and that's the result to this situation we have i hope it will be solved but nevertheless it's definitely disappointing but this lack of unity today what kind of signal is it sending to the people of very dreadful morsel which just just going to be what they said i cannot at any anything else and it's really a disappointment but let's hope that we will take somehow this child mentioned i hope will solve this situation as as i said certain porton not to waste time and to prepare or think that just thanks is just part of the game going to sanctions important but definitely they will not solve the situation i would add even more sanctions not only the only way to keep them in counted because those who allegedly committed the crime the deserve to be investigated prosecuted because these accounts are deceiving still deceiving if small part of these accounts is true it's already too much basically and happening in european theater and 21st century so unbelievable but is it time now to scrap the principle the quiet moments of you

know any meaty on sanctions and move on to a qualified majority on such decisions now these questions always coming up and it's to be being discussed you know there's always always strength this consensus especially on the issues with security foreign policy going all in the senate how it's important it takes time to reach agreement but when it's in each time it's really strong solid so there are pluses and minuses and always too if you're pushing somebody into the corner and in buying some some imposing some decision doesn't mean that that will work you know property so maybe it could be discussed but i don't think this is just some. as some system of bullets to solve this. you're risking the lot by imposing sanctions on your own by criticizing the question call because of course you rely on good economic ties would be. why do you think it's so important right now to make a point of supporting the us. with this name because it's important for lessons

learned it's important for others not to have temptation to follow what they're doing and the sanctions definitely that the mental to all but 1st of all we have to understand that going to be letters is on the brink of bankruptcy basically and he should be very careful themselves what they're doing what they what they are doing it will be a backlash immediately to them so i don't think that so so that's why the statements by dietz if we noticed there were any harsh statements but nothing happened so it's also for the reason i talked so definitely let's just take into account and sometimes unfortunately you know sanction is not something we should be put out it's not the language people should talk to each other like like like like a last resort that it's nothing happening and this is exactly the case because it looks like nobody listening to what we're talking to there's no known no so to see kind of. reaction in the maisha as it should be something more tangible if we need

to be a part of this process as the state holders. think you can and that was a did of you said brussels burch if alexander phenomena speaking to the foreign affairs minister of lithuania not want to tell you know what some of the other stories making news around the world. small is ruling military junta has appointed former defense minister bundle as you know him presidents to leave the country to move elections a coup last month overthrew president abraham backer k.-tel but the hanta has been under intense pressure from its west african neighbors to return power to civilians . armenians have been marking 29 years of their independence on this day and 9091 more to 94 percent of voters cast their ballots in favor of armenians leaving the soviet union limits a pandemic independence day celebrations were scaled down and partially held online . and another meeting that has been drastically scaled down

the the u.n. assembly world leaders marking the 75th anniversary of the united nations as the core of virus pandemic poses big challenges to the organizations unity the u.n. secretary general antonio agree terrorists call for more international cooperation and multilateralism to curb covert 19 and face environmental challenge as well because of the pandemic the event is being held mostly virtually many leaders delivering speeches by video well as the host nation the u.s. gave the opening statement that u.s. president trump did not as previously scheduled appear in person here's what his u.n. representative had to say. but the trump administration this anniversary is an important moment to mark the many successes of the united nations but to do so with clear eyes and

a renewed determination to see this important body serve its intended purpose. the 75th anniversary of the un is the right time to ask questions about the institution strengths and weaknesses review and learn from its failures and celebrate its accomplishments. are less talk more about this cement as they were should have been a momentous day with a dubious chief international editor richard walker pritchett to us conspicuous by absence has this ever happened before and what does it tell us you know they we didn't know about how the temperament station feels about the way yeah i mean i don't compas already gone further than pretty much any previous president in his open criticism of the united nations so so this snub is not really asked of carrots but it is still very striking isn't it now he is due to speak at the opening of the general debate which starts tomorrow so we'll see if he shows up for that but even if he does show up and doesn't snub bess's well. then we can expect some pretty

outspoken forces them to come from him. by the way i mean trump really does represent the sort of antithesis almost of the united nations values you know earth global cooperation with the rights of climate change all health you know he's pulled out of the paris climate agreement he's pulled out of the world health organization so nobody was expecting some sort of glowing tribute from him i guess we saw last year obviously a calling for more nationalism but now is very subdued anniversary of the the u.n. there for the u.n. rather before we continue our conversation richard about the growing cracks in the organization let's take a moment now to look back at how and why the international body came to be 75 years ago. born out of the ravages of world war 2. the u.n. charter was signed in 1945 by 50 founding members its aim to save succeeding

generations from the scourge of wall a global organization to help build a better weld. world the probability of that terminations. by already rar i 75 years on every country in the world is represented in the un's general assembly. the organization has lost none of its relevance but it also faces unprecedented challenges in the 75th anniversary ear we face our own 945 moments we must meet that moment and we must show unity like never before to overcome today's emergency get the world moving and working and prospering again and appalled the vision of the job. that vision is to work together to bolster international peace and security of a humanitarian assistance and protect children rights. the un and its affiliated

agencies have become indispensable in crisis situations. on the day. but the work of the un's most powerful body the security council has come in for heavy criticism. the council's 5 permanent members of the 2nd world was principal victors including china. russia and the us. it manages 13 peacekeeping missions around the world but the council is often paralyzed by disagreement and features you just happen. on syria the most lethal and destabilizing conflict today has failed to take any decisive action. many have argued that these old structures need to be urgently reformed. and there are other big challenges the corona crisis has exacerbated geo political rivalries and put the un's health body the w.h.o.

under enormous pressure not least since the us pulled out of the world health organization in the midst of the pandemic. and there is fear that with growing nationalism in some countries support for the un and its mission may be fading donald trump's america 1st policy has seen the u.s. traditionally the un's main driver turn its back on multilateralism the very principle the un was founded on. richard is a dear origin story of the u.n. very inspiring it's mr statement very admirable but is it still relevant today yeah i mean if we do if we pick up on that so to save succeeding generations from this from this civil war so has achieved that well 60 general good terrorist in his speech today pointed out and so hailed the fact that it was the longest ever that there had been a military confrontation between major powers but that's not much comfort if you're

in syria right now i mean it or any of the other dozens of war zones that there have been over the decades so it's quite clear that the united nations has not managed to prevent wars. and. so does the president why is that well you know part of the problem many critics say is in the u.n. security council which we just heard about in a report that the fact that it is deadlocked and it is structurally almost designed to become deadlocked it is of the vetoes that the the major powers hold. and it says that partly that is one reason why there was never any meaningful solution to the war in syria because the u.s. and russia and china simply unable to see ice right there so that is why many countries are calling for reform of the u.n. security council saying that needs to be enlarged and used to be much more diverse . and that is however something this incredibly hard to achieve because of the

vested interests in that but having said all of that still if the u.n. didn't exist it exists the world would probably never i don't think it's going to controversial say the world would probably be a much even was the place that it is now if it doesn't exist we would have to invent it because at least even the united nations security council gives a forum for those major powers to remain in constant touch and that's important that is incredibly important chief international editor richard walker thank you so much. and some football news there for you now in germany is going to sleep the r.b.a. leipsic or heavy favorites on sunday in their season opener against minds and they didn't disappoint lives if you are a team to watch after their 3rd place finish last season when they also reached the semifinals of the champions league. after just a few seasons like cigar firmly among the bundesliga elite could elian not ghost mine lead them to a 1st championship their campaign got off to an ideal start against mine it's

a male forsberg it already put someone up from the spot when josefa house and strike made it to nail on 17 minutes. into the 2nd half john phillips gave the visitors hope on 48 minutes to what. you're watching here he is live for bro ended up his daily covert special is up and next time i am. thanks so much. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news of. our corona up to. 19 special next on d w. waste

piling up. disposable protective equipment plastic packaging. and actually that been a hope that the slow. down in the world economy would be good for the planet traffic almost stopped completely. cruise ships were stranded in port and just pollution

was reduced. but the pandemic has had negative consequences for the environment to the world was already drowning under a sea of plastic waste but a pandemic has made the situation worse. facemasks can stay in the environment for up to 450 years it takes that long before they turn into invisible micro plastic so this issue is quite serious and it. has the human toll of the corona virus mounts and the world economy struggles to adjust to the new normal the wider impact on the environment is only now starting to become apparent. the global medical emergency has presented an opportunity to check on the health of the planet as controversial new lockdown measures kick in in the capital madrid is a report from space. leon i'll be getting is pulling plastic waste from the river segura near the spanish city of alicante

there's heaps of garbage everywhere. you. look. at the limo plus the focus on the problem is that plastic is very light so it's easily swept up by the wind and flows down rivers very tense up in the sea the one i was. really honest says spain's plastic waste problem has gotten worse since march when the corona virus outbreak began. and then that everything's got worse since the pandemic started using less disposable plastic packaging but now spanish people are buying even more plastic wrapped items because they're scared of getting infected disposable plastic perhaps a common in supermarkets of their light an easily swept away. that endemic has led to a waste crisis now even environmentally conscious consumers feel safer buying

plastic wrapped products. here 200 kilometers further south near the city of i met the spanish farmers are growing bell peppers and melons under vast plastic sheets. some of them dispose of old sheets illegally but catching the culprits is tricky. we managed to find a former farmer who was willing to talk about the problems. he was in growing crops is their livelihood but images like these tarnish their image a few farmers are ruining everyone's image. and his colleagues from the marine conservation organization study what happens to plastic waste in the sea. they take samples to have them checked for tiny plastic particles.

these substances are toxic. they are poisonous chemical products that break down in the sea should not only be concerned about plastic bags floating around. the tiny plastic particles you can only see under a microscope or even more dangerous. team have their latest sample examined it all out. and they find yet more plastic particles. plastic passes through the food chain through fish and ends of your body is too much you also absorb it through our skin when we swim. we're basically contaminating yourselves. plastic waste in the sea poses a serious health risk to humans and animals alike. that's why lily and i began to spend so much time cleaning up. she says the pandemic shouldn't serve as an excuse for us to produce even more garbage she says protecting the environment also keeps ourselves. that's part of the 2 are connected to them and if we destroy the

environment we also endanger our own health we are seeing this now join coronavirus pandemic that we're not thinking ahead not protecting the environment and not treating animals like we showed that the european union wants to cut back on single use plastics but these days due to the pandemic the very opposite is happening. it takes some 500 years for these materials to decompose so they'll be with us for generations. let's speak to young pay to share more of the institute for applied ecology then thanks a lot for joining us so we saw in our report people are choosing plastic packaging for their food because they think it's safer given the pandemic i mean is there a danger that this pandemic is making our day to day lives less ecologically sustainable. well 1st of all thanks for having me on the show it of course you're

right that people restrooms small businesses with a lot of custom interfaces and use more disposables now than they used to directly before the open denecke not there's of course also another part of the story and that is that we saw a lot in steel a lot of changes of patterns of behavior and consumption that actually moved towards more sustainability starting with food in germany for example the consumption of regionally and because logically produced food has increased during the pandemic of beneficial for the environment we saw lots of changes in mood ability patterns less business trips less commuting to work more home office some of those probably will be maintained after the pandemic and of course due to lock downs which is not a positive thing for the economy and for the humans but nevertheless consumption production went down and therefore also energy use raw material use and therefore

it was something where stress on the environment went down so overall i would say it's more the opposite that we didn't see batons change the way that our environmentally more destructive although we're disposable to probably one point where it did yes last in terms of individual behavior but by the way can we say that this pandemic has been good or bad for the environment. i think that rest still to be seen in the immediate effect as i said consumption production went down there was no at travel for some time many factories went on on leave pretty much put their people on leave didn't work and so it was like a pause for the environment for the stress on the environment in most areas and but is it it is with a pause button if you push play again then the question is whether the situation

will be different so that depends a lot on whether companies and governments will rethink their business models or their investment support and change things for example in fashion we've heard from some companies saying they do too resilience questions of the value chain will move away from fast fashion and faster than is nothing else than disposable fashion and therefore and to tremendous to the environment to look at how much water cotton for example needs and a t. shirt so the question will be how many actors in the economy and from the government side will change their way of doing business. in terms of governance as they say to get economies going again what sort of things should they be bearing in mind. well 1st of all it's totally understandable that they have to look at easing the burden for particularly the social disadvantage socially disadvantaged

and that the pandemic and the lockdowns bring about the same time now taking money for recovery packages they should look into where they invest and their of course they should invest in more sustainable technologies we have a lot of transitions in the energy sector and the transport sector and the agricultural sector in the building sector we need to move to a circular economy in all of these areas it would be helpful and oriented towards the future if governments use their money to support business models of the future that means electric fatals for example in the transport sector that means thinking about how to encourage me for pushing of homes and developing more sustainable construction materials that means to move in the average altschul sector away from quantity to quality and all these are things that they should incorporate into recovery packages many do more so than in financial crisis about 10 years ago but

still not enough if you compare how much money goes into clearly environmentally beneficial investments compared to the classical. business models then it is not enough given the urgency that we have in all those sectors. channel from the institute for applied ecology thanks a lot for joining us and one of your questions to our science correspondent eric williams. how hopeful lest the drug interferon be when it comes to fighting covered 19. interferons are proteins produced by the immune system play a key role in communication in the body during a viral infection they they warn cells that an invader is on the loose giving them time to to ramp up additional defenses and there's evidence that one reason covert 19 can turn so serious is that sars co 2 seems to suppress

interferon production in some way early in the infection process the immune system is corrent islay complicated and the best description of it i've heard compares the many complex interactions between different molecules and cells to a ball of spaghetti so it's hard to nail down exactly what's going on but this is fission that interferon production is being turned off that's led 'd researchers to look at whether giving interferons to patients therapeutically might lessen kovac 1980 back in july a british company testing inhaled doses of an interferon called interferon beta reported in a small scale study that giving it to early stage patients cut their chances of developing severe breathing difficulties dramatically and it significantly reduced their hospital stays the company is now in further testing with

a compound other research indicates that the timing of when exactly these signalling protein is administered that that could play a very key role in how the body reacts to treatment with it so so to answer the question researchers are quite hopeful that interferon bedo will prove as a. active as as early testing indicates but but we're still waiting for more detailed results that's all from us about.

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