this is live from berlin the u.s. announces a partial military withdrawal from germany a 3rd of its troops are being ordered to leave 12000 soldiers will even be post elsewhere in europe or head back to the u.s. a plot of retribution is 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 apple facebook google and amazon defend the company's journey grilling by u.s.

lawmakers. for months after the last forced by the n.b.a. is preparing a fairy tale return the new season will be held at disney world in florida but will it be a slam dunk. i'm told me a lot of welcome to the program the united states is on the field plans to withdraw nearly 12000 troops from germany a 3rd of its military footprint in the country president trump justify the move saying germany hasn't been paying enough for its defense and the u.s. quote didn't want to be any more german leaders expressed regret at the decision. a 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 asper announced the withdrawal downplaying its

significance it is important to note that in nato has 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. for. 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 defense germany only spends 1.4 percent but that guideline refers to spending on each country's own military not directly to nato medo 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 that 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 defense of us ok well here's here's how we're going to do it there are about 24000 u.s. troops will remain in germany but some observers worry trumps costly message to its nato allies could weaken the whole alliance. so president trump is pushing ahead with a planned pullout despite criticism from nato allies and resistance at home washington correspondent all of us salat explains why. donald trump is punishing germany for not spending enough on defense that's at least what he's trying to make the american voters believe and it's true germany promised over and over again to raise

its defense budget to 2 percent of the country's g.d.p. but hasn't fulfilled the promise yet but the truth is also polls are continuously deteriorating as we get closer to the election and he wants to deliver results on a threat he has made many times throughout his presidency lawmakers on both sides now say that trump is rather hurting nato and america itself arguing the troop withdrawal is nothing but a campaign stunt and it might not even be brought to success there are many hurdles to be taken a bipartisan movement in congress is currently trying to block the withdrawal and time is running out and a potential president joe biden feels differently about the transatlantic partnership. that was due to abuse of a salad reporting from washington now let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world. emergency crews have been tackling a large fire in the u.s. state of arizona after a freight train derailed while crossing a bridge

a bridge at tempe town lake partially collapsed one person has been reported suffering from smoke in inhalation. iran claims it has launched ballistic missiles from from an underground base for the 1st time it's part of a series of military exercises which also included targeting a dummy you u.s. aircraft carrier american troops stationed in the region will put a limit during the drill. thousands have taken to the streets in cities across bulgaria to demand the resignation of the government is accused of corruption suppressing free speech and maintaining ties with the mafia the anti-government protests are the biggest the country has seen in years. turkey's parliament has passed a law that gives authorities more pot 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 rage of type one opposition lawmakers say it further limits

freedom of expression in the country. of 4 of america's biggest names in tech 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 joined google's sundar pichai apple c.e.o. tim cook and amazon boss jeff bezos all as ring questions from members of the congressional antitrust panel they were grilled on market dominance and alleged violations of antitrust law. let's get more from the business reporter yens quarter in new york the most powerful the most influential u.s. tech c.e.o.'s have you heard from. well i mean they definitely said talvi luff they are their customers especially jeff bezos but also to him made those cases and then just basis for example he sounded very emotion the

telling about how he grew up that his mom actually gave 1st. 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 company has come from a decade ago the best majority were american today almost half are chinese we have clarified what we do and what we do in china compared to our b.s.e. 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 any barky or in any product category where we do business it's a business did you personally sign off on the plan to raise prices after amazon

limited its competition. i don't remember that at all well you remember we we looked at that and we i believe we followed diapers dot com again this is 11 years ago so you're asking a lot of my memory but i believe we follow diapers dot com i can also tell you that clean by others and. what's prompted this why is the hearing taking place right now to 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 the couple of months past 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 mentioned competition there is this 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 dominant and then it's ironic because now on thursday actually after the market closes we will 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 they have been plenty of acquisitions google buying you tube for instance

facebook acquiring instagram and what's clearly those companies have gotten bigger and bigger and now was the pen demick recitals and dollar competitors actually might get into financial trouble they might even get might even get bigger. deal because yes of course i think we'll have to leave it thank you. have been getting the chance to experience this city's new airport 11 years after it was originally supposed to open an army of 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 a half on one piece of luggage. it actually contains real clothes.

pulled she would need because she's not flying anywhere today many of the testers were curious to see this trouble transport for themselves plagued with delays it's become both a national shame and a national joke here the story with sales tax refund have never done that before i think it's an interesting challenge for me today. with work. the only bargain on offer at duty free is some rubble and a hard hat the purpose of the test run is to iron out any problems like the lack of moving walkways along the long corridors. we learned that some things didn't work well with the bulky luggage where we have adapted the process we also learned how it works with large masses of people we call it q management how can you move a larger group of people through a building operating normally would you begin that the new board of the for nothing

could be. this project was flushed launched in 1901 know after a 30 year wait and 6000000000 euros the 1st take off is inching closer. in rugby the exeter chiefs the leaders of the english premiership have decided to retire the team's big chief mascot the decision follows a petition calling for an end to the club's use of harmful imagery but the chief's name will remain the mascot featured a native american of fans a group that garnered thousands of signatures imploring the chiefs to stop the cultural appropriation the petition came for the petition against the chiefs came in the wake of the n.f.l. washington team changing its redskins name and logo. basketball now and the n.b.a. season restarts in the u.s. on thursday of being suspended due to the coronavirus and demick but the return will be very different from other sports 22 teams will be competing in a bio c.

kill bubble without fans on the grounds of the walt disney resort and florida big names such as the bron james will be there and the superstar admits bubble life has taken some time to get used to. walt disney world is the venue for the n.b.a.'s comeback but like the theme park new hygiene rules have been introduced to keep the coronavirus away basketball fans watching on t.v. could be in for a wild ride over the coming weeks with the season completely reorganized le bron james of the l.a. lakers is ready to outshine the usual stars of disney but the bio secure environment takes a bit of getting used to. your back not with the ball once it is 20 point you know everything is different and be able to adjust but i will be dharma phones all during his run i can't afford to have kids and you're checking on my family. you

know every single day. making sure you know everything as there was uncertainty when he was all of a hotline has been set up for players to snitch on anyone leaving the bubble james has been sticking to the rules and is ready to go. about a good job or trying to just best shape accords in at home. you know and just to prevent anything anything was to happen. the n.b.a.'s return will also address social issues the new orleans pelicans and utah jazz planted neal in a black lives matter protest during the national anthem on thursday's opener. the los angeles lakers among the title favre. it's could be missing one of their stars antonio davis when the season tips off the face of the league le bron james chasing his 4th title and 1st with los angeles might be left carrying the load alone the

season concludes in october it might not be a fairytale season given the he will cause by covert 19 but the n.b.a. hopes its disney adventure can finish in style this is the news live from but i'm talking a lot of well thanks for your company. time i'm neal and i'm good welcome to the 2nd season on the facts of. the planet on the brink of disaster relief is long and in-depth interviews with experts about one question how do we change the only reason.