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this is the interview news live from berlin chancellor angela merkel warns against lifting coronavirus restrictions too quickly she tells parliament the country could squander the progress that the chief battling the pandemic of people let down their guard now and she has a message for everyone struggling to cope with the difficult new reality of life with the pirates also coming up will european unity be the pandemics next picked up e.u. ministers are meeting by video conference to discuss sharing the costs of recovery the italian prime minister wants wealthy northern nations to issue joint to debt
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but the idea spreads to split the block and reopen old wounds. and german football's top brass signed off on a plan to restart the country's beloved one does league name but not everyone is on board with taking off the lead in little outlook and demick. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us on american says 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 it's made so far of people become 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 and. to relax certain restrictions on movement
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some shops are slowly reopening albeit with restrictions. facemasks are now obligatory on public transport as well as in stores in some states but easing restrictions runs the risk of complacency addressing the bundestag on thursday german chancellor angela merkel warned that the 170 is far from over. the target to be sure i fully support the decisions made by both the federal and state governments last wednesday but i'm concerned about the implementation of those decisions since then to me it seems rash. of the governments in thailand if not to say to rush. less is it let's not gamble away what's been achieved and risk a setback. e.u. 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
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while ruling out the idea of joint debt in the form of corona vons merkel said germany is ready to make significantly higher contributions to the e.u. budget. national efforts can only succeed if we are also successful in europe. you've often heard me say in the us house germany can only flora's in the long run if europe is also in good shape and of. european solidarity in health policy the so far been 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. well they you had some state meet in a video conference today to negotiate a package to help economies recover and. is in brussels for us hi karen so how far
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apart are member states on how to issue debt to finance the accu economic stimulus so we still lots of work here for your leaders let's not forget this all leads us back to an age old raul over mutual i stepped between the north and the south of europe but look speaking of trillions and billions here what also has to say that this is a lot about symbolism this is politics and this is about interest rates that still aren't there we don't know where they will be at the moment italy and spain can still easily get money out to get good traits on the market so this is also a lot about politics on the other hand a lot of money is already there direct money half a 1000000000 half a trillion euros available it's a complicated topic i tried to break it down for you in a report let's take a look. advance
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payment company. equity injection and direct grant under normal circumstances could all be examples of unfair competition in the e.u. . but with europe they rule spending for the 4th time in history there's a mountain of new money almost for. europe collectively is well above 3 trillion euros. the more impressive response anywhere in the world. but we know we will need more. a lot more. because some states are in a much better financial position to fund national stimulus package than others eurozone finance ministers have already agreed on the principle of a mutual e.u. recovery from the big problem the 5 the nature of this new debt instrument has yet
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to be decided by heads of government italy france and spain has so far been in favor of jointly e.u. debt but germany the netherlands and others wrongly opposed the idea of so-called bond a compromise could lie behind these walls the e.u. commission could borrow money and against the security of the e.u. budget something like a limited edition of mutual debt it isn't spanish. and the german chancellor has already said she's willing to explore the idea really and will need to address the pandemic and germany will participate in solidarity measures that go beyond the initial rescue package of 500000000000 euros. the question is what the commission response as low. ground. or a care get is a complicated issue something that e.u.
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leaders will have to negotiate making it more complicated is the fact that they're not going to be huddled in one room they're going to be meeting via video conference how will this work logistically. well without a doubt it makes it more complicated and in fact finance ministers already showed that an all nighter summit a summit that's dragged on for 16 hours is even possible just using a t.v. screens and computer screens which i'm chancellor angela merkel said after one after the last digital summit if you want to call it that way that of course the bilateral meetings are more complicated you can just walk around the table and have a chat with your french counterpart but overall of course the same political topics are on the table the same pressure is as they are although this time around maybe a little less because the head of the european council sean michel has already a script the idea of council conclusions i.e.
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also a consensus that has to be achieved a unanimous decision by leaders and so all we will have at the end of the day is a presidential statement by michelle who says what has been achieved and what has not been achieved he has cared much less reporting from brussels thank you very much now to some other headlines from around the world reports suggest boeing may be planning to layoff 10 percent of its civil aviation staff the news agency a.f.p. says the cuts would affect up to 7000 employees who are working on the 737 max and the long haul 787 and 777 models boeing is restarting production of the aircraft following coronavirus shut down. house of german companies are using a short term work scheme to cut salary costs during the pandemic that is according to a survey from the evil economic institute the scheme allows companies to retain workers through state aid 80 percent of companies have seen revenues fall during the
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lockdown. concerns are growing for indigenous tribes and brazil's amazon region hit hard by the coronavirus the city of mine now says digging mass graves to handle around 100 burials a day that is 3 times the usual number local officials are pleading for federal aid but government is playing down the threat. of flash flooding in the u. many city of aden has left at least 14 people dead and dozens injured many streets have been blocked and buildings destroyed by mud and debris and the country is already struggling with the effects of years of conflict and cholera outbreaks. of some breaking news from the sports world to sleep clubs and the german football league of held a virtual meeting and they say they hope to officially restart the bundesliga season on may 9th in empty stadiums pending government approval the german football league announced that decision after a meeting with clubs now it would mark the 1st return of
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a major european football league during the ongoing pandemic the bundesliga suspended its season after a closed door game in mid march and need special government press permission to get around fans on large public events through august. and we have jonathan crane from due to the sports with us for more on this story hi jonathan tell us what this is about me what is the bonus league plan and hope for here. as leader wants to get up and running as soon as it possibly can many so it can get its hands on 300000000 euros worth of missing t.v. money to save struggling clubs in fact we heard the d.f.l. boss christian seifert just a bit this is a matter of survival so to that end the league has come up with a plan pending government approval as you say as to how that might happen some of the things that might be needed obviously as we knew already matches will have to be played and empty stadiums it is going to need to be eliminated stuff presence in 3 zones that would be inside the stadium in the style and and outside the stadium
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of the pretty grain rituals such as walking out the other hand shakes team photos that will be abandoned and most controversially a play is obviously need to be tested before and after games coach to stuff as well now obviously this league itself has admitted that this is not a perfect solution there is not going to be a solution that is 100 percent perfect but it hopes and it says that what it proposes will mitigate a lot of the risks of the current virus spreading so what do they need to do to get this special permission that they are seeking well it will come down to government approval and specifically the approval of the heads of the 16 german states now the government and the states will be meeting at the end of april but the signs from the politicians have been largely positive some of the noises the health minister spawn for example as well as the 2 state premiers of germany's largest states have both indicates it's all indicates a draw the this would be possible under conditions if the medicine and the medical
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side checks out of course this isn't just about risk it's about perception as well and there will be some people who say look why should footballers have special rules why should football be allowed to carry on when some people are still dying from the current. virus so it's going to be a difficult one groups as well have been opposed to restart in terms of the tests maybe 222-5000 tests would be needed now we've heard from robert gates that they have already decided that might not be such a good idea let's have a listen. to that i don't see why certain parts of the population whether athletes or any other group in which society has a certain interest should be routinely screen and. so that is the ethical question why should healthy. be tested when people who are sick with the virus possibly congress their hands in the response that says the germ these huge testing capacity we would only need your point 4 percent of the available
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tests they think is possible and of course if the tests were needed for other things they would then have those tests now as you said they're really eager to get the season under way the bundesliga is losing lots of money but how could it be that this massive very successful football league is struggling so much just because the season has been just that i think you have an important question because a lot of people are saying how can it be you know you've got a league that is essentially living hand to mouth why is football so unsustainable why is the football business so unsustainable reports just 13 out of the 36 clubs in germany's top divisions the bonus league and the 2nd news media are at risk in the bundesliga and possible and said to be at risk now i will mention the t.v. money clubs need. to be able to survive that accounts for. the missing money in some way more than they would get from ticket sales which is why these stadium games have been put forward because that scene is that an east west example but certainly a lot of people are saying that this current viruses from our lights on the how and
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sustainable football clubs are and something will have to change once this is all over in the way the clubs around a lot at stake jonathan crane from sports thanks so much for joining us. now the coronavirus lockdown in india is having one positive side effect plummeting air pollution levels in the capital delhi take a look at us some before and after pictures that we have this is what one of the city's famous landmarks looked like back last november and this is what it looks like today well you can even see the india gate from way for a way back then there was no chance usually the city's roads as you can see are choked with vehicles experts say the dramatic change is largely due to the sharp drop in traffic and they warned that the improvement is likely to be short lived. just. right thank you for watching news coming up next our covens 900 special with
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