differently and also they will last through the whole of may him possibly june ok thank you for that ricardo paracel reporting from madrid. germany has pledged 300000000 euros in humanitarian aid to fight the coronavirus epidemic in poverty and crisis stricken country's foreign minister heiko mass said the virus posed a grave risk to those living in countries struggling with struggling health care systems as well as in war zones and refugee camps he said international solidarity was needed to end the pandemic germany is responding to a call by the united nations to provide an additional $2000000000.00 of relief to contain the outbreak in less developed countries. and let's bring in our political comedy correspondent thomas sparrow tell us what is behind germany's decision here essentially nick what's behind that decision by germany is that pledge that you mention and also that announcement by the united nations that warning that the pandemic is affecting obviously old countries around the world but not all countries in a very equal way so the most vulnerable countries around the world are suffering