europe can still become. and that is a responsibility which we are shouldering at a time when the european union is facing the largest challenge in its history. and this is why for the german government this german. presidency of the council right in the middle of the pandemic it comes to it's a huge challenge because on the one hand we have to cope with the consequences of the crisis but equally we need to make europe more resilient and viable for the finish the crisis we are experiencing now is different from anything that we have experienced since you know it was founded. the 19th and to make hits all of us we weren't responsible for it and we want prepare for it not in germany not in your not in the world just in europe more than 100000 people lost their lives to it and a few weeks of economic shutdown have been sufficient. yet to endangered much that way 2 years to. the obvious freedoms and rights of citizens were temporary put on hold that was a very high province and everybody who joined in making this

and europe 1st of all europe is made up of many different national countries or with their own history and identity back to the experience of racism and discrimination is common. in both europe and the us and i and i would like to say that it's not so easy to distinguish between slavery in the us and. the colonial history in in europe because it's very much linked so we're talking about systems of oppression white supremacy which is global and racism is global and we can see that also with the with the response with black lives matters so of course of course it's something that came up in in the u.s. but its reach is beyond the u.s. borders you see black lives matters protests since 2015 in the k. other parts of europe and it's becoming something that people can identify with it's not so easy to just say that you know the u.s. had slavery and slavery on only us kind of grounds and perhaps it didn't take place in europe but lots of european historic leaders were involved in the slave trade there were involved when at least 19000 africans died in the in the middle passage . on their way

if they got it does open i don't want europe to become militarily independent. and i want us to realize our security interests as an ally in nato with the united states that is also in the interests of the u.s. and i will always push for that. because i think there are many in nato who see things the same way and i can't imagine that the u.s. would be interested in uncoupling our security arrangements in the long term support of copper to be defined as. you wish i can tell us we see launched year political vacuums can europe fell when. i was a vicar. we can't fill every gap where the u.s. is pulling back you look at. question. if i already taken on a lot of responsibilities it's always about security but also diplomacy and it's very important that both are present. because in the end wars need peace treaties and they need political and not military solutions mission or military men a staff of thank you for the interview my pleasure. now to some of the other stories making news this hour the european court of justice has ruled that a law in hungary requiring n.g.

as the years past, hoover's fixed ranged from europe intensified. the new world, he believed, was remote from the imperialism, fanatic ideologies, racial antipathies, dictatorships, power politics and class traffic agents of europe. what he had witnessed in 1919, he concluded, was something far more profound than the intrigues of diplomacy and european statements. it was, in his words, the collision of civilizations that had grown 300 years apart. looking at the chasm that he perceived between the old world and new, he became an eloquent exponent of what we call american exceptionalism. yet, hoover, for all his misgivings about europe never ceased being a humanitarian with suffering in the old world. when world war ii broke out in 1939, he organize private relief agencies in the u.s. to funnel assistance to a distressed civilian populations of war ravaged finland and poland. in 1940 and 41 as the war in europe expanded, he attempted to replicate his world for one success in belgium by creating a new administration, this time for the imperative alien

together for europe's economy the motto for the 6 month german presidency which begins on july 1st chance are on the machall there live laying out to the german parliament her vision for the 6 months of the german you council presidency calling it the biggest challenge in the use history she said the e.u. recovery plan tied to the pinned pandemic will be limited in time that it will involve borrowing on international money markets and will respect national party parliaments he also added that the union must work to keep member states from drift drifting apart and that nationalist interests will be working to exploit the crisis to erode europe we're going to be going to our correspondent in the parliament in just a little bit but 1st we want to look at some of the foreign policy priorities that are going to be existing right now in this. term for the german presidency d.w. as head of politics was earlier romantic has been speaking to germany's foreign minister heiko mass she asked him what sacrifices germany will be willing to make for the sake of e.u. unity will be talking about that in j

europe travelers. let's get comments from the ceo of iata. alexandre de juniac. thank you for your time today. i'm wondering what your view on this is? europe is trying to figure out whether or not they should deny access to u.s. travelers. that will have a meaningful impact on transatlantic travel over the summer, and possibly beyond. where does i out of sit on this dishware does iata sit on this? alexandre: we are we advocating for -- we are advocating for lifting travel restrictions, but we understand countries and continents could be worried about re-importing infection from covid-19 after the lockdown. we have to find the right compromise. and what we say is the following. first of all, we are not in favor of quarantined. quarantine measures are equivalent to a travel ban. our survey show when you're in close quarantine, it is the same effects of banning travel. the impact on air travel is to stop it. we say no quarantine measures, but if we want to have a safe travel, we should implement the inte

this is developing news live from berlin what will it cost to save europe's economy the leaders of germany and france have a plan for a post pandemic recovery at their 1st face to face talks in months the german chancellor and french president met near berlin are hoping to win over skeptics to their multi-billion euro coronavirus rescue package also coming up. it's been called a pedophile pandemic police in germany are trying to identify tens of thousands of users involved in an online child sex abuse network. and breaking the rules on social distancing we meet the south african minibus drivers who could end up accelerating the spread of covert my g.'s. i'm all me and use of welcome to the program we begin with the future of europe after the pandemic that was the subject today as german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mack home at a maze of palace near berlin it was their 1st face to face meeting since the pandemic hit in march the 2 leaders were eager to show they stand shoulder to shoulder on a multi 1000000000 euro plan they say is crucial to guaranteeing that use

also coming up the leaders of germany and france agree on a plan for europe's post pandemic we're covering now chancellor merkel and president ma kong just have to win skeptics over to their multi-billion euro rescue package and a new class of zombie shares on germany stock market the payments processor why are card collapsed last week so why aren't shares surging. i'm sorry welcome to the program china's nationals people's congress has passed a controversial security law for hong kong that critics fear will give beijing more control over the semi autonomous territory some people in hong kong showed their support for the new law while pro-democracy activists opposed it critics say it restricts freedoms and does that odds with the one country 2 systems policy agreed by china when it took control of the former british colony back in 1970 now britain has called the new law a grave step while the us is removing hong kong's special trading status. and joining me now from hong kong is how democracy activist glacier quality to the program and thank you for joining us this law a suspect expected t

structural racism in europe sounds a bit strange. we see illegal immigrants in our european cities demonstrating for permanent residence. so that does not really look like structural racism. these street fights between people. that does not really look like structural racism. you look at many french, belgian, dutch cities, police officers don't dare to go into certain neighborhoods where there are a lot of immigrants. people who say there is this kind of racism, they still bring hundreds of thousands of africans to europe. if you really feel there structural racism, then stop the global impact on migration for at least 10 years, until you have realized this kind of structural racism has disappeared. thank you. >> for one minute. >> george floyd's death on the 25th of may is something that we find horrendous. it's one of a long list of black men by american police for decades, where justice hasn't been provided. structural, there is racism in the american system, but systemic racism also exists in our democracies in europe. european c

this is the news live from berlin what will it cost to save europe's economy the leaders of germany and france have planned for a post pandemic recovery at their 1st face to face talks and months the german chancellor and french president met near berlin there hoping to win over skeptics to say to their multi-billion euro coronavirus rescue package also coming up. the muslim women who say chinese authorities are forcing birth control on them in an apparent effort to reduce their population and shing jiang problems. and putin's attempt to stay in power russians are being urged to vote on constitutional amendments that allowed president putin to rule for 2 more terms critics say it's a champagne that making clinton president for life. i'm all in is of welcome to the program we begin with the future of europe after the pandemic that was the subject today as german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel not call met mazen back palace near berlin it was their 1st face to face meeting since the pandemic hit back in march the 2 leaders were eager to show they stand shoulder to

futures are down in europe, more than 1%. partly because, the wirecard scandal has taken a new turn. the company is saying the $2.1 billion missing from its balance sheets may not exist. it is the latest in a dramatic fall from grace for the firm, which was once considered the fintech, though it has been under a dark cloud of scandal for a year. for more, bloomberg's tech reporter joins us on the phone. so, the missing money they say probably doesn't exist. what happened to it? >> that is the million-dollar question. this story gets crazier and crazier by the day. the payments firm said overnight shat the 1.9 billion euro doesn't exist so they have to go around looking through the orders to see exactly what happened but there are bigger problems the company is facing right now. it has withdrawn its recent results and said previous protested the- transactions on wirecard's behalf were not correct, so shares in bonds have collapsed. the cheek and -- chief executive has departed, leaving a massive to do list to the interim ceo.

how big a day was it for europe? that ecb decision and angela merkel, bob diamond, capital funding partner and ceo, joining us now. what do you make of what christine lagarde has done, what do you make of what angela merkel has done? how big of an impact will it have on the european economy? fromch a series of actions the announcement earlier as well, and the recovery fund, 750 billion. germany today talking about 130 billion in fiscal stimulus. to the monetary programs announced by president lagarde this morning. all of them unequivocally positive. i would come back particularly to the fiscal measures. i know president lagarde has been calling for fiscal measures as many people have, it has been a little bit like waiting for the doubt -- waiting for gadot. came, andgo, the euro the dream of a big cap low market -- capital market similar to the dollar market or the u.s. market. for the first time, we're seeing some real action around fiscal movements. the recovery, 750 billion from the recovery fund, and then today,

china reve already and our place as europe as a sovereign europe as a strong europe indescribable joe political nightmare so ip the french and the german are quite serious about it and i think it will actually be the beginning of something then how long it will take how successful will we be it will depend on all of us to work together companies i've always been much more european than governments so we should trust the private sector to do that and not try to be which the french love to do a bit too interventionist because that was really what you know could be. the big. weeks a disincentive for this recovery to be joint and to be shared and to be successful let me just remind our audience that the hamiltonian moment essentially refers to a comparison with the history of the united states when in the 18th century alexander hamilton actually persuaded the original u.s. states to mutual eyes their debt in other words to take responsibility for each other steps and that is an element of the merkel macron plan for european recovery it's an element the president mentioned yesterday evenin

the corona pandemic isn't just health crisis for europe it's had a massive impact on the economy. and just like the virus itself the economic and social aftereffects of hitting some countries harder than others do you pin union things easily greece and spain will suffer the most so when the last video meeting members agree to set up a special recovery fund to keep start the economy with the money borrowed centrally on financial markets that's being seen as a big step for europe but there are still a lot of details to work out and some of them are huge and very very complicated so we've broken them down for you into 4 main things 1st of all size how big should the fund be the numbers in play range from 502750 1000000000 euros next is fairness which countries should get funding and how much and should it be given out as grounds loads that have to be paid back. to focus what should the money be spent on the e.u. would like to see lots of green and digital investment but there are some questions about how quickly such projects can get off the ground. and finally how should the fund be

europe is important to mention because even though many countries in europe are most not native english speaking, they have been switching the language of higher education to english and being able to recruit from that global talent pool. that becomes yet another data point in terms of understanding this kind of mercenary, if you will, mindset of young people around the world who no doubt admire the ideals that america has. they sympathize with what ther seeing in terms of the black lives matter protests. the last ten years, occupy wall street -- >> parag, i'm sorry, i got to stop you. we are out of time. fascinating conversation. we will have both of you back. natalie nougayrede, parag khanna, thank you so much. we will be back. my name is trisha. i'm 70 and i live in mill valley, california. my biggest passion is gardening. i love to be outdoors. i have jaybirds that come when i call. i know how important it is to feed your body good nutrition. i heard about prevagen and i heard about the research behind it. taking prevagen, i have noticed that i can think clearly. my memory is better

yes, europe needs capital. europe is less naive than in the past. if europe will have to pick sides, if you think back in terms of history and what happened after world war ii in terms of containing the ussr, we had spheres of influence. the united states and europe acted in harmony and term of the approach taken -- largely in harmony. you think europe will have to side with united states? yes.s: ultimately, europe has no alternative. europe must take sides. europe must choose freedom and democracy. i saw the statement from the eu after yesterday's summit. criticism of the chinese oppression in hong kong. criticism of chinese oppression of minorities within china and tibet. should benk the eu much stronger in defense of and support for taiwan. europe must lose -- must choose in a fight between democracy and dictatorship. you must of course choose democracy. alix: when you put it in those terms, it is more stark. when you put it in terms they have to choose between the u.s. and china, i feel like he gets more money. there are tariffs thrown about bet

this is the day of you news live from berlin europe's unprecedented economic recovery plan evil leaders are preparing to debate a 750000000000 euro plan plan to help europe bounce back from the worst economic straits since the depression. but can europe overcome divisions on how the money is to be paid out also on the show australia says it is under cyber attack from a state based actor targeting public services government and businesses the prime minister is not naming the culprits but the speculation is it's china. and as beijing says it has the latest drone a virus outbreak under control we have a report on how the chinese government is stifling voices criticize like this if they're criticizing his handling of the panda. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today european union leaders are preparing for what's expected to be difficult talks today on a future buzz budget and an unprecedented 750000000000 euro covert recovery fund they're holding a video conference that they hope will pave the way to a plan to help the block bounce back from the crisis the chancellor merkel has ca

if you wanted money, you came to europe. if you wanted fashion ideas, you came to europe. by 1918, the europeans no longer had that sense that their civilization was superior. in addition to all the other things it had done, the warhead -- the war had shaken european confidence. the great french writer and thinker said something is broken and we will never be quite the same again. will be like those other empires of the past that disappeared. names now that mean nothing like babylon. lee know what it is going to be like to go into the abyss of history. when that war ended, with, -- ended, there is the sense of doom and a worry that the war was ended but the fighting had not ended. as we heard this afternoon, fighting went on in the center of europe and much of the middle east till the mid-1920's. there was also the fear the social upheavals, which had taken place in russia, will going to spread westwards and that european societies will going to be swept away. that was part of the atmosphere in which the peace conference met. what also affected the decisions of those -- pu

one country 2 systems for iraq also coming up the leaders of germany and france agree on a plan for europe's close pandemic we're covering now chancellor merkel and president fox problem just have to win the skeptics over to their multi 1000000000 euro rescue package and a new class of zombie shares on germany's stock market the payments processor wired card collapsed last week so why aren't sick shares searching. plus we visit a city in thailand that's being terrorized by monkeys with no tourists to feed them because of the pandemic gains of the hungry animals are only in the streets in search of food. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program china's national people congress has passed a controversial security law for hong kong back critics fear will give beijing more control over the semi autonomous territory a standing committee of the. congress anatomists lee approved the bill where it says that it is to tackle sedition subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign force and it has drawn international criticism for being at odds with the one country 2 systems policy agreed by china when

to the future of europe after the pandemic that was the subject today is german chancellor. and french president. it was their 1st face to face since the pandemic hit back in march the eager to show that they stand. on their. economic recovery. the greeting was distanced because of coronavirus but nonetheless it is not by chance that he. is the 1st foreign leader to meet with. since the virus crisis began the pan spearheading a $500000000000.00 euro proposal for rebuilding europe's economy off to the pandemic these are 2 leaders who want to work together and be the driving force for a year. going on that we understand that europe is not united nearly because germany and france agree but when germany and france disagree it does not look so good for unity in europe so perhaps we can find agreement on many questions and make a contribution and give a positive impulse things in the right direction for europe's future. even as germany prepares to take over the presidency of the e.u. on the 1st of july america is more central than ever to the future of the block the french preside

this is deja vu news live from berlin germany's plan for our europe in crisis short while ago in the german parliament chancellor merkel outlined her goals for the 6 month presidency of the european council the biggest thing is a coronavirus recovery package and an expanded e.u. budget to get the union through what she's calling the biggest crisis in history also on the show. a new drug a virus outbreak here in the german capital an entire apartment block is quarantined stories of putting it down to craft living conditions and a growing complacent complacency about the pandemic. and as the bonus league is 2nd place club dortmund squares off against lowly minds one team appears to want the victory more than anyone else to tell you it wasn't dortmund. i'm dr thomas thanks so much for joining us germany's chancellor says the trauma virus pandemic has exposed the weaknesses of the european union and the germany will use its 6 month presidency of the block to promote solidarity and economic prosperity. made the call she laid out for the bundestag the german parliament her vision for the c

time treaty to systems framework also coming up the leaders of germany and france agree on a plan for europe's post can democrat covering all chancellor angela merkel and president emmanuel mccall now have to do is read skeptic's over to their multi-billion euro rescue package that we visit the city in thailand that include going to barbers lock down no one around to feed them gangs of hungry monkeys are going in the streets in search of food. i'm sorry kelly while the program reports say that china has passed a controversial security law for hong kong that critics fear will give beijing more control over the semi autonomous territory confirmation of the law is expected soon and chinese lawmakers are said to have unanimously approved this bill beijing says it aims to tackle submission subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces it has drawn international criticism for being at odds with the one country 2 systems policy agreed by china when it took control of the former british colony in 1997. you know where is that and let's get more now from correspondent mathias bollinger who is s

forces from europe because the security of europe is very important to me. from europe as such, i'm talked about the united europe which the american presence has seen the second of world war is a huge security gearn. however, if i'm asked by fib -- anybody if i'm ready that poland receives more u.s. troops in our country, of course i am ready. in 2014, russia attacked ukraine. it annex crimea. it occupy -- occupied places before that. it had attacked georgia in 2014 . there are huge fears in the balance tack states and there are big one -- baltic states and there are big ones. today the presence of nato troops and first and foremost of u.s. troops in poland demonstrate that article five of the north atlantic treaty is treated seriously. and it shows that if anyone wanted to attack poland, it won't be a soft landing for that entity. that won't pay off. because the strongest army of the world is present and they would help polish soldiers to defend our borders. if such a case arises. 100 years ago we repelled russians from warsaw in a great battle in 1920, we

across europe there has been an open and transparent debate from the start i think citizens should be aware of what that means in many other parts of the world some more severely affected by the virus than our assistance of both individuals and companies has not been as massive far from it and in many places the epidemic has been synonymous with the suspension of democratic life but not here in europe mccarthy. on the. well michael has been weakened by his party's poor results in local elections on sunday medical's handling of kobe has boosted her support even though the plan to transfer funds to struggling countries in southern europe is a huge huge turn which not all in the party back but as they try to convince some reluctant e.u. members that they have the right recipe for recovery france and germany want to make sure they're pointing in the same direction another press conference with president across the chancellor was asked by a french journalist why she has never been seen wearing a koran or face covering. america untypically personal response. absolutely going to follow the d

and bella ruse is in europe and. europe has not forgotten bellerose all the opposition politicians who disappeared. human rights activists from amnesty international have planted trees for them in the dutch city of and hovan. one see it as an hour's vigil in the growth of remember and. when i get in that happening in. iran we are wounded by our past in this war and will never heal. it will always open up again in our memories in our dreams. of not being able to say goodbye to someone not being able to bury him is the worst punishment there is. the past is a lifelong burden. it is only when the murders have been resolved that this burden may become lifetime for those left behind as well as for better or worse. all. the stuff are on high alert these days there are programs that a dialogue on those of a 4 letter word to the current of viruses of the moment of possible the chimpanzee trust come down to the island i'm going about the situation has become difficult because of the code 1929 a most of the people. who go for

and bella reuss is in europe of. europe has not forgotten bellerose all the opposition politicians who disappeared. human rights activists from amnesty international have planted trees for them in the dutch city of and hovan. one see it as an hour's vigil in the growth of remembrance. when i get a letter writing in motion but i write we are wounded by our past in this war and will never heal. it will always open up again in our memories in our dreams. of not being able to say goodbye to someone not being able to bury him is the worst punishment there is a national. the past is a lifelong burden. it is only when the murders have been resolved that this burden may become lighter for those left behind as well as for better or worse. off. ghost town atmosphere. listless clay shaw from the. looks of go undone mentalist $0.05 to. non-stop excitement to final match to. 30 minutes on d w. this is deja vu news live from berlin u.s. president trump warns he will send in federal troops to end the violence that has overshadowed

this is the deputy news live from berlin germany's plan for our europe in crisis a short while ago in the german parliament chancellor on the machall outlining her goals for the 6 month presidency of the european council her biggest aim spoke around of virus recovery package and an expanded budget to get the e.u. through what she calls the biggest crisis in its history also on the show. a new coronavirus outbreak in berlin and a whole compartment blocked quarantine stories are putting it down to crap living conditions of a growing complacency about the panda. and a charge of murder against a white police officer in atlanta who shot a black man in the back and prosecutors say the key witness will be another police officer a rare breach of police all of that. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today germany sasser on a macro has urged the e.u. to agree on a pandemic recovery package for the block before the end of july she made the call there she told the german bundestag about her vision for germany's e.u. council presidency that begins on the. ly the 1st he said europe's recov

bad his name to it now being mentioned in south africa canada that ropey early and south korea europe because he changed the tone of this country not only the united states he changed the world george clooney thinks the world. and they're. trying to get me to give them what puppet no just don't speak. also coming up tonight his anger and his hope have come to life many times on the big screen the activists in film director spike lee tells g.w. news why his hope is now attached to one day in november where you see hope for the future hope i see it in millions of american history. saying enough is enough i see hope and. it was hopeful on november 4th that they had the president elect. on to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day as one man is laid to rest leaving behind a world that is in unrest today george floyd was buried in his hometown of houston texas it has been 16 days since this african-american man was pinned down to the ground by a police officer and killed his death captured on video in seen around the globe igniting prot

to get some help they get some help from europe and on the same time making all of europe secure the area in advance of people from this situation. the president of the q institute for the world economy thank you very much you're welcome. to south africa now officials in the city of cape town bracing for infections to peak there at the end of june or beginning of july the city has been hit especially hard by the coronavirus with more than half of the country's 83000 confirmed cases located in the western cape region w.'s south africa correspondent reports now from cape town. the cape town international convention center is now a field hospital with around $1000.00 beds cape town the a.p. center of the qur'an are virus pandemic in south africa is preparing for the worst and additional $5000.00 jobs for nurses and doctors have been advertised for cape town and the surrounding area fire as just was done kleis and his team have massively increased testing one 3rd of those tested here have been infected with the virus and there aren't enough testing kits available. probably missing. one p

and bella reuss is in europe and goes. europe has not forgotten bellerose all the opposition politicians who disappeared. human rights activists from amnesty international have planted trees for them in the dutch city of and hovan. one see it is an hour's vigil in the growth of remembrance. when i get a letter most of that letter writing we are wounded by our past in this war and will never heal. it will always open up again in our memories in our dreams. of not being able to say goodbye to someone not being able to bury him is the worst punishment there is a national. the past is a lifelong burden. it is only when the murders have been resolved that this burden may become lifetime for those left behind as well as for better ruse. impressive i'm surreal. to india nature has been taking a breather. the lockdown has shown how much more still needs to be done climate change is going to become very very hot beating up a woman who loves company for the environment and the people. he killed. 30 minutes on t.w. . rebuilding mosul

to us and a large export nation like germany profits when people prosper in europe. that's why we want to make sure the countries that have been hit hard by the coronavirus like italy and spain will be helped to recover quickly from a crisis that's not only good for those countries in europe it's also good for germany. and. the enormous financial assistance from germany has surprised many in europe is this a new germany what sort of role are you taking on yeah. we know we have a huge responsibility in europe and we have the council presidency in the 2nd half of the year and we've decided to make a contribution to reigning in the conflicts that we've seen between north and south we want to find a solution to that we've made a proposal with france and i believe it will be the basis for consensus within the european union and that's the direction we want to go during our presidency. with a bunch of i get more i mean is that it doesn't seem like europe can depend on the united states anymore after the announcement that it is pulling troops out of germany what do you expe

i read that the virus might have arrived in europe by early november is there evidence it was around earlier than in china at the end of december the working thesis has always been that the 1st 1000 infections occurred at a wet market and han back in early december but but there's been a lot of suspicion over over whether that really the whole story especially since a new study that looked at how the virus has evolved says it might have emerged as early as october then another heavily contested report from from harvard researchers which hasn't been peer reviewed yet recently also made a splash it looked at among other things satellite images of parking lots on hospitals and it says visitors to them served as early as last august though the authors admitted that their evidence was not an airtight argument for for pushing back the origins of the pandemic so while there are some claims the outbreak began long before the 1st official cases appeared in han there are still only supported by by disputed data. germany also working on a fax machine for company 19 this question came in a few w

forces in europe followed by italy and the u.k. and the u.s. army was almost 2000000 strong on the continent at the end of world war 2 in 1905 that number was brought down significantly 4 years later it was boosted again to more than 400000 military personnel in 1962 as the cold war with the soviet union grew but it was slashed by 2 thirds after the fall of the berlin wall those stationed in germany were gradually reduced over the years but the country has remained a crucial military hub for the u.s. it's where the headquarters for u.s. forces in europe and africa based and it hosts an air base from which soldiers and equipment are transferred to iraq and afghanistan. thank you well let's bring in our guests now and joining us from walpole massachusetts is andrew bass of it a u.s. military historian and president of the quincy institute for responsible state craft from lynn is only a political analyst and professor in european studies at stanford university berlin and from moscow we have pavel felgenhauer a journalist and defense analyst thank

-- launches the blitzkrieg of western europe. you cannot get much more dramatic than that. but alsort churchill, the british people were ready for it. the courage and rub -- resolution of the british people is quite extraordinarily -- quite extraordinary. i think we should think about what would happen if there had been no churchill and the british people were not like that. god only knows where we would be. if britain had fallen in the summer of 1940, as many people in the government say they did want churchill to negotiate with the germans. if that had happened, seriously, i don't know where we would be. for a brief, shining moment, britain and churchill saved the world, and i don't think you can overemphasize that fact. >> got a question in the back row. >> how did they finance having all of these people come into their country? actually, that is an interesting question. when they came over, these european governments were helping to finance the british. for example, the belgians had a lot of gold reserves that they brought, a

sound of the boxset this is europe. on al-jazeera national borders the debate on migration is polarized to include too strident positions harkless and headers how do you define an indigenous brits who do they benefit isn't this more about living with a difference and you and visas that and who do they contain. the right to live anywhere in the world would ever want to leave their country maybe his sam goes head to head with polk county and on al-jazeera. save humanity i really really not getting anywhere near. the earth. hello i'm adrian for the get in the top stories on al-jazeera thousands of mourners braved long lines intense heat around the pandemic to pay their respects to george floyd in houston the city where he grew up in the morial service was held he was killed just over 2 weeks ago when a police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest his funeral will take place later on tuesday john hendren reports. george floyd's final journey brought him to his childhood home. this is my way of speaking out just by bein

and is in europe of. europe has not forgotten all the opposition politicians who disappeared. human rights activists from amnesty international have planted trees for them in the dutch city of and hovan. one see it as an vigil in the growth of remembrance. when they got a letter out in the ocean. we are wounded by our past in this war and will never heal. it will always open up again in our memories in our dreams. not being able to say goodbye to someone not being able to bury him is the worst punishment there is. because. the past is a lifelong burden. it is only when the murders have been resolved that this burden may become lifetime for those left behind as well as the bellerose. was saved by the so-called enemy he's a palestinian from the gaza strip hospital in israel provided crucial medical treatment. going home is not a realistic option since he's been living for years in that hospital with his grandfather's. moving across. 15 minutes long d.w. . the global corona crisis you can find more information online in fact e.w. dot com and on t.w. social media channels. this is

less in europe. it is a factor which is characterizing all advanced economies without exception and of course it cannot last forever. that is true. the reason why we have to work it out to improve the situation and get out of the trap which is characterizing the advanced economy at the moment. francine: thank you so much mr. jean-claude trichet, the former ecb president stays with us. let's get straight to the bloomberg "first word news." here is ritika gupta. ritika: the u.s. labor market focused back to job losses. one .5 million americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. that is more than seven times the pre-pandemic average. president trump will resume his campaign rallies june 19 in oklahoma. it is a date and place that has meaning for african-americans. it is the commemoration of the end of slavery and the site of one of the worst massacres of black people by white people in the u.s. theadministration says president has built a record of black success. president trump keep confederate

located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers triallists services. biala gassed at frankfurt airport city managed by from. this is news coming to you live from berlin mourners gather at an emotional morial service in minneapolis for george. oh richard. we civil rights leader reverend al sharpton says protests should not until the whole system of justice has changed.

with any luck he'll be laughing about it with his regular customers from northern europe. geno variety thinks they will be able to resist the beauty of the mediterranean for too long. we move on to bulgaria the country is among those with the lowest recorded number of grown a deaths in the e.u. but since the number of tests carried out is also low it's not clear how many people really have been infected what is known is that some will go and hospitals have become hotbeds for 19 transmissions money are not above scam is a nurse at $1.00 of those hospitals and she believes that a lack of protective gear is among the main reasons why the corona virus has spread so rapidly at her workplace. this hospital called sveta petka invited book area has been dominating the headlines for weeks 43 people from the medical staff over 2 percent a few common fitted with the corona virus to date presumably the virus has also been passed on to patients staff at the hospital the meant the lack of protective gear and hygiene exceeds the measures. marianna ever busken has been working as a nurse

europe is underperforming today. we will talk about europe versus the united states shortly. the euro is catching a bit, up by 0.6%. the story that continues to dominate in europe is the one story about -- is the wired car story. it has come an awful long way awfully quickly. still do not know how this saga ends. coming up later in the hour, we will be doing more on wirecard. we will also be covering what is happening in europe in terms of the political story as well. we are going to be talking to brian chesky, airbnb cofounder and ceo. we will get more on the reopening and how that is affecting his business. looking forward to hearing from him. stocks continue to climb. let's talk about that. alix: yes. as we reopen, the question becomes, which country did it right? which country is going to get the biggest boost if we get a v-shaped recovery? is it going to be the u.s. or europe? over the last month, the dollar in the u.s. has been outperforming. but now what? us, our guest who downgraded the u.s. and a good in the euro zone because of the covid-19 response. walk me through

up next, we will focus in on the real estate europe -- market in europe. as the world starts to normalize just a little bit, what does it look like? this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back. we are 20 minutes away from the start of cash equity trading in europe and the u.k.. let's get some first word news. today's top corporate stories. facebook employees are increasingly unhappy with their firms's lack of action against controversial comments from the president. after twitter obscured one of its posts, saying a glorified violence. facebook opted against a similar move. boris johnson plans to reset his government's agenda. the key speech is expected at the end of june. the bank of china says it will temporarily purchase loans. the pboc is using around $56 billion. australia's central bank has kept its key rate annual target unchanged. while the outbreak has improved, upcoming data is likely to show the full worth of the shutdown. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 1

today is a big day for europe because europe's bordered within the area are mostly opening up and then of course the restrictions will be okay. >> i was looking at the financing model. do you think it's a business model which will actually benefit from new restrictions and new concerns about global travel. >> it is travel and i think the key here is nerms of business model that companies don't need to buy an airplane they just buy the hours they need and they can use our entire global infrastructure of all the airplanes. we're in asia, we're in europe, we're in the united states we're in africa and you don't need to buy a share open aircraft and you just hop on our business anywhere in the world what happens really is that the traffic goes where the demand is so we don't operate out of one specific call and i believe that the load factor is that the airlines need in order to operate profitably has that commercial infrastructure. smaller jets flying point to point. it's that point to point service that will be not available for commercial islands for a long time and that's where they wi

one of europe's biggest container port so is the part of her a.o.s. although it's located in greece it's no longer belongs to the greeks but still the chinese china invested heavily into the sport allowing the country a direct gateway into europe since the financial crisis more than 10 years ago china has also pumped billions into the construction and real estate sector of greece while some are hailing the chinese as save those others as kept ecole about beijing's intentions. the creek construction sector is booming despite weeks of coronavirus shut down. for years chinese investors have pumped money into greek real estate projects which has helped the sector get through the financial crisis both countries have signed up bilateral agreement that makes the cooperation easier . building contractor u.s. he sees says it's a win win situation. a few years ago when the greeks didn't have money to build houses and couldn't get loans but construction searcher was in crisis. but this agreement has allowed everyone who owns real estate like apartments to sell t