good starts may 21st from d.w. . this is new to every news line from saving europe's economies from the prone to virus e.u. leaders approved a gigantic emergency rescue package to protect jobs and businesses but they defer discussions on the long term recovery plan also coming up. we spoke to the british fund raising phenomenon captain tom what he's raised a staggering sums for his country's health care system and the world war 2 veteran

same's we should stay strong during this crisis. will get to know the wrongdoers who ruled on to the ground to the son who vanished on their way . hello i'm kristie wonderwall come to the program europe is trying to soften the economic blow dealt by the coronavirus e.u. leaders have signed off on an emergency rescue package to help countries deal with the immediate fall out of the crisis they also agree to set up a fund to secure the broths wrong to recovery but they all still divided on how this would be financed while the enrolled in countries all refusing to pull debts as requested by some 7 countries but germany has agreed to increase the amount it

pays into the e.u. budget more on that in a moment but 1st this report. the video conference was the 4th such meeting since the virus hit e.u. countries and expectations were lower e.u. member states of so far failed to agree on how to help those economies hit hardest by the pandemic but after just a few hours the council president emerged emphasizing the country's common interests this toned image is put into our societies and serious through there will be interest of each member still it depends on the will be of the whole of the e.u. we are all in this together michel said leaders have agreed to task the e.u. commission with linking your recovery plan to the use next long term budget a you commission president found a line called for unity unless we acted decisively and collectively the recovery

will not be symmetric and divergences between member states will increase. speaking to press and berlin after the meeting german chancellor angela merkel also stressed what this meant for europe's biggest economy. that's what are the figures for germany it means we have to expect higher contributions for the next budget. it's clear we need some kind of financial instrument or recovery plan. or recovery fund recovery fund and i want to be very clear here a collective response is also in germany's interest in. berlin has expressed a willingness and recent days to offer more aid to other struggling a euro commies and eurozone finance ministers had already agreed on the principle of an e.u. recovery fund the big problem the size and nature of this new debt instrument has yet to be decided but after thursday's meeting italian prime minister just sepic on

to hailed the progress being made. the most important thing is that this a necessary instrument has been confirmed italy live the calls for our initiative and the list of signed by countries was very important an instrument like this was absolutely unthinkable until now. despite the price details on the planet spas and many suspect the e.u. commission's toughest negotiations are yet to come and i'm now joined by chief political correspondent melinda crane how did melinda so germany will pay the biggest share of the emergency fund that leaders have agreed to set up is that bound to be some opposition to that in the country. there will certainly be opposition from the far right alternative for germany party they said very clearly yesterday that they were not willing to see any kind of increased aid from germany

to help other e.u. members particularly the hard hit southern european countries but otherwise the my old so far criticism or somewhat mild criticism that we've been hearing is coming from different. members of the political spectrum including the junior coalition partner the social democrats saying the agreement yesterday didn't go far enough and germany's commitment didn't go far enough that bolder action is needed to really get an effective recovery fund up and working. so all of the so-called corona bonds that countries like germany and the northern countries are opposed to other they now off the table. no so far basically nothing is off the table the chancellor said very clearly yesterday both in her report marie marks to the german border stock and also in her press conference after that e.u. video summit that germany was ruling such mutualization of debt out but the fact

is that what the summiteers yesterday decided in their video conference essentially was to hand the whole subject back to the e.u. commission the commission is supposed to come up with an exact assessment of how bad the damage is in different sectors in different countries across the e.u. and then make recommendations about how this fund could be set up and how its payout would look and so at the moment there's bound to be debt the commission will have to borrow money in order to fund any kind of fund of this proportion but the question is what that might look like germany has made its position clear so of other northern european countries right melinda just just briefly and other thing that called it say yesterday was that germany's well being dependent on europe being well what does she mean by that well germany is an export world class exporter as we know and 2 thirds of its exports go to other e.u.

member countries and 2 thirds come from other e.u. member countries in other words even if the german economy emerges from this crisis quickly and it has in fact put into place some of the biggest rescue packages anywhere in the world without recovery in the rest of the e.u. germany's economy cannot flourish that was her message and that message it's absolutely accurate and even a 2 track where some countries are languishing while others flourish that will not work out well for this very very open german economy in future all right that's melinda crane thank you. and here's a look at some of the latest developments in the current virus pandemic the global death toll from kovac 19 has sort of cost 190000 according to johns hopkins university the number of confirmed cases is approaching 3000000 china has reported no new current virus states for the 9th straight day and just 6 new cases 2 of

those will brought from overseas with forward to mystic cases indonesia will temporarily banned domestic and international travel starting this week it's already bad movement from cities to the provinces during the ramadan holiday period and hungry plans to replace its lockdown which included a blanket curfew on the entire population with more targeted mischa's from early may the new rules are to focus on those at high risk. now with the pandemic wreaking havoc across all industries there is one safe to that's been is specially hits hot stocks at these are young companies many of which have never had a profit having instead spend every cent on growing their business and many of them are now in desperate need for help so people government funds to secure their future. in a matter of just hours the largest series build 3 d. printers can manufacture industrial parts or prototypes up to one cubic meter in

volume the high tech machines are made by a berlin startup big grape c.e.o. martin back sells his gigantic printers on every continent and he's made the company a world market leader but now during the coronavirus crisis many of his customers are struggling to survive in january orders stopped coming in from asia then europe and the us followed and now the company has had to go to reduced working hours. we have i would just our costs and the lower revenues who are saying now and expect in the future we notice our customers are clearly reluctant and there are logistical problems too we're a global company in asia we've had major problems delivering our machines but also installing them and bureaucratic procedures like customs clearances are all disrupted. through it or in berlin almost all of the 100 employees are working from home it's the same for the branch offices in singapore and boston and the daily

video conferences aren't enough to make everyone forget that every day not producing makes the situation worse the industry association become monitors startups throughout germany whether technology mobility or software companies sales are falling off everywhere and financial reserves are dwindling become specialist amount of riches says startups usually fall through the cracks when it comes to the numerous german government aid programs i know. to qualify for these programs the startups must already have made a profit but that's very rarely the case because startups invest all their capital in growth and as a result they usually don't make any profit in the 1st few years we've been. that big rep martin back in his team have developed 3 d. printed facemasks he says he wants to help others during the coronavirus crisis. it's actually pretty easy right because if you know today you just need to make the new model what you need to anyone on the bar that you want to reproduce and then

you just think there's a machine so we're talking about days instead of moms almost 20 of big groups 3 d. printers are producing either ventilator parts or face mask around the clock they're printed and then sent to doctors and hospitals the company either gives them away or there is so little or no cost finished. and now here's a look at the stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump is being criticized by medical experts will suggesting that injections of disinfectant all the use of ultraviolet light might help to cure coronavirus patients mr trump made the comments off during official outlined research on the effects of sunlight and household disinfectants on the virus outside the body here's a portuguese migrant santa has been evacuated off to the vast majority of the $175.00 residents tested positive for the new coronavirus authorities ordered mass

testing of all residents of the lisbon facility off to one of them was found to be carrying the virus. several beaches and all straight is not just city sydney have been closed again off the crowds ignored coronavirus restrictions locals or other local officials had reopened the beaches for exercise just a few days earlier while at the same time warning people to adhere to social distancing guidelines. now at the age of 99 captain tom war has become a global social media phenomenon the british world war 2 veteran has made headlines for raising funds for health care workers treating coronavirus patients so far the viral campaign has attracted donations from all over the world a total of over 32000000 euro's and rising now they haven't had a chance to speak with the captain while one week before he turns 10100 laps of the guardian 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 far surpassed 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. of. circular argument and i was very rude to him so john almost clauses there is only good will i'm going to. sink. 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 end it just carries us and that money will be used to support or all sorts of things then this crisis

so things like knocks and i've seen what are far all of the prying i have i'm looking at the mental health so that money is already being put to good use. having fought in world war 2 the army veteran turned celebrity had words of hope for today's generation. some good throughout the world. there's no normal use are there. but i would say to everyone. things will get better there's no doubt that wrongdoers will roll 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 chairing him on from a far. way to go this is deep have been years in berlin a quick reminder that you can get news and features around the clock on our website at www dot com we're on twitter at x. news i'm christine one but it's been great having your company for myself and the team see you at the top of the next hour. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. 19 special next on d w.