A place for 6 months. When we receive. A dollar only 0. 25. Is what we were able to use it by inflation aid agencies helping the flood victims in sudan say their work is being hampered by an economic crisis. And a prominent critic of the chinese president is sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption. And with all the days sport Michael Jordan has entered the world of motor sport. The board hes only got 3 minutes partnering with the sports only black driver bubba wallace. We begin this news hour with open hostilities being played out on the world stage between the u. S. And china over the coronavirus pandemic the backdrop of the heated rhetoric is the Virtual Meeting of Global Leaders at the 75th Un General Assembly and his speech is host nation u. S. President donald trump accused of spreading what he called the china virus and demanded the u. N. Hold us accountable. We must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world china in the early is days of the virus china locked down travel domestically while allowing flights to leave china and infect the world china condemned my travel ban on their country even as they cancelled domestic flights and locked citizens in their homes the Chinese Government and the World Health Organization which is virtually controlled by john and falsely declared that there was no evidence of human to human transmission later they falsely said people without symptoms would not spread the disease the United Nations but as whole china accountable for their actions. But president at a time when used his address to discuss the pandemic and security of the region he also called for resolutions in syria and palestine before accusing greece of inflaming the situation in the instant mediterranean cousin if there are countries acting with the understanding of winner takes it all the futile steps to exclude our country have no chance of success we do not have designs on anyone else the right remedy and legitimate interests neither in the Eastern Mediterranean nor in any other region however we cannot turn a blind eye on the violation of the rights of our country and the Turkish Cypriots and to the fact that our interests are being ignored. And as those regional concerns and differences a raised the u. N. Secretary general antonio protests is calling for an urgent need for Global Solidarity in the face of multiple crises facing the vault covered 19 as laid bare the worlds for the. Rising inequalities climate catastrophe widening social science all divisions rampant corruption. The pandemic is exploiting these injustices brayed on the most vulnerable and wipe away the progress of decadence for the 1st time in 30 years poverty is rising Human Development he caters that big lining and we are cleaning off to wreck in achieving the Sustainable Development goals lets go live now to antipathetic as i said james spaces at the United Nations james so heard from donald trump from president on. Payroll stood out for you from what weve heard so far. Well certainly you always get very early on in this event the u. S. Because theyre the host country they always speak 2nd and every time weve heard President Trump speak at the u. N. General assembly hes made waves and even though it was a recorded speech this time it was just as controversial it was a machine gun like speech only 7 minutes long that im going to have to check a little bit of research in the history books i think in the coming hours but i think that will probably end up being the shortest ever speech given by a u. S. President in the 74 years although its the 75th birthday this year 74 years so far of general assemblies that have taken place at the United Nations and it was clear that in that machine gun speech one country was in his targets and that country was china within about 15 seconds he spoke about the china virus and then when made up went on to make strong allegations about covert 19 about china not doing enough that they locked down their Domestic Travel but encourage people to spread the virus abroad and then claim that they with regard to the environment were rampant polluters so i think certainly that cash donald trump against china the chinese of course that she had a speech again like all the speeches recorded so no way you can respond to something you dont like but one of the fellow leaders said but in fact in the introduction to that speech john who is the ambassador the Chinese Ambassador of the United Nations in that introduction said that he heard bullying and it described what he termed as baseless allegations of the join the chinese pushing back here i can tell you from chinese sources that they had been expecting some harsh words from the u. S. They are well aware that part of this is the currency of the us. Election Campaign China has become one of the issues in that campaign but clearly the fact the ambassador felt he had to push back in his introduction to his own president s speech shows you that china was not very happy with those comments from the u. S. President. And james after donald trump we had a comparatively very long speech from turkeys red chip type on. Wide ranging speaking about the war in syria turkeys role in that the fight against terrorism Syrian Refugees libya yemen the Israeli Occupation of palestinian lands what stood out for you from what one had to say. Most of the time what we heard from the turkish president was a recent reiteration of Turkish Foreign policy and the turkish position on many of these issues i think the one that will be most watched the lines will be most watched will be on the Eastern Mediterranean disputes i think particularly among the e. U. Which has got to work out what to do about he in the Eastern Mediterranean those lines be watched and certainly wall the turkish president said he was compelled to shoulder the burden of negative developments in the Eastern Mediterranean there were some consider 3 words he said he hoped to be sincere dialogue based on International Law and then the most concrete proposal the idea of a regional conference and well have to see how other players in the region and beyond the region respond to that idea there was an important caveat though if there is a regional conference which turkey now is promoting then they certainly want not just a seat at the table for turkey they want to see to the table for the Turkish Cypriots remember the republic of Northern Cyprus is not a member of the u. N. Its not an internationally recognized country but to have that conference they would want them to to have a seat at the table ok thank you for that diplomatic editor james bays live at the United Nations. The Un General Assembly is happening at a time of an unprecedented Global Health crisis 188. 00 nations are affected by the current virus pandemic and staggering social and Economic Impact millions are unemployed in social safety nets a collapsing economy is facing its worst recession since the 2nd world war its 2 biggest economies the u. S. And china are in the middle of their worst disputes in decades conflicts in syria yemen libya and afghanistan are still unresolved while one percent of the worlds population that 79500000 people remain forcibly displaced because of war and poverty and the planet is overheating with devastating floods in parts of asia africa and record bushfires and wildfires in australia and the u. S. Well joining us now from washington d. C. Is richard director of just security 2020 with the Stimson Center a washington think tank thank you for your time we went through there are some of the issues facing the u. N. Right now what do you think are the Biggest Challenges facing the United Nations 75 years on. There is a whole range of challenges starting with the pandemic Climate Change usually at the top of everyones list but its rising nationalism its the type of rhetoric we saw once again from President Trump and other World Leaders in different ways this time not focused on some kind of false dichotomy of globalist versus his approach america 1st that he mentioned briefly in a speech but now attacking other leaders the major major headline one doubt it would be as has been discussed over the last hour on your program the tension with china and its not simply because of the election coming up you know its an election issue but i think it has something to do with the fact that the u. S. Has crossed the 200000 mark for american deaths linked to cope at 19 and he wants to push back very hard and point the finger elsewhere well yes he as you pointed out it is an election yet very close in fact to the election. And should we look at trump speech in light of the ass i mean he is obviously trying to put the blame squarely at the feet of china. Its extraordinary because to the extent that he even mentions the United Nations at a 75th anniversary general somebodys meeting its to attack and its use it for being very much upon it trying in the case of the World Health Organization but to to have such a contrast of tone and substance with the other leaders including chinese president xi who talked about giving more financing to different Un Trust Funds to deal not only with the pandemic and its recovery but a whole range of environmental and climate related matters but for president trying to direct the conversation in attacking china for its c o 2 emissions pollution overfishing in addition to being the main cause of the pen demick i think its quite a missed opportunity for showing statesmanship leadership what is most needed at this time for the u. N. To function its great powers need to lead the United Nations for it to succeed as ive been saying ad these addresses are pretty recorded so chinas using thing didnt have a chance to respond to donald trump spain or the diplomat who are introduced playing apparently did so but from what we heard from the chinese chinese premier speech how do you think china is trying to position itself in terms of the coronavirus pandemic. Theyre going out of their way to support many Countries Worldwide directly. The fact is that they you know see that this recovery agenda is going to be what will consume the United Nations for the coming year theres the humanitarian response in the short term something that president ever wanted other leaders spoke to as well but its this recovery and the need for a greener recovery agenda that china really made explicit that its ready to step up to the leadership role that is absolutely needed for this to succeed its really important to note that yesterday World Leaders indorsed the u. N. 75 political declaration and for those who are following the u. N. Know that there was tension throughout specially in the final weeks to reach consensus that had much to do with the u. S. China relationship and china overcame that and decided you know its more important that consensus is achieved at this time and moving the un forward but this is not been the position since the beginning of the Trump Administration one can argue ok thank you so much for that that. Guest from washington d. C. Write to puns and direct are just security 2020 well ill just share a senior political analyst. Joining me now live from paris to talk more about this marwan Donald Trumps speech sounded more like a Campaign Speech what we would take away oh absolutely i mean its not want one any one. That you speak much for to the American People who are to the American People or to a space open just based on he is talking to someone where you think theres no doubt. But also present. There are some are not you know. Thats become more of a habit. On the other hand and this is more this Serious Business because look the United States has been trying to undercut china now since at least 2002 since the since china joined the whole trade organization and became basically the emerging world power pulled on the bottom of the seams and i think the next report the perhaps 15 or more years will be permanent in the world why theyre. Not so fine and clearly president obama are like its different up with china who wants its. Carrots as it were going to drink china could be worse its all talk were all the more responsible but its not pump started by going to treat you the china shop or we give up without you that china is not on the pavement thats when you know there are. Random who are not irish of course the government more or the less the better lets all remember that some 200 bombs and yes in the United States was a virus and who will. Try later on i think in his administration or preferably for him in china and talking when donald trump talked about israels normalization of ties with the u. A. E. And bahrain he called it the dawn of a new middle east we know the palestinians have rejected this they feel its a betrayal donald trump says more countries are going to follow suit for sort of the u. A. E. In bahrain is that true where do arab states stand on normalizing ties with israel. Yes there are expected number of states but absolutely for im not sure when we dont know if its going to be before november 3rd or absolute immunity before the u. S. Election up there because theres a lot of pressure by the United States and its middle east clients on a couple of states not of this absolute one to join in in the mobilization process but of course unlike what president s upset that this is a new a whole new world also a court we all know that this is where more of the question back thinks by the United States on a number of states but with the lies of the late the latest one which is presumably it could be so done as been promised to be taken off the terrorists lists if it were wise with mr welch of course or and the rational person that it was that question what the heck does being on the 1st miss has been with mobilizing with a country thats thats what were told that there is no instrument that is not a state of war with it in any shape or form so clearly the president back takes on the likes of saddam maybe pettigrew and so on i think pump is worse problem but the problem with all of it is a whole sounds good. Thats one piece but the problem here is its not really peace because pieces not just this. Piece that has not delivered the votes most. Of the students its not. Takis president made a very wide ranging speech what did to his speech say to you about how turkey is trying to assess itself right now. Thats a very good question because. The biggest president has tried to present himself as a leader of a number of things one of us that all the good turkey too are stuck with servant leader of the middle east 3 as the anxiously that of the most of them is that world and 4th as an internationalist as a as a National Meter but cares about whats Climate Change he mentioned humanity in a number of times about about conflicts an operation and so and so forth so thats going to be stressed that unlike previous president is trying to groom turkey to become more of an awful lot of play 2nd not the player and james hes expansive Balance Sheet as you put it and this long speech was meant to show that there he has a position and if your position every issue but only post the concerns of more slight syria like like the recent visit grainy and. The question of the produce whats the rock but also whats libya. Whats africa and certainly there are questions of. Security Council Support so certainly that the president is going to play up the importance of their key and its all beyond that to get. Ok thank you so much for that analysis Marwan Bashar there on sarah senior political analyst. I do more ahead on the news are clearing. Germany accuses the u. K. Of playing games with rex its comments come ahead of a meeting if e. U. Ministers. Libyas oil wells start to come back on stream as some areas of the trade say for production it exports. And in sports it is the time abraham overage compares himself to benjamin button as he kicks off the italian football season and stop. The u. K. Government has brought in a rock to its new restrictions in england with the Prime Minister warning life may not return to normal for at least another 6 months or so johnson said britain has reached a perilous point in its fight against the virus this handouts the measures tha