The chancellor is the e. U. In danger of becoming too german and in turkey 20 saudi nationals are being tried in absentia for their role in the killing of journalist john to show. And the mysterious fate of fox one of the elephants an investigation is underway into what is killing hundreds of them in the country. Im sara kelly walked into the program well get to our top stories in just a moment but 1st we want to bring you some breaking news french president at wafa leap has handed in his governments resignation to president Emmanuel Mccall now felipes decision to stand down paves the way for a reshuffle which was widely expected there was no indication as to why. Felipe will stay on as the head of a new government and we will of course bring you more on this story as we get it while meantime the u. S. Has reported a Record Number of new corona virus infections where there were 55000 new covert 1000 cases on thursday that is as the country gears up for a Holiday Weekend the 4th of july
Im sorry kelly welcome to the program the United States is well on its way to becoming the do epicenter of the cove of 19 pandemic with nearly 70000 confirmed cases the country trails only italy and china for the highest number of infections coronaviruses also wreaking havoc on the countrys economy a record 3200000 people filed for unemployment claims just last week the crisis has hit the countrys biggest city new york particularly hard. Times square is rarely if ever as empty as this. And its a similar story on 5th avenue to new york as the epicenter of the outbreak in the u. S. A 3rd of all cases in the country are from here its an extraordinary situation and one of the worlds greatest cities businesses are letting staff go many hospitals are overstretched theres a shortage of tens of thousands of respirators across the state what were seeing right now is huge challenges and intense stress in particular on our Hospital Capacity on the men and women who do such amazing work in our Hea
Im on your knees of welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump has declared a National Emergency in the United States over the spread of the coronavirus the move releases billions of dollars in disaster funding and give special powers to Health Authorities heres what the president had to say americans are the strongest and most resilient people on earth and in the coming weeks we will all have to make changes and sacrifices but the short term sacrifices will produce long term gain and again ive said were learning a lot for the future and future problems like this or worse or worse it could get worse. Now for more on this lets go to w correspondent Stefan Simons in washington stefan thanks for joining us now the trouble ministration has been accused of downplaying this crisis now trump is calling it a National Emergency so what is the response been there well the response from observers friends and foes of the president is friends saying he finally got around it he acknowledges
The woman to leave the u. S. If they are not happy that congos a bold outbreak spreads to buy wrist reaches to be crowned city of the crowded city of goma on the border with for wanda the World Health Organization describes the new case as a potential game changer plus we have looked up the world works 50 years since the astronauts of apollo 11 took to the skies on a mission to put a man on the moon. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program in just over an hour germanys arcilla founder live is due to address the European Parliament in a final push to persuade lawmakers to back her bed for that you use top job now if she can secure. A majority of todays vote she will become the 1st woman president of the European Commission success though its far from certain funder line faces hostility from parliamentary groups who say that she was foisted on them by National Leaders so shes been on a Charm Offensive making a raft of promises to win support. For keeping up with the honda law and its not a
yes. not refusing to give evidence in court. now. it s not refusing. now also on the day europe powers up it s renewable energy programs and new initiative promises to win the you off. russian energy. today we re taking our ambition yet to another level, to make sure that we become independent of russian fossil fuels as quickly as possible. ah, welcome to the day we begin in the ukrainian capital key, where a russian soldier has admitted to killing a civilian in ne and ukraine. in the 1st days of the russian invasion during the trial and in the capital, the 21 year old has pleaded guilty to charges, including premeditated murder and committing a war crime. it s the 1st war crimes trial to be held there and looks likely to be the 1st of many. so stood in a glass box in a packed courtroom in chief. a russian soldiers fate hangs in the balance. he s been accused of a war crime. the case sent his on the shooting of an unarmed civilian in the semi region in the 1st week of russia