Europe is no wrestling with coronavirus all over again and hoping to defeat it without shutting down public life entirely. Earlier we spoke to the chair of the global outbreak alert and Response Network at the w. H. O. Dale fisher and we asked him how prepared countries are for a possible winter spike in coverage 1000. 00 cases its a funny question to be asking in september is and. Its really quite disappointing i guess to have these sort of numbers going into the colder months and as youve just pointed out that there really need to be some things done to bring these numbers down or else youre going to be right back where where you were. In in much and. Theres nothing fancy its all the same things that weve known about for a long time its a solution of cases and strict quarantining of of contacts we should be able to do much more efficient contact try saying different mechanisms and the other thing which we we didnt know at the beginning of this outbreak was the effectiveness of mosques and and across asia. Across asia you really dont see people not Wearing Masks people still not immune most people are still vulnerable to this so you we know what happens if a we mustnt have short memories we must remember those those are all months what happened and what happened in the north of italy what happened spine. And im sure many parts of germany. Theyll fisher there from the world health organization. France reported a record high this weekend with more than 13000 new cover cases in 24 hours well the government wants to avoid returning to full lockdown and instead is banking on physical distancing and other measures to keep public life going for students were turning to university the restrictions come with their own challenge lisa lewis reports. Its a start of tongue like no other at this university in a suburb north of paris. Despite the strict anti covert measures these economics students are happy to be here. 2 weeks of it will its nice to be back at university this just shows that despite the virus life continues. Our university has done whats needed to adapt to the situation we have split into 2 groups and have them online classes every 2nd week and every 2nd seat is off limits and we have to wear masks although that is a bit of a nuisance. Quite a contrast to the Holiday Season during which many people lowered their guard most of francis recent coated cases are amongst young people some peace diplomacy believe. Many of us travel jenga summer after all the virus is less severe for us young and if many need to get it to be heard immunity the young should get it the footage. The government has only given basic guidelines to the universities each institution has had to come up with its own detail plan. Hours in grids masks social distancing online classes and we have to. Because of these measures we wont have to shut down if students test positive for it because there are no contact persons at least at university i read a. Book called dark but the number of infections has been rising across france more than half of the country has now been declared a red zone with at least 50 new day. Infections per 100000 people compared to just a dozen in neighboring germany local governments can impose additional measures in these like temporarily closing baths and restaurants and yet social distancing and locally adapted strategies wont be enough to prevent another lockdown says these biologists. France doesnt even have a testing strategy for example to test those who work with Vulnerable People such as the elderly the only way to control the epidemic is to systematically travel down and isolate infected people for that we need to come up with a National Strategy is the most simple testing methods such as self testing and Group Testing and we need to test massively it all suited for this must see what despite the challenge the country faces these students hope the economy will stay open theyd like to continue to enjoy parisian cafe terraces where the risk of infection is. Local bodies to quote this is like a little patch of paradise we can meet our friends here without masks and have a drink. That we need to stay united in these hard times its important to stay in touch and form social bonds even if its just to meeting up in small groups in fact that its not certain this pleasure will last for very long though the country strategy does allow for local lock downs and paris has one of the highest infection rates in the country. Lets take a look now at some of the latest developments in the pandemic of the us a Public Health body the c. D. C. Has withdrawn a guidance saying that fine aerosol particles floating in the air may spread the virus the retraction has sparked concerns of political interference mexico past 700000 confirmed corona virus cases but Officials Say the overall infection rate is still slowing down and new zealand recorded 0 new 1000 infections on tuesday there are now only 61. 00 registered active cases in the country. Now to some other headlines from around the world china has sentence and influential real estate tycoon and critic of president xi jinping to 18 years in prison for corruption a court that statement said ranchi congo a former member of the communist party elite had pleaded guilty to corruption bribery and embezzlement of public funds. U. S. President donald trump says he will announce his Supreme Court nominee by the end of this week that position became vacant after the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg on friday trump has urged the Republican Controlled Senate to confirm his pick before the election 5 women are being vetted for the role. In the mediterranean rescue charity sea ice says its vessel has rescued more than 130 migrants in distress over the weekend almost half of them were children sea ice says its waiting now for italy or malta to grant permission for them to disembark. World leaders have been marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations on monday ahead of the start of the Un General Assembly general debate today the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is posing major challenges for this years event the organizations that secretary general called for greater Global Cooperation but major countries like the uns host nation the United States are more often acting on their own facing what some have called a crisis of confidence the u. N. Markets 75th anniversary. A spouse crowd in new york gathered to celebrate the milestone moment with a coronavirus pandemic largely forcing the event online striking a positive tone the u. N. Chief praised the Organization Success over the last 7 decades now how do you more than history if weve gone so many years without that military confrontation between the major problems. These are going to be achievement of which Member States can be brought and which we must all strive to preserve. The uns most powerful branch the Security Council though face heavy criticism its often power lies by vetoes and disagreements in a clear snob u. S. President donald trump did not show up or even record a video message instead the host country sent its acting Deputy Representative of the United Nations has for too long then resistant to meaningful reform too often lacking in transparency and too vulnerable to the agenda of autocratic regimes and dictator said in a recorded message german chancellor Angela Merkel called for further multilateralism and even an expansion of members to the Security Council to stay relevant if im not so in the United Nations can only be as effective as its members are united. Cancel is all too often deadlocked when clear divisions are required before we need reforms one with the un must continue to develop in order to muster the global challenges of the 21st century. As the un faces questions whether its still fit for purpose many feel its the right time to assess its strengths and shortcomings. And lets talk about that with our chief Political Editor. It is not an easy time for the United Nations to be marking its 75th anniversary i mean how much pressure is the u. N. Under right now. It is under significant pressure we saw that donald trump didnt show up or didnt send a message for the celebration of 75 years of the United Nations and has a lot to celebrate i brought my old book in to just illustrate that because after all here is what the 1st sentence of the charter of the United Nations says we the peoples of the United Nations are determined to save succeeding generations from the school board of war it has achieved that world war 3 didnt happen so im told you good terrorist the u. N. Secretary general has every right to point towards that but the big question mark is whether the u. N. Actually will deliver the kind of unity that is required to tackle the challenges the world is facing right now covered 19 Climate Change for instance and the threat of a new world order where we clearly see the United States facing off with china its leader xi jinping actually did send a message and he positioned himself as the one championing multilateralism while we saw trump sending in relation to that very junior differ much to represent the United States who then had a lot of criticism for the u. N. So a lot of infighting behind what was supposed to be a big Birthday Celebration we saw the german chancellor Angela Merkel there calling for members to act more united when she directing those comments that particular countries and leaders. Well she delivered a video message that was rather general also in its criticism but of course she means donald trump she needs the United States shes clearly position to herself in the past as being part of the west that europe needs to be part of the west and stand in for those very values well again this little book is fill you filled with those values so with International Human rights with western values which is also criticism that these very documents of the u. N. Received from countries that feel they are under represented particularly those developing countries who want to have more of a say kofi annan of former secretary general he was once mocked by mr love of the Russian Foreign minister as having taken weeks and months without really reforming the un when god created the world in 7 days and he said then replied that he was had the advantage of acting alone and it doesnt look like the un will have the kind of strength in any near future to reform itself which is so severely required to even tackle those challenges the world is facing right now speaking of reforms we saw the german chancellor also calling for changes what is her vision then for the un. Well she does want to see that will for reform shes offered that germany would be prepared to take on more responsibility its of course played a greater role this year as being part of the norm or having a nonpermanent seat in the un Security Council that is in need of reform for now it seems to be more of a body of blockers who are the the United States over time and russia blocking any major action by what is known as the World Community but that seems to be losing power as we speak with many different nations putting themselves 1st not just the United States our chief Political Editor mr erlich is not thank you so much now in conjunction with this weeks gathering at the United Nations climate activists are getting together to push politicians on the Climate Emergency scientists are clear on the impact of manmade Global Warming and populations around the world are being affected. Ravaged by fire large swathes along the west coast of the United States have been devastated this years wildfire season has been one of the worst ever more than 11000 square kilometers of forest and towns have been reduced to ash and rubble entire communities have gone up in smoke all of a sudden the mountains were just a blaze a few days ago you know. To the east and i was worried about it and all of a sudden it just came across without anyone you know i couldnt believe it. In brazil to the number of fires in the wetlands of ponce and more than doubled in the 1st half of 2020 compared with last year. Then there is bought a guy crater in the Siberian Arctic around a kilometer wide and 100 meters deep its been created by the melting permafrost when organic matter melts it releases Greenhouse Gases into the atmosphere and that speeds up Global Warming. The. On a small scale the processes we are seeing with crater are happening everywhere where ice melts under ground the ground subsides thats taking place to look at that so when people look at the bus like i took crater they can see the perfect example of why you shouldnt joke about the permafrost. Rising temperatures caused by the Climate Crisis are leading to more drought the result is more and more intense wildfires grounded planes and nearly shuttered industry because of covert 19 saw daily Carbon Dioxide emissions fall globally by 17 percent in april compared with 2019 but levels are now increasing again experts say action is needed now. But i think theres also a chance if its not all the right measures are being taken if we invest into. Transport that we can avoid getting back to the previous levels but this requires political will with the activists and climate advocates do to take part in 20 twentieths biggest climate event this week in new york theyll want to kick start that elusive political will. Earlier we spoke to stefan stoff who heads up the earth a System Analysis Group at the part some institute for Climate Impact research he argues that if the paris climate goals are to be achieved and missions cannot continue to rise beyond the end of this Year Missions are still rising but they should be falling by now because what counts really here is what we call the cumulative emissions that is the total of c o 2 that we have emitted since the beginning of industrialization and what that means that every year where we get more Carbon Dioxide to the atmosphere means that we also have to reach 0 emissions early to still reach the same climate all say the goals of the Paris Agreement and. Already the last report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded we need to have the global emissions by the year 2030 so we only have 10 years to cover the emissions in the house and that means we have to start now we cant even afford to lose a single more year. Now rescuers in australia are trying to free nearly 200 whales stranded in Shallow Water off the island of tasmania 25 of the mammals have been freed so far but an estimated 90 have already died this after 2 large pods became stuck on an underwater sandbar there is hope that the other pilot whales can be freed over the next couple of days. Extraordinary scenes as almost 300. 00 pilot whales peppered the Shallow Waters of tasmanias west coast. They became beached here on monday on sand outside mcquarrie harbor its a location where these mammals often get into difficulty. And when you say large numbers like these its not surprising theyre very social animals and they are found in large groups also known as pods and force in this case we might have had a misadventure or some individuals may have navigated in the wrong way and now theyve become stuck in stranded scientists believe up to one 3rd of the pilot whales have already died but rescue efforts to free the rest continue despite the difficult conditions weve got animal spread over a large area in a little challenging location so are we going to buy she can be tied to the animals with the base change to start with then the ones that we are able to do we saw some animals might be simply to be in and out to look like asian 2 to texturally d. U. H. Pilot whales a response shes of a psionic dolph and they can grow up to 7 metres long and weigh up to 3 tons that makes freeing them even harder. Beached whales can quickly overheat and their muscles deteriorate. Over though this rescue mission could take several days everyone involved knows its a race against time now sports fans in england have been dealt a big blow plans to welcome fans back to premier League Football matches in october have been scrapped due to rising corona virus infections but that is not the case in budapest where the u. A. E. 1st super couple kick off on thursday it is a showdown between last seasons Champions League and Europa League winners in this case byron munich an