al-jazeera. the u.s. says it will withdraw fisons of troops from germany sending some home and some to other countries. i wrote about this and this is our desire to live from doha also coming up yet not a pandemic success story comes to an end as the prime minister warns that every province in the city is at risk of coronavirus infection. saudi arabia drastically

scales back on the number of pilgrims it allowed to perform the hodge this year due to the pandemic. in a move limiting the scope of the conflict in the u.a.e. backed separatists in southern yemen said there are abandoning demands for self rule. it out it states has announced the withdrawal of up to $12000.00 troops from germany nearly half will be repositioned to other locations in europe including italy poland and the baltics that follows an earlier decision by donald trump to cut troops blaming germany for failing to spend enough in defense it's a move that officials say will cost billions of dollars and take years to complete . as anyone can see the repositioning of our forces in europe constitutes a major strategic and positive shift wholly in line with the n.d.s. and consistent with other adjustments to the united states just months the united

states has made within nato in previous times these changes will achieve the core principles of enhancing u.s. and nato deterrence of russia strengthening nato reassuring allies and improving u.s. strategic flexibility ok we're going to going to have more in the u.s. announcement shortly with our white house correspondent kimberly halakhah 1st let's get the reaction out of germany the dominant canin in donald trump made it plain that he wanted this to happen but were german leaders prepared for this. certainly the point to make here rob is that german government officials ministers have been preparing themselves for something like this one sort of announcement that would confirm what the trumpet ministration has really been wanting to achieve for some considerable time and the aspects of this which matter are we understand

that the headquarters for u.s. troops will be moving from strict guard in germany to belgium and as you've been saying thousands of troops stationed in germany will be withdrawn from germany but not immediately that's the thing to say here this is going to be a phased withdrawal as it were but in so far as the way it's perceived here for prime ministers of states in germany remember this is a federal republic for prime ministers have appealed to the u.s. congress already prior to this particular announcement today to see of congress might be able to do something to attenuate to reduce the damage they feel that a withdrawal might nides wreak on their states so important is the u.s. presence here the other thing to say of course this is tied up with the way that the german government deals with its defense expenditure and certainly the way that the trumpet ministration perceives that for several years now the german government

has said its aspiration is to reach a certain percentage of its budget spent on defense to bring it into line with the sorts of. all of the measures that the trumpet ministration wants to see its european allies do but it hasn't achieved it yet and so the patience of the trumpet ministration had been spent and so that's why we that's why this is happening now but the point also to make here is there is certainly amongst some ministerial conversations there is the sense they're waiting to see what might happen in the next few months certainly they look at the fact that the campaign of joe biden the presumptive democrat challenger to mr president trump has already said that they will look they will review whatever decision is taken to yank troops out of germany and to relocate them either elsewhere in europe or to america so that's the way that this is being perceived here there's no question the german government is unhappy at the way the trumpet ministration is acting. these are the troops here

and they've expressed their frustrations certainly and so far as this is concerned they can only now wait to see how this will unfold dominant came live for us in berlin dominic thank you very much indeed let's go to our washington d.c. and our white house correspondent kimberly hall could as so many it was saying there the german government clearly very interested in the timing of this particularly announcement why do we think given the fact that donald trump made this announcement previously and up into this point the administration has been pretty tight lipped about the details why do we think that the trumpet ministration has decided to make this announcement. well they forecast that this was coming down and everyone wanted to know the details now they've laid out the details and i should tell you that the u.s. president is not backing down in his in his plans in fact he's defending them quite vigorously in the face of criticism here and around the world u.s.

president he left for his trip to texas in just the last few moments said that the reason he's doing this is because germany hasn't paid its fees in terms of its contributions or obligations to the budget of nato in his words it is delinquent they haven't paid their nato fees they're way off and they've been off for years and they don't intend to pay it u.s. has been taken advantage of on everything else for many years and so he says he's straightening it out now the timeline in all of this is interesting because of course we are months away weeks away now from a u.s. election and we know that in terms of trying to execute this that it won't go quickly so the bottom line is whether or not this actually happens in terms of the u.s. drawdown of some troops out of germany will be contingent on whether or not donald trump wins reelection if he doesn't it's very possible that this whole plan could be awarded but at the same time i think what this is is donald trump sending a very loud and clear message to germany one that is likely to not be well received

ok kimberly let's just change the focus very slightly to the story the we covered extensively just within the last month the news that reports the russia had paid taliban members to a tank or killed u.s. troops in afghanistan now i understand the president has just been commenting on what you've been saying. yeah the u.s. president i'm watching the tape playback as we're talking it's still going on he is visibly agitated visibly angry as some of the question that he's getting as he prepared to leave the white house to head to texas he is now on route there but what he was saying with regard to these russian bounty it's interesting give you some context there have been some questions about why the president in a white house readout did not address this issue of russia paying allegedly bounties on u.s. soldiers in afghanistan ads so the fact that it was absent from the readout apparently not part of the discussions with vladimir putin of no end of interest to

many of us president saying because he said that the intelligence that that was even happening in his view not true either people said that it's not true if it were true i'd be very angry about it russia became russia from the soviet union because of afghanistan they lost a fortune a lot of people i don't know why they're doing it if you tell me they're doing it i would be very angry so the bottom line is the president is disputing the intelligence behind this story and in fact that is consistent with what we've heard from the press secretary but it is important to note that in addition to not talking about the balance he is allegedly played on u.s. soldiers in afghanistan by russia the u.s. president in that readout also didn't talk about election interference which we know happened in 2016 and we're hearing reports from the intelligence agencies is likely to happen again in november. the white house committee thank you very much.

some countries and cities in asia have praised for effectively tackling the pandemic are now raising the alarm over new infections yeah says every city and province is at risk of an outbreak of after being virus free from months hong kong's leader is also warning the cities on the verge of a large scale i was praying that the hospital system is that a risk of collapsing scott has more from bank on. vietnam has been viewed as a success story during the covert 1000 pandemic through centralized quarantine and strict contact tracing the country of 95000000 people had no deaths from the disease with the borders sealed the government encouraged to travel. but things took a turn for the worse last weekend when the central city of the neighing was hit by an outbreak the 1st cases of local transmission in months the city was locked down and domestic tourists were sent home just before the airport was shut for 2 weeks and now there are cases linked to deny vietnam's 2 largest cities and city and even

in the central highlands the prime minister has called on all regions to be on alert but in the old provinces and doing high risk all provinces should raise their level chairman and general secretaries of each province should take action how should the entire political system. one case in the capitol hill no it was a worker at a pizza restaurant who had returned from a trip today despite these cases some feel that the government has the ability to control the potential next wave of covert 19. ministry of health has gained much more experience in combating to virus and its 1st wave this time i think that i'm also pos quite soon because we have experience and in hong kong which so far has been spared from a high number of cases the city's leader is warning of a potential large scale outbreak after local transmissions surged the most strict measures since the outbreak began were enacted on wednesday for at least a week no gatherings of more than 2 people and no dining in restaurants thailand

has also been viewed as a success story with no locally transmitted cases in more than 60 days time officials are no doubt looking nervously at their neighbors after these recent spikes in cases of. that's because the government here has also encouraged domestic travel and tourism to help the ailing economy al-jazeera bangkok and india health experts say there's been a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus infections largely due to poor infrastructure and the 48000 cases were reported on tuesday bringing the total number to more than 1500000 the regions of delhi and the tamil nadu account for more than hostile new cases india is the 3rd worst affected nation after the u.s. and brazil with more than $34000.00 deaths. the u.k. government is being criticised by its own m.p.'s for discharging fisons of patients from hospitals into care homes without testing them 1st across party committee

report says the initial decision was reckless and appalling it accused ministers of being slow to support social care during the crisis around 25000 patients were sent to care homes in england in march and april to free up hospital beds. it was an appalling era just assume you could take people out of hospital which was in itself not a bad thing but then just to put them into care homes without the right protection around them and what was really bad was when this became more apparent so the government has perhaps weren't sure about what you can argue about that but when it became more apparent there wasn't really then a solution on the proper support and yet the minister was talking about a ring of support around care homes they feel empty words now when you know what happened people dying alone without their family there. daniel muslim pilgrimage to mecca knows the hives has begun under very different circumstances this year millions usually travel to saudi arabia but for the 1st time in modern history worshippers from abroad are not allowed to take part authorities have cordoned off

the holy couple pogroms will not be able to touch it because it is the kingdom's 2nd biggest source of revenue after all and in billions of dollars. to had an al-jazeera as temperatures rise across iraq anger over rolling power cuts is reaching boiling point. and dying defending the environment we'll find out why hundreds of activists have been killed in the last year. hello there or very active weather across much of china eastwards towards japan plenty of steaming east was over the last few hours now as we go through thursday the rain is very much in the forecast but not quite as heavy across the korean peninsula and japan sunday through home she that could be some heavy downpours

later in the day but as i say it's norse as well generally but the rains a very well scattered throughout much of central and southern china wanted to show that is all through beijing on into harbin then by friday it can see we should have a much better the across the korean peninsula and eventually those showers pushing through more northern areas of hong kong big heavy downpours and also for the to the south so slightly what they friday across into hong kong and plenty of what weather across much of south asia the clouds give you an idea where these rains of course have been some thunderstorms in the mix as well as a bangladesh over 3900000 people that have been directly impacted by these flood waters people of course their homes have been flooded but also in many cases the homes have been destroyed this more rain is they go through thursday not quite as heavy across bangladesh but it's going to be. the north pradesh east was through nepal on 2 was beaten and some particularly heavy downpours those day across much of maharashtra we could have some flooding in mumbai and then through friday is some the story with those rains extending right there down the western ghats.

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and watching on jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the united states is withdrawing $12000.00 troops from germany nearly half of the repositioned elsewhere in europe including italy poland and the baltics it follows an earlier decision by donald trump to cut troops blaming germany for failing to spend enough on defense. after being virus free for months vietnam is bracing for a wave of covered $1000.00 infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of denying meanwhile on kong's leader kerry lamb says its hospital system could face collapse as it deals with a sharp rise in places. yemen's president has named a leader of the southern transitional council as the new governor of aden that's after the u.a.e. backed southern separatists said they're giving up a tent set self rule and will work on a stalled peace deal they asked to seize says is to give an opportunity to end the rift among the allies announcement follows one by saudi arabia saying it will

present ways to implement last year's power sharing deal between rival factions in the south let's take a closer look at the southern transitional council which has been waging what's been described as a war within the yemen's complex civil war in august its fighters seized the southern port of city of aden the temporary seat of yemen's internationally recognized government and april its forces declared a state of emergency saying they needed to tackle covert 19 proclaimed self rule in aden and other southern provinces their cues the yemeni government of corruption and failing to provide basic services to forces allies against the who feeds in the north since 2015 but they've been battling each other for control the ultimate secession of the south just look up here as from the risk consulting from the gulf state and a little x e things there are several obstacles and could get in the way of the alliance. this resolution is the basis of some hope for officials in riyadh as well as

washington who wanted to see the riyadh agreement successfully implemented but simply just declaring in a resolution that efforts will be accelerated to implement the riyadh agreements. doesn't mean it's going to be easy to do so the reason why it's been so difficult to implement it. since it was signed last year has to do with the fact that there are so many obstacles that make implementation very difficult the party those have very different interpretations of the riyadh agreement there are sensitive issues that the parties do not see eye to eye on i think the future of this relationship will be a very difficult one there are numerous reasons why that's the case one of them that i think is very important to keep in mind pertains to all is slaw which is the

muslim brotherhood's yemeni franchise is sly has played an important role as an ally of the hardy government but the s.t.c. views the muslim brotherhood linked group in yemen as a very dangerous group and is a big threat to the s.t.c. and if hardy's government in the s.t.c. will ever be able to see eye to eye on this question of what role is sly's to play in the future of yemen we don't know but just as across southern iraq are demanding stable exiting supplies last week temperatures in southern iraq reached 54 degrees centigrade the highest ever recorded increase demand of the grid has led to frequent power cuts so one of 14 reports from baghdad. under bugged out scorching sun electricity workers go from house to house to collect their dues government electricity in iraq is heavily subsidized hussein's monthly bill is $16.00 but like

most iraqis people living in this neighborhood only get a few hours of electricity per day during the summer and image rising temperatures their anger at the government is boiling over by oh. look at me i'm swishing you talking to me and i'm full of sweet from 2003 into a no god brought these people promise as a punishment with 0 atrocity sleeps that's a state of the. when the government cuts electricity the family relies on the neighborhoods private generator company that costs the family 4 times as much as they pay the government but the power from the generator is not enough to run the air conditioner so everyone gathers in the living room where only an old air cooler and a fan of her responded from the heat next door hussein's wife prepares the family's lunch with only a small fan to battle the heat tell you this hour every hour the power cuts and we have to run to turn off all the appliances including the fridge and the freezer if

i want to run the washing machine i have to turn off everything else it's so difficult. the family would be willing to pay more for government electricity if supply was stable some accuse the private generator companies of exploiting people by charging high tariffs but this provider says his price does not cover the cost of fuel and maintenance none of them so we are not the ones deciding on the price we charge per ampere was decided by the mayor and local council and the income is not enough. the poor state of iraq's power infrastructure is the result of decades of war corruption and mismanagement rapid population growth has for added pressure on the grid. it's 48 degrees celsius today and in the hour that we've been filming here electricity has cut 3 times the previous electricity minister told al jazeera a few months ago that the government had added 3500 megawatts to the grid since $2800.00 increasing capacity by 22 percent but many people here say that they're

not seeing the difference on the ground earlier this month the parliament formed a committee to investigate corruption in the ministry of electricity the prime minister also announced a deal to import electricity from the gulf but that will take time. and i wish there was a magic solution but unfortunately many years of sabotage corruption and mismanagement can't be solved overnight it's not fair to ask a government that's been in power for 2 months to pay the bill for the pillaging committed by previous groups and governments as the power cuts push many iraqis to the brink of exhaustion confidence that prime minister mr. government can resolve deeply rooted structural issues is melting away leaving many iraqis to find other ways to escape the stifling heat see wonderful clean al-jazeera baghdad

turkey's parliament has passed a controversial social media law but human rights groups are warning it will give the government even more control over the media landscape sites like facebook and twitter will have been required to have local representatives in turkey also need to store users data inside the country making it easier for prosecutors and authorities to access the companies could face fines or essentially be blocked under the new law so of course the other one has more from istanbul. basically the turkish government says if something is a crime according to turkish though that it is a crime on social media as well the bill has some positive sides but especially on the possibilities of restricting personal freedom of speech and restricting journalism suppressing journalism many international organizations hooman rights groups and also even the united nations have reacted against the social media bill saying that it would harm. this freedom of speech in turkey in turkey

even the mainstream media is currently under government control so the media it's not wrong to say that media is. not dick and that's why many fear that this could cause more marginal marginalization in media but on the other hand it turkey has been fighting with our kurdistan workers party and to glenna scrips who the government accuses of trying to overthrow the government in 2016 a saw and they are all using fake accounts and brute accounts that might be helpful for the security institutions to find out what kind of people are trying to manipulate or this inform the public now everybody's curious whether the government is going to apply this bill in an appropriate way or whether the government is going to use it exploited as

a means to suppress its power over all media and all its critics. u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden is virenque to improve racial equality as part of his campaign the democratic contender delivered a speech in his hometown of wilmington on tuesday his promise to allocate billions of dollars to boost opportunities for minority workers biden has also accused his rival president john trump of creating divisions across the country hundreds of people were killed last year for defending the environment and in some cases for protecting their ancestral lands most of the attacks happened in latin america that's according to a report where the environmental group global witness more than $200.00 reported killings $6041.00 in colombia and dozens more in brazil's amazon region in the philippines the majority of its $43.00 murders were linked to agriculture that's an

increase of more than 40 percent compared to the year before the report outlines the escalation may be linked to activists becoming more outspoken and fighting climate change illegal mining deforestation rachel cox is a campaigner at global witness and she says big business and governments are responsible for the increase in violence against environmental activists. much of what is driving attacks in camber in the philippines is also driving attacks elsewhere in the world communities on the frontlines projects speaking out against pollution. vironment damage or displacement caused by business projects unethical business culture and global consumer demands together drive a kind of small cost big profit mentality which sees businesses seeking to buy up land cheaply and quickly without ensuring affected communities of property consultant compensated so behind many of the attacks. trends also in the

restriction of a civil space and by that i mean the ability of communities to peacefully protest or voice criticism against government or companies. and we're seeing increasing use of force both by state forces and by private. private act to kind of quietly sabotage the freedoms of communities that speak out so you know we've seen that particularly when it comes to the philippines in recent legislation that's been passed like the anti terror law. governments to really label any critics as a terrorist and you know as unbelievable as that sounds that climate activists today can be deemed as a threat to national security we know that just last week members of legitimate human rights organizations people that they witnesses what we have have seen their faces parted on posters calling them terrorists police in thailand have launched an

investigation over their handling of a high profile hit and run case and there's been a public outcry after charges were dropped against the grandson of the creator of the red bull energy drink he fled thailand 8 years ago after a fatal crash in which a police officer was killed when haven ports. just hours after a fatal crash in bangkok type police detained a suspect you would say yeah was questioned by police over the death of a policeman in a hit and run incident but he was soon released and 8 years on police have announced the case is closed to me tonight yet as you know we have received a final order from the attorney general to not prosecute on charges of reckless driving and causing the deaths of office. war you admitted being behind the wheel of his ferrari when it crashed at high speed into the policeman's motorbike but for years he failed to appear in court after being summoned and was out of the country when arrest warrants were issued he's the grandson of the inventor of red bull the parent company in thailand issued

a statement distancing itself from the case saying t.c.p. group would like to clarify that mr worry you would has never assumed any role in the management and daily operations of t.c.p. group was never a shareholder nor has he held any executive position within a group now several investigations have been launched including one by a parliamentary committee into how the case was handled i hereby times are there people are thinking that the law is not fair we want to change that notion we want to make people equal in the eye of the law whether they are rich or poor. but in thailand many believe that's often not the case in communities like this there's always been a broad sense of injustice and double standards and the decision to drop the case against a member of one of thailand's wealthiest families will be viewed by many as just another example of the impunity enjoyed by the rich and powerful. in one of the capital city's poorest suburbs people wondered why the police didn't do more work

here while it may give you harm i can see that something is wrong with this case we can't put our faith in the wall you know where i think the outcome of the case is very strange we didn't really see how the investigation went the inquiries are being welcomed but they may fail to change the sense among many in thailand that justice is not equal wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. this is all just over these are the top stories united states is withdrawing $12000.00 troops from germany the only half will be repositioned elsewhere in europe including italy poland and the baltics it follows an earlier decision by donald trump to cut troops blaming germany for failing to spend enough on defense somebody cain has more from berlin german government officials ministers have been preparing themselves for something like this one sort of announcement that would

confirm what the trumpet ministration has really been wanting to achieve for some considerable time in the aspects of this which matter are we understand that the headquarters for u.s. troops will be moving from stuttgart in germany to belgium and as you've been saying foul reasons of troops stationed in germany will be withdrawn from germany but not immediately that's the thing to say here this is going to be a phased withdrawal as it were. after being virus free for months vietnam's bracing for a wave of covert 1000 infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of denying meanwhile hong kong's leader carrier land says its hospital system could face collapse as it deals with a sharp rise in cases in india health experts say there's been a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus infections largely due to poor infrastructure and 48000 cases were reported on tuesday the regions of delhi in

maharashtra and tamil nadu account for more than half the new cases the u.k. government's been criticised by its own m.p.'s for discharging thousands of patients from the hospitals into care homes without testing them 1st across party committee report says the initial decision was reckless and appalling it accused ministers of being slow to support social care during the crisis. i know muslim pilgrimage to mecca known as the hives has begun under a very different circumstances this year millions usually travel to saudi arabia but for the 1st time in modern history worshippers from abroad and not allowed to take part. yemen's president has named a leader of the southern transitional council as the new governor of aden that's after the u.a.e. backed separatists say they said they're giving up the tensas self rule and will work on a stalled peace deal. and those are the headlines news continues here on jazeera after the stream. told to own their own this is the government

calling the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter 0. hey they're welcome to the stream home edition i'm josh rushing sitting in for femi k. look if you're watching this live on you tube i need your help do you see that box over there over there it's a live chat there you go we have a producer in there right now waiting to get your questions and your comments to me so i can get into our guests during the show so help me out join in the show be a part of it right there in what issue it is we're talking about the federal response to the protest in portland which just went.