Over the past 5 pleats. And germany plans to restructure the industry to stock a main but not Everyone Wants a kickoff in the middle of a pandemic. Class we spoke to the british fund raising phenomenon captain tom moore hes raised a staggering sum so hes countrys Health Care System and the world war 2 veteran ses we should stay strong during this crisis. And we will get it 1st so theres no doubt look wrong there will be ruled out on to the drug charges the sun will be sure they were gone. Hello im christine want to welcome to the Program Europe is trying to soften the economic blow dealt by the coronavirus e. U. Leaders have signed off on an Emergency Rescue package to help countries deal with the immediate 4 knowledge of the crisis they also agreed to set up a fund to secure the broths long term recovery but they are still divided on how this will be fine at wealthy in northern countries all refusing to pull debt as requested by some southern countries but germany has agreed to increase the amount it pays into the budget more on that after this report. The Video Conference was the 4th such meeting since the virus hit a u. Countries and expectations were low e. U. Member states of so far failed to agree on how to help those economies hit hardest by the pandemic but after just a few hours the Council President emerged emphasizing the countrys common interests this bend them which is put into our societies and circe through there will be of each e. U. Member states depends on the will be of the whole of the e. U. We are all in this together michel said leaders have agreed to task the e. U. Commission with linking a Recovery Plan to the use next long term budget a u Commission President found a line called for unity unless we acted decisively and collectively the recovery will not be symmetric and divergence between Member States will increase speaking to the press and berlin after the meeting german chancellor Angela Merkel also stressed what this meant for europes biggest economy. Thats what i had to figure out for germany it means we have to expect higher contributions for the e. U. Next budget. Its clear we need some kind of financial instrument or Recovery Plan. Or Recovery FundRecovery Fund and i want to be very clear here a collective response is also in germanys interest in. Berlin has expressed a willingness and recent days to offer more aid to other struggling a euro khana mees and eurozone finance ministers had already agreed on the principle of an e. U. Recovery fund the big problem the size and nature of this new debt instrument has yet to be decided but after thursdays meeting italian Prime Minister just sepic on to hailed the progress being made. The most important thing is that this gent and necessary instrument has been confirmed italy lived the coals for our initiative and the list signed by the countries was very important an instrument like this was absolutely unthinkable until now. Despite the price details on the planet spots and many suspect the e. U. Commission is toughest negotiations are yet to come. And im now joined by the chief Political Correspondent melinda crane headed melindas so germany will pay the biggest share of the Emergency Fund that e. U. Leaders have agreed to set up is that bound to be some opposition to that in the country there will certainly be opposition from the far right alternative for Germany Party they said very clearly yesterday that they were not willing to see any kind of increased aid from germany to help other e. U. Members particularly the hard hit southern European Countries but otherwise the my old so far criticism or somewhat mild criticism that weve been hearing is coming from different. Members of the political spectrum including the Junior Coalition partner the social democrats saying the agreement yesterday didnt go far enough and germanys commitment didnt go far enough that bolder action is needed to really get an effective Recovery Fund up and working. So all of the socalled corona bonds that countries like germany and other northern countries are opposed to other they now off the table. No so far basically nothing is off the table the chancellor said very clearly yesterday both in her report marie marx to the german going to starve and also in her press conference after that video summit that germany was ruling such mutualization of debt out but the fact is that what the summiteers yesterday decided in their Video Conference essentially was to hand the whole subject back to the e. U. Commission the commission is supposed to come up with an exact assessment of how bad the damage is in different sectors in Different Countries across the e. U. And then make recommendations about how this fund could be set up and how its payout would look and so with the moment theres bound to be debt the commission will have to borrow money in order to fund any kind of fund of this proportion but the question is what that might look like germany has made its position clear so of other northern European Countries right melinda just just briefly and other thing that did say yesterday was that germanys well being dependent on europe being well what does she mean by that well germany is an export world class exporter as we know and 2 thirds of its exports go to other e. U. Member countries and 2 thirds come from other e. U. Member countries in other words even if the German Economy emerges from this crisis quickly and it has in fact put into place some of the biggest rescue packages anywhere in the World Without recovery in the rest of the e. U. Germanys economy cannot flourish that was her message and that message its absolutely accurate and even a 2 track where some countries are languishing while others flourish that will not work out well for this very very open German Economy in future all right thats melinda crane thank you. Now stay here in germany the munich based institute for Economic Research has just released its latest Business Climate survey results it shows german Business Confidence plummeted to a record low in april as firms french of the corona virus for us now weve invited the president off the institutes to talk more on that caymans forest joins me from new nick welcome to the devaney mystifies so german business has never been this pessimistic about the future what does that mean materiality it means that they will reconsider their plan they will certainly invest less of a may dismiss people make up the labor force the survey also tells us that their Current Business situation is very bad so that means the money that is coming in the sales they still have very low and that means they are accumulating losses and that of course reinforces the trend to cut back spending to cut back cap ex so the crisis is getting deeper here ok has theyve been a support for business and what do you make of the rescue package that e. U. Leaders have now agreed. Well there has been a lot of support mobilized mainly by the German Government and in other e. U. Countries by the Respective National governments what the e. U. Rescue package is doing now is basically 2 things 1st of all the e. U. Is trying to prevent a return of the debt crisis investors are nervous about some countries in the eurozone italy for instance and they need a signal from the e. U. That there will be no liquidity problems for the Italian Government the 2nd issue is that we need to organize a reconstruction recovery after this crisis is over and there is now a fun being set up for that these are good signs but they cannot prevent the fact that we are now in this crisis that we now have this shutdown and we need to deal with that right so the 1000000. 00 question how will the doable economic recovery from the pentagon make me be quick and strong or would it be sort of what do you think. Its very unlikely that it will be quick we know that there will be. Hardly a vaccine this year probably not even in 2021 so that means we will live with the restrictions we now have a World Economy or will stay on at a lower level for some time so the recovery will be slow. And will disappoint those who hope for a v. Shaped recovery its i dont think its going to happen ok thats cannons 1st from the institute for Economic Research talking to us from munich thank you. Thank you for sleeping for. Now his look at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the global death toll from 1000 has so paused 190000 according to Johns Hopkins university the number of confirmed cases is approaching 3000000 china has reported no new coronavirus stats for the 9th straight day and just 6 new cases 2 of those were brought from overseas with 4 to mystic cases indonesia will temporarily banned domestic and international and sea travel starting this week its already bad movement from cities to the provinces during the ramadan holiday period and hungry plans to replace its lock down which included a blanket could feel on the entire population with more targeted mischas from the may the new rules ought to focus on those at high risk. Feel as President Donald Trump has raised eyebrows off to saying people infected with the coronavirus should be treated with ultraviolet light and disinfectant made the remarks during a White House Press briefing following a presentation by a Government Official suggesting heat and sunlight could weaken the virus. Now lets hear it from mr trump himself suppose it really hits the body with a tremendous whether its true violent or just very powerful late. And i think you said that has him a check that youre going to test it and then i said supposing you brought the lady inside the body you can which you can do either through the skin or. In some other way and i think you said you can attest to so i was interesting to write in that i see the disinfectant but not. In a minute one minute it is there a way we can do Something Like that. By injection. Or almost a cleaning mr trumps ideas were dismissed immediately by docs as present at that briefing the pandemic meanwhile is pushing us jobless numbers to highs not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. The most recent figures show one in 6 american worth his has been thrown out of a job in the past 5 weeks thats 26000000 people a washington correspondent and it has wall. When montelena alya looks at her old construction site she still struggles to comprehend what happened 3 weeks ago the immigrant architect from poland was working on one of washingtons biggest apartment buildings then she lost her job in just a blink of an eye so very challenging it was a very time thing actually to even an intro for unemployment it took me 2 weeks of nonstop calling sometimes i was on the hold for 56 hours in her 20 years in America Delano was able to build a life she owns her own home. And raises 2 sons. Now for the 1st time she is fighting to make ends meet she cant afford the mortgage and she has been forced to learn new skills like home schooling the kids. Can recount i have 6 who have. Her savings will last for another few weeks she says she is trying not to think about what comes after that. The right now the main thing gets to. Being able to provide them with food and to have a shelter and we dont have that than we are in there only about stories. Only a few miles away in washington shaw a neighborhood bar that was shut down has reopened as a food Bank Catering to some of those who are hit the hardest. Right laid off workers from the Hospitality Business get one hot meal per day has been tough is day by day but all you can do is just be optimistic and you know be glad that youre helping have my wife. Will work for your restaurant and we are now working its very hard these are great people and i appreciate it when they do it like its helped me through some type of tours that could have been a lot so for. The bars owner and of the liril had to furlough 70 off or 85. 00 employees she collected some 300000 u. S. Dollars in donations and is now trying to keep the community afloat. Here in d. C. One in 7 workers is actually in the Hospitality Industry so youre talking about a huge number of people who are suddenly hitting the the Public Safety net programs and so there have just been a lot of delays in them receiving the aid that theyre applying for. How much is a model in a l u 2 is still waiting for her unemployment 8 as a skilled worker she hopes to find a new job once the crisis is over but she knows that Many Americans will not be that lucky a month for months now heres a look at the stories making headlines around the bald a portuguese migrant santa has been evacuated off to the vast majority often 175. 00 residents tested positive for the new coronavirus authorities ordered mass testing of all residents of the facility in has been off to one of them was found to be carried. A virus. Several 1000 people have attended Prayer Services at the biggest mosque in indonesia the crowds ignored advice from the National Government and Health Officials whove urged worshippers to pray at home to prevent the spread of the corona virus. And south africas president has announced steps to gradually lift the countrys rock down starting may 1st restrictions on travel and some industries will be eased South Africans have been and stay at home orders for almost a month with essential trips the only exceptions. Staff at a boston hospital distributed roses and books took over 1000 patients on thursday they were celebrating st george catalonia as patron saint april the 23rd is when people usually exchange roses and boats and catalonia but the corona virus has made that impossible for many people. Now critics off lockdown say some governments are using them to curtail Civil Liberties and in some cases violate human rights as part of an ongoing series here at the correspondents around the world look at the situation in the countries that they are covering. Weve turkey having now one of the worlds highest infection rates for cove it 19 people are increasingly turning to the last few remaining independent newspaper outlets for news but president urged one has declared war not only on the epidemic but also on what he called media and political viruses new legislation has been introduced on reporting on the epidemic which is even saw a local newspaper editor from a nearby city dragged from his home in the middle of the night despite such pressures critical journalism is continuing even though it runs a risk of a knock on the door from the police to go through. Queues of human rights. Against citizens while enforcing the law down according to Nigerias National human rights commission. People have been killed by security agencies thats almost the same this. Self here in beijing life feels quite normal and at the same time it feels like youre stuck in a big fortress nama because you can go on about your daily life you can go to a barber shop and cut your hair you go to a restaurant you can go shopping this all comes with restrictions and for example when i enter a supermarket theres always a camera that scans my body temperature and also i have to show is q. R. Code for my smartphone to prove that im healthy the big prescription however counts when you leave beijing because once you return you have to parenting for 14 days no matter what however the chinese are really disciplined when it comes to complying with the restrictions and i really respect them for that. Now some sports germanys professional Soccer League say they are ready to restart the bundesliga season on may the night in empty stadiums pending government approval it would mark the 1st return of the major European Football League during the coronavirus pandemic. The german Football League wants to restart the bundesliga season with games behind closed doors and they have a powerful motive broadcasters have agreed to pay out around 300000000 euros in t. V. Money if the season resumes. Duty new tougher than for thanks to the agreement the 36. 00 1st and 2nd Division Clubs will be assured the money they need until june the 30th. It would be a lifeline for cash strapped clubs like cologne. I just wanted to give yourself to. It was Important News today a lot of clubs have money problems and making partial payments now and payments in full when play resumes would send an important message. Games without spectators may be the only way to stem the financial damage during the coronavirus pandemic. Lies about if this season doesnt resume or is stopped again searching mechanisms which ensure the money is repaid. That would threaten the surviva