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unknown good news music is bound to keep your stamps sounds good. video game music on g.w. . band. oh. this is v.w. news live from berlin across europe nations grapple with easing coronavirus restrictions in trucks commuters that one train station in the capital received last as they get 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. germany notes an uptick in its infection rate stays off defer the easing its knock
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down the country is moving for me to reopen the economy but its approach is fuelling prostration in some circles. and police in hong kong a race more than 200 people in anti-government protests it's the 1st time such demonstrations have taken place since the corona virus outbreak. east africa battles the plate along with the pandemic locusts are devastating crops across the region experts warn this 2nd wave poses and and president of great just food security. hello i'm christie 12 out welcome to the program across europe countries have begun easing they occur in a virus restrictions even amid. is of
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a possible 2nd wave of infections we're bringing you updates from germany the u.k. and frauds 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 cove at 19 with more than 26000 facilities. 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. north you know i'm not afraid everything should be fine people respect the distancing rules i took the metro this morning and people were really considering. the young.
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traffic on the paris metro is later 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. the virus would get out of control again as opposed to risk for the health of french citizens we would be implemented lockdown measures. and 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
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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. it's bringing in days every correspondent lisa lewis who is standing by for us in paris. this is a snow reopening of the country it's not all happening at once. absolutely as you mentioned as was mentioned in the piece we just saw before hand france is now divided into green and red zones one red zone is the overseas territory my york where no restrictions have been lifted so far here in paris there is an additional rule in the morning rush hour and in the evening so 6 hours a day you need to have an additional certificate saying that you need to take public transport if you want to take it otherwise you have to pay
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a fine of 135 years and that's also because here in paris the spread of the virus is still quite fast and authorities are quite worried about the situation. so how did things go today. quite smoothly i must say according to a recent poll 2 thirds of the french are quite right about the lifting of restrictions and you could see that most of the public transport network was not actually at cracking point there were only a few people taking the metro taking the trains there were some exceptions though for example on line 13 which slings cents on the new francis pursed department to the center of parents and where many people actually have to go back to work on that line additionally there was a technical problem this morning that's why the 1st few trains were really popped about apart from that most trains were quite empty people have been reporting that
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there are only a few people take it to protect taking trains and they're most of them being mosques and trying to keep a distance from each other let's talk about the economy for a bit shell which is expected to permit what is president many of the crime and his government doing to get people back to work. well the government has already put 110000000000 euros on the table to cut those who are struggling because of the coronavirus that is that money will fly in and temporary unemployment it was all it will always hope companies that are struggling these companies can apply for subsidies or government loans and don't have to pay employees charges on top of that the government is now working on 3 specific packages for the car industry for the aeronautics industry and for the tourism industry to help these sectors that are particularly struggling at this very moment and also they're working on a stimulus package to get the economy back on track in september that's when they
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are hoping that the economy will completely reopen again hand france ok that's lisa lewis reporting for us in paris thank you u.k. prime minister barak's johnson has doubled down on his plan to get britain back to work this time before the house of commons he says the nation's sacrifice has brought it closer to rebuilding and reopening the country restrictions such as physical distancing austin place but the plan calls for a gradual reopening of schools from june 1st man to treat are in teen for international travelers and recommendation to wear face masks in public office restrictions on free. germany's health ministry says it's closely monitoring and uptake in the country's corona virus infection rate the reproduction rate for the virus has now been over one for 2 days in a row meaning the number of infections is growing in recent days germany has taken
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some of its biggest steps yes to roll back down restrictions and reopen its economy but the country faces a difficult balancing act as it attempts a return to normality. well using has become the name of the game in germany. and not only at supermarkets now america like much of the nation is waiting to see the effects of gradually easing restrictions in recent weeks but it's important to me to once again draw attention to the fact that we are now in a new phase of the pandemic it will now be necessary in easing restrictions that we ensure safety so following the basic requirements that means keeping our distance wearing a mouth and nose covering and having consideration for others. that's very important . because the. clusters of new infections some linked to meat
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processing plants have emerged in several german districts that pushed new cases in those areas above the maximum agreed by medical and state government leaders and locally put the brakes on easing restrictions elsewhere in germany there are some signs of returning to normality as many businesses reopen but on the streets a vocal minority is getting louder thousands of people demonstrated on saturday accusing politicians of infringing their rights concerns are growing the protests are being used as a platform for conspiracy theorists and far right extremists. is about her practicing claims hateful stereotypes theories that either result in a scapegoat or in a kind of world villain who is supposed to be pulling all the strings people spreading this want to stir up conspiracy theories that haven't gain much traction before. anyone who spreads something like this wants to divide our country and turn
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people against each other. dimension of monday so the opening of berlin's coronavirus treatment center weeks later than originally planned the hope is that beds here will stay empty when the effects of easing restrictions become clear. now for a brief look at some of the curl in a related stories making headlines around the world russia's president vladimir putin say's the nationwide economic shutdown will end tomorrow but some regional restrictions will remain in place and says it will be up to regional authorities to see which companies are allowed to open and who can return to work saudi arabia has slashed oil output again the kingdom's energy ministry ordered national oil company around coal to make an additional voluntary output cuts of $1000000.00 barrels per day starting next month global oil demand has slammed by about one 3rd as the coronavirus pandemic devastates global to mont. shanghai disneyland is the 1st
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disney parks to reopen worldwide albeit under strict conditions businesses have to show and up to date health certificate to get in the current affairs crisis has hit the group the disney group hard with the impact closures slashing income by the equivalent of 1300000000 euros in the 1st quarter of this year. and he says in hong kong say they arrested more than 200 people in anti-government protests the pandemic has strained attention away from the city's pro-democracy movement but as the threat from the virus appears to be receding demonstrations all once again moving forward was. there back riot police and protesters confront each other inside the hong kong shopping mile oh god. standoffs like these all but paralyzed the chinese territory last year restrictions
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imposed over the virus put an end to the protests earlier this year with these cards are now slowly easing. the government is allowing public gatherings of up to 8 people many more than that were involved here on kong's pro-democracy protesters have not forgotten that unfinished revolution. 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. see how you see my. way that they as 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
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the gradual easing of corona restrictions means more demonstrations unlikely in the coming weeks government to pen and some more determined than ever to press their demands. now to came your way a 2nd wave off this has descended on east africa is to mates indicate it will be 20 times worse than the swarm said made their way through the region 2 months ago a un says' the locus pose and preceded to threats to food security and livelihoods this is home for the same blue tribe and since recently millions of locusts the terrain is difficult but locust track is working for the you when food and agriculture organization only have 2 helicopters locals often go by foot no my let's talk little custom places that's going to be accessible by they told me that my back so the if we select your clothes you and local folks come to us in their lives locust swarms can engulf picked is of land and as they eat their own
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body weight each day the swarms devour practically everything in their path. the world bank warns that the horn of africa could lose more than 7000000000 euros worth of crops crops like moses motor's tomatoes. 3 sim i don't know whether god will send us any angels the truth is that we farmers have been totally written off it's obvious will be wiped out regular rainfall has been contributing to the explosion of the locust population and the covert 19 crisis is slowing down the fight against this infestation. and this does it make you sick. and what you are in front of him and us locked down in 15 trials. and then there is little movement of this the u.n. feeds 20000000 people in the region but it's now warning that the number of hungry
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people could double and a reminder at the top story we're following for you france has started easing its 8 week coronavirus struck down people can now for example visit shops and get a haircut but some areas including paris have been deemed drab servants and are subject to tight and distractions. and you have today guaranteed to have in years it's been great having your company join us again at the top of the next hour if you can't. come bearing the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona update. 19 special next on d w enter the comfort zone with sarah kelly. i put the tough questions
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