And italy was the 1st country in europe to be hit by the pandemic, suffering one of the highest death tolls. Now the country is struggling to cope again with the 2nd way. Plus germany is soccer team saw 1st, its worst defeat in almost 90 years. Its 6 nil loss to spain in the u. S. , our nations. Theyve asked some questions to the future of culture. Often look, im going to Office Welcome to the program. The United States says its sharply reducing troop numbers in afghanistan and iraq. By mid january, the deployment will be cut to 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country present on all trump is making good on a companion promise to end what he called for as a wars. But theres opposition, both from leading republicans and from nato allies. The sun could be setting on the us presence in afghanistan. American soldiers have been fighting here since 2001, helping stabilize the country after overthrowing taliban rule, but suffering over 2000 deaths over time. Troop numbers have winked. Now outgoing president , donald trump will further reduce the number of soldiers here and in iraq. In light of these tremendous sacrifices and with great humility and gratitude to those who came before us, i am formally announcing that we will implement president trumps orders to continue our repositioning of forces from those 2 countries by january 15th, 2021. Our forces, their size in afghanistan will be 2500 troops, or 4 sides in iraq will also be 2500. As u. S. , troop numbers dwindled extremist gained in strength. This attack on a Kabul University last week killed 22 people. It was claimed by the socalled islamic state, which has emerged as a rival to the taliban. The taliban themselves have stepped up their attacks on Security Forces and civilians violating an agreement that foresaw the withdrawal of all u. S. Soldiers by may next year. Criticism of the latest drawdown even came from within the president s own party to extremely important here in the next couple of months. Not to have any earth shaking changes with regard to defense and Foreign Policy that is draw down and either afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake in iraq. The u. S. Military presence was greatly reduced after the defeat of isis in 2017. This has increased the sway of neighboring iran and militia groups aligned with tehran, as u. S. Soldiers head home. They could risk leaving the field to americas adversaries. Well, for more on this story, ahmed joined now from here out in afghanistan by journalist. Whats the reaction been in afghanistan to the announced u. S. Troop withdrawal . Reaction to not want us on has remained the same since the last few months of the trumpet ministration. And its really been a reaction of, you know, just make your decision. Tell us if youre going to do your full troop withdrawal when youre going to do it, what your commitment to this country remains. Because at the end of the day, at this point, the government is in a position where they feel like if the u. S. Is going to withdraw, then they should just let us know that theyre going to live to draw and when to expect it. So that we can be extra prepared ahead of time. This trickle down effect is actually quite frustrating for, you know, the government and Security Forces here. Because its a lie, its a constant push and pull. You know, sometimes things, things, things seem to move a bit forward. Sometimes they move back and theres no real actual, very difficult shraddha jar on this point what the government and what the Security Forces want is a definitive answer. Is the Afghan Government capable of filling the void left by the departing troops . So the one government has maintained since 2013, when the and mischel formed to put john began that they are absolutely capable of handling the security situation in afghanistan and out on us on that. So many provinces have been turned over to them. So many cities have been turned over to them. But of course, you know, as your report said earlier, there was an attack on Kabul University only about a week ago. And in that attack, we saw the u. S. Forces have to help the on forces in getting the gunman out of the university campus, which was a 6 hour long process. So that raises new questions. But the government feels that it is ready to continue with this. So are there any expectation with regards to the changeover in the u. S. Governments to the administration . Thats the biggest question is that you know, because joe biden has, hes very similar to trump in that yes, very little regard for this war. He has very little interest in this war. He wants out just as much as trump does. And if you look back at previous stories written about bidens experience here, you know, in, shortly after i believe 2008, he came to kabul, well, and he told that the president on that because i, that pakistan is 50 times more important than the United States and afghanistan is so theres a lot of questions about what bidens actual plan is. And then on top of that you have the issue that bright biden will be in the middle of a transition. Hot former cabinet will have to deal with and demick. Youll have to deal with the economy, so how much of a priority will out on his none really be for him. So as its become clear, there are no real quick answers on this point. Other latifa in herat in afghanistan, thank you very much. Thank you. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. President on a trump pacifiers, his top Cyber Security official, chris krebs, via twitter. In a tweet, trump accused scrips of making an inaccurate statement when he confirmed the security of the november 3rd election from continues to claim the election was marred by fraud. But has yet to provide evidence. In the opium Government Forces are marching towards the capital of the rebel to region, mccaleb, ignoring International Appeals for talks to end. The conflict footage shows an earlier offensive by a government fighter jets bought to christ forces, say theyve captured tanks and artillery and are vowing to quickly defeat government troops. Police in hong kong have arrested 3, former lawmakers for disrupting legislative meetings several months ago. On 2 occasions in may and june, ted, we, any chewin rayment chan were detained after splashing, punched, and liquids in the main chambre. The arrests have again raised concern over the crackdown on hong kongs prodemocracy movement. For her says, are gathering on the streets of the thai capital, bangkok as lawmakers vote on possible reforms to the constitution. The rally comes a day after the most violent clashes between police and demonstrators. Since july, Police Used Tear Gas and Water Cannons to drive by france, dozens were injured including 6 people were hit by gunshots. Bankole has seen months of use led rallies, calling for changes to the constitution. And most controversially reforms to thailands monarchy. Lets cross over to bangkok where journalist philip schauble has been following this story for us, the protests as of return to the streets today. Youve talked to him understand what are they saying . Yeah, they really want to make a point. They were gathering outside Parliament Yesterday where m. P. s have been considering possible changes the constitution and the that this is one of the core demands of the protesters. And that those verses just ended in some fairly nasty clashes. And they really want to sort returned to the streets now make clear that theyre not being cowed and also the wrists talk that they may march on the police headquarters. The police are certainly expecting that. And theyve been barricaded themselves in a hung using trucks and razor wire to sort of blockade the gates. And while not there will be very Decisive Action to protest as if they do try to make a move that its not clear. If the protesters will do that, or if theyre actually trying to fool the police and might have another destination as theyre also. And because they have been on known to do that read previous weeks as well. And while were looking at live pictures of that protest going on, what can you tell us about the constitutional amendments that are currently being voted on . Yes, well, so the parliament has been sitting yesterday and hes of been and senators have been voting today on a series of possible an amendment to the constitution. Now, the constitution was drafted by the military, under the old jumps up and basically enshrines the sort of role of the monarchy in key positions in the, in the country. And indeed of the military backed elite. And the protesters have been insistent that if youre going to have change in thailand change from the top and you have to rewrite this constitution. Now the versions that are being voted on today run the gamut from very minor tweaks to, to major changes. But it does seem that the n. P. C. , the senate says its a complicated process of voting for different amendments are going to back perhaps, not surprisingly because they are the government majority, some very small conservative amendments that would only essentially establish a drafting committee to look at possible changes down the road, the students and the protesters will be very unhappy with that and that they told me today if those votes are concerned, while theyre on the streets, theyre going to make thats central to what theyre doing today in terms of their messaging. And in terms of their own and the demonstrations. So what about the changes to the monarchy that demonstrates has a want and other likely to get it . And the answer to that is they, they probably arent, theyre facing a huge uphill challenge. They, the constitutionally early clauses of it lists this military draft the constitution doing shrine. They are, the monarchy is our answer to governing t. Regards. The, the king also house assumed power since he became the monic in 2016 of the key elements of the budget and Iraqi Military appointments. Student some insist this has to change that thailand, that this is not the constitution want to keep it silent. Is on paper, they say in practice that the power of the royal family is way too strong, but theyre up against the royal family, the military, the back, some and big, big businesses that sort of support the current, the current establishment. So, you know, they are, and theyre up against very strong vested interests. And to achieve change on that front would be a major breakthrough. But they determined to show on the streets that they have the energy and the, the momentum to keep this going. To analysts for the travel or to cross from bangkok and thailand. Thank you. To is a little italy now which is struggling to cope with the 2nd wave of the groan, a virus on tuesday. The country reported more than 700. 00 deaths. Thats the highest daily death toll since april. During the 1st wave. 6 months ago, hospitals in italy were quickly overwhelmed, and a Record Number of people died now Health Care Workers are terrified as they may face the same battle. Again. Another patient with covert 19 being rushed to hospital. In monza. This region was the epicenter of the outbreak in spring. When italys Health Care System was overwhelmed. Now, once again, long body is the hardest hit, but the volunteer rescue workers say this wave is different. With the music. Weve seen a repeat of what happened in march. The difference is that weve also seen young people with covert 19 in march. It was mainly elderly people. Now we have young people too to try to contain the spread of the virus. Many regions have shut down, but health care, or thirtys say a nationwide lockdown might be necessary soon if the situation doesnt improve. In london, mass Testing Facilities are now being set up. More than 30 drivein Testing Centers are being planned in the region, each eval to test hundreds of people a day. And authorities here say the measures are helping the reproduction number appears to be sinking. But the number of people in intensive care is still rising. And many hospitals from maine, understaffed, some 5000 doctors are needed in italy at the moment and now the young patient is being picked out. The woman in her fortys needs oxygen immediately for the volunteer ambulance workers. Shes part of a seemingly never ending stream pushing them to delimit. For more on this, im now joined by giacomo garcelle. In milan, hes the coordinator of the intensive care unit network in la. But he, the region in italy that weve just seen in the reporting thats hardest hit by the thought of the world watched as long as hospitals were overwhelmed during the 1st wave. Was a situation now where the situation is likely bad march and april. So to give you some numbers, we got the maximum number of 1500 patients that meeting at the same time to go to you for being one in our eyes to Human Capacity before the crisis was 750. We have now 900 and can cover 19 patients and we did, wed be restrictions that have been implemented. We hope that we will not 1100 which will be important because the number of patients is dying is quite higher. So certainly the system is understood us. We do not have problems, we will be really earth, an architect, liqui, and technical staff, likely to lead us as we last time or just back there. Of course. Or what is different now is that people have good workers, not really im going to say tired. Its very handy to work in the code unit and the probably more difficult to open new maps, but were, were doing it. And again, were granting to every patient who seems nice. You bad and i feel bad. So i think that were going to, were doing a good job, but again, certainly the, the, the c. To me last night i will get out soon. If you ever use me for interrupting you there, what did you learn different this time around, but did you learn something in the 1st way that you can apply now is do things differently this time around . Well, of course, well 1st of all from their organizational point of view will we know now how where and how to open a new batch. So we are repeating many of the things of the strategy that we get implemented in march and april. Again, we were not prepared from the point of view for example, of personal protective equipment and the training of the person. So now everyone is trained on the proper use of b. P. And an adequate number of b. P. Will. And from a clinical point of view, we have learned something on how to treat the patients, you know. And so hopefully i think that the darkness you would be lower in time that than in march and april. Do you think the summer months were used wisely to prepare italy for a 2nd wave . No, i mean no, not really, but they werent exactly this happen everywhere in the world. So i speak to my colleagues in other countries and they all complain about the same things. Its very difficult to eat. Preparedness means opening a huge number of new i. C. U. Bad. I mean an arc temporarily. But the real i. C. U. Max is that after its very, very difficult to do it in the if you want a course, maybe you, you know, we are still in india, leckie lucky doctors and nurses. But again, its not so easy to recruit new new new personnel during the Summer Season on what we really didnt do very well. There was that probably the information to the people was quite misleading like that. There were x. 30 or, or socalled experts who, you know, went on t. V. On a newspaper saying, oh great. So everything is all there. So you can do what i really like. And so people, it now really follow the rules and in the end is what happened everywhere in their wants or is the reason why the 2nd wave is so huge again, if not, so we have to leave it there. Thank you very much for joining us here. On news. Thank you very much. Thanks right. Now lets take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic. Poland has reported a record 603. 00 deaths related to the coronavirus. Its Health Service also struggles to cope with a 2nd wave. Experts are urging japanese authorities to step up preventative measures after tokyo reported 493. 00 new corona virus infections. The biggest daily increase seen so far, and the u. S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the 1st covered 19 home testing kit for home use that provides results within 30 minutes. So spore sues. Now the German Soccer Team has suffered its worst defeat in almost 90 years. Germany were beaten 6 nil by spain in their final you, if a Nations League group match for on taurus scored 3 of spains goals, while germany only managed to get 2 shots on goal germany, coach your home live set a humiliating defeat was difficult to explain away and that everything had gone wrong. The result means spain finish top of their group and are through to the final for well, joining me now for more on this historic defeat is a live out of the w. Sports in germany. We call this a clutch. Right . Is a major slap to the face of the knockouts. The high preview cannot hurt somebody with a snap, and that wasnt tricked by out of the 2 attempts that germany had. Not a single one was on top of it. And that is just unacceptable, especially if you look at their offensive qualities. They midfield is just as talented, but they barely the team in general can even hold on to the bod. They only have 30 percent possession, which is so out of line with their playing style. But what stood out was really also they body language. It looked like they didnt even want to try. They didnt challenge for the ball enough. And communication is key and it really is a win. Now because of that, the ghost games without any spectators, and hence you can hear the paya so loud and clear. And you could hear a lot of spanish but not a single report of german. And thats because the players went just just, were not communicating. And i always say, look, sometimes its not just about by how much you lose, but also how you lose and this. And i think how the last makes it even more embarrassing. Where does this last round in the history of losses . Its up there. Its their worst ever competitive loss and last time as we just heard that they lost by 6 goals was back in 1981. Of course that was a very long time ago, but germany have had to have had some humiliating losses in between. But nothing like we saw yesterday. What about the german losses only of course he was asked about his future once again, but he was also asked if he would consider bringing back some of the world cup winners from 2014, especially the defensive do or 10. And thats almost and then of course, thomas miller, the midfielder, because all of them are doing really well at the moment. But live, of course, hes the kind of player and play coach who, you know, he sticks to his the citizens. And he says that he believes in the potential of his current team. And yeah, he addressed that point after the game. Yesterdays oh, lets take a listen here because sectors edition, i said this, i trust these players and that trust is not shaken. We have to learn a lesson from this defeat. Whether i should be worried about my job, you should ask the others. And the others were asked 0 media ended up asking Germany National team manager all of a b. A half. And he said that this game changes nothing, he trusts you or him live. And if you ask me personally, if i think i will be judged on how they do at next years european championships, i think that will be the common point. He was actually wanted obvious sports. Thank you. Elsewhere the tournament, the Faroe Islands have top then Nations League group and will be promoted to the competitions league. See, the tiny island nation in the north atlantic is part of the kingdom of denmark and home to just 52000 people. We traveled there to find out more about the true underdogs of the storm and there are more sheep than People Living on the Faroe Islands and it rains 300. 00 days a year. Still football is by far the most popular sport here. Almost everybody are or are playing. If you go couple years ago, 100 percent, or 99 percent of all the kids in school. They played football last couple of years. Maybe not that much, but were up to with i dont 7080 percent of all all the people stay and they are playing and playing in some kind of a club environment. The National Team only began competing in fever competitions in 1988. Since then they have beaten sides like austria and greece, but have failed to qualify for a world cup or european championships. The last 5 to 6 years we have going from beating greece 2 to now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries. Many of the middle nations we are competing against now, so. So were, we are not satisfied but but, but we are satisfied with the development. We have been going through a leading example of that development is your own simonetta plying his trade for bundesliga side. I mean, a bill of felt he is the only member of the National Team set up sign for a non nordic club. This september he made history. And here comes the bundesliga 1st player from the Faroe Islands. You its, we would at once saw him coming on here to be the felt he took on the sharks and 1st. 2 thats harder, its the goodness league is 1st, the fairways goalscorer. I would also love to get other younger players from the Faroe Islands to to also come to the professional football because i think we have a lot of talent there. And i just want to look like till the german close also to look in the Faroe Islands when they try to scout for talent. The small nation will now be looking forward to a future competing on the biggest stage tennis now and the premier match of the a. T. P. Finals. So far dominic team up against mighty rafael nadal and the match, lived up to its billing team has moved up to number 3 in the world and he won the 1st set in a tiebreaker. He likewise won the 2nd set in a time. I had to take them from now on track to make the semifinals in this season and youre watching the news. Heres a reminder of the top story were following for you. The u. S. Department of defense has confirmed it will be causing the numbers of troops in afghanistan and iraq. Before january. 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