this is the w. news live from berlin europe agrees on a rescue deal for countries hit by the coronavirus finance ministers approved 500000000000 euros for emergency credit lines to soften the financial blow to get the latest from our correspondent in brussels also on the program learning at home how widespread poverty and limited internet access and sustained damage in the

education of children from low income to. the like no other as well ship moves online trips to cox and diligence leaders around the world council has to be teased and celebrates. welcome to the program europe's finance ministers have struck a deal on a 500000000000 euro bailout aimed at limiting the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic the measures are meant to help governments hardest hit by covert 19 and to support companies and protect jobs disagreements with italy's prime minister has warned that the future of the european union is under threat unless member states to get up its along with spain and france ones too. you raise

joint funding by issuing so-called corona bonds all the nations including germany and the netherlands rejects that idea. non-correspondent teri schultz is following this story for us in brussels terry tell us more about what's in this deal what the deal doesn't cover everything yet it was a preliminary a preliminary step but there's a lot of relief that countries have agreed that the euro euro group finance ministers have agreed to take more of a joint approach to dealing with the economic fallout now some of the major elements are that there will be an employment insurance fund for companies so that they can cut employees hours and not jobs that's a huge concern with so many people sitting at home so many people having lost their jobs already so this is expected to help businesses keep more people on the payroll they will also loosen credit lines for both businesses and for governments and

that's a big deal it of course doesn't go as far as many governments like italy and spain would like to see at the moment but it will provide some relief some assurances for these countries that they will not have to borrow at record high levels while they're going into so much debt at the moment well it wasn't easy to reach the agreements which countries have achieved what they wanted which was. well that's right we know from 16 hours of debate and having failed to come to agreement already once this week that it was very difficult and we're told that they all burst into applause when it was achieved so that means everybody got a little bit of what they wanted and probably no country got everything they wanted now of course we know about the frugal for the countries that have been blocking the idea of pooled debt and it's said that you know the dutch government which has really been on the front line and been very critical of the southern countries had to back off attaching strict conditions to some of this borrowing and german

chancellor angela merkel stepped in herself and and sort of tried to soften the dutch line on this but of course the southern countries very much still want pulled a debt they want to consolidate the debt and we're told that while the italian finance minister came out and and expressed appreciation for the deal you know that the italian government is saying we are not giving up this idea so clearly the southern states are not going to not going to abandon calls for corona bonds. there seems to be a lot of frustration among southern european states especially against germany because of berlin's strict no 2 corona bones what do you make of. well i don't know if it's especially against germany since. the dutch prime minister margaret to sort of stepped out in front and became the biggest critic of the idea of pool debt and now it seems that behind the scenes yesterday chancellor merkel tried to soften

that line and very much was trying to be a deal maker here but yes this is really reopened to do wombs of of the financial crisis of a decade ago and you've got the north and the south with very different ideas about what economic solidarity is and this agreement this preliminary agreement because we must point out that the leaders still need to approve it this does not settle the issue of corona bonds and pooled debt and they've sort of continued to kick that down the road now one of the elements of this deal is that they are going to start work on a recovery package and that it will very much come up there again and that's something that is the outlines of which we don't we do not know yet and we've just learned that national leaders will meet for a virtual conference on april 23rd to provide proof presumably approve this deal and discuss further their response to the run

a virus pandemic. of brussels thank you very much. now let's get you up to speed on the latest development on the coronavirus johns hopkins university as coronavirus website now shows more than 1600000 confirmed cases worldwide almost 96000 people have died after being infected with covert 90 though the actual number is likely to be much higher italian media reporting that prime ministers that conti is to extend the national lockdown until may 3rd he's expected to make an announcement later on friday south african presidents are on the poster says he and his cabinet will take one 3rd caught in salary the money will go to a fund helping at risk citizens chicago's cook county jail is reporting $450.00 inmates and staff of tested positive the jail holds almost 5000 prisoners and is

now one of the biggest clusters in the u.s. after weeks of rising infections the spanish government is expressing cautious optimism despite more than 15000 deaths the number of daily fatalities has begun inching low on spaniards will not be allowed though to leave their homes for at least another 2 weeks and schools will remain closed the measures are hitting children from low income families in particular. the advice is most important tools right now are her smartphone and laptop from her own backyard she uses them to try to keep in touch with her students but it's not always possible meo and his parents don't have an internet connection at home so until recently he was stuck permanently offline. a friend brought me over a few homework assignments i can do that. but unfortunately i can't do the other assignments because i need to be online. yes. the only reason miguel is

able to talk with his teacher right now is because a school mate gave him a pre-paid sim card moto says that was great but it's no long term solution. i don't know someone who i have students who are really good but i can't continue their learning. the government should be making sure that everyone has access to the internet and all students have the chance to take punts and classes online and i. spain has some of the highest poverty levels in europe especially among minors according to the united nations certainly percent of all spanish children and adolescents are at risk of poverty internet access is not much better around one in 5 families in spain still don't have a computer at home. isolation social exclusion problems at school children from low income families that's specially affected by the crisis and there's another direct

us government reports have phones that the number of people infected in poorer neighborhoods is up to 7 times higher than in rich districts there's a lot of discussion in spain about possible reasons but what is already clear is that a person social status plays a role in the home much the virus effect someone. marta stays positive but the longer schools stay closed the harder it will be for disadvantaged students to catch up on their learning motsa can't wait to leave her home office and get back into a real classroom again but many in spain believe that's unlikely to happen before the summer holidays time now for another look at some other coronavirus related news from around the world. new york city authorities have begun using a trench to bury. one of ours the number of unclench bodies being an island public cemetery has increased 5 fold since the start of the break your plans to

draft in the dish and funeral directors to deal with the high number of deaths. in italy the pandemic has now killed at least $100.00 doctors according to the conference doctors organization the deaths include some of the medics called out of retirement a months ago it's also estimated that about 30 nursing staff after it from corporate clients with. british prime minister forrest johnson has been moved into a regular hospital ward in london after 3 nights in intensive care because of the on the bottles johnson spokesman's this news at the early stages of his recovery and it's unclear when he goes in turn to the us tribute to the supplies to the n.h.s. one of the cornerstones of the european union is free travel between member states most trolls were balazs by a landmark agreement signed 25 years ago bought us the coronavirus continues its relentless advance many nations have reimposed restrictions marina strauss reports

europe's new frontiers. we are driving from france into belgium. hello what is the reason for your trip in belgium police tell us that the only people who are allowed to pass are those who have to go to work or see a doctor and trucks carrying goods people here are happy about the checks and i think it's good we are nurses we're working hard to save lives controls are necessary because there are many people who are still not taking this seriously. i've got a document from work that authorizes me to cross the border i can't work remotely if i. here at the belgian french border all cars are being 6 between 6 in the morning and 10 at night police here doesn't want to talk to us in front of camera but one of the officers told me that he personally find it quite difficult that

border controls had to be. run of iran's crisis belgium is not the only european country that reintroduce temporary border controls there for example checks at the german austrian border at the spanish french border and at the border between poland and germany. these makeshift barriers challenging a key european rule the freedom of movement between member nations guaranteed by the schengen agreement it came into force 25 years ago and this named after a small town in luxembourg where it was signed today the schengen area consists of $26.00 european countries including belgium and germany which we're looking at now borders like this one have disappeared on our road trip we find remnants of the past pillars marking the border between belgium and luxembourg and now empty customs house at the belgian german border this belgian man still remembers when the border spanned place he tells us the small crossing isn't checked by police but

he still has to take a detour on his daily cycle route. i can cross there that's too risky i don't want to pay a fine of 250 euros. many european citizens like. hope that once a crisis is over the border restrictions will go back to being a thing of the past. while this report and joins us from brussels the virus cannot be stopped by borders so why do we see these new border controls. actually at the beginning it was really caustic the situation here in europe because many european governments unilaterally decided to reintroduce border controls without including within neighboring countries so we saw like hourlong traffic jams because trucks carrying goods or medical

equipment were going to leave even a lot to cause the situation actually is proof now a lot in the last coming into in the. last weeks and and days because now trucks are being archpastor people have to go to work there also are lots of cars from one even country to an ad that you can treat and the idea that you would be just half here is that there once about all non essential travel because the last newsman there is in europe the less likely it is spread flu virus. do you think we need to get used to control for a longer period of time. well there was a lot of criticism critics said that if sharon is steps then this also poses a grave threat to do european union itself because this a key european union growth rule free movement off of people and of goods of course now the border checks are temporarily they are out there in post

until mid april are and april depending on the country but it's very unlikely that they will be prolonged because the situation here is still far from being over here the coronavirus still far from being over here it is to just friends here and there are. what is also interest trusting is that it's not the 1st time that border controls are being reintroduced to you and you are june the 20152016 migration crisis we saw the border checks for example at the austrian german border that are still not have not been taken back but on the long run we could probably see that we've gone back to normal in most european countries because in countries also who benefit a lot economically from free movement of people and goods. thank you very much.

germany the government has begun flying in files of seasonal farm workers ministers hoping to recruit some 80000 vegetable and fruit pickers the spice travel restrictions imposed because of the virus workers mostly from eastern europe are being brought to germany in control groups to prevent possible infections. markovian. rimini and seasonal workers cheek by joel before roll call at clues your port. somewhere masks others don't whole wheat transport to germany to help with the harvest after an exception was made to the countries traveled. before. before they probably enter the country there will be a health check and this will be sent to the responsible health office because i'm tired they will not be allowed to make individual trips when they get here and each company must make sure the workers keep a certain distance during transport and the people work together in groups. as on

and the 1st 14 days is a mere quarantine tag i know that one during which they can work. but there are questions as to how effective a near quarantine can be given these preflight conditions and if it's enough to perform a health check rather than a specific test for covert 19 a disease that can be symptomless the desperation to admit these workers is understandable germany's travel ban has caused a huge personal shortage on farms and fields which employ their own 300000 such workers last year those coming in this year some 40000 in april and again in me will pick crops like quite asparagus considered a seasonal delicacy in germany others will head to bavaria to harvest crops for one of the country's best known products beer despite the lack of eastern european workers so far this year brewers have

a reassuring message. we won't run out of their old stock options. but as their country tries to strike a balance between staying safe and kick starting the economy many germans will hope they don't reap more than they bargained for. more theirs are now joined in the studio by robots from did of your business rob german farmers happy today yes they'll have been very pleased to see those planes arriving in bed linen dusseldorf of the past 24 hours last year germany relied 130-0000 of these seasonal workers and it looks like they were going to have to cope with just a fraction of that this time around because you know when coronavirus arrived in europe the 1st thing that started to happen was borders started to close and controls became much tighter the workers couldn't get here they couldn't fly here couldn't take buses here because the drivers would have had to have gone into quarantine when they returned to their own countries so this agreement that we've seen between for example germany and rumania comes as

a great relief because it means they can start to get some of those numbers they may not get 300000 but at least we're seeing some 80000 over the next 2 months not about the shortfall that 100000 are needed 80000 are coming that's still a pretty big difference yes so where do those people come from well the idea from the german government is that people who are already here can start to at least make up some of those they're hoping to get around $20000.00 people who are already in germany filling these other jobs where exam workers who stay at home and yes so so it's thinking students for example the unemployed people who are temporarily unemployed because of the coronavirus we're seeing things like restaurants close there was a suggestion that restaurant workers alone could be able to fill in this gap that's what the german government has suggested could be done and started a website as well where you know you can sign up and say unavailable for this work and other people inside and say well i need these workers on this website put

together you mentioned that travel is heavily restricted. across europe while there still worries that these workers could bring him coronavirus or as their own founded well as obviously a risk i know remaining and germany have clearly thought they can set aside at least some of that risk because the importance of this movement of workers the barry money we look at the remains that coming from a country with 5000 cases to a country with 120000 cases so it's not just about protecting germany from the workers that are coming here but also the workers that here needs to be protected for when they go back so they are being checked at airports in their home countries and when they arrive here when they get to go into a sort of semi quarantine for 2 weeks where they won't be working with other workers on the farms that they go to have to wear protective equipment and in their accommodation will be half as many people staying as they would normally expect and that's not only to avoid coronavirus being brought into germany but it's also to

protect them from catching it from people here reports bit of your business thank you very much though. time now to take a look at some other coronavirus related to business news from around the world investors in asia welcomed new economic relief measures in the u.s. and the new one friday japan's leading nikkei closed with gains as the indexes in short seoul and taipei lester's were specially encouraged by a new u.s. federal reserve program that will lend directly to businesses and local governments . world's major oil producers have made progress on a deal to cut our force by 10000000 barrels a day meeting between opec countries and allies including russia saw agreement between all members except mexico congress as the best way to support tumbling oil prices as demand supply us. even the international monetary fund says the virus is causing the worst economic fallout since the great depression of the 99 and

thirty's citizens of more than 170 countries are expected to see a drop in personal income this emerging economies and low earning nations will be worst affected. for the world's biggest religions the coming days are usually filled with the celebrations christians mark easter and jews possible for muslims the fast and period of ramadan begins later this month but the need for social distancing means religious leaders have scaled back or canceled many traditional public festivals and celebrations i easter at the vatican this is what catholics around the world expect every year. tens of thousands packs and peter's square as pope francis addresses the faithful. but what will it look like this year the pope will see mass in an empty basilica and his address from his

balcony has been canceled person must stay home. motorways across europe like here in germany are usually clogged on easter weekend as people travel cross country to visit family. but this year locked on measures mean people can't leave their home towns or cities in many places. in jerusalem a day jewish festival of passover is marked by public prayer and big meals with extended family but this year travel is banned and religious observance must take place at home and is restricted to close family soldiers are delivering sealed meals to people in isolation. for muslims ramadan set to start in 2 weeks is a month of fasting that ends with the celebrating the feast. but religious leaders have said that people with fragile health should not fuss this year and several countries have caused mosques altogether. to many of the faithful these

restrictions are heartbreaking but authorities fear that a lowing traditional large scale celebrations to go ahead could undo weeks of lockdown. we have asked correspondents in rome jerusalem. to report on how social distancing is affecting worship. easter pass here in italy is going to be like no other instead of family gatherings in feasting as well as excursions to the seaside countryside to enjoy the good weather it's going to be all about staying at all the police are expected to be out in full force to make sure that people don't do what they normally used to doing at this time of the year other struggle is to hard to make this period special as compared to every other day when we're here into more than a month of. he's not down which is here in italy i'm going to try to cook an extra special meal or perhaps try and get that chocolate chocolate bunny for my child but

it's not so easy for many out there their families concerned about the fact that they may have lost their jobs are not getting enough money in order to feed their families normally at this time of the year there should be thousands of people flocking into the old city to celebrate easter and passover in 2 weeks' time ramadan will begin but nothing is norm of this year the old city is empty there know this it is and the mood is rather somber. people of all faiths have been asked to stay at home to limit the spread of corona and many are using social media to stay connected with family and friends in these difficult times. i'm in my hometown in pakistan the mosque using the right behind me for the journey was it is run by my extended family clan in this neighborhood. the mosque has been closed for last weeks because corona virus i don't mean the people here what i have found really

interesting is what's really convinced a lot of sensible muslims about observing physically distancing are the sayings of the prophet muhammad they found reference of an islamic history when he encouraged physical just dumping in times of league and disease and that seems to have really worked. before i let you go after some football news for you the german tabloid newspaper builds is reporting that the league season could restart on may 9th if authorities give the green light but games would still be played behind closed stadium doors this means the season's the season could be wrapped up by the end of june for all has been suspended since mid march. now that's it from us for now don't forget to you can always get news on the go just download. from google play all from the op still give you access to all the latest news from

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