city. philippines in the sights of our yes starts may 20th on d w. 2 to. move to. la. this is key to every news live from a 1000000000 dollar magical war instruments not just wonder what they've achieved battling coronavirus the chance to tell us parliaments that rushing to roll back restrictions on top of the president germany's ability to keep the pandemic in check also coming up. for european unity be the pandemics next victim e.u.

leaders hold a virtual summit to discuss sharing the cost of recovering it me or for older nations to issue so-called corona bonds but the idea threatens to divide the uk. also on the program in the 1st case off its kind in the welsh to serious suspects of torture go on a trial here in germany campaign is hope it'll be the 1st step towards justice for thousands of victims. plus a conversation with the 99 year old fundraising phenomenon captain tom one after raising the staggering sums for britain's health care system we're also the world war 2 veteran how he views this battle against the pandemic. hello i'm christine want to welcome to the program. i'm going to medical say as

germans must continue to show discipline in the face off the coronavirus in a speech to parliament she criticized 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 if people became complacent about social distancing she also called for a bigger european union budget to support recovery in the block. 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 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 warns that the pandemic 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 and there. was a difference in time if not to say too rash. less than 0 let's not gamble away what's been achieved and risk a setback. e.u. solidarity was also a key issue european leaders are holding a video so much on thursday to discuss the blocks response to the economic impact. while ruling out the idea of joint debt in the form of corona farms macko said that 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 your house germany can only flora's in the long run if europe is also in good shape and. 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 german 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 ok for more on this will be speaking to his chief international editor richard walk of his in brussels in a moment but 1st i'll start with our chief political correspondent melinda crane hi melinda so we've seen germany support its neighbors with donations of medical supplies and even bringing critically ill people to be treated here in germany will that generosity extend when it comes to a joint if it's to help spur recovery in countries that have been hardest hit by current virus. that's absolutely the question that is on the table today at that video conference e.u. summit that is currently going on and it's

a question that has been posed over recent weeks both in german political circles and in polls to german citizens and the wide majority of germans absolutely say germany must support those southern european countries spain italy portugal greece that have been especially hard hit both in terms of health and in terms of the economy by the coronavirus that said where germans are divided and undecided is the same place that the e.u. leaders themselves are divided and that is over the question of mutualization of debt so-called euro bonds or corona bonds what's clear as that the european union will have to borrow money it can't simply pay for recovery out of its cash reserves now by taking this step today the chancellor said germany must contribute more to the budget until now the plan was that germany would contribute about one percent of its g.d.p. it's now that number will be significantly higher she said reminding her listeners

that germany and europe are an absolute community where all fates are bound together so in that way she is definitely saying yes we are prepared to put more money on the table and she certainly will have germans behind her ok thanks melinda is kosovan is chief international editor richard woolcott he is and brussels richard we've seen european leaders are kind of actually holding a video summit to discuss the block's response to the economic impact what can be expected to come out of that meeting. yeah well as we heard from melinda there's been a huge amounts of positioning going on over the past couple of weeks in the lead up to this very important meeting i mean if you think about the depth of the crisis there really hasn't been an economic collapse of this magnitude and to speed in a century really so the positioning has been taking place in every country we heard a little bit about germany there were certainly people want solidarity the question is what kind of solidarity and there's this sense that this idea of debt

mutualization corona bonds is the lingo that's been spreading around europe is is a step too far for germany that this would be seen by many as a slippery slope towards kind of having joints debt for the entire operation of the euro zone but there is a bit of a glimmer of hope that there may be some room for compromise around a proposal that has come from spain and the idea from spain is that the european commission could borrow money on the international markets on the basis of the european budget and borrow it extraordinary long terms even perpetual debt debt that never actually gets paid back but just the interest is rolled over now there's a lot of debate around this but it does look like there could be some room for compromise around that now at the same time the european council's been careful to lower expectations about massive breakthrough coming out of tonight's summit they're saying they won't even necessarily be a joint statement they'll just be a statement from the european council president and most likely he will then say ok

we think this could be a way over to you european commission you guys go work out something that we can maybe sign off on in the next week said ok thank you to the deadliest melinda crane and richard. now let's have a look at other coronavirus news coverage 19 has now killed over 185000 people will wyatt according to the latest figures compiled by the johns hopkins university the number of global cases has topped 2600000 the w.h.o. ses up to hoff of the dates from the penn demick across europe occurred in nursing homes lay overburdened health work is attend to the elderly china has rejected australia's proposal of an independent probe of the coronavirus pandemic describing it as irresponsible well stray there has been a critic of the way china has handled the outbreak the northern italian region often body has begun antibody tests as it seeks state about possible immunity to

the corona virus the region hard hit by the virus is preparing to reopen its economy folks law has reopened one of its german production plants as the country's all important industry tries to get back on the road it comes as if in a calm make a dime that posted and 80 percent primed for this quarter operating profits diamond itself restarted machines at its missy is ponce this week but as the figures show the return to work is by no means business as usual. workers trickle through the gates of dime was rushed out to plant after 4 weeks of coronavirus closure just a few steps into their work place statter reminded that these aren't normal times over mask or no mask many a glad to be back in the early return to everyday life everyone's healthy

and we're glad the business is running again and we can get back to work with the always your. folks fog and staff of also being getting back on the job on thursday v.w. reopened this plant in slovakia and it's factory in the east in germantown and. it's other sites will follow soon. b.m.w. is the last of the german giants to reawaken it hopes to open idled plants next month. the return of workers to production lines like a dime liz engine factory in stuttgart is crucial not just for the car makers themselves and the showrooms they supply is also essential for the rest of the supply chain which is keen to get back to making parts and making money if but the return to work is being approached with caution. as a bit of other sorts is the protection of our employees is our number one the priority with a focus on keeping distance and where we can guarantee a metre and

a half between employees workers are required to wear face masks this is a must. applied to both work and dressed with socially distant break time was the order of the day. the coronavirus pandemic has changed the rules of the game for this week has seen the return of a key engine of the german economy. and here's a look at some other news from around the world gold has been rising to a 7 year high price as and best is sort of a safe haven people in thailand have been among those sending jewelry with the precious metal briefly trading at more than $750.00 an ounce. and reports suggests boeing may be planning to lay off 10 percent of its civil aviation stuff news agency a.f.p. say is the cuts would affect up to 7000 employees working on the 737 max and the long haul 787 and triple 7 models boeing is restarting production off the aircraft

following coronavirus shutdowns. on cern's a growing for indigenous tribes in brazil's amazon region hard hit by the crowd of eyes the city of man else is digging mass graves to hand in the route 100 burials a day that's 3 times the usual number local officials are pleading for federal aid but president also norris government is paying down the 3. back to germany now the trade off to suspected members off syria's secret police has opened in the city of blitz the men face charges of murder torture and sexual assaults they allegedly committed in a damascus prison in tweets and 27 prosecutors are using universal jurisdiction goals to try the 2 suspects in this country they entered germany as asylum seekers reports now on one woman's hope that the trial could bring justice for his son a warning that the u.s. may find some scenes in our next report distressing. mario lives in

a berlin suburb it seems it illich but this syrian woman is part of a europe wide hunt to catch criminal 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 called 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 i was possible for spilling our children's blood that can be done. more than 26000 pictures of torture victims were smuggled out of our tour in syria by a courageous former police photographer his code name caesar the photos could help convict torturers and murderers. human rights lawyer mas 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 5 stone it will be a thought this is the 1st time there is a split the. judge and we have picked a suspect and the size of. the stake. we don't have it and see it you. 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 peep or 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 with ariel's. generated by the security intelligence structures of syria the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level the governor level request they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior of agents remain undetected in europe. 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. returning to our main subject the coronavirus in particular the race to develop a vaccine for it germany is the latest country to allow the testing of a vaccine on volunteers but not everyone is welcoming the drive not despite the pandemic and to vaccine sentiment continues to thrive among them in our minority of people around the world it's

a movement that's been growing in recent years field long discredited study that links the measles vaccine with autism in children it's it's one people's resistance to a coven 19 vaccine when it eventually becomes available could undermine efforts to eradicate the virus. the a.b.s. has been looking into the story and joins me now so let's get this straight. is the coronavirus pandemic leading people in the ad he vaccine movement to change their opinion on vaccines. well 1st and foremost christine what's really interesting is if you actually just let's focus here in a few countries in the european union france one of the worst affected countries at by this corona virus pandemic in fact also happens to be one of the countries if not the highest level of people who mistrust vaccines but in fact in studies carried out and appears that

a significant percentage more of french people would in fact actually get the coronavirus vaccine if it became available you know soon on the same as happened in the united kingdom and the percentage of people who said they would never get a vaccine and facts has dropped and that's quite interesting considering the situation we find ourselves in now also experts are worried you mentioned that there are you know how will they eradicate the virus if there are some people who are against the idea of getting a vaccine and it's not so difficult to find people who were very much against the vaccine for so many conspiracy theories if they're online you know there are many groups out there saying that the idea of getting a vaccine for multiple reasons is something that they will not do at everything from the fact that they don't feel like they should be forced to get a vaccine people who are worried about the health implications of it and also interesting they even big well known names are coming out to say that they won't

actually even get the vaccine probably the most well known is novak djokovic of course the tennis i would even say superstar has come out saying that he wouldn't get it so you know ministrations are going to have a tough job at to convince those people despite the figures that are seeing some sort of that shift in the direction right want them to go hey i mean you might call that nice life problems right to to have a vaccine what they are right now and the problem being convincing people to get it but how are officials planning to deal with the skepticism once the vaccine for the virus is available. well you're actually right of course this is going to be a very big problem because of course you're dealing with different countries even within different countries different administrations who would have to decide that but if we look at germany of course the country that you and i are both sitting and standing in at the moment is that they cost a lot last year which made getting the measles vaccine obligatory and so you know what we'll have to see is how the e.u. had to do you hate to go have multiple countries in the you and across the world

particularly those most affected by this corona virus approach it when it comes out will that make it compulsory will it be compulsory for all aspects of life or will they leave it up to people to decide of course we have to wait 1st for that vaccine to come kristie all right that's a bill phone n.d.s. thank you for that coronavirus struck down and the need for physical distance are important impacting cities in different ways than all the lawyers he's have introduced mischa's to try to reduce the risk off infection among cyclists but not everyone's happy about the move to. hit the road to find out more . the streets are deserted no tourists walking around no commuters driving to work. it never felt so pleasant to ride your bike through berlin. the volume of traffic in the german capital has fallen

sharply since the start of the coronavirus crisis. there are 40 percent fewer cars on the roads why the number of cyclists has barely gone down at all because the risk of infection on a bike is very low. and seasonal here you can see the old markings you can see that the bike lane was very narrow up the exhaustion all over more road space is being made available for sight as we meet up with felix by spears checked off the streets and parks department of the berlin district of at least one client's back from the force on us is was on the move obviously each if one person is going slowly and someone wants to overtake they shouldn't be doing that less than one and a half metres of this in a large in are for on approach move from if things are just to avoid so we are making wider bike lanes as the border stronger because of the pandemic rapid action was required and the local parliament was not consulted that is perfectly legal but in germany where the car is part of the social and economic fabric not everyone is

happy about it when they've got sex on foot this is come pleat lee unacceptable it targets car drivers and doesn't help cyclists that's what the greens want they just hate cars. but bike riders like and delight. she has been complaining for years for traffic reform. for her the crisis is a well come up at unity to reduce the number of cars and make more space for bikes and pedestrians and. i imagine all the time howard would be was. less cars like here all the 2 cars parked could be just. you could plant flowers thaw put the chairs off the cafe with there could be a playground for. that ideal still some way the initial focus in berlin is on widening existing bike lanes and creating. another big german cities including s.

an inch deep guard or taking similar. now to a bright spot during this crown a virus and to make f 1009 years of age captain tom war has become a global social media phenomenon the british world war 2 veteran has made headlines for raising funds for health is treating coronavirus patients he said himself the challenge of walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday the campaign quickly went viral originally captain was at planned to raise 1000 british pounds but people all around the world have so far donated the equivalent of over 32000000 juries and the numbers keep rising he's also caught the attention of a member of the royal family. it's amazing what a lot of research there is no it's not a. long nose. it's wonderful that everyone

is or a story to some issue so not only is there is a one man one reason she will go for it so it's going to use her that's right and i'm so excited to say we're now joined by captain tom moore and his daughter hannah ingrid more in mosques and more sane england hello to your caps and i am so excited to have you on the program today you are one of my hearers i mess start by asking you this i mean you've now raised more than 30000000 viewers a staggering amount how do you feel about a company that. this is that he said happy to have you on the show you want to thank you rose and she said now you've raised over 30000000 euros i have you feel about that of. the mozingo a certain amount of money as we rode soon so it's a short time almost look at the clauses there's a really good warm front too who rules you saw nothing because of who.

i did too so what do you think the money should be used for. so i'll pick that one up with or any earmarks for us so we said initially that the money would be for the n.h.s. charities and that money would be used to support or all sorts of things within the scope of crisis so things like it's not starve to sleep in putting what i find a hospital wards and supplying i have and looking after mental health so that money isn't really been put to good use. all right and so you know caps and i'll tell you i've been on social media a lot and i see your very often how do you feel about all the attention that you're getting. how do you feel about all the media attention and the social media attention you're getting around the world. well there. really is well it's amazing. gramps is a prince in

a. good job resort. then to go round the world. into a blonde and turn country contrary seems to be very charlie. the 1st little to raise. the trumps in you. as you're being lost a little wary tally so crowding into this form you know i want it kept and you have been around a very long time and i'm sure you've seen a lot of things in your lifetime but what do you make of what the world just going through right now with the current virus that derek and what 1st of comfort of wisdom do you have for all of us. you've been around a long time you've seen a lot of things and what you what how do you feel about the fact that we're going through the same pandemic and the same fears and what words of comfort and with them would you give the people watching them go throughout the world.

because for so many people. there's no no may do some other. but i would say to everyone things will go there's no doubt that wrongdoers will be rolled out onto the ground some who. will all be on to rock n roll but one that i will never will have lang never. that's why i'm looking forward to that but i know that you're turning 100 very soon i think at the end of april so how do you want to spend your day. so you would tell me $100.00 at the end of april how would you like to spend your day but are just. because the cools we are nearing to strict social distancing rules and we have a dream of breaking them so we don't have an amazing party but of course that can't

happen so it will be the 5 of us here celebrating together. i'm pretty sure you guys held a virtual party we would all be attending i certainly would but happy birthday to you for next week captain tom and well done on such a fantastic accomplishment thank you for your time and good seeing you. thank you very much thank you. what a legend i'm christine wanted to thank you for joining me it's been great having your company see a tough. the

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