week the highest since the start of the pandemic also coming up a moment of reckoning at the un general assembly world leaders convened for a special session is there a little time lateral way out of this pandemic. i'm off it's good to have you with us we start tonight with the latest from the pandemic here in germany and the news is not good the head of the country's public health institute says that germany is still nowhere near bringing the 2nd wave of corona virus infections under control a partial lockdown in place since early november has stabilized the numbers but those numbers remain too high. the coronavirus pandemic is not yet letting up in germany. the head of the country's federal health agency issued a stark warning. many people are still getting infected with cold and 19 and the numbers are still too high they are on a plateau but they are not yet falling noticeably. we also see that the number of serious outbreaks and deaths is increasing from week to week but since both of these always occur with a certain delay we must expect many more here. germany has been under a partial lock

kogut 19 on the road to recovery is the focus of a special session of the un general assembly almost $100.00 world leaders are taking part today meeting coincides with the release of a u.n. study that shows that more than 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 due to the long term economic impact from the pandemic. german chancellor angela merkel addressed the assembly via video link she stressed the need for global cooperation to ensure equal access to vaccines around the world through great 200 mi foghat we must never forget that the pandemic can only be truly beaten in the long term when everyone in the world has fat access to effective vaccines. not hard to overcoming the pandemic in the long term also means doing everything we can to a much stronger with regards to future challenges and crises to this and we need cosa international cooperation above all with strong the international organizations then we can succeed acanthus getting. as many countries around the world remain in crisis mode china blue boasts a study record of success in curbing covert 19 aut

world leaders have been holding a special session of the un general assembly focusing on coded 19 it coincides with the release of a u.n. study according to the u.n. findings 10 years from now more than 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty due to the long term effects of the pandemic. well as many countries around the world remain in crisis mode china boasts a steady record of success in curbing covert 19 authorities there reported less than 20 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours that's according to local media node new deaths were reported on thursday more now on why china is reporting such low coronavirus figures across the board. in china signs of the coronavirus pandemic are hardly noticeable authorities say there are only a couple 100 active cases and next to no new delhi consents. we have no evidence right now that the situation in china is anything other than extremely low levels all over the virus with a very aggressive response to any. surges at all and at the moment some individuals test positive the authorities react by doing mass testing in t

the highest since the start of the pandemic also coming up at a moment of reckoning at the un general assembly world leaders convene for a special session is there any time lateral way out of this pandemic. i'm bringing office good to have you with us we start tonight with the latest from the pandemic here in germany and the news is not good the head of the country's public health institute says that germany is still nowhere near bringing the 2nd wave of corona virus infections under control a partial lockdown in place since early november and stabilize the numbers but those numbers remain too high. the coronavirus pandemic is not yet letting up in germany. the head of the country's federal health agency issued a stark warning. many people are still getting infected with cold and 19 and the numbers are still too high they are on a plateau but they are not yet falling noticeably. we also see that the number of serious outbreaks and deaths is increasing from week to week but since both of these always occur with a certain delay we must expect many more here. germany has been under a partial lock

seafarers who are unable to go home be replaced or even access health care earlier this month the un general assembly urged all countries to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers while guy platen is secretary general of the international chamber of shipping he says the changes along averages. this is actually ship owners want to replace their cruise ship owners need to replace their crews because you know from a state you know mental health point of view absolute imperative so it's not a lack of we're trying we know shipowners who diverted their ships thousands and thousands of miles just to get to a port which allow crew changes the what's happened here is that eventually governments progress on their own national population and secret if you like collateral damage and they weren't allowed to shore they weren't allowed to get the airport and they weren't allowed to go home so this is not a one. and this is a global problem with governments around the world just not really recognizing seafarers keep workers and we're pleased with the un made the general assembly resolution las

. >> in an address to the un general assembly, chinese president xi jinping pledged to make the country climate-neutral by 2060. a goal that environmental protection groups like greenpeace believe is attainable. despite the current construction boom. china is also the world's biggest investor in solar energy. bugoals for 2060 aren't enough for 17-year-old howey ou. her evening demonstration ends with her being brought to the police station, where she is forced to write a statement condemning her actions. in china, criticizing the government is taboo. >> we humans are not alone in reacting to climate change. animals are, too. temperature changes have always had a huge impact on wildlife. seasonal changes keep millions of animals around the globe in constant movement. >> every year around the world, huge numbers of animals migrate tother partsf thearth. ientists eimate betwn eight land or in the skies. athey may be birds, mammals, or fish, but also insects, amphibians, reptiles, and even minute creatures such as plankton in the sea. some species like eels and salmon only migrate twice in

real conscientious that position to that in the well because i know that the latest adieux un general assembly yet again passed a resolution affirming the palestinians right to self-determination but it strikes me as one of those all symbolisms that makes. do with listed injustice feel a little bit better about themselves rather than delivers anything practical to you . today astro victim i think you shouldn't forget the global solidarity movement that has been growing in relation to the palestinian struggle and the israelis themselves are very worried about the so-called b.d.s. campaign boycott divestment and sanctions campaign that has gained a lot of momentum and has led israel to take very strong steps to try to criminalize participation in b.d.s. and do all kinds of things they're worried about losing legitimacy and if you look back at history including the n.t. who o'neill wars the winning side in the end was not the militarily superior. it was the side that can. maro political just i just hope you're right but it's been that way too long for the palestinians i think daringly long and th

effective and over $1000.00 in the road to recovery is the focus of a special session of the un general assembly almost $100.00 world leaders and scores of government ministers are taking part the 2 day meeting coincides with the release of a u.n. study showing that more than 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 due in part to the long term effects of the coronavirus a gathering is intended to galvanize nations to take common action and the u.n. secretary general antonio goujet is criticised some states for going it alone and failing to heed guidance he stressed the size of the challenge facing the world vaccines may become available within the next weeks and months but let's not fool ourselves. a vaccine cannot undo the damage done to stretch across years even decades to come extreme poverty is rising the step of famine looms we face the biggest no global recession in 8 decades and these intense illusional impacts are not due to covered 19 alone they are the result of long term for the gili views inequalities of injustices that have been exposed by the pandemic it's time

numerous astronomical discovers calming it well leaders have been holding a special session of the un general assembly focusing on covert 19 it coincides with the release of a un study according to the un findings 10 years from now more than 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty due to the long term effects of the coronavirus pandemic as many countries around the world remain in crisis mode china both the steady record of success and curbing covert 19 sorties there reported less than 20 new cases in the last 24 hours that's according to local media no new deaths were reported on thursday. in china signs of the corona virus pandemic are hardly noticeable authorities say there are only a couple 100 active cases and next to no new daily concerns. we have no evidence right now that the situation in china is anything other than extremely low levels all over the virus with a very aggressive response to only. just. the moment some individuals test positive the authorities react by doing mass testing in the area that's why recently in the port city of tianjin 2300000 inhabitants were tested bef

immunity that's the price for russia sputnik vivax internationally as it was presented to the un general assembly on wednesday moscow wants the job to be available to the whole walton has already agreed to freeze support we will be producing millions of dollars this was a week seeing already starting from february in for key jobs in brazil china korea and argentina will radiate reach supply agreement and production agreements rizzo's countries. more than 40 countries are looking to buy sputnik the yet many western critics have already written off the russian vaccine daniel hawkins examines why the media today is full of big headlines pfizer's covert 19 vaccine is officially the 1st to be approved in a western country with the united kingdom leading the way there's a sense of excitement that lives can be saved on the 1st steps towards codewords final defeat have been taken i would like to pay tribute to him to those who made this possible it is the protection. that were ultimately allow us to recreate our lives and get our economy moving again this is a victory but the real winner in the race for

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you with us covert 19 and the road to recovery that's the focus of a special session of the un general assembly almost 100 of world leaders are taking part out of today's summit coincides with the release of a u.n. study that shows that more than 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 due to the long term effects of the corona virus. a german chancellor angela merkel addressed the assembly via video link and she stressed the need for global cooperation to ensure equal access to vaccines around the world through the need we must never forget that the pandemic can only be truly beaten in the long term when everyone in the world has access to effective vaccines. not oh then coming the pandemic in the long term also means doing everything we can to a much stronger with regards to future challenges and crises to this and we need cosa international cooperation above all with strong the international organizations then we can succeed acanthus in us paul is washington bureau chief you know it's good to have you on the program at the u.n. summit secretary-general and so on a good t

week the highest since the start of the pandemic also coming up a moment of reckoning at the un general assembly world leaders convened for a special session is there a tiny lateral way out of this pandemic.

international law not caring about legitimate resolutions or decisions especially the un s c and un general assembly which are talking about civilians and palestinian occupied territories the israeli occupation forces killed recklessly they also were covered on a political level with support from the military command level that's why they are acting violently without any kind of responsibility you need the israeli authorities to fully respect protect and fulfill the whites of all children and refrain from using violence against them in accordance with international law it also called on the palestinian authorities to prevent children from being exposed to the risk of violence we still don't know whether the i.d.f. will investigate the incident but there are growing course from families here when child advocacy groups that this is more than just a pattern it's a bloody stay on the fundamental rights of children paula r.t. israel. and mystery illness struck down u.s. diplomats in cuba and china favored speculation in the media suggested a new weapon was being wielded in the world will now washington's

take time a covered 19 of the road to recovery that is the focus of a special session of the un general assembly almost $100.00 world leaders are taking part in the 2 day meeting coincides with the release of a u.n. study that shows that more than 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 the long term effects of the coronavirus u.n. secretary general antonio good day had us criticised some countries for going it alone he stressed the size of the challenge facing the entire world vaccines may become available within the next weeks and months. but let's not fool ourselves. and vaccine cannot undo the damage done to stretch across ears even decades to come . extreme poverty is rising the sense of famine looms we face the biggest little recession in decades and these intergenerational impacts are not due to covering 1000 alone they are the result of long term strategy leave these inequalities of the injustices that have been exposed by the pandemic it's time to reset well the other concern is of course making sure there's equality of access to vaccines all over the globe we spoke

korea will respond outwardly president moon remains optimistic as when he addressed the virtual un general assembly in september. the republic of korea has been steadfast in making relentless efforts to achieve denuclearization and establish permanent peace on the korean peninsula with north korea still largely isolated by the international community and by the global pandemic president moon's options for reviving into korean relations are limited but by passing this legislation he'll be hoping to at least keep those hopes alive robert bright al-jazeera soul. damage caused after 2 hurrican slammed into honduras last month has cost the country $10000000000.00 a storm struck within 2 weeks of each other and flooding to much of central america on earth was the hardest hit country more than 1000 homes were destroyed. for around 2 minutes corona virus concerns have been eclipsed in argentina and chile has gathered to cheer on this year's only total eclipse of the sun star gazers were worried they wouldn't see much because of cloudy skies but the weather cleared up just in time and it's on latin america

. >> the british mandate government was not able to succeed in the 1947 the un general assembly adoptedartition the area. >> on may 14, 1948, the state of israel was established. >> history was made as israel was born. the jewish people have a nation of their own. >> it did not last long. immediately, its arab neighbors attacked. >> the moment the british mandate happens. >> the arab israeli war left bethlehem under jordanian control. >> invading israel at the moments of its independence. they had a stated goal to prevent any jewish country in this area. they failed, but they succeeded in part. they managed to occupy some of the territory that had been set aside by the league of nations for the jewish state. they occupied that for 19 years. it went by historic name. >> it was not a unofficial border. the mark between israel and the large area controlled by the jordanians. >> west bank is named under the occupation. for 19 years the jordanians controlled it. israel managed to liberate it and take it back. in june of 1967, israel fought the six-day war against egypt, jordan and syria. the

world leaders have convened for a special session of the un general assembly focused on covert 19 it coincides with the release of a u.n. study showing that over 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 due to the long term effects of the pandemic. firefighters in australia a struggling to contain massive wildfires devastating a unesco world heritage site fraser island is the largest sand island in the world the fires have been burning there now for 6 weeks and have already affected almost half the island. this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram. visit our website w dot com. or . or it goes without saying that in this pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe and yet the vaccine nationalism the race to be 1st in approving the vaccine is suddenly real what happens when nations race against each other hoping to beat the coronavirus with a virus usually wins in the united states almost 3000 people are dying every day from covert 19 more than 100000 hospitalizations and climbing the pandemic is killing like never before we have the ability to

that's the price for russia sputnik feedback seen internationally as it was presented to the un general assembly on wednesday while scott wants the job to be available to the whole world and has already agreed supplies with foreign countries. we will be producing bands of millions of dollars us always a big seeing already just starting from february in 4 key jogger in brazil china korea and argentina will radiate reach supply agreement and production agreements rizzo's countries more than 40 countries have expressed interest in buying sputnik 3 of our western media and establishment seem to have written off the russian vaccine without even giving it a shot artist and a hawkins asks why. the media today is full of big headlines pfizer's covert 19 vaccine is officially the 1st to be approved in a western country with the united kingdom leading the way there's a sense of excitement that lives can be saved on the 1st steps towards codewords final defeat have been taken i would like to pay tribute to him to fight with those who've made this possible it is the protection. that we're ultimately allow u

al-jazeera santiago well the un general assembly has adopted a resolution urging russia to end its occupation of crimea the measure which is not legally binding also calls on moscow to immediately stop transferring weapons to ukraine russia sent troops into crimea an annex the peninsula and 2014 since then it supported separatist rebels in eastern ukraine a cease fire has been a fact in effect since late july more than 2000 children are among refugees and migrants who've arrived in the canary islands in the last 2 months save the children says it's extremely concerned about their physical and mental health bernard smith reports from gran canaria. it's not much of a red carpet welcome but for this boy's at least the 1st time he's touched dry land in 5 days he'll have spent that time in a fishing boat with around 25 other people crossing rough atlantic seas from west africa. the canary islands is experiencing the largest wave of migrants and refugees arrivals in 15 years and with it what the regional government calls a significant upturn in the number of children. international aid group save t

group attributes the rising figures to america relaxing its rules of engagement 3 years ago the un general assembly has adopted a resolution urging russia to end its occupation of crimea the measure which is not legally binding also calls on moscow to immediately stop transferring weapons to ukraine russia sent troops into crimea and annexed the peninsula in 2014 since then it has supported separatist rebels in eastern ukraine the ceasefire has been in effect since late july a nationwide strike by farmers is underway in india transport workers and teachers are among the other unions supporting the strike tens of thousands of farmers have been camped outside india's capital for almost 2 weeks they say a new law liberalizing the farming industry will hurt their livelihoods elizabeth purana has more from single just outside new delhi. biggest of the 3 protest sides a key highway between the states of haiti and delhi where tens of thousands of fondness remain camped out and it's a similar scene at 2 other protest fights on 2 other highways on the outskirts of delhi elsewhere in the country we are heari

seafarers who are unable to go home or get access to basic health care earlier this month the un general assembly urged all countries to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers or guy plants in as the secretary general of the international chamber of shipping he says the changes are long overdue. this isn't actually ship owners want to replace a cruise ship owners need to replace a cruise because you know from a safety in a mental health point of view absolute imperative so it's not for lack of we're trying we know ship owners have diverted their ships thousands and thousands of miles just to get to a port which allows crew changes the what's happened here is that essentially governments focus on their own national populations and and see perth if you like were collateral damage and they weren't allowed to sure they weren't allowed to get the airports and they weren't allowed to go home so this is not to want to try and this is a global problem with governments around the world just not really recognizing seafarers as key workers and we're pleased with the u.n. made a genera

world leaders have convened for a special session of the un general assembly focused on covert 19 it coincides with the release of a u.n. study showing that over 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 due to the long term effects of the pandemic. firefighters in australia are struggling to contain massive wildfires devastating a unesco world heritage site fraser island is the largest sand island in the world the fires have been burning there now for 6 weeks and have already affected almost half the island. this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram. visit our website w dot com. or . or it goes without saying that in this pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe and yet the vaccine nationalism the race to be 1st in approving the vaccine is suddenly real what happens when nations race against each other hoping to beat the coronavirus with a virus usually wins in the united states almost 3000 people are dying every day from cope with 19 more than 100000 hospitalizations and climbing the pandemic is killing like never before we have the abilit

will respond and quickly president moon remains optimistic as when he addressed the virtual un general assembly in september. the republic of korea has been steadfast in making relentless efforts to achieve denuclearization and establish permanent peace on the korean peninsula with north korea still largely isolated by the international community and by the global pandemic president moods options for reviving into korean relations are limited but by passing this legislation he'll be hoping to at least keep those hopes alive robert bright al jazeera so. there's been a shock when they hear the women's u.s. open golf tournament in texas south korea and well number 94 a limb can stunned her rivals to win by one shot and her dainty vent 25 year old victim. to her country's impressive history of the event south koreans have won the u.s. open 9 times in the past 30 years. tens of thousands of tourists have gathered until then argentina to experience this has only total solar eclipse as well weren't they wouldn't say it much much of it because of cloudy skies but the weather cleared up just in time the

will respond and quickly president moon remains optimistic as when he addressed the virtual un general assembly in september. the republic of korea has been steadfast in making relentless efforts to achieve denuclearization and establish permanent peace on the korean peninsula with north korea still largely isolated by the international community and by the global pandemic president moons options for reviving into korean relations are limited but by passing this legislation he'll be hoping to at least keep those hopes alive robert bright al jazeera so. heavy storms battering australia's east coast are washed away a popular tourist beach the main beach at byron bay had already been depleted but it's now all but disappeared into the sea a heavy band of wind and rain generated by an intent. slow pressure system off the coast brought $700.00 millimeters of rain in just 48 hours. but in some better news from australia don't we all need some of that scientists are using i.v.'s to help save the great barrier reef instead of helping create baby is it's being used to grow and transplanted new coral in o