Latin america could go hungry this year because of covert 19. After weeks of protests u. S. Federal agents may be pulling out of court. U. S. President ali trump has long 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a major scaling back of the u. S. Military presence there maybe 12000 troops a 3rd of those based in germany will be withdrawn around half will be sent to other bases in europe the rest will head to the United States the european command and special operations h. Q. Would also be moved from germany to belgium changes are expected to cost us 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 much the United States has made within nato in previous times these changes will achieve the Core Principles of enhancing u. S. And nato deterrence
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Arabia to slash numbers on the pilgrimage and to bar muslims from outside. Too dominant and too powerful thats whats being leveled against 4 of americas Largest Tech Companies at a congressional hearing in washington d. C. The chief executives of Facebook Google amazon and apple have all been defending their Business Practices theyre accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry free from regular action its the culmination of a yearlong investigation by the u. S. Congress detailing how the Companies Avoid liability on the current laws well our correspondent alan fischer joins us now from capitol hill for more on that hearing allan i believe its just all wrapped up after more than 5 hours talk us through what weve had today. Well the Tech Companies are essentially saying that theyre very american and that their end of it if theyre smart and they make big profits and they say that theyve had to be innovative and theyve had to include people because if they didnt they woul
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