did you know that. this is deja vu news live from berlin germany's angela merkel warns that coronavirus restrictions are being lifted too quickly she tells parliament the country could risk all relax if it lets down its guard now as she has a message for ordinary people struggling to cope with the difficult new reality of life with the buyers. plus it's the 1st case of its kind the in the world to suspected syrian torturers go on trial here in germany campaigners hope it will be the 1st step towards justice for thousands of victims.

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us. germans must continue to show discipline in the face of the coronavirus in a speech to parliament she criticised the lifting of some lockdown restrictions as to hasty she said her fear was the country might squander the gains that it's made so far and people became complacent about social distancing she also called for a bigger european union budget to support recovery in the bloc. across germany more people of venturing out a week after the 16 german states agreed to relax certain restrictions on movement some shops are slowly reopening opiate with restrictions. face masks are now obligatory on public transport as well as in stores in some states but easing restrictions runs the risk of. cincy addressing the bundestag on thursday german

chancellor angela merkel warned that the 170 is far from over. which target to be sure i fully support the decisions taken by both the federal and state governments on wednesday last week but i'm concerned about the implementation of those decisions since then to me it seems from ration cards. you think of me sometimes it seems rash in parts if not to say to rush. let us not gamble away what has been achieved and risk a setback. do you solidarity was also a key issue. european leaders would use to hold a video summit on thursday to discuss the blocks response to the economic impact while ruling out the idea of joint debt in the form of corona vaughn's macko said jenny is ready to make significantly higher contributions to the e.u. budget. all of our national efforts could only succeed if we are

also successful in europe you've often heard me say in this house that in the long run germany could only flourish if europe is also in good shape. and of. european solidarity in health policy the sofa being germany's focus more than 200 patients from france italy and the netherlands are being cared for in germany intensive care units but with the true economic impact of current virus still unknown pressure is growing on europe's economic powerhouse to loosen its purse strings. let's bring in our chief political editor for more we heard the chancellor criticizing the easing of restrictions in germany what exactly are her concerns. her concern is that the small victories that many have succeeded so far over the virus not to see its own health service stretched to the limits could now be lost if the easing of

restrictions means that people feel too much at ease and that was her address in particular the state premiers here in germany where the one hand in north rhine-westphalia we have a state premier wanting to see fast easing of restrictions a past to the return to normal and the very you have a much much tougher stance on that partly also because bavaria borders all stria and that's believed where a lot of the infections came from so she's has a cautioning words at the same time saying that this is the moment for europe to stand together. while she also spoke about the economic impact and how best to get europe through the crisis what did you say on that front. well she signal quite clearly that germany is willing to see a budget that i quote has to be different from the budgets before the e.u. is currently discussing its long term budget so

a lot more money beyond the 500000000000 already on the table will have to be pledged all around but but her pointing towards the e.u. budget again in this speech of the day means her way of saying no once again to so-called corona bombs that would see other e.u. countries stay in stand in for national particularly italy wanted to see those happen what we still haven't learned from the german government is how much money it would be willing to put on the table how much it would add to that e.u. budget beyond what it has to anyway and we have seen is berlin move on issues that it has been particularly against in the past years and that's also you funding going into the prevention of unemployment across europe at the depth of this crisis there anglo-american almost dropped her resistance to funds and also essentially german money going into compensation for short term work in other

countries so there's a lot of movement there with merkel wanting to see a much closer europe but there's a big question mark whether that can actually be the case our chief political editor michelle occlusion for us thank you while chancellor merkel and the other e.u. heads of state will meet in a video conference today to negotiate a package to help economies recover from the pandemic so let's go to brussels garrick matters to standing by for us there so how far apart are you are you countries right now on how to issue debt to finance the economic stimulus. so we make a law as already mentioned that angle america has dropped a resistance. on start certain issues regarding for instance that european budget where she's willing to make bigger contribution and that will be good news for the countries in the south of europe overall all european states will meet at the summit all $27.00 agree that the recovery fund is necessary the question is

however the method how that money is raised and has me tell you guys pointed out how much money will be in the pot at the end of the day it will not paper over the age old row of a mutual i stept something that for the states in the north of europe is definitely not on the table so today what i expect from this meeting is a mission for the european commission that will be asked to explore ways how this recovery fund could be raised or it will this will be a very different meeting they're in there holding this meeting we have video conference and former commission president i'm glad you said you know if you can't meet in person you're not going to be able to reach a compromise so how is this going to work logistically after the last video conference summit the german chancellor angela merkel said of course it is a little more tricky because if you want a quick bilateral normally you would get up walk around the table and talk to your french counterparts now this time around you'd have to send what's that messages or

or s.m.s. messages which makes it a little more tricky to find consensus what is different with this summit is that the head of the european council sean michel has already scrapped the idea of council conclusions so no unilateral consensus has to be found on this summit all we'll have at the end is a declaration from the president of the european council what has been achieved matters with the latest from brussels thank you. right let's take a look at other coronavirus news now the ratings agency fitch says the world is on track for a recession of unprecedented depth in the post-war period it could be twice as severe as the recession of 2009 u.k. researchers at oxford university will today begin trials in humans of a potential covert $1000.00 vaccine the e.u. says russian media continue to spread anti european misinformation related to the

corona virus it's being disseminated via twitter facebook and other social media outlets in china a citizen journalist missing for almost 2 months has reappeared he says he was detained by police and forcibly quarantined. now it is the 1st trial of its kind in the world 2 suspected syrian intelligence officers are set to face justice here in germany today they're charged with crimes against humanity including torture and sexual assault prosecutors are using universal jurisdiction laws to try to to set suspects here now the defendants enter germany as asylum seekers along with thousands of other syrians did every reports now in the hope of one mother that this could bring justice for her son and some viewers may find some scenes distressing. mario lives in a berlin suburb it seems it illich but this syrian woman is part of a europe wide hunt to catch criminals secret service agents from her country like

many others merriam son i hum was systematically tortured the young medical student had spoken up for human rights and calling for president bashar assad to step down now 8 years after his death his mother is seeking justice. i want the culprits to be brought to justice from the accomplices all the way up to assad these people are responsible for spilling our children's blood could kill me that. more than 26000 pictures of torture victims were smuggled out of her torn syria by a courageous former police photographer his code name caesar the photos could help convict torturers and murderers. human rights lawyer maz and doubt we survived torture in syria now living in germany he's pressing charges against his former tormentors including anwar as a former senior member of the syrian secret service and more are is charged with crimes against humanity murder and rape. this is a field of study it will be

a trial so the 1st time there is a respectable or a judge and we have picked a suspect and we size the law of the state of florida we don't have it in syria. bill wiley is investigating syrian tortures he used to hunt war criminals as he went prosecutor and worked on cases from the former yugoslavia and the wanton genocide he knows that without a peeper trail it's difficult to bring culprits to justice. that's why the state documents smuggled out of syria are so valuable. what you have in this room. it was generated by the security intelligence structures and shared the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of

syria at the top level and the governor to. the question they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are while he believes at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe. 100 hopes that not only the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. travel has become impossible because of the pen demick with many borders closed and international flights grounded that's having a devastating impact on countries that live off of tourism the spanish island of majorca is especially hard hit. the cloudy april weather it's just a tiny problem compared to the corona virus outbreak. the past trough the consequences for your car beaches are melting. just a year ago 15000000 this has brought here. hotel owner

montserrat say you know no fears for her likelihood or restaurants and hotels in majorca have been forced to shut down and definitely. economically speaking this is the song and everyone who lives from tourism on the line and. this used to be one of the busiest streets of palma now everything's closed the belly eric island's g.d.p. could tumble by a 3rd it's feared that spain as a whole could lose my 900000000000 euros of revenue tourism as vital to the country the local government here is pushing for the reopening of insurance. i was coming there was we want to throw the record an orchestra and reach about a quarter of last year as well yeah that would be a good. montserrat once to welcome holidaymakers to her hotel again but it's unclear just when it will be able to reopen the residents

stressed that they are sealed off from the mainland and the number of infections here is relatively low. my. this is also why we hope to welcome our guests. but mark makes it difficult to keep with this 2 meters from. my. very difficult time. while the coronavirus locked down in india is having one positive side effect committing air pollution levels in the capital delhi take a look at the pictures before and after this is what one of the city's famous landmarks looked like back in november 2019 and this is what it looks like today you can even see the india gate from quite a far what a way a way back then there was no chance of that usually the city's roads are choked with experts say there are dramatic changes largely due to

a sharp drop in traffic and they warn that the improvement is likely to be short lived. thank you for watching good news will be back at the top of the hour. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona. 19 special next on d w. comes a virus spread. why do we have it and when will. you do.