Government wasnt warned nato secretary general stoltenberg wasnt warned so there was more concern about how this was done than perhaps what the actual eventual movements might be but as stephan just explained there may be bureaucratic reasons why it doesnt happen at all and we got some hints about that earlier this week ahead of the nato minister ariel from the u. S. Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison she said that she expects this decision to be made by the Incoming Administration and thats not all she told us about what the plans may be lets hear from her i want to say that the announcement about troops in germany was also an announcement that the troops all the troops that were there before would be in europe its just whether or not they stay in germany or whether they are moved to other places in certain instances so but has been well is just been put forward but it certainly will be open for another administration to look at where it is at the time that they take over so in fact when President Trump made this announcement he said very clearly that he thought he made the bringing troops home from europe out of europe back to the United States and that is not what the ambassador is saying now at the time he said he may put some of them in poland in italy here in belgium and now shes saying that there will not be a reduction even in these paper plans that may never come to be that the u. S. Troop presence in europe would be reduced so thats very important for europeans to hear the allies will be very interested to hear that. Again as stephan mentioned the fact that this will be pushed to the biden ministration even by bureaucratic hurdles makes it much more likely we will not be seeing a movement of troops out of germany at all. Sarah schultz then brussels thank you for the coming change in u. S. President s means changes in u. S. Foreign policy too just as tensions spike in the middle east israel has warned its citizens against travel in the gulf region as iran see the. Nation off its top Nuclear Scientists blaming it on israel now with as its staunch ally live in the white house israel could face tough times. Its been for good years for israeli conservatives with a u. S. President who often gave them what they wanted. I repeat im just going to say thank you for everything youve done for the state of israel. Youve been the greatest friend that is. One of the trumpet ministrations 1st Foreign Policy moves was to recognize jerusalem as israels capital like many actions to come it was controversial palestinians consider East Jerusalem the capital of a future state the Trump Administration also recognized israeli sovereignty over the contested Golan Heights region captured by israel in 1967 from syria you cant stand here in there out at whats across the border and deny the central thing the president rep recognized that previous president s had refused to do this is a part of israel the center part of israel. Under tromping israel aggressively expanded its settlements in occupied palestinian territory on the west bank the u. S. Has taken steps to legitimize those settlements as israeli land won winemaker in a contested settlement was so happy he named a one after pump a 0. U. S. Diplomacy also cleared the way for agreements between israel and longtime foes the United Arab Emirates and bahrain they came together over a common enemy. Iran which has long been considered an x. Essential threat by israeli governments the trump era saw the us walk away from the Iran Nuclear Deal which was meant to relieve sanctions on tehran in exchange for strict controls on its Nuclear Program but netanyahu bitterly opposed it saying it would allow tehran to build Nuclear Weapons without interference last week a Senior IranianNuclear Scientist was killed in an ambush on a rainy and territory tehran has blamed israel and the u. S. Protests in iran followed with tensions so high it may be more difficult for the incoming u. S. Administration to react or the nuclear deal. As an end to the trump era that would sit some on the israeli right. Well joining me now the studio is german our soccer off israels ambassador to berlin thank you very much for coming in today my pleasure u. S. President elect joe biden said he wants to reenter the Iran Nuclear Deal thats a deal that is supported by germany as well as the e. U. By russia and china but opposed by israel so what is israel going to do about this i think one of the most important things is to recall what he said yesterday evening about the bottom line being to stop iran getting a Nuclear Weapon and that has always been our goal i think its always been germanys goal and its always been the goal of the p 5 plus one and the Nuclear Agreement the question is how do you achieve it and one thing weve seen over the last months is very clear string of raney and violations of the j. C. Pure way whether in terms of the amount of enrich uranium the level of enriched uranium the use of advanced centrifuges so whole string of violations alongside a very energetic and active Missile Program as well as a continued destabilizing activity in the middle east in general so you saying that the the nuclear deal is not the right instruments to achieve that goal im saying that its been seen that the nuclear deal as it was drafted into 115 has been shown to have. Gaps which need to be addressed and clearly the steps taken by the iranian government to find the. To destabilize the middle east in general continue their Missile Program and violate the actual clear terms of the Nuclear Agreement provide us with no confidence that the agreement is worth what would. I will provide you with confidence that well i think 1st of all look lets be. Just ourselves to the present situation theres or there will be theres a transition in washington and obviously im a new American Administration will have to address this itll take time to point the teams and the policies to have consultations with partners like with europe and also i would imagine also with israel so i think itll still take a bit of time to come and put the policy actual policy together so the deal is not that you say i am look we need to have an effective diplomacy which prevents iran of getting a Nuclear Weapon and that in my view is very much dependent on these consultations that will happen in the not in the weeks and months ahead to put together an effective and vibrant policy that will secure that goal but this week a top Iranian Nuclear scientist was assassinated tehran blames the attack on israel was your comment. Look you know iran blames israel for virtually every ill in the middle east and and from that point of view i think its more important to keep an eye on what iran is doing and again youre not denying it but youre not confirming it im not relating to it at all they might have their speculations and you know weve seen a number of times where theyve said things that have proven to be untrue particularly in terms of what they are supposed to be doing in terms of complying with the nuclear deal but its a clear setback for iran when their top scientists is no longer around so a lot of benefits for a setback for rahm when he continues to pursue a Nuclear Weapons. Activity when he continues to pursue Missile Development and when he continues to interfere in the politics of lebanon syria iraq yemen that is the key to the thing that i think is the key thing that we need to keep an eye on well just today. Israel has won its citizens in the in the region of an increased threat from iran after this attack so what intelligence is that warning based on well 1st of all i remind our viewers that about 3 weeks ago the iranians placed. Improvised elects explosive devices on our border on the Golan Heights in the southern part of the golan nods and we identified this and weve responded so this is a very ongoing problem that we face viz of iran we face irans involvement in syria we face it its also in lebanon its support of his beloved providing hizbullah with very extensive weaponry so you know this is you know this is an on going. Problem that we have an ongoing threat which is not just an abstract thing it happens on the ground so i mean obviously at this time were taking every precaution possible. In every possible way and this is this is something that were being very clear as an ambassador to germany can germany and the e. U. Help maintain stability in the middle east and with regard to iran especially well 1st of all i think they can and i think its been very interesting that the 1st 2 visits of the Israeli Foreign minister Gabi Ashkenazi were brought after the new government was established was to germany was to berlin the 1st to meet with high commodities counterpart who we see as a great friend of israel and who just also recently improved in germany his voting record in the u. N. He also met at the same time with 26 other Foreign Ministers of europe and the 2nd time he came in met with these u. A. E. Counterparts for the 1st bilateral trilateral meeting between between us so i think this was this was a very clear example of how germany can contribute to the new paradigm shift the process of normalization of peace in the middle east which is happening as opposed to the more negative threats that weve discussed before germanys archives israels ambassador to germany thank you very much for joining us here on news today thank you very much. A 2nd look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world today in peru at least one person has been killed during protests by farm workers demanding better wages and working conditions protesters blocked highways and clashed with police attempting to disperse them our Cultural Workers have been on strike since monday protests have spread northwards to regions known for growing grapes tangerines and goobers. Bangladesh has started moving will hinge refugees to a new offshore count rogers around 1600 muslims who will have fled and sailed aboard navy ships to the island which was previously uninhabited the un says the refugees should decide freely whether to relocate the one that is currently holds small than a 1000000 range of refugees mostly an overcrowded camps. As many countries around the world remain in crisis mode china boasts a steady record of success and curbing covert 19 authorities there reported less than 20 new cases in the last 24 hours thats according to local media no new the reported on day. In china signs of the corona virus pandemic are hardly noticeable Authorities Say there are only a couple 100 active cases and next to no new delhi cases. We have no evidence right now that the situation in china is anything other than extremely low levels all over the virus with a very aggressive response to only up sure just for the moment some individuals test positive the authorities react by doing mass testing in the area thats why recently in the port city of can generate 2300000 inhabitants were tested before that nearly 5000000 in cash card and in the city of qingdao Authorities Say more than 10000000 people were tested in just a few days. Its a big effort and in the end a few dozen people are found to test positive. And are immediately isolated furthermore china has strict entry rules foreigners can only enter an exceptional cases and anyone who does must get tested and quarantine for 14 days. Beijings head of epidemiology says the priorities for curbing the coronavirus are clear kanya to help the pandemic is like a war poor hugh have to be quick to everyone bands together you can be strong and women and that sense the right strategy and strong leadership on health. Care you need an involved. Everyone is required to download a state sponsored health app only those who show a green light can enter many places authorities are not forthcoming about how accurate the apps are hong kong at the technologist bank collings has china can use tactics not easily used elsewhere. And is very clear what the consumers of the test in Mainland China a positive case is isolated the house or contacts a call in saying everythings done very very strictly and that brings an end to transmission that force people to stay at home if theyre in isolation or quarantine they wont it will be a recommendation it will be an order for chinese authorities every positive coronavirus case is one too many they react quickly and everyone is expected or rather required to cooperate. Now lets have a look at some of the other developments in the corona virus and demick joe biden says he will ask americans to wear masks for 100 days once he becomes u. S. President the south korean capital seoul is imposing a 9 pm curfew on most establishment off the city reported nearly 300 new cases of the virus in one day and germany has reported more than 23000 new and factions thats one of the largest daily increases in europe just after russia and italy Germanys Health minister is calling for types of measures in areas with the highest spots. And that would put a damper on an already muted Holiday Season in germany and new poll shows the publics view of all of government restrictions for christmas and new years hit the streets of berlin for a follow up from citys worst facing a long way into. Germany is a month into a passion look down that hasnt managed to significantly reduce coby 19 infections and was a Record Number of their some thursday the countrys gearing up for a low key christmas and new years eve according to a new study a quarter of germans think there is trick sions being taken by the government go too far but over half of them think that they are appropriate a 5th would welcome even tougher measures. Despite blatter winning infection rates most state authorities still plan on losing restrictions for the Festive Season to a low chairmans together with or to 10 family members to news is being met with caution half of germans welcome to christmas measures but only a 3rd of them approve of the relaxing of restrictions for new years eve in berlin the 7 day incidence rate is still too high so authorities there have already announced there will be no easing of restrictions and while most people understand not everyone is happy about it. Because it is on the one hand i find it right on the other i dont think its feasible because christmas is a very important celebration for people so i dont think theyll stick to the rules at least not in the way of the atai teas would like but im skeptical. But i dont think christmas is so important. I have taken part in the festivities for the most 20 years its also really nicely but its difficult. Is this is the spirit its probably necessary but difficult its in the name of family celebrations and 5 adults is not a lot for a family it will be hard to implement and only a few people will stick to do is take janelle snowden. A vaccine may be inside soon but for now the long and hard winter predicted by Angela Merkel is unfolding. As the Holiday Season approaches many countries are weighing how best to allow for festivities but reduce the spread of the coronavirus we asked our correspondents around the world whats happening where the. Christmas will not become so this year in bethlehem said to be the birthplace of jesus but it will be completely different because of the koran or pandemic everything here is much quieter just here in front of the church of the nativity this is usually the busiest time. Of the year for the palestinian town then no foreign visitors because israel is still banning foreigners some entering the country and the occupied territories as well it is unclear whether Palestinian Christians from other parts of the west bank in israel will be able to take part in the festivities the Palestinian Authority has recently imposed a new nighttime lockdown to help curb a new spike in infection rates but was celebrations will be severely scaled back people here say they still want to send a message of hope from bethlehem to the rest of the world i mean cities i call it on the i think its crowded bus if you look closely beachgoers social distancing almost sounds a little straight here there is very Little Community transmission and to the relief of many of the restrictions on using the time christmas other countries International Borders were like oh well this Festive Season will be overshadowed by the pandemic australia success in virtually starting up on this means many are beginning to see people might be up to the tunnel. To sort of get back together with everyone you know a lot of people them separated for a while and definitely have my period where our continuous family should definitely be sort of centering on the show was planning on celebrating here and also ascending and going home but yeah even here i definitely think its changed. Its going to be a little bit easier i think just because im a church and so kind of relax a little but earlier on in the year i was really worried about i was going to be able to travel to my friends here in australia now we can. Each time its a big bed and it will get. Down. To 3 weeks like. We need to be ok christmas and new years night family celebrations in my childhood during the soviet union people get together for me. Watch soviet films and eat but in the last few years that changed and russians discovered street festivals this year everything has to change again because mass meetings are prohibited night will be intimate and small again just like in my childhood with one exception which is ice skating is it remains a lot in moscow this year despite the pandemic from my point of view the most beautiful place for it is here in the legendary gorky park. Here chalet we all get together as a big family with our parents too but this time were avoiding them because theyre senior so unfortunately well celebrate without them and you. Can imagine it is. Changed our plans we wanted to go skiing in europe but now were going to sochi probably with about 20000000 other muscovites with his younger brother that im going to celebrate at my cabin as usual the coronavirus doesnt really change anything for me. Shares in cinema. After Warner Brothers said it pena sleep all of its films next year both in cinemas and on its new streaming so for now this policy only applies to the u. S. Market and its a plot twist that many of the Film Industries say they did not see coming through unprecedented times call for Creative Solutions that was high Warner Brothers executives described their historic gamble. Revealing that they would be releasing their claim to 21. 00 blockbuster movies in theaters and online a similar teenie asli in a major shake up for the entertainment industry. For the way it is the latest salvo in the streaming wars which pits warners video on demand service h. B. O. Max launched in may. 2 rival netflix. Plus. Film fans welcomed the news is a Great Company have always liked. I think thats a great idea for their Profit Margins i guess so i dont have anything against it i think its good pretty good. Living doing. Studio executives said the strategy would be in place for just one year offering a glimmer of hope that lucrative Box Office Revenues will return shares an already hard hit Cinema Companies plunged you know what it comes back i think people are going to be looking for that kind of a theater experience because quite frankly they already got enough of the home theater experience you know to. The Warner Brothers bit marks the big. Of a new chapter for hollywood the question is will it change habits forever. Youre watching the news heres a reminder off the top story were following for you u. S. Lawmakers house moved to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw troops from germany the defense spending bill would require an Impact Assessment for any reduction somehow pentagon. Plans to reduce troops in germany 12000 soldiers. And thats it from me and the news team are up to date dont go away though to the point of thats thats our International Debate from this edition it discusses ethiopias Prime Minister abi ahmed has the nobel peace laureate turned into a woman. And news update for you at the top off the off. From a. Clue. To the point sean opinion is a clear position some International Perspective such. Can the fragile peace just declared in ethiopia as the great prophets be sustained ethiopias Prime Minister of the op ed from the nobel peace laureate to more thats our topic on to the fall of. Saddam to the point the good of the mix the t. W. R. Of. Good in good shape. People who dont claim has nothing to loss of our lives its important for us to train some of the brain of Senior Citizens and its good for children to recall the former civil behavior and its a lot of fun wheres our garage to play come from bands while a little bit of fun is much more than just a childish pastime good shit. In 60 minutes for the team to. Translate. Carefully. Dont suit your needs to get. Discovered. The boy. Subscribe to a documentary on. The book. The ethiopian leader who won a nobel prize for ending one of africas longest running conflicts has for the past month been waging a war of his own making in early november Prime Minister abu ahmed announced that he had ordered troops to respond to an allegedly deadly attack on a Government Military base in ethiopia grey province leaders there say the to grant people are being blamed for tensions that surfaced as the implemented reforms postponed elections due to cove it can heal is divided country or will the fighting resume our title today ethiopias. From nobel peace laureate to amount of war. And here to answer that question are 3 outstanding guests it is a great pleasure to welcome them starting with prince. He descends from the family of the ethiopian emperor and author and analyst he also works as an Economic Consultant on africa and he says the military operation of the Ethiopian Government in the region did not target the people who take write about the ruthless t p l f party. And its great to have mcconnell and miss gainor with us once again he is head of migration and diversity at the hind they both foundation and he says the civil war in ethiopia is just the beginning of a long conflict. And finally were honored to have with us move to saw the money shes ambassador extraordinary and plenty of potential of the federal democratic republic of ethiopia and she says ethiopians Current Situation is not a civil war nor an Armed Conflict its a Law Enforcement operation aimed at restoring the. Constitutional order of the country. So let me start by asking you dear madam ambassador theres clearly some disagreement amongst you about the scope of the fighting in tikrit province you say it was a Law Enforcement operation but the fact is ethiopian generals spoke of being at war the fighting did last over 3 weeks and i witnessed this reported both artillery duels and also shelling of the great capital so that doesnt really look like lun foresman. Actually when you Say Something like that if it is a different country or different. Different people try to fight each other lose equal standing but these are criminals who deliberately attacked national the National Defense forces which was there for more than 20 years keeping the country keeping magali and these people not only doing this. Extraordinary very devastating. Crime they have been doing the same for 20 years but government was very very patient in the trying to fold the issues with with peace and reconciliation where they rejected all the requests of coming to table to talk because they want the country to stay and this is a need on the top because they need this country even for more than 27 years and their name was a still together liberation front we dont know would those from whom and when to liberate the great they have believing it for 27 years and now what we are talking about is this is a criminal is not a guy people that the people suppressed suffering like any other people he added europeans the issue is with. This clique which they want to this one thing is a gun thing with allies and bring so many crimean criminal act including causing killing planned financing designing throughout the country for 2 years all this was talked tolerated even though they deny the presence of the presence of the federal government they deny everything because of. Extended according to the law because of corbett taste of the water and then they say they dont accept the federal government they make illegal election which is not illegal and did it all unconstitutional or this was tolerated finally you know what they did and did you expect any government to sit down in the sea when the country is dismantled his accomplices for vanity is become a question in the country will be dispersing this. Isnt acceptable we want to dig in a little deeper in just a moment about the background of the ethnic tensions in t. K. Prague province but because of this kind of whats your response to what weve just heard would you also say that this is a Law Enforcement operation youre Opening Statement referred to a long running conflict ahead and well taking the historical background of the tensions between the Central Government and the region im now looking more into the region and less to the. Leading force integrating but it was also part of the government in ethiopia so taking the story can speak that from this region the went a long standing war to the region was fighting 17 years against this interim government which was the military. Decide tomorrow and which top of the and then came into the power so im very much aware but also concerned that this tension between the federal government and the government of the guy would lead to instability in the region such region of the great and also could never. Tensions which has been there for a long time so not only on the government basis but also an ethical basis thats what im very much afraid of and again i do want to talk about that in a little more depth later but just on that one point Law Enforcement operation or military action what i would consider it is a major action because the dimension of. Demeter actions taken it was more than a Law Enforcement which i think would have been more a Police Operation but this was a more complex and more. With more armaments and even the number of people who are perspective. Was a massive one. Day let me get you to weigh in on this and also what you tell us a little bit about what youre hearing from friends and family in ethiopia if as your Opening Statement says this military operation didnt target the people why have tens of thousands of people fled the region. The supposed reason because they know that if some fighting breaks out in that part of the world. Things might happen. That would be dangerous for their lives i think it was a precautionary measure by most of them who fled as we deal there were already 20000. 00 people in the suit out in the early days of the military operation. But basically i find it whether what exactly what we call it i think is immaterial one thing that is true is a very tragic situation that for so many times now that ethiopians are fighting here putins. Blood is being shifted but i think this is not the fault of the Central Government it is its it is it is it is the right not only the right but it is obliged to maintain the territorial integrity and the national no and the national no sovereignty of the country and could not allow itself to just sit there while its troops were being massacred in the front of it in the province of tikrit so i think as far as who was responsible we dont need to question it at all there were many many times many ways many. The government did really take its time to want to negotiate with them prior to what had happened in the mole the. Jew to the hip brace of the g. P. L. And they declined the. Fish with the Central Government before and that is why military measures to be take. We just heard princess red tape refer to bloodshed madam ambassador the Prime Minister has said that not a single life was lost but can we be sure of that the fact is that there were communications to a province were cut off there was no Internet Connection and independent media have not really been permitted to cover the fighting. Explain the nation what you say when these people. Being the countrys biggest station of the National Defense force and disease himself has announced that they have accused the have a condition of all of the biggest i mean ition and announce today that they can do to destroy the whole country and it can lead to some about what i view and do expect the government to sit down having or is this i mean nation into type 2 to destroy the country and dismantle the country and we want our country need peace and obviously why the people of or others to the country into the neighboring countries that they know what they have been doing long ago when they were in the jungle they hide in the society themselves kids our own people and to pretend as if it was done from the other side even last time they manufactured to put a uniform today and to be uniform and they are people wearing it to pretend to deceive the world that. The government is killing this is always a do this and no one would notice that the people know when they are coming to the should they want to make a should they have people the people will be affected themselves might kill them they leave thats why they know how the in my car they kill the civilians thats what they are afraid about and they have to live otherwise its not because again the government you see now when the government does if they give orders i mean nation they give them to fight they give it to the government nobody forces them that the one who give information to the government they think them people know if you have people in the think that have no problem you see their lives together in peace is only is it its a problem. What do we know about the fighting that was going on for the past 4 weeks as i said the Prime Minister says there was no blood spilt do we know that for sure apparently eye witnesses have have contended that there were deaths where we have a number of counteraccusations and as we all know in war the truce is the 1st casualty so its very hard to verify. Many of the information and we know that there are different versions we know that civilians has been harmed so far and we have heard that the Regional Group of human Rights Groups in ethiopia. Tried to verify the situation and could also find some of the facts that probably. Have been involved in that and a bit but there are also casualties from the gray side that. Regional government accuse the Central Government militia. It shouldnt be necessarily. The governments. Deeds but you know in war situations militias take their own autonomous measures as well we have to know that and the 2nd thing is of course we have a number of. Humanitarian crisis we have i. D. P. s internally displaced displaced persons around 1000000 within the region we have Something Like 44000 refugees who fled to sudan and you need to meeting that if. Armed conflict is not going to stop immediately that maybe up to 200000 people may flee to sudan so we have a clear humanitarian crisis in this region and we need to immediately say to any conflict again we will come back to that shortly but id like to take a closer look at the role of the Prime Minister because in fact only a year ago the multi. Med with his mixed Christian Muslim background was being compared to Nelson Mandela barack obama seen as the bright hope of a country that has long been torn by ethnic conflict so how did the nobel peace laureate come to be involved in military conflict. 1998 tens of thousands of people were killed and hundreds of thousands fled the territorial does. Between ethiopia and eritrea. Is. When he became Prime Minister and. President. He extended his hand to eritrea for reconciliation territories. Economy removed. By his followers and internationally hailed as. The Nobel Peace Prize for 29. To ethiopia Prime Minister. Turns just one year later. Military offensive in tikrit in the northern part of the country. And ethnic minority and an important part of the political elite feel that they are being ousted by the new head of government is descended from. Ethnic groups. Continue his course of reform. Its a pretty abrupt shift at least thats what it looks like from outside that the Prime Minister has made ambassador this idea that the Prime Minister represented the bright hope. Africa was it inflated expectations on the part of those of us looking from outside. Perfect even today. And why this is a person leading a country unless you keep his. Ability