British welcome to lead, you could join us the u. S. Decision to rapidly reduce the number of troops in afghanistan has set off alarm bells amongst those following events in the country. Some of trumps own military leadership, including the u. S. Commander responsible for the middle east, marine general frank mackenzie, have warned against too. He pull out from a country that has yet to see a stabilization of levels of violence in a deal agreed with the taliban. The u. S. Committed to a complete troop withdrawal by any next year. But the fear is the latest move to end americas longest running war could strengthen the hand of militant groups, including the taleban in the country. The sun could be setting on the u. S. Presence in afghanistan. American soldiers have been fighting here since 2001 to help stabilize the country off to overthrowing the taliban. A mission thats cost more than 2000, u. S. Lives over time. U. S. Troop numbers have waned now. Outgoing president. Donald trump want
That, as things develop, nato will continue to adjust its presence. She says that even with the further u. S. Reductions that have been announced, nato will continue its mission to train, advise and assist Afghan Forces and is committed to funding them through 2024. And heres the interesting sentence, phil. She says, as secretary general stoltenberg said before the announcement, we must preserve the gains we have made in the fight against international terrorism. We went into afghanistan together and when the time is right, we should leave together. Now before the announcement secretary general stoltenberg said we will leave together. That clearly has been thrown into doubt by the us president. Well, i have told our daughter from back to you to australia. You need law to really. Because what you say, were going to hear next from the German Foreign minister, heiko mohsin. He also is concerned about these u. S. Plans. Its especially important to us that the progress weve achieved so far
And makes clear under what circumstances schools in kindergartens might be shut for politicians. This is about ensuring public support and keeping parliament in the loop innocently. In all these Health Protection measures which are going to be hard over the coming months, we have to take people with us. We cant just impose them by decree, it can only be done with dialogue. The law, the new laws should main events such as demonstrations can only be banned if experts agree, such a move is proportionate. But already plenty of people are saying, such legislation cuts too deep into basic freedoms and its aims are insufficiently clear. As to more about those objections than simon, because on the face of it, this sounds like its just clarifying the current situation. So what are demonstrators about . I think up for a lot of people, its really about letting the politicians know that they are hurting. And of course people are suffering as elsewhere, particularly Business Owners or people who ha
Trials. President from my urges the world to honor the legacy of the proceedings. The prosecution of top nazi officials helped pave the way 50 mutual war criminals to be tried under international law. And ethiopia says its forces are closing in on the capital of the rebellious teen growing region in a conflict which has caused hundreds of lives and forced thousands more people to flee. Im jarid radio. Thank you for joining me. Us drug giant pfizer and its german partner biotech have applied for a merge and c. Authorized the nation for their corona virus vaccine. In the united states, the vaccine has a high safety record. And based on that, the u. S. , food and Drug Administration could grant permission before testing is complete. And if it does that, the 1st doses could be administered as early as next month. Across the world. The Severe Health and Economic Impacts of the pandemic. Maina vaccine cant come soon enough. A small pub with a big history. 60 years of the albatross pub in cal
Good to have you with us. We begin tonight with the politics and the pandemic. Lawmakers here in berlin have voted to give the German Government new power. So while we get to introduce specific restrictions to tackle the coronavirus crisis, the measures have been signed into law by the president in germany from vulture, steinmeyer, and will come into force this coming thursday. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest today as politicians debated the legislation thank water cannon and pepper spray deployed by police to disperse the demonstrators. Thousands gathered near the German Parliament building many in the crowd, not wearing masks, or maintaining social distancing. They were protesting against coronavirus restrictions, which they see as a violation of their civil rights. In my opinion, the restrictions are disproportionate. Surely it should have been possible to come up with other measures that dont cause so much suffering. You still believe i am here for my chil