you have president xijinping lead us you have president xijinping lead us not politicise the pandemichat some have a political divide, and i'm listening to this thinking has that already happened 7 i'm listening to this thinking has that already happened? absolutely and what you are seeing here at the united nations albeit remotely as the world body marks its 75th anniversary is really a retreat from multilateralism in the conventional sense with the us in the lead. you have china and are trying to protect itself as the country that is all about multilateralism that will fill the void filled by us leadership under president trump's america first policy but the tension is palpable. present she had to go so far as to say china doesn't seek a cold or hot work. so it's the tensions between washington and beijing that are dominating this gathering. it's interesting you say that xijinping is gathering. it's interesting you say that xi jinping is seeking to emphasise their motivators interest. is backing this up? china announced they would give another 50 million us dollars to the un fund to

his remarks introduced a rare speech from china's president xijinping.he un and plans to leave the world health organization, china has been eager to fill the void in the leadership. translation: we should follow the guidance of science, give full play to the leading role of the world health organization and launch a joint international response to beat this pandemic. any attempt of politicizing the issue or stigmatization must be rejected. speeches by china and us laid bare the competing visions that have hindered progress here at the united nations. and with no in—person meetings and behind—the—scenes negotiations, it's doubtful this high—level week of the general assembly will contribute much to confronting the global consequences of the coronavirus, let alone other key issues. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we meet the female tea pickers who've become the first on their plantation to go to university. more now on our top story — the new rules to tackle coronavirus in the uk. pubs and restaurants will be subject to a 10pm curfew from thursda

xijinping pictures coming in from beating. xi jinping and pictures coming in from beating.ther officials attending a wreathlaying event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of victory injapan in world war ii. we will have more on that subject a little later in the programme. the us has imposed further sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, fatou bensouda. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, has described the icc as a kangaroo court, accusing it of targeting americans by continuing its investigation into possible us war crimes in afghanistan. the court said it was an unprecedented and serious attack on the international criminal justice system and the rule of law. our washington correspondent, nomia iqbal, has more details. this all began earlier in the year after the international criminal court announced it was going to investigate alleged crimes committed by the united states and others in the afghan conflict. as you said there, mike pompeo was not happy about it. he vowed to protect americans from this and said it was truly breathtaking ac

his remarks introduced a rare speech from china's president xijinping.he un and plans to leave the world health organization, china has been eager to fill the void in the leadership. translation: we should follow the guidance of science, give full play to the leading role of the world health organization and launch a joint international response to beat this pandemic. any attempt of politicizing the issue or stigmatization must be rejected. speeches by china and us laid bare the competing visions that have hindered progress here at the united nations. and with no in—person meetings and behind—the—scenes negotiations, it's doubtful this high—level week of the general assembly will contribute much to confronting the global consequences of the coronavirus, let alone other key issues. stay with us on bbc news — still to come. we meet the female tea pickers who've become the first on their plantation to go to university. more now on our top story — the new rules to tackle coronavirus in the uk. pubs and restaurants will be subject to a 10pm curfew from thursd

bring about a radical reduction in carbon over time, so the two big announcements coming out of xijinpinged to, which is to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, and also for china to reach what's called peak greenhouse gas emissions before 2030. the international community would be pressuring them to bring that forward as much as possible, respectably, we hope, to close to 2050, and we hope close to 2025 as far as peak emissions are concerned, but we'll have to wait and see until china produces its 14th 5—year plan. i guess we can probably assume that president trump wasn't impressed, he's made his position pretty clear on these matters. how do you think other countries will respond or will they just say, "china can do that, we really can't." i think you are right to characterise president trump's reaction as dismissive because ultimately he does not seem to be persuaded at all by the climate change science, and the united states, under his presidency, has been completely missing in action in terms of global work on climate change mitigation activity. but when you look at the other big

president xijinping, says china had "no intention of entering a cold war with any country," after presidentthe world. the un secretary general warned everything must be done to avoid a new cold war. so, what is the current state of the relationship, between beijing and washington? our world affairs editorjohn simpson gives his assessment. china's new—found strength is everywhere, confronting taiwan and hong kong. taking on australia, japan, india. sparring with donald trump. they let the plague out. they shouldn't have done it. china uses its economic muscle right around the world. this week it was accused of ordering barbados to ditch the queen. in the years when china was building up its strength and wealth, its official slogan was a modest one, "hide your light and bide your time." but in the past ten years as china's strength has grown, the official slogan has changed. now it's, "strive for achievement". should we be worried? the leading chinese dissident, ai weiwei, now in exile in cambridge, thanks the west is so dependent on china, it's incapable of resisting. the west should really

his remarks introduced a rare speech from china's president, xijinping.ans to leave the world health organization, china has been eager to fill the void in the leadership. translation: we should follow the guidance of science, give full play to the leading role of the world health organization, and launch a joint international response to beat this pandemic. any attempt of politicising the issue or stigmatisation must be rejected. speeches by china and us laid bare the competing visions that have hindered progress here at the united nations. and with no in—person meetings and behind—the—scenes negotiations, it's doubtful this high—level week of the general assembly will contribute much to confronting the global consequences of the coronavirus, let alone other key issues. nada tawfik, bbc news, at the united nations in new york. at the general assembly, president shi mack said china hope to become carbon neutral before 2060. humankind can no longer afford to ignore human nature and go down the beaten path of extracting resources, pursuing development at th

president xijinping, says china had "no intention of entering a cold war with any country," after presidentst be done to avoid a new cold war. so, what is the current state of the relationship, between beijing and washington? our world affairs editor, john simpson gives his assessment. china‘s new—found strength is everywhere, confronting taiwan and hong kong. taking on australia, japan, india. sparring with donald trump. they let the plague out. they shouldn‘t have done it. china uses its economic muscle right around the world. this week it was accused of ordering barbados to ditch the queen. in the years when china was building up its strength and wealth, its official slogan was a modest one, "hide your light and bide your time." but in the past ten years as china‘s strength has grown, the official slogan has changed. now it‘s, "strive for achievement". should we be worried? the leading chinese dissident, ai weiwei, now in exile in cambridge, thinks the west is so dependent on china, it‘s incapable of resisting. the west should really worry about china from decades ago. and now it‘s alrea

after all completely are controlled by the commonest party, have been used to silence a critic of xijinping it he referred pretty obviously to someone who had to be xijinping as a naked clown who wanted to continue as emperor. for people who have not lived here, possibly they don't know just how much of a red line it is to cross when you publicly say things like that but china's leader, especially given that he's not an activist, he is from the country's elite, a decade—long party member, one—time chairman of a state owned developer. he moves in the same circles as all these senior communist party people and for him to say things like this about the leader of the country was not to be tolerated. so he has now been sent away for a long time. in the us, restaurants in new york city will be able to reopen for indoor dining at a reduced capacity from next week. melba wilson owns a restaurant in new york and is the president of the new york city hospitality alliance. thank you for getting up early to talk to us. how has it been for you during the pandemic? good morning. this has been a really di