this is news live from berlin muslims and parts of india are getting the blame for the coronavirus we go to the northern city of neighbor to a muslims are being accused of staging what locals are calling corona jihad even though they saw evidence also coming up. industrial output in china the engine of the world's economy shrinks for the 1st time since 1902 and it's all because of coronavirus. u.s. president donald trump lays out a road map for recovery from the crowd of buyers from ses state governments should

set the pace in a phased approach to getting things back to normal. hello i'm christine will welcome to the program india's 1300000000 people off way through a 6 week national lockdown the government insists that the restrictions are the key to breaking the chain of transmission but the battle against the virus has also got a religious dimension correspondent has traveled to the northern city off may routes to find out why muslims are being blamed for what some locals are calling corona jihad. 3 movie knocked down a business is closed of restrictive movement. but these men are fuming about something and. abdul rashid

a shop people in the northern city of may that says islamophobia in india is at all time high. he squarely blames the indian media. corona has arrived this is what they say when they see muslims. moderate their vision or shouting at us saying here comes corona is this the way to behave so there is a limit to our patience the discrimination started after an event by the tbilisi jamaat and islam except was recognised as a kid on our wireless hotspot many who attended the gathering in delhi became covert 19 carriers across india several media channels were quick to claim that this was a deliberate attempt to undermine india some even alleging corona jihad. these allegations have also had a severe economic impact moment if the us would normally travel to different neighborhoods hawking his wares some of these were predominantly hindu.

now people refused to let him in so when everyone is turning so away the residents say don't sell food here go back to your own neighborhood. police are stopping us to beating us down. these muslim vendors can now only sell goods in their own majority muslim neighborhood business has dried up elsewhere and made up rumors are circulating about malicious intent. locals who are fighting the ports of multiple incidences of muslims entering neighborhoods and spitting in them to spend the coronavirus residents here are standing guard and barricading gates to prevent this from happening. even leaders from the ruling b.g.p. have claimed that members of the leakage of mots sect have deliberately spread the why if you're going to india should have been free of coronavirus by no one but

these members this collective like suicide bombers or these suicide bombers them should face the strictest possible legal action and. should be punished in a way that generations to follow starting up will be too afraid to commit such crimes here. the allegations the sect has spread the virus on papa's are still unfounded but fewer and go across communities but. for these men their religion has become an added burden during the long lockdown. and i'm now joined by an italian man an independent columnist based in daily habits here in italy does the it religious discrimination some indians in the muslim community off facing surprise you. not at all it's discrimination against the muslim community in india has been the hallmark of

this government since it came to power in the 2214 and was reelected in 2019. and i think one of the things of this process that is health crisis has revealed is the. government is both authoritarian and unprepared and even in the middle of this crisis it cannot prevent it so from from communalism the situation with the collusion of large sections of the press and the police and unfortunately it has managed to polarize bastard sections of society and has the has a great amount of social support in its discrimination towards misfit. has the government done anything anything at all to dispel some of the rumors and the fakirs that have been spurring the islamophobia in the country. well the prime minister has asked everybody to support each other but unfortunately instead of

dispelling a lot of the big news. the. members of parliament even as well as bridget the members have been spearheading some of that and. for example there was a. member of parliament who has called article 14 which. which guarantees equality before the law he says it's actually should be an equality of equals and that muslims are not in the category of equals the b.g.p. members have called muslims good or not terrorists called it a valley by any crime you call them human arms they have a sort of food vendors of vegetables and fruits they have encouraged people not to . not to fraternize with will slims it's a sort of. 360 degree discrimination operation from the government so not much has been done to dispel think. all right that's the independent

columnist the tele siren in new delhi talking to us there thank you. now china has recorded its sharpest economic slump in decades as factories shops and transport closed down because of the virus production fell by almost 7 percent in the 1st 3 months of this year that's the 1st 4 in 3 decades. china's economy has virtually come to a screeching halt car sales at 1st dropped and then plummeted down 21.6 percent in january then down 92 percent in february according to the china association of automobile manufacturers. and their industrial production after contracted. dropping 13.5 percent in february year on year. the chinese i once again venturing outdoors many workers have returned to the factory and businesses have

reopened but it will take time for global supply chains to recover especially since other large industrialized nations are still in lockdown and there's little demand for goods and supply parts from china. the impact will be felt everywhere given that china's share of the global g.d.p. is almost 19 percent more than double what it was during the sars epidemic of 20022003. it's still too soon to make reliable forecasts but the international monetary fund anticipates that this year will see the worst global recession since the great depression of the 1930 s. with the recovery only starting and 2021 and only if dependent mic is under control by then. it's ok for more on the economic impact off coronavirus in china i'm joined by kathryn young she is the investment director of fidelity international in hong kong hello to you catherine so we have a number at 6.8 percent contraction in chinese 1st quarter growth is that in line

with what you were expecting was very much in line with what the market was expecting and considering china was in full lockdown during this 1st quarter again not too much of a surprise but we are seeing from a sector perspective for example manufacturing up 8098100 percent utilization rights some of the services in consumer 6 is a bit more difficult to cold but we are expecting to see this pent up demand coming through at some stage especially for certain segments. i mean i've got one for 14 days and pensive but that adage does really ring true right if china sneezes the rest of the world will we'll catch a cold and this may be more literal in the current times but what does this mean for the rest of the global economy that china's economy looks the way it does right now well again we should be too surprised at the data we have

seen china go through for example that full lock down phase the consolidation phase and now the recovery phase so there is some hope in terms of the trend globally that china is back to work and recovery is underway now whilst we are seeing some strength in the domestic chinese economy itself in demand we are a little bit quashes in terms of some of the corporates in china who are really not factoring in just how meaningful global demand will be in terms of the weakness and on the slower side so just monitoring that very carefully. i mean so what to push you there on that i mean just in general in terms of you know supply chains for example how long are things expected to take to get back to normal terms of the chinese recovery and what can people around the world expects. well very interesting lee we had our trade data out earlier this week and it really surprised the market on the upside both in terms of imports as well as exports now

when we look at the global supply chains don't forget that we've had the trade issue between the chinese and the americans for the past couple of years so that's also way down in terms of concerns about global trade so with this current situation and the virus what we really do need to see is not down to the restrictions being lifted globally so you do get a sense of economic activity but in terms of what we're kind of recovery we're having a lot of commentators are speculating it is probably going to be a known traditional recovery even in china is the government doing enough. again a really interesting point because when you look at what the p.b.s. series done especially relative to other central banks it doesn't look like too much some tweaking in terms of support of measures both monetary wise as well as physically speaking so we do expect to see more coming through so it specially relating to certain segments such as consumption so whether it's the auto sector or trying to underpay in certain geographical parts of china for example through

issuing shopping coupons from a infrastructure perspective tends to be a buffer for the chinese government to support growth we are indeed seeing born financing where infrastructure is picking up all right that's katharine young of fidelity international in hong kong thank you for that now here's a quick roundup of other coronavirus developments around the world the chinese city of new hardware the coronavirus 1st broke out has raised its death toll by 50 percent the revision brings the total number of deaths in the city to almost $4000.00 that will be the most in china now that comes as france's president emmanuel crowd question china's handling of the outbreak speaking to the financial times mccrone say that things quote happened in china that we don't know about close question denmark will allow small businesses such as head dresses and beauties and aunts to reopen on monday the country was one of europe's 1st to shut down but is now gradually easing its lock down and the german state of the various

ses minix annual beer festival october faced is unlikely to go ahead for this year . now in the u.s. president donald trump's a healthy americans will be able to get back to work as soon as local conditions allow. for a phased return to normal daily life in the united states reopen he will be done in a close one careful step at a time he will say that american states free of the virus can open in his with literally tomorrow. these are just some of the 22000000 americans signing up for unemployment benefits only a few weeks ago the u.s. could boast record employment numbers the booming economy was president trump signature achievement but the coronavirus wiped out 3 years of gains in a matter of weeks now trump says it's time to start gradually opening up the

economy again our approach outlines 3 phases in restoring economic life we are not opening all at once but one careful step at a time and some states will be able to open up sooner than others to lock down would remain in places like new york the epicenter of the pandemic there all stories of ordered shops businesses and schools to remain closed for another month but other areas with declining infections and strong testing could ease restrictions the end goal a return to the way things were this is not going to be a new normal where somebody has been having for 25 years 158 seats at a restaurant and now he's got 30 or he's got 60 because that wouldn't work that's not normal normal will be of he has the 158 or 68 seats and that's going to happen and it's going to happen relatively quickly we hope but with food banks reporting

skyrocketing demand it's increasingly ordinary americans who are struggling to put food on the table as the coronavirus lockdown takes its toll. to gradually reopen the u.s. economy can only be implemented if infection rates stabilize but to get accurate numbers the u.s. needs to do far more testing as washington correspondent and it's wonderful nominee explains both trump said today that the curve has been flat and that the peak is behind us but the problem is that experts agree that the u.s. is still not testing enough there are not enough testing kits we learned today that 3500000 tests were completed but it's just about one percent of the population and to understand the whole scope of their pandemic in the us it's really important to have this white spread testing and this is crucial

for reopening the reopening of the economy and that's still not the case in the u.s. according to experts. of the here's a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world new york governor andrew cuomo says he's extending the state's walked on until may 15th non-essential workers will be required to stay home and social distancing rules will stay in place and people have died from co that 19 in the state. european cars sales fell by 55 percent last month usually coronavirus down midges the european automobile manufacturers association said all $27.00 e.u. markets experienced a dramatic contractions but no way of course then it's in the new car registrations collapse a massive 85 percent. and millions of jobs in the global tourism industry could be lost due to the cove in $1000.00 pandemic according to a new report by the un's world tourism organization it sais that 96 percent of all

worldwide this nations have imposed travel restrictions and it has called upon governments to lift them as soon as it is safe to do so. and 3 astronauts who spent months aboard the international space station have arrived back on earth the 2 nasa astronauts and one russian landed safely in kazakhstan after more than 200 days in space. now with much of the world in lockdown grocery shopping is one of the few reasons people have to leave the house now because of social distancing rules though this means joining a long line outside supermarkets now and it's to me it's led to a surprise renee salons full smaller food shops way customers don't face such a long wait. so these days of intensity going to go already or has a lot to do since the coronavirus outbreak forced italians to respect social distancing more and more customers are visiting his food in vegetable store. look

at everything 1st i lived near here 2nd at the supermarket they are huge lines 3rd anyway i used to come even before i know him i trust him yes good things and that's it. there reversal of the trend of crohn's you must flocking to giant supermarkets has prompted the renaissance fos mall shopkeepers and neighborhood grocery stores. that these get out and this misfortune is good for us but i don't like this situation anyway because health is at stake. in i go back to leave. this stuff i quite busy to. despite many people staying at home due to the partial lockdown. well most of all in this period we're working more we've lost the customers of the nearby workplaces but there's an increase of residents who have returned to buying food in small shops we offer quality products friendly service

maybe a joke to make this period less dramatic and people appreciate that to some people just. hope of all those shop owners that many customers will remain loyal to small stores after the coronavirus crisis is over. right now here in germany it's not quite sure how many people have contracts have because testing is not yet available to everybody the coronavirus app which aims to track the spread of the disease could help shed light on the issue of job unseen reluctant to voluntarily download something that could encroach on their privacy but that's not the case in iceland where tests and operation through smartphone apps are making things clearer for the horses. almost completely unobserved iceland's largest keys erupts into clear blue skies there have been few visitors of late with people or to keep their distance during lockdown today only lane and ocean have made the trip so we wanted to see some of the sites without all the tourists here for once and it's really

empty of the coronavirus has completely halted iceland's usually thriving tourist trade leaving locals to enjoy the many natural wonders in relative peace where they travel and who with is logged in a mobile app more than half the nation is registered this makes it easy to track the potential spread of the virus because you bust the hood if we needed something like this from the very start of the outbreak is that when it was crucial to track people coming into the country from abroad. at the beginning of march holidaymakers from iceland contracted the virus while skiing in the alps until then corona hadn't found its way to the small island nation almost to meet. voluntary testing was offered to residents in the capital reykjavik every day chief epidemiology style role for goodness an update the public. made with a higher percentage of tests on citizens than any other nation immediately after

diagnosis we place infected patients and those they have come into contact with quarantine so far that's been around 5 percent of the population. for every one person to have tested positive 10 have been placed on the foreign team. the result here really quiet streets in the capital but locals are 100 percent behind the measures. if you look over everything depends on following the measures only one will participate can we slow the spread of infection together we flatten the infection curve and the number of new cases is falling and. whether or not locals are permitted to visit sightseeing hotspots is down to the smartphone app it may have its drawbacks but solidarity with fellow citizens in a time of crisis is more important because after all it's the app is fine but it is a bit spooky everybody constantly knows where you are but there are lots of ups

like that and this one is not too different. from the you brought us there that are we need it now. anybody wishing to visit iceland on holiday is required to spend 2 weeks in quarantine 1st the rule is simple you can do what you want providing you do it alone. but it's been more than a month since the last match was played in the bundesliga and with the season still suspended indefinitely football fans are missing their beloved sport but many are tapping into their team spirit so help others who are struggling in the lock down. the own usually quiet east berlin home open does any good club in your here local football fans are doing their best to help their community during the coronavirus crisis. we set up the giving fans so that the homeless or families who maybe just don't have that much money can come and collect things like sanitarium products that you can tell we wanted to create a platform where people can come and take what they need because

a lot of other facilities are closed at the moment and wish to take trust. giving friends was just the start of the supporters efforts they also collecting handmade face mosques to donate to caregivers and essential workers after they heard the mosques were in short supply. you know so much as i was that's lucky we got together and decided to try and combine our strengths there are a lot of us who are sitting at home at the moment but we hope that those people can do some sewing with their families keep their children entertained and see it as a little family project and wake up in the city as well as keeping kids busy the funds are helping to secure the supply of essential items and with their home sewing god anyone should be able to put a mosque together you know it's always on everybody's got some fabric lying around at home and the kids don't have much to do at the moment so why not sit down with them and have a go at it together it's good fun i've got 2 left hands and even i managed it. with

$500.00 mosques collected so far these local fans are making the most of their football free time. ok so that's what's happening here in berlin but what are people in other major cities doing to help during the current crisis lisa and al correspondence to find out to me in this like these ones making the strongest difference and the most important one neighbor is trying to help the less privileged here alone they're preparing up to 4000 meals a day and deliver it to the needy one south africa has one of the. most and equal societies in the world with a mess of poverty problem and without initiatives like this one many people would have to go to bed hungry the stumble turkey's largest city street dogs and cats have been for centuries i keep part of the city's fabric. they have survived by retired people in each of the city streets providing food but those people are confined to home as part of efforts to contain the virus restaurants to another

source of food for these animals also shuttered a few shops that are remaining open all giving some food for the animals but now the city's local authorities too are stepping into the breach and giving food to these animals so that they too have a chance of surviving these difficult times my little brother will finish high school this summer but start the moment your school is closed like so many other schools around the world and like this one here in process. my brother's lucky because here's a laptop i'd also just what action and estimated a 1000 students here in brussels don't have access to all of that more than geek or small i'd seen on profit is changing the game they're collecting nations of all computers restore them to schools for now they have collected more than $450.00 now is for something that you think straight a whole scientists have discovered what they believe is the world's longest animal

off the coast of western australia so-called zoids have merged into a floating colony that is at least $46.00 metres long that it was found by an underwater robot that allowed researchers to explore deep sea canyons and coral reefs around australia that had never been seen before now still waits if you're wondering why animals that cloned themselves thousands of times and work together to form a gelatinous strain. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you muslims in parts of india are getting the blame for the coronavirus in the northern city of maywood muslims are being accused of staging what locals are boiling carona jihad even though there is no evidence. this is t.v. news and they lend you can't always get any. latest around the clock that's on the d w at all on our website state of dot com you can follow us on twitter and instagram

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