Coming in. I. This is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss or in washington coming up. Because hes 19 and then hes the greatest prize of own age. As the globe is seeing a surge in coping 1000 cases u. N. Officials are calling for world solidarity to fight the pandemic straight ahead we break down the state of the virus and how markets are reacting to renewed fears plus amid the potential europe is facing gridlock at the United Kingdom and European Union are hashing out the details of a post directed trade agreement we have a pack show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program in the United States is the country is seeing a record surge in cases of coke at 19 on friday the u. S. Reported more than 85000. 00 new cases eclipsing the single day record by roughly 10000. 00 now the 7 day average for new cases is also the highest on record averaging just under 69000. 00 per day over the last week and as we continue to see a global spike in cases u. N. Secretary g
Hello and welcome to nhk newsline. Im Yoshi Ogasawara in tokyo. We start this hour in new york where the United Nations is canceling all inperson General Assembly Committee Meetings scheduled for tuesday. It comes after five people of a mission of a member state tested positive for the coronavirus. Its not immediately clear which member state is involved but the u. N. Said it is conducting contact tracing. The cancelations likely mean the Committee Vote on a japansponsored resolution to abolish Nuclear Weapons will be postponed. Most u. N. Staff that operate out of the new york headquarters have been working remotely since march. But more people have been returning to the office since july. Meanwhile, a top official at the World Health Organization is expressing concern about the latest surge of infections sweeping across europe. We are seeing very, very high positivity rates and an increasing lack of capacity to do any effective form of contact tracing. The two countries with the high
Cases i see rising and you spikes and waves that occurred in places that had suppressed the virus for many months the in direct impact of the pandemic is wreaking havoc on societies and economies vixens thefts and tend to be more than life savers the out economy savers and society savers there is no choice between saving peoples lives and saving jobs protecting people from the vitals is the best way to keep schools open and business is running and amid this latest wave some european nations are looking good imposing new restrictions to slow the infection rate so with this in mind lets take another look at the trends and spread of the virus globally with r t correspondent side savages where are we monday so brand the number of people diagnosed with covert 1000 is growing every single day across much of the world so globally were almost at 45000000. 00 current firm cases while death stand at 1160000. 00 and growing now the us has. More chases and depth than any other country and right no
Is headed by an explosion at the Saudi Arabian terminal in the red sea. And people around the world protest to end violence against women as the u. N. Highlights what its calling a shadow. Pandemic football legend, Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60 inserted while the sports greatest players. The argentinean famously led his team to victory in the 1906 world cup. He suffered Health Issues for many years. Down the went emergency brain surgery just weeks ago. Or go live shortly to terrorise a bow in argentina where 3 days of mourning have been announced, but 1st david stokes folks back home out of the honors life the infamously referred to a hand of god. And the unique gifts of diego, amanda omeara donner appeared to come from a higher force born in 1960 and raised in a shanty town on the outskirts of one a set is. He became their national hero. And a Global Football superstar is impacting Club Football meant he was playing for his country as a teenager, a prolific creator and scor
Ethiopian egypt are expected to restart talks on the controversial nile dam project the President Donald Trump warns could lead to military. So with exactly a week to go now before the u. S. Election theres been a surge in early voting in part due to end in spite of the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans have voted by monday night already 4000000 more than all the early votes cast in 2016 the National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a lot tighter in some battleground states the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast this shadow over proceedings infections is surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospital beds nearly half a 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week alone with more than 225000 deaths since the pandemic began stop. Markets in the u. S. Saw their biggest day one day drop in a month as concern grows that failure to contain the outbreak will hurt the economic recovery a rescue package remains he