Guilty. Welcome to the program germanys parliament the bundestag has approved a sweeping rescue package to cushion the economic blow the coronavirus pandemic its designed to support Health Care Infrastructure and pump billions of euros in aid to struggling businesses and in an historic move has voted to scrap current limits on government borrowing a parliament in crisis mode the bundestag has changed its rules to allow decisions to be taken with fewer members present the normal those who were there sat at a safe distance from each other. Parliamentary president volved. Called on deputies to show support for the key workers who are helping to keep the country going to try and give. Food express thanks in respect to the doctors care workers and those in the health and security or forages who are being tested to their limits every day. If you want and its in those i think we all agree we should include in our banks those who day after day and in spite of the greater risk of infection they face ensure that people have the supplies they need. In just one day the blue star because green lighted government plans to take on more debt this year than ever before the crisis package includes an emergency budget of 156000000000 euros 50000000000 to keep Small Businesses a bloat and money for hospitals expecting a wave of coronavirus patients finance minister all our short standing in for chancellor merkel is at home insult by salacious acknowledge these a gigantic sampras but he said the country can afford it germanys strict rules on government borrowing are suspended for now yeah believing that were facing a crisis unprecedented in our postwar history is greater than all those we have faced recently it really time and its a challenge to humankind as a whole. For the gun so mentioned. Theres no script for dealing with the pandemic said child but the government will do everything to reduce its impact on the economy. So there listen its on here 1st we have to ensure that theres a Good Health Care provision for people who are sick from the coronavirus and ensure those treating them are protected by 2nd we must protect the livelihoods of people affected by the crisis thirdly we must stabilize our economy and preserve jobs thats our hope despite the unparalleled measures when it came to the vote opposition parties rallied behind the governments plan but no one inside the bundestag all elsewhere can yet be sure if it will work. Lets get more from doubly Political Correspondent kate brady welcome kate sort of walk us through what these gigantic sums of aid mean for germany. Well phil basically it was a very significant move yesterday for germany the government rather the bundestag the parliament should i say voted effectively to suspend germanys debt break policy or block because a row has come to be known here in germany and effectively that means that the German Government can now take on new debt and as we heard there in report thats to the tune of some 156000000000 euros now of course to put that into perspective thats about a 3rd almost a 3rd of the entire german budget for this year but this 156000000000. 00 euros is actually part of a much bigger Financial Aid package which is also being agreed by the governments and thats amounts to some so 750000000000 euros and that as we heard there again in the report this is set to support all kinds of Large Businesses smaller businesses selfemployed will see a welfare payments also relaxed and people for example who are struggling to pay rent right now and their bills will also be supported so theres a very wide range of measures and Financial Support thats included in this rescue package that aims at least to act as a cushion to the Economic Impact of coronavirus here in germany ok so thats whats happening domestically whats truly doing internationally to address the pandemic. Well at the moment if you look at least in terms of medical assistance germany is already starting to do its part its taken in several patients from italy and france for example where hospital beds are becoming increasingly scarce to see the high number of cases there but financially speaking its a very different story of course the the German Government german leaders are taking part in talks where the latest round of which is going to take place later today and thats mainly regarded you financial response to support e. U. States affected by corona virus but one of the latest more controversial issues is this idea of corona badens and so the idea of issuing joint bonds and 9 of the 27. 00 e. U. States have now called for mutual ised debt across the e. U. And that is something that the more frugal states like germany and the netherlands and austria for example are simply opposed to right now obviously something that we could see change as the pandemic develops and of course who knows as well how what the e. U. Will look like in the aftermath of coronavirus but of course anyone that was getting particularly optimistic about german spending now that theyve suspended its infamous black 0 certainly should not get too excited when it comes to their role in the e. U. And e. U. Spending. Thank you. The latest figures from Johns Hopkins University Show shopping crease in the number of deaths in germany due to the corona virus a total of 206. 00 people have died thats a by more than 30 percent on the previous day so far. Right has been loved here in germany but medical experts are warning that the outbreak here is still as an early stage so well take a look at some of the latest developments in this pandemic big global death toll from covered 19 related illnesses is now past 21003 months after the start of this outbreak france is suspending its antiterrorism Training Mission in iraq and withdrawing its military as French Forces a cold home to fight the virus frances almost 26000. 00 confirmed cases and the turkish president reggie type one says he believes his country will slow the rate of transmission within 2. 00 to 3. 00 weeks declaring that we have preparations for every scenario now russia has used more than a dozen military planes to carry medical aid to italy supplies to help combat the curve of the virus pandemic were dispatched following a plea from at least Prime Minister but there are concerns that russia is using aid as a Political Tool to try and gain influence within the e. U. This footage of Russian Military planes landing in italy was sent directly to us and to many other Media Outlets by the Russian Defense ministry in an operation dubbed from russia with love moscow has provided italy with special disinfection vehicles medical equipment and around 100 military specialists they reportedly have 1st hand experience fighting outbreaks of other infectious diseases. Russian authorities may be keen on showing off their aid operations but in moscow not everyone agrees with the governments policy even if so far only a few 100 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in russia itself. We should have everyone here but we need to help our own country 1st. We have to help everyone we can whether its syria or its really because the good the river out welcome back to us. Makes me want to just russia have enough ospital its just russia pay it start to snuff right you for which i dont understand why were helping europe as its. Good. But on state t. V. For aid from russia and china its presented as a moral victory over the e. U. This is essentially a collatz of the european idea in transition to different political culture and to change values of those pretty words about sort of verity mutual support common values humanity and human rights they are all gone with the wind. Nina while in brussels officials are pushing back against criticism that countries arent helping each other enough i would help is welcome one look at that from a controversial point of view china was helping to pass chinas helping india pressure that russia is not being affected. Thanks good for them and heres a situation that can bring hope to one of the countries in europe which it lost affected in italy critics accuse moscow with pursuing a hidden agenda offering aid in return for room support to live essentially against moscow but the kremlin spokesman insists that all russia is trying to do is help. Far away from a coronavirus pandemic the man accused of attacking 2 mosques in new zealand a year ago as a change his plea to guilty of the countrys worst mass shooting in modern history saw an australian white supremacist opened fire on worshippers in the city of Christ Church killing 51 people a minister just in the representatives of the Muslim Community expressed relief for the decision a guilty plea removes the need for a lengthy trial that authorizes feared would be used as a platform for neo nazi propaganda to get more from journalist to Pete Mackenzie and the new zealand capital wellington welcome paint the defendant had previously denied all charges so why did he change his plea to guilty that in its motivation is unclear youre exactly right up until this point he pleaded not guilty and it seems that on tuesday he changed his mind and you know life as lawyers like to change that plea to guilty for the mighty charges when state formal notice was given and by the state court it convened persecution in which. Terrorists were convicted he raised the question about one of the maidens when they were presented to them but at the ins place guilty to war charges it does save the country and the victims from the ordeal of the probably 6 week trial which would have a real lets go to the events in a deeply traumatic way but it remains unclear what exactly the terrorists motivation those ok so what happens now. So whats next is that on the 1st of may we call convene for a special airing to sit for a sentencing because of the intense restrictions on social distancing and the pressure that the court system is under as a result because it might seem endemic its unclear when that sentencing will type place thats likely more than a few months down the track. But the sentence itself is likely to be incredibly harsh the last mass murder in the films history in 2003 by william bell with 3 people died and one person was seriously injured led to a sentence of 30 years in prison without parole this offense is obviously exponentially worse so were likely to see an incredibly harsh sentence laid down despite the fact that the defendant changed his play from guilty its not not guilty to guilty and how people there are reacting to this news of a guilty plea. Will the guilty plea is being met with a significant amount of relief around the country particularly by victims a spokesperson for the Muslim Association of canterbury that the area where most victims are said that i think the victims will feel huge white being lifted from the shoulder and the Prime Minister of the country Prime Minister of whose response to the shooting was praised around the world since it will provide some relief for many people whose lives were shattered. Providing no further comment until sentencing type flights at the same time theres been this massive relate because the guilty plea is also seeing some outrage among members of the community of the way local media has been covering. And then just up until now theres been a norm but the thing that night i wouldnt be shocked as just riverford of respect to the victim but in recent coverage the defendants name and his image have been shocked and shown quite significantly which is an issue that new zealand will have to grapple with to how we have this conversation Going Forward over the weeks and months that we wait until sentencing ok thank you for that mckenzie in washington. In tennis a wimbledon could be the next 4 to casualty of the coronavirus they told him and shuttle to begin in late june featuring the top players in the game the old england low in tennis club east you see the side in the coming days and its a push back or indeed council this years championship the french open to a look that was due to start it may have already been pushed back to late september. At the top of the hour up next here on d. W. I. Coronado 19 a special report and get you get all the latest news information on our web site. Of the. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our daily carona updates. Coated 19 special next on d w. Corona tristesse you can find more Information Online at e. W. Dot com and on t. W. Social Media Channels. This is the w. s covert 900. 00 special from berlin after originating in asia out reaching europe and northern america. Is now quickly spreading across the african continent over the weekend the nema craddick republic of congo registered its. 1st death from the virus now the country has closed its borders and declared a state of emergency president felix says the country is at war with an invisible adversary public life has been suspended and the country has gone into lockdown and closing bars and restaurants and now most flights to and from kinshasa are bound in the 1900 special were looking at how african countries are preparing for the upcoming challenge on their already Vulnerable Health care systems. Im john thanks for joining us coronavirus is sweeping across africa but the true number of cases is unknown as mass testing has not yet been rolled out heres some of the latest information we have for you the number of confirmed cases in africa shot past the 2000 mark on wednesday now the majority of the continents 54 countries have registered infections ivory coast and senegal have both declared states of emergency and south africa will begin a lockdown starting thursday. Joining us from abroad seville in the republic of congo is michel yeah hes the Program Manager for Emergency Response at the World Health Organization and africa also here is edwards hes a professor and immunologists Reading University welcome to you both michele ill start with you what sort of advisory has the w h o given africa if any. The advisory in fact he went through a different step their 1st step is for iran the containment face is. To prevent local transmission on as much as possible so this has to detect they. Cases now that we have a serious sink or local transmission on it we have it in more than 15 countries in africa now the nest is a how to scale up quickly to be able to contain the. Situation and also to start preparing for of a mitigation phase make guess on phase is an equivalent to Wide Community as spread that con is a layer of ice trash they had to have this is like what we are seeing now in your European Countries now they are all the jets are also predicting that african countries fell experienced their peak number of infections this summer now how prepared would you say the continent is he spoke of upscaling the capacity is the shelf. I would say thats the 1st step culture respect from quite well by detecting they put out the cases thats where important do not freak out but 5 a nest is where we need to mobilize maw and we need more effort we need more support in most of the african countries because it is a step that they will have to deal with and out of people needing intensive have in their system in many african and for fossett it is you dont have such capacity so they need to think about how to scale up with from temporary treatment such as how to get assessed or are suggesting provide also rescued out to the mice in how to get access to protective equipment so at this level countries are less prepared because they are locking the rest of us is most of them have their follow up at preparedness and Response Plan but the supplies for example is one of the major challenge to fulfill the spot that is utterly gente because we are moving to are they wide contamination in many countries already. Now michelle spoke at there of the white contamination do you alice see the crisis in africa reaching a similar level to what were seeing here in europe how would that look like. I think i think you know thats thats what weve you know ive been thinking about exactly that since way back you know when we were hearing about the outbreak 1st of all in will han in china i think one positive is i think the much work has gone on to try and expand for example diagnostic Testing Services across africa and weve learnt a great deal from programs to tackle big infection has such as hiv and malaria so for example simple Rapid Testing technology is now relatively quick and appropriate to draw all out so we have these sorts of tests here which can be done without in the burra 3 theyre not perfect but theyre very easy to scale out what im hoping is that what weve learnt from those kinds of activities those kinds of Public Health activities will help to deal with early identification and early containment in these states but it is a huge problem given that we cant contain outbreaks very effectively in europe i think will be the same in any other country across the world now testing of course 8 important part of the response to the current virus michel would you say that people are taking the gravity of the situation they are in africa seriously. I think most of the. National party to is taking it seriously if we look at all the states often meant and see declare is on that we will start to recall in many african countries that up taking in serious you nest is really for they hold population on and im not sure that they have. This level of it wellness as well as. Taking it seriously in most of the african communities there is a lot of room us going to run including mens fault for treats men so there is a walk to be done and from what we learn from a born out it is that when it does need to be fully on board and for that they need to have the appropriate information to increase awareness but they need to be fully engaged for them to play iran if we have a Community Wide transformation is the Community Behavior that mean in part on their way they desist will spread fast within this community and i think learning from hero is time now to take some of the measure of Public Affairs we for food and gauge went off the community to listen low down the spread and objective is to flatten the. Big thats well. Take control weve they think up our cities thank you very much michel yeah hes the Program Manager for Emergency Response at the World Health Organization and africa also here is al edwards he is a professor and immunologists at Reading University thank you both. Now around the world celebrities have inundated us with their song and dance numbers often from home and with mixed reception but ugandan musician turned politician bobby wine has seen his own take widely shared its a music video reminding everyone about how to purge the spread of the coronavirus wash your hands and keep your distance have a listen. Never got. There but were now joined by our correspondent joy during beer out shes standing by for us in Nairobi Kenya joy we just listened to bobby winds up rap slash Public Service message there for us what sort of a role do pop culture and social media have in getting the word out. A lot actually because when you look at the African Demographics at the moment a big population happen to fall between the ages of 35 going down and this major concern for most of people right now are focusing or making sure that the young people get the message because the older generation at the moment does not have access to technology on a large scale and they are or happen to be the most vulnerable demographic when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus or corbett 19 so social media and pop culture is playing a humongous role in spreading the message to last of the young people on the african continent and in kenya and uganda as well particularly so young people acting as multipliers of the message there now that message itself it seems quite simple wash your hands stay home but neither of those things are easy for everyone. Indeed access to water is not readily available to millions of people around the african continent and that in itself is a challenge especially in the informal settlements in a lot of areas the rural parts of africa say in kenya today what the government is trying to do is ask the water supply has to be a little bit and weave their customers not up their bills and also and do not switch off the awards the connections in a bid to help people flock to the cove of the Coronavirus Spread that water will be readily available to the people and that even though they might be having a rear is this still going to be able to wash their hands and maybe take care of that problem at a later date and also the government has tried as much as possible to go to areas where theres not enough access to order to toast them and also provide water when necessary thank you very much our correspondent a joy there for us in nairobi. And that was our d. W. Cova 19 special on africa thank you for watching and will that bobby wine play us out for more tech out our social Media Channels and to now the milan stay healthy everyone. Were not all that thank god i never thought it was beyond their god never got. The money or they are but now im glad camel point blank found im gay im. Going to. Become the markets. The momentum of the morning world. This magazine made in germany. Next. Sure that people are looking for g. W. On facebook and twitter to date and in touch and follow us. These days art is big business this stolen piece of canvas for example went 4328000 euros and thats nothing out of the ordinary in fact prices can easy to go into the millions as will discover later in this show the state of the art is this weeks
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