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well you. this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight in germany stores and shops are open again but restarting europe's biggest economy comes with a warning and a risk it would be a real shame if we were not except that we have not seen any quick fighting. so we must not be candidates will ever struck simple even for a moment yet balancing back to business with the battle against the coronavirus also coming up tonight a conversation with germany's health minister. what his country is doing to help its european neighbors in this pandemic and it didn't take
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a virus to end israel's political paralysis after 3 elections in less than a year israel is of balancing get a unity government. i'm bring coffee it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with a germany back in business but still at risk today stores and shops in germany reopened after what has been a 5 week coronavirus induced shutdown it is a 1st step in what will be a gradual return to economic normality and it comes in a world that still dominated by the new normal the coronavirus the german chancellor today issuing a warning and a reminder. it's shopping but it's not as we near it at this store in cologne customers are required to keep
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a safe distance from one another but will that happen when more people head out. just in america than that it's the easing of germany's strict lockdown just days ago but now she says she's worried people may think the pandemic is no longer a problem. miss india says we must proceed slowly step by step and with caution it would be a real shame if we were to suffer a relapse despite being able to avoid that and put our initial successes at risk your actions. so we must not be careless or get responsible not even for a moment. retailer patrick ins up oconee of the french border is only allowing 15 people at a time into his shop he's had to improvise a plan to keep everyone safe. we have put a bill at the door each customer rings the bell and then we let them in if possible old otherwise they will have to wait for perhaps 10 to 15 minutes we put
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a table in a chair outside the customer considering the sun and read a magazine while they wait. by the time i took it as a homicide unlike in other states in sod land shops with over 800 square meters of sale space can open if they're divided into separate areas meaning big department stores can return to business to insects and the cloth face masks are required in shops and on public transport to the area and 3 have followed suit will soon be mandatory that to the lack of a single set of rules for all of germany has a rotating. ruby ridge most i would like to see standard rules for retailers across the whole country and i would prefer the rules to be implemented immediately in the different states that. germany's retailers are optimistic as they emerge from the lockdown as they wait for customers they hope a new business will not lead to a surge in infections. or earlier we spoke with germany's health minister and we
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asked him about the european response to the pandemic. insisting europe will come the other side stronger than before. of course as soon as you do these costs concrete measures concrete packages there's always a discussion which is quite normal because the different interests between the 27 member states but that's always when it is needed we come to a result and what is important for us this is an approach of many of the countries we are european solidarity and at the same time we don't want to have any incentives for the future that might lead to the wrong way so as to find the right balance between financial sound. richie and that is actually what we have reached so far so yes there are debates and some of them out stressful about and that is important in the end we are stronger together. germany's health minister huge ponds
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begin with this earlier today here's a brief roundup now of other coronavirus developments around the world the global death toll has now exceeded 168000 that's according to johns hopkins university in the u.s. the number of coronavirus related deaths in france has surpassed 20000 almost as many as in spain the u.n. refugee agency says lockdowns are having a serious impact on the lines of displaced women and girls because they are now at greater risk of gender based violence spain says it will ask the european union to set up a massive 1.5 trillion your word fund to help countries recover from the economic fallout of the pandemic and italy reports its 1st drop in the number of active cases and it says it seen its lowest daily death toll in a week. but this is not the only pandemic related news item coming up on business closing at negative prices for the 1st time in history today stephen
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beardsley will hear from our wall street correspondent about what the collapse means for the months ahead. investigators in canada are trying to determine the motive behind the worst mass shooting that the country has ever seen the gunman disguised himself as a police officer before wreaking havoc on communities across nevada scotia shooting residents and setting houses on fire in an attack that lasted hours. the shooting rampage ended at this gas station where the suspect was killed that police chased the gunman for 12 hours during that time he shot at least 18 people dead the hunt for the shooter spanned 100 kilometers from rural puerto peak and the canadian province of nova scotia authorities warned residents to stay indoors several people including a police officer were slain at various locations. countless families are in
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mourning today each person who lost their family and friend. and they too will need their support. the impact of this incident will extend one end of the province to the other canadian prime minister justin trudeau paid tribute to the slain officer and the other shooting victims he also praised those providing emergency service no one man's action can build a wall between us and a better day no matter how evil how thoughtless or how destructive the gunman's motive is still unknown investigators suspect that he planned the shooting spree the 51 year old denture fitter had disguised himself as a policeman. as canadians mourn prime minister to doe pledge to continue with the planned introduction of further gun control legislation. for here's a look at other stories of making headlines around the world germany's education
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minister has told the news that the government plans to give interest free loans to students in need the loan program would be extended to international students who are not from the european union brazil's president joy you're also naro the joint crowds at a public rally in brasilia on sunday and criticised corona virus and walk down measures imposed by state governors in the country brazil has the highest number of infections of latin america but also continues to downplay the severity of the pandemic. finally israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has agreed to form an emergency unity government with his political rival betty got this ends a year long political deadlock following 3 inconclusive elections the coronavirus emergency in israel has forced the 2 arch rivals to make a deal over the weekend protests were held against netanyahu he faces trial on 3 charges of corruption he has denied any wrongdoing. arliss bring in our
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correspondent on ukraine where she's on the story for us tonight in jerusalem good evening to you tanya it's amazing isn't it after 3 elections now israel is about to get a new government did it take the coronavirus to get this movement. plus quite unusual times as everywhere as you said 3 elections multiple attempts to form a government and almost a year and a hof it took them to get to this point it's also unusual because this is and the eat of young house who are the holocaust remembrance day but 1st and foremost this government's national emergency government as it's called should now a focus on dealing with the corona crisis at the same time of course they also wanted to avoid a force election and i think it took a rather stunning turnabout by a bendy guns to form
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a rifle you have to say off benyamin netanyahu. blue and white and he actually gave up on his election promise to never sit with a prime minister who faces corruption charges and at the same time a benyamin netanyahu got more and more support in polls again because he is the one dealing in a row with the corona crisis yet the daily basis and the past couple of weeks tanya beyond dealing with this pandemic what do we know about the contents of the agreement to build this unity government. well basically this is a power sharing agreement which means that prime minister netanyahu has been acting prime minister will stay as prime minister for the next 18 months. then you guns will become his deputy he will also be defense minister his centrist aligns who might actually broke apart so you could be there
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only with a smaller faction but he will also get to hear ministries like the justice ministry and the foreign ministry and other points of disagreement and that was one of the sticking points it seems that benyamin netanyahu will get beat of how over to additional appointments and also in this agreement it says that from 1st of july there could be a potential for an extension of parts of the occupied west bank right to w.'s tanya kramer on the story for us tonight in jerusalem thank you. the players and coaches of english side arsenal have agreed to take a 12.5 percent salary cut because of the coronavirus pandemic arsenal is the 1st premier league club to announce a pay cut rather than a deferral while adding that some of the money could be repaid if future sporting
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targets are met the pay deal comes amid criticism over the way some english top flight teams have responded or not respond to the pandemic. germany's bundesliga soccer season could restart beginning may 9th without spectators league officials have been making preparations to play matches behind closed doors to prevent the spread of the coronavirus the premiers of germany's 2 biggest states have told german media that such a move is possible under certain conditions a meeting between the league and clubs is scheduled for this coming thursday. well germany's basketball reputation has gotten a boost because teams in the women's national basketball association selected 3 young german players they expect to start in the u.s. league the top pick among them in what's called the w n b a draft is such a symbolic and she has a background considered unique even by diverse u.s.
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standards take a look. she's accustomed to change this athlete with ducks on how basketball jersey has played her last game at the university of oregon ducks that's because pandemic restrictions ended their season but satu sadly left a mark on u.s. college basketball with massive success before thousands of fans. of ali's 21 year journey has taken her from her city new york in the united states to africa and have followed this home country the gambia then to haue mother's home country germany where she caught the eye of possible collapse then to oregon for 3 years of high pressure hoops and now dallas because the dallas wings select sought to sell billie from the university of oregon. she was selected in the w n
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b a's draft by the dallas wings. i was so happy when i heard my name. yeah when i think i got my name called you know all my dreams. and i was so happy if it's like you look at it it's just a call or something i really believe because of the pandemic lockdown sally's support from family and friends has been mostly virtual. oh. no it's not. just us including well wishes from her german grandma. sally is not the 1st. with german roots to make her mark in dallas ski became one of the all time greats of the men's n.b.a. with the dallas mavericks now retired it skis already reached out to sally to welcome her and prepare her work comes next whatever coach wants. you know and
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so like me that incidental this just gives a lot of options what i will have to do what i will do. stephen is up next with business stick around to the right. is a master of the art of confrontation this is wrong measuring of for both combat doesn't mean you're going to see ya exploited the undisputed champion of tough political talk trying to frighten people there's a fight everybody understands it except you enter the conflict zone and joining to sebastian as he holds the power to account this is a big failure whichever way you like to spin the conflict zone. totally.

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