Opposition leader in town the European Union struggles for its own brand of unity e. U. Foreign ministers meeting in brussels fails with greece sanctions against the worst in official plus as coronavirus cases surge of cross germany the city of new nick clamps down mass will soon be mandatory outdoors in some of the varian capitals busiest public spaces. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program World leaders joined to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations on monday ahead of the start of the Un General Assembly is general debate later today the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is posing major challenges for this years event the organization secretarygeneral called for greater Global Cooperation but major come to countries like the uns host nation the United States are more often acting on their own. Facing what some have called a crisis of confidence the u. N. Mocked 75th anniversary a spouse crowd in new york gathered to celebrate the milestone moment with the coronavirus pandemic l
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
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
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
Beds britain announces new controls and limits and germanys 3rd biggest city is making masks compulsory in some outdoor areas europe is preparing for a corona in winter. Migrant boats pushed out of european waters lawmakers want an investigation into allegations against the greek coast guard activists want to know what our German Navy Ship saw and did during possibly illegal migrant pushbacks. And racing against time in tasmania australia rescuers are trying to save these pilot whales after they became the rooms in Shallow Water about 25. 00 have been freed but more than 150. 00 were made strength. Im assuming thats great to have you with us the United Nations General Assembly is set to kick off its annual debate. As the world body marks 75 years since its founding this year World Leaders will forgo meeting in new york and instead address the form of the a video because of the coronavirus pandemic now u. S. President donald trump is expected to be among the 1st speakers well be followi