ah, ah ah, this is date ebony, news live from berlin. u. s. military ran force meant arrive in europe. the 1st contingents of soldiers have touched down in germany, and poland has been sent to beef up nato's eastern flanks, amid the ukraine crisis. also coming up and nerve wracking dig in rock hook, where rescue was racing to save a 5 year old boy who's been trapped down a well since tuesday. and the opening of the winter olympics in bad shape. fireworks light off the night sky and the chinese capital. but the event takes

place under the shadow of authoritarianism and the pandemic. ah, i'm rebec rita's welcome to the program. u. s. troop reinforcements have began arriving in europe as fears over russia's troop build up on ukraine's borders increases. first, contingent of 2000 additional us. soldiers arrived near frankfort overnight with others, touching down a poland border with you. crime, the white house says the troops will protect the eastern nato members from potential russian aggression. but russia says there worsening already high tensions in the region. they w is alexandra from mom and explains what's behind the u. s. decision. ah, american f 15 fighter jets arriving in estonia. a danish frigate deployed to

support nato in the baltic sea. more and more allies are sending troops to eastern europe. it's not a choice, it's the masters as security expert, bruno latino, and berlin made or has to prepare for every possible military scenario. it is not unrealistic, for instance, to think that russia couldn't raise a border incidence with estonia to distract attention from an invasion in ukraine to be prepared. the u. s. alone is sending 1700 troops to poland and a 1000 strong unions to romania. france wants to send soldiers to romania as well that never lands his considering deploying fighter aircraft to bulgaria. so too is spain. while the u. k made its patch troops to estonia and danish fighter jets have already arrived in lithuania, compared to russia's. nato presence in the region is still relatively small. but as

the kremlin continues its build up around ukraine, nato, strengthening its defense posture. according to secretary generals told them back, the alliance is even considering deploying the new battle groups, in addition to the for multinational battalions already in place in estonia, lard, fia lithuania, and poland. therefore, battle groups were deployed in response to russia. annexation of crimea in 2014 nato members, argued then that they cannot ignore russia, breaking international rules and undermining peace and stability. and now nato is confronted again with what they describe as aggressive behavior and its members are responding with reinforcements. putin's goal was to have fewer nato troops close to russia's border, but so far he has produced the exact opposite. the current crisis policy analyst, albin, i run some suggest, has galvanized the alliances, brushes, actions,

especially since 2014. have i given nato a new impetus for it, for its core mission, for which it was established to secure europe, to deter others from invading or apathy, destroying the security order in europe. and yet that doesn't mean natal will send combat forces to ukraine if prudent decides to strike. in fact, the alliance has already ruled a doubt, but many members are increasing their economic and military aid for ukraine. with the u. k and poland, promising a new security pack of more. let's bring a database correspond at nick connelly and key if make these nato deployments to some countries in europe. what difference do they make for you crime? why think of anything, rebecca? they just saw ukrainians. the value of being in nato,

something that isn't on the call anytime soon, or even in the middle term for ukraine. right now. this is all about symbolism of the u. s. reassuring especially smaller nato members with smaller militaries on that eastern flank on the board with russia. i think for ukraine, it doesn't do much ukrainian recent weeks has heard that all it can expect if russia does invade, ah, sanctions against russia, maybe more weapons deliveries and financial aid, but to no nature met. she boots on the ground here in ukraine to help the crating on it. now this of course all comes in context of the russian troop build up next to the ukranian border on the other side of the numbers. compare i think this is a really important point because there's been lot kristen from moscow of these u. s. troop movements, but they are tiny compared to what russia is doing in the same region. so these essentially 2000 new troops being transferred across atlanta from the u. s. 1000 being moved from germany to romania. this is pretty poultry. if you accept the

claim from nato. joseph 3 are still to burg recently that russia sending 30000 fresh troops to bellows alone. visa exercises be held between pillars of russia in that country that also lies on credit borders. on top of the $100000.00 russian troops or more along rushes border with ukraine. so these really aren't comparable in terms of scale. and this is very much a symbolic move, but nothing that really changes the balance of forces while the world. and i don't want to tales against the atmosphere there briefly if you can. how concerned i ukrainians right now? well, there's a bit of a kind of disconnect between the world's attention on ukraine and lots of craning, seemingly going about their daily lives without too much of a change when you, when you talk to them, they often will tell you that they are slowly coming up with planned bees, brittany are taking cash out in case issues happen with the banks, and they have to leave in a hurry. so there's a bit of a skit for an expense of a desire to keep on going, but preparation increasingly further the worst. all right,

thank you data please. nick holly, and yes, let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world for my u. s. vice president nick and mike pence. ralph has criticized his eye for my boss, saying donald trump was wrong to believe. pence could have overturned the result of the 2020 election. i tramp pressured, pendalty block. congressional said that if occasion and result after falsely claiming the electron stolen alone. and frankly, there is a new study has found that climate change is causing the highest glazier on mount everest to melt rapidly. scientists say its eyes could be gone entirely by the middle of this century. nearly 2000000000 people rely on water from the himalaya. glasses for drinking and irrigation. montenegro is pro, serbian government has collapsed after losing a no confidence about in parliament. a small balkan nation has same wakes of political deadlock, coalition partners in the government were at odds over serbia's influence in the

country. and the issue of integration with european union criticism is growing here in germany and across europe over moscow's decision to shut down the russian operations of this channel. deutsch developed the movies and retaliation for german media, regulate as partially prohibiting russia's state media outlet archie from broadcasting in germany. deutsch velez moscow office is now closed, and d, w journalist can no longer work in russia. the russian government announced on thursday that it would shut down d w bureau and revoke the accreditation of d w's journalists. it also said, in a statement, it would terminate the satellite and other broadcasting outposts of deutsch of ballot in the country. the measures come after germany's media regulator blocked the german language broadcasting of russia's state media or t, which began operating in december 2021 under

a serbian license regulations say the license does not comply with european law or to journalists are still alive at work in germany detached a had us or the fact that deutsch avella has been deprived of its broadcasting license and that its employees have also been denied accreditation is completely unacceptable. yet walden, this is for come in october. this violates the freedom of the press and independent media is after all, a sign of free and democratic states that says a lot. i, negus, deutsche of ela, has our full solidarity, had look what is that it was deleted. the german government says russia's actions are in justified and called at a hostile decision. it's my globe, it is a moth. these drastic measures from the russian side are not acceptable by any means upon. it is a truly aggressive act by health. but we don't need aggressive ag cuz we need

dialogue. we need d escalation and not escalation law group often day as escalade. so nish, escalade, so the russian government also said at plans to initiate proceedings, to label deutsch. avella, as a media outlets acting as a foreign agent, a designation that carries further government scrutiny. for now, d. w, as considering possible legal avenues and says it will not stop reporting on russia in b. y. rescue work as a morocco have been working tirelessly for days to save a 5 year old boy who fell into a well crowns of flock to the village of egret. to cheer on the rescue. is official say they are getting close to the boy about that conditions. a dangerous and the rescue is a chain. a challenging phase. throngs of people watch as rescue was raised to save a boy's life. little ryan has been stuck. 32 meters down this well, since tuesday for him i had it done. he was playing until the middle of the

day. she was with me at 1st, but then i looked for him and couldn't find him. after searching realised that he fell into the well, was it now we are praying to god lonely, ms. de ms. ellen, at less than half a meter wide, the well is too narrow to pull the boy out. rescuers use ropes to lower oxygen and water, as well as a closed circuit camera to check on his health. on thursday, a rescuer was able to go down a parallel hole that had been doug to get closer to ryan watson up there. but i managed to communicate with the child and asked that he could hear me. oh, that there was a response, is going helena. i waited for a minute and saw that he began using the oxygen. once rescuers were able to dig down to the depth where ryan is stuck, they began excavating a horizontal tunnel to try and reach the boy. but the loose soil has slowed their

efforts. gripped by the boy's terrifying plight, many have come to cheer on the rescuers or even to volunteer. but authorities of asked them to stand back and let them do the work. blood with many people from the region came to besides the accident, and some even spent the night that it to ryan touched them and every one is praying for him. a drama official said on friday that they were just meters away from reaching ryan. a police helicopter is waiting to take him to the hospital as soon as he is freed. at 2020 tay winter olympic games are now open after a scaled back ceremony at bay. james iconic birds nest stadium tickets was sold to international visitors or to the general public in china to try and prevent the spread of co the contain. and several countries have declared a diplomatic boycott of the games because of china's human rights record. yet

another opening ceremony at beijing's birds nest stadium hall must 14 years on from the 2008 summer olympics. $3000.00 performers took part in the proceedings as athletes from around the world took a lap of ana in front of a reduced crowd, with only a select few allowed into the stands. many spectators instead enjoyed the fireworks from outside the stadium. disappointed that events will be held without fans. yeah. again, i think a young recent pity we cannot go to watch the games. we couldn't decide if it weren't for coverage. we would be very happy. you guys, you guys. yes. oh, sent it again has a being held on our doorstep. i really want to go watch the events and cheer for its footballer when it's a pity this time. we can only watch our athletes on tv and online,

but i will still cheer them on to yeah, jail. already along with hazy, saudi arabia are taking part in their 1st winter games with both countries sending just one athlete. meanwhile, the usa have the largest contingent with $224.00 competitors at the games, but no diplomatic representation traveled to beijing. the political sub plots of these olympics is just as much part of the proceedings as the coven restrictions. all those attending events must wear and f s p 2 mosque and get tested twice a day. almost 12000 people are in the olympic bubble, of whom over 300 have already tested positive. it is still unclear whether all athletes will receive their p. c, r. test results in time to compete. many events will be held on artificial snow. the use of which has been heavily criticized due to the regions

water shortage bought as venues open. their doors to athletes organizes will hope that the sporting action becomes the focus of the headlines. at news update is our up next, a look at the traditional gemini speaking colonies in central and south america and l. d, w dot. the film will have more headline fully at the top of our that going with ah, i would people have to say matters to us. mm hm. that's why we listen to their stories. sh reporter. every weekend on d. w for.