a non violent boss. enrique, imagine that these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, rushes defense ministry says its forces have taken control of sola, dar ukraine. it denies the claim and says its troops are still there. the eastern ukrainian town could be strategically important for russia in the don bass region. also coming up on the show and explosion, his

a key natural gas pipeline. in central lithuania, the operator says no one was injured and there is no immediate evidence of an attack. and europe takes a big leap forward in the space race opening its 1st satellite launch port on the european mainland. ah. hello, i'm clear richardson. thank you so much for joining us. russia claims its forces have captured the town of solid are in eastern ukraine. if true, it would mark a rare victory for moscow. after months of setbacks for its troops, ukraine's military leaders have rejected the claim saying its soldiers are holding the russian advance and that the battle is still ongoing. amid ukraine's freezing winter soldiers and solid um face oblique battle to fend off rushes constant

attacks. the fight here is proving bloody and brutal. russia is determined to take control of this small mining town. a rear pushed forward after numerous setbacks. its defense forces already claiming victory was the leader of a complete control. so it makes it possible to cut off the supply lines of the ukrainian forces located in the southwest of back moot than to block and enclose the ukrainian units located there in a pocket. typically, those claims have been swiftly rejected by ukrainian forces who say their soldiers are holding the line. the loss of solid dow would be a major setback for ukraine after months of successes and retaken towns and territories. 2. but the fighting comes at

a high cost. for live, it's close gone, but we have gunshots. yeah, we have for grenades, shrapnel wounds and so on. so this kind of wounds in increased russia claims to have killed hundreds of ukrainian soldiers in the battle for solider, but they have been no confirmed death tolls. there are reported to be more than $550.00 civilians still in the town living in heretic conditions with no running water or electricity. while marina myron is a defense analyst at kings college london. and earlier she told us about salazar's military significance. first of all, for russia, it was politically important to take full adar because that will increase the morale of the army after so many setbacks. and in military terms,

the plan was to take solid are and then to take buck moved to basically cut off and ukrainians, logistics, and advanced the words from doris. cancel events. so some russian military analysts point out that there are tillery, you would be able to reach from a tourist. it remains to be seen. i don't think that it's within the range, however, it would give them a stronghold there. and at the same time, as has been pointed out to the defenses of the ukrainian forces might suffer a collapse in that region because that's right in the middle. so they will have to fall back to other position. and so, militarily, it would be a sad back and also it would, the facts and morale of the ukrainian forces, especially because the korean government says it's all it wasn't that important. and then the question is, why were those troops there?

and why hasn't the illusion it withdrawn the troops as he wanted to, but the landscape didn't let him do that. so there are a lot of questions in terms of how the ukrainians will handle it. and what impact it will have. well, if powerful explosion has hit a gas pipeline in lithuania, close to the lothian border. the blast sent huge pillars of flame into the sky, but no injuries have been reported. the pipelines operator is investigating the blast. at this point, it says it does not suspect sabotaged. flames up to 50 meters high, spiral from the damaged pipeline into the lithuanian night sky. the blaze prompted the evacuation of a nearby village. oh my gosh. i was about 300 meters away from home and i was outside at the time to jordan. and when the explosion took place a little girl, suddenly the whole area lit up and it was like daytime. i realized the gas pipeline

had exploded water bottle code with probiotic esna's when the government played. don't any suggestion of sabotage? well, i think we're talking about the technical failure. i'm in the pipeline itself is quite old. we're talking about the pipeline which is about 40 years old. so i think it's a very likely that is a technological failure. and of course, we cannot rule out her, you know, other possibilities. the pipelines operator, amber grid, said there had been no signs of outside interference. the cause of explosion. we will be clarify it under after the investigation and her and the investigation that that's already started. so we expect to have their source in the next several days . the pipeline carries gas from lithuania to neighboring lot via amber grid, said supply would be restored within hours. the pipeline blast happened on the day that vilnius marked the anniversary of a failed attempt in 1991 by soviet troops to over through. it's nearly independent

government with you any. i was the 1st you nation to burn the import of gas from russia following its invasion of ukraine. that's bring you up to speed now with some other world news headlines. the german government has called on russia to provide urgent medical assistance to jails, kremlin critic alec saying of only his family and supporters say they're increasingly distressed about his health and that he's been denied. care of on me is serving a 9 year sentence at a penal colony north of moscow. brazil supreme court says it will investigate former president gyal scenario for allegedly inciting last sunday's riot in the capitol was narrow supporters, ransacked government buildings in priscilla under the false belief that last year's presidential election was stolen was now himself as never publicly acknowledged president louis election victory and forecasters are warning that

disastrous flooding could hit parts of california this weekend. the u. s. state has been battered by a series of storms bringing near record rainfall over the past 3 weeks. in many places the ground is water locked and unable to absorb any more rain and swedish climate activists. better to embark has appeared a protests in germany against the demolition of a village being cleared to allow open past whining to criticize the police operation to remove people from this rot in the west of the country. germany has extended its use of coal in power generation due to the energy crisis. happening and europe has a new gateway for space. that's after you. officials on friday inaugurated the 1st orbital launch pad on the european mainland. the new facility in arctic sweden will compliment to europe other spaceport in french,

guiana. it is designed to launch small satellites, which among other things can be used to track natural disasters or to monitor active conflicts like the war in ukraine. ah, in the vast expanse of suite of frozen wilderness a spaceport, we don't satellites for the european union, new doors to speak, our opening at this 3 spi fender concluding. you'd have been officials in our predict the orbit to launch complex the you, it's a big moment for you. um. it's a big moment for europe space industry. the 1st arbiter launch site on european mainland. this space port offers an independent european gateway to space. it is exactly the infrastructure we need officially, i hopefully the new facility will help strengthen youth security. the currents

geopolitical situation, not least, of course, the russian invasion of ukraine has demonstrated how important it is, but the european union has access to space. the 5th thought we also allow the you to better monitor climate, change pollution deforestation, and to track natural disasters. that data can help countries in taking better deficiency and devising environmentally friendly strategies. the fact that like light is expected next year, and that would make food in the 1st country in europe, besides russia, to lodge a satellite from its land. and after 33 years, international football has returned to iraq fever band around from hosting international matchers. after leader saddam hussein ordered the invasion of kuwait in 1990 at the band was left in last year. and now iraq is hosting the much washed golf club 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, poncas harbor one who lives here and busted out was so excited about the gulf cup, not to win that tickets were posted online. they were sold out in just a few hours clean, and i sat on a dead fif of and 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 uh, people won't have been known at all, 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 for the other shoe and, and the iraqi government has cancelled standard $200.00 visa fees to try and further encourage foreign fans. gobble lesson, i'm not a law got along. we used to hear a lot of things about iraq, hail of me, but when we came here, our view totally changed him on there is security enough for the in our journey to get hair was safe. we feel as if we were in kuwait to look at it. that was it to become 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. and lisa marie presley. the only child of rock'n'roll legend elvis presley has died. at the age of 54, the singer songwriter who inherited her father's estate reported the offer to cardiac arrest. lisa marie presley pictured at the golden

globe awards just this week. the 54 year old, apparently in good health. you only days before she was at graceland, the home she inherited from her father elvis presley, crown said, gathered to mark what would have been his 88th birthday. you keep saying you're the only people that can bring me out of my house. not to 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 presently 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. that is your news update at this hour. stay tuned for the business headlines, but my colleague christy pads and that'll be coming up next after a short break. and of course, you can also get on our website at d, w dot com or full social media at dw news and claire richardson in berlin for me in the team. thank you so much for watching into the today, this me flying to a foreign planet. in the 16th century it meant being a captain of setting sale to discover a route i.