January 11, 2023: Biden's classified documents, Soledar, California storms, China, Germany coal mine

January 11, 2023: Biden 'surprised' about finding of classified documents, Soledar, California storms, China, Germany coal mine

1. President Joe Biden said he was surprised to learn that classified documents were found in a think-tank office he once used and said he and his team are cooperating fully with a review into what happened.

2. Russian and Ukrainian forces were engaged in intense fighting over the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine – a stepping stone in Moscow's push to capture the entire Donbas region – with the Russians appearing to have the upper hand.

3. The latest Pacific storm unleashed torrential downpours and damaging winds in California, knocking out power and turning city streets into rivers as mudslides cut off highways and entire communities faced evacuation orders.

4. China introduced transit curbs for South Korean and Japanese nationals, in an escalating diplomatic spat over COVID curbs that is marring the grand re-opening of the world's second-largest economy after three years of isolation.

5. Hundreds of police began clearing climate protesters out of an abandoned village in a showdown over the expansion of an opencast lignite mine that has highlighted tensions around Germany's climate policy during an energy crisis.

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