knowledge and belief trust and deception democracy of the global storage joyce 1st on g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin president trump says he'll slash u.s. troop numbers in germany linking it to lower defense spending $5000000000.00 so that delinquent over the billions of dollars of this few years really quickly so we're removing the. number jumps you would put in the number down to $25000.00 soldiers would trump insists the u.s.

deployment in germany comes at a tremendous cost. and just stunning legal victory for the community in the united states the mostly conservative supreme court rules that a 964 civil rights law protects gay and transgender people from discrimination at work. welcome to the shore u.s. president donald trump has announced a large cut american troop numbers here in germany trump said he would reduce those station here to around $25000.00 now that's down from a figure that fluctuates between 34 and 52000 troops said he's responding to germany's failure to meet its defense funding commitments to nato. one of the only countries that hasn't agreed to pay what this supposed to pay is germany so i said

until they pay we're removing our soldiers a number of our soldiers by about half and then when we get down to $25.00 those who will see what we're going to germany has been delinquent and why should we be doing what we're doing if they don't pay and there's supposed to pay for more our correspondent all of us sound joins us from washington hi there all of a look ever since he took office president trump has complained about german defense spending so why is this happening right now. you just tried jared since he took office over and over again he criticized germany over his defense spending and there have also been threats around drawing the american troops from germany since about a year ago not only by president also by his ambassador as former ambassador to germany richard grinnell is considered a trump confident and he says that american taxpayer to simply tired of paying too much germany now should not be surprised that the u.s.

is pulling out part of its troops at the core of this is a spat over nato funding and the german defense budget is still under 2 percent of the g.d.p. in spite of some promises made at an early a nato summit in wales in 2014 germany it would be arguing that they are increasing their defense budget but they say this is simply a very complicated process and it needs more time while trump doesn't have the time because he's nearing the election in november ok all of this so trump is going to reduce the number of troops here how is the move going to go down with he's republican allies in congress. well that's a tall think jared that causes a lot of disappointment in the republican party and therefore 22 lawmakers wrote written an open letter to president trump already couple days ago where they write that such steps would significantly damage the u.s. national security as well as strengthen the position off russia and essentially

what they're saying is that this move that pulling out troops from germany is another signal to russia that the u.s. is giving up its leadership role in the world over has the german side had anything to say about this yet there's been a confirmation by the german ambassador to washington emily holler and she also made clear that u.s. troops are not in germany to defend germany but to defend the transatlantic security as a whole as she says and the and she is arguing along the same lines as the republican lawmakers there that the u.s. is damaging itself when they're pulling out part of their troops from germany all right our correspondent all of us solace in washington thank you. kara some of the other stories making news these allegations for defect to groups smuggling propaganda material across the border. the u.s. food and drug administration has revoked its

a message and see old use authorized hydroxy chloroquine to treat covert 19 the agency said it is no longer reasonable to believe the drug is effective in treating the disease. british prime minister boris johnson says he's hopeful of hammering out a post breaks of trade deal with the e.u. by the end of its pushback. well there's been a big victory for the l g b t community in the united states the country's supreme court has ruled that it is illegal to file workers for this sexual orientation or gender identity now the court said the nation's landmark 964 civil rights act we just place discrimination based on the stakes also protects gay and transgender people the vote was 6 to 3 with the 2 all of the courts conservative justices joining with its 4 liberals in the decision. were it sure it a group the l.g.b. t.q. research and communications project at the center for american progress she is in

washington d.c. thanks for joining us sure eisa sexual orientation and gender identity is becoming this real political battleground in the united states right now so it could you just explain for us please how significant the decision is. this is a landmark victory for the l g t q community particularly for the transgender community this is the biggest legal victory that community has had in the history of this country and as you said we have seen attack after attack from the current administration on basic rights of algae to keep people from the planet protection to housing to a new health care rule that came out just friday claiming that algae to keep patients would be protected from discrimination in health care so the supreme court so firmly taking such a strong stance that prohibitions on sex discrimination and prohibit discrimination

against people is it's remotely important for the rights in this country. not everyone is happy about what's happened today i just want to read a quote to you from the alliance defending freedom they're a conservative christian nonprofit they says they say that these decision will courts create chaos and enormous unfairness for women and girls in athletics women shelters and many other contexts i'd like to get your reaction to that statement. as a woman of color the alliance defending freedom has never represented my interests and their litigation they have been supportive of faith based discrimination against women they oppose basic reproductive rights and so it's honestly laughable that they are positioning themselves as the champion of women's rights in this country l g b t q people are women l g b

t q right are women's rights and there is absolutely no evidence from the many states that have had these protections under their laws for decades now that such comprehensive protections would have any negative impact on women's rights. everyone including yourself is saying this is such a landmark and you your institution the center for american progress tweeted earlier that the work is still far from over what do you want to see happen next the next step is for congress to pass the equality act it passed the house a year ago this bill would modernize our civil rights laws and and comprehensive nondiscrimination protections in key areas of life for l.g.b. t.q. people as well as for women who don't currently have sex discrimination protections

in federally funded services or public accommodations this landmark piece of legislation is supported by over 70 percent of the american public across religious viewpoints ideological viewpoints political parties and it is long past time for congress to pass this important law you say it's long past time why do you think it's taken the us so long to get to this point. i mean it's a that's a very good question to hear advocates have been pushing for these changes for decades we are currently in the middle of our pride month which commemorates the birth of the modern l g b t rights movement which took place during the stonewall riots. so we've been pushing for these protections for decades i think the country is changing people's attitudes are changing and people are understanding that it is

important to enshrined protections under the law so that people don't face treatment or discrimination simply based on who they are they love it's been good to talk to you sorry to grieve but focused on l g b t q issues at the center for american progress thank you very much thank you for having me when germany has started rolling out a track and try smart find it helping stop the spread of coronavirus germany fuller's italy and france which launched their own upstream weeks ago use of privacy is a big concern so how has the technology been received in italy and france we have this report now from paris. who. downloaded still could feed as soon as it was launched users who test positive get a box they can enter in the op stop then other users who they've been in close contact with. new to your pre-show. the app is on

a voluntary basis and obviously doesn't replace other measures like face masks. but it's one out of several tools that can help protect me and the people i meet. michelle hasn't tested positive nor has she received an alert there are no official figures on how many alerts have been sent out so far but she still hopes the app will be effective. me i know that there have been a pedantics in the past and never thought i'd live to experience one it was frightening and very worrisome and it's too early to say if it's over we need to keep up our guard. but only about 2 percent of people in france have downloaded the app so far many are concerned the government might use stop to track people but. that doesn't bother shuki we are all using

mobile phones and being tracked through relay mass it is very easy to know where people have been at a certain point in time also through facebook and twitter compaction that stop google is not a threat. we shall hopes more people will use the app and that the covert 19 epidemic soon becomes a thing of the past. well after 3 months of lock downs many european countries are reopening their borders 1st summer tourism spain is kicking things off with a pilot project that's invited a select group of german tourists to the island of mallorca and that's where they'll test the new public health measures aimed at preventing an outbreak. official footage from the 1st plane load of german tourists allowed to land in majorca on a trial run. they can hardly wait for their holiday to begin. before you happen to be back i think the spanish government into we have done a great job of preparing things this is going to be

a great vacation not as full as it used to be a bit quieter but that's how it should be thought of on. hotel staff welcome the 1st arrivals with applause glad to be finally open for business again as it's europe's biggest tourism company to e. existence is to travel is our livelihood especially marketing air travel it's incredibly important for us and for the region as well if you consider how many jobs depend on tourism dollars most are paying but the impact of the coronavirus crisis is evident barely a few meters away from the beach many restaurants and bars are still shut some hotels may never reopen thousands of people have lost their job and many of them are obliged to stand in line for food like here at the top door charity in the majorcan capital palma volunteers here can hardly meet the demand which took them by surprise. then and now is to help around 750 to

800 people now we have nearly 8000. that's why everyone here wants the rest of the tourism season to be a success booking numbers are up for the coming week when people from other european countries will be able to travel here again and they won't just have to rely on masks to stay safe majorca is deploying technology to keep the risk of infection to a minimum sensors at beaches and public places will pick up mobile phone signals to determine when an area is too crowded because the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. this is the w. news from berlin there's more news on our website g.w. dot com you can follow us on instagram and twitter triac date up and use i'm tired very have a good day. thanks

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