this is d.w. news live from berlin britain now has the worst death toll from the corona virus in europe the latest data show that more than 32000 people have died that's more than an interview the british government's chief scientific adviser admits that not enough testing was done in the early stages of the epidemic also coming up crunch talks to help germany's struggling car industry car dealerships have been reopening from the lock down for 2 weeks sales have slumped industry bosses ask you the government for help. india ramps up its coronavirus testing with the result that

it's reporting the biggest jump in confirmed cases so far but at the same time india's states are loosening their lockdown. plus the corona crisis boost gun sales in the u.s. . we talked to one man who fears riots and racism he says he feels safer with a gun. welcome to the program the number of people killed worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic has now passed 250000 fresh data shows that the u.k. has now become europe's latest epicenter figures released by the u.k.'s office for national statistics show the number of deaths there. has moved past 32000

overtaking italy the country has been under lockdown since the end of march strict social distancing measures remain in place and authorities are urging people to save lives by staying at home u.k. no the 2nd highest coronavirus death toll in the world behind the u.s. . joining me now from london is our correspondent big it must be if you can become the new epicenter in europe how has it got to this point. well the figures include all the suspected deaths of covert 19 this is what the government is saying say not not everywhere where a test has confirmed that a person has died of the virus but also where it was suspected and of course the government are saying that you have to take it with a pinch of salt every country records the deaths in a different way and that only in a few months maybe even years time will be possible to have an accurate comparison

but i think one thing is clear the u.k. is definitely definitely hard hit by the virus and the head of the statistics organization in the u.k. told british media that the death toll could be even higher that could be over 40000 that's what they are suspecting and of course behind every statistics there are there are people and there is a lot of heartbreak here in the u.k. with these numbers coming out also within the medical community doctors and nurses they all pressing for for better protection a lot of medical staff have died and yes there is a lot of a lot of anguish about these figures johnson's government has come under fire for being a bit slow to react to the crisis does the government now seem to have a grip on it. well yes this is what the government is saying they are ramping up their testing that tracking and tracing this is of course the strategy that they had deployed very early in the crisis i think this is the

consensus that critics of the government rallying around that in the early stages not enough has been done the u.k. was lagging behind other european countries when it comes to the spread of the virus and very early on the government could have done more if there was a capacity to do more testing and the scientific advisor has admitted that the government could have done more in the early stages and of course because the testing was quickly abandoned in the early stages when they could have been more for meeting off of the spread of the virus this is when actually the virus then spread and now it's very very difficult because it is so widespread in the country and now to catch up and now to develop these new techniques to test and trace and the government has developed and out now it's very very late in the day you do that so a lot should have done be done much earlier because mass in london thank you and

his round up of some of the other news of today german state plans to partially open for tourism this month its state premiers said hotels and restaurants could operate under strict social distancing requirements the virus has now officially arrived in war torn yemen with the controlled government reporting the 1st confirmed case in the capital sama and in the u.s. new york state has reported more than 1700 previously undisclosed nursing homes and adult facilities. german chancellor angela merkel has been holding talks with car industry bosses were desperate to revive struggling cost sales the online meeting came a day off the data showed the sector was experiencing its worst slump in almost 30 years comic is want the government to pay for purchase incentives worth $3.00 to $5000.00 euros per com but not everyone is happy about that. nor tax

money for gas guzzlers that is the message environmental activist sun for old outside anglo-american office window ahead of our 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 spark 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. because we're concerned that a car is not foremost in the minds of our potential customers right now so we'd be happy if politicians would deal with this issue to offer consumption incentives i

believe this is extremely important in these times. initial 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 in the 2nd test car business demand is down 80 percent the only thing running your normal levels of purchases such as large companies they are still ordering vehicles. 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 rejects special treatment for car giants 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. and there's news just in chancellor. countries car industry executives wrapped with outs. on a new deal of talks is planned for june. german flag carrier

is also desperately seeking help from the government in the form of a bailout but it is pleading with berlin not to involve itself into their management and day to day business we we got into this crisis through no fault of our own said c.e.o. . of kansas annual shareholder meeting which was conducted online or argues that the company's management and strategy a solid pointing to $29000.00 as a year with record passenger numbers and record revenues government rescue package for the airline could be worth 10000000000 euros according to most recent discussions. now let's bring in he's an aviation industry expert and joins us from the hamburg misters bed what do you think is going to become a full of tons of x. you know i'm fairly optimistic in

a way as bad as the situation is right now the last time that is really in a much better shape and has been a much better shape prior to the crisis and i think that probably might come out even a bit stronger in the present environment that we might see after the crisis so they really recently had record profits there many profitable years behind them incredible position as a privatized carrier their preference originally in 9097 and that makes them its appeal was said today that he really resents any government meddling in his and or near your decisions well if if a house. has had such great year is why does it either by at all then. it's all feasible and allen's business is to fly and lot of times and is mr spoil right he said without any of its own fault is not able to fly at the moment that 3000 cancel flights at the moment there is 700 of 760 of their

groups aircraft grounded so they're kind of robbed of their bases to do any business by circumstance so thinking all that outlines need state help anywhere where do you think we can expect the government getting greater control of law in exchange for any bailout it seems what's being discussed is that they will have it quite an active equipped your role and that there will be 2 government people on the advisory board in the future and this is i think probably tolerable for concert work i know him fairly well myself and him know that he's absolutely a verse of this kind of government influence in general and in a way rightly so because more be seen over the last few decades all wrong europe especially off other countries that normally state ownership and mentally imbalanced normally is a recipe for disaster of course for his walk but whether there's been

a string of bad news coming out of that industry for a while just the couple of minutes ago. a virgin atlantic announced they're cutting 3000 jobs when this is all over what will and travel look like what with the industry look like. you know i'm just coming off of a teleconference with ya ta be scheduled on body and they're also predicting like really groundbreaking changes in the passenger experience all the procedures of flying even with probably a long term requirement air force in years to come for passengers to always be aware face protection during the flight human long haul flights and this is only a small item of the overall things are that it would really definitely trying to over time but i think they should actually let me come back to flying again but i think in the end the most important thing is to make a vacation what again i mean if it is it absolutely essential lifeline for modern life and so that's what we need to find in his needs to find ways through those

slippage and provide michael service to humanity it is an industry expert and their spirit talking to us from have accent you welcome thousands of men protesting against a pandemic lockdown in the u.s. state of michigan last week as weeknights it's the debate about gun control in michigan and in other states where similar protests have taken place it is legal to openly carry a firearm even in government buildings but while some americans are using the opportunity to argue for modifications to their constitutional rights a barrel bombs others are turning to guns in a time of fear it's a. magazine loaded release and fire. mason fon has been shooting firearms since he was a child but since the covert 19 pandemic the son of vietnamese immigrants has been beefing up his skills. he says there's

a general feeling of insecurity among americans. with the uncertainty of what's going on on the pandemic they could be anything that could happen such as riots such as people going crazy you know. there's also also always racism in involved so having a gun will help protect itself and also my family. shooting ranges and gun shops in the state of virginia are considered essential business and were allowed to remain open during the shutdown the clark brothers range has twice as many customers as usual owner sean clark says gun sales at the decades old family business have never been so high. there's just some people who said i'm not sure how to deal with this if i have

a firearm i can deal with this if somebody tries to take something of mine i can defend myself. hardly anyone here wears a face mask social distancing doesn't seem to be important but some have come to reflect on what drives americans to guns these days. my explanation is. we americans in the country have gone berserk we think this coronaviruses the next apocalypse and. in people are scared for some. unknown reason and i think that's a ship always that. wants fear for some is business for others there's a one hour wait time and extra paperwork to get into this gun shop in the city of arlington the store was completely sold out in the early stages of the shutdown shop owner sean poole and says he is still struggling to keep up with the clients appetite for firearms. we can't meet demand. all the customers we

don't have. the variety that we used to have also access to variety meaning of pistol shock and rifles into the name emission ammunition is also being treated just as similar as toilet paper people are by in excess and without any real utilization of it. mason fun has not bought any new weapons since the virus hit for him training at the shooting range is a great excuse to leave the house while he's working from home. in america no more than ever guns are an essential business. to some of the other stories making headlines today federal prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant and connection with a cyber attack on the german parliament and 2015 has accused russia's military intelligence service grew of hacking the bundestag computer systems the suspect is also wanted

by u.s. authorities for interference in the 2016 presidential elections. germany's highest courts has ruled that the european central bank stimulus program partly contravenes german law because neither the german government nor parliament signs off on the spending the court is demanding that the e.c.b. clarify how fortunate the bond buying scheme is oil's germany's bundesbank may no longer participate in its. a vice president at amazon has resigned after the company fired whistleblowers who had raised concerns about covert 19 in its warehouses to embrace said the dismissals were quote evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture a pool hundreds of amazon employees in the u.s. went on strike over conditions. india has reported its biggest daily jump so fine confirm 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 lock down and that includes allowing alcohol shops to reopen but the central government has opposed to special tax of 70 percent on liquor purchases to prevent large gatherings. 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 shops for 40 days people are very anxious. of course we've encountered a lot of losses because alcohol is not considered essential goods but after more than 40 days without alcohol has become more essential to. 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 i don't i mean the next issue because they're like oh well people would thinking you know they're getting ready and happy about that i think and we're going full speed ahead nakia lazing that not only can they be gaddy years but they can put other people i think 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're 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. 3 photographers working for the associated press news agency have been on earth with pulitzer prizes for their coverage of life in the contested region of kashmir darrius seen on and on the feature photography category capturing the unprecedented lockdown after india revoked the region's independence last august the photographs were taken in the midst of a communication and internet blackout which meant they had to go to great lengths to get that picture is back to the a.p. offices in new delhi. i'm joined on the phone from st i got by a dollar has seen one of the 3 happy witness mr. elations 1st it's every journalist dream to win a pulitzer how did you feel when you heard the news. thank you it's sort of overwhelming to receive been here i have received we've been we've received this owner and it's lonely and i am proud that despite all laws

on the ground we have many of the studio our daily lives out in the world through a.v. well we're seeing some of these very impressive pictures right now as we speak you won the award for your reporting on the situation in kashmir why do you think the jury chose your work it made its opportunity but like we did they were passing we should know what was on the ground when it was picking on because of the blackout 4. we were not able to get by any means want to and when it was happening so we had to depend on no one else to continue and show what was happening on the ground you want to tell us about some of the challenges of working on the ground in kashmir. all the all the like it's kind of clicked on all kind please don't have its own terms in the

must like the most. was the most challenging for us was to rock because of all the block push push back the ninety's when we have to we have no one to even take the 5th if there was no we just send them so we had to go back to the whole viz back ninety's what people in here used to do send these pictures via some travelers who used to go to russia have bowed to give it to some of the and they used to deliver them back in delhi so one of the prize i'd say is that the points i made for your work as a photojournalist. and it's a dream come true like every book every every photojournalists hours of was it's a dream. to win the pulitzer and to tell the story innovate has to be tortured and it's not only that like as i mentioned earlier that we have been able to

deliver the news despite all odds through a.p. but now this is the base from which is recognized all over the world any it's another chance to show the world what is really have been going on by generations again very unfair as well as that thank you don't have seen with this just put a surprise for thank you. news still to come. a more volatile organist takes on the road he's dividing britain's retirement home residence shows especially for them. some sports now 1st in the bundesliga has i believe have suspended their forwards salomon kalou for breaking coronavirus rules kalu posted a video on facebook which showed him shaking hands with teammates and appearing to mock social distancing guidelines how to set kalu had course the club quote a great deal of damage some media reports in germany suggest that the episode could

put the bundesliga restart plants in doubt of political decision on that is expected on wednesday. a clue suspension followed news that club clubs from the bonus think and 2nd division recorded 10 coronavirus cases after a 1st round of testing in an interview with the general secretary of global players union 50 pro said players were concerned that one case could stall a restart in its tracks it's a very tight rope exercise that we're going through here and the the risk of course increases the moment we enter into training of the full group and when we start playing games and essentially want one case that is found too late or that shows a little bit over over receive exposure of more people being in contact with that player or with the from another team with that team that of course could shut the whole system down very quickly so we need in our opinion to tighten up these these

measures a little bit more but probably we also just need to find a little bit more time to see how side leigh we develop and how we can suppress the infection rates a little bit further. musicians and other performers have had to get used to smaller venues and audiences than there are custom to during the lockdowns here in berlin residents of her time and homes have been delighted by visits from one musician was taken his act on the road. an exclusive show for the residents of the berlin nursing home thanks to cameron carpenter and his portugal 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 still made possible by sponsors local authorities on the police . the locations aren't publicized ahead of the events to avoid large crowds gathering and the program dedicated to chill street 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 . full you need to spot that's the most so carpenters bringing on his mini tour to the elderly isolated in berlin because of the pandemic.

goal is to make a difference and i really enjoyed hearing bach here he's inspired not the i didn't use a good season type i really appreciate it because of the current situation where he had a senior citizens residence and where they shy sedate at the moment. and for the world famous musician a chance to take. to the stage despite the coronavirus restriction. and here's a reminder off the top story we're following for you here. britain now has the worst death toll from the coronavirus in europe the latest statistics show that poland says a 2000 people have died overtaking italy news came as the british government's chief scientific adviser admitted that not enough testing was done in the early stages of the the daily. news don't forget you

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