Us president ali trump has accused germany of not pulling its weight in the Nato Alliance and now hes taking action against it hes ordered a major scaling back of the u. S. Military presence there maybe 12000 troops a 3rd of those based in germany will be withdrawn around half will be sent to other bases in europe the rest will head back to the United States the european command and special operations h. Q. Would also be moved from germany to belgium and the changes are expected to cost the u. S. Billions of dollars as anyone can see the repositioning of our forces in europe constitutes a major strategic and positive shift wholly in line with the n. D. S. And consistent with other adjustments to the United States just the United States has made within nato in previous times. These changes will achieve the Core Principles of enhancing u. S. And nato deterrence to russia strengthening nato reassuring allies and improving u. S. Strategic flexibility thats enough from a white house course when it comes to how could he who has more on this decision there is broad concern about this move even from some members of the president s own Republican Party who agree with the president and his assertion that germany has not been paying its fair share of nato obligations but they also believe that this has offered stability having u. S. Troops positioned there and thats why many are concerned still the u. S. President not only giving us a clear picture of what this is going to look like knowing that there will be a withdrawal of at least 12000. 00 troops that it will be a mix of army and air force soldiers but also giving us a clearer picture of why the u. S. President speaking from the white house as he left and departed for texas very angry pointing the finger at germany saying that for too long he believes that it is taken the United States for granted you have to remember theres a u. S. Election in november and the timeline we understand for this will take far beyond that so in terms of whether or not this will really happen its still unclear the u. S. President says that hes pushing ahead but again that may not be the case should his opponent in the upcoming president ial election joe biden win the white house a dog mccain is in berlin and says the German Government to be expecting this move for some time. Instant reaction from parliament from the conservative chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee. An influential member of angle americas ruling conservatives here in germany saying that rather than strengthening nato in europe he believes that this decision will weaken nato within europe and clearly people have been expecting that there would be Something Like this for some considerable time given the sorts of language coming from the trumpet ministration for many years to trumpet ministration angry with germany for its failure to meet the 2 percent of its budget on defense the interesting thing here is that the fear of this troop withdrawal extends far within germany so for Prime Ministers of states which have big u. S. Bases in them have already taken the step of writing to members of the United States congress to see if they could do whatever can be done to reduce the damage a withdrawal of u. S. Troops of u. S. Bases would have on their states within the federal republic and clearly overall the German Government is frustrated by the sorts of language its been hearing from the u. S. Government and this step now will not encourage them will not help them in their mission to try to mend fences as it were with the u. S. Government. Now the c. E. O. s of amazon apple facebook and google have begun defending their businesses against the u. S. Congress theyve been accused of antitrust practices including buying out competitors and unfairly dominating the Online Advertising market the c. E. O. Has collectively run Companies Worth a total of almost 5 trillion dollars testimony of Video Conference is being seen as one of the most aggressive shows against Tech Companies in decades lets cross to allan fisher who joins us live for more in the hearing from washington d. C. And i know this was in a way you could say that this is how they get on today will shape their future relationship with the government. When youre this close to an election im not entirely sure that that would be the case nic but certainly theyre making a point here that the giants have perhaps too much power the antitrust committee has been investigating them for several months there been a number of hearings this is the 1st time they get the 4 big tech c. E. O. s to sit down not in the room you wont see them standing there putting their hands up all in a line this is all going to be done virtually im just looking over to see if the committee has actually started it was due to kickoff at the top of the hour it hasnt yet theres a surprise theyre going to talk about whether or not these tech giants have essentially throttled the competition and whether that impacts consumers but given that there are 15 members of the subcommittee theyll be allowed 5 minutes of questions and then its up to the chairman whether or not theyll be another round you can expect that theyre going to venture into things that are slightly off the beaten path but certainly questions that would entrust lawmakers and also interest the general public as well they will ask google whether or not they suppress advertising on their sites whether the fiddle around with the algorithms to make sure that the advertising is promotes google more than anyone else the last facebook about its dominant position in social media they will talk to apple too about whether or not issues this dominant position in its apps tour and whether or not it charges too Much Commission for those who want to get on to their platform and of course amazon is well i have the impacting 3rd Party Sellers on their site when as a big question for jeff bezos who also happens to be the richest man in the well be can guarantee that theyre going to go into things like fake news and whether or not facebook has promoted things like the most recent thing of the doctor standing in front of this building capitol hill and talking about covert 1000 when it turns out that a lot of that was completely wrong and was pool done but only after 14000000 people had either of you did or should it so theres a lot of questions for these tech c. E. O. s this isnt going to be an easy right and what about twitter and the Commerce Department seeking clarification on what should be allowed to be taken down how is that allowed to play out. Jack dorsey the c. E. O. Of twitter not on the panel that we have to say but certainly what is interesting is that from an executive order signed in me the Commerce Department has no i asked the federal Communications Commission about whether or not it needs to change section 23 or of a 1996 act so youre thinking whats the big deal about that well essentially this pretext Tech Companies if you put something on a social media forum that attacks donald trump or joe biden or flatter me or puton and they take it dont you then cant sue that company so what donald trump would like is the opportunity to do that this is part of his fight against twitter weve seen over the last couple of months where just the other day he was talking about trending and a lot of it as lies about donald trump but also twitters also pulled some of his tweets because they say they were misleading and theyve also fact check some of his tweets donald trump doesnt like that and so hes going after the the the tech giant by going through the federal Communications Commission is this likely to change before the election highly unlikely the f. C. C. Will take some time to go through even though it has an inbuilt republican majority but even if it does decide to do something the tech giants are going to go to court and say look the government cant get involved in this this is a freedom of speech issue this is 1st amendment and if you want to change the law then youve got to go through congress and theres new up to take to take their own at the moment but given that this is all going on just as the tech giants are jus to appear on capitol hill this is donald trump firing a warning shot across the bows of all the tech giants were watching you and you better behave still got a long way to run your business or allan thanks very much allan fisher there in washington. Some countries and cities in asia have praise for effectively tackling the pandemic and now raising the alarm of a new infections hong kongs leader is also warning the city is on the verge of a large scale outbreak in the Hospital System as it is a risk of collapsing vietnam says every city and province is at risk of an outbreak of being virus free for months. Vietnam has been viewed as a Success Story during the coded 1000 pandemic through centralized quarantine and strict Contact Tracing the country of 95000000 people had no deaths from the disease with the borders sealed the government encouraged to travel. But things took a turn for the worse last weekend when the central city of the neighing was hit by an outbreak the 1st cases of local transmission in months the city was locked down and domestic tourists were sent home just before the airport was shut for 2 weeks and now there are cases linked to demand in vietnams 2 largest cities and city and even in the Central Highlands the Prime Minister has called on all regions to be on alert but in the old provinces and doing high risk all provinces should raise their level chairman and general secretaries of each province should take action how should the entire political system one case in the capital who know it was a worker at a pizza restaurant who had returned from a trip to denying despite these cases some feel that the government has the ability to control the potential next wave of covert 19. Ministry of health has gained much more experience in combating to virus and its face wave this time i think them also pos quite soon because we have experience and in hong kong which so far has been spared from a high number of cases the citys leader is warning of a potential large scale outbreak after local transmissions surged the most strict measures since the outbreak began were enacted on wednesday for at least a week no gatherings of more than 2 people and no dining in restaurants. Thailand has also been viewed as a Success Story with no locally transmitted cases in more than 60 days time officials are no doubt looking nervously at their neighbors after these recent spikes in cases of cope at 19 thats because the government here has also encouraged Domestic Travel and tourism to help the ailing economy aljazeera bangkok the u. K. Government has been criticised by and saying m. P. s for discharging thousands of patients from hospitals into care homes without testing them 1st across Party Committee report says the initial decision was reckless and appalling and accuse ministers of being slow to support social care during the crisis around 25000 patients were sent to k. Homes in england in march and april to free up hospital beds. The World Food Program is warning at least 40000000 people could go hungry in latin america this year as the region reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic thats more than 4 times the number of people who experienced severe Food Insecurity last year many of those at risk all informal workers who make up a large part of that americas workforce u. N. Agency is aging governments to expand relief efforts codependent make has just been devastating in latin america i mean were already dealing with economic deterioration in many different issues but covert has come on top of it just in the areas where p. In this region alone weve seen a substantial increase in overall 11000000 people that are marching toward the brink of starvation so was devastated and its why we must act and we must act now so that we can bring some pope to people of the political destabilization mass migration economic deterioration supply Chain Disruption that many people starve in addition to covert itself what is a pandemic and not to the americas shows no sign of easing governments which had started to reopen their economies are facing the prospect of renewed or extended lock downs on republican reports now from mexico city. One of the biggest concerns specifically where we are right now is that it is striking that balance between the health of the public and the health of the economy its a problem that countries all over the world are facing but mexico continues to to see worsening contagion happen at the same time were seeing the economy start to open up here in mexico city and in several other parts of the country and what were hearing from Public Health policy experts is that while that is necessary the gains made in terms of poverty relief in mexico could have easily been a race for the past 10 years 10 years worth of gains erased because of the pandemic there is a sort of sense that theres an inevitability that a lockdown a new renewed lockdown will happen here in mexico city in other parts of the country and thats happening in several other countries in latin america were placing were keeping a close eye on colombia for example which has just recently surpassed 9000. 00 deaths nationwide and the government has Just Announced that the lockdown there will be extended through august 30th but again this is something thats happening in several countries across latin america an extension to lockdowns an extension to calls for quarantine and even renewed lockdowns were gains were being made economy started to open back up but now are being forced to go back into lockdown. So the hood here on i would say are those temperatures rise across iraq i mean good for rolling power cuts as richard pointed. And dying defending the environment well find out why hundreds of rockets missiles being killed in the last year. And then will very active weather across much of china eastwards towards japan plenty of time steaming east was over the last few hours now as we go through thursday the rain is very much in the forecast but not quite as heavy across the Korean Peninsula and to. Through home she that could be some heavy downpours later in the day but as i say its know generally but the rains a very scattered throughout much of central and Southern China wanted to show how this is all 3 beijing on into them by friday you can see we should have a much better than across the Korean Peninsula and eventually pushing through Northern Areas of hong kong. And also further to the south so they friday across into hong kong and plenty of weather across much of south asia the clouds give you an idea where these rains of course have been some thunderstorms in the mix as well as a bangladesh over 3900000 people that are being directly impacted by these flood waters people who have been flooded but also in many cases the homes have been destroyed this more rain is they go through a not quite as heavy across bangladesh but its going to be to the north east. And some particularly heavy downpours the day across much of maharashtra we could have some flooding in mumbai and then through friday is some the story with those rains extending right there down the western ghats. During a moment in time. The line. People are pretty calm and there is. Someone else is. The real life inspiring. Action. On aljazeera. But again youre watching out for her and her mind about top stories in the United States the nelson patrol of 12000. 00 troops from germany nearly half will be repositioned to other locations in europe Officials Say the move will cost billions of dollars and take years to come. See those of amazon apple facebook and google are set to defend their businesses against the u. S. Congress and theyre expected to be questioned about antitrust rights this. Being virus free for months vietnam is bracing for a wave of coded 19 infections dozens of cases being reported in the central city of denying meanwhile hong kongs leader kerry land says its Hospital System could face collapse as it deals with a rise in the case. The annual muslim pilgrimage to mecca known as has begun under very different circumstances this year millions usually travel to saudi arabia for the 1st time in modern history worshippers from abroad are not allowed to take part to our shell as a 3. Theyve been coming in their millions every year from all over the world muslim pilgrims fulfilling a lifetime dream to perform one of their religions 5 main pillars. The sea of people waves upon waves and gulf in the city of mecca has become an image synonymous with the holy city. But this year its completely different the coronavirus pandemic has meant that pilgrims are not able to travel saudi authorities have put under lockdown theyve said only 1000. 00 people will be allowed to perform hajj all of them either nationals or residents of saudi arabia. The annual pilgrimage is a huge source of revenue for the saudi government although there is little transparency from riyadh on how much exactly it brings in estimates put the figure in the billions of dollars. Losing out on that as well as all the money from those who would usually perform the smaller pilgrimage of alright during the rest of the year is a big setback i think its very significant because so here your standing and influence in the islamic world is mainly that ive found 2 factors that guest one is being the host and the custodian at the door on him was and the organizer of the mosque and what that ritual and religious ritual is ill just ice 2020 has already been a tough year for the kingdom with oil prices reaching an all time low after a trade war with russia that saw the price of a barrel go as low as 27. 00 to make things even worse the covert 19 pandemic has increased economic pressure on saudi arabia even more forcing the government to increase taxes and reduce salaries while many are commending saudi authorities for their decision to prohibit pilgrims to travel to mecca this year there are those who are critical questions are being asked about how the 1000 people being allowed to perform hajj are chosen and will there be a Fair Distribution of house passes to all nationalities living in the kingdom and so now or thirties have failed to provide any information. In the past people of scrutinize saudi arabia for failing to deal with the huge crowds that converge on the holy city on far too many occasions people have died due to stampede or failure by the government to safeguard the security like when a construction crane fell on worshippers in 2015 this year the criticism is over the odds failure to deal with small crowds in a clear and transparent manner. Are just. Yemens president has named a leader of the Southern Transitional council as the new governor after the. Just say theyre giving up attempts at self rule and work on a stalled peace deal yet he says its to give an opportunity to end a rift among the allies the announcement follows one by saudi arabia saying it will present ways to implement last years power sharing deal between rival factions in the south say a closer look at these Southern Transitional council which has been waging whats been described as a war within yemens complex civil war in all its fighters seize a southern port city of aden the temporary seat of yemens internationally recognized government in april its forces declared a state of emergency saying they needed to tackle covert 19 and proclaimed self rule in a other southern provinces they accuse the government of corruption and failing to provide basic services to forces allies against the who tees in the north since 2015 but have been battling each other for control and the ultimate secession of the south. Is yemen who thier fares that lesson he says the move could lead to further fighting between the separatists and the government. From the beginning of the start of the clashes and when the creation of this. By the United Arab Emirates and the latest agreement riyadh all that was actually. Made bland because now if you see the house as they say cancel the. Declination but now they have ceased in that so called legitimate government so they are recognized by the International Community and this was actually the main goal for the United Arab Emirates because now United Arab Emirates actually they can continue with their plan under the nose of the government. And if you see i mean even know that now they have canceled this because ration of silver all they still are actually a separatist group and their goal is to separate them and thats why i think they will continue in their plan for a separation of yemen and what they get now is an international coalition. Either from highly or from the saudi Left Coalition go ahead with any steps for the separation of yemen with with their many government already government i believe that we will see more clashes in south of yemen and i mean you can see from the beginning of the war it was one government had a government and then it was United Arab Emirate who have actually created the government and made this group and i believe that all those clashes and even here in sanaa they believe that all that lies between those 2 groups and the disagreement is because a plan by the Saudi Coalition and its clearly now that United Arab Emirate were going to see in the coming days will they withdraw from key areas. Turkeys parliament has passed a controversial social media law but human Rights Groups warn it will give the government even more control over the media landscape sites like facebook and twitter will be required to have local representatives in turkey that also need to store users data inside the country make it easier for prosecutors in authority to access the companies could face fines or essentially be blocked under the new law. Protesters across southern iraq are demanding stable electricity supplies last week temperatures in southern iraq reached 54 degrees centigrade thats the highest ever recorded the increased demand on the grid has led to frequent power cuts so manifold reports now from baghdad. Under bugged out scorching sun electricity workers go from house to house to collect their dues government electricity in iraq is heavily subsidized husseins monthly bill is 16. 00 but like most iraqis People Living in this neighborhood only get a few hours of electricity per day during the summer and amid rising temperatures their anger at the government is boiling over by oh. Look at me im swishing you talking to me and im full of sweet from 2003 into a no god brought these people promise as a punishment we. Sleep so its a state of the. When the government cuts electricity the family relies on the neighborhoods private Generator Company that costs the family 4 times as much as they pay the government but the power from the generator is not enough to run the air conditioner so everyone gathers in the living room where only an old air cooler and a fan of her responded from the heat next door husseins wife prepares the familys lunch with only a small fan to battle the heat tell you this hour every hour the power cuts and we have to run to turn off all the appliances including the fridge and the freezer if i want to run the washing machine i have to turn off Everything Else its so difficult. The family would be willing to pay more for government electricity if supply was stable some accuse the private Generator Companies of exploiting people by charging high tariffs but this provider says his price does not cover the cost of fuel and maintenance theyre going to get it done so we are not the ones deciding on the price we charge per ampere thats decided by the mayor and local council and the income is not enough. The poor state of iraqs Power Infrastructure is the result of decades of war corruption and mismanagement rapid population growth has for added pressure on the grid. Its 48 degrees celsius today and in the hour that weve been filming here electricity has cut 3 times the previous electricity minister told al jazeera a few months ago that the government had added 3500 megawatt to the grid since 2800. 00 increasing capacity by 22 percent but many people here say that theyre not seeing the difference on the ground earlier this month the parliament formed a committee to investigate corruption in the ministry of electricity the Prime Minister also announced a deal to import electricity from the gulf but that will take time. And i wish there was a magic solution but unfortunately many years of sabotage corruption and mismanagement cant be solved. Its not fair to ask a government thats been in power for 3 months to pay the bill for the pillaging committed by previous groups and governments as the power cuts push many iraqis to the brink of exhaustion confidence that Prime Minister mr. Government can resolve deeply rooted structural issues is melting away leaving many iraqis to find other ways to escape the stifling heat. Simona faulty now just that it out. Hundreds of people were killed last year for defending the environment and in some cases for protecting their Ancestral Lands most of the attacks happened in latin america and all this is according to reports by the Environmental GroupGlobal Witness out of more than 200. 00 reported killings 64. 00 in colombia and dozens more in brazils Amazon Region in the philippines the majority of its 43. 00 murders were linked to agriculture thats an increase of more than 40 percent compared to the year before the report outlines the escalation may be linked to activists becoming more outspoken in fighting Climate Change illegal mining and deforestation what is it now from rachel cox who is a campaigner at Global Witness and she says big business and governments responsible for the increase in violence against environmental activists. Much of what is driving a taxi in canberra in the philippines is also driving attacks elsewhere in the world communities on the front lines of business projects are speaking out against pollution environmental damage or displacement caused by business projects unethical Business Culture and Global Consumer demands together drive a kind of small cost big profit mentality which sees businesses seeking to buy atlanta cheaply and quickly without ensuring affected communities are properly consulted or compensated so behind many of the attacks. Trends also in the restriction of of civil space and by that i mean the ability of communities to peacefully protest or voice criticism against government or companies. And were seeing increasing use of force both by state force a is by private. Private act to kind of quietly sabotage the freedoms of communities that speak out so you know weve seen that particularly when it comes to the philippines in recent legislation thats been passed that the anti terror laws are what you need governments to really label any critics as a terrorist and you know as unbelievable as that sounds that climb activists today can be deemed as a threat to National Security we know that just last week members of legitimate human rights organizations people that they were witnesses worked with have seen their faces parted on posters calling them terrorists. In thailand Wildlife Conservation is have released reverend go and still images of 3 new male indochinese tigers and they were taken in the western forests region of the pitches were captured by camera traps and moved to show the animals roaming at night according to the groups this is the 1st time a species has been seen in the region in 4 years there are only about 3100 well tigers in the world with about 160 of them in thailand. So this is observed these are the top stories and the United States has announced the withdrawal of 12000. 00 troops from germany nearly half will be repositioned to other locations of europe Officials Say the move will cost billions of dollars and to years to complete. As anyone can see the repositioning of our forces in europe constitutes a major strategic and positive shift wholly in line with the n. D. S. And consistent with other adjustments to the United States just much the United States has made within nato in previous times these changes will achieve the Core Principles of enhancing u. S. And nato deterrence of russia strengthening nato reassuring allies and improving u. S. Strategic flexibility the u. S. Department of Homeland Security says federal officers will start pulling out of the u. S. City of portland after months of protests they were called in to help control anti racism and Police Brutality demonstrators. Were quickly shifted towards their presence in claims they were using Excessive Force and a call or a force into the state troopers will take over the policing of the protests. Donald trump has threatened to issue executive orders that would in his words bring fairness to major Tech Companies his tweet comes as a c. E. O. Is of amazon apple facebook and google is set to defend their businesses at a u. S. Congressional hearing theyre expected to be questioned about antitrust practices. Its being virus free for months vietnam is bracing for a wave of covert 9000 infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of denying meanwhile hong kongs lead to carry says its Hospital System could face collapse as it deals with shop rise in cases. The World Food Program is warning at least 14000000 people could go hungry in latin america this year as the region reels from the impact of the creative us pandemic thats more than 4 times the number of people who experienced severe Food Insecurity last year and many of those at risk all informal workers who make up a large part of law today america support for years. There today we had lines here and out there and got more news coming up right after witness after. The. Audition with