this is deja vu news live from berlin parts of india and bangladesh absolutely devastated after being hit by one of the most powerful cyclons in the years we'll explain how the coronavirus is complicating the efforts to assess the damage and bring relief also coming up. here of the 2nd biggest airline live tazo says it is close to sealing

a corona bell out deal with the german government. and deep and illegally deported human rights groups accuse police in greece of physically assaulting migrants and then forcing them back into turkey. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today india and bangladesh are working to assess the damage left by one of the most violent storms in years cycling made landfall yesterday killing at least 22 people and leaving a trail of destruction in coastal communities and west bengal's main city kolkata millions of people there are now without electricity and the coronavirus is hampering efforts to provide relief. in a last ditch official these bangladeshis are preparing for the worst. filling

sandbags with their bare hands they braved conditions brought on by one of the most powerful cyclons in decades. meteorologists have dubbed it a super cyclon and as it headed inland it lived up to that name it sent water surging inland some 25 kilometers the damage compounded by winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour. in comic conditions inside kid of bangladesh volunteers help to bring locals to safety more than 2 and a half 1000000 people who were evacuated to shelters like this one which brought new concerns amid the corona pandemic bill but the day you can put it there is a shortage of drinking water there are sanitation facilities for them that nurse or should distance is maintained for that reason the fear of the corona virus spread is persistent their. oath already scrambled to evacuate residents in the cyclons

projected path of destruction but that may leave them vulnerable to an increased risk of the fires 50 kilometers west into co-pay attempts at social distancing few tile. i think there are too many people here it's impossible to maintain social distancing i'm very concerned we couldn't stay home due to the storm and here is the tension of coronal i'm just trying to dodge both. and unprecedented challenge for millions in paan couldn't have come at a worse time. let's get a better view of what's happening now from dr hussein his humanitarian director of save the children in bangladesh thanks so much for joining us today can you give us an idea of the devastation people where you are and bangladesh are facing at this hour. yeah thank you as you know that the cyclone no started to

strike in bangladesh goes in the evening yesterday and he continued until the morning of today and it continued device starting these will start of this to. the middle part of the country which is not on par. with any speed off you know 13040 kilometer spot or the poster district you know there's this huge challenge just like this one because of strong winds in the low lying areas and and a couple of areas in just districts that embankment but down under say because of that on that what out of selling what do you think. that actually cause demis in standing crops as you know it you know ended in housing. you know damaging that has drove out importantly houses and that was going away and as you know different parts of the district where disconnected from the electricity supply

because of. so you know those are as i mean people in those that yes were facing serious when. a storm such as ok we're looking at some images of the destruction especially in the low lying areas and in kolkata are people getting the help that they need especially the most vulnerable. yeah i think in bangor this is a situation is different because this is one of the densely populated you know. it's not easy to manage in this kind of situation when the country is also facing 19 pandemic situation and. we have opened i don't know more than 14000. hours that used was used actually to happen what did people from different parts of the coast of this. group 14000000 people when evacuated and yes

. and n.g.o.s. private organizations local community including cycling people had this program devolving of where you know. you've got to process as well as. briefly if you could how how is the coronavirus affecting the rescue efforts in bangladesh. i mean since the situation is not a mile to the people who started it downing are going back to their home it is not that we expected at the beginning of the site gone because we try to maintain by discussing with the local government to govern this. edition of the cyclone our individual houses which are the strong in next at the school buildings of all its buildings that are already used but in fact that populations who are identified are so i think the sense and this is not happening but it's not that this is going

which we expected out of. the demi's will be more but indeed it is not that maasdam is but people have a burning home different if you don't be there be sponsored but it shouldn't be to court but this you know it's not that this is needed at this moment mistah cosigned from save the children thanks very much for coming in on this and good luck with all your efforts and helping so many people that need your help thank you. thank you very much. german airline has confirmed it's close to sealing a deal with the german government over a 9000000000 euro corunna rescue package said the package of stabilization measures incorporates 3000000000 euros in the form of a loan from a public investment bank under the plans the federal government's economic stabilization fund would acquire a total 25 percent stake. let's get more on this now in

business reporter simon bone here with me in the studio good morning to you. now if this deal goes through and it's looking like it will the german government become an active manager at well i think the question is just how active this deal does seem like a bit of a compromise between the 2 factions within the government coalition as to. they were pro-business people who didn't see a role for the government in running an airline and then there were the social democrats who thought it was a good opportunity to have a say in environmental conditions and saving jobs and so we're seeing for example is 25 percent we talked about that structured in a way that the government will get 20 percent at the beginning and it has a special bond and should it ever choose to do so it can turn into another 5 percent plus one share and that magic number would allow it to block any takeover of lufthansa not something the government is concerned about because the the share price of offenses dropped nearly 2 thirds over last year and so yeah they they've

used as a strategic asset for germany and do not want to see it like falling into other hands foreign hands especially is 9000000000 euros enough to keep this strategic asset afloat no one knows when when the head to the term industry is going to end well it's seems to be like a wait and see approach is what they're taking. they do look like they're planning to run as a business the part of the deal that that the government is getting is to board members. but again it sounds a bit like a compromise these 2 board members will not be ministers they will be business people appointed by the government so that they hope to keep look times are going as a business concern but the airline itself last week said that it saw in the most optimistic scenario a return to 229 team figures 3 years from now and that's again a very optimistic scenario more likely is their words that they were going to

downsize we're seeing some of the some of these airplanes they've parked in spain the a $380.00 s. there in just a decade or less old huge aircraft very high tech and they will probably never fly again according to many analysts say 3 years until we see pre-code levels of travel again according to lift ons insiders simon thanks very much for that for the market's take on this deal we're going to go now to chelsea delaney she's standing by for us in frankfurt good morning to you jealousy a 25 percent government stake in lieu of tonsil is it back to the future or germany's biggest airline or well it is because lufthansa for about 40 years was a state owned company it didn't become fully privatized until the mid ninety's and the reason it became privatized is because it had been losing money for a long time it was very and competitive said it was unable to make quick decisions

it was really hampered by the state owned. management structure so i think that's one of the big concerns now is that they they became private for a reason and now they're there possibly having to go back to the state and structure and you'll see the debate about this bailout has been intense what are critics say. there are critics really on every side here so on the political side there are people who think that lufthansa should be subject to stricter oversight so the government has said that they only plan on using this influence over the company to for example block mergers or to make sure that executives aren't getting too much pay aren't giving big bonuses that to themselves but some politicians think that they should be you know using their role using that stake in the company to advocate for more worker protection for more environmental policies and then you have the top of the who says that they

shouldn't be subject to these government interventions because they really need to stay competitive they need to be able to move quickly especially now that the industry is in such a dire strait and then on the shareholder side a lot of shareholders are concerned that this stake that the government is taking in the company is going to dilute their their stakes in the company so there's really a lot of opposition to this proposal even though it's really crucial given how much money lufthansa's losing right now briefly if you could competitive are we going to see deep layoffs. what's the word for. it seems inevitable that they are going to have to lay people off they've said that they have about 10000 redundancy it's right now a lot of people are on this short time work scheme but given how long recovery they're seeing 3 years this significant portion of their planes are going to be unlawful for years it's likely that they will have to have more permanent restructuring josie delaney for us in frankfurt thanks very much for that. so you

look now some today's coronavirus developments the number of infections worldwide now passing 5000000 d.w.a. joe says 106000 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours that's the most in the single day since the outbreak began the chinese city of the epicenter has issued a total ban on hunting breeding and eating wild animals research indicates the virus most likely spread from animals to humans through those practices and the european union's virus response chief says the e.u. has to prepare for a 2nd wave and yet is that it was not a question of if but when that would occur or germany is tightening regulations for its meat industry that after covert flare ups and slaughter houses the government today agreed to a draft law that would force me plans to stop are foreigners on short term contracts that move is in response to accusations that eastern european workers were being exploited to keep the price of meat low. in germany meat has always been

a serious business the average german consumes more than 50 kilos of it per year over half the population eats meat every day i live for me i wake in the morning and i think. where's the me to keep the product cheap firms rely on cheap labor in particular workers from eastern europe they often live in cramped accommodation this building houses many workers and in the factories they work in close proximity that has led to corona breaks more than $600.00 meat processing workers have tested positive for the disease now the government says it's time to take action. meat industry is an important sector. in germany for a business model which relies on exploitation and risks this pandemic and its.

slaughtering butchering will now have to be done by employees not sub contractors that should make it easier to enforce hygiene rules and checks on meat plants will be more frequent the measures could help improve things during the pandemic but some say what is needed is a more profound change in the industry. is focused on producing ever more ever more cheaply the conditions animals are canteen and the continual postponement of improvements for animals all that needs to be addressed. higher standards could mean higher prices but would consumers be willing to pay. me favor of more checks. i want to pay more actually yes i mean i don't want to have low standards i don't want people working in dangerous conditions if enough germans think the same one result of the corona pandemic could

be a healthier and safer meat industry in the future. beatings and illegal deportations that's how asylum seekers allege greek authorities have handled them along greece's border with turkey greece has been under enormous pressure to control migration especially after turkey signaled it was ending a deal to stop refugees from illegally entering the e.u. with thousands of migrants bottled up in the border region security forces are alleged to have been using extreme measures to push refugees back into turkey rights groups say that violates e.u. law as part of an international research team d.w. was able to identify and meet some of those who say they were illegally deported. their exclusive report has been released on online. to diffuse foreign schmidt's as one of the co-authors of that report joins us now

from the greek city of beslan good morning to you florian what have you been hearing from the migrants who say they've been beaten by greek police. well my friends if we could locate in turkey told us well basically that they were at elite under well we can't just saying they will be issued a new papers and then they were case and all the things they. own up and say that the police conquered their own other presently lonny don't told us it was violent and vault and then they say if they were brought in eventually to the everest river between turkey and greece where they were put on and pushed back to the search site again floor in our view turkey correspond 1000000 interviewed refugees on the turkish side of the border the turkish town of a deer and she found people with very similar stories let's let's take a listen to that before we talk you off once in the store through the we're going to tell you we're from afghanistan and we've been working here in turkey for 3 to 4

years our situation is very bad here we crossed into greece in order to go to europe we waited for 3 to 4 days at the border and then we had to thessaloniki there the greek police beat us and sent us back here not just on nobody the greek police took off all our clothes last night we only had boxer shorts left by us we had nothing left on the hit us again and again we're just. telling you they told us to lay down like that when we did they beat if they said get out and then they hit us again in the. floor and what is athens been saying about these accounts as have been any official response from the greek government. that the response the government of or the nice everything they call the allegations regarding human rights violations by law enforcement personnel fabricated and all it's interesting that they also say that the measures taken so far has been

proportionate to the gravity off a situation recent media speak up a new agenda of the gravitas of bail and the conservative government is under a lot of pressure to manage the migrant situation agreed many critics feel like the country is doing their dirty work for europe maintaining the infamous hot spots on the island and so forth the government with such drastic measures like push back it would also be wrong to scapegoat reason to change and since brussels has not managed to come up with a sustainable solution for the my current situation for in the border situation was difficult enough before the coronavirus what impact has the pandemic had on on the situation where you are well the question is not really what happened at the borders or how does the corona stick. around affect the situation with the borders but within the country the border between reason turkey is officially closed all of issues that were taken procedures are on hold at the same time the coronado down

and the strict measures imposed by the state of really made it a lot easier for the police to extend into the mainland and arrest my rents in refugee camps and in the cities so according to the people we talked to the girl on the phone initiated a new strategy of push back to turkey for its most one of the authors of this report on what's happening at the great turkish border you can find that online as well thanks so much for that for you thank you. also being counted in a landmark presidential election in burundi the day passed peacefully despite fears of violence in the east african country however shortly after polls close the main opposition party accused authorities of vote rigging there were few independent observers on election day long lines no social distancing and a touch of handwashing amid the pandemic the people of the ruined the crowded

polling stations to vote for a new president the run up to the elections was marred by repression and arbitrary arrests and on voting day social media platforms were blocked. hardly any foreign observers were at polling stations after the government said they would be forced to spend 14 days in quarantine due to coronavirus. despite lingering distrust of the government voting was peaceful in a country used to violence and ethnic tensions the incumbent president included has left the country for a divisive 15 years coming to power after a brutal civil war his chosen successor every. year is a former army general and influential political figure. many thought that this day would never come but it has come to pass this is the day when people choose the leaders that they wish for without any force or will be cation upon them.

the main opposition candidate is agathon he says freedom of the press was not respected on polling day. it is quite disappointing that local voting station officials can give voters and refused the right for journalists to cover these election wants. it's quite deplorable. why should we prevent journalists from covering this event here when they were allowed to come to other locations. observers say the peaceful holding it the election is promising but they won't if any condit refuses to accept the results it could lead to protests and violence. let's get you briefed on some of the other stories making the news today police in bangladesh have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesting garment workers in dhaka workers demanding back wages saying to have the

paid for 3 months since the pandemic half of the country's $4000000.00 garment workers have been laid off. recession hit japan has seen its exports fall nearly 22 percent in april that's the country's worst drop in more than a decade this is the pandemic slams global demand for consumer products japan is heavily dependent on exports and shut down much of its ago. islams month of fasting and prayer ramadan has been curtailed here in germany by lockdown restrictions and with space limited and mosques due to social distancing a protestant church in berlin's courts for district decided to open its doors to muslims for friday prayers there's more. the call to prayer from inside the church of saint martha in berlin every friday

throughout ramadan. the. top but. we see ramadan as a very valuable thing. we think that prayer and opening ourselves to each other and to god helps reinforce humanity and peace shuff people's quest that their big problem and oh as a sign of solidarity they thought it would be a good idea to give muslims a chance to cry in the church. it's a great initiative and we thank them for it. to have microscope into germany has allowed places of worship to reopen but with a restriction only a maximum of 50 people are allowed to pray at a time in this church around $100.00 people want to pray so they're divided into 2 time slots one in german and the other in arabic. the we're going to get

what i was a bit surprised by the idea but it's a beautiful feeling at a time when mosques are full it's a beautiful initiative. to get them from americans it's a beautiful indescribable feeling it gives us a sense of brotherhood between people. ramadan prayers in a christian church contemplation during carona time we're. now for the story of one very lucky woman who's proved that it's possible to own a picasso without being a millionaire or a museum curator she was able to add one of the spanish masters works to her collection for a lot less than you'd expect. when you hear that a picasso is up for sale at christie's in paris most people imagine watering sums but an oil painting from the master of cubism cost a lucky person just 100 year as in an online charity raffle 1st still life by the

legendary spanish artist. everywhere where you go in the words to the fight. anywhere you go everyone knows who is picasso even if you don't know the work of because so in to get is you know it's because of. the painting called not your fault it's valued at a $1000000.00 on the open market. the organizers say that the raffle has raised 5600000 for charity. all on canvas from 192-1921 is very important because his work this is what he's going to do a shift by neil classicism after 7 years of cubism from 1907 to $914.00 more or less he is going to go back to other styles. and the winner is.

gone you know and it's really an extravagant splash for a living room wall and the money raised will help provide clean water for villages in africa. well don't forget there's more on these and other stories at our website w dot com i'm brian tops for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us .

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move to cement ostara terry and rule conflicts the 1st. next d.w. . a city in ruins. symbol of a long conflict in the philippines between the muslim and the christian population but. when i asked fighters from 200 city president to church's response to scuttle. it was not the kind of freedom that we want philippines in the sights of ins. in 45 minutes on d w. o. o. when the water rises cities will sink into the sea. entire stretches of land

will be abandoned. and the water has to. be stopped it's happening faster than anticipated. massive great players are supposed to prevent flooding but they only delay the inevitable. how will we live in the future. 66 me i see sea level stricken starts june 5th on g.w. . we are now nearing the end thankfully of the emergency situation you happy about that police excessive behavior the people believe that the country's in good hands for some years the government of hungary has been one of the bad boys of year especially when it comes to issues about the rule of law but in march prime minister all done secured an open ended rights of rule by decree in order he said to fight the corrupt.