washington trump is pushing ahead with plans to host an impersonal gathering of world leaders in late june merkel's spokes woman said the coronavirus pandemic was likely to prevent her from attending. brazil has surpassed to spain to become the country with the 5th highest number of confirmed corona virus deaths in the world or thora to say more than a 1000 people died there in 24 hours bringing the death toll to nearly $28000.00 the health ministry says there's no way to foresee when infections will pay. thousands have paypal have turned out in the french town of more avoided to protest carmaker cost cutting plans the manufacturer is said to slash $15000.00 jobs worldwide in a restructuring plan prompted by the coronavirus crisis. u.s. president donald trump has announced he'll begin to revoke hong kong's special trade status the move comes in response to new chinese security legislation that gives beijing was say in the running of the territory china has moved ahead with the law which critics say will be used to quassia political dissent britain and the european union have joined in the criticism

washington trump is pushing ahead with plans to host an in person gathering of world leaders in late june but merkel's spokesman said the coronavirus pandemic was likely to prevent her from attending. a locust invasion in india and pakistan is putting food supplies at risk pakistan's economy is already reeling from the coronavirus lockdown and the u.n. says its farming losses could top $5000000000.00. president trump says the u.s. has to cut ties with the world health organization over its handling of the corona virus pandemic trump repeated his claim that the organization is under china's control and said it was pressured by beijing to mislead the world about the outbreak. or us president trump has also announced that he will begin to revoke hong kong's special trade stan is the move comes in response to a new chinese security legislation that gives beijing more say in the running of the territory china has moved ahead with the law which critics say will be used to quasi political dissent now britain also raised concerns about hong kong's autonomy at the un security council the european union joined

angela merkel looks set to decline an invitation from president trump to this year's g. 7 summit in washington trump is pushing ahead with plans to host an impersonal gathering of world leaders in late june about merkel's spokesman said the coronavirus pandemic was likely to prevent her from attending. brazil has surpassed spain to become the country with the 5th highest number of confirmed corona virus deaths in the world or thora he say more than a 1000 people died in 24 hours bringing the death toll to nearly $28000.00 the health ministry says there is no way to foresee when infections will be paid. thousands of people have turned out in the french town of mobile to protest carmaker rent cost cutting plans the manufacturer is set to slash $15000.00 jobs worldwide in a restructuring plan prompted by the coronavirus crisis. and a locust invasion in india and pakistan is putting food supplies at risk pakistan's economy is already reeling from the coronavirus lockdown and the un says its farming losses could top $5000000000.00. u.s. president donald trump has announced he'll begin to revoke hong kong's special trade status the move comes in response to a new chinese security legislation t

angela merkel says social distancing will stay in place until june and face coverings must be worn onublic transport. other elements can resume. here's jenny health. reporter: this countris in a good position, the infection rates have been calling -- falling. spare.is hpital capacity to that has put angela merkel under pressure from 16 states who desperately want to restart their local econoes. at the meeting today, we are told it was very stormy, they agreed they can open shops, restaurants, hotels, albeit with strict social distancing measures, and that germany's professional football ague, the bundesliga can resume mahes, although they must behind closed doors. there are important cavts. people cannot go out and meet up with whoever they would like to. they still have to wear face masks. and the authorities will continue to test and contact trace aggressively. ♪ ura: let's turn to our planet matter series. are focused tonight is the salt in see in california's imperial valley, one of the most polluted areas of the golden state. the obama administration introduced policies to limit

angela merkel is navigating them out of it. social distancing stays into june face masks must be worn in shops and on public transport. outbreaks are identified, new local regional lockdowns must be reimposed. >> we are now at a point er can sayve we have achthwhe aim of spreading dust slowing e spread of the virus -- the aim of slowing the spread of the virus. citizens hav lived responsibly. they have committed to theio restri, thereby saving the lives of others. anchor: angela merkel speaking earlier. we have more from berlin. reporter: this country is in a good position. avinfectionsbeen falling, that has put angel merkel under pressure from the leaders of 16r local economies. at the meeting they agreed they can open shops, restaurants, hotels, albeit with strict social distancing measures and germany'sl professiootball league can resume matches, although ty must be held behind closed doors. peoplean't go out and meet up with whoever they would like. they have to wear face masks on puic transport andn sps and authorities will test and contact tce. angela mer

. >>> all right, german chancellor angela merkel is facing a backlash after extending social distancing measures through the end of juneers are particularly upset about eu travel restrictions. they say it's killing the tour bus industry and hundreds of thousands of jobs are on the line. let's go live to berlin and bring in frederik pleitgen, where those bus drivers are clearly signaling their unhappiness. [ honking ] >> reporter: definitely, christine. genuinely signaling their unhappiness, and i'm also noticing just how loud they are. there are about 600 buses protesting here in berlin, part of a nationwide protest here in germany, as we can really see, christine, that angela merkel right now is almost a victim of her own success. one of the things that we've been talking about in the past is that germany has been very successful at fighting the coronavirus. obviously, the death toll here in this country's still very low. and now there's been industries that are saying, it's time to bring business back because business is on the brink of collapsing completely. the tour bus industry, and really, the entire european tra

chancellor angela merkel's government hopes to return to normal operation at its land boundaries in mid-june as the spread of the coronavirus remains under control. air travel will remain restricted. germany's huge economy and its location, bordering nine european countries, gives the country a crucial role in reviving travel in the region. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. vonnie? vonnie: thank you. let's check where indices have settled in your. buts not a pretty picture, who would expected to be after all of the data this morning all of the date of this morning and the row between angela merkel and christine lagarde. the ftse 100 down 1.5%. one of the bright spots is u.k. homebuilders after there was a blueprint for reopening the economy that included getting homebuilders and realtors back to work. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: welcome back to bloomberg markets. this is "european close." i am vonnie quinn in new york. now to a bloomberg exclusive.

come up at the g-7 summit that president trump hoped to host in june, but he has now postponed it after german's chancellor angela merkelar she would not travel to the united states in the pandemic. >> brennan: we go now to west port, connecticut, and dr. scott gottlieb. good to see you again. >> doctor: thank you. >> brennan: we were speaking earlier with the mayor of atlanta, who told her constituents, if you were in these protests, you need to go get yourself a covid-19 test. when you look at this, these large-scale gatherings around the country, what is your prediction of what this will mean? >> doctor: well, look, there is going to be a lot of issues coming out of what happened in the last weekment one is going to be that change of transmission will have become lit from these gatherings. and minnesota, one of the hard-hit states, where you've seen large mass gatherings, that state has been seeing an uptake in cases to begin with, even before these protests started, we have seen rising hospitalizations. this country is not through this epidemic. it continuing to expand, but at a much slower rate, but it is still exp

-- they need to spend time and perhaps when they get together in june there will not be in agreement at that point. vonnie: angela merkel to think about with lufthansa as well. a lot going on there. what you imagine the timeline will be given that sooner is better for these countries. maria: we are being told european leaders will gather on july 19. we have some weeks to wait. they need to be seen as fighting hard for their tax figures. this is what makes the talks difficult. all of these prime ministers and heads of state need to come to brussels and show they are fighting for their tax basis. for countries that do have physical buffers, for countries that will be net payers into the budget, they need to show they are doing this for a reason. there have tohow be difficult talks. we are already being told this will take a physical meeting in brussels to get the deal approved. until now, european leaders have been meeting via conference because they cannot enable a traveler get together. -- because they have not been able to travel or get together. there are rumors this will take a physical meeting in brussels. vonnie: w

german chancellor angela merkel says the goal is to end border controls by june 1550 outbreak is under control. austria and germany by the way have already agreed to relax their border, starting in mid-june. >>in the uk, the london underground is showing an increase in number of people in the uk returned to work today if they could not work from home, uk is easing lockdown measures but does want to avoid people overcrowding of the public transport there. there is already an increase in traffic from cars in london in the capital is exploring other options for commuters like walking biking in using scooters. and if you are planning on taking a flight anytime soon be sure to bring your facial coveaing with you there, but he's got to now it's not only a requirement on board most planes as kron 4 says the new reports it's mandatory. >>inside at least one airport terminal as well. >>most major airlines are now requiring passengers to wear facial coverings upland boarding the plane, i'm a fan of it i think anything we can do to help protect ourselves and everyone else we should. >>do with san

those crisis talks between chancellor merkel and the country's auto industry executives have wrapped with out in the green but now a new round of talks is planned for june. german flag carrier loved ones as also desperately seeking help from the government in the form of a bailout but it is pleading with berlin not to involve itself into the allen states day management and business we got into this crisis through no fault of our own set c.e.o. cost. tons us annual shareholder meeting which was conducted online spore argues that the company's management and strategy are solid pointing to 2019 a year with record passenger numbers and record revenues a government rescue package for the airline could be worth 10000000000 euros according to most recent discussions let's bring in he's an aviation industry expert and joins us from the hamburg mr speight what do you think is going to become a full of tons of actually i'm fairly optimistic in a way as bad as the situation is right now look times are is really in a much better shape and has been in a much better shape prior to the crisis and i think they probably might come out even a bit stronger in the competit

angela merkel's government hopes to return to normal operations at land boundaries in maine -- in june travel will remain restricted. germany's huge economy and location, bordering nine countries, gives them a crucial role in reviving travel in the region. the u.s. supreme court wrapped up two weeks of argument by telephone because of the pandemic. they heard cases about president trump's tax records, religiousives and text disputes. the decisions are expected by early summer. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: the u.s. economy remains unpredictable. it depends on the course of the disease. that makes economist' jobs even harder. we got some projections. is q2 sees aation steep decline. strong centrale growth in the second half was 29 q4.3 and 11 in from that perspective it is a fairly rapid recovery. if you look at the year on year rates which might give you a better sense of the underlying trend, we are at almost 13% in the sec

angela merkel's government hopes to return to normal operations at its planned boundaries in mid juneng as the spread of the coronavirus remains under control. air travel will remain restricted. germany's huge economy and its location ordering nine european countries gives the country a crucial role in reviving travel in the region. 's's president trump former camping -- president trump's former team pain chairman has been released from the pennsylvania prison to home confinement. paul manafort was serving a 7.5 year sentence. his attorney says the 71-year-old does not have the virus, but is at risk because of other medical conditions. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david? david: thank you so much, mark. jay powell said he thinks there may have to be more fiscal stimulus. we will talk with senator tina smith from the state of minnesota. that is coming up next on "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: welcome back to

german prime minister angela merkel said earlier this week that she would like all emergency bord controls in europe's 26-natn schengen zone removed by june 15. also in germany, the country's premier soccer league, bundesliga, resumed play today, without fans. it's the world's first major soccer league to start up, following a two-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. in greece, more than 500 public beaches reopened today as the country experienced its first heat wavof the year. beachgoers were required to keep their distance as officials stipulated how many people could be on the beach, and exactly how far apart umbrellas needed to be. reopening beaches is the first major easing of greece's coronavirus lockdown. to date, it has had jt a fraction of the cases of many neighboring countries, including turkey. starting tomorrow, greeks will be allowed to attend church, and tourism officials hope to welcome back foreigners in july. brazil's health minister resigned last night after just one month on the job. the shakeup comes as the number of coronavirus infections in brazil continues to rise. dr. nelson teich did not provide a reason

they being given a boost by angular merkel's cabinet they backing a decision that would see germans able to travel to 31 different european nations from the 15th of june while berlin is keen to open up borders some of its european partners of more reticent about loosening restrictions any time soon. for other countries like for instance italy the situation there is certainly a problematic one the number of new infections is still very similar to france and spain so there's no press mate at this point for a speedy opening of the border it's only for its part isn't waiting around to open up to travelers june the 3rd is the day it is set aside senior figures in the rome government see the possibility of visitors heading to the shoals as much needed relief for the tourism industry after some really dark times a level below working so as altering 15 we can all start a new together in europe for tourism june 15th is a bit of a european. however there are serious concerns coronavirus hasn't gone anywhere and the lifting of lockdown last weekend between milan and naples showed people aren't all that keen on social distancing after having being locked down at

they being given a boost by angular merkel's cabinet they backing a decision that would see germans able to travel to 31 different european nations for the 15th of june italy for its part isn't waiting around to open up to travelers june the 3rd is the day it is set aside senior figures in the rome government see the possibility of visitors heading to the shoals as much needed relief for the tourism industry after some really dark times we are working so that on june the 15th we can all start anew together in europe for tourism in june the 15th is a bit of a european d.-day however there are serious concerns coronavirus hasn't gone anywhere and the lifting of lockdown last weekend between milan and naples showed people aren't all that keen on social distancing after having being locked down at home for 2 months but i don't know if i would like to avoid close and don't places to protect those who are working but it's equally clear that this weekend has not been peaceful and we get a repeat of that. criticism as things happen which can't be ignored never in the local police went to the beaches to sanction the rule breakers who are not respecting the me

german said alor angela merkel meeting of the united states depends on the state of the coronavirus pandemic at the time. president trump recently said a meeting recently scheduled june 10, canceled and might be rescheduled soon. his spokesperson said -- to not say whether her decision will be based on the number of cases in germany in the united states or among potential participants. japanese prime minister shinzo abe is open to deliver on his promise to keep businesses and households afloat with the world a guest virus response package. the $1.1 trillion plan will be funded by a second parliamentary budget that breaks the record only last month. officials say the coronavirus outbreak is slowing. russian president vladimir putin today was told plans to begin lockdown on june 1. or the 171,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, nearly half of all of the infections in the country. president trump's earning to regulate or shutdown social media companies. twitter,is aimed at which began fact checking his tweets. the president tweeted that social media sites are trying to silence conservative voices. there is no evidence he has the ability to shut them down. global news, 24 h

in june pushing it back to september now this followed the news that the german leader angela merkel was not going to attend the summit president trump what to that in person he didn't want a virtual summit despite the ongoing efforts to tail the pandemic but then he added another statement in his comments to reporters describing the g 7 as an outdated organization saying that he was going to invite other countries to the summit such as russia south korea australia and india now this is creating an absolute crisis into. the u.s. relations with its g 7 partners it is something that is going to escalate in the days weeks and months ahead and some might contend it classic president from creating yet another controversy yet another crisis as his country comebacks a pandemic the lead in deaths from the pandemic and as his country contends why it spread protests against the killing of yet another black man by a white police officer all right on my kind of there in washington d.c. mike thank you let's cross over now to under gallagher he has been following events in miami and joins us live

merkel attended closed ceremonies for victory in europe. the e.u. is pushing for a ban on nonessential travel to europe to be extended until june e.u. countries started blocking foreigners from entering in mid march to stop the spread of the virus now the european commission is proposing an extension to the external border closures until june 15th currently only health care workers and researches from non countries canada. after weeks of lockdown residents living in barcelona are now able to go out and get some fresh sea air one of the city's beaches has reopened for exercise but it's only open for 3 hours in the morning as the state of emergency has been extended for another 2 weeks but for reads everything this i.p.o. is like birdsong like you are being like water sports. or both of those i think the or being. locked for 7 weeks in the house is like always working you know what's. being outside pushing the water or someone who doesn't like water sports is very important. to spine spain having the 2nd highest number of infections in the world one small village has so far managed to stay virus free have made a deal about in the sout

merkel says if you want to know what it looks like come away for the talks to end. easyjet is planning to resume flights from junea small number of roots will restart where there is demand for flights. initially, that will comprise of domestic flying in the u.k. and france. it comes as airlines around the world are trying to resume operations. and that is your bloomberg business flash. anna? zone,matt, in the euro the frugal four appear to be fighting back. 4 governments are set to release their own plans to fund the economic recovery in a challenge to a proposal sent out by angela merkel and emmanuel macron. austria, the netherlands, denmark, and sweden will publish their framework later this week or next. the opposition comes that despite the fact, in france and germany's plan, those two nations would be shouldering the largest portion of the cost. karen ward is still with us. it seems like we had a breakthrough in terms of burden sharing within the euro zone in terms -- in the shape of the merkel-macron plan. the frugal 4 threatened to change or disrupt that. is there risk for peripheral bond yields and spread