Donald trump had threatened to bring all american troops home by christmas. Hes not going quite that far, but he will reduce the us military presence in iraq and afghanistan before he leaves office. So, lets look at that plan in a bit more detail. At the moment, there are 3000 soldiers stationed in iraq. 500 of them will be pulled out. The drawdown looks much more meaningful in afghanistan, where 2000 of the a500 us troops will be withdrawn. They are part of the nato force in place to support what is a fragile government. The acting defense secretary, Christopher Miller, made the announcement at his first news conference. Together we have mourned the loss of more than 6900 american troops who gave their lives in afghanistan and iraq. And we will never forget the more than 52,000 who bear the wounds of war and all those who still carry its scars, visible and invisible. In light of these tremendous sacrifices and with great humility and gratitude to those who came before us, i am formall
After he was suspended, labour has reinstated Jeremy Corbyn who says hes sorry for the hurt caused in the row over antisemitism. In thailand more violence in the streets of bangkok as protesters demand changes to the countrys constitution. They are spraying water cannon. Its laced with chemicals so you can really smell the tear gas in it. And for the first time, a fully operational private spacecraft takes astronauts from earth to the intermational space station. And coming up in sport, on bbc news. A thriller at the atp finals in london as the french open champion rafa nadal is beaten in straight sets by austrias dominic thiem. Good evening. More than two Million People in scotland are facing the countrys toughest restrictions from friday, to try to curb some notably high rates of infection. The new regime will be in place until two weeks before christmas. Level 4 rules will be imposed in 11 council areas, including glasgow, as well as east and south ayrshire, renfrewshire and east re
Has failed to track down nearly half the close contacts of people with coronavirus, in some of the worst hit areas. The drug ghb, which has been used in murder and rape cases, should have a higher classification according to an official report. And coming up well be speaking to Douglas Stuart whose novel about growing up in glasgow has won this years booker prize for fiction. Hello, good afternoon. The Prime Ministers adviser on ministerial standards, sir alex allan, has resigned, following the inquiry into allegations of bullying by the home secretary. Sir alexs report found that priti patel had not always met the high standards expected of a minister. Downing street said borisjohnson doesnt believe mrs patel has breached the ministerial code, and considers the matter closed. Mrs patel has said she is sorry to have upset people. Heres our political correspondent, helen catt. So we know that borisjohnson likes to stand by his ministers when they are under fire. Weve seen that several t
In glasgow wins one of the worlds top prizes for fiction. Hello and welcome. Election officials in the us state of georgia have confirmed thatjoe biden beat donald trump there after a recount. But mr trump has still refused to admit defeat and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has again laid out wide ranging conspiracy theories about voter fraud. Heres our north america correspondent will grant. The correspondent will grant. Result of georges recou| is the result of georges recount is in and confirms what we already knew. Mr biden won the state. Still, donald trump will almost certainly not accept that result or any other he still can test. It is now a little over two weeks is the election was held and this was supposed to be the moment President Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani showed the proof of their campaign was make unsubstantiated claims of fraud. I know crimes, i can smell them, i can prove this one through 18 different ways. Ican one through 18 different ways. I can prove
Paid £21 million of taxpayers money for acting as a go between to secure ppe for nhs staff. And a new era in commercial space travel begins, the first fully operational private flight takes astonauts to the International Space station. Large parts of scotland are being put into effective lockdown from friday until just two weeks before christmas to try to reverse worryingly high infection rates. More than 2. 5 Million People will be affected in glasgow, as well as east and south ayrshire, renfrewshire and east renfrewshire, west and east dunbartonshire, north and south lanarkshire, stirling and west lothian. Nonessential shops, bars, restaurants, hairdressers and Visitor Attractions will close, nonessential travel outside local Council Areas is now against the law in tier 4. Anyone flouting the rules could be arrested. But schools, nurseries and essential shops can stay open. Our scotland editor sarah smith is in glasgow. Maryhill road in glasgow, the city where scotlands infection ra