this is the w. news live from berlin across europe nations grappled with ways to ease coronavirus restrictions in france commuters at one train station in the capital received masses as they had to work for the 1st time in nearly 8 weeks most shops and businesses are reopening but many limitations remain in place. also coming up is the pandemic causing overturned to traditional gender roles with women taking on the lion's share of housework and home schooling we take a look at the situation here in germany. the police and on calling the rest more

than 200 people in anti-government protest it is the 1st time such demonstrations have been sued since it broke ours out of print. and on long with attendant east africa travels a plague of locusts the insects are devastating crops across the region experts warn this 2nd wave of the deer poses an unprecedented threat to food security. i'm serious almost kind of thank you for joining us across europe countries have begun easing their coronavirus restrictions even as fears remain of a possible 2nd wave off infections that we're bringing you updates from germany the u.k. and france where people are now allowed to leave their homes without a permit and many shops and businesses have reopened france currently has the world's 5th highest death toll from co. at 19 with more than 26000 fatalities.

the streets of paris looking more like their bustling selves on monday morning after 8 weeks under a strict lockdown french citizens are finally back on the streets a tentative reopening which most shops allow to welcome customers and many people returning to work. i think it's still very risky for the population but costs are rising for companies so we need to go back to work. you. know i'm not afraid everything should be fine if people respect the distancing roles i took the metro this morning and people were really cautious. traffic on the paris metro is lighter than normal masts are now mandatory on all public transport and signs advice commuters on how to maintain social distancing citizens are now allowed to travel up to 100 kilometers without filling out

a form to explain why primary schools will also begin to reopen this week the loosening of restrictions is based on encouraging numbers like there's a cline in daily coronavirus deaths but authorities warn that restrictions could be imposed again. with the virus would get out of control again as opposed to risk for the health of french citizens we would be implemented lockdown measures. differentiated way as we did initially. some regions remain red zones such as the northeast of the country including paris the area is subject to additional restrictions for example parks and gardens remain closed authorities have also urged those who can to continue working from home. the hope is that caution will be enough to further reduce the spread of the virus allowing friends to continue on the path to

a full reopening. earlier we spoke to did have you correspondent lisa lewis in paris and we asked what the french government is doing to help boost the economy which is predicted to contract by about 8 percent this year. the government has already put on the table a package of 110000000000 euros 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 our daughter takes the kind of street 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 are hoping that by then the economy will have reopened completely again all across the english channel british prime minister boris johnson is set to provide further details today on his plan to reopen society on sunday he addressed the nation to

announce a roadmap for phasing out pandemic restrictions but many in the u.k. say that shots and speech succeeded only in selling confusion for example on the question of who should be going back to work. monday morning and it's back to work for some at least in britain. a commuter on his way into central london film these images of streets much busier than they have been in recent weeks the government wants people who can't work at home to go back to their jobs there's no specific timetable for reopening schools and businesses but instead of being told to stay at home britons are now being told to stay alert the emphasis is on not overwhelming the health service and thanks to you we've protected yes and saved many thousands of lives and so on you know that it would be madness not to throw away that achievement by allowing a 2nd spike. critics accuse prime minister boris johnson of sending out mixed

messages the same independent governments in wales northern ireland and scotland remain much more cautious about loosening restrictions so my message right now if you're living in scotland is apart from these essential reasons to leave your home please continue to stay if we are making progress we're making real progress but that progress is still fragile and we don't want to send it into revamps by prematurely lifting these restrictions and there's still a long way to go as the u.k. suffers the highest coronavirus death toll in europe. playgrounds across germany have reopened giving children and parents welcome relief after weeks 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 the crisis eroding 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 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 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 and you have to mans from work it's

a 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 as their schoolteacher 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 neck 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. now the colombian airline has filed for bankruptcy it says a massive drop in revenues caused by the coronavirus pandemic is to blame the aid now is to continue operating preserve jobs and to restructure its operations due to travel restrictions i'm young i have to largely stop regular flights in mid march as a result revenues drop i'm within 80 percent is one of the biggest airlines in latin america. and for more on this story let's bring in our financial correspondent chelsea delaney she is standing by for us in frankfurt hi shall see. filing for bankruptcy the entire industry has

taken a huge hit do airlines expect flying to pick up again soon many airlines especially here in europe had really been hoping to. flying and planes in the air in the summer civil tons of stuff last week that it was hoping to double the number of planes that fly it in june british airways was also hoping to significantly increase capacity starting in july but even if they do it they're still going to have the majority of their planes on the ground for the foreseeable future that's going to be a huge hit to their profits while many of these firms are already coming up against bankruptcy they're running out of money and having to turn to the government and in the long term all of these companies are also really grappling with questions over if this is going to change how freely and how willing people are to travel for things like work and vacation in the future. aren't our correspondent in your reporting there in frankfurt chelsea thank you.

now restaurants in northern germany have been reopening as part of the country's ongoing loosening of lockdown measures for visitors that means getting used to mask to waiters and sitting at tables that are further apart than they used to be. it's been a while since restaurant owner craft in law has been able to have a chop with his regular as. the new rules mean he and his staff have to wear masks . because of your back up and running but it's really hard because you have to maintain one and a half meter distance it's up to us to approach the guests they can't just wander in like they used to and say i'd like a table we have to take more of a. menu no longer comes in it's traditional form instead you can order the meal of choice on your smartphone.

the ordering system did seem a bit strange at the start but it's really great i'm i was a bit scared of trying new things but i'm glad that cotton has reopened the place and that we can be here again. there aren't many bookings on the 1st day of reopening to limit the spread of infection the tables are further apart than they were before the coronavirus that amounts to a 40 percent reduction in capacity. on. the flip side of it less turnover means we have less money to employ people and we have to decide who comes in who goes on short time work schemes and who gets let go. the restaurant is located in the northern station of mechlin book for palm on the region has had relatively few cases of the coronavirus so far but it relies heavily on tourism hospitality representative say they need more support pointing out that

livelihoods are at stake. but. without more help many companies won't be able to survive the next few months last alone the winter. just one in 3 restaurants in the region have chosen to reopen many are still busy making the necessary arrangements. in lowell is hoping his eatery will be able to get through the year. it's been hoping that their thoughts on meals will be reduced from the current 19 percent down to $7000.00 idea has been scrapped but it would have meant 12 percent more per meal that would really help. for the hospitality sector this pandemic means learning to adjust and holding out for a price or time. for it let's look at some other corona related headlines from around the world around half of all german hotels and restaurants cut jobs in april

according to the country's institute in the auto sector nearly 40 percent of businesses laid off workers with a similar figure for travel agencies that despite the government spending billions of euros in aid to stand job losses. in shanghai disneyland is the 1st disney park to reopen worldwide albeit under strict conditions visitors have to show enough to date health certificate to get in at a court of hours prices has hit the disney group hard with theme park closures slashing income by the equivalent of 1300000000 euros in the 1st quarter of this year. 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. 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 their unfinished revolution. or in the midst of the coronavirus the government has imposed restrictions on gatherings and turned it into a crackdown on freedom of assembly. which 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 of this affects people's everyday basic rights.

activists 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 to pertinence a more determined than ever to press their demands. now to kenya where a 2nd wave of desert locusts has descended on east africa estimates indicate 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 pose an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods. this is home for the symbol roo tribe they and since recently millions of locusts the terrain is difficult but locusts trackers working. for the un food in agriculture organization only have 2 helicopters locals often go by foot no my

let's talk a lot cost places that's going to be accessible by right hold my back so if we host you and local folks come to us in the valleys 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 euros worth of crops crops like roses 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 cold in 1000 crisis is slowing down the fight against this infestation. this and it just isn't really using. we are getting them. and what you have easily in front of them and us

locked down in 15 transponders on these and then you have these little movement of these with the un feeds 20000000 people in the region but is now warning that the number of hungry people could double so and for more analysis plus actually data on east africa locust invasion visit our website dot com. all right you're watching news still to come on our show rolling in for the only gig in town rock fans and pride and joy live music at a drive in arts festival. and couples are finding new ways to tie the knot despite lockdown restrictions we take a look at how people in rio are making their commitments official in these unusual times. but 1st part of the political fallout of the coronavirus pandemic is delayed elections in a number of countries among them poland its ruling law and justice party was pushing ahead with the presidential vote scheduled for this past weekend until

mounting public pressure cause a party to postpone it critics say this back and forth and it is an example of the way that the law and justice party has been chipping away at democracy in poland most notably the radical changes the party has made to the judicial system e.u. leaders say the revisions undermine the rule of law one polish judge who challenge the legality of reforms says he has suffered consequences lady justice the symbol of the moral force and judicial systems a force of war check won cesky tried to uphold for almost 20 years and to force the former judge feels is now being undermined in his home country poem and. in most cases citizens go to court because they need protection yeah but how are they going to get that protection when their opponent is the state but what if and when judges risk losing their jobs because they deliver verdicts that the state

doesn't like but. poland is governed by the nationalists conservative law and justice party for peace since it started its controversial judicial reform independent judges have suffered one cesky was one of them he had convicted a leading piece politician for abuse of office. someone stole my car we'll then someone shot my windscreen here the public prosecutor suspended the investigation in both cases and the perpetrators were not found. much you need to have our defense the country's judicial reform he says it's needed to fight corruption still around from poland's communist past. pay. the government wants to reform and repair the system. let's not deceive ourselves since 1909 for 3 decades no government has tried to improve things.

that. have repeatedly taken their protests to the streets a recent petition to the european commission and out of 25000 signatures their message to europe don't give up on poland the european commission has not been silent on the issue is begun several procedures aimed at safeguarding the rule of law in poland. let me be very clear on that the member states when they form the judiciary but in doing so they must respect the e.u. treaty. why czech one chair if he stopped working as a judge because of the reforms he now wants to become a lawyer but why. peace and power he's not sure that he'll get the necessary permits. are more stories now from around the world there have been renewed anti-government protests in iraq just days after the appointment

of new prime minister mustafa. demonstrations against rep and government corruption 1st erupted in the country last year one of his 1st acts and office was to order the release of anti-government protesters from prison. iran's state broadcaster says that a missile launched during a naval training exercise killed 19 sailors aboard an iranian warship the accident wounded more than a dozen others the friendly fire incident was reported near the port of jasc in the gulf of oman. restrictions on europe's public gatherings are being enforced in most countries and that has put an end to most european cultural of vets this spring no theaters no movies no music that is unless someone gets creative like some festival where nizer is in the czech capital proper. 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. the 1st one to you all over the bird 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. neat stuff 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 who look down

this parking lot is as close to paradise as possible. from driving concerts to drive through weddings the coronavirus pandemic has prompted civil servants in brazil to get creative with the services that they offer prospective brides and grooms many of whom are deciding not to wait for the pen demick to pass before they say id. the beaches of rio de janeiro may be closed off but life still goes. zhan today this car is their wedding coach leonardo in the talia are on the way to their wedding but they don't plan on getting out of the car the civil servant in charge of the ceremonies comes out to meet them during the coronavirus the registry office offers drive in service and yes they love each other but no they wouldn't have gotten married so quickly if it weren't for the coronavirus they had planned on waiting a few years. i am

a nurse and i work with corona patients every day so like them i could die so i want to get married now to make your partnership legal one last look at the papers all ok there registrar fabio nader has had his own notary office for a few years according to brazilian law he can also perform marriages when demand remained steady after the virus hit he came up with the idea of driving weddings so a lot of couples are too scared to come to the registries office during a pandemic they feel a lot safer in their cars so i decided let's just do disservices there with gloves and masks. performing marriages is a nice change from fabio's usual work which at the moment is processing death certificates. the marriage certificate is finished after 6 happy years living together leonarda and antalya felt they were ready to commit for life they sealed the deal with their signatures so. love is in the air in the car brazil has been

very hard hit by the pandemic natalia is angry that president ball so now acts as though the crisis were not a serious issue you know what i don't agree with paulson are all i think social distancing is important you have to take the crisis seriously because people are dying and you can't boost the economy with dead people. and now they are man and wife legally they exchanged rings. and now their 1st kiss as a married couple. even the coronavirus can't stop tradition after the pandemic has passed they will have a big party and celebrate with their whole family but for now they're happy with their humble drive-in wedding. let's recap our top story here and have you francis started easing its 8th week

coronavirus lockdown people can now use the chops to get their hair cut but some areas including parents have been deemed red zones and they are subject to tighter restrictions. thank you for watching. you squirm. as it's. just. to understand the world better we need to take a closer look at. the experience knowledge

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