join her online session at the global media for today. this is d w news coming to you live from berlin he's been threatening the move for months now president trump has finally told the u.n. that the u.s. is pulling out of the world health organization the implications as the virus accelerates and we ask if rights in saying that the. urgent reform also coming up. he's just missed cope at 19 as just

a little flu now he has the disease himself brazil's president wrote tests positive for the corona virus. plus a newly found fragment of gives hope of finding out what happened really happened to a group of students murdered in mexico in 2014 but it also raises questions about corruption in the original investigation of the massacre of. fellow terry margin here it's good to have you with us the united states has announced its formal withdrawal from the world health organization u.s. present threaten to leave the w.h. and permanently cut funding to the organization back in may over disagreements about how to respond to the global coronavirus and demick tropic uses the u.n. agency of quote pushing chinese misinformation and although he had praised china's

handling of the outbreak at the beginning of the year the u.s. was the floor just financial contributor to the w.h.o. . well for more now i'm joined on the line by professor paul of brave woman and she's the director of the center on social disparities in health at the university of california in san francisco thanks for being with us professor know you are among 750 scholars and health professionals who signed a letter to congress condemning the trump administration's decision to withdrawal from the w.h.o. what do you think it's the wrong move. well i think it's mitt if trump succeeds and that's not entirely clear i must say but if he did succeed with this it would represent a huge step backward for humanity i mean the united nations and its core agencies including w.h.o. rose from the ashes and the horror of world war 2 of the nazi holocaust and the

atomic bomb and it was a repudiation of hatred and brutality and based on a wrecked recognition that either humanity would fall further into the abyss or people would cooperate and collaborate with each other and even support each other to achieve a better life for everyone unfortunately the current president of the united states does not share these values but i do think that most americans do ok well the w.h.a. of course is concentrating on global public health and donald trump is not alone in criticizing the w.h.o. his handling of the coronavirus pandemic many say the organization was too slow didn't give sufficient warning failed to scrutinize what was happening in china and short that the w.h.o. is guilty of gross negligence or these not valid criticisms. i don't think that those arms are valid criticism which is not to say that things could not have been done better but i would feel pretty comfortable venturing

to say that compared with trunks handling of the pandemic in the us the w.h.o. i think would come out looking far more adequate and that really what many of us think that he's trying to do with this movie cities he's looking for a scapegoat to hide his own incompetence is generally action of unity and his total lack of compassion or empathy a covert pandemic i want to focus on the w.h.o. itself do you not agree that the w.h.o. needs to be reformed. i agree that the u.s. show needs should be reformed but it is not a basket case and there is much that good there. and the argument that could an institution needs to be reformed is not and an argument

for destroying it and i don't think anyone has provided evidence. that would lead us to believe that the w.h.o. should be destroyed should not exist at all ok and i also think that the the reforms or the reforms are doable if you were the head of the w.h.o. what would your most urgent concern be. well. my most urgent concern would be staying up on the science and as it evolves minute by minute and. seeking the wise counsel of of all of the of the important sources of information. then bringing in bringing people together now not doing

what trumps moses which is to come to divide and put people pull people apart. but that it would have to do with with coordination and coordination to let the to let the science dr see the best the best science that we know and we don't know everything unfortunately but to make sure that we're acting on the best science that to fail boy at the time professor thank you very much for talking with us that was professor paul of brave and she's director of the center on social disparities and health at the university of california san francisco my pleasure. well brazil's president triable sonora has tested positive for the crown of iris also has downplayed the severity of the disease for months describing it as a little flu critics said it was only a matter of time before he caught z's as he has failed to social distance and often

does not wear a mask in public. from the very beginning of the outbreak of. repeatedly played down the risks of the corona virus and initially described this as a little flu he also flouted social distancing recommendations and other measures including lying face masks in public. has been tested 3 times previously all came back negative however on choose day a brazilian rightwing leader who found a local media he had tested positive for covert 19 or soon to be a little bit less are going to stand it on sunday with a certain feeling of being on well the cult was a monday with nausea tiredness a bit of muscle pain under fever that reached 38 degrees in the lungs of the new girlfriend then thoughts that with the symptoms and with the presidential doctor believing it to be a possible curvy 1000 infection i had a c.t. scan at

a military hospital here in brasilia my lungs were clear. brazil is the 2nd worst hit country in the world after the us with more than 65000 deaths and at least 1600000 coronavirus cases. despite this pass restaurants and other businesses are slowly reopening the people still have doubts and they're getting as long as we follow the safety measures for space between the tables i think it's worth reopening but we are the only ones in here but if for instance there's someone on another table i think i would probably feel uncomfortable. the w.h.o. has won the pandemic is far from over as it's taking its toll around the world. there have now been 11400000 cases of coffee and 19 and more than 535000 lives have been lost the outbreak is accelerating

and we have clearly not reached the peak of the pandemic the motown folk in isolation also wish to pursue the president. a speedy recovery into battle against the cover and the fires. earlier we asked a correspondent a ts if it looked like boston or would change his views on carbon 19 now that he has the disease himself i think he might not change his views and his opinion on the crisis because his motto is business 1st economy 1st in order to be reelected in 2 years so i think he will stay the same president as before and all the signs that we see so far are going into the same direction. after brazil and the united states india is the 3rd worst hit country when it comes to kovan 19 the government in delhi has started easing restrictions after

a 3 month lockdown but the result is that a new cases and us are rising at their fastest pace since the pandemic started. after 3 months of lockdown life in new delhi is almost back to normal millions of indians have lost their jobs in the corona crisis now the economy is sputtering back to life but with restaurants and shops open again the coronavirus is also making a comeback. we're afraid we have to leave our house to make a living but when she through our lives. many hospitals have reached capacity and the country is scrambling to increase its intensive care units. this wedding hall has been filled with hospital beds 12 doctors staff the emergency treatment center. i mean we have around 100

beds here we have patients with mild and less severe symptoms and even some without symptoms that have nowhere else to quarantine. india has ramped up its testing. fear that the tests will reveal a rising number of infections. so you look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today type police have seized over one point poor 1000000 tablets of methamphetamine and arrested 3 suspects in a raid in lampung the province lies in the north of the country in the so-called golden triangle where thailand myanmar and laos meet the region is a drug smuggling. demonstrators have stormed the serbian parliament in the capital belgrade to protest a renewed lockdown president alexander which has imposed a curfew and ban gatherings of more than pod people after a surge in coronavirus deaths 13 people died of coke at 19 on tuesday serbia's singh highest single day. women's rights groups in friends are protesting the

appointment of a man facing accusations of rape as interior minister. is under a preliminary investigation and denies any wrongdoing president about to all the calls office the probe quote is not an obstacle yeah and the number of people infected by the corona virus in chile has risen above 300000 surpassing the numbers in spain and the u.k. over. 6400 people have died in the south american country despite rising numbers the health ministry has announced plans to relax lockdown measures. investigators have confirmed that a bone fragment found in mexico belongs to one of $43.00 students who disappeared in 2014 it's only the 2nd set of remains to be identified in the case the students are thought to have been abducted by corrupt police then killed by members of a gang but there's been much criticism of the official investigation into the

alleged murders. a tragedy that traumatized mexico and became a symbol of injustice in the country now at least some light has been shed on the disappearance of 43 students and 2014 scientists say one of the bone fragments has been identified it was found in a gorge meaning the previous investigation had been wrong. more than 5 years after the events human remains belonging to one of the victims have been identified also it was not toast found in the cooler dump nor into some esta previous administration held up publicly and legally. meant stool and. the bone fragment belongs to christiane phones or rodriguez one of the dozens of doctors by local police and isaf western town of.

the students were allegedly turned over to a local gang for unknown reasons and were never seen again an investigation in 2015 concluded that the bodies of the students had been burnt out of rubbish dump but exposed to say the investigation was plagued with irregularities families of those missing also never accepted it. when president. took office mind and months ago he pledged to prioritize the investigations the new finding is a much needed political boost as mexico faces a plummeting economy and soaring crime. it's only the 2nd time remains from the missing students have been identified for father this discovery will not bring back his beloved son but at least he is now closer to the truth. you're watching t.v. news just

a reminder of our top story this hour president has formally announced that the u.s. is pulling out of the world health organization he's been threatening to leave over disagreements about the global pandemic and he accused the u.n. agency of being quote a puppet of china. remember you can always stay up to date on our website that steve w dot com and you can find us on twitter and instagram at t w news i'm terry martin thanks will. come battering the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful 4 months to go to the

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