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explore personating world heritage site. w world heritage 36313 hours now. this is g.w. news that live from british prime minister boris johnson addresses the nation after 7 weeks of walked out but if anyone was expecting a rapid end to restrictions they'll be disappointed with the 2nd highest death toll in the world johnson's plan is cautious also coming up on the show. germany keeps a close eye on infection rates amid lucinda locked out measures while newly
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reported outbreaks in slaughterhouses put the spotlight on living conditions for contract workers are from eastern europe. nowhere to go and nothing to eat thousands have been left homeless in the kenyan capital nairobi after the government's flashed into their homes in the midst of a global pandemic. i'm claire richardson and welcome to the show britain's prime minister boris johnson a tonight unveiled a roadmap for exit in britain's lockdown and a televised announcement he outlined a cautious relaxation of some of the measures but encouraged everyone to carry on observing social distancing britain has the highest official coronavirus death toll in europe. and it's thanks to your effort and sacrifice in stopping the spread of
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this disease the death rate is coming down and hospital admissions are coming down and thanks to you we protected us and saved many thousands of lives and so you know that it would be madness not to throw away that achievement by allowing a 2nd spike we must stay afloat we must continue to control the virus and save long over more details i'm joined by w. correspondent charlotte potts in london charlotte what is boris johnson's core message here. well almost 2 months into the lockdown the government has changed its message from stay at home which was really the message for the last 2 months to stay alert meaning that more workers should return to work if possible but boris johnson also made very clear that it is not a quick way out of this lockdown that he will ease restrictions very slowly
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carefully and conditionally over the next few months 2 things i found interesting there is going to be a coronavirus alert system similar to a terrorist threat level alert system warning people how severe the spread of the virus is at a certain moment in time in the country and there will be he said a quarantine for all passengers arriving in the united kingdom though he did not elaborate if there would be any exceptions to that and when that quarantine might be become to be in place and do we have an idea of what exactly is going to change and when. well he outlined a 3 step plan there baby steps really for the way out of the lockdown of tomorrow monday. in the manufacturing and construction industry in the street will return to work he said that on wednesday from wednesday onwards people are allowed to enjoy
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themselves in the parks they can go sunbathing or picnic they can do as much exercise as they want from june 1st and so in 3 weeks parts of primary schools might open in some shops and in july the hospitality industry might slowly be opening up but that only if he said if the reproduction rate stays down that would be a necessity for the easing of the lockdown when from where you stand how would you say his announcement is being received. well i think many people are very happy that they are also exhausted from the law that has been in place for almost 2 months so they are happy that they have a little bit freedom of spending time outside but this announcement already received lots of criticism from the opposition labor party and also from industries saying that it doesn't go quickly enough to lock down this is coming from the industries and the opposition labor party saying the message is absolutely too
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confusing what does it mean and also workers would only have 12 hours now to prepare to go back for work so overall. negative feedback coming towards that announcement from the prime minister that tonight charlotte part said thank you for your reporting. here in germany the coronavirus infection rate has risen above the critical value of one that means every 10 patients are infecting 11 other people on average the country's public health agency says it's too early to draw conclusions but that the infection rate needs to be closely monitored this comes after many lockdown restrictions have been lifted cafes and restaurants have opened in northern germany and warm spring weather has brought more people out onto the streets and into parks. the rise in the infection rate in germany has also coincided with several clusters of new cases in meat processing plants the
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outbreaks have led to the temporary closure of 2 companies employing hundreds of contract workers from eastern europe our correspondent just sent us this report from one of the affected towns in western germany. animals are no longer being slaughtered here but goods are still being transported this large meat processing plant has been shut down at least 190 workers have tested positive for the corona virus the real number of workers infected is probably higher and that's provoked a backlash especially against the working conditions where a subcontractor employs hundreds of workers from eastern europe. they take used book made up people have to work 60 hours a week and more people who have to live in rundown mold infested cramped conditions who are carted to work and back in packed buses and vans it's dangerous and that's why i am protesting you know the reports of poor living conditions for these workers are nothing new but now the infection rate is rising and that affects
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everyone who lives in the area the regional government relaxed the lockdown conditions a week ago but not in the town of khowst felt. the gun advocate of all the workers here i think that and this wave of infections this exponential wave of infections will hit close held yet that's not getting lots of calls from local people and we are really scared and a local politician wants to show us why she takes us to a nearby village just a 15 minute drive away where many eastern european workers are housed. in them that look they write all the names here. names on the door are all romanian this man says he lives here he won't tell us his name but he says he comes from suit you a city in transylvania he's not wearing a face mask and tells us the house has been placed under quarantine. going to.
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the politician calls police to tell them that other people from the house are moving freely around the village and going shopping. local officials turned up half an hour later when i was up and i'll be going up i assume that these residential buildings had already been tested and that they put people who have been infected and people who had contact to them under quarantine and the border is over that really doesn't look like that they've only just started testing and that's very late this is from about 3 good local people who are deeply concerned more than ever. let's have a look at the latest developments in the krona virus pandemic health officials in the u.s. state of new york are now investigating dozens of cases of an inflammatory illness in children which has been linked to cove at 19 spain has registered its lowest
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a daily death toll since mid march the number dropped to 143 on sunday and greece is extending a krone virus locked down on migrant camps until may 21st the country imposed a lockdown in late march. seniors in most parts of turkey have been enjoying their 1st time outdoors in maine in nearly 2 months that's after the government exempted people over 65 a from lockdown measures allowing them to leave their homes between 11 am and 3 pm in istanbul they have the outdoors a practically to themselves and the everyone else in 31 regions is still under orders to stay home this weekend to slow the spread of kovac 19 and the 1st time seniors in turkey have ventured out of their homes since march 21st and some of them shared their feelings with. it we did you hear the elderly are outside it's so strange i will never forget this i have never seen something like this in my whole life but it's so beautiful out here it's calm and clean or to look to tend to
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miss you know the sun it's beautiful breathing i'd side with this breeze is so much nicer than breathing inside a room through an open window make took that. very beautiful i feel like we've been in prison for the past 45 days if everybody would have stayed home for these 45 days maybe the disease would already have been. repaired. i don't miss anything while staying at home i keep myself busy all of the time so i don't get bored. my whole life. and what i miss most it's getting together with friends and going out use sitting in a café i also miss doing much shopping. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world 3 united nations peacekeepers have been killed and 4 severely wounded by
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a roadside bomb in northern mali it shot in soldiers a war on a routine patrol in the region of when the blast occurred the un has some 13000 troops deployed in mali. u.s. treasury secretary stephen the nation has warned of the jobless numbers in the u.s. are going to get much worse before they get better but he said the bigger risk is to keep businesses closed during the pandemic the u.s. unemployment rate jumped to almost 15 percent in april the highest since the great depression. more than 7000 people have been left homeless in the kenyan capital nairobi after the government forcibly evicted them and boulders their homes authorities say the settlements was were built illegally on government owned land but according to residents the evictions couldn't have come at a worse time and that economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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they're returning home to scavenge things to sell or to help themselves build new temporary accommodation. like this. government with everything that is happening around the demolition of houses with no notice very early in the morning 5 in the morning when you are sleep especially in that 10 years they were in that then they sleep is ok tell you to install but i'm sorry to say that the government is not seeing as us as human beings like good so ships on monday because bulldozers mostly one people were sleeping at home with their families. when. they came in demolished our houses and we have nowhere to go now just the markets know they should tell us where to go my child is outside i have to come to hospital so i can get renshaw house jobs has been lost we want to know where all right. the must demolitions ignored a court order to wait and hear the case of the kerio banky residents who the
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government claims were living illegally and stay timelines they triggered riots the police responded with tear gas and water cannons. on a morning politicians handed out food parcels to needy families so what we're saying is at this time let's think the list inside the less fortunate that is what you. are but the food will be little comfort to the thousands who just lost their homes during a global pandemic. social distancing help slow the spread of the krona virus but it's also put an end to most cultural events across europe this spring now theaters movies music that's unless someone gets inventive and that is the case in the czech capital prague. quick sound check as the last few. people role look for the only gig in town.
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with concert halls closed and festivals written off across europe this pop up event is drawing the crowds of assault the producer says it's fun but he'll be happy when it's over. for the 1st time in my life i'm looking forward to the end of a project i'm working on. an edition the 1st one to you all up but it's great at least we're not stuck at home for a change and we get to listen to some live music so well it's good. time for the musicians it's a change from the locked down routine of practice back at home in front of a mirror. needs to exalted skills and we've never done anything so out there playing for cars especially in this kind of weather where we might get wet and the others stay dry that's something new. for these music fans
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a look down this parking lot is as close to paradise as possible. here watching the dow billionaires a reminder you can get the latest on our website that's w dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram at state of the unions i'm sorry richardson on behalf of me and the team in berlin thanks for joining us. this state of emergency is the normal. people around the world are documenting this tragic times. they're keeping a diary. and welcoming us into. the.
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