this is g w news live from berlin germany an ounce is the 1st step to lifting its lockdown and reopening the economy we have to understand that as long as there's no vaccine we have to live with the virus. chancellor angela merkel says beginning next monday some stores can start business again but social distancing measures will stay in place also coming up on the show. on a safe around the 1st unaccompanied migrant children from greece and overcrowded camps land in luxembourg to begin a new life and her. current big dreams may have been

boxed in for now but this tunisian fighter is doing all she can under lockdown to prepare for the postpone summer games next year. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show germany is about to take the 1st steps to reopening its economy beginning on monday smaller stores will be back in business while some schools are set to reopen on may 4th the decision was reached on wednesday during consultations between chancellor angela merkel and leaders of germany's 16 states described the country's success against the pandemic as fragile and partial. it's been 3 weeks since chancellor angela merkel announced the initial restrictions on contact now have been largely extended social distancing rules will

remain in place until may 3rd groups will remain limited to 2 people and at least 1.5 metres must be kept from of us. from 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. to become an. instant. 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. as germany begins to slowly reopening schools it could find some guidance by looking north on wednesday denmark started easing its lockdown by reopening primary schools and daycare centers denmark has seen more than. x. 1000 infections and nearly $300.00 deaths there the rate of new cases has been falling. it's back to school for 7 year olds from copenhagen.

hand sanitizer before going in while there's relief there are also concerns many parents are worried schools are reopening too soon to put it. the difficult transition is for us parents we have to hand over our children that goes against our instincts as parents to protect our children. a prescription bottle. denmark is reopening creches them primary schools up to year 5 under strict conditions. there has to be at least 2 metres between deaths in classrooms many are simply too small for the. most classes into 3 groups that basically means we need 3 times as many stuff so we've brought in all our teachers and some extra ones as well. not all

schools are ready some will reopen their doors in the next few days denmark has a shadow for getting back to normal the government wants to bring forward its plans to get other areas of daily life going again the politicians will have to work out which ones. there's been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president trump has himself been under fire for his handling of the pandemic and he accused the u.n. body of failing in its response to the corona virus outbreak. 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 a source with very little death. trumps as the roughly $400000000.00 in annual contributions will now be paused the decision drew a shop rebuke from the german foreign minister who tweeted blaming does not help the virus nor new borders we should work together closely against kuwait $191.00 of the best investment is to strengthen the u.n. especially the underfunded w.h.o. for example in the development and distribution of taste 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 look at some other stories making news around the world police in germany have arrested 4 men from to stand suspected of being members of the islamic state militant group officials say they are believed to have been planning 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 endorsed by all of his major former rivals.

a 106 year old woman has been released from hospital in britain after recovering from cope with 19 great grandmother teachin 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 as months behind schedule laid by talk sick led winter storms and now the pandemic head of the works completion at 2 films about the cathedral have been released one shop before the disaster the other after and both and hands are virtual reality. not true don cathedral the symbol of paris in flames the images from april 29th

sad news of the world. filmmakers cloues hoarsely and vic to argue long had been shooting a documentary on the world famous landmark just weeks before the fire. it almost hit the day after the fire we realized that our images are of extremely great value that we captured a moment in notre dame's 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. they combined footage from before the inferno with newly shot material to make a 2nd documentary titled rebuilding. their 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 dumb for 16 minutes motion sensors allowed. to move through and explore the structure independently. such an experience in actual reality is no longer possible not sure dummy is now closed to the public. it's 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 france and it was important to put that across in a film. to make use of rebuilding not acquired a very rare permit 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 to greater has it to people in these areas director chloe is delighted that she managed to be in the right place at the right time with the right technology. refugees heading for europe fled war and poverty in their own countries but many ended up stranded for months in overcrowded and squalid migrant camps in greece now the 1st 12 unaccompanied migrant children from those camps have landed in luxemburg program that aims to eventually resettle more than $1600.00 of them around. touched down in luxemburg safety finally for 12 and accompanied minors they were living in refugee camps on the greek islands of chios most and. now they have the chance to start a new life in luxemburg after a period in quarantine. they haven't devoted. just 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. there's not enough space is not enough medicine 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 before us and germany wants to follow luxemburg lead it is expected to take in up to 50 unaccompanied minors next saturday. the coronavirus lockdown has made it difficult for professional athletes to stick to their training regimes sporting events around the world may be cancelled but athletes still need to maintain their fitness levels for one tunisian boxer who qualified for the now postponed tokyo olympics that means bringing the ring to her home. her living room has become a temporary boxing ring. and have backyard is now a gym she needs in book 7 marion home ronnie is not sweating the coronavirus lockdown distract from her efforts she trained several times a day with her husband who's also her coach determined to stay ahead of her future opponents. this is just to maintain my physical fitness since under these

circumstances i am unable to get professional training or participate in competition and i've also been following other boxers who qualified for the olympics those in my weight bracket to study their strengths in their weaknesses. i'm rahni secured her qualification for the tokyo olympics back in february those games have now been perspire into next year but home ronnie doesn't want to let what could be a once in a lifetime opportunity slip through her fingers where they come on i don't think about how well or how poorly i train i only focus on the sacrifice and how patient i was and waiting for this moment i think of how i woke up at 3 am every day to train the when i'm in the ring i forget everything. from ronnie will have to wait a while yet before she's able to step into the ring again when the time comes she knows she will be ready. this is

g.w. news live from berlin and you can always get the latest news around the clock on the new app or on dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram to agitate all the units i'm claire richardson in berlin and thanks so much for joining us. and for. learning which courses. video. anytime anywhere. w.