wan" time but going forward particularly when this has to be paid back you have to go back to sustainable financial situations. this is one to watch. how is the economy in germany doing? how is it reacting to the pandemic and is it stabilising? what is going on there? obviously also very much affected by covenantee and no country in the world will not be hit by this scan —— pandemic. germany was in the deepest recession since the second world war and it is not as bad as it's protected in the uk but it is around 6% and an implement will also rise. what i do see in the difference of how the government is reacting is yes, there was a lot of furlough schemes and they are also partly still running. but meanwhile i think three or four weeks ago the german government was able to adopt a stimulus package of

130 billion euros which is for example also part of that is for what has been undecided in the uk of temporarily reducing vat. but there has been a lot of money put into not only protecting people from the damage of the immediate pandemic but also already putting a lot of money into growth. and that is something that i do not see in the uk yet and we are now talking about billions but i think we will hear talk of a lot more billions to be invested.” don't think there is any country that has not been so usually affected. and you touched upon the fearless scheme. the ft picking up on thejob fearless scheme. the ft picking up on the job losses that were announced and yesterday we heard from the chancellor and this idea that the proposal that any company that the proposal that any company that keeps on its staff or a three month period after the scheme

finishes will get £1000 for that member of staff. yet however whatever happens these huge job losses are still happening. boots, john lewis announcing hugejob losses today and it is devastating for semi people. it really is. it is very sad. people have been quite clear eyed about it in that all these measures and the enormous cost and the kind of creative and quick way of delivering them are not going to be able to help everyone or save everyjob or save every business, which is very sad and in some ways it shows the extent of what the government can realistically do. what role businesses play as well. there some questions around the fearless scheme and whether that was just a lame job losses and the incentive position of getting people back into work, is it really needed across all sectors. for example

maybe the government is very much moving from trying to insulate the economy is much as it could to really focusing now on jobs but pinpointing support and particularly for the younger people because they are the most affected i think by this crisis in terms of likely to lose theirjobs as a result. so that is why you were seeing a lot of focus on longer—term employment in terms of getting people into trainee ships and apprenticeships and that leading to skills and jobs going forward which is going to be important in an important way of getting out of the effects of this pandemic. we will move aside from the pandemic for a moment and this is the uk ft and here is the international ft because that is looking at the picture of a candidate in the election in poland but will focus on china cracking

down and global allies to be in retaliation for trying crackdown in hong kong and this is off the back of those security laws that have been imposed by china on hong kong. we have seen huge protests and now it feels and looks like democratic governments are listening in they are stepping up their actions against china. so what are they doing? this is a very interesting development i think and it comes a bit later, a couple of days later off the very confrontational approach by the british government who already weeks ago said they might offer long—term pieces to people from hong kong to come to britain. and the european union was actually quite cautious and quite slow in reacting and they expressed their worry about the situation in hong kong in about the so—called security law but they were not seen as being stepping up the pressure on

china. now they have done this at least a little bit. they are also considering offering refuse to people from hong kong. of course nobody talking about sanctions against china. but the criticism of what china is doing and how it is influencing orjust massively broadening their impact on hong kong is now reflected in a far more critical approach from brussels and the member states and also from australia. which is of course a very important trade partner for hong kong and for china. so the international community is coming a bit more together. at the end of the day, the question is how much they can really do against this law being used to crackdown on freedom and democracy in hong kong. we don't have much time but has a british government done enough when it comes to what is happening in hong kong?|j

think to what is happening in hong kong?” think it is made quite a big and quite a good start. i think it is to be see him he people take up the offer actually and with the outcomes are around that. but what this shows also is the uk government is not outright. it took a step very quickly but it is good to see the other countries between the five ice security countries and the eu are also joining security countries and the eu are alsojoining in security countries and the eu are also joining in and security countries and the eu are alsojoining in and seeing what they can do. there will always be tension between china being the second largest economy and needing china to be able to take on issues like tackling climate change were simple but i think thisjust shows tackling climate change were simple but i think this just shows that when it comes to human rights abuses, countries like the uk are notjust going to abuses, countries like the uk are not just going to roll over abuses, countries like the uk are notjust going to roll over and not do anything about it. let's move to your paper, and the main headline or the picture is incredibly visual. explain to us the headline and i will not imprint ten my german is good enough to talk us through it so i will leave it to you but it is a

concerning story about the rise and right wing extremist crimes. the main photo on the front page does not have to do with the main story but the main photo on the front page is from belgrade, where there are really very worrying scenes now about people protesting about the covid—19 pandemic and the politics of the serbian government but the main story in our paper tomorrow is about the rise of right—wing extreme violence in germany and also left—wing but it is saying in 2019, crimes by right—wing extremists in germany have risen to percent. those of left—wing have risen even a0%. but the right wing extremism is more worrying because there have been three people killed in 2019 in germany. one was a mayor and there we re germany. one was a mayor and there were two people killed in an attack

ona were two people killed in an attack on a synagogue in eastern germany. and also the rise of anti—semitism in germany is very worrying. so that is our main story tomorrow. thank you for talking us to that and clarify the picture as well. of course from belgrade. let's now and on the straits times. this is the singapore elections taking place and residence of singapore voting on friday. this is... we know who is going to win i guess because the action party has been in government sent singapore's independence back in 1965. i guess the question is by how much and there is a bit of a controversial not really love going on as well when it comes to what is happening in singapore. that is certainly one way of putting it. i think it will be the margin will be interesting to see and there is something about incumbency here in the fact that they have been in power for as long as they have. it

seems also that the way are conducting the they election and the impact of the covid—19 virus and how they have handled it and what role does that play in terms of people and their opinions on government performance. singapore is held up as a bit of an example for other countries but the reality i think particularly in some parts of society like foreign workers is quite different. sol society like foreign workers is quite different. so i think all theseissues quite different. so i think all these issues are to be played out but when i read that story, i did think i am quite low we are not going through an election right now here as well. in singapore is a second asian country to hold a national election during this pandemic with tokyo voting for its governor on sunday. but with the residents of singapore will be voting, we don't have much time, really strict, hand sanitisers and they are always pretty on top of

glynis in singapore they will really be time limits on then you can vote. and more polling stations, very strict temperature taking a people have to take your temperature when they leave their house and so on and so they leave their house and so on and so forth but it was something singapore has such a low death toll, luckily, because of the pandemic. indeed. and here i bbc news we will have coverage of that election as well and my colleagues are gearing up well and my colleagues are gearing upfor well and my colleagues are gearing up for that. so for the time being, thank you so much talking us through the papers that we have had in so far. if you're in the uk, stefanie and mo will be back in just over half an hour to look at more of the stories being covered by newspapers and websites here. thank you so much forjoining us and if you want to get involved in the conversation regarding anything to do with bbc papers, the hashtag is the bc paper so to get in touch with us the bc paper so to get in touch with us and it will be lovely to hear

from you. and we are back in half an hour with my guests for another look at the papers for the uk audience. thanks. hello. we've had a real mix of weather across the uk so far this week. but things are now beginning to settle down. and certainly by the time we get to the weekend, it should be dry for the vast majority, with some spells of sunshine, because high pressure is going to build its way in. now, that area of high pressure is currently down to the southwest of the british isles. and for friday, we've still got low pressure fairly close by, so that means we have got one more showery day to contend with in many areas. now, those showers could crop up just about anywhere. they're most likely across northern and eastern areas, so through parts of scotland, northern england, down the eastern side of england as well. some of the showers here would be

heavy and thundery, some being blown into northern ireland on this northwesterly breeze. parts of wales, the south west, yes, one or two showers, but most places here should be dry with some spells of sunshine. but i mentioned the northwesterly breeze. that's going to make it feel fairly cool, 15 to 20 degrees. now, some of those showers will continue during friday evening. into the night, northern scotland will continue to see some. most other areas will turn dry, with some clear spells and light winds as well. it's going to turn into a rather cool night for the time of year, temperatures for many spots getting down into single digits, seven or 8 degrees quite likely. but as we head into saturday, here comes our area of high pressure its way in. now, notice the way in which the high—pressure is focusing itself to the south of the uk. so that's where we're going to see the best of the sunshine. the further north you are, there will be more cloud and perhaps just one or two showers. north west england, northern ireland, particularly scotland, you could catch a shower, but most places won't. most places will be dry. i think by the afternoon,

we'll see a fair amount of cloud bubbling up in the sky, and temperatures, if anything, still a touch below par for this point in july, 16 to 21 degrees. now, on sunday, temperatures are set to climb, particularly across england and wales, where we will see long spells of sunshine through the day. dry to start for northern ireland and scotland, but cloud and rain will then spread up from the west. temperatures, 18 degrees in glasgow but 2a, 25 possibly down towards the southeast. and monday is going to be another dry and warm day the further south you are across the uk, some rain further north and west. and it looks rather cloudy for most of us on tuesday.

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