A choir in berlin to gauge how people are affected by the tiny droplets known as aerosols in the air around us. And the muslim call to prayer in a Protestant Church. As ramadan winds down the church here in berlin has opened its doors to muslims short on space to pray during the time that. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today one of the strongest psych loans in decades is moving in london india and bangladesh millions have fled cycling on fun and Authorities Say low lying areas are risk of flooding theyre also concerned about the spread of the corona virus in the shelters now housing thousands of people. Last ditch effort these bangladeshis are preparing for the worst. Filling sandbags with their bare hands they brave conditions voted on by one of the most powerful cyclists in decades. Of. Meteorologists have dubbed it a super cyclon and as it headed inland it lived up to that name it sent water surging inland some 25 kilometers to the damaged compounded by winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour. In comic conditions inside kid of bangladesh volunteers help to bring locals to safety more than 2 and a half 1000000 people were evacuated to shelters like this one which brought new concerns in that the corona pandemic but what that but you can put it there is a shortage of Drinking Water there are sanitation facilities for them but most are short distance is maintained for that reason the fear of the corona virus spread is persistent the. Authorities scrambled to evacuate residents in the cyclons projected path of destruction but that may leave them vulnerable to an increased risk of the fires 50 kilometers west into cop a attempts at social distancing futile. Because there are too many people here its impossible to maintain social distancing i am very concerned we couldnt stay home due to the storm and here is the tension of coronal im just trying to dodge both. And im precedented challenge for millions in pon couldnt have come at a worse time tracking developments from delhi forces the. Worst is a storm headed at this hour. Looks like the worst may have better be all look at the stomped it was down after making land well however it is seem to say that the true assessment of the damage really deep rooted deep today on close state authorities also warned yesterday that people should not do much from their homes and their loyalty has declared because last year thank you and finally in from the north region accuchek of douglas struck the damage as it was putting out of any of that assessing damage from what amounts up to 12000000000 euros that is not our spend lots of plate she said were not real good communication lines dr oz and what it got out of capital our best and what the song blackout is electricity got some of that happened so the assessment of the damage as i said would happen through the day today ok as this assessment takes place a whats it looking like have efforts to prepare for the storm paid off and ran its important to note that the National Disaster relief force of india has truly put together a commendable effort that has improved his performance over the past few decades the previous storm of this and density which i put it like 20 years of saw a loss of life and constant dan i wasnt beat that and even why any loss of life is is is a sadness betrayed not course that damage has been quoted well i must also go out attention to the need to improve resilient entranced uk changes really as these events ask on cohen and also our venue because of extreme better conditions that have been instigated by Climate Change these are seeing more and more extreme climatic events so the investments such as what the damages is seen 12000000000 euros i mean better be invested in infrastructure so that these storms do not check this much. Preparations might have been improving but but theres a completely new threat this time around what can you tell us about the threat for thousands of people in shelters coming into contact with the coronavirus thats true brand. Out and this is definitely a double check just 2 weeks ago before its like not on that list and i guess what i didnt mention doesnt actually converted into kuwait what and now this necklace just pieces do more of these speak that many people actually use it for the you want to move and talk to them to were going to whack me she sent us because these are what it about in fact a good one how about us even why if you think that maybe they dont have that strong the states response is going to be distracted in controlling the damage caused by the 2nd one and hence in fact lets give men dispended of mind is also important that many migrants from urban centers like new delhi and wont be seen back to the state of west bengal i notice so what exactly the diva johnny talk is on the steep grade after the cost of them as well. Following developments for us from delhi thanks so very much for that misha. If you break down some of the other stories making the news this hour police in bangladesh have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesting garment workers in the capital dhaka workers demanding wages their own some say they have been paid for 3 months their coronaviruses led factories to furlough or layoff half of the countrys 4000000. 00 garment workers. Germany is moving to tighten regulation of its Meat Industry for a flare up of the coronavirus and slaughter houses sparked a storm of criticism. The government say greed on a draft law that would force me plants to stop hiring Migrant Workers on short term contracts. Bush recession hit japan has seen its exports fall nearly 22 percent of people this countrys were strop in more than a decade this as the pandemic slams Global Demand for Consumer Products japan is of course have we dependent on exports and shut down much of thats a cop. Well German Airlines has confirmed it is close to sealing a deal with the German Government over a 9000000000 euro carona rescue package lived on so says the package of stabilization measures incorporates 3000000000 euros in the form of a loan from a Public Investment bank now under the plans the federal governments Economic Stabilization fund would acquire a total 25 percent stake in the euro. Lets get more on this now in Business Reporter simon bone here with me in the studio good morning to you all right now if this deal goes through and its looking like it will the German Government become an active manager at lou dobbs well friend i think the question is just how active this deal does seem like a bit of a compromise between the 2 factions within the Government Coalition as to. There were proBusiness People who didnt see a role for the government in running an airline and then there were the social democrats who thought it was a Good Opportunity to have a say in environmental conditions and saving jobs and so were seeing for example is 25 percent we talked about that structured in a way that the government will get 20 percent at the beginning and it has a special bond and should it ever choose to do so it can turn up on the do another 5 percent plus one share and that magic number would allow it to block any takeover of lufthansa apparently not something the government is concerned about because the the share price of offense has dropped by nearly 2 thirds over last year and so yeah they theyve used the fans as a Strategic Asset for germany and do not want to see it look falling into other hands foreign hands especially is 9000000000 euros enough to keep this Strategic Asset afloat no one knows when when the head to the term industry is going to end well its it seems to be like a wait and see approach is what theyre taking. They do look like theyre planning to run left. As a business the part of the deal that that the government is getting is 2 Board Members but again it sounds a bit like a compromise these 2 Board Members will not be ministers they will be Business People appointed by the government so that they hope to keep going as a Business Concern but the airline itself last week said that it saw in the most optimistic scenario a return to 2019 figures 3 years from now and thats again a very optimistic scenario more likely is their words that they were going to downsize were seeing some of the some of these airplanes theyve parked in spain the a 380. 00 s. There are just a decade or less old huge aircraft very high tech and they will probably never fly again according to many analysts say 3 years until we see precode levels of travel again according to live johnson siders simon thanks very much for that for the markets take on this deal were going to go now to Chelsea Delaney shes standing by for us in frankfurt good morning to jealousy a 25 percent government stake in lieu of tonsil is it back to the future or germanys Biggest Airline or well it is because lufthansa for about 40 years was a state owned company and didnt become fully privatized until the mid ninetys and the reason it became privatized is because it had been losing money for a long time it was very and competitive said it was unable to make quick decisions it was really hampered by the state owned. Management structure so i think thats one of the big concerns now is that they became private for a reason and now theyre possibly having to go back to the state on structure and youll see the debate about this bailout has been intense what are critics saying. There are critics really on every side here so on the on the political side there are people who think that look tons or should be subject to stricter oversight so the government has said that they only plan on using this this influence over the company to for example block mergers or to make sure that executives arent getting too much pay arent giving big bonuses that to themselves but some politicians think that they should be you know using their role using that stake in the company to advocate for more Worker Protection for more Environmental Policies and then you have live tons of who says that they shouldnt be subject to these government interventions because they really need to stay competitive they need to be able to move quickly especially now that the industry is in such a dire strait and then on the shareholder side a lot of shareholders are concerned that the stake that the government is taking in the company is going to dilute their their stakes in the company so theres really a lot of opposition to this proposal even though its really crucial given how much money lufthansas losing right now briefly if you could still are we going to see deep layoffs. Whats the word for. It seems inevitable that they are going to have to lay people off theyve said that they have about 10000 redundancy its right now a lot of people are on this short time work scheme but given how long of a recovery theyre saying 3 years this significant portion of their planes are going to be mothballed for years its likely that they will have to do a more permanent restructuring josee glenny for us in frankfurt thanks very much for that. Did you brief that some of todays coronavirus developments the number of actions worldwide now passing 5000000 the World Health Organization says 106000 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours its the most in a single day since the outbreak began the chinese city of the epicenter of the outbreak has issued a total ban on the hunting breeding and eating of wild Animals Research indicates the virus most likely spread from animals to humans through those type of practices and the European Unions virus response chief says that the region must prepare for a 2nd waves not a question of if according to him but when the how big. Well new studies indicate that the sars cova due to virus the virus related to the corona virus could spread through the aerosol droplets that we exhale and that means close spaces with little ventilation put people at risk the choir berlins cathedral discovered that during a rehearsal in march. To be just as the counter of berlin to phaedra will hear on march 9th he reversed together with 80 singers this is how the chairs were arranged in the room no one present was showing symptoms of coke at 19 but 5 days later 60 choir members had fallen sick. I could see a concert and weve got the whole spectrum from very mild symptoms to very serious cases. But woman is not the only one asking how it was possible for people throughout the room to become infected studies have shown that infections through droplets would have been practically impossible over such distances now researchers are increasingly turning their attention to aerosols tiny particles of less than 5 micrometers scientists suspect viruses can also attach themselves to aerosols and be transmitted that way. That one isnt 05 aerosols are such tiny droplets that they can remain airborne for a substantial time and can therefore be inhaled into the deepest parts of the lungs aerosols are created wherever fluids are vaporized that can happen for example as they pass peoples lips during speech or singing. In larger droplets dont go very far because they fall quickly to the ground aerosols are smaller and later they remain airborne for hours and can spread through an entire room just how often aerosols transmit infections has yet to be determined the results could greatly influence the reopening of economies could people safely sit and chat for hours in restaurants or work out together in gyms aerosol transmitted infections could hardly be prevented their outdoors aerosols are harmless the fresh air thins out the microscopic particles too quickly for them to become a threat for an infection to occur a certain quantity or viral load is needed. Indoors as aerosols accumulate so do the risks. People occupy indoor areas and if theres a ventilation system it should be turned up if not windows should be opened that opposite ends of the room to create a good draft and change the air. For now to o. B. S. Brahman rehearses only with a small ensemble in berlin cathedral inside the vast space aerosols can dissipate fast fast enough for no one to get infected the cantar hopes in summer he plans on rehearsing the full choir again outdoors. While pandemic containment measures have plunged the use economy into a tailspin and to ease the worst the facts france and germany have put forward a proposal for a massive Recovery Fund financed by common debt now this marks a huge shift in berlins position when it comes to subsidizing other e. U. States he. Asked the former Commission President john younker for his response to the initiative. The coronavirus has plunged europe into an unprecedented economic crisis and most likely a deep political crisis germany and france are proposing a recovery to be financed through shared debt do you think the e. U. Taking on debt is the right policy. To give the. At the start of the Coronavirus Crisis there was an unholy chaos between member states. Its actually understandable because it didnt fall within the e. U. Is area of competency. And especially the Immediate Response to a Health Emergency falls within the responsibility of individual governments at the nash. And not the european level of the fee after a week the European Commission started to take action and now its about tackling the economic fallout and the budgetary consequences to overcome the current crisis. I do think that the proposal put forward by germany and france is the right response. About the language it results in the mutualization of future debt. Often fukuda flieger it allows the European Union to respond with solidarity especially for members in Southern Europe for. Absolutely necessary. Its a good Franco German plan. For anyone else to come up with what germany would have probably rejected at the minister. The zipless other members support the proposal in northern members are hesitant and the east is waiting because it doesnt know what it means for it do you think the proposal can really work oh well it only strengthen the forces pulling the e. U. Apart. There are many details still to work out. Even the 2 countries you came up with the proposal have all the answers. You give every country every government and later every National Parliament has the right and the juki to closely examine this proposal. That will take time. But i would like to think that the final response will be very close to the german and french plan. Or at least have been inspired by. The. German chancellor Angela Merkel has really changed her position on this to be about turn surprised. I was surprised but not really surprised. Its part of the german chancellor d. N. A. And at the end of the day shell always strive for a constructive solution. And thats what happened this time. Hes. Looking at the german media reports its easy to forget that france also made major concessions. The plan on the table is not a told what france 1st suggested. Are you concerned that populists and nationalists in europe will attract more followers because of the corona crisis well madame le pen in france for example or matteo sell fenian italy profited from it. The populace will of course use these crosses to explain how we need strict border controls. That every country would be better off dealing with the crisis individually. Not together with the European Union. There but i believe the people of europe have learnt from this crisis. That one country alone will not beat the crisis. We have to pull in the same direction. This. May be one consequence of the crisis with so many small acts of solidarity. French cozied 19 patients being cared for in germany and in luxemburg. Neighborhoods helping each other out so maybe one consequence will be that after the crisis well all be better people and better europeans. A former european Commission President john claude younger talking with my colleague bad record and you can catch that entire interview to our website t w dot com. Well votes are being counted in a landmark president ial election in burundi the day passed off peacefully despite fears of violence in that country however shortly after polls closed the Main Opposition Party q since ortiz a vote rigging there were a few independent observers on election day long lines no social distancing and a touch of handwashing. Amid the pandemic the people of the crowded polling stations to vote for a new president. The run up to the elections was marred by repression and arbitrary arrests and on voting day social media platforms were blocked. Hardly any foreign observers were at polling stations after the government said they would be forced to spend 14 days in quarantine due to coronavirus. Despite lingering distrust of the government voting was peaceful in a country used to violence and ethnic tensions the incumbent president included has led the country for a divisive 15 years coming to power after a brutal civil war his chosen successor every. Year is a former army general and influential political figure that. Many thought that this day would never come but it has come to pass this is the day when People Choose the leaders that they wish for without any force or obligation upon them. The main opposition candidate is agathon rasa he says freedom of the press was not respected on polling day. It is quite disappointing that local voting station officials can give orders and refused the right for journalists to come in these election want to. Its quite deplorable. Why should we prevent journalists from covering this event here when they were allowed to come to other locations. Observers say the peaceful holding at the election is promising but they warn if any kind it refuses to accept the results it could lead to protests and violence. Islams month of fasting and prayer ramadan has been curtailed here in germany by law down restrictions and with Space Limited in mosques to do social distancing a Protestant Church in berlins courts for a district decided to open its doors to muslims for friday prayers has more. The call to prayer from inside the church of saint martha in berlin every friday throughout ramadan. The higher than how much and we see ramadan as a very valuable thing. We think that prayer and opening ourselves to each other and to god helps reinforce humanity and peace shufti and success that endeavor perform and as a sign of solidarity they thought it would be a good idea to give muslims a chance to cry in the church. Where its a Great Initiative and we thank them for it. To have met with the inner from germany has allowed places of worship to reopen but with a restriction only a maximum of 50 people are allowed to pray at a time in this church around 100. 00 people want to pray so theyre divided into 2 time slots one in german and the other in arabic. A lot of the old want to go with this photo but i was a bit surprised by the idea but its a beautiful feeling at a time when mosques are full its a beautiful initiative. To get them from americans its a beautiful indescribable feeling it gives us a sense of brotherhood between people. Ramadan prayers in a christian church. Contemplation during carona time. This is due to be news live from berlin our brian todd was for the entire team thanks so much for joining us. This woman is defying the regime. Mood has been searching for her husband and son for years both might be victims of syrias secret service know theres a ray of hope suspected henchmen of a song are on trial in germany. Some could spoil her. Marriage to comedy w. Conflicts in march Prime Minister obama secured an open ended right to move by decree. In order he said to fight the coronavirus pandemic my guest this week from budapest is by lashings of aiki hungary many people in the ruling see best policy is the government being honest about its motives or is this new law just the latest move to cement thora terry route conflicts of. 60 minutes on d w. 7 to a symphony. Begin beethovens Pastoral Symphony is the foundation. Of an International Art project. Musicians composed their understanding of nature. To mark the 250008 verse 3 of the composers birth alike sharing program by for you know hes good. Beethoven worldwide. History project starts. On d w. Hello and welcome to focus on europe on lets show the corona crisis has been dominating headlines for months so much so that it has overshadowed all other topics like the ongoing war