this is c w views live from berlin and the u.s. reaches a bleak milestone more than 200000 americans have now died after testing positive for cold with 19 the highest death toll in the world what does it mean for the presidential election just weeks away. also coming off of the u.n. general assembly president trying to pass the blame to china. we were told a challenge of world the nations which unleashed this plague onto the world china.

meanwhile the w.h.o. reports a surge in the spread of the virus worldwide plus prime minister boris johnson calls on britain's to each do their part as the united kingdom battles a 2nd wave of coronavirus either appear to new restrictions or risk another locked out and an environmental disaster looming on the red sea more than 200000000 liters of oil are on leaky tanker stranded off the coast of yemen and the cleanup is locked but the shift now a bargaining chip in the ongoing civil war. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program more than 200000 people in the united states have now died after. acting the coronavirus it is the highest number for any

country in the world even though the u.s. accounts for only 4 percent of the global population in the capitol washington the u.s. house of representatives held a moment of silence for the victims led by speaker nancy pelosi rise for a moment of silence and remembrance of those more than 200000 americans who have passed away from the coburg 19 virus palosi has blamed the the deaths on the disk information and the negligence in tackling the pandemic by the white house but president donald trump insists that the u.s. is rounding the corner in the pandemic a claim that has been making for months it's difficult to high death toll that is putting its handling of a coronavirus outbreak in the spotlight as he campaigns for a 2nd term in office. we asked u.s. citizens in the city of denver what they had to say about this tragic milestone. or

that other grandmother record country in the world could have a sense of public health crisis or if we had relieved. your number be much smaller we think represent a good job i think that there is a story on the other side that wants to say how bad he's handled it but nobody knew where nobody knew where it was coming from in the beginning or what it was all about and correspondent stefan simons sent us this update from washington on whether the country is likely to change its course in dealing with the pandemic. well the president didn't promise anything now today or yesterday or last week or the week before that the president is busy campaigning saying that he did everything possible and more then then that to curb the threats and the. outcome of this covert 19 pandemic or cope with 19 infection c. in the united states so on part of the president everything is done very very well

and he saved the lives of millions in his mind the democrats are theories about how the president handled this covert 1000 crisis here and say 200000 death. in just doubling the number this number just doubling in 2 or 3 months is a clear sign that the president mishandled 'd this crisis this pandemic in a very very very very large and significant way i can't foresee any scenario that the united states at the moment will unify after those numbers after today after this milestone passing 200000 deaths to combat this coronavirus pandemic in any other way. and amid the criticism of the handling of the pandemic president trump has lashed out at china blaming it for spreading the virus trump went on the attack in a previous corded message at the united nations general assembly as the world body

marks 75 years since its founding the annual gathering took place with coronavirus restrictions. the perfect riverside spot for a fractious global family get together at un headquarters. face masks and tight security even though the most distinguished guests joined by video link a precaution to avoid worsening the coronavirus pandemic that has already killed almost 1000000 people worldwide. to a half empty hole of socially distance u.n. ambassadors u.n. chief antonio terrace warned about tensions between the u.s. and china threatening to tear the organization and the world apart if it's very quick the 5 or smell. own words cannot afford the future we're going to largest economy the globe in

a great fraction each with its own trade and financial rules are needed medical doctor official intelligence capacity. a technological and economic divide risks you know everything returning you could use that could you really very very and you must avoid at all costs. and the increasingly difficult relationship between the 2 superpowers was on show as soon as president trump's prerecorded statement started rolling. to address the united nations general assembly 75 a us leader said the u.n. should hold beijing accountable for the covert 19 crisis. and trump championed his policy of putting his country's national interests asked. for decades the same tired forces proposed the savory of solutions pursuing global embrasures at the expense of their own people as president i have rejected the

failed approaches of the past and i have proudly putting america 1st just as you should be putting your country's 1st with early voting for the u.s. presidential elections already underway in some u.s. states trump speech attacking china on trade in the environment was aimed as much at u.s. voters as other world leaders in their own trast the pre recorded speeches from russia's president putin and chinese president xi jinping urged to global response to the coronavirus pandemic and more cooperation between countries. we should embrace the vision of a community with a shared future we should see each other as members of the same big family to see win win cooperation and not fall into the trap of a clash of civilisations. this year's general assembly debate underscores how hard it is to keep countries talking to each other instead of past each other.

in europe the united kingdom is reporting the highest coronavirus death toll now only 42000 people there have died from cope at 19 and as new delhi infections surge prime minister boris johnson has called on the nation to observe stricter rules on masks and social gatherings if the new measures are flouted johnson said that he could not rule out introducing even tighter restrictions. britain's shouldn't expect a return to normality this year just weeks ago workers were being encouraged back to their offices but the government stopped changing tarn full is a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases as a trade off to ensuring a 2nd lockdown prime minister bars johnson announced new restrictions aimed at keeping the climbing caseload at bay on deeply spiritual reluctant to make any of

these impositions or infringe anyone's freedom. but unless we take action the risk is that we will have to go for tougher measures later when the deaths have already mounted and we have a huge caseload of infection such as we had in the spring. the u.k. recorded nearly 5000 new cases on shoestring the highest daily rise since early my the figure is now 4 times what it was just a month ago in response pubs and restaurants were now close a 10 pm mostyn a mandatory more public spaces and people are being urged to work from harm where possible. penalties have also been introduced for those caught flashing the new measures at greater police presence to monitor compliance too with the possibility of putting soldiers on the streets is back up. to new rules have been met with

mixed reactions. are nor can work from home i don't think he cares it means that you can't make a play thought that we need to do everything. that has to be done but i'd rather they took all the options i don't want it to be another top down i think anybody does that if that's going to save lives and that it should happen to should happen . experts are now worried about the increased risk winter poses especially if the new measures fail to bring the latest outbreak under control. and let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world european council president child michel has gone into quarantine after one of his security guards tested positive for covert 19 the surprise announcement means that a summit of e.u. leaders that was due to begin in 2 days time has now been postponed until october 1st. thousands have taken to the streets of bulgaria for an independence day march against the government people gathered outside parliament in sofia to demand the

resignation of prime minister boyko borisov and his cabinet they accuse them of corruption and having links to all of our eggs. in brazil flash floods have hit the city of rio de janeiro blocking roads and leaving cars stranded residents have been struggling to make their way through waterlogged streets after torrential rains hit neighborhoods to the south of the city. more than half of the pilot whale stuck in australia's biggest. stranding on record are believed to have died rescuers have them struggling to free the nearly $500.00 mammals beached off of tasmania the stranded pod was 1st believed to be about half the size for further aerial searches added another crew of around $200.00 nearby. affairs are growing over the fate of an oil tanker that has been stranded off the coast of yemen for more than 5 years experts warn that the tanker may soon break apart

causing one of the largest oil spills in living memory with devastating impacts for the environment and the economy the vessel is being used as a bargaining chip in yemen's ongoing war. from above it's a pinprick in the waters off yemen but experts say this oil tanker is like a floating bomb that could go off at any moment the ship known as the f.s.a. safe has been stranded off the country's coast near the red sea oil terminal of ross is in the port city of her data for more than 5 years since the start of the civil war. the fear is now that its cargo of more than 1000000 barrels of oil will spill into the sea the u.n. is calling for urgent action. there security council very very alarmed at the growing list of such. rapture.

images such as these highlight what the international community is concerned taken in 2019 they reveal how parts of the ship are rusting and corroded and in need of vital maintenance. to show that oil is already leaking from pipes on board. but this ship has become a bargaining chip the only going conflict between the rebels in yemen and the saudi led coalition trying to defeat them. the tank is more close to an area controlled by rebel forces in july this year they agreed in principle to allow the u.n. to access the shift to carry out repairs and assess ways of securing the cargo. but despite the dire state of the vessel who these appeared to 1st want guarantees that they own the oil on the ship only then it seems well they let inspections go ahead and avert a potential disaster. and i'm joined now by doug we're in

a bridge north england he is policy director of the conflict and environment observatory welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us we just heard about this rupture this potential rupture which could result in the world's biggest oil spill what do you expect right now from the international community and the surrounding countries. thank you good morning thanks for having us on and i think one of the issues is the national community has done as much as it can sort of reason to do with this state you know this issue has been raised to me u.n. security council since april last year we've had dedicated meetings in the security council coastal states around the red sea have been engaged with this and trying to bring to attention of a security council and the u.n. more broadly u.n. agencies for years now since 2017 have been trying to do the work necessary to review the state of this vessel and do the repair as i am i want to be issues we've seen is that in this conflict because it has become internationalized in the way it

has that there aren't very many neutral parties in terms of the states are involved and that has been problematic to some degree. but ultimately you know the interest community has plans in place this proposal such as being put to the youth is meeting at this stage where we've almost had this technical inspection on several occasions can't really go have a new u.n. security council and really this is kind of richmond limits of what's a international community can do so where exactly is the tanker and then who's to blame here. so the tanker is most of. on the west coast of yemen does that around 60 kilometers northwest of a diet which is obvious when the main entry points for humanitarian aid into yemen and $100.00 chief concerns about this vessel in the event that a spill receiver has fired and that may well close up ports having a significant knock on effect already humanitarian assistance. the vessel is remote

7 kilometers off the coast picked it attached to the end of a oil pipeline which fit the marriott oil field and yes it's 2015 the youth is to control of that area and ultimately it's up to them to you allow access to its national inspection team and they are in control of the land that the vessel is more after in control of the coastal waters. it's ultimately and that hands if that access is not granted can you just walk us through the scenario of what we could be looking at here. yeah i think there's a whole range of scenarios never in the worst case irish extension have a huge fire and catastrophic spill one of the issues of these tankers is that they need to be kept operational to pump gases into the storage tanks and i hope to keep down the levels of these volatile gases which naturally come off it all is stored in that this vessel hasn't been doing that for years now say that's potentially a very large buildup of explosive gases about the oil i don't see it as

a huge fire risk structurally the vessel is sitting in a hot humid climate on the salty sea water and so you can see from the outside an affair to somehow being released good evidence of corrosion without leaks reported in may this year so you know the potential is there for a spill of varying severity and this is 1140000 barrels of oil 4 times what was in the exxon valdez it's a somewhat different kind of oil but you know the potential is there for a massive spill and that will not only have direct environmental effects knocking out coral reefs and mangroves fisheries it will also have knock on effects of the humanitarian assistance program in yemen and also to the local economies and fisheries along the coast 4 times what was in the exxon valdez we have not seen this before the situation very pressing doug where policy director of the conflicts and environment observatory thank you so much for joining us to share that expertise. thank you it's. the european union

is set to unveil its long awaited pact on migration the new pact will require member states to take in more migrants from nations on the front line of europe's migration crisis the aim is to put an end to overcrowded refugee camps on the one at more like the one at moria on the island of lesbos which caught fire 2 weeks ago the pact is facing tough resistance from some e.u. members among them poland's. a new life in poland mohammed najib is syrian after studying in the united arab emirates he moved to krakow for his master's degree while he has been welcomed by some he has also faced animosity from others they joked a little bit about if i'm carrying a bomb or not i told them back no i left it at home because you know if i'm coming to study here for example i had the hands go away of my face with an angry

i had. not replying. mohammed is worried about the anti immigrant rhetoric of poland's conservative government this rhetoric targets on group in particular refugees while the country has welcomed an estimated 2000000 people from ukraine since 2015 it has refused to relocate refugees from the count's increase and it's only now going to receive if you see legal if it's not going to go through the legal. status of refugees to be a refugee by the international law you have to flee to the 1st safe country do you think that syria is our neighbor but according to anna wilton scuffs an expert on muslim migration relocating refugees to poland is legal that's because the countries are obliged to take in a share of asylum seekers even if they 1st arrived in greece for example she says politicians are using the migrants as scapegoats. it's very easy to get people

scared about the things that they don't know easy to tell a lot of bad stuff about them to gain votes to gain political power poland is expected to oppose the upcoming my gratian pact the government says it doesn't want to be forced to take refugees from the camps especially after accepting millions of ukrainians. we believe that every country of the e.u. should be involved in resolving the crisis the migration crisis brought snubs every country in the same way we are now directing i would afford a little bit different geographical direction but this is a european problem as well the conflict in the crane the conflict in stretching the east is a problem doubts european union will also face backing cracow mohamed has made a home for himself with good friends that is why he'd like poland to open its doors to more migrants. it's unfair for the for the syrians who would like to have

a life like like myself he hopes the e.u. will find common ground on the migration pact. and we want to bring you now some breaking news just coming in doctors treating russian opposition leader alexina volley after an alleged poisoning attack say that he was discharged from the hospital here in berlin and they have added that a full recovery may be possible now volley was of course airlifted to germany last month after becoming sick on a trip to siberia germany has concluded that he was poisoned by the novi chuck nerve agent is among the countries which have made that assessment russia for its part has said there was no evidence we'll bring you more on that story as details come in. first the mysterious death of more than $300.00 elephants in botswana earlier this year had conservationists. perplexed now scientists say that they

appear to have solved the enigma they say the killer was a toxic bacteria found in watering holes whose massive growth is likely to have been caused by climate change. the mysterious mass elephant diet in botswana has had experts battles for months poaching was ruled out because the tusks hadn't been removed poisoning was also discounted but now the puzzle may have been solved. took tests that show that. there was potentially could produce some of these toxins which i said. expert suspects the elephants had drunk water containing the toxic cyanobacteria at watering holes but there's more to the story although these toxic bacteria can occur naturally they have never before course such devastating effects killing over $300.00 elephants in just a few months but this is not the phenomenon that was just the seed and now the disarms

if that happens quite a dialogue with the earth is a very mental changes it appears that in several places in the okavango delta high temperatures caused the bacteria to increase massively climate change therefore since to be directly threatening elephants why would they the only creatures killed is appears their survival strategy became their downfall they are still able to find water even when the watering hole is almost dry. we know the elephant to really be only on in my for example that is drinking be long the softness of the what and where the depth is a challenge it clearly shows the possibility of this species being able to suck the snot which is really where the growth of this tournament ease majority of the time that involved ranges want to test the water quality most regularly in teach it with temperatures continuing to rise quickly in southern africa preventing further

bacteria outbreaks may prove almost impossible. on divisions among people in the united states appear to be growing by the day something that has fascinated to swiss photographers for their new book divided we stand the couple drove across the united states capturing portraits from a polarized nation in a state of flux. looking for america encounters from a journey to find faces that reflect something about the land of the free. 25000 kilometers through a divided country. sometimes we found people we've been looking for and some days we found no one sometimes we turn up somewhere and we see someone and we know that's a story that's an exciting person on the phone the snake catcher in virginia for

example he started doing drugs at the age of 8 he tells his story as openly as the makeup artist from las vegas. that's what's so great about americans is that they're so spontaneous i think we almost never got told no sure it helps that we're from switzerland and we're not showing up there are new yorkers and want something from them but from neutral switzerland. the couple are from village egg in the swiss cunto of. this is we're monica fisher and to mathias brush have their home and studio when they're not living and working on the road in order to capture spontaneous pour traits. they use the same mutual background each time. whether they are taking a photo of a nasa nerd one who always dreamed of being an astronaut.

and farmar would never even get into a motorized vehicle. but watching the pictures of gun nuts and crystal meth addicts tell us about america. its life of its beauty its sadness. we don't just take photos we talk to people that are very important part of our work and we are sometimes very surprised at what comes out. more than a year and a ha has passed since monica fisher and mathias brush set off on a mission to understand america did they reach those goals the 1st to.

say no but can you understand switzerland i don't know. but that's another story in november the people monica fisher and mature sprach encountered will be able to vote to elect the president of the most powerful nation on. who knows where that will lead. at that you're up to date i'm sara kelly in berlin thanks for watching.

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