teaching for relevance to, ah, gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on b, w ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is the w news live from berlin. russia's war on ukraine dominates the 1st day of the world economic forum. in davos. you quoted, the world expect to reach climate. you try to see if the can't even stop the burning dan crania city grains 1st lady makes

a renewed plea for support from the gathered leaders. also coming up, prosecutors investigating a major you corruption scandal, strike a deal with a key suspect. former law maker antonio and he will reveal details of the bribes in exchange for a lighter sentence. ah, and i am told me or let it go. it's good to have you with us. the president of the european commissioners promised that support for ukraine will continue for as long as it's needed. addressing the world economic forum in the swiss resort of davis was left on the line told the gathered political and business leaders that europe took less than a year to free itself from what she called a dangerous addiction to russian energy. her address followed that of ukraine's 1st lady, or lena 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 natural nuclear possible incidence, or even worse, extreme poverty. and bios. the ukranian 1st lady has come to divorce to speak out on behalf of her country and to draw attention to the dramatic situation in ukraine. it. yes, the thought of the 60, how does the world expect to reach climate neutrality shipper if it can't even stop the burning down of how ukrainian cities you?

this is what russia does with its artillery miss isles. iranian drowns. if you will know that russian aggression was never intended to stop at ukrainian borders seems good at this war. copper, grassy and ignite a wider crisis if ukraine loses, if show fessor, never russia, aggression is driving you appear nations to help you. crane he, you commission president earth lavonda lion outline massive support from the european union. we were current with ukraine on any topic that is helping the economy. we have for example, a security lanes. 60 percent of the grain of ukraine has been exported via these rules or violent or through the european union. are all, for example, we have a synchronized r l m, energy grit, electricity grid with sir the ukrainians. so we're 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 fanned 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. also attending the gathering in davos switzerland is alexia, going to wrangle a member of the ukrainian parliament. earlier we asked him, what kinds of pledges of support for ukraine hills to see from the gathered elite assembled there? yeah, it's very important to day we're speaking about world economic forum and world economies suffers from this war. and if we want to finish this war and to finish it quickly, it's absolutely possible what we need for this, just to provide ukraine with modern rapid re, lower port tanks, long range missiles, too high marshes, heavy drones fighters and ukraine will finish everything in months and that will be in the benefit of the whole world. that's what we are telling to our partners here

. speaking about world economy and the situation. a man who deserted from russia's notorious wagner mercenary group has fled to norway after allegedly witnessing the killing of soldiers unwilling to fight in ukraine and remade yet have made a dramatic escape across the border, and is now filing for asylum in fear for his life. he commanded a troop of ex convicts, recruited by the wagner's group. he says he fled after seeing most of his unit die in the intense fighting around the ukrainian city of back mold. and after witnessing the execution of deserters, the valet group has taken on a increasingly prominent role in russia's invasion of ukraine. midway of recorded details of his time in ukraine before his escape combined. yeah, was running, but he's really come for brother. you company changed my contract to new laterally

without asking for my consent. they extended to 6 months and then to 8 months or more now with one year. after that, i left about authorization because i did not like the things that started happening . there wasn't much name that after the prisons arrived. strange things happened was the killings by our own people in the, by the wagner, security forces was there on the issue. katrina doxey of the center for strategic and international studies in washington told us more about the wagner group. i thank you for having me. the wagner group is what we commonly refer to have as a private military company or p. m. c. 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 have any promotion, who's a russian old or close to vladimir, who and, and that are specifically designed to yes. okay. possible, the viewer in ukraine. we've seen the wagner group, though, from operating in more of a shadowy paramilitary context, soon after the invasion, to now more or less acting as an informal unit of the russian military. despite not technically being affiliated with the military or the state, germany has named a new defense minister or as pastorius will replace. christina lam burst who resigned following a series of controversies. mister pastorius has been interior minister of the german state of louis saxony for the last decade. in all faces, the formidable task of overhauling germany's armed forces,

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 he was ready for the task come yard d model disability and respectfully enormous task before me finish 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, i'm a, i'm aware of the responsibility and the great significance and em all the more grateful that i have been entrusted with it to good harvard 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 national and fine don't. he is not only a friends and good politician, her position, but also someone who has a lot of experience and security policy fruit. there. the who has worked very openly and closely in his previous function with the bonus via on to and to also possess as the strength and calmness needed 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. pastorius will have no time to settle in his 1st big appointment, a meeting with his u. s. counterpart in berlin. later this week, let's take a look at some more headlines from around the world. emergency crews in the

ukrainian city of ne pro say they've ended the search for victims of a weekend missile strike on an apartment building. 45 people are confirmed dead, the bombing was one of the was deadly, a single strikes against civilians. climate activists greater turn back is among a number of demonstrators when detained in the west. german village of luther at she was later released to him back to thought in a protest against the expansion of an open pit. mine in the area of former lawmaker implicated in the corruption scandal that engulfed the european parliament as agreed to pro cooperate with prosecutors. belgium prosecutors say former m e p a. antonio and city who is in detention in brussels, has agreed to work with authorities in exchange for a reduced sentence. it was one of 4 people with links to the parliament were charged with participating in the activities of a criminal organization,

money laundering, and corruption is the w corresponding jack, oregon, brussels with more about the deal and to live. and so he has cut with prosecutors. well, it's a real, real bomb shell in this investigation. and in this case, essentially, what antonio pens very has agreed to do is to tell the authorities everything about the corruption ring. that is 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 ary 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 of said today are estimated to be about a 1000000 euros of the european parliament is struggling to come to grips with corruption within its membership. now that prosecutors have a deal to help them get to the bottom of a ledge influenced buying. alimentary parliamentarians are looking into ways to better police and prevents that scandals. and i could take the shape of an independent investigative body. they are back at work in strasburg, but not back to business. as usual. the corruption scandal dabbed as katara gate continues to royalty european parliament threatening to undermine the very credibility of the institution. a lot of damage has been done to the parliament due to that corruption case. but of course it's corruption. it's a crime. oh, so justice,

the belgium and european justice will make their job whenever you meet people, they ask you about the corruption, please, and not about to political work. and i think this is sir, a big damage or in the repetition, in the work of more than 700 members. in december, belgium, police raided homes and officers of incumbent and former members of the parliament, bags of cash were found for people among them. eva k lee, one of the parliament's vice presidents were arrested. they have been accused of taking bribes in exchange for favours for co. tar and morocco, accusations the countries deny heidi hotel is a finish politician. and as kaylee used to be vice president of the european parliament, she did not fit very well into the opinions of her, her other social democratic colleagues in the bureau of the european parliament where we were colleagues. so that i could observe that them she had her own way. some questions about if she had some sort of private interest,

maybe sometimes went through my head. rightly as a consequence of this candle, the parliament president robert tar met. sola has proposed new rules against corruption, including better control of who has access to the chamber and its members safe. any peace would also have to declare their assets and who they meet. when discussing legislation, a good start says daniel, find who is representing german, greens. but he points out that the problem was never elac of rules is lots of the rules we have are good to the member states. we have reasonably high standards of transparency and integrity in the you institutions. but we also need to enforce them. and for that we need the independent body to check on on ethics rules. would an independent body do their trick? there are different proposals on the table with some members of the european parliament warning that freedom of their mandate needs to be protected too. but given the seriousness of the accusations,

most hearsay now is the time for action to restore the trust lost in this candle. of next is stephen beardsley, where dw business looking at slowing growth in china and its impact on the wealth economy of again, you can get all the news and analysis around the clock at the dummy dot com full us on twitter and all the other social media at the dublin is, is the handle until the aladdin, both myself and the team. thank for watching. ah people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. warner families played on attack the syrian