The forges ahead this week as the 1st major european league. In front of. Its good to have you with us. Starts to take its economic toll the latest figures show that the German Economy has taken its hardest hit since the 2009 financial crisis contracted by 2. 2 percent in the 1st quarter of this year. Destructions closed shops and restaurants wiped out tourism and sent manufacturing into a tailspin and the government says theres more pain ahead even before any recovery takes hold. Germanys g. D. P. Data is due me even if slowly but surely the lights of the economy are being turned on again folks like the countrys biggest carmaker opened its main volves plant a few weeks ago and despite distancing measures is edging towards full capacity as well as manufacturing the Services Sector is returning to normal hairdressers opened last week well its even possible now to meet friends for beer again some cafes and bars open their outdoors areas. While that suggests some hope a lot of damage has
The early stages of the epidemic. The u. N. Says overcrowded prisons and latin america major concern during the cologne a virus pandemic and officials said some jails have up to 5 times as many inmates as they were designed to hold. U. S. President donald trump has denied any involvement by the u. S. In whats been a zoo in officials have called a failed incursion in the south American Country in a serialized detaining 2 u. S. Citizens accused of being necessary. Federal prosecutors in germany have issued an arrest warrant for a russian operative in connection with a cyber attack on the German Parliament in 2058 the suspect is also wanted in the u. S. For hacking into Hillary Clintons email server and during her president ial campaign this is news from berlin you can follow us on twitter at. Our website www dot com. Today britain replaced italy as europes deadliest country in the corona virus pandemic more than 29400 people have died in death came quickly it took the u. K. Less time tha
Of a government bailout worth as much as 10000000000. 00 euros. Also on the show thanking essential workers with a home cooked meal we report on a bolivian couple cooking thousands of meals each week to feed those on the frontline also growing up by this pandemic. Im here if i must and welcome you numbers show the grim toll of the coronavirus pandemic in the u. K. The countrys National Statistics office now says more than 32000 people have died of covert 19 that gives britain the highest death toll in europe surpassing hotheads italy globally only the us has seen more people succumb to the illness. During the governments daily Coronavirus Briefing britains new death toll to lift one official most. Of the emergency and what you see is that deaths in the u. K. Is still continuing to climb and is. Higher than we would wish i think its all i can say internationally while the prime ministers deputy was eager to point out that figures couldnt be compared at this stage there are different way
In professional sports, south korea, where fans are not yet being taken out to the ballgame. Hello. Thank you for joining us. A senior washington official who was removed from his key role in the u. S. Coronavirus response has attacked the Trump Administration handling of the response and accused his former agency of abuse of authority or gross mismanagement. Bright was Deputy Assistant health and Human Services secretary. In a whistleblower come plane whistleblower complaint filed tuesday, he said he was reassigned because he tried to prioritize science and safety over political expediency. Im joint live on mike hanna in washington dc. Mike, this broken the past hour. What can you tell us about dr. Brights complaint. Director bright was a of the Biomedical Advanced Development authority, certainly a senior official. He was essentially in charge of developing vaccines for any virus that would hit the united states. Now he has filed an official complaint with the office of the special c
Trumpet ministration despite his warnings that they were not f. D. A. Approved and that the source of some of these drugs were countries like india and pakistan where there had been no f. D. A. Inspection of the laboratories where the drugs when they he insists in his 89 page report that he lost his position or was demoted because of the officials around President Trump seeking to placate the president he also has even more damning allegations in this report saying that a series of emails he wrote in january were ignored these emails specifically warned of the immensity of the threat from the pandemic and also warned very strongly that the National Stockpile of mosques and ventilators needed to be augmented so certainly very serious allegations and the most senior official to come out publicly with criticism of the way in which the trumpet ministration has handled this pandemic russia has reported the largest number of new delhi cases in europe with total infections now exceeding 15000