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this is deja vu news live from berlin and across europe nations are grappling with how best to ease their coronavirus restrictions in france commuters of one train station in the capital receiving masks as they head back to work for the 1st time in nearly 8 weeks moshav and businesses are reopening but many restrictions in france remaining in place. and in britain boris johnson's address the nation results and confusion on how hill and the law down to the prime minister is set to
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give further details later today on his plan to get people there back to work. and is the best demick calling return to traditional gender roles with women taking on the lion's share of housework and home schooling to take a look at the situation here in germany. brian thomas great to have you with us today across europe countries are now easing their coronavirus restrictions even as fears remain of a possible 2nd wave of infections we'll bring you the very latest from germany the u.k. and france where millions are heading back to work after 2 months there under one of europe's toughest lockdowns people in france can now for example visit shops get their hair cut without 1st having. perrot. for
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weeks now paris is main landmarks have been quiet. silenced by a virus that wreaked havoc across france. since march the 17th people ordered to stay home lockdown rules further tightened at the beginning of april when all outdoor activities in paris were banned. but still the number of deaths from corona virus continued to rise. health care workers on the front line among the dead. tonight our country has reached a symbolic and particularly painful mile start with more than $20000.00 deaths. as the growing need for food banks is shown the lockdown has also highlighted france's inequalities. in mid april civil unrest broke out in paris is
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northern suburbs over claims that police were using heavy handed tactics against minorities. the economy has also been hit hard by the lock down. france is officially in recession with its biggest contraction since the end of the 2nd world war. with pressure mounting it's no wonder the politicians have been so desperate to begin opening up the country once again. never in the history of our going to be treated hopefully seen as a situation not even during the war not during the occupation not during previous. never never has the country been confined as it is today. but france's president emanuel. is the latest wild leader hoping to save his country
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without costing more lives. for more let's bring indeed abuse lisa standing by for us in paris good morning to you lisa a breath of fresh air this morning in paris but not all the countries opening the same way some areas are being classified as red zones what's happening in those areas yes absolutely the overseas territory yet for example there the restrictions are not being lifted yet in other areas in eastern france and here in the paris region that means that public parks and schools will not open for now and here in paris during rush hour public transport is more restricted you will still need a document saying that you need to take public transport 3 hours in the morning 3 hours in the afternoon early evening to show that you need to take it and actually for example you go to work because the public transport companies here want to
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limit the amount of the passenger amounts to 15 percent of its normal volume really what's the people what's the government going to do rather to get people back to work projections right now are are indicating that this lack of activity public activity will lead to a contraction of at least 8 percent of the french economy what's the government going to do to get the people back into their jobs. well the government is spending 110000000000 euros to get the economy back on track it will provide subsidies for companies it's financing unemployment benefits for up to 8000000 additional people at the moment it's trying to alleviate employers charges so that companies can stay afloat and it is saying obviously at the moment you know people should go back to work but those who can work from home should stay at home so that the transport and other parts of the cities don't get overcrowded and the
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spread of the paid to epidemic will not increase again. what's the mood against this kind of background a lot of uncertainty out there this morning as paris as the country reopens how are people feeling about all this. well 2 thirds of the french are worried about the lifting of restrictions and you can see that actually some people were fearing that public transport trains etc and the roads would be overcrowded but that's not the case many people are saying you know we're going to stay at home watch the situation there are really very of of this virus and of the fact that it could spread even faster than before hand so many people fear a 2nd wave of this and i asked saying at home also schools are now bit by bit opening again across the country and 2 thirds of the parents are actually saying no we're going to keep our children at home that's an option for at least
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a few weeks now ok lisa thanks so much live from paris this morning. well cos the channel british prime minister boris johnson is set to provide more details on his plan to reopen society there on sunday here dress the nation to announce a roadmap for phasing out and democrats frictions but opposition politicians union leaders and business groups are calling for more clarity they say johnson speech only succeeded in sowing confusion. to lock down must continue that was the key message behind prime minister boris johnson's address on sunday as he warned the british public to stay alert. and thanks to you we protected our n.h.s. 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 with the government criticized for its slow reaction to the outbreak opposition members despite this update as
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a mixed message scotland wales and northern ireland have sent their lock down rules will remain johnson stressed the importance of maintaining lockdown possible taney asli introducing cautious many steps towards normality and from this wednesday we want to encourage people to take more and even unlimited amounts of door exercise you can sit in the sun in your local park you can drive to other destinations but the earliest by june 1st shops would reopen and the younger pupils could head back to schools all this only if infection rates and the number of deaths what's a further decrease we must reverse rapidly the or flip it a mix in care homes and in the n.h.s. and if we're to control those bars then we must have a world beating system for testing potential victims and for tracing their contacts with the u.k. continuing to suffer the highest official death toll in europe it faces a long road ahead
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a return to business as usual maybe many months from now. well just how long is that road mass is with us now from london for more a better get what's going to change now can it can you give us some clarity on that . well i think most people would be quite glad that from wednesday they are allowed to meet outside to meet a friend keep their distance of course but go outside more also for a limited exercise so i think this is what's changing in people's private lives and people are will be very very relieved about that however a bit more controversially is the situation around working so you have mentioned in the piece that people are encouraged to go to work if they call and work from home however there is not a lot of guidance on what exactly that means and how are people even getting to walk when we know that we don't have
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a lot in terms of public transport this quite decrease for example here in london not a lot of trains and buses are running so how is that going to work in practice the government is saying that there will give more details and they give more clarity and i think this is what especially from the unions who are really worried about this definitely is needed. what else have been some of the responses that you're hearing this criticism from the unions is everyone waiting for later today to get more details. yes for later today and also for the next days and weeks we'll we'll know more about the details of the plan however it's really worrying that for example scotland wales and northern ireland are not going to gether with england and have been really rejecting the prime minister's message so this i think is a new development because so far there has been u.k.
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has been moving along as as one country but now. it might be fragile see i think that for the government also not so not a very welcome reaction that the leaders of the other nations are not going with with the u.k. government so the prime minister will have a lot of work to do in order to bring people on board bring the unions on board and also work with scotland wales and northern ireland ok he has a lot of work to bring the regions in the u.k. together to get labor on board all of this coming as the country still faces the leaving the e.u. is that still on track. well this is nominally on track so britain has left the european union we're now in the so-called transition phase that ends though at the end of the year and negotiations are underway on the future relationship between the u.k. and the european union and it's very much hope that
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a trade deal can be agreed however with the coronavirus crisis we know that the the focus is very much on the immediate crisis and not really breaks it so a lot of people who are watching these negotiations closely are very worried that is not enough progress and that there will not be a trade deal at the end of the year and that of course brings economic consequences of another magnitude to a country that's already economically very very shaken like so many others across the world from the coronavirus crisis so much at stake there in the u.k. bigger mosse thanks so much for that from london. well here in germany the drone of virus infection rate has risen above the critical value of one now that means that every 10 people with the virus are infecting 11 other people on average the country's public health agency says it is too early to
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draw any firm conclusions but that this infection rate needs to be closely monitored. this comes after many restrictions on movement have been lifted cafes and restaurants of open the northern germany warm spring weather has been bringing out more people onto the streets and into the parks. and playgrounds across germany have also reopened giving children and parents very welcome relief after weeks stuck indoors many families have been struggling to balance the new demands of childcare and home schooling on top of their jobs and some new surveys are showing it's women who are bearing the brunt of that work at home during the pen demick those findings are raising a question are the gains of gender equality eroding as a result of the strikes it's. sometimes happiness is simply a trip to a reopened local playground a rare moment of respite from constant crisis mode after 8 weeks of parenting
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through a pandemic. mom i can so mom i'm a mom can you do this mom it's not working mommy i want this i want that all i want . i'm fair my own. with day cares and elementary schools closed across germany the pandemic has made motherhood and around the clock job again for many moms it means the challenge of managing both the kids and the office at home. during meetings and video conferences she's right there the whole time it's very distracting and hard to concentrate on anything he does have to whenever i was busy with him i was worrying about work and the things that i couldn't get done you have to manage from work it's really difficult excuse me. if you just feel torn between child and job not for many women it's often the career that suffers between working from home housework helping the kids with their homework and acting in their school teacher
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or task that primarily fall on women. sociologists say that while many men do offer support it's women who bear the brunt of unpaid care work. right now we're seeing a real regression in terms of gender equality because we didn't finish the job before corona hit by making sure that boat has hold and paid work interest tributed between men and women. working mom or housewife or both at the same time some worry the pandemic could be reinforcing traditional gender stereotypes we're already seeing that women struggle more and that careers as a result of interruptions and part time work this has negative repercussions both in the short and long term. right now the playground gives these moms a well deserved break but sharing the burden of this crisis requires a more concerted effort from everyone. and this crisis has of course called has
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caused heavy job losses across many sectors of the german economy for example we have some new numbers from the countries institute about half of all german hotels and restaurants cut staff and april in the auto sector for example nearly 40 percent of businesses laid off workers we're seeing a similar picture as well for travel agencies. our financial correspondent chelsea delaney is following this story for us good morning to chelsea the government has been spending billions of euros throughout germany to aid the stem of job losses is this latest report a sign that more needs to be spent. there certainly is a call for more and more more and more stimulus efforts here in germany and the government has already put a lot of money particularly into those so-called short time works it's really.
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the gold standard for a lot of countries and how to sort of manage a labor market crisis like this and it allows the government to pay part of the wages and salaries for employees when their employer needs to cut back those hours temporarily so it's really credited with helping prevent mass layoffs during the financial crisis here in germany and right now it's being really heavily used there about 10000000 workers who have who have filed for this short time work scheme but even with that we are seeing layoffs across pretty much every industry right now the unemployment rate in germany is going up so there is a permanent damage being done to the labor market here at this point we do reserve movements are being eased now in germany and elsewhere businesses as a result will be able to reopen spec'd is not going to have a quick positive effect on your car. economists really say of the key word is going to be gradual. over the next few weeks
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a lot of the existing restrictions are going to be lifted here in germany so restaurants bigger stores will be open but we have seen a lot of has a tense among consumers to get back into into the stores for example to car dealerships which have been open for a couple of weeks now even as those have opened consumers have been really hasn't to go back to shopping so there is even as these restrictions lift a longer term question over when demand will really return to normal is a big question for a lot of people when will that demand return chelsea lately frankfurt thanks very much. well in croatia they're hoping demand for tourism is going to be returning quickly the restrictions meant to contain we spending holidaymakers on croatia's coast. this year businesses are struggling yet many here believe when travel restrictions are lifted
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the title ton in kuwait has favor what definitely is one of the biggest advantages today of crazy. geographic position creation coast and especially northern part of create a chaise few hours by car from major source markets every year 20000000 visitors are drawn to the region's historic shorelines and point fishing villages. 19 means far fewer will come this year but the country's largest tourism company is getting ready for those that do arrive our main message this year is to provide more space for each guest and we can surely do that in our hotels in our campsites there is a lot of outdoor space and i think that will be a benefit to our guests here in the meantime the downturn has left locals with a little more room to room. particularly in the popular history and fortress.
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cities and. there is no crowds crowds or anything and i feel much better i have to say perhaps not everyone then desperate for a return to normal. this is d.w. live from berlin still to come on our show rock fans in prague enjoying a live music out of driving festival will roll up to the only game in town. but 1st it's to kenya where a 2nd wave of desert locusts has descended on east africa estimates indicating will be 20 times worse than the swarms that made their way through the region just 2 months ago the u.n. says these locusts present an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods . this is home for the some boru tribe they and since recently millions of locusts the terrain is difficult but locusts trackers working
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for the u.n. food in agriculture than ization only have 2 helicopters locals often go by foot snow my let's talk little custom places that's going to be accessible by my hold my back so the if we can talk will full come to us in the vitalists locust swarms coming golf hectares of land and as they eat their own body weight each day the swarms devour practically everything in their wake the world bank warns that the horn of africa could lose more than $7000000000.00 euros worth of crops crops like moses muchos tomatoes. i don't know whether god will send us any angels the truth is that we promise have been totally written off it's obvious will be wiped out. regular rainfall has been contributing to the locus population explosion and the cove in 1000 crisis is slowing down the fight against this infestation. this and the distances that we use
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. and what you hobbes in front of him and us locked down in the transponder and then you'll have a hideous little movement of this the u.n. feeds 20000000 people in the region but is now warning that the number of hungry people could double so let's get more now on this story with the w. solar neko joining us from nairobi good day to sell a very disturbing story here a 2nd wave of locusts are you already seeing some affects on the food supply and jobs where you are. well at the moment everybody here is focused on the corona crisis so so it's not the 1st wave of work that was there in january didn't have such a huge impact they affected individual farmers villages and families. where partly all of the crops were destroyed but they haven't have had
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a country wide impact at as of yet so because at that time the farmers had harvested part of most of the crops already but the 2nd way it's more difficult because there are because farmers have just planted in march and april and so the new crops are just coming out so if the locusts go into the more cultural regions then they will. they will attack these new crops and there will be no and the planting season will basically. have been for nothing in officials are expressing the hope that the local swarms will be abating by june or july is is that realistic with rescue some of the supplies some of the farming areas you just. well that is the hope because especially because june and july are the main big next harvesting season. but there are a couple of challenges to that 1st of all that it's a regional crisis or regional infestation which means that if you even if you fight
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the locusts in one area for example it can kenya and ethiopia where they have handful of planes for aerial spraying and also ground spray as the locusts can migrate from for example from somalia where there is no means of fighting the locals at all because of the conflict there so that is one problem that the other problem is. is of course as you saw in the report the rains there's been there's been very heavy rains the locals have been breeding in european kenya which is not the usual ground and they say that the 2nd wave could be 20 times as high as the 1st wave and again the 3rd wave which is expected in june and july if things don't change could be even bigger so there are several challenges that the governments in this in this region of facing in that fight so or thank you very much for that update so how do you go or correspondent nairobi thanks very much.
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well pandemic restrictions on public gatherings here in europe are being enforced in most locations and that has put an end to cultural events across europe this spring no theatres no movies no music that's something someone that's unless rather some someone gets very inventive like these festival organizers in the czech capital prague. a quick sound check as the last few people roll look for the only gig in town. 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
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a project i'm working on. first thank you. 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 it's good. for the musicians it's a change from the locked down routine of practice back at home in front of a mirror. needs exotic 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 in lockdown this parking lot is as close to paradise as possible. this is the interview live from berlin don't forget there's always more on these and other stories or a website interview dot com you can also follow us of course on twitter and instagram i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks for.
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