Conservatives thats not a suspicion that someone on stats a fact i believe it is in fact your company that is engaging in the election interference and im familiar with the details by. Hundreds of Health Workers much on turning street to demand a pay rise for all of the sectors saying theyre still battling the pandemic on the front line and getting all the applause in. The morning to the nationals will be sent here in moscow kevin 0 in with you for the update for this next hour we stick around and maybe to the whole thing ok we started with this the United States is slashing its military presence in germany its withdrawing all redeploying nearly 12000. 00 personnel its part of a long running dispute with claiming its not paying enough into the nato military alliance although a slip of the tongue by the u. S. Defense secretary raised a few eyebrows to. Ive said very privately to my counterparts as well about the importance of nato any alliance sharing the burden so we can all deter russia and avoid peace blog to berlin up to speed all of us the morning paper clip is probably going to come but still a bit of a worry though for germany isnt it. But weve all had them kevin havent we where weve said something just slightly wrong and let the words get away from us but mania of never being the defense of a Nuclear State yes this story what were seeing is it was been coming for a little while its been confirmed now almost 12000 u. S. Troops will either be withdrawn or will be withdrawn from germany theyll either be sent back to the United States or repositioned elsewhere on the continent were looking at 6400. 00 that will be returning to the United States 5400. 00 elsewhere in Europe Donald trump the u. S. President has called berlin delinquent in the past when it comes to paying its way on the fence budgets that he says or his government says is being the trigger behind them the siding to go ahead on withdrawing these troops from germany. Lets be clear i think germany is the wealthiest country in Europe Germany can and should pay more to its defense it should certainly meet the 2 percent standard and i would argue go above and beyond that. Well the number of troops that will be withdrawn is higher than the 9000 that was suggested by President Trump earlier this month market zone or the minister president of the state of bavaria where some of those troops are stationed and also a man hes tipped as an outside bet to replace angle americal as chancellor when she steps down next year markets that has said that this will have an impact on the relationship between germany and the United States the u. S. Governments decision was very regrettable its unfortunate listerine in the u. S. Human relations its not clear what the game is from a military standpoint. And the us itself in the long run. Well the announcement of this news prompted a lot of domestic politicking in the United States the democratic senator from new jersey bob menendez saying that champagne would be popping in the kremlin at this news that despite the reality that moscow is less than happy about this because what it would seem is that quite a considerable chunk of those troops that are going to be repositioned could be sent to poland right on russias border u. S. Troops being repositioned to now here in germany both foreign minister heiko moss and the german chancellor Angela Merkel have a great concerns about the issues in the relationship between berlijn and washington a lot of those issues go back to the north stream 2 gas pipeline that weve seen a group of senators from oil and gas states in the United States wanting to put sanctions on companies and for a pee in market the problem is that is more expensive than piping it in directly and it seems that both senators and washington in general create king to flex their economic their diplomatic and their sanction muscles in order to try and convince germany at that they should go with the u. S. Product however Angela Merkel and tyco must both saying that should donald Trump Leave Office should he be voted out in november this wouldnt automatically reset the german u. S. Relationship back to where it was. We grew up in the certain knowledge that the United States wanted to be and world power should the u. S. Now wish to draw from that through all of the cereal would have to reflect on that very deeply everyone who thinks everything in Transatlantic Partnership will be as it once was with a democratic president underestimates the structural changes. 12000. 00 u. S. Troops will be leaving germany as washington continues its policy of how to lose friends and alienate people to play matic lee we are all over our europe correspondent in berlin the preshared it let you get on with your day. The next problem in casinos 2 hotels 2 office blocks the name trump is plastered on many prime addresses isnt it but an israeli settlement named after the u. S. President as a thank you for his back in a territorial dispute is looking much less resplendent. To take a look. What does President Trump love more than seeing his name in golden letters on a big sign well praise and recognition one would say and here in northern israel hes got both trump heights in the middle of nowhere a thank you from Benjamin Netanyahu to his american body for doing what most of the International Community would not recognize this is the Golan Heights as part of israel you have been an incredible friend for israel and youve done extraordinary things for the jewish state which we are eternally grateful to much fanfare and celebrations you might imagine an idyllic place but the 1st thing you see is the settlement gate which doesnt close completely and theres a gap here through which i can just go into it but jari gets into it and then you find that no boulevard or fancy entrance leading into the village instead of hot overgrown with weeds and howls of stern a far cry from what youd expect the entrance into trump heights would look like when you think a place like you had a 2nd chance you see this this building used to be the common law say to be regional village for him and now 80 although hes been a fantasy name change a new settlement his filter attract many residents today less than a dozen lives here and right now no one seems to be who. You know. Is the only one poem hello. Its all captured this territory from syria during the 19676 day war and later and next to 981 now most of the International Community considers that annexation illegal and does not consider the Golan Heights as part of israel locals dont take it seriously either and this was i think its not a good location its very hard its a neglected area and i simply dont know why people go to live there for us it was the bigger issue this is going to want to see because we think its all roads are going to get. Sued. Bruce who has evoked work to produce this is an american issue. Through. The Israeli Government says plans are underway to eventually house 300. 00 families but in the years since truck prices beeman overrated nothings being done maybe it doesnt even matter if the un has been bestowed the facts on marginal after all we live in an era of fake news as president trying to get likes to see. R. T. Heights northern israel. This is the 1st the most powerful bosses in big tech got a dressing down from u. S. Lawmakers over their market power and claims of political censorship their heads all got together of Facebook Google and apple facing congress and so too did the worlds richest man and boss jeff bezos who made his 1st appearance. Techs out to get conservatives thats not a suspicion thats not a hunch thats a fact those are my words but yes congressman not familiar with the specifics of the particular issue i believe it is in fact your company that is engaging in the election interference in there with the. I dont remember at all can you assure us today youre not going to try to silence conservatives and can you assure us today youre not going to try to configure your features as said you did for clinton 16 can you assure us that youre not going to do the same thing for joe biden in 2020. Cant answer the question yes or no. While its Little Wonder there are monopoly concerns the combined market value of the worlds big 4 is greater than the in German Economy plus with political advertising regulations increasingly in place its spread to the social we do giants play a crucial role in the elections. Why is towards the democrats americas been discussing those concerns. About the timing of all of this why is it happening right now is there any significance to that well there definitely isnt the chairman of the subcommittee spoke out today when the hearing started and he said that this is even more important now because as were still dealing with a lockdown as a result of the coronavirus pandemic it is really hit Small Businesses the hardest and in turn it has actually made these 4 Big Tech Companies there theyre talking about even more powerful than before take a listen products of the covert 900 demick these corporations already stood out as titans in our economy in the wake of corbett 1009 where theyre likely to emerge stronger and more powerful than ever before as American Family shift more of their work shopping and communication online these giant stand to profit locally owned businesses meanwhile mom and pop stores on main street face an economic crisis unlike any in recent history now as we know these Tech Companies are no strangers to privacy concerns and so there have also been a lot of question. About how they use all of the information that they gather from their users that are on their platforms and where thats going to go in the future yeah i think thats a really good point i think you have to look at the fact that essentially all these Different Companies could be i believe they are but could be violated antitrust laws in some fashion in some way or another they do seem to be engaging in very similar conduct which is essentially keeping competition from rising up using data to hold back competition all competition goes away no one is big enough or rich enough to be able to compete and also as we all know these companies are kind of the same in that theyre all Data Companies thats actually what they are theyre companies that mine our data and then sell that data thats how theyre so powerful is anything actually going to be done by congress to draft this or is this kind of an opportunity for those on the hill to do some grandstanding and ruffle their feathers. I think its a lot of grandstanding i dont think much is going to come out of this and theres a couple of reasons for that you and i have been talking about this for years that essentially these companies are abusing section 230. 00 and acting not as platforms but as publishers theres really no discussion right now of removing that even though some members of Congress Want to do that the president has talked about doing that its not happening and so the question becomes if you really want to get these guys in line theres a couple of things you can do and one of them is to say you are in violation were going to revoke it from you. Every week at the height of the pandemic people across britain turned to applaud those Health Workers do such a super job it was appreciated the cost by medical stuff marching on the street on wednesday but they say they really could do with a decent pay rise across the sector and maybe as well as the clapping their message to government is clear thing wont pay my Bills NationalHealth Service stuff to get a pay rise but its not until next spring so now you even say the money is needed right now especially as exhausted Health Workers are bracing for what could be an imminent 2nd wave of covert campaigners say they know money is tight right now but that existing funds should be spread out more fairly. You know i completely agree that were in a very tricky situation at the moment and things are more precarious than they were you know you know the last 10 years weve seen a star of the cuts weve seen a lot a lot of damage done to certain sections of the workforce in our society now but weve also seen in recent times billions of pounds being. Companies and private companies and businesses you know there are priorities that we can see the n. H. S. Is clearly not a priority in fact is seems so ironically or you know quite scary really the n. H. S. Is being continued to be thankful continuing to be undervalued despite was saying even for. Him a chance and he has focused. The british governments response to the pandemic still getting fierce scrutiny a new report says homes which suffered the most in those awful deaths were quote thrown to the wolves heres our london correspondent showed. The 1st glimpse the 1st real look into how the sector has been treated since the height of the pandemic though it found that the governments approach was inconsistent and out worst negligent now according to make here heres the chairwoman of the Cross Party Committee she says the National Response was simply not good enough our care homes were effectively burned to the wolves and the virus has ravaged some of them putting aside the government most used the narrow window we have now to plan for a 2nd wave lives depend upon getting a Response Rate slow inconsistent reckless and appalling were used to describe the way in which patients were discharged into care homes without any knowledge of whether or not the patient heart of it 19 now a massive 25000 hospital patients in england and wales were moved to care homes to free up beds spaces as i say that 19 test it also found years of inattention and funding cuts by successive governments have left social care worse for wear and that the government was aware of this but failed to change its policy and then more recently Boris Johnson the Prime Minister at the start of july shifted the blame someone on to the care homes saying that they were not doing their jobs properly we discovered too many. Didnt really follow the procedures in the way that they they could have now the report has suggested some recommendations including improving the discharge process and it wants the government to respond by the end of the summer because that is a crucial time when we do expect to see a 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic. This is about international for a good morning for me kevin i would hear a mosque on the table we go coming up all this amongst the stories the solo stuff in south korea this really testing tempers in tokyo right now morial marking japans dark past is reviving a decades old dispute and the Prime Minister is taking it personally well tell you why. No shots. Actually felt. Well. As to. Which your thirst for action. By good morning the unnamed source is ready to get it seems this time making headlines in the western press accusing russia of spreading disinformation over coronavirus on news websites linked to russian intelligence will across political channels cross this was a low morning was being played this time and take us through it well kevin according to the reports the russians are back at it again and they are trying as youve said to spread misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic it has been cited by multiple this as spread the story got picked up by multiple outlets but as one might say is already media tradition nowadays its based on the accounts of people who have preferred to stay anonymous. To american officials describe the newly declassified intelligence but would not provide the underlying reports about the activities of the g. R. U. They discussed the information on the condition of anonymity. Well when it comes to the its the new tour ears and a mysterious g r u Intelligence Unit according to the reports and theyve picked the coronavirus as one of the most divisive stories to reportedly spread misinformation about them amplifies such messages for example like the virus had been developed and escaped an american lab and did not originate in china on the claim that has been thoroughly debunked in the months during the months of the pandemic what the report fails to to detail though fails to delve into as to how exactly these messages in this misinformation is being out because remember how in 2016 it was all about russian bots russian fake accounts on social media well according to the report apparently the russian intelligence has gone past that and they are using what the report is saying is a trio of websites but again they are not detailing as to how articles posted on these legitimately looking websites made viral. While the specific sites may not receive much traffic american officials believe the distance from asian written by Russian Military intelligence is amplified sometimes intentionally sometimes unwittingly. So sometimes unwittingly it could only mean one thing is that nobodys really trying to amplify it but people are just sharing the article but well nonetheless we have already had reaction both from the russian government and one of the websites named and shamed in the report heres what new troopers core of the spokesman for the russian president Vladimir Putin has had