City is on the increase impact and you look at a new security law being proposed by beijing opponent stage mass protests what it of all signals the end of Hong Kong Special state. Im phil gal welcome to the Program GermanTop German Court has ruled that volkswagen must pay compensation to customers who bought v. W. Diesel cars fitted with software that manipulated emissions test results the landmark ruling in the diesel gate scandal paves the way for tens of thousands of others to receive damages. The federal court of justice said anyone who bought a v. W. Car equipped with software that manipulated emissions tests is entitled to compensation they can return the vehicle and receive partial financial reimbursement from the comic. It legal come down off where the plaintiffs can request compensation from the defendant on the Purchase Price of his vehicle but they must take into account that the car has been used and they must make the vehicle available to v. W. The plaintiff was this retiree he had sought a full refund from folks falcon of around 31500 euros for a v. W. Sharan he bought in 2014. Car its a great day and a great ruling and its the ruling that i had expected it wont just help me but also the thousands of plaintiffs who are stuck waiting to bring their lawsuits to a speedy conclusion if you have a blog through. Around 60000 individual lawsuits are still pending before the courts b. W. Is now pledging to act quickly to resolve those outstanding cases for good indeed holds barred and will approach plaintiffs in these cases and offer a one off payment the ruling sets a decisive precedent as the 1st judgment on the diesel gate scandal from the highest court in germany. Lets go through this with the doubly business as a general do below welcome general so what does todays decision means that people who bought v. W. Diesel cars well most of all it affords clarity it is a court ruling that says that thought spying has to pay affected diesel car owners in principle and thats important because this was a case for it was arguing that it should have to pay nothing so what the plaintiff wanted was to get the full price of his car reimbursed. Said that it shouldnt have to pay anything at all because what the man had was a fully functioning car that he was still able to drive so that decision could have ended in either 2 extremes everything back or nothing back and that would have had cascading implications for the 60000 or so similar cases that are out there but what the federal court of justice has decided that this now should get back in. That this man should get back not the full price of his car but the price of his car adjusted for usage and because the lower courts in the country will take their cues from that court ruling it puts the 60000 or so i mentioned on better footing and so what is the reaction been from both sides well the victor in todays proceedings is this retiring as we heard there the report called their birth deliberate he called this a great decision after a long journey is also happy that it would help thousands of people even though it is tempered the victories tempered a bit by this knowledge that compensation will depend on the usage of the vehicle but what fox said after the ruling was that it would reach out to plaintiffs individually and offer them a one time settlements now this is going to be important for consumers to weigh their options carefully because if you had already settled with fox 5 in say last month if you were one of the 235000 that reached an agreement with fox on already then you know your case is closed its important to realize that those claimants got somewhere between each 1001352625 extension 0 euros now what mr gilbert is getting today following this ruling is 26000 euros not the full price but still 2026000 euros plus interest so whatever a 5 song is offering you please take that into consideration ok so these votes were going to be huge company bus affected by the coronavirus log so this is going to cost them even more money and did and thats corona virus induced it wasnt small they saw an 80 percent fall in 1st quarter operating profits now we dont know how much this will cost them it depends on what flex funding is going to offer in terms of settlements how many people will take them but fox fund has already paid some 30000000000 euros in in fines and compensation in buyback schemes it alone in the u. S. Alone it settled for 10000000000. 00 euros so theyre going to keep paying but whats going to be interesting is whether this will materially impact the efforts to rule out quite ironically low emissions vehicles like electric vehicles in the future general thank you for that. For the German Government and have reached a deal on a bailout according to the announcement from the Economy Ministry in return for buying 20 percent of the Airlines Shares the government has imposed limits on managers pay and specific financial targets such as in the airline shot at 96 percent following the announcement but the deal has still to be approved by shareholders and the european commission. We get more on this from the aviation journalist im dresses space that welcome to w. The German Government will own 20 percent of law of town so if this deal goes through but it wont be able to block important decisions why is that and i feel very important factor this outcome today dead the stage the government will not interfere in any of the day to day business of love times that has been proven no recipe for disaster before if our lines are led by governments politicians cannot lead effectively so was always the big concern a lot of times in these kind of difficult negotiations of the last few days and weeks to prevent the German Government from really any real day to day business influence or not it seems to be achieved and so how will this deal help a lot of time sir. Its a big part of the art of tons of cost because and alan has the business to fly and currently its impossible to fly almost impossible to fly so of course not tons of has turned from a record making revenue machine only a few months ago really into a huge crisis and almost bankrupt company now because they cannot fly so thats why its absolutely imperative that the German Government german states now have an album of tons of what is very clear and its also important for most kinds of theres a very clear exit scenario already built in now and thats very important not to send your own scene lose that the age of state owned eline suspended not back in general this is a stopgap and emergency measure right now lets talk about thats back to exit scenario the German Government says it wants to stay involved until loans lufthansa is battle a sound financial footing so how long is that likely to be i think i have heard many experts and economists say that it probably wont be over until 2023 so almost 3 years from now by then everybody hopes that the 3 corona and passenger levels are back in the industry and i also read already that the exit scenario between the times and the German Government clearly for sees that probably this time frame this for a rise in this timeline would be reasonable to think that the state could x. Again and kind of give back and sell back their loved ones or share until that time 2023 probably at the earliest and yes ok thank you for your analysis on versus space thank you. Ok we can take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world will start in the u. K. Where Dominic Cummings a top advisor to british Prime Minister baraks johnson as defense defended his decision to leave london during the coronavirus lockdown he said it was reasonable to travel to his parents home in durham for child care reasons while he and his wife had symptoms of coverage 19 despite public outrage over his actions becoming said he has not considered resigning. Myself in burundi the ruling partys congress has won last weeks president ial election with more than 68 percent of the vote every day she may it will take over from president perrin currencys a new stepping down after 15 years in office the main Opposition Leader is disputing the results play the widespread voting irregularities. It is domestic flights have resumed air travel was suspended as part of the 2 months shutdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. Hong kong security chief says terrorism in the city is on the increase after Police Arrested about 180 protesters during been used under arrest tens of thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate against a planned National Security law that they say will undermine the chinese territory 70 autonomous status. The last traces of protests are swept away 24 hours earlier hong kong streets were packed with people rallying against beijings proposed security laws and the stakes could not be higher for the territories future. Yeah but with a lot of people think that we exploited their freedom when coming out to protest. But i think the National Security all affect our freedom in the future and the freedom of future generations of mourning what its. Done for. The scenes and sunday were an echo of last years mass protests after months of come join the coronavirus emergency protesters came out again due to beijings proposed new Security Framework for the territory they fear it would mean the further curtailing of hong kong is right to protest International Critics say the legislation would also be a breach of the territories one country 2 systems basic law in a joint statement organized by hong kongs last colonial governor chris patten more than 200. 00 law and policy makers from around the world have joined in. This is a comprehensive assault on the citys autonomy rule of law and fundamental freedoms the integrity of one country 2 systems hangs by a thread if the International Community cannot trust beijing to keep his word when it comes to hong kong people will be reluctant to take his word on other masses beijing has been playing down the significance of the proposed law for hong kong autonomy while warning foreign powers against meddling with a town they sure do with us and i want to stress that hong kong is Chinas Hong KongHong Kong Affairs surely chinas domestic it is is within chinese sovereign rights to determine when how and what legislation to put on hong kong should. The National Congress is expected to rubber stamp the new legislation later this week analysts think it marks the greatest reform to beijings relationship with hong kong since china took control of the territory so. The europeans eager to work out again have a few more options today gyms and pools have begun to reopen in several countries has occurred virus lockdown measures are eased and here in Berlin Hotels have opened their doors again a strict social distancing and disinfection mathers measures are still required and all thought is have warned of the continuing risk of infection rates increasing again. The wait is over at last its time for a splash again for these swimmers here at the olympic pool in berlin and despite outside temperatures not quite reaching 10 degrees celsius they couldnt be happier no this is the its one after 2 and a half months of not swimming this is just great we spent the whole time waiting and hoping that the pools would reopen the situation was far from clear for a long time i never doubted to see as if this means a lot to me and i thank the berlin with origins for opening the post today and missed swimming and for swim thats like me theres no turn out of. The pools open with restrictions to ensure safety and hygiene visitors have to keep 1. 00 metres distance and swim in circles and theres a maximum of 18 swimmers per lane. If we work with a strict contingency system were only admitting customers who bought strictly limited times for tickets in advance. Berlin is germanys biggest metropolis and has fared ok in the corona crisis so far but even though the infection rate is fairly low the Berlin Senate is in no rush to roll back restrictions hotels in the german capital opened their doors to tourists again on monday. But there are still no visitors in sight at the eastside gallery and other famous landmarks chancellor Angela Merkel says some restrictions need to stay in place but acknowledges the germans need to know why. But to the severe of course we need to justify the easing of restrictions regularly we need to explain why some restrictions are maintained and others can be dropped and the swimmers are berlins olympic pool say they have no problems with the new hygiene and Safety Measures in place they hope the infection rate in berlin stays low so that their pools stay open. Just time to remind of the top story a German High Court has ordered come a king judge evokes fog and to compensate openness of its diesel cars fitted with Emissions Cheating Software the road it opens the way for tens of thousands of people to seek damages and beat up those long running things ok its time. For world news at the top of the hour good. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona update. Covert 19 special next on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we have it and when will all this. Just through the