States and because you know just very recently the u. S. Has passed the grim milestone of 200000 deaths to the coronavirus so he has every incentive just a few weeks now before an election of aiming fire at china. And he did that on many different subjects not just talking about the coronavirus but still you know we are at a moment geopolitically where chinas rise is really challenging the United States is previously the sole superpower we happened to have affectively to nationalists at the peak of both of those countries donald trump and she jinping so how these 2 powers and these 2 leaders play off each other is incredibly important for the rest of the world but im wondering so its very provocative theyre already locking horns when it comes to trade and tech but is this kind of business is usual with this administration and the chinese leadership. Well yeah i mean weve been on this path for some time now with donald trump but dont forget its not so long ago that he was trying to negotiate a big trade deal with the chinese and they they signed the beginning of this year in january was called phase one trade deal which was the kind of beginning an inch towards getting a big trade deal which wanted to kind of even out the trade relationship between the suicide side so i mean trump is someone who can pivot pretty quickly between sort of extremes of behavior but if you stand back and mean. China and the United States i mean its structural really the problem that the world is facing between those 2 you have a rising china which has become essentially a superpower now in east asia challenging what was previously the sole superpower of the United States and they have differing interests on all sorts of things so you know we could be in for some turbulence in france have some turbulence very briefly if you can there were some echoes of previous speeches that President Trump has held before the u. N. Assembly most notably about National Interest i dont know if we can show that sound bite that moment where he was urging a National Leaders to focus on their own National Interests as president i have rejected the failed approaches of the past and i am proudly putting america 1st just as you should be putting your characters for. In the temple of multilateralism of diplomacy to be reiterating that whole you know your nation 1st im just wondering who was this speech attendant for intended for because it sounded like a Campaign Speech yeah i mean i mean thats to be expected were just a few weeks away from the us election i think any president who was speaking just a few weeks before an election would use a podium like this for political purposes but still get it is it is striking its really confronting the other Member States of the United Nations with the with an idea that really kind of undermines the whole point of the United Nations and of course it does open up for xi jinping whos. Shortly afterwards it leaves space for him to present himself as the reasonable multilateralist which he did a great length with in his speech and then well come to that in a moment thank you so very much richard maybe in our next bulletin but what a remarkable contrast in character and speeches indeed for now thank you so much richard greatly appreciated. And we are going to turn our focus now back to europe because countries across this continent are scrambling to contain the corona virus pandemic after a surge in new infections british Prime Minister words johnson said that the u. K. Has reached a perilous turning point as he laid out new restrictions today people across the continent will be forced to curtail their activities in hopes of reopening later in the year. Hes waited 6 months for this ban for the 1st time since march pumps an islander again pulling pints but the industry remains wary of a virus that hasnt gone away because we didnt believe until this morning we turned to the door that were actually getting to open because because so many people start to work they only have to look at the capital dublin web os have been told to stay shot amid a spike in cases that its a stark contrast to the u. K. Where you really want to go where the government relaxed restrictions much earlier and is now warning of a 2nd wave Prime MinisterBoris Johnson who himself almost died from covert 19 back in march morning that the country had reached a perilous turning point he says if we fail to act together. We will not only place others at risk would jeopardize our own futures with the more drastic action that we would inevitably be forced to take. New restrictions on pump opening time social gatherings and to moscow wearing will now come into force painful for any government trying to open up its economy. Meanwhile hospitals in spain are battling western europes highest kovac 19 caseload Health Officials are considering whether to expand a lockdown light to include the whole of madrid. Some of the families confined to their homes are confused by the mixed messages where you are as a rule so i cant quote but i can go to drink in munich germany the annual beer field october fest was cancelled but the drinking holes a still packed the good cheer belies the wiring surging coronavirus cases in the city officials have now said masks a mandatory in some scrags visit to hear this so how to control it and those who dont abide by the rules must be punished not a new rules but 101. 00 so sent to munich like much of europe is now wrestling with coronavirus all over again and hoping to defeat it without shutting down public life entirely. So targeted measures being implemented across the continent and in britain as you just heard Prime Minister words Johnson House announced a new restrictions to tackle the rising infection rate and the passage joins us now from the capital of london now to charlotte 1st of all what are the restrictions that are going to be implemented. Well let me walk you through those no restrictions the hospitality sector for example is going to be halted again with a curfew going into place at 10 pm on thursday every restaurant and bar and pump has to shut its doors at 10 pm from thursday on words then there is the new rule of working from home again that is something that Boris Johnson had encouraged over the summer that the brits should go back to their offices now hes making a u. Turn on that and say who ever can work from home should now work from home again and theres a rule of 6 no nobody can meet with more than 5 people which is already especially hard on families of course of 6 people who cannot socialize all mingle probably for the rest of the winter because that is what Boris Johnson has said in his speech to Parliament Today that this these restrictions will most likely be just the beginning of new measures that he will take have to take over the winter and that these restrictions will most likely be in place for another 6 months or so and has there been a backlash. Well there has been a backlash from all sides really yes been under fire tremendously from those that are saying you should open up leave the economy open of course and protect livelihoods but also from those who are saying those new kind of limited restrictions dont go far enough i think in general the public seems to have lost trust in the Crisis Management of this government of Boris Johnson and he has been giving out very mixed and confusing messages for example on this working from home policy where he made this tremendous u. Turn now today but also another worry of the brits at the moment is the testing and tracing which had appeared to be in place over the summer and has now completely been tested its very hard to test and obviously then self isolate if you think you have the symptoms so many brits worry that it will be a long and lonely winter for them ahead in the next 6 months or so. That pos reporting from london thank you. And earlier we spoke to the chair of the global outbreak alert and Response Network at the w. H. O. Deal fisher and asked him how prepared countries were for a possible winter spike in covert 980. 00 s. 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 you 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 work. In much and. Theres nothing fancy its all the same things that weve known about for a long time its they. Are cases and strict meaning of of contacts. You 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 masks and and across asia. Across asia you really dont see people not Wearing Masks people are 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 horrible months what happened what happened in the north of italy what happened here spying. And im sure many parts of germany. And that was the deal fisher from the World Health Organization ill turn now to were france which reported a record high at the weekend with over 13000 new covert cases in 24 hours or the government wants to avoid returning to full lockdown and instead is banking on physical distancing and other measures to keep public life going off for students returning to university the restrictions come with their own challenges the salutes reports. Its a start of turn 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 schoolmaam rough work a lot of 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 a Holiday Season during which many people lowered their guard most of francis recent code cases are amongst young people these companies diplomacy believe. Many of us travel jing the summer after all the virus is less severe for us young and if many need to get it to bed on code immunity the young should get it the fridge. Illusion the government has only given basic guidelines to the universities each institution has had to come up with its own detail plan b. Mask. Hours in greece masks social distancing online classes and we have to leave. Because of these measures we wont have to shut down if students test positive for covert because there are no contact persons at least at University Read a. Book called talk back. 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 daily infections per 100000 people compared to just a dozen in neighboring germany local governments can impose additional measures in these sayings like temporarily closing plants and restaurants and yet social distancing and locally adapted strategies wont be enough to prevent another lockdown says this 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 unfettered 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 straight for to state 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 lower on the local body if you quit this is like a little patch of paradise we can meet our friends here without masks and have a drink is a middle school 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 gallic and back then its not certain this pleasure will last for very long though the countrys strategy does allow for local lock downs and paris has one of the highest infection rates in the country. Weve got a lot more to tell you about to hear some of the other stories making news around the world. China has sentenced an influential real estate tycoon and critic of president xi jinping to 18 years in prison for corruption a Court Statement said rendel seen quite a former member of the communist party at least had pleaded guilty to corruption bribery and embezzlement of public funds. U. S. President donald trump says he will announce his Supreme Court pick by the end of the week for the position became vacant after the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg on friday trump has urged the Republican Controlled Senate to confirm his nominee before the election 5 women are being vetted for the world. Trade the mediterranean rescue charity sea ice as 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. Well for months now human Rights Groups have been demanding action over socalled push backs of migrant boats in the agency and geos accuse the greek coastguard of unlawfully forcing boats back into turkish waters greece has denied that its acting illegally well now the European ParliamentJustice Committee is demanding that greece launch an independent investigation into these pushbacks kernel be in the European Union collective explosions or migrants or of them seekers before you can tell what is their underlying case there has to be a thorough investigation and its not up to you to be appointed to decide which body if youre going to investigation is up to the internal legal system or the everybody means Party Prosecutors office. Of course is very high wanting to bend the body you have to complete an investigation and that was when the fernando lopez. Chair of the European ParliamentJustice Committee meeting while the will of the german army in pushbacks has also come into focus so lets find out more about that with a reporter joel dollar who has been looking into this good to see you joe as always what was his role in this or germanys im well the german bund is very or navy has acknowledged that its ship was in the aegean and taking part in a nato mission at the time when on multiple occasions the great coast guard was involved in operations involving migrant boats now the great coast guard is there not has done anything unlawful however multiple n. G. O. S and Media Outlets have documented cases where the greek coast guard has forced migrant boats back out of european waters and into turkish waters in some cases the boats have the engine disabled and then they are then total pushed with wave force and in some cases just left to drift and have proven this would violate International Law now the ngo marilla bedroom says it has counted over 7000. 00 migrants have been subject to this kind of pushback this year so far and in fact we can have a look at one of these socalled push backs in operation so here we seeing this is filmed by the migrants this is on the 17th of june and you can see that theres a Coast Guard Boat from the greek coast guard speeding creating ways and in the background is another boat now that the migrants are recognized by its identification a 1411. 00 its a german navy boat the berlin and the german navy has confirmed that it was in the area at the time now this particular incident ended when the Turkish Coast guard intervened and rescued the migrants well we spoke to an ngo of the barrow who told us that this video shows that the german navy is now clearly implicated in pushbacks instead of just witnessing earlier pushbacks and current behavior by then a coast guards crew. Challenge of building the phone to rescue because a frenzy over crowded rubber boat is part of definition in distress and there is a duty to perform risk here in the situation that that as it is stated by international meriting will. And jill have we heard from the german army has the board is very has given us a statement they acknowledge that there captains have a duty to rescue people at sea of course and that it was taking part in a nato operation however the spokesman said that if greek and Turkish Coast guards are fulfilling their duty of rescue in their own territorial waters then intervention by a german ship is neither required nor permitted and on one occasion the german navy did intervene and did rescue a boat towing it to the island of lesbos but the ngo bedroom said there were multiple other occasions when the navy stood by and did nothing and on those occasions it says the german navy was witness to a potential crime and should provide evidence and testimony about that and now we have the European Parliamentary committee on justice calling for an independent investigation in greece so its even more important to know what t