oh, oh, what secrets lie behind these discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d w world heritage 360. get out know ah ah, this is d w. news life from berlin. the u. s. says russia now has nearly enough forces in place to invade ukraine. washington says that since thousands of its own

troops to bolster nato allies, as it warns, tens of thousands of people could be killed in any russian aggression against its neighbour. also coming up, india declares tier days of national morning after one of its biggest cultural icons dies. seeing a lotta mangas comp performed tens of thousands of songs and thousands of languages . and queen elizabeth knock 70 years on the british throne becoming one of the few monarchs in history to mock a platinum jubilee. ah, i'm rebecca written, 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, an invasion 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 east and poland near the ukrainian border. another batch is expected to land there on sunday, found join efforts to protect east in nato members from potential rush and aggression. but 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 ukraine 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 are 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 in comparison to more than a 100000, 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, by enough ministration 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 la, 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. do those trips that is that true presence and, 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 ones are traveled to to poland. i'm too close to the border with a you cry out too close to the border with bella, bruce and m coleen ingram. the russian next clave. and there people told me they're 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 all russia, possibly trying to invade and 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 out some of the other stories making news around the world. rescue as in 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 full day if it was tract live by view. as around the world, 16 people and 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. they found another 6 hanging in a warehouse. it's believed the gangs of vine for control of drug smuggling routes to the united states. to india now, where millions a morning, the death of one of the country's most iconic saying is latter mangas cow has died at the age of $92.00 after being hospitalized due to a coven 19 infection last month, ah! known as the nightingale of india, latter among dish car, lil lilting, voice dominated the air waves for decades. the hollywood superstar received thousands of movies, awards, and sang more than 15000 songs in her illustrious career. 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 day w correspondent, message i swell namisha. what a reactions in india been to the news of her death letter back. i remember in susan condolences and fond memories, all the scene go up wanting in from across the country. and i don't mean eating the evidence even now at national. focusing on all the people who are not told you and a member, a and a member of the voting in the prime minister himself. what i wanted to read, seeing that the debt had left a massive void in the country, and now across the country, that is a black would be flying on hawk mazda. that is going to be a funeral this evening. we don't know that there's going to be doing is a morning one, right?

we're doing it a song jack, what i like you use it on each decade and it's definitely a good reason why. and yeah, and how many do i remember one? yes. such an icon in india, but for the people around the world who may not have heard of her, tell us about the significance of latin america for indian music and cinema lender because she's mainly recognized as a li boxing the 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 austin, guns like i'm dish. but many, those are many of those. remember the find that are 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, 40 languages, she won many national awards and that's when it's been was, and she was actually one of the people who bought for the institution of those been,

mom was be back in groups were not given that amount of respect when she was came into the industry. she also broke into a bad dominated industry and is now one of the most recognized workers in indian cinema. and in singing, i would like to close out by talking about how one beamed or to remember, you said if you dig all the pre grants, all the more light on the honey and the, you know, wasn't put them together, you would still not create always psychology and this is no and get a member that has beautiful such a sad type in a database. that message is wild in delhi. thanks very much. queen elizabeth is mocking 7th. he is on the throne. the 1st ever platinum jubilee for a british monarch. no public appearances have been planned for sundays anniversary, which the queen has traditionally seen as a day of reflection on her father's death. i think i might just put a knife. i have to read it a rare public appearance this weekend,

but remaining ever committed to her royal duties, even at the age of 95. while queen elizabeth celebrates the 70th anniversary of her reign, it's also a poignant moment. and that's because she became queen after her ailing father, king george. the 6th died on this day in 1952 a tragic news reached princess elizabeth and her husband, while in kenya and the new queen left immediately over london. she mourned with the eyes of the world on her and again, last year, when her husband prince philip died, the queen has worked tirelessly for 7 decades, forging a bond with the public in britain and around the world. i think she's been up see amazing. i think she's overseen incredible change in the country in the world and she's held together with dignity, courage,

and her service. i think the queen's great you think she's a great role model? she's lived a long life, which is amazing. so yeah, always a call to the green. yeah. in a statement to mark her jubilee. she's announced she wants her daughter in law to take the title of queen consort. when her son, prince charles ascends the throne. essentially shall be known as queen camilla. the monarchy is often seen to represent tradition, but the aging queen has been able to adapt over the years. she has managed to provide this sense of continuity and stability, but at the same time remained relevant because of the way that she seems to have understood that the monarchy does need to adapt and to change in order to thrive and over time, over so many years and a such a period of change sheets, he has already worked to build a connection with the public

a legacy that queen elizabeth the 2nd will hope the rest of the royal family can maintain the winter olympics is in its 2nd day of competition and a new zealander might history and beijing after she banged her country's 1st ever gold at a winter games. so he said, asking center, climbed gold in the women's snowboard slopes style on a course designed to resemble the great wall of china, the snow border scored 92.88 points on her final run and landed back to back 18. he spends either a tough field of competitors or the pandemic means athletes haven't had as much chance to practice their disciplines as usual. it's forced many to find new and creative training methods. german bobsled athlete hans peter hanning, hoffer is getting ready to practise on the beijing olympic course, but he's nowhere near china. he's using germany simulator,

which they created to give their team a competitive edge at the winter olympics. as, as a mulatto, swansea simulator is really realistic. i wouldn't have imagined it should be as good as it is. it feels a lot like a real life bob sled. the simulator allows the athletes to train in a real bobsled mounted on a special platform where they see intricate digital models of real life tracks with the or the driving lions in 3 dimensions. so we really have a complete picture of what is going on with the simulation. and this is why we can make a yeah, very good suggestions to book dr. us on how to improve. beijing provided the added challenge of an unknown track. so the simulator created its own mock up to help the german team keep up with their chinese competition, who've been practicing on the real course for the last year. picking wine absolutely. upon beijing was a totally new truck. none of us had been there, and so no one could share any tips or impressions for my coming here gave us

a chance to get to know the track in advance. fusion, mac and london was one of the song them getting an impression of the track here puts you at a huge advantage. it means you're a step ahead on the track in real life palsy, on their bon financial models. the germans, who have historically dominated bobsled, are helping this technology helps them to secure more metals in beijing. either way, the simulator has one major advantage for pilots. when they crash, no one gets hurt. meanwhile, and jim football league late is by and cranked up the pressure on 2nd place, dormant with a win or the lumps ish it was you young nuggets, man 2nd meeting with his old side arby light. see after joining by an munich and it's assigning that's proving popular with the by on fence. like say you didn't get off to a great start valley. alban with a costly mistake. and thomas miller finds himself in the right place. at the right

time, leipzig did fight back by ins, defense looking shaky this time. and anthony silva, putting the ball across the line just before halftime, it was well, what lee went off ski's turn the pole heading home his 24th goal of this season. again, leipzig were able to equalize their top score. krista, fountain, cuckoo, put it past magnolia, but in the end, the final goal did belong to by an sash. now we sought deflected by light cisco model and this results make celia nuggets. 1242. as by ins, had coach against his former side, and well under way to buy ins, 10th championship in a row. that sinews update. this al, coming up after show frank a look at the link between instagram and depression on shift stating we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. i meant corner chat.