Military leaders and u. S. Allies and the senior figures in trumps. Republican policy have all warned of the dangers of putting too many troops out before the conditions are right. I think its extremely important here in the next couple of months. Not to have any earth shaking changes with regard to defense and foreign policy. Think up or ship, it is drawdown, and either afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake. Well, lets not get the view from iraq al jazeera somehow to feltons and back that the reduction of u. S. Troops in iraq to 2500. 00 is not that significant in light of the drawdown that already took place earlier this year. In january, there were 5000. 00 troops present in country that number was reduced to 3000 as of september and of course, the political and security context that precipitated this reduction was rather complex. Back in january, we had the u. S. Assassination of iranian general custom still in miami, as well as other iraqi officials, which prompted the parliament
About its new travel quarantine, which was just rereclarified again by the county in the past hour. Nbc bay areas robert handa was at todays announcement and why its so crucial to get moving on it. Reporter the race is on as the Public Health Department Works to keep its vaccine and quarantine plans on track, even as covid cases surge. Whether its a vaccine or a travel quarantine, its all about trying to stop what Public Health calls a chain of transmission. The latest numbers show parts of the south bay running out of hospital beds. We are especially concerned because none of the hospitals serving south county and East San Jose had more than five icu beds available as of yesterday. Reporter the downy submitted its vaccine plan to the state detailing how it will distribute and administer vaccinations. There are some difficult logistics, including that necessary ultra cold Storage Units are now only being set up to store the vaccines at 70 degrees below zero. Dr. Jennifer tong says they
A warning from one of the Top Health Officials in the u. S. After reporting the highest daily death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began also this hour and crisis in syria the cold of winter is putting millions of people at risk. To their schools to n. B. A. Players get back to training as the Houston Rockets trade on store point god Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in hong kong where the proDemocracy Movement has suffered a huge setback another prominent activist is facing time in prison media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jamie law is the latest to be taken into Police Custody hell be held until a court case in april next year jimmy law is accused of. Fraud and this comes just a day after 3 other leaders were sentenced Joshua Wong Agnes cha and ivan lamb will serve 1310 and 7 months in jail respectively the Hong Kong Government says all those activists broke the law protesters say that trumped up charges t
Life changing exam during the life or turning pandemic thousands of south korean students take the National University entrance exams of the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. Im british manager welcome to news asia glad you could join us for the 1st time in 19 yeahs the taliban and the Afghan Government have come to a written agreement just 3 pages long it is a document that lays out the rules of procedures for negotiations between the 2 sides aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of wall the Development Ends and impasse after nearly 3 months of talks in doha nato is one of a number of organizations to welcome the move saying theres no one ton of 2 such talks. Im not underestimating the difficulties on the risks for setbacks on disappointments on to move forward but im absolutely certain that the only way is. Going into the afghan negotiations and therefore we support them and knowing that it will be difficult from john but that is the only option for all of those who want peace in afghanis
Lines but why do so many Young Africans still risk their lives for it. I. Welcome to the program the journalism industry has been hit tod cuticle with 19 pandemic across the continent loss of revenue from advertising has led some media houses to lay off journalists some publications ive even had to shut down but still struggling to survive and i even make in more dishes moves to south africa your Digital News Media outlet is now branching into print publication against all odds. Investigative critical journalism thats the trademark of the Daily Maverick it started in 2009 as a digital only publication and has been at the forefront in exposing corruption and government failures in south africa in september they decided to swim against the current and publish to print publication for the 1st time most media houses around the world have struggled with with this process of moving from a print publication into the Digital World and then having to digitally transform their operations weve be