the but. this is it really was life for a girl and seeing red the pandemic wreaks havoc on the world economy korda virus doesn't miss the united states g.d.p. shrinking it by your record shattering 33 percent the virus also ravaging europe's biggest economy germany contracting it by 10 percent the year's worth of growth and wiped out across the world in a matter of months also coming up a remarkable move president trump flows the idea of delayed november's presidential election he claims mail in voting will make the presidential vote the moost in

accurate and fraudulent in history no sitting president has ever delayed an election and. nasa will launches its newest world for perseverance on a 7 month long journey destination mars well its mission is to look for signs of inch of life on the surface of the red planet. mark it's a pleasure to be with you all we start this broadcast with the latest victim of the corona virus pandemic the u.s. economy it shrank by a stunning 33 percent so that's according to figures just released by the u.s. government the huge quarterly contraction is the biggest since records began in 1000. $47.00 it covers the months april to june when large parts of the u.s.

economy were brought to a standstill due to pandemic long downs and weekly jobless claims have risen slightly suggesting any tentative recovery will be slow. while that news comes hot on the heels of also epically bad economic figures from germany german g.d.p. fell by more than 10 percent during that same period between april and june marking the biggest drop in the country's modern history all consumer spending business investment and exports all collapsed because of the coronavirus pandemic. north of the stock market crash nor the oil price shock managed what this tiny virus has done the fruits of 10 years of growth were wiped out within weeks the german economy collapsed in march but the federal statistics office says the full force of the crisis is only now being reflected in the numbers. 10 point one percent decline

in the 2nd quarter is never been anything like it everything has suffered exports imports of services investment it's only thanks to mess of intervention by the state that unemployment hasn't gone through the roof around $7000000.00 germans are currently on so-called short time work they work less and the state pays part of their wages economic observers are divided some say the german economy is already on a recovery course others bracing for a tsunami of bankruptcies. are want to delve now a little a deeper into those the g.d.p. figures with the burner for strata he is senior economist at lakefield partners in a very good day sir the biggest contractions since 1947 i mean that is his story how worried are you. well i'm actually very

worried clearly this is a historically never seen before all economic handbooks that we had need to be rewritten and will be written unfortunately we don't know yet how much the recovery will do we have seen the contraction part now the question will be how much of the recovery will be see the hope is clearly that this will be a recovery which is also in the history books as the fastest recovery ever however what seems to be clear now is that the industries which were hardest hit are also the biggest employers and that is the biggest fear not only of economists but also of the governments that this will be a jobless recovery and d.l.'s this at the in europe which is by definition very low will be even lower and will such also have an impact on the consumers all right well let's focus now on this historic number and this slump that we're seeing right

now is there hope that this is the bottom of the curve or could we possibly go even lower. i think we could go lower of course what the government has tried to do each in their own way is to bridge the loss of income and of revenue for companies of course there's a limit to time budget that they have to do that and also a financial budget that needs to be paid for that clearly there are team together with the central banks which make sure that they can finance that for a long time but the fear is that if there is a flare up of the number of new cases and in case of the 2nd wave more towards the autumn that that will affect again and that there will be a lot down maybe not as forceful as the 1st one but that will have a negative economic impact as well all right now both the u.s. and germany u.s. the largest economy in the world germany the largest economy in the european union

experiencing these dizzying contractions economic distress contractions which economy has been hit hard i know the numbers are very different but who will recover sooner you think. well i think that's a question that needs to be answered by a medical specialist i think what we've seen is the 1st wave hit china then it went to europe and now it's in the us and in the emerging markets i think that's how the economies will eventually recover. unless of course there's a medicine know this very helpful and if there is a vaccine then it depends on who will have the 1st vaccine so the dutch race is on but typically and that's also the reason why the dollar is weakening a bit because europe is coming out of it 1st the question is more how will they come out will they come out with the jobs recovered will as such a d.d.

consumer have the confidence or will that not happen the chance of europe having a high jobless recovery or job recovery is clearly lower than and u.s. so the u.s. will bounce back a bit faster but it will take more time so you think the u.s. economy is more resilient than the german or economy i think they are because also the composition they're a bit more technology oriented looking at the dax for example 80 percent of the companies would be typically classified as cyclical companies it's very highly export oriented so if the world doesn't open up exports will not open up and it will take more time u.s. has more heavy weight on the technology which seems to be one of the sectors that benefited from the lockdown right through no where 1st that a senior economist at lakefield partners and sir thank you sir thank you. and moments after the u.s. release the worst g.d.p. numbers on record u.s.

president donald trump suggested delaying the 2020 alexion until he says it become safer to vote unhindered by coronavirus related restrictions the president took to twitter to say that quote universal mail and voting would take the election the most would make rather the election the most in accurate and fraudulent in history he then asked delay the election until people can properly securely and safely vote while trump is currently lagging in opinion polls only congress * can change the date which is set by law for november 3rd it is by all accounts a very remarkable statement let's get reaction now from washington for you our correspondent oversell it is tracking developments for you good to see you oliver 1st off you know what has been the reaction where you are well interestingly of the loudest warning came even before trans tweed essentially predicting that move

that was joe biden the presumptive democratic candidate who already in april warned of such a move that trump might try to delay or to disrupt the elections and then of course we heard the former candidates like bernie sanders coming out very strongly saying the americans are sick and tired of trumps all 3 terry unism elizabeth warren said trump is suggesting it was warren is suggesting in fact trump might refuse to leave office peacefully should he lose of course and then even republicans on both sides of the political aisle republican lawmakers came out saying that only congress can postpone the elections and that's actually a phenomenon we've been witnessing here throughout the last weeks that more and more republicans are turning their back on trump and how safe is mail in voting in the u.s. has that been established is it vulnerable to massive fraud as president trump claims. you know president exactly claims but does not really deliver

a substantial proof to back this claim and the only argument he's putting forward in fact is that mailing voting by mail is insecure and in fact there are studies who have looked at this from a closer viewpoint and they say that there is no hard evidence to prove this claim so the question then is of course why is donald trump doing that and there is just one assumption and that is looking at how politicized wearing a mask here is in the united states you just have to look of prism trumps texas really yesterday were hardly anyone was wearing a mask where says if you look at democrats or democratic strongholds just go on the streets here in washington d.c. where almost everyone is wearing a mask so the assumption is that democrats are taking that threat posed by the corona virus more seriously therefore prone to vote by mail whereas republicans would rather vote in person and then if you look at president trump's polls there are turning that are going down recently so trump is trying to turn the tide here

is what critics are fearing and that he's testing the waters 'd and seeing how far he can go with his ideas so is this just testing the waters because tell us does the president have the power to delay presidential elections and is if not is it already dead on arrival. well the timing of the federal elections in the united states is laid out by the u.s. constitution and then if that if you want to change that then congress would have to approve that and as we know the house of representatives is dominated by the democrats so this is essentially impossible bought it's not only of all that he is testing the waters of course what he would love to critics say that he's trying to do is is that this is basically sending out a test balloon to say that in the end i told you all the times that the elections are rigged i won't accept defeat and that is what critics believe and potentially a dangerous situation of course also if you look at the current radicalization of

the country over solid reporting from washington thank you our want to bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s. lawmakers have accused apple facebook google and amazon of using harmful practices to stifle their competitors the c.e.o.'s of the tech giants were testifying at an antitrust hearing a congressional panel is weighing whether to regulate the company's more heavily. and the u.s. administration has agreed to gradually were draw federal police from the city of portland oregon after weeks of clashes with protesters local authorities have criticized the president saying it made matters worse washington said the officers were needed to protect federal court buildings. hong kong authorities have disqualified a dozen pro-democracy candidates from running in a coming elections the government said they had failed to uphold the city's

constitution among those barred is prominent activist joshua wong he said the decision showed a total disregard for the will of the people of hong kong. tens of thousands of people have again taken to the streets in cities across ball gary up there demanding the resignation of the government and the chief prosecutor accusing them of suppressing free speech having ties with the mafia and refusing to fight corruption anti-government rallies or bug areas biggest in 7 years. how the prosecutors in switzerland have announced that they are open in criminal proceedings against fee for president john infantino the charges relate to secret meetings he held with the swiss attorney general michael lauder the meetings took place in 20162017 while thief up at the time was under investigation by the swiss

prosecutor's office for corruption well if you know was a reelected president football's international governing body just last year. and the scandal just keeps growing and with me here in the studio is chris huntington sports so good to have you here with us chris break this down for us why is mr infantino in trouble again well this special prosecutor was just appointed last month and he was going to look into these complaints against infancy you know and the former swiss attorney general michael lauber and you know what you term it is abuse of public office breach of vishal secrecy assisting the offenders and incitement of these acts basically he was meeting with the head person investigating the fifa you know corruption case you know and this is very problematic you know and but if it's you know defended last month he was on a conference call basically he said this is absurd you know of course i met with him you know it's perfectly normal and legal you know to meet you know with this

individual but there's also leaked e-mails suggesting that if in tito was pressuring lauber to not look at him in not to investigate his tie into anything corruption related to feet you know but the organization doubled down today on a statement and basically backed up what if it's you know say it saying it was perfectly normal you know to meet with the have prosecutor and kind of took credit for all of the police arrests we've recently seen you know 40 arrests have been made several officials have been bad so it looked like thief it was kind of you know taking credit you know as far as assisting into the investigation all right well the optics are probably not that great is anyone else caught up in the investigation will the special prosecutor actually open he's looking trying to get the case opened up to target the former swiss attorney general who just resigned last week because he was accused of lying basically about the secret meeting not disclosing exactly what took place and then he had convening amnesia over the

circumstances he tried to appeal that process well the federal court you know that initial charge if he's looking very bad obviously he stepped down he didn't really admit that he was a liar but he felt. the idea that he was even associated with the word of deceit it makes the reputation in the title of attorney general of bad but he kind of somewhat did his job the impression is that because he led to the banning of sepp blatter the former president and so on in several arrests as well so it looks like the perception sure from his side will be that i've i've done my job we've produced results but it doesn't look good because the allegations go on and all of our i'm sure we're going to continue and you're going to stay on the story for us and then come and tell us about it chris hansen thank you so very much for that we turn our attention now to russia my country has said that we're drawl of 12000 u.s. troops from germany announced by president trump well promotes peace in europe a spokesman for president vladimir putin said the set fewer u.s.

soldiers here on the continent the calmer it would be president trump said he was pulling out the troops because germany had failed to meet its a great defense spending target as a proportion of its g.d.p. . basis military training area in western germany is considered one of the most modern and europe washington has spent a lot of money on it over the years in the hope of using it long term hope is gone the u.s. plans to relocate more troops than expected from its bases in germany. u.s. president obama trump says it's because germany is not spending enough on defense. for. the u.s. also says that relocating the troops including this f. 16 fighter jets were done would give it more flexibility but german politicians see this step as me a punishment they're edging the government to take a tough stance in mind. of germany must be very clear after this

decision there should not be any buying of f. 18 aircraft by germany that is something you germany found minister half a year ago announced germany has to do more for its own security regardless of the outcome of this year's u.s. election security experts say. these are based heavenly situation where we're well off we can earn our money and increase growth and the u.s. gives as they smell a tree a new clue sealed over europe but something that we won't be able to revive or these are good saw this with a history of us and. the u.s. doesn't just want to relocate troops to other e.u. countries and plans to send more than 6000 back home that could send the wrong signal to russia experts warn the damage to the german american their relationship

the most important that the united states have in europe is germany in the way this whole thing was done i think damages their relationship with their voters that you have to the grammar some observers worry trumps costly message to germany could weaken the nato alliance and increase eastern european fears of russian threats. now to something truly out of this world nasa has just launched a new mission to mars to search for signs of life an atlas 5 rocket blasted off from cape canaveral florida. earlier on thursday onboard it is her surveyor and nasa says new rover that will take a walk samples and help scientists study the martian surface like memphis before all is equipped with the most complex ever bought it system nasa has ever developed . the roses descent will testify to new navigation system it's an autopilot designed to work at

the best target location and steer towards it. it's supposed to make touchdown safer and more precise. the rover is aiming for this riverbed in the year 0 crater. perseverance one investigated surroundings with cameras and measuring devices us researches hope the data will give the new insights into the geology and climatic history of mas but perseverance has another job too to search for signs of life. we probably won't find old d.n.a. or anything like baton mars us but we might find rocks that were formed by a biological process is that's what we're expecting or at least we're hoping. this. must cam said has been specially developed to search for these traces of life

. it has 2 cameras which can deliver detail to color photographs in 3 d. the camera system also has an advanced zoom to help research to see tiny patterns and structures in the rock the all. there is our team leader is a professor in arizona and he always puts it like this imagine you're sitting in the stands of a football stadium at the goal end you can see a fly buzzing around between the goal posts at the other end of. the mission is also sending a small helicopter to mars. its job is to carry out autonomous test flights where it controls the whole process by itself. it's propellers have to spin 8 times as fast as on earth because the atmosphere of mars is so thin. since the 1st flight attempts it's taken engineers 5 years to get to this point. the mission's

most important goal is to collect rock samples examine them and pack them ready for transport to do this perseverant is fitted with the most complex robotic system nasa has ever developed. perseverance will deposit the samples on the surface of mas in 10 years and the other rover will collect them and bring them to a launchpad iraq which will then carry them to a satellite in orbit which will finally bring the precious cargo to earth. well mars seems to be a popular destination this summer this is the 3rd mission that's very large this month let's talk now to send you good to he is an earth scientists with the imperial college london and part of it today's mars mission fantastic to have you with us so the u.a.e. launched earlier launched a mars mission earlier this month followed by china now the u.s. what's different about this flights. well this is actually going to land on mars

and send a small so a car sized robot that's going to be traveling around the. us exploring the geology of this and this is you know this is an amazing machine actually it's built following the curiosity rover that's currently on mars at the moment that it will significantly advance our understanding the past but also search for life and where will it land. or you're just landing in a small creek yet hopefully it will land in february next year so it will land in the crates at colchester crates which is a small crater what's exciting about this crater is that when you look at satellite images of the surface of mars and this crater we see clear evidence this once contained a lake and there was a river feeding an ancient delta into this lake and these environments these ancient romans other bit setting for life to have proliferated in life ever existed a mass we're talking about microbial life but also to be preserved and so this is not best chance really to solve all the rocks from this area and you know i don't

think we we think that we'll find life with robots by themselves on mars we believe that we need to bring those samples back to earth and examine them in advance of the burra trees in around the world and look for the chemical signatures of life great and we're just out of curiosity why are all these missions happening in such quick succession. well it's really because mars is the closest to earth a moment basically so it saves time on travel and fuel and all of these things and so we have a very narrow launch window and if we miss that launch window it will be another 2 years before we could get that explains in our perseverance is intended to pave the way for humans to or go to mars maybe eventually in the future when do you expect that to happen realistically. well i think we've got a few more machines to go before so you know this is the 1st stage the next exciting mission missions will be returning those samples back to earth but humans

to mars i have maginot century this will happen maybe the 25th these maybe 2060 something like that it's technologically feasible you know astronauts of being trained for this but i think there's a lot of issues still to resolve and actually one of the things that your perseverance is doing is testing the technology so on board as an instrument we'll call it moxie that will basically try to make oxygen out of the mush atmosphere and that will be available for astronauts to breathe basically so it's quite a lot of work in terms of resources needed to keep astronauts alive but also there's lots of medical hurdles to think about you know obviously the martian environment is very harsh this radiation. the gravity is very small compared to earth and they need to think about all these issues before we actually send teams of of astronauts because they're not just going to go for a one day trip basically so when we went to the moon we went for 2 or 3 days. astronauts going to mars will go for many months and they want to go for many months indeed this is such an exciting mission i wish you all the best and the team

misses sanjeev gupta who is the earth scientist with imperial college london and part of this exciting mars mission. he spent his entire life fighting for civil rights in the united states while today representative john lewis is being mourned and celebrated at his funeral which is under way right now where the former icon of the civil rights movement died earlier this month at the age of 80 and so we want to show you a couple of impressions now from the service even these are baptist church in atlanta georgia. thanks be on to god. robert louis the victory. jesus christ. john lewis believed in the log he believed in humanity and he believed in america but no matter what.

john always kept walking to reach the beloved community. president barack obama is expected to give the eulogy in a short while. a service that's underway now for represent her for a louis you're watching u.w. news live from berlin up next meeting john. king.

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