this is news coming to you live from berlin. to help germany's struggling car industry german car dealerships have been reopening from the walk down for 2 weeks now but customers aren't exactly flocking to the show rooms industry bosses are asking for help. coming up world leaders pledged nearly 70000000000 euros to help fund vaccines treatment and testing for the coronavirus but how much will it take to make it all available and affordable for everyone. organist takes

the road. cameron carpenter can't perform at his usual venues because of the law down so he still lives retirement home residence which shows especially for. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us talks are underway between german chancellor angela merkel and representatives of the german car industry conference call is to discuss the impact the current a virus pandemic has had on production and sales as well as ways of reviving the hard hit industry carmakers such as and i have urged the government to help boost demand for cars that are released yesterday shows the sector is facing his biggest slump in 30 years. or more now let's bring in our political

correspondent kate what can we expect from this virtual meeting of german carmakers in the cup and the chancellor. well it's very unlikely that we're going to actually see any major decisions come out of these talks today which of course as you mentioned are taking place via teleconference and today will be more of a chance for common factors to put some proposals on the table and also that demand so there is a will focus specifically on incentives as well that's a key demand from common factors so we could see for example incentives being put in place ranging from between $3.00 to $4000.00 jurors full car buyers depending on what car they purchased on top of that we could also see proposals for another scrappage scheme which is similar to something that we saw almost a decade ago now in the aftermath of the financial crisis whereby as we're able to trade in the old models for a new one with

a discount which will be funded by the state but today will indeed be much more about discussion than decisions the car industry is getting an audience at the chancellor's office other industries do not those germany's business community think that's fair. well this certainly has been a contentious issue for years this close cozy relationship between the german government and the automobile industry and there has been criticism from of the industries and also from the public if you look online earlier today there was. some small. when it comes to demands regarding why isn't there a summit about child care about health care about caring for the elderly and also in front of the chancellery as well we saw a group of climate activists demanding that the german government invests invests more in sustainable mobility rather than investing into the old industries of the

of the car industry so this is still a very contentious issue particularly when it comes to how state funding is used in the aftermath of the of the coronavirus can demick so other areas of the economy are also demanding financial help from the government how much money does the government really disposal to revive the economy. well the german government has said that it will do whatever it takes to keep jobs and businesses afloat in so far we've seen a historical financial aid package come out of germany to the chair of some 750000000000 euros but already there has been hints made that we could see an economic stimulus package on the horizon in the coming weeks and so there are still a lot of long term effects to take into consideration as well but of course that pot isn't bottomless but as i said the german government has reiterated that it

will do whatever it takes to keep the german economy going ok thank you very much knows kate brady our parliamentary studio. german flag carrier lift is also desperately seeking help from the government in the form of a bailout but it's pleading with berlin not to involve itself in the airline's management and business operations we got into this crisis through no fault of our own said c.e.o. cautions boy of times as annual shareholder meeting which was conducted all mine it's or argues that the company's management and strategy are salted pointing to 2019 as a year with record passenger numbers and record revenues and government rescue package for the airline could be worth 10000000000 euros according to the most recent discussion. here's of round up of some of the latest pandemic news german state premiers are expected to approve

a plan to allow all shops are reopening to get bonus leah's soccer going again with new zealand reporting no new cases for a 2nd straight day prime minister just send are down phoned in to an all straggly in cabinet meeting to discuss reopening borders between those neighboring countries malaysia and india begun to ease part of their lockdown measures but both governments of urged caution as cases continue to rise and thailand reported its lowest number of new infections since march 9th with one new case and no new deaths . european union has won pledges worth almost 7 and a half 1000000000 euros to develop a vaccine and treatments for the corona virus basins from around the world join the european commission's virtual conference on monday as world wide death toll from the virus exceeded core a quarter of a 1000000 commission president under alliance says the pledges are a big tree for global cooperation but the fundraiser was just as notable for the no

shows let's start the pledging the e.u. kicked off its fundraising drive with $1000000000.00 euros in the hours that followed pledges were beamed in from across the globe the kingdom of saudi arabia has pledged $500000000.00 even home icon madonna made a last minute donation of a 1000000 euros it wasn't enough to reach the fundraisers target but housed us in a funded line insisted it send the right signal yes today is a defining moment for the global community at a time when we are sitting for a lot of pot than usual the world has shown it is standing closer together than ever before but not quite all of the world a chinese delegate took pot but didn't pledge any money russia and the united states were both absent from the conference potch the german chancellor apparently couldn't resist a jab at the u.s. president in the days after time when we don't always see multilateral cooperation

as i would like and i think today's a very important signal of hope. germany was one of the leading tone is pledging over 500000000 euros the money is for international health organizations and resets networks in a bid to speed up the development of a vaccine many scientists say it could be 18 months or more before a vaccine is ready for widespread use and when it is more money will be needed to ensure it can be produced in large quantities and distributed for a fact price around the world. today sprint was a great start for our madness on the marathon is the way i had now we need everyone on board. united nations secretary general antonio good terrorist described the funds as a dime payment he said that to reach everyone everywhere the world must raise 5 times that amount. or earlier i spoke to mohammad one near his bio roller

just from lancaster university in the u.k. i asked him how the 7400000000 euros are going to help us fight the coronavirus i think vaccine are really very expensive also says south mainly the development is not really too difficult and it's. relatively cheaper to do but the main meet your insular structure required is to pick up a bill or to use it in such a way that it wants vaccine become available it is manufactured in the shortest possible time and it is just too good to cordon off the water and this became even more important for this team because we know that diseases many insects yes what you're the one currently in the wards is still reporting a disease that would be hanging all 'd the who are at the same scale as it has being back in january so therefore the effort is really have been started to ramp up. and have a last resort says better ones we need to have the 5 we have the resources there.

germany's highest court has largely upheld several complaints against the european central bank purchase of government bonds as part of a program designed to boost the eurozone economy since 2015 the court ruled that the e.c.b. best clarify that the scheme is proportionate or else germany's bundesbank made no longer practice of pay the. federal prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant in connection with the cyber attack on the german parliament in 2015 lin has accused russia's g.r.u. intelligence service of hacking the bonus talks computer systems and the suspect is also wanted by u.s. authorities for interference in the 2016 presidential election turkey has begun easing coronavirus lockdown measures president out of one said interesting the travel restrictions in 7 provinces will be lifted but not in istanbul and ankara

seniors and those under 20 years of age will be allowed outside for 4 hours one day a week. but as well as already say they've arrested 2 u.s. citizens among a group of alleged mercenaries involved in what caracas says was a failed invasion the government claimed a group wanted to capture venezuela's president nicolas maduro and bring down his regime. and a vice president at amazon has drizzle mind after the company fired whistle blowers who had raised concerns about 19 minutes where else is to embrace said the dismissals were quote evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture. in april hundreds of amazon employees in the u.s. went on strike over conditions. sports now and there have been 10 positive tests for the coronavirus in the german football bundesliga and 2nd

division the league says over 1700 tests were carried out over 2 rounds among players and staff coloe reported 3 balls of cases the tests are part of the els hygiene concept as it is to restart the season this month on wednesday the german government is expected to decide whether to allow games to resume in 50 stadiums. performing artists have had to get used to performing in smaller venues and audiences that are accustomed to during the last towns well here in berlin residents of retirement homes have been delighted by visits from one musician who's been able to take his act on the road. and exclusive show for the residents of a berlin nursing home thanks to cameron carpenter and just poor simple electronic organ.

for me it's a great chance to get to play live music for people and in public here in the time of corona that's kind of unthinkable. 32 concerts in 4 days a performance shed chill made possible by sponsors local authorities on the police . the locations aren't publicized ahead of the events to avoid large crowds gathering on the program dedicated to cellist one musical maestro johann sebastian bach. bach's music is is quite a quite unique it's why i consider him so such an important composer and the best composer that music means that i can cram a lot of quality into

a very short amount of time because we only have 20 to 30 minutes at each location . bull you need a spot that's the most so carpenters bringing on his mini tour to the elderly isolated in berlin because of the pandemic. goals next i really enjoyed hearing bach here he's inspired not the president he's a good student i really appreciate it because of the current situation where he had a senior citizens resident somewhere based ice age at the moment. and for the world famous musician a chance to take to the stage despite the coronavirus restrictions. and watching d.w. news don't forget you can keep in touch with the news on our website that's d.w. dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram to our handle there is d

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