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Solutions where in the world in this world will we find the gulf in berlin this is the day. We have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy that china virus. Facing the virus we should put people and life 1st. We must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this play clock to the world china. Would see it in any attempt to belittle signs the issue postman ties they should and must be protected by all means. No lockdown travel domestically well allowing flights to leave china and infect the world easing things on the virus will be defeated humanity will with the special. Also coming up with the viral times that bind what does briggs it britain still have in common with the rest of europe the coronavirus threat today Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions that could last into 2000 and 21. 00 if we fail to act together not we will not only place others at risk could jeopardize our futures with the move. Drastic that we would inevitably be forced to take. It to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day in a world that seems unable or unwilling to save itself from itself today the annual u. N. General assembly convene this is the week when leaders from around the globe meet in new york city to talk diplomacy Foreign Policy discuss the present and the future this year thanks to the pandemic there are practically no get togethers face to face has been replaced with screen discrete the world together on zoom or today the head of the u. N. Warned of a dystopian future mostly of our own making a broken down global order that we broke and only we can fix the speeches from World Leaders that followed they did little to dispel the worst fears what we saw and heard online was the unexpected and unusual morphing into a new normal us President Donald Trump he used his speech to lash out at china blaming it and the World Health Organization for allowing the coronavirus to spread on the day when america 1st meant america 1st with 200000. 00 deaths President Trump refused to take responsibility instead he continued his campaign of chipping away at the multilateral global order that the un represents chinas president then responded to trump with a message illustrating how the unexpected is becoming a worrisome norm china rejected any culpability in the pandemic accusing trump of sticking his head in the sand while americans died and china offered itself as the defender of multilateralism a champion of the global order thats what beijing would like you to believe take a listen now to both president s. As we pursue this Bright Future we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world china in the early is they have the virus china locked down travel domestically while allowing flights to leave china and infect the world china condemned my travel ban with their country even as they cancelled domestic flights and locked citizens in their homes. We should follow the guidance of science give full play to the leading role of the World Health Organization and launch a joint International Response to beat this pandemic any attempt to politicize the issue or stigmatize sanction must be rejected. The virus will be defeated humanity will win this battle. Well joining me tonight here at the big chief International Editor Richard Walker richard its good to see you weve heard so many times that the best diplomacy is done in person this year thanks to the pandemic were not getting it were going to diplomacy i guess. Does that make a difference i think it really does i think it really is a real problem i mean of course its normal for these speeches by the leader in the general debate to be used as grandstanding opportunities and weve certainly seen plenty of that today who are going to talk about that sure in a moment but still like the event every year in new york is unique in the diplomatic calendar is the only time when all of these leaders get an opportunity to come together and its what happens outside that chamber and outside those speeches that theyre really masses when there are opportunities for their lives and also their teams to talk to each other and have kind of serendipitous seek out which you know can be fruitful so it is a real concern particularly for believe us in diplomacy believe as in the power of will to last resort and we heard today beginning with President Trump he opened the assembly on the day that america surpassed the 2000 mark the death toll from the pandemic 200200 i mean thats the highest level in the world and of most characteristically for donald trump when hes open for criticism he goes on the end tack and thats what he did very robustly within his 1st breath he was talking about the china virus now there are genuine concerns about china in the early stages of the outbreak in the center of the country at the end of last year beginning that how transparent they were with the World Health Organization also with with other countries about that but still this was pretty aggressive even by john. Trump standards and also its only adding to these fears that the u. S. And china are just headed for a kind of cold war scenario which the u. S. Actually generally good terrace explicitly warned against in his speech who was donald trump speaking to today i want you to take a look at what the Group America 1st policies posted immediately after Donald Trumps speech as we speak United States is also working to end the war in afghanistan and we are bringing our troops all america is fulfilling not just the news piece specker but it is peace through strength richard what we have their Reelection Campaign spot i mean its not that much of a surprise but we were watching it live it was a very contends to kind of a hit list of Donald Trumps view of the world and what he sees as his achievements you know donald trump speeches usually long famously rambling this was wham bam bam so its not much of a surprise but i mean bear in mind there is an election in just a few weeks i think any president who was heading into an election like this would use an event like this to some extent to try and make some political points but it moves this was in trump style lets talk a little bit global geopolitics and how its reflected at this meeting this is what the russian president Vladimir Putin said today about the status quo if you will take a. Particular russia has suggested convening a g. 5 summit it would reaffirming the key principles of behavior in International Affairs elaborating ways to effectively address todays most burning issues it is encouraging that our partners have supported the initiative. U. G. 5 summit for the 5 members of the Security Council what does that tell us about the present day balance of power yeah well its interesting because hes standing up for a system that many sais is discredited that the u. N. Security council is no longer functioning that it is in a state of almost permanent deadlock with Vladimir Putin and shes in pain from china on one side the United States on the other side and each of those having veto powers which means that they can each block each others initiatives and this has concrete implications i mean look at the war in syria dragged on. This Security Council was unable to get over those veto hurdles to do anything meaningful to end that conflict and many smaller countries or particular grouping of smaller countries which germany is a member is saying that we need to reform the u. N. Security council the get bega they need to get rid of these vetoes these get more diverse but the thing is and what we see from putin here of course the vested interests in the powers of those members of the u. N. Security council are just so powerful and no one likes to give up their power and that youre exactly no one wants to change the status quo which means they would lose power and yet youve got dont trump champion an american retreat from multilateralism were seeing that at the same time youve got the chinese president xi jinping showing the world that china is here to preserve the global order as we know it well thats his argument and of course its needy argument to make when you have donald trump. Saying well he said that every country should stand up for itself making the nationalist argument of course chinas critics would say well you know it. At the same time is involved in a border confrontation with india its cracking down on human rights in hong kong it threatens taiwan within vacation and it is trying to expand it. Control within the South China Sea these are not the acts of a benign multilaterally this hour. As we go to richard and if you look on the home page of the New York Times or the Washington Post for that matter you will really have to struggle to find an article about these speeches in the u. N. General Assembly Today what does it tell us the year when does it still matter well i know this is the same thing and it is striking that german news sites featuring donald trump speech more prominently than Many American ones. I think we do have to stress the kind of american neglect and disinterest in the United Nations is nothing that you let me read you remember back in 1997 ted turner the founder of c. N. N. Donated a 1000000000. 00 to the United Nations at a time when congress had stopped paying its dues george bush nominated as ambassador to the u. N. A man who had said the best thing you could do to the u. N. Was to knock off a bunch of stories from the building so its not so new i think whats more important really is the biggest challenge to the u. N. At the moment is this trip to the u. S. Pinnacle led by leaders who question the very idea of International Cooperation yeah thats right theres a lot of lots of enemies right now all of. These are in power around the world Richard Walker our chief International Editor richard thank you. Well as we mentioned the death toll from 1000 in the United States has now surpassed that grim milestone of 200000 thats the highest number for any country accounting for more than one in 51000 deaths globally this tragic marker is highlighting President Trumps handling of the pandemic just as he campaigns for a 2nd term in Office Trumps democratic rival joe biden accuses trump of whining and incompetence both he says are why the United States has the worlds highest pandemic mortality numbers. Where the numbers of new infections continues to rise in the u. S. And here in europe today british Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the u. K. Has reached a perilous turning point and he laid out new restrictions that could last into 2021 the u. K. Situation is most extreme in europe but all across the continent people are curtailing their activities and the virus reminds us that it never left. Hes waited 6 months for this pair for the 1st time since march pops in islander again pulling pints but the industry remains wary of a virus that hasnt gone away because we didnt believe until this morning we turn to hear the story that were actually getting to open because because some people start to forget they only have to look at the capital dublin where bars have been told to stay shot amid a spike in cases there its a stark contrast to the u. K. The it is really really the way to go where the government relaxed restrictions much earlier and is now warning of a 2nd wave Prime Minister Boris Johnson who himself almost died from covert 19 back in march morning that the country has reached a perilous turning point says if we fail to act together. We will not only place our those roots 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 mask 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. As a rule and so i cant quite explain i can go to drink in munich germany the annual beer field october fest was cancelled but the drinking holes are still packed the good cheer belies the wiring surging coronavirus cases in the city officials have now set mosques a mandatory in some school as physical here at this hour how to control it and those he told abide by the rules must be punished not 10 euros but 100 or 1000 munich like much of europe is now wrestling with corona virus all over again and hoping to defeat it without shutting down public life entirely. Our correspondent in london big must bear gets the u. K. s place in this pandemic and certainly not one to envy you mean its the hardest hit country in europe the pandemic recession is the worst in the world you get the sense that the government is struggling to balance the health of the public with the health of the economy todays new restrictions do they maintain that balance. Well this is obviously what a lot of countries across the world are grappling with its trying its a balancing act basically in the u. K. We know that the scientific advisors of boys jones and they had also something much more strict they had really warned that the country is at a crossroads and that something quite drastic needed to happen in order to just cut it and go for example into its read complete lockdown this is the ideas that were bandied around but then we also know that on the other hand there are economic advisors there is that and also the backbenches in the. Own party who were really cautioning and they were worried that if quite drastically than what happened where for example Hospitality Industry restaurants would be shot and pubs would be shut that these businesses just wouldnt recover and that you just call it sort of open up and then shop open not that this is not sustainable so in the end Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to strike this balance like so many other leaders of so many other countries and and i guess the jury is out whether this is sufficient or maybe whether its not enough in order to just make a clear cut and stop this exponential rise of the virus that were witnessing at the moment you know it wasnt that long ago that Boris Johnson was talking about a return to normal life in the u. K. By christmas but if you look at these new restrictions or you have to admit these will not be fitting under any christmas tree. No and that was one of the most striking messages from brust johnson today that he said perhaps were looking at restrictions for about 6 months so really pos christmas and this is not the usual optimistic doris jones. That people how of the u. K. Have voted for you somebody who usually or quite often these ridiculing what he calls do this and good names and he always tries to put a sunny post back to on things but in this instance his message was very very stern about the country has to brace itself for further restrictions and for quite a long time. Spigot mosque with the latest tonight in london you can thank you. 1972 its been almost 50 years since the last astronauts left the moon and now finally we know when humans will return nasa has unveiled a multibillion dollar plan called artemus it will send 2 astronauts to the moon in 2024 and one of them will be a woman will travel in a capsule white spacecraft called a ryan propelled by nasa as new rocket the space launch system a number of companies are competing to build the Lunar Landing module the next eagle if you will but the timeline of the project that is dependent on congress approving billions in an initial funding by christmas nasa plans to have the astronauts conduct scientific experiments collecting rock and soil samples and searching for water and other resources well heres nasa is head jim prime stuff and talking about the significance of this mission. 50 years after apollo we have a new Program Named after apollo twin sister and in this new program a sustainable return to the moon for the 1st time in Human History were going to have the opportunity its not just men to the moon but also women to the moon so the moon is the proving ground its not just about how to get there but once youre there how do you live and work using the resources of another world and then of course taking all of that technology and all that capability to mars thats the goal our that was now said mr jim stynes speaking very joining me now from washington is keith cowing a nasa veteran and now editor of the American Space program blog nasa watch skeeters good to see you again you know for a decade we have waited for a date for a return to the moon now we finally have it 2024 why is it so important for so many people that we have this time this date commitment. 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