People are dying that officials have been forced to use an ice skating rink as a city more and in the United States the number of cases race is upwards but Health Care Workers on the frontlines are facing critical shortages of protective gear is the Drop Administration doing enough to deliver aid to those who need it most now. Im burned off our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome it is a government lifeline the winds of which modern germany has never seen today the German Parliament approved a sweeping rescue package to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic its designed to support Health Care Infrastructure and rush billions of euros in aid to businesses that are struggling and in a historic move lawmakers voted to scrap a long standing rules governing how much money the country can borrow. Our parliament in crisis mode the bundestag has changed its rules to allow decisions to be taken with fewer members present the normal those w
Let me begin with asking about the president , his performance so far in this pandemic. How is he doing . Guest dan to that question you have to acknowledge this is a very difficult situation that no president would find easy and the federal government was always going to have to go through some mobilization, being overwhelmed by a crisis and rising to it. The question is how are they doing at that and obviously there are weaknesses to the response we have seen from the white house and i think above all there has been a certain kind of dysfunction where there has been an unwillingness to confront some of the top or realities of this crisis, or at least to acknowledge them publicly. In a lot of ways the federal government has mobilized and certainly the country has, where people are willing to put their lives on hold in order to respond to a Public Health crisis. Unwillingnessome to confront basic realities at the top and still now we are seeing the system overwhelmed in such a way that
Future of the country i. Need to rethink that is drama. To me its all about a new i might show join me in the contest and beat up the. Post. Stocks fall into Oil Prices Surge as investors worry about new tensions between the u. S. And iran look at what exactly has markets concerned. Also on the show south africas struggling economy is bracing for yet another blow a 3rd junk status reading on its debt. And will hit the road in the u. S. And meet some hard travel amazon workers this is your d w Business Report im Stephen Beardsley in brylin good to have you with us. Global markets are watching closely as tensions rise in the middle east following the u. S. Killing of a top iranian general of special concern or oil the persian gulf is home to some of the Worlds Biggest Oil producers and theyre now in the middle of an escalating crisis. The u. S. Air strike has sparked concerns that regional tensions could escalate further but tension disrupting crude supplies the strait of hormuz located
Hit the road in the u. S. And meet some hard traveled amazon workers. This is your Business Report im Stephen Beers in berlin thanks for joining us. Companies operating in iraq are tightening Safety Measures after the u. S. Killed a top iranian general drawing vals of retaliation from teheran Oil Refineries and shippers in the persian gulf have been targeted in the past for iranian sponsored actions in Global Markets are clearly fearing a repeat Oil Prices Rose on friday and stocks fell. The u. S. Air strike has sparked concerns that regional tensions could escalate further but tensions disrupting crude supplies the strait of hormuz located between a man and iran connects the persian gulf with wider is the ways some 20000000 barrels of oil pass through this choke point every day any hint of trouble in the region sends the prices climbing the persian gulf is home to 3 of the worlds top 10 oil nations when measured by oil reserves irans mainstream exports have already been squeezed by u.
And simply. My husband went to peru because of the crisis that if he hadnt gone there we would have died of hunger on one of them. Displaced stores for nearly 15 going to. The fact that. Tensions are rising in iraq and Oil Producers are tightening security could fridays spike in oil prices be taste of whats to come as investors fear retaliation for a high profile killing. Also on the show south africa braces for another economic blow as a 3rd Ratings Agency considers demoting the countrys debt to junk status. And will hit the road in the u. S. And meet some hard travel emmas on workers. This is your. Business report im Stephen Frears in berlin thanks for joining us. Companies operating in iraq are tightening Safety Measures after the u. S. Killed a top iranian general drawing vows of retaliation from tehran Oil Refineries and shippers in the persian gulf have been targeted in the past for iranian sponsored actions in Global Markets are clearly fearing a repeat all prices rose on friday