Ended too soon. And the afghan president orders and military to restart offensive operations against militants this after extremists act civilian targets are polluting a Maternity Hospital where they killed mothers and infants. Im dr thomas great to have you with us today as lockdowns ease across europe with people slowly returning to work and school later today the European Commission is expected to announce new guidelines for Summer Vacation travel the new framework will lay out the conditions for reopening borders for schengen countries now under normal circumstances these countries allow passport free travel among Member States expected our new guidelines on hygiene for hotels and other tourist accommodations. Its anticipated that the commission will also recommend the masts of one on trains and restaurants. To diffuse back sanders following the story for us in brussels good morning to you max its sounding like good news what can you what can you tell us about the measures the commission is looking at today well brian we have to wait and see what the commission or with the college of commissioners which concrete steps theyre going to unveil later today theyre going to be discussing the whole package this morning and presenting it to the public later this afternoon. As you said already these its important to note that these are guidelines so not all of this is necessarily legally binding so the responsibility of implementing these suggestions to bring back safe and coordinated travel across the Schengen Area the responsibility lies within the Member States but the talking points are going to be the lifting of border checks bringing back transport making transport more easy again and with the Holiday Season coming up obviously tourism and one of the concrete measures that is likely going to be addressed and going to be mentioned today is that the implementation of green zones and this would mean defining regions in the Member States that are relatively safe in terms of corona virus infection rate and allowing travel from and to these distant nations 1st so meeting opening up gradually step by step not too fast not to risk a spike but also not too slow not to hurt the economy more than necessary ok so safe and coordinated those are 2 important operative words youre now would these measures apply to all the schengen countries you mentioned the green zones hows this going to be working with the Member States in toto. In the long run yes all the shiny countries but right now were just looking at the regions parts of individual Member States so not at all the entire mission in showing a region. The situation the whole situation regarding coping 19 in the schengen countries varies or greatly so we still have regions in italy for example where theres a very high infection rate greece on the other hand another very popular Tourist Destination has relatively low infection rates also has to do with that many factors come into play here but also they are going into lockdown pretty fast at the beginning of march but were likely to see travel to those regions 1st tests at the border or trying to travel might be an option to get around this this this green zone suggestion regulation but well have to wait and see how the situation evolves and if we can ultimately see and how fast we can see all of state income going back to the traveling a briefly if you could max any idea when this could take Effect People are very anxious to to book their holidays right now. Well booking will be the problem i guess it just depends on if your flights going to take place if the countrys going to let you in if the hotel is going to be able to accommodate you but austria for example already announced that they were going to not have regular border checks starting this friday greece said by mid june they were going to welcome people back to their beaches france on the other hand said were going to be closed until mid june so there are different plans and policies in place and i think will will find out a lot more with the in the upcoming days max thanks so much for that from brussels today while the United States governments top Infectious Disease expert there has warned that lawmakers and others should consider the fact that cities and states could see a spike in coated 1000 deaths if they left their lockdowns to cross quickly she expressed this concern while testifying before the u. S. Senate from his all. Zoomie sings have become the new normal for people all over the world during this pandemic and the pop form took center stage in the u. S. Senate as the nations top Infectious Disease expert warned against rushing to reopen the economy it is a real risk you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and death could be avoided it could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery when it was anthony felt she has served under 6 us president bush in his role on the White House Coronavirus task force hes had to walk a tightrope between Public Health and the un scientific theories promoted by donald trump the various is going to disappear. Its a question of what that when you talk about will this virus just disappear and as accept publicly many times that is just not going to happen because its such a highly transmissible virus and with the virus not going away felt she had another message for the senators safeguards like testing and Contact Tracing you need to be in place before states open up. So the community or the region doesnt go by those guidelines and reopen the consequences could be pretty guard who are the consequences could be really serious. Public Health Officials believe many kovac 19 deaths in the u. S. Could have been avoided if or strictures were put in place 2 weeks earlier. And they fear that if lawmakers battled to demands to quickly lift restrictions the death certificates for tens of thousands more victims would be signed. Lets get your brief down some of the other stories making the news at this hour u. S. President trump has tweeted his support for electric car maker teslas the company restarted its factory in california defying a local order that restricts nonessential businesses c. E. O. Has threatened to pull those factories out of that state officials do not allow production to continue. Boeing c. E. O. David calhoun said yesterday that a major u. S. Airline would most likely go out of business in the months ahead the pandemic was quote apocalyptic for the industry he told us broadcaster n. B. C. Calhoun said air travel was unlikely to be even a quarter of normal rates i suppose. For the 1st time in over a century the annual maine 13th celebrations are portugals fatima are taking place without programs this years festivities are being broadcast to avoid spreading over 19 the event usually draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. Where u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o has arrived in israel on his 1st foreign trip since march will be Holding Meetings with Prime Minister and minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his new governing partner benny gantz talks of spec to touch on israels plans to annex parts of the west bank a controversial move which is likely to lead to a flare up tensions with palestinians and international. Visit comes a day before israels new unity government is scheduled to be sworn in the challenge of tackling the coronavirus is played its part in ending an extended political deadlock. 3 times they ran against each other as fierce political rivals Benyamin Netanyahu for the conservatively could party and many guns from the centrist blue and white party but what 3 inconclusive elections couldnt solve the crisis now has the leaders agreed to form a National Emergency government to deal with the pandemic and to slims the honey you who dont market theres cautious optimism about the end of the political deadlock it was recently reopened after several weeks of lockdown because of the corona pandemic. A quarter of the vote in everything is for the best i dont think we need to go to another election and i think gunsmith the right choice we couldnt just go on to have another election. And it was actually go i think it is good to bring them in get to know who is managing the new government with everybody in it and i hope it is not only for a year and a half but till the end. Of the new unity government is to be let bring it on yahoo for the 1st 18 months guns for the 2nd its initial focus the cars will never iris but political battle over. A protest against netanyahu in front of the space it is in jerusalem and yahoo has been indicted on corruption charges his trial already postponed once is expected to start in 2 weeks he denies the allegations retired army kind of turn has taken part in these protests hes disappointed by billy guns who broke his election promise not to and government with an indicted Prime Minister. No hold on choose a. Side it is true that hes innocent until hes Proven Guilty but its not right its not immoral and without values that a Prime Minister will leave the government in the afternoon and in the morning has to defend himself in court the ticket to be sure aside from the pandemic the new Coalition Agreement think it out one other major policy issue then excision of parts of the Israeli Occupied west bank supported by a us president on a terms controversial proposal from january israels new government could push through legislation to annex israeli settlements and the 2 Wooden Valley as early as july. 3rd leader david and he wants that to happen as soon as possible but to reject the notion of a future palestinian state included in the trump opposes with albie you really need to go in july sovereignty should be applied over the Jordan Valley the northern dead sea area d and the jewish settlements in the west bank regardless of trumps plan its a dangerous plan that will result in the formation of a listing in terror state and weve allowed that to happen. But joint us israel mapping team is reportedly working on outlining the 2 towns the scope and timing of any an extension is still unclear but it would make a future severin palestinian state even more elusive. New violence in afghanistan threatens to further undermine the Peace Process there which began in february between washington and. That is authorities struggle to contain the coronavirus latest attacks on a funeral for a Police Commander and separately at a Maternity Hospital where infants and mothers were among the dead or you may find some images this report distressing. Another day of deadly violence in afghanistan in the capital kabul gunmen disguised as police stormed a Maternity Hospital they killed 16 people including 2 newborn babies mothers and nurses. Gun battles raged for hours as the Security Forces struggled to evacuate over 100. 00 women and their infants. That was similar but shes looking like it took my grandchild to the hospital to get a vaccine but. When i heard a gunshot we were outside of the hospital. I wanted to go inside. They shot me and one of my grandchildren was killed i think that has been done. So far no group has claimed responsibility but the days violence extended beyond kabul a suicide bomber in the Eastern Province of naga heart targeted the funeral killing 24. 00 people and wounding dozens more the socalled Islamic State which has a strong presence in our heart has claimed responsibility for distant tuck the violence has provoked a strong response from the Afghan Government president ashraf ghani said the attacks left him no choice but to resume offensive military operations. To defend the country for the security and safety of the people in Public Places and to prevent the threats of taliban and other terrorist groups that i order the Afghan Security and Defense Forces to come out of defensive mode back to offensive and start their operations against the enemy. Afghan forces have been refraining from offensive action against the taliban as part of a ceasefire deal brokered by the United States the taliban deny involvement in the attacks but theres a serious risk now that moves toward peace talks between the group and the government will be derailed. We have more on that story at our website dakar well the economic costs of the pandemic are continuing to mount including in the german Banking Center sector Commerce Bank is in trouble once again announcing today that the crisis has cost 479000000. 00 euros a much of that it says is due to customers willing to pay back loans on top whos on the hook in this case the taxpayer back in 2008 at the high point of the financial crisis already troubled camaron spunk with tottering and the German Government builded out in a rescue action that ultimately totaled 18000000000 euros in return the state received a quarter of the banks shares critics called the rescue action wildly expensive especially for taxpayers commercial banks fortunes revived but germanys 2nd largest lender never really recovered nor did share values in may 2008 the share price was around 140 euros now its just 3 euros. And the state still has a stake more than a decade later its the largest shareholder with more than 15 percent and no selloff in sight many economists see the billions spent to bailout command spunk as a big fat loss. Well should the state then continue propping up this troubled bank lets dig into this now with hakim bob buck of the z. E. W. Center for European EconomicResearch Good morning to you one of the states options right now for 1st saving the 18000000000 euro investment its already plowed into commercial banks. Here we are again in a crisis and so the government i think has no option then to stay in this bank maybe let me add that you know in a crisis ago and its not entering the bank to make a profit and the bank to to sustain it to make it stable doing the crisis unfortunately out of the financial crisis they missed the opportunity to exit banks so that was a missed opportunity but no we are again in a crisis and i suppose the government has no choice and to rather keep on supporting commencement ok but this comes as other industries are also hard hit German Airlines for example theyre also in trouble with berlin now considering taking a 10000000000 euro stake in live to a flagship carrier is this the right way forward. In so it looked and its a different sectors from the Banking Sector we have Systemic Risk so you really have to kind of be careful that every bank every large bank has to survive otherwise you have trouble for the whole industry so its different in the real economy however was looked tons and tons of was a Viable Company before the crisis and i think absent rice was left on the fly again yes so its a company which the government i think should support and so i think its good to go im in thinking about times i do miss crisis youre saying the government should support both of these companies right now but were role as the german state taking on with these kind of bell outs is that a speculator looking for returns or is it a comanager and an employer. So it if its a speculator i think they shouldnt do it if you dont do Crisis Support to speculate to make a profit afterwards so and the other question its a tough one yes so how many control riots whats a government takeover so in our. Economy stabilisation law which was just implemented there are rules that the government can demand no dividend no payment of evidence no payments of bonuses for the management so thats already taking some control but the question is whether the government needs to take more some more control going beyond that and thats a critical thing because typically the government is not suggest entrepreneurs the government is not the best to rule a company and the company has to take isnt this decisions you know which like takes loved ones or you know which you know which routes it should fly after the crisis you know how many people it needs a business decision and not political decisions are him bombards force they thank you very much for your insights this morning welcome thank you well the worlds biggest travel company to is announcing a massive 740000000 euro lost into the drano virus as a result this leading business in the industry will be cutting 8000 jobs. A stranded cruise ship. That wasnt even allowed to carry tourists anymore. This 2 events that was carrying thousands of crew members as they awaited return to their home countries but a covert 1000 outbreak necessitated a rapid evacuation. The virus changed things incredibly quickly for the travel sector. In the space of a few weeks a Global Industry has essentially disappeared. In germany travel operators have demanded government bailouts for their battered sector as well as a swift return to normality. To itself has already been bailed out with a 1800000000 euro loan on behalf of the German Government. But now the company is looking to the future it has unveiled a 10 point post lock down holiday plan. The anglo german multinational believes the tourism can resume soon under certain conditions and its plan for hotels it proposes online check in strict to meter distancing rules and inhouse Contact Tracing for restaurants their need to limit the number of guests and extend Opening Times while leisure events must guarantee distancing disinfect dispensers should be widely available while regular deep cleaning must be routine. To the c. E. O. Free to use and also says the company will only sell holidays to destinations that pass its Health Checks we probably shouldnt expect such a plan to fill up the worlds beaches any time soon but sooner or later the sun will rise again for tourism we all just might have to keep our distance. But will it be sooner or later lets get more on that we did have used Elsie Delaney down in frankfurt good morning jealousy cutting 8000 jobs a 10 point plan to get back on track are these steps enough to get to we through the crisis. Syrias really doing everything it can everything it can right now to drastically reduce its cost base so theyve already through this crisis cut their costs by about 70 percent and they have almost all of their workers on either short term or a short time work program or on furlough but they also are now preparing for a longer term restructuring theyre trying to cut costs in the long term by about 30 percent now thats going to include those 8008000 jobs but they also say this might not be enough today that the c. E. O. And Conference Call after releasing this results that they may still have liquidity issues and the months ahead they have about 2000000000 euros on hand given how much uncertainty there is about when theyre actually going to be able to restart operations when people are going to feel comfortable traveling again they may still be facing a cash crunch you know that emotional psychological when will people feel comfortable is so important when does too we and all the Tourism Companies expect travel to pick up again do they have any idea. What do you thing and what a lot of the airlines are also expecting right now is that resumption starting sometime in the summer so too he is still taking bookings for the Summer Season of holidays its only booked about 30 percent in summer 2020 holidays and theyre not super confident that thats going to increase much but they are hoping maybe in july to start doing traveling again a lot of airlines are also hoping to ramp back up in the summer but theres a lot of questions over when borders will fully reopen here in europe and also a lot of lingering concerns about a potential 2nd wave of infection so consumers are likely to be more cautious about booking these holidays indeed we should know more about that the borders issue later today from brussels were following that closely chelsea thanks very much. Football now the return of germanys Business Leader is just 3 days away but without the fans under strict coronavirus guidelines matches will be played behind closed doors with supporters only permitted to follow the action on t. V. Now in a league words passionate supporters alike about this year is a concern but an developed immunity might provide a solution. The blunders leaguer returns this weekend with guys to sheeler matches without fans but a new app may provide a solution to eerie scenes inside stadiums across germany one of its inventors victim raz believes it could make Upcoming Games more enjoyable and interactive for fans watching on t. V. You know nothing really bad about it really good. Really good and so it sounds amazing its really fun and. You know cool you know press a button and the whole stadium is cheering for. Some german club such as bris human blood bath have found novel ways to fill their stands these cardboard cutouts of fans faces cost 19. 00 euros a pop with proceeds going towards Community Projects the problem though they dont make any noise. The app provides an abundance of options cheering clapping singing and even whistling fans have their say at home and speakers inside stadiums respond the technology has already been in use in bella ruse one of the few european leagues to continue playing throughout the pandemic matches invention even provides a sense of home and away support to those watching from their sofa. The songs for one team come over the left blogs eager disowns for the other to come up with the right loudspeaker ration blocks which you havent stadiums usually but could artificial atmosphere be too much for beleaguered pundits league of fans to stomach. Ah its not the real thing well never never said the real thing i did so much better than nothing you know amazingly better than. The bundesliga is yet to adopt the idea and will make do without noise at the weekend but should eerily silent games cause fans to switch off perhaps a bit of extra buzz may need to be brought in. We have some formula one now world champions mercedes say they will consider signing german drivers boston federal for next year old saying their loyalty does lie with their current drivers but the saddle would could be an asset to any Formula One Team for his an els a fettle would leave at the end of the year when his contract spiers he joined ferrari in 2015 after winning 4 world titles with red bull 0 ever he has struggled at the italian team and had seen his position as far as number one threatened by teammate chelsea cook. 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