this is news coming to you live from berlin the funding for the world health organization the u.s. president accuses it of covering up the spread of the corona virus and managing its response to the pandemic also coming up european commission's president guidance to member states should start lifting their coronavirus. restrictions have been necessary says 1st but. at a sad anniversary in paris it's exactly

a year since fire badly damaged cathedral the people and friends. around the world the restoration work has so far been slow but a couple of filmmakers have been able to use virtual reality to show a look and a look in the future. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program don't trump has instructed his administration to halt funding of the world health organization says the failed in its early response to the coronavirus us president who has himself come under fire for his handling of the pandemic says it should have done a better job of investigating initial reports in china u.n. secretary and turn you know tara responded by saying that now was not the time to end support for the w. he said its work was absolutely critical to the global effort to combat.

the w.h.o. field in its basic jussi to save lives those were the words of president trump last year 9 stuff freeze on funding for the u.n. agency today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability as well trump has repeatedly criticized the w.h.o. throughout the pandemic this time claiming it's biased towards china is responsible for the viruses rapid spread to other parts of the world. had the w.h.o. done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out china's lack of transparency the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death trump says the roughly

$400000000.00 in annual donations will now be paused and decision drew a sharp rebuke from the german foreign minister. said in a tweet blaming does not help the virus nor new borders we should work together closely against kuwait 191 of the best investment is to strengthen the un especially the underfunded w.h.o. for example in the development and distribution of tests and vaccines bill gates to call the move dangerous the us is the washed affected country in the world with more recorded cases and deaths than anywhere else. trumps handling of the pandemic has also been widely criticized and his opponents say this latest ones meant a month to nothing more than a deflection tactic. well for u.k. prime minister gordon brown has been calling for

a stronger global response trick of hand demick and he joins us now from fife in scotland mr brown thanks for being with us what to make of donald trump's decision to stop funding the world health organization where you know in march the 26 don't want to signed or communicate that he was present at the meeting of the g 20 when he said he would strengthen the dollar your chose mandate they would increase the funding for disaster response they would give more money so it could develop a new virus and they would help it deal with the problems facing the developing countries this is not only on the logical step by the president it's an act of self wrong because to protect ourselves locally in germany or in america we have to act globally and if this disease has a 2nd and 3rd round in africa or in the developing world and then comes back to the west then we'll be to blame for not helping those african countries at the w sure as in total supporting protect themselves when they have underdeveloped health systems and through social social safety nets who counted oct the social

distancing or not the measures that we were docked in the west i want to talk about this african governments those african countries in this pandemic in just a moment but 1st we've seen national governments leading the response to this pandemic so far have transnational organizations like the w.h.o. or the un failed. i think each individual organizations trying its best but you know when i had to deal with others with the global financial crisis in 2009 we were only able to say we will do whatever it can which is what you've got to be able to say when we brought everyone together we brought the international organizations i met from the world bank in the u n a w h o but we'd also brought national leaders together in one forum the g 20 and what's missing at the moment is this concert to action together by world leaders and even if america is reluctant to start with and even if china is operating bilaterally i think the european union japan the rest of asia africa pushing us along i think we

could get this global coordination and it's necessary one to finance the search for a cure and for a vaccine and for diagnostics and therapeutics secondly to build capacity because we're building each other at the moment for limited capacity we've got to build capacity in test kits and building ventilators never thing else and sunday of course driven the 2nd and 3rd round of disease which has to be done by acting collectively and you recently helped pen an open letter to the g. 20 it was signed by more than $200.00 former world leaders and call for a coordinated global response to the crown a virus do you think should lean that response. i think we need 2 things 1st of all a pledging conference to deal with the financing of global howth and i do believe that the european union has a major role to play in in leading this bringing and japan canada korea and then bringing in china and america and i think secondly we need a g.

20 task force we need this coordination on a week to week day to day level if we're going to get the world economy back to growth then there will be a moment when we need to expand demand in the economy at the moment we're in employment protection soon we will have to restore demand and that we were cried coordinated fiscal munna trade and central bank policies and it will also require the interaction is that you sions the i.m.f. and the world bank to be given by the politicians the power in the money that will enable them to support developing country economies g 20 finance ministers are about to release their global action plan as a former finance minister yourself chancellor of aspects checker in the u.k. do you think that plan should include debt relief for africa. definitely i've got an article in the washington post today with the larry summers which is saying $76.00 of the low income countries in the world should get immediate debt relief well this year and for next year not just for a few months but they are spending more on debt interest payments or the moment

when they are on their health systems it is against our self interests that they not spending on health we have got to help them do that one of the quickest ways is debt relief we will have to decrease they special drawing rights of the i.m.f. we will have to give the world bank and the i.m.f. power to lend and to grant more money all these things are going to be necessary and it ought to be synchronized and brought together in one plan and i hope and try to win the i.m.f. and world bank meet they will agree that a plan that includes debt relief is a required it has to be pushed forward as fran thank you so much for talking with us that was former u.k. prime minister gordon brown thank you. here's a quick roundup of some other coronavirus developments around the world the world health organization says it's certain the world has still not seen the peak of the outbreak it says 90 percent of confirmed cases so far are in europe and the united states. u.s.

coronavirus deaths have risen by single day record of more than 2200 people denmark is reopening childcare centers primary schools and some shops today it was one of the 1st countries in europe to impose a lockdown and finland is lifting roadblocks around its capital its 1st measure to ease its restrictions also a 99 year old man has become the oldest known patient in brazil to recover from the virus he has now left hospital. well as some countries herein europe against slowly easing lock down restrictions the european commission is recommending 3 preconditions that even member states should fulfill they are 1st that rules on controlling epidemics have been met 2nd that the health system has sufficient capacity and 3rd that large scale testing is being carried out european commission president said the lockdowns had come at

quote an enormous price and she lined how to lift the. if member states start slowly new step by step to lift mission. it's of absolute importance that they notify this to the commission and to the neighboring countries so that we do not have unwanted effects. for example but really opening shops on one side of the border. we will not want to have people moving from one member state to the next member state to use the shopping opportunity and therefore it is very important that the coordination between neighboring member states is an excellent one good neighbors speak with each other. about who is covering the story and joins us now from brussels belgium leave your commission wanted to deliver a coordinated exit strategy for all your member states has abolished to do that.

but this exit strategy is not binding for the member states it's only a set of a recommendation because the member states clearly in the driver's seat they can decide and own what measures they want to live when and how but the commission is urging them to coordinate these lifting and the exit strategy but it was enough on the line cannot direct from brussels what member states are doing but she's for example recommending that they develop a tracing at for corona infections and context together so that not $27.00 different eps exist but that they do it together this is the role of the commission in this exit strategy to coordinate and to appeal to member states well european countries bands of course have very different challenges in addressing the pandemic they are at very different stages in dealing with it so what's behind the

e use effort to present a coordinated strategy right now. but the aim of the commission is to establish the single market of the you as soon as possible again this friction is trade and friction is travel but you can only do that if the neighboring countries really speak to each other and jointly open up the borders again for example in france the lockdown will be on until the 11th of may in germany today and put it to a talking about lifting some restrictions but if you do that fans in germany have to have a coordinated approach so that there's no unwanted travel from france to germany or the other way around and the commissions are aiming it to lift the borders of the exit the extended board of the e.u. again what about traveling to other to other regions of the world which is necessary to reste the economy in europe and also the vote economy it serves as the

lot to do step by step and it will take month ben thank you much or very much for filling us in there that was the that was bound to make it in brussels. well here in germany chancellor is preparing to talk to regional leaders about whether to relax the country's lockdown bekele introduced limits of and freedom of movement on march 22nd initially for 2 weeks and then until april 19th reports suggest they could now be extended again until at least may 3rd a study published on monday called for the measures to be loosened gradually but only when the number of new cases has stabilised at a low level nearly one 130000 people are infected here more than 3000 have died. a few social groups here in germany are more risk from the coronavirus that homeless people living on the streets is difficult and dangerous enough without

having to worry about social distancing but the institutions they rely on for food and accommodation of also clothes because the people who run them are having to stay at home to. warm meals have become scarcer than usual for homeless people these days most soup kitchens and shelters have closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. meet cellos one of those hardest hit but life on the streets has become even more difficult for the 19 year old from belgium. skippy to make far less money from that because people are keeping their distance and don't want to talk to us so begging or even collecting bottles is not possible anymore very few people still go out on the streets and those who do don't want to give us money. when they're already meager income streams drying up and soup kitchens closed new ways have to be found to provide sleeping rough with the b.

are essential to aid organization karuna is delivering care packages by bicycle it's also using technology to reach out to those in need or. goal is to connect the homeless with each other and with us we are using an app to gather information on how the people we meet on the street are doing to assess their health. in the coming weeks karuna plans to distribute 2000 mobile phones to balance homeless community they can then use the app to find out about getting help to call a coronavirus hotline set up specifically for them karuna has an even more ambitious proposal to ensure their safety pandemic. we demand that hotels are made available 2000 taliban as we have the capacity single rooms with on suite toilets where we could organize an effect of pandemic response. there are many

organizations helping those sleeping rough in germany some of the homeless refused help often because shelters have a policy of no drink and no drugs since the coronavirus plunged the country into crisis the nation fences have sprung up where residents hang food and other essential for the needy to collect but many people of void direct contact with the homeless says michelle. wu up close with all of this time because we live on the streets people think that we are more likely to be infected and spread the virus if we get into a tram carriage and the people realize we are homeless they move away. if they give us a condescending look and leave for them we are scum from the streets. of. the homeless rely on the charity of others they can only hope that the corona crisis brings out the best in people not the washed. let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today millions of

people have flocked to the polls in south korea's national parliamentary elections with unprecedented measures in place to deal with credit cards pandemic the vote is seen by some as a mid-term referendum for president one j in exit polls project his party's will win a majority. a new zealand's prime minister just into our dance says she and other top officials are taking a 20 percent pay cut for the next 6 months. they step was a symbolic acknowledgement of the struggle faced by many new zealanders frontline staff will not be affected. the u.s. treasury department will spend $25000000000.00 to support major passenger airlines and help them whether the economic impact of the coronavirus on travel demand of the country's largest airlines including american united delta and so west will receive most of the money as grants and as loans. the owner

of the busiest german airport in frankfurt says passenger boy has dropped by more than 60 percent in the 1st quarter the current credit pandemic has all but end of personal travel with most recent daily numbers 95 percent similar reports come from heathrow with a drop of 90 percent in vienna where passenger numbers are down 99 percent. to spain where more than 7000 kevin 1000 patients have so far been treated in intensive care units there's been a lack of ventilators to help patients breathe and a lack of personal protective equipment for health care workers but a start up business in catalonia provided help within just 3 weeks and not just for spain. brief wreaths out when cold at 19 patients lungs fill up with air this way of survival increase the machine that pumps air in is

a kind of high tech improvisation a start up in barcelona wondered how it could help the many people infected with coral not virus. you know. how there were lots of problems with breathing in italy who looked for a solution and found a person for a change in bellows resuscitate it's used to supply ventilation to people who cannot breathe. this startups idea received support from the use of sit your receipt which is not producing cars right now because of the virus workers they are wants to help instead of sit around at home. after a 3 day production home. here at the factory we came upon the idea to do something for a spanish society. 14 prototypes in 3 weeks technicians and doctors work together for 12 to 14 hours each day on the emergency ventilator some of it is even made up of car parts i answered tyler individual parts that we'd either bought you

know using cars anyway such as the windscreen wiper motor or parts that we've made ourselves instead of waiting for a long time for others to make them. up to $300.00 ventilator sir produced each day at the sea out factory the 1st ones are already being used in spanish hospitals. in no we're distributing the ventilators to hospitals in barcelona and madrid and the doctors were in contact with our giving us very positively back and the new bad mood was taking. but not everything is running smoothly is specially with a critical part that pro 2 feet cannot produce the inflating barrels. it's not as available as we thought they were suddenly got demand from all over the world and we're trying to resolve this and get them from somewhere that's why we're calling on everyone who might have some in stock perhaps a dealer we don't know about please contact us. for our use of on.

the ventilator idea will live on even when see out silly on hatchback starts rolling off the assembly line here interested parties from abroad already contacted them and everyone is free to build their own if they wish. to paris where a year ago today the cathedral of notre dame was badly damaged by fire thought to have been started by an electrical short circuit restoration work is months behind schedule delayed by toxic lead winter storms and now the coronavirus. as we wait for the work to be complete. 2 films about a cathedral have been released one shot before the disaster of the other for words and hence 5 virtual reality. not true don cathedral the symbol of paris in flames. the images from april 29th teen saturday as the world. filmmakers cloues or shirley and

victor argue long had been shooting a documentary on the world famous landmark just weeks before the fire. it almost hit the day after the fire we realized that our images are of extremely great value that we captured a moment in notre dame's history that will be able to pass on to the public whether european american asian or parisian everyone who ever visited has a special memory of not. a combined footage from before the inferno with newly shot material to make a 2nd documentary titled rebuilding not tradition. their images of the current cathedrals interior of the only ones of their kind. elses movies images are even special because they were shot from virtual reality

that is in 360 degrees with very high resolution and imagery means that produces one image for the left eye and one for the right which gives you the illusion of depth as if you were actually there. with a vi headset people can immerse themselves in the world of not sure dumb for 16 minutes motion sensors allow them to move through and explore the structure independently. such an experience in actual reality is no longer possible not sure dummy is now closed to the public. it's also a tourist landmark that each year drew millions of visitors of any faith or. even without this is a monument of importance to the history of france and it was important to put that across in a film. to make use of rebuilding not acquired a very rare permits to film inside the damaged cathedral but in some spots only one member of the team was allowed the camera robot crumbling walls and high lead

contamination posed to greater has it to people in these areas director chloe is delighted that she managed to be in the right place at the right time with the right technology. correspondent lisa lewis is in paris for us and she has the latest on the reconstruction. one year on from when a fire destroyed not saddam cathedral's roof and severely damaged its apple walls the construction site behind me has ground to i hold you to the coronavirus. the about 80 artisans working there managed to almost finish securing the building before they're hard to stop once they can pick up again they will have to assess the damage then choose the companies providing the material needed for reconstruction in public tenders and only then can the actual reconstruction work begin the not what i'm a 30 s. insists they will finish reconstructing the cathedral in 2024 but it looks like

it's at least going to go down to the wire. you know he is lisa lewis there in paris and finally during his in belgium have started offering a delivery service for people who miss being able to buy a pint in their local restaurant or are drinkers a way to support local businesses while enjoying their favor brew take a look. this isn't an urgent medical delivery for a person in quarantine but it could cheer up someone bored at home to keep their business and i've half a dozen microbreweries in the belgian capital brussels are encouraging their fans to buy online charging around 50 euros for a case of $24.00 bottle it's bicycle delivery included i think it's very helpful to me varies. not only because we brought that. because all the combine this can sell the products by themselves and have some profit now. someone

donkey who runs the in standings brewery saves they used to mainly sell that beer to bars and restaurants. but those who are not too close almost a month ago. in one day we lost 95 percent of our clients so this was a really huge hits to us because we're a direct 2nd line after the bars in this. part us are so high now that some of the monkey and his colleagues decided to start brewing again which they had stopped since the beginning of the lockdown at least there's no something to be cheerful about when you're stuck in quarantine. you're watching d.-day but d.-w. news from berlin remember you can get all the latest headlines for the r t w 4 on our website too that's a t w dot com and you can follow us on twitter instagram 2 minutes at d

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