ah, ah, ah ah, this is, these are the news lines from berlin, a nerve wracking dig in morocco. rescue workers say they've reached a young boy who's been trapped down a wealth since tuesday or so coming up. u. s. military reinforcements arrive in germany and poland to beef up nato's eastern flanks, amid the ukraine crisis. and the winter olympics, germany hopes its investment in the sport of lose pays off as it looks to dominate the medals once again. ah

hello then i'm really mohammed officials in morocco say they have reached a 5 year old boy who fell deep into a while. this is the 5th day. he's been stuck there. crowds have flocked to the village of a con to chair on the team, taking a tunnel to the boy. it's now entered a challenging phase of the operation. day breaks and no the morocco, after another sleepless night in a mountain town, hundreds watch on. as a risky team tries to extricate ryan the earth under ground growing stony, and stonier, the close said diggers get to him. don't lie, many, i dare say both, but it's very difficult process because of many problems related to the terrain at the site ordinary. the ability now the well is less than $45.00 centimeters. why?

and this is where ryan has been since tuesday rescue, as loring oxygen food and water to him. they've even managed to talk to him. now they're hoping they can pull him out alive. after 4 days under ground. a u. m. as in the la had the like a blanket dilemma, it's better, wouldn't i remember what he said to us? but then, which of the above i had him speak myself to think of them. skinner, though they saw the light from our cellphone, and he said to us, dig me out. rooney. he begged us to bring him out of. there was a lonely, it's amazing. he survived the fall of over 30 meters. his father had said since that moment he hasn't slept a wink owns and came woo, no. to have people who love us have come to support us like this bearing no effort to save my child. no. do television to which as the day draws on, the crowds watching this meticulous rescue operation grow. they too anxious to know

if ryan will be brought out safely. the fate of 15 year old, his transfixed so many people in morocco and far beyond its autonomy on the lying is janice must have a shami who is at the site of the rescue operation. so we know, oh, i understand that said the rescue teams have now reached the boy will. can you tell us about the situation? i the latest update. i'm getting as i stand here outside the tunnel, it's bad digging operation. it's over most of the rescue team. i came out to the tunnel about an hour ago, 2 massive cheers and a lot so. so senate ration however, little ryan is still stuck in there. a medical team has gone in and and what, what we're also receiving is that he is currently at been administered at emergency

care before being transported in an ambulance car that is also waiting right outside the tunnel where his parents are and where he will be at transferred to the closest to sorry to a close helicopter that would fly him to a hospital. there was a small landslide and he had a digging but it didn't seem very serious. this has been a common occurrence over the last few days or at tractors. and that cylinders and the different equipment have been at the site. and so, and this is, this is the latest that we have now it's, so the sun is almost down. so it's getting a little bit darker and colder. and people hope that they don't have that they don't spend another night before knowing the fate of rhiannon, seeing him hopefully healthy or at least alive no more. so we know that little it

ran. i may have lost consciousness at some point during this operation. do you have any more information about what his condition is? like i said, the only official information that we were told as join us today at the site was that it was difficult to assess whether he was alive, not because of his posture. and the official outline was that we hope that he is still alive. it is not clear whether he is on shoes or not. there was no confirmation on that. or even the rescue workers who came out were not able to relate any, any updates on his, on his health care. that is at janice massage, ami, keeping a close eye on that rescue mission in iraq. oh,

thank you very much now to ukraine. when more us soldiers have arrived in europe as fears grow over russia's trip build up on ukraine's borders. the 1st contingent of 2000 american troops arrived near frankfort with a just touching down near poland border with ukraine. the white house says del, protect easton, nato members from potential russian aggression. the camden says this will strain the tensions in the region, though he probably is alexandra or nomine explains what's behind this us decision. 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. nato 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 units to romania. france wants to send soldiers terramina as well. the netherlands is considering deploying fighter aircraft to bulgaria. so to 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 him back, the alliance is even considering deploying new battle groups,

in addition to the for multinational battalions already in place. in estonia, latvia, lithuanian polen, the for battle groves were deployed in response to russia's annexation of crimea in 2014 natal 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 alden a ransom suggest, has galvanized the alliance. russia's actions, especially since 2014, have 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 actually destroying the security order in europe. and yet, that doesn't mean nato will send combat forces to ukraine if potent decides to strike. in fact, the alliance has already ruled it out, but many members are increasing their economic and military aid for ukraine. with the u. k and poland, promising a new security pat a full night us vice president mike pence has hit back against his former boss. donald trump has been claiming that pence could have overturned the 2020 presidential election results. the pens now says that's wrong. it's my voice of dissent within the republican party, which has refused to, to distance itself from claims. the election was wrecked. the invasion that shocked the u. s. on january 6 last year, supporters of donald trump stormed the capital building. spurred on by his claim

that he lost the election because of fraud. inside a joint session of congress was counting the electoral college votes. outgoing vice president mike pence played the traditionally ceremonial role of presiding over the session. but the mob outside believed pence could do more. trump to day. still think so. this past week he said, mike pence did have the right to change the outcome. unfortunately, he didn't exercise that power. he could have overturned the election pence has now publicly contradicted that assertion. president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone. and frankly, there is no idea more on american than the notion than any one person could choose

. the american president left probably so, but with the next election more than 2 years away, it's clear who has the upper hand in the party. republicans have moved to punish 2 of their own lives. chaney and adam kim's anger for their roles in the democrat lead congressional investigation into the capital storming select. yet another sign of the grip, donald trump still holds in the republican party and his lingering influence within american politics. let us take a look at some other stories making news around the world. madagascar is bracing for a powerful cyclone. it's forecast to hit the islands east coast in the coming hours . authorities one, the impact could be severe with winds of up to 260 kilometers in our parts of madagascar are still reeling from deadly flooding after heavy rainfall. in recent weeks. austria is mandatory vaccine though has gone into force after being signed

by the president is applies to all adults except those with medical exemptions and pregnant women starting next month. austrian police will carry out the spot, checks for proof of vaccination, and fines will start from $600.00 euros. ah, now to the olympics and the luge is underway at beijing's national sliding center. germany typically does quite well in this event. since lose became an olympic sport in 1964, germany has won the most gold medals he w's jonathan crane went to find out why this is lose a sports where competitors hurtful down a hill that speeds of up to a 150 kilometers per hour. early to find out at the bottom that the german has probably won in germany. we have lose traditional kits. they do this board and everyone is on fire for the sport. i think this isn't very big advantage

. germany dominates lose, like no other country. at the last winter olympics in 2018 german athletes, 13 of the 4 gold medals on offer. so why is that? germany invests heavily in sled technology and infrastructure to support its lose teams. that includes 4 competition tracks. more than any other country. we can train really go the, the kids can train on the trick a lot of and one of the important thing then we have really good coaches that the other important thing that we can train with was best if i'm doing well. he and germany, then i know that i'll also do well internationally. i will hold system with the coaches with the financial support. the whole package just works really well with home when you are now was there any forces? once it's getting to the top,

it's quite another trying to stay that and that brings with a certain amount of pressure. or this is nice demand. so it's not always easy, especially with a team as successful as germany. school, they're expected to be out in front at the olympics, as we have been in recent years on. and wayne meddleson, the vice in mid, i and i from the why all the countries are trying their best to catch up. but how do they find that magic formula? i think when we figure that out on the, on the podium a lot more. so i'm just different things with the equipment with this lad, and setups and things like that, i think is something that's really important until they do figure it out. it will be advantage germany in loose or his reminder of our top story. you looking at live pictures where rescue workers are trying to get a 5 year old boy tramped down a well for days. the workers say they've been able to reach little of ryan who fell

down the shaft on tuesday for keep monitoring the story for you and hopefully bring you some good news very soon. you're watching, dig up in east sick, around up next is reports at which takes a look at the homeless infinite. thanks for watching life. ah lou, what people have to say matters to us. mm. that's why we listen to their stories reporter every weekend on d. w. about this issue when i arrive.