And play richardson. Welcome to the show. The United States says its reducing troop numbers in afghanistan and iraq. By mid january, the deployment will be reduced to 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country. Bringing american troops home was a key pledge of the trump presidency, but that situation has also triggered a backlash. The sun could be setting on the us presence in afghanistan. American soldiers have been fighting here since 2001, helping stabilize the country after overthrowing taliban rule. But suffering over 2000 deaths over time. Troop numbers have winked. Now, outgoing President Donald Trump will further reduce the number of soldiers here and in iraq. In light of these tremendous sacrifices and with great humility and gratitude to those who came before us, i am formally announcing that we will implement president trumps orders to continue our repositioning of forces from those 2 countries by january 15th, 2021. Our forces, their size in afghanistan will be 2500 troops,
Outrage over a chinese official tweeting a fake image depicting all strangely a soldier comes in the childs throat, promises to teach the argument, demands an official apology from beijing. Welcome to the program. More than 100 people have been killed in what the u. N. Calls a massacre in the countrys Northern Borno state. I witness said, mitt militants on motorcycles rounded up and killed. Farmers were bringing in the harvest. No one has claimed responsibility yet bus jihad is groups have attacked the area. In recent years. The victims of a gruesome massacre laid to rest in a mass burial. The 4th reports say the farm workers were attacked by armed insurgents on motorbikes. While they were harvesting rice, some was shot others to Death Threats caught or there were 6 of us in the bush. Then we headed back into the village. We were shocked when we got that back up. We found the bodies and that was where the main killings took place. Then we went through a nearby village called good thoug
Amid growing fears that the conflict there could escalate. Further. Central government is accusing Regional Forces of firing rockets into the neighboring amara region. Fighting began last week off to this of a box lined, the forces attacked National Military bases. In chanceless, a bastion curts has announced a 3 week lockdown to stem a shop rising to run. A virus infections is set to begin on tuesday. The country hit a record 9600 infections on friday. Austria hopes its latest measures will instill stress on its health care system. This is d. W. News from bergen. You can follow us on twitter and instagram. D. W. News or visit our website to be found at w dot com until they show we have creatures great and small. All of them useful, like derek house, which supply us with valuable milk and which perform a vital function as pollination. But their diversity is increasingly under threat and even some worms that have a surprising superpower, all their own. Hello and welcome to tomorrow. Tod
Conflict itself, a humanitarian crisis. Tens of thousands, flee to sudan. The governments fight with the defiance to cry reach. Thanks for joining us. It was one of the biggest in a decades now a possible breakthrough. In the case of the break, in green vol, one of germanys most famous museums, police flooded the district of massive Early Morning raid in connection with the 3 suspects arrested in the raid or due to appear in court later on suspicion of organized robbery, an arson. Last november, thieves broke into the Dresden Museum and stole jewelry estimated to be worth around 1000000000. 00. More of these latest developments. Chief political correspondent, linda crime, linda. What else do we know about the raid . Well, in fact, more than 1600 Police Officers took part in this massive raid from the states beyond berlin, from 6 other federal states as well. And apparently they searched at least 18 properties that ranged from apartments to sell or is 2 car garages. Many of these were i
And im a citizen of the world thats certainly because of my own biography. Well, i fled from breslau during the bombardment, including i grew up in a small town. And libraries were how i got to know the world. I visited north africa as a schoolboy. I was 17 or 18 and we drove folks who are going to band through all the north african countries. I was always drawn to Foreign Countries because i had this curiosity about how other people live, think and work. And it was always worth it. Yes, im a citizen of the world, and this is the story of a the story of the final year in the korea of detail a man. He has shaped the german Cultural Landscape of the last decades like few others with his incredible ability to grasp the right moment. Hes been head of the gemma National Library, the driving force behind the lens Famous Museum island, and president of germanys cultural powerhouse. The good to institute, but his last 12 months didnt go as planned. A final official trip to the african continen