this is g.w. news that live from berlin donald trump a delivers an ultimatum to the world health organization the u.s. president calls the w.h.o. a puppet of china and threatens to permanently withdraw unless the u.n. agency makes changes within the next 30 days will an independent review help settle the dispute also coming up. a supercycle own heads towards india and bangladesh forcing millions to flee but winds and rain aren't the only threat to storms also jeapordizing of the coronavirus response. and the likes of lionel messi are back in

team training as european football leagues and short resuming games following the buddhist league has returned we take a look at when and how. i'm claire richardson welcome to the show world health organization member states have backed an independent probe into the un agencies coronavirus response following president trump's criticism over its handling of the pandemic leaders join the w h o's annual assembly being held virtually for the 1st time trump threatens to withdraw the u.s. from the organization accusing it of being a puppet of china beijing for its part has described a trump comments as a smear campaign. the war of words between donald trump the world health organization and showing us can too. into a 2nd day after the u.s.

president threatened to punt and leave the w hey cho on monday basically they have to clean up their act they have to do a better job they have to be much more fair to other countries including the united states so we're not going to be involved in the world to separate trump posted the open letter on twitter stating that if the world health organization does not commit to major substantial improvements within the next 30 days i will make my temporary freeze if you notice states funding to the w.h.o. permanent and reconsider membership in the organization. china's foreign ministry criticized the u.s. president's threats. the letter tried to mislead the public in this plausible way to slander china's prevention and control efforts and shock the us his responsibility for incompetence in its own prevention and control this is futile. believe the movie. member states agreed to

a comprehensive and independent review of the global pandemic response our own ways w. jordi mains fully committed to trying to spot and see accountability and continuous improvement we want accountability more of anyone. the review will take place quote at the earliest appropriate moment. let's bring in our correspondent in washington d.c. all of us all it all over the president says the w.h.o. could have done a better job in managing this crisis especially in the early days of the pandemic what more can you tell us about why trump is threatening to cut funding and quit the world's health body. well clearly you want to look at the overarching picture and that particular president trumps position on multilateralism or if you want to put it into his own words it's very simple america 1st and that's what we've seen

for old his whole presidency and now also and perhaps even more important is that he's trying to distract from criticism that he's facing right now and that is that he's acted too late that they can't you can't be held accountable for the for the situation the united states is finding itself in right now trump essentially saying i acted late because of china not being transparent enough and that the w.h.o. is a chinese puppet those are the allegations made by president trump it's important to point out though that some of the criticism he's making is justified but let's also not forget that he is running a reelection campaign with the election taking place in november and it very much looks to some extent like a political stunt he's looking for a scapegoat looking at china and the world health organization also trying to distract from the criticism he's facing well now the w.h.o. has agreed to an independent investigation into their handling of the pandemic do

you think that's going to be enough for donald trump. well trump is not necessarily looking for such an investigation because it might even backfire at him shine a light on his own response to the pend megan that was a slow one according to critics what he wants and that's how he put it in his letter is major a substantial improvements within the world health organization and that within 30 days otherwise he would pull the u.s. out of the world health organization permanently now what's interesting here is the president did not go into any detail which kind of changes he's calling for so we're now looking at an ultimatum in the midst of a pandemic and it's going to be easy to say for trump look at the world health organization did not deliver because simply we don't know what trump is calling for well as you mentioned it is a you know it is an election year in the united states in the world is watching closely to see how president trump will handle best has the pandemic had any effect on what americans think of how their president is doing well the polls have always

not been very much in trump's favor so latest poll see a disapproval rating of 52 percent what's remarkable though is that the election campaign came to a complete halt almost because of the pandemic and historically those credit presidents who were able to point to a good economy would win such an election and that was certainly president trump's biggest hope of course the economy is changed and it's here it dramatically as a result of the pandemic and so this election will be more like a referendum on trump and how he handles the pin demick and it is fair to say that at this point in time at least a majority of the americans is unhappy with that well we will find out come in november all of his ballot in washington d.c. thank you so much. well let's get some more of the latest coronavirus developments worldwide infections and now atop

a 4800000 with more than 322000 dead at the airways of the united arab emirates has made its 1st ever flight to israel the plane delivered medical aid for the palestinian it territories meanwhile canada and the u.s. have agreed to extend their ban on non-essential travel for another 30 days and the science journal nature says global c o 2 emissions a fellow by 17 percent in april because of the pandemic let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world germany's highest court has ruled that mass overseas surveillance by the national security agency violates the constitution the basic law guarantees that germany will up hold privacy and media freedom a legal challenge was brought by 6 foreign journalists. the prime minister of le soto has resigned after months of accusations that he was involved in the killing

of his ex-wife thomas how many announced his retirement on national television. strange wife was shot to dead it 2 days before his inauguration in 2017. an original still life painting by the artist pablo picasso is about to be raffled off in paris the work is expected to fetch between $2.00 and $3000000.00 proceeds will help provide water for villages in africa. german prosecutors have dropped charges of market manipulation against 2 top volkswagen executives the carmaker agreed to pay $90000000.00 euros to close the case against her very decent times edition of putsch they were charged with holding information about cheating admissions tests. meanwhile a walk down restrictions across europe have led to a sharp drop in vehicle sales as most car dealerships were forced to close the latest registration figures reveal just how drastic the situation has become for

the industry the more covert 19 cases the fewer new cars sold that's according to the latest figures from europe's car manufacturers association a cea. italy and spain lead the way with declines of over 97 percent and 96 percent respectively and friends new vehicle registrations were down 90 percent germany fared slightly better minus 60 percent now that economies are loosening coronavirus restrictions we are expecting to see a rebound in auto sales throughout the rest of the year but these lingering concerns about a 2nd wave of infections and consumer anxiety about mass layoffs is likely to mean we won't see a for recovery for that sector for at least a year. the auto industry is a major employer and several european countries especially germany were car makers say every 7 jobs be linked to the industry that's why auto giants like volkswagen

are calling for state support tollbooths car sales. millions of people in india and bangladesh are fleeing their homes as a super slight cyclon are races in from the ocean cycle packing dangerous hurricane force winds the storm is likely to bring massive flooding and mudslides when it makes landfall on wednesday cyclon is also hampering the response to the corona virus outbreak in both countries. in the midst of a pandemic and packing one speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour supercycle. is heading for bangladesh and india. but there are chances that will head here very fast and with covert 19 it's making the preparations for us the people and for the government difficult and a big challenge. challenge but they are racing to evacuate millions of people while

trying to maintain social distancing in eastern india villagers and families are seeking refuge away from the coast in shelters and in buildings that had been repurposed for quarantining. the cycle own hasn't come yet but since the weather changed we came here we didn't want to live in fear of the cycler in our hometown. some villagers are choosing to try to defend their homes from the tidal waves and flooding on han might bring. home really about we're piling up the sandbox to save our village from the supercycle all the villages are working here we're constructing a kind of which can hold off the sea water. in bangladesh physical distancing isn't possible as people boarded rafts heading for safety aid workers worry about the spread of the coronavirus and about how people here will rebound from the fierce

dislike loan the country has faced and 21 years. it's structured so you don't. either likelihood it's. about or. cyclon on pan is expected to make landfall when say morning. in football the return of germany's bundesliga has prompted other european leagues to step up their preparations the english premier league has been testing of players and staff as teams began to train in small groups 6 people from 3 different clubs tested positive and will now have to self isolates italian and spanish sides are also meeting up again. everything is being disinfected at barcelona the spanish league is taking no chances but the sides of leon no messi back on the training ground has raised hopes that matches without fans can restart in mid june. xina

deems it damns rail madrid have also returned to team training for the 1st time since march. very good to be back on the pitch to work you know with. we've the boys. now we just need to wait for the games but it's very very happy the government was 1st ok a resumption just like in italy and in england where training in small groups has also now been allowed to start up again. the plans for a premier league return behind closed doors have been in the works for weeks players have been spotted doing individual training but a realistic start date for matches has been allusive they have been rather was over how much a resumption would expose players health and if games should be played at neutral venue's to avoid home fans turning up outside stadiums the return of the bond as they grew at the weekend without fans and with strict guidelines not always

followed by the players has put pressure on other european leagues to quickly copy germany's lead but leagues including france have already scrapped their seasons and disadvantage clubs of threatened litigation in the wake of the blunders leagues resumption the french government has defended the decision. it was important for me to give priority to the health and the psychological well being of the players rather than economic considerations which in other countries have indeed taken presidents. a deep clean is needed if europe's biggest leagues are to salvage money spinning t.v. deals they are making a step in the right direction. and reminder of the top story we're following for you the world health organizations member states have voted to establish an independent review of the global response to the clone of virus crisis president donald trump has threatened to hold the u.s. out of the w.h.o.

accusing it of favoring china and mishandling the pandemic. this is your news remember you can keep up to date with all the latest news on our web site that's t w dot com i'm claire richardson and thanks so much for watching. my robert symbol of conflict in the philippines between the mostly. empty.