he told me news live from berlin the u.s. and now says a partial military withdrawal from germany a 3rd of its troops are being ordered to leave 12000 soldiers won't even be posted elsewhere in europe or head back to the u.s. a plot of pressure be should trump accuses germany of being a freeloader at nato and not paying its bills also coming up on america's tech giants killing the competition the heads of our all facebook google and amazon to defend their companies during a grilling by u.s.

lawmakers. every swimmer and my man but new research on shark behavior tells us we're actually not off their menu. i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program the united states as a veiled plans to withdraw nearly 12000 troops from germany a 3rd of its military footprint in the country president trump justified the move saying germany hasn't been paying enough for its defense and the u.s. quote didn't want to be any wall german leaders expressed regret at the decision. the historic reduction in the number of american troops stationed in germany even more will be leaving than expected. the u.s. secretary of defense mark asked for announced the withdrawal downplaying its

significance it is important to note that in nato's 71 year history the size composition and disposition of u.s. forces in europe has changed many times but u.s. president donald trump said the move is meant to send a message to germany where the forward with. this thing but it's not that simple while it's true that the u.s. pays more toward the nato budget than germany the german government has promised to match u.s. contributions beginning next year at 16 percent of the total nato budget. trump often points out that germany does not meet a nato guideline that all members should spend 2 percent of their economic output on the fence germany only spends 1.4 percent but that guideline refers to spending on each country's own military not directly to nato. members are now seeking answers as to how the new u.s. plan will be carried out and what it will mean for the future of european security

there has been pushback from the u.s. congress and analysts say even the pentagon was reluctant to carry out trumps demand for troop withdrawal you can imagine the arguments and the discussions and disagreements it would have been going on back in washington inside the pentagon and with the white house but at the end of the day the president says we're going to do this and so the department of justice ok well here's here's how we're going to do it there are about $24000.00 u.s. troops will remain in germany but some observers worry trumps costly message to its nato allies could weaken the whole alliance. in washington many. not support the withdrawal and there is also resistance at home in the u.s. all of a why is trump pushing ahead with it. well so we all know president trumps claim america 1st so he certainly does not put the allies 1st tier right now what's

happening is that trump is simply concerned about the elections that are coming closer and the polls have been going down for quite some time in part as a result of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and he's now trying to make it look like he's punishing germany for not raising its military spending and it's true germany is continuing to be short of those 2 percent of the g.d.p. that the country promised to put into his defense budget experts however are saying that we've spoken to today also military experts that the u.s. is not punishing germany in fact it's rather punishing itself and also nato allies and lawmakers here on capitol hill say call this a gift for russia give full kremlin in fact in the troops who are not stationed in germany to defend the country but rather for deterrence reasons and that is not given any more once the troops have been withdrawn. because in particular because also a big part of the troops is supposed to be taken home back home to the united states

and the troops don't just pack up and leave you know this will take a lot of time and money to implement the pullout so is it really going to happen. well critics hope it's not because of course as you say it's a complicated process and there are many critics even within the republican party there's a bipartisan group in congress that is led by republican lawmaker mitt romney also one of the closest allies is among this group lindsey graham and they're now trying and planning to block this withdrawal which again is a complicated process but the total withdrawal of up to $12000.00 troops would take some time anyway and the election is getting closer so it might be possible that in the end it will land on a potential president joe biden status. as we know things very much differently about the transatlantic partnership in case of a sell it in washington thank you. let's take

a look at some of the stories making news around the world. the boss of london's heathrow airport wants the british government to back a strict coronavirus testing regime for passengers arriving from countries like the united states john holland kay said quarantine for arrivals could be reduced to 8 days for most if they tested once tested twice in one week. iran claims it has launched ballistic missiles from an underground base for the 1st time it's part of a series of military exercises which also included targeting a dummy american aircraft carrier u.s. troops stationed in the region will put alert during the drill. firefighters in brazil are battling blazes in panton now the world's largest tropical wetlands the number of fires in the region has more than doubled so far this year compared to 2019 in response the regional government has declared

a state of emergency. turkey's parliament has passed a law that gives authorities more power to regulate social media platforms will have to comply with strict conditions or face fines and bandwidth reductions the law was called for by president regift type of opposition lawmakers say it further limits freedom of expression in the country. for all of america's biggest tech names have appeared before congress to defend themselves against charges that they've become too powerful and are stifling competition appearing via video link mark zuckerberg of facebook joint google's sundar pichai apple c.e.o. tim cook and amazon boss jeff bezos all answering questions from members of congressional and the congressional antitrust panel they were grilled on market dominance and alleged violations of anti trust laws. let's get more from the business reporter yan's quarter in new york yes the most powerful the most

influential u.s. tech c.e.o.'s what have you heard from them well i mean they definitely said talvi luff they are their customers especially jeff bezos but also to cook made those cases and then jeff bezos for example he sounded very emotion the telling about how he grew up that his mom actually gave birth. when she was 17 years old and all of them tried to downplay how big they are but maybe it might be best if we just briefly listen in what those 4 top c.e.o.'s have to say themselves of the 10 most valuable company is a decade ago only 3 still make that list today and if you look at where the top technology companies come from a decade ago the vast majority were american today almost half are chinese we have

clarified what we knew and what you and compare quarter yes it's very very limited in nature our ai work in china is limited to a handful of people working on open source projects we don't have a dominant share in the market or in any product category where we do business to business did you personally sign off on the plan to raise prices after amazon limited it on the kitchen i don't remember that at all remember we we looked at that and we i believe we followed diapers a car going this 11 years ago if you're asking a lot of my memory i believe we followed diapers i can also tell you that clean by others and. what's prompted this why is the hearing taking place right now and have these companies companies become too powerful. well i mean this hearing was long in the making the investigation started to more than a year ago and just look what happened in the past couple of years clearly those

companies became dominant players in their fields and google for example controlling 95 percent of search requests here in the united states and as in for example making 50 percent of the online retail market here at least in the united states are clearly those the dominant players and this dominance has even just increased in the past couple of months. couple of months was the mix so yes there is the big question is those companies are just too powerful if they're acquiring potential competitors and at the end they're hindering competition and was that also innovation and as you mention competition there is a still functioning competition in the american tech market well i mean depending on the fields i mean there is some competition but as i mentioned those companies are clearly pretty dumb in and then it's ironic because no on

thursday actually after the market closes for him to get the results the quarterly figures of those 4 companies all out on thursday and then we will see it once again how powerful or maybe not they are and just look what happened in the past couple of years there have been plenty of acquisitions. buying you tube for instance facebook acquiring instagram and what's clearly those companies have gotten bigger and bigger and now with the pen denigrate some smaller competitors actually might get into financial trouble they might even get. even get bigger. is yes of course i think we'll have to leave it thank you. anyone who has been swimming in the ocean knows the uneasy feeling that a shark might not be far away but if and if one is nearby how does the shock feel

about you research as in southern california are trying to find out. it is one of the most feared creatures on earth. the great white shark seen as a fierce predator and perceived as a dangerous threat to beach goers but researchers in southern california are trying to find out the actual risk they posed to humans by better understanding the sharks behavior they're using drones underwater robots and boats to track and follow the sharks the city how they interact with people. we have some of the most populated busy beaches in the entire world and california is one of the few places where people are using the ocean year round millions and millions of people are sharing the water with the sharks so how they're sharks behaving in proximity to people and how to people behave in proxy. scientists 1st use drones to find the sharks once they have the tech to the animals boats head out to reach the sharks and try

to get as close as possible the venue's a repurposed spear to insert a tag into the dorsal muscles of the sharks so that they can follow their movements and reactions from a far. what they're finding is that sharks are not that interested in humans after all. despite the fact that shark populations are going up and more people are using the water than ever before we're not really seeing more people actually being bitten by sharks in fact in some years the rate has gone down show what that tells us as a scientist is that we are not on their menu at all but occasionally accidents happen. the researchers want to provide the public with the right information to understand the risks posed by sharks but also to give lifeguards important tools to better protect beachgoers from the rear shark attack.

russia will bid to host the 2027 rugby world cup it comes despite russia being banned from top international sport for 4 years over doping allegations and russia plans to use stadiums built for the 2018 football world cup the proposal has the backing of president vladimir putin but russia faces competition from rugby powerhouse australia russia finished bottom of the group of the last at last year's rugby world cup in japan the next next edition is in france and 2023. is a reminder of the top story we're following for you. the u.s. is pulling almost $12000.00 troops out of germany more than half will be sent back to the u.s. with the rest redeployed elsewhere in europe that's under a shake up ordered by president trump. as means live from berlin take ferguson is here next with business remembering keep up to date with

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