to see that the unit is live from berlin and tensions run high ahead of crucial global talks on the coronavirus pandemic the world health organization is hosting those talks for the 1st time ever as a 1st tool assembly but will longtime political bytes lorries prevent best practices like taiwan's anti virus approach from being considered also coming up back to business in the italy's restaurants bars and hairdressers get ready to welcome back millions who have been under boncelles lockdown but the government warns italians should proceed with caution and among america's most vulnerable the

corona virus is spreading among the homeless populations in the u.s. critics say the resources are there to help get them off the streets and reduce their breasts so why is it more being done that as professional sports leagues around the world take note to german bundesliga restarts its season without fans and the stamps will tell you how the weekend plans. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program health experts and diplomats are preparing for days of tense talks with the world health assembly which starts in a few hours time the ag will be a big as the governing body of the world health organization and should be focus on combat in the coronavirus but disputes between global rivals are threatening to overshadow the us. embley it's being hosted at the w.h.o.

in geneva but will largely take place online the u.s. is again expected to attack the organization and its leadership which it uses of being too lenient on china the u.s. has also been pushing for the w.h.o. to end its exclusion of taiwan china which claims taiwan is its territory has been blocking its participation for several years now that means that one of the countries as been most successful at combat in the coronavirus pandemic won't have a seat at the table taiwan responded quickly to the outbreak and has suffered relatively few infections and deaths we have this report now from the capital taipei. no lock down of any kind despite its proximity to china taiwan is one of the few spots on earth where life has continued close to normal throughout the pandemic with only a few 100 coronavirus infections and less than 10 deaths taiwan's handling of the

crisis is a unique success story all the more surprising that the w.h.o. doesn't seem to be interested in taiwan's approach the organization blocked taiwan from taking part in its annual meeting several years ago under pressure from beijing that has deprived the island of access to crucial information about the virus. we were successful yes. but without a platform it was very hard at night we don't have many serious cases so keep more body teves protocols for serious cases polythene will taiwan we need to stop this kind of political right to the tool holder to get more important issues like health of everyone involved dr lu used to be a delegate to the w.h.o. when taiwan was still allowed to attend the assembly as an observer but that ended . on beijing's behest when taiwan's president from the pro independence party took

office 4 years ago china claims the island as its own territory and therefore deems taiwan has no right to w.h.o. membership. politics should be set aside when it comes to health issues it's good for taiwan to share its experience with the world but you know you're not a one of them made a contribution to public accountability so it's unfair to be excluded it away from him full blown. taiwan has maintained its infection rate lower than almost anywhere else with 0 domestic infections for over a month even so the taiwanese haven't let their guard down. perhaps this is one of the things the world and the w.h.o. could learn from this island. and let's get more we're joined by dr daniel lu the former taiwanese delegate to the who was also featured in the africa fort he joins us from taipei welcome to the program and thank you so much for being with us why

is it so important for taiwan to once again have a seat at the deputy has top table set up to move outside thank you for this opportunity for will to speak up a little bit 'd for compatriots and all hills is a signpost so for us to go to couple shows not just for this epidemic along the pentameter is devastating for a lot of people we were scared and we were very. anxious but we've managed so far but the operational profile now albeit 40 years that shows diseases because by all all the issues the people for all the puppy machines it's just not fair for us to to go into the poor are we to work all by also without without clothes ration and help well instructed or to the national stage.

and given the ongoing geopolitical tensions you know we mentioned that you are excluded as a member so that's that is part of that how confident are you therefore that the w.h.o. will be able to reach a consensus on the ultimate goal which is tackling this pandemic. for the public health law we confident that the issue is spin address will be addressed quite. coal. court and the is this affecting the life of everybody but we had so also of great political issues being raised by soto members of government show line make this approach for public oh quite tedious to tackle so what is your message than to the w.h.o.

and those certain members that you've referenced. is that we need to look beyond the politics the health piece it should be even more important than anything else without looking at the health of more of them and it's a more fundamental human rights just like other. rights leave right to bits of the bin right to better the people who would rather do better economy everything they consider it under this intimation of bent big family history ship should be moved from the front not fully takes we all colleagues and i've been trying very hard not to put political issue ok though. this request all we with fellow war. because of the

well it's in it every time we need to compromise politics and compromise with this agenda to succumb to their want. it's not at all we write we come to the requests as baits for us to chat what for well we thank you so much for joining us to share that perspective dr daniel lu former taiwanese delegate to the we appreciate it. thanks to the. phone vigilance is the key message in italy meantime as the country moves to relax its coronavirus lockdown after more than 2 months businesses are opening their doors again but it will be far from a return to normal authorities warn that the virus has not gone away and if new infections start to grow rapidly again restrictions may come back. normally the

tourist town of some to severe it would be packed in the middle of may but due to coronavirus restrictions residents haven't been allowed to somebody on the beaches for months. the money would well tomorrow if the weather permits i would like to come to the seaside with my bathing season go swimming if it's possible and present the umbrella with the armada cafes and restaurants a slowly being allowed to open up under strict hygiene regulations so is the cinema a new d.n.a. . meanwhile in the fashion capital of milan the famous arena sent a department store is opening its doors. to use personal protective equipment and take everybody's temperature monitoring the flow of people entering and exiting the building this is the 1st step towards resuming normal life. but out on the military streets most people are looking forward to looking beautiful again. it seems

obvious to me the hairdresser rip of the government yes i have to go to the barber that's how much it's grown really fat a manicure is what i've missed the most and may not be the dog yet but for most italians life is about to get a little bit sweeter. and seek a closer look now at some other stories making headlines around the world for the 2nd time in 10 days cell phones broke out in hong kong's legislative council between pro-democracy and pro-government politicians they were sparked by the removal of a pro-democracy lawmaker as the chair of a key committee after he was criticised by the chinese communist party security guards carried several legislators out of the chamber. 49 migrants have been rescued by spain's coast guard off the island of gran canaria the migrants have set sail from africa in a dinghy and were intercepted near the coast most of them are believed to be under 18 years old. and acrobatic jet has crashed in british columbia in canada killing

a crew member and seriously injuring another the accident also set a house on fire in the city of qom loops the fly over was intended to boost more out during the coronavirus pandemic. us president donald trump has lashed out at his predecessor for rough obama calling the former president quote grossly incompetent in a short question and answer session with reporters attacking him after obama criticized his handling of the pandemic and absolute chaotic disaster. for. japan plunged into recession in the 1st quarter of the year as the coronavirus pandemic dealt a major blow to the world's 3rd largest economy the government reported a $3.00 drop in gross domestic product in the 1st 3 months and exports have their worst month since the 2011 earthquake tokyo has come up with a rescue package worth nearly one trillion dollars but analysts expect a deeper slump and a slow recovery. and you the u.s.

economy is likely to record a 30 percent collapse in the current quarter according to the chairman of the federal reserve drome powell in an interview on c.b.s. news is 60 minutes program powell said that the economy would only recover fully after a corona virus vaccine was available because for business confidence to grow again people needed to feel safe now he warned that reopening some sectors of the economy too quickly could lead to a 2nd viber surge and that would potentially be a disaster a setback governor would have to reintroduce the social distancing measures and that you would have another downturn and that would be bad for confidence. so that's a risk we really want to avoid you know the virus hasn't gone away the reason that cases have gone down and are declining is because people have been in their homes and not in their businesses and not out among crowds. let's get more on that we're joined by financial correspondent chelsea to lenny and frank for chelsea

a sobering outlook from the fed that we just heard there japan sliding into recession what are the markets make of it. well certainly a lot of really gloomy economic data and commentary from officials around the world but markets are actually starting the week on a bit of a positive but the dax here and prayed for it just opened up about 2 percent even the nikkei and japan closed up today about 0.5 percent after this new recession data but i think what drove powell said yesterday it really reflects the challenges and the situation that a lot of major economies are facing right now the all of the data especially for this current quarter the 2nd quarter which is going to include the steepest and most severe lockdown measures is going to be extremely extremely devastating 30 percent decline for the u.s. for germany a 10 percent contraction so these are really significant problems but powell

says he's confident that this isn't going to be another great depression that the central banks government still have more ammunition to offset this and that the economy will start to recover in the 2nd half of the year. as businesses start to reopen and what else are the markets paying attention to today. once again china u.s. troops into this is back in the forefront for an investor's after really having gone off the radar the coronavirus crisis but now that the u.s. and beijing are ratcheting up tensions especially over chinese technology this is this is really coming back into focus for investors and that could certainly become a bigger concern for investors coming forward chelsea delaney in frankfurt thank you. well the pandemic has delivered an economic shock and social shocks of the us if you to kill a challenge is the more than a half

a 1000000 homeless people there are among us vulnerable to cope with 90 lacking access to health care and even basic virus fighting tools like hand washing. or salad reports from the nation's capital washington d.c. . breakfast on wheels since the food bank closed its doors for the homeless rob farley decided to bring the food bank to the very rich. coming up to say you are the brunt not the lunch bag branch coffee and some warm words for the most vulnerable group of the pun demick. on its you know but i. do want to know what to keep my hands clean oh david farley is a volunteer for a local church in washington d.c. besides breakfast he brings the latest news about what has turned into a serious threat for the homeless but they're very very 1000 people that have died at least in the united states. you know number one in the road that leads to the

work. force. as the virus continues to spread in the capital region rob farley tries to convince them to wear face masks but that's one of the lesser problems. we're supposed to say 6 feet apart. no or for those who go into the shelter i think social distancing is pretty tough to doing there and then for many folks that stay out on the street sanitation you know where where to use the bathrooms where to wash your hands. with estimates of around $10000.00 living on the streets washington d.c. has one of the biggest homeless communities in the united states. to offer some protection authorities have set up hand washing stations but not everyone has such easy access as this man who lives in a tent across the street. nevertheless no other group is hit as hard as the

homeless and that's especially true in some emergency accommodations that have been in the news. the coronavirus is of particular concern for many homeless shelters in washington d.c. and this is one of the largest facilities in the region reportedly the virus has spread widely here with several dozen cases of coded 9000 reported. while filming inside is not allowed media reports say a lack of social distancing made it easy for the virus to spread. pro bono lawyer amber harding says the homeless have to be taken off the streets have $30000.00 vacant hotel rooms in d.c. that we could use to place people in until you now things settle down and we also have vacant housing units and we should be really focusing on putting people into long term housing so they are able to protect themselves so if we could volunteer

farly says keeping the homeless safe is the key for the whole community to recover from the pandemic. good. news still to come on the program the bundesliga is back after a 2 month coronavirus suspension but did the players and the fans stick to the strict new rules stay tuned to find out 1st. of all supporters of brazil's president i have also now to have been holding rallies in several cities the demonstrations took place against the background of soaring figures of corona virus infections and related fatalities in brazil also not 0 attended one of the gatherings in front of the presidential palace in the capital brasilia figures show that brazil has the 4th largest outbreak of coronavirus in the world nearly 240000 people are infected and more than 15000 have died of covert 19 also not 0 has been heavily criticised over his policies to

combat the spread of the coronavirus he wants to roll back the lockdown in brazil faster than many health experts advise the move is opposed by regional politicians and communities strongly affected by the pandemic. one by one the sick keep arriving at this hospital north of rio de janeiro. it's barely been open for 2 weeks and already 90 percent of its intensive care unit is full. people are coming from all over the region as other hospitals become overwhelmed by the numbers of patients needing treatment to cope at 19 the local health secretary says they're facing an emergency. phone away by bringing this disease is not kidding around and. whoever thinks it's a joke is going to lose their life. brazil has become the epicenter of the disease in south america what's more experts say fatalities have not yet peaked in

the worst is still to come. yet despite the surge in deaths and new infections the country's president jab also narrow of what's lockdown measures imposed by state governors to end so that people can go back to work. many though are choosing to ignore the president. in this poor neighborhood some paolo leaders are urging people to stay home or potentially be killed by the virus the district is home to nearly 300000 people and has the highest rate of infection in the city the residents are doing all they can to protect themselves but the obstacles. are we have a problem with water here there's no water here for 23 days the water just arrives at night. for all their efforts it seems to some the only option may be to sit it

out and then hope for the best. now but think of returns from its coronavirus suspension this weekend mark meadows for good of the sports is here to tell us how it went i mean this was really a brave new day for football is that it was indeed and i think generally across the weekend it was a success i mean in the very 1st minute of one of the games on saturday live on television we saw a player spit on the ground which is not meant to do and some of the coaches assume as they got out there they rip their masks off but generally went pretty well i mean the coaches tended to kind of stay standing on the sidelines barking their instructions because of his you can't shout with them with a mask on but that meant there was then social distance of the people on the bench and the players generally it the 1st 20 minutes of each game lacked a bit of intensity was a very weird without hearing the crowd noise hearing that the shouts of the players

instead but most teams kind of got into the rhythm as did by munich who played on sunday against then they started slow because they like everyone but in the end it was vintage by munich as we can see now. happy to be back at work. and grateful to be healthy with bard munich gunning for an 8th straight title they've needed maximum points against you in berlin and they've got to. from the corner thomas thought he put the defending champions ahead early in the 1st half but merely had to settle for an offside call instead just before the break you know it's never been so but it's helped by aaron take the leave after a foul lowly run gorecki who sold it well. byron penalty taker robert live in dusky back from a knee injury got the goalkeeper to guess wrong for his 40th goal in all

competitions this season. after the break byron were successful from a corner thanks to been told us better the defenders 3rd goal this season wrapped up the 2 nil victory and what you know it's one of the teams are highly motivated and i think preparing for these games these last weeks there was so much anticipation for this moment to finally start again you could see that in the players' cup because in the s.p.l. and muslims in america despite their slow start barred munich re stuart their 4 point cushion at the top of the table. so yet as i said things went pretty well you saw then some of the celebrations players trying to kind of do it their elbows and sort of forgetting and touching each other with their hands but it's slightly ridiculous to say there's no sort of social distancing in a match you can throw in the tackles you can touch you want but when you're

celebrating you're not allowed to actually touch it will bed down people get used to accept the passionate game of football there will be some things that they didn't want and it's clear the players i mean they wanted to get back on the pitch you could really see that actually from the comments that they made but what did they make of the return itself yet most are reasonably happy they just wanted to get back to playing football after 2 months not being there there were some reservations some players ahead of the resumption worried about their health always a bit worried about the fact that they maybe weren't consulted quite so much one of those was never in support of union berlin who gave away that penalty and actually after the game his views hadn't really changed very much less of a listen. i'm going to try to what i criticise was that all the decision making the players were not as strongly involved as they should have been or as it's been another group just no tradition of use in here the ending or you

know we're the ones on the field today and of course i love doing what we do. but we shouldn't just let other people decide how much you work with her to have your players need a strong voice for that and working on it doesn't go unnoticed on and there was another game on sunday there was cologne played against mine it was quite entertaining game really even without fans that it ended. and what was also important was that fans weren't going to congregate outside the stadiums that was a big will read that the police had in the run up to the game especially the place actually in cologne there were pockets of fans here and there across the weekend of course there were but there were mass gatherings like we saw in france say when p.s.g. . played back in march and there was like 10000 people outside which is exactly what you don't want when you're mentoring stopping fans from from congregating but generally the fans behaved the players behaved and the coaches behaved within reason so i would say the whole weekend as a whole football as they go was

a success and in many ways i mean it's also a grand experiment there's a lot of teams around the world a lot of leagues looking at the bundesliga to see how this goes is it leading the way definitely i think you just look at twitter and social media over the weekend so many people around the world were concentrating on the bundesliga who normally don't even look at the bond as they go all the betting companies obviously from around the world from the oh yeah we've got live match action so all the leagues will be desperate to follow suit the premier league in england have a big meeting today all about it and they'll have looked at what the bundesliga have done and think hang on that work is not ideal but it's football i think the premier league will see back in june pretty much copying what the boards they could have done ok you know you sports it's much. now basketball shoes worn by the american hoops icon michael jordan have sold at auction for more than half a $1000000.00 fill up a little bit old fashioned today as athletic shoes go but these this pair was among the very 1st so called air jordans meet especially for the star in his 1st season

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