my work to help with intercultural understanding my name is there and i wanted to tell. you. this is the dublin years live from berlin a grim marker for the united states the corona virus has infected more than 1000000 people in the u.s. as a number of confirmed cases rises some states are lifting their restrictions president trump insists that enough testing is being done to protect americans wherever they live also coming up president bush in extends russia's lock down to 11 may and

tells russians the pandemics likely to get worse confirmed cases soared by almost 6 and a half 1000 on monday. and governments are planning huge stimulus packages to get industry working again the politicians are debating which climate friendly strings to attach to the pandemic actually help us fight climate change. i'm told me a lot of welcome to the program we begin with a tragic milestone reached on tuesday in the united states while than 1000000 americans have now contracted the corona virus that's according to the tally kept by johns hopkins university well than 58000 americans have died from cough it 19 the disease caused by the virus now proof of how quickly the virus has spread on

april 10th and the number of cases in the u.s. stood at 500000 but it took just 18 days for that figure to double all the while u.s. president trump facing criticism and questions for what he did and didn't do to stop the virus. like many other countries in the early days of the pandemic the united states was in denial about the treat danger of the corona virus it's going to disappear one day it's like a miracle it will disappear jesus and fell. but the miracle didn't happen and the prayer didn't help certainly not in states like new york 1000 hit the big apple hard hospitals were soon fill to capacity and morgues were overwhelmed state governor andrew entered crisis mode and issued a warning to the rest of the country. new york is in crisis helping new york. and then pick up the camp and then go to the next place as this

roof across the country. a prediction that turned out to be true the virus spread rapidly from coast to coast by early april it was impossible to deny the seriousness of the situation. in a very critical phase of our war against the coronavirus the sacrifices we make over the next 4 weeks will have countless. american lives saved we're going to save a lot of american lives. were in control of our own fate very much. despite the sacrifices within a week the united states let the world and the 1000 deaths it still tops the grim list. confirmed infections have now topped the 1000000 mark a milestone that nobody wanted to reach at a time when calls to reopen the country are growing louder. beaches and california

were already packed at the weekend and several cities and states are preparing to lease and stay a time restrictions. well let's explore this further and bring in our correspondent stephens inman's in washington stephanie the u.s. topped 1000000 and makes up one 3rd of all the confirmed coronavirus cases in the world why has the u.s. been hit so hard while i was there was an easy and not complicated answer for this but it is rather complicated and complex and it is not easy to answer however most important it is what many many say that the administration slept through or was really really really slow to respond to a growing threat of coronavirus in the united states and as it turns out we now know that the virus was already making its way infiltrating and going through the public key in the u.s.

in the late january not in late february or mid february as thought before and it was donald trump of the film but in his tray sheen who for a long time in february as you just saw in the piece also said and of played all of this and this won't be a problem at all now it is a problem we need in the united states massive texting that's water testing that's what the experts say where it's $200000.00 tests for a day at the moment experts say $5000000.00 tests per day are necessary to actually figure out where this virus is how much and how deeply it infiltrated the u.s. populace here. and only then we can start to reopen businesses safely and be aware of be sure to be rid of coronavirus ok stuff and president trump as you said has kept on saying that he's got everything under control now the u.s. has hit this this mock this grim mock what does it all say have bought his crisis

management. while there is lots of people here of servers and across the political spectrum by the way and of course a lot of this isn't and experts who saying like this is not a prime performance from the administration to the contrary just because the president says there is enough tests just because the president says there is. he and his work to save millions of lives that may be so however the death rate is now 858000 people died $58000.00 people and just a month or a little bit more than that the president said like 15 cases and all will go away so. another example of the vice president showing up today at the mayo clinic in minnesota without a mask surrounded by experts and doctors and patients with the mets and he's not wearing a mask that is exemplary for how many many people in experts see this handling of

the trumpery mr ation the handling of the coronavirus crisis and well they can't and are not very happy with the administration ok thank you stephanie simmons in washington. in russia president vladimir putin has warned that the country's coronavirus pandemic has not yet peat he knows that the current lockdown would be extended until may 11th although restrictions may be eased after that russia has reported a significant increase in the number of cases with an additional $6400.00 infections in one day bring in the nationwide total to almost $94000.00 and the health care system is reaching its limits. this ambulance is rushing to sing petersburg approach ski hospital many health care workers and russia are doing their utmost to cope with the coronavirus epidemic but they are reaching their

limits more and more medical workers are now testing positive themselves. who should if there are 32 coronavirus patients in our unit and 10 of them are medical workers yes you didn't mishear me you know all of our employees are now infected. russian president vladimir putin now acknowledged the problem during a televised meeting with his ministers you know when the situation is still difficult and we're in constant contact with our specialists to coordinate our plans and actions we have yet to pass the peak. russia has been on a strict lockdown since late march now russians are being asked to stay home until at least may 11th. in his speech the president thanked the people for abiding by the restrictions until now it now is a 3 month we've managed to slow down the spread of the epidemic this is the result of our joint work with the responsibility of millions of citizens who listen to the

recommendations of doctors and specialists it's used the kremlin underlined that it will come up with measures to support russia's fragile economy and ordinary russians many are struggling to make ends meet due to the country's strict regulations which. force residents to stay at home unless absolutely necessary in the capital people are counting down the days until may 11th but even then a quick return to normality is unlikely. and now for a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world the search for a covered 19 vaccine has received another boost scientists that oxford university say they've successfully kept monkeys infection free for 4 weeks the team has now enrolled 6000 people for human trials they hope to have millions of doses available by september. a fire has destroyed much of a camp for displaced people in mali's capital bamako over 1000 people fleeing

violence in central mali had found refuge there there's been no report of casualties yet witnesses say strong winds caused several small fires to burn out of control. the pentagon has released videos taken by u.s. navy pilots but show mid air encounters with what appeared to be a u.f.o. was filmed in 242015 linked versions were already in circulation u.s. authorities said that they released the official footage to confirm that the pictures are genuine. but could the coronavirus pandemic be a chance to save the planet from climate change that was the question of the debate on tuesday as germany and britain hosted this year's online version of the petersburg climate dialogue german chancellor angela merkel says climate protection has to be considered as part of the economic stimulus programs that governments are launching to help industries recover from the pandemic. well perlin zoo is back in

business from today climate activists fear that because of the corona crisis politicians may play increasingly hard to get on their climate goals addressing the 1st virtual pieces of climate dialogue german chancellor angela merkel came out in favor of the business climate goals despite the crisis. was a video it will be all the more important to firmly consider climate protection when we agree stimulus packages. we must ensure that we're not saving money on climate change now but invest in in future oriented technologies and we must not think nationally but continue to put our international commitments 1st because that's essential for achieving global success in climate protection. of. germany will be in charge of driving forward to europe's green deal when it takes

over the e.u. presidency in july the un sees this as a moment of truth for the world we have a rare i'm sure the opportunity to rebuild our world for the better. it has use that pandemic recovery to provide the foundation for a safe i'll stay in blues even more resilient worms for all people the u.n. secretary general says the fear of the fridays for future movement protesting here in berlin last friday that the political reflex could now be to bail out carbon intensive industries at the cost of climate friendly investment. earlier we asked w.'s chief political correspondent melinda crane whether policymakers have broader support for linking climate protection to stimulus packages they do i think months in general public there's greater openness perhaps for ambitious policies then there might have been because people have just

experienced in their own lives what a crisis looks like and are going to be eager to not see a repeat another crisis namely caused by global warming that's one part the 2nd part is business business feels the same way and for one very practical reason business needs clear and reliable signals about how to invest as it emerges from this crisis and that's where 68 big german companies and i'm not only out service companies like insurers i'm talking about steel chemicals companies that normally would say we need really cheap energy they have called for ambitious climate policy to be at the center of the recovery programs because they want those reliable signals for how do we invest their money emerging from this crisis organizers of the postponed tokyo olympics save event will be counseled if it can take place next year the games are moved to july next year because of the coronavirus pandemic

scientists in japan have warned that it will be difficult to host the games unless a medical solution is found. another delay isn't an option you shiel movie the took you 2020 committee president made it clear that the games would be cancelled rather than pushed back again. depends medical experts say finding a vaccine against the corona virus is vital if next year's olympics ought to go on . more in my view it would be difficult to hold the olympics unless effective vaccines are developed i'm not saying it should not be held back my prediction is that it will be difficult to hold the summer olympics 2021 unless effective vaccines are developed. the cancellation of the games would also have huge financial consequences a former international olympic marketing director told t.v. that japan stands to lose billions if the games are cancelled. the principle

revenue that you would then be losing from a japanese side would be the ticket. because obviously you would have to refund all the tickets and i think that's close close to a $1000000000.00 the challenge has been how do you keep everything ready for a further 12 months but the majority of expenditure has already been invested has already been made. and that would all be lost you're watching news there's more on our website e.w. dot com and the news continues at the top of the struggles. to survive the need to keep. people from all over the rich and home the for example do you. remember. the last dragons. 3 years. brooks on.

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