die welt leads on a story about german airline lufthansa,

a very visual sign of the confederate flag on die welt. statues removed from the us capital. in terms of the story that we want to really focus on, lufthansa, talk less about what your paper has found. this is a controversial story in germany because the german government decided to pay a rescue package of 9 billion euros for luftha nsa. package of 9 billion euros for lufthansa. 0f package of 9 billion euros for lufthansa. of course that was very controversial because other companies and other businesses were saying, especially airlines, why not us? but the government was adamant that lufthansa is the main carrier for germany. it was really important to save the most important, most traditional german carrier. it took on 20% of the shares of the company. as far as it is understood, there has been not much or not enough assurance from lufthansa to save jobs. last night, after talks with the unions, lufthansa announced that they were likely to cut 20,000 jobs. that doesn't mean that people will be made redundant immediately, so what they are

my guests, on socially distanced screens, stefanie bolzen of die welt, stryker mcguire of bloomberg marketsto you all. hi. thank you. let's start with you, stefanie. with this weekend, we are seeing a certain amount of celebration in government quarters about the reduction of virus threat level but the government at home so there is little to celebrate. give us there is little to celebrate. give usa there is little to celebrate. give us a sense there is little to celebrate. give us a sense of germany and across the eu. it has certainly been observed 110w eu. it has certainly been observed now since the middle of march with astonishment i think sometimes, how slow the british prime minister and the british government have reacted and how much they have struggled to manage the covid—19 crisis. also in a sense that you

my guests, on socially distanced screens, stefanie bolzen of die welt, stryker mcguire of bloomberg marketsre in the studio, observing the two metre rule, jo coburn of the bbc‘s politics live. welcome to you all. hi. thank you. let's start with you, stefanie. we're going to start on the uk and start with uk management of virus. this weekend, we are seeing a certain amount of celebration in government quarters about the reduction of the virus threat level, but critics of the uk government at home say there is little to celebrate. give us a sense of the view in your home country, germany, and across the eu. it has certainly been observed now, already, since the middle of march, with astonishment i think sometimes, how slow the british prime minister and the british government have reacted and how much they have struggled to manage the covid—19 crisis. also in a sense that if you, as an outsider, look at the uk, the uk is admired as a place of science, the best scientists, the best research and development. i think only this week the european union, the commission, decided to bid some money fo

the lack of strong leadership on behalf of the white house, similar theme in german conservative die welte—election. the corona crisis, with over 104,000 deaths, more than 40 million unemployed, and now another racism debate — all of this has wrecked trump's former track record. african leaders and institutions have also spoken out. the chairperson of the african union commission released a statement strongly condemning what he called the murder of george floyd. he reiterated the african union's rejection of the continuing discriminatory practices against black citizens of the united states of america. while ghana's president tweeted this statement, in which he said "the unfortunate incident should inspire change in how america tackles racism. there have also been protests in countries across the continent. this was capetown earlier. people have been placing placards in support of the protest movement. south africa's government has urged us security forces to use maximum restraint. and this was nairobi earlier this week. protesters held signs saying ‘silence is violence‘ and chanted ‘down

let's speak now to stefanie bolzen, uk correspondent for german newspaper die welt.joining us today. what do we know from germany itself about how this suspect has emerged at this time. well, this is very, very fresh news. so, last night, in germany, there was a tv programme which i think you can compare to crimewatch in britain, and in this programme, they talked again about the case of the disappearance of madeleine mccann and the prosecutors were quite specific in giving out telephone numbers, putting out photos of the camper van numbers, putting out photos of the campervan and of numbers, putting out photos of the camper van and of the jaguar and appealing very specifically to people to come forward and give information. reading the local newspaper in the place where the suspect had been living until he was living in portugal, that is why the authorities there are in charge, they have described very much in detail a court trial against this man back in december 2019, where he was sentenced for the rape of an american woman and a lot of this has only come out beca

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