The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs statn from viewers like you. Thank you. Host i am katty kay in washington, and this is bbc world news amica. New covid restrictions in the u. K. More masks, less socializing, and the pubs shut earlier. A pandemic full of grim milestones, the u. S. Passes another one. 200,000 people ve now died. The first ever virtual United NationsGeneral Assembly is underway. President trump uses the opportunity to criti china. Katty welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. Tough covid restrictions are in place in the u. K. After the Prime Ministerhe warned country is at a perilous turning point. More people will have to wear masks. Fewer people will be allowed to gather, and pubs are going to ut earlier. People caught breaking the rules could be fined thousands. Orest johnson warns this isnt a short stint. I am deeply, spiritually reluctant to make any of these impositions or infringe anyones freedom. But unless we take action, the risk is we will have to go for tougher measures later, and the deaths have already mounted. We have a huge caseload of infection such as we had in the spring. Katty willrehe latest mea introduced across the u. K. Be enough to suppress the virus . Our medical editor fergus walsh looks at the challenges. Fergus how do you strike a balance between clamping down on the coronavirus and keeping the economy moving . That is the challenge facing ministers. Closing bars and restaurants at th10 00 p. M. Should reduc amount of alcohol people drink in public. People will be a little bit more sober when they go hom which will make them less likely to engage in risky behaviors. Gthey mhome with friends, but the chances are it is not going t be in as lge a group they would be in the bar with. Fergus at thet reproduction number in u. K. Is between 1. 1 and 1. 4, which means that for will be passing tus on to they the Prime Minister made clear that unless r falls below 1, fuher restrictions are likely. It is thought that coronavirus cases are doubling roughly every seven days and are increasing among all age groups. Hospital admissions are rising, too. Yesterday, gernment scientists said, left unchecked, we could see 50,000 cases a day by midoctober and perhaps 200 deaths per day a monthater, and they stress this wasnt a prediction. That would still be 5 of the 1000 daily deaths at the peak in early april. Encouraging people to work fm home again should mean fewer chances for the virus to spread on public transport and in offices. Then there is scotlands decision to ban most people visiting other households indoors, aimed at tackling a key driver of infection. We can expect thisve to gnificant impact because we know this disease is spread from persontopersonarticularly in indoor environments where there isnt as much ventilati and multiple people close to each other, but on the other erhand, will be impacts on the wellbeing from not being ablese to e friends and family as much. Fergus one thing that has not been tried is a nighttime curfew. That was imposed in antwerp in belgium in late july and help to reduce an outbreak, although cases acrosselgium are higher than in the u. K. Fergus walsh, bbc news. Katty this is such a complicated process, and though there are tough restrictions in the u. K. And other countries, the keyth question w people take them seriously. Reese each Research Fellow at harvard university. Im interested in thisof questin freedom versus rules. When it comes to the coronavirus, does it worketter to give people clear rules with say, these are the guidelines, be sensible, and sort it out yourselves . Kate countries have done both,o and both haved. We saw across many western countries that you didnt ac pally have to in place very stringent penalties during lockdown. A lot of what governments did really well was to send a clear message and to send a moral message appealing to people to do the right thing, and overwhelmingly during lockdown, that was incredibly effective in achieving behavior change. I think both uld work, and in many countries, they will want to go for the lighter touch fewer fines first, but that is likely to work, provided the messaging is clear. Katty weve seen there was a big difference between lockdown. It was this period after lockdown that has been difficult for people to manage. I here in washington, d. C. Have alalmost no restrictions. I could have 20 people for dinner, but i dont because i know it doesnt work. Im just wondering whether at some point the rules almost become a safety blanket. They are a bit false where you are like, im allowed to go to the pubith six oth families, therore it must be safe, even though its not. Kate everybody suddenly got very worried in the last week or so. I ink we have forgotten we have to be fairer to people. Governments have not been super worried. And all of march and april, governments clearly conveyed a deep sense o worry, that hasnt been the case overophe summer. Have relaxed because they have felt things werent that serious. It is understandable when you are told youbl are to eat out, for example. Worry, people willthatups the seriously and put in place more of the stringentehiors you spoke about, whether the exas rue there or not. Katty we were speaking to one of our correspondents in singaporearlier in the day, and he said there are very strict quarantine rules, but no one seems to mind. In countries where people arent bothered by the idea of liberty versus rules oren infring on personal freedoms, do they tend to do better . Kateoits been difficult tell in this pandemic because those countries have a number of Different Things in their favor. In many countries that have experienced sars or ela, there have been very strong norms about handwhing, compliance with test and trays, particularly about maskwearing, and we knoweople are influenced by the behavior of those around them. T they jnd of kicked back into what they knew how to do already. Itas partly about diseases that countries had experienced before, it seems having a strong culture of compliance with the rules and preserving the social good is really important forre ade in this pandemic. But i think those countries have had a number of other reasons that there compliance has been higher than in the u. K. And u. S. Katty thank you very much. Question. Y interesting, this when i say i wouldnt go out in the restaurant with 20eople, but iw kere are places in america where people arent following the guidelines as much, and im sure if everyone around me was going out, i would be temptedo t follow that. This coronavirus story is filled with grim milestones, and today, the United States marked 200,000 people dead from this dease. The latest figures are compiled by Johns Hopkins university,l nd the officath toll stands at 2,5, although cases are still rising in aumber of states, including north dakota and utah. In march, President Trump said if deaths were beten 100000 and 200,000, then the country would have done a ved job. The bbc has been speakingow with rs and directors of Funeral Homes who have reflected on how this huge losoflife in the country has affected families and communitiethey serve. A warning, viewers may find some of these stories upsetting. It is so disturbing because 200,000 is just too many. It really is. Its just too many. It is disheartening. There are noor other for it. Its just disheartening, because at this point, it seems as if everyone knows someone who has been affecd or they have been affected themselves. If we have four or five people in our cat any point, thats about normal. At any point during april and may, we had close to 70 people here. We essentially converted the one facility into a giant morgue. We closed all the upstairs rooms way up and made everavailablers space, either slving or tables , for storage. The hardest thing ithe distance. Normally, you are there to hold their arm or hold their hand and be right there next to them. It affects the grieving process, and the community is heartbroken. Its a lot of people that we have lost, a lotf families that have lost their loved ones, or their mom isnt there, dad isnt there. Our nation has mourned a lot of deaths, ang it is som we are not going to forget. We have to adapt, and thats the thing about this virus. Until thingdapt become better controlled. Iust wish people had a better view of how many people this is really killing. We have always said it. We are here one day, and the next day we may not be here. That statement has become even more realmi with this pan it takes a toll on you emotionally. It takes a toll us physically. At the end of the day, im happy to do what i do. Ive realized that nothing is going to be difficult after this. The regular day to day, this is ea. Nothing is ever going ton be, my eyes, going to be difficult again, compared to that. Katty 200,000 is not just a number. It is 200,000 people who have died and were loved by somebody. Some 33,000 of tho deaths have been in new york city, which as you remember was the epicenter of the disease in the spring. Theity is still struggling with the economic fallout. New yorkas emerged from its coronavirus coma, but it is still struggling from the lingering effects. The change in season has brought an uptick ofctity, but the signs of continuous suffering are everywhere,roboardedup shops to more Homeless People on the streets. Theres a new covid cafe culture, but it has created a misleading sense of revival. Almost 3000 Small Businesses have closed since march, and one third of those are restaurants. Bar owner chris page says the Outdoor DiningBusiness Model is not sustainable. New york city is dying. It will die if restaurants dont reopen. It will truly just i think the economy will collapse. This is hudson yards, a that opened with ganfarement last year, but its flagship bankruptcy. Has filed for the Shopping Mall is largely empty. The ecosystem of manhattan relies on Office Buildings that are full, but september hasghot yet bra largescale return to work, and some have left town for good. Here for instance, what do you think the occupancy is . About 10 . 90 emp . Commercial experts fear the worst. Literally feel like i am acting in a bad scifi movie as i walk around new yk, and unfortunately, it could get a lot worse come the bad weather. Times square has become something of a bareter for the city, and this is the busiest it has been in the past six months. It is far from returning to normal. New york has sufferedrom convulsions in the past. The attacks on september 11, th great recession, a fiscal crunch in the 1970s that brought it to thpoint of bankruptcy, but the widespread fear is the Coronavirus Crisis is wor and will take much longer to recover from. The character of new york is e changing alving, this a new drivein Movie Theater where the films get upstaged by the skyline, but it is telling they have had to revive a form of entertainment from the past at a time when there is so much uneasiness about the future. Bnick bryan news, new york. Katty youre watching bbc world news america. Histill to come onsrogram, a harrowing video appears tohow a naked woman being stalked and killed in northern mozambiqu an investion looked into who is responsible for the atrocity. Katty a former chinese real estate tycoon has been sentenced to 18 years in jail on corruption charges. He disappeared from the public eye after criticizing president s xi response to the coronavirus. Here is bbcs china analyst carrie allen. Carrie if you asked me who he was in 2014, he was a really powerful figure online. He had a lot of influence and tens of millions of f rlowers, and lly challenged the status quo. He was very outspoken he sometimes made of barbed comments about the communist party, and they struggled to rein hn in. In relat corruption, it is hard to tell in china because he was a millionaire. He was a huge siness tycoon. We are not entirely sure what we do know is that for a long period of time, the government was unsettled with the growing voice he had online, and the fact he had this dissent behind him. Katty a growing revolt has been ravaging large areza of northern ique. Both the islamist insurgents and the Mozambique Army have been accused of aocities. In one of the latest videos of the region, a grod of ar men can be seen murdering a naked woman, but where exactly did it happen and who are they . You might find some parts of anew hardings report distressg. Andrew a video surfaces on soal media. It shows four t men asheyhase one terrified itked woman. Shows them beating her. Then it shows them killing her with at least 36 gunshots. Where was this . Using online technology, we and to pinpoint the s have managed nohern mozambique, a region consumed by fighting. Ree those billboards . The three. The green and the white roofs. There is no doubt about the location. What about the date . Se angle of the mens shadows suggests april oeptember. The video first emerged ihi september ofs year, and we know mozambican troops were in the are now to the heart of the matter who are these people . The woman has yet to be identified, but look at the emy robe. It seems likely she was left behind when other civilians fled. As for the killers we have been able to identify the outfit that they are wearing, whi is exactly the same outfithe that armed forces of mozambique use. E anw Army Uniforms and accents that seem to back that up. In the video, the soldiers are speaking ingu pore with accents of the south. What it tells us is they are most likely soldiers of the army. From what we know of the insurgentsk is that they in swahili. Om ine cases, they speak in arabic. Andrew local media reports have identified a possible suspect, a soldier killed. Ave since been mozambiques government hasmi given d response, promising an investigation, but also suggesting that the video has been faked by malicious people. Insurgentsinere, seeg looting military supplies earlier this year, are well known for impersonating soldiers. As for why any gunmenil might and film the killing of a civilian this video is horrific,ut its n unique. Its incredible how manyar vides e circulating on social media that haveome from this corner of mozambique. Sonline, the violence i growing, forcing a quaioer of a mill civilians to flee their homes, and the stakes are high. Building work has begun on a vast new project worth buildings to develop thisis offshore gas fields, but inre nt days, the insurgents have launched new attacks along the coast, perhaps threatening the future of those plans. Hso muc in this short video remains a mystery, but the horrors unfolding in northern mozambique are now beyond dispute. Andrew harding, bbc news, south africa. Tty a naked woman unarmed shot to death. Ll anyone ever be held accountable . The United Nations generly asse got off to a fiery start in new york despite the fact that none of the World Leaders actually turned up in person because of the coronavirus. The heads of state delivered prerecorded messages. President trump used his speech to ask the u. N. To hold china accountable for how it has handled the pandemic. Netted tow feet has more for us. Normally, new york would be heaving with people for the start of the u. N. General assemb. Instead because of covid, the crowds have stayed away, and the speeches have moved online. The secretary general antonio tterres was one of the f speak from the mostly emptyem general ay hall, at a time when International Cooperation is most nded, he called for a global ceasefire and efforts should be made to avoid a new cold war, one between the u. S. And china. We are moving in a very dangerous direction. We cannot afford a future where the two large economies split e globe each with its own trade and financial rules and internet and Artificial Intelligence capacities. President s trump speech aireas the u. S. Was nearing to0,000 deaths from the virus, the highest deat of any nation. We will distribute a vaccine. We will defeat the virus. We will end the pandemic, and we will enter a new era of unprecedented prosperity, cooperation, and pea. As wepursue this Bright Future , we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague unto the world, china. Hehe Chinese Ambassador to u. N. Reacted in realtime to the president. China rejects the baseless accusation against china. His remarks introduced a rare speech from chinese pregdent xi jinp itse washington has reduced influence at the u. N. And plans to leave the world health organization,hina has been eager to fill the void in the leadership. We shoulde follow the guida the leading role oworldlate to health organization, and launch a joint International Response to beat this pandemi any attempt to politicize the e or stigmatize the issu must be rejected. Speeches by china and the u. S. Laidare the competing visions tha have hindered progress at the United Nations and with no in person meetings or behind the scenes negotiations, it is thought not much will help to contribute to combating the coronavirus let alone other key sues. Katty always worth remembering that leaders speak at the human General Assembly, but they are their own dc populations. G to before we go, today smart rked the start of autumn. Many of you tried to squeeze in some lastminute outdoor activities. The same could be said for these adventurers in russia. Katty do nearly twn what a great starting gun nearly two dozen cyclists took to the road for a rather unusual race. At six points along the route, participants had to stop at a local pub and have a glass of beer, wine, or perhaps even water. The pandemic has forced many bars andestaurants to close, so perhaps this sudden surge in clientele was a ve welcome surise, although i guess they might have been a little sweatyt perhaps a smelly, and out of breath. A gre way to bike a race, stop for a beer. You can find out more of the days news on our website. Narrator funding for this presentation of this prodeam is proby. Language specialists teaching s