we are moving fleeing persecution seeking a safe haven and creative freedom. from home journalists and activists on al-jazeera. we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world on the day us coronavirus deaths past 200000 president trump attempts to put the focus and blame squarely on china. are watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters and i'm dating an obligato also coming up strong for me to vote convincing window to the small of those days as opposition leader says he has enough support in parliament to form a new government will have the latest from kuala lumpur. farmers along the

knowledge river in sudan face the impact of destroyed homes and livelihoods from heavy flooding. arab leaders use the general assembly to raise the plight of palestinians after 2 gulf states normalize relations with israel. hello the number of people who died from corona virus in the u.s. has now reached 200000 and on the day that grim milestone was reached president trump again but the blame on china in an address to the u.n. general assembly he slammed the country for unleashing this plague on the world in response china called for unity in the fight against covert 1000 here's our diplomatic editor james bass like all the other world leaders speaking at the u.n. president trump speech was prerecorded his words were as controversial as apple. we

have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy the china virus which has claimed countless lives in $188.00 countries in the united states we launched the most aggressive mobilization since the 2nd world war the 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 earliest days of the virus china lock 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 that 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 we're living in an interconnected global village with a common stake all countries are closely connected and we share a common theme which are no country can gain from this difficulties on the taste of billet taking advantage of the struggles in his address the president of france expressed his growing concern about the tension between the world's 2 largest economies new pass through the today's 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 means we must build a new order out 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 oh 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 speaking on his way to a rally president trump said the number of deaths from covert 1000 is bad but could have been far worse i think it's a shame i think if we didn't do it properly and do it right you'd have 2 and a half 1000000 deaths if you take a look at alternatives you could have 2 and a half 1000000 or something there about you could have a number that would be substantially more with all of that being said we should never hurt anybody and he saw my united nations speech john issue to stop that at

their border they should never let this spread all over the world ryan graham as the intercepts washington d.c. bureau chief he says trump has repeatedly tried to deflect attention from his poor handling of the pandemic. it's notable 'd that the reason that we know that we crossed the threshold the macabre threshold of 200000 deaths. from the corona virus is because john hopkins university has been tallying those deaths in other words a non-governmental actor has you know had to do the compiling of the system and share them with the public because the the president has a secondly shut down the federal government's ability to call to collect and then distribute those statistics which which undermines a case that he could reasonably be making about china's handling of the coronavirus

but none of it is going to get through because of who the messenger is the the goal was so transparent that a lot of legitimate criticisms might get overlooked what president trump was trying to do here is you know with just weeks left in the campaign and with people already voting was to shift blame away from his handling of the fire number one deflection from the from the very beginning has been to a call at the china virus and beats a point out that he banned travel coming out of china and you know that that's been his go to no matter where we have been in this pandemic the fact that we now know through the bob woodward tapes that that trump as early as february 7th had learned from the chinese government that the coronavirus was passing through the air was extremely deadly and extremely contagious undermined you know any attempts that

he's going to make to try to shift blame at this late date. british prime minister boris johnson has announced new coronavirus restrictions it includes curfews for pubs and restaurants but the only apply in england scotland wales and northern ireland decide their own rules johnson says infections are again rising exponentially and warned don't even tougher response may be needed. malaysia's opposition leader anwar ibrahim is claiming that he has the support if enough m.p.'s to form a government says he had secured a strong majority this is just the latest episode in what has been a turbulent time in malaysian politics more on that with our correspondent florence louie just a moment but 1st let's just hear from. we have. a strong. majority i'm not talking about 56.

much more that. the suspect. is believed to be and let's bring in florence is joining us from kuala lumpur so put his comments into context for us what happens next. right ok let me give you a little bit of background in malaysian politics so you didn't just sit in is the current prime minister and he took power in a coup in february now on what is now using the same tactic that read in yasin used back in february because we didn't yes and had left that then governing coalition and aligned himself with politicians that he had defeated in the last general election in 2018 including politicians have been found guilty of corruption such as. the prime the former prime minister of malaysia now it brought him who is

now the opposition leader was also at that time known as the prime minister in waiting because he had an agreement with predecessor that then prime minister mahathir mohamad that he would take over into after the steps down after 2 years in office well that didn't have a chance to happen because leading us into power and now and why brian is coming back using the same tactic to say that he has the numbers to form government well but not so fast because malaysia is a constitutional monarchy and heaney's the consent or the king has the right to appoint been the prime minister and then the king appoints the person who commands the majority who commands the confidence of parliament so on this is now and saying that he has the numbers needed he has a solid and convincing majority but he isn't yet able to meet the king because the king has been at it to hospital and that's why you heard was saying that you know

he can only announce his next step after he's met the king now we don't yet know when that is going to be but honestly if he's informed the king he's spoken to the king and the king has been kept informed of all the developments but there's still quite a few things we don't know we don't know exactly just how much support anwar ibrahim says he has we don't know who are the politicians who announce a they're throwing their support behind anwar ibrahim and we don't know if there is going to be a new government or what sort of. parties are behind its new government what we do know though is that with this latest announcement it has thrown malaysian politics in turmoil again just about half a year off to prime minister. in a political coup all right florence thank you for that update from kuala lumpur anti-government protesters in egypt have been back on the streets for a 3rd night. these are pictures from just north of cairo there defying a police crackdown that seem at least 200 people arrested since sunday. 140000

homes are now known to have been damaged or destroyed in sudan's floods huge amounts of farmland are also under water victims admit it's unlikely the government can help them to recover morgan reports from the river in all states. this is what's left of i leave out the last home in sudan's 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 or live in misery i used to live in this has put my kids and their families that's all gone now on the farm where i used to plant onions and nothing is all destroyed i've lost nearly $20000.00 because of the floods but that's just from what i had ready for harvest this season and now i can't farm for winter and i don't know if i'll get any government assistance in the. alley says it's hard for him to know exactly

how much financial damage the floods have done to his farm he'll have to wait until the waters dry out completely to find out his village of 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 either most or all of their belongings. manana the other muslim we need the government to come and take care of the water that's in the houses because the water is now mixed research water from military collapsed we need to avoid malaria color and the hardship because we can't deal with diseases on top of losing our homes the damage in chicago a 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 that you are

a village which residents say was once vibrant with schools markets and farms now look like this their homes either damaged or destroyed so dan's government which has declared a state of emergency says the nile has receded in many parts of the country it's distributed tents and food aid to help those affected in the state but many say it's not enough even as the level of the nile river drops to where it was prior to the floods sudan's 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 river nile 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 couldn't help but break down when she saw what she's lost. this house is where i lived with my mother and father it's 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 but i thank god my children and grandchildren are alive and were away when the house collapsed i'm

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. still ahead on al-jazeera remembering the past molly marks 60 years of independence from france as it recovers from a coup. anxiety builds on the irish border as the u.k. moves closer to breaking international law with its proxy deal. hello welcomes of a look at the international focus i think some of us will find the phrase picking up over the middle east over the next couple of days that aside is lossy sunshine

hazy sunshine pretty much everywhere there will be a few showers just around the caucuses for the black sea and the caspian sea a little further south hot sunshine into baghdad into kuwait that wind piling out of iraq picking up in the process sliding down towards a concert just around at least the side of saudi arabia i just noticed over towards levant temperature is a rather more comfortable $29.00 celsius the beirut and for jerusalem a nice cup of ice about values coming through here similar conditions down towards doha temperatures around 36 hours just the wind is to say these are the prices of picking up you might catch a shower or 2 around the western side of yemen over the next day also the showers continue across the heart of africa over towards the gulf of guinea will see some what the weather once again pushing towards cameroon the showers now started to push away into northern parts of angola some showers to around eastern areas of kenya over the next day also some heavy downpours there also just rather democratic

republic of the congo for southern africa it is generally trial that we will see want to choose showers into central parts of mozambique. russia has jeopardized the united states' security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. but what's the picture from the inside. as think russia's foreign policy is too soft to us russian goals how we achieve not peace and more diffuse full russia on al-jazeera. pool org.

hello we got the top stories on al-jazeera donald trump has used his speech the u.n. general assembly to attack china over the coronavirus pandemic us president accuse beijing a failing to share information when the outbreak began shortly before a president trump speech was played at the u.n. the u.s. death toll from the coronavirus past $200000.00 the country has 4 percent of the world's population but 20 percent of the total reported cope with 1000 fatalities malaysia's opposition leader anwar ibrahim says he has a strong majority in parliament and is ready to form a new government his claim khan is just months after a change with saw his party forced out of an office out of office rather in a backroom deal. for now from the un general assembly in iran's president has taken

aim at the u.s. accusing it of trying to crush his country the u.s. is attempting to unilaterally reimpose u.n. sanctions against iran despite opposition from other u.n. members hassan rouhani compared washington's treatment off iran to that of george floyd a black man who died after a police officer knelt on his side. all of us across the globe i experience in difficult times however my nation that resilient people of iran instead of enjoying global partnership and cooperation is grappling with the harshest sanctions in history imposed in blatant and gross violation of the charter of the us and ladies and gentlemen the footage broadcast to the world concerning the treatment of an african american by the u.s. police is reminiscent of our own experience we recognize the feet kneeling on the neck as the feet of ad against kneeling on the neck of independent nation this well

this here is general assembly also follows some headline grabbing changes elsewhere in the middle east. reports. these groundbreaking peace deals are the dawn of the new middle east despite american enthusiasm multiple crises in the middle east where yet again an important highlight as world leaders gathered for the 75th united nations general assembly but it's not just unique because of the covert pandemic or the diamond jubilee for the world body but for the 1st time speeches by muslim majority states are made after diplomatic relations but established between multiple arab nations and israel as a custodian jordan says it is bound by a special duty to safeguard jerusalem and its nomic and christian holy sites only way towards just an lasting peace must lead to an independent sovereign and viable palestinian state on the june 4th 1967 lines with east jerusalem as its

capital living side by side with israel in mutual peace and security and president trumps version of reality see the decades old conflict coming to an end albeit without palestinian consent israel the united arab emirates and bahrain all signed a historic peace agreement in the white house with many other middle eastern countries to come they are coming fast and they know it's great for them and it's great for the world. not so great the other is because the u.s. brokered deal doesn't make israel abide by previous u.n. resolutions which had finished an argument turkey will not support any plan that the palestinian people do not give consent to participation of some countries of the region in this scheme does not mean anything beyond serving israel's efforts to a road basic international parameters. up there was the 1st arab state to open trade ties with israel in the 1990 s. which were severed in 2009 after israeli attacks in gaza but unlike some of its

neighbors it has not jumped on the normalization bandwagon the more jati time not to the slightly well as the international community stands helpless without taking any effective steps visibly the israeli intransigence and persistence in occupying the palestinian and arab lands besides imposing a stifling siege on the gaza strip continuing a policy of expanding settlements imposing a fait accompli policy in a flagrant violation of international legitimacy resolutions and the 2 state solution agreed upon by the international community it's a yearly ritual of strong words from some of the world's most powerful leaders but this year's virtual addresses me and there are no diplomats carrying world leaders to sideline meetings actually making headway in some of the middle east longstanding issues such as the war in syria the conflict in libya iran's nuclear saga or the humanitarian crisis in yemen see more than ever.

although there. turkey's president also used his address to accuse greece if inflaming their standoff in the eastern mediterranean the 2 countries are in dispute over drilling rights but have agreed to new talks about their contested maritime claims. if there are countries acting with the understanding of winner takes it all the futile steps to exclude our country have no chance of success we do not have designs on anyone else's right remedy and legitimate interests in the eastern mediterranean nor in any other region however we cannot turn a blind eye on the violation of the rights of our country and the turkish cypriots and to the fact that our interests are being ignored. cameroon's main opposition party says one person has been killed in antigovernment protests police used tear gas and water cannon to break up the crowds in the economic capital jwala

protesters are calling for an end to the long running conflict between the english speaking separatists and security forces which has killed at least 3000 people there also demanding the resignation of president paul bia who has been in power for nearly 40 years. is monitoring the situation from a boucher in neighboring nigeria. at the center of the protest is a call by the government of president point b. for regional elections to hold on december 5th now demonstrate just once to see the government tackle the key problems facing the coming year state for example the separatist violence in the west of the country since 2017 more than 3000 people have been killed as secession is and that the end was 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 boko haram insurgency especially close to the border with nigeria thousands of people have

been killed since the outbreak of clashes between security forces. and. 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 rule still isolated and sanctioned by very neighbors maldivians have marked 60 years of independence from france the muted celebrations come a month after the military coup that brought the country and region into crisis nicholas reports. a parade to mark 60 years of independence leading the celebration is the military commander who forced mali's president to brain boubacar keita to resign last month see me go is now been named interim vice president because you don't like the usual mali in an address to the nation who don't know and the concession he made to the west african body ecowas his demands to name

a civilian president the retired colonel and former defense minister bind out at the age of 70 he's 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 1000000 military. he's an honest man and a patriot these are criteria we need in our leaders along he will make it we all collectively have to help him despite the announcement the west african by us has not lifted the sanctions it imposed after the military took power last month borders with a landmark country read closed in financial transactions have been halted losses chief negotiator good luck jonathan is expected in bamako on wednesday the things 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. crisis as soon as possible . and our expected to be sworn in on friday for a period of 18 months enough time to organize new elections well it's about having a state that can deliver us from state and physicians have. in place stepped and balances. gov man us there that can deliver on people's needs publics the receivers education health but also many security nearly a 1000000 displaced because of fighting with armed groups in the north and center of the country half of the population is dependent on humanitarian aid and $4000.00 french soldiers remain on the ground 60 years after its independence millions are still seeking their founding promise of peace prosperity and the prospect of a better future nicholas hawke al-jazeera the number of people killed in a collapsed building in india has risen to 30 rescuers have been digging through

the rubble of the 3 storey apartment block near mumbai since monday morning 20 survivors have been pulled out monsoon rains are known to weaken building structures in. the european union has repeated its warning of legal action against the u.k. if it pushes ahead with its threat to break international law and bricks at negotiations the collapse in talks is creating huge anxiety for communities on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland as lawrence lee 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 when the u.k. put in 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 dear attacked in there was many attacks and then along came the british army. and there were subsequently attacks are and then all of a sudden build up a huge military infrastructure here along the border the biggest in the west. army helicopters army troops in the green it became a war zone really putting a 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 relate on parts of that agreement it signed up to has once again put enormous fear into the people who live and work on the border what breaks it is now boiled down to is a massive says have disagreements about how to organize 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 agreements 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 don't sound like they think it's 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 ireland as the best example of that cause half a lifetime ago the skies here were full of british army helicopters in the hills he had irish republican fighters risking a return to old debts because of all human side of the trade tariffs remains an

implication of brics it's lawrence lee al jazeera on the irish border. in australia another 200 beached whales have been found off the island state of tasmania it adds to the 250 which were discovered in mccrory harbor on monday it appears many of them have died despite rescue efforts this is the largest beaching event in the state's history. hello the headlines on al-jazeera donald trump has used his speech to the un general assembly to attack china over the coronavirus pandemic the us president accused raising a failing to share information when the outbreak began. 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 the chinese government and the world health organization which is virtually controlled by john and falsely declared that there was no evidence of human to human transmission later they falsely said people without symptoms would not spread the disease the united nations by this whole giant accountable for their actions and shortly before president trump speech was played at the un the u.s. death toll from the coronavirus past 200000 country has 4 percent of the world's population but 20 percent of the total reported cove in 1980 s. british prime minister boris johnson has announced coronavirus restrictions it includes curfews for pubs and restaurants but the only apply in england scotland wales and northern ireland decides their roles malaysia's opposition leader anwar ibrahim says he has secured a strong majority in parliament and is ready to form a new government his claim comes just months after

a change that saw his party forced out of office in a backroom deal. antigovernment protesters in egypt have been back on the streets for a 3rd night. these are pictures from just north of cairo demonstrators are calling on president have been fatah has sisi to step down. cameroon's main opposition party says one person has been killed in antigovernment protests police used tear gas and water cannon to break up the crowds in the economic capital de walla demonstrators are calling for an end to the long running conflict between english speaking separatists and security forces we'll have more news for you at the top of the hour right here on al-jazeera bats coming up after the listening post. i'm steve clemons who i don't know what it is because these days it's hard to filter out the noise and keep track of what's really important

the bottom line tackles the big issues this is shaping the united states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on al-jazeera. a surprise announcement from the oval office and. israel you know what. that just. now just. saying somebody said tom. i know there's call an election nearing for a truck and ya. know i mean actually to be sitting in for richard ginsberg and you're watching the listening post working from home here are the media stories we're covering this week the abraham accords behind all the talk about peace between israel and the gulf states this is a lot of posturing and even more p.r. . in the united states an affiliate of the un does either network 80 plus is ordered to the edge as a foreign agent beaver.