Confirms that washington may be planning to pull almost a 3rd of its troops from germany. Its a knee jerk reaction by the trumpet ministration that could undermine security in europe. And his pandemic restrictions some couples relying on surrogate mothers are finally getting the chance to meet their babies for the 1st time our correspondent in kiev reports on one couples long journey to. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us and a dramatic congressional hearing the brother of george floyd has called on lawmakers to make sure he did not die in vain floyds killing in Police Custody ignited protests across america and around the globe the plea by felonious floyd came. As demands grow to reform policing and stop africanamericans dying from excessive use of force by white Police Officers. The day after his brother george was laid to rest in houston texas. Alone is floyd was in washington d. C. In an emotional testimony he called on lawmakers to ensure that his brother did not die in vain when you watch your big brother who you looked up to your whole entire life gotta die big a boys mom im tired im tired of pain pain you feel when you watch Something Like that people of all backgrounds genders and races have come together to demand change on it him on to george and make the necessary changes that make the Law Enforcement the solution and not the problem in minneapolis where george floyd was killed the police chief is promising change he says hell withdraw from contract negotiations with the police union to push for reform i plan to bring in subject matter experience and advisors to conduct a thorough review of how the contract can be restructured to provide Greater Community transparency. And more flexibility for true reform but many protesters believe true reform can only come through a radical change. Defund the police has become a rallying cry protestors want to cut funding for the police in favor of other Community Based projects. Police have also come under fire for using heavy handed tactics against protesters after floyds death and there have been dozens of complaints of Police Targeting reporters in one such Incident Police fired rubber bullets at g. W. Stefan siemens and crew. Birth. In the middle of. The u. S. Has promised to investigate the allegations. And i know there have been concerns from some countries of their reporters having been treated in appropriately here you should know and those countries should know we will we will handle them in a completely appropriate way George Floyds killing has put police in the us under intense scrutiny floyd supporters hope that his death may finally lead to real change. The German Government has confirmed its been informed the u. S. May be considering a partial withdrawal of american troops from the country this follows media reports the president had ordered the removal of nearly 10000 troops from germany almost a 3rd of the u. S. Military personnel stationed in the country a German Government spokesperson said that while theyre aware of the report a decision has yet to be made by the u. S. Correspondent teri schultz joins me now for more from brussels terry do we know why the Trump Administration might want to withdraw all over a quarter of its troops from germany. We dont terry it makes absolutely no strategic sense you know there are these stories floating around that hes angry at chancellor merkel again for germanys very low defense spending it wont reach the 2 percent level for more than another decade at best or that hes angry at her for not agreeing to come to a g. 7 summit this month because she said you know the stage of the coronavirus threat is simply not out of point where i want to travel there is no reason militarily that the u. S. Should want to pull troops out of germany its probably the Major Military in europe and its used not as President Trump often for treys it to protect germany or protect protect europe but as a staging ground and a Training Ground for u. S. Operations elsewhere in the world so President Trump would lose a lot of maneuverability if he were to pull troops out of germany where for example people might be surprised to learn is the headquarters of the u. S. Africa command so yeah we dont we dont understand it people who are looking at this from a military standpoint here in brussels terry were nato has its headquarters to react to these reports of the u. S. Withdrawal from germany. Well as you know nato his job is to keep calm and carry on and make sure nobody gets too nervous and in fact i had the chance to ask secretary general stoltenberg a question about the rumors of the of the troop pullout earlier this week and his answer was so bland he said well were in constant discussion with the United States about troop deployments in europe he didnt address the question directly at all in fact he did have a phone call with President Trump after this event where i spoke to him and even after that nato officials wouldnt confirm that President Trump even informed secretary general stoltenberg about any specific plans for a troop pullout so we do have some some reports that the president might like to move troops to poland which does spend 2 percent of its budget on defense but that raises other questions about whether troops u. S. Troops should be deployed that close to the russian border and theres just hasnt been any different definition on these these stories yet but there is a nato defense minister ariel next week where defense secretary marcus for a will be getting very pointed questions will this proposal which we have to say is unconfirmed its already drawing criticism from politicians and defense analysts on both sides of the atlantic how likely is it terry that this withdrawal of american troops in germany will actually happen briefly because you think i can dream President Trump better than than anyone else but this is a reason why people arent getting too agitated about it yet you never know if these things floated out of the white house are actually going to happen or if his military officials will have enough influence on him to get this pulled back before it actually goes into effect terry thanks so much that was correspondent teri schultz in brussels. Well berlin isnt the only ally coming under pressure from the trouble ministration the white house has also asked japan to significantly boost its contribution to maintaining American Forces the u. S. Has guaranteed japans defense since the end of world war 2 it has more than 50000. 00 personnel stationed still it is across the country or shinton puts the price tag at some 5700000000. 00 much of which is already paid for by japan cost sharing agreement is due to be renegotiated next year japan is already spending more on the fence but on its own forces. Soldiers practice landing unfitness vehicles in a picturesque bay on japan south coast drive out im going to have climbs the hatch and then head back to the beach its as if they were planning to set off a new sure some time soon perhaps around the officer in command is not allowed to talk to us about back. To the body of us its important to train the soldiers one is the dr no ones the helmsmen stories its not always easy to make a team out of them theyve got a pretty through. According to its constitution japan isnt supposed to have an army and many wanted to stay that way. We dont want to pad to fight a mole is all over the wealth not even on americas sorry thats why were against the drills. Even south tokyo seems to be preparing to end to the military wont state the defense minister recently deployed destroy into the gulf of amman in an interview he says its a completely harmless mission tarragona is aware of his own power he wants to become Prime Minister would you ban like to play a more active role military role on the world stage we believe are sending our destroyer to the region to get enough info. Ation to secure the past safes passage all japanese or japan related to ships are important for us so thats why we sending it were not part of. American initiative and nor european nor your iranian munis should ever its strictly on our own isnt that risky i mean it could be some kind of coffee you are right why should we be in it but if everythings fine why do you need a washing in the region what we need to get the information to secure the safe passage all by our conquerors or other ships so we are sending them for information gathering whats wrong with it. Just to recognizance missions. Some people feel differently. Us asian relations acts that claimed fukushima for example finds the idea amazing. Well i think as defense minister thats what he had to say you know just as when koizumi was asked in the diet. Is it not dangerous for the so Defense Force to be in combat zones he said well to sort of times worse is there by definition that is not a combat zone. That was his answer. Behind the scenes of u. S. Japanese military relations in the end is less easy going then here American Military units stationed has still made trying to aid missions with the japanese earthquake for example but since washington has demanded much more money from japan for u. S. Troops tensions have risen considerably it is actually cheaper to have a marine stationed in japan than to have them in san diego so if we pay. Then they will become sort of mercenary and i dont think you are supposed to would like to do that. Posh words especially coming from an otherwise normal japan is a possible future government leader seeking to expand his influence in a big way insiders say there is support for this in the ruling party but less so amongst the japanese people. For more talent joined by ron mason hes a Japanese Foreign policy expert at the university of east anglia in the u. K. Thanks for joining us dr mason do you think the Japanese Defense minister aims to formally develop a National Military force and if so why. Yes in the in the long run definitely the aim will be to develop a full Defense Force this is because the constitution which was after all japanese constitution and american drafted and american imposed constitution has been unchanged for something right 70 years and this is very unusual as a National Constitution of the state with japans status so ultimately this is about making small constitutional provisions which normalize japans International Rob how do you explain the trumpet ministration demanding that japan significantly boost its spending on american troops. Thats really about domestic politics so from the truck side and from the japanese side of me in this case weve been talking about defense minister. Really this is the leadership level that this goes up to Prime Minister abbott both of have a domestic political agenda which can be played into through this kind of backwards and forwards over defense spending on the truck side he would obviously like to demonstrate that he is he is coming out of the current crises still in a position of strength dictating to his allies and positive sees how america will work and this is about showing hes doing something for the American Economy on the japanese side Prime Minister abbott for a long time has wanted to make more use of the japan self Defense Forces and to be able to justify that now he might be able to do that by playing off the demands of trump against the protesters or those that would oppose his upgrading of the japanese so in other words justify spending money on japan says but spending money on having american troops that right how do you see this dispute between washington and tokyo playing out. I think thats a difficult question but you know as i suggested before i think there is a sense in which these 2 positions japans in the United States are actually a line and in an underlying way thats to say that on this is both the defense minister of japan and President Trump have to show kind of strong this sticking up for their domestic audience but in fact there are 2 positions quite well the line because if the Drop Administration can do mond that japan pay a lot japan can then just if i actually spending more on their own military rather than spending it on the American Military so then might be kind of a bit of a bad back and forth a little bit of a kind of show all negotiation and then 2 hours will ultimately come to quite an agreeable mutually acceptable position defamation thank you very much that was dr rob mason Japanese Foreign policy expert at the university of east anglia now a brief look at some other stories making headlines today the number of coronavirus cases recorded in the u. S. Has topped 2000000 Johns HopkinsJohn Hopkins University says new infections are on the rise in at least 19 states the u. S. Has more coping 1000 cases than any other country in the world. That was on his batting police use of its facial Recognition Program for the next year the technology has been shown to misidentified people with darker skin the move comes amid growing calls for Police Reform in the wake of the Police Killing of george floyd. Large we quickly the u. S. Federal reserve says it will keep it a 0 Interest Rates near 0 and continue pumping money into the u. S. Economy its part of its bid to stave off the fallout from the global price hand demick but it warns unemployment will remain high though through the end of the year. Of more on the feds decision and what markets around the world have been making of it lets bring in our financial correspondent color abuse in in frankfurt good to see you can read 1st of all markets seem to have opened on a weaker no tenney idea why. Well vestas have become aware terry that they somewhat had gotten ahead of themselves with those strong gains on the stock market since the middle of march the outlook that the Federal Reserve chairman gave in particular for the labor market was much more pessimistic than for example this relatively strong labor Market Report last week in the us might have indicated also everyone in the us is aware that those Emergency Support schemes that the federal government and the u. S. Has put in place for the labor market will run out at the end of july and that theres no follow up in sight yet all this has made investors more hesitant more nervous again. Come out how does the feds action compared to other Central Banks are also been trying to support markets. Well terry generally speaking all major Central Banks have acted quickly and with bold Monetary Policy measures if you compare the fed and the European Central bank the fed has said that there are no limits on its asset purchases on the purchases of bonds on the bond markets the European Central bank still eases talking about certain limits on the other hand the European Central bank is operating with negative Interest Rates and the e. C. B. Is currently considering a bad bank you know a bad bank for bank loans that might turn sour so i would say on both sides of the atlantic Monetary Policy makers are very creative theyre acting differently because of the different structures of our Financial Systems and sectors corporate thank you very much conrad bosun in frankfurt. Lockdowns around the world have left many families separated some couples relying on surrogate mothers have been waiting for months to be united with their newborns stranded in ukraine one month and 3 days late but at least they are together. And youre old and so troubled 10000 kilometers by car through continent in lockdown to finally meet their daughter. She still has to get used to us she doesnt know who we are. Their daughter spent her 1st month with a carer in an apartment her parents only able to see her on a screen. You know the so sad we were crying just seeing her pictures and unable to do anything for her you just feel so helpless all you can do is wait. 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