this is g.w. news live from berlin and germany's government takes stock of chancellor angela merkel and state premiers are to review the impact of the latest measures curbing the pandemic but officials play down hopes for any new moves to do since the lockdown also coming up german police carry out raids across the country after berlin bans all has full activities and classifies the islamist group as a terrorist organization.

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program germany is set to extend social distancing measures until may the 10th of that is according to chancellor angela merkel's chief of staff who was commenting ahead of a government meeting on the country's coronavirus response merkel and the 16 state leaders are set to discuss proposals on reopening schools and resuming sporting events but will not decide on any further easing of restrictions until may 6th and that's when data is expected on the impact of the 1st round of easing which saw some shops reopen from last week the head of germany's public health institute is urging people to remain cautious is warning that the pandemic is far from over. doing a pounding me compendium it like this can only end when 60 to 70 percent of the population has been infected then we have a chance to stop paying dividends for them according to our data the percentage of german seems to get is still in the single digits 4 to go and so it's clear this is

a marathon of clothes but it's not clear how long it will be until this marathon is . in and let's get more from political correspondent thomas barrow thomas what can we expect from champ tensely merkel's talks today with the state premiers i'm going to mccoll regularly meets with regional leaders and that hasa do with the fact that some of those decisions that are actually made are either decided or implemented at a regional all local level as you said this meeting today is most likely going to focus on my review of the measures that were already taken a few weeks ago in particular that idea of reopening certain shops 800 square metres all the gradual step by step reopening of schools no very big announcements are expected today those are now it will probably happen next week or may the 6 but some of the key topics that have been discussed before that meeting include the

possibility of restarting the business or the job and football league all the conditions that need to be met in order for religious gatherings to take place or how to reopen museums so it will be a key meeting to try and decide also on some of the discussions and elements that will be decided on or made us as well and to take stock on what has been decided so far as far as germany's easing of restrictions is concerned ok and meantime thomas we have to mention that there's interesting new data coming out from germany's leading virologists christian trust and today let's just quickly have a look now ensure our viewers the study that he shared on twitter this graphic it compares the viral loads in children and adults that have been tested in recent weeks it all looks quite complicated but basically what the study says is that children may be as infectious as adults. again children may be as infectious as adults thomas i mean this is remarkable new data given that

schools across germany are sets of reopen next week. on the study goes even further to say that the also scored against an unlimited reopening of schools in the present situation this essentially means that they are warning against that decision that was taken by the federal and regional governments to gradually step by step reopen schools and that also gives you an idea of how difficult that decision actually is to reopen schools because on the one hand over the you have to guarantee the rights of those kids to go to school schooling here in germany is compulsory on the other hand you have the need to climb guarantee that social distancing is maintained that the appropriate hygiene measures are also maintained that kids only go to school if stocks can actually be guaranteed so this gives you an idea how difficult a situation is and it also explains sorrow why that decision was taken nearly 2 weeks ago to give schools time to prepare for that decision as to how they reopen

their schools and when they reopen the schools as of next week correspondent thomas sparrow thank you thomas. well the number of unemployed in germany jumped by 300000 in april that's a 13 percent rise from march and reflects the onset of wide reaching pandemic measures in the country economists had expressed a rise in jobless numbers given the widespread business closures but the figure was dampened by state support for companies more than 10000000 employees in germany are registered for wage subsidies in order to remain on payroll. now here's a roundup of some of the latest developments in the penn demick south korea says that it has recorded no new domestic cases for the 1st time in 2 months the korea's centers for disease control and prevention reported 4 new cases all of them imported japan is extracted to. extend a state of emergency by about one month for the entire country it's currently scheduled to expire on may 6th and spain's daily death toll has fallen to its

lowest tally in nearly 6 weeks the health ministry says that the number of fatalities dropped below 300 over night the number of confirmed cases in russia meantime now stands at over 100000 the country recorded its highest daily increase in infections with more than 7000 new cases of merging on thursday and early shut down anti travel restrictions help to give israel's health service a head start in tackling the corona virus outbreak but while the burden on medical staff appears to be easing israel's battered economy looks like it will take much longer to recover as tanya cramer reports there are no customers but. keeps the place ready for guests and how 6 weeks ago she had to close the restaurant in the kibbutz just outside of jerusalem because of the 1000 pandemic she supposed over the health crisis by the government that could binyamin netanyahu

but to think stream. from this life you hurt. the. cleanup of after a month and a half of lupton we are still completely closed except for deliveries and take away . but that is just a drop in the ocean. independent business is a very much on edge not knowing if we are going to survive. that of all that every morning daniela and her husband prepare pizza to take away this very government is taking steps to reopen the economy and allow some businesses to start operating again the us lance can see a clear path out of this crisis that many of the israelis but there is no exit strategy that is being presented to the public ok no one here say ok if we going to be under you know $200.00. people who are infected we're going to open up these and

that and the other way we're going to close these and that how about course what the what you know what what is the program what is that what what they fear what are their workflow the kimono virus pandemic in the midst of a deep political crisis in israel 3 elections with the needy approved inconclusive only last week benyamin netanyahu signed a coalition agreement with this former dr that the new guns to form a national emergency government with netanyahu as prime minister. is very long serving prime minister has been credited with quickly imposing strict measures like travel restrictions and defacto closing israel's borders at the beginning of the crisis. but now the public debate has shifted to the economic impact of the knock down a clearance sale at a small neighborhood shop in tel aviv closing down because of corner virus it says on this window and employment has risen from 4 to over 25 percent.

i don't think. they're clear about where they're going it seems like they're doing everything. very spontaneously and without a lot of stuff behind it and that that they are shocked that markets in my opinion the government is stressing a sight a bit too much. they could give us more freedom because people are keeping to the restriction on the same crenshaw in milan call you. in many other countries these are troubling times in israel in the long term politicians here would be measured by the response to both the home and economic issues surrounding the coronavirus and now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world the south african anti-apartheid veteran dennis goldberg has died at the age of 87 goldberg was involved in the armed resistance to white minority rule in south africa he was

tried alongside nelson mandela when they were convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life in prison goldberg died at his home near cape town he had lung cancer tesla has exceeded analyst expectations for revenues as it posted its 3rd straight quarterly profit electric car maker increased revenue by almost a quarter to 6 1000000000 dollars in the 1st 3 months of this year tesla also managed to boost deliveries despite disruptions caused by the corona virus outbreak . germany has banned hezbollah on its soil and designated the iran backed group a terrorist organization police conducted early morning raids in several cities on mosques and associations suspected of affiliation with the group as below is a shiite muslim political party and militant group based in lebanon on its military wing has long been banned in germany this latest measure applies to the group's political work. let's get more i'm joined now by ahmed nouri pour of the foreign

policy spokesperson for the green party in the german parliament welcome to the program and thanks for joining us i'd like to begin by asking you banning has follows political wing the right decision. it's about the activities they are doing in germany and it's absolutely correct to ban the activities there are trying to find fundings in germany for their work in you know livable and in syria and they're trying to recruit people and this is not nothing we can accept our national the u.k. meantime the netherlands a band has been a years ago why do you think it took germany so long to follow suit. there are 2 different things we have to to be around for the 1st one is that roar has polarized playing in little and especially in these times to help minister of lebanon is a member of the is by law so these people are very bad ones but we have to cooperate with them when it comes to go liberal and it doesn't mean that you have

to accept what they are doing in europe and this is what is happening now in germany this is why did activities are not banned you and. i did that there are some kind of organizations are now suspected of supporting his followers work here is something we have to to definitely soften and this is why a way finally is that the step has has been take ok i need time we have to mention your party actually abstained on the german parliament vote to ban hezbollah in december can you walk us through why you did that because you had a better proposal and in this proposal we also endorsed they. did they did a fact that he did it is about hizbullah should should be should be stopped in germany so it was not about that issue it was had been other issues b.b.b. sauder there had couple of there's just no further proposal of the government had a couple of very overweight. sentences when it came to syria it couldn't support but the activities of this is was saved by lobbying ban in germany is the right

thing to do and be happy that finally happening so you wanted stronger action are you satisfied with the level of action that you've seen now. i think it's the right thing to do in germany i wouldn't support a stop of cooperation not cooperation but at least dialogue with these below in general in lebanon because they're part of the administration is by law took living on as a hostage shooting at hizbollah and it went on nice to shoot the hostage also so we have to find a way to to work with the help minister of the country for example but there is no way to tolerate what his belies doing in europe and in our in the me in germany and this is a breach of our sovereignty when they try to recruit terrorists in germany and so this is good that they are not abandoned in our country and now that the political wing is also banned in addition to the military one how high do you see the risk that this will now drive hezbollah activities underground in germany and what

measures are being taken in order to counteract that force is always always when you when you back. job out there's always a risk when you go after a terrorist organization that of course they go underground but that there is no way to accept and there's no way to accept that hizbollah tried to create fundings for their work and in syria which is part of the disaster of the syrian people here in germany and this is why it's it's a good thing to to try to it will abandon any activity of hizbollah in germany on the north for foreign policy spokesperson for the green party in the german parliament thank you so much for joining us and happy. the coronavirus lockdown in france has made it difficult for many to exercise even extreme athletes are having to learn to adjust now cmon nogueira is a free runner who usually scales the most famous buildings in paris but now he is

limited to taking 2 groups that are within 2 kilometers of his apartment the 25 year old says that he has noticed that the air is a lot fresher now and there's a lot less traffic. here up to date on deputy news i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us have a good day and stacy. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona. 19 special next on d w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll. just through the topic for.