For a time the contacts the film very much alive. To discuss in germany. Where exactly. In the last hours culture history their. Travel. Extremely worth a visit. Europes leaders continue to search for Common Ground over coronavirus recovery can they now seal the deal on a 750000000000 euro package that satisfies both the frugal countries and those who dont want to take on more debt. Also on the show drug maker astra zeneca appears to be leading the race to create a current Coronavirus Vaccine after announcing promising results from its 1st round of human trials. And mexicans are forced to stay indoors as the pandemic takes a heavy toll we meet people fearing for their livelihoods and struggling to make ends meet. And welcome to the program im Stephen Beardsley in berlin. European leaders continue to negotiate the distribution of a 750000000000 Euro Coronavirus Recovery Fund monday as part of a larger agreement on the blocks next multiyear budget a disagreement over the fund has centered around the portion delivered to members as grants money that does not have to be repaid and loans which to a group of socalled frugal states favors the latter while members like italy and spain preferred grants also issued monday was the conditions put on the money. And the proposal considered on monday called for 390000000000. 00 euros in grants and 360000000000. 00 euros in loans all of the coronavirus recovery money would be raised by the e. U. Taking on common debt but through its budget a common debt had been a red line for many nations. Earlier we spoke with clintons 1st head of germanys evo institute and he said both sides of the debate over grants and loans had understandable arguments for this is a crisis that came mostly probably outside at the same time it seems that the impact of the crisis is related to previous Economic Conditions and i think it is perfectly understandable that the pru before in that case say well we want to know if we pay for other countries here we want to know how the money is spent of course there is a dilemma here because if this is to be a sign of solidarity you know that should include some trust to the countries that receive the money a scientists at Oxford University say that a Coronavirus Vaccine being developed with pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca showing promise after its 1st human trials but theyre not the only contenders working on a vaccine dozens of big and start up pharmaceutical firms are in the race astra zeneca seems to be pulling ahead of the competition its vaccine was given to more than a 1000 volunteers they are produce an immune response the potential vaccine is one of at least 100. 00 being developed across the world for covert 19 at least 23. 00 of them are already in human trials according to the world health organisation. These are just some of the Companies Participating in the race against the coronavirus among them Global Players like pfizer sonal fi and johnson and johnson but there are also many unfamiliar names on that list startups that are at the forefront against kobe bryant teen britain is snapping up 30000000 doses from German Company by on tech a business founded just 12 years ago. From a suit of clothes giants like Glaxo Smith Kline one apiece of the action to the Companies Buying a 10 percent stake in the german firm pure vacuum. Heavyweight astra zeneca may be in the lead now but not so well known biotechs have also touted promising early results for their vaccines the race is on. All right lets take a closer look at the american piece of that puzzle with our financial correspondent yens korda hes in new york yes which u. S. Pharmaceutical firms are better positioned to bring out a vaccine in the near term the 1st u. S. Company that supposed to start phase 3 trials early next week the Company Called more during our shortly after we probably might see a face we by pfizer was the german Partner Company at beyond tectum as we just heard but we also have a smaller firms like novaks for example they just got about a 1600000000. 00 from the u. S. Government to speed up of this scene and then clearly we keep the fingers crossed that those receipts are working and then 2nd we have to see how fast and how much those companies can produce some of them claim by the end of the year they might be capable of delivering hundreds of millions of doses they as you mention mcgurn and novaks as far as i know neither has brought a vaccine to market before is that concerning. Well i mean 1st of all it is overall the big question how many people will actually take the receipt even if its available when i talk to people here in the u. S. A lot of people are still quite im hesitant about specially if you mention those 2 companies and its a smallish firm and yes youre right they have not developed so far actually not that long ago it looked like the Company Might have to be delisted from a nest egg but obviously they have pretty good connections and that probably has helped so that they got this 1600000000. 00 thats actually part of a peroration of warp speed where the u. S. Government is giving billions of dollars to companies to speed up the development of a deceit or a u. S. Court of their force in new york thank you and lets take a look now at some of the other Global Business stories making headlines u. S. Republicans have announced a fresh push for an for an additional one trillion dollar Coronavirus Relief package the relief bill will focus on businesses schools and Health Care Democrats said they would only back proposals if they include bipartisan talks. Media in germany said the chief operating officer of wire card has fled to russia young maher select has been on the run since the payments provider collapsed after a 2000000000 euro hole was found in its Balance Sheet the Austrian National is reportedly staying at an estate west of moscow under the supervision of russias g. R. U. Military intelligence service. And the pandemic has hit the mexican economy especially hard all but stopping local business bringing tourism to a crawl and pushing oil into a sharp decline hard times are now in many communities from the boredom of children unable to go to school to the growing lines at pawnshops. Its stories to liven up a boring day here in mexico city architect paris about garcia every 2 children who are stuck at home all day because of the coronavirus for them its a chance to get lost in their imaginations. I imagine what the character say i imagine what the animals are like. The stories are like the kids to escape the tough times theyre in but for many adults in mexico thats nearly impossible the pandemic has taken a heavy toll in the country some 345000 people have been infected with covert 19 almost 40000. 00 have died nearly everything is closed to prevent the spread of the virus including this dance club in the mexican capital with tourists no longer coming to visit the city tour guides are struggling to make ends meet. 65 year old his pays is worried about where his next paycheck will come from. When youre left out on the streets its a radical change. Tens of thousands face the same problem pays theyve lost their jobs and their income pawnshops though are benefiting from the crisis many people are selling off their valuables this woman has bought her familys jewelry. And so i have some jewelry from my parents because theyre not working so they gave it to me so we could cover our expenses one way or another. So. Thats. Mexican president andres manual Lopez Obrador has pledged to improve the Health Care System but the countrys economic woes are likely to continue for some time. 9 years of war have shattered communities in syria claiming hundreds of thousands of lives and also ruining the countrys economy syrian power has fallen dramatically against the us dollar inflation sky high food has become expensive Meat Products are affordable for most years of the war have devastated the livelihoods of ordinary syrians in our next report we need a farmer who is attempting to pieces life back together. Bestow grower mahmoud is back in his fields hoping for his 1st small harvest after years of civil war the fields here in Northern Syria have been barren for a while now the entire area was ravaged in the fighting has the stash of trees dried out. The corners of our fields have been neglected for 8 years theyve suffered a lot the trees need continuous pruning 3 or 4 times a year and insecticides 2 or 3 times when we returned half of the trees had dried out some tree branches had withered and there were trenches and landmines scattered all around them and the. Many farmers like faddy are returning to their villages hoping to quickly revive the once flourishing pistachio trade. Doubled on the were hopeful well get a good yield of pistachios were hoping the next year or in the coming years things will get better in terms of the product and the amount in the. The region was once a center of syrias famed stash of production farmers here exported the nuts throughout the middle east and europe back then syria was the worlds 4th largest pistachio producer. And then before the crisis pistachio production ranged between 60. 70 tons each year during the crisis production dropped drastically as farmers were able to get on to their land and tend their crops im going to vote for the result. But returning to their fields is a potentially lethal business land mines and other munitions left behind by fighters littering the ground theres no hope of any return to normality until the plantations have been properly cleared. And thats it for me and the Business Team here in berlin to check us out alive dot com slash business its always lets watch. In a globalized world. Where everything is connected. To set things in motion. Local hero show their ideas can change the world. 1000. Next on. Provides for transplants but what about sleeping. Scientific advances could help the brutal black market in human organs. Patients can wait for years for an inventor or look for an illegal alternative. For shortages. Close up. In 60 minutes on d w. 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