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A closer look. And President Trump confirms that hes slashing u. S. Troop numbers in germany he says thats because berlin has not been paying its share of natos but. Im sumi so much Scott Macleod you could join us the Indian Army Says at least 3 of its soldiers including a senior officer have been killed in a clash with Chinese Forces along a disputed border in the himalayan mountains china has accused india of a provocation and one chinese news outlet has said that china also suffered casualties although tensions between the 2 sides have been building over the last month this is the 1st incident in more than 40 years that ive seen soldiers killed. High in the himalayas trouble has been brewing for weeks the satellite images show indian and chinese troops gathering in the disputed border region no for the 1st time in decades india says 3 soldiers were killed in hand to hand combat beijing says it was defending its territorial integrity and. Shock on june 15th indian troops seriously violated the bilateral consensus and crossed the border line twice in gauging in illegal activities and provoking and attacking chinese personnel resulting in serious physical confrontation between Border Forces on the 2 sides. This yellow line marks the boundary between the superpowers nor has the line of actual control it is not to hard for china and india have never agreed on where their border should lie. In 2017 the 2 sides confronted each other for 73. 00 days after indian troops blocked construction of a ruled by china. Flareups or vexed chinese and indian leaders for years with a lasting solution seemingly out of reach their latest escalation suggests a rocky road ahead for the 2 Nuclear Armed nations. Earlier we spoke to pravin sadly nave the editor of force magazine which focuses on Indian Military matters we asked him if he expected any deescalation but neither side wants a war because of the. Next step i see. They could become more harder to. Use where it would be really good or learned or give a bit of a. Very good sorry very good girl knowing fully well. How the group. Who created. Good things going will be a pretty difficult to argue with. That would be really hard to go with the limitations of. Very good military. I expect something to be hard. There would be also big much war by the way is all. Lets check in now on some other stories from around the world beijing authorities have ordered schools closed and are urging people not to leave the city following a new corona Virus Outbreak Health Officials have reported dozens of new cases in recent days after nearly 2 months with no new infections the outbreak has been linked to a wholesale food market in the capital. Police have fired tear gas at a demonstration of Health Workers in paris the clashes broke out on the sidelines of largely peaceful protests in the capital demonstrators are demanding more investment in frances Public Health system after years of cost cutting as the countrys Health Care System struggles some of the covered 1000. 00 pandemic. Researchers in the u. K. Say they have identified the 1st drug proven to significantly reduce the risk of death in patients with severe cases of covered 19 in a major study of the low cost steroid dexamethasone was found to cut deaths by a 3rd in patients on ventilators and a 5th in patients receiving oxygen. Germany has launched a new track and trace out to fight the spread of the corona virus the technology can send warnings to users if theyve been in close contact with anyone confirmed to have it the government hopes it will help shorten infection chains but the app is voluntary and has been finding out not all germans trust it. This app is hope to become a game changer in germanys fight against corona it took much longer to develop than expected for security reasons the government says. The covert uses bluetooth to determine which other smart phones are in the vicinity and for how long if an app user tests positive for the corona virus other users who were in longer contact with their person get a warning message all data is anonymised and only stored locally on each individual Smartphone Health minister spawn stressed that the app is no cure all. But it is still important to observe the rules just keep a distance where face masks and stick to the hygiene rules the key difference is that it can help warn contacts of an infected person much quicker than before. So. There is no obligation to use the corona warning out yet the government hopes that many people will do so. To download the app is one small step for everyone but believe in fighting the pandemic when the users can trust in the best Data Protection possible. Football according to recent survey only 42 percent of people in germany intend to download the app. And its just this whole coronavirus thing seems very strange to me so i wouldnt be interested in the app for security reasons. And its too much surveillance is going to solve it its like instagram a snap to use all my data anyway so its the same thing. While the launch of germanys app marks a new approach to fighting covert 19 it appears far from offering an answer to the pandemic. The us president says hes going to cut the number of american troops in germany by nearly 10000 from current levels around 35000 he said he was taking this step because berlin had failed to meet its defense spending commitments President Trumps the move has shaken nato and especially germany the foreign minister says he has received no detailed information about the troop withdrawal. A 70 year relationship under threat tens of thousands of american troops have been stationed in germany since softer the 2nd weld wholl germinate is a hoping donald trump will rethink his plan to withdraw over a quarter of u. S. Troops from the country i was taking this idea and work on the ship we believe that the american presence in germany is important not only for the security of germany but also for the security of the United States and for the security of europe as a whole and because im with the u. S. Military presence in germany was originally a bulwark against the soviet threat in the cold war and continues to be a deterrent against potential russian aggression theres no actual timetable for when the u. S. Troops will leave nato leaders say theres still a lot to discuss. But its not yet decided one way. This decision will be implemented and i expect this to be an issue that will be discussed at the upcoming defense ministerial meeting. And i was spoken with the president or spoke and all there are present is will the u. S. Administration and i also spoke with the German Defense minister on the 4th ago called boller so this is now an only going dialogue on this issue trumps decision threatens to further strain the relationship among the allies the u. S. Provides a large share of nato is military capabilities but u. S. President s have long called for germany to increase defense spending President Trump faces reelection this year and its not clear if he can persuade his own government to greenlight the troop pullout week even members of his own party are against the plan. To use nato correspondent teri schultz is following the story for us from brussels terry good evening to you the u. S. Ambassador to nato Kay Bailey Hutchinson i said that the plans for this withdrawal arent yet set in stone what does that mean that this is really not a done deal yet. Nobody seems to know for sure and of course everybody except probably russian president Vladimir Putin is hoping that this can be a reversible decision because until President Trump made these remarks yesterday it didnt seem clear that he had really made up his mind hes been advised against it by all of his military advisors in the u. S. Allies have been advising against this move germany of course has expressed its unhappiness with this so whether or not President Trump is able to actually make concrete plans to pull the troops out where they would go where the equipment would go remains to be seen and certainly nato is hoping that it is not a done deal but even Kay Bailey Hutchison didnt seem to be sure she said that she didnt have any details on a timeline on how and when this might happen while the decision wouldnt just affect germany and u. S. Troops in the country are really part of the alliances broader strategy tell us more about that. Thats right i mean 10000 troops arent going to make a difference overall when when youve got 30 countries in nato you can certainly make up the troops its more the image the image of having u. S. Troops well integrated well trained well equipped to u. S. Troops right in the in the heart of europe that is a deterrent factor and its also that the decision was handled in this way without consultation with nato secretary general stoltenberg without consultation with germany thats as damaging as pulling out 10000 troops to be sure and i think that thats one of the things that nato is concerned about that this was not handled in a cohesive matter this is a manner this is not handled in a way that you would treat your friends and that of course is damaging to the Alliance Says as any any small removal of troops but the other points to me is really that the u. S. Uses germany as a staging ground as a Training Ground as one of its best equipped hospitals in the world in germany so its really not clear to anybody what the u. S. Things that strategic interest would be in pulling these troops out of germany when President Trump has been talking about redeploying some of those troops from germany east to poland and closer to russia what would that mean for nato is relationship with moscow. Im not sure how how well developed those plans actually are because how would you rebuild all of these very longstanding structures that you have in germany and transfer all the capacities to poland and build it from the ground up where are you going to get the money to do that so its unclear whether thats a really well formed plan he often says things to be provocative in poland tends to like to get the u. S. Support its already you know offered for trump so this would not be unprecedented that poland would be talking about taking in some of the u. S. Capacity moving from other places but there is an agreement between nato and russia called the nato russia founding act the promise is that nato troops will not be permanently positioned that close to the russian border so this would just be another excuse moscow would have for causing tension with nato and i dont think anybody wants to see that so im not sure that thats a plan that would really go forward for all of the reasons that i just mentioned nato correspondent teri schultz for us good to talk to you. In sports byron munich can wrap up an 8th straight bundesliga title when they visit better braman tonight biron have won their last 10 league games and are 7 points ahead of 2nd place for a sea of dortmund with just 3 games to go. For many people the coronavirus has meant change and uncertainty not so by munich i should say been newsreader resumed after its pandemic and shut down by end of reimposed a grip on german football now just a win away from an 8th straight title they social distancing might scupper this years celebrations we have on my stability that i stop we want to become champions if we reach our goal then of course we will try to celebrate while conforming to the rules to fight on no club has one more german title from bryan 29 in total their recent dominance is such that you have to go back to 2012 to find a Different League that you have received dortmund. Tonights opponents vertebrae men are fighting at the other end of the table but their coach thinks hes found chinks in the varians armor. It could be monkey boy you have weaknesses that few teams have discovered that will be challenges but we have an idea as to how we will approach this guy im ready to speak im going boy i said that i shouldnt expect any gifts from his bio inside generosity that appears in every category. The head of Americas National Football League the n. F. L. Has encouraged teams to sign quarterback collin capper nick kaplan it hasnt played since the 26th season when he started taking a need to protest Police Brutality against black americans earlier this month the n. F. L. Reversed its stance on banning players from making such gestures and Roger Goodell said he would welcome cabernet back into the leak. Thank you for watching. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. That 19 special next on d w. Is a virus spread. Through the