♪ tothe french government set announce a plan to help the country's cultural sector. it employs more than one million people, some taking part in a videocononference today with the presidents. -- the president. high schools reopen in the chinese city of wuhan. desks spaced one meter apart and temperatures checked.

administration plans to wind down the coronavirus task force. as millions ofof americans claim unemployment, we have a port -- we have a report from new york. thanks for joining us. in a few days, most shops will be reopening in france after an eight wheheat -- eight week lockdown. it is not clear when restaurants and bars will reopen. emmanuel macron has been holding talks with representatives of the cultural sector which employs 1.3 million. the cultural minister taking part, expecting an aid d package announcement. olivia from our cultural team joins us. what does france's cultural sesector want from the goverern? week, a number of

high-profile french artists demand for government come up with a clear plan. they want indication from thosee -- signed the sector an open letter in the newspaper saying the culture had been forgotten or abandoned. they do remind readers that while they have been at home in confinement, people creating that content havave no idea abot the future of their industries. they point the finger at the cultural minister, accusing him of being silent for six weeks. specififically, they are asking for specifific m measures in fr. that is a special professional status for casual workers in the artsts. itit concernrns 270,000 people.. normally that status and the benefits that t go with it deped yeaears, as every

certain amount of job contracts. all festivals have been canceleled, they are asking for that status to be e relaxed or extended to allow people to continue getting paid. p presseal in the p print was followed by a plea on public radio by an a actress whoho addressed -- proofgued artists with a of a healthy democracy and remiminded him of the french cucultural excxception whichfffs the artists a status above and beyond mere commercial entities. claire: what has ththe governmet pledged so far? state hadow, the pledged 22 million euros. given that more than one million people are employed -- 1.3 million approximately being artists, technicians or administrators, many found that figure to be unrealistic.

not very helpful. france's gdp.3% of comes from the arts and culture, there is not only an artistic argument but a strong econonomic one. claire: they could. -- think you. the numbers we don't talk about much enough are the recovery numbers. it is worth noting data from across the world suggests coronavirus is steadily and less than 5% of cases. this week, we are bringing your reports on people who have recocovered. they are mother and daughter. all of their family contracted coronavirus. -- was 49 had the worst.

> [speaking french] home, dadashmonth at cam out for the firirst time to share her experience. studenthter, a business also contracted the disease. >> [ [speaking french]h] >> the exhaustion and pain were not the hardest part. >> [speaking french]

>> the family usually gathers only after it :00 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m. there are closer than before but are worried about contracting the disease a second time. in the u.s., the pandemic is killing some 1000 people a day. donald trump has been talking about winding down the coronavirus task force. during a visit to o a mask makig factory in arizona, the president acknowledged a human cost to reopening the economy but said it was time to "bring the country back." pres. trump: the task force has done a great job but we are

looking at a different form. that form is safety and openeni. we will have a different group set up for that. weeks offlastst few lockdowns, millions of americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits. incomey, losing their means being unable to pay rent. boned.n't, others a rent strike movement is gaining steam. >> with the landlord came looking for rent, dylan and his roommates refused to pay. >> we totold him we e are not te to pay rent. he was not pleleed. he did not yell, he was just very upset. >> dylan worked in a nightclub but lost his job when coronavirus hit. food is the only impoportant

expense e i can ththink of right nonow. >> in new york, thousands s have joined a rent t strike movemenet dubbed #ncelrerent. the city has notot seen anything like it t since the great depression. some, like barrio -- garage in owns a brooklyn and rents out about a dozen apartments. >> a lot of them lost their jobs. a lot of them were struggling. a lot of themem would have becoe homeless, , so i told them to relax and stay home. they help their neighbors and roommates. anj martin, who runs organization representing 4000 landlolords, says the e rent ste is counterprproductive. >> we have to pay property taxes , mortgage paymentnts water and sewer r costs. all of these expenses are real they a are still there.

when you a are saying cacancel , you arare sayining you are remog our ability to maintain these budidings. >> new york landlords and tenants have called on the local and federal governments to come with solulutions. if they don't, they say the rental housing industry could collapse, leaving tens of thousands homeless. schools h have reopened in wuhan, the chinese city where the panandemic start. meter apart,one and temperature checks upon arrival. according to state media, stagger times -- arrival times were staggered. only students and staff who have had virus tests are allowed to return. to roderick --. thank you for joining us.

wuhan high school students rejoining students across the country, but beijing has said it won't let the world health organization into the country to investigate the origins of the virus. why not? it is looking like it will be a long time until the pandemic is over. if china is getting back to normal, why not look at the origins? >> that is a good question. part of the reason is because of this huge route they are having with the uninited statess over e ororigins and whether or not it was made in a laboratory. the chinese are e t in a mood to entertain anybody investigating that. i think it is essential for all of us to find out exactly how this pandemic originated.

claire: if we just look at south korea, not long ago it was the worst hit country outside china. the government is relaxing social distancing, and high school students are set to go back next week. ?hat was the government's -- what was the government's strategy in korea? tothey are feeling they have -- have the outbreak under control. relaxhey are now able to some of the restrictions. [indiscernible] they have a good testing and contact tracing regime. they feel they can deal with further instances of the virus turning up.

they feel it is time now to get back into a little bit more normality. they also have a population who have been rather good at observing social distancing. claire: i'm glad you mentioned that. taiwan, they didn't have to impose a total lockdown, but if people are going to comply with social distancing rules, perhaps they don't need to. is that something that south korea, taiwan and other countries in the region have in common? >> what they do have in common is experience with sars over a decade ago. taiwan and south korea realized it is necessary to take strong preventive measures quickly. thing getn let this out of hand. in terms quick to act

of controlling travelers from the mainland, putting in place what they already had. this mixture of contact tracingg and sensible public health regimes such as social distancing, that seems to have been very effective for korea and taiwan without the need for quite as much draconian measures as lockdowns. they have been able to control the virus without suffering the economic damage that other placaces have. , cinemasn hong kong and bars are reopening. that seems a long way off in countries like where we are, france. europe going to be catching up with asia, in a sense?

re: always going to be a step behind, or can we learn -- claire: are we going to be a step behind, or can we learn? aret seems to me we starting in different places. europe, the outbreak has beome so widespread it would perhaps not possible to return to the kind of measures that have been successful in some asian countries. the elements are there. there needs to be strong personal hygiene, particularlyly handwashing. there needs to be sensible observation of social distancing. a veryeeds to be effective regime of testing and contact tracing. if you can get those elements in

place, as they seem to have done possible tois control this virus. it is not back- to pre-coronavirus normals. [indiscernible] claire: absolutely. thank you very much. that is it for this edition, thanks for watching. ♪ >> east of greenland, alone in

the arctic. it is 3:00 in the morning. the temperature is negative five degrees. these teenagers are not sleeping. they meet on the village square to listen to pop music. that watchesgroup videos of famous people on youtube. and then they try to show off their skills. dancing and doing stuff. >> ♪ >> their parents are at the village bar. to the beat t of greenland are rocks, therere steps are heavy.

♪ we are a world away from the wild and mystic grereenland of e postcards. -- is the only town in a region the size of france. a century ago, the inuit people were self-sufficient, relying on hunting and fishing. that vanished when danish colonizers decided to settle the population and establish a town. dispensariess, arrived at the same time as the consumer society. wi it, unenemployment. now, the inuit's relied not on nature, but on handouts paid for by the danish state. at the start of each month, the same people gather at the cash dispensers of this supermarket,

where we meet again with benjamin. >> [indiscernible] that is too much a alcohol. >> drink is hidden behind curtains to try to reduce consumption, which is creating havoc. unemployment, crisis o of identity, lonelinesess. torn between t traditition and modern life, the young are the most forormal -- the most vulnerable. --, 21 y years old, dreams of being a footballer. for the moment, he wastes his time on the streets. he doesn't have a job. a survives on his 150 euro momonth allowance from denmark. >> we needed more jobs.

mamany archery kids alcohol and are will not work -- many drinking alcohol and they will not work. a deadadly bit -- >> the deadly vision of the future. greenland wins thehe prize every year for hopelessness with its suicide rate highest in the world. he was drunk and his -- [indiscernible] he go home and kill himselflf. i was thinking, i can't continue anymore. i think i am lost. i cried every day. to his party out there and cry and talk to him.

♪ >> under the snow isis an area e size of a footbaball pitch. on averagege, they bury y one teenagerer every month. >> i can't really remembeber whh one e is my best friend. ♪ some people are looking for ways to fight back. this theater group has created a show that exposes things most people would prefer to ignore. show.have got a it is hard for everyone to hear. die, people killing themselves.

it is hard to get through. >> young people have a lot of problems. anything, so i decided to help. they are telelling the story of their life. you see them crying. > these scenes reveal the country's greatest taboo. [indiscernible] that is the biggest problem. nearly one third of young greenlanders are victims of

sexual abuse. main causes ofe the epidemic of suicides. sets to exercise their dramas. >> it liberates us. we feel stronger. [indiscernible] it left me all alone. it was terrible. i was inconsolable. it is a good thing i found support here. youngest sister of the best friend who committed suicide lesser. afternoon, she meets her theater friends. they go to one of the real venues where young people can be

safe from the cold and their parents. when our parents drink, they say awful things to us like, they didn't want us anymore, they a are waiting for us today. when his girlfriend left him, my brother felt completely abandoned. however r often i came to his grave, it still doesn't comfort me. >> it is terrible. suicide, we have all been tempted by it. >> the theater seeks to offer a different perspective. meeting at there group founder's hououse. childhooduring because of his feminine appearance, he now fully accepts his difference. americannroom, the starars who have inspired his

dream to become an actor. >> hollywood stars my dream. here is my motivation. his parents are the only one supporting the theater project. they are proud that young people are at last lifting the veil on a social taboo. courageous tory go back over all of these traumatic events. they support each other. i am sure they could bring down the suicide rate. support which is more crucial because psychologists here are extremely r rare. when a y yng person goes astray, he or she is taken in by this establishment, about a dozen people learning the job is they go attempt to help them.

we do have a psychologist that comes each month but stays only two or three days. these social workers try to reestablish the parent-child relationship. have difficulty b bringing up their children when they -- when they araren't drinking, thy spoil them and over protect them. as soon as they start drinking, they forget about them completely. it is the last rehearsal before they go live on stage in front of their parents. a aessageance to give to them anand form of a confesession >> ♪ >> [speaking foreign language]

>> [speaking foreign language] >> [indiscerernible] >> ♪ >> on the day of the show, the

parents have not turned up. , few minutes before curtain up the audience is s mostly young pepeople and teacher today, our show is a bit diffffent. we have decided to share

[birds chirping] [alararm clock blaring] [alarm fadades] man: as soon as i start my sake productionon, i have toe here every single day. that part i wasn't quite ready for. sake-mamaking is a lot about the