And demand sanctions against president Alexander Lukashenko. Donald trump says hell announce his nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Supreme Court by saturday. And the global death toll from covert 90 nears 1000000 as government struggle to control the outbreak. Im sorry hire some have all the sports know about jock which makes history in rome the serbian wins the italian open to see a record 36 masters 1000 title. Follow u. S. Secretary of states mike pompei or has announced a raft of new sanctions on those involved in irans Defense Sectors 27 entities and individuals have been hits with new measures including the Iranian Defense ministry or by us also announced sanctions on the venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro hes built a close relationship with terror on us as warm that anyone connected to the sale or transfer of conventional weapons to iran will face sanctions just imagine what iran would be therefore able to freely purchase more advanced weapons we have no intention of letting that happen. The president s executive order announced today gives us a new and powerful tool to enforce the u. N. Arms embargo and hold those who seek to evade u. N. Sanctions accountable today i will take the 1st action under this new executive order by sanctioning the are a ministry of defense and Armed Forces Logistics and irans Defense Industries organization and its director. Is in terror on how small in the iranian response to those u. S. Sanctions. We had foreign minister say that these new sanctions are nothing new that the intention of the United States was to bring the population to its knees and they have failed but what the real question is how iran will respond to the United States and how the United States decides to impose the these u. N. Sanctions as they see it now within iran lots of political differences the president Hassan Rouhani and his reformist are defending the deal domestically because there has been some opposition to it but the conservative and hardliners who make up the majority of Parliament Well they want a stronger response if those sanctions are put back in place in fact the head of the commission of Foreign Policy and National Security has said that iran should return to prejudge a Nuclear State which means that a high level of enrichment more centrifuges more advanced centrifuges should be used and nuclear propellant should be used to aid irans navy and theres also suggestions from some of the conservatives here that iran should reduce its cooperation with the i. A. E. A. In terms of reducing or limiting the amount of inspections that take place but president Hassan Rouhani is very much vested in the. 2015 nuclear deal and hes policy and hes allies policy is wait and see what happens and then looking forward to the u. S. Elections but ultimately irans response will come down to how the United States reacts of what the United States does if they start stopping iranian ships and also how the United Nations and other countries around the world will react if they willingly or reluctantly start to give in to u. S. Pressure and start imposing these sanctions then we could very much see a very tough or a tougher stance a response coming from iran well chris insulin you can join us live now from the United Nations christine we know these are unilateral sanctions must stress that so what has been the wider International Reaction to this u. S. Announcement. Well its interesting the United States attempted to get support from the International Community for re imposing sanctions by attempting to invoke wits known as the snap back provision of the Iran Nuclear Deal under that deal any of the signatories could indeed trigger the sag sanctions to come back if there was a violation but the catch is the United States would drew from that deal under President Trump 2 years ago so while the United States has gotten some support for its maximum Pressure Campaign against iran from countries like israel and some of the gulf states here at the United Nations among the signatories to bad deal no one else has gone along. With the u. S. Position on this even on the Security Council its closest allies the europeans have essentially said that the United States has no power to recall these International Sanctions because it is no longer a part of the deal and members of the Security Council 11 letters have been written to the president stating that position that the United States is not able to reimpose International Sanctions putting the u. N. Secretary general in an awkward position as well because the United States has asked him to reestablish a sanctions committee the United States being the host country for the United Nations the largest funder the largest donor for operations here the secretary general however saying that because the Security Council has been divided on this issue that he is powerless to move forward without unity from the Security Council so really the United States here on the International Stage is going it alone and is interesting isnt it kristen that neither the u. S. President or did the secretary of state all way you are right now the United Nations which of course is covering marking its 75th anniversary. Absolutely and to be fair no heads of state are here physically because of the coronavirus pandemic tomorrow is the big kickoff to the General Assembly the general debate and most of those speeches will be given all of those speeches except for the secretary general will be given a videotaped performance and President Trump will send a speech in there however today for the big 75th anniversary celebration the kickoff event the host country the United States was given this honorary spot to present a speech to give a speech and not only is the was the president not giving that speech or the secretary of state the u. N. Ambassador did not give this speech either it was relegated to the acting deputy ambassador for the United States to kick things off here at the United Nations and ironically the theme of the event is multilateralism and the United States didnt even show up at a time when the u. N. Is trying to get countries to Work Together particularly to deal with the coronavirus pandemic the secretary general antonio good terrorists said that there are abundance of an abundance of multilateral issues that need addressing and not a lot of solutions climates come i mean. Biodiversity. Is again rising hates its spreading geopolitical tensions escalate a Nuclear Weapons remain on hand to be going. Through his formative technologies have opened up new opportunities but also exposed new sense and the coffee 19 pandemic is laid bare for the g 8. We can only address them together. Actually general antonio caetera shes speaking a little area all right still to come on this hour is there are news are. Rare protests in egypt demonstrators are demanding president after fattah elsisi step down plus i will see a new one in the region of southern chile where a confrontation with indigenous mob just isnt time to fly. The Los Angeles Lakers secure a last 2nd will it be a be a playoffs. First European UnionForeign Ministers have failed to agree on sanctions against belarus officials suspected of Election Fraud or playing a part in the recent crackdown on protests the u. S. Considering asset freezes and travel bans all around 40 people but cyprus is blocking the sanctions until similar measures are imposed on turkey is not in baba reports. In the prisons they were and tortured. Harris and trade bellerose his Opposition Leader paying tribute to prodemocracy protesters in her country which she fled after last months president ial election widely seen as rick didnt favor of Alexander Lukashenko so ive learned to cut off sky i was speaking at the European Parliament in brussels once again calling for sanctions on senior officials so i proceed to your friends to help us with basic things to get nice mr illegitimate to release Political Prisoners to introduce individual sanctions against all individuals involved in their election possibly cations and political credit down earlier she held talks with said. Really you Foreign Ministers ahead of their meeting telling them applying sanctions quickly could force the belarusian government to enter a dialogue with the Opposition Coordination Council that have been going so hard to make their progress we will have to discuss the question of whether they shouldnt because those who participated in election making and those who participated in abuse directly who face European Union sanctions we must also ask ourselves the question of whether mr looking schenker who bears the main responsibility should also be sanctioned by the European Union its not just sanctions also we have to report to do to support Civil Society we have to support the media and we have to not just express and part of the people which are suffering the suffering still as we speak being called and cast in the daughter of an ape and definitely in the service our attention will possibly independent international investigation. On sunday once again crowds demonstrated in the belorussian capital minsk and other cities activists put the number of minutes get around a 100000 similar to previous weekend rallies. Police say they arrested more than 400 protesters with more than 307 custody but the e. U. Cant impose sanctions like travel bans and asset freezes unless all 27 Member States agree. Cyprus has been accused of blocking sanctions on better or worse until similar measures are applied to turkey over its Energy Exploration efforts in the Eastern Mediterranean in the end the Foreign Ministers failed to reach a decision the e. C. Is now set to be discussed at the Leaders Summit on thursday aljazeera. Now u. S. President donald trump says hell announce his nominee for the Supreme Court by saturday he says hes looking at 5 candidates for a place the liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died on friday and he was the senate to vote on confirm the nominee the for the knave and the 3rd and action. Following events for us at the white house now and what else the president have to say bill is clear that he is intending to get this done as quickly as possible he wants to put the name in front of the senate at some point by the weekend hes already said hell wait till after the Memorial Services have been held for the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that would suggest that saturday is the most likely day given that she is going to lie in state on capitol hill on friday the 1st woman in American History to be given that the president himself while hes on his we do a couple of Campaign Events but he says he wants the senate to act and to act quickly. I would say on friday or saturday ill be announcing the pick. 5 women are being. Looked at in vetted very carefully. By. And well make a decision probably saturday but friday or saturday well id much rather have a vote before the election because theres a lot of work to be done and id much rather have it we have plenty of time to do it i mean theres really a lot of time. So lets say i make the announcement on saturday theres a great deal of time before the election that will be up to mitch in the senate but id certainly much rather have the vote i think it sends a good signal. And its solidarity and lots of other things that im just doing my constitutional obligation i have an obligation to do this. Ok heres whats interesting Mitch Mcconnell who is the republican leader in the senate has been speaking in the last couple of hours he says there will be a vote by the end of the year no thats important because it suggests that he doesnt believe he might be able to get this done by november 3rd so pushing it towards the end of the year which is when we come Congress Ends session but it also means what Mitch Mcconnell being a wily political operator that the whole idea of justices and particular vacancies on the Supreme Court go in front of the voters on november the 3rd and we know that there was a quarter of those who said that they supported donald trump in 2016 did so because of his stance on the Supreme Court and putting more conservatives there and also the judiciary as a whole across america where he wanted a lot more younger conservative voices joe bidens been out in the last couple of hours as well whats he been speaking about or he didnt mention the Supreme Court at all hes going to continue to concentrate on covert the Unemployment Rate and how the republicans might react to changes in health care not least how the Supreme Court might vote about Health Changes in health care he sees that is a much better prospect for gaining votes then going on about the Supreme Court however things are going to continue over the next couple of days with both sides battling with each other over what is the best way to proceed republicans say no the democrats insisting this is something that should be delayed until after november 3rd. At the white house for us thank you. The global death toll from covert 19 is nearing a 1000000 and the resurgence of the coronavirus is forcing some nations to rethink their strategies the United Kingdom has started imposing tighter restrictions the governments top medical adviser says if things continue on their current course virus related deaths could spiral out of control Prime MinisterBoris Johnson will chair an Emergency Response meeting on tuesday in spain parts of the capital madrid are back in lockdown the country has reported more than 100000 cases in the past 2 weeks france has also seen record numbers of daily deaths well the United States is the worlds worst affected country and its expected to pass 200000 deaths shortly across africa the centers for Disease Control says infection numbers have now passed 1400000 south africa has nearly half the continents total cases of more now on those warnings across europe may parker has this report from london the british governments been accused of sleep walking into a 2nd surge of coronavirus if so this was the alarm call dispassionate data delivered by the u. K. Said chief medical and scientific officers showing a doubling of infections every week lets say there were 5000 today would be 10000 next week 20000 a week after 40000 that week of them and you can see that by mid october if that continued you would end up with Something Like 50000. 00 cases in the middle of october per day more infections mean the likelihood of more deaths urgent action is needed elsewhere in Europe Spains ruled out