france twenty four. further declines in france's covered ninety death toll as well as the number of hospitalizations putting the country on the right track before it's judy is locked out measures on may the eleventh. south africa partially reopens for business the five week lockdownn this help to limimit the spread of covered nineteen. has left some of the poorest in society struggling to get by. anand presumptive democratic presesidential nomomee joe biden makes his first public remarks on sexual assault allegations against him he tells msnbc it's never nenever hahappened. welcoe

to the front twenty four news room in paris i'm alexander- caught. begin here in france where another twowo hundred and eighteen people have died from current virus in twenty four hours according to the official tally that's another decrease from a thuhursday and is the lowest week day figure in over a month. it also the total now to more than twenty four thousand five hundred coverered nineteen hospitalizations also continuing to fourth as a nation looks ahead to easing the all time restrictions in ten days time. for instructor of health earlier updated the picture of which regions have the highest number in fact. i actually did a pretty. kept the three if you do need. something to be call supposedly moved if you guess wrong. das the baptismal. lan look calvados of share lead although anya looked then yep all. blue eyes looked down. it would close. all these own doing new bands and that

he's doing the- job- i designed to get the compliment there to show the ensemble meets the play this is sean. i think it's still different but did you get it it also notice something. illicit due to something to be false. always you. they give it to the u. k. these. one affected. in europe after it the got. has to how and thirty nine code nineteen fatalities in twenty four hours. taking its total about twenty seven thousand five hundred. meanwhile the government says it smashed its own target of a hundred thousand covered nineteen tests per day. by the end of april important for the government to get an accurate picture. of how far the virus is spreading. this is some controversy however over the figures that includes home test kits that have been sent out and switch the results are not necessarily back in. his the help data matt hancock. i set a goal. the to anyone who needs a tax should get a tax. and that

as a nation we should achieve a hundred thousand tests per day by the end of the month. i knew it was an audacious goal but we needed an audacious goal. because testing is so important for getting britain back on our feet. i can announce that we have met our goal. the number of tests yesterday. on the last day of april. was a hundred and twenty two thousand three hundred and forty seven. the first of may is i international labor day a traditiononal moment for workers to unite and stand up for their rights around the world this year the same global pandemics it's costing millions of people that livelihoods is also preventing them from demonsnstrating to push for governments and businesses. to do what i can to help them during t the crisis some of been findingg innovovative ways to mk the occasion however are looking kid takes a look at labor day under lockdown. from

cuba. to south korea. all the way to germany their countries maybe under varying degrees of confinement but their demands are not especially in light of the corona virus pandemic which instructs the world's's essentil workers into the spotltlight in athens hundreds of masked and gloved and socially distance demonstrators defied thehe lock down to demand widespread change as it did me on that you know when you. v. d. meeting that i got to get back seat to allow- but lot because choose shia genocide davey d. yet below yeah my body heat if you marry y estimating your poportal but elsewhere in ththe world the may day protests were less tolerated in istanbul several union leaders were arrested for attempting to stage a march amid confinement measures. similar scenes in paris where a handful of protesters attempted

to gather in the symbolic republic. where other shows to stay at home remember the- with banner. and d in song. . some yu took labor day online asking there ma'am to make protest videos and post them to social media siteses in russia to workers organizations relelied n be put in a few years possibly push more blurry t. before them- c. will not them the little lamb- yeah medium to many different methods for marking the holiday but similar concerns though many of the world's workers have been hailed as the heroes of the corona virus pandemic. also stand to lose most morning to the international organization one point six billion people arare half the world's workforce could lose their jobs. because of confinement measures. us stocks lost significant ground this friday the dow jones

industrial average down some two point 5% to kick off may after posting i its best april n three decades. talalk about what's happening on the markets we can not cross live to brian quinn from frustrating foes business desk by most behind these drops on the u. s. investorors are worried about a potential return of the us china trade war. on thursday presidentt donald trump raised the prospect of new tariffs on china's he blamed b beijing for the spread of the corona virus. now t trump did deny a reporortn thee washington post t that he's considering canceling u. s. debt held by china citing the damage that a drastic move like that would do t to the value of thee dollar.r. investors are stl a bit rattled the other major market driver is amazon's latest quarterly r results- sals last quarterer. were up 26% compmpared to twenty n nineteens retail consumers turn online shopping flip side of that though is ththat costs are also up meaning the profits are down

significantly by around 29% okay this been called a asked before. this after wall street journal saying that amazon uses sensitive information on third party sellers decide on its own product launches if that weren't enough workers at amazon fulfillment centers are striking on friday along with workers from target walmart and other retatailers those workers are e demandining more protectie gear and hazard hey- as the virus really s shines a light on how essential but also how both. of those workersrs so it's been a tough day all around for amazon shares are down over seven and a a half percent for the day a big tech has been one of the bigig winners actuauallys part of this whole crisis but there is plenty of speculation out there that the- market rally is. isn't blip up a bear it is the full extent of the damage from the water starts to become double. most of the state. not by the train. station and three. nearly beieig banned thiss. the spepecific for the- biggest low budget at cal

right. yeah right alexanderer said plans to cut weeks positions a full 50% of its wowork force w with pay cuts for roughly a a fifth of the staff who remain after those cuts. a ceo o michael o o'leary says moe cuts may be needed if a vaccine fofor the virus isnsn found seeing airlines says it expects to report a net loss of over one hundred mimillion eururos fr the first quarter of twenty twenty. no doubt more losses coming in the second quarter of the experience there with airlineses is not unique to europe united airlines in the u. s. says it's preparing for quote zero travel demand to continue into twenty twenty one. our management alluded to potential job cuts in a bid to slow the airlines cash burn and of course the damage is not limited to air travevel either herere in france t the state run rate operator essence says it expects to lose some three billion euros in revenue due to a coronavirus. and already have lost one billion rosee straiaigt

upup tension the pharmacist has. wentnt up. not when the lockdown but to ease o o allow that number is gog g to go u up only to about 30% of f capacity. so it's tough road ahead for pretty much all corners of the trtransport sector. thanknks vey much brian quinn from my business desk and sticking with the transport sector briefly south africa's natioional character. is collapsed and will be replaced by a new headline in the coming months. south a african airways has suffered from years of mismanagement and debt and its planes have been grounded. since the nation close borders five weeks ago. well today the country will start easing restrictions to try to get the economy. thing once again. charlie sit on top of. this is johannesburg under the strickland found. this was johannesburg before the corona virus crisis started authorities want the city and the whole country to be somewhere in between partially open for business about one

thirird of employees we'llll be back at w work starting today. because although the lockdown helped limit the number of infections it has comee to o me for millions of others. this has been a month of misery. of bread winners not working fuhrmann i is strugglining to survive and of children going to bed and waking up hungry. families like the ones living in this area near cape town. many have lost their jobs now depend on food aid. for now when i get this would not i feel better because i'm not working everything is stopped now it was often enough i don't i'm feeling good today when i get some food that then i'm going to get something on the table. in 2019229% of south africans were unemployed. that figure has now jumped as millions of workers have had to

stay at home. the imf estimates south africa's economy could shrink this year by five point eight percent. south africa's lockdown is one of the strictest in the world and forced by the- and army. with the easing of rules residents will now be able to do some exercise but they will not be allowed to buy cigarettes or alcohol which remain banned. maybe a away from the corona virus coverage in the presumptive democratic presidential nominee joe biden has taken it to us television to refute sexual assault allegations made against him. former senate staffer. says she reported the alleged incident almost thirty years ago although no record of the complaint has yet been found. let the party in an awkward position after vigorously calling for. women accused is to be believed to be during the french cavanaugh scandal image not defended the man who set to be the standard bearer in the election that's just six months away. and games that tells us

more. i'm not suggesting she had no right it was a categorical denial. breakining his silence over an accusation of sexuaual assault against him joe biden clalaimed the incident never happened. adding that he had no recollection of the complaint being maintained. so would you please go on the record with the american people. did you sexually assault terror rate. no it is not true. i'm saying unequivocally it never never happened didn't never happened. the democratic candidates has accused assaulting a former member of his senate staff in the early nineteen nineties tara reid says she filed an official complaint at the time of the alllleged incident bututo far this hasn't been released. biden has said he doesn't believe that such a record exists. but he's treading a delicate line some democrats worry that the party risks being portrayed as hypocritical

if they say they do believe biden's accuser. as the policy relies on female voters as a political base. the twenty twenty presidential race is the first in the week of the me too movement which is opened up conversations around sexual misconduct. biden has soared to set himself apart it's morally from the u. s. president who's been accused of varying levels of sexual assault and harassmement. i've heard it in.i mean they're not storieses has hour stay tuned to france twenty four. to cemex eleven

welcome- for. this afternoon we have the pleasure of having great the president of the european commission. and i n. a senior executive service today totally immobilized by the current environment. prices that is hitting both european citizens health and the health of their economy. president so your in connection with a sense of idea thanks and you have convenient for coming monday a donor conference your hoping to collect seven point five billion euros to fund research and treatment why iss this conference indispensable today. yes last week we had a strong call for action by the w. h. o. and the french president emmanuel mccall and here's a response we know we can only defeat the virus with a vaccine and for that we need a globall coordinanation not only that

research for the vaccine but alalso when we have it.t. the manufacturing so capacities have to be built up zillion does this will be needed a and e have to make sure that the vaccine is brought to every corner in the world to a fair and affordable price. and for that we need a global corporation and the pledging conference is on filling the funding gap the eight billion dollars which is seven point five billion euros other begin. and we have aligned all the stakes holder that are necessarily lie the w. h. o. the bill and melinda gates foundation the wellcome trust but also organizations like sappy and gavi.i. for the operational part and many many many countries heads instead of government are joining this pledging conference i hope it's going to be xxi. just double. your size. the u. s. election. has already allocated hundreds of millilions of euros. to use

the researcher is that not enough why do you also need the support of celebrities and foundations. because if you want to have a real true global approach that is if somebody has the vaccine that it's not only given to those who are the fastest and have the money but that we have enough production capacities. everybodydy in this world has access to the vaccine and that it can be deployed to vulnerable countries this is so important for us therefore it's in the european interest but it's also a global interest and for us it's important not only to care for ourselves but also to care for our neighbors. he did not precisely. i tried to buy out of the german by a pharmaceutical company if i can't seem to be woworking on a promising. the vaccine and they're not participating. in monday's conference are they

trying to go it alone i presume that's a problem isn't it. well there is a strong american footprint in the w whole construction we have a lot of american scientists. and philanthropists that are working with us in this global framework we've created- of the of the government of the united states is informed and i hope they consider to participate we will see at the verery endnd- bt it is for us it was important really to reach out to the whole world so- also to reach out. not only waste bottle to the east to the north and to the south so i'm very happy example to have the african union at my side too- this is important for us to really everybody. i don't. this is the not having seen the corner viruses nami coming for having been optimistic i says stocks and the health care sector response do you work knowledge

the fact thahat there was a dely in can that be made up for. well we all have to learn the lessons from the crisis and the question of resilience of our health kerr said a sectors. i think of full of the national level there has to be a deep look into the health care systems. but on the european level there are two things which are important the first one we have to improve. a robust data reporting and the evaluation of the global data we receive on a pandemic of potential pandemic. break of a virus. second is that- we've now made sure that on the european level we're able to buy and stockpile the essential medical goods. like for example personal protective equipment like moscow and gloves. or ventilators we wewere not able o do that at the begininning because the structures were not in place. seoul fix that and i think over time after. we will.

absolutely are the lessons learned what we have to change. due to the massive. since march tenth some of the hill has adopted sixty tax of a hundred sixty decisions. to facilitate. economics of florida but apparently contrary to what people thought the shock is asymmetrical it has impacted some countries like france italy and spain much more than it has impacted the north and east of. europe is it hard to call solidarity and to play because of this. i think we're moving forward in-n- goodd pace- the first immediate reaction on the economic shock was that- on european level we flexible ized as much as possible state aid. and we gave flexibility on all the eueuropean funds and if we look at the initial response- then we see that member states and the european union have put

out and checked that liquidity in their economies- it in a subtle three point. trillion in includes also a mechanism on the european level that makes sure that employees can stay in the companies because we pay part of their salary although there is no income anymore for the companies just to make sure that people stay in place. in the healthy companies but you're right there is a sesecond step that will be needed for the recovery. and we're working to. on a step forward to that is to have a new seven year budget down to you in the european union. topped by a recovery instrument which is a little bit like a marshall plan idea. that we raise money. that we inject enough of a c channel through the european budget. so that we can be sure that the member states that are the hardest hit. this crap. get

back. on the european blend this is strong european solidarity the european budget. is always an investment on cohesion a- person and i'll the deputy. it's a twenty who will be no. about economic stimulus so. there of this idea that perhaps will need to perpetuate. debt to believe some people are worried though because some countries like yours and his mother lives are extremely reluctant to have debt mutual lies to how do you see this. well i was v very happy that we had a strong united. european councicil that tells the commission to look in building up this new european b budget fr the next sevenen years and t to framame this recovery instrument and indeed there is a debate on what is the right balance between loans giving out to the

member state and grind. out to the member states but i think it the more chrissy in the european union we have twenty seven states we have the tools that you saw. the west. they're different to. so have someone all of them and i think we should take the time to work in this political process to find a solution that is a strong answer to- the corona crisis. it is so important for us becacause the eururopean union s a very strong argument and the single market. this helped a recovery if we investst now in the nenext o one to twtwo three- three years. does strongly in the single market because this is the foundation of our prosperity. and madonna because you don't look at it because it. was locked down is starting to be easy. areas you have asked for this to be coordinated at the european

level so that code is doesn't start spreading again do you have the feeling you've been heard. yes we have forwarded to a year exits roadmap to exit with recommendations and it is good to see- that we have a well coordinated approach because we should keep in mind that the epidemiological situation is not alone the country so regions are in different stages and therefore it is and was and- to talk with the neighbors to coordinate measures to lift one measure at the top then. look whether virus clearing up again all contained for two to three weeks and then go the next steps of coursrse this has to go in there is not one size fits all it has to go in close cooperation. the regional and local level. we have to be

patient. we have to learn to live with the virus right now we are debating in the european commission how to structure for example tourism in summer. what we can recommend to o that and the only way to geget r r o of l of this is to find a vax. if wheeler so not this pledging. in it. the some people feel that the here it unions might die because of the virus if the crisis over roof. of the day is concern because and the single car. what do you think the. l. runs this. what what we've seen is that the coral penned is a

stress to for the european you may stay in the health and t thn the econ sector. but we've always see also seen that after bumping. p polidori t. every. te french helping to liens. patients from for go to do austriria treat. blue guardian sending mas a another parts of the european union polish doctors romaniann dococtors goig to italy and help j just to nane some examples. a and the same as for the economic part. we've all w we all know that only step by standing together we gonna get strong out of this crisis messing it up thank you adam and for having. dinner with. and if that doesn't get. thanks for calling the view didn't watch us and stay with us for further. i'm gonna have a track

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