It would have been easy for defended me to that from the outset and said we cheated. God but all this time youre out of this outcome and that its possible in this country for a pension up to win against the Worlds Largest comic and it. Also coming up tonight loosen up verses listen up germany is reducing its coronavirus restrictions too fast or too late. Today of course we need to justify the easing of restrictions regularly we need to explain why some restrictions and maintained and others can be trucked. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a new expense for the german carmaker volkswagen the cost of cleaning up a dirty secret today germanys highest civil court handed down a decision in favor of about 70000. 00 v. W. Customers in the country they are the owners of a volkswagen diesel vehicle including Software Program to cheat on emissions test the court today ruled that v. W. Must buy back those vehicles not a percentage of the original price know the price that was paid is the amount to be reimbursed it is a major legal victory for consumers in a 5 year old scandal that has left you with more than just a dent in its image here is what the attorney for the plaintiffs said today. This is so it will tell you it is going to if this is a land judgment and it will have the same impact on the other 70000 cases. But the other point is there are still hundreds of thousands of v. W. Drivers out there we now know what they can achieve some of us even perceive of a few ever more on that im joined here by deed abuse business. To molly on joe its good to see you again so basically the court is saying you sold a limb and you have to buy limon back i mean what does it mean for the customers here in germany while its a backing from the highest civil court in the law and it means that the court fundamentally thinks. Ethically and therefore always motorists damages in principle and thats important because fox wagner was arguing that it shouldnt have to pay anything the argument has been from fox is that if european authorities didnt find enough wrong with the cars to pull them off the roads then they shouldnt have to buy them back now todays ruling shows that the highest civil court in the land does not agree it awarded the plaintiff the price of his car adjusted for depreciation plus interests now because the court will use about ruling because lower courts in this country will use that ruling as a basis for their own rulings it puts thought thousands of other cases that are similar to this one on better footing and as a result however brant there are 2400000 affected drivers in this country and not all of the cases are clear cut some of them see that there dealerships and instead of buying some of the vehicles even after the scandal broke some of them bought their vehicles far enough in the past that the statue of limitations has run out but still despite these open questions this is definitely a victory for the consumers and a loss for whats been the reaction there and from from both sides you know both sides have welcomed the prospect of closure and resolution the plaintiff today said that he was that he was happy after this long. Journey and this is a decision thats going to help thousands of people for its part that would reach out to those thousands of people and offer them settlements now its important however for plaintiffs to weigh their options carefully now already reached a settlement with some 235000 drivers recently and those people each got somewhere in between 1350. 00 euros to do 6000. 00 they got the very end of the deal that well thats what they have to wait you know because mr gilbert to the plaintiffs bar today he got 26000. 00 back get it back after he gets back the car plus the interest now of course on far side maybe its too premature to call this closure theyre also looking at a further decision from the European Court of justice thats looking at a new word goals so this may not be over for them we could still see a new wave of lawsuits you know the. Scandal that has long legs thats for sure gino as always thank you. Here in Europe Countries are pushing ahead with plans to lift lock downs and reduce restrictions that were put in place more than 2 months ago when the coronavirus pandemic to cope but already there are consequences here in germany just 2 weeks after hells of worship were reopened a new coronavirus cluster has emerged Health Officials say 40 members of a Baptist Church near frankfurt have tested positive for the virus its believed the virus was spread during a sunday service more than 100 confirmed cases have now been traced back to those church goers now the outbreak in that church is precisely what public Health Officials have warned us about even as people are urged to maintain social distancing the risks of new infections will rise as we attempt a return to normality and yet still have no vaccine we hear it from doctors and governments the lockdowns may be history for now the virus is not but for some of the restrictions cannot be reduced fast enough which to take a look at this protest in stuttgart germany over the weekend which was organized by the far right party and weve seen similar gatherings are across germany over the past few weeks denouncing the governments handling of the pandemic and demanding a return to normality and we should mention in stuttgart there was also a sizable counter demonstration. My next guest tonight was a speaker at one of those anti lock down rallies of stefan home is the director of the institute of Public Finance at likeness university in hanover he has been a vocal opponent to all of the governments pandemic policies calling chancellor Angela Merkels leadership a disaster mr Home Bargains good to have you on the day let me just go through a list. I know the United States brazil russia italy spain the u. K. They all have high death tolls from the coronavirus germany in comparison does not yet you say its all been a failure here. Is the whole thing one has to. Think in terms of. Deaths of victims and presses is. Falling as well as germany so you cited large countries and in last countries of course where the large number of victims i think build up their own decision in germany it was a total mess it was ill conceived and it contradicted the real mendacious of International Experts as joe jani does from Stanford University and now i hope they will lift the locked up so that we are in the positions of just sweeping which is a phone call well let me pick up on that in just a 2nd mr hubbard but 1st id like fee to take a listen to what the german chancellor said when she was asked about the economic shutdown and social restrictions take a listen these are vehicles if i did this my race is an imposition on our democracy and thats why were not making it easy on ourselves by restricting fundamental rights therefore they should be as short as possible but they were necessary and we always gave reasons why when that so if i understand you correctly mr homer youre saying the youre saying that what the chancellor just said is a lie. This is as is rome at least i do not think that she wants tourists to lift the restrictions as soon as possible but she wants to prolong them less is always possible what why do you think she won this is a long. I have no idea and also i have no idea why they decided for lockdown whereas other countries such as south korea. Us we did not but you said that she wants to prolong the mean what leads you to to to think that she wants the these lockdown measures to continue indefinitely no not indefinitely but until july she says it and this is inappropriate on this because the new cases the new infections almost several when you take measurements arrows into account so the virus is actually absent know and the thought is right as the river saxony it wants to do that will lift the restrictions as soon as possible to mr emberg youre saying then that this statistics that were getting from the from Germany Center for Disease Control the rubber cock institute as well as from Johns Hopkins university youre saying that those numbers are not correct. The number of problem cannot be explained in an interview the most important point white is the they have redefined that an infection but to roll up your arse into a coherent 90 d. C. S. But for a disease you need symptoms and they close the file and all of it only infected as. That of the number of procreative but what about the people who are asymptomatic there are many people who are asymptomatic and the last insisting said that maybe as many as 40 percent of people infected are 8 symptomatic. Yes this is precisely the point the well its issues even cowardice the essence of mr hill and the whole all over people who died with a curl up your arse even in case of murder suicide it. Exists this is appropriate and this is just toss the not its ok stuff on the director of the institute of Public Finance it like that university in hanover we appreciate your time your insights tonight mr homer thank you think it well when public Health Officials and political leaders say now is the time to shelter in place they are telling us to stay at home for our safety but what does that mean to a refugee here in germany shelters are not necessarily safe in fact with people forced to live in close quarters shelters are ideal environments for spreading the coronavirus the heart has this report now from but there are. Some is a regular at this textile store in a small town close to the Bavarian Alps samba is a migrant from senegal. He comes here to choose the fabric for the facemask he makes together with fellow migrants and refugees its their contribution in an effort to keep the coronavirus at bay in the crowded Refugee Centers like the one where he lives in a room you can have 4 people or 5 people in one group they said at the corner can have in your body 14 days before it will soar so you can have it the simplest. Sword in the whole place will get it so he said hes only able to help support the defense muxes. Somebody is a member of a group of activists who help migrants and refugees all over bavaria amid the pandemic the Group Special focuses on those who are in accommodations that are under lockdown because of covert 19. Until recently able also from senegal was under quarantine in the center in the nearby city of rosenheim. On the phone he tell somebody that people there are afraid of contracting the virus because those who were infected were under lockdown together with everyone else. We visit a Migrant Center in rosenheim that was among the hardest hit by the pandemic its been under lockdown for some 6 weeks. The local Public Health authorities are here to tell the residents that although there are currently no new known cases the corn 1000 wont be lifted for at least another few days some here are growing impatient. I havent worked for a month and i pass calls every day and asked why i dont come into work and ive told him were under quarantine and im not allowed to go out obviously isnt by counting on doctors for all school. It wasnt until recently that those who had tested positive for the corona virus were taken to a different facility for isolation along with their families after a month of coron team. See more noise is a volunteer helper at the Refugee Center he cant understand why authorities didnt act sooner it is thinking ahead to fun for i think what was really needed from the outset was a plan for what to do with more than 2 or 4 people are infected how can we accommodate people so they can live reasonably in the schools are now dividing the classrooms up in a different way theres been a change with physical distancing tables are empty the same is true in your garden but here in the Center Everything is the same as it used to be many of the residents share bathrooms almost all of them share kitchen its practically inevitable that people are constantly getting infected but we dont know if its. A spokeswoman for the Regional Government in charge of this and other centers says it is put sufficient measures in place to keep the refugees in migrants safe. But weve informed the residents in the workers about how infections are spread we used pictograms and put out flyers in different languages that explain hygienic measures that residents must follow physical distancing rules and a kid on cough. And sneezing and why regular hand washing is important and theres disinfectant available were supporting the residents as best we can as if you understood sunday before when our best notation is about this and misses that summers accommodation in bottle its the other residents dont want to rely soley on the authorities they say theyve already made 26000. 00 face masks to distribute to other accommodations all over the varia and they plan to keep going until their situation improves. As the lock downs took hold around the World Governments reminded us that we are all in this together but it appears for some people close to political power the order to stay put left lots of personal wiggling room there are calls tonight for Prime MinisterBoris Johnson the u. K. Prime minister to fire his Senior AdviserDominic Cummings cummings made a 260 mile crosscountry trip to his parents home in march just after the lockdown had begun cummings is accused of ignoring the very restrictions that he helped design despite a public show of support from the Prime Minister today telling spoke to the media in defense of himself. I can understand that some people will argue that i should have stated might have been london throughout and its done these views i know the intense hardship and sacrifice the entire countries have to go through however i respectfully disagree the legal rules inevitably do not cover all circumstances including those that i find myself in the rules make clear that if youre dealing with small children theyre not could be that can be exceptional circumstances and i think that situation that i was in was exceptional circumstances and i think the way that i dont with it. Was the least risk to everybody concerned. Exceptional circumstances on both sides of the atlantic in the United States president Donald Trumps mixed messaging and his reluctance to adhere to his own guidelines and his face mask well theyve come in for hefty criticism over the memorial day weekend these are the images the world saw a u. S. President playing a round of golf as his countrys coronavirus death toll approached and staggering 100000. It is that image of dollar trump that has won the admiration of another businessmen turned politician brazilian president john youre both so narrow also narrow is called the trump of south america and the 2 men they do have a lot in common but brazil following the u. S. In the number of coronavirus deaths well it was probably too much for mr trump today the white house announced that it will ban travel from brazil tonights brazilians are facing a coronavirus catastrophe their president he is determined not to lose face. Hes rarely seen in a mosque. And his supporters like it that way. Compared with most World Leaders also narrow has not been taking the coronavirus pandemic as seriously as he takes the economy. And figures published by the countrys Health Ministry show the results brazil has the 2nd highest number of infections in the world. 19 has killed nearly 23000 people here. Yet despite the mass graves and the funerals both scenarios still interest supporters still dont believe the numbers. Will proceed as if you dont have to study politics very much to know what this is about i saw the news about brazil today i think is the country with the 2nd highest number of positive cases certainly a lie because it became want to overthrow our president by dividing us they want to divide us. It will be a. Full scenario has enjoyed huge political backing from his us counterparts on the trunk they last met in march if you would have been tested great your. Resume loves us who are. We but it we can go even trump was clear theres a problem i dont want people coming in here and affecting our people i dont want people over there sick either way helping brazil with ventilators were sending their ventilators ok they they lead ventilators im sending them ventilators we have so many thousands of them were sending them. Were sending a lot of people know brazil is having some trouble no question about it was. Still snowing himself has not responded to the travel ban hes happily in chain with this a pool says defying it tends to contain the fire ants. You cant put a face mask on an opera singer those are the words from the head of musk elves legendary bolshoi theater and they capture the dilemma that is faced by artists in this pandemic the w. s yury version of has more. Huge the least are the rules smallest stage this is how the day starts for. Us and tomorrow you know ground of our in the arctic or the alsa just outside of moscow and not in a studio like before thats also how both ballet dancers have kept to themselves in shape of the past 2 months by doing classical moves on just 6 could be meters. This is the most unusual they show ever seen but unusual times demand unusual solutions. Before with a groan of i responded nick yvonne was the principal dancer at the renowned. Incentive peters book. Wife maria had been in chanting audiences as a leading soloist at moscows the bolshoi ballet. However since mid march to they cant perform anymore at least not in the usual way. The more you can take the theatre from us artists but you cant take our creativity as. We train every day to try and stay in shape but of course we still end up getting out of the shape we were in with no stage no real rehearsal rooms and none of the real physical strain that we usually had like when we trained more than 6 hours a day. Cultural life in russia has been on hold for more than 2 months now. The seats at the bolshoi theatre have remained empty and an aunt of that emptiness is still not in sight. You cant put a protective mask on an opera singer nor on a wind instrument player. And in a music theater with its numerous participants you cannot carry out measures that protect against the coronavirus a music theater can only open up again once those protective measures have been completely. Removed. And no one knows when that will be along with the u. S. And brazil russia has one of the highest number of 19 factions of any country worldwide and as that number continues to rise there is also controversy about how Many Russians have actually died from the disease because of the different ways statistics account it critics accuse the authorities of covering up of the true number of deaths russian doctors are massively of a verdant and to many of them have been infected with the virus of themselves. Despite a few of the restrictions being slightly loosened 19 still has a country in its grip. And its keeping both bellydance our species on c. D. s and my review not proud of our stock at their home in moscow. And finally tonight she is respected around the world for her leadership her he managed and i would add her for me to new zealand Prime Minister just into our has proven yet again that she wont be easily shaken not even by a tremor were just having a bit of an its quite here im quite at quite a decent shake here but if you think things moving behind me the beehive moves a little more than most. Yeah its just stopped. Now are we fine im not under any hanging lights i look like im going to structurally sound sound place. Thats what you call a politician there with staying power on Live Television well the day is almost done the conversation continues online join us on twitter either at u. W. News or you can follow me at brant golf t. V. And remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day well see you then if. Not says goals met with silence the 2nd bundesliga match day an empty stadium. He does buy and munich trumps franks. And pass up a mean feat local rivals. 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