In lebanon where the same political elite accused of pushing the country to near bankruptcy have been in power for decades i realise that the agreement on the basis i accepted this National Mission during this difficult time of lebanons history no longer exists as well as that the government line up with the specific ations that i put. A devious mission was supported by france which has been leading International Efforts to resolve lebanons multiple crises by bringing change to the leadership president in mind where mccall said during his 2nd visit after the port blast that lebanese politicians agreed to form a cabinet by mid september see an already. Fragile skepticism when this class and was very much a final ultimatum so i would be surprised if the french choose to give that same strategy another shot the Armor Movement and hezbollah backed by iran have been blamed for standing in the way of a deal by insisting on naming shia muslim representation in government a 1000000 hezbollah a
General assembly gets underway in new york tension between the u. S. And iran is set to dominate. Mali it marks 60 years of independence a day after a former defense minister was appointed interim president by the military job plus. When we receive lets say a dollar only 0. 25 maximum is what were able to use it by inflation aid agencies helping flood victims in sudan say their work is being hampered by an economic crisis. The anger on the colombian in the colombian capital as a march against Police Brutality turns violent. The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is accel raising globally but fewer people who get. Dying a 2nd look at the global picture focusing on the 5 countries that have seen the most deaths from the virus the u. K. Is 5th in the world more than 41000 people have died but its curve is going the wrong way the u. K. s Health Minister says that hospital admissions are doubling every 8 days across the atlantic nearly 200000 americans have d
A new zealand recorded 0 new code 1000 infections on tuesday there are now only 61. 00 registered active cases in the country. If youre just joining us youre watching to debut new special coverage as we track the opening of the general debate at the u. N. General Assembly Meeting in new york and we have some live pictures of whats happening at the moment coming up in the next 15 to 20 minutes were expecting the head of the state head of state of the host country of course u. S. President donald trump who will be delivering a video message President Trump is a harsh critic of the United Nations so bill will be watching to see what he has to say this is a very different u. N. General assembly this year around the World Leaders to live delivering their message via video because of coronavirus restrictions as we said we will return to the u. N. When it is time for President Trumps speech. That was the one from london with a chair of the European Parliament Justice Committee meanwhile the r
Some regions running out of bed space authorities are scrambling to contain fresh outbreaks of germanys number 3 city posing fresh restrictions experts hotspots and migrant goat squashed out of european waters activists want to know what in German Navy Ships saw and did during possibly illegal migrant pushbacks. On whale hard thank you so much for your Company Everyone well we start in new york where the United Nations General Assembly began its annual debate as the world body marked 75 years since its founding its assembly unlike any before well this year World Leaders arent meeting in new york but instead addressing the form by a video because of the. When a virus that makes us President Donald Trump was among the 1st speakers of his comments he lashed out at china for not sharing timely information about the spread of the course at iras take a listen. As we pursued this Bright Future we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world china in the earliest
Tougher restrictions are rolled out the Prime Minister warns that normal is still months away. And remembering the past but looking to the future molly marks 60 years of independence from france. For 1st time in history leaders from around the world are meeting virtually for the annual u. N. General assembly that is of course because of the coronavirus and on choose day the fight against covert 19 it dominated speeches from Global Leaders most of them called for united fights and for the United Nations to repurpose itself in response to a world permanently changed by the pandemic but its also exposed a rising tensions between the u. S. And china donald trump accused beijing of spreading what he called the china virus and chinas leaders paying said attempts to politicize the pandemic should be rejected so lets bring in our diplomatic editor james phrases of course at the United Nations and of course weve heard today james covered 1000 becoming really the latest crisis to divide World Le