this is due to be a news live from berlin remembering world war 2 when the time was coronavirus chance talk about to leave the ceremony marking the end of the conflict in europe 75 years ago today events are scaled back because of covert 19 but germany's president highlights the importance of remembrance especially now. also coming up violent men stepped up their attacks against their wives and children during coronavirus curfews now one group in lebanon is stepping up a campaign to help the victims. their coronavirus lockdown triggers the sharpest

fall in german exports in those 30 years. plus how the virus is changing the natural world and how the top of many animals in thailand. i'm simply so misconducts good to have you with us across europe people are commemorating 75 years since the end of world war 2 on may 8th 1945 nazi germany gave its unconditional surrender to the allies many large events to commemorate the anniversary had been planned but they were scaled down due to the pandemic in berlin german chancellor angela merkel and president. laid wreaths at germany's main memorial to victims of war and dictatorship in a solemn ceremony afterwards steinmeyer said germans feel gratitude for the end of the nazi dictatorship. the city of berlin has made

a one off public holiday just this year. let's bring in our correspondent simon young he's covering this anniversary for us here in berlin he's standing just where the ceremony took place a little earlier hi simon we heard that the commemorations have been scaled back of course because of the pandemic how did it affect the ceremony. where so many originally the german authorities the german president well being to hold a major state ceremony here with 1600 invited guests from germany and abroad dignitaries and to people from political life and so on so mark the solemn occasion it's a level of protocol that is very rarely done here in germany the last time it was done on the 8th of may to mark the end of world war 2 was back in 1905 for the 50th anniversary so it was hard to repeat that and to show that germany is still very much understands the lessons of history if you like and to send that signal around

the world but of course the corona pandemic meant that that couldn't happen this whole area was pretty much cordoned off a few 1000000000 as he turned out so really weren't able to get very close in the rather disappointed and that ceremony itself pretty much scaled back to the 5 raids being led by the 5 hades of the state institutions including of course the german president franco to star maya and chancellor merkel herself and then and then start my speech which i thought was a very moving and you know important message drawing together the lessons of 945 and what it means for the world today. yes and we're going to hear some of the words from the german president in a moment but did tell us more about your main takeaways from the speech that he delivered. yeah he said that you know we would like to have welcomed

representatives of the allies that liberated germany from nazi tyranny and also to have more face day with germany's old and with germany's young who of course will have differing perspectives on exactly what it means for them but he said that that would have been so important to do and because of the coronavirus people have been isolated in recent weeks he said and that's a sort of an echo of the isolation of germany vs the isolation that germany brought on itself jaring the 12 years of nazi dictatorship and war and you know he said well now is an opportunity to sort of feel that again germany now of course is very much far from isolated i thought that was a strong message he also said that although we talk about liberation we must not stop learning the lessons of history the idea of liberation has to be constantly reimagined by each new generation in germany for people to understand how the

country went down a terribly wrong path but also how it has found its way back into the community of nations by facing up to its history and acknowledging the crimes of the past right simon young reporting for us now from central berlin thank you. and let's hear now from the german president short excerpt from a speech in berlin a to mark the end of world war 2 in europe no vivier deutschen it's only because we germans look our past in the face and because we accept our historic responsibility that the peoples of the world have come to trust this country once more noise for tall and wishing well to so and this is why we too can have confidence in this germany this is the core of an enlightened democratic spirit of patriotism is deep kind of no german patriotism can come without its cracks without

a clear awareness of light and darkness joy and sorrow gratitude and shame on dung on shelves. we have our chief political correspondent linda crane with us melinda know german patriotism can come without its cracks are really moving words there from the german president in his speech absolutely and he went on to them quote a rabbi who talked about the fact that you can only love germany with a broken heart in other words with a sense of germany's historic crimes and responsibility and i think this word responsibility was a key message that president steinmeyer was trying to impart and for me it had to really particularly crucial aspects one responsibility for ensuring that democracy is strong and can flourish in this country he said in that sense liberation is an ongoing process we must liberate ourselves from nationalism from hate speech from

the temptations of populism so democracy on the one hand and as he said also responsibility for multilateralism and in particular for europe you talked about the fact that germany was alone in 1905 but it is not alone any longer and that never alone again must become a message for germany also in its dealings with europe ensuring that the european union cannot only survive but thrive and he called it a day of liberation and that's how it's seen here in germany do germans perceive it that way they do actually d.w. has done a survey just in this week that builds on surveys that have been taken in the past and shows an ongoing support over 30 quarters of germans over 75 percent saying they do see it as a day of liberation for the country as a whole only 7 percent said for them it's a day of capitulation or defeat but interestingly enough if you break it down on

political lines you see that 30 percent of those who say they have right wing political sympathies do in fact see it as a day of defeat and that is a sentiment which right. political leaders have absolutely instrumental eyes and capitalized on even in this week in discussions about this very holiday started all the way all the more important as we heard from the german president to carry this day on in public memory our chief political correspondent crane with us thank you melinda. now simon and cornell ski only managed to escape the auschwitz concentration camp by sheer luck 75 years after the end of the 2nd world war the 88 year old is living through another worldwide crisis the coronavirus pandemic now in brussels this holocaust survivor is tapping into his talents to spread joy during these uncertain times. a bit of jazz music drawing people out of their homes. a rather

unusual picture in times of covert 19. by play because it makes me happy to bring a bit of happiness and hope to the people writing to choose them up. says jazz is his life music helped him to overcome the trauma he experienced as a jew in belgium during the 2nd world war. as a child i lived through the persecution of the nazis barbarism. they killed my mother and my sister in the gas chambers of all should be a canal. my father died in despair just after the war this is in july 1945.

when i was 11 the nazi secret police biggest stop it took me and threw me in prison measure the gas shoot. the nazis put kornacki and his mother on a deportation train more than 1500 people crammed in cattle cars destination i'll shit's concentration camp. but he was lucky 3 belgian resistance fighters stopped the train his mother told him to flee and he ran into the night she didn't jump because she didn't want to threaten his escape he says. every night i dreamt i was being chased by the gestapo. go through or 3 times i changed families for security reasons. whenever i arrived somewhere i went to the attic 1st to see how i could escape over the roofs if they came to get me.

even. after the war returned to brussels and made good on his dream of studying law. at 23 i was a doctor of law and a lawyer i'm still a lawyer today because i'm far too young to stop. asking says he has been confined twice in his life once during the war and now due to cope at 19 very different experiences but it was always jazz music that helped him to cope. let's take a look now at of the latest pandemic developments around the world more than 3800000 people have been infected with the coronavirus globally and nearly 270000 have died a new study by the world health organization projects that up to 190000 people in

africa could die of cold 1000 in the 1st year if the outbreak is not contained iran's state news agency has said friday prayers will resume in mosques in 146 cities where the infection risk is considered minimal afghanistan's national health minister a stress of positive for the coronavirus and the world bank has approved $400000000.00 in aid to help the country's shaky economy whether the crisis. for many women around the world locked down means being trapped at home with a violent man citizen confirmed that levels of domestic abuse inflicted on women by men has increased during the coronavirus crisis we take a look now at the disturbing case of one woman in lebanon and we meet the group determined to help her. she simply wanted to live a happy life with their 4 children again without fear or pain. in mid april 1st 35 year old mother left her old life and fled to an emergency shelter for women

here with the children she's trying to process the pain she experienced for more than 9 years she was mistreated and abused by her husband and her father in law. in the 1st few years he used to hit me in the face in the shoulder or stomp on my legs later he beat me with sticks and iron rods so badly that i had severe swelling and intense pain so i developed problems with my bones and joints because he always hit me in the same places. in beirut sexual abuse within the family is a widespread problem and often a taboo topic. now the situation has gotten dramatically worse due to the coronavirus epidemic lebanon's government has introduced a nighttime curfew most shops and businesses are closed and people are expected to stay home there behind the facades there have been some terrible scenes of domestic

abuse. but as it got increasingly worse as he became more and more violent and he knew that i could not go to my parents because of the night the curfew everyone stays at home. because that 19 pandemic came at a time when lebanon was experiencing its worst financial crisis in decades the currency is struggling unemployment is on the rise and wages have been cut in some cases up to 50 percent aid organizations say many men are bringing their frustration and anger at home with them and taking it out when they wives have led the say that most women who get in contact with us are victims of domestic violence the situation is getting worse because of the curfew and economic and social pressure especially because the perpetrators are all. was at home no one there there that's would be a battle going as ation is stepping up its activities ben is throughout the city calling for an end to the violence and offering

a hotline to get help it's an attempt to encourage many woman to break from their silence. and it's working the group is getting more and more calls so far this year they've already received twice as many calls as in 2019. the head of the mob and i have just in the last month we had about 300 calls 240 new cases. the others had already made contact with us and more and more women want to come to our shelters said you did is it women in this brave woman is one of them she's refusing to take the abuse any longer and is now filing charges against her husband a clear signal in a time of crisis. now germany's exports are down at 7.9 percent year over year for the month of march due to the coronavirus crisis that is the sharpest drop on record since nationwide data

started to be collected 990 imports are our imports rather are down 4.5 percent they are sharpest decline in over a decade march is the source month to reflect the effects of the health crisis and it follows a record a trade surplus in february. let's go right to our financial correspondent conrad burns in a standing by at the frankfurt stock exchange i can read germany's exports have posted their biggest monthly drop ever and this is a country that really is dependent on exports so what does this mean for the german economy. well for example for hundreds of thousands of workers in those industries it means that they are very very nervous right now for them the question is whether the temporary relief programs you know where the german government pays parts of their wages will be enough to save their jobs or in other words the question generally is whether this huge of horrible slump right now is a short one followed by

a nice recovery all whether the decline in business activity and you factory orders the search will be staying longer than anticipated i talked to an economist today here at the exchange who told me that he thinks the current prediction for the german economy the shrinking g.d.p. this year of 6 and a half percent is too optimistic and that we are going to see soon going to see revisions downwards of that forecast. conard we know that before the pandemic you know germany's an even trade balance with other countries had been widely criticized most notably by the u.s. is that changing now. you know of course this discussion is going a bit in the background right now because whoever discussed and criticize those trade imbalances you mentioned donald trump the u.s. president but also people in the international monetary fund also some of our neighboring countries here in europe they have other things on their minds right now they have to tackle the immediate. lockdowns and the consequences of this

but of course when the big tidying up begins when you know the after coronas state of affairs as it will be discussed in europe of course the question of the balances will come up again because it's sort of an expression also who benefits more for example from the currency union all right our financial correspondent conrad burns reporting for us thank you very much. the international monitor. funding is worried about an economic collapse in brazil the country went through a major recession in 2016 and has just begun to stabilize the current covered $1000.00 pandemic is threatening a full recovery. from up here it all looks peaceful the statue of christ the redeemer overlooking the copacabana. but just downstairs father or mar has to conduct mass as

a life stream as no visitors are allowed in his chapel the beaches are empty to the city of rio de janeiro under lockdown with tens of thousands infected with corona virus and $600.00 dying every day and yet the government wants to shut down to end warning of an economic collapse. or go toward it though this idea that the economy is less important because life is 1st is not true i have always said that both of them have to be treated responsibly. the i.m.f. too has warned of an economic collapse for a country only 4 years out of recession brazil's economic minister is worried. more than most of europe. although we are protected the population and everyone has the resources what is the use of that if within 30 days the lights go out we are running out of food and our national production is stopped and therefore the

warning the i.m.f. gave is very important within about 30 days there may be shortages in stores leading to a system of economic collapse and social disorder. with the country worried some hope from above and a plea for people to at least wear masks. well the current a virus crisis has also inspired people to be more innovative to deal with some of the challenges that the pandemic is posed companies are adapting to changing demands the u.s. company hatch exhibits has gone from building trades to protective equipment for health care workers facing a dire shortage of the pandemic. the machines have had an exhibit a running again and creates mccormick is happy to have all these people back at work it's company normally makes display it's an exhibition booth for clients like you tube or google but all their projects got cancelled so now they are producing

medical gallants and facial hair this is one of the p.v.c. there are units has an integrated. clamping mechanism for people to have a smaller head so it's most. quickly inserted. as a keyhole. for the company a few years ago was hit hard by the crisis we're running into millions of dollars chris mccormick tells me the idea of his production came to him when he was watching new york governor cuomo on t.v. talking about the need for personal protective equipment the next day he was already working on prototypes of moscow and go and together with morgan fraley last week she says have been a roller coaster ride. it's totally wild it feels like being in like

a world war 2 factory that has been like a repurposed for making time good that's what. the founders of distilling thought as well when regular order and whiskey started to dwindle they decided to pivot their production. we had to stop producing spirits at least for a little while and focus all our efforts on making transit times are so it's been quite a big change for the business but we're grateful both that we can find a revenue stream from that but also. that we're able to stay busy now there distillery produces 3000 gallons of hand sanitizer per week mostly for 1st responders and health workers in washington d.c. staying for the active and creative that's also what's important for christmas call me back at hach exhibits he shows us his newest product. so for the little guys when the doctor is all done up in there their masks and all the p.p.

equipment we made versions where we print animals on them or characters and different faces so when they see it it's not what is scary is intimidating. and what we found out is it's not just kids that need that smile right now pretty much everybody. hope and for proof that what we've got 5th chris mccall make if he reinvents his business model. all right let's check in now and some other headlines from around the world a former staffer who each used democratic presidential candidate joe biden of sexual assault has said biden should drop out of the race for the white house in an interview with a u.s. journalist biden's accuser tara reid said that she would swear under oath that the $993.00 assault took place. police in the u.s. state of georgia have arrested a white father and his son for the shooting death of a black man in february the arrest is based in part on a video from

a cell phone the case of sparked outrage across the country since a video was released earlier this week. scuffles broke out of hong kong as legislative council between probation and pro-democracy lawmakers the rival camps are competing over who should preside over a crucial meeting its would decide who should had a committee which determines the bills that can be ragin put to a final vote. more than 260 people have been killed during heavy rains in eastern africa kenya somalia for wanda and uganda are the worst hit an estimated 11000 people have been affected by this are slots. lockdowns opposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus have reduced traffic and pollution in some places that has allowed nature to make a comeback and tyla it is a bold and dolphins and other animals to reappear. dolphins galore not far from the similar islands in thailand these magical mammals have surrounded

the rangers boat they don't know anything about social distancing or the coronavirus pandemic but they're definitely benefiting from it so there's many many people and all the activities associated with this many people. but all this is a lift. to carry on fishermen recently recorded these images of rare pink dolphins a breed of indo-pacific humpback dolphin there around 150 of them living in the gulf of thailand they very rarely come this close to human. nature is making a comeback starting with some of the smallest these level back seater tools can grow up to 700 kilograms researchers now care to recording the highest numbers of newborns in over 2 decades the largest sea turtles in the world bury their eggs on remote beaches. if they don't know each other so the. area.

i mean. to lead east and the. big stars. to the ocean. this is a group of 2 gongs sometimes called sea cows that huge extremely shy creatures which flee at even the slightest hint of humankind but with no tourists and no noise they like many other species i currently loving the peace and quiet. all right you're watching news don't forget that you can keep in touch with the news on our website either way dot com or on twitter and instagram at. now we just have the super moon of the year that's a full moon at its closest possible distance to the earth so we'll leave you with some images that superman.

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