this is d.w. news live from birthday and signaling a solidarity at their 1st face to face talk in months the german chancellor hosts the french president for talks on how to get the skeptics on board with their multi-billion euro coronaviruses rescue package to secure the future of the european union and also coming out a terror attack in the commercial heart of pakistan gunmen attacked a stock exchange in the city of karachi clay say at least 10 people have been killed including 2 for the asylum.

i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program what's the best way to secure the european union union's future in the age of the coronavirus pandemic that's one chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mcconnell have been discussing near berlin today the latest acknowledged differences between a u. countries about the most viable approach when germany takes over the rotating presidency of the european council this week it will try to pull the union together to support a budget and recovery front is what merkel had to say in the coming months we are going to work together and to make sure a fit for tackling this crisis this crisis that's going to last. only germany. to take over the rotating presidency on july 1st and i am very

happy that we agree. on the challenges that we want to master them together and help each other. the expectations are high and of course we know very well when france and germany agree that does not mean that the whole of europe agreements but when france and germany don't agree then there is no agreement in europe so maybe when we agree on several questions we can also contribute to more positive in the right direction for the european future. political correspondent hans pont is in them as a big palace north of berlin or at that palace rather out the front there we had michael there asking for solidarity and support for the recovery fund what more was said about the coronavirus stimulus plan. well we have to remember that this is

a proposal by marco and call for 500000000000 euros in direct budgetary support for your countries in other words grants that are given to those countries in reaction to that the european commission as it were the government of europe proposed a further 250000000000 in loans to european countries and that is really the question that has to be answered how much of that money is going to be given to countries and how much of it is going to be a loan that has to be repaid markhor insisted that budgetary support that direct payments to various countries in need was absolutely necessary that without that alone would not fulfill the same kind of role in this rescue package. the skeptics might be persuaded to agree to a package if the whole thing was integrated into the general into budget which is also being prepared in these months so there is still a lot of negotiation going on

a lot of behind the scenes maneuvering but michael said that he expected agreement in fact to be reached within the next month or so of course the talks are continuing into the evening now climate change and creating a greener economy will also on the agenda let's hear a little of what french president emanuel michael had to say. we have ambitious goals for c o 2 emissions mitigation and we also need to make sure that our recovery plan. complies also mitigation goals. stick to more countries when you are going through a climate transition also need to be able to respect those goals rules i co-write ambitions for 2013 need to be in the confront as well as our c o 2 neutrality by 2015 loss of. homs now germany. was taking

over the presidency in just a couple of days and then what are we expecting from the german e.u. presidency on environmental issues. but in fact before the coronavirus struck one of the major issues that france and germany agreed needed to be addressed was does confer a question of climate change or protecting the climate and one has to add to that that the new president of the european commission something like the prime minister of europe from the law and the previous defense minister in germany and a close associate of i'm going to go she has also in her proposals for her term of office said that climate issues would be central to her policies so there's a very very big alliance of politicians that want to push ahead this agenda this climate change agenda and at the same time leverage the money that is being mobilized now to push ahead on the climate change issues but we have to say at the

same time. it's going to be very very difficult because both i'm going back and are facing green parties at home who are getting more and more popular and as a result both of them are under political pressure to do something on these issues yes and of course france is also preparing to take over the e.u. presidency little every year and a half from now how important will adjourn my front german franco relationship thing in the coming year. i think what you could see here is that as a result of this pandemic as a result of the need for urgent action there's also been an input has a new push for a new energy in this relationship between france and germany and i'm glad not to was saying in that quote we heard if france and germany agree on something within the european union then there's a good chance of things getting done and i think there is a new vigor and new efforts coming from france and germany that is going to continue in for the next few years. brunt thank you very much.

on now to some of the other stories making news this hour the u.s. supreme court has dealt a blow to abortion advocates striking down a louisiana state law that sought to place restrictions on doctors who perform the procedure chief justice john roberts voted with his 4 more liberal colleagues in a ruling is seen as a blow to the trumpet ministration. of the northwestern german district of good as low has been extended for another wake the move follows an outbreak of the corona virus centered at a meat processing plant that saw 1500 people infected by contrast the restrictions in the neighboring district of expire at midnight on wednesday as well as for the state of north rhine-westphalia. in afghanistan authorities say a series of explosions have killed at least $23.00 civilians in helmand province the attacks including 4 rockets at

a market in the sand gain district both the taliban and the afghan military blame each other for the attack. pakistani authorities are vowing to wipe out any group found responsible for a deadly terror attack on qur'an cheese stock exchange on monday police said at least 7 people were killed in the s.l.t. including 4 militants a group linked to the political stand live in liberation army says it carried out the attack. the real reason was that. the attack was filmed by an eyewitness from across the road a little bit earlier and. another gunman was captured on closed circuit t.v. in the parking lot of corrupt you stock exchange. pakistani authorities say the 4 gunmen attacked security guards with grenades but were killed before they were able to gain access to the main building where more than 1000 traders and staff were working. i'd say about the group in this particular

but today after 10 o'clock in the morning the gunshots echoed and there was a sound of an explosive just like firecrackers it was already just continued for about 20 minutes before we locked ourselves inside our offices for safety reasons safety for the safety visa while all the people working inside the stock exchange remained and harmed at least 3 people 2 guards and a police officer were killed in the attack police found large supplies of ammunition explosives and food on the militants they say it's possible the attackers had planned a long siege. i don't believe law thank god a huge disaster could have occurred which has been averted but life is back to normal the markets are open there's no need for any concern is now our own security police enforcement and agencies together averted a huge casualty toll today. the assault was later claimed by the baluchistan

liberation army the separatists group has been responsible for a string of attacks in recent years. demanding independence from pakistan for the resource rich baluchistan province. russians are voting on constitutional amendments that could allow president vladimir putin to remain in power until 2036 voting has been a staggered over a week to allow physical distancing restrictions at the polls voter turnout is a k. fact of for the kremlin success and in a show and takes a look at the messaging behind the campaign. for accessible health care for a strong stable russia for family values the flyers read the so-called volunteers for the constitution in the moscow region are working with russia's electoral commission they've been tasked by the author worries to inform citizens about what's at stake in the vote including about an amendment that could keep president vladimir putin and power the volunteers insist their messaging is completely

neutral and that's. our job is to get people to the ballot box so that they can make whatever choice they want we want people to come and vote for them to know that their opinion makes a difference rather than thinking this vote has been a daughter decided in advance so why bother i personally think our country is on the right path and that path depends on our guarantor our leader so i think it's important that one of the amendments could give an opportunity to the man who put our country back on its feet. within himself is absent from the information banners around moscow which simply present this as a vote on russia's future. across moscow there's official information about how and where to vote on many apartment buildings and some of the posters even seem to be encouraging people to vote for the constitutional amendments this poster for example reads the russian word for yes. the author already is and to putin himself

have emphasized that the amendments will improve people's lives by enshrining social guarantees. in the constitution. if the constitutional amendments are passed they will set the bar much higher for the government demanding a more meaningful and effective social and economic policy and decisions to improve people's polity of life and prosperity. but activists from the no campaign argue the vote is all about keeping putin in power for life the campaign has united several opposition groups who say the system is skewed against them it's a good news but if the procedure isn't fair in the 1st place because putin who holds all the reins of power at his hands has essentially arranged to vote for himself we have no way of presenting our position on the federal level both in newspapers and on state television and we're not allowed to be present there that's a barrier we can't pass so we can only campaign online and on the streets.

even though they say the vote is just for show volunteers from the no campaign want to keep fighting against constitutional changes and for a future without putin. some football now on the former european champions humber suffered a shock defeat on the final day of matches in the german 2nd division the 51 home defeat to sand hausen ended humbugs hopes of promotion back to the bundesliga as 1st division and start of badly for hamburg after an own goal from rick found wrong alan and it quickly got worse one of germany's best supporter clumps the heavy loss meant to hide behind took the play off spot in division 2 instead and will face off against braman for a place in the bundesliga. condemned to a 3rd season in the 2nd division. possibly one of the strangest ever

seasons drew to a close at the weekend only one thing remained constant by in munich won the title again their 8th. crown in a row the coronavirus pandemic meant that the campaign closed in empty stadiums and it doesn't look like fans will be back anytime soon. the 57th been just league a season began as normal. then came the pandemic and the locked own suddenly distancing and safety were the watchwords empty stadiums must stars given humble sendoff some. titles. toasted sensibly with beer show or is nowhere to be seen. and instead of players and fun standing together during the relegation battle there were appeals to reason. better than mick now please we're not in middle of a pandemic stay at home but football at home on your plate here in the stadium at some point when it's a load again will make up for it all or most of all if not. when will that be

possible. to next is on you know 90 a world the next season that will run reasonably normally will be $22122.00. so the coming season will likely look similar to the end of this one not the nicest of prospects. so much indeed happening nice for the top of the hour. stand for. the money which courses. video audio. anytime anywhere. media center.