Income to over the past 5 weeks. Plus talks to british fund raising phenomenon captain tom horton after raising staggering sums for its countrys Health Care System the world war 2 veteran tells people to stay strong during this crisis. Theres no dont look wrong real old. Garden when. I merely phenomenon welcome European Union leaders have moved closer to approving a joint Recovery Fund after meeting by a 5 Video Conference on thursday the money would be in march for businesses that have taken a hit in the shutdown diplomatic sources say the 27 leaders agreed to ask the European Commission to work out the details including the size shape and methods of getting the money to businesses most urgently in need. The Video Conference was the 4th such meeting since the virus hit e. U. Countries and expectations were low e. U. Member states have so far failed to agree on how to help those economies hit hardest by the pandemic but after just a few hours the Council President emerged emphasizing the countrys common interests this toned image this putting out of sight is. Serious through there will be inches of each e. U. Member states its on the will be of the whole of the e. U. We are all in this to. Michelle said leaders have agreed to task the e. U. Commission with linking a Recovery Plan to the use next long term budget a u Commission President on the line called for unity unless we acted decisively and collectively the recovery will not be symmetric and divergences between Member States will increase speaking to the press and berlin after the meeting german chancellor Angela Merkel also stressed what this meant for europes biggest economy. Thats what are the figures for germany it means we have to expect higher contributions for the e. U. Next budget. Its clear we need some kind of financial instrument or Recovery Plan. Or Recovery FundRecovery Fund and i want to be very clear here a collective response is also in germanys interest in. Berlin has expressed a willingness and recent days to offer more aid to other struggling a euro khana means and eurozone finance ministers had already agreed on the principle of an e. U. Recovery fund the big problem the size and nature of this new debt instrument has yet to be decided but after thursdays meeting italian Prime Minister just sepic on to hailed the progress being made. The most important thing is that this urgent and necessary instrument has been confirmed italy live the calls for now and they should event the letter signed by the countries was very important an instrument like this was absolutely unthinkable until now. Despite the price details on the plan and sparse and many suspect the e. U. Commissions toughest negotiations are yet to come the outbreak of the coronavirus is pushing u. S. Jobless numbers to highs not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. The most recent figures show one in 6 American Workers has been thrown out of a job in the past 5 weeks thats 26000000 men and women washing correspondent under the sun it tells the story of 2 of those people. When montelena eliot looks at her old construction site she still struggles to comprehend what happened 3 weeks ago the immigrant architect from poland was working on one of washingtons biggest apartment buildings then she lost her job in just a blink of an eye so very challenging it was a hard time saying actually to even an intro for unemployment it took me 2 weeks of nonstop calling sometimes i was on the hold for 56 hours in her 20 years in america lino was able to build a life she owns her own home. And raises 2 sons. You know for the 1st time she is fighting to make ends meet she cant afford the mortgage and she has been forced to learn new skills like home schooling the kids that tell. Can recount i have 6 you have on her savings will last for another few weeks she says she is trying not to think about what comes after that and all. The right now the main thing gets to. Be able to provide them with food and to have a shelter and we dont have that then we are in the really bad stories. Only a few miles away in washington sean neighborhood bar that was shut down has reopened as a food Bank Catering to some of those who are hit the hardest always. Late also workers from the Hospitality Business get one hot meal per day has been tough. Day by day but all you can do is just be optimistic and you know be glad that your health they have my wife baby and well were for your restaurant and we are now working. Its very hot these are great people and i appreciate everything they do it gets old me through sometimes tours are going to be so for. The bars owner and of bolero had to furlough 70 over 85. 00 employees she collected some 300000 u. S. Dollars in donations and is now trying to keep the community afloat. Here in d. C. One in 7 workers is actually in the Hospitality Industry so youre talking about a huge number of people who are suddenly hitting the Public Safety net programs and so there have just been a lot of delays in them receiving the aid that theyre applying for. How much is a model in a l u 2 is still waiting for her unemployment aid as a skilled worker she hopes to find a new job once the crisis is over but she knows that Many Americans will not be that lucky a month. And now heres a look at other stories making headlines around the world a portuguese migrants and has been evacuated after the vast majority of the 175. 00 residents tested positive for the new coronavirus authorities ordered mass testing of all residents of the lisbon facility one of them was found to be carrying the virus. Police in the democratic republic of congo facedown followers of a local cult leader and then attempted rape on his residence in kinshasa a set of comes a day after members of the antigovernment religious group clashed with police resulting in deaths on both sides. Staff at a hospital in a hospital distribution of roses and books took over 1000 patients on thursday they were celebrating st george scots alone yes patron saint of the 23rd is when people usually exchange roses and books and catalonia but the coronavirus has made that impossible for many people. The worlds longest undersea roads tunnel has officially open to traffic in norway the countrys transportation minister cut the ceremonial ribbon for the. Tunnel over a video call in order to bite my social distancing restrictions. When the sleek plops and the German Football League say they hope to officially restart the bundesliga season on may 9th and empty stadiums pending government approval it will lots of 1st return of a major european Football League during the ongoing coronavirus 10 demick. The German Football League wants to restart the bundesliga season with games behind closed doors and they have a powerful motive broadcasters have agreed to pay out around 300000000 euros in t. V. Money if the season resumes. To the new top and for thanks to the agreement the 36. 00 1st and 2nd Division Clubs will be assured the money they need until june the 30th said it would be a lifeline for cash strapped clubs like cologne. I just wanted to get board soft. It was Important News today a lot of clubs have money problems and making partial payments now and payments in full when play resumes would send an important message. Games without spectators may be the only way to stem the financial damage during the coronavirus pandemic. Dries of all seem to season doesnt regime always stops again searching mechanisms would ensure the money is repaid from saddam that would threaten the survival of a number of clubs and it would jeopardize the livelihood of around 56000 people who work in german professional football. And in womens football the year if a european championships have been moved from next year into 2022 thats because the mens year of tournaments was pushed from this year into 2021 due to the pandemic the netherlands won the last tournament and 27. 00 team from the sports governing body in europe says it made the decision to avoid conflict with the mens tournament at the move will also allow womens football to feature more prominently at the postponed summer lympics and tokyo. At the age of 99 captain tom moore has become a Global Social media phenomenon the british role for 2 veteran has made headlines for raising funds for Health Workers treating coronavirus patients so father Viral Campaign has attracted donations from around the world a total of over 32000000 euros and rising t w had a chance to speak with cats and law one week before he turns hundreds. 100. 00 laps of the guardian for 1000. 00 pounds that was captain tom moores plan to raise money to support workers in Britains NationalHealth Service but in the process he won the hearts of many around the world and far surpassed his fundraising target by millions of pounds speaking to d. W. Alongside his daughter the world war 2 veteran expressed his delight at the achievement. Of them gets absolutely amazing that certain amount of money as we rode to shore john almost like the clauses there is only good one. Source i think those are. The coronavirus pandemic has strained britains public Health Service the n. H. S. And expose shortages in equipment for frontline staff thats why tom moore took up his challenge we said initially that the money would be far and the n. H. S. Charities and that money could be used to support all sorts of things then this crisis so things like knocks start sleeping and ive seen what i can find the towards and supplying i have and looking after medical help so that money is already been put to good use. Having fought in world war 2 the army veteran turned celebrity had words of hope for todays generation. Throughout the world. Quote was all new people. Theres no normal you son. But i would say to everyone. Things will get better theres no doubt that wrongdoers will roll out onto the ground. Tom moore turns 100 next week physical distancing measures mean there will be a big party at his home in bedford but nothing will stop the many well wishers who be cheering him on from a far. Street gets a corona make over a mural by the british street banksy has been given a virus related facelift of sorts they miral a take on dutch artist john his family has girl with a pearl earring has graced the side of a building in bristol england since 2014 now its wearing a face mask though its not clear if the new edition was put there by banksy himself because it did not appear on the artists Instagram Page where hed normally presents his new work. Dont forget you can always get the news on the go just on load or off from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you are part of the news story you can also use the d w up to send us photos and videos of whats happening in. The news in berlin a quick reminder that you can get views and features around the clock on our website at www dot com and received a w out and on twitter at steve w. 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