this is the they'll be news live from berlin the european union launches a major initiative in the search for a coronavirus vaccine a new commission president turchynov found alive and wants to raise 7 and a half 1000000000 euros to fund research into an affordable vaccine that will be available around the world also on the program protesters in berlin defy social distancing those to hold their traditional may day demonstrations for the mood is distinctly new to it compared with previous years. in south africa to get some exercise and celebrate being allowed to leave their homes as one of the world's

strictest lockdowns is east. time phil gale welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccraw of throwing their support behind a you efforts to raise billions of euros to fund research into a coronavirus vaccine they use convening a donors conference next week in an effort to raise 7 and a half 1000000000 euros european commission president as at a fund to lion says the goal of the fund is to develop a vaccine treatment and tests available to all at an affordable price. as scientists around the world race to develop a vaccine the e.u. is trying to rally close will support in the fight against corona virus in an interview with the commission president person of underly and cool for a cool water and. approach have to build up capacities to manufacture and zillions

of those and then we have to make sure that we can deploy to every corner in the world in a fair and affordable price and that's what exactly we're working on for that we need money and we need to go global corporation. the pandemic is also putting a strain on state finances countries like italy and spain want support in the shape of so-called corona bones effectively shared debt between eurozone countries but illustrating the blocks north south divide the plan for solidarity has met opposition from germany and the netherlands. in the whole instrument we will have certainly the right balance of loans and grants this is the process where we have to negotiate with all 27 member states of course and i think this is democracy we have to speak about the detailing out the tailor made programs but all

of our do agree that it is important to support the countries that are hardest hit by the virus and the economic consequences. the majority of e.u. countries have declared states of emergency in a bid to contain the virus but the lion had a warning for any government seeking to abuse those powers. we're looking very closely to how these measures are implemented when it comes to the european values indeed the freedom of speech the freedom of media for example so we stand ready to intervene immediately if this is not appropriate and time limited. for now the priority remains saving lives and stopping the spread of vaccine the key to some kind of return to normality. and you can see the full interview with a sort of on the line on the web site that state w dot com. and now for a round of us on the latest. developments in the pandemic around the world the

world health organization has warned that it's still picking up speed across africa despite its efforts to contain it ireland's prime minister has announced that the country's lockdown will be extended by 2 weeks until may the 18th of forces in the u.k. of announced that the corona virus death toll has now passed a 27 and a half 1000 and germany's desh beagle magazine is reporting that look thompson is negotiating a 1000000000 euro coronavirus bailout could see the government take a 25 percent stake in the company hundreds of people in berlin have defied a ban on public gatherings to celebrate the 1st of may traditionally a day of leftwing protests in the german capital a crowd of mostly young people gathered in the district of crowds bourke to protest against conditions increases over crowded refugee camps as well as the government's response to the coronavirus crisis. d.w. political correspondent simon young is there where i wonder if the people appear to

be influencing the social distancing rules welcome simon what's going on. well that's right feel and it's a pretty aggressive atmosphere i should say on the streets of quite spare gear the seating but that's nothing unusual on the 1st of may the revolutionary 1st of may as they call it when there are often clashes between demonstrators and police but the whole context of the coronavirus i think makes the situation that much less controllable and the police have been making announcements to the crowds of been gathered here saying you know you can't possibly be observing social distancing when people are just milling around waiting for something to happen here and that's what's been going on for the last few hours we've got helicopters circling above us the police trying to appeal to people to separate not to gather in groups of more than. a few up to 20 is what's allowed under the current rules here in berlin but

people aren't doing that some people are waiting for their opportunity i think to face off against the police so so far we've seen just a few arrests but there are certainly some people who are expecting violence later ok this is as you say a long held to do tradition how was the day played out. well as i mentioned there hasn't been real violence what there's pain is a lot of shouting out and if you can hear in the background behind me there are some demonstrators gathered there the police in large groups really blocking the streets trying to get people to go home and a lot of people are just really ignoring that advice they're enjoying the opportunity i think some of them to to square up against the police and to the police response has been really very robust if you look over here you'll see a huge group of police in riot gear there moving into position and that's typical

of the scenes we've been seeing over the last few hours really an expectation of violence despite the coronavirus and i think that will be surprising and shocking even to some german viewers and people around the world. thanks for that. so take a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world will start in hong kong where thousands of extra police have been deployed after protesters called for spontaneous demonstrations on labor day the pandering has helped to quietly chinese territory anti-government movement but protesters say they will return to the streets once the outbreak has stabilized. irish budget airline ryanair has warned that it could cut up to 3000 jobs as a result of the pandemic by the carrier set is expected to operate just one percent of its normal flight schedule until june company plans to hold cost cutting talks with trade unions in july last week canada's prime minister justin trudeau has

announced an immediate ban on assault weapons as follows the country's worst mass shooting last month in which $22.00 people were killed in nova scotia a poll released on friday shows nearly 4 out of 5 canadians support the ban. hundreds of protesters service stormed the capitol building in the us state of michigan demanding an end to the coronavirus lockdown some were armed with rifles they argue that the stay at home orders violate their rights and amount to government overreach. well south africa has begun to ease its coronavirus lock down one of the strictest in the world factories and agriculture businesses are to reopen in phases restaurants will also reopen but only for deliveries and for many south africans perhaps the best news is that they can get out into the open air but only for 3 hours a day south africans can exercise outside again for the 1st time in more than

a month it's really for maybe you can bike right or even some handstands. if. i was just feeling like i did do something it feels good to be back we don't you don't actually we actually take for granted i mean if you look at the. track or do the save the day. 5 weeks ago the country's president ordered most citizens to remain indoors and shuttered all but essential businesses as part of the response to the pandemic it's been one of the strictest lockdowns in the world and doesn't result many people have been struggling to make ends meet. or now when i get this good life in bed up because i'm not working. now because of this. today when i'm. going to get something wanted table although the looked and seems to have been affective there have been dozens of complaints about police brutality

when implementing it the united nations has expressed concern about the heavy handedness as the country slowly america's from lock down south africa now faces the challenge of boosting its economy which was already in recession before the coronavirus struck as the latest from cape town that enjoy. creation welcome the government has this delicate balance to strike between restarting the economy and containing the pandemic just walk us through its approach. so basically they introduce a lockdown in 5 stages that will be constantly adjusted depending on the growth of corona virus infections that we started $45.00 weeks was stage 5 for the strictest level and the best case in the next weeks we might go back to stage one which would mean most people could get back to work but at the moment it's stage 4 and that means still no sales of cigarettes no sales of alcohol only a few industries allowed to get back to work and also only unlimited capacity so

it's still quite a long way to go you've also seen the exercising pictures before and you saw some shortcomings there as well 6 to 9 o'clock is a very limited time obviously in cape town the sun is rising at 7 30 in the morning so you basically had one of the half hours well most everybody tried to get out which obviously let's do some pictures as you have seen of congestion which shouldn't be the case at this point of time but generally i would say the society here in south africa is quite divided about the strict measures you have half of the population roughly saying well it is very important government must protect us and must do everything they can to stop this outbreak and on the other hand you have more and more people also arguing that well yes coronavirus is a problem but we also hungry and this is a modern problem for us and around the world what we've seen is the inequality plays a big part in how hard this coronaviruses strikes what's the situation there in south africa. absolutely it's mainly the poor that suffer under this

lockdown here and the treasury has announced that probably 3 to 6 or 7000000 even people might lose their jobs because of this outbreak depending how long this whole crisis will last or this is going to of course have a lot of negative impact on the economic situation on the situation of a lot of people here but overall i think there's also a little bit of optimism that people will get a bit closer together because i've observed here many times neighborhood initiatives all over the place people trying to help each other trying to help the less privileged and i hope that actually this crisis might bring people closer together and not further apart. and one of the challenges facing the country as it tries to open a again well i mean the major challenge is that basically the numbers will keep on growing health experts here expect the 1st peak to reach between july and september so in the beginning south africa was praised globally for their strict and approach to to really have the street blocked on to bring the

numbers down but we will only see then if that was really successful if they could use this time to fix the health system which was basically collapsing over the past 2 years under increase in capetown thank you this is d.w. news i'll have more at the top of the hour before i go though nigerian drumming legend tony allen has died in paris the age of 79 the former band mate of fela kuti tony adams credited with creating the afro beat sound so we'll leave you with one of his hits crazy afro beat of the day.

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