this is do you have are you new slide from berlin twice pleaded guilty to criminal charges but after pressure from president trump the case against one time aide michael flynn has been dropped the f.b.i. says flynn lied about contacts with russia and the justice department has drawing harsh criticism from democrats but high praise from truck also coming up. europe steps towards normality france and germany begin a gradual easing off coronavirus respects and the goal to get business back on track without spreading the clone of our shops schools and restaurants will be open

. class as locked on nuisance several baltic states create their own travel bubble citizens of lithuania and latvia and estonia can take advantage of their country's prick response to the pandemic. also on the show it can be only going 1st that once they got their tails to become the 1st major sports league to restart its season during the global pandemic officials note every single step will be scrutinized. by merely for the most unwelcome the u.s. justice department has asked a judge to drop its criminal case against president although struck donald trump's former national security adviser michael flynt and 2017 flynn pleaded guilty to lying to f.b.i. officials during an independent investigation into russia's interference in the

26000 presidential election the move from the justice department comes as flynn was attempting to withdraw that p.t. earlier i asked our washington correspondent stephanie what reaction he's hurt since the justice department's vote. well of course across the political spectrum this is very different right now republicans are seeing this as far as early indications seem to hint it's a vindication of the general michael flynn democrats are really angry the chairman of the judiciary committee of the house nader just announced that he will seek a deal jay what stock investigation as well as having bill bob the attorney general in front of the company to testify. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world based in part on mobile telephone video police in the u.s. state of georgia have arrested white father and son for the shooting death of

a black man in february the case has sparked protests and unrest since the video in which 3 shotgun blasts can we hear it emerged earlier this week. more than 260 people have been killed during heavy rains in eastern africa with kenya somalia rwanda and uganda the worst hit an estimated 11000 people have been affected by this year's floods. potence parliament has agreed that the upcoming presidential election can be held exclusively by postal vote the ruling party suggest a 12th of july for the date the announcement comes a day after the governing coalition gave up on holding the poll on sunday. germany's biggest ally says it's negotiating a 9000000000 euro government bailout in return the government wants a 25 percent stake in the kariya and representation on its advisory board the lockdown has grounded the airline down at

a cost of billions in lost revenues. in france people have endured one of europe's toughest lock downs for nearly 2 months that will begin to change text week the number of coronavirus cases is falling and some businesses will be allowed to restart but hundreds of local mayors urging the government to delay the reopening of school spam for monday as in other countries the french authorities are under pressure to get the economy moving again. maryanne in a mask france's lockdown was stricter than most now the government has presented its plan for a gradual lifting of france's social commercial and industrial quarantine. we've entered a new stage in our fight against pandemic and it's good news for france and the french people. businesses are set to reopen on monday 42 percent of french employees are on reduced hours or if not work at all since the

17th of march schools are to open gradually despite misgivings from some parents trains and transit services also restart on monday but only about half of the rolling stock is ready to operate. the government has promised to provide masks for everyone and carry out 700000 tests a week. but people are skeptical after 2 months of strict measures they believe their government has botched the response to the current crisis and they should have started large scale testing immediately like in germany i think there's no clear course it's all back and forth we're sick of it 3 years ago to the day emanuel mccaughan was bathing in the glory of his election victory now it seems much of that glory has faded. meanwhile germany is also getting back to business as usual but with the option of locking down again if necessary some coronavirus restrictions will be eased over the next few weeks restaurants and shops are slowly

reopened again and so are schools. suntan is and you guessed you'd end and today she is finally on her way back to school in berlin after 4 weeks of learning at home through online f. and she is now cycling towards her teachers and classmates to see them face to face . as when i miss you and all the little bit excited and nervous about how it will go but above all i'm really looking forward to it. she'll be back together with her school friends but not all of them to keep students safe germany has implemented strict hygiene rules face masks must be worn and could only be taken off inside the classroom only a small number of pupils is allowed in one room. teacher visors says it makes group work a lot more difficult if your. large groups create completely different

dynamics completely different interaction then you get in small groups and. teachers and students are asked to use this in fact and and keep a distance but that's only possible if the total number of people in the building is limited therefore only a few selected subjects are being taught in from person and teachers have to continue lessons despite being back at school. that can be a challenge explains headmaster to b. . and d. come here here they come here to attend classes and then when they get home there are video conferences with the other half of the class always other learning groups the homework arrives through the portal the teachers have to correct that as well their workload has increased significantly. sometimes grateful that she can now go back to school at least a few days a week she even sees some advantages in the new approach. so it felt

a bit strange at 1st but it's basically a good thing and it went really well and it was quite nice to work in such a small group. on talent. these small groups are likely to remain in the reality for months to come like other aspects of life school may never be the same again. as countries around the world relaxed pandemic restrictions 3 baltic states have agreed to create a free travel bubble within the european union let's say in your last via and reopen their shared borders allowing free movement from country to country for their citizens it all starts next week. reported stacy bivins joins me now with more so stacy most countries are easing their restrictions only for their own citizens so why do these 3 countries go as far as open their border to each other they say that now is the time to do it that

they reacted in a responsible and a quick way. early to be able to provide their citizens a little bit of normalcy so they're opening up at least a part of the european union and again we're talking about lithuania latvia and estonia and they say they sprung into action early and took early steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus when the pen to make a europe lithuania disk declared a state of emergency in late february and then immediately shut down the entire country and then you had a stone you know who on the exact same day march 13th. they also declared states of emergency and this is as you know weeks ahead of the united states and the united kingdom which lead the world in the 1st and 2nd highest rates of the coronavirus so when we take a closer look at this block of nations these 3 baltic states the population is about 6000000 and of that population they've only had 120 deaths and the infection

the new infection rates are are slowly trickling and so they feel like they have a handle on this and they believe that they again they owe this to the quick response that they had and that this has paved the way for them to be able to open at least a portion of the european union to the to their citizens it does sound really nice to get away and travel to other countries but how is it actually going to work yeah i mean free movement is the cornerstone of the european union as an american i looked at it with envy and i see people here feeling very frustrated that they're stuck at home or on their balconies or just in their neighborhood and they would like to be able to. go someplace and so it's it's a it's an it's a start this is what the nations are saying that this is a scaled down version of what the european union is about this free movement of travel and so they say they feel if they're they're heading in the right direction

so these 3 nations will be able to enjoy this multinational travels starting next friday that's may 15th and some of the perks that they don't have to do the 14 day quarantine so they are able to just travel like they're normally would they don't have to deal with that but other visitors because they're accepting other visitors now for a while especially with the when you close their borders to no flights coming in. but now people who are coming in will have to do the 14 day quarantine and other safety rules apply so social distancing like you and or wearing the face mask and washing hands and so this is this is how they're doing it and they're hoping that more european union countries will be able to take part. thank you so much you're welcome. and here is a roundup of the latest pandemic news more than 3.3.7000000 people have been

infected with a corona virus globally and 265 thousands have died president and a number of white house staffers will now be tested daily for the virus because of a military aide tested positive for a covert 1000 the 8 has recently had contact with the president the death toll in sweden has passed 3000 the government there has been both criticized and praised for holding to loosen restrictions on the rest of europe mexico has reported nearly 30000 confirmed cases in total. next weekend will mark the restart of german bundesliga football it's a controversial step the 1st major sports league to resume play during the global pandemic professional assays and sports franchises around the world will be watching closely. the german football league has been plotting to church turn to the pitch with assistance from doctors and politicians for months now the but this

league is in pole position to show the rest of the world how german football strategy worked to get the green light from the state. does into sunday's in concert the interest in our concept is huge and i don't know if it's possible to apply this concept to other countries one to one but we are going to share the knowledge and how we work with it also the mistakes we make of course we are going to make mistakes we want to contribute to the rebound of sports across the world by showing solidarity real it will go on to. buy new combed the world players association and brother organization over several professional sport players unions across the globe responded to the announcement of the book is that is ritter. when he believed about who won and i made that very best practice we were very impressed with the common. man while he was saying that you know

leadership example we have to have a mock and what where when it comes to how you relate going to governing body now you can do to. the other major football leagues the premier league in england italy syria in spades little league are still without a definitive restart date but they are making strides to have one surely they'll be taking notes from the blueprint germany has laid out. you're watching t.v. news don't forget you can keep in touch with the news on our website that's t w dot com and you can follow us on twitter and on instagram at. this is the last night of the year to see a super moon which is a full moon as it's tells us possible distance to the earth if it's out the way you are we've got you covered with images of the simple moon you can almost reach out and touch it.

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