where is it? this is the moment to unleash on violet bars on these legacy starts january 28. 0 d w ah ah, let's do that. we news line from berlin. russia is more on ukraine, dominates the 1st big speeches, add the world economic forum and dab with how does the world expect to reach climate neutrality if it can't even stop the burning down of ho ukrainian cities. the grains 1st lady makes a renewed play for support from the gather leaders. also coming up germany names

and new defense minister poorest pastorius will take over at a critical time with berlin, under pressure to boost military support for ukraine and prosecutors investigating a major you corruption scandal strike a deal with a key suspect. former a new lawmaker, antonio, and sorry, will reveal details of the rides in exchange for a lighter sentence. ah, i'm not really, it's good to have you with us. the president of the european commission has promised that support for ukraine will continue for as long as it's needed, addressing the world economic forum and this was resort of doubles all the stuff on the line told the gathered political and business leaders that europe took less than a year to free itself from when she called a dangerous addiction to russian energy. her address followed that of ukraine's 1st

lady alena zalinski, the ukraine house in davos. the horrors of war made visible with photos, videos, installations on presentations during the international business gathering. ukraine and the russian war of aggression are dominating the summit alongside the major issue of climate change. our generation switch for turning point conform to try truly existential problems. climate change exploitation of nature, nuclear possible insurance, or even more extreme poverty and virus. the ukrainian 1st lady has come to divorce to speak out on behalf of her country and to draw attention to the dramatic situation in ukraine today. yes, the thought at this,

if the, how does the world expect to reach climate neutrality shipper if it can't even stop the burning down of how ukrainian cities peggy, this is what russia does with its artillery miss isles. iranian drowns it is. you all know that russian aggression was never intended to stop at ukrainian borders scenes. good, william. this wore copper, grassy and ignite a wider crisis if ukraine loses, if show her nipple of her. russia, aggression is driving you appear nations to help you. crane you commission president earth lavonda lion outline massive support from the european union. we work hard with ukraine on any topic that is helping the economy. we have for example, there security lanes. 60 percent of the grain of ukraine has been exported via these rules are violent or through the european union or all for example, we have a synchronized r, l. m, energy grit,

electricity grit with sir the ukrainians. so it doing everything to keep the economy up and running, to support financially, to support militarily and of course morale. but the war in ukraine has found the flames of energy and food crises. the question now dominating this year's world economic forum is what more can be done about it. w corresponding to emily, sherwin is at the world economic forum and a short while ago i asked her, what sort of support ukraine could expect there? i think it's hard to know at the moment. there certainly has been a lot of talk about ukraine in these 1st few days with as you mentioned, or linda's alaska, the 1st lady of ukraine speaking today to marvel or the mirrors. zalinski speaking via video link at the conference. but i think the ukraine delegation here, which is large, will be wanting more concrete support including from business. and you could see that yesterday i was at the opening at the of the ukraine house here in douglas,

which is where the delegation kind of gets together, holds events and their 1st event there was about fundraising. so i think they really want more support, more financial support for ukraine, and there may be some concern as well that ukraine, yes, it's one of the focuses here, but it may be slipping down the agenda after all this forum here is facing a huge amount, a huge array of concerns including the risk of recession, this here rising inflation of food crisis, a cost of living crisis. so i think that worry may be somewhat justified and you could see that today as well in the address of life on their line. the commission president, she talked about ukraine, that was her starting off point. but then she delved into really the green economy and the importance of investing in the you for that. a desert, or from russia's notorious wagner mercenary group, has fled to norway after allegedly witnessing the killing of soldiers unwilling to

fight in ukraine. alex same, invade, have made a dramatic escape across the border, and is now filing for asylum. he commanded a troop of ex convicts, recruited by the wagner group. he says he fled after seeing most of his unit die in the intense fighting around the ukrainian city of buck won't. and after witnessing the execution of deserters, wagner group has taken on an increasingly prominent role in russia's invasion of ukraine, madrid of recorded details of his time in ukraine before his escape. let's combine . yeah. what was little you put up? he's really come frog. oh brother, you company changed my contract to new laterally without asking for my consent. they extended to 6 months and then to 8 months ago. so mobile now from this one. yeah. after that, i left about authorization because i did not like the things that started happening there. but i thought maybe that after the prisons arrived strange things happened.

was the killings by own people in the drama, by the wagner security forces that i'm the v she katrina, doc, c of the center for strategic and international studies. and washington told us more about the wagner group. i thank you for having me. the wagner group, and what we commonly referred to as a private military company or pmc, works closely with the russian government, although it is not technically linked to the government. so even though we call it a company, it's actually better thought of as a loose network of different companies. shell companies, financial intermediaries, basically a set of businesses that are all tied back to you getting promotion. who's the russian oligarch? most of latimer who and, and that are typically designed as a possible viewer in ukraine. we've seen the wagner group go from

operating in more of a shadowy paramilitary contract soon after the invasion. now more or less acting as an informal unit of the russian military. despite not technically being affiliated with the military or state, i was country and doxey speaking to us earlier. germany has named new defense minister boris. the story is will replace christine alumni to resign following a series of contrivance truth for the last decade. mister bas stories has been interior minister of the german state of lower saxony. he now faces so formidable task of overhauling germany's armed forces and overseeing key decisions on military support to ukraine. boris pastorius is an old hand with a new job. taking the reins of germany's military during times of war and europe. he told reporters and he was ready for the taste come yard d model disability and respectfully enormous task before me from the ministry of defense. it is already

a great challenge in peacetime and even more in times when germany is involved in a war indirectly. but i'm, i am aware of the responsibility and the great significance and em all the more grateful that i have been entrusted with it. to get hartford on that i will throw myself into this challenge with 150 percent from day one. along for the last 10 years, pastorius herself does interior minister in the state of law, saxony furnishing a reputation as reliable and unafraid to speak his mind. chancellor, ala sholtes hopes, laws, qualities, will help steer the armed forces through considerable change as mister line, fine, don't. he is not only a friends and girl politician her brazil, but also some one who has a lot of experience and security policy. first. there the who has worked very openly and closely in his previous function with the goodness via on to and to also

possess as the strength and calmness needed her for such a big task as the face of the current changes. pastorius will have plenty to do at a ministry known as a career killer. modernizing the military, strengthening, fighting forces and handling weapons supplies to ukraine of possession figures have called on him to turn germany's site vendor or turning point into a reality. so he needs a steep learning curve and he has to start quite soon because the expectations on germany, on road lowering the r it will increase in the next months. therefore, he has to show leadership and to bring site and when the into practical terms and practical experience for the others. the story is will have little time to settle in his 1st big appointment, a meeting with his u. s. counterpart in berlin. lito this week have a look now at some more headlines from around the world. emergency crews and the

ukrainian city of ne pro say they've ended the search for victims of a weakened miss all strike on an apartment building. 45 people are confirmed dead. the bombing was one of the wars deadliest single strikes against civilians. under the protesters have gathered in the highlands of peru for a march to the countries capital, lee mas, some 1300 kilometers away there. calling for the resignation of the countries president, deena, one water fe, peru has in weeks of anti government protest that of left dozens of people debt. climate act of as granted to mark is among a number of demonstrators who have been detained in the west, german village of lydia, that she was later released to him back took part in a protest against the expansion of an open cast. coleman in the area a former lawmaker implicated in a corruption scandal that's and golfed the european parliament has agreed to cooperate with. prosecutors. belgian prosecutor said that former emi p peer antonio,

pon, sorry, who's in custody. and brussels has agreed to work with the authorities and exchange for a reduced sentence. he's one of 4 people with links to the parliament charged with participating in the activities of a criminal organization, money laundering, and corruption, history of sit deleon, correspond and jack harrington. brussels tells us more about the deal that until you've been very has gotten with past cares. well, it's a real real bombshell in this investigation. and in this case essentially, what antonio pansy has agreed to do is to tell the authorities everything about the corruption ring that is that right at the heart of this scandal, how they worked, how they financed how they were structured. and very crucially, he's agreed to tell them the involvement of known and unknown people that he himself admits to bribing. so this means that this investigation is very likely to get much, much broader. there will be some very nervous people in brussels and probably

around the world watching and waiting to see what pans arie is willing or must actually is part of this deal. now, to tell the authorities in exchange, he's going to have a prison sentence. we do know that he will be put in prison, but we don't know the length of it that it will be reduced. also, he'll receive a fine and all of his profits from the corruption scandal will be confiscated from him, which the authorities have said to day are estimated to be about a 1000000 euros. china is the most populous nation in the world, but perhaps not for much longer officials. they are se population at the claim for the 1st time in more than 60 years shrinking by around $850000.00. in the last year, an aging population coupled with a low birth rate means china is now facing a demographic crisis. a busy beijing st. belies a burgeoning problem. for the 1st time since 1961, china's population has fallen. birth rates have been sinking for years. many

experts, blaine, china's decades long punitive one child policy that was only abandoned in 2016 dela beijing is now trying to encourage families to have more children. but many chinese say they simply can't afford to either there's a lot of pressure to have kids, but who does to have kids? the unemployment rate is so high cove, it destroyed everything. there's nothing we can do next year. we'll have a declining growth again though, so it sounds like we feel that the economic pressure on young people is quite high, especially for those from outside of beijing living here that's already difficult. oh, for those of us born in eighty's, this more of us that are from one child family as well as a lot of pressure when it comes to taking care of your parents. i all in improving your quality of life in the future. the laura, you'll have audi alley, for decades, china has relied on its vast population to drive economic growth. now it's

confronted with an aging shrinking workforce. un experts predict this is just the start of a long decline. with india soon set to overtake china as the world's most populous nation and statement, beardsley a will have more on this, and slowing economic growth in china. that's of next on business. i'm nicole really for me in the entire team here in our early newsroom. thank you so much for a company today. ah ah ah, every jenny is full of surprises. we've got all out to give you some time with the foot of the.