hero world needs right. washington. parts of europe slowly begins to reopen borders and economy is locked on restrictions on this did for. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter w. watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up no one walking this green earth expects to sack your lights running us in the street. sleep in iraq a family mourns while a city protests the latest police shooting of

a black man in the u.s. city of atlanta a homicide investigation is now under way. the u.s. demands the release of a former american marine sentenced to 16 years in prison in russia over allegations of spying. to journalists are convicted of libel in the philippines and a blow to press freedom. after 3 months of closed borders many european countries are now welcoming back their neighbors germany has opened its border to almost all e.u. members but restrictions are still in place for residents from spain and in paris people are returning to restaurants and cafes which can now operate at full capacity his dominant came from the german danish border where traffic is once again on the move. the border here is open but controls are still being performed

by danish officials who are checking to see the categories of people trying to gain access into the country we now know that they are allowing people in who are residents and citizens of schleswig-holstein and that's the state i'm standing in right now bordering their country they're also allowing in danes of course returning to denmark from germany and tourists who can prove that they have a booking to stay in denmark for 6 nights or more but they are able to turn around to force back people who don't fall into that category contrast that with the german side of the border where there are no officials and because it's an inside the shang and zone people can come and go as they please that is good news for the communities on both sides of this border particularly the german side which depend very much on cross border trade for their prosperity certainly a local businessman told me he'd lost 85 percent of his trade during the border closures of the last 3 months that is a sentiment that's taking place right around europe certainly other countries

reopening their borders and hoping that trade will pick up that's certainly the case in paris in france with other french cities too where bars and restaurants are reopening with social distancing in place to allow for the economy to try to come back certainly from the european perspective there is the will amongst the e.u. institutions to try to see freedom of movement returns wherever possible but here at least from the german side it's there the danish side well they believe that checks should still be taking place as is happening here at the front crossing where i'm speaking. restrictions are being eased in some parts of the u.k. to restart the economy there non-essential shops in england are open again but with physical distancing rules being applied shop owners in wales and scotland are waiting to hear from their governments about when they can reopen is just a hole from why. of london's busiest shopping areas. there's certainly

a good deal of excitement as we speak outside nike town behind me on the corner of regent street in oxford street it's about to open its doors a large queue that's been snaking around the block for the last couple of hours at least big discounts on display in the windows here up to 70 percent off and people obviously anxious to take advantage of those. it's not so shopping experience people will have been accustomed to before lock down this the latest step for britain out of its lockdown restrictions shops non-essential shops are allowed now to open that's department stores clothing shops sports shops bookshops large and small but with very strict rules in place governing how they operate and how shoppers need to behave the to meet a social distancing rule of course still very much in place not much in evidence in the queue but will have to be observed inside and there i think you can see the queue beginning to move into nike town they're history in the making there you go

he said you know we're getting back to back into life back to reality shows you never think you can have a good year you know. how quiet everything is. just nice to be outside the other big innovation of the day is the face masks are now compulsory on public transport as the number of commuters and travelers takes up as the lockdown lifts all of which begs the question how many people are actually going to want to brave these conditions particularly with coronavirus still very much around and the answer seems to be well just enough for large stores to be able to cope not enough though for many smaller ones that haven't opened and who will probably go on feeling the economic pain of lock down long after it's over. well going to greece for a holiday is again an option for many people from europe flights of resume from other e.u. countries following months of coronavirus lockdown the government says reopening hotels beaches and restaurants is a pivotal moment for the vital tourism industry and precautions are being taken to

avoid importing a 2nd wave of infections. the world health organization says there are more than $100.00 confirmed cases of corona virus in the chinese capital beijing has been imposed on at least 20 neighborhoods and schools are being closed economic analysts say china's recovery is at risk if the outbreak gets out of control as katrina from beijing i'm going to go get last week nelson kwan his wife abby spent time at the local cafe in beijing played golf and were planning a trip to beaches in southern china on monday they were asked to take. tests along with everyone living in their residential compound. the discovery of a new outbreak in nearby from thai district sparked a lockdown of around 20 neighborhoods on sunday and. 'd

i mean it's like. the new cluster reportedly originating in. the biggest wholesale food market in beijing is threatening china's economic recovery industrial output is bouncing back in may it rose by 4.4 percent compared to this time last year but retail sales fell by almost 3 percent and fears of a 2nd wave of infections could keep consumers cautious probably shows that there are some more problems of food supply and also the government's ability to contain this virus so i think be very cautious in their spending more than 80000 people have been tested since friday dozens are confirmed to have covered 19 on the other side of beijing it's business as usual but temperature and security checks have intensified schools due to reopen this week remain closed some travel restrictions breed reduced china's government has sacked officials in charge of

beijing's thai district and are trying to reach everyone. the situation is under control but after almost 2 months of no local infection residents are afraid that hard won gains of containing the outbreak have been lost. that sense of fear dates . you know i mean anybody who has enjoyed it and has tasted the sense of being able to go back to a sense of normalcy to see it go backwards and anybody. nelson quad will be watching numbers closely hoping his family and neighbors remain. firmly katrina al-jazeera painting the indian government will reimpose restrictions on around $15000000.00 people in chennai and its 3 neighboring districts restrictions in the southeastern region will be enforced as of friday until the end of the month because of a big surge in new infections the government has reported 332000 cases with more

than 1000 deaths. the situation in the capital new delhi is getting worse as our correspondent elizabeth purana now reports tamil nadu is chief minister has announced a complete lockdown for chennai and 3 neighboring districts after meeting with health experts about the rising number of cases chennai and these districts are going to go back into the type of lockdown that we saw in late march when only essential services were allowed so essential shops will be allowed to open from 6 o'clock in the morning till 2 in the afternoon officers are only allowed to have one 3rd of their staff present and while trains and flights will continue all other vehicles will only be allowed to be used for essential or a merge and see services elsewhere in the country in delhi the chief minister has said that they are not going to reimpose a lockdown even though delhi along with tamil nadu in maharashtra are the worst hit

states delis leaders held 2 days of meetings with the country's interior minister about the situation in the capital they have decided to expand testing to anyone who wants to be tested at 1st they had decided to double testing over the next few days and triple after that and then really open it up to everyone they are also going to convert $500.00 railway carriages into nearly $5000.00 isolation beds and they're looking at using sports stadiums and hotels to use treatment facilities that's after the supreme court called the situation and really where there were a lack of beds and some of the other worst hit cities deplorable. in other news large crowds of protesting in the u.s. city of atlanta against the police shooting of a black demonstrators demanding criminal justice reforms march to georgia state capitol building as politicians returned to work after the weekend brooks was shot

on friday during a confrontation with police at a fast food restaurant the chief of police has since resigned and an officer has been sacked. me my uncle are both 27 years of age 27 years of age no one walking this green earth expects to be shot and killed like shredding us in the street for the sleep. meanwhile the family of racial brooks of call for justice and spoken of the loss i can never give my husband and i can never give my best for him actually never tell my daughter oh he's coming to take you there and i'm just thankful for everything that. everyone is out there doing and i just think if you could just keep it as a peaceful protest that would that would be wonderful because we want to keep his name positive. the united states is demanding the release of a former u.s.

marine sentenced to 16 years in prison in russia for spying pull wieland says police planted a flash drive containing classified information while he was visiting a friend's wedding 2 years ago secretary of state mike pompei it says the u.s. is outraged that the secret trial in moscow. i've described these proceedings is a mockery of justice and today just confirmed. an american citizen has been sentenced to a term of 16 years. for running for which we have not seen ever easy since he was denied the opportunity to present witnesses in the city and was denied the opportunity to work cooperatively with his defense counsel and his defense counsel appointed for him not defense counsel he said. so this is a mockery of justice at least by american standards white house correspondent kimberly

hell could says whelan's case is likely to worsen relations between washington and moscow. he essentially was deprived of a fair trial in the eyes of the united states which would be required under international and human rights obligations according to the united states they are also concerned about the treatment of this u.s. citizen while he was detained and while he is detained in russia calling it a polling and that the detention has so far ignored longstanding medical conditions he also has been islip by his family and friends and that's something that's underscored by his brother david whalen who is a statement saying that not only has his brother been convicted to 16 years with hard labor but that the russian legal system has also been found guilty of injustice they say that this case was built on entrapment and that russian judges are political not legal and that is what has resulted in this sentence they also have very low expectations for an appeal they expect to be mounted that's why their

family is now calling on u.s. government officials and specifically president trump saying that he alone can act to bring paul home we hope he will do so swiftly and there is precedent here the u.s. president has been able to secure releases of an american pastor from turkey from people held in captivity in north korea and just about 10 days ago navy veteran from iran so the pressure is on the u.s. president who for so far has said nothing about this case. still to come here on al-jazeera the day in court pro-democracy activists in hong kong facing up to 5 years in jail. and also ahead how drive in movie theaters and the u.n. security experience of cinema a lot. and

there really is just one word to describe conditions across the middle east and the last of course is hot it is typical for this time of year to tell much as i continue to rise now to the north across turkey we have got that a bit of class this could give one or 2 showers fady like those who go through choosing maybe a stray shower crawls into ankara with a very pleasant high temperature of 28 degrees and feeling pretty good today on the eastern end of the madras than beirut temperatures in the mid to high twenty's but away from there it is hot 48 in baghdad the same across into kuwait and these winds are strong coming from the north and blowing across his halt in an area right there down across into cats all the u.a.e. and how much is in the mid forty's but it's also a very hot across areas of the hot weather we're all the way from the caucasus mountains right the way down towards the south a wednesday some a cloud popping up into western saudi could bring an often is really nothing more than that so much as however into southern africa have been on the low side we've

got a few more showers working their way up eastern areas of south africa some showers further into the interior as well so just 12 celsius the high in johannesburg and is it going to choose those rain showers still very much in the picture but some really heavy rain pushing into southern mozambique and really spreading northwards throughout the day. frank assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in the water what's been the result in poaching quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal and it really is citing in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines it's time for new policy and say on the street that he cannot all be seen to grady what he's written in this ability or with all continues inside story on al-jazeera.

again you're watching al-jazeera i'm peter dhabi your top stories several e.u. countries have finally reopened their land borders today after 3 months of lockdown there's been a decline in the number of new cases of nations seeking to get their economies moving once again. large crowds are protesting in the u.s. city of atlanta against the police shooting of a black american demonstrators demanding criminal justice that day racial brooks family rascal demonstrators to remain peaceful to honor his name. the u.s. is demanding the immediate release of. a former marine sentenced in russia to 16 years for spying the secretary of state mike as the u.s. is outraged at the verdict and has demanded his release. turkey has done

play the delay in talks with russia on libya the turkish foreign minister. says the hold up had nothing to do with any disagreements mr cover so who made the comments during a meeting with his iranian counterpart jabbered reef in ankara turkey is meeting with russia was expected to focus on libya and syria where the 2 countries support opposing sides in long standing conflicts turkish war planes of bombs several areas in northern iraq targeting kurdish separatist fighters is part of a new operation against the kurdistan workers' party or p k k so he's defense ministry says it's in response to an increase in attacks on its army bases the p.k. k. is designated as a terror group by turkey the united states and the european union from baghdad here's simona fulton with the reaction from iraq. well we've now had a condemnation from the iraqi government calling the air strikes on iraqi soil as

a provocative behavior that are not in line with international conventions interestingly the same statement also mentioned that iraq would cooperate with turkey on any security matters around the border and we also understand that the ministry of interior and defense sent a delegation north to furder look into the situation now it's not a new unusual as in the mentioned earlier that turkey targets pick a position inside iraq but this was by far the most the largest attack we have seen over the past years and it has particularly drawn a lot of criticism within iraq because one of the areas that was targeted was syndrome which is home to do you see the community and let's remember that this community has been through a lot over the recent years since 2014 when eyes will 1st swept through the area carrying out a genocide against these you didn't of course pick a case affiliated at that time it's local affiliate in the center played

a huge role in opening a humanitarian corridor to allow you to escape but what remains to be seen is how the government of prime minister most of the me will react because one of the key areas he has emphasized during his short tenure is iraq's sovereignty he has reiterated many times that he will not accept iraq being used to settle any kind of regional score speed between the united states and iran but also other regional nations so it remains to be see one of there will be further follow up actions taken in the coming days and how the government will respond. at least 40000000 soldiers have been killed and dozens are missing after an ambush by an armed group the attack happened in the village of goma close to the border with mauritania on sunday the un earlier said gunman killed 2 of its peacekeepers in the north western region nicholas hawke is following developments from senegal's capital dhaka he says there has been a real increase in attacks in mali recently. to un peacekeepers died over the

weekend we saw at tags also. you know a possible order earlier on friday and clearly the violence is escalating in that area and it comes at a time as the u.n. security council is set to review the mandate of the un peacekeeping force which is the most expensive u.n. mission ever when $1000000000.00 a year and also the deadliest and the french were chairing the un security council and the united states are in disagreement with the future of the mission the u.s. want to see a much more robust in this mission one that has a stronger mandate and are saying that the current mission is failing to bring the peace that it's supposed to give a senior sudanese militia leader facing more than 50 charges including war crimes relating to the darfur conflict has appeared before the international criminal court for the 1st time. has called the allegations against him true he'd surrendered last week more than 13 years off from an international arrest warrant

was issued against him is alleged he was leaving thousands of jungle weed fights and was involved in murder and the rape of civilians efface is a maximum sentence of life in prison if he's convicted. one of the philippines most prominent journalists and her colleague has been found guilty of libel she's maria ressa she denies the charges over an article on her news website rappler linking a businessman to criminal activity human rights activists say the conviction is a devastating blow to press freedom in the philippines from manila is jamila. it is seen as a major setback for press freedom in the philippines marietta's one of the most prominent filipina journalists and one of her colleagues found guilty of cyber libel. that's after an article was published on her website a rappler linking a businessman to criminal activity. she is expected to appeal against the decision many say the charges are part of

a crackdown against the press by president of the good the church is government i appeal to you the journalists in this room the filipinos who are listening don't be afraid because if you don't use your rights. you would. read them of the press is the foundation of every single right you have as a filipino citizen. co-founded a rappler that's reported on corruption and the government's so-called war on drugs that's left thousands of filipinos dead since 2016 president to tear it down has banned rapper staff from covering official events activists of described. as another existential moment in a country long one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists grappler isn't the only news network facing opposition. a.b.s.e b.n.

is the country's biggest t.v. network but it was forced to shut down after it was unable to get its franchise renewed by congress the businessman who sued ressa has reportedly been a close ally of the president reza says what's happened to rappler is a cautionary tale for the philippine press but the government's rejected that saying it back the rights of radio journalist alexander at was who was jailed for libel in 2007 and took his case to the united nations. and he's barking up the wrong. thing at their own 3 press that support that there are no use when he went to the un human rights committee there's number stronger expression of support perp respray them and that once the the president sue anyone. but rights groups say rezzes conviction sense a chilling message to local journalists reporting on corruption in abuses committed by those in power and many filipino journalists say libel laws are being weaponized

against critics of the administration. on jazeera mandela. 15 pro-democracy activists in hong kong appeared in court today charged with organizing and taking part in antigovernment protests last year some of facing the more serious allegations of incitement and a potential prison sentence of 5 years was at that hearing. on a day when pro-democracy activists and political figures are in court for taking part in a mass anti-government rally last year new details have emerged about the looming national security law due to be imposed on kong an official from the liaison office a body that's meant to monitor events in hong kong and report back to beijing has confirmed that beijing will retain jurisdiction on serious violations of the law he also confirmed that a name on security office will supervise the in-force mint of the law last month

china's parliament passed a draft resolution to tailor make a security law for hong kong that would outlaw secession subversion terrorism and foreign interference but many here are concerned it will compromise the city's freedoms and rule of law that's what i have also confirmed is a pope destruction of homo rule of law and want to change it to rule room by fear but of course the worse if. it was. national security all coming home 7. some of the defendants came out of court chanting pro-democracy slogans among them martin lee the man known here as the father of democracy and media tycoon jimmy law along with president and former legislative councillors the day session centered around the prosecution requesting for the case to be moved to a higher court so they could impose more severe punishment but the defendant's

lawyers said such a move was unprecedented in a case like this. the u.s. supreme court has ruled that the workers can't be fired or face other discrimination at work because of their sexual orientation or their gender identity the ruling expands civil rights protections for millions of gay and transgender workers many of whom live in states that provide no such protection the 63 ruling as a blow to the trumpet ministration which had argued that gay workers were not protected by federal civil rights laws. the global pandemic has forced the closure of cinemas around the world to many drive in venues of stayed open for moviegoers in search of that big screen experience at a safe distance from the people rose jordan reports now from virginia. ah in the middle of the covert 19 pandemic americans are tired of being cooped up inside watching movies on their big screen t.v.'s not surprisingly those living

close to a drive in movie theater are seizing the moment sunny barry says the drive in was a joy of his childhood in the 1960 s. here they have a playground so we discuss plague to get on the playground and do all that great in a team here running around and pass out and in the 2nd movie was full of the older people you know so they watch the older films it is all pleasure to welcome you to skyline in the 1950 s. and 1960 s. some 4000 drive in theaters opened their gates to americans every weekend they're ready for. food socializing and the latest entertainment all on order but as land values soared in the 1970 s. and 1980 s. theater owners took the money and ran only $300.00 or so drive in theaters are in business today and you're going to have we decided to come on out of the family and enjoy the beautiful weather though you can at one time like sonny berry jim cooper

grew up loving the drive in and then his dream of being here all the time came true thank you i became a patron and 19 a home and i started to talk with alan all the family of about us they'd all and i always told them if you have a one of the give up. right now and one that got that phone call on this night coupes job is making sure the customers follow new public health rules and that we see the folks in. every car 2 meters apart. paying for snacks with the phone app and though one can listen to the sound on the car radio the old fashioned window speakers are covered in plastic. just to be safe here. even though they're covered up you're still going to. sunny barry and his family saying that even with the rules the drive in is a gift on a lovely spring night we have

a big family and it's hard to limit our gatherings to 10 people at a time so we figured this would be a good option we can maintain some sort of social distancing with the children it's always hard though. as the sun goes down moviegoer settlin and enchanting story and each other's company under the stars 2 meters apart roslyn jordan al-jazeera stephen city virginia. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories several e.u. countries are finally reopening their land borders after 3 months of locked up in paris people are returning to restaurants and cafes which can now operate at full capacity there's been a decline in the number of new cases and nations are seeking to get their economies moving again virus restrictions are also being eased in some parts of the u.k.

non-essential shops in england are open once again but with physical distancing rules shop owners in wales and scotland are waiting to hear from their governments about when they can reopen the indian government will reimpose restrictions on 15000000 people in the city of channel and its 3 neighboring districts restrictions in the southeastern region will be enforced from friday until the end of the month india has reported 3 132000 cases nationwide with more than 9 and a half 1000 the world health organization says there are more than 100 confirmed cases of corona virus in the chinese capital beijing a lockdown has been imposed on at least 20 neighborhoods and schools have been closed. large crowds are protesting in the u.s. city of atlanta against the police shooting of a black american demonstrators are demanding criminal justice reforms brooks families are asking demonstrators to remain peaceful to honor his name i can never give has. actually never. come and take you through

it i'm just thankful for everything that. everyone is out there. if you could just keep it as a peaceful protest that would be wonderful because we want to keep his name positive. the u.s. is demanding the immediate release of paul whelan he's a former u.s. marine sentenced in russia to 16 years for spying the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei says america is outraged at the verdict and has demanded his release in the philippines a prominent journalist and her colleague has been convicted of libel maria ressa denies the charges over an article on her news website linking a businessman to criminal activity human rights activists are called the verdict a devastating blow to press freedom. up next kemal is here with inside story i'll have the news for you in 30 minutes i'll see them.

as countries reopened for business tourism is slowly picking up but covert 19th taken a heavy toll on the industry so how can it recover what changes are needed to make tourism sustainable and do tourists even have the appetite to travel this is inside story. hello i'm come all santamaria so it is the middle of june in the northern hemisphere schools are almost out on the traditional holiday season is upon us but what is true.