this is g w news live from. italy gets an apology for europe's lack of solidarity at the start of the cold. today european union commission president will hold a lie and admitted that europe's failed to help when needed it most she's promised better cooperation also coming up leaders of the g. 7 countries hold a conference call to discuss a coordinated response to the coronavirus pandemic but the white house appears to have its own version of the meetings minutes and that the world war 2 veteran who's

raising millions for british health workers and lifting morale in the british public. employee. it's good to have you with stood a europe apologized to italy the european union commission president today admitted that europe was unprepared when the coronavirus pandemic hits and that it failed to help when italy became the epicenter of the outbreak with more than 22000 deaths italy is europe's hardest hit country european countries were slow to send medical aid to italy. some even banned the export of vital medical supplies or addressing

the european parliament in brussels today ursula from the lion apologized to italy and said that europe has now come together like never before to overcome the pandemic yes it is true that no one was really ready for this. it is also true that too many were not there on time when italy needed a helping hand at the very beginning and yes for that it is right that europe as a whole offers a heartfelt apology but saying sorry only counts for something if it changes behavior and the truth is true that it did not take long before everyone realized that we must protect each other to protect ourselves and the truth is that europe has now become the world's beating heart of solidarity it was

or is love and the winds begin earlier today we spoke with our correspondent richard walker in brussels and we asked him does this apology mean more than just we're sorry. i think there are really 2 levels to this 2 aspects of this is as you were just mentioning earlier there was the one aspect of individual countries kind of going it alone in the early stages of the crisis shutting down borders in uncoordinated ways not helping out with that crucial equipment that it's really really needed in the early days of the pandemic when it wasn't ready for what was hitting it in northern italy there that on the one side but also on the other side as a whole the system not recognizing just what a danger this pandemic would be so i think all of that is equally important was love on the lines message here but it is something that she has hammered home a few times over the last few weeks but i think she's now beginning to look for the future because one of the biggest challenges to european solidarity is coming up how are they going to find the money for

a huge economic sort of reconstruction plan a marshall plan even that they're calling it to pull the european economy out of the crisis once the outbreak is finally beginning to end away and italy will be right at the center of that as well because it didn't just have a problem with the virus it also has a problem with a huge amount of debt so getting it on board in negotiations or how to fund that recovery is going to be really important i think was a lot of wonderland will be quite happy that luigi pretty mio the italian foreign minister has welcomed these words from her today. it's richard walker there reporting from brussels where leaders from the g 7 nations have met in a video conference calls you discuss a coordinated response to the coronavirus pandemic french president emanuel to join the talks from paris after the meeting was convened today by u.s. president double trouble there were mixed messages later a statement from the european union said the talks focused on the progress being

made fighting with 19 but trump claims he was able to get g 7 leaders to agree to a thorough review and reform of the world health organization. that is what the trump white house said as find out more now from our correspondent in washington alexander phenomenons good evening to you alexander and that was quite an extraordinary statement to come out of the trump white house is it the total truth . well according to this statement on leaders of the g 7 agreed that there is need for reforms and the white house continues to say that much of the conversation during this g 7 conference was focused on the lack of transparency transparency and running mismanagement of the by the w.h.o. however we have to say it's not quite clear right now how widespread this criticism was because we know that not all the 7 leaders have been so critical of the

organization and we go to quite a different statement from the german government and governments to spokesperson for the german chancellor said that the chancellor expressed her support for the agency stressing that such organizations are very important to combat the pandemic and they also have to set that to set to say that having covered president trump for 3 years now it's not very on a usual to get statement from the white house that is quite different than the statements issued by other participants of such meetings or phone calls that's a valuable observation true but still shocking we know that the u.s. president he has spent the past week criticizing the world health organization remind us all example of what is his beef with the w.h.o. . well you know that he is very skeptical of international organizations in general because he doesn't think that they advance his american 1st poll to see

he just sees them as a waste of money and then in this particular case he is accusing the w.h.o. all pushing chinese information out have been made to devastating mistakes however we have to say that it's. much faster than many national governments and it was president trump he was who was praising china for his handling of this pandemic only a few weeks ago so many critics say that by you know accusing and criticizing oh he's just trying to find a scapegoat to deflect from the criticism he is handling for his he is facing for his handling of this crisis all right it's all washington correspondent always a little bit of the stories we're going to thank you. russia's president vladimir putin has postponed a massive military parade that was scheduled to mark the 75th anniversary of

russia's victory over nazi germany every year on the minds of russia commemorates the event with a massive show of military might but. it's too risky this year because of the pandemic and he says the commemoration will take place later in the year. correspond to. the fact that vladimir putin has postponed the victory day parade shows just how seriously off the already are now taking this pandemic this year is the 75th anniversary of the soviet victory over nazi germany which is known as the great victory here some political scientists have even gone so far as describing the 3 day as part of the russian official state ideology it has huge emotional significance for many people here because an estimated 26000000 soviet citizens were killed during world war 2 and it has also become an opportunity for russia to show off its significance on the world stage and to show off its military

might with bombastic military parades that take place on red square right here behind me now according to reports the kremlin was initially considering carrying out the parade without viewers but they've clearly decided that the risk of having 151-5000 troops march on red square is simply too great as coronavirus cases across the country shoot up. there was reporting from wife in china is gradually returning to normal after the lifting of the crisis seems to be influencing where people show a wave of negative press coverage has focused on the country's wet markets the virus is believed to have originated there vendors are concerned that scaring customers away. unloading the catch of the day and will have the city was the epicenter of the corona virus pandemic sweeping the globe experts say

the virus originated in this market apart from fresh meat and seafood it also sold wild animals such as back thought to be the source of the disease. seafood market remains closed most markets have now reopened to the dismay of international health experts and politicians. many locals are less worried. i say cali and i think it's ok to go to the seafood market this virus won't affect our eating habits because it's a special case and there is a lot we don't know for instance we haven't confirmed that it comes from the united sates food market it started and we have eaten wild animals for thousands of years well you know what they may have had some problems during processing so we should be more careful with that by cooking the mower and checking if they're fresh and cool off different nail due to how. the markets are traditional and affordable way of shopping in china and customers are returning. oh where it went to office is

similar to supermarkets so it's relatively safe that was to go even if it's unsafe because supermarkets are more expensive still vendors complain that business is slow as many shoppers now prefer more expensive but hygienic supermarkets as some return to the markets for affordable food others fear getting more than they fog and for. those that are rights in this pandemic many are showing support for help workers applauding the balconies offering free food or literally going the extra mile like this gentleman here captain tom moore he's raised at least 15000000 british pounds that's about 15000000 euros for the national health service in the u.k. only by walking today he completed his. use nickle wrist for more than the goal is this inspiring gentleman what is the story behind

him i hope you had a comfortable pair of she's gone. well i think you pretty much had a comparable pair of shoes on and he's certainly bringing us the heartwarming story that we all need right now this charming gentleman kept in touch and more well he's 990 years old he's a war veteran in the u.k. and he decided he wanted to raise money for health workers at the from flying during this pandemic because he has always received good treatment from health care workers in the u.k. so he wanted to give it back and he decided to walk 100 laps in his back garden 10 knots the day and he wanted to finish before his next birthday which is in 2 weeks and today you actually managed to do this last laugh it was like broadcast on television in britain and you race this staggering amount of money and the hollow 1000000 british pounds by now when he only wanted to raise the humble amount of 1000 pounds in the beginning so that alone far it went and it really shows you no matter what age you can still step up in the deepest and worst of crisis and see an

example really that's exactly right i would assume that he is overwhelmed with the response to his challenge yes he and his family who helped him to set up social media etc they're overwhelmed and over the moon of course although i have to say in the interviews it seems. more is quite humble he said he's impressed of course he never thought it would get that far but he also applauded for all the people who chipped in to send old messages of cheers and he has has a message for those people who stay at home right now like me on my sofa so let's listen in to what he had to say after his last lap today. all 3 who fly on you who have difficulty with movement and simply if you're flying do you. think if you. rode house who only. if you're going to do if you live longer i think you'll

be very very good thing your room you can be. so if you move closer to solo are good lou good for me good for him he deserves another medal i sold those medals that he had on his lapel nicole the money that was raised today how will it be used all it will be used and go to 150 charities across the country all of them are charities that are directly in contact with hospitals and health workers and they want to make sure that this money is being invested in the well being of health care workers and also food counseling patients and their families so a whole lot of people will benefit from it which is really what kept me tom i want to act and as i can only repeat no matter the age you can still make it a good today and a better tomorrow if you want to and state take that extra mile that's exactly

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