this is video we do is live from berlin the u.s. and now says it plans to remove one 3rd of its troop presence in germany 12000 soldiers will either be posted elsewhere in europe or head back to the u.s. the plan carries out president trump's wish to punish germany because he says the country doesn't pay nearly enough for defense also coming up as corona virus infections rise again in europe governments are bringing back restrictions just as tourism hubs we can welcome back visitors.

hocked thank you so much for your company everyone the united states will withdraw nearly 12000 troops from germany president germany as a been paying enough force defense and the u.s. quote didn't want to be the suckers anymore on defense secretary mark esper announced the move as part of a redeployment of forces in europe that he says well strengthen nato take a listen. to current eucom plan we're a position approximately 11900 military personnel from germany from roughly 36000 down 224000 in a manner that will strengthen nato and hance the deterrence of russia and make the other principles i set forth. of the $11900.00 nearly $5600.00 service members we will be repositioned within nato countries and approximately $6400.00

will return to the united states though many of these or similar units will begin conducting rotational deployments back to europe that was the u.s. defense secretary speaking earlier i'm now joined by our nato correspondent to teri schultz in brussels good to have you with us terry now a retired u.s. general and commander of the u.s. army you're been hard just spoke to us earlier and said this and i'm quoting now the decision is wrong by its core what do nato officials say where you are. well i watched that interview with general hodges and he also calls this a gift to the kremlin of course one of nato's core tasks is to deter any attack by the kremlin and so of course i think many nato allies behind the scenes are feeling very uncomfortable about this move in public nato secretary general yen stoltenberg put out a statement on behalf of the 27 saying that that this shows a continued commitment by the u.s.

to european defense i mean basically he has to say this he can't rile up the largest ally and you know nato is is forced to look at this as as glass half full the u.s. has threatened to do much worse things than pull 12000 troops out of germany they also could have sent the whole 12000 back to the u.s. which is not in the u.s. his own interests but i think nato is you know happy that only you know 6000 are going back terry are there any beneficiaries of this move. well other than if you if you listen to general hodges the kremlin here in brussels i don't think anybody is feeling particularly grateful for this i mean you could look at perhaps belgium getting more u.s. forces you know it will bring in more money if you if you look at the 2000 and some that will definitely be moving to belgium if these plans go through and i would emphasize that this is a plan and there may be many stumbling blocks in its way but i mean belgium is will

be getting more getting more u.s. forces italy will be getting a couple of battalions so those countries could be happy for more u.s. forces poland secretary esper announced would be getting some more rotational forces although it's not clear yet whether those would be under a deal made with poland by laterally earlier so. inside nato countries really would like to see u.s. troops stay where they are and in fact to be increased not decreased in any way not necessarily moved out of germany so again i don't think any nato allies are cheering this move on so that begs the question terry how does this affect u.s. needle relations. you know again things have been worse between the u.s. and nato when president trump summarily announced he was going to make this move that he was going to pull troops out of germany nobody was warned and that was

a cruel cruel surprise for both nato allies as well as even some u.s. military officials so this time in the secretary general's announcement and. i noted this very very carefully he said that the allies have been consulted on this move now i know that there was a meeting monday at nato where they were briefed on what was going to be announced today so again if you are nato and you've seen much worse treatment out of washington this doesn't look so bad you were consulted you were told what was going to happen and not all 12000 are going back to the u.s. so it's a matter of relativity really i would say u.s. nato relations have been worse teri schultz certain reporting from brussels thank you. swelling numbers of corona virus infections have forced some european governments to reimpose restrictions on us as a number of states were we opening their tourism destinations will still many tourists

are going ahead with their vacations. in a normal year the british city of bath welcomes around $6000000.00 visitors bringing in half a 1000000000 euros this year of course things are much quieter that means british tourists are the focus at this international destination were no further back than 10 days to come with a lot different than were planned for everything fine you start to see the sanitization the hotels the social distance and so all in all want to feel comfortable to travel. so well domestic travelers can enjoy this year's tranquility authorities are putting the brakes on international holiday making britain rheem posed a forced quarantine on travelers from spain after reported cases there rose dramatically on monday at london's heathrow airport they were not happy about the news will call

in or a double test once on arrival the 2nd of the 5 days. where people would think quarantine until they had. a test to show that they didn't have the disease and then they would be allowed out only that would otherwise be the carrots . to flatten the newly rising curve madrid has now made mass wherein mandatory and public residents seem happy to comply. yeah it's fine because in this way we're protected and we're more responsible that's how it should have been from the beginning they chose them because they feel. belgium is also struggling with a new spike in cases the city of twerp reinstated a curfew no one is allowed outside between 11 30 pm. 6 am except for essential workers. germany is worried about imported infections so it's requiring travelers from high risk areas to take a covert 19 test upon arrival while many were probably hoping to forget all about

the corona virus during their holidays the virus has certainly not forgotten about them. and we have much more news to tell you about here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. u.s. treasury secretary steve has confirmed that the chinese owned video called tick tock is under review as a potential threat to u.s. national security administration previously said it was considering banning the app to talk representatives so they could comment on the review process. senior german government ministers are being grilled behind closed doors over what they knew about allegations of fraud and wire card in june the high flying payment service provider crashed and burned after bosses admitted there was a 1900000000 euro hole in its balance sheet. german police have finished searching

a community garden near the city of hanover as part of their investigation into missing british toddler madeleine mccann it's not yet known if any new evidence was found a piece of land is thought to be connected to a suspect in the case mccann was 3 when she vanished on holiday in portugal the teen years ago. berliners have been getting the chance to experience their city's new airport levon years after it was originally supposed to open while an army a fake flyers has been trying out the passenger experience ahead of its opening later this year. this is one of 28 test days involving thousands of volunteers designed to put this massive airport through its paces ahead of a grand opening in october. if you can flying 2 cars 9115 and i have one piece of luggage. that actually contains real poets. called she won't need because she's not flying anywhere today many of the testers

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to latin america now where ecuador is navy has sounded the alarm over a huge fleet of foreign fishing boats off they go lapis islands chinese fishing trawlers cast their nets every year near the islands which belong to ecuador but this time officials have counted more than 240 ships and say they could hear were apparently damaged the island's unique ecology. the hammerhead shark is one of many endangered species here in the galapagos islands is lives might now be even more at risk. a fleet of nearly 260 fishing vessels mostly chinese has been spotted close to the island's protected zone their presence sparked a debate about how to protect these waters and international maritime law. there is

an urgent need to move forward in strengthening the international agreement known as the high seas treaty that will allow us to reach clear agreements on the responsible management of fisheries and international waters in the tsunami. fears of overfishing are not to fight good reason in 2017 authorities seized a chinese vessel in the galapagos marine reserve carrying 300 tons of fish. the delicate ecosystem of the galactic guess which was an inspiration for charles darwin's theory of evolution is also a unesco world heritage site. now more than ever the plethora of wildlife that roams these seas is dependent on international protection . in saudi arabia muslim pilgrims have begun the annual hard america well normally huge numbers of people traveled from all around the world to take part in

the islams most important pilgrimage but this year it's taking place on much more modest scale but. like no other. these people are among the few saudi residents allowed to attend the 5 day pilgrimage this year strictly controlled because of the coronavirus. usually over $2000000.00 people packed together to praise allah for the structure known as the comma of the above. the pandemic has made safety central to the pilgrimage health workers have disinfected the holy site in mecca and there are strict rules for those attending. they had to be between the ages of 20 and 50 years old with no terminal illnesses and show no signs of coronavirus. the pilgrims have also had to undergo temperature checks and virus tests where responds

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