if you look at. the end. business today every news live from berlin to europe struggles to find one voice of its recovery plan from the economic shock of the pandemic but the crisis putting strain on europe's economies new leaders have made progress toward establishing a joint rescue fund but deep divisions remain over a long term strategy also coming up. in the 1st case of its kind in the world to syrians accused of torture are going on trial here in germany to contain us hope it will be the 1st step towards justice closeout the victor. and germany's

professional soccer league signed off on a plan to restart the country's beloved going to sleep. but not everyone wants to kick off in the middle of a pandemic. i merely said i must and welcome we begin with europe and the pen that makes economic costs european union leaders have moved closer to an agreement on funding a joint recovery fund for the time after the pandemic but when just 70 e.u. leaders met in a video conference today and diplomatic sources say they agreed to ask the european commission to work out the details of a common recovery plan this is the 4th time the leaders have met since the virus outbreak and it's of the. year chief fund fund and i until. passed in their

virtual summits and she won that all e.u. countries need to see a steady recovery or risk deepening divisions within the block by the pandemic no certainly no borders and is blind to nationalities some countries are certainly hit harder than others and unless unless we act decisively and collectively the recovery will not be symmetric and divergences between member states will increase. earlier we talked to did our views chief international editor richard walker in brussels and we wanted to know what the e.u. leaders actually agreed on basically all the $27.00 e.u. leaders managed to agree on so far is the really broad strokes of what they want to happen they have agreed that they want to have a big recovery fund that is designed to help countries recover their economies once the the really intense phase of this pandemic is behind us and to

try and smooth out inequalities in how they are able to recover from the really profound economic shock and also thirdly that this fund will have some relationship to the overall budget for the next 7 years which is also something that has to be worked out so there are those agreements but the detail of all of that is totally open how big should this fund be the numbers range from the hundreds of billions up to one and a half trillion euros there's no clarity yet on how big that front should be where should the money come from not clear how should the money be dispersed should it be given out in grants or should it be given out in loans also not clear so those aren't exactly just like niggly detail questions they still have to work out they are absolutely fundamental. america has also voiced her support for a joint rescue fund even if it means germany has to dig deeper into its own pockets

she stressed solidarity would benefit germans as well. if it goes for germany it means we have to expect higher contributions for the next budget move with guns it's clear we need some kind of financial instrument recovery plan. or recovery to fund the recovery fund and i want to be very clear here the collective response is also in germany's interest in place that germany remains opposed to issuing joint euro bonds and those euro bonds are among the contentious decisions which have been postponed to the summer we asked d.-w. chief political correspondent that crane if the german chancellor it pits to be on the defensive after the e.u. summit. no absolutely not and she spoke in a press conference just after the end of this video conference summit and seemed pretty satisfied and she described the atmosphere as very positive very friendly

and said that there was absolute agreement that together the e.u. member countries must find a way forward i think in part this lack of defensiveness is because this morning to some degree she went on the often say she managed to get herself out of the corner that sometimes germany it winds up getting backed into as a naysayer she said very clearly we know we must port more money on the table germany only does well when the rest of the e.u. does well and then she made this very clear statement in her remarks to the parliament this morning saying we will be increasing our contribution to the e.u. budget significantly until now germany has insisted that the number was one percent of g.d.p. and that's what it would stay at that what they contribute to the budget now she made it very clear it is going to be significantly higher than that and this

essentially is part of this the solution that is not a corona on solution but that would increase the commission capacity and i think in that way she feels that she is now part of the solution rather than a problem. and now here's a look at other stories making headlines around the world the u.s. house of representatives has passed another large financial aid package the 4th such coronavirus relief bill in less than 2 months the nearly 500 $1000000000.00 will go to small businesses and hospitals president trump has signaled that he will sign the bill. police in the democratic republic of congo face down followers of a local cult leader and that's had to great on his residence in kinshasa the same stand of comes a day after members of the anti-government religious group clashed with me resulting in deaths on both sides. south african president cyril ramaphosa has announced apps to gradually lift the country's lockdown saucing may 1st

restrictions on travel and some industries will be east south africans have been under state home orders for almost amongst that essential trips the only exceptions . staff at a boss alona hospital distributed roses and books to cope with 19 patients on thursday they were celebrating st george had alone yes patron saint april the 23rd is when people usually exchange bills and books and cats alone have a coronavirus that's made that impossible for many people. 2 suspected members of syria's secret police have gone on trial in germany a man faces charges of murder charge her and sexual assault allegedly committed in a damascus as well as men entered germany as asylum seekers did earlier reports now in the hope one woman house that the trial could bring justice for her son a warning years might 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 a criminal secret service agents from her country like many others mario 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 are responsible for spilling our children's blood that can be them. more than 26000 pictures of torture victims were smuggled out of the war torn 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 are 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 fit of stone it will be a thorough this is the 1st thing there is i spoke to the. judge and we have picked a suspect and the size of the state of. we don't have it in syria. bill wiley is investigating syrian torn. jurors he used to hunt more criminals as he went prosecutor and worked on cases from the former yugoslavia and the rwandan genocide he knows that without a peeper trail it's difficult to bring culprits to justice. that's why these 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 that the governor levels the quest they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe. and 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. bonus to get outs and the german football league say they hope to officially restart the bundesliga season on may 9th and empty stadiums pending government approval of a lot of 1st return of a major european football league during the ongoing coronavirus endemic. the german

football league wants to restart the bundesliga season with games behind closed doors and they have a powerful motive broadcasters have agreed to pay out around 300000000 euros in t.v. money if the season resumes. to the new top and for thanks to the agreement the 36 1st and 2nd division clubs will be assured the money they need until june the 30th. it would be a lifeline for cash strapped clubs like cologne. as it wanted to get bored soft. it was important news today a lot of clubs have money problems and making partial payments now and payments in full when play resumes would send an important message. games without spectators may be the only way to stem the financial damage during the coronavirus pandemic. of all seem to season doesn't resume or is stopped again

searching mechanisms would ensure the money is repaid. that would threaten the survival of a number of clubs and it would jeopardize the livelihood of around 56000 people who work in german professional football. at the age of 99 captain tong well has become a global social media phenomenon the british well for 2 veteran has made headlines for raising funds for health orchestrating coronavirus patients safaga viral campaign has attracted donations from around the world to a total of over 32000000 euros and rising had a chance to stick with caps and rule one week before he turns 100. $100.00 laps of the garden for $1000.00 pounds that was captain tom moore's plan to raise money to support workers in britain's national health service but in the process he won the hearts of many around the world and foster passed his fundraising target by

millions of pounds speaking to d.w. alongside his daughter the world war 2 veteran expressed his delight at the achievement. amazing that certain amount of money was very roads in so short time almost the clauses there is only good one went to source i think those are. the coronavirus pandemic has strained britain's public health service the n.h.s. and expose shortages in equipment for frontline staff that's why tom moore took up his challenge we said initially that the money would be for the n.h.s. charities and that money could be used to support it all sorts of things then escape the crisis so things like snacks start sleeping and i've seen what i can find the towards the prying i have and looking after mental health so that money is

really being put to good use. having fought in world war 2 the army veteran turned celebrity had words of hope for today's generation. throughout the world. quote those are all new people. there's no normal you son. but i would say to everyone things will get better there's no doubt that wrongdoers will roll out onto the ground. tom moore turns 100 next week physical distancing measures mean there won't be a big party at his home in bedford but nothing will stop the many well wishers who be cheering him on from a far. this is deja news in berlin and a quick reminder that you can get news and features around the clock on our website

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