madam chancellor. i would like to respond to the fact that the labor and social minister conference referred to this date and 8 federal states. just counter scientists saying that they want to ensure that the data that has not gone to the public health departments must be put forward to them and we want to hear what can be done here would not be used. in terms of agriculture well if the federal states are not able to give us the data there's not much we can do is not the case that the german government has to do by being generate this data we are waiting for the federal states to give us that date but as soon as we have it will be happy to pass it on in terms of the number seasonal workers there's a direct quote of how many people are allowed to go where and i think they have the data is indeed clear in the meat industry this may not be the case for my don't have an in from the f.t.p. will be asking the next question. we don't have other than thank you president madam chancellor. but we have just heard

for consulate in madam chancellor. coast but my constituents see the news many new infections and i'm massively upset because of the best industry the discipline of the people in this area is ignored i'm just shocked and horrified at the cost. the industry in this area are suffering as a result of the meat industry failings and in the agricultural industry too as well and now you have the expectation that we carry out a quarantine and i think it's important that we talk again about the accommodation of workers in the meat industry and so my question would be here on the 6th of may in a meeting with the state premiers you said that in the case of clear. regional arises. infection means that. you would be quarantined just locally but that you could still use some of the measures in other areas i mean do you have ideas about how you can just quarantined for those of you ensure that companies like best flush meat industries don't get to do this elsewhere. but the decision that we made together with the state premiers. was

that was the austrian chancellor speaking exclusively to matt miller.hina's core inflation readings add to the case the pboc may have to add to a stimulus package. we will discuss next. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." maurice, let's talk about china and emerging markets. factory deflation deepening in april. i know you are overweight emerging markets. is that a bet on china? a lot of people have expressed concern broadly in em that if you get qe funding deficits, you are going to cause outflows basically and capital flight and inflation is going to spike. maurice: that is such a broad question. up,strial production being which makes a huge difference. growth isarkets, the as big as ever in terms of asset valuations. we have a huge valuation. there is an opportunity. quantitative easing to your question, of course the question currently is not the cost of doing quantitative easing but that you have no choice. what they are doing and emerging markets is that a much smaller size than what is in and the west and we don't th

so that is the father chancellor has doused today. —— that is the fire he has doused. also trying to support other parts of the economy. estate agents think they have found a way to make housing moves work with social distancing, so we moves work with social distancing, so we will get transactions. what that will do two prices is anyone's guess, so a that will do two prices is anyone's guess, so a little worry there. and in general tomorrow, we will get the first hard data on what is happening to the whole economy with the gdp figures, the national economic figures, the national economic figures that will come out for the first quarter. the worst figures are expected in this quarter but even that first quarter, they could be the west for decades and will signal what will end up in a recession, which is precisely why the chancellor once this scheme to be extended so that that drop ends up with as rapid a bounce back as possible. faisal islam, our economics editor. as we mentioned, the official number of deaths from coronavirus recorded in the last 24—hour period increas

chancellor already spoke about. the big lie and. healthy economy recovery environment and digital sovereignty and i am convinced that. these are the basis for our recovery and reconstruction of our economies going on health a level of we both wish to give europe a very concrete competencies to gether we engage to building the common stocks of masts and the tests also conjoint purchasing as well as conjoined health care prevention plans and this is going to be europe a health europe that has never existed so far concerning budget and solidarity tools the chance i just spoke about a solitary fund of 500000000000 that is going to help us implement our financial goals. complying with existing treaties but the 1st time we are also proposing something altogether germany and france are proposing to the $27.00 member states to decide to together. with him to issue a common bond and as the chancellor just mentioned to you is among those those financing to help the hardest hit sectors and the hardest hit regions and with this is going to be c

the chancellor says it is still value for money.e the scheme is very generous. eight months is a long time to have the support. if you look at the employer contribution it will amount to the employer making a 596 will amount to the employer making a 5% contribution. the will amount to the employer making a 596 contribution. the opposition says it is taking risks with unemployment. some sectors like hospitality look like they could be locked down for quite a long time. they are not going to necessarily have the cash flow to have employers paying in to support staff so this could lead potentially to majorjob losses. the government has a delicate tv balancing act between controlling the pandemic, saving jobs and the cost to the taxpayer. it will make its judgment today is to carry on spending more than expected and that means a third of the workforce will continue to have the workforce will continue to have the vast bulk of their wages funded by the taxpayer for most of the year. it is the self—employed like this folk singer who feel r

the furlough scheme is brilliant, more that the chancellor can allow us more that the chancellor canxtend that scheme through to next year, the less redundancies there will be. and in the commons, in the last hour... i can announce today that the job retention scheme will be extended for four months until the end of october. by that point, we will have provided eight months of support to british people and businesses. until the end ofjuly, there will be no changes whatsoever. then, from august to october, the scheme will continue for all sectors and regions of the uk, but with greater flexibility to support the transition back to work. first of all, we must acknowledge that people did not want to be furloughed, it occurred through no choice of their own, through following government advice about the closure of sectors, therefore it's critically important that they are not penalised for that choice. i welcome the flexibility mentioned, we have asked for this repeatedly and of course, it applies in many other countries. it has been a long time coming, but i welcome the fact it's occurr

live from berlin angela merkel announces more steps to ease germany's coronavirus lockdown the chancellor lifts restrictions on commerce and social gatherings and backs a plan to let states take the lead in green opening the economy but she warns there's still a long road ahead also coming up to bringing back the bundesliga german top flight football is set to kick off later this month after the government signs off on the league's plan to play so-called ghost games in empty stadiums. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has announced that the country will ease some coronavirus lockdown measures in the coming weeks but warned that the steps must be taken gradually and with caution here's a summary of what germany's state leaders agreed at their video conference with the chancellor it is being left to the 16 state governors to decide for themselves how and when to reopen daycares restaurants and hotels but local governments must respond quickly if there is a spike in new infections social distancing roles are to be extended for another month but members of

thank you chancellor. i would like to take you chancellor.ide, as ever, provide some data on social distancing and how our response has been to our social distancing guidelines and this is information coming from the office for national statistics opinion and lifestyle survey 21st to the 24th of may and that shows that 88% of adults have avoided contact with older and vulnerable people, that 98% of adults have said that they tried to stay at least two metres away from other people when outside their home. 29% of adults are now using a face covering when outside their home to slow the spread of covid—19 and 39% of adults in employment have been working from home compared to around 12% last year. again, good evidence of compliance with social distancing measures. the next slide takes us into testing and the number of new cases and as you can see in the top graph, the number of tests undertaken each day has been increasing and that is increased very much during april and into may and you can see that that number continues to be at a level above

the paper also reports on the chancellor's economy warning.tish medical association says schools can open onjune ist, so long as it is safe to do so. the guardian says up to 1500 primary schools could remain closed, after several councils say they won't force them to reopen. meanwhile the mail accuses a teaching union of using cynical tactics to stop schools from reopening. the international edition of the financial times says the recent drop in carbon emissions is likely to be shor lived. in singapore, the strait times reports on the three stage plan to reopen the country. and the star says millions of briton are planning to swap summer holidays abroad for camping trips in the uk. so, let's begin... thanks forjoining us. let's begin with the daily express front page. recession it like we have never seen, off the back of comments from the chancellor, rishi sunak, who warned that 3 million people could end up out of work as the coronavirus wreaks havoc. very worrying reading, but unsurprising given what damage the coronavirus has done on an alr

news live from berlin angela merkel announces war steps to ease germany's coronavirus lockdown the chancellor of the us restrictions on commerce and social gatherings and backs a plan to let states take the lead in reopening the economy but she warns there's still a long road ahead. also coming up bringing back the bundesliga german top flight football is set to kick off later this month after the government signed off on the plan to to play ghost games in empty stadiums. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has announced that germany will ease some coronavirus lockdown measures in the coming weeks but warned that the steps must be taken gradually and with caution let's get a closer look now at some of the challenges confronting germany states as they try and manage their opening reopening their economies. this is what the new normal in germany could look like all the shops open more people out on the streets wearing face masks. restaurants and beer gardens are to reopen as well but there will be regional variations due to germany's federal division of powers

country is about to take the biggest steps yet to reopen its economy and lift the lockdown german chancellor angela merkel announcing that all stores and restaurants will soon be allowed to reopen if the coronavirus makes a comeback she says the water restrictions will return to also coming out bringing back the bundesliga german football is set to kick off later this month after the german government signs off on a plan to play a game in empty stadium. it's good to have you with us back in business with the option to shut down again today german chancellor angela merkel announced that germany will ease some of its coronavirus lockdown measures in the coming weeks but she warns the steps must be taking gradually and with caution. here's a summary of what germany's state leaders agreed in their video conference with the chancellor today it's being left to the 16 state governments to decide for themselves how and when to reopen daycares restaurants and hotels but local governments must respond quickly if there is a spike in new corona virus infections social distancing rules will be extended f

i am looking forward to hearing what the chancellor says this evening. kate, how many people dow expect to remain working -- how many people do you expect to remain working at home? we have heard from bank c.e.o.'s that this is functioning better than anticipated. we have heard from a lot of c.e.o.'s that they themselves plan to remain working from home at least some of the time. is this going to be a new normal? >> one thing that came from the guidance yesterday and was there on sunday was they said clearly work from home if you can. people have been surprised about how they have been able to work from home and how that has gone much better than expected for many people. i think office work is going to see probably a long period of working from home. that is simply not possible for many people. i think one of the other things we saw this week were those awful mortality statistics showing the kinds of jobs that are facing height ened risk from covid. people who can't really work from home like security guards, taxi drivers, cleaners, care workers, those

german chancellor angela merkel and russian president vladimir 1 putin there is a complicated relationship western presidents and prime ministers have long considered marigold to be a putin whisperer she who best understands the enigma inside the kremlin but today merkel did not whisper when she implied that there may be a criminal inside the kremlin merkel pointing the finger and raising her voice and then will putin will putin even raise an eyebrow i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. the honesty it pains me there is hard evidence that russian forces are working to do that i find it outrageous to back away. i try to improve my relationship with russia every day still i will continue straight in towards good times with russia but it doesn't make it any easier. also coming up will summer holidays and vacations become yet another big tim of the coronavirus pandemic in europe the answer is maybe maybe not what we want to do is to restore freedom of movement and the integrity of saying and then allow you to try to look at. back to be able to do that we need to how we make travel in a saf

berlin germany and france joining forces to try and lead europe out of the coronavirus crisis german chancellor angela merkel french president and. propose a 500000000000 euro rescue fund to boost the battered economy you also want the e.u. to praise the joint. also coming up searching for solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus the world health organization's annual assembly opens with a stern rebuke for global leaders u.n. chief says the world has paid a heavy price for its disorganized response to the pandemic. passenger flights declined by up to 90 percent because of the pandemic airlines face billions of euros in losses and millions of our. fellow i'm terry martin thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel and french president manuel. on a joint plan to speed up europe's recovery from the coronavirus crisis the plan calls for a half trillion euro rescue fund to boost the sectors of the economy hit hardest by the pandemic the 1st time germany and france are calling for the e.u. to jointly raise debt to finance the effort both maclin mccall say they will seek swift agreeme

nick mr nick serves in parliament he is a member of the chancellor's conservative c.d.u. party and he sits on the foreign relations committee in parliament mr nick it's good to have you back on the day the chancellor said today that the government reserves the right to take any and all measures against russia. do you know what what are those measures. i think 1st of the most the chancellor has given a very candid and sober assessment of the situation that we have. 'd assumed for for quite a while for whom he is a see there is growing evidence not only was regarded as having efforts to the compartment and certain accounts it's there is the history. of the alleged. murderer. in the couple of months ago there is ample suspicion and evidence about spreading think he was. trying to destabilize. our democratic and public opinion processes none of that is over to you what is what is to suit his tenure was it there seems to be. harder evidence that we have had available before 'd that at least some of these activities back to russia missed chances and it's disturbing it's annoyin

german chancellor has announced a widespread lifting of restrictions but with a warning. says that is a long fight ahead of us. special reports from our correspondents in afghanistan health workers that are struggling in the system already battered by decades of conflict. without the basics to even protect themselves

chancellor come into parliament to talk about it.t is critical now that we ensure everything is working as well as possible, and that we avoid any cliff edges. i am concerned with the furlough scheme that we could see an employer contribution, a substantial one required on august 1 for all employers. that would risk and increase in unemployment, large numbers of people coming into the jobs market at the same time. we need to avoid that affect if possible. it will be difficult for the labor market, given many of them have jobs that are put out of reach as a result of this crisis. francine: would you say the government is doing a good job ,rying to cushion the economy and is a difficult to be the opposition now? anneliese: we did call for a number of elements in the package. in the case of the furlough scheme, we are asking government to look at other international examples for quite some time and encourage them to work with businesses and other organizations to get some kind of furlough scheme introduced. we hoped they could have supp

sunak became chancellor 12 weeks ago and when he turned a0 today. time he is ai? laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. so a key change in the furlough scheme is that employers will be expected to start sharing the cost from august onwards. how realistic is that when so many businesses have made little or no money since the lockdown. our business editor simonjack reports. holiday season beckons, and with international travel in disarray, you would think holiday hotspots like this campsite in cornwall would be set fair, but it is currently closed, and even as the lockdown is lifted, social distancing rules mean communal areas like showers and toilets are unusable. half of the 16 workers here have been furloughed, and not all will return. we are delighted that the furlough scheme has been extended in its current form to the end ofjuly. very worried about how we as employers are going to make contributions through august, september and october. the reason for that is, we have had zero income so far this year. my feeling is, there are already many

chancellor has done. .it work if it will be the case that restaurants and pubs will be able to open before that? we have got to square a very difficult circle here. the first thing that we have got to do is reassure our employees, to manage this in our environments. so managing the risk of covid means that we have to reduce high contact and height traffic and high touch areas to risk assessments —— high traffic and high touch areas. to find that difficult balance. every environment is different. we have two reassure customers that it is safe to cross the threshold again and some will be partly confident, others will be much more vulnerable and concerned about that. the third tricky bit is that the revenues that we get on day one when we do reopen will be nowhere near the necessary level to break even, are certainly not make a profit. i have no idea what they will be, 30%, 50%, it is anybody‘s guess. —— of the normal levels. staff at our greatest asset, they are the people that can sell they are the people t

worst in germany since the 2nd world war and businesses have been telling the governments and the chancellor lift the walk down before it's too late tonight's in europe's largest economy that lifting its under way i'm often berlin this is the day. think it's not think we can say today. that we have the family 1st family 50 lb to make not find us. shops can now be opened. those of course behind restrictions and. i think. we currently have a situation with the nonvoters infections which can show we have the virus reasonably under control i would say this is abundant deficiency. also coming up tonight it's it was the summer of 1905 construction cranes dominated the berlin skyline a city preparing to be a capital city once again it was then that the artist christo presented berlin a present not to be unwrapped it was astonishing to see that every fold and wrinkle he had painted was exactly what you could see in real life later. it was as though he could envision the whole thing. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a decision to reo

the lobes of the german chancellor angela merkel merkel mania does the u.s. see these german measures here with the pandemic as an article a positive role waddle for stopping the spread of the virus. well i think it's fair to say that many here in the u.s. have seen markel a leader who acts with caution and whose. actions are based on science and on the facts and many critics of president president strong steps and that's something that he's approached should show as well so. at points you're in in your ass media. definitely sees a germany as a leader in the west in taking on this pandemic and let's talk about the u.s. president donald trump you know says that the u.s. crew of bombers task force will continue indefinitely just today of course he suggested be opposite of that while you do this u. turn well the reason he gave for his change of mind is very telling i think it tells a lot about what he's thinking and he's priorities he said today that he had no idea hope hope you are the top of the force was until yesterday when he started announcing that he's th

this is what the chancellor had to say about the scheme.s an expensive scheme and said that before. i also believe it's absolutely the right thing to do. what's very clear to me is that the cost of not doing this, for society, our economy and the country, would be far higher. i am simply not going to give up on all these all these people. these 7 million people we talked about, i wa nt to million people we talked about, i want to provide as much support as i can to make sure they have those jobs to go back to at the end of this. how much do you expect the scheme to work and what will the cost be now? it depends on the exact take—up. people are still signing up every day. the part—time flexible period at the end where there is employer contribution will reduce the cost as people come back to work but this obviously can't go on forever. that's why i am setting out a clear timeline now. employers and businesses will be keen to show how much of a share of those wages they will have to find in august. the treasury only says it expects at that ti

this is bbc news with the latest headlines the chancellor is set to reveal how employers will contribute to the cost of the coronavirus job retention scheme which is currently paying the wages of more than eight million people as lockdown restrictions start to ease — the uk's chief scientist has stressed people need to continue following the rules — groups of up to six people can meet outside in england from monday it means that you can get an opportunity for people to for instance, go and visit parents or visit other friends and family and to do so in a way outdoors, ina garden, i think that's the thing that people want to be able to do most of all. in scotland, up to eight people from two households can meet up from today, and in wales there's a similar easing of restrictions from monday a police station in minneapolis has been set alight during a third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in custody. and the row between donald trump and twitter escalates — the social media site has covered one of the presidents tweets with a warning it ‘glorifies violence‘. it had

the prime minister, back in march, the chancellor by his side. chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak. to make an unprecedented move. for the first time in our history, the government is going to step in to help pay people's wages. already extended untiljune, the scheme came as part of the economy shut down, supporting millions of people, there have been calls for it to continue. we don't wa nt to calls for it to continue. we don't want to make any employees redundant. we want our teams to be in place because it takes years to build good teams and i think there's a reasonable prospect a decent recovery next summer, a reasonable prospect a decent recovery next summer, 2021. and in the commons in the last hour. recovery next summer, 2021. and in the commons in the last hourlj recovery next summer, 2021. and in the commons in the last hour. i can announce today that the job retention scheme will be extended forfour months. retention scheme will be extended for four months. until the end retention scheme will be extended forfour months. until the e

what did you make up the chancellor's announcement?s, the extension confirmation which we have been calling for will be welcome. but there are a couple of big problems coming down the track, the first is that the chancellor is applying a blanket requirement on businesses, albeit a phased requirement for businesses to contribute to the cost of the following scheme. which is in danger of actually adding to numbers of unemployment which we have already seen unemployment which we have already seen increasing in recent weeks for fairly obvious reasons. and then beyond that he has announced a cliff edge at the end of the scheme where whether you are self—employed or you have been furloughed, they scheme com pletely have been furloughed, they scheme completely comes to an end. and the problem with that is that it in terms of the impact of covid—19 whether or not we have still managed to get the virus under control or whether it's some people fear the may be a second spike. even if we are may be a second spike. even if we a re fortu nate may b

i mean, is this a sign that the chancellor is warming up to president macron's grand vision of europe? >> this is a big deal for germany and has been a political taboo that idea of issuing joint

of the chancery right now chancellor angela merkel is due to hold a press conference shortly she's held a teleconference today with state premiers to discuss a further loosening of restrictions on public life it's expected states will now decide what can open and when as long as the infection rate stays in check and while we wait for the chance of the start of press conferences have a look at china it was ground 0 of the global pandemic and now china's hu bay province has taken another step towards normal life schools have reopened for the 1st time since they were shut down in january seen as students with exams in the summer are the 1st to return to classrooms amid enhanced safety measures it's unclear when junior and middle school pupils will follow. as for in the morning fog of crap smoke is covering the story for us in beijing fabienne schools are reopening in big cities across china today or can you tell us how to get basic . services already predict that there will be 3 big milestones for china to get back to normal and the 1st milestone of those we see right now that's the openin

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us talks are underway between german chancellor angela merkel and representatives of the german car industry conference call is to discuss the impact the current a virus pandemic has had on production and sales as well as ways of reviving the hard hit industry carmakers such as and i have urged the government to help boost demand for cars that are released yesterday shows the sector is facing his biggest slump in 30 years. or more now let's bring in our political correspondent kate what can we expect from this virtual meeting of german carmakers in the cup and the chancellor. well it's very unlikely that we're going to actually see any major decisions come out of these talks today which of course as you mentioned are taking place via teleconference and today will be more of a chance for common factors to put some proposals on the table and also that demand so there is a will focus specifically on incentives as well that's a key demand from common factors so we could see for example incentives being put in place ranging from between $3.00 to $400

and here in germany the german chancellor angela merkel took part in a ceremony at the main memorial to victims of war and to take the ship. the bell rang out across an empty city to mark the moment. germany's president. and chancellor angela merkel maintained a suitable distance from each other at the country's central memorial to the victims self-will stein my us said germany had accepted its own guilt over time and taken part in its own internal liberation. it was firing on such firm and feel liberation of $945.00 was imposed from outside it had to come from outside this country had descended too far into the evil the guilds it brought upon itself. but we too played a part in the liberation you know our internal liberation this did not take place on a single day rather it was a long and painful process. so none. schnapps after vick. germany's neighbors had need at that time to trust the country again he said and accepting german this week quiet and emotional understanding of the process. decided to go on his past is a fractured past with responsibility for the murder of millions o

but the chancellor says it is still value for money.the scheme is i think very generous. eight months is a long time to have the support. if you look at the total employer contribution over that entire period on a typical employee, average employee on the scheme, it will amount to the employer making a 5% contribution. the opposition says it is taking risks with unemployment. some sectors like, for example, hospitality, look like they could be locked down for really quite a long time. they're not going to have the cash flow necessarily to have employers paying in to support staff, so this could lead potentially to majorjob losses. the government has a delicate three—way balancing act between controlling the pandemic, saving jobs and the costs to the taxpayer. its essential judgment today is to carry on spending generously — more than expected — and that means a third of the workforce, 11 million workers, will continue to have the vast bulk of their wages funded by the taxpayer for most of the year. it is the self—employed, like iona fyf

nevertheless, there is pressure from the chancellor and a group of mps —— mike on the chancellor from to act. they are arguing that as part of the economy returns to work, and the track and trace system comes in, which will ask people to self—isolate, if they have come into contact with someone who has coronavirus, those people should be eligible for financial support. jonathan, for the moment, thank you very much. the rules around lockdown are different depending on which nation within the uk you live in. in one hour's time, we'll be answering your questions on what the new rules are where you are — you can send your questions by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or you can use the hashtag bbc your questions — and we will answer your questions injust around an hour. twitter has for the first time hidden one of president donald's trump's tweets from his profile, saying the post violates the site's rules against glorifying violence. the site has replaced the tweet with a warning message where it would usually appear on the timeline — but it can still be viewed by clicking on it. the ori

hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel and french president of men a well my call have outlined a joint plan to speed up europe's recovery from the coronavirus crisis the plan calls for a half trillion euro rescue fund to boost the sectors and regions of the geek call me hit hardest by the pandemic and for the 1st time germany and france are calling for the e.u. to raise joint here's more now from merkel and mcallen as they were detailing their proposal just a short while ago. germany. and franco german friend . leads as to setting a signal we know that we are 27 and when france and germany give a 2nd no i think the whole of europe is in a better shape to form an opinion and to progress that's why we want to issue 500000000000 euro fun on the shirt term for. expenses for the sectors and regions that are hardest hit by this recovery fund of 500000000000 euros that is not going to be a grant to a region or as sector but is going to be a budgetary. 8. and it's going to compliment the $500000000000.00 that our finance ministers have already agreed up

in a joint news conference with the french president chancellor angela merkel stressed the coronavirus pandemic is endangering european unity. more steps why the fund has to help ensure that all countries in the euro can react appropriately but . this requires an extraordinary one off effort which france and germany are ready to undertake but i think that if this is the result of bilateral work in cooperation with our partners i'm convinced that this plan provides the groundwork to revive our lives our economies and our societies. to offset the drastic decline in production transport and tourism across europe this development fund will get an injection of 500000000000 euro e.u. budget funds will be made available to the hardest hit regions and sectors. the overall plan is designed to strengthen the e.u.'s future viability of the m.d.c. rizzo's this will of course if this purpose invest in digitally they sin and the green deal to cope with the climate catastrophe in history and spy and new dynamic for the future and in the future of health we will aim for cooperation to apply all the fi

crisis german chancellor angela merkel the french president proposing 500000000000 euro rescue fund for europe's battered economy germany. excellent credit rating to help borrowing money for the fun also coming up more criticism from the trump administration aimed at the world health organization white house officials say that allows the corona virus outbreak to become a global killer over $100.00 countries are now backing an investigation into health . and damage 1st weeks i'll ask. what she thinks. i'm off it's good to have you with us half a trillion euros to help europe weather the worst crisis in decades as german chancellor angela merkel and french president. have outlined a joint plan to speed europe's economic recovery from the pandemic now it calls for a rescue fund to boost hard hit sectors of the economy and in a 1st chancellor merkel has ended her long standing resistance to the e.u. raising joint debt to fund relief. it's wishful thinking to hope europe's economies could bounce back as easily as these provisions after months under lockdown even before the e.u. commission pr

live from berlin and the america one ounces more steps to ease germany's coronavirus lockdown the chancellor lift restrictions on commerce and social gatherings and backs of plan to let the states take the lead in reopening the economy but she warns that there is still a long road ahead also coming up cautiously getting back to work india is in its lockdown for some businesses despite viral hotspots of merging in the country and a look at another surreal time in germany's capital 25 years ago this album garde art installation was all the rage a gift wrapped in the right stuff by christos and zhang cloth berlin allows a retrospective of their work to open. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has announced that the country will ease some coronavirus lockdown measures in the coming weeks but said and warned that the steps must be taken gradually and with caution. now here's a summary of what germany's state leaders agreed in their video conference with the chancellor it's being left to the 16 state governors to decide for themselves how and when to reopen dayc

and the chancellor said that it's up to germans themselves to make sure the regain freedom works. our political correspondent kate brady is covering this story for us kate germany's coming out of law for the most part what does this say about the state of the pandemic in the country well i'm going macro summarize that quite nicely yesterday in that press conference saying that germany it's safe to say has come through the 1st phase of the pandemic but it is still very much in the early phases of this pandemic and it's something that germany will be facing for a long time to come so clearly the german government isn't taking the progress and relative success that it's hard so far in getting a grip on the pandemic for granted and so i also have the impression in recent days especially from state premiers and also from the business sector to get things back going in especially in the for the german economy to keep that floating a jury in the condemning and in the aftermath so that has had a huge effect on those decisions that we heard from. yesterday but that the granted that these t

chancellor merkel stressed the coronavirus pandemic is endangering european unity. >> that's why the fund has to help ensure all countries in europe can react appropriately. this requires an extraordinary one-up effort which france and germany are ready to undertake. >> this is the result of bilateral work in cooperation with our partners. i'm convinced this plan provides the groundwork to revive our lives, economies and societies. reporter: to offset the drastic decline in tourism across europe, this development fund will get 500 billion euros. e.u. budget funds will be made available to the hardest hit. the overall plan is designed to strengthen the e.u.'s future viability. >> these resources will invest in the green deal. this will inspire a new dynamic for the future. in the field of health, we will aim of cooperation to apply what we have learned from this crisis together. reporter: that soungeeds like support for the e.u. commission, whose economic recovery plan is being commissioned. the president is expected to president it -- present it next week. anchor: this is a big deal

it's good to have you with us back in business with the option to shut down again today german chancellor angela merkel announced that germany will ease some coronavirus a lockdown measures in the coming weeks but she warned that the steps must be taking gradually and with caution let's take a look now at some of the challenges that are confronting germany as it tries to reopen its economy this is what the new normal in germany could look like all the shops open more people out on the streets wearing face masks. restaurants and beer gardens are to reopen as well. but there will be regional variations due to germany's federal division of powers. and we have seen good progress as far as the number of new infections is concerned that means we can now take further steps . that. but we have to be careful to keep control. and the emergency response mechanism we have to fend of means i can feel quite confident. that means the state premiers have agreed to adjust their measures on the grounds of the number of new infections. if they rise above a certain number tougher restrictions must be reintro

has been getting rave reviews the new chancellor of the exchequer seems to be the darling of much of the media commentary is that praise justified or more that should be being done by the u.k. exchequer and actually the bank of him of just being given the chance or cash directly so he's going to shortage of spending per moment and if you use sort of spending power then you could look good i think the real test for the chancellor is one hand out of a look. could well be that the chancellor thinks he can resort to an all fashion gambit which is to boost inflation and of course if inflation goes up in the medium term then they value of the debts that the government has contract it will control will fall in real terms so i think the chance of might find it hard to raise taxes and freeze public sector pay if the immediate aftermath of the of the look but i think chair he might look can lay towards a little bit of inflation tell the economy along one side of new and different thinking the usage of calvin emerging from this crisis i can't imagine there's the political will to go back to ano

is t w news coming to you live from berlin germany announces further steps to ease its lockdown chancellor merkel says places of worship museums and children's playgrounds will reopen under certain conditions but all of events with large crowds remains back and until the until the end of august also coming up we talk to the health workers in india who say they're being forced to risk their lives to treat coronavirus patients. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel has announced a further easing of lockdown restrictions but warns that they could be reimposed at the rate of coronavirus infection increases again places of worship children's playgrounds and museums are being allowed to reopen but large gatherings including major sporting events remain banned until at least the end of august. chancellor angela merkel defended a step by step approach as she outlined details of the latest easing of restrictions in germany following a virtual meeting with the 16 state premiers in the 1st new what i am firmly convinced that the interests of the economy and a

w news live from berlin on the american gets grilled over germany's coronavirus response the chancellor phrases lawmakers questions over cracks in germany's anti-virus efforts to try and tame a strategy to economic recovery they demand answers look at what back home plans and her words of caution with also coming up the push is on for travel to open up germany well relax border controls us earlier this weekend but house and travel resumed safely with the continued threat. plus a split the studios reopen and some parts of germany would take a look at how the new hygiene and social distancing rules work there. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us germany's chancellor angela merkel has warned that progress made towards containing the coronavirus must not be jeopardized by moving too quickly to lift restrictions in parliament the chancellor face questions on the economic impact of the disease as well as on conditions for seasonal workers after a large corona virus outbreak at a slaughterhouse. germany is now emerging from a nearly 2 months lock down but medical warned that peo