And in europe and its response to be replicated elsewhere. First good to have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill was which still needs to be voted on voices support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000 u. S. Troops based in. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not speak withdrawn from. Washington correspondent stephanie has actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not under the reigns of this administration of the triumvirate ministration as you pointed out the budget Defense Budget package which is 4500 pages that is a double whopper theyre. Saying that
Vaccines for the u. S. Before sending them to other countries it coincides with reports that his administration actually rejected an early offer from pfizer to double its order of the vaccines more on this from washington with mike hanna. Its clear that this executive order comes from the differences between pfizer and his administration and the refusal of the administration to commit to buying more than 100000000 doses at the time that it could the executive order ports to insist that all americans must be treated before any doses go internationally well this is simply an in forcible it would appear has signed a large number of International Contracts as has the other company but these companies contracts already in place in some cases doses have already been shipped internationally so certainly this is something that would be very hard to legally enforced president tran claims that he may invoke the National Procurement act seldom used. To force companies to actually comply but its v
100 days. Meanwhile President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prioritize vaccines for the u. S. Before sending them to other countries coincides with reports that his administration rejected an earlier offer from pfizer to double its author of the medication. Indonesian Officials Say they are imposing Strict Health measures at polling stations as around 100000000 people vote in local and Regional Elections indonesia is experiencing the worst covert 19 outbreak in Southeast Asia some Health Experts are worried a large voter turnout will make matters worse nobody bothered about the money. The United Arab Emirates and egypt have praised new initiatives to end the 3 year blockade of qatar both countries say they appreciate efforts by kuwait in the us of a saudi arabia and else progress had been made on minister has repeated calls for dialogue to resolve the dispute saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt imposed land air and sea blockade on qatar 2017. British Prime Minis
Despite concerns from the un and the rights groups. Can see. In the arena and. Backlash in boycotts of mikey adverse that has provokes debate about diversity in japan. Thank you very much for joining us more than one and a half 1000000 people have now died from coverage 19 worldwide a 3rd of those tests happen in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting record numbers of deaths and new cases among them italy which registered its highest daily death toll on various day since the start of the pandemic its introducing new restrictions including limiting movement between regions and in the worlds worst affected country the u. S. Hospital admissions and fatalities have also reached new highs president elect joe biden says he will make masks mandatory during his 1st 3 months in office. In the 1st day im an order to say im going to ask the public for 100 days to mask this 100 days to mask now for over 100 days and i think well see a significant reduction if we curb that ev
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