Line but only getting applause. By their life force internationals world news h. Q. Moscow is kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes with the latest update to stay with me to is to take you through it 1st then the United States is slashing its military presence in germany its withdrawing or redeploying nearly 12000. 00 personnel is part of a long running dispute with berlin claiming its not paying enough into the nato military alliance or foe on the sidelines of all that a slip of the tongue by the u. S. Defense secretary raised a few eyebrows. Ive said very privately to my counterparts as well about the importance of nato any alliance sharing the burden so we can all deter russia and avoid peace in the course of hes paid all of us their money pay us a clip is probably going to come but still a bit of a worry though for germany isnt it but weve all had them kevin havent we where weve said something just slightly wrong and let the words get away from us but me and you have never been the defense secretary of a Nuclear State 12000 american troops will be leaving germany 6400 of those will be returning to the United States 5400 will be redeployed elsewhere around Europe Donald trump the us president has called germany delinquent in the past over it defense spending and they seems to have been the trigger that prompted this troop withdrawal. Or. Was there one. Lets be clear i think germany is the wealthiest country in Europe Germany can and should pay more to its defense it should certainly meet the 2 percent standard and i would argue go above and beyond that the number of troops to be withdrawn is high yet the 9000. 00 that was quoted by the us president earlier this month the minister president of bavaria market zada a man whos also taped as a potential replacement for angle of merkel when she steps down from Office Next Year has said that this move will wont damage german u. S. Relations the u. S. Governments decision was very regrettable use of this dream in the u. S. Human relations its not clear what the gain is for a military standpoint. And the us itself in the long run but its also prompted a lot of domestic politicking in the United States democratic senator from new jersey bob menendez has said that. Champagne would be popping in the kremlin this news thats despite the reality that moscows less than happy at this it will almost certainly mean that u. S. Troops will be stationed in poland right on russias borders but weve heard from the foreign minister and the chancellor here in berlin is that donald trump being voted out of office in november wont automatically fix things that the relationship between germany and the United States that those problems go much deeper we grew up in the certain knowledge that the United States wanted to be a world power should the u. S. Now wish to draw from that through all of the same the will would have to reflect on that very deeply everyone who thinks everything in Transatlantic Partnership will be as it once was with a democratic president underestimates the structural changes there you go the United States to withdraw almost 12000. 00 troops from germany and what would be so any one of the biggest shake ups in nato since the cold war is donald trump continues his policy certainly seems like a policy anyway of how to lose friends and alienate people diplomatically you know all over the i talked to a member of chancellor merkel c. D. U. Party earlier who says the u. S. Troop withdrawal could be a Good Opportunity for joe need to reevaluate his Defense Strategy and his its role in nato. Never been an alliance of equals but now of course been turned and twisted into Different Directions and people trying to cling on to all structures for lack of imagination or maybe farfel fear of the unknown of course the year political elites and also corporate lives mostly think we should keep in the way it is but theres a significant stream in the general public that will see a list thats reduce it of course its also a contentious issue and also an issue between east and west because i would say in the east of germany the former g. D. R. Most most people would say next was drawn to this ourselves. Because this smallest are going to russia in the west again it looks it looks differently so the country is divided on this is true i for one welcome it and theres a theres a group in germany where council official policy or policy makers dont want most of them dont want to its a chess some thinking has to be done and i think. What trump is doing now is will bring about those. Thoughts and deep thinking and can only be for the good. Donald trump there talking to him from casinos to hotels to office blocks the name plastered on many prime addresses isnt it but in the israeli settlement named after the u. S. President as a thank you for his backing in a territorial dispute is looking much less resplendent arties paulus leader mideast correspondent went to take a look. What is President Trump left more than seeing his name in golden letters on a big sign while praising recognition one would say and here in northern israel hes got both trump heights in the middle of nowhere a thank you from Benjamin Netanyahu to his american body for doing what most of the International Community would not recognize this is the Golan Heights as part of israel you have been an incredible friend for israel and youve done extraordinary things for the jewish state which we are eternally grateful to much fanfare and celebrations you might imagine an idyllic place but the 1st thing you see is the settlement gate which doesnt close completely and theres a gap here through which i can just go into the but jari gets into it and then you find that no boulevard or fancy entrance leading into the village instead of hot overgrown with weeds and piles of stone a far cry from what youd expect the entrance into trump heights would look like when you think of a place not even a 2nd chance you see this this building used to be the common law say to the regional village for him and now 80 although hes been a fantasy name change a new settlement has filtered tracked many residents today less than a dozen lives here and right now no one seems to be. So alone is there any one poem hello. Israel captured this territory from syria during the 19676 day war and later and mexted 981 now most of the International Community considers that annexation illegal and does not consider the Golan Heights as part of israel locals dont take it seriously either and if i think its not a good location its very hard its a neglected area and i simply dont know why people go to live there for us its a job still going to this is going to want to see it because we think its all the roads are going to get. Sued. Does it go to work which is this is an American Issue with. Israeli government says plans are underway to eventually house 300. 00 families but in the years since truck prices beeman overrated nothings being done maybe it doesnt even matter the un has been bestowed the facts on marginal after all we live in an era of fake news says the president trying to likes to say. Its northern israel. The most powerful bosses in big tech got a dressing down from u. S. Lawmakers made their mind this was over their market power in claims of political censorship the heads of Facebook Google and apple the facing congress and so to the worlds richest man amazon boss jeff bezos who made his 1st appearance tex out to get conservatives thats not a suspicion thats not a hunch thats a fact think all my new families how with. The prices were driven up by the fact that youve eliminated your main competitor so i dont. Respect those. Amazons dual role as a platform operator and competing so on their platform is fundamentally anticompetitive and Congress Must take action but messenger whats out instagram are the most now downloaded amps of the last decade your company sir owns them all in we have a word for that monopoly i believe it is in fact your company that is engaging in the action interference. While this Little Wonder there are monopoly concerns the combined market value of the worlds big 4 is greater than the entire German Economy for instance plus with political advertising regulations increasingly in place it is suspected may be that social media giants play a crucial role in elections and maybe again perhaps biased towards the democrats see america has been discussing that. What about the timing of all of this why is it happening right now is there any significance to that well there definitely isnt the chairman of the subcommittee spoke out today when the hearing started and he said that this is even more important now because as were still dealing with a lockdown as a result of the current virus pandemic it is really hit Small Businesses the hardest and in turn it has actually made these 4 Big Tech Companies there theyre talking about even more powerful than before take a listen to the code 900 demick these corporations already stude out as titans in our economy in the wake of 9 where theyre likely to emerge stronger and more powerful than ever before as American Family shift more of their work shopping and communication online these giant stand to profit locally owned businesses meanwhile mom and pop stores on main street face an economic crisis unlike any in recent history now as we know these Tech Companies are no strangers to privacy concerns and so there have also been a lot of questions about how they use all of the information that they gather from their users that are on their platforms and where thats going to go in the future yeah i think thats a really good point i think you have to look at the fact that essentially all these Different Companies could be i believe they are but could be violated antitrust laws in the fashion in some way or another they do seem to be engaging in very similar conduct which is essentially keeping competition from rising up using data to hold back competition all competition goes away no one is big enough or rich enough to be able to compete and also as we all know these companies are kind of the say in that theyre all Data Companies thats actually what they are their companies that mine our data and then sell that data thats how theyre so powerful is anything actually going to be done by congress to address this or is this kind of an opportunity for those on the hill to do some grandstanding and ruffle their feathers. I think its a lot of grandstanding i dont think much is going to come out of this and theres a couple of reasons for that you and i have been talking about this for years that essentially these companies they are abusing section 230 and acting not as platforms but as publishers theres really no discussion right now of removing that even though some members of Congress Want to do that the president has talked about doing that its not happening and so the question becomes if you really want to get these guys in line theres a couple of things you can do and one of them is to say you are in violation were going to revoke it from you. Every week at the height of the pandemic people across britain turned to applaud Health Workers it was appreciated but medical stuff much more done in st a wednesday say what they really could do with no is a decent pay rise across the sector. I. Think. National Health Service staff jewett increase but its not till next spring the union say the money is needed now especially as exhausted Health Workers have bracing for what could well be a covert 2nd wave complainers say they know that money is tight right now across the board but that existing funds should be spread more fairly they think. You know i completely agree that were in a very tricky situation at the moment i am and things are move precarious than they were you know you know the last 10 years weve seen a star if he cuts hes seen a lot a lot of damage done to certain sections of the workforce in our society now weve also seen in recent times billions of pounds being. Companies and private companies and businesses you know there are priorities that we can see the n. H. S. Clearly not a priority in fact is so ironically or you know quite scary the n. H. S. Is being continue. To value by being. Here and has. The british governments response to the pundit make is still getting fierce scrutiny a new report says care homes which suffered the most infections and deaths were quote thrown to the wolves is a london correspondent showed it was dashed. The 1st glimpse the 1st real look into how the sector has been treated since the height of the pandemic though it found that the governments approach was inconsistent and out was negligent now according to make him his the chairwoman of the Cross Party Committee she says the National Response was simply not good enough our care homes were effectively firm to the wolves and the virus has ravaged some of them putting the site the government must use the narrow window we have now to plan for a 2nd wave lives. And upon getting our response right slow inconsistent reckless and appalling were used to describe the way in which patients were discharged into care homes without any knowledge of whether or not the patient heart of it 19 now a massive 25000 hospital patients in england and wales were moved to care homes to free up bed spaces as i say that 19 test it also found years of inattention and funding cuts by successive governments have left social care worse for wear and that the government was aware of this but failed to change its policy and then more recently Boris Johnson the Prime Minister at the start of july shifted the blame someone on to the care homes saying that they were not doing their jobs properly we discovered too many homes didnt really follow the procedures in the way that they could have now the report has suggested some recommendations including improving that discharge process and it wants the government to respond by the end of the summer because that is a crucial time when we do expect to see a 2nd wave of the corona virus pandemic lets hope not is exactly 60 minutes. Moscow time coming up here now to international the solar star she would south korea the testing target in tokyo while you will a memorial marking japans dark past is reviving a decades old dispute tickly the Prime Minister taking it personally you reveal all about. We go to work soon straight home. So every crisis in america has been packaged as a bond and sold into the junk bond market with a longer maturity at a slightly lower coupon and theyve been doing this now for 40 years to the point where americas indebtedness says then they engineered to the point of an extinction event as have many countries as the glow. Of the new insured now for the race and Police Protests in the u. S. City of oregon so crowds to augusta overnight with much of the federal offices said that a try and crack down on it. Test is set of professor cells on the receiving end of tig so for ignoring Police Loudspeaker warnings theres also concern the detained campaign is have been told and only been released if they agree to stay away from further protests as for the federal offices sent in by donald trump the governor says theyll start withdrawing later on thursday they were deployed earlier this month you may recall cities which the whole trump was derided as being ruled by liberal democrats weeks of racial unrest in the city maybe putting the white house against local leaders but nonetheless donald trump his political rivals suspect his toughened response belies a bigger goal in his sights more of that from caleb maupin the crisis playing out across the United States seems to be drawing a fine line between law and order order being what donald trump claims he is trying to achieve with his crackdown and law being what mayors say donald trump is disregard by not listening to the message of the protestors demonstrate his for Racial Justice represent the best of our democratic ideals the president s unilateral deployment to federal forces betrays them and does nothing to keep us safe and i stands with our friends in portland that is more like a block Party Atmosphere its not in our takeover its not a military sprint how long do you think seattle in those few blocks looks like this. I dont know we could have a summer of love the white house continues to highlight what its portraying as a prolonged episode of rioting and lawlessness meanwhile the protesters are refusing to throw in the towel when it comes to highlighting their issue of racial injustice. The black lives Matter Movement has gained traction worldwide with millions coming to understand its message and call for Racial Justice however many u. S. Analysts are saying that in the short term it could be down will trump who actually games from the episode of prolonged on rast vandalizing our downtown gives dont trump the images he wants and the justification he sakes to send federal troops into merican cities what can be fulled and plain to his twisted Campaign Strategy violent protesters lighting fires and using violence in portland should wear donald trump buttons this is who they are helping progressives in portland need to call them out including the mayor retreat police dont allow violent people to help donald trump summer making the analogy of the 1968 president ial election in which Richard Nixon won in a landslide following the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr the protests in the streets are created an atmosphere of fear now george floyd can hardly be compared to dr Martin Luther king but the widespread protests sweeping urban centers are certainly reminiscent of that era bring about law and order we want a law and order they dont want lower order law and order will prevail in this president seeks to restore law and order law and order law and order stands for law and order this president stands of law and order one of the most we want the law and order. Against the wishes of local mayors donald trump is sending in a heavy handed federal agents now some say he could be inciting more violence however others think he has no choice but unfolds lightly around the courthouse cannot reasonably be called protests it is by any objective measure an assault on the government of the United States the current wave of unrest is being dubbed the costliest in u. S. History meanwhile theres been a spike in Violent Crime with some voices blaming that on the calls to define the Police Democrats are calling out donald trump saying that hes running a Campaign Based on fear come on that is all about trying to come up with a bizarre law in order 2020 campaign thing to try to scare the devil only nerka people so is donald trump perhaps going to win over a silent majority is it possible that something that looked like the end of donald trump and 21 with black lives matter in our streets could actually result in the democrats anding him another term in the white house it will come up and r. T. New york. Now next this is a bit different to the story of a statute atomic garden in south korea this rig knighted an unresolved bitter wartime row with japan it shows a kneeling in front of a girl who symbolizes military sex slaves euphemistically called back then comfort women from japans imperial colonial era nearly a century ago but whats really annoying japan about it is that the man looks maybe what you can judge for yourself a little bit like Prime Minister shinzo of himself no stranger to this same dispute inflaming it a while back japan says if it is based on a day it will seriously impact relations with south korea. Duce got doggedly with i think such a thing is unforgivable in terms of International Courtesy if the reports are accurate it will have a decisive impact on japan and south korea relations. With a bigger issue behind this is over reparations for the socalled comfort stations in use from 132. 00 to the end of the 2nd world war women were lured with the offer of work only to be forced into providing Sexual Services to Japanese ImperialArmy Soldiers but then its thought around 200000 mostly korean women were enslaved and this right was a bit of all its gone on since then attempts to try to resolve the dispute over the years have been slow theyve been heated a treaty to try to normalize relations came about in 1965 but it took japan intil 993 to finally apologize admit that there were women forced into sex slavery or come 2015 or fast forward a big a formal apology and a deal was agreed with the fund to compensate victims but it didnt go far enough as far as south korea was concerned then for many others to the deal almost fell apart campaigners say there is still big Unfinished Business here we will never have peace and asia and to japan brings this chapter took hold and finally unconditionally make an apology through its legislative will just a sculpture also says that she named the sculpture eternal at home. Mr. Could be any man even being the survivors are those that are really need to do there instead of trying to tear down their moral knows his shit now. Like again an owner to work append it and apologize and bring justice and. Culture to the survivors and the victims of this horrendous history. Yes such a difficult story for so many people but this is the way things are looking for the newsroom so father i phone is here and often ill be keeping you covered from a very studious and great on because around the world the news teams as well as the day progresses but for now reporting from moscow on this side of it this thursday kevin and thank you for watching and have a great day. Join me every 1st on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business im showbusiness ill see if. The world is driven by a dream shaped by the person of. The day or thinks. 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