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this is d.w. news live from berlin squabbling over a new coronavirus recovery plan in the u.s. lawmakers in washington are divided over a federal unemployment subsidy if they don't pass the recovery bill millions of jobless americans could face financial ruin also coming up a worldwide spike in corona virus infections problem so warnings from the world health organization it's europeans trying to navigate the vacation season under a new level. and to a new maiden voyage for germany's cruise travel industry the 1st liner weighs
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anchor since the business was paralyzed by the pandemic can the industry weather the economic storm head. omarion evanston welcome to the program we begin in the united states where record numbers of jobs us workers are facing uncertainty as they wait for congress to decide whether they'll extend a boost to unemployment benefits the current coronavirus relief program expires at the end of july but republicans in the senate are divided over how much financial aid they're willing to provide. she won the fight against corona virus but asia brown has lost her job and now bills are piling up that's why she's hoping to get the government's financial support from it would help out like with my car note in
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random food we would ever we need we need it for and i think the issue. has to be a when it detects out there to the people who really need it congress is still debating the coronavirus aid package but time is running out the weekly complementary allocation of $600.00 for the unemployed will stop this week republicans one payments linked to previous earnings but with an eye on the elections democrats are pushing for a quick agreement this is deadly serious a house is burning down in terms of the economic security of america's families and these people are fiddling wherever they may be this weekend some $30000000.00 people would be affected if the payments stop many say they will not be able to pay the rent without the extra state allowance and as the deadline looms neither party
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wants to see a wave of evictions. all right let's get more from washington d.c. and for that i'm joined by oliver salat hello to you oliver so what exactly are the lawmakers unable to agree on what are the sticking points. well we are looking right now at a conflict essentially between lawmakers republican lawmakers at congress and the white house in the white tells wanting to cut unemployment benefits to around $100.00 per week currently they're at a level of $600.00 but they are running out as we've just learned in the report now the white house believes that the current higher level of $600.00 is a disincentive for american workers to returning to work republicans of congress do believe that a higher level is necessary to protect the workers and of course now with that ongoing spat they have proposed a new proposal that's supposed to be unveiled soon as monday after the weekend that
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again then has to be confirmed by the democrats as well as by the white holes before that so we are looking at some more negotiations in the coming days ahead all right susan difficult negotiations and all of our what happens if they don't manage to agree. well if they don't then that would certainly mean lots of negative would have not lots of negative implications for the receiving end of the money they could potentially run into default not pay their rents anymore and that eventually might even develop into a or develop into a full blown financial crisis with banks running into default when they don't receive their credit installments anymore the stock market could crash of course very dramatic pictures we would see lots of suffering among americans and that would certainly also mean poison for president trump's attempts to turn the tide politically as use currently losing support as
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a result of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic so certainly one thing the president does not want to have that situation also the democrats don't want to be held accountable for a situation like that so both parties are actually interested in finding a deal and it's also worth pointing out that historically no matter how difficult the negotiations have been the deal has always been fallen so we can be carefully optimistic that this will also be the case this time around all right so a lot at stake out of a salad in washington thank you so much almost 285000 new cases of corona virus infection were recorded globally in the past 24 hours that's the highest number in a single day so far the world health organization says tighter restrictions may be needed to curb the spread in europe with many people traveling for summer holidays some european nations are introducing new measures to protect people from infection . season is in full swing and authorities across europe are
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trying to stop a 2nd wave of infections belgium is just one of the countries that have tightened the rules on masks this after a 3 year old became the youngest person to die with a virus in the country a local governor appealed to the public. the clock struck many doctors keep telling me it's getting out of control so we are asking people to be even more cautious than they have to be. in catalonia in northeastern spain nightclubs and entertainment venues have been ordered to close after a surge in cases france has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to the region. asia is also experiencing a resurgence in infections vietnam reported its 1st locally transmitted case in nearly 100 days japan and south korea have implemented restrictions the world
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health organization has warned people everywhere to remain vigilant. we're asking everyone to treat the decisions about where they go what do you do and who they meet with life and death decisions because they are. but social distancing isn't always possible thousands of people are stranded in a baseball stadium in the philippines this after a plan to transport people back to their hometowns from the capital manila drew larger numbers than expected. a survey released saturday shows that support for the handling of the pandemic by national governments is falling in many countries. and here are some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic the u.k. has abruptly taken spain from its list of safe places to visit starting midnight on sunday passengers arriving in britain from spain will have to self isolate for 2
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weeks to operate or to eat canceled all flights to spain following the announcement the german government says it may introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holiday makers returning from high risk destinations as after the number of new infections in the country hit a 2 month high and brazilian presidential year both an r o n l's that he's tested negative for corona virus more than 2 weeks after being diagnosed with cove in 19 on facebook he attributed his recovery to an unproven malaria drug while the german cruise ship has set sail for the 1st time since the industry was shut down because of the coronavirus with strict precautions for passengers and crew but the industry around cruising from ship building to luxury travel is under huge pressure since the pandemic struck. before boarding
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all passengers had their temperature taken were monitored by thermal imaging cameras and had to fill in a form about their health quite a procedure but most didn't mind. visit had quads fired and through the us where cruise ship fans so it was obvious that we would be up for the 1st voyage doesn't. it's like christmas for me there's an awful we're thrilled to be off again but it's not quite business as usual the crew are fresh out of core and teen every 2nd table is left unused social distancing is derica all $1200.00 passengers have their temperatures taken daily and occupancy is only 60 percent but if you know of normal it's because evening service is primarily about showing cruises a possible end coronavirus times profitability isn't the priority here. on the glory days of the cruise industry appear to be over the future is highly uncertain no one wants a repeat of the diamond princess crisis in february the ship was quarantined for
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weeks off japan more than 700 people on board were infected and more than a dozen died tourism experts point out that resuming cruise is an experiment. i see this as a very difficult challenge and i keep wondering whether it actually makes sense economically to go to all this trouble. this month just at the typed some cruise operators are passing the financial pressure on to the shipyards germany's my of after has been building the joint crew ship for piano cruises but the company is shying away from taking delivery so it can delay final payments jobs at the shipyard or at risk the german government is concerned about the future of the ship building industry. have often is this iteration is problematic for ship builders because contracts that are in the pipeline have all been put on hold 19 in germany. that means at the moment we have no work beyond
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2023 or 24 you know. covert 19 has turned the dream days of cruising into sleepless nights about the future of the industry. and that is some of the other stories making news around the world heavily armed black and white militia groups are facing off against each other in the rebel kentucky in the united states hundreds of members of the all black and f. a c. militia have occupy the steps of the louisville courthouse where leaders spoke at length demanding justice for briana taylor an african-american killed by a louisville. days of tributes to american civil rights icon john lewis have begun in the u.s. state of alabama the congressman's body was laid out for a memorial service at troy university near his birthplace due to the coronavirus pandemic the number of people for to supporting at the event was limited to 800
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that was died of cancer a week ago at the age of 83 people were killed when a plane crashed into an apartment house in the western german town. a visa will be ultralight aircraft crashed into the roof of the building setting fire to the top floor apartment investigators say a resident of the apartment was among those killed a 2 year old child escaped with minor injuries. thousands of israelis have held protests across the country calling for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign the largest rally took place outside the time yahoo's home in jerusalem the protests have been going on for several weeks sparked by anger over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis corruption charges against netanyahu have further fueled the demonstrations. some sports now and the 1st player to opt out of the upcoming n.f.l. season because of the coronavirus is from the n.f.l.'s kansas city chiefs he's
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canadian hall and over a need tardive who plays right guard use also a doctor he made the announcement on his social media page citing the optional because offered players he calls it quote one of the most difficult decisions he's had to make in his life to grenade tardive has been recently working at a care center near montreal players who are out of the season get a greatly reduced salary according to sources to retain tardif would have earned almost $3000000.00 if he played well there was a big surprise in store for a group of reindeer herders in siberia as they discovered the remains of an ancient woolly mammoth russian scientists are now working to retrieve the rest of the skeleton which appears to be remarkably well preserved. constantine to d.b.a. hadn't expected this he set out to catch fish but instead the fishermen on the peninsula in syberia pulled something quite different out. till i was talking on
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a skull the whole day from morning till evening then i started poking around in the ground with the stick and i saw more bones. these bones turned out to be quite a sensation they were the remains of a woolly mammoth this species has been largely extinct for over 10000 years the mammoths were larger than today's elephants and weighed up to 5 tons researchers were quickly called in and recovered several more pieces of a prehistoric puzzle for more than a decade no one in this region has discovered such a well preserved mammoth cave all of which is what you know we don't even know yet what else is in the water there are definitely more remains but we're not yet sure whether it's an entire or partial skeleton. in the next few days scientists plan to bring special tools to this remote region in the north of russia they hope that in the mud at the bottom of the lake they will find more mammoth remains.
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