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
In august i approved a major disaster declaration for california. I approved, i think, gavin, about 40 stafford act declarations, so very quickly, because we want to get this thing taken care of including Fire Management assistance grants to help multiple states stop the fires. More than 28,000 firefighterrers and First Responders are combating the fires in california, oregon and washington. Over 230 soldiers are fighting the august complex fire, and thats the largest fire in california. Thats the biggest. Yep. And we want to thank all of the brave fighters. We want to thank these incredible people, the First Responders, Service Members who are racing to the extreme peril, really, to their lives and extreme danger. Lou and the president is now on his way to phoenix for a Campaign Round table with latino voters there. It will be his seventh state that the president has visited in as many days. And where is joe biden . Well, well find out later in the broadcast. And red storm rising, the
Leaders are convening virtually at the Un General Assembly we will have complete coverage of that meeting also coming up tonight another tragic milestone more than 200000 people have died in the u. S. From the coronavirus with a president ial election just weeks away will ask how it was coded 19 affecting the campaign. Im bring golf its good to have you with us we start tonight in new york city and online both are where the United Nations General Assembly began convening to dig it comes in the middle of a pandemic and on the 75th anniversary of the uns founding now this is an assembly unlike any before for one this year World Leaders are not really meeting in new york but instead addressing the forum via video because of the corona virus pandemic us President Donald Trump was among the 1st speakers and some of his comments today he lashed out at china take a listen. As we pursue this Bright Future we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world china in t
This is r. T. International with the headline stories and reaction weve got for you. First the british Prime Minister has unveiled a range of new coronavirus restrictions to counter the latest surge in case numbers now being forced in england to start with and similar measures will be introduced later in other parts of the u. K. The reports from london. In the wake of the number of rising chases across the whole of the United Kingdom when it comes to coated 19 the government have sprung back into action announcing a number of measures and in all of this in response really to those rising numbers which Government Experts Health Experts and scientific advisors all warning that the prospect of a 2nd wave is very real and that all of these measures are absolutely necessary we always knew that while we might have driven the virus into retreat the prospect of a 2nd wave was real and im sorry to say that as in spain and france and many other countries weve reached a perilous turning point but
A Firm Conviction that the world has room for us all as long as. Relations between countries and peoples are governed by the bendin ment of conflict peace making and building and International Cooperation in order to achieve development. Security and prosperity for both current and future generations so i thank you mr president. I have been listening to egyptian president a bill for a c. C. Speaking there addressing United Nations General Assembly spoke about libya in a return to the political process in that country of course egypt has been playing a role in libya the conflict there is really morphed into a proxy war that is drawn in regional Powers International powers as well spoke about the nile dam disputes of course that is a key issue in the region right now that is causing a great deal of tension and and then also he spoke about multilateralism and stability of the International System steven slush and to is a fellow at the Century Foundation joins us via skype from new york so