french prime minister emmanuel mccall midget. budget cuts have been too drastic administration to sluggish to react staff to poorly paid. c g t the influential health care workers you and is calling for raises of at least 300 euros for the retirement age to be lowered to 55. to get. more funding resources and personnel were not above all else we need higher wages. so he's off to protest even though the french government has just promised to increase wages considerably and reform the health care system. well let's speak to professor james buchan he's editor in chief of the publication human resources for health and speaks to us from edinburgh professor buck and this really has been a tough time for healthcare workers even beyond the sheer volume of patients they're having to deal with hasn't it. very much so. expose any weaknesses in how systems and health work force numbers and deploy. were coming out of the initial impact of. course problems that existed before good impact. and the sort of problems we've been seeing also the hea

to the core german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccall seem to be closer than ever and that attend them didn't see eye to eye at the beginning of the pandemic now they asked sending more united t.v. but for the cooperation and the friendship between france and germany calls on the us to send a signal even if we know that they are $27.00 even member states i believe that if gemini and friends even impose it is something that will promote the formation of opinion in europe that. we must act we must act european so that we come out of this crisis well and stronger. back in may france and germany propose an unprecedented e.u. recovery fund of 500000000000 euros now they must carry fire to details and gain support from the e.u. is 27 member states the e.u. commission back to franco german plan for both leaders this is also a chance to be a european they can see a common goal was a notable difference and go america's approval ratings at home a skyrocketing while a man my colleagues faced with criticism over his management of the current up i was crisis. and standing

reminder that top story we're following for you german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccall unhealed the talks today near berlin they're trying to convince all the european union members to back a 750000000000 euro coronavirus rescue faught. watching the news live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day good to see you to. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w. non-judicial she paints me. and. i fascination of those who look at me. the secret of mona lisa starts july 3rd d. w. . for many of us when the lockdown began there was nowhere to go but online. pandemic drastically affected the way we work and how we interact with others. changes that would have taken years to have been implemented in just days. will we ever change back. what does the crisis tell us about the future of work. welcome to this covered 19 special iraq what's in berlin it's good to have you with us so the coronavirus pandemic has had

the pandemic that was the subject today as german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccall met at ms a big palace near berlin it was their 1st face to face meeting since the pandemic hit back in march 2 leaders were eager to show they stand shoulder to shoulder on a multi 1000000000 euro plan they say is crucial to guaranteeing the used future. the greeting was distanced because of coronavirus but bull nonetheless it is not by chance that. a man who is the 1st foreign leader to meet with chancellor merkel since the virus crisis began a pair spearheading a 500000000000 euro proposal for rebuilding europe's economy off to the pandemic these are 2 leaders who want to work together and be the driving force for europe. going on that we understand that europe is not united nearly because germany and france agree but when germany and france disagree it does not look so good for unity in europe so perhaps we can find agreement on many questions and make a contribution and give a positive impulse to new things in the right direction for europe's future. even as germany prepares to t

now let's turn to some other stories making news around the world french president emmanuel mccall has announced a further easing of coronavirus restrictions and a televised address on said restaurants and cafes in paris will be allowed to reopen fully from monday the same day france lifts border restrictions for you travelers most schools are set to reopen from june 22nd. next door in spain is also beginning to ease some of its coronavirus restrictions the country will open reopen its borders to most events it is from june 21st as 10 days earlier than was previously planned. communities young sister of an aid to north korea's leader kim jong un has threatened military action against south korea it's just latest escalation of tensions over defectors from the north we've been sending propaganda leaflets across the border. london's marks the 3rd anniversary of the grand felt tower fire the bells of the city's churches told $72.00 times in tribute to each of the victims the devastating blaze in the apartment block shocked the united kingdom the ongoing investigation into the disaster has

on a plan for europe's post can democrat covering all chancellor angela merkel and president emmanuel mccall now have to do is read skeptic's over to their multi-billion euro rescue package that we visit the city in thailand that include going to barbers lock down no one around to feed them gangs of hungry monkeys are going in the streets in search of food. i'm sorry kelly while the program reports say that china has passed a controversial security law for hong kong that critics fear will give beijing more control over the semi autonomous territory confirmation of the law is expected soon and chinese lawmakers are said to have unanimously approved this bill beijing says it aims to tackle submission subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces it has drawn international criticism for being at odds with the one country 2 systems policy agreed by china when it took control of the former british colony in 1997. you know where is that and let's get more now from correspondent mathias bollinger who is standing by for us in beijing the ts what is in the bill that is a very good question y

this is news and these are top stories german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccall i've met to discuss their proposed multi 1000000000 euro coronavirus rescue package the 2 leaders want to give hard hit new countries grants without the need to repay them german.

french prime minister emmanuel mccall admitted mistakes were made hospital budget cuts have been too drastic administration to sluggish to react stuff to poorly paid. c. g. t. the influential health care workers union is calling for raises of at least 300 euro's and for the retirement age to be lowered to 55 levy a levitch supports this should also be. your money nor funding resources and personnel were bit above all else we need higher wages by the plane. so he's off to protest even though the french government is just promised to increase wages considerably and reform the health care system. this is g.w. news and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following at this hour china as fast a national security wall for hong kong that many fear will erode the territory's old song the meat and democracy it criminalizes version as well as foreign interference those convicted could be jailed for whites and barred from running in elections belgium's king has written a letter to the president of the democratic republic of congo would spread singh regret for his country's brutal colonial

french president emmanuel mccall has instructed his government to accelerate the pace of a proposed reform in police brutality the presidents and in zero minutes sixty stuff just a naff. all looking into changing a police at six over work off the thousands of people. protested against police brurutality in te way george of floyd's death hearing from. the of a dump all right well some police custody sparked outrage. that the offices involved. it doing yes the nasa that francnce w would e banning the choko method and also said that too many timeses police all this had abuse of power. it is. racism and no ratio profiling there is only a republican police force which reflects society driven but it's almost zero i want zero tolerance for racism in our country. shekau i want all our officers to know that when the where the blue uniform they represent the law a and should never be taken city you shot me. for those who don't. help but despite the menu was assurances that the government will movove to ends police brutality and racism doubts remain. as to whether any lasting long term change will be

choose mayors and municipal council as the election is being seen by many as a test of president emmanuel mccall's reform policies and his centrist party. china's top legislative body is meeting for the next 3 days and is expected to fast track a controversial national security law for hong kong and spring inside a clock who is in hong kong for is another important meeting of the n.p.c. in another protest in hong kong where you are stopped. yes now we do now know that the standing committee meeting on top of the agenda is the introduction of the national security laws in hong kong china introduces or announced this in my it's now try to fast track it through ahead of what we expect to be a large protest on july 1st next wednesday and as you mentioned at the standing committee meeting guys for 3 days it started on sunday in beijing but the expectation is now that those national security laws will be passed on tuesday ahead of the protest how the rallies we do expect to mark the anniversary of the 25th anniversary of the british handover of hong kong back to china now last year the civil human right

turkey's conduct in libya accusing it of playing a dangerous game that can no longer be tolerated emmanuel mccall says turkey is an obstacle to securing a ceasefire. a click a move with you don't. i have already had the opportunity to make this very clear to president i now consider this turkey is playing a dangerous game in libya and is in breach of all the commitments it made at the berlin conference this is the same speech i made this afternoon during the exchange i had with the president trump because it is in the interest of libya or its neighbors or the whole region but also of europe hundreds of migrants have arrived safely in sicily after they were rescued from the mediterranean is the 1st time a rescue ship has been allowed to dock initially since ports were closed because of the pandemic there are concerns the number of people trying to make the journey is rising for years italy was the main route into europe for migrants and refugees with nearly 660000 arrivals from 2014 to 2019 but a crackdown on smugglers in libya led to a foreign mediterranean crossings this year there's been an upt

the french president emmanuel mccall has made his 1st overseas trip since the current virus outbreak he met the british prime minister forrest johnson in downing street on a visit marking 80 is since child a girl appealed in london for the french people to resist nazi occupation a pair briefly spoke about threats it agreeing on the need to speed up negotiations back home also laid a wreath at a statue of the french resistance neda and watched a fly past by both british and french display teams currently was at downing street where he says there were displays of the tie is binding france and the u.k. . this was a day primarily of 2nd world war commemorations in a year when so many have had to be cancelled because of the virus it was an opportunity for the french president sort of member shell the goals famous calls of the french people which he made in exile in london on b.b.c. radio 2 the french people to say stand up against the nazis at a time when the u.k. was the only country doing that he did it in paris this morning a series of events there for the french presidency and again i

this is news and these are top stories german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccall have met to discuss their proposed multi-billion euro coronavirus rescue package the 2 leaders want to give hard hit new countries grants without the need to repay them. german police are working to identify tens of thousands of online accounts involved in vast pedophile networks authorities found at least $30000.00 digital identities while tracing internet chat room activity linked to a child sex abuse case investigators have already charged several people over their involvement. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has ordered the european union's ambassador to leave the country it comes hours after brussels slapped sanctions on several officials loyal to the president more than 50 countries including much of that you recognize opposition leader won by doe as venezuela's interim president. militants in pakistan have attacked the stock exchange building the country's financial hub pakistani police said the 4 gunmen killed at least 3 people before being shot dead baluchistan separatis