at a club in cologne germany. doesn't just perform classical music he plays everything from johann sebastian bach to a cover of chandelier from pop star. it's a she says speak to me and it doesn't matter to me which is genre they belong to that's my goal in concert to break down this compartmentalisation people who come to my concerts should know everything's on offer. as in his music we just don't like to try out different things and play with his image and not just during photo shoot. on stage i like to wear outfits that underline my interpretive approach so they can vary a lot from extremely simple solid black and totally minimalist to totally over the top the it that's what i like in music to assist us with michelle and i was even closer. with jaya began playing the violin when he was just 4 he was inspired by his grandfather who was a composer. after studying violin at berlin's university of the arts with jaya began collaborating with world class conductors like. 'd in berlin he met up with composer geoffrey

in another project in germany colognes regional transit system is switching to hydrogen for longer bus routes to reduce emissions the green fleet will soon number 35 vehicles the largest of its kind in europe. the buses powered by hydrogen fuel cells can cover 3 or 400 kilometers on a single fill up. and they're certainly more beneficial to the environment than the traditional diesel models. was the little shit is the main difference is that they're quieter practically all you can hear of the tires on the road and there is 0 emissions too of course which is an advantage of the new hydrogen buses in terms of driving they're really quite nice and fun isn't it with just. the buses are fitted with a special hydrogen tank which is filled once a day while the bus is out and about the hydrogen reacts with oxygen from the air to give water. the energy produced by the reaction powers the engine and there's no problem getting hydrogen here they're going to want to over there is that here it cannot sock industrial park where they use electrolysis to generate chlorine hydrogen is a byproduct of th

in another project in germany colognes regional transit system is switching to hydrogen for a longer bus routes to reduce emissions the green fleet will soon number 35 vehicles the largest of its kind in europe. the buses powered by hydrogen fuel cells can cover 3 or 400 kilometers on a single fill up and they're certainly more beneficial to the environment than the traditional diesel models. was the little shit is the main difference is that they're quieter practically all you can hear of the tires on the road and there's 0 emissions too of course which is an advantage of the new hydrogen buses in terms of driving they're really quite nice and fun isn't it with . the buses are fitted with a special hydrogen tank which is filled once a day while the bus is out and about the hydrogen reacts with oxygen from the air to give water. the energy produced by the reaction power is the engine and there's no problem getting hydrogen here. over there is that here it cannot sock industrial park where they use electrolysis to generate chlorine hydrogen is a byproduct of the process so as a region

i wasjust in germany, cologne, at a regional festival, there were millions of people on the street andly, there is a very small town between cologne and the dutch border, there they have 37 people already infected, two persons i think are really seriously ill. they got ill at a carnival party. i attended those. of course, you have to make a personal choice. but it's these kind of mass gatherings which are now something that we all look at and get very worried about. yet you weren't wary enough to not go? it was five days ago. today, i probably wouldn't go. five days ago, it was only in northern italy, but it's spreading very quickly. the uk are somewhat in the european camp. i want you to look at the us for us, that is a country with unexplained cases, they can't trace the contact. also, the political leadership, donald trump talking slightly at odds with his public health officials? that makes the us in this story possibly one of the most troubling areas to look at because it appears as though the administration is going to try a rather dangerous experiment, which is for the president

germany. they organized the hooligans against salafist protest in cologne in 2014. and were also instrumental in kicking off far right much using 10 minutes in $28.00. thankfully hooligans influence in stadiums has dwindled to a large extent due to the rise of ultras in germany because there are often confused ultras a supporters responsible for much of the history standing singing creating t.v. shows and part russia that politics vary wildly from club to club milligan's of fans who fight there's some crossover but ultras run things and stadiums. still hooligans haven't completely disappeared from german grounds last year chemist's fan who founded a group called hooligans nazis and racists passed away the club gave him an official sendoff and chemists' is kept in even raised to support. your local schools shut in on are of the neo nazi. in the top 2 german leagues alive and 600000 fans attend football matches every weekend committed hooligans in the country are estimated to number in the low thousands the number of fans who are prone to violence depending on the situ

germany. this is in cologne. ♪ anchor: putting up balcony performances and we're judging proving to be popularing up spirits there. another german stayingt home is the chancellor, angela merkel, after a doctor said she tested positive onriday. ms. merkel has taken a test and the resultsave become negative. this is her finance minister. >> thenc clor is healthy right now. she's at home in domestic self isolation but she is active.et the cab met over the phone with her today. anchor: germany has more than 28,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 but the death rate, in fact, if you compare it to othen ies, is relatively low. only 118 people hav far.d so and germany's pubc healt officials are feeling optimistic about this graph. if you can see the detai there. this reflects the rise in the number of infections they say that the curve may be getting a little less steep. >> we're seeing signs that the exponential growth curve is flattening slightly but i will only be ablefi to c this trend definitively on wednesday but i'm optimistic meares are already having an effect which lyis very e because they've on

same seats will be empty during their next home match against rival cologne setting a historical precedent for the top flight in germany. thriftiness a lean into primarily affects the founders but of course it will also hit him a. bit since most you can imagine there are financial consequences if you will have to see whether it's just going to be for this game or whether it's going to affect more games what is the next stage answers to those questions are left up to local health authorities and german football the stadium a glove box seats over 50000 and the club says it's set to lose an estimated 2000000 euros in revenue for their upcoming match under the circumstances fans forced to miss the action understand the idea of safety 1st i know that when the shots can scoot on the one hand i think that's good for people's health. i think you have to make sure that safety comes 1st for people. and games will unfortunately get cancelled and this is already the case in italy games without fans are already planned. dortmund's home match against shoko arguably the league's biggest rivalry will be without the $80000.00 spectator

next to the one in cologne reagan's birth cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral. bringing berg was not only important because it became a bishop seat fairly early on the danube was a significant trade and traffic route. and here on its banks in the old town hall the perpetual diet was held for over 114 years. from the 17th to the early 19th century and reagan spoke was actually the capital of europe a bit like brussels today. that the natural diet was convened in 1663 just a few years after that that she is rules that my representatives from all countries from all cities gathered here they were supposed to discuss taxes and military issues but the talks then dragged on for so long that they never came to a final agreement on tibet horror at least not for 143 years until 1806 is to me and that's makes the whole not the. 1 next i have an appointment with my ts fi tak at the noise plots where he shows me the outlines of the former jewish synagogue. reagan's virg is like many many evil cities if you dig here it's likely you'll discover something in 1

germany calls them games the match between back in cologne on wednesday the 1st in bernice league history to be plate without france. there's no one to clap a whistle when you take the pitch. the participants were clear what was lacking. the most important piece of the puzzle is missing the fans. they've mastered outside the stadium instead despite advice for people to stay away from large crowds. but the d.f.l. germany's football league wanted to press on and told this weekend's matches behind closed doors that provoked criticism from players by munich's tiago set let's be honest there are much more important priorities than any sports but his own c.e.o. disagreed. is. introduced at the end of the day professional football is all about finances. and east london for there is still a large payment due in germany from t.v. broadcasters. broadcast on the. brain was professed to break rank since your thirties refused to allow the club's monday match with leyva to take place. we saw the calls to come to the match on internet forums without a shadow of a doubt unvetted braman agrees they are th

say is there is a lot of readiness around germany to do something to help these people we've had in just in the last few days 7 mayors of major cities like cologne who do so golf and hanover and several others saying that they are ready specifically to help these needy children and many many local authorities almost 150 across germany have also said they want to do something to help refugees from greece so i think there is a lot of readiness to to do something there's also quite a lot of political support only the anti migrant a.f.d. alternative for germany party has said that this plan is a bad idea our political correspondent simon young thank you. now swedish born actor max von sydow has died at the age of 90 he 1st came to prominence in the films of director and mark bagman his career spanned art house dramas horror movies and hollywood blockbusters max and see those big hollywood breakthrough came with the role of father merrin in the horror classic the exorcist he worked well into his eighty's one of his last roles was in the t.v. fantasy blockbuster game of thrones. let's go on our top story italy has drastically restricted the movements

cologne. setting a historical precedent for the top-flight in germany. >> it primarily affects the fans, but ofourse it will also hit the teams hard. as you can imagine, there are financial consequences. we will have to see whether it is just going to be for this game, or whether it is going to affect more games. what is the next stage? reporter: answers to those questions are left up to local health authorities and german football. the stadium at gladbach seats over 50,000, and the club says it is set to lose an estimated two million euros in revenue for their upcoming match. under the circumstances, fans forced to miss the action understand the idea of safety first. >> on the one hand, i think that is good for people's health. i think you have to make sure that safety comes first for people. games will unfortunately get canceled, then. this is already the case in italy. games without fans are already planned. reporter: the home match, arguably the league's biggest rivalry, will be without the 80,000 spectators normally on hand. and bundesliga clubs bayern munich, both in the bavaria region, w

germany. at 1st glance it appears many shoppers are strolling around cities like cologne but store and cafe manager say they're seeing fewer customers than usual so this case after business is not doing well sales are down quite a bates and. it's a different story at many weekly markets with shoppers lining up to buy groceries some german supermarkets are seeing panic buying many images of empty store shelves are circulating on the internet suggesting a crisis that doesn't really exist and the shelves today are usually fully restocked by the next morning the government says there's no reason for panic buying now to keep there are enough supplies and shelves to be restocked but it's quite a challenge tranced was sold out one way to solve this problem would be to ease regulations regarding working on sundays on talked about. supermarkets are also urging customers to show more solidarity and imposing quantity limits on certain items like flour and toilet paper tourist attractions like north shore on stun castle are closed the same goes for theaters and museums several cities have introduced strict pre

but what is clear is that there are there's much readiness here in germany to do that just the other day 7 mayors of big towns like cologne and disorder for potsdam and hanover announced that they were ready to take in specifically these needy children and there are many many local authorities across germany who said they want to do something to help these refugees from greek camps and some of them are said that they're already making preparations to receive people thank you for that political correspondent salmaniya. sports will 1st take a look at germany's blunders league the leaders by munich 4 points clear at the top after 2 nil win over. but there were mixed feelings before kick off the club's birthday celebrations contrasted with the threat posed by the corona virus. yes he was there say scored when he made his 1st bundesliga start against hoffenheim last weekend and the 18 year old dutchman once again took the place of the injured robert leavened off ski up front. ahead of kickoff the german health minister recommended that large public events be cancelled to help control the spread of the coronavirus but it was to

say is there is a lot of readiness around germany to do something to help these people we've had in just in the last few days 7 mayors of major cities like cologne to do so golf and hanover and several others saying that they already specifically to help these needy children and many many local authorities almost 150 across germany of also said they want to do something to help refugees from greece so i think there is a lot of readiness to to do something there's also quite a lot of political support only the n.t. migrant a.f.d. alternative for germany party has said that this plan is a bad idea our political correspondent simon young thank you now the trial has begun in the hague of 4 men charged in connection with the 2014 downing of malaysia airlines flight m h 17 over eastern ukraine 3 russians and ukrainian national are believed to be at large in russia or separatist controlled eastern ukraine and they will be tried in absentia all $298.00 passengers and crew on board the plane died in the crash which international investigators say was caused by a russian made surface to air missile. victims' families arrive at the courthouse the trial is

germany for the forseeable future. i'm not joined by michelle mentions she's with the german economic institute a think tank based in cologne and she has advised the government in developing this new law michelle well that new law makes a tangible difference for german companies. yes it's effect that companies are liking many skilled professionals and actually the law provides that. the company can hire a professional from a brawl using. facts from a prostitute this fess up 1st year with ease the condition and the visa process for companies and also the fact that there will be no proud shake anymore making. use citizens. before country citizens the german business will therefore have a larger pool of applicants and they can hire from abroad of making the question cation much more important than the country of which you just said germany will have a larger pool compared to aba e.u. countries is germany an attractive destination for skilled workers no. yeah actually the economy is prosperous and. employment is at its highest level and this new low increase also the chief ness of germany in comparison to other countries but th

germany too. this is a couple in cologne, who are putting on balcony performances. proving very popular. another german staying at home is the chancellor angela merkel after a doctor she saw on friday tested positive. ——said she tested positive. ms merkel has since taken a test, and the result has come back negative. here's her finance minister. translation: the chancellor is healthy right now. she is at home in domestic self isolation, that she is active. the cabinet met over the phone with her today. germany now has more than 28,000 confirmed cases of covid—i9. but the death rate is relatively low, 118 have died so far. germany's public health officials are also feeling optimistic about this graph, which reflects the rise in the number of infections. but they say the rise is slowing down. monday for most has been dominated bya dry, monday for most has been dominated by a dry, settled story and the weather watcher picture here is fairly indicative of many areas across the country, with some spring blossom flourishing. different story that the north—west, across the

equipment like these face masks a hospital in cologne was looted of thousands of face masks and 6000000 yes that's right 6000000 masks that was supposed to arrive in germany last week from kenya failed to show up and seem to have disappeared without a trace in moscow over 800000 was stolen from a warehouse while in ukraine gunmen masqueraded as security services to rob thousands of protective facemasks police in the united states were able to recover some stolen masks and sets about donating them to those in need there's also major concerns about fakes coming on to the market criminals will stop at nothing to make a profit the illicit trade in such kinds of fake medical items during the public health crisis shows their total disregard for people's well being or their lives while of front line health care workers are scrambling for functioning personal protection equipment fashion houses and social media stars being slammed for trying to cash in on this crisis. in france the government to step in to regulate just you should have access to face masks saying that it's only those in high risk groups all those that are confirmed to be infected with covert 90 t