Offensive on will be completed within a week. Plus italy was the 1st country in europe to be hit by the pandemic suffering one of the highest death tolls. Now the country is struggling to cope with the 2nd wave. Hello, im terry martin. Good to have you with us. The United States says its sharply reducing its troop numbers in afghanistan and iraq. By mid january, the deployment will be cut to 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country. President made a Campaign Promise to end what he called for ever wars, but the move has triggered opposition, both from leading republicans and nato allies. The sun could be setting on the us presence in afghanistan. American soldiers have been fighting here since 2001, helping stabilize the country after overthrowing taliban rule, but suffering over 2000 deaths over time. Troop numbers have linked. Now outgoing president , donald trump will further reduce the number of soldiers here and in iraq. In light of these tremendous sacrifices and with great humility and gratitude to those who came before us, i am formally announcing that we will implement president trumps orders to continue our repositioning of forces from those 2 countries by january 15th, 2021. Our forces, their size in afghanistan will be 2500 troops are for size in, iraq will also be 2500. As u. S. , troop numbers dwindled extremist gained in strength. This attack on the Kabul University last week killed 22 people. It was claimed by the socalled islamic state, which has emerged as a rival to the taliban. The taliban themselves have stepped up their attacks on Security Forces and civilians violating an agreement that foresaw the withdrawal of all u. S. Soldiers by may next year. Criticism of the latest drawdown even came from within the president s own party to extremely important here in the next couple of months. Not to have any earth shaking changes with regard to defense and Foreign Policy that is draw down and either afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake in iraq. The u. S. Military presence was greatly reduced after the defeat of isis in 2017. This has increased the sway of neighboring iran and militia groups aligned with iran. As u. S. Soldiers head home, they could risk leaving the field to americas adversaries. So go to brussels now and talk to our correspondent, teri schultz, who has been on the ground with nato troops in afghanistan. Understand the head of nato has expressed concern about the trump administrations troop withdrawal plans and in iraq and afghanistan. What more can you tell us . Thats right, terry. Even before the announcement was final, secretary general younes stolzenberg put out a statement expressing the closest that a norwegian diplomat comes to being displeased. He reminded the United States that there the presence in afghanistan is conditions based. That means there precipitous withdrawal right now when conditions are not being met when theres still widespread taliban violence could mean leaving the country again, open to be a cum, a terrorist haven secretary general stoltenberg said every country wants to bring its troops home, but the time is not now, right. He also reminded the United States that many nato soldiers have fought and died alongside the americans. Has the trump administration, terry . Offered any strategic justification for the drawdown in afghanistan . Well its not clear exactly what acting defense secretary, Christopher Miller said to secretary general stoltenberg and a call they had on friday. And again, a call earlier this week. But from press reports, it seems that miller did not exactly say to stoltenberg that they were going to make this announcement of the troop cuts. And this is really important because all countries, all of the nato troops in afghanistan are to some extent reliant on infrastructure provided by the United States. So this isnt really something you want to leave to a last minute announcement. What effect is this u. S. Drawdown in afghanistan . Likely to terry, on those other nato allies, you mentioned yes. Not like they can just pull troops out of a sector where the United States is, is deployed, terry, and that everyone else will be fine. The United States was the 1st and it provides a lot of this debility in which other troops operate. Not just that, but the n. G. O. S Civil Society are all dependent on this security provided by these u. S. Troops, which are there both in a nato capacity and in a bilateral capacity. If there are, there are special operations forces, no one else has on the ground. So if this really happens and that remains to be seen, this will have a huge impact on nato deployments that im sure that other governments are having to look now at what theyre going to do with their own presence on the ground. But this is a very delicate time in afghanistan with negotiations underway between the taliban and the government. How could this drawdown by u. S. Forces change the stability of the situation in afghanistan . Well, it certainly takes a lot of pressure off the taliban to negotiate and actually implement the peace deal thats now being discussed. Because as i said before, the withdrawal was due to be conditions based. And that means that the taliban needs to be living up to the peace deal. We have seen attacks continue even in recent days, even this week. And so if the troops pull out, if the u. S. Forces leave and theyre followed by other nato troops, the taliban doesnt have to comply with this peace agreement. And as secretarygeneral stoltenberg warned, they will have free reign of the country once again. Thank you very much for your insights. That is our correspondent, teri schultz in brussels. Now to ethiopia, where the country says its troops are marching on the capital of the to region. Mikhail, after a deadline for rebel forces to surrender their past earlier, the federal government call carried out what it called surgical air strikes on the city, and also said that a final military operation would be completed within days. The government has so far resisted International Pressure for mediation in the conflict. But fallout from 2 weeks of fighting has the potential to destabilize the entire region and has already started. What the u. N. Says is a pole scale humanitarian crisis. Ethiopian air force fighter jets on a mission in the skies above tikrit i captured by d. W. Journalist on the ground. Local t. V. Later showed what appeared to be buildings damaged by the air offensive. The escalating violence has sent thousands, spilling out beyond ethiopias borders. Aid groups say 25000. 00, people have fled to sit down since the fighting broke out. Half of them children. Well, i dont think, you know, we came with the clothes on our backs. I dont know where my husband is. Ive been looking for him for 5 days. And i dont know where he is in an exclusive interview with t w. Ethiopias minister of defense says his countrys fight was with rebel groups who really gross violation of rights and then they conflict. It is your p. R. Therefore, it is, the operation is part of getting this good looks at the state t. V. Pictures claimed to Show National forces liberating towns, but hundreds are reported to have been killed. Nevertheless, the government continues to resist calls for external mediation issue a letter to a or internal affairs. So, and also it doesnt that many, many times it is really going to be completely within a week. Therefore we dont consider it. It is a big, its a something but regional t. V. Appeared to show footage of captured eritrean troops with whom the rebel forces have also been fighting. Ethiopias Prime Minister has promised a quick end to the conflict with his quote final and crucial military operation. He said then hed be ready to reintegrate the swelling numbers of refugees now trying to survive on the banks of the to keys the river in sudan. Lets bring in journalist samuel get to choose here and hes been helping us cover this developing story. Samuel, lets 1st talk about the governments military offensive in the tigra region. President says hes starting what he calls a final operation. What does he mean by that . He thinks the crisis when and that is 5 days, you know, its been almost 2 weeks since it began believe todays that 2 weeks or so, he believes it will end because a crisis on the ground is reaching a little even the u. N. Cant even be in a position to help them, you know, so far above 30000 ethiopians, official numbers. Because there are more and official hes looking for shelter because of the crisis. So its not only great crisis thats just so many lives. Even the infrastructure generation to be able is being destroyed in this crisis. So he believes its real and very soon and we can reach its mission and just ended. So everything least gives to normal in people wont be in a position to either killed or destroyed. A number of countries have urged to ethiopia to resolve this conflict through negotiation. Is there any sign that president Nobel Peace Prize laureate might be open to that . You know why only countries later, you know, generally end canada just that we tip few hours ago saying there has to be some kind of cease fire given to any and Uganda Joining within the continent. The former president doesnt, it, has just arrived in ethiopia, looking for some sort of mediation between the world is beginning to understand. The crisis isnt just a local crisis within the borders of your people. Its reaching their feet and the sudan, and it will reach many, many countries outside of the continent. And thats why a country south even seriously, because just imagine 30000 children refused, going to the sudan. And the u. N. Says it will reach 200000 who are closer at the end. There are many people died on the way, so its just a crisis that so overwhelming. And i think everyone is beginning to understand that its hostile and thats actually why the government sent its will. And within days its under pressure by many, many countries so much. Thank you very much. That was journalist samuel get a true there in now lets take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. President all trump has fired his topps Cyber Security official, chris krebs, via twitter, in a tweet. Trump accused cripps of making an inaccurate statement when he confirmed the security of the november 3rd election, continues to claim the election was marred by fraud, but has yet to provide evidence. Police in hong kong have arrested 3, former lawmakers for disrupting legislative meetings several months ago. On 2 occasions in may and june, teddy, we and he chewed and Raymond Chandler detained after splashing pungent liquids in the main chamber. The rest of again raise concerns over the crackdown on hong kong prodemocracy move. Peru has sworn in a new interim president and its 3rd head of state in just a week. And cisco said gonski will leave the country until a president ial election next year. Theres been mass protests across the country since the impeachment of perus popular former president. This cholera hurricane has been battering Central America with high winds and torrential rain since coming ashore in nicaragua on monday night. The storm has been blamed for at least 5 deaths across the region. Forecasters say, flooding and landslides will remain the big threat even as the system weakens. Iota is moving across the region that still reeling from hurricane earlier this month. Its the 30th storm so far this season, Strong Enough to have been given any hurricane. The storm roared ashore to nicaragua, had scattered the in coast, packing 250 kilometer pair winds and leaving chaos in its wake. This is the 5th hurricane ive seen in my life, and its one of the strongest and most destructive hurricane ive ever seen in my life. I mean homes of thousands of people have been evacuated to shelters and the area is still reeling from an equally powerful storm. The same stretch of coastline was devastated by hurricane eta just 2 weeks ago. Where running out for this atlantic Hurricane Season record. But its record breaking and every sense of the words it is tend out to be even west and we thought it started earlier and is going to end even late. This unprecedented season is focusing more attention on climate change. Scientists see its causing wetter, stronger, and more destructive storms. November usually signals the end of the Hurricane Season. Something that cant come soon enough for people here. Us catch up on the corona virus pandemic, south korea has recorded its largest daily increase in infections since august with more than 300 new cases reported in a single day. The state of South Australia has announced a 6 day lockdown to allow authorities to carry out contact tracing, following an outbreak of 22 new cases. And the u. S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the 1st coated 19 home testing kit for home use that provides results within 30 minutes. Italy is struggling to cope with the 2nd wave of the corona virus. On tuesday, the country reported the highest daily death toll since april. Italy was the 1st country in europe to be hit by the pandemic. 6 months ago, hospitals in the north were overwhelmed by the number of cases. As we report, the countrys anguish was symbolized in a photo of an exhausted nurse that went viral. The people of cremona in northern italy are still in shock. At the hospital entrance, everyones temperature is measured. Were looking for the woman who worked so hard in the 1st coronavirus wave that she collapsed of total exhaustion. And we find in the testing tent. Back then her photo went viral. The night of march 7th, a really chaotic night. I was totally exhausted and for a moment i fell asleep on the computer keyboard. The picture shows just how tired all of us were who were fighting corona. At that time, elena was working in the emergency room and like everyone else, her shifts were up to 18 hours long. This hospital in was the 1st in all of italy to sound the alarm. To many patients too few intensive care beds. Suddenly the doctors were forced to decide who would be ventilated and who would die. The photo was taken by dr. Francesca money, who has since become elenas friend. When i saw her sleeping on the table, i was touched. I wanted to give her a hug. But i wasnt allowed to because of the virus, so i took her picture a few days afterwards, elena tested positive, so did 15 other nurses in the emergency room. After 3 weeks, she came back to work. She didnt want to let her colleagues down. Now her job is to test each new emergency room patient for coronas symptoms and if necessary, isolate them. This was a Lesson Learned during the 1st wave. Brussels has pledged billions in aid to help in cremona and elsewhere around. Brussels will only help if our government recognizes where the problems lie and learns from previous mistakes. Beds in the criminal intensive care unit are slowly filling up again. Staff members fear that they could be overwhelmed once more. Elena, and francescas greatest hope is that the pen demick in italy will finally end. Im joined now by journalist singer good, whos in rome sooner we just saw all the hospitals in one part of longer of the at least are filling up again. Whats the situation elsewhere in the country house, the Health System holding up . Well, the leader of the union of doctors here in its years already sounded the alarm the few days ago saying that a National Lockdown needs to be put in place. Instead of this division between different regions of italy, the head of the association of intensive care unit doctors has said that there, the situation is on one of unbearable sprit grid. So even as those at the highest risk and include that region that you saw along buddy of the pressure there is almost unsustainable while it, whereas those in the orange, the risk lower risk, the situation is still very bad, but you know, more or less managed. So you have the situation where those in the red zone, such is long. But the even appealing for foreign doctors here in italy to come in and help because you have a situation where yes, there may be more beds in place and so on. But theyre not enough doctors to care and to provide the help thats necessary. They say they need an additional 5000 doctors across the country. Not very stop. This unions in italy have threatened to strike. They say out some 196 doctors have already died. And 20000 have been infected, 90. Did italy learned lessons from the 1st wave that was so severe that might help in dealing with this wave that were seeing now . Well, what they did was that the necessity for more intensive care units. So yes, more investment there obviates, you also have a situation where they try to hire of all doctors, of course, with the personal protective equipment. Its all then not the boss, the distancing and so on. And the doctors themselves say, well, we know better now how to treat this disease and how to manage it, but they did not learn. It would seem in terms of can t. V. The spread of the virus, not enough is being done. Doc does a still see is still chasing the virus instead of being on top of it in this 2nd we so far out. Some 9000 people have lost their lives to cohabit. And the virologists is saying bill going to have to look at the next 10 days to a week or so to decide where the falsity of measures need to be put in place. Because those lives should not have been lost. Some feel that italy is paying the price of the investment in the health over the last number of years. Seem a thank you very much for bringing us up to date there. That was journalist suman gupta in rome. Germany soccer team has suffered, has forced a feat in almost 90 years, germany and were beaten 6 nil by spain in their final your way for nations. League group match fair on taurus core 3 of spains goals, while germany only managed to get 2 shots on goal. Germany, coach york, minervas said the humiliating defeat was difficult to explain and that everything had gone wrong. The result means spain finish top of their group and are through to the final 4. And here a few more scores from tuesday nights Nations League match ups. France defeated sweden, portugal beat croatia, the switzerland ukraine match was cancelled after a coronavirus help break in the ukrainian side. And finally farrow islands played malta to a drawl. So with that last result, the fair islands have topped their Nations League group and will be promoted to the competitions league. See the tiny island nation in the north atlantic as part of the kingdom of denmark and home to just 52000 people. We travelled there to find out more about the underdogs. Theyre a mole sheep People Living on the Faroe Islands and it rains 300. 00 days a year. Still football is by far the most popular sport here. Almost everybody are. I blame if we go couple years ago, 100 percent, or 99 percent of all the kids in school. They played football last couple of years. Maybe not that much, but were up to with. So i dont 7080 percent of all, all the people stay or they are playing and playing in some kind of a club environment. The National Team only began competing in fifa competitions in the 1988 since then. They have beaten sides like austria and greece, but have failed to qualify for a world cup or european championships. The last 5 to 6 years, we have going from beating greece 2 to now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries. Many of the middle nations we are competing against now so. So we are not satisfied but, but, but we are satisfied with the development. We have been going through a leading example of that development. Is you on simonetta plying his trade for bundesliga side . I mean a bill of felt he is the only member of the National Team set up sign for a non nordic club. This september he made history, and here comes the point is they get the 1st player from the fairway woods joints we saw coming on here to be the felt he took over the sharks. I am sure. Is that surrogates to put it . Is the 1st fair always goalscorer. I would also love to get other younger players from the Faroe Islands to to also come to the professional football because i think we have a lot of talent there. And i just want to would like to the german close also to look in the Faroe Islands when they try to scout for talent. The small nation will now be looking forward to a future competing on a biggest stage tennis now and the premier much of the a. T. P. Finals so far dominic teamed up against a mighty rough doll and the match up to its billing. T. M. Has moved up to number 3 in the world, any one the 1st set in a tie breaker. He likewise won the 2nd set in a tie breaker to take the match. The austrian is now on track to make the semifinals and this season ending target. Streamliner the top story were following for you here today on d. W. News. U. S. Department of defense has confirmed it will be cutting the number of troops in afghanistan and iraq. Before mid january. It will leave 2500 troops in each country. The move would fulfill one of President Campaign pledges, but nato has warned against forces leaving too quickly. Youre watching news, im terry martin. Thanks for being with us. With one foot in the and the other on its way out of Northern Ireland and brags and its a balancing act that presents enormous challenges for everyone and owns constant impressions from Northern Ireland. President balancing act, closer on d. W. India, one click, and suddenly theres light. 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