Say is dangerous. And people in indian administered kashmir accuse soldiers of wild scale abuse which the army denies. But we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start so of the pandemic there have been more than 64000000. 00 confirmed cases nearly 1500000. 00 deaths the United Nations is currently holding a special session of the General Assembly on coronavirus diplomatic editor james bays is at the u. N. In new york and james that session is still ongoing but we understand the secretary general has addressed the meeting what did he have to say. Well secretary general was the 1st to address the meeting one of only a couple of speakers who were actually in the room at the General Assembly because of covert 19 most the leaders have submitted their speeches recorded speeches theyre being played out from all of them for
The parades and massively slowing down this year leading many to remember their loved ones in isolation. Im from welcome to the Program German chancellor im going to mexico has warned of tough months ahead as she defended a new partial lockdown that came into force today the chancellor said it was crucial to ensure the German Health system does not reach breaking point and bad she needed everyone to reduce social contact to a minimum over the next 4 weeks she said the government was relying on the public to follow the new rules which include the closure of bars restaurants and most Leisure Facilities the chancellor also said it was too early to make promises for december but did say her christmas and new years celebrations would need to be scaled back is more of what chancellor merkel had to say. This isnt hard these measures are tough we know that but at this point in time we cannot do this or that small variation or simply rely on the basic social distancing or. View of the in the ho
Just makes the need even greater for her to explain why these decisions were actually made urgent luck to you say but it could have been a lot harsher. It could have been a lot harsher but thats the reason why its also being described as a sort of lock down light or a partial lockdown schools will remain will remain open day care will remain open target is will remain open shops will remain open but basically Everything Else will have to close for the month of november so bars restaurants james museums theaters and so on and there has been criticism as to why exactly these areas were targeted and not other areas but thats also why the german chancellor explained that since germany at this point cannot track and trace most infections in fact 75 percent of infections then there is a need to come up with these measures then why for example schools were left open Angela Merkel has had that as a clear goal right from the start schools have to remain open as much as possible thats important
A lot of address the reason why its also being described as a sort of lockdown light or a partial lockdown schools will room it will remain open daycare will remain open churches will remain open shops will remain open but basically Everything Else will have to close for the month of november so bars restaurants james museums theaters and so on and there has been criticism as to why exactly these areas were targeted and not other areas but thats also why the german chancellor explained that since germany at this point cannot track and trace most infections in fact 75 percent of infections then there is a need to come up with these measures then why for example schools were left open Angela Merkel has had that as a clear goal right from the start school to have to remain open as much as possible thats important socially also economically and at the same time the German Government wants to make sure that the businesses under the economy in general are affected as little as possible chanc
We talked about it last night. What is going to happen after that . I dont know. Mr. Meadows . Thank, chairman. , you can take a bit of a breather on your return to the committee. What i want to do is go through with the people who are watching the conversation that you and i had when we spoke on the telephone. You were kind enough to hear out a presentation that i made and i intend to have some questions in that area. It does not make sense if i have not laid the predicate particularly for our viewers who are watching this. I guess the reason i want to do this is because people who are watching this need to understand that this small hearing room and the little tv box you are looking at, the little screen you are looking at are a little bit like the frame of a puppet theater. If you only look at what is going on in the puppet theater, you are not going to understand the whole story, you are not going to understand the real dynamic of what is going on here. You are certainly not going