A heavy price for its disorganized response to the pandemic. Passenger flights declined by up to 90 percent because of the pandemic Airlines Face billions of euros in losses and millions of our. Fellow im terry Martin Thanks for joining us german chancellor Angela Merkel and french president manuel. On a joint plan to speed up europes recovery from the Coronavirus Crisis the plan calls for a half trillion Euro Rescue Fund to boost the sectors of the economy hit hardest by the pandemic the 1st time germany and france are calling for the e. U. To jointly raise debt to finance the effort both maclin mccall say they will seek swift agreement from other Member States for the plan is what they have to say. Germany. Asia and and Franco German friend. Leads as to setting a signal we know that we are 27 and when france and germany give as if they can no i think the whole of europe is in a better shape to form an opinion and to progress thats why we want to issue 500000000000 euro of fun on the shirt term for. Expenses for the sectors and regions that are hardest hit this Recovery Fund of 500000000000 euros is not going to be a grant to a region or a sector that is going to be a budgetary. A. And its going to compliment the 500000000000. 00 that our finance ministers have already agreed upon in that its going to be delivered by the European Investment bank 500000000000. 00 by the finance ministers and 500000000000 budgetary aides through the Franco German initiative we think this is absolutely necessary in order to compliment the initiatives already taken on the national levels. Lets bring in the w. S. J. Political editor miguel attended part of the press conference here in berlin what has paris and berlin managed to agree on here. Well they want to put those 500000000000 euros extra on the table but that comes with say some terms attached ive got the paper here they want to see europe a much stronger from this crisis now on arguably everybody does want to see their own country a much stronger but also the whole question of whether that could lead to more responsibility shifting towards brussels is a debate they want to have notably the whole euro bond debate is off the table so that particular. Funds that been on the opposite end of that debate for a long time now they demonstrate unity and the willingness particularly of germany to put more money on the table because after all 27 percent of everything thats decided upon within the e. U. Budget would be. Before the Coronavirus Crisis. The french president has outlined a grand vision for europe chancellor merkel have largely ignored that vision are we seeing her with this step now warming up to a man well maccollins grand vision of europe. Well we already saw pretty much silently drop policy lines particularly on assistance to basically save countries from having high unemployment rates by paying into a freeing funds to support to walk in many European Countries so the while the emphasis clearly here in berlin has shifted from trying to craft their way to actually demonstrating unity with those big friction between north and south and east and west continuing within the European Union so yes this is supposed to be proof that the Franco German engine that it was as it was traditionally known can actually leading the way out of this crisis but the final decision will rest with the individual capitals and all 27. 00 in the end in the press conference we heard a man want to call appealing for more european sovereignty suggesting you treaties might need to be changed what do you make of. Well theres an underlying awareness here and thats also why this money is supposed to be spend with a continued condition attached to look into the future to have future Proof Industries that the e. U. Is far away from actually becoming the kind of geostrategic active france and germany would like to see it be they are worried that the e. U. Could see even more friction being torn apart between the interests of the United States china and also raso potentially and thats why certainly behind closed doors we can expect that debate to get new fire over how much authority can be sifted towards brussels how much countries are willing to give in return for support from the e. U. And give a thank you very much the chief Political Editor making. The World Health Organizations governing body has been holding a Virtual Meeting to address the Global Response to the pandemic some of the same fostering Cooperation Among world powers to slow the spread of the disease but tensions are threatening to overshadow the gathering the u. S. Administration says w. H. O. Failed to obtain by the information about the disease costing lives but the u. N. Secretary general says too many countries acted too slowly to heed w. H. O. Guidance on the virus failure is now threatening to deepen divisions between the worlds richest and poorest nations. The World Health Organizations annual meeting was supposed to take place in geneva but the pandemic forced it to a virtual gathering for the 1st time in the history of the organization of course the pandemic itself is topic a. The conference started on a sobering note u. N. Secretary general antonio complained that many countries ignored the w h os warnings at the beginning of the corona Virus Outbreak as a result the virus has travelled worldwide and is now spreading in the global south where the effects could be far more devastating than in developed countries the german chancellor Angela Merkel warned in her video message that only joint efforts can defeat the pandemic. Virtually no country has been spared by this pandemic so no country can sow for this problem alone where you must Work Together the meeting will also address criticism of the w. H. S. Handling of the pandemic the majority of the Member States are expected to support an independent investigation. So you look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today for the 2nd time in 10 days scuffles broke out in Hong Kongs Legislative Council between prodemocracy and progovernment politicians are sparked by the removal of a pro doctor state lawmaker who would have presided over elections to a Key Committee security guards carried several legislators out of the chamber. Members of the Extremist Group have killed at least 20 people in a village in northeastern nigeria i would just as said the islamists stormed a village and began shooting just as people were preparing to break the ramadan fast at sundown. Iran has now been waging its insurgency for more than a decade. Churches in italy are reopening for services to mark the occasion pope francis led a mass in a side chapel of st peters basilica in the vatican the basilica had 4 more years to encourage social distancing and. Temperatures were checked as they arrive for the service of. French acting legend she clearly has died at the age of 94. 00 piccoli had a string of starring roles in a long and distinguished career including work with directors Alfred Hitchcock and. His family said he died from what it called a cerebral accident. German foreign minister musk has held a Video Conference with several of his counterparts across the e. U. To discuss efforts to restart europes struggling to resume industry after the talks bust said he was hopeful that tourism abroad would be possible after june 15th but he said it would not be a quick return to business as usual like other nations pressure is building here in germany to once more open the country to international tourists. This is germanys 2nd Biggest Hotel the park in right in the heart of most summers over 900 of its 1000 rooms are booked but because of the current travel restrictions right now only 25 are in use. We are reaching our limits its becoming unbearable we desperately need travel as its incredibly important for germany to restart business and tourism activities we need people to come to the c. C. Again but when is the top distillation we need tourists here last year 8 out of 10 overnight stays in this city were from the Tourism Sector stop frontin you are not to live in the. Uk also. 5 shaggin who runs a restaurant a dominant square says in non corona times 50 percent of the dinahs are tourists from abroad hes been allowed to host customers on his premises again for a few days now. Because of. The distance no need to tell anyone not everyone knows to keep 1. 5 metres apart now relatively good stock when we get out. Such restrictions will be the price to pay for tourists in europe for a while to come according to the German Government and exchange for many steps towards restoring tourism in 11. 00 countries in europe. German foreign minister announced on monday that he hopes to allow travel to and from 10 European Countries again from the 16th of june. So it. Doesnt mean we shouldnt let ourselves be fooled into thinking that there can be a swift return to business as usual we do want to create the conditions so that people can go on holidays this summer but we have to have responsible conditions in place. This is why it will be necessary to tell people very clearly that there will be restrictions in place everywhere they go on beaches and restaurants in. Store for us in that instead. Lens restaurants are prepared customers already have to register their Contact Details if somebody does catch the coronavirus it will help Health Officials trace the source. The pandemic of course is having a devastating impact on the air travel industry as well millions of jobs are at stake there and while several airlines can tell a Government Support recovery is expected to be slow for many workers it will be too little too late. Grounded this could be any airport around the globe passenger flights are down by up to 90 percent since the coronavirus pandemic struck and stopped travel in its tracks airlines are facing billions of euros in losses and need to lower costs that means layoffs the International Air transport Association Estimates that millions of air travel related jobs are tryst in europe alone spain could be worst hit at 750000. 00 jobs that include suppliers ranging from Shuttle Services to caterers the country depends on tourism in britain over 400000. 00 jobs in the sector our trysts its a similar picture in germany france and italy which could all. The hundreds of thousands of job losses were not expecting for example the levels will drop feet to reach the levels of 2009 until 2023 so its a very long quarter of the travel sectors was also being felt in other industries suppliers like engine makers including the u. K. s rolls royce and european plane maker have us say theyre bleeding cash and considering massive cuts to their workforces so thousands could lose their jobs. Now a night at the museum turned into a morning in court for a german student the 25 year old has been granted bail after being accused of breaking into an Australian Museum and taking selfies with a dinosaur c. C. T. V. Captured him roaming around the closed museum at 1 in the morning before allegedly stealing an artwork and a cowboy hat said to belong to a member of the staff. Streamliner the top story were following for you here today german chancellor i go back will encourage president a matter well not call of announced a joint plan to help europes economy recover from the Coronavirus Crisis calls for a 500000000000 euro recovery fun to prop up hardest hit sectors and reach. Soyuz for nothing im terry Martin Thanks so much. And demand. Language courses. Video and audio. W. Media center