this is the news live from berlin crunch talks to help germany's struggling car industry german consular ships have been reopening from the lock down for 2 weeks fox customers aren't exactly flocking to the show rooms industry bosses have been asking chance when that call for help also coming up in ram soffits coronavirus testing with the result that it's reporting the biggest jump in come from places so far in your states are losing their locked up it's. a mobile over the just take spot on the road.

cameron carpenter khan's performance his usual venues because of the lockdown so he's delights in berlin's retirement home residence shows especially for the. welcome german chancellor angela merkel has been holding tough talks with the auto industry bosses who are desperate to revive struggling cost sales the online meeting came a day after day to show that the sector is experiencing its worst slump in almost 30 years comic because on the government to pay for purchase incentives was $3.00 to $5000.00 euros per car but not everyone is happy about that.

nor tax money for gas guzzlers that is the message environmental activists on for old outside anglo-american office window ahead of her crunch meeting with car industry bosses the german chancellor has plenty on her plate at the moment but the future of the car industry may be the toughest challenge. these are dark days for carmakers folks wagon may have projected an image of it's eating the coronavirus onto its vaal sport plant but the truth is this pandemic has sent the sector into its deepest slump since 1991 the w.'s chief echoed carmakers demands last week. that we are concerned that a car is not foremost in the minds of our potential customers right now so we be happy if politicians would deal with this issue to offer consumption and sense of i believe this is extremely important in these times.

in the sure rooms to dealers are hoping for something that will stimulate sales some of them haven't sold a car in weeks these are tough times and the 2nd hand car business demand is down 80 percent the only thing running your normal levels is bulk purchases such as large companies they are still ordering vehicles for many in the sector want to see purchasing incentives and the cash for old cars scheme introduced it's not just the small crowd who reject special treatment for car giant with cash in the bank and plan dividend payouts but the green lobby may get on board if the outcome includes money to boost green transport initiatives. political correspondent what are the chances that german car makers will. well there may have to wait a little bit for some straight up decisions today will be very much about

discussions but this is an important meeting that's being held today by telephone conference of course the manufacturing of vehicles and also of car parts in germany is the largest industrial sector in the country and is responsible for some $800000.00 jobs so there's a lot at stake here and so we're expecting to see during these discussions some proposals put forward by leading common a factor is especially when it comes to incentives for customers to purchase cars in the coming weeks and months so we could see incentives of between $3.40 euros per car depending on what vehicle is purchased but as it today is very much going to be focused much more on discussions. of the car industry gets an audience out the chancellor's office nor this germany's business community think that's. well this current relationship has been under scrutiny for many many years now and is

again at the front of the debate here and this is being stepped up also in recent years due to the climate crisis and we saw there in the report some images of protesters earlier today outside the front of the chancellery demanding that the government support the sustainable mobility rather than investing in the old previous industries of the of the rather the old structure of industries like car manufacturing so what they're demanding instead is some innovation and investment something that german the german government has withheld from demanding from the car industry in recent years so we could in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic certainly see a change that. other industries also demanded from a. hole deep by the government's. well of course the german government has said that it is ready to do whatever it takes to keep businesses and the german economy

afloat both now during the crisis and after the pandemic as well and so far we've seen a historic financial aid package come from germany something to the tune of 750000000000 euros to keep those businesses and employees afloat during these difficult times and in the months to follow and we are expecting as well by the end of this month or if not into the beginning of early june to see another financial package in the form of an economic stimulus package and that's something that's still to be discussed but of course that part is already being addiction to by several businesses both big and small and will have to see to what extent to german government lives to its pledge that rather lives up to its pledge that it's going to do whatever it takes to keep the economy turning. thank you. now the company is trying to dip in that this is german flag carrier which is also

desperately seeking help from the government in the form of a bailout but it is pleading with berlin not to involve itself in the allens management and business we got into this crisis for no fault of our own set of turns a c.e.o. at. the annual shareholder meeting which was conducted online. the company's management and strategy are solid pointing to 2019 as a year with record passenger numbers and record revenues a government rescue package for the airline could be worth 10000000000 euros according to most recent discussions. india has reported its biggest daily jump so far in confirmed coronavirus cases rise of almost 4000 to more than 46000 health officials said the spike was due to increased testing regional governments have started to ease the 6 week lockdown and that includes

allowing shops to open the central government has imposed a special tax of 70 percent on liquor purchases to prevent large gatherings and shops. going for a liquor run people in indian cities couldn't wait when they heard that certain shops were reopening police had to implement social distancing. i don't got all call shops of the shop for 40 days people are very anxious for business of course we've encountered a lot of losses because alcohol is not considered essential goods but after more than 40 days without alcohol it's become more essential. that the country's lockdown has caused economic misery for millions of workers in the informal sector for many of them a reopening can't come too soon but easing the restrictions makes some people nervous i still feel the need to be very cautious about how good timing that will be in implementing the don't i mean go to that. because they're like 00 people

would thinking you know what they're getting ready and happy about the day i think and we're going full speed ahead not be alleging that not only can they be gaddy years but they can put out the people at this point there's also the risk that the official count is lower than the actual rate of infection new mobile testing laboratories are supposed to get a better picture of the true number of infected people officials say indians should not expect everything to return to how things were before. we are now transitioning into a new normal it's important to remain careful conscious and vigilant to continue our battle against covert 19 with the same speed and momentum. but on the streets it's clear that there's a hunger or a thirst for relief. but here's a round up of some of the latest and i mean use the german state of the various

plans to possibly reopen for tourism this month its state premiers said hotels and restaurants could operate under strict social distancing with. the u.k.'s coronavirus death toll has become the world's 2nd highest according to data released by the office of national statistics the total number has now passed $32000.00 malaysia has begun to ease part of its locked on measures but it's caution us cases continue to rise. germany's highest court house want the country's central bank may have to pull out of the key euro zone bond buying scheme the german constitutional court has upheld several complaints against the european central bank as project begun in 2015 to boost the euro zone's economy all says the e.c.b. must clarify that the asset buying program is not disproportion if it doesn't germany's bundesbank would be barred from participating in this deal. so what does that mean let's ask our financial correspondent conor boozman joins us from

frankfurt comma will the european central bank now have to stop their huge amounts of months the acid. low get hot the asset purchases by the e.c.b. can continue at least for now that is of course the most important signal for the financial markets today and the reason why there has not been a shock reaction on the markets after the decision has come out what the german constitute constitutional court has said today though was that the bundesbank our reserve bank the national reserve bank here in germany which executes the e.c. peace asset purchases here in germany must act according to the german constitution and that this in the past has not enough been the case so is this court decision also throwing a spanner in the works of the easybeats effort to fight the massive recession caused by the coronavirus. in

a way yes the european central bank in the future has to explain better why what it does is not illegal monetary financing of state budgets and why it thinks that it is an adequate all proportionate tool to follow its mandate it's the task of the german government then and maybe of parliament to check whether it can sign off this monetary policy in terms of german constitutional law from a bosun in frankfurt thank you musicians and other performers have had to give hughes to smaller venues and audiences and custom to during the lock downs you're in berlin residents of retirement homes have been delighted by visits from one musician who has been able to take his act on the road. an exclusive show for the residents of

a berlin nursing home thanks to cameron carpenter and his portable electronic organ . yeah. 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 chose to one musical maestro johann sebastian bach.

box 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 . all you need is that's the most so carpenters bringing on his mini tour to the elderly isolated in berlin because of the pandemic. goalless next i really enjoyed hearing bach here he's inspired got the budget and he's a good student type i really appreciate it because of the current situation we're here in a senior citizens residence and where they should i say that at the moment. and for the world famous musician a chance to take to the stage despite the coronavirus restrictions.

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