Cyprus quits his job after an aljazeera investigation uncovered a cash for passport scandal. And im tired of hummus and i have all the support the dodgers put back all great came performance to win the 1st game of the National League championship series. An operation is underway to return more than a 1000 prisoners across the front lines of yemen civil war planes carrying he fighters hed been held by the saudi u. A. E. Led coalition have been arriving in the capital sanaa the saw as a trust Building Measure aimed at reviving peace talks the coalition started fighting that he sees in march 25th scene well earlier a plane carrying saudi u. A. E. Coalition forces left the hooty controlled capital sanaa. Rebels have also released 2 u. S. Citizens in exchange for 250 of their fighters the white house says humanitarian workers sandra lee and businessman mikhail there have been released the remains of a 3rd american have also been returned. Is live for us in doha just tell us a bit more about
Including reforms to ensure its own future relevance plus wildfires ravaging the planet in the u. S. In brazil and australia scientists point to Climate Change but in many countries theyre battling politicians. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Countries across europe are scrambling to contain the corona virus pandemic after a surge and do infections british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce an early closing of bars and restaurants and targeted lockdowns took effect in spain on monday france is seeing massive spikes in infections and increasingly full hospitals meantime in germany the city of new and in stepping up its measures after becoming one of the countrys main hotspots masts will be compulsory. He and 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 munich for october fast but the any tents here right now a temporary Coronavir
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
States and because you know just very recently the u. S. Has passed the grim milestone of 200000 deaths to the coronavirus so he has every incentive just a few weeks now before an election of aiming fire at china. And he did that on many different subjects not just talking about the coronavirus but still you know we are at a moment geopolitically where chinas rise is really challenging the United States is previously the sole superpower we happened to have affectively to nationalists at the peak of both of those countries donald trump and she jinping so how these 2 powers and these 2 leaders play off each other is incredibly important for the rest of the world but im wondering so its very provocative theyre already locking horns when it comes to trade and tech but is this kind of business is usual with this administration and the chinese leadership. Well yeah i mean weve been on this path for some time now with donald trump but dont forget its not so long ago that he was trying to nego