A virus. This is the u. S. Death toll from covert 19 surpasses 200000 in washington flags mark the lives lost. Meanwhile the infection rate continues to climb in the u. K. Tougher restrictions are rolled out the Prime Minister warns that normal is still months away. And future service in doha with all the sports market jordan goes into the world of motor sport the basketball legend. That is partnering with the sports only black driver bubble wallace. The 1st time in history leaders from around the world a meeting virtually for the annual u. N. General Assembly Lots of course because of the coronavirus and on choose day the fight against cover 19 dominated speeches from Global Leaders most of them called for a united fight and for the United Nations to repurpose itself in response to world pokemon and be changed by the pandemic but it also exposed rising tensions between washington and beijing on the same day the u. S. Death toll from the virus passed 200000 donald trump once again pointing the finger of blame at china our diplomatic editor james bass has more like all the other World Leaders speaking at the u. S. President trump speech was prerecorded ones his words were as controversial as ever. We have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy the china virus which has claimed countless lives in 188 countries in the United States we launched the most aggressive mobilization since the 2nd world war Fact Checkers in a country that suffered more than most from cope with 19 unlikely to question those claims as the Chinese Ambassador to the un listened in the General Assembly hall the president intensified his attack on china we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world china in the early is days of the virus china locked down travel domestically while allowing flights to leave china and infect the world before introducing president xi the Chinese Ambassador made an impromptu intervention complaining about bullying. China resolutely great acts baseless accusation against china his president in a clear contrast to President Trump said International Cooperation was the key to combating covert 19. 19 realize that were living in an interconnected Global Village with a common stake all countries are closely connected and we share a common feature no country can gain from this difficulties on the taste of billet taking advantage of this tramples in his address the president of france expressed his growing concern about the tension between the worlds 2 largest economies new pass through the todays world cannot be left to the rivalry between china and the United States regardless of the white in the world that these 2 great powers share regardless of the history that ties us especially to the United States the collapse of the frameworks of our cooperation. The truth just referenced all of that millions we must build a new order trump speech was almost certainly the shortest ever given by u. S. President to the un General Assembly just 7 minutes long it was delivered with a machine gun like style of though there was criticism of iran china was the main target in his sights diplomats say speeches like this do nothing to decrease the polarization on the world stage james pays out 0 at the United Nations well shortly before president trying to speech was played at the u. N. The u. S. Passed that song lyle stein of 200000 coronavirus test president johnson management of the pandemic of course is a key issue ahead of novembers president ial election john hendren has the story now from chicago. At Washington National cathedral the bell rang 200 times once for every 1000 lives lost to us to the global pandemic. 200000 dead and i hear about 200000 deaths is just a benchmark of sadness for me and for us as a country i think about the individual people that are here or who have died and then i think about multiplying that comes to acknowledge that it was just hard for me to even rouse the amount of. The Johns Hopkins university the United States with just 4 percent of the worlds population has more than 20 percent of the nearly 1000000 kovac 1000 deaths worldwide the number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Is now 6800000 prison and trump says a vaccine could be available as soon as the november 3rd president ial election that is not a view widely shared by medical experts. Its a view the president shares often with thousands of largely unmask supporters at his rally we are getting crowds and this is pandemic and were rounding around because the. His rival for the presidency Democrat Joe Biden has urged americans to wait on a scientifically proven prevented. The president due back in february that this was an extremely dangerous Communicable Disease think about how many people across the ira. How many empty chairs around those determines because of his negligence and selfishness how many lies lives lost many medical experts say a National Strategy including a mandatory mask mandate could have reduced the pandemics toll considerably the big mistakes that we made at that point 3 were surely not being one unit and one unified approach throughout the entire state with the number of cases in deaths still far from under control which direction the u. S. Takes in the coming months depends on the outcome of the november elections john hendren al jazeera chicago. Thats not been to any kalika has in miami and of course we passed an expected perhaps but still significant milestone in the number of covered 19 deaths in the United States how how quickly are the numbers is the death rate rising. Well its a disturbing sight to see we got a peak in the summer months and now that this country is going into the colder months and people are forced indoors where covert 900. 00 spreads easy we are seeing a steady increase in covert 19 numbers again in places like north dakota wisconsin and utah texas and california still have pretty frightening numbers so this is as john said far from under control remember theres no federal response to the pandemic in the United States its been left up to the individual 50 states and their governors and all of them have taken very different approaches the states run by republican governors have tended to push to get the economy going again get businesses back get schools back again those run by democratic governors that tended to be a bit more cautious at all trying to tried a very difficult line between voiding people getting laid off avoiding schools staying closed and avoiding of course people losing their jobs but the numbers at the moment and weve got over 200000 deaths steadily creeping back up again i was just reading a report from the university of washington which projects potentially twice as many deaths that weve got now in the next few months if things dont get under control but the situation with facing now is that curve went down from the summer now its steadily going back up again as the colder months approach when his Public Opinion stand on this just ahead of the election. I mean i think like Everything Else in this nation its become very politicized you see people at the term rallies not Wearing Masks some of them claiming the whole thing is a hoax some people have reported on the past particularly pastors in churches who said this was a hoax have since died from covert 19 so it is a very divisive issue all of the science on all of this is pretty straightforward but talking about science the center for Disease Control and prevention in this country have been issuing guidelines with drawing guidelines saying they got it wrong and they need to revise it or perhaps potentially coming under political pressure so there is an air of confusion here theres no real joined up thinking when tackling this pandemic people are always 2nd guessing themselves as to how to get through this but that picture going into the fall theyre going into the autumn in the colder months does not look good all right thank you very much any campaign lanny. And watching the news hour live from london much more still ahead on the Program Lines call for predeparture coronavirus testing to sidestep national quarantines keep the industry in the. President ial power play angry scenes as Sri Lankas Parliament considers unprecedented new powers for the head of state. And then later in sport as latter shows no sign of slowing down just a few weeks out from his 39th day. On our mali is marking 60 years of independence from france but the anniversary celebrations have been muted after last months countrys former defense minister will be sworn into office on friday as interim leader after being picked by Selection Committee led by the military nicholas hot has the story. Of parade to mark 60 years of independence leading the celebration is the military commander who forced malis president. To resign last month to see me go into his known been named interim Vice President. In address to the nation who dont know and the concession he made to the west african body ecowas his demands to name the civilian president the retired colonel and former defense minister bind out at the age of 70 he supposed to represent the aspirations of young mali and calling for an end to corruption and bad governance and resign from key does government in 2014 after disagreeing with the former president s plan to integrate armed groups into the modern military. Hes an honest man and a patriot is our criteria we need in our leaders along he will make it we all collectively have to help him despite the announcement the west african body of course has not lifted the sanctions it imposed after the military took power last month borders with a landmark. Country reed closed in Financial Transactions have been halted because his chief negotiator good luck jonathan is expected in bamako on wednesday the sanctions are not just affecting millions but also west african countries here in senegal 60 percent of its exports go to its neighboring country mali now that trade is at a standstill west African Leaders want to see an end to this crisis as soon as possible. And are expected to be sworn in on friday for a period of 18 months enough time to organize new elections well its. A state that can be anywhere from state institutions. In place depth and balances. Govern man that can deliver on peoples needs Public Service he is Education Health but also many security nearly a ww displaced because of fighting with armed groups in the north and center of the country half of the population is dependent on humanitarian aid 4000 french soldiers remain on the ground 60 years after its independence. Are still seeking their founding promise of peace prosperity and the prospect of a better future. On now some news from Cameroon Police have used take gas and Water Cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters in the economic city of to wyler demonstrators are calling for an end to the long running conflict between English Speaking separatists and the Security Forces thats now left 3000 people dead protest is also demanding that president paul be a step down 87 year old has been in power for almost 40 years ahmed address has been monitoring the situation from a from a neighboring nigeria he sent us this update. At the center of the protest is the call by the government of president paul bia for Regional Elections to hold on december 5th now there will strictures wants to see the government tackle the key problems faced in the coming year state for example the separatist violence in the west of the country since 2017 more than 3000. 00 people have been killed as suspicion is under the embers only a Movement Want to see an independent English Speaking come room separated from the Main Community and state now apart from that there are also issues of book or an insurgency especially close to the border with nigeria thousands of people have been killed since the outbreak of clashes between Security Forces and book quite use in that particular region now the protesters today took through the streets of several towns and cities and Police Responded with tear gas we also understand that several arrests have been made of opposition figures and also journalists who are out on the streets covering the demonstrations income room whatever you more on the United NationsGeneral Assembly now of course even meeting hearing from various a wild leaders throughout the day and earlier in his address on tuesday castle is a mere cold out International Community for failing to confront israel for its illegal occupation of palestinian land. The earth philistine the lingering of the palestinian cause without a just solution and israels continued settlements and creation of pretexts on the ground without being deterred pose the biggest question mark on the credibility of the International Community and its institutions that we call on the International Community especially the Security Council to assume its legal responsibilities to obligate israel to lift the siege on the gaza strip put the Peace Process back on track through credible negotiations based on the International Resolutions and not on force to address all final status issues inning occupation with unspecified time frames and establishing an independent palestinian state within 1967 borders with easter islam as its capital. Now the egyptian president sisi also called on the United Nations to do more to help palestinians achieve an independent state. No issue would be more worthy of our attention than the. People still strive for the human right to live in a free and independent state along with its neighbors in the region generations of palestinians are destroyed after this riot and a multitude of resolutions of hostages to no avail to keep the prospect of peace alive and to achieve current systems we must fulfill the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian People for an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital for peace and security to be viable in the region the International Community has an obligation to honor its commitment to achieve long awaited peace and address any measures that undermine the 2 state solution. Lets meet now to Steven Feller at the Century Foundation joins us via skype from new york so weve really heard worldliness speaking about a range of issues today but this the standout has been the response to covert 19 in the fact that it will despite the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives wild leaders of failed miserably to come up with any kind of united statement on the the virus im just wondering how you think this is going to play out because weve had the initial crisis but the expectation is that were going to be feeling the social and economic consequences for years to come from cover 19 is it going to play into the hands of populists. Well you know this is a real test for the United Nations after all the un was created to bring all countries together for comment to agree on Common Solutions in many ways the covert crisis is like the globes 3rd world war it requires cooperation of every single country on the planet in order to defeat it and yes we are having trouble getting that cooperation we quit it took him to crisis 3 months or so just to get a resolution out of the Security Council on the matter and even then there was all sorts of lingering questions about what the Security Council really decided so covert is striking at the heart of what the u. N. Is all about sound much of an existential crisis is this then for the United Nations well the u. N. Has been through other great crises here the cuban missile crisis which threaten the globe with Nuclear Holocaust and other conflicts that have threatened to spin out of control so usually what happens is the un is an arena for all the leaders of the world to come together to try to devise aleutians that are. Reasonable and understandable to the worlds population and so i think thats what the u. N. Is going to be doing and then and in the coming weeks problem is its not binding not supposed to be an arena for these leaders but o