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the band achieved international fame with hits like dust for del alto bon and trans europe express. now in the united states as the number of those succumbing to the coronavirus rises health care professionals are taking the time to celebrate the positives of one hospital in texas a long term patient's recovery from covert 90 was an occasion to twist and shout. don't sing this dress the way and celebrates in one of their hard earned successes . 'd these nurses at st joseph's hospital in the u.s. state of california she made to the sounds of a mariachi band. the dk she wasn't just the annual cinco de maya holiday celebrations in parts of mexico and also the u.s. . it was also to mark the recovery of long suffering patient amanda mendoza. finally discharged from hospital he spent the last 45 days that battling kovac 19. amid so much bleak sneeze finding these moments of joy has become all the more important. that. you have to celebrate when you catch and with that now you're up to date there on the news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us don't forget you can al

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the band achieved international fame with hits like this one del autobahn and trans europe express. here's a summary of what germany's safety there is agreed on their video conference with chancellor angela merkel earlier today it is being left to 16 state governments to decide for themselves how and when to reopen daycares restaurants and hotels the local governments must respond quickly if there is a spike in new infections social distancing rules are to be extended for another month but members of 2 separate households will now be allowed to meet and large events like concerts and festivals remain banned until the end of the summer but football fans can look forward to the bundesliga season being allowed to resume in late may with restrictions. and the united states as the number of those succumbing to the coronavirus rises health care professionals are taking the time to celebrate the positives at one hospital in texas the long term patients recovery from covert 19 was an occasion to twist and shout. dancing the stress away and celebrating one of their hard successes. these nurs

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europe. thank you for your time. the president of fedex express europe.f as it grapples with plunging travel due to the pandemic. the company also said it would scale back or halt newer initiatives such as investments in hotels and luxury resorts and flights. the firm is bracing for revenues to drop by half or worse this year. germany was in the constitutional court has given the european central bank freeman —— months to prove a programme was justified despite some of its potential negative impacts. purchases could continue under the court's ruling, but the german bundesbank might not be able to participate. gloom in the house of mouse — walt disney suffered a $1.4 billion hit to profits in the first three months of the year as it closed its parks, cancelled movie releases and reduced advertising sales. every part of its business was affected by coronavirus, nearly wiping out profits for the quarter. disney chairman bob iger said the firm was facing "unprecedented" challenges but he was confident of recovery. a first sign of this — the firm is already pl

europe. china's president xi has expressed concern about the coronavirus situation in neighbouring north korea offered to help fight the pandemic. north korea says it has not recorded a single case of the virus. this week, click looks at the latest temperature—tracking gadgets and explores whether they can help in the fight against coronavirus. this week: can taking your temperature stop the spread of coronavirus? or will genetics be the answer? or maybe you're just trying to drown out the noise. shall i, shan‘t i, shall i, shan‘t i? maybe not just now. gotta happen soon, though, hasn't it? welcome, hope you're well. lara is online too. how are you, mate? i'm good, thanks! i tried to edit out my roots before posting a picture on social media yesterday. laughter. didn't work — had to give up! your hair is going to get crazy soon, isn't it? listen, i've got something to cover up that hair if you're interested. take a look at this. 0h goodness, that looks a bit dramatic! yeah, it is a thermal imaging helmet. now the idea is it can quickly screen people to check for fever. it's already being used

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are questioning why countries lower should be subsidizing countries in southern europe with higher per capita expressing some concerns so the money from the recovery fund will come through slowly. the money that will come through quickly is from the ecb. we don't have the breakdown yet of the pandemic emergency program by country but the suspicion is that they bought something in the order of 100 billion euros worth of italian bonds over the last couple months. that money is hitting now. we'll find out about the details next week when it's released what they have line by line for the lst couple months. we'll also find out whether they are going to upside again. there's a long-term solution that's being pushed through and the sticking part being applied by the ecb >> can i ask you a much broader question about the debate that seems to be raging around inflation. i think in the short to medium term, bnks have yield curves under control. the bigger question is ultimately whether all of this begins to move the needle on inflation data which means you'd have to do a big shift in the kind of fixed income prod

expression. >> you mentioned earlier that some u.s. companies are not operating necessarily in europe. susan: for example, our group had a session in vienna. don't ask me what the acronym stands for. in any event, we had dinner with the u.s. ambassador. from a government in virginia. his wife was commenting she could no longer get the virginia times. the reason is they shut off because of gdpr and not wanting to be liable, they have shut off access to european citizens. >> are we heading toward a bifrocated world wide web? susan: the internet is fractured. you have a number of different internets. you have china. russia is trying to replicate that in large measure, where they control input and output. you have certainly the rules in europe and they are working to address liability. some of the rules involving platform behavior this year. and then of course you have what is going on in the u.s. we share values with europe in large measure. working together, i think is beneficial on both sides of the atlantic, even if we don't come up with necessarily the same approach. in terms of deali

europe alone. the president -- celebrations erupted all over the world including in the united states. americans gather together to express a range of emotions. they're euphoria, friends and families would be coming home. the grief for hundreds of thousands who would never set foot on american soil again, and the fear for those service members still fighting the pacific. but for a moment, the world celebrated the hope of peace. >> i wish -- had lived to see this day. their lives -- the forces of germany have surrendered to the united nation. >> after more than five years of conflict the war which had decimated families towns and cities, came to an end via and unconditional surrender on may 8th 1945. >> the flags of freedom fly all over europe. the power of our people to defend themselves against all enemies will be proved in the pacific war as it was proved in europe. ♪ ♪. whether you wore a uniform, built a plane in a factory or grew vegetables in your garden, we want to thank you for your sacrifice to our nation. ♪ ♪ >> when i was a kid, almost every adult over the age of 30 was a member of the greatest generation. my u

striving to create a sustainable future of clever projects from europe and to india eco. 90 minutes on the job you. grappling with such an. expressive feeling. i am not very creative yet but i would love to be considered an artist mandate looking for new perspectives to do it and not really replace a previous candidate doing things differently. come to the place where we reflect on society arts. coupon teetotal. i'm going crazy thing in all the time. how to handle our new lives in times of the koran a pandemic w reporter your job just like everyone else and she's looking for answers and thankfully with the help of pleading expect a few of them well. thank you is not life as we know it we're all in this together our new web series. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all descend into just 3 of the topics covered and a weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like and information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at dot com we look forward slash science. out of the. this was news live from

coronas state of affairs as it will be discussed in europe of course the question of the balances will come up again because it's sort of an expression also who benefits more for example from the currency union all right our financial correspondent conrad burns reporting for us thank you very much. the international monitor. funding is worried about an economic collapse in brazil the country went through a major recession in 2016 and has just begun to stabilize the current covered $1000.00 pandemic is threatening a full recovery. from up here it all looks peaceful the statue of christ the redeemer overlooking the copacabana. but just downstairs father or mar has to conduct mass as a life stream as no visitors are allowed in his chapel the beaches are empty to the city of rio de janeiro under lockdown with tens of thousands infected with corona virus and $600.00 dying every day and yet the government wants to shut down to end warning of an economic collapse. or go toward it though this idea that the economy is less important because life is 1st is not true i have always said that both of them have to be treated responsibly. the i.m.f.

expressions of generosity. there were 6 million jews in europe who wanted nothing but a safe place to go and where was roosevelt there? when rights consist of special privileges and positive benefits, rights kill freedom. wrong rights are the source of abusive political power. it was years before i realized this. years after i first got interested in politics before i realized the central issue of politics is power, not freedom. kill, not screw. only an idiot wouldn't have seen this and i was one. i wasn't alone. liberals, moderates, even some conservatives considered the sweeping give me rights created by half a century of social welfare programs to be extensions of freedom and the opportunity rights since, people were given the opportunity to not starve to death. it is not a purely evil way of looking at things and not all the social welfare programs were bad but the electorate, the candidates him and me, failed to properly scrutinize social welfare programs. it was not that we failed to examine whether they were needed or needed a well or poorly run but we failed to look at the enormous power being taken fro

75 years since the end of the 2nd world war in europe many fell silent to remember one of the world's worst conflicts and the british prime minister expressed his gratitude of us who were born since 945 are acutely conscious that we have everything we most value to the generation who won the 2nd world war today we celebrate their achievement we remember their sacrifice. then it been. on may the 8th 1945 britons who will time prime minister winston churchill addressed the nation nazi germany he told them had surrendered to the allied forces had crushed naziism in fascism after years of war time restrictions people kicked back celebrating but hours in crowding the streets. how different it looks now with all public gatherings and commemorations counseled because of the coronavirus pandemic. and britain cities towns and villages marking the day in homes and gardens for nearly 7 weeks people have lived in looked down on these parties our way of coming together safely staying apart a way of showing unison just like communities did 75 years ago. and queen elizabeth 2 was a 19 year old princess and the day has been a constant since then today it m

generosity for roosevelt declarations like freedom from want are never expressions of generosity there were 6 million jews in europe who wanted nothing but a safe place to go and where was roosevelt there? when special privileges and benefits killed freedom they are the source of abusive political power years before i realized i first got interested in politics i realize the central issue of politics is power, not freedom kill. only an idiot would not have seen this and i was one i was not alone. moderates and conservatives consider those sweeping give me rights from the social welfare programs to be extensions of freedom with the opportunity people were given the opportunity to not starve to death is not purely evil way to look at it and not all social welfare programs were bad but the candidates failed to properly scrutinize those programs it's not that we failed to examine if the programs were needed or not but what we failed to look at was the enormous power being taken from people and give into politics with that freedom be turned into power the politicians are careless they are cynical about delivering them t

europe's tourism industry which took a major victory to me. this is of course due to the news live from berlin that more headlines top the hour on express or just watch. stories of people who are old over information they provide. the fans they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. and. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when will all of this and i'm sure just through the time.

have to come up with some narrative, for why europe is moving pretty quickly toward something that looks like normality. no sign of a vaccine yet but the expressmdesivir, approved following successful trials so that is looking ahead and something perhaps that is offering more reassurance. let‘s go on to the telegraph though because lovely photographs on the front there of a couple getting married, a doctor and a nurse both on the front line, in sickness and in health. of course a wedding i‘m like so many others in this new era. it looks like a movie, doesn‘t it, they are both so attractive and of course the story is so romantic. it is this rather chilling quote that we wanted to celebrate while we were still able to do before we got else so it is this inevitability of medics on the front line in mind and they would get ill and give special dispensations and have the wedding in the chapel at saint thomas is hospital. and the reverend had a p pa re ntly hospital. and the reverend had apparently helped them arrange it because as we know so many weddings being cancelled but they managed to get their big day and she had to rush out and buy the dres

europe and the u.s. loosen their lockdowns against the coronavirus, health experts are expressing growing dread over what they say is an all but certain second wave of deaths and infections that could force governments to clamp back down again." is a second wave, in your opinion, all but certain at this point? >> eamon, definitely. i think every expert agrees on that, once we start opening things up, we're going to have the second wave and we'll have what people are calling the third wave, a coming back in the fall. what's happening in the second wave is we're starting to go out, starting to get closer together. we're not necessarily doing that social distancing and when that happens, when we come out of of our houses and our apartments and start going outside, we know that people are going to get closer together, they're going to be often spreading the virus they don't know they have, and so the cases are going to go up. the critical part here is knowing those cases are going to go up and doing something about it to make sure they don't go too high, we don't have the wildfires of epidemics and pandemics

expressed skepticism about clarke and as a treatment. joining us from washington with the view from there thank you. france and germany have announced a half a trillion euro plan to help europe weather the worst crisis in decades the proposal for a rescue fund to boost the sectors of the economy hit hardest by the coronavirus lockdowns it's an about face for german chancellor angela merkel for weeks germany has resisted the idea of collective e.u. debt to absorb the pandemics economic shock. 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 presents its aid package berlin and paris are rushing through a joint initiative for economic recovery in a bid to put this crippling face behind them. in a joint news conference with the french president chancellor angela merkel stressed the coronavirus pandemic is in danger in european unity. most that is 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 provided that if this is the result of the

europe has been marking the 75th anniversarof the defeat of na zi germany in the second world war. events are scaled down because of the pandemic. the president expressedtude for the country's liberation for the nazis. a moment of silence was led by prince charles and his wife camilla in scotland. nicholas witchell reports. nicholas: in streets largely deserted due to the lockdown, britain remembered and gave thanks for the day when the second world war in europe came to an end. the nation's tribute led by the prince of wales with the duchess of cornwall at the war memorial. a cannon marked the start of the two-minute silence and moments of remembrance across the nation. [silence] nicholas: as the silence ended, the prince of wales laid his wreath in tribute to the second world war generation, which overcame the tyranny of nazi germany. the coshad been high, nearly 400 members of britain's armed services lost their lives and a further 60,000 civilians. over the white cliffs near dover, two spitfires, the wartime aircraft, flying today in remembrance of the feud. linking communities with the events of 75 years ago as today's political leaders gave tribu

street artists have given expression to their perspectives on the corona pandemic some with a sorely needed twinkle of humor others with urgent messages to a weary public. one of europe's best known street artist sam sends up the appeal to everyone to stay at home for street artists as the term implies staying at home is hardly an option the street is their studio. is the biggest thing in the world at the moment so it's not really a surprise that you're seeing it come out on the streets that artist artist tend to take from the world i'm putting out where they can. lynn's power park is where the city's street artists come together here they create one corona inspired mural after another legally bookie savage and me freethinker have themselves been infected with the spirit of the times and put their vision on the wall in spite of the lockdown. where wearing gloves wear wearing masks you know this is probably better protected than most people. well. there's always a point where you need to get out and do it on a wall and can be found in the most daily one of his latest works depicts the obsessive gollum from lord of the rings together with this world from the ice age movi

europe uninion said chinia was in breach of its international l commitmentnts. >> the view of hong kong from above is stunning. what is happening in the city is straining e.u. relationspolice. e.u. foreign ministers expressedoncern but took no action at least for now. >> we will continue trying to put pressure on the chinese authorities. >> he said he did not think sanctions were the rightht way o solve the problems with china. the e.u. is being cautious. leaders hope delicate negotiations will give european companies more access to the huge chinese market. brussels would like to bring beijing on board in climate tatas. renewed d unrest in hongng kongs led to calls for the summit scheduled in germany to be canceled. berlin disagrees. >> you might also come to the opposite conclusion and say it is especially important for the european union to set unified and cohesive at the table and be able to discuss the uncomfortable topics. >> but it is not clear whether the e.u. has the clout to put pressure on china. beijing taking more control over hong kong is a key issue for them. -- provisioning. -- for beijing, takiking more control over hong kong is a key issue. phil: members of rival bus companies and should b

75 years since the end of the 2nd world war in europe many fell silent to remember one of the world's worst conflicts and the british prime minister expressed his gratitude all of us who were born since 945 are acutely conscious that we are everything we most value to the generation who won the 2nd world war today we celebrate their achievement we remember their sacrifice. on may the 8th 1945 britain's water time prime minister winston churchill addressed the nation nazi germany he told them had surrendered the allied forces had crushed naziism and fascism after years of war time restrictions people kicked back celebrating but hours and crowding the streets. how different it looks now with all public gatherings and commemorations canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic and britain cities towns and villages marking feed a in homes and gardens but nearly 7 weeks people have lived in lockdown and these parties are way of coming together safely staying apart a way of showing unison just like communities did 75 years ago. and queen elizabeth who was a 19 year old princess on the day has been a constant since then. it may seem hard that reco

just this idea of going and expressing yourselves for people who never did that their whole life but look it's happening in france, europe u.s. so the memory is there that's for sure i think it's still in everyone's mind, not just the people who participated but also the people who are managing the state the government whatever they are whatever the outcome has seen it's in everybody's mind. this is a great question. it's why it is a wonderful book it really goes back to the meaning. not to the explanation means a lot. it is a moment that will shake for generations to come. >> just add quick word of evidence is the events just in the last year. in each case they're doing what they knew so it's a lie. >> great thank you so much. there is a question, seems like a lot of questions relate to pass forward start the question to who they ask in a few words and in general terms what are the main optical in the middle east. democracy the solution? >> those are both good and hard questions i appreciate the question and i have a few words. tunisia proves there is no cultural impediments to democracy is not a problem as a country th

express. the blog facebook and twitter up to date and in touch with. the to. play . this is d w news live from berlin dr a for the u.k. now has europe's highest death toll from the drawn up fire over 32 people have died for that and it's an 8 the british government says it's too soon to pass judgment 12 scientists say it's clear that testing gallant too late also coming up germany has won praise for.

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expressions. nor should it be collapsed into today's nativist plurist populism in the united states or, for that matter, europe in the modern united states, populist politics is to much avail and placing itself in different and ever-changing political spectrums. a form of political mobilization and expression of discontent in response to recurring crises of representation within the u.s. form of representative democracy. third, there is the emergence of the diffuse language of some form of state reality, involving the public constitutional state and some hidden and more powerful entity beside it. in secuin securitizing governme. this never continued into discourse. talked about the existence of what he called a dual state in his aforementioned 1955 study of the u.s. state department. dual state composed of the rule-bound regular state hierarchy and a more or less hidden security hierarchy, which would act in parallel to the former, yet also monitor and exert control over its decisions. the best selling book by journalist david weiss and thomas roth cia and u.s. intelligence published in '64, sting wshed betwee

europe has been marking the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany in the second world war. events are dramatically scaled down because of the coronavirus pandemic. at a ceremony in berlin, the german president expressedratitude for the country's liberation from the nazis. here in the uk, a two—minute silence was been held and led by prince charles and his wife, camilla, from scotland, and the queen will address the nation in an hour's time. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. in streets largely deserted due to the lockdown, britain remembered and gave thanks for the day when the second world war in europe came to an end. the nation's tribute was led by the prince of wales, with the duchess of cornwall, at the war memorial on the balmoral estate. a cannon at edinburgh castle marked the start of the two minutes‘ silence, and carefully managed moments of remembrance across the nation. at balmoral, as the silence ended, the prince of wales laid his wreath in tribute to the second world war generation which overcame the tyranny of nazi germany. the cost had been high. nearly 400,000 members of britain's armed services lost their lives in the second world war, and a further 60,000 civilian

plains, and its distinct party political expressions, nor should it be collapsed into today's nativist, populism in the united states or for that matter europe. in the modern united states, populist politics has been profoundly machiavellian placing atop different ends of ever changing political spectrums. time and kwen it's been available as a form of political motivation, an expression of discontent in response to recurring crises of representation within the u.s. form of representative democracy. and third, there is the emergence of a diffuse language about some form of state duality involving the public constitutional state and some more hidden and powerful entity besides it. as a permanent feature of political rule in securitized government in the era of the national security state and the government, coming into view, this language never cohered into a single discourse. talked about the existence of what he called the dual state in his aforementioned 1955 study of the u.s. state department. a dual composed of the rule bound regular state hierarchy and a more or less hidden security hierarchy which would act in parallel to the former, y

express, bringing fuel and ammunition to the front. by the end of september 1944, there are 40 divisions in europe, four more and route. 21 divisions in the pacific. the germans attacked the ardennes, the battle of the bulge in december of 1944. americans were hoping to keep a strategic reserve in america, between five and 15 divisions, but everybody is sent to europe at this point. there are three army groups by the beginning of the battle of the bulge. montgomery's 21st army group, bradley's 12th group, and devers'six group. the allies had 87 divisions and 6000 tanks. the germans had 50-some divisions and like 1500 tanks. so eisenhower said they needed more combat power. there are more people responsible for supply in world war ii than there are combat soldiers. even though he has got 1.5 million soldiers in europe, only about 350,000 are actually combat soldiers, if that tells you how much stuff an army consumes. so he starts stripping the logistics companies of typist, mechanics, cooks, starts sending those guys to the front to be infantrymen. the allies beat back the german offensive in the ardennes that had begun on december 16,