ukrainians are beaten back, that they would say that they have chewed up so many russian soldiers there. and the russians have use up so much ammunition for so little game that it was worth fighting for. so for both sides, it's achieved and importance in that way. ukraine is desperate to get its hand on heavier weapons or the, the west. it's partners in the west say they will give you crane whatever it needs to when they are insisted it has to when, why is the west not giving you crane battle tanks that it's asking for military. i

think they will give them battle tanks. the key here, as i think your viewers will be aware as german permission, the tanks that ukraine has assessed and i think the west is assessed is most suitable for you. kind of leopard two's. german made an hour by 19 most about the entire western countries. those times can't go to ukraine without gentlemen permission because of an export license restrictions. once the germans get permission, they will go, but it's also another political element here. for some reason, no country wants to be the 1st to jump with respect to this potent is given an indication. britton to have said, it's going to send it equally good challenge to tax. i suspect that once they blocked germany, it was created germany. what we're going to see next week, probably with the ramstein contact group, the crank contact group of countries who donate to ukraine. we're going to see an announcement, possibly i think

a co ordinated announcement of several countries to unite as it were to give a large number of battle tax. you can, i think that's the most likely outcome. but as i say, that long term has to be played in germany, and it has to be played at the highest possible level. but i think it's inevitable they do cause they will get those tanks and they are the best times for ukraine at the moment. there hasn't been much movement in ukraine in this war over the past couple weeks. how do you see things developing from here, right? from the russian perspective, it's very clear that they're looking to focus on that new hands and don't at screech, and the top bass where back moot is of course that's why they've invested so much resources in taking that by the ukrainians have spent so much of their resources in holding it with the russian forces being moved east. now to re enforce that, that offensive, and i think that's my, we'll see the funds to take place, but i think to be fat, we won't be seeing any major offensive elsewhere. both sides are pretty exhausted.

we're in operational pause now and we won't see any major offense it i think well into next month or even into into the spring break lead, which in oxford, thank you very much. thank you terry. as the 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 call up. but some russians are having difficulty getting recognized as refugees. ah, now he can breathe again. is 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 british middle, 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 st. petersburg, where hundreds of protesters were arrested. but 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 rush us boda with lot. we had to jump over the fence at an unmanly torrent location illegally because he had no visa them yet. but i'm no orders for us that he capable, veronica, 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 with whose language i don't understand. i had no idea how they would react to get them or can you tell us been the official sen lotto accommodating 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. the heat mobilization in russia, which began in september of last year, had little influence on that policy due to security concerns is through supposed to store courtesy, 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 emerett that elizabeth processor ms across mr. stanley is love, 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 the 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 zealous stanislaus says he would go back to russia one they went put in his not in power any more. his parents live there, stanislaus, mrs. of them, he says,

but he knows you will not see them any time. so it's catch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world. today. the german government has called on russia to provide urgent medical assistance to jailed kremlin critic alex in and his family and supporters say they're increasingly distressed about his health. and that he's being denied. care about is serving a 9 year sentence at the, at a penal colony, north of mosca, swedish climate activist gretta tune back has appeared at protests in germany against the demolition of a village being cleared to allow open cast coal mining. she criticized the police operation to remove people from loots a lot in the west of the country. germany has extended is use of coal in power generation due to the energy crisis. south korean officials are seeking criminal charges against $23.00 officials over a deadly crush. as people celebrated halloween, the charges related to

a lack of safety measures include involuntary manslaughter, and negligence. more than 150 people died in the capital soul. when revellers got dropped in a narrow alley, researchers say that one of the world's biggest oil companies made highly accurate predictions about global warming, while publicly dismissing any link between fossil fuels and climate change. the study in the journal science says exxon mobil scientists knew about the risks of fossil fuels way back in the 19 seventy's, but chose not to disclose them. researchers have called their findings of the companies internal documents, a smoking gun. exxon denies the accusations from or on this i spoke earlier to stuff on the arm stove. he's a climate scientist at the post um institute for climate impact research that teamed up with harvard university to publish the study about exxon mobil. earlier,

he told us what exxon knew about global warming, but failed to reveal. well, we examined for some internal papers as well as technical journal publications by on scientists since the 1970s, which are the internal papers have come to lives in 2015 through journalistic investigations. and we analyzed the computer simulations of future warming in response as a result of fossil fuels burning, that the excellent scientists presented the ad and we compared these climate projections, 2 observations and the projections were that there would be a warming by 0.2 degrees celsius. per decade, which is pretty well exactly what happened. and of course they predicted that before there was any clear observational evidence that there was even long. so

you mentioned that the papers came to light in journalistic work. exactly. how did your you and your colleagues though, uncover these details when these papers are in the public domain and my colleagues from have a science historians and they have in the past, published about the verbal content of these papers and compared to what exxon executives have told the public, which is in sharp contrast to what was in the internal publications. and what we did in the new study is indeed the quantitative comparison of a whole range of different climate projections by exxon and we. we computed skill scores to show how good they are and it turned out they are often actually better than what independent university sciences have done or nasa scientists. jim hanson,

who presented these nasa projections to the senate in the u. s. in 1988. interesting. despite knowing about climate change, early on x, on for decades, apparently funded climate change deniers. how much damage do you think that did? well, i can, i'm pretty sure that it did a lot of damage in delaying climate policy. not exxon alone. of course, it was the fossil fuel industry in general that invested hundreds of millions of dollars in basically this information campaigns to the public sowing doubt about climate change. and we have seen some of these means that exxon's put into the public. they are appearing in german election campaigns, for example, even recently. and i think it did a lot to give the impression to the public that climate science is debated when we have had a consensus on human close climate change in the scientific community for decades.

now, these are pretty powerful allegations are, could this study have consequences for exxon? will the company be held accountable? well, there is a number of court cases against exxon going on in the united states. now, there are cases against other companies also in other places like europe. and i think that this will become increasingly common and important. the question of who is responsible for the delays that are costing us so dearly. and it will, i think, increasingly, be forced out in courts in the coming decades. so thank you very much. that was done in rome store of climate scientist at the bottom institute for climate impact research. ah, after 33 years, international football has returned to iraq. the sports governing body people,

band iraq from hosting international matchers. after leader saddam hussein ordered the invasion of kuwait in 1990, the fee for band was lifted last year. and now iraq is hosting the much wanted golf cup tournament this month. ah, after decades of waiting, iraqi fans are celebrating the return of international football. iraq is hosting the gulf cup for the 1st time since 1979. the year it won its 1st of 3 titles in the competition political harbor one who lives here and busted out was so excited about the gulf cup that when the tickets were posted online, they were sold out in just a few hours clean. and i sat when i did that fee for band iraq from hosting internationals after the invasion of kuwait, the band was only fully lifted last year. and now locals in the host city. boshra are excited to show the world a brighter, lighter side of life in

a country emerging from 3 decades of upheaval. i won't have been known, i will allow them, we want to show the world our life is more than just war. we have another part of our life that's beautiful apart that loves happiness, life and positivity. and that's the most important thing with the fall is the hot issue and the iraqi government has cancelled standard $200.00 visa fees to try and further encourage foreign fans. gobble lesson and that i logged along. we used to hear a lot of things about iraqi yell of me, but when we came here, our view totally changed home on there is security number for the our journey to get her was safe. we feel as if we were in kuwait little up at a time sensitive civic with iraqi fans are hoping to see their team succeed in basra is brand new stadium just as importantly they want the world to feel at home as they resume their role as international hosts for more

on the significance of iraq hosting the gulf cup week and speak with iraqi put all federation ambassador nava. i'll double thanks for being with us and so after decades on the sidelines direct is now hosting the gulf cob. how important is that for your country? thank you, terry. very important for the people and for the country it's sent to host a because it's been as, as it was mentioned that the report, it's been over 40 years that iraq has seen football being played on it. so it's so it's a huge, huge, huge things that happen for iraq because iraqi people read and lo, football and they've been asking for and waiting for this day for a lot of years. so this means i don't on and everyone as, as that, of course everyone is very happy about tournament being posted in iraq. and i think

a lot of the girls have the, the generosity off the bus stop specifically. and they're very, very excited and happy. and they feel safe, and that is the core thing about the, the tournament in iraq. we want to know that you're not as safe as now people's been on a rock hosting. international matches lasted a long time over 30 years. was it just to find let's say like, obviously, 10 years ago i would say yes. things weren't super state back then. but a few years ago everything has been super safe. but you know, the media has been, has been that really not communicating that matter to people. it hasn't been communicating that, that iraq is a safe country. and thankfully, this tournament came to open iraq up to a lot of countries. we see now

a lot of people are not only visiting, but they're visiting a lot of difference with them. you know, and that's very important to revise the country as well. what are you hoping that this tournament will do for the development of football in iraq? and now after i have in gulf coast, i can actually look into hosting, hopefully that asia. and that's also a huge thing. obviously it will open up more more of the keys within iraq that will be hosting a tournament. give it a huge impact on the country and the positive impacts from the augusta nations. now we want all the arrows and even asia to be a part of this. and hopefully we look forward to hosting an event, a number of the bus and buster for the iraqi football federation. thank you very much. thank you. take

a look at some other sports stories around the world though. the a short list for the fif is best to war, have been announced and argentina features heavily after their when at the world cup in a messy leads, the men's player awards well. england is well represented on the women's side, including coach serena week. mom. she led england to last year's european championship title in tennis cameron nori has pushed through to the final of the a t p. auckland classic a warm up tournament for next weeks. australian open nori rank 12 in the world. was born in auckland, new zealand now hills from britain. he scrambled past american jensen brooks, be on friday and will next play rashad ski in the final over on the australian open cords, germany's top tennis player,

alexander it's farrah, was hitting balls with a guy who could still be germany's top basketball player, former and be a store or store dirk nowitzki grew up playing tennis and still follows to say the game closely. he proved a strong hitting partner with its vera. one of the top challengers in the australian open of escape gave up tennis to focus on basketball eventually winning and n b, a title feathers 1st match in melbourne is tuesday. lisa marie presley. the only child of rock'n'roll legend, elvis presley has died. the age of 54, the singer songwriter who inherited her father's estate reportedly suffered cardiac arrest. lisa marie presley pictured at the golden globe awards just this week. the 54 year old, apparently in good health. thank you. only days before she was at graceland,

the home she inherited from her father, elvis presley, crowns had 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 kid. 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 sing and 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 priestly. for wished her own singer songwriter career, but 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 that 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 you 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. you are watching dw news

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