Braces. For the pandemic but drivers are competing on these kinds of. Well take a test drive. And welcome to the program the European Union has joined the race to develop a vaccine against the corona virus by securing pledges worth almost 7000000000 euros nations from around the world join the european commissions pledge conference on monday as world wide death toll from the buyer has succeeded a quarter of a 1000000 Commission President is calling it a victory for Global Cooperation but the fundraiser was just as notable for the no shows lets start the pledging e. U. Kicked off its fundraising drive. In the hours that followed beamed across the. Globe the kingdom of saudi arabia has pledged 500000000. 00 even pop icon madonna made a last minute donation of a 1000000 euros it wasnt enough to reach the fundraisers target but housed in a fonda line insisted it sent the right signal yes today is a defining moment for the Global Community at a time when were sitting for a lower part than u
The road. Cameron carpenter cant perform at his usual venues because of the law down so he still lives retirement home residence which shows especially for. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us talks are underway between german chancellor Angela Merkel and representatives of the german car industry Conference Call is to discuss the impact the current a virus pandemic has had on production and sales as well as ways of reviving the hard hit industry carmakers such as and i have urged the government to help boost demand for cars that are released yesterday shows the sector is facing his biggest slump in 30 years. Or more now lets bring in our Political Correspondent kate what can we expect from this Virtual Meeting of german carmakers in the cup and the chancellor. Well its very unlikely that were going to actually see any major decisions come out of these talks today which of course as you mentioned are taking place Via Teleconference and today will be more of a chance for comm
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Cameron carpenter khans performance his usual venues because of the lockdown so hes delights in berlins retirement home residence shows especially for the. Welcome german chancellor Angela Merkel has been holding tough talks with the Auto Industry bosses who are desperate to revive struggling cost sales the Online Meeting came a day after day to show that the sector is experiencing its worst slump in almost 30 years comic because on the government to pay for purchase incentives was 3. 00 to 5000. 00 euros per car but not everyone is happy about that. Nor tax money for gas guzzlers that is the message environmental activists on for old outside angloamerican Office Window ahead of her crunch meeting with car industry bosses the german chancellor has plenty on her plate at the moment but the future of the car industry may be the toughest challenge. These are dark days for carmakers folks wagon may have projected an image of its eating the coronavirus onto its vaal sport plant but the trut
Its reporting the biggest jump in confirmed cases so far but at the same time Indias States are loosening their lockdown. Plus the corona crisis boost gun sales in the u. S. We talked to one man who fears riots and racism he says he feels safer with a gun. Welcome to the program the number of People Killed worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic has now passed 250000 fresh data shows that the u. K. Has now become europes latest epicenter figures released by the u. K. s office for National Statistics show the number of deaths there. Has moved past 32000 overtaking italy the country has been under lockdown since the end of march strict social distancing measures remain in place and authorities are urging people to save lives by staying at home u. K. No the 2nd highest coronavirus death toll in the world behind the u. S. Joining me now from london is our correspondent big it must be if you can become the new epicenter in europe how has it got to this point. Well the figures include all the