to the. discovery. channel. documentary. this is d.w. news and these are our top stories u.s. president donald trump has used his a video address it to the u.n. general assembly to launch a stinging attack on china trump accused beijing of spreading false information about the corona virus early in the pandemic china's xi jinping for his part warned against attempts to politicize the outbreak. the krona virus has now

claimed more than 200000 lives in the united states flags were planted in front of the washington monument to mark the grim milestone the toll accounted for more than one in 5 coded 1000 deaths globally and it's putting a president donald trump's handling of the pandemic in the spotlight as he campaigns for a 2nd term in office. britain's prime minister boris johnson has called on people to observe new coronavirus restrictions or risk a 2nd lockdown johnson made the appeal in a televised address to the nation earlier he announced that england would expand its face mask requirements and introduce stricter rules on social gatherings this is g.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at the units or visit our website w dot com. the

4 horsemen of the apocalypse that is the imagery that the u.n. secretary general used today to describe the biggest threats to peace climate change unprecedented mistrust geo political tensions and the dark side of digital technology and he added a 5th horseman to these just hopi and dangers the coronavirus pandemic tonight a global health crisis that has made the global economy sick too if there are solutions where in the world in this world will we find the i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. we have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy that china virus in the. facing the virus we should put people and life just. we must hold accountable

the nation which displayed on to the world china. and any attempt to dilute the signs the issue through stigmatize they should and must be rejected by all means can a lockdown travel domestically well allowing flights to leave china and infect the world. and the virus will be defeated humanity will win this battle. also coming up with the viral times that bind what does briggs it britain still have in common with the rest of europe the coronavirus threat today prime minister boris johnson announced new restrictions that could last into 2000 and $21.00 if we fail to act together not we will not only place others at risk

could jeopardize our futures. with the move drastic action that we would inevitably be forced to take. on to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day in a world that seems unable or unwilling to save itself from itself today the annual u.n. general assembly convene this is the week when leaders from around the globe meet in new york city to talk diplomacy foreign policy discuss the present and the future this year thanks to the pandemic there are practically no get togethers face to face has been replaced with screen to screen the world together on zoom or today the head of the u.n. warned of a dystopian future mostly of our own making a broken down global order that we broke and only we can fix the speeches from world leaders that followed they did little to dispel the worst fears what we saw

and heard online was the unexpected and unusual morphing into a new normal us president donald trump he used his speech to lash out at china blaming it and the world health organization for allowing the coronavirus to spread on the day when america 1st meant america 1st with $200000.00 deaths president trump refused to take responsibility instead he continued his campaign of chipping away at the multilateral global order that the un represents china's president then responded to trump with a message illustrating how the unexpected is becoming a worrisome norm china rejected any culpability in the pandemic accusing trump of sticking his head in the sand while americans died and china offered itself as the defender of multi-lateralism a champion of the global order that's what beijing would like you to believe take

a listen now to both presidents. as we pursue this bright future 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 china condemned my travel ban of their country even as they cancel domestic flights and lock citizens in their homes you hoping to we should follow the guidance of science keep full play to the leading role of the world health organization and launch a joint international response to beat this pandemic any attempt to politicize the issue or stigmatize action must be rejected. the virus will be defeated humanity will win this battle. we're going to be tonight you're the big w.'s chief international editor richard walker richard it's good to see you we've heard so many times that the best diplomacy is done in person this year thanks to the

pandemic we're not getting that we're going to diplomacy. does that make a difference i think it really does i think it really is a real problem i mean of course it's normal for these speeches by the leader in the general debate to be used as grandstanding opportunities and we've certainly seen plenty of that today who are going to talk about that sure in a moment but still like the event every year in new york is unique in the diplomatic calendar is the only time when all of these leaders get an opportunity to come together and it's what happens outside that chamber and outside those speeches the really masses when there are opportunities for their lives and also their teams to talk to each other and have kind of serendipitous seek out which you know can be fruitful so it is a real concern particularly for believe as in diplomacy believe as in the power of will to last resort and we heard today beginning with president trump he opened the

assembly on the day that america surpassed the 2000 mark the death toll from the pandemic 200200 that's the highest level in the world and of most characteristically for donald trump when he's open for criticism he goes only and tack and that's what he did very robustly within that he his 1st breath he was talking about the china virus now there are genuine concerns about china in the early stages of the outbreak on in the center of the country at the end of last year beginning of this that how transparent they were with the world health organization also with with other countries about that but still this was pretty aggressive in. by donald trump standards and also it's only adding to these fears that the u.s. and china are just headed for a kind of cold war scenario which the u.s. actually generally good terrorist explicitly warned against in his speech who was

donald trump speaking to today i want you to take a look at what the group america 1st policies immediately after donald trump's speech as we speak the united states is also working to end the war in afghanistan and we are bringing our troops all americans fulfilling not just the news piece back here but it is peace through strength so richard what do we have their reelection campaign spot i mean it's not that much of a surprise but we were watching it live it was a very contends to kind of a hit list of donald trump's view of the world and what he sees as his achievements you know donald trump speeches usually long famously rambling this was wham bam bam so it's not much of a surprise but i mean bear in mind there is an election in just a few weeks i think any president who was heading into an election like this would use an event like this to some extent to try and make some political points but it

moves this was in trump style let's talk a little bit global geopolitics and how it's reflected at this meeting this is what the russian president vladimir putin said today about the status quo if you will. but i see a particular rules that russia has suggested convening a g. 5 summit it would reaffirming the key principles of behavior in international affairs elaborating ways to effectively address today's most burning issues it is encouraging that our partners have supported the initiative. yeah e.g. 5 summit for the 5 members of the security council what does that tell us about the present day balance of power yeah well it's interesting because he's standing up for a system that many say is is discredited that the u.n. security council is no longer functioning that it is in a state of almost permanent deadlock with vladimir putin and she jumping from china on one side the united states on the other side and each of those having veto

powers which means that they can each block each other's initiatives and this has concrete implications i mean look at the war in syria dragged on. this security council was unable to get over those veto hurdles to do anything meaningful to end that conflict and many smaller countries or a particular grouping of smaller countries of which germany is a member is saying that we need to reform the u.n. security council that it needs to get bigger they need to get rid of these vetoes these get more diverse but the thing is what we see from putin here of course the vested interests and the powers of those members of the u.n. security council and just so powerful and no one likes to give up their power and you're exactly no one wants to change the status quo which means they would lose power and yet you've got double trump champion an american retreat from multi-lateralism we're seeing that at the same time you've got the chinese president xi jinping showing the world that china is here to preserve the global

order as we know it was that's his argument and of course it's needy argument to make when you have donald trump. saying well he said that every country should stand up for itself making the nationalist argument of course china's critics would say well you know. at the same time is involved in a border confrontation with india it's cracking down on human rights in hong kong it threatens taiwan within of asian and it is trying to expand it. control within the south china sea these are not the acts of a benign multilateralist power as we go to richard and if you look on the home page of the new york times or the washington post for that matter you will really have to struggle to find an article about these speeches in the u.n. general assembly today what does it tell us the un does it still matter well i know this is the same thing and it is striking that german news sites featuring donald

trump speech more prominently than many american ones. i think we do have to stress the kind of american neglect and disinterest in the united nations is nothing that and you let me read you remember back in 1907 ted turner the founder of c.n.n. donated a $1000000000.00 to the united nations at a time when congress had stopped paying its dues george bush nominated as ambassador to the u.n. a man who had said the best thing you could do to the u.n. was to knock off a bunch of stories from the building so it's not so i think what's more important really is the biggest challenge to the u.n. at the moment is that so many countries with the u.s. at the pinnacle led by leaders who question the very idea of international cooperation and so there's a lot lots of enemies right now of liberalism of those enemies are in power around the world richer walker chief international richard thank you.

as we mentioned the death toll from covert 19 in the united states has now surpassed that grim milestone of 200000 that's the highest number for any country accounting for more than one in 519 deaths globally this tragic marker president trumps handling of the pandemic just as he campaigns for a 2nd term in office trump's democratic rival joe biden accuses trump of whining and incompetence both his. says or why the united states has the world's highest pandemic mortality numbers. where the numbers of new infections continues to rise in the u.s. and here in europe today british prime minister boris johnson said the u.k. has reached a perilous turning point and he laid out new restrictions that could last into 2021 the u.k. situation is most extreme in europe but all across the continent people are curtailing

their activities as the virus reminds us that it never left. 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 so many people start before they only have to look at the capital dublin web boss of being told to stay shot to make a spiking case is that it's a stark contrast to the u.k. . where you're going to 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 he says if we fail to act together.

we will not only place others at risk would jeopardize our futures with the more drastic action that we would inevitably be forced to take a new restrictions on pump opening time social gatherings and a mosque 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 case load 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 so i can't go out 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 set mosques a mandatory in some scratches visit to hit this so how to control it and those who don't abide by the rules must be punished not keanu is but 101 sows and munich like much of europe is now wrestling with corona virus all over again and hoping to defeat it without shutting down public life entirely. our correspondent in london. it's the u.k.'s place in this pandemic it's certainly not one to envy you mean it's the hardest hit country in europe the pandemic recession is the worst in the world you get the sense that the government is struggling to balance the health of the public with the health of the economy today's new restrictions do they maintain that balance.

well this is obviously what a lot of countries across the world are grappling with it's trying it's a balancing act basically in the u.k. we know that the scientific advisors of boys jones and they had also something much more strict they had really warned that the country is at the crossroads and that something quite drastic needed to happen in order to just cut it and go for example into its to read complete lockdown this is the ideas that were bandied around but then we also on the other hand there are economic advisors there is that also the backbenches. own party who were really cautioning and they were worried that if another quite drastic locked down would happen where for example hospitality industry restaurants would be shot and pubs would be shut that these businesses just wouldn't recover and that you just call and sort of open up and then shop open

up that this is not sustainable so in the end prime minister boris johnson is trying to strike this balance like so many other leaders of so many other countries and and i guess the jury is out whether this is sufficient or maybe whether it's not enough in order to just make a clear cut and stop this exponential rise of the virus that we're witnessing at the moment you know it wasn't that long ago that boris johnson was talking about a return to normal life in the u.k. by christmas but if you look at these new restrictions or you have to admit these will not be fitting under any christmas tree. no and that was one of the most striking messages from brust johnson today that he said perhaps we're looking at restrictions for about 6 months so really pos christmas and this is not the usual optimistic doris jones. that people have of the u.k. have voted for you somebody you usually or quite often these ridiculing what he

calls do this and good names and he always tries to put a sunny post back to on things but in this instance his message was very very stunned about the country has to brace itself for further restrictions and for quite a long time. to be a good mosque with the latest tonight in london you can thank you. 1972 it's been almost 50 years since the last astronauts left the moon and now finally we know when humans will return nasa has unveiled a multi-billion dollar plan called artemus it will send 2 astronauts to the moon in 2024 and one of them will be a woman will travel in a capsule like spacecraft called a ryan propelled by manson's new rocket the space launch system

a number of companies are competing to build the lunar landing module the next eagle if you will but the timeline of the project that is dependent on congress approving billions in initial funding by christmas nasa plans to have the astronauts conduct scientific experiments collecting rock and soil samples and searching for water and other resources well here's nasa's head jim fried stuff and talking about the significance of this mission. 50 years after apollo we have a new program named after apollo the twin sister and in this new program a sustainable return to the man for the 1st time in human history we're going to have the opportunity to send not just men to the moon but also women to the moon so the moon is the proving ground it's not just about how to get there but once you're there how do you live and work using the resources of another world and then of course taking all of that technology and all that capability to mars that's the

goal our that was now said mr jim stynes speaking very joining me now from washington is keith cowing a nasa veteran and now editor of the american space program blog nasa watch t.v. it's good to see you again you know for a decade we have waited for a date for a return to the moon now we finally have it 2024 why is it so important for so many people that we have this time this date commitment well for me i grew up during the apollo era and we were told by the end of the decade and we did it and nation 72 i was a junior in high school so it's been a half a century shereen for a lot of other people like any other large project heavy get a due date a date by which you go to do something is important not only to guide your program but to keep the excitement up and 2024 is the landing date that's kind of soon so they're looking to make this happen and people are sort of getting excited about it

the apollo mission had its genesis in the cold war it was about national pride competition why are astronauts going to the moon this time. well you don't sit here we have a saying that was then this is now there still is an issue of national pride and competition except back in the you know space race as they called it the era it was u.s. versus the soviet union the cold war now it's many nations in companies it's not just you know countries they go to the moon it's private companies so the competition comes from many directions and has many players so it's a little more difficult so you have a political score to say who's ahead but i guess the simple answer is more people more companies more nations can go to the moon and they're going to go do you think that nasa is or has its eye on what the chinese are doing because they really are pushing to have

a presence beyond earth oh absolutely they're paying attention and a lot of them are you know folks at nasa are happy to see this because it brings attention to us some people here think we have to compete with everybody but other people realize that you know the more people as i said before the war or people who want to go the more reasons there are to go and the more reasons there are to go the chances are that more people will go sort of a circular argument but it seems to be working just fine right now and we learned vet the miss moon lander you know the next generation of the eagle if you will it will be touching down at the south pole of the moon can you tell us why. well. kind of the reason for going down there is that the apollo missions lead in the equitorial regions whereas the south pole offers a totally different environment than we've ever sent you the humans are robots too and there's a chance that there could be some water ice or some sort of. rocks and water or ice

that can be mined for useful or rocket fuel and for other purposes so it's the ideas that go places where we've not gone before and we know that nasa is doing something which we didn't have with the apollo mission and that it's relying on private companies like jeff bezos has blue origin or ilan musk's space x. to come up with essential hardware for the mission do you see this as being a big gamble or a big risk i mean what's your assessment i think it's probably less risky to have more players in to not just rely on government programs to be quite honest with the if you look at the progress that the large s.l.'s rocket has made and it's many years behind many billions over yet if you look at what space x. is doing they're launching rockets for a fraction of the cost and they can afford to blow them up just to test a new system so i think quite frankly the smart thing to do is what nasa has done

and that is to bring the private sector and nasa says that it would like to see an artist be a sustainable mission unlike apollo 50 years ago sustainable as in a permanent presence on the moon is that what we're talking about. well it's funny you should ask that because that's the question i asked the administrator yesterday sustainable beans different things to different people yes your estimation yet if the idea is you go there you just don't go there wait a flag and leave it you go there he set up a base so that each successive mission can have something to work with an innovative answer but other people see sustainable is whether you know congress says you know we think we can stick sustain the budget so it's sort of an old phrase here where he says it depends on where you sit so sustainable space semantics if you will a bit about 20 seconds he let me ask you do you see a date coming anytime soon for when we can have a mission to mars. throughout you know the middle of the next decade the 20

thirty's is what everybody's been meaning for but they've been eating there for 10 or 20 years when i was a kid we were told we were going to land on the moon for 881 so now you know it gets dark some 13 at the dart board. say where it lands all right keith alexander of nasa watch dot com keith always good talking with you thank you. question. well the day is almost done with the conversation it continues online to find us on twitter either good news or you can follow me at golf t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then on earth or on the moon tomorrow is another day see that everybody.

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