of course from a destroyed city. in the sense of virus storage may 20th on w. . the be. above. this is date every new year's live from berlin remembering world war 2 jemmy's leaders marked the end of the conflicts in europe 75 years later to the day events are scaled back because of the current rise pandemic but the focus is on remembering this year there's also coming up the. u.s. unemployment surges to his highest level since the great depression more than 20000000 americans who use their jobs as the coronavirus freezes the economy all

business experience is here to assess the damage and run a run on the phone to talk to them and a long distance race with a difference the running is real but the competition is strictly virtual. hello i'm christine will welcome to the program europe is marking 75 years since the end of old war 2 on may 8th 1905 nazi germany surrendered i'm conditioning needs to allied forces the knowledge memorial events that were planned have been either cancelled or scaled back to the coronavirus pandemic in london the royal air force red arrows squadron streets across the capital skyline training the kindness of the union jack. in scotland prince charles laid

a wreath at the war memorial at balmoral casa meanwhile in france president emmanuel kron paid his respects at the tomb of the unknown soldier in paris. and here in berlin the german chancellor angela merkel took part in a ceremony at the main memorial to victims of war and dictatorship. the bell rang out across an empty city to mark the moment. germany's president. and chancellor angela merkel maintained a suitable distance from each other at the country's central memorial to the victims of. stein my us said germany had accepted its own guilt over time and taken part in its own internal liberation. people firing on such film and feel liberation

of $945.00 was imposed from outside it had to come from outside this country had descended too far into the evil the guilds it brought upon itself. but we too played a part in the liberation in our internal liberation this did not take place on a single day rather it was a long and painful process. so none. schmetz after veeck. germany's neighbors had need at that time to trust the country again he said and accepting german this required an emotional understanding of the process. to do it you could shift gears and examine his past is a fractured past with responsibility for the murder of millions on the suffering of 1000000 light that breaks our hearts. and that is why i say this country can only be loved with a broken heart no make good on them how it seemed leaving ambivalence to about

making the day a public holiday this year it was but only in the capital and only this time iran. could then talk i think it should be a memorial day in all of germany. which often does i learned i hope that everyone understands that this day this date should remain unique. and then not misled by scaremongers more almost like a marks all often function fought but that's the message from the. germans need to keep liberating themselves actively every day a new. unemployment in the us has surged almost 50 percent the highest level since the great depression more than $20000000.00 americans lost their jobs and last month as coronavirus

dropped down straight to a massive economic freeze employment fell in all 6 years hospice had this he and michelle were among the hardest hit by a monthly drop in april is the largest on record before the crisis unemployment in the us was at a 51 no i. want to chance from didn't have any business joins me now at the table i want to thank this team so how big of. is this to the us of a market where it's huge the scale of the job losses is president of the total number of jobs lost during the month of april alone is double the amount of jobs lost during the great depression just to put it in perspective and when we look at it i mean we come from a pretty good sort of situation a few months ago new jobless claims were less than 200000 new 50 year low as you mentioned only about $1700000.00 americans were collecting benefits now we're talking about more than $33000000.00 americans collecting benefits with more than

$3000000.00 applying for it only last week unemployment rate back then was just a few months ago was 3.5 percent and now we're talking of 15 percent so this is the biggest crisis for american workers in the u.s. labor market in in a century the government responded to this well that they're trying very hard because obviously it's in their interest to get to the economy going again eventually when the pandemic sort of subsides whenever that will be so the federal government has sharply increased the unemployment benefits they've stepped in with massive subsidies in order to support and encourage companies so that they keep workers on their payrolls when the economy reopens again but of course there's the fear that millions of jobs will nevertheless be permanently lost because not every company will survive and despite those massive subsidy programs big names like abby and be announced this week that they will lead to go 25 percent of their staff only

yesterday announced they'll sort of slash 50 or 40 percent of their staff united airlines saying alright by fall when we don't get any more support from the government we will have to let go 30 percent of our people so bad and investors how they are reacting there this is one of those puzzles that we have to deal with in business all. the time that the financial world and the really khana me seem to be worlds apart suddenly wall street in the last couple of days was actually going up today the dow seems to be going up non nonstop we have to wait and see how all of that plays out but it seems that investors are more focused in trying very hard to focus on the positive that maybe the economy will reopen again that the lockdown could be eased the very optimistic but maybe it's all just wishful thinking we'll have to wait and see and reason sees all we can really do if you want to just from

a business thank you for that. the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak has been in new york where more than 26000 have died of close at 19 the virus overwhelmed the city's medical facilities from the start and as a result notch numbers of health case specialists have been brought in from outside . jacobs getting ready for his not shift he grabs a quick coffee then the ventilation specialist from connecticut heads back to his hotel to be picked up for work he's here to help because new york couldn't cope on its own out of the entire health care population we comprise a very small percentage so i had the ability to help and i a very meaningful way and i wanted to take full advantage of that to trying to alleviate the situation was over $3400.00 doctors nurses and carers from all over the u.s. have come to new york while page crisis managers who work 12 hour shifts without

a break in almost military fashion that transported to facilities across the city jacob was in fact previously a soldier he believes it's his judy to serve his country. i think they're scary in different ways the set enemy can see this is a historic event. and i think everybody has to be able to look themselves in the face after they're done and be ok with how they made their way through it jake given a few of those head through new york to the borough of queens tonight they're working in one of the city's hardest hit facilities hospital. just kind of clear i had to go through a job to get to be very stressful things like this is even more so because there's that element of you know it was racist and then you know there's still so there's a very different. conditions of the beginning of april here work catastrophic patients lying in cargos doctors and nurses without protection gear and out the

back there was a refrigerated container for bodies. since then things have improved but it's still tough going to hobnob for the high number of patients going on to ventilators who were already unconscious. we always treat them is gently and then finally inhumanely as we can we try to spend that extra time with them talk to them reassure them. but who is caring for the doctors and nurses experts believe as many as a quarter of them could have been traumatised themselves up to sing so much death and suffering in jacob's hotel there is now a crisis team to help. it's one thing to to sign up and say i want to come help and it's another thing to say i'm like i'm a great at my job i know how to save people and then care right here. and people are dying and they that they made that mean that they weren't doing their job effectively as a soldier jacob so if numerous times in iraq he says he can cope with the pressures

but understands that others may not. go a lot of times people are ok for a while you start to show signs of it afterwards so i would i would just leave her age anybody thinks that's happening to try and weave their way through it or you get out there i would suggest at least. a bit of support and comfort comes nonetheless at the end of every shift. now for a brief look at other stories making news around the world the european commission has backed people international travel restrictions in place until the middle of june the ban on non-essential travel was imposed. in mid march to limit the spread of the current affairs at least 17 all machineguns and 26 members have some restrictions in place more than 100 were his at a meat processing plant in north western germany have tested positive for corona virus and the new rules issued this week that means the municipality of course felt is an infection hotspot and will see strict lockdown measures remain for exhaust

a week longer the epidural has been temporarily shut down. at least 15 people in india have died after a train plowed into a group of migrant workers who fell asleep on the railway tracks the workers had stopped to rest while trying to make their way home on foot after losing their jobs due to india's coronavirus walked on. process. began demolishing homes and shops in the kenyan capital nairobi officials claim the buildings were cited on government land in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods at least one person has been injured. let's sporting events around the world on hold organizers of random events all finding creative ways to help people calm peace in isolation using technology such as mobile phone apps they can feed race information and live commentary to run is a closer look at the growing phenomenon toby sure is getting ready to join

tens of thousands of others taking part in the wings for life charity rates but unusually for an event like this social distancing measures mean he'll be running all on his own. usually runners get a 30 minute head start before a car starts chasing them but this year the car is virtual. and up charts the trainers progress and tells them when they've been overtaken it also feeds them life commentry through headphones toby thanks to former code catch on. this virtual run is creative life you have live commentary and it's happening around the world and there's a kind of game if occasion about the whole thing i think there's potential for it to grow over time. and that tech

becomes crucial to running events traditional marathons are determined not to get left behind there'll be no scenes like this sentence doesn't dorf marathon this year it's gone virtual a move that race organizer and former olympic athlete sonya says it may actually make it more popular than ever on the single rama's we have like. and i think. we came close are maybe more than the real. back and berlin. is coming to the end of his 25 kilometer run there's just one problem on this occasion the all important app lost track of them. unfortunately i had a problem with the g.p.s. i lost the signal after about 8 kilometers but that's technology it happens. despite the teething problems toby still convinced virtual races have

a future covered 19 has put paid to many sporting events in 2020 but in the race to find workarounds martin's are one step ahead. indeed it watching the news don't forget you can keep in touch with the news on our website that state of your dot com you can follow us on twitter and on instagram for as the news for myself and the team it's been great having your company. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona. covert 19 special next on d w. is for me. it's for.

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