Scales back on the number of pilgrims it allowed to perform the hodge this year due to the pandemic. In a move limiting the scope of the conflict in the u. A. E. Backed separatists in southern yemen said there are abandoning demands for self rule. It out it states has announced the withdrawal of up to 12000. 00 troops from germany nearly half will be repositioned to other locations in europe including italy poland and the baltics that follows an earlier decision by donald trump to cut troops blaming germany for failing to spend enough in defense its a move that Officials Say will cost billions of dollars and take years to complete. As anyone can see the repositioning of our forces in europe constitutes a major strategic and positive shift wholly in line with the n. D. S. And consistent with other adjustments to the United States just months the United States has made within nato in previous times these changes will achieve the Core Principles of enhancing u. S. And nato deterrence of russia strengthening nato reassuring allies and improving u. S. Strategic flexibility ok were going to going to have more in the u. S. Announcement shortly with our White House Correspondent kimberly halakhah 1st lets get the reaction out of germany the dominant canin in donald trump made it plain that he wanted this to happen but were german leaders prepared for this. Certainly the point to make here rob is that German Government officials ministers have been preparing themselves for Something Like this one sort of announcement that would confirm what the trumpet ministration has really been wanting to achieve for some considerable time and the aspects of this which matter are we understand that the headquarters for u. S. Troops will be moving from strict guard in germany to belgium and as youve been saying thousands of troops stationed in germany will be withdrawn from germany but not immediately thats the thing to say here this is going to be a phased withdrawal as it were but in so far as the way its perceived here for Prime Ministers of states in germany remember this is a federal republic for Prime Ministers have appealed to the u. S. Congress already prior to this particular announcement today to see of Congress Might be able to do something to attenuate to reduce the damage they feel that a withdrawal might nides wreak on their states so important is the u. S. Presence here the other thing to say of course this is tied up with the way that the German Government deals with its defense expenditure and certainly the way that the trumpet ministration perceives that for several years now the German Government has said its aspiration is to reach a certain percentage of its budget spent on defense to bring it into line with the sorts of. All of the measures that the trumpet ministration wants to see its european allies do but it hasnt achieved it yet and so the patience of the trumpet ministration had been spent and so thats why we thats why this is happening now but the point also to make here is there is certainly amongst some ministerial conversations there is the sense theyre waiting to see what might happen in the next few months certainly they look at the fact that the campaign of joe biden the presumptive democrat challenger to mr President Trump has already said that they will look they will review whatever decision is taken to yank troops out of germany and to relocate them either elsewhere in europe or to america so thats the way that this is being perceived here theres no question the German Government is unhappy at the way the trumpet ministration is acting. These are the troops here and theyve expressed their frustrations certainly and so far as this is concerned they can only now wait to see how this will unfold dominant came live for us in berlin dominic thank you very much indeed lets go to our washington d. C. And our White House CorrespondentKimberly Hall could as so many it was saying there the German Government clearly very interested in the timing of this particularly announcement why do we think given the fact that donald trump made this announcement previously and up into this point the administration has been pretty tight lipped about the details why do we think that the trumpet ministration has decided to make this announcement. Well they forecast that this was coming down and everyone wanted to know the details now theyve laid out the details and i should tell you that the u. S. President is not backing down in his in his plans in fact hes defending them quite vigorously in the face of criticism here and around the world u. S. President he left for his trip to texas in just the last few moments said that the reason hes doing this is because germany hasnt paid its fees in terms of its contributions or obligations to the budget of nato in his words it is delinquent they havent paid their nato fees theyre way off and theyve been off for years and they dont intend to pay it u. S. Has been taken advantage of on Everything Else for many years and so he says hes straightening it out now the timeline in all of this is interesting because of course we are months away weeks away now from a u. S. Election and we know that in terms of trying to execute this that it wont go quickly so the bottom line is whether or not this actually happens in terms of the u. S. Drawdown of some troops out of germany will be contingent on whether or not donald trump wins reelection if he doesnt its very possible that this whole plan could be awarded but at the same time i think what this is is donald trump sending a very loud and clear message to germany one that is likely to not be well received ok kimberly lets just change the focus very slightly to the story the we covered extensively just within the last month the news that reports the russia had paid taliban members to a tank or killed u. S. Troops in afghanistan now i understand the president has just been commenting on what youve been saying. Yeah the u. S. President im watching the tape playback as were talking its still going on he is visibly agitated visibly angry as some of the question that hes getting as he prepared to leave the white house to head to texas he is now on route there but what he was saying with regard to these russian bounty its interesting give you some context there have been some questions about why the president in a white house readout did not address this issue of russia paying allegedly bounties on u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan ads so the fact that it was absent from the readout apparently not part of the discussions with Vladimir Putin of no end of interest to many of us president saying because he said that the intelligence that that was even happening in his view not true either people said that its not true if it were true id be very angry about it russia became russia from the soviet union because of afghanistan they lost a fortune a lot of people i dont know why theyre doing it if you tell me theyre doing it i would be very angry so the bottom line is the president is disputing the intelligence behind this story and in fact that is consistent with what weve heard from the press secretary but it is important to note that in addition to not talking about the balance he is allegedly played on u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan by russia the u. S. President in that readout also didnt talk about election interference which we know happened in 2016 and were hearing reports from the intelligence agencies is likely to happen again in november. The White House Committee thank you very much. Some countries and cities in asia have praised for effectively tackling the pandemic are now raising the alarm over new infections yeah says every city and province is at risk of an outbreak of after being virus free from months hong kongs leader is also warning the cities on the verge of a large scale i was praying that the Hospital System is that a risk of collapsing scott has more from bank on. Vietnam has been viewed as a Success Story during the covert 1000 pandemic through centralized quarantine and strict Contact Tracing the country of 95000000 people had no deaths from the disease with the borders sealed the government encouraged to travel. But things took a turn for the worse last weekend when the central city of the neighing was hit by an outbreak the 1st cases of local transmission in months the city was locked down and domestic tourists were sent home just before the airport was shut for 2 weeks and now there are cases linked to deny vietnams 2 largest cities and city and even in the Central Highlands the Prime Minister has called on all regions to be on alert but in the old provinces and doing high risk all provinces should raise their level chairman and general secretaries of each province should take action how should the entire political system. One case in the capitol hill no it was a worker at a pizza restaurant who had returned from a trip today despite these cases some feel that the government has the ability to control the potential next wave of covert 19. Ministry of health has gained much more experience in combating to virus and its 1st wave this time i think that im also pos quite soon because we have experience and in hong kong which so far has been spared from a high number of cases the citys leader is warning of a potential large scale outbreak after local transmissions surged the most strict measures since the outbreak began were enacted on wednesday for at least a week no gatherings of more than 2 people and no dining in restaurants thailand has also been viewed as a Success Story with no locally transmitted cases in more than 60 days time officials are no doubt looking nervously at their neighbors after these recent spikes in cases of. Thats because the government here has also encouraged Domestic Travel and tourism to help the ailing economy aljazeera bangkok and india Health Experts say theres been a sharp increase in the number of Coronavirus Infections largely due to poor infrastructure and the 48000 cases were reported on tuesday bringing the total number to more than 1500000 the regions of delhi and the tamil nadu account for more than hostile new cases india is the 3rd worst affected nation after the u. S. And brazil with more than 34000. 00 deaths. The u. K. Government is being criticised by its own m. P. s for discharging fisons of patients from hospitals into care homes without testing them 1st across Party Committee report says the initial decision was reckless and appalling it accused ministers of being slow to support social care during the crisis around 25000 patients were sent to care homes in england in march and april to free up hospital beds. It was an appalling era just assume you could take people out of hospital which was in itself not a bad thing but then just to put them into care homes without the right protection around them and what was really bad was when this became more apparent so the government has perhaps werent sure about what you can argue about that but when it became more apparent there wasnt really then a solution on the proper support and yet the minister was talking about a ring of support around care homes they feel empty words now when you know what happened people dying alone without their family there. Daniel muslim pilgrimage to mecca knows the hives has begun under very different circumstances this year millions usually travel to saudi arabia but for the 1st time in modern history worshippers from abroad are not allowed to take part authorities have cordoned off the holy couple pogroms will not be able to touch it because it is the kingdoms 2nd biggest source of revenue after all and in billions of dollars. To had an aljazeera as temperatures rise across iraq anger over rolling power cuts is reaching boiling point. And dying defending the environment well find out why hundreds of activists have been killed in the last year. Hello there or very active weather across much of china eastwards towards japan plenty of steaming east was over the last few hours now as we go through thursday the rain is very much in the forecast but not quite as heavy across the Korean Peninsula and japan sunday through home she that could be some heavy downpours later in the day but as i say its norse as well generally but the rains a very well scattered throughout much of central and Southern China wanted to show that is all through beijing on into harbin then by friday it can see we should have a much better the across the Korean Peninsula and eventually those showers pushing through more Northern Areas of hong kong big heavy downpours and also for the to the south so slightly what they friday across into hong kong and plenty of what weather across much of south asia the clouds give you an idea where these rains of course have been some thunderstorms in the mix as well as a bangladesh over 3900000 people that have been directly impacted by these flood waters people of course their homes have been flooded but also in many cases the homes have been destroyed this more rain is they go through thursday not quite as heavy across bangladesh but its going to be. The north pradesh east was through nepal on 2 was beaten and some particularly heavy downpours those day across much of maharashtra we could have some flooding in mumbai and then through friday is some the story with those rains extending right there down the western ghats. Incarcerated. In russias toughest prisons stripped of their liberties. An unexpected creative opportunity. The singing contest like no other offers a chance of redemption and hope for the talent to feel. The prison life inside and out a tale of singers and murderers on aljazeera. To new. Orleans. And watching on jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the United States is withdrawing 12000. 00 troops from germany nearly half of the repositioned elsewhere in europe including italy poland and the baltics it follows an earlier decision by donald trump to cut troops blaming germany for failing to spend enough on defense. After being virus free for months vietnam is bracing for a wave of covered 1000. 00 infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of denying meanwhile on kongs leader kerry lamb says its Hospital System could face collapse as it deals with a sharp rise in places. Yemens president has named a leader of the Southern Transitional council as the new governor of aden thats after the u. A. E. Backed southern separatists said theyre giving up a tent set self rule and will work on a stalled peace deal they asked to seize says is to give an opportunity to end the rift among the allies announcement follows one by saudi arabia saying it will present ways to implement last years power sharing deal between rival factions in the south lets take a closer look at the Southern Transitional council which has been waging whats been described as a war within the yemens complex civil war in august its fighters seized the southern port of city of aden the temporary seat of yemens internationally recognized government and april its forces declared a state of emergency saying they needed to tackle covert 19 proclaimed self rule in aden and other southern provinces their cues the Yemeni Government of corruption and failing to provide basic services to forces allies against the who feeds in the north since 2015 but theyve been battling each other for control the ultimate secession of the south just look up here as from the Risk Consulting from the gulf state and a little x e things there are several obstacles and could get in the way of the alliance. This resolution is the basis of some hope for officials in riyadh as well as washington who wanted to see the riyadh agreement successfully implemented but simply just declaring in a resolution that efforts will be accelerated to implement the riyadh agreements. Doesnt mean its going to be easy to do so the reason why its been so difficult to implement it. Since it was signed last year has to do with the fact that there are so many obstacles that make implementation very difficult the party those have very different interpretations of the riyadh agreement there are sensitive issues that the parties do not see eye to eye on i think the future of this relationship will be a very difficult one there are numerous reasons why thats the case one of them that i think is very important to keep in mind pertains to all is slaw which is the Muslim Brotherhoods yemeni franchise is sly has played an Important Role as an ally of the hardy government but the s. T. C. Views the Muslim Brotherhood linked group in yemen as a very dangerous group and is a big threat to the s. T. C. And if hardys government in the s. T. C. Will ever be able to see eye to eye on this question of what role is slys to play in the future of yemen we dont know but just as across southern iraq are demanding stable exiting supplies last week temperatures in southern iraq reached 54 degrees centigrade the highest ever recorded increase demand of the grid has led to frequent power cuts so one of 14 reports from baghdad. Under bugged out scorching sun electricity workers go from house to house to collect their dues government electricity in iraq is heavily subsidized husseins monthly bill is 16. 00 but like most iraqis People Living in this neighborhood only get a few hours of electricit