A man 3 hard workin u. S. President donald trump has announced that he has tested positive for cars with 19 after a top aide earlier tested positive for the virus hope picks frequently travels with trump on air force one including as recently as wednesday the president has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic which is killed more than 200000 americans and infected over 7 you know the yorkers on the back of the news President Trump fund into fox news channels hannity program to discuss the diagnosis of these i hope. Shes artwork or a lot of alaska sushi wears a mask so a lot but she tested positive and i just went out with it just ill see what you know because we spent a lot of time in the 1st lady just went out with it just also but whether we have it i dont know you know. Its really hard when you were the soldiers when youre with. Aaron when youre with. The Police Officers are with them so much it would take a mobile you very hard to say stay back particularly its going to be a situation with the girl who. Was president from from on this im joined by i do believe reporter Katie Stevens whos been following this story for us what more do we know well weve just heard this news now that trump is cofounder he has tested positive for the coronavirus earlier on we found close aides hope picks had also tested positive as you mentioned they have been in close contact earlier this week several times in fact 1st president ial debate and then later at a rally in minnesota and it was on the flight back from that rally that she started to show symptoms she did then self isolate on that flight but clearly it seems like that might have been too late now after it was nice that she had tested positive trump said that he and his wife were in quarantine so now were just waiting to hear more information from the white house about their condition and how this is going to impact on the schedule in the days and weeks ahead given that we are only a month away from the president ial election its obviously but what measures are now going to be in place at the white house to try and stop the spread of the infection well i suppose the question is is it too late its not yet clear how many other staffers this may have already impacted but weve already had quite a high number of white house staffers in recent months testing positive there are measures in place at the white house to try and stop the spread of the corona virus so regular testing daily testing not only for Staff Members but also for journalists and other people coming into contact with the president it remains to be seen whether those measures will now be tightened. A while ago and i why. Has stopped having temperature checks of people coming in tonight so that might be something they would want to consider it off you will have quite a big impact on the Truck Campaign if he and a lot of his stuff is do not have to go into quarantine were only talking just minutes after this announcement has been made but as theyve been anything out of the white house they could give us some indication as to how much of a disruption this could be. What its quite difficult to say at the moment and there was a lot of sort of speculation when we 1st heard the news about this aide testing positive why it was taking so long for the white house to confer trying to test results given that they have got these rapid tests where you can have it was out quite quickly so maybe that they were already trying to come up with a strategy for how this is going to look in the days the days ahead as i said given that weve only got a month left until the president ial election and trump has been making a point of Still Holding rallies in fact he was supposed to go to a rally tomorrow in florida seems like that would likely neither not be possible and well have to see how that plays. In the coming days incredible news codee stevens thanks so much well leaders have agreed to impose sanctions on dozens of bill of russian officials linked to president Alexander Lukashenko is regime ending weeks of stalemate cyprus dropped its veto against the move after securing you support in its gas dispute with turkey sanctions include travel bans and asset freezes. A breakthrough in brussels after weeks of deadlock e. U. Leaders presented a united front on belly roofs slapping sanctions on 14 members of president Alexander Lukashenko regime. Theyre accused of falsifying the oldest Election Results which is led to weeks of unrest across the country the bloc stopped short of sanctioning Lucas Shankar to spot already rejecting the bellary seen leaders claim to the presidency the people of the they have the right to determine whats their own future its also our intention to continue to develop a foot in order to support the important use such as the freedom of the press the freedom of speech decision society they had been broad support for the sanctions but discussions here to snag when cyprus vetoed the move but there a huge requiring a unanimous decision. All eyes were on the cypriot president who wanted to 1st secure a huge support in his countrys dispute with turkey. Tetchy has been carrying out exploratory drilling for gas in what cyprus in greasy is their sovereign washes something anchorage disputes. The 2 issues and directly related but cyprus used its vote as leverage amid growing tensions in the mediterranean. In a compromise the e. U. Wound turkey could face consequences if it persists with its project it is now tricky that has to prove that it wants to go the constructive road with us and this is the offer tonight but we are very clear that in the opposite case we have all the necessary tools at our disposal. From previous warnings in french and so on those involved in the drilling have done little to deter and prove they are. The e. U. Has promised to reassess the situation before the end of the year. And lets turn now to some of the other stories making news. Hundreds of independent supporters took to the streets of boss a lot of to mark the 3rd anniversary of the regions disputed independence referendum in 2017 catalan authorities challenge the Central Government in madrid which refused to recognize catalonia as independence triggering a national crisis. Protesters in the among golden capital. Have demanded the release of ethnic mongolians arrested in china for criticizing a language policy in schools the requirement to take certain subjects in mandarin rather than mongolian has weeks of rallies thursdays protest can head a visit by u. S. Secretary of state might comp. Police in hong kong have arrested dozens of activists who were defying a ban on protests it comes as the city the 71st anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china officials denied permission for a rally citing concerns the security concerns rather and coronavirus restrictions. Over russia france and the us have called for an a maybe at ceasefire in the mountainous region of no go on to. The region is internationally recognized as part of. But has been controlled by Ethnic Armenians since the war in the early 990 s. Since the conflicts flared up again on sunday dozens of people have been injured and hundreds injured. An attack and counterattack the Armenian Forces say they destroyed these Azerbaijan Army positions and azerbaijan says they hit back their ministry of defense released these videos they say this used to be a separatist military post as a barge on soldiers took it earlier this week back in 1992 neighboring russia france and the u. S. Mediated between the 2 warring nations on thursday the leaders of all 3 countries got involved again. Because the situation is serious in the region of nagornokarabakh. Chris President Trump president putin and myself as the 3 co president s of the minsk group in charge of following the situation in the go and i care about we demanded an unconditional ceasefire. But the time for a ceasefire and negotiation is over according to turkeys president wretch of type. One of those so put in a good if we discuss this with mr putin and with mr mccraw but they always sat and talked no result it is now time for results and our azerbaijani brothers are taking the issue into their own hands many of them will not. Keep the way for lasting peace in this region depends on armenias withdrawal from every part of azerbaijan and territory. President added one supports azerbaijans claim to not go no karabakh and that stance is raising tension between ankara and its nato allies france and the us but despite the International Pressure the shelling continues wrecking homes and civilian lives both in the disputed region and on its outskirts. The departure from the European Union may become a matter for the courts on thursday the e. U. Launched legal action against britain after the u. K. Refused to drop controversy on legislation that would violate the brakes if agreement and break international law. Brussels had given london a hard deadline europes british friends as was on a funded lion puts it had been given until wednesday to revise their proposal and because london did not react brussels is now doing so the commission has decided to send a letter off ahmed notice to the u. K. Government this is the 1st step in an infringement procedure the letter invites the u. K. Government to send its observations within a month the british lower house only approved the controversial internal market bill on tuesday it would no more find the border agreement the Northern Ireland in the already existing brecks a treaty. Will lose the earlier deal was meant to avoid a physical border with each member ireland london says it will answer the matter in due course but this dispute puts a further strain on the talks with britain over a free trade deal time is running out if no agreement is reached theres the risk of a hard break that and the reintroduction of custom duties. The sport and by minute strike a strike of robert levin dusky has been named to european football of the year by governing body your wife. Yet another trophy for by and munich Robert Lennon dusky was named european mens player of the year for the 1st time a day after his side would win the german super cup their 5th title of the year polands live and also hes got a mind boggling 55 goals in all competitions but by and last season but hes 16 more than any other player in europes top 5 leagues. And i think amazing because you know if you walk. Into. This trophy hunting Something Special and i have to say. Thank you to my 3 months to my coachs manual noire was voted as the Champions League best goalkeeper while teammate use of a kidney won best defender is by and dominated the awards and the flick was also named best coach. The draw for the group stage of this seasons Champions League was less joyful for holders. They face an awkward Group Without letting go madrid salzburg and Lokomotiv Moscow in another standout group little misused barcelona will clash with Cristiana Ronaldo as you venters. You wait for also announced clubs could fill 30 percent of their stadiums with home fans if local authorities agree amid the coronavirus pandemic the ceremony in geneva also saw denmarks piniella harder pick up the womens best player award last seasons you want to fulfil even took double with germanys valse bug. Im super are not there to achieve this award. Its one of the biggest awards you can you can achieve individually. So i am super happy and proud german football is dominating like never before. And a reminder of our top story this sell us President Donald Trump has announced that he and 1st lady millennia trump have tested positive for coded 98 he confirms the news 5 twitter earlier it was announced his top aides hope picks and also contracted the virus. To be up for that you can stay that way by visiting us online at d. W. Dot com thats where you can download the d w is more news coming up in 45 minutes tough. On you hear me now on sirius were going to tell you and how the last years german chancellor will bring you im going to back off and you never have before surprise yourself with what is possible who is medical really what moves and what also to talk to people who follow along the way maurice and critics alike joining us from arkansas stopped. The cold war ended in moscow in 1990 bringing a new era of peace to europe a divide in germany was free to reunite the treaty that pave the way for german unity was signed here in moscow 30 years ago it was a historic victory for democracy and the deep rifts in europe were on the road to recovery. The it is real im still aware that this was the most important signature of my life the book. It wasnt an illusion it was a political project to keep. We did a lot of things. A lot different than when we won the cold war against. Soviet ambassador vaslav terra cotta was here in moscow 30 years ago when the victorious powers of the 2nd world war determined the fate of germany moscow knocks back on this treaty with far more criticism than the west does. Know the most by me a matter of its i think listen see is speeches and champagne so i left a rather trying to send annoying off to taste in new when you think about all of the problems that arose during the many negotiations about whats to finally do with germany and they put b. S. When you consider that a treaty was supposed to solve all problems once and for all that people had been fighting over for many decades to. Come Global Political decisions made back then still affect the world today the great power struggles of the time could have thwarted german reunification or people forget today that this was something that there were a lots of things that could have gone wrong and so you wanted to try to move it forward as rapidly but is securely as possible and the key driver for that was the people on the ground in germany. Auto 989. 00 was a time of euphoria in germany as the berlin wall crumbled the iron curtain in europe lifted. But how would moscow react most people thought soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev would never release east germany the soviet union had sacrificed so many people during the 2nd world war. And east germany was compensation the day after the wall fell the people of berlin were celebrating the end of a divided germany with their chancellor helmut kohl an envoy from the kremlin would soon arrive in the west german capital bonn on a secret mission he was greeted at the chancellor by horst chick helmut kohl as Foreign Policy advisor. He was acting very secretively. Rich to fish but it had important talks of the highest level and they discussed a lot of issues feel the following 2 screwed small the issues that are some kind of connection to the topic of german unity within 2 months. You are sure that will shift i think that was a mistake or now bought into the ethical field actually come to talk about what could be done after the fall of the wall to put the brakes on the reunification froze that was apparently yet to calm the situation down since his mission is to another but he expressed that in a very unclear manner you in the. Belief to my report to the chancellor said that when they are starting to talk about german unity its that its high time that we did too this was as old. Calls poll ratings were dire at the time 10 trips saw an opportunity to boost the chancellors popularity. It gets i told him this was a chance to announce his intentions for german reunification. For. That same night tel chick started drafting a 10 point plan to reunite germany but kohl kept it secret until november 28th when he presented his plan for reunification in the bundestag it came as a surprise even to their Coalition Partner the f. D. P. And foreign minister hanspeter. This youve got off the air i know vernon tried to shoot but were also prepared to go. A major step further conflict to develop can federal structures between the 2 german nations if we can meet it with the aim of creating a federation a federal state order in germany. To shut off. The radio speech was momentous. We thought it would be another 5 to 10 years before germany was actually reunited that. Guenter travel to moscow the chancellors arbitrary 10 point plan had angered the victorious powers of the 2nd world war cantor had to apologize to gorbachev and ask for his understanding about west germanys desire to reunite. Me and im pleading i have never taken part in a political discussion where one of the parties left their anger rage so out of control to. Get us out. Of there gorbachev accused the chancellor of venture fearing the internal affairs of east germanys submission nasties and displays as for me after that conversation i just couldnt imagine the soviet union agreeing to a process that would allow the reunification of our country any time in the foreseeable future of society for. The western allies were also concerned about the way things were developing in germany and specially the british leader margaret thatcher. People it is likely the british Prime Minister was strictly against a reunification of germany its. His temperament who was germany was a hostile from the start she was very hostile to the salaciously to the germans shoko she never had any confidence in the germans as she said theyll betray you and they will be training. She had a conversation with overtures through the summer of 90 days you know and when she called through they both started to discuss that is giving. She had a couple of conversations with pros for mitchell who share his careers initially indeed would say express them even more forcefully than she ever did because later judge were going to go to he changed his position will record the she did but at the beginning his views were were he was very very word to the board even though i thought if i was always in the heart and i was irish and french were both worried that germany would just play a hedge of monica additions again. After all germanys g. D. P. Was the same as france and britain but together its illegal aliens as i am that there was a potential threat that arose into. French president francois mitterrand said straight away i mcculloch she will if you want to unite germany thats your business you can do that under whatever thing titians you like me i wouldnt interfere yes if you want frances approval even you need to respect 13 conditions one the order and i said order would kill to you more of the denuclearization of germany and 3 in the real europe. Washington was also following this political earthquake in germany west germany had hoped that the powerful United States would support reunification. As the u. S. Was seen as a necessary indispensable a that would help to overcome resistance from the french and british sides with a side foreign minister genscher travel to washington to discuss proceedings with u. S. Secretary of state james baker bakers colleagues already had precisely ideas about how the International Negotiations on german unity should play out and we focused on the idea that the key players are the 2 germanys and the 4 powers that had the rights Robert Zelnick set out americas goals in a confidential strategy document the us wanted to solidify its leadership role in. Europe through what became known as the 2 plus 4 talks and to keep a united germany within the western military Alliance Nato zelotes paper reads we want them in our tent not in one of their own working with the germans right now gorbachev needs to show he has some control over the process 2 plus 4 gives him that cover with little real control. One would know this would be hard for the soviets and when the soviets would push back you needed to respond with a united front. The Us Government was very firm about its stipulation. Wouldve been suborn came with the demands that the united germany must be a member of nato that was a stumbling block that we werent expecting or push doesnt diminish the original. Question was how when the soviet union react how could anyone convince corporate chef to agree to the stipulation of the United States. Had an idea. Even agreed that there would be no intention to expand the need to jurisdiction eastwards that doesnt just apply to east germany it applies in general. So thats good. While standing next to the u. S. Secretary of state genscher announced that the west would respect the Strategic Interests of the soviet union. Since the end of the 2nd world war large troop units of the red army had been stationed on east german territory they crushed the uprising in east germany by force in 1953 just as they did later in 1968 with the prague spring. Susan type we have 380000 soviet troops in the country at that time we had a whole family full of wives and children to choose we had soviet Security Forces i think the total number of people was around 650000 towards unmentionables. Soviet foreign minister shevardnadze i once told me that in january 990 s. Soviet leaders were still thinking about deploying troops in east germany and closing the borders against some of the chalets easily could have on the east german army would have marched along to. The as you. Just saw to decide. If actions and harsh decisions werent exactly go bitch old style mature in the ever be able to feeble severe measures once in his nature it wasnt how he operated that they were still criticized for it today in our country and all those words and those are against the. U. S. Secretary of state james baker visited moscow on a mission to win gorbachevs approval for the 2 plus for negotiations on german unity baker felt optimistic we saw gorbachev and shevardnadze as reformers. We believed them to be that they turned out to be that. But baker knew the kremlin would strongly oppose a united germany becoming a member of nato. War every top soviet politician every soviet person even saw need to as an Enemy Alliance need to was perceived as an enemy of the soviet union with the brits and in fact nature was actually find its under that premise its at least as there was a book. Getting gorbachevs approval would be a tall order baker iterated gantries message that if gorbachev agreed to the nato membership the u. S. Would not take military advantage. I remember bakers words it was you dont have to answer immediately but think about this. Assuming there is no expansion of nato or jurisdiction to the east not more niche wouldnt it be better and then he described to have a germany in scotched in nato wis an American Military presence in europe for the future stability of the drug. Gorbachev answered. That well obviously any expansion of nato to the east who is unacceptable but i understand what youre saying and i will give it serious thought. What baker said here would be assured time and time again by western politicians to the soviet you. There would be no eastward expansion of nato there was no intention to change the current military power balance in europe a claim that would come back to haunt baker. Within 2 days the United States position changed on that we told the soviet our president thats not our position they never said anything its still a bone of contention today did baker and other western politicians make promises about nato that their successors didnt keep music sites like you it was a mistake not to treat these assurances the nature would not expand east in writing. That was a very thing and stick never left to face the music and live with the consequences of that mistake mr their Security Risk then effect i think that was clear that without those assurances it would have been much harder for gorbachev to. Have to agree. To the 2 plus 4 agreement. The day after bakers meeting chancellor cowen German Foreign minister genscher arrive in moscow the soviets were clearly happy with americas assurances about nato cole almost