A place for 6 months. When we receive. A dollar only 0. 25. Is what we were able to use it by inflation aid agencies helping the flood victims in sudan say their work is being hampered by an economic crisis. And a prominent critic of the chinese president is sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption. And with all the days sport Michael Jordan has entered the world of motor sport. The board hes only got 3 minutes partnering with the sports only black driver bubba wallace. We begin this news hour with open hostilities being played out on the world stage between the u. S. And china over the coronavirus pandemic the backdrop of the heated rhetoric is the Virtual Meeting of Global Leaders at the 75th Un General Assembly and his speech is host nation u. S. President donald trump accused of spreading what he called the china virus and demanded the u. N. Hold us accountable. We must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world china in the early is days of the vi
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
From the dean of the Miami Harvard Business School and we have a lot to get cute but. We begin with the unemployment numbers as weekly jobless claims took an unexpected turn for the worse now for the week ending september 19th Labor Department reported 870000 americans filed for unemployment thats up from the week prior with 166000 the Labor Department remains stuck at a pretty high level here still above their peak 65065000 during the Great Recession that was between 20072009 the data comes as u. S. Lawmakers still havent come to an agreement on a new round of stimulus something the Federal Reserve argues is needed for economic recovery earlier this week Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and u. S. Treasury secretary Stephen Newton well they expressed concerns over more need for aid. Password will depend on keeping the virus under control and on policy all see actions taken at all levels of government we continue to work with congress on a bipartisan basis to pass a face for Relie
Disposable push for a new solution superstring said you know. Earth is truly unique and we know that their uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive good why do you oppose the apartment to soon to global 3000 on t w i know most. European companies complain about bullying from beijing they say officials are refusing to let many of their executives and staff back into china for work after being expelled when the pandemic broke out. Also show the email below the race heats up to g. M. But else is another major electric Vehicle Partnership this time with a start up nicola. And zoom google meets how about googles though can use own web based Video Conferencing platform as good. Traction there and looks to expand across the continent. Hello and welcome to the show im seeing because of the lead its good to have you with us a new survey suggests chinese officials are using the pandemic to up the pressure on european firms their companies telling the European Union chamber of commerce in
Meanwhile the infection rate continues to climb here in the u. K. 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 the 1st time in history wildly does have been meeting virtually for the annual u. N. General Assembly Last of course because of the coronavirus and on tuesday the fight against covert 1000 dominated the speeches most called for a united fight and for the u. N. To repurpose itself in response to a while changed by the pandemic but its also exposed more tension between washington and beijing on the same day the u. S. Death toll from the virus passed 200000 donald trump once again pointed the finger of blame at china our diplomatic editor james bass as more like all the other World Leaders speaking at the u. S. President trump speech was prerecorded once his words though were as controversial as ever. We have waged a fierce batt