both of those are of states middle east normalizing racial relations with israel so this is a diplomatic victory that donald trump contents of his time saying that he's kind of fresh i'd approach to the middle east was what made that possible. critics would say that well these deals were more a kind of a byproduct of a failed reflection and i will report next year you don't so there's a sense of kind of waiting for next year and there's a sense of you know a lot of countries around the world awaiting for that election in november because they won't say it openly in the u.n. general assembly i think probably a majority of european leaders at least will be praying for joe biden victory for a kind of a more kind of a steady hand in washington from a european perspective as someone who kind of comes back to more of the kind of multilateral approach to international affairs because certainly here within europe the trump presidency in this kind of going it alone on all of these things is really really frayed ties with europe and certainly

a lot to chew over as we watch our world leaders deliver their messages over the course of the day as we said we've been tracking the opening of the general debate of the u.n. general assembly meeting in new york our chief international editor richard walker with us here in studio and richard you'll be keeping an eye on the u.n. g.a. for us thank you so much for joining us here in our studio. and let's move on to some other news now countries across europe are scrambling to contain the coronavirus pandemic after a surge in new infections british prime minister boris johnson said that the u.k. has reached a perilous turning point as he laid out new restrictions today people across the continent will be forced to curtail their activities in hopes of reopening later in the fall. he's 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 hasn't gone away because we didn't believe until this morning we

turned the key in the door that we were actually getting to open because because only people started they only have to look at the capital dublin where bars have been told to stay shot amid a spike in cases there it's a stark contrast to the u.k. the really put the word go where the government relaxed restrictions much earlier and is now warning of a 2nd wave prime minister boris johnson who himself almost died from covert 19 back in march morning that the country had reached a perilous turning point says if we fail to act together. we will not only place all those roots would jeopardize our own futures with the more drastic action that we would inevitably be forced to take. new restrictions on pump opening time social gatherings and to moscow wearing will now come into force painful for any government trying to open up its economy

meanwhile hospitals in spain are battling western europe's highest kovac 19 caseload 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 i can't quote 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 said mosques are mandatory in some square as physical here so how to control it and those who don't abide by the rules must be punished not a new rules but 100 or one social. munich like much of europe is now wrestling with coronavirus all over again and hoping to defeat it without shutting down public

life entirely. as we mentioned british prime minister boris johnson has just announced new restrictions to tackle rising infection numbers and did a lot of what is joining us from london i should out there good to see you so walk us through these a new restrictions for the u k. hospitality industry will be hard hit again under these new restrictions from stay on where its restaurants and pops will have to close said doors off to 10 pm so a new curfew in place there the biggest change is what from home again that is what the prime minister has set so whoever can should remain at home and not go to the offices that is a huge turn from what he has said all summer long and the rule of 6 so people are not allowed to socialize with more than 6 of the 5 other people at a time and that is especially hard for families of 6 for example who face

a winter where they are not allowed to socialize or mingle at all with other people and prime minister boris johnson made clear that these new restrictions will most likely be in place at least for the next 6 months so all throughout the winter and that this might be just the beginning off the next locked on that we should say that the prime minister himself has been under fire for his handling of the pandemic so tell us more about the criticism and how he's been responding. oh and he's absolutely still on the fire from all sides right now at the moment people are saying that these new restrictions just don't go far enough to the spread of the virus those on the one side on the other side he has people criticizing him for closing down ponce of the economy already big need of course to keep it open because a recession is threatening to hit the united kingdom so really criticism from all

sides there and especially on his mixed messages people saying that he has confused the british public by with his u. turns and for example as i mentioned the working from home rule that he has changed his mind on that again so a lot of criticism also on the track and trace people are saying this is an incompetent prime minister who hasn't used to summer months to really put in place a good testing system where cases new cases can now be tracked and traced throughout the winter given that backdrop are people there are welcoming you know stricter measures and do they support the government's approach. i think a lot of people are very worried about the upcoming winter tens of thousands are bound to lose their jobs when the economic packages from the government are running out in a few weeks others fear that the virus will spread again like it did in the spring

when the u.k. was europe's worst hit country so a lot of fear about the virus itself and then just a fear of being able to face a very lonely and long winter without being able to contain this virus throughout the country. correspondent shot up its reporting from london thank you very much. now to some other headlines from around the world china has sentenced and influential real estate tycoon and critic of president xi jinping to 18 years in prison for corruption a court statement said ranchi khan a former member of the communist party elite have pleaded guilty to corruption bribery and embezzled and of public funds. the mediterranean rescue charity sea ice says its vessel was rescued more than 130 migrants in distress over the weekend almost half of them were children sea ice says it is waiting now for italy or malta to grant permission for them to disembark.

rescuers in australia are fighting to free nearly $200.00 whales stranded in shallow water off the island of test mania $25.00 of the mammals have been freed so far better an estimated 90 have already died this after 2 large pods became stuck on an underwater sand bar there is hope that the other pilot whales can be freed over the next couple of days. extraordinary scenes as almost $300.00 pilot whales peppered the shallow waters of tasmania's west coast. they became beached here on monday on sand bars. outside mcquarrie harbor it's a location where these mammals often get into difficulty. and when you say large numbers like these it's not surprising they're very social animals and they are found in large groups also known as pods and force in this case we might have had

a misadventure or some individuals may have navigated in the wrong way and now they've become stuck in stranded scientists believe up to one 3rd of the pilot whales have already died but rescue efforts to free the rest continue despite the difficult conditions we've got animals spread over a large area in a little challenging location so are we going to bicycle the type the animals with the pace change to start with then the ones that we are able to deal with sight some animals might be simply to be in an on to look like tyson to to texturally deal with. pilot whales or a species of oceanic dolph in they can grow up to 7 metres long and weigh up to 3 tons that makes freeing them even harder beached whales can quickly overheat and their muscles deteriorate. although

this rescue mission could take several days everyone involved knows it's a race against time. let's get a reminder now for our top story. u.s. president donald trump has addressed the u.n. general assembly with a call to quote hold to china accountable for the coronavirus. kelso accuse beijing of environmental destruction and trade abuses trump listeners of ministrations accomplishments saying he was proud to put america 1st. thank you for watching it every.

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propaganda for the 21st century after decades north korean media adopt some tactics the rest of the world has enjoyed all along. and in-flight catering while grounded the story of how one airline didn't let a pandemic come between its popular cabin you know and passengers. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia the government of indian prime minister narendra modi has approved a pair of bills that would change the way farmers do business in the country and that has triggered protests among them and among lawmakers from the opposition and even the government india's minister for food processing resigned last week in protest against the bill. but one that was. protests on the streets of delhi an outpouring of anger over

a new phone bill that many see as anti farmer opponents of double digits lation black law and say it was rushed through parliament without proper debate and consultation. before the leadership that we are protesting the way the government passed the phone bills in such a dictatorial manner. modi's claim of being a supporter of farmers has now proved to be hollow it was resurrected at sunday's vote in india's upper house of parliament spot chaotic scenes 5 was m.p.'s shouted slogans against the bills forcing several adjournment was others tore up copies of the legislation. lawmakers were suspended from parliament for unruly behavior but in the end the

government provides for a survey of the reserves tried to everybody across britain project funded the mission the plight of farmers is a heated issue in india where half of the country's 1300000000 people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods the government says the new laws will benefit farmers by allowing them to sell directly to big bias instead of being forced to sell 3 middlemen. but critics say the changes will strip small farmers of bargaining power and lead to exploitation by corporations. more uncertainty for india's rule communities already battling economic hardship. me should gys laws joins us for more enemy show why are farmers so angry. well it's not the only knocking example of this anger at that bar be able not well built that back then so massive being that are about agriculture. more than

anything is a bit cynical on the inner we live the life things are not with india and this is making far less suspicious that it is the comments like a back problem it's just once ability is tightening in india dominant has a local and a minimum price for each crop and farmers by either now that the incentive to non-government moppets perhaps the government would back off once just once that in addition the bombers can now said well plants and when they see a big miss businesses and there's also a trust deficit really the business is stripped and right and that was addition is not helping. so it seems most of the farmers are opposed to these changes are there any farmers that support the bill so. i would definitely people there are definitely on us who do not stand a list of them but i would really like more permission about what happened all over

the starting bill is biden now has got his high rating the fact that liberalizing them up it's basically means that they would be more efficient are the long run i wouldn't date dual government markets and enough said to last perhaps launched i don't write this just google if you want that it's not in your not there to destruction of the us can also enter into contracts not mine agreements which can be more beneficial and additional than government is highlighting that middlemen can and these minutemen the dumb how do you keep them down by some that's harming the promise but in the end the latter gain formulation that had to wait or give you solace is not helping and perhaps one of these trucks is actually getting and that is all to the government at least once the farmers gradually come to accept these sorts. i'm carry a stiff i have support one party over another in the shed there's a trend of farmers in other countries supporting populist so you have trump in the us are shared also not all in brazil and modi is

a populist some curious where they stand and what the opposition to modi is saying and the structures in india are. existing and it really just that all of them not there where they have been doing what they got things that have actually been massive bomb lactations and these are not the 1st 4 tests that are against the boss got us. supports phrases which i mentioned the minimum price that the government is that as $1.00 of dumont's little farm be able what are they were all on debt that haven't you really did well in the us the problems do not actually trust the government asked for to see action such as you want to see that this government has ordered that will support farmers to become increasingly suspicious in addition omelets happens to be reaching millions of let's have a language left parties in india and these left bodies apart from by opposition

lots of that's why i mean try and buy refinement on once again being against these laws even though some of these legal opposition parties proposed very similar laws in the past but many of these are like an army and they cannot be cannot have seen as a lightning because the bomb was a suspicious thought and even an opposition. let me should as well thank you. in north korea things appear to be changing or perhaps more accurately the propaganda has changed with an updated look to news reports shown in the country and on social media young you tube or is presenting to the outside world a very different picture of ken yang than what many imagine. you got from don't get to watch your. own. region hate the famous face of north korean television news. because she delivers ability ends with military

posture from head to ask but now this movement in the north korean media landscape . when 2 top finsbury old into the country in the early september correspondence were delivering real time reports from the scene even featuring the voice of the people in the pub and that's when they knew that it's the broadcasting style most countries are used to but not north korea so what's behind the new look experts say young is attempting to create a more benign and modern image of the country to audiences at home and abroad. who are we can see that they are trying to improve their international reputation and show that they are a normal country. it's not just t.v. under the watchful eye of the so-called propaganda and agitation department you tube and other social media channels are now churning out contemporary looking

content. meet. she's the star of the you tube channel called echo of truth and she broadcasts in english this is. among many other day. has around 35000 subscribers and costs a self as a piece of the code to provide unbiased news everyone told everyone here likes. this video shows browsing the aisles of a well stocked supermarket in an intended to trail of everyday life. but there's something wrong with this picture. items like these out of reach for much of north korean society. somebody. experts say roughly half of the population is facing severe food shortages this year but there's no mention of that

on this you tube channel. fashion colleagues prefers to take your audience for a ride. airways and this is just my personal opinion has some of the best airplane food around but what i eat there in flight meal when i'm not sly the coronavirus pandemic slowed in some cases even grounded air travel around the world putting airlines under tremendous financial pressure including thai airways its response at least one of them tries to bring some of that flight experience back. do you miss being chicken or beef. while relaxing on disposable headrest covers. without battling turbulence and air sickness welcome aboard thai airways new in-flight style restaurant. i was so impressed from the moment i stepped on the ramp because i was greeted by

the captain and cabin crew at the entrance. and the feeling is the same as boarding an actual flight. in the food court diners can choose from a ray of asian and western economy class meals and more exclusive crazy and for that 1st class feel the company has shown an eye for detail to make the experience aviation authentic. the more you know that the picture is all the tables are made from parts of the aircraft engine that we cleaned and painted with new color and installed glass on top to decorate 1st and business class sections of the restaurant. with most flights grounded under covert restrictions and most employees languishing the airline found a way to recoup some lost revenue well reconnecting passengers with those dedicated to serving them. to sign me so happy i believe the cabin crew

love passengers and after we couldn't fly for 3 to 4 months we missed our uniform an atmosphere a lot so for us to be here today is such an extraordinary moment. everyone wins customers enjoying their meal cabin and catering crews back at work and the company earning at least some money ball in the national carriers bangkok steff cafeteria. well what's the verdict would you go to the thai airways restaurant experience please let us know what you think and there's always more on dot com forward slash asia let us know what you like to see cover it and follow us on twitter as well will leave you with pictures of the taj mahal which has reopened to the public after 6 months it was closed as part of the national lockdown thanks for watching see you next time and could i.

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a small group of people to see if it's safe place to involves a somewhat larger research group to test dosages and in phase 3 the vaccine is given to thousands of people to make sure it's effective. so far there are no successful candidates. that seems normally require years of testing and time to build up production volume the w.h.o. said it doesn't expect widespread vaccinations against coronavirus until mid 2021. but even that is optimistic. germany's tough biotech companies and clinics are rushing to come up with a vaccine to defeat the novel coronavirus some are already carrying out human testing after the lengthy approval process was speeded up the stakes are that high and so let's take a look at how the trials work. a little pinprick but it brings high hopes with it inside the syringe

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