this is. from berlin half a trillion europe germany and france joining forces still leave europe. crisis german chancellor angela merkel the french president proposing 500000000000 euro rescue fund for europe's battered economy germany. excellent credit rating to help borrowing money for the fun also coming up more criticism from the trump

administration aimed at the world health organization white house officials say that allows the corona virus outbreak to become a global killer over $100.00 countries are now backing an investigation into health . and damage 1st weeks i'll ask. what she thinks. i'm off it's good to have you with us half a trillion euros to help europe weather the worst crisis in decades as german chancellor angela merkel and french president. have outlined a joint plan to speed europe's economic recovery from the pandemic now it calls for a rescue fund to boost hard hit sectors of the economy and in a 1st chancellor merkel has ended her long standing resistance to the e.u.

raising joint debt to fund relief. it's wishful thinking to hope europe's economies could bounce back as easily as these provisions after months under lockdown even before the e.u. commission presents its aid package berlin and paris are rushing through a joint initiative for economic recovery in a bid to put this crippling face behind them. in a joint news conference with the french president chancellor angela merkel stressed the coronavirus pandemic is in danger and european unity. more steps by the fund has to help ensure that all countries in the euro can react appropriately but . this requires an extraordinary one off effort which france and germany are ready to undertake provides and it if this is the result of a bilateral work in cooperation with our partners i'm convinced that this plan provides the groundwork to revive our lives our economies and our societies.

to offset the drastic decline in production transport and tourism across europe this development fund will get an injection of 500000000000 euros e.u. budget funds will be made available to the hardest hit regions and sectors. the overall plan is designed to strengthen the e.u.'s future viability of the in these resources will of course if this purpose if you will invest in digitalisation and the green deal to cope with the climate catastrophe this will inspire a new dynamic for the future amity in the field of health we will aim for cooperation to apply all be flown from the crisis to get them by their design tight that sounds like support for the e.u. commission whose economic recovery plan is being drafted the commission's president is expected to present it next week so more money potentially available but as the w.s.j. political editor mattel's as the money will not be

a handout. well they want to put those 500000000000 euros extra on the table but that comes with some terms attached i've got the paper here they want to see europe a much stronger from this crisis now an arguably everybody does want to see their own country a much stronger but also the whole question of whether that could lead to more responsibility shifting towards brussels is a debate they want to have notably the whole euro bond debate is off the table certainly that particular what many in france have been on the opposite end of that debate for a long time now they demonstrate unity and the willingness particularly of germany to put more money on the table because after all 27 percent of everything that's decided upon within the e.u. budget would be instead of. the reporting there the united nations will most likely ask the world health organization to conduct an

independent inquiry into how the coronavirus pandemic began today $120.00 countries including china gave their support for the investigation which would also look at how the w.h.o. with self handled the start of the outbreak the overwhelming show of support came at today's global meeting of the world health assembly several world leaders appeared to be a video link and stressed the need for international cooperation in fighting the pandemic some countries led by the u.s. have criticized the w.h.o. for mistakes made back in january and february u.s. president trump has suspended u.s. funding for the organization accusing it of being too lenient on china where the virus was 1st detected. cope at 19 has tragically taken hundreds of thousands of lives impacted millions of people and to deep damage to the world economy we must be frank about one of the primary reasons this outbreak spun out of control there was a failure by this organization to obtain the information that the world needed and

that failure cost many lives in an apparent attempt to conceal this outbreak at least one member state made a mockery of their transparency obligations with tremendous cost for the entire world we saw that w. 2 failed at its core mission of information sharing and transparency when member states do not act in good faith this cannot ever happen again or more now i'm joined by dr margaret harris from the world health organization in geneva doctors it's good to see you again we've got 120 countries that are in agreement that the w e judge should carry out an independent investigation of itself is that possible. so what they are in agreement with is this should be an independent investigation of where what we have learned from this outbreak and that's really really important to know at what's gone right what's gone wrong and what we can apply going full of

course how that's going to be set up and how that's going to be done it's not clear and we as the secretary of the table that of finding this out great no that's not what we will be doing but it is up to the member states to decide how it will be done so when be done by us the secretary of. the w.h.o. will obviously use science to guide any investigation but if the w.h.o. wants to deliver clear answers it's going to have to do forensics investigating it's going to have to ask labs in showing that have worked with coronavirus before to open up their books does the w.h.o. does it have the forensics expertise to do that and does it have the political authority to make that happen so under the international health regulations we all school countries and all countries and of i don't think ocean to share data but we cannot compel so but again any kind of investigation of that kind you need to set

the questions you need to set the parameters you need to have agreement by the countries how these things were done so we're quite a long way off working out the actual need to gritty of such an investigation we know that all stroy in the united states reportedly want a resolution calling for harder measures against china china has agreed reportedly because the resolution has been watered down the european union we understand was the mediator in the bridge builder between the 2 sides can you confirm that is that what happened. all those discussions have been between the member states so you have to understand the way to works it's a member state organization and they are our bosses but we the secretariat do the work so that's our policy but like the politicians and like them the the stuff of the health department and we at the staff who do the work the member states to the negotiation certainly from australia's presentation they gave. that they had

a desire for an investigation looking at what we can learn from what's gone on before and what we can take forward. china says it wants an investigation to happen after the pandemic is over but you and i both know that that could be sometime a long time in the future is that in anyone's interest to wait that long so refuse things that you you know especially when you've got something that's going as long as it is there we actually review the evidence all the time in fact we have already had need to bend the investigation of a really response by something called our independent oversight assessment committee that looked at our emergency response they were set up in 2016 when we were formed in order to have much stronger operational response and they were to go and see the things that without it just being mentioned giving w.h.o.

of maybe more powers to ask countries will compel countries to give better data these things they've already raised so ongoing investigations could certainly be done it's not clear exactly when they can be done. and let me just ask you. as a medical professional want to get your reaction to news today that a former suit has reported success in its early human trials with a vaccine what your reactions that's the 1st report that we have so far that. well i haven't actually actually seen the studies but quite a number of groups have certainly said promising. the same promising responses in the human. studies but the issue is you need to have study for quite a period with a large number of people in order to ensure not only that they are affected but also that they're safe safe yes and but we're certainly happy to have the good news

to report tonight dr margaret harris with the world health organization joining us tonight from geneva as always doctors we appreciate your time and your insights thank you thank you how would you feel if a multilane highway was under construction right outside your bedroom window well they have an answer for you in cairo and they are outraged about it we have more now on a bizarre bridge project that's literally too close for comfort. it's a construction project that has baffled the twitter verse and the residents living in this apartment block the overpass is meant to connect the northern and southern parts of cairo ski's a district but for people who live here it simply bypasses common sense. the whole . dangerous now the sunlight but after they completed it with my apartment will turn to something that resembles a grave or a warehouse. the 1st 2nd and 3rd floors will never ever see sunlight again.

and he and his neighbors say the project disregards their privacy and safety it brings traffic up close and personal with some residents being able to reach out and touch the overpass from their balconies but that's not all. the myth that the. we would all get on many occasions to find burgher this trying to break into some of these apartments with this and it is that the nation's transportation minister believes the bridge is vital to accommodate an estimated 750000 cars daily and says it will link to a train station all fine and good says gideon yousef who why couldn't cairo avoid losing the road through an already existing building she wonders for again that we've got her apartment when it was still expensive then 2 days ago the minister of transportation says those 10 or 20 apartments don't matter you know it's important

how we're not living in a random place you can't speak to us like this at the killing but 3 of the mine are . still construction for the road not yet traveled is a go the ministry says there's no other alternative but the agency will offer compensation to those who want to move. or some sad news to share france has lost one of its most popular and prolific actors michelle pickle has died at the age of 94 he starred in more than 200 films in a career that spanned more than 6 decades. here's a look back at the life of one of the giants of european sentiment. a standing ovation for a great film star at the 20 levon european film awards mission people leave was honored for a lifetime of screen acting he was then and his mid eighty's. for more than 60 years michel piccoli was one of the best known faces of european cinema his

versatility delighted directors as much as audiences but. one of his final rose was the pope in we have a pope directed by nanni moretti in 2011 i. i immediately said yes but the director did not i was very happy that he asked me to audition for the role. among the directors he worked with alfred hitchcock who respond well and joined. his costars included catherine deneuve brigitte bardot and rumi schneider. michel piccoli acted in more than 220 films. one of the most memorable was the dark comedy log on booth in which she played one of 4 friends who willfully eat themselves to death. in an interview marking his

85th birthday piccoli said i'm an artist artist's authoritarian a take and given the lasting power of cellulite it looks like he was right. a lot on the big screen. stephen is up next with business news stick around he will be right back. in the. door. what do they dream of at night. as screeners they see the face of. their job censoring for the social media industry.