this is news coming to you live from berlin germany takes more steps to ease measures it's expected the government today will announce further measures to reach open the economy and parts of public life we look at what's next for germany coming up cautiously getting back to work india eases its lockdown for some businesses despite all faults faults emerging across the country plus

a look back at another surreal time in berlin 25 years ago this art installation was all the rage a gift wrapped right stuff by an cristo a new exhibit to celebrating their artistic vision is now open here in berlin. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany is taking steps to reopen the economy and further ease restrictions on public life those measures are expected to be announced today after chancellor angela merkel holds a teleconference with heads of state governments a draft decision will still still warns that a new spike in infections could lead to more law it's been $100.00 days since germany's 1st confirmed case here's a look at how the outbreak has unfolded as berlin takes careful steps to reopen the

country. the president of the public health agency a whole bed karl institute had good news on tuesday only 685 new registered cases in germany since monday. it's our goal to protect the population from covert 1000 in the best way and that has worked very well in germany so far as you can tell from the latest figures. for. its $100.00 days since the coronavirus it germany here in bavaria on the 27th of january a man falls ill after contracting the virus from his chinese coworkers initially german officials are relaxed health minister compares the corona virus to the flu. early much during carnival celebrations the region of heinz back becomes a virus hotspot but a bundesliga soccer game in nearby mentioned goes ahead with some 50000 spectators

this is when the severity of the crisis really hits germany in early march t.v. images from crisis ridden italy reach german households german authorities ramp up testing and at i.c.u. beds in hospitals bigger events get cancelled shops and schools closed border checks are imposed. uncle americal initially stays quiet but in mid march she addresses the germination on t.v. a 1st in her 15 years as head of government. and. these are the most severe restrictions postwar germany has ever seen let me assure you for somebody like me for whom freedom of travel and movement was a heart for great such restrictions are only justified when absolutely necessary. the measures seem to work the calculations show when and how many people became

infected and when key steps were taken in germany to slow the spread now shops museums and churches can open again if they meet hygiene and social distancing requirements facemasks are now mandatory for shopping trips and on public transport . on wednesday the country's 16 state premiers will discuss the next round of easing restrictions the varian officials have already announced that be a garden's would be able to open again on the 18th of may. our political correspondent kate brady is covering this story for us kate many here in germany are hoping the government today will announce a further relaxation of lockdown restrictions what can we expect. they seem that certainly will be the case later today there's already been a draft paper doing the rounds here in among the german media this morning and some of the main points that we're likely to see relaxations on today are shops the reopening of shops nationwide regardless of the size so far that's been limited to

small shops of up to $800.00 metres square so it looks like they will be reopened albeit of course on the condition that social distancing measures are upheld by customers and staff also we're likely to see the reopening of schools a gradual reopening of schools for all students by the sum of break interestingly though it seems that it will be up to the individual states to decide whether things like hotels bars restaurants and universities will re-open and to what extent of course it seems that all of these relaxation is willing to be on the condition that the number of new cases of coronaviruses does not increase here in germany and at least according to this draft paper that we've seen so far to say it seems that the each individual state will be required to reimplement to restrictions should the number of new cases rise above 50 per 100000 citizens in a specific berra said these do come with strings attacked attached and there are of

course expectations on all of the of the people here in germany to follow the social distancing rules ok so clearly the coronavirus is a moving target and all this could change quickly tell us kate we've got some states like the barrier here pushing ahead lip lock down decisions before they are announced on the national level this is a case of german states asserting their independence not being berlin sort of speak . not necessarily snow being berlin but of course this is a federal system and each of gemini 16 federal states has the right at the end of the day to make its own decisions and of course some of that responsibility it seems is going to be officially pushed on to them today after these talks or rather during the talks between anglo-american and the 16 state premiers but there is also i think if you like a bit a bit of a competition between the state premiers at the moment which of course is very

dangerous considering that we're living through a pandemic but it seems that each state wants to be the one to say look how much we've achieved and wants to take the 1st steps to let them local people back out into public life and get their economy back up and running again ok thank you so much t w political correspondent kate brady on other much anticipated decision here in germany is whether the bundesliga soccer season can resume play that's also up for discussion today we'll have more on that later in this program. with the summer holidays right around the corner here in germany those in the tourism sector hope travel bans will be among restrictions eased today already the hit to revenue is expected to cost around $24000000000.00 euros business has been to see how the law has impacted the rural economy. it is a children's paradise without the children. a relaxing retreat for tired

hearing. an animal lovers dream fulfilled. for more than 2 months now restore whole farm one hour from berlin has been closed to guests and the coronavirus long time is costing them foes interview rooms every week. we hung financial we have a huge losses every month we have no literally 0 earnings anymore only outgoings because the horses still need to be careful they need to eat that costs money we have high fixed costs for the houses. on or once the government to relax the restrictions for businesses like ours she says guests can keep a safe distance in her rental homes and it apart unlike in hotels lunchables then some states have started to at least developed a concept for reopening and we really hope that we will be allowed to open up for

us as though. we really wish for that in the farm yard yet more revenants of the knock on effects of the pandemic faria rick port says come to pedicure the horses he's also losing money as customers avoid expensive work like fitting iron horse shoes. and pier one of the farms for employees who has been placed on leave but she still comes every day. because the animals a day to my hearts when it comes to the animals i'm susceptible to. i know that if i didn't do it then nobody will. buy daily farm it's a different story it is not just the new born cops who are enjoying the milk the farmer say that since the cone of virus hit more and more customers are now coming direct to fill up their milk bottles. and hook up with and

tourists have disappeared completely but people who would normally go to discipline market don't want to go to the shops and. that they are coming to the farm to buy the products directly where they are produced. back in the ryssdal hoff garden corner frank is preparing the hammocks for the summer season. free to take a brief pause before the busy times that hopefully lie ahead. is round up now of some of the latest pandemic news the virus has forced indonesia to postpone a regional elections slated for september be held in december at the earliest south korea reported only 2 new cases officials said both were detected during screenings at airports there were no new local transmissions the white house is set to disband the task force responsible for the pandemic by early june president trump said

coordination of the u.s. response was moving to a new phase focusing on the aftermath of the outbreak brazil posted a daily record of $600.00 deaths a further sign that the nation is still in the thick of the its battle against covered 90. india has seen its biggest single day spike in code 19 infections linked with outbreak at a fruit market in the southern city of chennai overall the government of the country has more than 47000 cases and more than 1500 people died still india has moved to ease the restrictions across the country in delhi people are slowly returning to work but things are still far from normal. if they want back to work from home. that is listing some of its big scenes then put the air conditioner as well. but normally is quickly the need to plan.

for the last 40 days the next thing you know down has got the hard time at home now means exit is getting in. so can draw in workers like cause them to make home cause as long as the precautions. awesome some money usually enough to him to the window . but this c.e.o. he feels that the tunes are going to be far more to. the customer we need. the customers don't want us to come the customer is also scared everyone is worried about their safety you know when they do call us they keep a distance from us often they go to the other rooms or some other or go to street opening up again the field is due every day the delhi government has said the time has come to do you open the city but the public transport still offline and called from the kinds of businesses allowed to operate it there is confusion about how that's going to happen then is a dead zone a city with

a high number of. dandenault shops are now to open but it isn't always keo the softer one has if they qualify it often over to one of the 2 on things they all screw things up envy. hoping to do you open. the window seeing red on whatsapp that electrical shocks are on the approved list. he's still keeping his shop hop shouted just in case the it what it is tell him otherwise and that is another problem with public buses off the roads the only employees who can make it to work of those who live within cycling distance and we need all those who also got the why are those who can make it will come i'll pick up what i can myself we can't call many of our employees anyway people because we have to maintain distance you have a lot of the only the distance. business is slow but at least the city is gradually coming my life. awesome doesn't want to get his hopes up because he nor

a spite can t. if the stand cause another shutdown in these uncertain times every job is a blessing. or more we are joined from delhi by our correspondent me should judge of all who filed that report and misha india's government is easing restrictions even as parts of the country are reporting a rise in infection numbers how concerned are people about the virus spreading further. well tell you there definitely are concerns because even almost 40 days complete lockdown india is closing in on 50000 pieces but also we have to look at the economic impact all of this what you do knock down i'd really india it was an economic slowdown and the impact of this knock down has hit the poorest sections of the indian population the hardest and this has been one of the key concerns thought the government restarting the economy in

a fashion has been a key concern india dividing its cities into its red orange and green zones differentiated according to the number of cases green and orange looks on to it look you says have more easing but your grandsons are going to demean in a gulp down situation but as long as they go into north q streets so of course given the economic gap get off the bat and shimon bite has close 210000 cases the national capital has closed quite talking faeces it's going to be a long time before things actually have done any sense of normality when the lockdown was imposed there was much attention on the plight of migrant workers and you know what's their situation. well tell you again one of the primary concerns of this government specially up to feeling heavy criticism about the mismanagement of the migrant situation has been the flight of migrants now many migrants lead their

own incentives they live in light delhi and mumbai on foot when a doctor on this list announced this exodus was quickly stopped because there were concerns that these migrants might get into what is backlit them to their villages now sharky before the easing began the migrants what to wear that special teams would be deployed to take them back home right now the freeways in and out much like air travel and it's completely shut down but there are special provisions being meat these migrants will be quarantined back home but again concerns about the restarting of the economy understand does depend on me or my clients to open it so not under my can stuff i am going on how exactly are the safest also to function so again this is going to be a serious challenge for india to julia she stopped. thank you very much for your reporting and for your observations there. wall in delhi.

where governments here in europe have offered a to tens of thousands of companies across the e.u. to help them whether the corona criers crisis or some countries are blocking companies that operate offices in tax havens from receiving any money. like many german companies tons or one support from the state to help it survive the coronavirus crisis a 10000000000 euro package is being discussed but there's something else lufthansa has in common with most companies on germany's dax stock exchange it operates of securities in countries that are on an e.u. tax haven blacklist france poland and denmark have already proposed barring companies that operate in tax havens from receiving coronavirus linked bailouts. others such as ireland the netherlands and looks embark and which many companies from other e.u. countries are best for lower tax reasons disagree the e.u. has confirmed that individual countries can block state aid from going to companies

that operate in tax havens however as of yet germany has not suggested taking that route. or more now joined by nicholas shaxson from the tax justice network that's an international group focused on tax and tax havens he joins me from his home office here in berlin thanks for being with us 1st of all what's important companies are legally registered in tax havens if they're not breaking the law why shouldn't they be eligible to receive state aid especially if it's going to save jobs well 1st of all we do need to put a very powerful warning shot. across the bows of companies that are using tax havens extensively i'm secondly this question of legality is a very thorny one companies will routinely say yes we're doing nothing illegal and the act of registering registering in a tax haven is not illegal but a lot of a lot of stuff they do sales very close to the edge of illegality and often crosses

it so we don't know a lot of these companies are doing things and taking a chance and we don't know what they're doing is necessarily legal so there's a big gray area there but then there is a very very big problem with companies using tax havens because they're essentially using all the benefits that states provide and then they don't pay their way so it is necessary to do something about tax havens and to put the spotlight on tax havens and to take measures against companies that do use tax havens where the secular measures that are being put in place by some countries are the right way to do it is and is an open question how common is it that european companies use tax havens either directly or indirectly through some severe. it's multinational companies pretty much every multinational company uses tax havens in one way or another there's a whole range of reasons why they do it tax looms very large in that set of reasons and escaping tax is a very big part of it and it's not only about escaping tax but that it's very

expensive there was a set of revelations called the luks leaks of looking at. information came out about the companies using p.w. c. in luxembourg which is a very large and very. dangerous european tax haven and it showed that all the big multinationals in the world basically were using luxembourg to escape tax on particular european nations so it's very very extensive do you have any evidence of companies diverting funds from coronavirus alif relief packages to subsidiaries in tax havens. well i think because multinationals are so deeply implicated in the tax haven we flows go through you know trillions of flows are going through tax havens in one way or another so any money that will come into multinational from a relief package will be likely to be going in some way through tax haven or

touching tax havens in some ways so it is you know it's kind of a fact of life the taxpayers are with us it is a very problematic fact fact of life and we do need to crack down very strongly on this stuff and i think this is a very good opportunity to shine a spotlight on it ok nicholas shaxson from the tax justice network a thank you very much for talking with us thanks good to talk to. now for a brief look at what impact the kroner virus is having around the world air b.n. b. is to cut 1900 jobs around 25 percent of its workforce as the impact of global code 9000 restrictions laze ways to the travel industry revenues are forecast to be less than half of what they were in 2019 the home rental company had planned initial public offering this year. schools have reopened in china's hu bay province the ground 0 of the pandemic for the 1st time since they were shut down in january

senior students facing big exams in the summer are the 1st to return to classrooms and it's unclear when junior and middle school pupils will follow. here in germany federal and state ministers are expected to allow the bonus league soccer season to resume play a green light for the leak would make it the 1st of europe's 5 biggest soccer leagues to return to the pitch. to play or not to play that is the question only politicians can answer germany's football league the d.f.l. has revealed more than 10 positive kobe in 1000 cases so far 3 from s.c. cologne the league just started the 1st wave of coronavirus tests last week in preparations to get back on the pitch another wave of testing is underway following the initial positive cases however teams continue to train in compliance with this unseen protocol said by medical experts germany's health minister. has expressed

his support for the bonus league as plans to resume play stating the basic plan makes sense and could serve as a model for other professional sports but we'll have to see how it goes several clubs in the bonus league as 1st division reported 0 positive kovan 1000 tests the d.f.l. has stated should the season go ahead all teams will have to go into quarantine like training camps one week before games restart some players had already expressed their concerns about resuming in mid may but the choice isn't theirs to make. fan groups in germany had reservations about the restart is well as expected no fans will be allowed in the stadiums germany's police union believes fans will gather outside the stadiums regardless of the rules must the show go on the d.f.l. is hoping the politicians will approve the resumption of the buddha's league and 2nd division seasons as soon as may 15th. but if play does resume and then

a player test positive what happens then. well the pen demick has forced the artist christo to postpone a project to wrap the arc de triomphe in paris in fabric that's going to be rescheduled for next year in the meantime people here in berlin can enjoy a retrospective of the installations he completed with his late wife joan called the. has been allowed to go ahead with an exhibition timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the duo's wrapped rockstar. 1905 it looked like a u.f.o. had landed in the middle of berlin christo and his partner john claude had finally made their vision. a reality the summer began with these idyllic surreal scenes the true a 1000000 visitors to the once and future site of the german parliament and. it has

an elegance and an opulent it radiated with magnetic power that simply drew you in . 1905 was the 1st time we met with crystal. it was astonishing to see that every fold and wrinkle he had painted was exactly what you could see in real life later. it was as though he could envision the whole thing. ingrid and thomas your home saw the rapt. they also followed christos other installations for decades forging a friendship with him in the process a new exhibit at the populaire shows their collection in honor of the 25th anniversary of christos project. it did so much good for germany and germany granted them permission with such tolerance and generosity a parliamentary building isn't just any structure. it also shows the beginning of crystal's career when all that was available for him to wrap up with old newspapers

or performers of the 1960 s. it also shows his mammoth projects that the couple struggled for decades to realize such as the gates in new york's central park or the famous bridge in paris their undertakings were always wildly eccentric. christers last spectacular project was floating peers at lake italy in 2016. this was an installation that allowed people to literally walk on water. the artist sent this video message for the exhibitions opening. i'm very happy that all that is now and for the 25 and the rest of that i thank you very much i hope. krista turns 85 in june but despite the death of his partner john claud in 2009 he hasn't lost any of his creative spirit this fall he had planned to rap the uk to

paris a long held wish but the pandemic has forced him to put that project on hold for a year. you're watching deede up you news at all that is news information on our website that's t w dot com and you can all of us on twitter and instagram you know i'm on twitter at tim news stream and terry martin thanks for watching.

the. drive their child and their future. tens of thousands of children o'brien's fighters were orphaned in iraq. could become darius. just the fall of mosul they've been refused papers. and the chance of going to

school. what will become of. close up. next on t w. eco india. how can a country's economy grow in harmony. it's people violent when there are do or look at the bigger picture india a country that faces many challenges engines people are striving to create a sustainable future clever projects from europe and india to keep. him 60 minutes until w. like . oh if only a muggle or just was food for the russian soul. out there steve. so many different walks of life

some are pumping and oddly tried but all of this comes straight from the heart just for a cd or even when there's no money delusion the mush to enjoy come. from the 1st glimpse of the world to their final resting place the russians are d.w. documentary. the tigris river provides the residents of mosul with a welcome relief from the oppressive summer heat perhaps for a few moments these youngsters can forget the war that robbed them of their childhood.