the digital revolution is already in full swing here in the fields of northern germany a thermometer transmits data from the asparagus crop. is that they're sending out signals for many here is it not also it's the 1st smartphone assisted harvest that asparagus farmer hina bottles has ever done. that you're all going to get an idea of when we can actually start harvesting thought. what makes the optimal count for modern day are a farming that's what breed a consultant. wants to find out. by seeking out super sperm that can optimize the others for modern milking machines but how does it work. what we're doing here has nothing to do with traditional new. which many people might like to imagine forget of course their. corn has a new enemy it's small but not to be underestimated it can destroy entire crops could a drone help to keep it but i turned my hopes our hero. could digital technology outperform nature. it's light spring and an experiment is about to begin burned maya is an amateur drone pilot and he works for a co-operative see bridges that's carrying out a test that is also a sp

in recent years as well large chunks of gum cotton have been found on the beaches of northern germany because time region peter phones is constantly on the lookout while on his favorite beach his most recent find was in 2015. experts believe that germany's north sea coast is home to 1300000 tons of munitions with another 300000 tons on the country's baltic coast. stefan nehring is a marine biologist who has been tracking underwater ordinance for years. in 2003 he was asked by the authorities to examine dumps of poison gas near the north sea island of helgoland marin was astonished to see the sheer number of munitions dumping sites marked on movie cool charts from the area. in. which i knew there were ordinance dumps primarily poison gas in the strait of scott iraq and off the island of borneo. but seeing all these areas marked right off our coast was completely new to me and learning that we have far more accidents than previously known if you look at statements from the authorities back then they refer to a few handfuls of incidents caused by underwater munitions but my research has

it caught her in a is a farmer in northern germany he doesn't know where to look 1st at the cloudless sky or the dry cracking soil at his feet germany hasn't seen any significant rainfall in a month. of farms barley wheat and rapeseed on 140 hectares of land through the thick cracks in the soil are getting more. if it stays like it is now than in maine in june you'll be able to stick your hand into the crack up to the elbow and we'll have considerable reduction in our yields it will be like 28 teams we'll have a 40 to 50 percent loss the trees are already suffering from a lack of water what's more harmful bark beetles continue to spread in forests and parks the situation has become critical in many places in the park we can already see that the drought is making itself felt growth is slowing down growth in the trees and in the meadows to tomas on ft from the a r d weather editorial office is monitoring the situation he explains it's already become dramatic especially in the region in red. in the east the drought of the last 2 years hasn't recovered at all over the winter it wasn't goo

they've been living at their station for 2 weeks in the small town of bergen on the island of northern germany's coast to avoid infection. that's in german chancellor angela merkel's constituency so she called them up to thank them for they did occasion but i thought it was a prank and hung up a 2nd call did go through press office fun to assure them that they had actually been speaking to. our corona. 19 special on d w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we're. just 3 of the topics covered and weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic can also find us at. science. fiction to us humans used to only seeing all cells governing with these monkeys in thailand as well. eventually levels dropped and other studies suggest that germany might even reach its climate goals. down causes the economy to produce much less c o 2. so is the coronavirus good for the planet this is the news with special coverage of the covert 19. years in berlin welcome to factories devoid of workers thousands of flights canceled empty street

to give some snow i think in the balkans on the higher ground and the wind has died down in northern germany so we are action that is basically over iberia where it still shows on shore breeze and cody starts the day in a good part of morocco particular high ground with temps is held in the teens and this is still also quite a breeze dancer egypt through zoo time and towards chat where the engine is still 40 degrees. perception is validation only want to be seen but in one light we cannot see everything but we rely on experiences of. the legacies of previous generations. i think testimony we've got you know very little . with. documentaries that open your eyes on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our top stories now china has recorded more than 100 new infections its highest in 6 weeks most came from people arriving from overseas but no new cases have been reported in a province where the outbreak was 1st detected on the economic front all prices have risen after major producers agreed to their biggest ever output current world is oversupply because of a price

to give some snow i think in the balkans on the higher ground and the wind has died down in northern germany so while the action is basically over iberia where it still shows on shore breeze and cody starts the day in a good part of morocco particular high ground with temps is held in the teens and this is still also quite a breeze dancer egypt through sudan and towards chad or the engine is still a 40 degrees. there are people in the world all forms of verification to just go away so we need people fighting against reality check to see if it's a fake video may be in syria but in a different they risk a great deal to find out the truth in very complex situations that include major global players will be targeted by cyber attacks from russia there are dangers to this kind of reading. truth and approach truth work on 00. 0. 0. caliber again the top stories on al-jazeera the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the u.k. has now topped 10000 i have to the prime minister boris johnson was also discharged from hospital on sunday thanking medical workers for saving his life. italy has

police arresting four suspected members of the extremist group in various locations around northern germany. >> prosecutors say the men were planning to attack u.s. air force bases in germany and also attack people who criticized islamic beliefs. they joined isis last year and had contact with several high-ranking members. we will bring it to you. jillian: let's get to this other fox news alert, it is the governor as hands. >> donald trump shifting on who should take charge of reopening the economy which had been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. >> reporter: the president is reaching out to all 50 governors, working to implement their individual plans, saying some states are more ready than others. >> governors are responsible, they have to take charge and do a great job and we will suggest they check people through tests or otherwise coming into their state and they run their states very strong. >> there is no time for fighting. >> i put my hand out in total partnership and cooperation. if he wants to fight he will not get it from me. period. this is going to take us working together.

we will take you to northern germany with a live look at the situation there. back in a moment. >>> wrong. ridiculous. sloppy. that's how a government spokesman describes a damning report on the u.k.'s early coronavirus response. "sunday times" reports boris johnson was missing in action and that the government missed opportunities to slow the virus in late january and february. the u.k. government released a point-by-point response saying it's normal for the relevant secretary to chair cabinet meetings. the prime minister has been at the helm and the government took the right steps at the right time. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins us. good to see you, nic. like the united states, the u.k. is being criticized. how damaging is all of this and how is the u.k. government pushing back? we described a little bit of it there, but just go into some depth what they're saying about this report in the "sunday times." >> reporter: "sunday times" is a widely read paper with a large history of investigative reporting. the government has gone to a po

financial markets by creating so-called corona bots but the idea was resisted by richard northern states including germany the netherlands and finland. a foreign backed regard who is following the story for us from brussels about tell us what exactly is in the steel . there was a big sigh of relief in all 27 capitals of the european union the finance ministers in the euro group struck this deal late in the night after 2 days of fia's negotiations of bargaining and bickering and. sent a no the part of his finance minister the head of the euro group said these are bowed and bishes decisions we made it and all of shows the german finance minister said this is a great day for sort of derry t. and it's also a great day for their european union because the union can act so in the deal itself contains 3 components firstly there is a loan guarantee by the european investment bank in luxembourg 200000000000 euros for small sized and medium sized companies the secondly there is a new unemployment scheme to finance unemployment benefits in poorer member states worth 100000000000 euros by the e.u. commission made ava

of fund of this proportion but the question is what that might look like germany has made its position clear so of other northern european countries right melinda just just briefly and other thing that called it say yesterday was that germany's well being dependent on europe being well what does she mean by that well germany is an export world class exporter as we know and 2 thirds of its exports go to other e.u. member countries and 2 thirds come from other e.u. member countries in other words even if the german economy emerges from this crisis quickly and it has in fact put into place some of the biggest rescue packages anywhere in the world without recovery in the rest of the e.u. germany's economy cannot flourish that was her message and that message it's absolutely accurate and even a 2 track where some countries are languishing while others flourish that will not work out well for this very very open german economy in future all right that's melinda crane thank you. and here's a look at some of the latest developments in the current virus pandemic the global death toll from kovac 19 has sort of cost 190000

you know we've heard it many times we were talking about these corroded bonds euro bonds germany and the northern european countries they've always been labeled the bad guys southern european countries did the chancellor good day did she appear to be on the defensive a little. no absolutely not and she spoke in a press conference just after the end of this video conference summit and seemed pretty satisfied and she described the atmosphere as very positive very friendly and said that there was absolute agreement that together the e.u. member countries must find a way forward i think in part this lack of defensiveness is because this morning to some degree she went on the office if she managed to get herself out of the corner that sometimes germany quiets that getting backed into as a naysayer she said very clearly we know we must port more money on the table germany only does well when the rest of the e.u. does well and then she made this very clear statement in her remarks to the parliament this morning saying we will be increasing our contribution to the e.u. budget significantly until now germ

to give some snow i think in the balkans on the higher ground and the wind has died down in northern germany so we are action that is basically over iberia where it still shows on shore breeze and colder starts the day in a good part of morocco particular high ground with temps is held in the teens and this is still also quite a breeze dancer egypt through sudan and towards chad well the engine is still at 40 degrees. i history of guerrilla warfare. a place on the global stage. name for an organization created for a stateless population. before fighting for their land why did the p.l.o. fight for independence from their arab neighbors. chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian whole. history of the revolution why not just. hello again the top stories on the officer in this hour the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the u.k. has now topped 10000 try mr boris johnson was also discharged from hospital on sunday thanking medical workers for saving his life. opec russia and other all producing nations have agreed to cut global output by about 10 percent or

continent really has been enjoying this case skies and of course some lovely images this is northern germany yet more beautiful spring blossom but with these kids skies by day also means clear skies by night so this is a western hungry and the house being quite a shot frost and of course will see many areas actually experiencing a frost again over the next few days of the thames as the hungry beginnings come up in the overnight hours in the next few days of the colors on his you can see where the warm air really is in place across much of central europe not quite as nice out towards the southwest and that is because we have got some pretty heavy rain working its way into portugal and spain easy the green coloring is the temperature and all this blue is the rain and it really is going to be really quite heavy over the next couple of days very widespread as well in keeping those time which is really quite a bit lower by the time this system is winding down in the next 23 days we could see as much as 65 millimeters of rain in some areas of portugal but apart from that we've got some maybe still

2 dozen we will see a little more cloud just coming into the northwest of africa much of northern africa germany fine and dry the strong winds that we've had recently around more than possibly be enrolled in areas of egypt there in the process of easing off at around $24.00 celsius and have to run $21.00 there are a bat says i said there is a chance of want to see showers just creeping in just around the straits of gibraltar there but the wet weather possibility then for northern pos rockaway. from the ounces in around london prove how fantastic t.v. special gets in compensation as the resistance and i see joy in the midst of pain your books do that unprompted it's fun interrupted why are all of the people of color and they're just one color the way it is why don't they write should every people know how exactly fatima bhutto meets marc lamont hill i very much thought i was going to be shot they look like a bad movie studio script dates on al-jazeera. rule the all. over. the and. so again i'm just. a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president onil trump has accused the world health org

corona of bonds favored by southern member states like spain and italy but opposed by the northern countries led by germany the number of confirmed cases in africa has passed 10000 this according to figures compiled by the world health organization well there are growing concerns of the pandemic could set off another humanitarian disaster in it live the last battlefield in syria's civil war a shaky cease fire has been holding that with aid organizations are warning that the province where more than 3000000 people live is wholly unprepared for an outbreak d.w. reporting team has been keeping in touch with people that enable it and here is the story they brought back. what's it like to live in a live in constant fear of assad's approaching forces in constant fear the aerial bombardments will resume. for weeks now 26 year old students are has been sending us their impressions images from the last rebel held city in syria where the coronavirus is on everyone's lips of us and i'm taking it seriously but it's difficult when i go outside i try to wear a mask and gloves i worry that my family or i will get infecte

floating around it looks like that's off the table because that's firmly opposed by northern european countries like germany unlike the netherlands like austria but the 2nd question is whether there might be a vehicle of some kind that's connected to the e.u. budget which still has to be negotiated also for the next few years by which means the european commission might be able to distribute funds to countries that are suffering and this is a plan that spain has been putting together of the last few days and it's got quite a bit of support for that so it can be interesting to see whether the spanish plan gets the kind of support within the european commission of the next few weeks as they put this together ok that's richard walk in brussels thank you germany's chancellor angela merkel spoke after the e.u. summit is chief political correspondent lyndal crane is following that story for us hello melinda so what are the main points the chancellor angela merkel made. well the chancellor started out by repeating what she had said this morning earlier on in her statement to the german parliament before she went i

to financial markets by creating euro bonds or bonds of they've been called wealthier northern states such as germany netherlands and finland are opposed to the idea after marathon talks failed and choose day night the pressure is now on e.u. finance ministers to strike a deal on thursday. spain versus the netherlands. rome verse berlin. the german government believes existing tools are not to protect the block from economic collapse. they include using hundreds of billions of euros in bailout funds parked in what's known as the european stability mechanism to shore up struggling member states and a 200000000000 credit line at the european investment bank for struggling small and medium sized companies among the countries backing berlin's position in the netherlands. we've come far but we're not quite done either. we are of course talking to each other about what provisions europe should make what things we can do together to ensure that we get through this crisis as best we can. but the measures don't go far enough for countries like spain and italy which have been hardest hit by the pandemic and ar

been living at this station for nearly 2 weeks in the small town of bag and on an island off germany's northern coast to avoid infection and stay operational that's in german chancellor angela merkel's constituency so angela called them up to thank them for they did occasion but they thought it was a prank and julie how the call a 2nd call did go through the press office phone to assure them that they indeed had been speaking with. on that note this is day w. news are bonded that our website is there for all the latest news and information around the clock you can find that they doubly dot com for now though i'm anthony how behalf of all the team here in berlin thanks for watching. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. coated 19 special next on d w. the global corona crisis you can find more information online at e.w. dot com and on t.w. social media channels. all conquering empty streets in a british film what a strange picture to us humans were used to only seeing all cells governing the world if

is split on how to finance the recovery northern members like germany and the netherlands have rejected calls by southern members led by italy to sell what are known as corona bonds to kickstart growth as we report the divide is testing european solidarity hospitals in italy have faced a massive challenge to treat all their patients critically ill will cope with 19 disease spain's prime minister has called the pandemic europe's biggest crisis since the 2nd world war. but help has come for some in the form of the german air force specially equipped planes have flown patients from italy and france to hospitals in germany you know more than 200 sick people have been transferred from european countries even in the time of corona germany sees itself as a good european. and he will show solidarity we've proved that in the past but this is a crisis that affects us all in terms of health and economically and financially that's why we must take care in these times that the e.u. stays together. but when it comes to financial help germany is less ready to offer everything that is asked for the e.u

called bonds but the idea was resisted by richard northern states including germany the netherlands and finland and it's. a very abrupt regard who is following the story for us from brussels about tell us what exactly is in that steel. that was a big sigh of relief in all $27.00 capitalists of the european union after the finance ministers in the euro group struck this deal late in the night after 2 days of fia's negotiations of bargaining and bickering and. sent a no the politic is finance minister the head of the euro group said these are bowed and bishes decisions we made it and all of shows the german finance minister said this is a great day for sort of dairy tea and it's also a great day for you pretend you didn't because the union can act so in the deal itself contains 3 components firstly there is a loan guarantee by the european investment bank in luxembourg 200000000000 euros for small sized and medium sized companies the secondly there is a new unemployment scheme to finance unemployment benefits in poorer member states worth 100000000000 euros by the e.u. commission made ava

financial markets by creating so-called corona bonds but the idea was resisted by richard northern states including germany the netherlands and finns. more we're trying to recruit who is following the story for us from brussels so bad tell us a little bit more about what exactly is in this very highly anticipated deal. there was a sigh of relief in all $27.00 capitals of the european union after they find his mrs is struck this deal affect 2 days of very fierce deliberations and they gave themselves a round of applause on this and amalia was sent a no the portuguese finance minister the head of the euro group said these are both into business decisions that ben not to possibility just a few weeks ago at the german finance minister or not show it said this is a good day for you going to good day for so today t. the package contains of 3 components 1st there come 200 billions of loans for small and medium enterprises from the european investment bank in luxembourg 100000000000 euros in a new unemployment scheme and 240000000000 euros of cheap loans from the european stability mechanism a rescue fund original

forget they've been living at best station for 2 weeks and small time bad been on an island off germany's northern coast to avoid infection and stay operational well that's in the german chancellor's constituency surrounding the medical call them up to thank them for their dedication but they thought it was a prank and hung up on a 2nd call did go through after press office phone to assure them that it was the real deal. this is deja news that will have more on the current plotters after the fish bowl or said i'll be back at the top of the out in between of course as always the website d w dot com i'm good. for. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona. 19 special next on d w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all miss him just 3 of the topics from cover and weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the chrono larysa or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcasts you can also find us at do

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help the support those countries' economies and essentially with strong economies like germany and other northern european countries backing the risk on those bonds germany has opposed that as have other countries like in the netherlands now the chancellor mentioned other options for supporting the e.u. economies as a whole including credit lines via the european union commission which would be allowed to issue loans in support of endangered economies under a natural catastrophe for vision of the treaties but she did not give in to pressure for europe corona bans a public debate here in germany was also focusing on the time off to the crises exit strategies are being discussed did she say anything about any possible exit strategy. she did she said that we would be a very bad government if we weren't thinking day and night about how to relax these very very tough restrictions that we've imposed and she did by the way thank all germans for their compliance with the restrictions she said we absolutely are looking at that but i must tell you that restriction will not occur any time soon at the earlie

to raise joint funding by issuing so-called corona bonds prosperous northern nations including germany and the netherlands reject that idea. and earlier we asked our correspondent band leader in brussels whether the measured measures that have been agreed would be enough but all experts here in brussels and also the european central bank says these emergency funds worth 540000000000 euros are not enough you need a recovery fund to restart the european economy after the coronal crisis the e.c.b. talks about 1.5 trillion euros and you have to combine that also with the national measures germany alone is pledging one trillion yoan one trillion euro for its own economy so the numbers are really high and this is only the beginning of the discussions and the money has to flow and the italian time is mr roberto got here he said vincentio i have one and also the dutch finance minister. on the other side said we have fun because now there will not be any corona bones no debt is issued by all member states the common debt that is fiercely debated in the e.u. this has to be decided down the road

throughout the whole area and the ability to share actually responsibility for the debt, and the northern nations, germanys rather feckless behaviour with debt. so you can issue the debt but it is the responsibility for at. back in the united kingdom, whether you are scottish, welsh, or english, it is british debt, everyone in the same boat. in the eurozone, thatis the same boat. in the eurozone, that is not the case at the moment, and this is only the start, there will be much more to come hi suspect. ideajust wa nt to to come hi suspect. ideajust want to because on those job figures as well. when this all broke out as clearly a pandemic, something the whole world needed to worry about, there were figures of people talking about 25 million jobs globally. that now looks such a nonsense. when do you think we're going to reach a point which we do know, we have a very clear idea as to what the scale of unemployment will be. it will have a long tail u nfortu nately, it will have a long tail unfortunately, the only good news is as we start to see the tailing off of the pandemic influence in certain areas, as w

. >> you were in the northern part of germany. i was in the southern part. where 10,000 -- close to 10,000 american p.o.w.s, there were a heck of a lot of, and didn't have any chance to escape because we were heavily guarded. it was heck. >> wow. >> colonel harvey? >> germany's leading ace was in the states in 2013 looking for the pilot that shot him down. did you make contact, by chance? >> i couldn't hear him. >> what did he say? >> say your question again. >> germany's leading ace was in the states in 2013 looking for the pilot that shot him down. did you make contact, by chance? >> oh, yes. oh, yes. see, i never claimed 262. well, by the time i got liberated and everything, the war was over and to heck with it. you didn't worry about that sort of stuff. i didn't. got home and got married. so 60 years went by and finally through various many european researchers, swedish and norwegian and german researchers they came to the conclusion that i was the one that shot down walter shuck, a top german ace, had 206 confirmed aerial victories. he had 198 victories

corona bonds which are favored by southern members such as spain and italy but opposed by northern members led by germany and the number of confirmed cases of covered 19 in africa has passed 10000 according to figures compiled by the world health organization germany's economic cooperation and development minister gad miller has called for joint e.u. action to help developing countries fight the coronavirus pandemic he also warned of hundreds of deaths of the refugee camp in greece if the virus breaks out their headquarters we cannot leave greece alone 15000 migrants live in the overcrowded camps most of them children. for more on this be joined by martin phone matia a member of the german parliament for the conservative c.d.u. party mr fun marshall thanks for being with us now eat your development ministers met in brussels today what was agreed at that meeting ringback. well basically that was a call for action and then that is something which we have to do and just trying to now because for the moment being you have been mentioning it before we have been working on a national level and now are trying i

sorry with an enormous cheque and it's a cheque that is largely being covered by northern european countries, especially germany. in 1957 the treaty of rome was signed right here inside this building establishing the european economic community. the forerunner of the european union by its extending members of one of which was italy. this country has always been proud of being the heart of the uofp been proud of being the heart of the u ofp now been proud of being the heart of the u of p now many here felt let down by the projects it helped to form. he crisis in relations has played into the hands of the extreme right. some of its members making a public display of hostility. feeding into european sentiment now at its highest ever here. and the book shops reopened this week, italy's historical ties with europe are on show. but is our its current battles to with a disease that has shaken the roots of european corroboration. i was pro—european and i have changed my mind. i don't believe in it anymore. i don't think there is solidarity. we feel betrayed. i feel european so i hope everything will change. we need eur

back on it and particularly the countries in north that it's really it's excuse me in northern europe in particular germany and that they're the ones they feel that they need the support right now and it's not a case of good talking to thanks for joining us seem a go to interrupt. well 18000 people have died from corona virus infections in the united states but in the u.s. on track to overtake it's in a as a country with the highest death toll about half 1000000 americans are confirmed infected new york state has borne the brunt of the u.s. pandemic we have more cases than any country besides the u.s. . passengers have thinned out on new york subways but that snow is surance to many people who need the ride it's a very frightening experience i mean if i got hit with that one right yeah like you know if there's a lot of this you want to take. this thing so you can get away next training getting fired so that's not me. you know your kids we don't miss it that's the problem keeping your distance from others experts agree that social distancing combined with aggressive testing of suspected cases is the fastest

so-called corona bones favored by southern member states like spain and italy but opposed by northern countries led by germany the number of confirmed cases in africa has passed 810000 according to figures compiled by the world health organization and gaza as reported 13 cases of corona virus infection all of them quarantine facilities palestinian health officials say they've run out of testing kits and there are fears the virus could spread rapidly amongst young players 2000000 people. well there is growing concern that the pandemic could set off a humanitarian disaster in a blip last battlefield in syria's civil war the shaky cease fire has been holding but aid organizations are warning that the province which is home to more than 3000000 people is wholly unprepared for a break has been keeping in touch with people living there and this is their story . what's it like to live in it live in constant fear of assad's approaching forces in constant fear the aerial bombardments will resume. for weeks now 26 year old students are hazaar tour has been sending us their impressions images from the last rebel held ci

our bonds which are favored by southern members such as spain and italy but opposed by northern members led by germany and the number of confirmed cases of covert 1000 in africa has passed 10000 according to figures compiled by the world health organization and its increasing caseload such as in africa that is from to germany's economic cooperation and development minister good to call for joint action to help developing countries also hold on germans to increase their donations to in jewels that help developing countries and for more on that i'm joined by author holtz he's a member of the german parliament for the green party welcome mr von holtz can they realistically agree on a swift boat on a crisis response to help developing countries. well i hoped that they could have but not that with the ministers the development administers will meeting in. a video conference and supposed to provide money we see that this is actually already budgeted money it's not fresh money mr miller has all of the pundit you actually to provide fresh money and that's. it appears that we need more money to support the. co

by creating a euro bonds or corona bonds as they as they've been called but wealthier northern states such as germany the netherlands and finland opposed to the idea after marathon talks failed on tuesday night the pressure is now on for e.u. finance ministers to do a deal on thursday. spain versus the netherlands over. rome versus berlin. the german government believes existing tools are enough to protect a block from economic collapse. and they include using hundreds of billions of euros in bailout funds parked in what's known as the european stability mechanism to shore up struggling member states and a 200000000000 credit line at the european investment bank for struggling small and medium sized companies among the countries backing berlin's position in the netherlands i was on the hill and. we've come far but we're not quite done either. we are of course talking to each other about what provisions europe should make what things we can do together to ensure that we get through this crisis as best we can but the measures don't go far enough for countries like spain and italy which have been hardes

has turned its back on italy particularly the countries in the us it's excuse me in northern europe in particular germany and that they're the ones they feel that they need the support right now and not conceived good talking to you thanks for joining us seem a go to interrupt i want to say the eurozone finance ministers have a great plan to deal with the economic impact of the pandemic contentious issues including the idea of pulling debt into so-called corona bombs were rejected by germany and the netherlands but funds with few strings attached have now been made available to countries struggling to cope with the cost of the crisis. as europe's health care workers struggle to save lives elsewhere the talk has been of preventing economic come up with supermarkets now the outliers in a continent where business activity has a century grind to a halt eurozone finance ministers had been at loggerheads about how to fav companies and individuals from financial meltdown. after some stormy exchanges via video finally a breakthrough on thursday night. the package we approved today is. of a size close to 4 percen