none of our troops. to that extent, that was part of the withdrawal agreement, that they would not attack u.s. or coalition troops. they have abided by that, but if there is a withdrawal of the troops, there was a lot of concern -- and we have expressed it in some of our reports -- that the afghan government, particularly afghan military, which is doing the bulk, 99% of the fighting right now, will be hard-pressed. and because we are still there, we still have a tremendous ability to help defend the afghan government and troops and we noted in our quarterly report that the number of air assaults by our military has increased this last quarter. in support of the afghan military police. if that air support is gone, the afghans don't have the capability, really, to defend themselves, or at least as well as with our forces. there is concern about that. the bigger concern is the funding. the afghan government cannot survive without u.s. and donor support. they raised about $2.6 billion a year and my understan

troops in afghanistan it's about all the other countries that would likely follow the u.s. out if that were to happen if president biden were to make the decision unlikely as that seems to pull out now. this is the 1st time that we have spoken about the u.s. and nato since bines inauguration for 4 years you reported on the we're into here sustained it neither wonder. what is it like now i need to headquarters with my longer u.s. president. well brant i only wish i could be in the corridor is gathering all the best gossip for you we're still not allowed back in the building so i do gather it by phone though i mean as i mentioned there is a sense of predictability again you know i just heard over and over from people you know from from people in all walks of life at nato how unsettling it was to think you had to wake up in the morning and check twitter to figure out what was happening to figure out what would drive the alliance agenda that day and you just could couldn't ever be sure about it you didn't know what kind of insults would be hurled at some of the most powerful al

there were 2 tribes the troops. and. this is news and these are our top stories u.s. president joe biden is pushing ahead with plans to change the direction of u.s. foreign policy is announced he will hold the withdrawal of thousands of american troops from germany and support for saudi arabia's military offensive in the long running war in yemen. the international criminal court has convicted a former ugandan rebel commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murders rape and systematic forced marriages according to hague found that dominic on when ordered the killing and abduction of civilians including children the former commander in the lord's resistance army faces a life in prison. accord in belgium has sentenced in iranian diplomat to 20 years in prison for masterminding a foil to bomb plot in france in 2018 aside he was convicted of organizing before to attack targeting an iranian opposition rally near paris a saudi has been stripped of his diplomatic immunity iran has condemned the sentence describing it as illegal and a violation of internat

foreign policy his announced he will hold the withdrawal of thousands of american troops from germany and support for saudi arabia's military offensive in the long running war in yemen. the international criminal court has convicted a former ugandan rebel commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murders rape and systematic forced marriages according to hague found that dominic on when ordered the killing and abduction of civilians including children a former commander in the lord's resistance army faces life in prison. record in belgium has sentenced in a rainy and diplomat to 20 years in prison for masterminding a foil bomb plot in france and 2018. was convicted of organizing before to attack targeting an iranian opposition rally near paris a saudi has been stripped of his diplomatic immunity iran has condemned the sentence describing it as illegal and a violation of international law. this is news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news of visit our website w dot com. former u.s. president trump made no secret of his motives when he ordere

france is now planning to reduce troop members. -- troop numbers.r: but spring and our guests. the head of the program at the institute of security studies. joining us is the executive director of the west african network for peace building. and the president of africa international media group. a warm welcome to you all. france is considering reducing its military commitment. is it likely that will be announced at this summit? >> yes indeed. ahead of the summit, french authorities have been making a number of declarations and statements about the possibility of what you are suggesting. it is not exactly clear that this will translate into a withdrawal. and easy consequence would be to recall the 600 additional troops that were sent as backup after the summit last year. this of course would go into the notion and direction of a strategic reductase and of this intervenon. at the same time, it faces questions about whether this is the right time. at a time were national armies remain vulnerable. anchor: how much has french public opinion turned'agains

laura: reporting on whether nato troops will stay.united states, the brutal winter storms have left millions without power. texas has been hit hard. and striking that these power outages happening in a state with such abundant energy soreporter: another day of wintr misery for texas. millions of texas -- people are still without power. this storm has generated an energy crisis. it is freezing cold, and people are seeking warmth wherever they can find it, even in this furniture sre. getting food has also become a mission, rationed out in places. that catastrophe has triggered the politics of climate change. the republican governor blamed clean energy for the scale of the power failure. >> cover wind in our solar got shut down. they were collectively. it shows fossil fuel is necessary. reporter: the grid operator reports the power planted and not prepare for such a winter. the author of a policy on global warming challenge the governor. scientists say global warming is partly to play. its left arctic weather patterns escape further sout

is expected to join the conference by video link france has deployed 1000 soldiers to back local troops but is purring to reduce its presence in the area lebanon's vaccination program is under way the world bank helped fund the purchase of vaccines level on a struggling with a recent surgery cases intensive care unit is full and there's a shortage of oxygen tanks the 2nd rather vaccinations has also begun to back sicko's capital health officials are hoping to inoculate 15000000 elderly people within 2 months they've been given doses of the astra astra zeneca jap. new quality rules of come into effect which was arriving in the u.k. from people coming in from 33 high risk patients have to isolate to the full total to 10 days but there are a cost for those who have thoughts about the al-jazeera views if it's 30 minutes next to its side story to stay with us. france rethinks its commitment to the south has a region of africa the president considers pulling out some troops a year after boosting numbers to fight on groups but the campaign is not going well so after 8 years is it time for a ne

born supports a troop build up screwed being an imminent crackdown. also coming up germany rejects who are pressed from france to send more troops to the hell region were armed groups affiliated with al qaida and the islamic state group are stoking tensions. thousands of protesters in barcelona demand the release of a popular rapper sentenced to jail for his song lyrics and tweets cases putting a spotlight on freedom of speech in spain. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us demonstrators have returned in force to the streets of myanmar as biggest city gone to protest against the country's military coup they call for what they hope will be the biggest street demonstrations yet to oppose the power grab carried out by the country's military on february 1st and the removal and detention of elected leader on sales of cheap rallies have been taking place daily despite nationwide internet shutdowns and a build up of security forces in major cities. journalist iman tunde is in yen dornin joins us now from there the un's human rights expert on myanma

africa france and germany disagree on how to do it has rejected a request from paris for more german troops to be sent to the sawhill region where armed groups affiliated with al qaida and isis continue to stoke tensions also coming up tonight if europe can't show you they can after complaining about the european union slow coronavirus vaccination roll down under has become the 1st e.u. country to exhibit duces of the vaccine from china plus the chinese campaign to silence dissent. a weaker businessman tells g w news that he was forced to spy on his own people while traveling outside of china and he describes the tragedy that followed. viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin with the fight against islamist terror in west africa french president emanuel today held a virtual summit with 5 countries in africa as a subtle region where the threat of terror is growing these so hill is struggling to contain a violent insurgency by islamist terror groups last year paris bolstered troop numbers there to more than 5000 the french president hopes that

how have they decided where the troops should be based?ll, in general, the french troops are based where they e the most threats, and they are based in these five countries. but they are focused maly on the tribal border in the three countries with mali and niger, where there is the most violence and instability. brent: we know that france has been in the region for eight years, 5000 troops on the ground. germany is pleading for more of a nonmilitary solution to this situation. this solution, does it ve to be either/or? >> well, it is certainly a simplistic way of putting it. i think both germany and france, as well as their european partners, would not put it in that way. brent: how would they put it? >>evelopment measures. indeed, the best solution does not lie in what has been so far the dominance of the military approach. brent: so what would you say is the german approach than to helping basically get rid of the terror threat in that region? >> well, the main focus is on strengthening governments and strengthening the security institu

warns reports of troop buildup scrutiny and imminent crackdown. also coming up to stay and fight or abandon the war against the taliban in afghanistan nato defense ministers take up that crucial question in a summit today with no end in sight to violence in the country. and street protests erupt after a spanish rapper is arrested for his controversial lyrics and tweets did he cross the line into terrorism or was it just free speech plus millions are left without heat in record cold temperatures after a rare snowstorm knocked out power in the u.s. state of texas. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us demonstrators have returned in force to the streets of myanmar's biggest city and gone to protest against the country's military coup they've been holding some of the biggest street demonstrations yet to oppose the power grab carried out by the country's military on february 1st some have started what they're calling a broken down car campaign to block security forces vehicles from patrolling the streets. well for the very latest let's bring

troops from here in germany u.k. regulators have stripped china's state television channels c g t n of its broadcasting license forcing the channel off the air british media watchdog off tom said that it was against u.k. broadcasting wall for china's communist party to control the channel beijing has hit back accusing britain's public broadcaster the b.b.c. of an accurate reporting on the pandemic in china. a belgian court of sentenced in the rain a diplomat to 20 years in prison for masterminding a foil bomb attack. assad he was based in the austrian capital vienna was detained in belgium iran has condemned the verdict calling it illegal and a violation of international law. a prominent critic of shiite militant group hezbollah has been found dead in lebanon officials say journalist and publisher look man slim was shot multiple times in his car as he traveled in the country's south in addition to his activism slim was also a leading authority on lebanon's civil war. thousands of people have been arrested across russ

foreign policy has announced he will hold the withdrawal of thousands of american troops from germany and support for saudi arabia's military offensive in the long running war in yemen. the international criminal court has convicted a former ugandan rebel commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murders rape and systematic forced marriages according to hague found that dominic on when ordered the killing and abduction of civilians including children the former commander in the lord's resistance army faces a life in prison. according belgium has sentenced him to rainy and diplomat to 20 years in prison for masterminding a foil bomb plot in france in 2018 aside he was convicted of organizing the force that attack targeting an iranian opposition rally near paris a saudi has been stripped of his diplomatic immunity iran has condemned the sentence describing it as illegal and a violation of international law. this is news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news of visit our website w dot com. former u.s. president trump made no secret of his moti

from doha also coming up nato to expand its mission in iraq with no final decision on withdrawing troops from afghanistan. the us government on bale's a new immigration policy with an 8 year plan to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. but a double health 10 africa a coronavirus variant could reduce the impact of vaccines at a new outbreak threatened several countries. the un secretary general has appealed to world leaders to make a renewed commitment to fight climate change speaking a short while ago until you've called for urgent global action we need to make these correlation truly global interns formative you for the opted by every country seat the financial institution and company and on the world's a global coalition for governance no idea by 2050 can still prevent the worst the impacts of climate change but we cannot delay we are running out of time to meet temperature rise to $1.00 the cells use and build resilience to the impacts the. and they also need equal urgency elimination to less all we produce all foods and manage all water land in the oceans the world is failing to

would withdraw further troops, leaving only 2 1/2,0 -- 2,500 there.mplex history with a long history and any decisions on keeping or removing troops will have major ramifications for the country and for the region. perhaps that explains the delay in a decision being made. our chief international correspondent has been speaking to the secretary general of nato, jens. >> if your decision about when you leave hinges on the peace process, you could be in afghanistan for many years to come. it's a long road ahead, as you know. jens: absolutely. as i said, there are no easy options in afghanistan, and we face many difficult dilemmas. if we decide to stay beyond the first of may, we risk more violence against our troop and, of course, we risk the continued long-term development in the difficult operation in afghanistan. if we leave, we risk afghanistan once again becomes a safe haven for international terrorists, planning attacks against our own countries, as we saw on 9/11 and also losing all the gains that were made -- human rights, especially for women, o

troops in germany.iew it as president trump's attempt to punish his rival angela merkel. >> i'm looking at the cap imposed by the previous administration. being based in germany. >> nato this week, the press to u.s. to bolster troops in iraq and afghanistan. may 1st i'd like to withdraw all u.s. troops from afghanistan approaches. >> we are mindful of the looming deadlines. we want to do this methodically and deliberately. the united states will not undertake a hasty or disorderly withdrawal from afghanistan. that puts their forces or the alliance's reputation at risk. >> president trump pulled 10,000 troops from afghanistan reducing the number 22500 last year. this is the lowest level of american forces there since 2001. as the u.s. crosses the one year mark without a u.s. combat death in the country for the first time in two decades. the u.s. has 1,000 troops at nato headquarters, nearly 1,000 troops in cuba to guard for prisoners at guantanamo bay. 34,000 u.s. troops in germany, up to 65,000 in any g

the history of military operations worldwide you know when we see troops coming but for what's wrong then to go away to have to meet you know it's a baby quilt for us but we might see some changes because even by a friend standards death on hadn't resigned what it. and if you look at the west side. the french minister of defense. what the objectives this is about contrast the object that's what is to fight against terrorist groups you know and it has been now narrowed down to fight against at terrorist group in the you know your own there's the border gate and now the 2nd tree is that do you see what's the look at troops look at oddities do to you know upscale and their competence and that that money is to the needs so you don't see it 80 years that major change movements have been made and as you see the object is i'm not really. supporting you know head being you don't see. a finer point of the opposition even in the object so it can be even harder. and you know people that i like we see all of them on the means you and the results i saw they saw or so that something has to change

would withdraw further troops, leaving just 2500 there. speaking with a retired left tenant general who served as commander general of the u.s. army -- lieutenant general who served as commander of the u.s. army. he said troops should not be withdrawn on may 1. >> the conditions have not been met and i don't believe they will be met by may 1 for proper withdrawal. for sure, we are all going to have to do this together. we went in together. we have to come out together. secretary austen emphasized being together. so i think a decision is going to be made later about when we will pull out. ross: is there a risk that we went in together almost 20 years ago and will end up staying there together indefinitely? >> that's a great point and certainly nobody thinks we should stay there indefinitely. but i think meeti conditions and all of us agreeing on that, we have to do it in a way that does not expose the afghan government and especially afghan women and girls, whose life has changed thanks to nato's intervention, and third, we have to address

troops leave.g al qaeda is one thing, but precipitating the potential fall othe afghan government is a serious risk for ben. >> to actually be the president on whose watch a worsening of the civil war, degradation of rights for afghan women and others occurs, is a political risk to take. and i think if the u.s. did pull out completely, you would see a rapid unravelling of the current political order, and the security situation would worsen in afghanistan. and that's a tough thing to see happen on your watch. it could make what is not now much of a political issue at all a political issue that you have to deal with. >> reporter: away from the politics, the afghan security forces continue to try to hold the line, unsure as to how much supporthey will have in the coming months. america's war here is winding down while theirs continues. >> sreenivasan: finally, tonight, you might not know his name, but you will recognize his most famous sculpture. arturo di modica, who created wall street's charging bu

warns reports of troop buildup to could mean a calming crackdown. also coming not to stay and fight or abandon the war against the taliban in afghanistan nato defense ministers take up that crucial question in a summit today with no end in sight to the violence in the country. and street protests erupt after a spanish rapper is arrested for his controversial theory extend tweens if you cross the line into terrorism or was it just free speech. i'm sorry welcome to the program. demonstrators have returned in force to the streets of me on mars biggest city a young gong to protest against the country's military coup. now thousands of people have gathered to publicly oppose the power grab carried out by the country's military on february 1st they are demanding the country's imprisoned elected leaders be released and returned to power some have started what they are calling a broken down car campaign to block security forces heavily armored vehicles from patrolling these streets. and let's get more now we are joined from the on mars 2nd largest city manda

reviews in john hannity, alluded to hooker and the troop reviews, troop reviews were all those -- -- they attracted a great deal of attention interesting to follow their coverage in the press. because, newspaper accounts sometimes very detailed -- the large troop reviews. really keep the generals name, in the public eye, even when not much is really going on. it also gives the impression of a commander, who appears to be everywhere. it's seldom slap, they were almost daily dispatches about mcclelland was here. mcclelland was there. mcclelland is going to have to come up with a strategy. along with general scott. bo mcclelland figures, it's up to him rather than general scott. we will talk a little bit more about that, in a minute. on august 2nd, 1861 mcclelland writes -- memorandum and war policy. he talks about the need for military success, based on overwhelming strength. which is a many way, a modern -- 20th century idea. sounds like colin powell, go in with overwhelming strength. very much so, the proposed force of 273,000 men. mcclelland critics, of course have often ridiculed t

both civilian and military personnel in the region now would be attempt by chuck to send in 1000 troops to support regional armies according to some reports many experts here believe that that would be enough any potential withdrawal by french forces would leave a huge vacuum vacuum in terms of military personnel and hardware as well as intelligence which the chaldean forces over there but to harden from their own civil war and fighting many bottles in the region may not have the necessary intelligence and hardware to deal with the onslaught by the armed groups in the region now moving judge and forces away from fox sports like the region regional forces are buckley. and i swap will mean that they'll be less concentration on less attention to the fight against boko haram and i saw in the region bordering nigeria . and is yet a public which of course when mean that the armed groups operating in that area may have a loophole to exploit in the region. reporter for inside story. france has been heavily involved in military operations aimed at stabilizing the region one year ago france agree

troops from germany. the united states is ready to engage with the world again that was joe biden's message from the marble tolls of washington state department biden that means foreign policy must be grounded in a multilateral world rather than a defense of america's interests that puts america 1st america is back diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy so the u.s. will once more try to find solutions to the world's problems like in yemen dubbed the world's worst humanitarian crisis years of conflict has destroyed much of the country killing hundreds of thousands of people and leaving more near starvation the u.s. has given tact backing to one side of that war no more says biden. this war has to end and to underscore our commitment we are a new all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arms sales the move represents a broader shift in u.s. policy previous administrations have been accused of siding with authoritarian nations in the name of stabilit

troops from germany. the united states is ready to engage with the world again that was dr biden's message from the mob of holes of washington state department biden this means foreign policy must be grounded in the multilateral wote rather than in defense of america's interests that puts america 1st america is back to plumb lucy is back at the center of our foreign policy. so the us will once more try to find solutions to the world's problems like in yemen the world would she managed crisis years of conflict of destroyed much of the country killing hundreds of thousands of people and leaving more need starvation. the us has given tacit backing to one side of that war no more says biden this war has to end and to underscore our commitment we are in need all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arms sales biden also said he's ministrations diplomacy will involve a clear defense of democracy he called on me and my us generals to surrender power . and he signaled a

well in general the french troops based where they see their most sense and they are based in these 5 countries but they are focused mainly on the tri border area between the discrete countries of mali media and book enough also we have currently the most there's the most violence and most instability we know that france has been in the region now for 8 years 5000 troops on the ground germany is pleading for a more nonmilitary solution to this situation i mean does this solution does it have to be either or. well this is certainly a simplistic way of putting it and i think. both germany and france as well as they european partners wouldn't put it in that way and i don't suppose i just wanted to hear them so that using stay all emphasized military civilian means and development m.s.s. but but indeed this illusion doesn't lie. what has been so far dominance of a military approach so what would you say is the german approach then to helping basically get rid of the terror threat in the sahil region. well i mean their main focus is on strengthening governance and strengthening their secur

troops from 23 states were stationed in washington.he national guard to find out byal how much but they couldn't give us numbers or wouldn't. we do no more states have sent troops since last week. you may have seen the video of soldiers getting off buses downtown near the capitol. national guard leadership wouldn't tell us what they are doing there. "for operational security reasons, we will not get into specific g details of the ongoig mission." oh, soldiers in our capital but we don't have a right to know got it. the governor of illinois was not so shy. he laid it out very clearly. in a press release announcing the deployment of more soldiers to washington d.c., he explained that "we must root out the dark forces of racism, white supremacy, and disinformation that have created this moment." let that sink in. the military has been deployed to washington, d.c., to fight disinformation. so, say something a democratic governor doesn't like and he will send troops. does that sound like the country that you grew up in? it probably doesn't.

warns reports of troop buildup scrutiny a crackdown is imminent also coming up to stay and fight or abandon the war against the taliban in afghanistan nato defense ministers take up that crucial question and a summit today with no end in sight to beilenson the country. and why tourist hotels in berlin are opening their doors to homeless people this winter pandemic means there's room to spend. oh i'm terry martin good to have you with us demonstrators have returned in force to the streets of myanmar's biggest city and gone to protest against the country's military coup they've been holding some of the biggest street demonstrations yet to oppose the power grab carried out by the country's military on february 1st some have started what they're calling a broken down car campaign 2 blocks curity forces vehicles from patrolling the streets. all for the very latest let's bring in activist q.q. tall in yangon gone thanks for being with us 1st of all the human. rights expert on myanmar has warned the prospect of major violence there today you or in young gone what's the situation there. that's a go

troops in germany. second defense secretary austin will be leading a global posture review of our forces so that our military footprint is appropriately aligned with our foreign policy and national security priorities it will be coordinated across all elements of our national security was secretary austin secretary blinken work in close cooperation and while this review is taking place will be stopping any plan trooper drawls from germany. let's bring in correspondent all of assad from in washington all of a good to see you the u.s. president joe biden has announced a freeze on troop deployment to replumb and from germany how significant is that. well tell me germany has been a very important nato partner of the united states throughout the last decades and the u.s. currently has some 36000 troops stationed in germany now donald trump's plan was to pull out one 3rd off this troop size that would have meant a certainly a big blow for transatlantic relations it was then understood as an act of revenge for

which is one of the key areas where the troops were in contact. and now disengaging and pulling back to agree to stations now these tensions have been running for about 9 months daryn as you correctly point out there's other points of tension as well should we assume then this is the beginning of the end of these tensions between both sides. well it would be tempting to assume that. because you know it this is been going on for a very long time with high levels of tension between 2 nuclear on super pots but the truth is that there is no announcement yet about pullbacks in other positions if it is something that the 2 sides have agreed would be done in the fields manner and there is an agreement about it that's welcome but right now there is no announcement for the key area we're. going from titian's taking place still is the depth some play in which is the northernmost part of. what is the karakoram faults which chinese troops have included about 15 to 18 kilometers inside indian territory that's a dense area because the chinese believe that the i

it was donald trump who ordered the removal of american troops in germany he accused berlin a fellow nato member of making a fortune off u.s. soldiers and also of not contributing enough to the alliance but plans were islam by germany which the scribe it is weakening europe security infrastructure. this week military officials announced the arrival of more than 200 u.s. air force personnel in norway the 1st ever deployment to the country will to include a squadron is reported to the 2 assists bomber training flights in the region. well to discuss the developments i'm happy to welcome live on to the program brian becker from the war coalition brian good to see you donald trump's plans for troop withdrawal their own hold know what direction do you think the new u.s. administration is going to take regarding overseas military adventures is what's happening today a pretty big clue. it's a very big clue let's let's think it what's about what's at stake here the united states was going to with drug 12000 troops from germany why are they in germany world war 2 ended 75 years ago 75 years ag

i wanted to stay with the troops. so when they had taken me out of assignments before they said we've got to have you back. i'd become the national security advisor. i need you here. i said you are doing it to me again. and then i did one of the dumbest things i've done as if i didn't know what the answer was. i said if i'm that important, why didn't the president call. and as i walked away from the phone, about 15 minutes later the phone rings. hello? how are you, this is ronald reagan. i'm in the kitchen and i said yes, mr. president. he said we really need you back here. he became the national security advisor at the end of the term andon then later went back to te military in terms of commanding troops but then get appointed by george herbert walker bush to be the chairman of the joint chiefs. did you ever think that would happen? >> i fell into a great relationship with not only frank but the then vice president bush especiallyre with reagan and the way it happened we were having a meeting in the situation room r

colored troops. u.s. ct, not us. they were not regular troops. they were special troops. u.s. troops. many of the veterans of the civil war stayed around and wanted to continue to serve. but as we had talked about before, there was an effort to move them out of service, get them out of uniform. some were able to hang on, often taking reductions in rank and coming back in as regular privates, even though they had been sergeants and sergeants major and color sergeants during the time of war. very classic illustration of this effort to try to cast them out even when they had earned the right to bear arms and the right to serve the nation and the right to be free. but the creation of four black regiments where the troops were all black, the officers were all white, two in the cavalry and two in the infantry joined the regular army force, which was not very large at that time. i don't remember the total number of regiments that were available to the army, but it's not very large. and given that four of these regiments, two cavalry, the 9th and 10th cavalry, and two infantry, the 24

that unifying message of support for troops.akes something like 9/11 for half the country to support our military. this is ridiculous. >> tucker: it's a betrayal. you are exactly right. you must feel it, especially acutely. joey john, i appreciate you coming on tonight. thank you. >> thanks, tucker. >> tucker: that's it for us tonight. again, happy monday. the show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink. in the meantime, sean hannity takes a look from new york from new york. >> sean: vaccines and terrorists first. america last. tucker, thank you. pretty sick here will cover that tonight. welcome to "hannity." once again tonight we are tracking multiple developing stories this hour including a big update where the biden administration website to give this covid-19 vaccine to terrorists pushing them to the front of the line. america last ahead of you, the millions of law-abiding americans. and i guess this is the new informed policy, they get along joke mentality. and away also tonight we have bombsh

troops, why jeopardize all of those gains, for so few trips, we have not lost a troop for a year.ink in the end that u.s. will decide that the gains they made are worth trying to keep? reporter: the gains of the last 20 years have become a rather controversial phrase here. sometimes people paint a picture of afghanistan, which quite frankly depending on who is talking, is described from disneyland to a figment of the imagination. clearly, the afghanistan today is not the afghanistan of 2001. i remember back then, there was not a single international telephone line in this country. girls were not going to school. kabul was a >> place. -- kabul was a wrecked place. you still have millions of girls not going to school. a period in which there are these waves of targeted assassinations, afghans simply do not feel safe on the streets. one young afghan after another is leaving the country or thinking of leaving. the press -- the question is, under this deal, the u.s. is supposed to pull out all of its are many forces. i heard this from senior american military officers. the taliban will

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or coalition troops. if there is a withdrawal of the troops, there is a lot a concern, and we have expressed that in some of our reports, at the afghan government, particularly afghan military, which is doing 99% of the fighting right now, will be hard-pressed. and because we are still there, we still have a tremendous ability to help defend the afghan government and troops and we noted in our quarterly report, the number of aerosols by our military has increased this last quarter. that is in support of the afghan military police. at that air support is gone, the afghans do not have the capability really to defend themselves in that area or at least as well with our forces. there is concern about that. the bigger concern is the funding. the afghan government cannot survive without u.s. and donors's support. they raised about $2.6 billion a year and my understanding, so that i get the numbers right, their annual budget shortfall is about $6 billion-$8 billion. that shortfall is paid for by us. if we stop t

there are now if in thousands of troops have been sent since we're now at about 5100 troops since 2039 although the french government say that they have had many wins against armed groups in the region particularly against the against al-qaeda in the islamic magreb killing many prominent leaders of france has also suffered some devastating losses some 55 a soldiers have been killed in combat now as that goes on it makes it very difficult indeed for france a lot more complicated because public opinion here in france is turning against france's involvement in the silane fact recent opinion poll said that more than half of french people were questioning why france was in the sile thought it would be better to withdraw because the cost in terms of human lives and economically is being seen as far too high now the french presence of matter what might cause argued until now that what happens in the style has an impact on europe because. instability in the syal affects libya and libya is seen as a stepping stone if you like to the e.u. a place through which are people in arms are trafficked a

troops and yet those u.s. troops $700.00 of them have all been pulled out by the united states by the trumpet ministration they had all left by january was it mistake of the trumpet ministration to pull out those forces it is true the u.s. troops have been pulled out and relocated rather or preposition. from there cross the border into neighboring countries. and but that doesn't change the operations security operations the joint security operations in somalia you were on a recent trip to the united states so you must be quite glad to see the back of the trumpet ministration not only do they pull out the troops you have the trump travel ban somalia was on the list of islamic an african countries that couldn't come to the u.s. and you remember president trump himself use that vulgar language to describe african countries are are is your government of the people of somalia glad to see donald trump is no longer in the white house the government of somalia strong and historical relationship with the go mint of the

in ethiopia rights groups saying ever trained troops killed hundreds of people in the to bribe region and misty international stays to massacre may constitute war crimes against humanity. and to put african football in its playing the role that they have a message for the youngsters back home want to fondle in their footsteps. hello i'm christine one but it's good to have your company the human rights organization amnesty international space it has evidence that eritrean troops massacred hundreds of people in ethiopia rolled into grad region last november it used witness accounts and satellite images to document the atrocities the reports suggest that eritrea and troops carried out war crimes in their attempts to take control from ripples in the region talking to one of the old authentic reports off of this. this family. they've escaped the fighting in ethiopia. and to found shelter in sudan. w. news met them back in november when they just arrived. coconuts and as a player we cried and our children cried with us and they wept in front of us so i think just as shooting started while w

that france will keep its troops in the south for now the end also meant was greeted with relief. under. the pressure. especially with the chaldean battalion starting from the coming days and weeks to lead concrete operations in gain control he says continued presence however will depend on how committed countries are in the region to taking back control of their territories nearly 8 years after a centrists troops to confront. france is looking for a way out its oppressions in the sale of cost billions of $1.55 of his soldiers have been killed there are increasing signs that the violence is getting worse and spreading to west africa's cost of living. it's now up to the so-called g 5 group of countries to step up their military commitment to govern to the continued participation of the french. chad or the most battle hardened force of all says it's sending an additional $1200.00 soldiers its leaders say the fight against extremism in the area cannot be won by military might alone. as we all know the success of the fight against terrorism is strongly linked to development actions my

just before inauguration national guard troops swarmed many capitals throughout the country in the size you know having a presence in washington d.c. just before biden was sworn in there were more than 26000 national guard troops in the nation's capital city but they weren't sent packing after the 20th right now there are roughly 7000 guard troops providing security that number is expected to be reduced to some 5000 come march and now according to an internal immelt leaks to the press troops could stay through the fall of 2021 the e-mail also reveals a meeting on feb 17th or question the department of defense to engage with capitol police were guarding post march 12th support according to pentagon spokesman john kirby the defense secretary is directing commanding officers across the military to select a date for a one day stand down to discuss military extremism he understands that a one day stand across a force isn't going to miss you know as in the solve everything but it might bring to light concerns and experiences that were otherwise not aware and he was informed by his own experie

to the withdrawal of troops thousands of u.s. troops from germany. sector defense secretary austin will be leading a global posture review of our forces so that our military footprint is appropriately aligned with our foreign policy and national security priorities it will be coordinated across all elements of our national security was secretary austin and secretary blinken working in close cooperation and while this review is taking place will be stopping any plan trooper drawls from germany. let's bring in correspondent all of assad from in washington all of a good to see you the u.s. president joe biden has announced a freeze on troop deployment a redeployment for all the from germany how significant is that. well tell me germany has been a very important nato partner of the united states' role in the last decades and the u.s. currently has some 36000 troops stationed in germany now donald trump's plan was to pull out one 3rd off this troop size that would have meant of certainly a big blow for transatlantic relations it was then understood as an

functions but despite the show of defiance that seems to continue regardless of whether there are troops on the ground or warnings from the military journal there is a concern and a fear that the situation could escalate particularly because those troops and those soldiers on the ground now are very visible are mostly from a unit known for their quite brutal campaigns against ethnic minority and protests in the past. has been pushed notes away. and the idea of what's going to. once again everything's up in the air and it's very unclear particularly because that military government keeps moving the goal posts whether it comes to rules for the protesters or the legal system or anything in general because they can then. lawyers say well the state has been set for wednesday it's still unclear whether it will be moved again or whether she will even be given a chance to appear in front of the courts now the gentiles presumably very concerned about any kind of appearance for her in a public forum even if she doesn't speak just having her visible as she is seen as the symbol of the democratic mo

the previous administration actually in these include reversing trumps the decision to withdraw all troops from u.s. troops from germany ending support for saudi arabia's military operations in yemen and making l g q politics an integral part of actually american foreign policy and now biden claims that all these policies that the white is that the white house is going to be undertaking is going to bring america back he's made that clear. america is back to plumb lucy is back at the center of our foreign policy as i said of mine are going to address we will repair our alliances in gage's with the world once again not to meet yesterday's challenges but today's and tomorrow's biden said he's going to bring america back but the question we have to ask is back to what we heard one perspective from the former secretary of state mike pompei oh who actually seemed a bit pessimistic about it. back does the mean back to when isis controlled a caliphate in syria that was the size of britain i don't think the american people can afford to go back to 8 more years of barack obama's foreign policy i hop

troops from germany on that insulates in the program. a pandemic is seeing dozens of covert patients being shuffled between hospitals in the u.k. due to a shortage of intensive care beds in january alone the n.h.s. transferred nearly 39 patients a day double the number seen during the 1st wave we spoke with a health care consultant who's seen the crisis 1st hand i guess this shows 2 things shows the scale of the kind to make and how much was the 2nd wave is the 1st just way project and how it's affecting different parts of the country at different rates it also shows the real strengths of the national health service in the country circles the country are able to create they can offer mutual aid and support each of the parts of the country or culture so that this is what additional services built to do mutual aid which would be very difficult than any other sort of system the u.k. is only just coming over the peak of the 2nd wave although the daily rate of infections remains high it's around $20000.00 the total number of confirmed cases o

country on monday and overnight or authorities rist strict access to the internet while deploying troops to major cities but that hasn't deterred protesters crowds have also gathered in front of the chinese embassy they were accusing beijing of supporting me and mars crew dieter's let's bring in difficult calling for an update of years following developments from hong kong for us and we're hearing that security forces have opened fire on protesters in mandalay to what more can you tell us about that. that's right from what we understand they were getting reports that both security forces the police and soldiers are firing indiscriminately at crowds to try and disperse crowds in mandalay it's still unclear whether they're using live fire or rubber bullets and it's also unclear whether they're firing at the crowds or in the air to try and get all the protesters to disperse now as you know madeleine is the 2nd biggest city in burma in myanmar and it's also one of the cities where the protest movement has been quite strong and in a man march largest city of the on gone for the 1st time since