stories from the future starts february 14th on d, w. ah ah, this is the w news line from berlin. germany's chancellor heads to the united states after being criticized at home for taking a backseat and efforts to deal with russia to build up along ukraine's border. olive salts hopes to reassure his us ally that he's serious about deescalate in the crisis. ah, and india to class 2 days of national mourning for singing legend latter. among

jessica, she embodies music and melody for generations of india. and queen elizabeth marx, 70 years on the british throne, becoming one of the few one oxen history to mark a platinum jubilee. ah, hello there, i'm marina muhammad, germany's chancellor, olaf schultz is on his way to the united states. his talks with us president joe biden are said to be dominated by one topic. a threat of a russian invasion of ukraine schultz has come under fire at home in germany for being so tight lipped over the worsening crisis. a surprise winner of the german elections and on the other side of the atlantic, a surprised you as president. ah,

following the solid all of shoulders expected in washington is 2nd trip since the election. but his 1st sins being sworn in chancellor. he'll face a challenging geopolitical situation and some different opinions to a close partner in ally. but there are many topics germany in the united states can't find common ground on and with a looming war between russia and ukraine, the white house ones, germany, to play a more active role in the crisis. and there are more contentious topics to be discussed. china and russia closing ranks, the u. s. once germany to take a tougher stance on both countries. the russian gas pipeline north stream too may be on hold, but it remains of thorny issue. and our view continues to be that stopping the merchant to pipeline is a critical pret, credible piece, or we hold over russia at this point time. and the u. s. would like germany to take a more active role on ukraine,

threatened by russian troops. germany has never been an easy partner, and germany was a new government and the government that is composed of a historically, 1st of a 3 way competition. it's sometimes hard to explain to countries that have a presidential democracy like france or america that a german chancellor has less power, less power, but reliability from a solid german chancellor. and perhaps a tougher stands on russia and china. the american wishlist for all of shoulds is long. a more us troops are arriving in poland to strengthen nato's presence in eastern europe amid the ukraine crisis. soldiers and vehicles touch down yet jazz off close to poland border with ukraine. they're intended to provide today to members with protection from potential russian aggression. washington says moscow has stationed around 70 percent of the troops. it would need to invade

ukraine's border, but no decision has been made to go ahead. the criminal insists it's not planning an invasion. with a b, d, w is magdalena wash is in warsaw and sent us this update on the troops arriving in poland while the troops have landed her new. just as you mentioned about 2 o'clock in the afternoon at which is about 3 and a half hours away from wars, the weren't when i'm sitting now and at the move has been welcomed by officials, the defense minutes to a full and gave a conference after the to blended and he spoke about solidarity between poland and the united states. he also mentioned that a polish and american soldiers already know each other. and you know, when you look at the public, you have white m a positive attitude. what the presence of american soldiers, the human poland means, for example, in comparison to germany or does the big fascination which we had you in the

ninety's of america, is not the true to any more. no, india has declared 2 days of national morning following the death of one of the country's most iconic saying is that among jessica passed away at h. 92 ought to be hospitalized with cove. at 19 last month, the bollywood superstar received dozens of movie awards in her long career. india mourns one of its greatest cultural treasures. for decades last among gash, gars, voice provided the soundtrack to bollywood movies on the lives of her fellow indians . mourners packed the streets for her opener's state funeral in her hometown of mom by bali would superstars rubbing shoulders with the sporting and political a lease to pay their final respects to a musical. i con prime minister nor end remedy said he was anguished beyond words

by her death. a mighty alina who lives well. she may not be present physically amongst us, but her voice and love will always be present. and melodious voice will always remain with us. i might have met with a heavy heart. i pay my respects to nato. i need it. oh, through her musical talent, slauson, i guessed, gar became known as the queen of melody, and the nightingale of india. her influence was felt across generations. oh, i saw on my feet in her heart and my mother,

he's the she thinks men ready men, so he used to sing, and that among escalade them to love i and every day. silly sinner may kill soon guzman some coming. he cannot believe that he is normally a voice that is this fool up in the indian heat that has the youth to touch as the armed forces. he because everybody believes that in this country with a guns to lose for loss. hm. i guess car as her funeral pyre was live at, grace art has gone, but her voice and the thousands of recordings she left behind, keeping her flame alive. well, let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. pakistan's army says at least 5 of its soldiers died when militants opened fire on

a base near the afghan border. the pakistani taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack. the group has been gaining strength since as afghan allies returned to power. in kabul last year. funerals have been held for over 50 people in the east of the democratic republic of congo. they were killed when a group armed with guns and machetes, attacked a refugee camp earlier this week. the tribal militia is being blamed for the attack . these 10 people have died after a cyclone, head south, east madagascar, nearly 50000 people have been forced to leave their homes. the storm has brought widespread flooding to the indian ocean island. it's a 2nd storm to hit madagascar in recent weeks. and more than 10000 people have march through the dutch city of rotterdam to protest the government current of virus measures. organizers say they are against the cubs which stopped the unvaccinated from entering in dull venues. the netherlands has one of europe's

highest infection rights around 20000 people had died since the pandemic began. now, queen elizabeth is mocking 70 years on the throne. it's the 1st platinum jubilee for a british monarch. the queen cut the cake in front of cameras. despite traditionally seeing the day as one of reflection on her father's death, i think i might just put a knife. it's a really good 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 1950. 2. are tragic moors 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 how service. i think the queen's great. yeah. i think she's a great role model. she's lived a long life, which is amazing. so yeah. how is a come to the green here? 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 seats, 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. well as bring indeed up the charlotte chelsea pill who is currently in london. the charlotte. this is a big day for the queen and very few more ask it to celebrate a platinum jubilee. try and just take a step back to really consider exactly what that means. she has been on through the throne because 7 decades now during that time, over seeing

a period of extraordinary change of britain. just just think about it, the end of the british empire, for example, massive technical, technological change, and more recently as well. brett said coded throughout that she's been, she's remained a stable, figure, dignified, figuring for so many in fact, the vast majority of the public here, they don't know another monic to this is a moment to, to reflect on that time. of course, we do know that that will be big celebrations in june. they'll be a 4 day weekend when you can expect people really enjoying the sunny weather st. coffee, for example, all expected to mock. what is this extraordinary achievement for the monic? but the queen has also had a fair share of family troubles recently, has not had any effect on her popularity. that's right. it's been a rookie few years for the royal family in general. good deal of control with see if you think that will has sung prince andrew has been caught up in the sexual

assault allegations, the full out of which is ongoing and very public will that he does strenuously deny those allegations. and then of course, there is a grand fun prince harry and his wife megan, stepping back from world duties. moving to the u. s. making a series of very controversial allegations about the royal family. and what's the now very famous interview with them? a per winfree, but throughout that time, in the most recent control, sees the queen really has been able to, to step back from it. in fact, her strength is often in her silence and had dignity around these control receive. so to so many people here, she remains extremely popular. the grandmother, really of the nation. the queen also announced that charles's wife camilla will receive the title of queen con thought once her son ascends to the throne. what's been the reaction to them? that's right. this has been a really long running question. what would had title be one child? since this throwing there had been some conversation about whether or not she

wouldn't fact be princess consult rather than queen console. and there is a reason for that. and that is due to the, the background really of her relationship with prince charles in the way she was viewed by the public to many she is seen as a figure involved in the to pull out the marriage between prince charles and princess diana, the people princesses, she was known here and not really affected have public popularity, but that is now a long time ago. she has been since figure on prince charles aside and many see this as a a mark as a thankful, nice to have public service w charlotte chelsea pill reporting from london. thank you so much. and his reminder of our top story, japanese chancellor, olaf sholtes heads to washington, d. c. for talks with us president joe biden talked, we'll address the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, u. s. troops are arriving in poland to strengthen nato. his presence in eastern europe, amid the ukraine crisis. well,

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