you. this is deja vu news live from berlin and across europe the nations grapple with how best to ease their groan of virus restrictions in france commuters at one train station in the capital receive masks as they have to work for the 1st time in nearly 8 weeks most shops and businesses are reopening but many restrictions remain in place. in britain bore strong sons address to the nation result in confusion on how he will end the lockdown so the prime minister is set to give further details today on his plan to get people to their back to work. plus it is

a pandemic causing a return to traditional gender roles with women taking on the lion's share of house work and home schooling we take a look at the situation here in germany. and along with the pandemic east africa battles a plague of locusts the insects are devastating crops across the region so experts warn the 2nd wave of the year poses and unprecedented growth if you put security. i'm serious oh my god that's good to have you with us across europe countries have begun easing the coronavirus restrictions even as fears remain of a possible 2nd wave of infections now we're bringing you updates from germany the u.k. and france where millions headed back to work after 2 months under one of europe's toughest lockdowns most shops have reopened and people can now leave their homes.

without carrying a sign declaration as to why they're on the streets what france has been hit hard by the corona virus that's killed more than 26000 people the world's 5th highest death toll. for weeks now paris's main landmarks have been quiet. silenced by a virus that's 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 northern suburbs over claims that police were using heavy handed tactics against minorities. the economy has also been hit hard by the knock 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 politicians have been so desperate to begin opening up the country once again. never in the history of our country have we seen this situation not even during the war not during the occupation not during previous. never never has the country been

confined as it is today. with france's president emanuel mark clone is the latest world leader hoping to save his country without costing more lives. and for more on the story we can speak to our correspondent lisa lewis who is standing by in the paris hi lisa good to see you can you explain what's been happening there this morning because not all of the countries opening up in the same way. well absolutely so france is divided into green zones and red and one red zone is the overseas territory my york where actually no restrictions have been lifted today then there's also the east of france and paris and its region and here in these regions in the red zones public parks and schools remain closed for now what's more in paris actually you need to specify specifics of certificated take public transport young rush hours so that is 3 hours in the

morning 3 hours in the afternoon at specific times you need to show that you know half have a reason to take public transport because the good the authorities want to prevent the public transport system from from getting overcrowded at. least it's been 2 long months of life down there you know what is the atmosphere of fear like there today what are people telling you. well according to a recent poll 2 thirds of the french are quite worried about the lifting of restriction restrictions when you look at what happened in public transport today lots of people stayed at home really you know there are lots of a lot less passenger volume than usually with some exceptions like a lot a line 13 which stops at that metro stop just behind me which takes you know people from suns and the need which is france's poorest department to the center of paris most of these people have to go back to work just to have to make a living but i've been talking to some of those who have gone to work this morning

i think it's time to go back to work and so i think if. we show. up in showing all of them wearing mask and convey that but i think it will be fine because it cannot possibly transform this morning for the 1st time since the beginning of the epidemic it was packed. was that frightening for you to admit but i think it's still very risky for the population but costs are rising for companies so we need to go back to work. harder you. know i'm not afraid everything should be fine if people respect the distancing routes i took the metro this morning and people were really cautious. or at least so we heard you know mixed voices there but the reality is that the economy is expected to contract by at least 8 percent this year and a lot of people want to get back to work so what is the government doing to help them. the government has already put on the table packets of

110000000000 euro as it's helping different companies that are struggling injecting capital it's financing a temporary unemployment and today the minister of economy also said that the government is working on 3 stimulus packages for 3 sectors at the outdoor takes the car industry and the tourism sector and the government is also working on a specific stimulus package to get the economy back on track in september they're hoping that by then the economy will have reopened completely got. lisa lewis reporting there in paris thank you now across the english channel british prime minister boris johnson is expected to provide more details on his plan to reopen society on sunday he addressed the nation to announce a road map for facing out pandemic restrictions but opposition politicians union leaders and business groups are calling for more clarity they say johnson speech

only succeeded in sowing confusion. locked 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 in h.s. and saved many thousands of lives and so on no 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 describe this update as a mixed message scotland wales and northern ireland have set their lockdown 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 moon even unlimited amounts of director sites you can sit in the sun in your local park you can drive to other destinations at 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 awful it emits in care homes and in the n.h.s. and if we're to control this borrows 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 a return to business as usual maybe many months from now. well here in germany the corona virus infection rate has risen above the critical value of one that means that every 10 patients are infected in 11 other people on average the country's public health agency says it is too early to draw conclusions that the infection rate needs to be closely monitored this comes after many lock down restrictions

have been lifted cafes and restaurants have opened in northern germany and. formspring weather has brought more people out onto the streets and into parks. and playgrounds across germany have also reopened giving children and parents 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 show it is women who are bearing the brunt of that work at home during the pandemic those findings are raising a question is a crisis and roading important gains in gender equality. 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 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. with

daycares 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 any of us 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 6. months you just feel torn between child and job. 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 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 a distributed 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. well the coronavirus crisis has caused heavy job losses across many parts of the german economy and we have some new numbers from one of the country's top economic research groups about half of all german hotels and restaurants cut staff and april in the auto sector nearly 40 percent of

businesses laid off workers we're seeing a similar picture for travel agencies that is despite the government spending billions of euros in aid to stem unemployment. 1000 is devastating the global auto market and german car maker volkswagen saw sales in its vital home market fall by 2 thirds in april other european countries were even worse car sales have almost come to a standstill feet of use hoping to offset to dealership closures in germany with a raft of incentives like financing and leasing deals on the up side car sales are stabilizing the world's biggest car market china. let's get more on the story with chelsea delaney our financial correspondent is in frankfurt for us i shall say so in germany volkswagen sales are down 67 percent but with economies now slowly opening up again is the worst over for you that the v.w. . well this is likely to be the steepest month over month drop for you and

for car sales on a whole because in april pretty much every every economy was closed down in europe so car dealerships are close factories were closed over the past few weeks we have seen car dealerships here in germany reopen for example the automakers are generally getting production back up and running but this is going to be a very very slow path back towards normalisation there is a lot of a lot of questions over what demand it's going to look like even with these dealerships open they've reported that literally no one has been there so 'd what they're saying is that it's probably going to be a couple months or even longer until the end till we start seeing numbers head back towards normal we're seeing volkswagen introducing new sales programs here in germany could a government backed incentive program that encourages people to buy cars the next.

well a lot of automakers have been pushing for this auto industry hold a conference call last week with the government and really push them to introduce some sort of subsidy program something like a cash for clunkers program where you trade in your car and you get some sort of incentives some sort of tax subsidy but there is some pushback to this because germany is obviously trying to reduce emissions they're trying to really position themselves at the front of green mobility and there's a question of what this would look like what this would mean for the industry and for these climate goals if they do start subsidizing diesel car sales. you can see dillon you reporting for us thank you for that update. now shanghai disneyland was closed for 3 months now it is the 1st disney park to reopen worldwide albeit under strict conditions the number of visitors allowed is limited they have to buy tickets and now. yes and are only allowed in if they have an op to

date certified get a grant of r.'s crisis has hit the disney group hard theme park closures slashing income by $1400000000.00 in the 1st quarter of this year. you're watching news still to come on our show mask free only for the horses we report from the track here in berlin as germany becomes the 1st major force racing nation in europe to resume this. hour let's check in on some other headlines from around the world now vice president mike pence will return to work after self isolating over the weekend his spokeswoman tested positive for cocaine 1000 on friday 3 members of the white house's coronavirus task force are in quarantine after coming into contact with her and says so far tested negative. there have been renewed anti-government protests in iraq just days after the appointment of new prime minister and stuff. demonstrations against rampant

government corruption 1st erupted in the country last year one of al cardenas 1st acts in office was through ordered the release of anti-government protests protesters from prison. iran's state broadcaster says that a missile launched during a nato training exercise killed 19 sailors aboard a rainy and warship the accident wounded more than a dozen others the friendly fire incident was reported near the port of yes and the gulf of oman. police in hong kong say they arrested more than 200 people in anti-government protests the pandemic has turned attention away from the city's pro-democracy movement but as the threat from the virus appears to be receding demonstrations are once again moving forward. they're back riot police and protesters confront each other inside the hong kong shopping mile i. stand ups like these all but paralyzed the chinese

territory last year restrictions imposed over the virus put an end to the protests earlier this year but these curbs are now slowly easing the government is allowing public gatherings of up to 8 people many more than that were involved here hong kong's pro-democracy protesters have not forgotten that unfinished revolution. often for how in the midst of the coronavirus the government has imposed restrictions on gatherings and turned it into a crackdown on freedom of assembly. this is a gross violation of human rights. to you how you seem to. think. they is police should be protecting us and society and instead they are doing the opposite this affects people's everyday basic rights. activist sang their protest anthem glory to hong kong a reminder to the authorities that the pro-democracy protesters have not gone away

the gradual easing of corona restrictions means more demonstrations unlikely in the coming weeks government opponents are more determined than ever to press their demands. now to kenya for a 2nd wave of desert locusts has descended on east africa estimates indicate that it will be 20 times worse than the swarms that made their way through the region 2 months ago the u.n. says the locusts present an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods. this is home for the some blue tribe. and since recently millions of locusts the terrain is difficult but locust trackers working for the u.n. food in agriculture organization only have 2 helicopters locals often go by foot snow my let's talk a locust places to come out of accessible by my old my back so that if we select your host and local folks come to us in the vitalists locust swarms canning 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 euros worth of crops crops like moses muchos tomatoes. really 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 we'll be wiped out. regular rainfall has been contributing to the local population explosion and the cold in 1000 crisis is slowing down the fight against this infestation. this into the businesses that are using. us. and what you are in front of them and us locked down in 15 transports and then you have these little movement of this in the un feeds 20000000 people in the region

but is now warning that the number of hungry people could double. and we can speak not to do that you correspondent sell a nickel she's standing by for us in nairobi high seller good to see you tell us more about why we're seeing this massive 2nd wave well the main reason is that the 1st wave was in january and december and the main reason for the 2nd wave if that. is is that the locusts have now bred in kenya and ethiopia where they didn't breed before so the so the 2nd wave of the 20 times bigger and the 1st wave of locusts that we saw and there's an expected there's expected to be a 3rd one which could be even bigger and the main reason for this is that there's been a lot of rain in the last few months even outside the rainy season and so that and that has basically made the perfect breeding ground for the locust because they breed in wet soil and and so that that that is why why we're seeing

that that this problem has come again and yet kenya says that it hopes that these swarms will abate by june or july is that realistic. well we don't know if that's exactly realistic but the hope is that that will happen because the next harvesting season is in june and july and so what we saw in the 1st wave of locusts that there were that many of the farmers had already harvested part of the crops and this time around farmers have just planted and so the so the. so the crops which. could be basically could be eaten and attacked by the locals in the 2nd wave and. some of problems that challenges to the governments in the region of course because it's a regional problem it's not only a local problem so even if the kenyan government manages to eliminate the locust swarms in kenya they could still migrate from somalia or from ethiopia and come

back so that's that's one of the main challenges that they're facing here at the moment it all right he did you correspondent sell a nickel reporting from nairobi thank you and for more analysis plus key data on east africa's locust invasion visit our website dot com. now horseracing has resumed at racecourses across germany after a 2 month absence due to the pandemic germany is the 1st major horse racing nation in europe to restart the sport after an easing of restrictions but the races were tightly controlled with riders required to wear face masks and spectators barred from the race and use. race day at berlin's hoppa gartin racecourse stands empty access to the stables is restricted and the jockey socially distancing wearing face masks and trash dark areas riding the hot favorite today during knows what it's like to race on an empty course having won twice in cologne on friday.

and we're happy to be back on our horses and riding again and that the horses can race server their usual distances it's important that every business gets the chance to reopen every athlete and every team want to return to action. but to spite the coronavirus measures some things remain the same the horses mouth free still struck their stuff in the prayed ring even if there's nobody that watch them and of course betts is still taken with a lack of other life support providing a boon to the horseracing industry for his moods and those with whom yes we want to make the most of this restart feeling that the football blunders legal resumes this coming weekend so that will push us to one side that was speaking to many t.v. stations and feel we've earned the chance to get back to where we were. an opportunity and but nothing is a given on the racecourse stocker and his mount rubaiyat 2nd from the left were

pushed hard all the way down the final furlong but they lived up to their billing as favorites german horseracing was 1st past the post in europe it's return a template for other race courses to follow. restrictions on europe public gatherings are being enforced in most locations and that is put an end to most european cultural events this spring theatres no movies no music unless someone gets creative like some 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 a project i'm working on. 2 years ahead of me just from the 1st one to you all up to 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 a look down this parking lot is as close to paradise as possible. let's get a reminder of our top story here on t w france has started easing its

a twee coronavirus lockdown people can now for example visit shops and get their hair cut but some areas including paris have been deemed red zones and they are subject to tighter restrictions. thank you for watching t.v. we're back at the top of the hour. it.

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