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welcome to the program health experts and diplomats are taking part in the world. the governing body of the world health organization the focus is on the. an unprecedented challenge for the. in a virtual address u.n. secretary general. said the wall was facing was paying a heavy price for its lack of cohesion in responding to the pandemic he also criticised countries that ignored the recommendations and so helped facilitate the spread of the cone of august. also speaking to the zombie was german chancellor angela merkel who knew her support for the w.s.j. or she called for more cooperation among nations to tackle the pandemic here's what

she said. grace would say cocoon of view was punin you know i am a desire not going to virus pandemic has shown us that we need to do more globally in prevention human research and the strengthening of health systems that's the theme direct isn't that the w.h.o. is the legitimate global organization for health so we must continue working to improve my symptoms within the w.h.o. and to ensure that it has sustainable financing not hide because you know the theme through the. i'm joined now by a political correspondent hans brahms who's following the me for us hans what is the message i get american is sending well i think you have to say that here is again a complete support for the w.h.o. in this situation it's backing i'm going to knock on the german government of backing that was the world health organization as the legitimate organization in

international affairs as far as health is concerned of course there was an element of criticism there as well a sense that some things did go wrong during the handling of the coronavirus crisis but in the end i'm glad knock on the german government and one has to say the european union are standing firmly behind the euro. especially in the situation of germany and the e.u. some of the bodies germany is one of the countries that is rallying around the double or triple in the midst of us criticism of its leadership with germany and the e.u. be able to prevent the talks from being detained by washington's political agenda. i think so yes i think one has to say that at the moment the united states and their criticism are standing pretty much alone and to the fact that the united states are not paying their contributions to the w.h.o. at the moment does not make such a big difference after all especially as far as the corona crisis is concerned the

european union and the number of other organizations held a funding conference just about 10 days ago and there are more than $7000000000.00 was pledged to the 5 against the coronavirus so the dobie edge as certainly is strong enough at the moment to manage this crisis and supported by very very important actors the question really in the end is where the united states by standing aside might actually be hurting its own interests but donald trump the u.s. president certainly wouldn't say so on spawn thank you very much for that. despite its success in avoiding a massive outbreak of covert 1000 taiwan is not participating in the double interest embley china has been blocking its participation for several years because it claims the island as its own territory taiwan has said it wants prestige of dispersion of wants to share the lessons it learned about keeping covert 19 at the . no lockdown 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 that platform it was very hard no we don't have many serious cases so treatment more probably teves protocols for serious cases by licking taiwan we need to stop this kind of political rhetoric

we will talk hold on to that 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 that island as its own territory and therefore deems taiwan has no right to w.h.o. membership. in. the politics should be set aside when it comes to health issues it's good for. i want to share its experience with the world but you're not a one made a contribution to public health so it's unfair to be excluded our bill from. 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. we're joined now by dr daniel moore the former taiwanese delegate to the world health assembly who was featured in that report he joins us from taipei dr no welcome and despite not being a member of the taiwan has had spectacular success and when the coronavirus been demi how was that possible. yes given in toronto you want term one it was possible many because of the science experience we create things including the legal bases with the comic asian community disease ache in place where we have the. challenge this time from the koran the virus and also the spite of our own syud seen from these are known

mutation of the so called in 1000 we were prepared and we prepare early and we prepare earnestly i think this is important. in poverty health it is the way we have been doing this work for so long we need honesty trying to spare in c. and truthfulness that we deal with health lives of people not politike and when we do that affront if you see day people trust this their officers have been trust us so well that i am i can't describe in words how much we have been. depends up on and without being lost in the face of. take these disease without any issues but despite that despite all the trust that was reported in your own taiwan is to not

a member of the doubler drew on this membership has been opposed to china and us president donald trump has in fact said that the doubler trees court very china centric do you agree. to a point yes because i believe that as an operational work in mckinney's and all the members should be respected for not interference over a certain group of certain. member. s. they want the state no one to be left behind then how they should be more. open and more direct to the most fundamental principle of the international public health rights my right to speak on bike and social but speaking about international. would you say that taiwan not being a member of the w.h.o.

puts lives at risk in taiwan very much so so specially when the information's not ready to level chain you mention that if we already understand the disease the writer is quite dangerous and yet here are some vital information is not radio available even the strains them and also a very specific space if it item the primer tests if we cannot get the primer the tests we need require each extra efforts to sew to set out and to get the proper results done without that it's not possible. to do under learn type or really even there for the time being thank you very much for joining us thank you. that's not a look at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the un's food and agricultural organization says yemen could see a catastrophic food security situation because of the pandemic near famine

conditions and the 5 year war there in brazil regional leaders have warned that the health care infrastructure could collapse as demand for beds in intensive care units skyrockets a total of 13 sailors aboard a u.s. aircraft carrier have apparently become infected a 2nd time or have been serving on the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt and greece has reopened the acropolis in athens and other ancient sites along with high schools shopping malls and travel on the mainland another country that is relaxing its destructions is italy but vigilance is the key message. off as the country opens it relaxes its lockdown after more than 2 months businesses are opening their doors again but it will be far from time to normal authorities warned that the virus has not gone away and if new infections start to grow rapidly again the structure and may come back. normally the tourist town of santa surveyor would be packed in the middle of may but due to coronavirus

restrictions residents haven't been allowed to sunbathe on that beaches for months . running on a 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. cafes and restaurants a slowly being allowed to open up under strict hygiene regulations so the cinema a new d.n.a. . meanwhile in the fashion capital of milan the famous or in a sense a department store is opening its doors. that were used personal protective equipment to 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. yes i have to go to the barber

that's how much it's grown. out of money queues what i've missed the most it may not be the dog yet but for most italians life is about to get a little bit sweeter. but the airline sector is in a bad shape because of the pandemic the european budget via nasa says it expects an even bigger loss in its value to previously reckoned with from april to june ryanair expects to lose more than $200000000.00 that's nearly twice the loss estimates from the dublin based airline this year expects to carry it to 1000000 passengers only about half its usual numbers. but there is hope that the summer holiday season can be at least partly salvaged germany's foreign minister is holding talks with his counterparts from popular jump on holiday destinations about how travel restrictions can gradually be relaxed that may have some positive results for the airlines. grounded this could be any airport around the

globe at present passenger flights have declined by up to 90 percent since the coronavirus pandemic struck and stopped travel in its tracks airlines say they face billions of euros in losses and need to lower costs and that means layoffs the international air transport association iata estimates that millions of air travel related jobs are at risk in europe alone spain could be the worst hit at 750000 jobs that include suppliers ranging from shuttle services to caterers country depends on tourism in britain over $400000.00 jobs in the sector are at risk it's a similar picture in germany and france and italy could also see hundreds of thousands of job losses it's not only people in the travel business who are dependent on air flight but also the companies that build planes and parts engine makers like the u.k.'s rolls royce and european aerospace giant airbus say they're bleeding cash and are considering massive cuts to their workforces. of an interest

on the job to do many is driving by for us in front of. what is ryan has to overcome this presence well there's the very media which is that ryanair needs to conserve its cash until it can get back up and running again so they are cutting jobs they are really trying to reduce all of the expenses that they can and they have been pretty successful in that they say they've cut their cost about 60000000 euros a week which sounds high but for a company that size investors think that's pretty good they also do have a lot of cash on hand so they have about 4000000000 euros at their disposal which is also seen as pretty good for the industry but what they're really hoping is that that they'll get through this and by july they'll be able to really ramp up their flight plan again so they say that by july they're hoping to get about 40 percent of their flights back in the air and then to slowly recover back to normal over the

next the next year or so i mean roads will to be alone has signaled a massive stall for bartrum including some 2000 pilots which countries will be hardest hit. well writer hasn't disclosed exactly where those cuts are going to come from they've said 3000 and they have cut some jobs already they've been cutting some jobs and in dublin where they're based at the london airport and they also have said that they could close their vienna base if if that airport doesn't really seem to be getting back up to speed but this also is not just going to be ryanair as you mentioned there are there's a whole economy really based around the aircraft sector here in europe and we've already seen a lot of other airlines making really drastic cuts to their workforce so british airways about it says it's going to cut about $12000.00 jobs air france kayleigh to have so that they also plan to cut jobs but because of the the union structure here it's going to take

a little bit longer for for them to identify where exactly that's going to be but it's going to really every part of the european economy. another post the headlines to do. its announcements to help it survive the me it does have to do one region there is really facing a perfect storm before this crisis there was already really struggling struggling financially with the really competitive european airspace now if it's in a very dire financial situation so they are basically trying to raise as much cash as they can in turn so that they can qualify for a government bailout from the norwegian government which they do seem to be on track to do that job to do the need for thank you very much. you're watching did other news still to come the bundesliga is back after 2 months but on all the other suspensions but did the pleasant fans stick to the strict new

rules stay tuned to find the. best take a look now at some of the stories making news around the world for the 2nd time in 10 days scuffles broke out in hong kong's legislative council between pro democracy and pro-government politicians there was sparked by the removal of a pro-democracy lawmaker who would have presided over elections to a key committee charged with vetting important bills security guards carried 7 legislators out of the chamber. japan has plunged into recession the government reported a 3.4 percent drop in gross domestic product in the 1st 3 months and exports had their worst month since the 2011 out quick tokyo has come up with a rescue package worth nearly one trillion dollars but analysts expect a deeper slump and a slow recovery. u.s. president of from has lashed out at his predecessor barack obama calling the former president quote incompetent in a short question and answer session with reporters trump's attack came after obama

criticized his administration's handling of the pandemic as fault an absolute chaotic disaster. some sports news now in germany the bundesliga resumed over the weekend offered a 2 month suspension because of the coronavirus there were no fans in the stands of the players have to contend with strict new hygiene rules but one thing remain the same leaders by in munich one they beat on barely 2 min away 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 got them. from the corner thomas thought he put the defending champions ahead early in the 1st half but. 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 falla lowly run gorecki who sold it well. byron penalty taker robert live and 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 quarter thanks to been told us had are 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 because then the s.p.l. and muslims in america despite their slow start byard munich re stuart their 4 point cushion at the top of the table. so buy on one but what was the hold with

this new go weekend like in corona virus dime's mark meadows a bit of a sports is here to tell us more from our welcome this experiment was a pitch perfect i'd say it was a success yeah there are a few problems i mean as we saw there the players didn't really know what to do when they scored a goal i mean they meant to elbows or touch with feet never see they took their bows and then sort of became a whole going to slap on the back which they'd been told not to do but it's very hard to tell a footballer ignore social distancing during a match you can put in whatever tackles you want get as close as you want to be of a player but then when you've got a goal you're not allowed to touch each other it's human nature is going to happen and there was one unfortunate scene right at the start of the live broadcasts on saturday actually where one player immediately spat on the ground as soon as the camera panned to him and that's obviously not allowed either but you know it's professional sport it's stuff the coaches would jim really well behaved some of

them kind of ripped off their masks the soon as they got out there which again they were supposed to do but what happened is most of the coaches then stood on the sidelines barking out their orders without their mass but that then meant there was natural social distance back to the bench where everyone else was wearing masks so that sort of worked out quite well so i think all in all the winners they go be happy with how it went so that was the action on the pitch but what about in the stands north fans what must have been tough being more fans in the stands yet it was tough for the players it was very eerie wasn't it without a crowd noise you know to hear what the actual players are saying to each other that was but yet tough on the fans there will worries from police that fans will congregate outside the stadiums in large numbers sort of defeating the whole point of not having fans that didn't happen there was a few people here and there but nothing serious so the fans were left to watch it at home or in or in a pub obviously pubs have just started opening in germany again but it it's not quite the same when you go to social distance so it was tough for people and at

home it was also difficult because over. it was free to air on one particular channel not everyone had that channel so yeah we followed a few fans watching the dortmund shouted game which is the big darby on saturday terrible fish out there they were wiped out for nil but even dortmund fans would so happy with it let's have a little listen. 2 buses per team driving them to the stadium in dought and not because the players have double the number but the practice social distancing fans are also keeping a distance most importantly from the stadium they are searching for new ways to watch football matches for example at a drive in. the good offices i never would have thought that i'd be back at a drive in especially today when you can watch games live from home or at the stadium which we miss now but honestly football is the drive it is a 1st for me it's a beautiful. others stick with tradition and go to a bar they've been allowed to reopen under certain conditions of course.

everyone is usually greeted with a hug but that's all gone now you can even shake hands yet. she hearing almost without contact well apart and with a subdued mood a step towards normality but it doesn't really feel liberating for many. for me. i'm happy to be back at the bar with my friends again watching football enjoying football and a beer but it's still quite surreal. others prefer to stay home with a barbecue and to be here it's almost like being at the stadium but it's clear that without the fans there cheering their side on even the match on t.v. is lacking something. gets lost before why yes i must say that now that the game is over it was even more lifeless and money motional going to expect it. for many fans the excitement of the season has been lost. now and you know it's actually

a season with 3 different rounds no i don't know why i hook but there's a 1st round a 2nd round in a corona round we play in the game as usual. the ball is bouncing again but the excitement has largely evaporated whether football played like this will serve as a model for other sports and leagues is open to question. without excitement but the bundesliga becomes the 1st major european league to resume during the coronavirus crisis will other european leagues follow suit i think they will now yeah i mean there was another game yesterday which was cologne against minds and the big worry was that the games wouldn't be exciting we can actually a little bit of that game now it actually was exciting even without the fans that was a $22.00 draw and it was a good comeback for minds a bit of drama and i think some of the other leagues had worried that it would be too sterile but that game proves that you can still have

a good marketable product the english premier league are actually getting to day to decide if they're going to come back and i think they will have watched the boomers they were incredibly closely and said it's not brilliant it's not perfect but it's still football so i expect that the english premier league will come back in june we also have the spanish league they started training for the 1st time today so i think they'll come back as well the french and dutch leagues. their divisions because they decided they couldn't finish it they probably think maybe were a bit too quick to rush with that decision so germany leading the way live there for the time being mark meadows thank you very much for that change of pace now a night of the museum turned into a morning in court for the german student a 25 year old has been drawn to beer and after being accused of breaking into an australian museum and taking selfies with a dinosaur c.c.t.v. captured him roaming around the closed museum at 1 in the morning before allegedly stealing an awkward and a cowboy hat said to belong to

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