Johnson get a battle and the nation 16 regional leaders will decide later today. The sad anniversary paris is exactly a year since 5 badly damaged the Notre Dame Cathedral the brains shocked people in france and around the world the storage work has so far been slow but a couple of filmmakers have been able to use Virtual Reality to show how the cathedral looks and how itll look in future. While come to the Program Donald Trump has instructed his administration to hold funding for the Organization Mr trump says the w. H. O. Failed in its early response to the coronavirus the us president who has himself come under fire for his handling of the pandemic said the w. H. O. Should have done a better job. Off investigating initial reports in china u. S. Secretary general and to new the terrorist responded by saying that now was not the time to end support for the death. He said its way was absolutely critical to the couple efforts to combat cliff at 19. The w. H. O. Failed in its basic duty to save lives those are the words of President Trump and c. N. N. Its to freeze on funding for the u. N. Agency today im instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization while a review is conducted as the organizations leading sponsor the United States has a duty to insist on full accountability trump has repeatedly criticized the w. H. O. Throughout the pandemic this time claiming its bias towards china is responsible for the viruses rapid spread to other parts of the world you had the w. H. O. Done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out chinas lack of transparency the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death there is trump says the roughly 400000000. 00 in annual donations will now be reappropriated though he refused to sever americas relationship with the w. H. O. Entirely we will continue to engage with the w. H. O. To see if it can make meaningful reforms for the time being we will redirect Global Health and directly. Work with others the u. S. Is the worst affected country in the world with more recorded cases and deaths than anywhere else trumps handling of the pandemic has also been widely criticized and his opponents say this latest announcement is nothing more than a deflection tactic. Im now joined by will face and this my old boss in sydney canada hello to you michael is any off Donald Trumps criticism off the death justified. Of course good to be with you by the way hes not the only world leader to come out and speak against the w. H. O. We all know that its in need of you reforms like many u. N. Agencies but now is the wrong time to do capitated the w. H. O. Unfortunately i think mr trump is deflecting criticism from his own deplorable record i dont think he realizes that handing handling a Health Emergency is different than solving a condominium building in new york city he spent a whole month doing absolutely nothing but to tell the deputy joe that their funding was going to be cut in the middle of this pandemic is not only depriving them of badly needed funds but also perhaps signaling to other countries that they too could deprive the organization of badly needed money as well. But is there anything to the allegation that the devil you know relied too heavily on data from china in terms of its response to the pandemic. Well ive been sitting on every briefing pretty much since early january and i have to say that my judgment did drop in early january when they said that china was setting the Gold Standard in terms of fighting an epidemic or a virus spread we know now that they did we dont really cover up the figures and. You know were late to the game in terms of declaring that there was an emergency within their own country so there is a certain closeness that makes this kind of uncomfortable with the deputy show not only with china but with other members states as well which makes them a bit too close to these countries and thats it they dont allow themselves to be hold these countries accountable. So if this funding cuts from the u. S. Desk come through how is that like this impacts the whole health organization. I think the symbolism is more important than the dollars and cents i mean the u. S. Contributes you know 15 percent or so to the budget and by the way that debbie h. O. Budget is about the same or actually less than the budgets of many u. S. University hospitals so goes to show you that you know they do a global kind of mandate on very little funds but i think what it really really hurts them is their moral credibility that when they do speak and weve a long way to go in terms of seeing the end of this pandemic when they do speak it may not give them the same or authority as they once did and that would be very very bad and and much of the race that will do now in response to the action that thank you mr president has taken. Why they continue what theyve been doing i mean i the United Kingdom just gave a multimillion dollar donation to w. H. O. To fight depend look where crossing a very important why right now i think in terms of the fighting there is such a current of virus i think what were all hoping for and praying for is that doesnt really hit hard on a lot of countries with weaker Health Systems especially in africa because most of those countries have very weak ministries of health and that is where the w. H. O. Expertise and you know ability to mobilize will really come into play so god forbid that it isnt able to operate at that time. Michael voss akira in tentative for us thank you pleasure and now heres a quick roundup of some of the other coronavirus developments around the world fabled Health Organizations says its search and the wall it has still not seen the peak off the outbreak its a sniper saint of confirmed cases so far in europe and the United States the number off they need thats registered in the u. S. Has reached a new high off more than 2200 people denmark is reopening child k. Scientists primary schools and some shops today it was one of the 1st countries and you have to impose a lockdown and finland is sniffing roadblocks around its capital its 1st misha to ease its restrictions and in 1009 year old man has become the oldest known patient in brazil to recover from the virus he has now missed the hospital. In a peak warning the International Monetary fund has full cost that the Global Economy is on track for the kind of downturn that wrecked economies and lives during the great depression. And it has everything to do with far reaching measures designed to save lives in the throat if i spent any. Amid lockdowns business shutdowns and travel restrictions due to the covert 1000. 00 pandemic the outlook is bleak for the Global Economy the i. M. F. Is now forecasting a decline of 3 percent this year before the pandemic emerged as a grave threat to Public Health and Economic Activity the organization was expecting over 3 percent growth in 2020. The i. M. F. Chief Economist Says the current measures to contain the pandemic make a severe slowdown on avoidable remarked but this is a deep recession it is a recession that involves solvency issues it is deeper isnt that in was unemployment rates going up dramatically and these tend to leave scars and while there are many very strong policy actions being taken some of this will spill over into the end the 2nd half of this year into 2021 the i. M. F. Is optimistic about a robust recovery next year predicting Global Growth of 5. 8 percent the institution is providing loans to nations that need help in dealing with a pandemic. We are actively deploying our one trillion dollar lending capacity to support Vulnerable Countries including through rapid dispersing emergency financing. And Debt Service Relief to our poorest member countries and we are calling on official credit has to do to say the i. M. F. Caution that its forecast is clouded by uncertainty about the path the corona virus will take a 2nd outbreak of the pandemic next year could make the economic collapse far more extreme. Now the owner of the Busiest Airport in germany that would be frank fit if it says passenger volume has dropped by more than 60 percent in the 1st quarter the current coronavirus pandemic has all but ended personal travel with most recent daily numbers down 95 percent similar reports come from Londons Heathrow with a drop off 90 percent and vienna where passenger numbers are down 99 percent. Or more on that lets bring in our financial correspondent in frankfurt identify stuff hi and it has so how have people invested in these companies responded to the impact coronavirus has had. Of course there was a major sell off of those Airport Operators in the recent weeks ever since we got a creates on how bad the situation actually will be for traffic as such so if you look at both you were mentioning hes. The biggest operators in europe of course for Continental Europe what theyre doing is theyre closing down terminals in order to manage costs there at least for for their repairing runways currently because they have time to do so but of course as long as the longer the situation last the more painful they will get for example they are saying they need to have liquidity 8 also from the state hes fro us those saying that they are doing quite well on their own but of course it profit is going down even more for the month of april april could be the worst month in Civil Aviation history when it comes to passenger volumes. In the u. S. For example weve seen that the government is is rescuing the countrys airlines i think is a 25000000000. 00 package whats the feeling about whether thats actually going to be enough. Well actually if you look at the package its to fall its 25000000000. 00 in cash in order to safeguard jobs because those airlines who tap the funds theyre not allowed to the to lay off workers so about one big. Part of the program and then they have also 25000000000. 00 in which they cant tap so whatever nation experts us saying that should actually be ok to last until the end of september and the assumption is that air traffic will pick up again by october if thats not going to happen they most likely need more money back to you right now. In frankfurt for us thank you. Time to take a look now at the news around the world south korea is Holding NationalAssembly Elections with and president of measures in place to deal with the coronavirus before being allowed to cause the ballots 1st has musri him last stand at least a metre apart have a temperature taken disinfect their hands and wait gloves. In former u. S. President barack obama has endorsed democratic contender joe biden in the race for the white house mr obama announced his support for the for his former Vice President in a video message describing biden as the right leader to guide the u. S. Wants firefighters in ukraine have established a fire that was threatening the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant the forest fires near the abandoned site had been burning for 10 days the Chernobyl Nuclear brought stuff it a meltdown in 1986 that sprayed radioactive fallout across europe. Here in germany theres been a rise in corona virus infections off to 4 days of decline but johnson and get a medical is due to consult the premiers of germanys 16 states to decide whether they should be a cautious lifting off the lock down one recommendation is to start with a gradual reopening of schools and shops but any rollback of the restrictions will involve a delicate balancing act. Germany has a tough decision to make keep restrictions in place like france or like austria start the country down the path towards normal life the consequences could be enormous either way easing restrictions could put peoples physical health at risk but there are also risk to keeping them in place and the current restrictions are warranted but they have a very high cost not just an Economic Cost but also a social and psychological cost we need to think about how we can transition responsibly step by step into some sort of renormalization and i think we need to do that quite soon germanys Public Health institute the robert cock institute is not against relaxation but its wary of how it happens as of wednesday morning the institute registered a total of 127584 cases in germany thats an increase of 2486 on the previous day total deaths are now at 3254 medicals cabinet ministers have been weighing in some like the Health Minister yet are hinting at a rollback on restrictions with caviar. This year. We should do it step by step and keep control over the outbreak and make sure that were able to keep treating patients patient and 100 can. The chancellor is set to discuss the countrys options with the leaders of germany 16 states today as a federal system they have to be on board with last happens next a final decision is expected shortly thereafter a change in social distancing regulations would require all to comply but says this image shows even politicians and doctors sometimes have difficulty following the rules. All right at the table now is to be a Political Correspondent and many many others see it so is germany likely to ease the lockdown well this will all depend on the outcome of the outcome of that meeting this afternoon where the 16 states will discuss what comes next in fact each state will be restaurants a bill for implementing all soft ending the measures already in place one of the key measures of course that will be discussed will be the return to schools in each different states and interesting the not all states agree on how to do that for example in North Rhine Westfalia which is the west affected area in gemini to mean is there of education announced a gradual reopening of schools after off schools after easter holidays argument in. The state has to enable some exams to take place i mean lie in bed varia for example the minister present in the very hour mark has served there say he ruled out to prompt a reopening of schools in his rage and in depth here so the stance to himself from the advised recommendation of the National Academy of sciences which advised the reopening of 1st primary and secondary schools in the country ok so i mean i guess staying on that how is this relaxation of measures likely to look well this meeting is exactly about finding out how and when a return to progressives normality ease on the card can be on the cards here in germany does is something that we of course happen very gradually might look different from one states to another schools well be likely to reopen gradually as well perhaps for as a primary schools then secondary school etc if we look at neighboring austria for example there is a gradual reopening of all places of socialization as well now they would get a question. Of social these times seeing how doc be soft and we have people be asked to wear masks when theyre socialising for example and also worth mentioning here in germany not everyone is happy it was a softening of the measures in fact more than half of the german population actually want to stick either to stick to the current measures or even incremental more measures. Interesting times a look out for that word from the chancellor and the regional leaders many a chance to thank you thank you. And its now to paris where years ago today the cat 3 doors down was badly damaged by a fire ball to have been started by any electrical short circuit sadly salvage and reconstruction were saw running months behind change will delayed by massive quantities of toxic lead to winter storms and now the corona virus pandemic but luckily all is not lost what remains are 2 films documenting the cathedral one shot before the disaster and the other off to wits and enhanced by Virtual Reality. Not true don cathedral the symbol of paris in flames. The images from april 29th team savage the worlds. Filmmakers cloues or shirley and victor argue long had been shooting a documentary on the world famous landmark just weeks before the fire. And almost its the day after the fire we realized that our images are of extremely great value that we captured a moment longer to adamas history that will be able to pass on to the public whether European American asian or parisian everyone who ever visited has a special memory of not what. They combined footage from before the inferno with nearly shot material to make a 2nd documentary titled rebuilding or tradition. Their images of the current cathedrals interior are the only ones of their kind. Elses movies images are even special because they were shot from Virtual Reality that is in 360 degrees with very High Resolution and didnt release that produces one image for the left eye and one for the right which gives you the illusion of depth as if you were actually there. With a vi headset people can immerse themselves in the world of not sure dumps for 16 minutes motion sensors allow them to move through and explore the structure independently. Such an experience in actual reality is no longer possible not sure dummy is now closed to the public. Its also a tourist landmark that each year drew millions of visitors of any faith or even without one this is a monument of importance to the history of france and it was important to us to put that across an awful lot of stuff there. The makers of rebuilding not acquired a very rare permit to film inside the damaged cathedral but in some spots only one member of the team was allowed the camera robot crumbling walls and high lead contamination posed to greater has it to people in these areas director chloe is delighted that she managed to be in the right place at the right time with the right technology. And im now joined. In the french capital paris for us good to see you so yes pause you know not you know was inflames whats actually going on there now not very much really the construction site behind me has drawn to a or the 80 to 100 workers artisans have gone home and obviously theyre hoping to be able to pick up work again in 4 weeks or maybe a bit later when the country will bit by bit lift the restrictions and lose parts of the lockdown here in france but there is one problem as the not sure my thought is told me yesterday all these arches and most of them come from eastern finance and they will 1st of all have to find the means to travel to paris which is not that easy these days because public transport has been reduced by quite a bit and also they will have to find find housing and all the hotels here i closed so the artisans the managers are at this very moment talking to authorities knocking at the doors of police stations at the fiber grates at doors to see if these people can maybe sleep at their facilities. Ok so one of the other problems has been the toxic lead levels in the role what are they doing about that. There have been a lot of different runs of the continent nation they have taken measurements inside the cathedral in front of it and schools and kindergartens around in the area and the authorities have been saying that they have around several several rounds of the countryman a decontamination theyre saying it should be safe final testing is going on at the part of the at the square in front of the cathedral at this very moment have been well until the lockdown came. On going and the Authorities Say are saying they will continue that and then maybe open the square to visitors again but there are groups here in the neighborhood and also environmental groups that are saying you cant do that its really dangerous inside and around the cathedral and more needs to be done. Very quickly i mean president macron announced that. The because it will be built by 2024 thats probably not very realistic now is it. Its going to be very tight at least once they pick up again they still have to finish securing the building then they have to assess the damage then they have to launch Public Tenders to find companies to provide the different materials needed for reconstruction and then once theyve chosen and chosen these companies they can finally Start Construction so it looks like its at least going to go down to the wire. Thats louis in paris for all this money in front of the table thank you. And finally breweries in belgium have started offering a Delivery Service for people who missed being able to buy a pint in their local restaurant or bar drinkers say its a way to support local businesses while enjoying their favorite brew. This isnt an Urgent Medical delivery for a person in quarantine but it could cheer up someone bored at home to keep their business alive half a dozen microbreweries in the belgian capital brussels are encouraging their fans to buy online charging around 50 euros for a case of 24. 00 bottles bicycle delivery included i think its very helpful to really varies. Not only because we Consumer Products but because of all the combine this is so the products by themselves who have some profit now. Somewhere along the way who runs the instant millings brewery series they used to mainly sell their beer to bars and restaurants. But those here are not too close almost a month ago. In one day we lost 95 percent of our clients so this was a really huge hits to us because were in direct 2nd line after the bars and mr. Artist are so high now that summer long he and his colleagues decided to start brewing again which they had stopped since the beginning of the lockdown at least theres no something to be cheerful about when youre stuck in quarantine. And youre watching news from berlin remember you can get the latest on the new apple on our website com you can also follow us on twitter on instagram tube or at the news im christine what its been that you have your company im back at the top of the allen joined me if you can thank you for watching. Food. To. Go to any of. The world has a big glass plastic one table where is edible. And afghan women refugees have jobs. This is what the drama is doing and its a project started by students in new delhi. You saw in the potential in that idea. In forcing the. Next on d w. Power play. Great for the mind body and soul. But few are june spend their time doing it. Developmental psychologists are concerned. Hes playing freely now played out. In 45 minutes on d w. 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