this is the news line from german schools. make calls to maintain social distancing even teachers with the logistical challenge of keeping children safe also on the program bad news for europe's industrial powerhouse pandemic is forecast to shrink germany's economy by more than 6 percent this year. german football fans during

their best to support their teams without going inside the state. should get a welcome to the program countries across europe are beginning to blacks lock down measures have made warnings from experts and health is that it will be a slow and gradual process schools in germany are getting ready to reopen on monday after they closed in much even families struggling to adjust to the challenge of home schooling now teachers face a different challenge bringing lessons back to the classroom well keeping students safe. this is the ask to linger in elementary school not far from minds stuff here are getting ready for the children return to school. new physical distancing rules means. pupils will be allowed in the classroom. 2 distancing

begins before the children even enter the narrow hallways. and bring with me markings out in front of the school where the children will line up each child warmly then be allowed to enter the classroom individually. the new measures mean tabletops and door handles must be thoroughly disinfected daily something the school also has to organize along with making sure there's always enough soap and disinfection liquid available. at the 1st start of the ride but the school's principal is hoping for more help from the government upon troops must another school needs an adequate supply of face masks we can't assume each child will always bring his or her own. one major challenge for the school staff is how the children will spend their breaks once they're back. thank you i am happy that we can go back to school i can't wait to see my teacher and my friends again and some parents would prefer to continue home schooling their

children. there's nothing. we all know that it least until the summer holidays classes will not be the same as before the coronavirus crisis. so i don't know if it's worth taking the risk for the small amount of learning that is possible under these circumstances. the principal has already been getting calls from the worried parents showing understanding in consideration is crucial is really sick in that moment i wouldn't require these children to return to school the alternative would be home schooling but i would like the education ministry to supply clear guidelines on how we as teachers should deal with parents who feel this way 5 minutes president at. the school will also have to continue offering childcare services. the principal is concerned that more parents will be needing this service so they can go back to work. he's worried with an increase in the number of children needing care physical distancing will become all the more

difficult. more for about d.w. chief political correspondent melinda crane welcome melinda why is germany reopening schools now. well schools were a high priority as the country begins to move back toward some semblance of normalcy with a phased relaxation of the restrictions we have been under schools where priority because it is mandatory in germany homeschooling is normally not an option and therefore this was an absolute exception that in fact schools have been closed for this long and it's very important clearly that pupils get back up to speed in terms of the curricula for the school year but beyond that there were a couple of other considerations as well child advocacy experts have warned urgently about the risks particularly for vulnerable children living in troubled families who might possibly be at risk of domestic violence while they are isolated

in a small space with their families and then secondly so she socially disadvantaged children who may not have access to the digital technologies that are being used by many schools to carry on with instruction even during the locked out or perhaps those same children may not have parents who are able to help tutor them so for all of these reasons it was very important to the authorities that germany now slowly begin to relax the restrictions on school closures so we're talking about millions of people here in germany learning over the last few weeks without actually being bounced to some of them on their parents what they thought about it. we actually go like up feeling to be honest because sitting down from 8 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon that wouldn't work at all because that's like 56 hours at least that

would be impossible skinner gosh to me it is easier to work at school because the teacher explains everything. joyelle family time we have lots of time to play to read to cut it was speared some follies and some course and. i find it rather boring at home because i don't do much want to do something and i always find it boring so then i ask if i can take a break and then i take a long break and somehow i don't do any home watching the show at. all we all know that feeling. prepared for the challenge of social distancing. well as you saw in that report they are rushing to get prepared but for some schools this will be a very difficult logistical challenge and it's important to remember that education in germany is a local affair each federal state essential it determines the way that it schools operate and some schools simply have a lot more space than others so in those schools where classroom size is perhaps

not adequate not all pupils in a particular class will be able to return at the same time some schools are looking at possibly having a one day on one day off pattern where half the class goes on monday and the other half on tuesday other schools are talking about having pupils from a class go or half the people from the class go for one week and then stay at home for one week in other words this is going to be an experiment in terms of how social distancing can be maintained and that the same time pupils can be kept kept up to date with the curricula and beyond that there are other considerations like do the schools have enough washbasin so that the children can frequently wash their hands all of these have been a big matter of discussion and as i say some localities will find it difficult to keep the roles are not met political correspondent linda thank you.

chief political ends up he had a coup from the house been speaking with germany's family affairs minister francisco gift by about how children can be protected class israel. hominis minister you called it bizarre that germany scenes keno and discussing if and when to restart the bull industry go then went to reopen schools and kindergartens our children especially in vulnerable families the real victims of this crisis. is that like this it is clear that when we now rightly talk about all the groups that are affected we must start putting more focus on the wellbeing of children and families and that's why it's important that we talk about how we can find flexible step by step solutions for children and that's where i would wish for us to spend more time talking about how children are fairing in the crisis rather than when the next ponderously a match will be when is he going to be

a. director that sounds like you're sending a direct message to the federal standards that will be meeting with a chance or again this week here in germany there's now a lot of discussion about the proportionality of the measures we're seeing how worried are you about the damage to society that we'll see after this crisis there because there's nothing nothing. now and this is that and it is important to remember that we are in an exceptional situation due to this infection as we know from their dramatic pictures we've seen from other countries as well and the important thing we have been able to achieve here in germany was to contain this outbreak and to really manage this that the health system wasn't pushed to the brink at any point in time that is an important point when we talk about health protection we also need to talk about the protection of children child protection is health protection and the wellbeing of children also means safeguarding the health of these young lives that's why this needs to be part of how we balance our decisions on the current measures it's good to know is that seen as

a success that germany managed to get a lot of precise data on the outbreak very fast what's the data situation when you look at societal damage especially when it comes to children. now that is this or death you have you not. well of course we don't have exact data on how many cases of child protection or how many cases of domestic violence there are but we know from our dialogue with other countries and from experts in the field that in crisis situations people are often so busy dealing with a crisis that when there is domestic violence for instance people report there's only with delay this avenue. that means that we expect in many cases to remain in the dark at least for now and we expect that there are many cases of conflicts and families that want to merge now but which we will only learn about later. so for us it is important that child and use protection agencies are

prepared for this and that the advice centers for domestic violence are also ready for when women approach them and that's why we've launched our initiative stronger than violence so these offers continue online. function. kumar all of this is all happening we have also extended helpline offers and since those get more calls we can also expect that there is more going on. in the man with. and without so now we can't verify this precisely it because police statistics don't show this yet so this is all in the area of what we and experts suspect is happening but still i believe that we must be vigilant and look out for what is happening in the dark and our vice president if it has its minister if i thank you very much. on the state to look at our some of the other stories making news around the world australia's prime minister scott morrison has defended his

call for an independent inquiry into the origins of it 19 say the investigation wouldn't target any particular country is demand to soured relations with china have a new coronavirus is believed to have originated that bollywood star calm has died at the age of 53 the indian born actor became internationally known through his roles in the film slumdog millionaire and life of pi in 2018 he announced he'd been diagnosed with cancer and died in hospital in mumbai. the 1st time organizers of the oscars will allow movies released advice streaming on video on demand to compete in next year's academy awards inspanned it energy bill it's you rules will only apply vase year and our response to theatre closings and film festival cancellations because of the pandemic. and at least one person has been killed and several others injured during a prison riot in sierra leone's fattal freetown according to officials the violence

comes 2 days after authours has confirmed that an inmate at the prison tested positive for corona virus. protesters in lebanon and have returned to the streets in cities across the country for a 2nd day one demonstrator was reported killed in the ninety's clashes fuelled by the country's deepening economic crisis that has seen months of anti government under arrest but now that discontent has been compounded by growing anger at the lock down. another notch of violence in lebanon and in the northern city of tripoli demonstrators hold fireworks and rocks at security forces 'd responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. the anger of lebanon's crumbling economy growing day by day. this is the beginning of the road where you are seeing today is just the start. lebanon is in financial crisis grappling with the collapse in its currency soaring

inflation and rampant unemployment problems worsen by coronavirus lock down to live unease on the streets the fight is extensional. we are day laborers if we walk we eat if we don't work we don't eat i hope to god the situation changes for the better. lid on spanx have borne the brunt of the protestors fury they've imposed strict capital controls on accounts freezing access to cash as food prices soar. again to many that you know. you. don't want. the lebanese army has deployed across tripoli to contain young rist as the government still works on a risk you plan to drag the country out of its current turmoil. germany's economy is expected to shrink by 6.3 percent this year because of the pandemic this

would be the biggest slump in europe's top economy since records began in $1700.00 and the bad news doesn't stop there his german economy minister to. the of it enough to manage its work as money for the 1st time in many years we will initially see a drop in employment levels that's a regression and it will be painful even though it's just a fraction of what other european countries and especially the us are facing. so. it's. let's take a closer look at this with a flat shot has presidents of the german institute for economic research in berlin welcome to day w. so john is clearly heading into recession how bad do you think it will be the honest answer is no one really knows and if you look at the projections over the last 2 months 2 months everyone was still mostly optimistic for 2020 and the

2028 now the projections have been declining now the government's base expecting minus 6 points because for this year it could be less it could be more no one can give you a reliable answer because it depends on how long it will take for the lock down measures to be east how quickly the economy can be rethought can recover and essentially we don't know whether that will be a 2nd wave of infections a 2nd a lockdown. and these are not really forecast scenarios scenarios sue me that there is no 2nd wave of infections assuming there is no new lock down in the future. but i think the key message must be this is the deepest economic crisis also germany but all of europe in the global economy has been experiencing since local 2. it was also a forecast that next year will say they call me at increase 5 percent how

will they get out of recession. well again that's wishful thinking that economies will recover next year clearly the answer is how will the economy get out of recession depends very much on the pen demick itself. on the question whether it's good going to come back but equally the government can do a lot to help the economy and the german government has done already a lot in this 1st stage of the lockdown haply any government in the world test spent more money on stabilizing the economy providing support to companies direct financial transfers huge guarantees for bank loans particular to small and medium sized enterprises but the big question now will be can the german government engage or create a fiscal stimulus that after this 1st phase of the of the lock down will help companies invest more and will also help consumers to have now to generate more

demand and so we need big fiscal stimulus and that's that's what the government currently is discussing and our hope they will come up with a convincing answer ok so looking at it why the u.s. is also saying in a shop decline in economic growth what are the prospects for recovery there. the u.s. economy or the united states is a bit behind in terms of that the infection and possibly also the lock down compared to europe and of course compared to asia bet the us has some arguments why could be affected last more open economies are more susceptible to an economic slowdown because we see the trait that particular exports i faked a particularly strong me that means germany is a lot more open depends a lot more on trade is therefore it had it the u.s. economy is more closed more dependent on the domestic economy which shim doesn't shield from the crisis but makes it less vulnerable to this global slowdown so

i think the u.s. will be affected very strongly possibly because of the 4 citizens in the u.s. might might well be higher than in many european countries i think that's very clear thank you for that muscle left from the german institute for economic research. meanwhile reports of the 1st quarter loss of nearly 500000000 euros on wednesday citing a plunge in orders and deliveries european plane maker also warned that the crisis was still in its early stages refused to issue long term guidance for investors c.e.o. gilmer fori house of previously warned that the company is bleeding cash ever since furloughed thousands of employees and taken out billions in loans. that is in bob we were the pandemics hitting farmers hard local markets they use the european markets where they export much of their produce have been closed by lockdowns this

latest hardship comes as farmers were just starting to recover from last year's cycle and the day to w. correspondent privilege was on hearing reports. it has been a year since cycling days struck alan and cleared bailey saudi culture from were. extensive damage was caused to infrastructure of recovery it is slowly started but you know the global koren of a respond to me has knocked again. we had these 2 weeks where there were no cells a tool not a. phone and then i got some saying that the prices have been have been depressed depressed. and demand has been and equally as hard as being off right out of the country. there's been a lot of flights that have been canceled and frequencies and to some baggage being canceled their main diesel flows for export to the european markets in normal

times they export up to 2000000 stems of flowers based season but this year they may not even achieve how full that they would wait coronavirus pandemic forced it wide closure or flow markets. go zimbabwe's number one of virus infections in fatalities us to know it's ease the economic impact that citizens would have to do if the country is in a lockdown for 5 weeks with need to economy activity said that the government is broken to come up with and stimulus packages also small scale horticulture and food farmers who are still recovering from the impact of cycling a day in 2001900 i hate you know that's just too local markets has become very difficult jus to the coronavirus don't.

think whole family depends on the banana sales of a very nice school fees comes from the bananas who is so salt and even sugar all comes from bananas the old so that if we don't get them i can't will die of hunger to see any kind of. zimbabwe it is facing its worst economic crises in recent times the country is billick least it by international money lending institutions and may not even benefit from any virus bail outs. family like baby only hoping for yes lord don't or sudden and 19 for people to return to normal life again. or coronavirus lockdown maybe a new experience for many of us but for people indian administered state of kashmir

is just the latest in a series of lock downs many imposed by the government in delhi and the knock on effects of been especially crippling for the region spring in kashmir normally the famous to hit garden would be bustling with visitors eager to experience the colorful blooms firsthand but this year due to the coronavirus lockdown asia's largest to live garden is empty in fact everywhere is eerily quiet here including the usually bustling waterways tourism is key to catch me as economy now that it's ground to a halt many fear for their livelihood. i'm a boatman and i can't do any other work we've both been a completely dependent on tourism normally we would leave our homes early morning for work during the day and feed our families in the evening we are really suffering due to the lockdown things are becoming really tough. the current crisis

is not the 1st to hit the economy nor is it the 1st lockdown the collapse of kashmir's vital tourism industry began last august back then citing a potential terror threat in the region the indian government imposed a communications blackout for months there was no internet access citizens were forced to stay indoors tourists stayed away the economic effects were devastating and then came the pandemic. actually i did more. more difficult. there is no tourism there is no export whole population is just sitting there and we are again and again saying that our situation is completely different from our brothers and colleagues in the rest of the india. with india mired in its own corona crisis its attention may currently be elsewhere for sex but say urgent measures and now essential to ensure that kashmir's economy

may 1 day blossom again. there was football fans around the world wait for their teams to return to t.v. screens supports the german side. trying to solve what they see as an even bigger problem how do they remain part of the action when they're not even allowed inside the stadium. all these quiet in german football the sounds of singing birds has replaced the screaming fans the sight of empty stands likely to remain for many months yet the. spirit and it's very difficult to watch a game on t.v. instead of actually being ned life in the stadium on t.v. you just don't get the emotions you can get by being in the stands with friends for the diehards of birds humans can glad back football without fans is unthinkable and so they're making cardboard cutouts of themselves to literally remain part of the scene using a mobile app interested parties can take a photo of themselves which is then printed on cardboard and. banks are taken to

the stadium. these are guns a pop come of this whole cardboard mates campaign is more like a vigil because football just doesn't work without fans fans to. almost 10000 orders have already been placed and demand continues to grow the club are big fans of the initiative to so much so the glove back players and coach have got themselves a place on the north terrorists even opposing fans are on board a touching show of solidarity for the times. it costs 1000 euros by buying it 3 companies in mention gladbach will be supported to your eyes will be donated to the piracy a foundation and 2 euros to help. mel hasn't missed a home game in almost 14 years from now and the foreseeable future she'll have a proxy presence as she and tens of thousands of fans white to join the chorus once

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