Including reforms to ensure its own future relevance plus with wildfires ravaging california the amazon and other parts of the planet climate activists will be pushing the United Nations for concrete action on the environment scientists are on their side some high ranking politicians are not. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Countries across europe are scrambling to contain the corona virus pandemic after a surge in new infections british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce an early closing of bars and restaurants now targeted lockdowns took effect in spain on monday france has seen massive spikes and infections and increasingly full hospitals in germany of the city of new nick is stepping up its measures at. For becoming one of the countrys main hotspots masks will be compulsory in busy outdoor parts of the city center and authorities will further restrict public and private gatherings. In a normal year huge crowds of people would be packed into tents here in mun
Anniversary with a call for unity but the world body is far from united on a number of global issues including reforms that are needed to keep it relevant. And racing against time to test a new australian rescuers are trying to save these pilot whales after they became a wound in Shallow Water about 25 tired been freed but more than a 150 remain stranded. Im sumi so misconduct good to have you with us countries across europe are scrambling to contain the corona virus pandemic after a surge in new infections british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce an early closing of bars and restaurants targeted lockdowns took effect in spain on monday strands of seeing massive spikes in infections and increasingly full high. Spittles here in germany the city of new nick is stepping up its measures after becoming one of the countrys main hotspots masks will be compulsory in busy outdoor parts of the city center and authorities will further restrict public and private gatherings. In
Australia rescuers trying to save these pilot whales after they became marooned in a Shallow Water about 25. 00 have been freed more than 150 remain stranded. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Countries across europe are scrambling to contain the corona virus pandemic after a surge in new infections british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce an early closing of bars and restaurants targeted lockdowns took effect in spain on monday france is seeing massive spikes and infections and increasingly full hospitals and in germany the city of munich is stepping up its measures after becoming one of the countrys main hotspots masks will be compulsory. He and busy outdoor parts of the city center and authorities will further restrict public and private gathering. In a normal year huge crowds of people would be packed into tents here in munich for october fast but the intense here right now a temporary Coronavirus Testing Center is. Never seen it so empty but thats the way i
Europe is no wrestling with coronavirus all over again and hoping to defeat it without shutting down public life entirely. Earlier we spoke to the chair of the global outbreak alert and Response Network at the w. H. O. Dale fisher and we asked him how prepared countries are for a possible winter spike in coverage 1000. 00 cases its a funny question to be asking in september is and. Its really quite disappointing i guess to have these sort of numbers going into the colder months and as youve just pointed out that there really need to be some things done to bring these numbers down or else youre going to be right back where where you were. In in much and. Theres nothing fancy its all the same things that weve known about for a long time its a solution of cases and strict quarantining of of contacts we should be able to do much more efficient contact try saying different mechanisms and the other thing which we we didnt know at the beginning of this outbreak was the effectiveness of mosque
Required before we need reforms the u. N. Must continue to develop in order to muster the Global Challenges of the 21st century. As the un faces questions whether its still fit for purpose many feel its the right time to assess its strengths and shortcomings. Lets talk about those strengths and shortcomings we have our chief International Editor Richard Walker with us here in the studio richard and well be following the u. N. General assembly were expecting president trying to speak within the hour well be listening to that live but just hearing what we just saw there in that report where does the u. N. Stand now 75 years then yeah well its a mixed picture and i suppose as you would expect for any institution after such a long time. But i mean the overall picture and World Affairs is obviously looking pretty battered at the moment and i think that applies to the u. N. Especially. Obviously the purpose of the u. N. Is a vehicle for International Corporation is buzzword of multilateral i