on financial markets and directed toward countries hit hardest by the crisis such as spain italy and greece what's driving a wedge between leaders is whether the money should be handed out as grants the so-called frugal for austria the netherlands finland and sweden insisted should be mostly loans and paid back he is considered one of the biggest obstacles to a deal austrian chancellor is a bustin coots good things and agreement can be reached but that necessarily this weekend. there is still a lot of questions to be answered 1st of all to where should the funds flow kids who will be the main recipients what is the suitable criteria for this. bill clearly delighted to be meeting up again in person the jovial atmosphere is not expected to last long german chancellor angela merkel's cautious optimism in the days leading up to the summit seems to have subsided. this put off it will take a lot of willingness to compromise from all in order to agree on something that is good for europe that will be good for the people of europe with regard to the pandemic and that would be a suitable resp

of fact, most institutions that have come after with what wall street has been. >> turning to spain and italy, spain and italy, they have been particular hard-hit by the crisis and by the pandemic, this is partially by luck but also to a large extent something to do with the economy and with a large part of tourism which is clearly sectors by the pandemic and the spring forecast we anticipated a drop in gdp of bigger then 9% for both countries and again, i'm afraid that we will not be surprised, clearly with very big impact resulting in the big impact on the government of which we see across the board in the deo but given the size of the job of gdp in spain and italy, it is more pronounced their then elsewhere. that said, it is true for all countries and also for them and, in most of the measures that they have taken, they are one-off and we would expect with the return to growth that also we would expect the fiscal position to improve very quickly, which are left with is an increase in clearly which is considering the levels. and is clearly not good news paper. >> how does the transition bac

british government lifts covid—19 quarantine requirements for arrivals from germany, france, spain and italyth a more comprehensive list to follow. record numbers for coronavirus infections in america, but also for new jobs. the us economy tries to get back on track as cases soar. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell has appeared in court in the usjust hours after she was arrested by the fbi. the 58—year—old has been charged with grooming girls for herformer boyfriend, the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein, and repeatedly lying about it. prosecutors claim that ghislaine maxwell helped epstein to exploit underage girls, some as young as m. ms maxwell has denied any wrongdoing as well as any knowledge of epstein‘s crimes. neda tawfik has this report. until now, ghislaine maxwell has remained out of sight ever since the arrest of paedophile jeffrey epstein. as his closest associates she is central to the fbi's probe of his sex crimes against underage girls. authorities have been discreetly keeping tabs on her whereabouts

have come after our spring forecast have come in with worse figures than-- and now turning to spain and italy. both spain and italy, they have been particularly hard hit by the crisis, by the pandemic. this is partially maybe bad luck, but this is also to a large extent has something to do also with the structure of the economy, with the very large part of it dependent on tourism and tourism measure which are clearly particularly hard hit by the pandemic. and again, in our spring forecast we anticipated a drop in gdp of bigger than 9% for both countries and again, i'm afraid that we will not-- on the upside there, too. clearly with very big impact on our -- resulting in the big impact also on the government finances, which we see across the board in the eu, but given the size of the drop of gdp in spain and italy, it's more pronounced there than elsewhere. that said, and this is a bit true for all countries, also for them, it is most of the measures that they have taken, they are one off and we would expect with dd with the return to growth that also the -- we would expect their positions qui

months she wants to persuade the block's richer nations to issue direct grants to countries like italy spain and portugal to help them overcome the worst of the pandemic but well off members like austria and the netherlands want to see tightly controlled loans instead the 750000000000 euro rescue package is topping the sum as agenda there's more german press have called him a difficult neighbor dutch prime minister moscow to a vocal opponent of the proposed e.u. recovery plan is set for a face off with berlin at the e.u. council summit that's critical to our there would be some very strict conditions and i am pessimistic that these would be accepted at the moment for the dutch prime minister is talking about a controversial part of the financial package e.u. leaders are said to debate the e.u. recovery fund 750000000000 euros proposed to help e.u. economies bounce back from the huge blow dealt by covert 1000. according to council president shuffler shows proposal the you would borrow money in financial markets and directed toward countries had hardest by the crisis such as spain italy and gr

turning to spain and italy, both spain and italy have been particularly hard hit by the crisis, by the pandemic. this is partially maybe bad luck, but there is also, to a large extent, something to do also with the structure of the economy. that was a very large part of it depending on tourism, leisure, which is clearly, which are clearly sectors that are particularly hard hit by the pandemic. again, in our spring forecast, we anticipated a drop in gdp of bigger than 9% for both countries, and again, i'm afraid that we will not surprise on the upside there to. clearly, with a very big impact their resulting in a big impact also on the government finances, which we see, across the board in the eu, given the size of the drop of gdp in spain and italy, it is more pronounced there then elsewhere. that said, this is true for all countries, also for them, aren't it is most of the measures that they have taken, they are one off, and we would expect with a return to growth, that also we would expect their fiscal positions to improve also very quickly. what you are left with is an increase of s

requirements, but only for arrivals in england from some countries, including germany, france, spain and italyo and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell has appeared in court in the us, just hours after she was arrested by the fbi. the 58—year—old has been charged with grooming girls for herformer boyfriend, the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein, and repeatedly lying about it. prosectuors claim that ghislaine maxwell helped epstein to exploit underage girls, some as young as m. ms maxwell has denied any wrongdoing as well as any knowledge of epstein‘s crimes. neda tawfik has this report. until now, ghislaine maxwell has remained out of sight ever since the arrest of sex offender and paedophile jeffrey epstein. as his former girlfriend and closest associate, she is central to the fbi's probe of his sex crimes against underage girls. authorities had been discreetly keeping tabs on her whereabouts for the last year. when they moved in to arrest her on thursday, she was living on a 156—acre property that she bought in cash to shield h

the first four countries on the list are germany, france, italy and spain.that as many as 70, possibly more, will be named later today. some countries, such as portugal and sweden, where infection rates are thought to be too high it may not be on the list. it's good news that the list. it's good news that the government is removing its blanket quarantine measures which have caused so much uproar, frankly, in the travel industry over the last few weeks. it is good news that the foreign office will be removing its non—essential travel advice from this saturday, and it means that many millions of holidaymakers will actually be able to travel from this saturday to, certainly those countries you mentioned, spain, italy, france and germany. it also many others they will unveil ina also many others they will unveil in a few hours time. travel agents hope they will soon be able to give their customers clear soon be able to give their custo m e rs clear a nswe i’s soon be able to give their customers clear answers to the questions they have been asking. the clarity w

the first four countries on the list are: germany, france, italy and spain.expected as many as 70, possibly more, will be named later today. some countries, such as portugal and sweden, where infection rates are thought to be too high, may not be on the list. it's good news that the government is removing its blanket quarantine measures, which have caused so much uproar, frankly, in the travel industry over the last few weeks. it's good news that the foreign office will be removing its non—essential travel advice from this saturday. and it means that many millions of holiday—makers will actually be able to travel, from this saturday, to, certainly those countries you mentioned, spain, italy, france and germany, but also many others, which they're going to unveil in a few hours‘ time. travel agents hope they will soon be able to give their customers clear answers to the questions they've been asking. the clarity that we need is either — yes you can go, or no, you can't go — simple as that. greece won't allow uk holiday—makers in until the middle of this month.

but apart from germany, france, italy and spain, it's not clear yet which countries will be green ander means that there's more risk attached to that destination, and indeed that travellers there should be more cautious, and it also makes it easier for the government, of course, to adjust the rating to red if they have to, if there's a spike in that country or if there's a sudden outbreak that affects the whole country. it gives the government flexibility, whereas the green rating, of course, is for those countries that are deemed very, very low risk indeed. there are still issues with this system. so while we welcome it, scotland is not recognising it. disagreement between scotland and westminster over how these countries have been chosen, which ones are in the final list. and there's a potential that when this is announced by the transport secretary in a few hours' time, officially, that it could apply to england only. so that will still leave confusion reigning in scotland. let's get some of the day's other news: more than 800 people have been arrested after british and european po

are being hard hit economically as well as by the pandemic much harder than others for example spain and italy they're really looking to miracle to provide leadership on that and as you've been speaking we've been looking at some pictures of chancellor merkel as you said she'd entered the chamber we saw the commission president underlined seated there as well i want to ask you about that economic recovery package because this is so important moving forward and yet there is some controversy over this hundreds of billions of euro that's supposed to provide economic stimulus and recovery where are the hurdles right now. yeah so feels like everyone pretty well agrees that some major bold recovery plan is needed but of course when it comes down to it this is money we're talking about and that is always a matter of massive discussions and there are debates about virtually every aspect that you could imagine the scale of the fund so the number of 750000000000 euros is what the european commission is talking about our bill americal herself together with the french president manuel markov came out with

new zealand, australia, italy, spain. they made plans for this and started.read this evening that the government coronavirus strategy data published contains three mentions of domestic abuse, not one of them is about what they would do to resolve the issues. on april the 11th, priti patel highlighted the message abuse fears and said she was going to ensure that victims had everything they needed atjohn had just said, she promised £37 million and they got £1 million. and this is from a government that has built out businesses at the expense of leaving abuse men, women and children in the homes with their abusers. this will have caused immense social damage that will last a decade and criminal justice damage as well. we have a court system where there are not enough court buildings and huge delays and court cases where they have been cut to domestic abuse survivors. in custer police in 2010. all of which means that with coronavirus, being locked in a building which her abuser has been the perfect storm for murder and rape and child abuse and everything else tha

government says if you go to this list of countries and we know the first four germany france spain and italy need to isolate when you return. it is up to those countries if you isolate when you get there and spain has already said it would not make british holidaymakers self isolate potentially we could be looking at more countries. some reports suggest up more countries. some reports suggest up to 75 may be on the list later so we will have to wait and see what comes out of that. it is a slightly different thing from what was originally suggested but the big thing is that the foreign office tomorrow is lifting that restriction against all but essential travel. some people, there is quite a divide this weekend. some people in england are this weekend. some people in england a re really this weekend. some people in england are really looking forward to getting to a particle going to restau ra nts. getting to a particle going to restaurants. others are tentative about whether or not this is the right time for them to go. boris johnson has a message for people who are preparing to celebrate. he

and spain, italy not spared. and 0.7% coming off the smi in switzerland. and so this is worse than anticipated for 2020 and the recovery process has been trimmed too for next year. so disappointing news that has crossed and impacted the trade today. and don't forget investors have been weighing the impact of the coronavirus and reopening of the economies. and the commissioner weighing in on that today and indicating some disappointment about how swiftly we've aen able to open up on the back of the lockdowns. i want to take you to two major banks. hsbc and standard charter are both done as they continue to look at the implications of the new laws in hong kong. and carrie lam says that it will restore the city's safest as one of the safest in the world in her weekly press conference, she attempted to ally fears that the new measures would undermine freedoms grantsded by the one country two systems. and major tech companies though have suspended cooperation following the implementation of the national security can law. facebook, google and twitter said that t

so it's more economical to fatten animals in italy or spain than in germany or denmark. the german thomas association says it has to do with a just sticks. with this kind of power it's not a question of economy but a question of markets and specialize ations. and in spain italy and above all in france holland austria the real market is much bigger than here in germany so these cards will be sent to those countries for fattening. that means our consumption behavior has a big influence on what animals are being exported to their. dignity there's not much of that around for animals in the meat industry nor is there for the people working in its albatross the union stockyards in chicago builds in 865 was for a long time the world's leading and most notorious meat packing district most of the people who work there were migrants they owned a pittance and ensured exploitation and discrimination sadly such conditions are still all too common in the meat industry as we found out it too. companies in northwestern gemini. it's pretty clear what this company is all about even from o

lift its quarantine requirement for people arriving from england from countries including france spain italy and germany. for all meantime in other news with germany holding the e.u.'s rotating presidency for the next 6 months chancellor angela merkel will be working closely with european commission president arcilla funder line her former protege sure it's something of a 1st to german women at the helm of the e.u. but they will have to make sure that the rest of the e.u.'s member states are on board with their agenda chancellor angela merkel and the commission president as well off on the line know and trust each other but is the rest of the e.u. ok with 2 german to the top and we've got lots of the question to both presidents is a coincidence that 2 very powerful german women lead these negotiations about the recovery fund and you know each other a row is that helpful or is it a hindrance with respect to the other $26.00 they may be afraid of too much germany . that's why we're talking about 2 dedicated europeans that's what's more important here but of course i can't forget my german inte

lift its quarantine requirement for people arriving from england from countries including france spain italy and germany. all the german parliament is voting today on a package of measures to end the country's reliance on coal as part of the transition to renewable energy the plan commits germany to phase out coal fired power stations by 2038 at the latest it will also provide billions of euros just support energy firms to switch to other fuels and to support coal mining regions where jobs will be lost. political correspondent simon young is standing by at the german bund is how following those developments for us so germany the 1st country to phase out nuclear power shattering the coal industry how controversial is this package signed. it was there i think the core of it isn't really that controversial most people recognize that in the context of the climate crisis it's wise to end the burning of coal but of course there are arguments that have been going on for years about exactly how that should be done how quickly and what should replace coal so industry representatives in particular are

countries like italy and spain have been especially hard hit by the corona pandemic were timed to counter resistance from countries like the netherlands and austria that would prefer to save money to marathon negotiations they reduce the amount of direct to 390000000000 for the 1st time the e.u. will issue common debt despite all the haggling the current president of the e.u. council has placed. and i think this is a clear signal that goes beyond europe that this very special structure this very special entity a european union consists of $27.00 member states that can act together despite their very different backgrounds and have proven they have the capacity to act that is a good sign. but what is the deal actually worth. you talked in your opening statement about the disunity exposed by the deal in fact there were moments where it looked as you said of course the 5 days as if there might not be a deal would you say those north south divisions will leave lasting scars absolutely it's not just north south now it's east west we saw small groups of eastern european countries able to blackma

but in fact they'll be standing out there alone under their umbrella unless they make sure that italy spain france all these countries are also able to recover in the same way so what you hear is a lot of talk about divergence germany has recognized this how quickly did germany was able to unleash more than a trillion euro in support of its own economy other countries have not been able to do that they're already saddled with debt so they need this help and they're trying to explain that all together that you can make sure they recover in a much more cohesive way than if they struggle on their own. the united states is still struggling to contain the world's biggest grown of our celebrate there's been nearly 3800000 cases nationwide and more than 140000 deaths the president has downplayed the epidemic falsely claiming in an interview that the u.s. is one of the lowest mortality rates in the world and fisher. thoughts from northern virginia. what the white house described as embers has become a blaze the us now is seeing around $70000.00 new cases of cold meat at the the president's own heal

grants and $360000000000.00 of loans that will have to be repaid and hit southern states such as italy and spain have been pushing for. bigger grounds a group of so-called frugal northern european countries where the bulk of the money distributed is loans but more checks on how the money spent. it's on his prime minister he said become tay says he's cautiously optimistic that the rift can be overcome and acknowledged that negotiations have been tough to leave there was there is a limit that must not be exceeded for the dignity of italy and for the dignity of all the other countries which are going through the acute phase of the crisis under living the most serious consequences we are not joking here it is no time for national navel gazing we are proposing a european solution here and there is no time left for jokes in the script so. let's have a look at this proposals and with our economic with a philip behind berger who is an economist from the vienna institute for international economic studies joins us from the austrian capital welcome to d.w. so the new proposal sees a proportion of grants r

italy and spain will have to show that they actually have a plan. it is not a plan for short-term, a plan for the future to deal with structural problems like a country like italy has had for years, like low productivity. alix: great reporting. joining us is ian harnett absolute strategy chief strategist. does this make you want to go by the euro, by european equities? ian: i think that is certainly where we are. we are looking at a situation where having been very cautious in the euro zone relative to the u.s. for the last three and a half years, we overweight the currency and the equity margaret. we see this very much as -- if you remember mario draghi with his whatever it takes moment in the euro zone crisis -- this is the fiscal whatever it takes moment, from our went of view. even if the u.s. manages to put together their fiscal package, the big shift is we have seen countries like germany shift to being a providing fiscal stimulus for the rest of the euro zone. fiscal transfer is taking place from germany and france to the peripheral countries,

in spain from pommy york or in spain from my beater in spain or from florence in italy as the days go on they're expecting to add more flights to that but they're still saying that you know 5 to 10 percent of normal capacity they're not expecting to be up to 100 percent certainly by the end of the year i think bigger airports heathrow gatwick cetera might be up and running at something like full capacity quicker than that but this is still early days here i mean let's look back at the way this is all transpired the british government didn't impose quarantine on people coming in from other countries until a month ago now when they did that there was a huge outcry of protest from the travel industry and from m.p.'s within the conservative party who said that this was a city thing to do this late in the game. essentially at that point when the corn scene was introduced the people of the countries that the u.k. was saying had to have people coming from those had to be quarantined in many cases had lower levels of coronavirus than the u.k. itself so it was something considered something of

northern countries led by the netherlands want strict controls on spending southern states including italy and spain seeking substantial i think it's. a let's bring in our correspondent barbara faisal who is watching but mostly whiting and brussels barbara good to have you with us what is the main sticking point. there's still so many sticking points that we couldn't pick out the one that was the stickiest because all the big questions here have been on resolve as you mentioned the question what governance that is what control there will be over the koran the funds will the no go to northern states be able to sort of tell the southerners what to do with the money that is one big point the other is the absolute volume of the recovery front even that hasn't been finally fixed yet then there is the totally on resolve question off the rule of law making as many member states germany to belongs to them one to tie the front payment of funds to some eastern european states namely poland and hungary to certain obligations with regard to democracy and rule of law and of course hungary and poland says no way

distributed as free grants and how much as repayable loans hard hit southern states including italy and spain are seeking substantially aid payments but a group of fiscally frugal northern countries for loans and more control over how the money is spent. bridging the gap between the 2 opposite camps is proving to be a major challenge heading into a new round of meetings german chancellor angela merkel warned that a deal might not be reached today begin today we are entering the 3rd day of negotiations and this is certainly the decisive one the various issues the size of the fund the way it is managed and also the questions of the rule of law have not been examined thirdly i still can't say whether a solution will be found days a lot of good will but there are also many positions and so i will make every effort but it may also be there is no result is achieved today of the so it's a plan that gives them let's bring in our correspondent bob bezos following the summit in brussels for us i know america not too optimistic after 2 days of ten's negotiations what are you hearing about the progress b

not have to be that far, tom: in a weeks time, if you travel to low risk areas like spain, italy, france germany, youve will not o self-isolate in either direction. greece is also on the list, though they will not allow u.k. holidaymakers in until at least july 15. countries like thean.s., brazil d portugal are not on the list. anyone arriving into the u.k. have to quarantine4 days.ill it means, has canceled her holiday. >> i am disappointed not to go to portugal. i was due too go friday t visit a friend with other friends. we go every year. there was a spike last week, but i thought there would be a chance. tom: getting the policy to this point has not been a smooth ride. the near blanket quarantine has put peop off booking summer holidays. it haseen deeply unpopular with struggling travel businesses. as the governments tries to relax quarantine, there has been real confusion. tonight, the prime minisr defended the way it has been handle pm johnson: we always said we would have a stronquarantine regime in place and that is what we are going to have for large numbers of countries around