Pollution levels plunging during the last downs of world Carbon Emissions falling by nearly 20 percent workplaces are shuttered and commuters stay at home but how long will the fresh air last. And germanys top court says spying outside the country is unconstitutional does this ruling come at the cost of protecting state security. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today millions of people on india and bangladesh are fleeing their homes as a super cycle races and cycling is packing dangerous Hurricane Force winds it has already brought heavy downpours and there will be major flooding as it moves further inland also hampering the response to the coronavirus in both countries. Above kolkata a brooding sky natures full force is about to be unleashed on the city along indias eastern coastline and across the border in bangladesh residents are bracing for the storm cyclon fun is predicted to be one of the fiercest storms to hit the region in decades making landfall with winds up to 180 Kilometers Per Hour in some coastal villages sandbags are piled up as makeshift barriers against tidal waves more often are 30 s are asking people to head for shelters that are hastily being readied. But with the corona virus spreading rapidly this concentration of people bears its own risks. For the 1st time ever were dealing with 2 disasters similar taney asli the 1st disaster is ongoing kovac 19 which you all know about and while this outbreak is happening there is another disaster looming in the shape of the site clone. As the virus spread silently the calm before the storm is about to come to an end. Lets go straight now to our correspondent manoora choudhary in delhi for us good day to madeira whats the latest youre hearing from the areas in the bay of bengal under threat at this hour. Well the cyc known as expected to strike the indian calls to regions the tween afternoon and evening today in india it will be impacting the Eastern States or west being all in all the same for the past 48 hours evacuation missions are going on hundreds and thousands have been evacuated they have been moved to emergency shelters reports suggest over 2000000 have been evacuated in bangladesh as well from the reports over 40 Disaster Management just points deems have been working on evacuation and board the Indian States so at the moment the priority is to get as many people as the authorities can to safety ok a lot of people on the move right now many are can you give us an idea of how big this storm is how does it compare to past storms. Well it is in fact being called as one of the most volatile storms to build the countries of india and bangladesh in a long long time the last one of such intensity being the one that struck the state of what you saw in 1909 over 2 decades ago this cycle was in fact being characterized as a super cyclonic storm about monday but in the past 24 hours the winds seem to have reconned a little bit and now it is being characterized as an extremely severe cyclonic storm but nevertheless it has the capacity to cause a lot of damage to the area that it strikes with high velocity winds and really strong rain falls so at the moment again what the priority is to get as many people as they can to evacuate them to emergency shelters because it does look like a really powerful storm and it is expected that it can go up to a speed off a 180 kilometer per hour are when it crosses some areas between west bengal and bangor these many or how or are these evacuation plans being affected by the pandemic measures to contain the coronavirus. Well it is actually quite a big challenge to the dual challenge because some of the districts in fact in west bengal which are being evacuated were guided to raves as a villain that as many clearly know why this case is well detected there so in these missions of evacuations of course it is next to impossible to maintain a Profile Photo shoot distance and know almost because most of them have to be put in one single image and seashell to so even if they try to cut down the capacity and accommodate the less than the capacity that the shelter is meatball still it is difficult to maintain distance and apart from bad to still many live in the rosewater own do we who from big cities like delhi build these districts so best thing want to know the sun at the moment since the storm is about to strike they will again be left stranded so it is quite a big challenge many are thanks very much for bringing us up to date on this from delhi World Health OrganizationMember States have backed an independent of the investigation into the un agencies handling of the Global Health emergency this follows sharp criticism by the us President Donald Trump is accusing the organization of being controlled by china has threatened to cut off its funding. The war of words between donald trump the World Health Organization and china has continued into a 2nd day after the us president threatened to leave the w hey china on monday basically they have to clean up their act they have to do a better job they have to be much more fair to other countries including the United States so were not going to be involved with them were doing a separate trump post at the open letter on twitter stating that if the World Health Organization does not commit to major substantial improvements within the next 30 days i will make my temporary freeze if you know it to state funding to me. And reconsider our membership in the organization. Chinas Foreign Ministry criticized the u. S. President s threats. Me winning the. The lets tried to mislead the public in this plausible way to launder chinas prevention and control efforts and shock the us is responsibility for incompetence in its own prevention and control this is futile to believe the movie to sit with other. Member states agreed to a comprehensive and independent review of the Global Pandemic response as always w jordi mains fully committed to trying to spot and see accountability and Continuous Improvement we want accountability more than anyone the review will take place a quote at the appropriate moment. Lets get you some more now on the latest coronavirus developments global confirmed cases approaching 5000000 now the death tolls of out about more than 323000 brazil has confirmed a record rise in delhi deaths from the disease 1179 people dying from the virus on tuesday south korean high schools have reopened 2 months behind schedule on his of thousands of older students have returned to the classroom under strict controls and new zealands Prime Minister has suggested that employers consider a 4 day working week as a way to boost tourism and Business Activity as well as to encourage people to get outdoors. While the world cut its daily Carbon Dioxide emissions by 17 percent at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month a new study shows a massive reduction in global Greenhouse Gases for the moment at least lockdowns kept people at home in cities around the globe so the roads were virtually empty in many locations the skies of course clear and theyve been in many many years. For a week in april the u. S. Cut its Carbon Dioxide levels by a full 33 percent the study published in the journal nature Climate Change says the worlds biggest emitter china cut its Carbon Pollution by about a quarter one of the studys authors rob jackson of Stanford University told us earlier that he expects greenhouse emissions to return to where they were before the pandemic but he sees some chance for change and global thinking its a hoax i think one thing that the virus is allowing us to do is rethink mobility and transportation. You know cities are keeping streets closed to cars that they have allowed pedestrians and bicyclists to use were all getting used to telecommuting and may want to continue that at least a few days a week and nobody misses spending time in rush hour and finally i guess that the biggest change weve seen is the beautiful blue skies that have come from from putting our cars on the street and garages and and and if we can have that every day by coupling electric vehicles with clean energy whats not to like we dont even have to shelter home rob jackson stand for their lets get a look now at some of the other stories making the news today a political blow for the french president s moneyball mccrone defections by lawmakers critical of his economic policies have cost his ruling party its absolute majority in the lower house of parliament a call is struggling to revive the economy after 2 months of lockdown. Indian troops have killed a rebel commander during clashes in the disputed region of kashmir that territory divided of course between india and pakistan but rebel groups have fought for decades for kashmir to become independent or part of pakistans. German prosecutors have dropped charges of market manipulation against 2 top v. W. Executives carmakers making a payment of 9000000. 00 euros to close the case these actives have been charged with withholding information about diesel emissions cheating. Germanys biggest Lender Deutsche Bank has made clear ahead of its annual meeting that it still has some way to go with its restructuring efforts the bank lost 5700000000 euros last year was hoping to at least break even this year but the groan a virus is making that unlikely and staying in germany a major ruling that could change the way intelligence is gathered the nations highest court says germany can no longer freely spy on the worlds internet traffic it said the mass surveillance of Online Communications outside the country violates the constitution and its guarantees of the right to privacy and press freedom. Germanys Foreign Intelligence Agency has been spying on known germans abroad including journalists even without any clear suspicion of wrongdoing activists have long said this could tales freedom of the press now germanys highest court has ruled its not legal the german Constitution Office protection against wide sweeping surveillance to german citizens now this is being extended to people outside the country. Before me and thats hard to go with i placed with this the ruling as a milestone for the protection of journalists in the digital age that was why this is the 1st time that the Constitutional Court has recognized the need to safeguard the rights of journalists who are working abroad and that cunt the case was brought by the Reporters Without Borders group 6 foreign journalists and human rights lawyer in its ruling the Constitutional Court did not outright ban blanket surveillance of data but judges said Confidential Communications between members of certain professions including journalists and lawyers must be offered special protection surveillance must be restricted to specific targets and controlled independently the court doesnt see any risk to germany security through its ruling. Suits keep us up start all grants substantial burden to meet challenges to Global Security policy through the monitoring of the Strategic InternationalCommunications Tools to vicki. The German Government will now consider the future operation methods of the Foreign Intelligence Agency and Reporters Without Borders says it will now consider a similar legal action in other countries. We have some sports now in football burnley assistant coach ian lowe is one of 6 people with English Premier League clubs who have tested positive for the draw virus while the name fired 2 staff off are also among the 6 merely buyers. Back in training with officials hoping to resume matches in late june but watford player troy deeney has refused to return to training because he fears catching the virus. Or around the world theres been an outpouring of selfsacrifice and thousands have been working in big and small ways to help others like this man in the u. K. Army veteran colonel tom moore has raised the equivalent of about 40000000. 00 for charity for his efforts used to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth moore who celebrated his 100th birthday last month inspired the nation when he did laps in his garden 100 times to raise money for health care its. This is the t. V. News live from berlin remember you can always get the latest at our website dot com or go to our twitter or instagram feeds for me brian thomas the entire team thanks so much for being here. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona update. 19 special and next on d w. Every journey begins with the 1st step and every language the 1st word and which can go nico