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 Hopkins John 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. As their daughters birth came and went and with no end to lock down in sight all people are in general those could do was scour the ukrainian press with the help of a translation app on the lookout for some sign of hope neither the Spanish Government nor the Ukrainian Embassy could all would help when they read that ukraines human rights on the women had promised help parents into the country. Just jumped in their car to drive the 3600 kilometers from their home in madrid to kiev. First trip was a live in the dark we didnt know what wed encounter at the borders on route they received a long hoped for permission to enter ukraine yeah i cried when we received this i didnt think a piece of paper could make this happy. But it wasnt enough. This week was not the czechs and were just 500 kilometers from kiev then they told us no we just couldnt take it anymore they were missing just one document enough for them to be turned back at the Ukrainian Border returning home to madrid with the only option without their baby a week later they were back at the ukrainian frontier after 7000 kilometer round trip to madrid and back this time with the right documents and they were finally allowed into the country other parents have been less fortunate separated from their children by even greater distances and still unable to enter ukraine how many babies are still without their parents no one can say with any confidence. You know weve lost months of our daughters life. Thats super important. It was actually a month of 3 days to leave it felt like a year spanish must sound strange to her she doesnt want to sleep she just wants to listen to us. Now she said i know easily. This journey to becoming a family like any other is not yet over to register their daughters birth in spain will probably still have to go to court in spain and in many of the European Countries surrogacy is a legal gray zone not a legal or illegal coronavirus lock down which is the 1st of many obstacles on that path. Connelly who filed that report joins us now from kiev nick do we have any idea at all how many babies are still in limbo as a result of the law. Good morning terry well we are scratching our heads here trying to work out how big that number is but even though surrogacy is legal in ukraine this is still very much a gray zone lots of clinics prefer to stay out of the headlines and to not get involved with a government we heard yesterday from ukraines human rights woman she talked of over 100 foreign families that have been in touch asking for special permission to get to ukraine but we believe that really is just the tip of the iceberg and that lots of clinics are advising their clients families waiting to pick up their children to wait for the end of travel restrictions and to do this off the radar as it were. How widely is surrogacy practiced in ukraine nick. Well this is the question the Ukrainian Government didnt even really have clear figures on this until daughter bella got in touch and asked for clarification they came up with some figures for us in the past few weeks which seems just about 1500. 00 births in 2019 alone Industry Experts have told us they believe the true figure is several times higher than that some of this is just. Agencies not wanted to pay tax and stay off the radar for that reason in other situations travel to western European Countries to give birth there to make it easier for families to then get the necessary paperwork to bring their kids home i think the really interesting thing about this is that its a truly global phenomenon this isnt just a question of european families coming to ukraine you have families from argentina to saudi arabia to china because ukraine is one of the few countries where surrogacy is legal and easily realizable other countries like india and thailand had offered International Service in the past they have banned that in recent years so alongside the us where sarkozy procedure is a several times more expensive ukraine was one of the last countries where this is possible and then you have to think about legalization how do people like. Then bring their babies home and theres a real real discrepancy there between countries like the u. S. Which make it easy for their citizens to bring Children Home from ukraine and spain where it really is a great zone and a lot depends on individual officials and their attitude towards this practice so just to give an example in the question of the baby we met last week the mother will still have to fight and go to court just to be able to get Maternity Leave to spend time with her child because until that birth is ridged in spain she is not considered that babys mother nic thank you so much conley there in kenya. Well some sports and the top Spanish Soccer League returns to action tonight for the 1st time since the coronavirus pandemic began to hit the country 3 months ago. Has followed germanys bonus league in banning finance and instituting a strict hygiene protocol but unlike germany spains title run in could be one of the most exciting in years barcelona players are getting used to the eerie atmosphere of an empty stadium the bundesliga successful return 4 weeks ago has shown spanish football that behind closed door games are the only way forward spain has been harder hit than germany by the coronavirus meaning it has taken longer to implement the new hygiene rules needed for a restart now legal wants to get right back into a thrilling title race and leaders barcelona have been boosted by star player live in a messy declaring himself fit of the injury problems continue to dog the champions though ahead of this weekends game with new yorker. Its true that matches will be very close to each other and we dont have a particularly deep bench. The season resumes tonight with 3rd place of taking on rivals rio bettis in what is usually a fiery city darby the lack of fans may take out some of the sting although wind will help sylvias very slim hopes of a late title tilt. Rail madrid remain bosses main rivals sitting just 2 points behind with 11 games left they are all of opted to use a small stadium named after alfredo di stefano to play their remaining home matches the support. Of their famous burn a bale stadium has already started. I think its a nano we could win the title in the distaff an old stadium and that would be really great for the clubs history because 2020 has already been a bit of a special case. Spain is the 2nd major european top flight to return with england and. France decided in april to scrap its season but the top French Quarter is partly against the league and said relegation should be reviewed the league or is keen to avoid such legal wranglings by completing its season a new dawn is about to break for spanish football. Youre watching news from. Keep updated on all these stories and much more our web site. Thanks. Resisting racism in france. From all been choosing the color of the earth immigrants visit the forefront of this movement. Her brother was shot and killed by a Police Officer since then amal an attorney has been fighting for the rights of migrants she wants to put a stop to Police Violence against young emigrants like her brother some kids im sure of. Dont. Enter the conflict zone with 2 incidents just the phone call never leaves the news for long these days now is the draft of a new security law to be imposed by beijing the provoking controversy and protests joining me this week from long gone is regina if a member of the citys Legislative Council and chair of the fro beijing new peoples policy followed conflicts of. 60 minutes from d. W. Beethoven piece for me. Beethoven is for you. Beethoven as for helena. Beethoven is for her. Is for the. Beethoven is for us. Is for everyone. Going to beethoven 2021250th anniversary here on deal here. To. Me. To hello and welcome to focus on europe show and its great to have you with us the death of the African American george floyd has shocked many here in europe for 8 minutes and 46 seconds a white Police Officer pressed his knee on floyds nick the death of a black man at the hands of a white officer has caused an uproar not just in the u. S
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