we welcome this demonstration of global solidarity because solidarity is the rule of the game to defeat covid-19. who is getting on with the job. we are continuing to study this virus every moment of every day. we are learning from many countries about what works, and we are sharing that information with the world. there are more than 1.5 million enrollments in who's online courses through openwho.org, and we will continue to expose this platform to train many more millions so we can fight covid effectively. today, we launched a new course for health workers on how to put on and remove personal protective equipment. every day, we bring together thousands of clinicians, educators, researchers, lab technicians, infection prevention specialists, and others to exchange knowledge on covid-19. our technical guidance brings together the most up-to-date evidence for health ministers, health workers, and individuals. yesterday, i had the honor of speaking to heads of state and government from 13 countries. it was inspiring to hear their experiences and their commitment to work together to secure

benefit providing packages with profit is a way to show solidarity. rafael culottes a school teacher from across the street deliveries to people who can't get out i will pick up rabbits for their families outside st elizabeth hospital where the donated bunnies will go lab worker julian hunter felt is taking a break from running covert 19 tests his face lights up to hear of the project seems like a small thing but he managed. and that we'll have a little bit john of the year to post says that these are no longer just easter bunnies she'll continue making and delivering solidarity rabbits at least until the lockdown lives the american singer and songwriter bill withers died last month at the edge of $81.00 fans in chicago have paid him a unique musical tribute without breaking social distancing roles. the people they believe that with his hit lean on me a song about friendship during hard times from their windows and porches. and that's the latest from day to news on anthony howard now we bring you the fall is to address to the nation by german presiden

political correspondent hans brandt urging solidarity from germany to other european countries do we know in concrete terms what mr meyer means by that. well i think you can interpret his reference to the war rhetoric rejecting the war rhetoric as a kind of criticism of donald trump in the united states of other european leaders such as the french president a man who in the core who have been using this kind of bellicose language. is also responding to the fact that here in europe the 1st response to the corona crisis was a very nationalistic one a nationalistic impulse borders were closed the export of medical equipment was prohibited here in germany as well and he sees that as the wrong way of dealing with this crisis he's calling for concrete solidarity for instance there are hundreds of patients from italy and france covered 9000 patients being treated in germany but he's also i think referring to a much higher level in this discussion within the european union as a very acrimonious debate going on about how the rebuilding of the yukon and me in europe can be financed and germany

help developing countries fight the coronavirus the german foreign minister says international solidarity is vital to defeating the pandemic. and the u.s. edges closer to 1000000 coronavirus cases and yet some states are easing their restrictions pressure to lift restrictions as high so as to get the economy moving again. i'm exposed welcome to the program the sound of children playing has return to the streets of spain they've emerged from 6 weeks of homo salacious after the government allowed them to go outside again spain impose strict lockdown rules in march to stop the spread of the coronavirus if the nation continues to reduce its infection rate and the already have promised to give citizens more freedom in the coming weeks. a snapshot of an unforgettable moments slain student from their homes on sunday for the 1st time after 6 weeks stuck inside. children under the age of 14 are now allowed outside each day for up to one hour accompanied by an adult and within one kilometer of the homes critics of the spanish government's coronavirus lockdown one of the world's toughest had pointed

germany's president in a rare televised address frank walter steinmeier calls on germans to show solidarity and let the crisis and bring out the best in society also coming up turkey orders its citizens to stay in for 48 hours in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus istanbul europe's largest city was deserted as the curfew came into force more than 30 cities across the country are affected. but. with no official restrictions in place in iraq when's are being urged to celebrate easter as usual the president daniel ortega is accused of risking an epidemic in central america. and china has reported an uptick in imported infections of coronavirus now africans living there say they're being a victim and harassed on the street as chinese officials accuse them of spreading the virus. m k richardson welcome to the show we began here in germany where the federal president has urged the german people to show solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic in a rare televised address friend valter steinmeyer asked the germans to do their part by staying home over the long easter weekend his speech also

germany's president in a rare televised address that friend falter shimei or calls on germans to show solidarity and let the crisis in bring out the best in society also coming up. the united states overtakes italy to become the country with the highest death toll from the coronavirus endemic public health experts say the u.s. could see hundreds of thousands of deaths if lockdowns are relaxed after a month. with no official restrictions in place to go rodman's are being urged to celebrate easter as usual but president daniela watched a guy is accused of risking went up a democrat in central america. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show we begin here in germany where the federal president has urged the german people to show solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic in a rare televised address frank valter steinmeyer asked the germans to do their part by staying at home over the long easter weekend his speech also looks beyond germany so the global response to the pandemic and i'm well we surged worldwide for a joint 20 ounce of the crisis almost and will we fall back into isolation and yo

and if he's providing packages profit is a way to show solidarity. rafael culottes a schoolteacher from across the street makes deliveries to people who can't get out i would pick rabbits for their families outside seem to elizabeth hospital where they donated bunnies will go lab workers really and what a felt is taking a break from running covert 19 tests his face lights up to hear of the project seems like a small team i think is a big thing because people can receive help. people reading to help everybody would love it if you supported and helped me. then i learned something and that we will have done my little bit jon of the year 2 paul says these are no longer just easter bunnies she'll continue making and delivering solidarity rabbits at least until the lock down this. the american singer and songwriter bill withers died last month if you want now fans in chicago fight him a musical tribute without breaking social distancing roles. people of various abilities built up with this hit lean on me a song about friendship drink tons from their window

benefit providing packages with profit as a way to show solidarity. rafael culottes a schoolteacher from across the street may still liveries to people who can't get out i will pick rabbits for their families outside seem to elizabeth hospital where they donated bunnies will go lab workers really and what a felt is taking a break from running covert 19 tests his face lights up to hear of the project it seems like a small thing but it's a big thing because people can really see how people are reading to help everybody would love it if you supported. something and that we'll have a little bit of you have to call says these are no longer just easter bunnies she'll continue making and delivering solidarity rabbits at least until the lockdown lives. in american singer and songwriter bill with the start last month of the ides of $81.00 fans in chicago fired him by musical to. tribute without breaking social distancing rules suppose. people belted out with his lane on may a song about friendship during hard times from their windows and porches. playing the l

minister, you talk about solidarity, and in a short while, we will talk about solidarity with the eu,omestic internal solidarity first. do you believe that your government still has the trust of your people, given the way you have handled this crisis? if i look at the polls in terms of support to the prime minister conte, they are quite positive. but we know that the reality at this moment after two months of lockdown and a lot of sacrifice that italian people did, it needs not to be considered as the only elements in order to be safe, because now the stress of our government is to boost the economy, is to support the social cohesion and a lot of people who were obliged to stay home. social cohesion means to help the most fragile sector of our society, means to help the country to be resilient in this hard time and to plan a second phase, that is the recovery. the recovery, the reopening is very complex, we have to take care of the health of the people first of all. at at the same moment, try to give to our society the way to go out from the sacrifice that they did in the last two mon

the leader of it is solidarity it is a big word i know. but is it not the case that each and every one of us is currently finding out in concrete and existential terms what solidarity means $900.00 in the survival of others depends on how i behave letters hold on to this value. because of the solidarity that you are all showing every day will be needed even more in the future. you know that we will be a different society after this crisis we do not want to become a fearful or suspicious society but rather we can be a more trusting society with more consideration for others and more confidence. is that too much to hope for even at easter so if you do good and awful it is a virus does not have the power to answer that question over there and we will decide the answer ourselves. and it is clear many things will not get any easier in the near future but your door but we germans do not make things easy for ourselves under normal circumstances we demand a lot of ourselves and expect a lot of each other even in this situation we can and will grow

you talk of solidarity with europe, but do you see any real signs of eu solidarity and understanding?tanding? i see it, i have to be honest. i saw it notjust in the apology that the president of the apology that the president of the european council did it, because at the first part of the spreading of the covid—19, there was not, let's say, a clear action towards italy. but then something moved. the european commission took an initiative in terms of economic help. the european central bank intervened in order to support the resilience of the italian economy. yourformer foreign resilience of the italian economy. your former foreign minister a couple of weeks ago said that he worried that the european union was showing signs of the trump virus, that it was a question of germany first, belgium first, netherlands first, belgium first, netherlands first, rather than true community, united spirit. many italians today still believe that is true. many italians, of course, when they saw this tough period that we were going on, of course, they were asking for more europe — european interventio

doos live from berlin tonight searching for solidarity in europe and germany faces pressure to help the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus crisis italy and spain want germany to help in sharing the costs of recovery but berlin considers a so-called koroma bonds to be taboo in european solidarity survive coded 19 also coming out the various latest victim of the virus germany cancels its world famous october fest beer festival the various state leaders say it is just too risky to hold the event this year and press freedom at risk a new report warns that governments are using the pandemic to crack down on media across the globe. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we'll germany use its full financial muscle to help the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic as the crisis devastates economies across the continent italy's prime minister conte says that the full firepower of the european union is needed to overcome the shock to the system he wants germany and other wealthy northern european nations to issue shared debt in order to help countries such as italy and spai

is to call on germans to show solidarity let the crisis bring out the best in society also coming up. turkey orders that citizens to stay in for 48 hours in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus europe's largest cities was deserted just a kid if you came into force 130 cities across the country are 50 plus. putting on a show without their usual audience we see how professional dancers from one russian company keeping their spirits up. american how would welcome we begin here in germany where to not the federal president will speak to the german people in a televised address frank will urge the country to show solidarity and its the coronavirus pandemic and while many germans are off work for the long easter weekend he will ask them to do their part and stay home we can listen to an excerpt of that recorded speech now. 90 is a pond immuno this pandemic is not a war. nations do not stand against other nations soldiers against soldiers rather this is a test of our humanity it is bringing out both the best and the worst in people and let us show each other the best in us and let us

germans to show solidarity of the crisis bring out the best of society. plus meet the champion mountain biker in france helping out his community during lockdown he's back on his bike providing a national delivery service and shopping for anyone to meet. a 1000000 blue cross welcome to the program the united states has overtaken italy to become the country with the highest death toll from the corona virus and demick more than 20000 people have now died in the u.s. according to johns hopkins university now italy's death rate is still considerably higher that's because the u.s. has more than triple the total confirmed cases than italy had over $520000.00. public health experts warn the numbers will only keep rising and the u.s. debt with u.s. deaths hitting 200000 if states start to ease their lock downs. w.'s correspondent oliver sol is in washington all over a long way we are from those more optimistic predictions that donald trump was making about stopping such a big deal in the u.s. what accounts for these really grim numbers. well if you were to ask pr

germany's president told his country in a rare televised address from the start of the crisis demand solidarity and the best of society. plus life as it normal in nicaragua the central american country wants its citizens to celebrate easter without restrictions that has global public health officials are worried about the viruses spread there and they progress president can't be convinced otherwise because he's nowhere to be found. i'm when blue cross welcome to the program the united states has overtaken italy to become the country with the highest death toll from the corona virus pandemic more than 20000 people have now died in the u.s. according to johns hopkins university now italy's death rate is still considerably higher than america's that's because the u.s. has more than triple the total confirmed cases then italy nearly 530000 public health officials have said this is no time to think about easing restrict. which could drive the death toll far higher. debbie used correspondent oliver sol is in washington oliver a long way we are from those more optimistic predictions that donald trump

benefit providing packages profit as a way to show solidarity. large a schoolteacher from across the street may still liveries to people who can't get out i would pick rabbits for. there are families outside st elizabeth hospital where the donated bunnies will go lab workers julian hunter felt is taking a break from running kovac 19 tests his face lights up to hear of the project it seems like a small thing but biggest is a big thing because people can really see how people are reading to help everybody would love it if you supported and helped. then i meant something and that we will have a little bit john of you have to post says that these are no longer just easter bunnies she'll continue making and delivering solidarity rabbits at least until the lockdown this. better excuse to eat lots of chocolate he watching data news from berlin more news coming up the top of the hour remember you can get the latest headlines on the date of a new app or now websites that stephenie dot com for girls of followers on twitter and instagram at danger body news

for the german problem insisting on a number of points that you clearly in addition to solidarity both with germany and also particularly importantly perhaps within the european union it's been a question that has been at the heart of the. debate and questions that have been raised but how united in fact countries within europe angular merkel making her position on that molds making a few a few hints as to how the e.u. council meeting of leaders be via video conference later today in the afternoon as to how that will we be progressing i believe we have the deputy chief political editor with us and he's joining us from brussels mccain i'd like to come to you 1st in berlin very short question at the very beginning what were the key takeaways from this speech. well that anger america very much came out here at the beginning as the mother of the nation calling on the federal states and we got a clear idea of what her role is here to actually get those states to find a common line on key issues for the outbreak of coverage 19 she wants them to paul together and that she wants germans to und

solidarity go will that also include potentially sending personnel or equipment or even as far as to run a balance. well in general for example able to do nate's a couple of 100 it's often to ledgers to spain italy france the u.k. countries that we wanted to support that have had us in the past and so we could. have been helpful for them we have taken patients as you just mentioned from abroad from other countries we have an exchange i mean there were times when of us helped us and now we can give for example masks some at least. medical must. or polish neighbor so we want to be of help as much as we can in this difficult case i'm very convinced you know at the very beginning once again in a crisis the european union seem to be somehow disorganized and it took some time to pull everything together but now what we see is all together we are stronger and i'm very confident actually that we are getting out of this stronger than before regarding the economy for example we have picked a 500000000000 cannot make stimulus that is to help to send incentives for investment where it is needed

solidarity on and confronting the medical challenge of this crisis and solidarity and confronting theconomic consequences which obviously will be with us for quite a while you know you know europe you know the o.e.c.d. the you know the european union and you know that the e.u. can't kick hungary out for example even if it does things like you know get rid of rule of law replace it with a prime minister or who's governing by decree what response should europe be preparing in your opinion and when should we see that response. well they can't become very out but they can suspend hungary and they can impose sanctions and the e.u. has threatened and used things in the past and obviously they are appropriate in this case and they were appropriate before i think one of the points that i tried to make in my article is that well understandably there's a lot of hang hand-wringing that orbán has used the cover of this crisis to make this power into this is something that's been in the making for a long time and there have been many many folks who have spoken out particularly in civil society in

solidarity is the most important thing there is the importance of solidarity expression during the qur'an a pandemic is also underlined by the german foreign minister and a video conference with dozens of his colleagues heikal must have a clear message of cohesion. we know this kind of letting the virus is an international task and that no country alone will be able to defeat this virus this view was too busy. ma said germany is backing the world health organization and the fight against coronavirus and criticize donald trump's decision to stop u.s. payments to the w.h.o. the. way it should work and remains the backbone of our fight against the pandemic if you will hope so it makes no sense at this time to call into question the competence or the importance of the w.h.o. this is the worst possible moment to do that to undermine it would be similar to throwing the pilot out of a plane why. eyelets and near it would be completely irresponsible imaged. even as germany is slowly preparing to ease corona restrictions the global pandemic is far from over. as scientists say it takes between 5 an

solidarity in europe and beyond is also something most germans would like to see now well almost 2 thirds feel it is right for politicians to think of germany 1st at this time of crisis 95 percent would like to see solidarity within the e.u. and 64 percent say rich countries like germany should now help poorer regions. and that's something that germany has been doing at the country saying that it would have out other countries in need it's taking in critically ill patients from neighboring countries from france from each of the so far so i thought as long as germany has a capacity to do it out there we continue doing so and then we hear the word solidarity a lot at the moment bangkok airport 200000 facemasks. were diverted to the usa do we know what happened there exactly. yes those 200000 mosques had been ordered by their belly not sorry t.'s to a u.s. firm but they were manufactured in china and apparently u.s. officials confiscated those mosques at a profit of the u.s. even it does mosques i had already been paid for so no officials actually called on the u.s. and say that this was a c

i repeat with a relentless commitment to signs so lucian's in solidarity from doubly. since the beginning doubly joe has been fighting the pandemic with every ounce of our soul and a spirit we will continue to do that until the end that's our commitment to the whole world i thank you. thank you very much look at that just for his opening remarks. as you know we do send these opening remarks with the audio file after the president but even before that these remarks are posted on our website under section speeches of the director general if you wish to get them a little bit earlier we will open the floor to questions but please make sure that your questions are short and we will take only one per person so if we are ready we will try to go 1st to dawn kopecky from n.b.c. don't can you hear us. yes can you hear me yes please go ahead to a local level ok i thank you for taking my question my question was about funding how much exactly does the united states government not including the gates foundation or private contributions the government provides w.h.o. year how much h

he's called for global solidarity to fight the virus. and. in light of the present circumstances. may international sanctions be relaxed. since these make it difficult for countries on which they have been imposed. to provide adequate support for their citizens and. if i may all nations be put in the position to meet the greatest needs of the moment say no to the reduction if not the forgiveness of the debt burden in the balance sheets of the poorest nations people would. also expressed particular concern for the future of europe saying you know of a good solutions were needed to get through this tough period. european union is presently facing an epochal challenge. on which will depend not only its future. but that of the whole world. let us not lose the opportunity to give further proof of solidarity also by turning to innovative solutions the. empty pews are a familiar sight around the world whose service is being held in close churches as millions of people have been told. almost all of the united states is under a stay at home order this weekend as the country grapples with t

from germany's president in a brit televised address to frankfurt is to call on germans to show solidarity let the crisis bring out the best in society also coming up. to its citizens to stay at home for 40 odd hours in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus europe's largest city was deserted as the kid few came into force more than 30 cities across the country are affected. and with no official restrictions in place. to celebrate easter as usual president daniel ortega is accused of risking and preventing in sinful america. anyhow it will come will begin here in germany with the federal president will speak to the german people in a televised address frank will urge the country to show solidarity amidst the coronavirus pandemic and while many germans are off work for the long east awakened he will ask them to do their pos and. we can listen that's one exit of that recorded speech. ninety's upon the me you know this pandemic is not a war. nations do not stand against other nations soldiers against soldiers rather this is a test of our humanity it is bringing out both the best and the

message to what he called this is easter of solitude and call for global solidarity was. in the light of the present circumstances may international sanctions be relaxed. since these make it difficult for countries on which they've been imposed to provide adequate support to this. he made and made all nations be put in the position to meet the greatest needs of the moment. through the reduction and if not the forgive. the debt the balance sheets of the poorest nations well let's cross now to. religious affairs correspondent what issues did the pope touch on in his address. dress was remarkably remarkably broad i mean he dealt with anything from but it's where terrorism enough. weapons have commerce you know the gern of iris i mean essentially the over all. these we are actually faced with a good thing or equal demand of solidarity and care care for each other and things like embargo which you mention as well against iran and against cuba by the us are things that actually stand there regularly against the idea of solidarity of the church mercy so he called essentially for

solidarity was also a key issue. european leaders would use to hold a video summit on thursday to discuss the blocks response to the economic impact while ruling out the idea of joint debt in the form of corona forms merkel said germany is ready to make significantly higher contributions to the e.u. budget. all of our national efforts can only succeed if we are also successful in europe you've often heard me say in this house that in the long run germany could only flourish if europe is also in good shape. of. european solidarity in health policy the so far been germany's focus more than 200 patients from france italy and the netherlands are being cared for in german intensive care units but with the true economic impact of current virus still unknown pressure is growing on europe's economic powerhouse to loosen its purse strings. let's get our correspondents perspective on the story our chief political editor michelle or crysler has been following the debate in the german parliament this morning for us and gary matt

for me, that is the part of solidarity. then there is the big monetary solidarity, that is the ecb. when you think about what the ecb buys, the fact that they are diverting substantially now from capital keys, that is a huge sign of solidarity to me. recovery fronte that is going to be designed inside the commission that will help down the line. for me, in a sense, as i wrote yesterday, i feel that this sort of discussion has been mixed up with this underlying issue that a lot of people feel that there should be federalism inside the eurozone, because the solidarity, why is switzerland not part of this conversation? why are denmark or sweden not part of this conversation? it feels to me like it is not really solidarity, it is about the opportunity to do something in the eurozone that we otherwise could not get through. francine: you also talk about the narrative over debt sustainability being wrong. erik: yes. this is the extension of this conversation, that public debt goes up, and italy being the case in point, everybody says, my god, public debt to gdp goes to 165 or 180, whateve

solidarity was also a key issue european leaders are holding a video so much on thursday to discuss the blocks response to the economic impact while ruling out the idea of joint debt in the form of corona farms machall said that germany is ready to make significantly higher contributions to the e.u. budget the. national efforts can only succeed if we are also successful in europe. you've often heard me say in the us house germany can only flora's in the long run if europe is also in good shape and of. european solidarity in health policy has so far been germany's focus more than 200 patients from france italy and the netherlands are being cared for in german intensive care units but with the true economic impact of current virus still unknown pressure is growing on europe's economic powerhouse to loosen its purse strings. ok for more on this side will be speaking to. cheap international editor richard welcome who's in brussels in a moment but 1st i'll start with our chief political correspondent melinda crane hi melinda so we've seen germany support its neighbors with donations of medic

solidarity solidarity solidarity the launch of the access to coffee of $19.00 accelerator on friday was a powerful demonstration of that. deadly joe is deeply grateful to them many world leaders and partners who have come together to ensure no one misses out on life saving vaccines that are no sticks or therapeutics we look forward to more countries and stakeholders supporting this global collaboration this global movement this initiative is a vital investment in that response boards for the short term and the long term diagnostics are helping us now to find cases and me should people out of isolated and get the right care. and we're hopeful that the trial will shortly help us to understand which type beauty excited them was safe and effective for treating patients but ultimately we will need a vaccine to control this virus the saxes in developing effective drugs and vaccines for ebola remind us ours of the interim this value of these tools and the enormous power of national and international collaboration to develop them doubly joe played a key role in the development of the ball o