Exclusive interview with the winner of historic election. For the nations young people. To the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the European Union to unite stronger from its greatest challenge the coronavirus pandemic its the 2nd time germany has taken over the presidency of the European Council with chancellor merkel at the helm speaking at the European Parliament in brussels laid out her vision for germany 6 months which will be dominated by economic recovery from the pandemic. The commissions plan for a Recovery Fund for struggling. The chancellor said Member States would need to compromise in order to sign off on the Recovery Fund before next months summer recess diffidence than it might in some and if we are willing to overcome our differences and identify shared solutions and if we are willing to view the world through the prism of others europe will emerge from the crisis stronger than ever if we strengthen cohesion and solidarity no one will get through this crisis alone we are all vulnerable yeah i listen for when. Well lets go through this with the w. s our chief Political Correspondent melinda crane and chief International EditorRichard Walker in brussels a welcome both lets start with you melinda chancellor merkel calling for Greater Unity in the e. U. A coal it has got its almost since the bloc 1st started how does she plan to make it happen well quite hands on in about 9 days she will be welcoming in brussels all of the other heads of e. U. Member states and her negotiating skills are going to have to very much come into play shes going to be looking for them to sign up for this 750000000000 euro recovery package that has been proposed by the commission on the basis of her own plan with french president Emmanuel Mccall we know that some of the Member States the frugal for the northern states are not terribly eager to see this money loaned on the grant basis to Southern States that have been hit hard by the economic consequences of corona 2 things going for the chancellor she is known as a very skilled and pragmatic negotiator shes definitely in favor of this bold action germany needs if germany depends on the economic welfare of the rest of europe and this will be the 1st meeting in 9 days where all of these leaders will be live in person and frankly that makes negotiation a lot easier than it is when youre doing it in a Video ConferenceRichard Walker in brussels im guessing that that everybody there is really glad that the safe pair of hands in europe is in charge for these next 6 months how will the chance of a brussels Work Together. Yeah well i think there is a sense that this is the Perfect Moment for germany to take on the e. U. Presidency you know its a total coincidence you know this is a rotating presidency every 6 months a different country takes it but this does really seem like the kind of Perfect Moment for essentially you know the most experienced set of hands in european politics and taking the helm in that coordination here in brussels well you know its a big job its already started the German Diplomatic Mission to the e. U. Which is just down the road from where we are here has been beefed up from its already large size to handle the amount of work that is going to be on their desks in the in the weeks ahead im going back and does have one advantage when shes working with the european institutions and thats in the European Commission because the head of it was love underline the president of the European Commission well just a few months ago Angela Merkel was her boss these women go back very far they have a very strong working relationship goes back many years so they dont have to get over the usual kind of hurdles of getting to know you in order to Work Together totally and if anything they have to be a little bit wary about appearing too cozy with each other and face accusations of being a sort of german club in charge so it has been quite interesting to watch it was a love on the line in particular and one or 2 of the things that she said in Parliament Today in her speech seemed sort of implicitly aimed at trying to put a little bit of distance between her and im going to medical without suddenly creating an impression of disunity so ludicrous in this recovery fun than this is going to be the big focus over the next 6 months how significant is this for the german presidency its very significant and thats why we have to seen the chancellor take a much bolder step and i think many people would have considered possible for her as you know she and germany in general have tended to be accused of. Being laggards when it comes to really showing solidarity for indebted southern european economies throughout the whole financial crisis germany was one of the countries that blocked any form of shared debt yet the chancellor and the french president Emmanuel Mccraw have now said that the e. U. Commission should be able to borrow on Financial Markets which is tantamount to shared debt so this is a very major step for germany why is it taking it and why is it behind this very ambitious Recovery Fund for one very simple reason germany is a very open economy it depends on trade it depends on exports 70 percent nearly of its exports go to the rest of europe nearly 70 percent of its our imports come from the rest of europe if the rest of europe is languishing if spain and italy find their economies under pressure on Financial Markets cant borrow money that will hurt germany as well and the u. S. Very survival is at stake the chancers made that clear to german citizens and i think thats why you will see her really make a push for something that perhaps in the past would have been to pull out of this is the enlightened self interest of vital words to you richard. This is the big one the Recovery Fund but not the only thing that germany will be looking out over the course of the next 6 months. Thats right i mean even if there was no pandemic at all this would still be a busy time for germany i mean one big thing that sort of slipped into the background but its still a real problem is brics it. At the end of this year the u. K. Is supposed to complete its exit from the European Union the 2 sides still havent worked out a trade deal and there are still very big sticking points in any goshi ations on that point im going to medical has in recent days and weeks actually been sort of stressing that were not going to get a deal any price or tries of low expectations this deal will be forthcoming but thats going to be a big focus towards the end of the year and then you have some big very long term and strategic things like Climate Change and the Digital Transformation i mean remember before the pandemic broke out last year this huge wave of protests really driven by young people about Climate Change demanding more action from their political leaders that the political pressure is still there beneath the surface of the medical says that she wants to anchor the e. U. s targets of becoming climate neutral by the year 2050 in law and take various other steps as well to to boost the fight against Climate Change thats another big thing one thing that was really glaringly quite absent from her speech was china which was huge issue this year with a big summit happening in september thats now on ice and with the chinese imposing this new draconian law in hong kong and also unwilling seems to make progress on a planned investment treaty between the 2 sides. Any sense of progress in relations with china really isnt looking very bright at all Richard Walker brussels bill and thank you bill. Now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world starting in the hong kong and china is a new National Security office there a week after beijing imposed a controversial new security law in the territory and Security Officers across from Victoria Park a site only used for prodemocracy demonstrations. Aircraft manufacturer boeing has settled claims relating to the cross of one of its 737 jets in indonesia by 2 years ago a us company has not disclosed the amount of the compensation the crash was followed by another in ethiopia led to the grounding of 737 matches. Police in thailand have seized more than 1400000 tablets of methamphetamine and arrested 3 suspects in a raid in one of the provinces in the north of the country in the socalled Golden Triangle thailand vietnam and laos meet of the region is a hub for drugs much. A World Health Organization says theres emerging evidence that the corona virus can spread through the air the statement comes after more than 200. 00 International Scientists said there was evidence that the virus could be spread through tiny particles that remain suspended in the air for several hours they also said the particles could travel tens of meters w. H. O. Has promised to publish data on the node groups a virus transmission these are fields of research that are really growing and for we each there is some evidence emerging but is not the diff the feni to have. And therefore the possibility of airborne transmission in. In public settings especially in very specific conditions crowded closed poorly ventilated settings that have been described cannot be ruled out. The australian city of melbourne is that. Back into lockdown for the next 6 weeks after a spike in corona virus cases officials in the state of victoria reported 134 new infections on wednesday about contrast with the rest of the country where numbers have remained in single figures. Normally an invisible line between a stray leads to most populous states now being controlled by Police Offices cars lined up for hours at the border between victoria and New South Wales after was closed for the 1st time in 100 years those in border communities rush to get permits to cross for essential reasons like heading to work. Permit last month alone would help a little business buzz but still it is. Probably still another half an hour before i get so were going to be running like. The state of victoria is being isolated from the rest of the country because its capital city melbourne hes seeing a 2nd wave of coronavirus cases. This is as i said not the situation that anybody wanted to be in but it is the reality that we must confront to do otherwise is to pretend that this isnt real to pretend that we have other options the best Public Health advice is the type that steps. Shoppers strips the supermarket shelves before the big night deadline has an open 5000000 residents return to Strict Lockdown measures for the next 6 weeks i think were doing a good job you know overall as frustrating as it is i support it. But you know ask me again in 6 weeks. Most people can still go out for work Grocery Shopping or light exercise but for base people in some of the citys Public Housing estates they cant even leave their homes the State Government implemented a 5 day hard lockdown on 9 housing blocks after 27. 00 residents tested positive for the virus. Authorities said they were preventing an explosive outbreak but many trapped inside say they are being treated like prisoners with little access to food and medical supplies. The states premier Daniel Andrews says testing is at record levels and that authorities will continue to investigate how the spike in cases occurred. Lets take a look now at some of the latest coronavirus developments around the world will start in the United States which has reached another daily record of new infections with 60000. 00 reported cases u. S. President donald trump passed threaten to cut federal funding to Public Schools that refused to reopen in the autumn and the u. K. Government has unveiled a stimulus package equivalent to 33000000000 euros to help the economy recover from the coronavirus laca. Well the crisis is having a major impact on millions of h. I. V. Patients who rely on lifesaving drugs its estimated that nearly 40000000 people across the world are living with hiv over snow cure for the disease of course he said aids and she retroviral medications to help to control it but the coffee 90 pandemic is interrupting supply lines for the medication and h. R. T. Patients are often scared to go to the hospital because of the pandemic the krege report. To me would have preferred not to come to the clinic today because of the corona virus and to avoid questions from neighbors to me is not her real name she prefers to remain anonymous i knew she was a Charity Positive and wants to make sure her one year old daughter does not become infected. So my family no friends. Know. Because they like to go for a little bit build a jog to the summer on the snow drag because you dont know your future husband to you after all. So you dont need to charge for. One in 5 mothers in khayelitsha township is age id be positive a few years ago 2 out of every 5 children also had the virus but now the chances of a chevy being passed on that group are less than 5 percent south africa has made significant progress of the fight against hiv the government pays for the medicines and aid agencies like Doctors Without Borders spoke with Education Programs in normal times a group of mothers with h i. V. Meteo once a month to go in a crisis means the meetings have been cancelled. To gain from the Group Sessions discussing with p. Is giving also time to discuss the difference in the t. Doesnt things like that so now that they do say. It is he afraid to post natal clubs the medics know. For the mothers on a one to one basis hiv is still a serious problem here. The hospital is much emptier than usual because of covert 19 many patients devoid hospitals and therefore dont have access to their medication experts believe this could have a Strong Negative impact on hiv aids but also tuberculosis patients in the future. Knows her medication significantly increases her own Life Expectancy hope that in the future age i. V. In corona will no longer be a danger to her daughter. Has been speaking exclusively with the new president of malawi former pastor lazarus such a queer at last last years vote by the Supreme Court declared it void after discovering irregularities and blatant fraud president ial crittur was inaugurated on monday after winning 60 percent of the vote in the southeast african nation and that was seen as a test of the ability of africas courts to tackle Election Fraud on the president so when marks the 1st time an african history with everybody election has resulted in an incumbent defeat. Well christine money to from d. W. News to africa conducted that interview with the president to chiquita welcome christine i though does it tell us more than about what was so special about this win for the president phil its what this win represents that in a continent where people go to the polls take part in elections only for them to be read and come to stays in power that change could be brought about and change could be brought about as a result of what the people went through an electoral process that it didnt have to be a coup of sorts but that people could say that these are the options before us this is what pushes and this is what we want millau its came out in their numbers fall when that 1st election result came out of the incumbent one people wouldnt accept that and people went to the streets in a in a way that weve not seen malawians do before and we all thought of course this happens of course that some people playbook you know the incumbent wins people scream and shout and then everybody moves on but in the case of malawi it just didnt and 13 months later we have the opposition candidate in power as a president so its what this this represents and we know that one of the places that are us 22. 00 president ial whos now president is to say you are going to find yourself among people of the president of the continent who have been suppressing the voice of the people whove not been missing some people what are you going to tell them and is how he responded to that feel my message is what we have given the world even at this time. Get institutions Strong Enough to do their work independently and get president s that are able to stick to what they promise and i tend to be one such president you know i believe in that i have been able to speak truth to power it been before i became president ive been able to tell the truth even as i have become president and im tempted to be able to speak truth with love honestly to my colleagues whenever i meet them i believe that african young people this is the majority africans deserve much better if and from a generation ago or to folks like us i believe that we must create an environment in which young peoples rights are respected and they also are given the chance to demand for such rights i believe that this is a new day for africa and we can set that example here in my life. And a lot of his support from the you why you know he had a refreshing message right and malawians have been through the most as we like as we like to say kentucky this is a very poor country people would despair for a change and the leadership in malawi was just aloof to that the former president was in his body at one stage came out and said all these young people demanding jobs what jobs they want to even have the skills so this was a president who was so distanced from from the people and so clear and you could hear him speaking in the song by feel he understands what people needed to hear and so his message resonates that he understood who he is and the country that hes serving it is a country of young people and so the promises that he made promises that many people see as realistic in terms of what he can do and what he can accomplish and thats why he runs so true with a lot of people. Now there was early election result was on the normally in africa as weve mentioned what was it about malawi what was it about what malawians do or did the made this offer 3 things they felt one of them would be independent is situations because when that 1st election result came through you had a judicial process that was effective enough to say there were irregularities in this election and were going to nullify that things as blatant as correctional fluid on bended papers right so we all saw them to vote of course you know that the courts are going to come out and say everything was fine lets move on but that quote came up as if this election was flawed and threw it out the president tried to get involved he tried to force some of these judges into early retirement they wouldnt stand for it he tried to influence the new Electoral Commission that had been put in place that couldnt happen so independent institutions we also had a Strong Civil Society people came up invent numbers protested kids these institutions and the people who run them on their toes and then we had ignited opposition and something that we dont have enough of on the continent we have a lot of opposition parties on the continent in disarray and that is playing into the hands of ruling parties that refused to go out of power so that was an important thing as well ok so. Now hes got the job promising change as they all do what sort of impression did you form up and you know such a queer of course you heard him in the sound bite that we just played he has this very sort of striking american accent closer as you might think youre listening to modern of the king i mean one of the 1st womens i heard him he was he was talking at one of his rallies and he said something to the effect of this if you know when when the people speak these people need to follow it and get out you know this very striking sort of American Action very charismatic hes an invention of evangelical pasta so you can imagine how that works you can you can work a crowd but then listening to him you start to understand you know hes hes hes new to politics so to say he has run for office before but hes not a traditional politician so to say so he was able to to resonate with people in a very interesting way i found him to be a measured person in our conversation yesterday i did push him and say look you know this this this needs a lot to people on the continent while youve got young people in impulse of the continent that feel that they go to the polls right it doesnt make a difference because elections are rigged an incumbent stays in power what do you feel that you need to go out there and speak out for people on the continent something that hes taken taught him something that he says that he will do i mean he was talking about the fact that hes not afraid to speak truth to power was so to say so judging by about what what weve seen and how hes acted already hes been hes starting to assemble a somewhat of a cabinet people hes been approaching you could see that this is somebody whos trying to do all the right things and i dont think he has too much of a difficult job really what he has to do flush out corruption right what hes got it is get this country not dependent on aid as as weve seen it and well watch him watch him but he is coming across as somebody who does want to be held accountable he said im appointing people that i want to be able to stand up to me and speak truth to me. I often say that right at the start he reminded him of this. Christine mundra from the debris news in africa thank you so much. Electric. Factory just outside expected to create thousands of jobs and put the region back to years of decline but there are some local objections as people complain that tesla is failing to address environmental concerns. This is the site in question located 40 kilometers southeast of the german capital berlin its here in gloom hider that tesla wants to begin producing electric vehicles by the middle of next year. Construction of the plant set to employ some 10000 people is a ready well underway the multibillion euro investment is new zick to the ears of shoka who envisions renewal in a long forgotten region. In your sons you know your this is an Incredible Opportunity for the region and we need to see says young people who emigrated may be tempted to come back because of the jobs on offer but this is a good chance for us to entice young families who might have moved to states like bob or bavaria. Getting in touch with tesla isnt easy the company did not respond to an interview requests from d. W. Many environmentalists are furious that the electric giant has pressed ahead with construction despite not having the final green light to do so. Other concerns include the vast quantity of water the factory will consume while tesla has promised to address that issue activists like nadine and spend a lot of my ass say it doesnt go far enough to date some 370 objections to the factory has been submitted but the coronavirus means there wont be a public hearing until september which what happens to us as her criticism isnt accepted at all the people who speak out against the project dont get to listen to their many people who are really involved and want to contribute but they just get ignored we need to distance to be involved we need transparency and democracy but we really need our politicians to take our resources and protected areas seriously and to put their foot down when needs be its the turn of gloom hide where the factory will be located has 8 that did happen. Could draw a further 10000. 00 to the region some locals fear this will mean more traffic and less on spoiled nature. But there is like out my thrill are excited he regularly flies his drone over the construction site hes fascinated by whats going on. As mine as it is a superstar in my view this is a very forward looking company. Where nothe disrupting the market with 500000 electric car supposed to hit the market here it will encourage other companies to embrace electric mobility and get things moving. Too big he post his drone footage on twitter giving both those for and against the project a birds eye view of whats going on. As it show up today at the top of the hour. Thanks. Coronavirus summer 20 twentieths following the knock downs and working from home people surely want to get outside and travel. The clearest industry is waiting for them with bated breath but problem restrictions are still in place and many potential holiday makers are feeling uncertain to find a creationist made in germany. G. W. Geminids w. At any time tied to any claims the news media in the bellows yeah i dont like the crowd so much to sing along to you through just a combo from super looking. For. Interactive exercises. Everything is online and interactive. Benjamin 5350 w. Are they friends so long to be with you thank you to discuss here or would you wish it was the would you believe one among the bluefin used munition or are they enemies when he was to finish the fusion fuel in the building she wished you could pull it open is usually what hes going to be going to give me if i didnt work for jeff donald trump monday near our 2 part documentary analyzes the difficult relationship between russia and the u. S. And between their president s how does their rivalry and their dangerous mutual admiration affect the rest of the world prism bullies trump and putin starts august 3rd on d w. We all crave those few weeks every year the chance to get away from it all and relax far from the day he met last year some one and a half 1000000000 tourists descended on the worlds most beautiful place 2020 looks very different planes have been grounded hotels are struggling to fill the