US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000

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The US says it will withdraw 5,000 of its soldiers from Germany, amid a widening rift between the two governments. President Trump has criticised the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, for not sending forces to help open the Strait of Hormuz. Also in the programme: The rebel offensive in Mali and the threat it poses to the government and the capital, Bamako; forced adoptions in the former East Germany; and we start our annual series of interviews with potential International Booker Prize winners, today we feature 'She who remains', set in Albania. Presenter Julian Worricker is joined in the studio by Jill Rutter, senior fellow at the Institute for Government think-tank in the UK, and Joe Studwell, author and journalist and visiting fellow at the Overseas Development Institute global organisation based in London. (Photo credit: Getty Images)