biala guest trends watch city managed by truck bought. this is g.w. news a live from berlin germany announces the 1st steps to lifting its locked out and reopening of the economy we have to understand that as long as there is no vaccine we have to live with the virus. chancellor angela merkel says beginning next monday shops and stores will begin business again social distancing however will remain also coming up on the show. the world health organization rejects president trump's

claims that they did not issue timely coronavirus warnings to you look at the world was going to eat the food systems around the world including the u.s. begin to act to refer to the planetary systems with. the way cho officials say they regret trumps a decision that took place funding for the agency i think now is the time to night in the fight against the pandemic plans on safe grounds the 1st unaccompanied migrant children out from greece's overcrowded camps to land in luxembourg to begin a new life. i'm claire richardson and welcome to the show germany is about to take the 1st steps to reopening its economy beginning on monday smaller stores and shops will be back in business some schools meanwhile are set to read. and on may 4th the

decision was reached on wednesday during consultations between chancellor angela merkel and leaders of germany's a 16 states described the country as a success against the pandemic as fragile with little room for mistakes it's been 3 weeks since chancellor angela merkel announced the initial restrictions on contact now being largely extended social distancing rules will remain in place until may 3rd groups will remain limited to 2 people and at least 1.5 meters must be kept from others. for may 4th schools will gradually re-open 1st for school leavers in primary and secondary education day care will remain shut religious gatherings will also remain banned while major events including germany's beloved football will be called off until august 31st meanwhile restaurants cafes theatres cinemas and music venues will keep the shutters down only shops up to $800.00 metres square can

reopen from monday face masks are also being recommended in shops and on transport . announced in the amended restrictions chancellor angela merkel warned against complacency but the. what we've achieved is an interim success no more no less and i emphasise it is a fragile interim success this is now determined our deliberations should be no rushing forward even if it's with the best intentions we have to understand that as long as there's no vaccine we have to live with the virus. that's kind of him to become in the. controls along germany's land borders with its neighbors in the schengen free travel zone will also remain in place for another 20 days. from now germany will continue keeping its distance the curve may be flattening but the government it seems is taking things slow. political

correspondent simon young says the 1st steps toward relaxing the lockdown are welcome news to many. like people elsewhere germans a desperate to see an easing of the restrictions that currently make normal life impossible so it will be great news for many that some shops will open next week and schools will begin reopening for some students in may chancellor merkel said today that such changes a possible because the infection rate has dropped a lot but she emphasized that this crisis is not over social distancing and travel restrictions will continue for at least another 2 weeks large sports events and religious gatherings will remain banned hotels and restaurants will have to stay shut and there's a strong recommendation that everybody wear mosques when in public germany's health minister spoke the other day about a new normality many will be wondering now whether they've begun to glimpse what it

will look like. president donald trump says he will announce on thursday a new guidelines for reopening the u.s. economy the u.s. hit a record number of coronavirus related deaths on tuesday trump said that new data suggests his country has passed the peak a new corona virus infections will be opening up states some states much sooner than others and we think some of the states could actually open up before the deadline of may 1st and i think that will be a very exciting time indeed the governors are looking for their chomping at the bit to get going again not all states are the same they're very different some are having very little problem some of done such a good job that they have very little problem and they're ready to go well there's been international condemnation of donald trump decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president who himself has been under fire

for his handling of the pandemic accuse the u.n. body of failing and its response to the coronavirus pandemic. the w.h.o. failed in its basic duty to save lives those were the words of president trump as he announced a freeze on funding for the u.n. agency today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability health trump has repeatedly criticized the w.h.o. throughout the pandemic this time claiming its bias towards china is responsible for the viruses rapid spread to other parts of the world had the w.h.o. done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out china's lack of transparency the outbreak could have

been contained at its source with very little death trumps as the roughly $400000000.00 in annual contributions will now be poorest the decision drew a shopper rebuke from the german foreign minister who tweeted blaming does not help the virus nor new borders we should work together closely against kuwait 191 of the best investment is to strengthen the u.n. especially the underfunded w.h.o. for example in the development and distribution of tastes and vaccines bill gates to call the move dangerous. the u.s. is the worst affected country in the world with more recorded cases and deaths than anywhere else trumps handling of the pandemic has also been widely criticized and his opponents say this latest announcement is nothing more than a deflection tactic. here's a quick roundup of some other krone virus developments around the world the number

of confirmed infections globally has passed to 2000000 with more than 130000 reported deaths but the w.h.o. warns the world has not yet seen the peak of the outbreak new york's governor has issued a statewide order for people to wear face coverings in most public places retail giant amazon says it may halt all services in france after a court ordered it to only deliver essential products and improve its worker protections and the g 20 group of leading economies has agreed to suspend the debt payments from the world's poorest countries until the end of the year to free up money for them to combat the pandemic well here's a look at some other stories making news around the world police in germany have arrested 4 men from suspected of being members of the islamic state militant group officials say they are believed that you have been planning a deadly attacks in germany including against u.s. installations. u.s. senator elizabeth warren has become the latest high profile democratic party figure

to endorse joe biden to be the party's presidential nominee warren who ended her own bid for the white house last month announced her support in a video message mr biden has now been indorsed by all of his major former rivals. a 106 year old woman has been released from hospital in britain after recovering from cope at 19 great grandmother competition is believed to be the country's oldest patient to recover from the disease she said she felt lucky to survive and was hungry after her month long ordeal. now to paris a year ago today the cathedral of notre dame was badly damaged by a fire thought to have been started by an electrical short circuit restoration work is months behind schedule so late by toxic lead winter storms and now the pandemic ahead of the works conclusion 2 films about the cathedral have been released one shot before the disaster and the other afterwards and both enhanced by virtual

reality. cathedral the symbol of paris in flames. the images from april 29th teams the world. filmmakers cloues lushly and vic to argue long had been shooting a documentary on the world famous landmark just weeks before the fire. the day after the fire we realized that our images are of extremely great value that we captured a moment to history that will be able to pass on to the public whether european american asian or parisian everyone who ever visited has a special memory of not what. they combined footage from before the inferno with newly shot material to make a 2nd documentary titled rebuilding notre dame. the

images of the current cathedrals interior of the only ones of their kind. elses movies images special because they were shot for virtual reality that is in $360.00 degrees with very high resolution and didn't repeat that produces one image for the left eye and one for the right which gives you the illusion of depth as if you were actually there. with a vi headset people can immerse themselves in the world of not sure done for 16 minutes. motion sensors allow them to move through and explore the structure independently. such an experience in actual reality is no longer possible notre dame is now closed to the public it was there when you want it was also a tourist landmark that each year drew millions of visitors of any faith or even without one this is a monument of importance to the history of fronts and it was important to us to put

that across enough to give the few there more. to make use of rebuilding notre dumb acquired a very rare permits to film inside the damaged cathedral but in some spots only one member of the team was allowed the camera robot crumbling walls and high lead contamination posed too great a hazard to people in these areas director chloe o'shea is delighted that she managed to be in the right place at the right time with the right technology. and workers at notre dame have marked the anniversary and applauded the work of france's frontline health workers by ringing the cathedral's a great model bell let's have a lesson. refugees

heading for europe a fled war and poverty and their own countries but many ended up stranded for months in overcrowded and squalid migrant camp sing grace now the 1st 12 unaccompanied migrant children from those camps have landed in luxembourg under an e.u. program that aims to eventually resettle more than $1600.00 of them around here up . touched down in luxemburg safety finally for 12 unaccompanied minors they were living in refugee camps on the greek islands of chios. most and as now they have the chance to start a new life in luxemburg after a period in quarantine. they haven't even. tried course we've not made the world a better place or made it more beautiful what we have here in the framework of the european union's peace project is actual solidarity with greece but also with people who have a right to

a dignified life without hunger without was here and also to a life in peace. and live in freedom. thousands of minors are stuck on the greek islands living in overcrowded camps they are mostly boys who fled their countries alone before the coronavirus crisis a group of european countries pledged to take in 1600 of them but the process has stalled and observers report the situation in the camps is getting worse. thought and for his kind of plots and there's not enough space is not enough medicines not enough doctors on site to deal with the situation appropriately it's really embarrassing and we're here in europe and we're not able to make sure these people's lives and no longer in danger and even before as i think germany wants to follow luxemburg lead is expected to take in up to 50 unaccompanied minors next saturday. in sport the biggest cycling event of the year the tour de france has

been delayed because of the public health measures against coronavirus this year's competition was supposed to begin in late june but organizers were forced to reschedule after france extended a ban on public events until mid july reigning champion aegon better now is now due to begin his title defense on the 29th of august in the city of nice. this is a job you news live from berlin thank you so much for joining us. my 1st boss asia was just sawing machine. where i come from women are followed by this ocean for. something as simple as learning how to write a bicep poses and. since i was a little girl i wanted to have both buys a lot of my home but it took me years to been.