Claimed more than 200000 lives in the United States flags were planted in front of the Washington Monument to mark the grim milestone the toll accounted for more than one in 5 coded 1000 deaths globally and its putting a president Donald Trumps handling of the pandemic in the spotlight as he campaigns for a 2nd term in office. Britains Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has called on people to observe new coronavirus restrictions or risk a 2nd lockdown johnson made the appeal in a televised address to the nation earlier he announced that england would expand its face mask requirements and introduce stricter rules on social gatherings this is g. W. News from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at the units or visit our website w dot com. The 4 horsemen of the apocalypse that is the imagery that the u. N. Secretary general used today to describe the biggest threats to peace Climate Change unprecedented mistrust geo political tensions and the dark side of Digital Technology and he added a 5th horseman to these just hopi and dangers the coronavirus pandemic tonight a Global Health crisis that has made the Global Economy sick too if there are solutions where in the world in this world will we find the im burnt off in berlin this is the day. We have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy that china virus in the. Facing the virus we should put people and life just. We must hold accountable the nation which displayed on to the world china. And any attempt to dilute the signs the issue through stigmatize they should and must be rejected by all means can a lockdown travel domestically well allowing flights to leave china and infect the world. And the virus will be defeated humanity will win this battle. 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 MinisterBoris 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 action that we would inevitably be forced to take. On 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 to screen 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 earliest days of the virus china lock down travel domestically while allowing flights to leave china and infect the world china condemned my travel ban of their country even as they cancel domestic flights and lock citizens in their homes you hoping to we should follow the guidance of science keep 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 action must be rejected. The virus will be defeated humanity will win this battle. Were going to be tonight youre the big w. s chief International EditorRichard 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 that were going to diplomacy. 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 the 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 as 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 thats the highest level in the world and of most characteristically for donald trump when hes open for criticism he goes only and tack and thats what he did very robustly within that he his 1st breath he was talking about the china virus now there are genuine concerns about china in the early stages of the outbreak on in the center of the country at the end of last year beginning of this that how transparent they were with the World Health Organization also with with other countries about that but still this was pretty aggressive in. By donald 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 terrorist 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 immediately after Donald Trumps speech as we speak the United States is also working to end the war in afghanistan and we are bringing our troops all americans fulfilling not just the news piece back here but it is peace through strength so richard what do 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. But i see a particular rules that 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. Yeah e. 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 say is 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 she jumping 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 a particular grouping of smaller countries of which germany is a member is saying that we need to reform the u. N. Security council that it needs to get bigger they need to get rid of these vetoes these get more diverse but the thing is what we see from putin here of course the vested interests and the powers of those members of the u. N. Security council and just so powerful and no one likes to give up their power and youre exactly no one wants to change the status quo which means they would lose power and yet youve got double 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 was 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. 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 of asian and it is trying to expand it. Control within the South China Sea these are not the acts of a benign multilateralist power 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 un 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 and you let me read you remember back in 1907 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 i think whats more important really is the biggest challenge to the u. N. At the moment is that so many countries with the u. S. At the pinnacle led by leaders who question the very idea of International Cooperation and so theres a lot lots of enemies right now of liberalism of those enemies are in power around the world richer walker chief International Richard thank you. As we mentioned the death toll from covert 19 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 519 deaths globally this tragic marker 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 his. Says or 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 MinisterBoris 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 as the virus reminds us that it never left. Hes waited 6 months for this bear 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 turned the key in the door that we were actually getting to open because because so many people start before they only have to look at the capital dublin web boss of being told to stay shot to make a spiking case is that its a stark contrast to the u. K. Where youre going 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 futures with the more drastic action that we would inevitably be forced to take a new restrictions on pump opening time social gatherings and a mosque 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 case load 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 so i cant go out but 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 worrying surging coronavirus cases in the city officials have now set mosques a mandatory in some scratches visit to hit this so how to control it and those who dont abide by the rules must be punished not keanu is but 101 sows and 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. Its the u. K. s place in this pandemic its 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 the crossroads and that something quite drastic needed to happen in order to just cut it and go for example into its to read complete lockdown this is the ideas that were bandied around but then we also on the other hand there are economic advisors there is that also the backbenches. Own party who were really cautioning and they were worried that if another quite drastic locked down would happen 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 and sort of open up and then shop open up that this is not sustainable so in the end Prime MinisterBoris 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 have of the u. K. Have voted for you somebody you 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 stunned about the country has to brace itself for further restrictions and for quite a long time. To be a good 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 like spacecraft called a ryan propelled by mansons new rocket