ah, researchers and scientists all over the world for in a race against time. ah, they are peers and rivals with one daring goal to help smart nature more life starts february 16th on d, w. ah . ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, the u. s. says russia now has nearly enough forces in place to invade ukraine.

washington sent thousands of its own troops to bolster nato allies, as it was, tens of thousands of people could be killed in any russian aggression against its neighbor. also coming up, india declares 2 days of national morning after one of its biggest cultural icons dies, sing a laptop languish, cobb performed tens of thousands of songs in thousands of languages. and at the winter olympics, germany hopes its investment in the sport of lewis pies off as it looks to dominate the metals once again. ah, i'm rebecca writ as welcome to the program. united states intelligence officials say russia now has in place 70 percent of the forces needed to invade ukraine. according to the report, a large scale russian and asian could kill as many as 50000 civilians and prompt

a refugee crisis in europe. meanwhile, the u. s. is stationing some 3000 troops in neighboring nato member countries. a contingent has already arrived in south eastern poland near the ukrainian border. and now the batch is expected to land. they on sunday fell join efforts to protect eastern nato members from potential russian aggression. by the kremlin continues to insist, there is no plan to invade and says, the presence of nato troops will only increase tensions. and it's bringing database correspond. marina strauss, marina, the u. s. estimates, russia would have the entire force. it needs to invade you crime by mid february. does a, the, a, you and nato agree with that assessment. that you and nato both institutions here in brussels have not reacted to this assessment yet. it's also a sunday morning, so maybe there's more to come a bit later or at the beginning of the week bed to both institutions here in

brussels, a nato. and you said there of course, prepared for every possible scenario. for example, when russia really decided to invade ukraine, the you, of course, is not, doesn't really have military power here, but they say they have prepared a set of sanctions in case russia really tries to, to move forward or u. s. bolstering troops by 3003000 us soldiers to european allies in eastern europe . but that mean that's in comparison to more than a $100000.00. on the russian side, what is the u. s. and nato hoping to achieve with such a small deployment divide and administration says that the troops are actually enough to, to, to deploy a wide range range of actions, including i'm setting a full scale invasion to capture kia, for example. so apparently they are prepared,

or at least that's what the biden administration says. and of course, the number of troops, the nato and the u. s. are deploying right now is not the, not the only number. the troops at, at the eastern flank of the european union, they already troops stationed in poland, in lithuania and law. we are and in the stone. yeah. because business read the eastern flag of the european union, close to bella bruce, close to russia. and they have been stations there since the annexation of crimea a couple of years ago. and to those trips that is that true presence, and in fact the increased troop presence from the u. s. assuage fears on the european side. i mean, how have eastern european countries been responding? eastern european countries are in general, a very fearful when it comes to what they call a ration publication. and in poland for example, the mood is very positive to words, nato, and 2 words. u. s. troops. i said they're already troops stationed there,

and i once i traveled to, to poland and to close to the border with a you cry out. today we're close to the border with better bruce and m. colleen and grab the rush, next clave. and there people told me they are very favorable of us troops being stationed there. they're few more safe if the u. s. is stationed there. and of course, with this new threat of russia possibly trying to invade in crane these countries in that you, at the said flank, are also more fearful off possible publications or even invasions in the future by the russian side. or i, marina, thank you. date, any brussels correspondent, marina strauss. let's take a look now at some of the stories making world news. rescue as a morocco have been unable to save the life of a boy who fell into a narrow well. workers were forced to dig a horizontal tunnel to reach his location after being unable to pull him out of the opening from above the 4 day if it was tract live by view. as around the world,

16 people are dead in mexico. victims of a territorial dispute between rival drug cartels. police discovered the bodies of 10 people on a street in the state of that could take us. i found another 6 hanging in a warehouse. it's believe to the gangs of buying for control of drug smuggling routes to the united states. queen elizabeth is mocking 7th. he is on the throne, the 1st ever platinum jubilee for a british monarch. on the eve of the anniversary, the queen said when her son charles becomes king, his wife camilla will be given the title queen consort. the message reflects a wider acceptance of criminal status as a royal and to india now where millions are mourning. the death of one of the country's most iconic saying is latter manga mangus colorado has died at the age of $92.00 after being hospitalized due to a cove at 19 infection last month for

known as the nightingale of india. not that language, lilting, voice dominated the air waves and decades. the bollywood superstar received thousands of movie awards and sang more than 15000 songs in korea. india's home ministry has declared 2 days of national morning with flags around the country flying at half mast. i'm joined now by d. w correspondent namisha jess while natasha. what have reactions in india been to the news of her death letter by credit remembrances of condolence sort of inform members of all the single affording in from across the country. and i went eating the every, now i've national, focusing on all the people who loc tom, you a big and a member of a on lee, on twitter, read many and remembrance and supporting in the prime minister himself without

seeing that the death of that left a massive void in the countries tree, it's now across the country. that is, that would be flying or last, and that is going to be, if you will lose evening repeat or no one to be today the morning one, right, what would that be? why did the soundtrack for night pick i would each decade and definitely a good g y a brought them down and he didn't, i remembering only yeah, such an icon in india but for, for people around the world who may not have heard of her tell us about the significance of last among discount for indian music and cinema lender because she is mainly recognized as a plea boxing thus, a she sang for the music checks that we often see in boyhood movies. when the beaches are all the actors and actresses. but the voices are roxanne guns like that dish that when many those are met on many of those remember,

do you find that your doctor but she is remembered as the nightingale of india. she had, she sang from the young age of 13 to provide support to her family. exactly all 40 languages. she won many national awards and that's when it's been one was, and he was actually one of the people who fought for the institution of those been mom was bleed. maxine goods were not given that amount of respect when she was came into the industry. she also broke into a be a dominated industry and is now one of the most recognized workers in indian cinema and in indian singing. i would like to close out by talking about how one beamed or to remember, oh, you said if you dig all the 3 grants, all the more light on the honey and the universe put them together, you would still not create always they call it. and this is know, and yet a member of that is beautiful such a sad day for in a database. nameesha joyce wild in delhi, thanks very much. let

the winter olympics in beijing, the loop is underway at the national sliding center. germany typically does well in the event. in fact, st. louis became an olympic sport. in 1964, germany has won the most gold medals database at jonathan, crying went to find out why this is lose a sports where competitors hurtful down a hill that speeds up to 150 kilometers per hour. early to find out at the bottom is a german has probably one in germany. we have a big lose traditional edge. it's, they do this board and everyone is on fire for the sport. i think this isn't very big advantage. germany domination loose 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 within crane will go, the kids can train on district a lot of in depth. one of the important thing then reaffirm you're a really good coaches that the other important thing. yes, moment of a we can train, but the world's best if i'm doing well, he and germany than 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. very good home one yet. now with any 4th is one thing getting to the top, it's quite another trying to stay there. and that brings with it a certain amount of pressure. what does this need in mind? it's not always easy, especially with a team as successful as germany. you have often were expected to be out in front at the olympics as we have been in recent years on and when metals on the vice and mit

i. and i think other 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 set ups 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 in german football lane laid is by and cranked up the pressure on 2nd placed shortland reply on sunday with a wind over lamps ish. but the champions didn't have it all their own way against a committed visiting sign. it was jojo nuggets, man 2nd meeting with his old side arby light sake. after joining by an munich and it's assigning that's proving popular with the bi on fans. leipzig didn't get off to a great start, really all on with a costly mistake. and thomas miller finds himself in the right place at the right

time lives. he did fight back by ins, defense looking shaky this time. and under the silver putting the ball across the line. just before halftime, it was more what they went off. ski's turn. the pole heading home his 24th goal of the season again, leipzig were able to equalize their top scorer, crystal fountain, cuckoo, put it past montoya. but in the end, the final goal did belong to by an sash. now we sought deflected by like cisco model, and this results makes jojo nuggets 1242, as bias had coach against his former side and well underway to buy and 10th championship in a row. the world renowned german artist, gather leash, that turns 19th next week and knocking the milestone with a homecoming exhibition. interesting. it's a homecoming of sorts. just days before gad wished us 90th birthday this self portrait online from new york's museum of modern art forms. the centerpiece of this

very personal exhibition, curated by the artist himself, had features works of personal importance, portraits of his family, and ones with ties to his old home town dressed in. only this much howard the trustees, putting us in his enduring connection to dress and mean a lot to us at his phone expense. when deborah wish there was born interest in in 1932 and studied mural painting here for his diploma. in 1956. he created this mural and dressed in hygiene museum. the authorities had had painted over half to e flat, the former communist state of east germany in 1961. as soon as he sent off, and as he felt restricted here wanted more, there were things that he wanted to do, that he knew he wouldn't be able to show here old that and that weighed on him idle by him. so he concluded that he wouldn't be able to do what he wanted to hear in

the east thus, and that he would eventually have to leave to his whatever kills. although wished continues to be inactive artist. he does not paint any more. this abstract from 2017 is meant to be his last painting. it is also part of the exhibition portraits class abstraction. the exhibition shows a wide variety of objects ranging from glass works color panels and a reflective skull. some 40 works, including many owned by rich to himself, will be on display interest in through may the fast that anuz update. this, our coming up after a short break our documentary series dock film level headlines at the top of the hour ago. and we're all set to go beyond the obvious citizenship and then we're all live as we.