gray. world are documented stories. this is g w news live from berlin germany's government take stock chancellor angela merkel and state premiers are 2 are going to be impact of the latest measures curbing the pandemic but officials played down hopes of any new muslims to loosen the lockdown also coming up the threat inside lock down experts fear a huge number of domestic abuse cases are going to unchecked as descriptions make

it harder for victims to get help and german police carry out grades across the country after berlin bans all has full activities and classifies the islamist group as a terrorist organization plus british fund raising hero captain tom morris celebrates his 100th birthday just days after completing a record breaking charity walk to raise money for health care workers battling the coronavirus. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program germany is set to extend social distancing measures until may 10th of that is according to chancellor angela merkel's chief of staff who was commenting ahead of a government meeting on the country's coronavirus response merkel and the 16 state leaders are set to discuss proposals on. reopening schools and resuming sporting

events but will not decide on any further easing of restrictions until may 6th that is when data is expected on the impact of the 1st round of easing which saw some shops reopen last week the head of germany's public health institute it's urging people to remain cautious he's warning the pandemic is far from over doing a pony compendium week like this can only end when 60 to 70 percent of the population has been infected then we have a chance to stop the pain given to them according to our data the percentage of germans infected is still in the single digits so it's clear this is a marathon of clothes but it's not clear how long that will be until this marathon is a moment and let's get more from political correspondent thomas ferro thomas what can we expect from champs angela merkel's talks today with the state premiers i'm going to mccoll regularly meets with regional leaders and that hasa do with the fact that some of those decisions that are actually made are either decided or implemented at

a regional or local level as you said this meeting today is most likely going to focus on my review of the measures that were already taken a few weeks ago in particular that idea of reopening certain shops 800 square metres all the gradual step by step reopening of schools no very big announcements are expected today those are now it will probably happen next week on may the 6 but some of the key topics that have been discussed before that meeting include the possibility of restarting the disney or the german football league all the conditions that need to be met in order for religious gatherings to take place or how to reopen museums so it will be a key meeting to try and decide also on some of the discussions and elements that will be decided on or made us as well and to take stock on what has been decided so far as far as germany's easing of restrictions is concerned. ok and meantime thomas

we have to mention that there's interesting new data coming out from germany's leading virologists christiane just in today let's just quickly have a look now and show our viewers the study that he shared on twitter this graphic that compares viral loads in children and adults that have been tested in recent weeks it all looks quite complicated but basically what the study says is that children may be as infectious as adults. again children may be as infectious as adults thomas i mean this is remarkable new data given that schools across germany are sets of reopen next week sorry on the study goes even further to say that the authors caution against an unlimited reopening of schools in the present situation this essentially means that they are warning against that decision that was taken by the federal and regional governments to gradually step by step reopen schools and that also gives you an idea of how difficult that

decision actually is to reopen schools because on the one hand obviously you have to guarantee the right of those kids to go to school schooling here in germany is compulsory on the other hand you have the need to try and guarantee that social distancing is maintained that the appropriate hygiene measures are also maintained that kids only go to school if that can actually be guaranteed so this gives you an idea how difficult the situation is and it also explains sorrow why that decision was taken nearly 2 weeks ago to give schools time to prepare for that decision as to how they reopen their schools and when they reopen the schools as of next week correspondent thomas sparrow thank you thomas well the advice since the corona virus outbreak began has been to stay at home and save lives but for some locked up behind closed doors at home is where they are most vulnerable to domestic violence agencies say that surging numbers of abuse cases are going unchecked because restrictions on physical distancing means victims especially children have no one

to turn to. the look down for many means living on top of each other no playgrounds for young children schools and day centers closed everyone is finding it stressful and it's worse for families where domestic violence is already a problem and agencies supporting women's turks are on the increase. we know from the cases we are seeing that it nearly always affects women who have been subjected to long term violence by their partners and who now cannot get away because they have to stay at home. it's just as bad for the children as there are so few opportunities for them to get away from it. when police or social services are brought in it generally means there's been a serious incident social workers at one agency which helps young people are especially concerned because it's much quieter than usual and that is

very worrying for as far as or. that's because agencies can't make home visits at the moment and can only talk to families on the telephone it's the same for doctors teachers and neighbors who would normally pick up on women or children being abused . this is extremely concerning schools and day centers often bring is in children in a place of a trust and is about any problems of course that's not happening at the moment it's all. really here to complete their. children subjected to serious violence may be placed under protection orders criminal investigation office it's often the youngsters themselves who report the offenses. most often sighing in rows of eyes and ones we hear about most cases when the children if it did get

a bit older. juveniles often go to the police station we family members all call emergency numbers. but we also get reports from doctors and hospitals what we're not getting at the moment are reports from schools and day centers of one so i wish it was. restrictions on leaving home are often the trigger for violent outbursts. we know there are parents who resort to violence to stop their children going out of course that is not acceptable and the children themselves often go to the police it seems many families who are didn't really need help are using the corona restrictions as a pretext to break off communication your glommed of course we fear that because of a coronavirus and very adoption in contact that it will be difficult to reestablish dialogue. they may not be possible for us to step in because some families have

retreated into themselves well if you look for me it's routine. the authorities are appealing to everyone to be on the lookout for signs of domestic violence and if necessary to call the police. and use chief political editor michelle has been speaking with germany's family minister about this hello what is the government doing to protect children in this crisis. well i spoke with once again for the families minister and she said they are doing all they can but she's concerned that the whole question of protecting children protecting vulnerable people women families is not enough at the forefront of acol sits down with state ministers as we speak today. the minister told me this is all public health let's have a listen can there should be child protection is health protection the wellbeing of children depends on safeguarding the health of these young lives that's why this needs to be part of how we balance our decisions and how to move forward. now she

recognized that this is a very difficult balance to strike but we seem to have pretty precise figures in terms of the infection rates here and many we also have a pretty clear expectation of how big the hit for the dominicana be will be with the recession expected 6 percent shrinkage of the german economy but the question of data of what is actually taking place in families particularly against children is still unclear let's have a listen what the minister had to say that and that is literally since our help lines for domestic violence and child protection are in fact receiving more calls we can also assume that there is more going on our mind mia is going out for now we can't verify this precisely because police statistics don't show it yet so this is all in the area of what we an expert suspect is happening but still i believe that we must be vigilant and look out for what is happening in the dark especially the

bit. so from the outset the german government was quite clear about what it knew and what it didn't know about the spread of covert 19 it seems here that now very difficult decisions have to be taken which will affect the health either of those we can see those patients in the clinic or those who we currently const see because it's potentially a lot of health suffering also going on in the dark. chief political editor mr thank you well here's a roundup of some of the latest developments in the pandemic south korea says that it has recorded no new domestic cases for the 1st time in 2 months the korea centers for disease control and prevention reported 4 new cases all of them imported japan is expected to extend its state of emergency by about one month for the entire country it's currently scheduled to expire on may 6th spain's deadly

death toll daily death toll excuse me has fallen to its lowest tally in nearly 6 weeks the health ministry says that the number of fatalities dropped below 300 over night. while the number of confirmed cases in russia now stands at over 100000 the country recorded its highest daily increase in infections with more than 7000 new cases of marching on thirst for germany has announced a ban on the iran backed hezbollah group and declared it a terrorist organization and the move comes on top of a 2013 e.u. ban on hezbollah's military faction and includes all activities conducted by its political wing has below is a shiite military and political group based in lebanon earlier this morning german police took action against if the suspected supporters in 5 german cities. early morning raids with dozens of police and special forces in cities across germany police searched mosques associations and private residences collecting

evidence to be used for investigations into hezbollah's activities. with searching for locations here in following the ban on hezbollah the aim is to find out if there's a connection between these locations and hezbollah the organization which is now outlawed. hezbollah doesn't have an official presence in germany but a network of associations is thought to provide financial support and deliver propaganda for the group while the group's military arm is classified as a terrorist organization in the entire new most countries haven't banned its political wing on thursday germany moved to do just that. interior minister who us a whore for said the group questions israel's right to exist something germany cannot condone. questions regarding hezbollah's operations in germany aren't new in

december the bundestag adopted a motion urging the government to outlaw all of hezbollah's activities in the country. hezbollah supporters have repeatedly brandished the group's flag and used and the israelis slogans at rallies the ban now allows authorities to outlaw the use of hezbollah's symbols at gatherings and on publications and the group's assets can be confiscated israel and the u.s. have welcomed germany's move to completely outlaw hizbollah they now hope that other european countries will follow suit. and look at more i am joined now by hans yacc option larry senior director at the counter extremism project in new york in berlin and a former security liaison at the german embassy in tehran welcome to the program and thank you for joining us how big a threat does hezbollah pose in germany. thank you for having me now you have to

distinguish between that but at that. point i sympathize with both of germany in a terrorism sense and in a crime sense as far as terrorism is concerned attacks conducted in germany this is a fairly late in threat the law latest really. operation that is what i did in germany was in 99 or in them you can also the sasa nations however. is what has proven time and time again that it misuses germany and economy as a means to collect funds for itself it is heavily involved world wide including in germany in the drug trade in arms smuggling extortion racket so it's terrorism and is a crime problem so that's primarily straight up with germany was that this was a massive law and order issue the widest to teach it straight right was that with this money terror operations both towards israel but also now as you're know in syria are going to be prepared by but ok also a law and order issue on but i want to get back to the terrorism side of it i mean

do we have any evidence that hezbollah was perhaps using germany as a base from which to plan operations well as the interior ministry said today in its decision it prepare attacks not in jail and in germany not at targets but attacks where pat outside germany within germany ok how big of a role generally speaking is hezbollah playing in conflicts around the world for example in syria. well look i mean the assad regime would have not survived without its allies in these is. certainly one of the major allies that regime has including of course russia and iran it is a force multiplier both with its opera team as well as the main operations on the country obviously it is quite well known the role that hizbullah plays within lebanon where it is developing a state within a state pressuring the government to do certain things exempting it from setting up

big ations his past play a major role in the crime in the drug smuggling operations in south america by organizations he has just done a study 2 years ago on cigarette smuggling of his bottom right tips in south america to generate but. given all of that is the total ban the best way to counter the threat that hezbollah's military and political wing do indeed posts on this decision today are you know coming on the back of the 2008 decision to abandon the my not television and the 2014 decision of the german government to ban one of its . charities that collective farms is very significant because it allows now the security forces to adopt a whole toolbox of measures against the activities of is germany because now you can get it as well with intelligence measures that you could not if you just looked at it as a pure crime problem and the senior director at the counter extremism project thank

you. thank you. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world the south african anti-apartheid veteran dennis goldberg has died at the age of $87.00 goals for those involved in the armed resistance to white minority rule in south africa he was tried alongside nelson mandela when they were convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life in prison goldberg died at his home near cape town he had lung cancer. facebook has seen earnings clive amid a growth in its user base during the pandemic the social media group earned $4900000000.00 in january and march through march in that quarter that 1st quarter there more than double the amount a year earlier. tesla has exceeded out in the list expectations as well for revenue as it posted its 3rd straight quarterly profit electric car maker increased revenue

by almost a quarter to 6 1000000000 dollars in the 1st 3 months of this year tesla also managed to boost deliveries despite disruptions caused by the crude right corona virus outbreak. the number of unemployed in germany jumped by 300000 in april that's a 13 percent rise from march and reflects the onset of wide reaching pandemic measures in the country economists had expected a rise in jobless numbers given widespread business closures but the figure was dampened by state support for companies more than 10000000 employees in germany are registered for wage subsidies in order to remain on payroll financial correspondent chelsea delaney is standing by in frankfurt so are these mounting job losses a temporary phenomenon while the lock downs are in place or something more. it's not a temporary blip these these impacts we're seeing on the economy are going to have

they're going to be around for a long time what the data has shown us so far is a particularly severe blow to the services sector so people working and restaurants and hotels in tourism and retail that's where a lot of this economic damage is being asked celt that's not surprising given the lockdowns but even as economies such as germany do start to take steps to reopen there's still a big question mark over when people will be back eating in restaurants and people will be taking vacations again and in other parts of the economy such as in the for example here in germany and the auto industry we are seeing companies like volkswagen start to reopen factories but there's still a lot of uncertainty over what to man is going to look like will people be buying cars throughout this year so even in the best case scenario economists expect that the the economic fallout from the krona virus could last for a year or 2 years or even longer and that has left governments really to fill the

gap here so what are they doing well we have seen a lot of a lot of governments pledge that no people with lose jobs here in germany france made those pledges that's really not feasible but they have taken a lot of steps in germany they've really beefed up this short time work wage subsidy program in the united states which has a different type of social safety net network they've increased unemployment benefits but a lot of countries such as italy and spain in developing countries in particular don't have the same social safety net they don't have the same financial firepower and so they are much more vulnerable to long term economic damage chelsea giuliani in frankfurt thank you. and the coronavirus has led to a drastic drop in global air traffic and airlines are in big trouble as people council vacations and businesses. business people turn to video conferencing instead so to improve its bottom line germany's largest airline all of tonsil has

started to convert passenger aircraft into temporary cargo planes the flight from lima to frankfurt took more than 13 hours the boeing 747 was the last rescue flight that look carried out on behalf of the german government. on board flight 3 for one almost $280.00 passengers who were happy to be back on german soil it was also a special flight for the crew because of the coronavirus crisis they want looking forward to the end of their working day as they usually do the again include we will be working far less this month i just had this one flight it doesn't look like there will be much next month either we don't know how long this will last nobody does and of course we're worried ya'll saw them. look to answer has canceled 96 percent of all passenger flights jutes the international travel restrictions. but it's now trying to get at least a few planes in the air. to do this technicians remove the seats.

large nets a stretch where the person just normally set this up us is now ready to transport boxes impossible as. freight is piling up in shipping companies warehouses because nearly every passenger plane also carries freight and since most liners have remained on the ground that freight is going nowhere. but in point of dumping a lot of phrases flown on the bellies of planes especially on transatlantic on long haul flights right now this capacity is absent from the market 90 percent of passenger aircraft have disappeared and their cargo holds are no longer available to us that's about 50 percent of total freight capacity walk up with a few. less capacity means rising prices sending a kilogram of freight from china to germany now costs 5 times as much as it did before the pandemic that's why these repurposed passenger jets travel between china

and frank fast every day mostly carrying protective equipment to mosques similar special flights also go to munich. it's an ambivalent feeling under the circumstances it's good that we can do our part to help but of course it would be much better of the receipts on board with passengers sitting in them and if possible that all those seats have been sold as a typical. the additional cargo flights are only providing work for a few look times for employees it's almost all flight attendants and most pilots are being followed and with the uncertainty over the airlines future. well captain tom moore the british world war 2 veteran who raised millions for britain's national health service has been promoted to the rank of honorary colonel on his 100th birthday while air force planes usually deployed for world war 2 commemorative events flew over this and terry ends home in central england in his honor a fly past was supposed to be a surprise but the government had to confirm the rumors in the face of immense

media interest captain tom moore is not just a celebrity in britain of course fans from around the world are wishing him well on his very special birthday. a flood of birthday wishes. it's the most amazing outpouring of love for a great man the captain told me i think is called the hearts of everybody in this country and this is what it looks like really we've we've had 125000 calls for the last week and a bit. this centenarian being celebrated this captain tom moore he's famously completed 100 laps of his garden with the help of his walking frame and in doing so raised more than 27000000 pounds to support britain's national health service during the coronavirus outbreak approach and it's. right here in america

and they were kept in tom's aim was to raise just a 1000 pounds with his charity walk but his humble mission became an unexpected hit as people tuned in from across the globe to watch his progress online. you give. good. and to get. to the nothing. having raised more donations than any charity walk in history he's even earned himself a spot in the guinness book of world records if we as a country can show the same spirit of optimism and energy shown by captain told more he turns 100 this week than i have absolutely no doubt that we will beat it together we will come through this all the faster while politicians athletes and stars are jumping at the opportunity to plot the captain's initiative his donations have already enabled the opening of

a brand new $500.00 bed hospital facility in yorkshire leaving little doubt that there is nothing a 100 year old with a strong sense of solidarity and a sturdy walking frame can do. well happy birthday to him i meant that now you're up to date here on news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us we hope you have a great day and that you stacey. into

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