So. Than in the 1st. Step towards justice for thousands of victims. Welcome to the program. Again warned that the fight. Is far from over and that the country. For the long haul has been addressing the bundestag thats the German Parliament. Extra as the country begins to slow. Concerned about the extent of interest frictions have been eased in some states. With the crisis. But you also have these words of caution for everyone living in germany new month with the go nobody likes to hear it but the truth is not in the final phase of the pandemic instead were still at the beginning we will have to live with this virus for a long time and the question of how we can prevent our Health System from being overwhelmed and consequently costing the lives of countless people this question will remain a central issue for politics in germany and europe for a long time to come. August you pretty. Good average of Political Editor. Is in the German Parliament this morning for. Merkel has also criticised the easing of restrictions in germany why is that concerning us so much. Because after the recent dream and with the federal state premiers here in germany on which steps would be allowed as part of this using overstretched sops of a certain size being allowed to open some pupils being allowed to go back to school her concern is that now people are taking the new situation too lightly and she is a scientist she listens very closely to scientists in fact she often echoes exactly what they say she is worried that in 2 weeks time when we will learn what actual impact this is easing of restrictions has had there could potentially be a 2nd wave there could be a spike in new infections and then the pandemic could unfold what everybody fears exponential figures that could then eventually overwhelm the Health System and this is a small success that is being is not being celebrated that much amongst politicians but certainly people feel a lot more at ease not having seen that stress test for the Health Care System here in germany so far i guess shes right nobody wants to hear about this pandemic is that far from over what. From. Well she also said that only a vaccine couldnt end this and that science is for mankind so if a vaccine is found that would have to be made available to the entire world thats a notable difference particular to the u. S. Stance on this which has been trying to buy into companies also here in germany to secure vaccines fast for americans so. She sounded more of a world leader of World Leaders scientist who is thinking globally about this she also spoke at the european level theres a vital Video Conference call with leaders later on today where hopes are fading that there will be a quick agreement on how to finance the rebuilding of the economies here in europe with some countries suffering much more than others notably its city which has been so hard hit by this coronavirus and the big question here is whether that will be funded purely through e. U. Budget thats her preferred option in fact she firmly pointed towards the e. U. Budget this being the source of solidarity so thats her latest way of saying no to corona bones we have some preliminary responses. Didnt achieve Political Editor thank you very much for. That is the 1st trial of its kind in the world 2 suspected Syrian Intelligence officers are set to face justice here in germany today theyre charged with crimes against humanity including torture and Sexual Assault prosecutors are using universal jurisdiction laws to try the 2 suspects or the defendants and germany as Asylum Seekers along with thousands of other syrians did a beautiful on the whole one mother this could bring justice for her son what a warning some viewers may find this report distressing. Mario lives in a berlin suburb it seems like but this syrian woman is part of a europe wide hunt to catch criminals with Service Agents from her country like many others mariam and i hum with systematically tortured the young medical student and spoken up for human rights and concert president bashar other time to step down now 8 years after his death his mother is seeking justice. I want the culprits to be brought to justice from the accomplice all the way up to i thought the people i work possible for spilling our childrens blood. To them a lot. More than 26000 pictures of torture victims were smuggled out of her torn syria by her wages the topper for. Her the photos could help convict torturers and murderers. Human rights lawyer mark and we survived torture in syria now living in germany hes pressing charges against his former tormentors including anwar as a former Senior Member of the Syrian Secret Service and more are crimes against humanity murder and rape. Murder. Or drugs and we have to take me to the north. We dont have written to you. Bill miley is investigating syrian torture of. 100. 00 more criminals he went prosecutor and worked on from the former yugoslavia and the one to genocide he notes that without a paper trail its difficult to bring culprits to justice. And thats why these documents smuggled out of. Valuable. What you have in this room are materials to. The Security Intelligence structures. The military structures of syria. Party or political structures. Level. Governor level across they also shed light on suspected torturers anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior he to remain on the bank that in europe money on her not only the killer her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding her the hunt has begun. A change of subject now and we can have a look at some dont know about as related news from around the Bond Rating Agency fitch says the world is on track for the recession of cold unprecedented depths in the postwar period it could be twice as severe as the Great Recession of 2009 south Korea Central Bank says the economy has shrunk 1. 4 percent over the coronavirus its performance in more than a decade the number of confirmed over 1000 infections in singapore has lost 10000 despite robust efforts by the city state to try and control the virus and in china a citizen journalist missing for almost 2 months has reappeared he says he was detained by police and forcibly quarantined in a while the race to develop a vaccine is gaining momentum the german drug bio and tech one approval to begin the countrys fast human Clinical Trials of a possible vaccine that are currently dozens of potential Candidates Development in europe china and the United States but Health Officials say it will still be months before a vaccine is finally ready for the market the german firm vial and check its working on what it hopes will be the 1st vaccine for covert 19 an important step will be human Clinical Trials these have now been given the go ahead by the federal bank scene regulatory body the Palm Institute the trials will be the 1st in germany. With this authorization we will conduct the 5th Clinical Trial worldwide to develop a vaccine and this is indeed a milestone. Bio and techno perform trials of 4 different versions of its vaccine candidate and 200 healthy test subjects between the ages of 18 and 55 in the coming months in the hope of developing an effective treatment for the Novel CoronavirusGermanys Health minister says safety is key. Thing is very important after all this is an injection so safety must be the top priority was the active substance in the vaccine will contain the pathogens genetic material the human body will then create proteins with it against which the immune system will form antibodies the principal bio and tech already uses. For a vaccine therapy for cancer a whole project has now been redirected. The timetable Clinical Trials will start at the end of april 1st results are expected at the beginning of july if positive trials would be expanded to thousands of subjects in the fall and winter. The Company Hopes to develop a covert 916 this year but experts say 2021 is more realistic. I think its reasonable to expect a vaccine in the 1st half of next year which has been approved by the authorities and is widely available divac seen doesnt just have to be tested it also has to be available to the general population not just in germany but also worldwide. And effective vaccine is one great hope to end the corona virus pandemic. And german chancellor Angela Merkel has addressed the German Parliament about the countrys preparedness to fight corporate 19 she made that address just a short while but she also spoke about europe and efforts to rescue the blocks economy a topic that is said to be discussed but summit of e. U. Leaders this afternoon yeah she said it was also important to show solidarity present colleagues. In germany the commitment to a unified europe part. Of. Who we are as a country. And where we throw our lot in with the other european states and. Incredible challenge of the pandemic is the time for koreans this pandemic everyone but it doesnt affect everyone equally and if were not careful we will use it to defy. Europe would not you know if it does not like you are not going to. Stand there for one another in time. Dire need no one can blame for. The democrats wonder of monsters is in brussels georg a call from the johnson are for europeans and e. U. Countries to stand together but are these countries actually standing together when it comes to financing and economic stimulus well this is what we will find out soon day at this 4th a digital Video Conference a summit here in brussels and everybody will be keen to see what does it mean when german chancellor Angela Merkel says we need to act as europe what does that translates to when it comes to the sheer numbers when it comes to loans or grounds the ad of the European CouncilJohn Michelle said in his invitation letter that even more determination than in the past will be needed to paper over differences to find a consensus so that gives you a taste of what you can expect today ministers the states state leaders rather will 1st of all have to greenlight an aid package of some 500000000000 euro so how fatality in a euros and ive put together a report to give you an idea of what is so far on the table and what you leaders still want to put on top of that heres my report. Subsidized loans for portuguese fishermen advance payments for companies in greece equity injections and direct grants under normal circumstances these could all be examples of unfair competition in the e. U. But with europes state aid rules suspended for the 1st time in history theres a mountain of new money on offer europes collection to free funds is well above 3 trillion euros this is the most impressive response anywhere in the wont but we know we will need more. A lot more this is because some states are in a much better financial position to Fund National stimulus packages than others eurozone finance ministers have already agreed on the principle of a mutual e. U. Recovery fund the big problem the size and nature of this new debt instrument has yet to be decided by heads of government italy france and spain have so far been in favor of jointly issued e. U. Debt but germany the netherlands and others strongly oppose the idea of socalled corona bonds a compromise could lie behind these walls the e. U. Commission could borrow money and issue bonds against the security of the e. U. Budget Something Like a limited edition of mutual debt it is a spanish suggestion and the german chancellor has already said shes willing to explore the idea didnt really quick answers to address the pandemic and germany will participate in solidarity measures that go beyond the initial rescue package of 500000000000 euros. The question is will the commission distribute these funds as loaves or instead its grounds something spain. You dont look upon and care about as it is with us and he put together that report he joins us from brussels just based on your report and what chancellor Angela Merkel said to the German Parliament a short while but does it look like the chancellor is taking the issue of koran or bonds off the table and is more in favor of the spanish suggestion. Well that we really have to see when it comes to that Video Conference theres some good news and theres some bad news german chancellor Angela Merkel even mentioned in her speech now it additional contributions to the e. U. Budget and in other words directly addressing this workaround that has been suggested by spain but it is completely unclear whether this will be grounds or whether this would be a loan its something that the states in the north i. E. Germany and the netherlands would rather prefer also the amount of money that is put on the table is completely unclear and it leads us back to an age old raul of a mutual i stet that that will be very difficult to find a quick conclusion at at this Video Conference at the head of the European Council shammy shell has already strapped the idea of Council Conclusions that would have to be. Agreed by all leaders and rather will give a president ial statement at the end of this Video Conference and that gives you some taste what to expect from this meeting. In brussels thank you very much for that. Some other stories making headlines around the world. 7000 people working on the. U. S. President and executive order. Immigration he said it was necessary to help americans get jobs in an economy ravaged by the us but the order includes many exemptions including for medical as well as immediate family members of u. S. Citizens. As the impact of the process begins to make it. This week. Russias government is saying it is proud of the way it has handled the crisis the kremlin is keen to point out that it anticipated the dangers and closed its borders weeks before other countries did but one thing it evidently failed to fork out was what happened to the price of oil this week and thats putting the future of the state and possibly the state itself in question. Russias economy rises and falls with the price of oil fossil fuels are the countrys main export but with demand plummeting and that price falling below 0 many fear catastrophic consequences for the countrys financial safety net will grow because we have been living off the pipelines and now theyve closed them our income is definitely going to drop. Im were very worried about more than about coronavirus. For russias oil giants look oil and state controlled. The Oil Price Collapse is just the latest blow earlier in august russia and saudi arabia agreed to cut output in a bid to shore up the price hard hit by their production battle but by then coronavirus it already throttled demand and with analysts predicting only a slow price recovery many think the situation could become worse than it was in the 1990 s. After the fall of the soviet union when the oil price bottomed out. Around 60 percent of the revenue coming into russias economy is from oil and gas. People here have been living on the small change that trickles into the budget after that oil money has been processed including by our all the guards of course but now even that income will be gone too we are going to see extreme poverty. For now life goes on under quarantine in a country proud of its ability to weather hardships but a total collapse of its main source of income is something its never had to deal with. For more lets bring in our moscow correspondent. Emily dealing with this prices around the country depends on oil exports its one of its major contributors to state. Is that a plan b. Well the kremlin spokesman meat is called has said that we shouldnt be too apocalyptic about these falls in oil prices and that russia has all the necessary reserves letting or putin himself has been talking about how russia has weathered many crises and in a way that is true some economists were talking about how russia in the past few years under u. S. Sanctions has built up kind of a fortress economy theyve been putting money surplus money from oil into a kind of Rainy Weather fund for the past few years they have big oil reserves they have been trying to diversify the economy though that happens very slowly the question though is with the Falling Oil Prices whether those reserves can hold and the expert that we just saw in the report said that he thinks russias reserves will only hold for a few months what does that mean for the government i mean is it being able to help these special many small and medium size businesses. Well the russian government has been in the past few weeks announce a kind of new economic support measures bit by bit theyve been mainly supporting so far big businesses state businesses but they also have announced some support measures for small and medium businesses they were particularly worried because theyve been of course hardest hit by the quarantine measures that have been brought in across the country you know cafes and so on that just had to close but and initially putin had announced that this was a paid holiday quarantine measures with of course the businesses themselves having to keep paying employees now last week put in announced that there would be some cash injections for small and medium businesses but only if they can retain 90 percent of employees and so the question is whether they can do that surveys show that a 3rd of businesses were saying Small Businesses that they may be facing bankruptcy so the question is whether its too little too late what does this mean for the legitimacy of the go. Well i think the economy will have a huge effect on his popularity so far as the government is usually blamed for basically all failings that happen in russia whereas putin so far is kind of exempt but now people are really really worried about the economy and recent surveys show that actually around just under 40 percent of people say that putin himself is actually protecting big businesses banks and all of darkness rather than people so we dont know but there have been kind of online protests in the past few days ron young takes maps which is the equivalent of google maps people kind of writing comments so it does seem that people are angry including at fortune im sure of it in moscow thank you very much for the. Travel has become impossible because of the un with many borders Golden International flights grounded as we reported having a devastating impact on countries that live off the Spanish Island of my new york especially hard hit. The cloudy april weather is just a tiny problem compared to the corona Virus Outbreak the pandemic has had catastrophic consequences for where youll cut beaches from now to search it just a year ago 15000000 visitors brought here to debate lives. Hotel on montserrat per se yo no fears for her likelihood all restaurants and hotels in majorca have been forced to shut down and definitely. Even economically speaking this is a disaster for us and everyone who lives for tourism on the island. This used to be one of the busiest streets of palma now everythings closed the belly eric islands g. D. P. Could tumble by a 3rd its feared that spain as a whole could lose 90000000000 euros of revenue tourism as vital to the country the local government here is pushing for the reopening of this essential sector. Comments it was we want to slow the restart of august which about a quarter of last years business well yes that would be a good sign. Montserrat wants to welcome holiday makers to her hotel again but its unclear just when it will be able to reopen the residents stressed that they are sealed off from the mainland and a number of infections here is relatively low. My. Position itself is a safe destination and this is also why we hope to welcome our guests again very recently nationally but im tempted at the t. V. Studio stashed but monster or so makes it difficult to keep a distance of 2 meters from all those on the islands. Faces some very difficult times ahead. The current about us folks down in india is having one Positive Side effect plummeting air pollution levels in the company. Look at these before and after picture this is one of the citys famous landmarks. 2019 and this is what it looks like today you can even see the good from quite so we are way back that. Usually the citys roads are choked with exports or the dramatic change is largely due to the shock drop in traffic and warned that the improvement is likely to be short lived. In berlin of course theres more updates on. The back of the top. Half. To the conflict zone with tim sebastian. This week on big zoom back on a man like millions of people around the world through social distancing his book my guest is the comic con. Photosynth elizabeth fahrenheit could prove the charm for dumb bombs. To stop the spread of the disease. Conflict so far. Off. The Climate Crisis is in danger in our planet and now scientists hope to cool the earths climate system artificially with geno engineering. But can we really control this technology. And how does it affect us and our environment. And Global Thermostat ways to cool the world. In 45 minutes on d w. They were abducted by the nazis untaken to germany to be raised as citizens of the us. During world war 2 thousands of polish children suffer the smog. Even today many of them dont know their real parents well. Theyve lived with this trauma for decades. Telling children the kidnapping can. Chain of nazi germany starts april 28th along t. W. The president has put out in very transparent in the information he provided so youre not winning the trust stuff ive been on this was germany prepared with anyone compared with china prepared this week comfort zone is back when there are unlike many millions of people around the world we too are not social distancing while we wont be able to interview people face to place we can still record via the internet and try to bring you the best possible quality. So according to current the