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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 Nations General 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 of course mean as we know the u. N. Doesnt operate in a vacuum it reflects the state of the wild which is division and disarray which is why theyve not been able to agree on anything if if something doesnt change somehow to make the u. N. Relevant again if it doesnt adapt does it just die. The un never dies theres been so many crises which its unfortunately not been able to address for example when the soviet union invited invaded hungary way back in 1056 the u. N. Stood by the u. N. Stood by on the question of kosovo in the late 1990 s. When when serbia attacked that country the u. N. Is not always available to have settle every crisis yet it remains because its the only universal security body that the world together can go to to try to solutions now it doesnt as i said always receive them but theres no other body that can do that and even get the discussion the negotiations started on a crisis thank you very much appreciate your time today stephen thank you thank you. Well of course and in other stories were following this hour the number of homes damaged or destroyed by floods in sin don has now risen to 140000 while the level of the nile river remains high fall as were also damaged in many of the 18 states in the River Nile State those affected are trying to find a way to rebuild as they wait for some kind of financial help i will morgan has mall. This is whats left of a highly out the last home in sudans or now state he says his farm used to extend from here to the banks of the nile nearly 2 kilometers away now the river is one with the farm destroying what was his main source of income all over the mother i love i used to live in this has put my kids and their families thats all gone now on the farm where i used to plant onions unearths is all destroyed ive lost nearly 20000. 00 because of the floods but thats just from what i had ready for harvest this season and now i cant farm for winter and i dont know if ill get any government assistance in the. Alley says its hard for him to know exactly how much financial damage the floods have done to his farm hell have to wait until the waters dry out completely to find out his village of galle on is one of dozens on the banks of the nile in River Nile State that was destroyed by floods countrywide hundreds of villages were also destroyed because of the river rising to levels not seen in a century at least 120 people have been killed and more than 600000 have been displaced most now are waiting for government response to cope with the situation after losing even most or all of their belongings. Manana yeah the muslim we need the government to come and take care of the water thats in the houses because the water is now mixed research water from the latrines that collapsed we need to avoid malaria color and the hardship because we cant deal with diseases on top of losing our homes the damage in sugar were village nearly 5 kilometers away has forced all of its 1000 families out of their homes most had relied on farming and livestock for income both devastated by the floods. A village which residents say was once vibrant with schools markets and farms now look like this their homes either damaged or destroyed so dams government which has declared a state of emergency says the nile has receded in many parts of the country its distributed tents and food aid to help those affected in the state but many say its not enough even as the level of the river drops to where it was prior to the floods sudans government and aid organizations say the impact of the damage will continue for months with Agriculture Health care and economy all affected and here in rebel states the residents say a slow response will make the effects last even longer. And chef italy for us to get on the boat with us to see what remains of her family home she couldnt help but break down when she saw what shes lost. This house is where i lived with my mother and father its the home where i got married and had my kids and when my grandkids were born all those memories were in this house of lost that thank god my children and grandchildren are alive and were away when the house collapsed now waiting to know government plans to help us recover and rebuild. A recovery that may take months if not here is in a country already facing an economic crisis and where more than 60 percent live in poverty many say they expect the Economic Situation to worsen in the coming weeks if no help is offered he will morgan on to 0 River Nile State. And some Political Developments in sri lanka draft a bill that would amend the constitution to give the president extra power as has been put before the parliament if its passed it will allow president got to by rajapaksa to dissolve the parliament and then give him full immunity against prosecution it would replace a bill from 2015 that strengthened the role of the parliament. Is a political analyst executive director of the center for policy alternatives he says rajapakse his government is in a strong position to push this through. The government has a 2 thirds majority in parliament the question is as to whether. The titians that may well be filed in the Supreme Court with anything it does succeed that means that the government but also have to go to random in the country if allowed on balance i would say that the government does have a majority but that has set rumblings within the 2 thirds majority that are certain aspects of this amendment which people within their own majority are concerned about and so at the very least its incumbent to make it difficult for the government to get this through that to me and that they may well succeed all of the checks and balances that took place on the exercise of executive power and authority having got credit by this amendment it is horrendously autocratic a Party Chairman amendment i mean it is a tremendous reversal to the gains that we have made as far as Parliament Democracy is concerned but i think for the vast majority of people its not in the sewage home because theres a difficulty in getting their heads around constitutional amendments but there is a significant minority i think on the sterns the sort of gravity off this and that this could well pave the way whole a government which is a single a majority of populist authoritarian government with a large dose of militarization thrown in as well. Still ahead for you on the program jailed for corruption or criticism a chinese businessman sentenced to 18 years but supporters say hes being silenced. Religious reunion deny the pandemic prevents pakistani and indian pilgrims from marking a sikh anniversary together and then later in sport more doping control is seen in cycling as one of the main tera france teams is investigated by french police. Hello where the stage at the start of astronomical also meant buying on cue weve got some autumnal weather sliding across northwestern parts of you have ahead of it quite a russia showers in sioux fronts pushing down across the alps easing into italy and the balkans some western weather coming through here could cause some localized flooding must again pressure pushing over towards craze the best of the sunshine is going to be further east over towards ukraine into that western side of russia come back towards the west theres a line of rain that will make its way across england temperatures in london take back to around 18 celsius and 40 by the time we come to thursday temperatures and higher than around 15 degrees so Something Like a 910. 00 degree drop in temperatures seen on recent days thats a wetter weather that windy weather the autumnal whether it will continue to push its way further south with temperatures falling away just about everywhere actually some wetter weather there as you can see making its way back into northern italy southern parts of france adding to the flooding problems that we have seen in recent days cross the maid its not too bad lots of warm sunshine as is the case too across northern parts of africa further south the show is continue across Central Africa into the gulf of guinea some wet weather sliding across southern parts of mali or the way across into senegal. 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Death toll from the crime the virus passed a grim milestone of 200000 the country has 4 percent of the worlds population but 20 percent of the total reported kovac 19 fatalities. The World Health Organization is one that the current virus appears to be accelerating thats around the world despite the number of deaths coming down so lets take a look at where the global picture stands at the moment focusing on the 5 countries that have seen the most number of deaths from the virus as weve heard more than 200000 americans now have died since february the corner and then is the 4th deadliest major event in u. S. History behind the spanish flu pandemic the civil war and world war 2 brazil has the west outbreak in latin america with more than 137000 deaths around 4000000 people have survived it. And then you have india leading the world in the number of recoveries nearly 4 and a half 1000000 so far and nearly 89000 indians have died from the virus overall mexico has a 10th of indias population but it seen almost as many deaths more than 73000 cases there surpassed 700001 monday the u. K. Is the 5th in the world almost 42000 people have died and its curve is going in the wrong way with hospital admissions now doubling every 8 days a raft of new restrictions of now been introduced and the Prime Minister has warned that life is unlikely to return to any kind of normality for at least another 6 months weve barker reports on that now britain is back where it hoped it wouldnt have to be not the full law of march but facing strict controls of the lives and livelihoods of millions measures that could last for 6 months we have to acknowledge that this is a great and freedom loving country and while the vast majority have complied with the rules theres been too many breaches too many opportunities for our invisible enemy to slip through undetected never in our history has our collective destiny and our collective health depended so completely on our individual behavior if we follow these simple rules together we will get through this winter together there are unquestionably difficult months to come and the fight against is by no means over. Among the raft of measures bigger fines for not wearing a mask and face coverings are now mandatory for shop staff taxi drivers and passengers from thursday pubs bars and restaurants must close at 10 pm theyll be restricted to Table Service and takeaways the hospitality sector is still reeling from months of lockdown. Theres also a u. Turn on encouraging workers back to offices people are being told to work from home if possible but businesses schools and universities will remain open the government says it wants to limit unnecessary social interaction a maximum of 15 people will be allowed to attend weddings 30 at funerals parallel measures have been announced across the u. K. Has devolved nations but scotland and Northern Ireland went further imposing bans on people meeting in each others houses the backdrop to all of this is an infection rate thats doubling every week hospital admissions are up to and are likely to increase towards winter but this trajectory is not written in stone providing urgent action is taken now and that means extra powers to enforce the rules police and local authorities will be given more money and the option of drawing or military support if theres no progress the Prime Ministers promised more firepower for now he stopped short of introducing a suggested 2 week down to slow the spread of the virus that could still come any measure will need to be delicately chosen to protect lives in the countrys battered economy barca aljazeera london. Or turn to the situation in the u. S. Now lets get more on that because of course the corn a virus cases continue to rise dr see on farrow is an emergency physician and assistant professor of emergency medicine at Columbia University joins me now of a skype from new york and i suppose whats whats interesting with this is that we saw the number of deaths continuing to climb a few months ago in the summer how much worse then could it get as we head into the winter months. Thank you for having me thank you for that question of course the so when time comes that with the flu vaccination with the with the flu and people hopefully you know flu vaccinations hopefully the flu will not be rude you know so was the for what happens in a hospital usually not winter months and the flu season is already crowded so how does an addition to cold it really worried about their husbands system. And also adding and the level of stress already existing. And were really hoping that people will continue to to do the sorts of distancing and also that basket but at the scene time really o. T. Per pupil to get the flu absolution in addition to that its not only but small but do you know when to most people have a tendency to conquer. And also not be outside as are as much in the summer so worried that the environment and the situation is going to increase the. Search and some places. If course that you the situation varies from state to state doesnt it you have various different hosp hotspots and transit with it ebbing and flowing depending on where in the country you are but when you look at the state of testing Contact Tracing social distancing in many places and of course quarantining how what is your sense about how the country is going to cope with the pandemic in the coming months. Unfortunately the response is the so fragmented united of the new york and wrote to new york to pick new york peter presell out early but at the same time took stringent markdown measures very very angry and new yorkers learned right now that so no and dont die i mean parts are so close everything is out the door the testing has been back here setting up to 100000. 00 per day with the positivity it was at one percent that also applies to your computer as you can backup and also mubarak and the tri state area are as he states and securing a markdown soon. See ample messages from people that have traveled from the high risk areas unfortunately thats not universal you go to midwest restaurants and bars are open it was school and college or university is your thing and also required in restaurants reopening and this places we worry that the pins are going to get surge and especially with the winter months so unfortunately the testing of matzo capacity that we want it to be and most of the country and thats due to a shortage of that yet and also because of lack of political will talk to me about that because of course you it were well aware of the the bod the bob woodward tape of President Trump saying that he deliberately played down the severity of the virus he says because he didnt want to cause a panic given the atmosphere that you have in the country right now that the hostility sometimes to. Scientific fact and assessment how do you how does that make you feel as a someone who is who is on the front line do you feel that youre getting enough support. You know back in march and april well were going to this at all and it didnt. Go into the pieces here in new york city and you know it will just make what ive described like a cult at a bar right overnight a hospital or crowded or just dead after death it was not have to classes. As you know 1 of april meeking we thought just new york wasnt the Lesson Learned we really hold you know people who learn what happened in new york of origin and the things of the plant to say its all a problem universal masking to the response lot of consonance with your own locker and personally and hes artemov my colleagues especially with that to come in out there at the white house so i downplayed this. Theres our break we as just you know collapse at least as combination of and theyre frustrated and just saw our son she now with 200. 00 dead and just looking at us and youre on t. V. There was some of the pictures and that means and some of the visions that youre up for so its just. You know i was really hopeful but now would learn more about the election coming around that it just seems that part of science you know there is a bit of hopelessness and it and also that batting infanticides just were not like everyone else we all want this to be order but unfortunately the responses that fragmented lack of a the notion of and also lack of using evidence that science unfortunately is should be guided by Scientific Evidence that says of thousands. Of thank you very much for joining us on the news alison and i do appreciate it and really wish you all the best with with your work as well doc to sign for anx well much. Well airlines are calling for a predeparture coronavirus test for all International Passengers the International Air transport association i artist has quarantine requirements of blocking a recovery and Global Travel i am sure estimates that the number of trips taken by travelers is down 60 percent because of the pandemic they say the antigen tests which produce results in 15 minutes are expected to become available in the coming weeks and should be rolled out under globally agreed standards the test can be administered by nonmedical stuff and cost as little as 7. 00 and lines want governments to cover the costs while antigen testing is faster and theyre also more likely to miss positive cases than Laboratory Based molecular diagnostic tests but industry is adamant that developments in the antigen test could keep passages say a systematic testing of all kirsan just a departure would guarantee that you people one not infected by the robbers or with the risk of being treated which is very very limited limited by the sensitivity of this to no p. C. R. Test have the highest sensitivity but the receptive improvement made by the industry with the n. T. Gentlest are absolutely tremendous and though the reach of the 8788 sensitivity was from our point of view it from statistical no point of view is no guarantee that the risk to be caught the virus is minimized but it is clear that it is real introduce another step in the present day in. Court but we think 1st of all its immense roller we have successfully by the Security Check in which we control. For every trouble at the well and successfully. Now sikhs of montana verse are the death of their founder in pakistan is the 1st year of commemoration since a visa free travel card was opened between india and pakistan to allow pilgrims to reach the holy site of us a heap and topple and yet indians will not let shall about us explains. This convoy of sikhs in southern pakistan is on its way to one of their holiest sites dubai. Is where they found a good nun expand the last years of his life and this is the anniversary of his days. The pilgrimage their own is seen trees olmert that the road is near a 4. 6 kilometer therof there between india and pakistan it is the 1st of these a free Border Crossing in the 2 nations history it opens last november the rand moment of cooperation between a Nuclear Armed rivals was meant to allow sikh pilgrims to visit holy sites on either side of the border. That covered 1000. 00 restrictions put a stop to that and mudge now pakistan is allowing the pilgrimage to continue but india is not yet gets excited excited. Just sad. About the way back from india where the brought the water. And militants like a salad at the restaurant. I think that if your father for. The feds. Was indias stops the pilgrimage citing concerns about the spread of covert 19 is now experiencing a Record Number of infections with around 90000 new cases every day. None of them and all the pilgrims here believe that we are absolutely saved by the grace of bubba good enough pakistan has come out of covenanting so we believe that we are safe here and nothing will happen to us the india is concerned about the spread of covered 19 because this is a 3 day commemoration with thousands of pilgrims few people when mosques and social distancing rules have largely been ignored and that there is an additive that we dont use a mosque no to be followed the other precautions because its against our ritual or the programs here believe that nothing will happen to them and they are safe here at the shrine indian sikhs have struggled for more than 70 years to visit the sacred trying and while political disputes on this issue have been resolved the road built one obstacle remains covered 19 shallop ballasts. An influential chinese real estate tycoon has been sentenced to 18 years in prison on corruption charges rand chong had been under investigation since march shortly after writing an essay that was that a critical of president xi Jinping Katrina you has more now from beijing chinese businessman rented child was found guilty of taking bribes embezzling public funds and enriching himself by about 3000000. 00 while working as chairman of the state owned Real Estate Company while you and that many believe put really got him in trouble was his vocal criticism of the Chinese Communist party and president xi jinping this and him the nickname the big cannon the repression on any kind of speech has been worse in the worse since you dont think. That the presidency. So its not you know theres a trend is there the 69 year old was a member of the communist elite board to revolutionary parents he befriended current Vice President one she shot at an early age and gave top trade negotiator leo her one of his 1st jobs but these connections werent enough to protect him from xi jinping loyalists in 2016 his way bill page a social media account with over 35000000 followers was taken down after he criticised president shes called for the Chinese Media to serve the communist party but he continued to speak out holding popular book clubs where he discussed western values and promoted independent thinking. In march he wrote a widely circulated article criticizing beijings had like of the crowbars outbreak saying there was a cover up that red also referred to xi jinping as a clown an embryo he was quickly detained and in july was stripped of his Party Membership and charged with corruption unlike other chinese dissidents rendered tongue was a longtime member of the communist party and a widely respected businessman rights advocates say this that it proves that even the countrys elite also knew from the chinese governments increasingly rampant crackdown on freedom of speech and interest has always been a party so his criticism towards party came out of that he hopes to party to improve its governance so its not like that but hes a dissident he wants democracy he wants to overthrow the communist party he wants the party to be better but even that is not a tolerated and now a beijing court has sentenced fred to 18 years in jail saying he has confessed to his crimes and were to appeal the decision. Aljazeera beijing. So ahead risking a return to the irish troubles why order arguments could cost more than trade and the stanley cup final is locked in a tie peter will have more of the action coming up and all. Here pm union has repeated its warning that it will take legal action against the quay if it does not back down on its threat to break International Law and bracks in negotiations the collapse in talks is creating huge anxiety for communities around the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland a fault line in the talks arent reports. You need a long memory to understand why the roads between Northern Ireland and the republic are such a flashpoint on this stretch of road alone dozens of people have been blown up or shot in fighting between the british army and irish republican fighters they even blew up an Army Checkpoint on the railway line under the road and it all began with the u. K. Putting customs posts to check on the movements of cops they were attacked and then along came a large amount of policemen or you Syrian Forces to protect them and then when deer attacked in there was many attacks and then along came the british army. And there were subsequently attacked so and then all of a sudden build up a huge military infrastructure here along the border the biggest of the west. Army helicopters army troops in the grain it became a war zone really putting the trade border in the irish sea was the agreed solution to avoid a return to the past but the collapse in talks in the u. K. s insistence that it might rain aid on parts of that agreement it signed up so you has once again put enormous fear into the people who live and work on the border what breaks it is now boil down to is a massive says have disagreements about how to organize a cross border trade between the European Union and Northern Ireland in the u. K. And vice versa both sides insist that they will not reintroduce a hard border cutting ireland in 2 because he would breach the terms of the belfast Peace Agreement but what neither side can say is what they will do if by the end of this year there is no deal ministers from across the e. U. Mess again for more talks on how to solve the riddle of the u. K. s changing position they certainly dont sound like they think its their place to be flexible police dear friends and london stop the games time is running out what we really need is a fair basis for further negotiate. And we are ready for that the British Government position is being used by supporters of reunification of violence as the best example of that cause half a lifetime ago the skies here were full of British Army Helicopters and the hills hid irish republican fighters risking a return to all that because of arguments over trade tariffs remains an implication of bricks it Lawrence Lee Al Jazeera on the irish border. Town after all this ought pete is and. Marian thank you very much basketball legend Michael Jordan is entering the world of motor sport he just bought his own nascar team and is partnering with the sport and the black driver Bubba Wallace he bought the team alongside his friend denny hamlin who is a current nascar driver and is also a season Ticket Holder at the n. B. A. s Charlotte Hornets a franchise also owned by jordan who becomes only the 2nd black owner in nascar earlier this year he pledged 100000000. 00 for initiatives combating Racial Injustice in the u. S. No team name or car number has been announced yet but it is expected to include the number 23. 00 that was jordans famous Chicago Bulls jersey number jordan see it historically nascar has struggled with diversity the timing seemed perfect of the sport is evolving and embracing social change in addition to the recent donations have made it to combat systemic racism i see this as a chance to educate a new audience and open more opportunities for black people in racing jordans team one driver in their job goes the bubble wallace the summer he led nascars fight against Racial Injustice in the wake of the death of george floyd he successfully campaigned for the sport banned the Confederate Flag from races and also competed in a car with a black lives matter paint scheme at a race back in june. The Tour De France team sixs they are the team that is being investigated for doping french prosecutors say that 2 people in custody a part of the entourage of the main rider who has not been named but we know the teams lead rider during the tour was the colombian star nigel turner who has finished as a runner up twice previously 60 manager confirmed the hotel was raided last week but strays neither he nor his staff are being accused of any wrongdoing the president of the French Rugby Federation was taken into custody on tuesday to be questioned by an empty fraud squad Bernard Laporte is suspected of putting pressure on frances top 14 league to reduce punishment handed to montpelier for breaching salary cap rules back in 2017 report is also the current vice chairman of rugby world governing body. Football fans will soon be back in the stadiums to watch their favorite teams in brazil the government in their country on tuesday approved plans for up to 30 percent ground capacity in the top Division Clubs will also need permission from the help of origins of the states and municipalities an exact date has not yet been confirmed but it is expected to be sometime in october. Fans in britain are not as fortunate the u. K. Government has delayed plans to allow spectators to watch games in person the majority of sports have been behind closed doors since the lockdown in march but there was hope to allow limited numbers to return starting on the 1st of october however Prime Minister Barak Johnson has now postponed that by as long as 6 months because of a rise in corona virus cases. Meanwhile the manager of indiscriminately Club West Ham united david moyes has tested positive coronavirus to other players and where some of also tested positive for covert 19 moyes in the 2 players were promptly sent home just before the teams league cup match on tuesday against hull city west and would win that match by 5 goals to one. Meanwhile thought the league cup match against a lower tier Leyton Orient did not even take place a number of players at Leyton Orient tested positive for corona virus and the match was postponed still with spurs and gareth bale says he wants to help tottenham win trophies after finalizing his return to the club hes back on loan from real madrid where he had won 4 European Champions League titles and 2 spanish League Titles along the way but he is not expected to play until at least october because of a knee injury thats in england over in italy 1000. 00 fans were allowed into the ground to watch as latterly bring him a bitch lead a simulant victory in their 1st game of the italian season turns 39 next month although you would have known it is showing no signs of slowing down here scoring both goals in a victory over or even him of each has extended his deal at milan by another year and you can see why they were keen to keep. To n. H. L. I saw he now in the fight for the stanley cup title is a level at one game each playing inside a bio secure bubble in edmonton the Tampa Bay Lightning were again down in the final series against the dallas stars but they raced out of the blocks in game 2 schooling 3 quick goals in the 1st period dallas forth back to get 2 goals of their own but it wasnt enough the series all square with game 3 coming up on wednesday. The n. B. A. Playoffs are also in full swing and later on tuesday the l. A. Lakers will attempt to go 3 up in the western conference final against the Denver Nuggets thats after this buzz obesity by Anthony Davis giving them a 2 nothing lead. Meanwhile things are tight herby in the Eastern Conference Finals the Boston Celtics were 2 games down against the miami heat before back in the last one to make it to one game 3 is on wednesday in boston say they can do it again you know i hate losing more than one and i think i play with a lot of guys who throw the same way so for us to be able to express their its a good. Type of energy for ourselves. You know we have our families here but you know for the most part they kind of just you know cheer. And theres a different studio you have to bring a different type of energy. Series become a matter of justice just notes and counters and encounters encounters you know out of a game of chess so we got to do a better job. As well since we were there thats of course trying to well finish with some Major League Baseball and a game winning moment for jared walsh of the Los Angeles Angels he hits a home run with all 3 bases loaded which is known in the trade as a grand slam helping the angels beat the Texas Rangers 85 thats all the sports area thank you. For the news hour bali back in a moment why the days news a full bulletin coming up in just a couple of minutes. Water an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognise water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the European Commission would be very very good that train fare is water privatisation on anybody seriously and. Those people who see every 2 years something to invest a profit of they want are. 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The global fight against the coronavirus is center stage at the u. N. General assembly as World Leaders call for unity the u. S. President blames china for the pandemic we have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy the china virus. By Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up on the program