Hong kongs freedoms. Now on bbc news dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week a programme dedicated to the uk and the us, two countries whose leaders talk big but whose performance in face of a Global Pandemic has done less to impress. On top of covid 19, one now has to leave the eu and go it alone, while the other has to decide whether it wants four more years of President Trump. My guests, on socially distanced screens, Stefanie Bolzen of die welt, Stryker Mcguire of bloomberg markets, and here in the studio, observing the two metre rule, jo coburn of the bbcs politics live. Welcome to you all. Hi. Thank you. Lets start with you, stefanie. Were going to start on the uk and start with uk management of virus. This weekend, we are seeing a certain amount of celebration in government quarters about the reduction of the virus threat level, but critics of the uk government at home say there is little to celebrate. Give us a sense of the view in you
A sense that you as an outsider look at the uk, the uk is admired as a place of science, the best scientists, the best research and development. I think only this week the European Union, the commission, decided to bid some money for a vaccine that might be coming from oxford university. There is this gap of perception between how well this country can manage science of perception between how well this country can manage science and how badly, actually, with more than may be 60,000 people who died of covid i9, the Prime Minister and the government have managed the crisis, especially this is the view from southern countries such as spain and italy who also have a lot of people, immigrants, living in the uk and they were surprised if not shocked how badly the effect of covid i9 has beenin how badly the effect of covid i9 has been in the uk. And, stryker, obviously the very tragic excess deaths, as we have seen in uk, but the effects of all of this go into the effects of all of this go in
A single problem. Because now its extra time its like football. If i collapse out of exhaustion it makes no sense anymore. And also coming up on the program the u. S. Administration says that it will lift a ban on importing hunted animal trophies more coming up on that a little bit later in the show but first the high stakes haggling over germanys next government is and over time tired and tense to go see it ours have been back at the table after a selfimposed deadline passed im going to merkel has been trying to form a government with the probusiness for democrats and the greens there is Little Common ground for the unlikely bedfellows but there is no other option for the german chancellor if the parties cannot Work Together she could face a fresh election that is likely to further weaken her position and it could even cost her the chance laurie. Another round of difficult talks at the c. D. U. Party headquarters the negotiators are coming off a long night with no concrete results muc
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A problem thats been growing astronomically look at some ideas being discussed at the International Astronautical congress this week plus star football christiane the result is left out of portugal squad the team captain will not play into International Matches next week this after a woman alleged he raped her well hear from one of the journalists who broke the story. Hello im terry Martin Thanks for joining us leading figures from germanys Jewish Community have reacted with astonishment and concern after the far right alternative for germany the a. F. P. Said it was set up a jewish group this Weekend Party has faced criticism from jewish groups after failing to sanction members for downplaying the holocaust and. Flirting with neo nazi groups seventeen jewish organizations have issued a statement saying that no citizen of germany who cared about democracy could identify with the a. F. P. Well get analysis from our Political Correspondent in just a moment but first this report. That he