Sundays disputed president ial election. Several in you country see a steep rise in corona virus infections prompting fears of new lock downs and stricter quarantine measures. We begin with a surprise announcement from the u. S. President on a breakthrough Peace Agreement in the middle east israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations israel says it will suspend plans to an expanse of the occupied west bank trump says the u. S. Helped broker the deal which will see the u. A. E. And Israel Exchange embassies and invest it is the 2 nations are expected to meet in the coming weeks to sign bilateral agreements. This is a truly historic moment not just the israel jordan peace treaty was signed more than 25 years ago or so much progress being made towards peace in the middle east by uniting 2 of americas closest and most capable partners in the region something would say could not be done this deal is a significant step towards building a more peacef
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a major scaling back of the u. S. Military presence there maybe 12000 troops a 3rd of those based in germany will be withdrawn around half will be sent to other bases in europe the rest will head back to the United States the european command and special operations h. Q. Would also be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
Waiting to be reunited father whos one of thousands of palestinian separated from his family for months as a result of covert 90. Sporters brazil the 2nd worst outbreak of coronavirus in the World Football returns to the pitch just meters away from a Field Hospital for covert 1000 patients. A former canadian diplomat and a businessman have been charged with spying in china in a case set to increase diplomatic tensions between the 2 countries now michael kors is being held in beijing and businessman michael spaceball was charged in a city near the north korean border and theyre both accused of spying for state secrets for its foreign entity both were detained in late 2018 soon after the arrest in canada of may 1 joe a Top Executive at the chinese tech giant wildly she is the daughter of ways found and shes facing extradition to the United States on 4 charges if you trade with iran now those developments come as a strain as Prime Minister says that a state based actor is behind a major c
The power base of u. S. Politics and. This is a very very scary virus you dont it that people are going to go back to work and there could be worried about texting. Infections in mexico near their peak but our official numbers concealing the real extent of the crisis. Could have you with us welcome to the program saudi arabia has announced tough new austerity measures aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic from july the 1st itll raise value added tax from 5 to 15 percent it will also cut up to 26000000000. 00 from government infrastructure upgrades including crown Prince Mohammed bin salons vision of the 2030 project and to from the beginning of next month is suspending a cost of living allowance for workers more on that story as it develops through the day. We go to china now where its also continuing to take steps to reopen its economy even as it reports a rise in new coronavirus cases Chinese Health authorities anno
A warning it could still be a year away. And wall streets worst day in more than 3 decades as investors comic over them expect money in. Welcome to the program the Global Response to the coronavirus pandemic is ramping up but the World Health Organization is imploring governments to test far more people with suspected infection the french president emanuel macro has declared war on the outbreak and is closing frances borders from 1100 g. M. T. On tuesday the European Union has proposed a ban on all nonessential foreign travel to the shang the president of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde has pledged to do whatever she can to stop the eurozone from breaking up while the British Government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is now asking people to avoid nonessential travel pubs clubs and thier. Meanwhile u. S. President donald trump positions similar advice and is aging no social gatherings of more than 10 people well alan fischer brings us more on the lates