video and or you know. any. w. media sector. this is the w. news live from berlin germany gets back to business boss within limits officials clear the way for restaurants shops of all sizes and schools to reopen but chancellor angela merkel warns that a spike in new corona virus infections could lead to lockdown again. also coming up a gas leak at a chemical plant on india's east coast kills at least 8 people struggling to

breathe collapsed in the street and hundreds have been hospitalized. just a spectator a quiet wedding at city hall away from their friends because of that and. what they got was something of a blast from the past a drive in waiting with 30 cars 60 friends. happy to come. as welcome to the program germany is back in business boss keeping the option to shut down again that's the word from chancellor angela merkel who announced the easing of some coronavirus lockdown measures in the coming weeks germany's 16 states well now manage the gradual reopening of more businesses and schools it will

be a balancing act between preventing infection and allowing public life to resume. in the town of vine ma in central germany restaurants and cafes have already started to reopen customers must be seated outside with their need 2 people allowed per table itself service and there are strict hygiene rules but for many this is more than enough to says. it's wonderful it's liberating and healthy i think. it's nice to see how happy people are it's joyful through scripture for the record i'm happy to be able to go out again it's a group from saturday more restaurants in cafes across germany as well as all shops will start to reopen as part of the next phase in relaxing lockdown restrictions but there will be regional variations due to germany's federal division of power as

. we have seen good progress as far as the number of new infections is concerned that means we can now take further steps. but we have to be careful to keep control of the emergency response mechanism we have to fed it means i can feel quite confident. before that means that if the number of infections rises too high in any region tougher restrictions must be introduced there but for now it's up to the 16 state governments to decide how and when to reopen daycare facilities restaurants and hotels social distancing rules are to be extended for another month although members of 2 separate households can now meet large events like concerts remain banned until the end of august but the bundesliga football season will be allowed

to resume in mid may with strict rules in place. germany is gradually reopening obit with restrictions but these regained freedoms will only last as long as the corona virus infection rate remains under control and that's one of the problems political correspondent kate brady is covering this story for us kate jon is infectious disease agency the robot that caught institute has just this morning warns that could be a 2nd wave before autumn how to start factor into the government plans. well it certainly plays a huge role in the government's plans right now and something that they will be keeping an eye on both at state and federal level as the restrictions are east across germany and as you say the robert cole institute confirmed as well as today that of reproduction rate in germany now has fall into north point $65.00 but at

the same time the vice president of the situ said that this is not a signal that germany has the all clear and right now as angela merkel has said on several occasions until there is a vaccine created 19 is very much going to be present in german life and in this new normal but germans are now going to be getting new c. as a restrictions that eased on public life. yeah this new normal while many businesses are being given the green light for this new normal parents in particular are very happy was that. in fact it has been a lot of comparisons drawn in the last few hours or so since those announcements were made yesterday afternoon by angela merkel not only because of things like the one this leader will be able to resume albeit behind closed doors but that there are also plans in place for things like tourism gastronomy and those of her thesis cultural events but the one thing that seems to be missing so far is daycare and kindergartens and that has drawn huge criticism from parents who are desperately

trying to balance working from home at the minute many of them wanting to also return to work or working in offices all the place of work where possible as well right now but there's also been criticism on the lack of measures being taken to ensure that day care for everyone from the social democrats and also the green party as well as social democrats leave one of the co-leaders saying today that this sense of facial signal to families so there has been huge criticism on that front and all we heard from angela merkel yesterday. was that it is going to take a while and of course that also concerns as well especially for those children fun from vulnerable homes who are in more difficult situations and what stay at home for longer might mean for them germany states now have a lot of freedom in terms of how far and how fast they go and relaxing restrictions or reducing them in fact what's the emergency brake and who's going to pull them.

so basically this is a threshold that's being set and each individual state will be responsible for this so if that all 50 or more than 50 new cases 100000 inhabitants in a district in the last 7 days then the state each individual state will be responsible for every implementing restriction so we could indeed see pockets all of many lock downs and restrictions being reimplemented here in germany in germany similar to the ones that we've seen over the in previous weeks. brady thank you. and here's a round up of some of the latest news more than 3700000 people have been infected with the coronavirus globally and more than 260000 have died according to data from johns hopkins university russia has passed germany and france to rank face on the list of countries with the most infections a new record daily spike of more than 11000 new cases pushed russia's total case

though past 177000 spain has extended its state of emergency for 2 more weeks from sunday and turkey says it has brought the outbreak under control and will set out new social guidelines and business practices to prevent a resurgence. in india at least 8 people have died when a gas leak from a chemical factory factory is located in the city of. hundreds of people who rushed to hospital and almost 3000 evacuated from nearby villages footage shows people suffering from the apparent dizziness south korea that owns the factory says the gas leak has now been brought under control. to find out more we're now joined by g.w. correspondent many russia diary in delhi many were described to us what happened in the early hours of the morning when the polls have been coming in about this

disturbing incident since morning from what we know now was a gas leak from a chemical plant in mobile just situated near the southern city overshot coupling also midnight amounting to g.m. in the morning there was a gas leak which spread to about 3 kilometer radius don't want to be religious and at the moment at least 8 people have died including one child and hundreds have been hospitalized after healing this gets and the visual which as we mentioned have these coming in showing people out on the streets you know we've been a victim i found which have come out which i quoted as saying that while they were sleeping the deathlessness felt what's going on finally felt a burning sensation in their skin that often and when they were stepped out of the house to figure out what was happening they fell and points just after you hear this. what kind of gas are we talking about here what does the factory produce.

well it's as you point it will plant it is the war in the making of oil and more specifically polystyrene which is used in the making rubber leaf takes another other appliance of that so what's a plastic and reportedly the gas which was leaked. now this gas is toxic and it can be very harmful and it can be fatal if it is inherently specially by children in large concentrated amounts so at the moment according to you they are trying to evacuate people from the areas here by the nuns and they are being a wife to cover their face with a wet cloth. so this is if you're actually on the controls hours there's still a risk to public health but immediate measures have been taken the prime minister took notice of this incident this morning and he arranged a meeting with the indian which is the national disaster management of the n.b.a. may have been working closely with the local government in the states where this incident took place and the local government is trying really hard to save lives they have given out differently say that the district officials should take every

forcible measures to save life and door to door dress to operations are going on at the moment and there are conflicting reports which are coming in as to how many widely happened there are reports we're just saying that since the plant will shut because of the knockdown up of the column of 19 and that is why a chemical reaction to flee which because of the team was were left on a stand to fall on the backs of why that was in the oil and the other hand there is a official who was then called to the saying of the local government official who i think will do the same that the locals were actually preparing to open the plant and to restart the plant and they were the attempt to do that which is what led to the gats need so at the moment the priority is to save the lives of the people who are walks of life going to many people who are still unconscious even after all lives and basically evacuated the religious any of the. reports from delhi that thank you. time for

a brief look now at some of the other stories making headlines today iraq has a new prime minister the former intelligence chief most of deeney was sworn in after lawmakers approved his cabinet lineup and in 5 months of political deadlock is government faces an array of problems including a severe economic crisis the prospect of renewed anticorruption protests. china's exports unexpectedly rose by 3.5 percent in april despite the ongoing covert 19 pandemic and its destructive effect on the global economy but the outlook for china's exports remains bleak as the health causes around the world sparks fears of a global recession. economic activity in russia has plunged by a 3rd because of the lockdown which was imposed in late march president vladimir putin wants that there could be more restrictions as the throne of ours continues to spread of the country. now in the midst of the pandemic

couples around the globe are still trying to make their weddings memorable in one german city the mayor is offering a helping hand a drive in ceremony and that's quite a production. this wedding is going hollywood sort of janine in philip schultz tie the knot at a do so to our drive in theater they guest on their cars because of the coronavirus only a wedding for 2 was planned but then i'm gonna hurt it down. on thursday i was called to see if we would like to from the registry office would carry out the wedding himself and of course we said yes without thinking yes i got there could be 30 cars we didn't count on that otherwise we could only have celebrated alone at the registry office. the car's all decorated in the colors of the bundesliga club for tonight dusseldorf a wish of the newlyweds they're big fans then things got serious by now i mean my

name is thomas gazal i am the mayor of the city of dusseldorf as my main job i'm no guillory register as a part time job this is an activity particularly enjoyed doing. the muffled sound from the car radios the separating plexiglas it doesn't matter if it takes the spotlight away from the romance movies do you know how legally connected spouses by law. you. guess congratulate the happy couple with a concept of peeping from behind the wheel the perfect with the horns you know exactly great feeling it couldn't be nicer. and overjoyed bride and groom no virus in the world could change that. good luck to them the anonymous british artist banksy is known for his subversive street os that pops up in unexpected places his latest piece is a tribute to health workers on the front line against covert 19 a surprise stop at southampton general hospital in southern england it shows

a boy who's discarded spider-man and batman in favor of his prize new action hero a nurse the work will be auctioned off to raise money for britain's national health service. you're watching g.w. news don't forget you can keep in touch with the news on our website as well that's t w dot com and to follow us on twitter instagram and go to office i'll be back with an update at the top of the. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. code 19 special next on d w.