this is d.w. news live from belgrade france and she is out of one of europe's strongest strictest coronavirus lockdowns commuters in paris was the face masks assange caps were the 1st time in 2 months most shops and businesses are reopening but some restrictions will remain also on the program. british prime minister paris johnson details his government's plan to loosen the lockdown in england following a national dress that was criticised as confusing. germany fights a flare up any factions as it further loosens lockdown district shouldn't i'm

frustration builds in some circles over the government's handling of the crisis. and east africa battles the pandemic and a plague of locusts a devastating crops across the region experts warned the 2nd wave this year focuses on unprecedented threats to food security. welcome to the program france has begun to lift its coronavirus lockdown after 8 weeks of restrictions people are now allowed to leave their homes without a permit most shops and businesses have reopened and many children will soon be sent to school with 26000 fatalities france as the world's 5th highest coffin 1000 death toll. the streets of paris is starting to look more like the usual crowded selves after 8 weeks in lockdown french citizens are venturing out again

it's been a cautious reopening with most shops welcoming 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 but it all you. know. no 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 you. could tell the young what up. traffic on the paris metro is lighter than normal mosques and now mandatory on all public transport and signs advise commuters on how to maintain social distancing. people can now travel up to 100 kilometers without filling out a form to explain why. primary schools will also begin to

reopen this week although the path forward for children in touch is remains tentative. god will see if it works the recess hours how will take in the children and the parents and to the school will they wear masks what will we do if children are sick or run a high temperature so there are lots of questions in terms of organization. and. the looser restrictions of based on encouraging numbers including a decline in daily coronavirus deaths or thora to warn that restrictions could be reimposed if necessary. the hype is the prudence will be enough to further reduce the spread of the virus allowing friends to continue on its road to recovery. d.w. correspondent lisa lewis in paris gave us her assessment of this 1st day with fewer restrictions. 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 clings cents on the new francis pursed department to the center of paris 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 and about apart from that most trains were quite empty people have been reporting that only a few people take it to protect taking trains and there most of them wearing masks and trying to keep a distance from each other. it's a louis and paris i just across the english channel from france british prime minister barak's johnson has published a his government's plan for easing the lockdown in england it calls it includes

a call for people to wear face masks in public and sets out necessary conditions for a gradual reopening of schools and businesses today's details are full of sunday's national address from the prime minister which prompted confusion and criticism. should they stay or should they go british prime minister bourse johnson has replaced the nation stay at home slogan with a stay alert message the rebranding comes as johnson tries to sell britons on his plans to ease the lockdown but trying to balance restrictions while pushing people to return to work has proven confusing. i just floating here bars johnson had a great opportunity to get a really clear sense of direction to even just say look we're not entirely sure the next step will weigh on them but instead of a very very bad i think it. raises more questions than it did council. people

that continues right now it's just different people don't seem to get it last night . johnson 2nd shot at outlining his latest plans to the nation came before the house of commons on monday our challenge now is to find a way for with the preserves our hard won gains easing the burden of a lockdown i'll be candid with the house this is a supremely difficult balance to strike his roadmap for the country set out a 3 stage approach to end britain's lockdown it begins wednesday with a relaxation of limits on outdoor exercise and he's encouraging the healthy to go back to work if they can non essential shops and schools for some students will reopen in june if there are no new spikes in the numbers. the gradual reopening of restaurants bars and other businesses is planned for july if the data supports it the u.k. has the world's 2nd highest kopechne 1000 deaths toll johnson fears if he doesn't

get this right a 2nd deadly wave of the infection would have a heavy human cost. now let's take a brief look at some other coronavirus related story this will start in russia where the president of liberia says the country's economic shutdown will end tomorrow though some reasonable restrictions eliminate this approach and says it will be for regional all sources to decide which companies can open and who can return to work. saudi arabia has announced another cutting no oil production the kingdom's energy ministry ordered that national oil company are on code to make an addition of a 1000000 barrels a day next month global oil demand to slump by about a 3rd as the coronavirus pandemic devastate global demand. jan hi disneyland is the 1st disney resort in the world to be open albeit under strict conditions businesses now have to show up today to helps to get to get in the

crisis has hit the disney group hard it's seen park closures slashing income i think of the to bomb point 3000000000 euros in the 1st quarter of the year. the world health organization has expressed hope that germany can get a recent flare up of corona virus infections under control the country's been scrambling to contain localized coverage 19 outbreaks in some federal states health officials are also keeping a watchful eye on a recent uptick in the country's infection rate. walks a tricky path towards reopening the economy. while using has become the name of the game in germany and not only at supermarkets now and the americal 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. closed doors of new infections so milling to meet 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. was about her packs

in 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 want to divide our country and turn 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. and i spoke about political correspondent emanuel shaz and i asked her how concerned health authorities in germany are about being christian the infection rate. well this weight has been circulating up and down over the past few weeks so it's being as 1.07 at the moment doesn't mean that the hospitals would reach to capacity or be overwhelmed just now what it means though is that every 100 infected people would

insect another 107 what is of concern however is that that number keeps on increasing and it probably will as the loosening of restorations us and means more social interactions then we might face new outbreaks such as the cases in nursing homes in through those installed to houses registered over the past few days here in germany. and what is the political climate here in germany than our position politicians generally behind the government's handling of this pandemic. when on the one hand we have the governing coalition the social democrats and the conservatives who shows a united front of the moment but indeed if you look at other politico factions and a 1st opposition party that's of the far right for example they've been up in arms against the restoration measures shops being close individual rights being limited because of social distancing for example they stated that this was a breach of constitutional rights and those so the liberals of the if not the

biggest promoters of the measures implemented it was a vice president of the bundestag the german parliament even talking about massive press tractions against fundamental rights so with each region leaders being handed over to decision making for the measures of rest to action we've found to see that there will be differences in how the crisis is handled in each of the lender the german regions. reports we just saw mention the growing number of protests against lockdown measures how representative of a of public opinion. well there's certainly a concern within the german society that fundamental rights could be stomped upon when individual freedoms are limited and that issue is being taken very seriously and being taken into account in the decision making and across the political spectrum however within the german society does seems to be an antagonism between conspiracy theory of sympathizers of all kinds of acts and a majority of the germans in fact more than 80 percent of the germans who are quite

happy about how the krises is handled and many wear masks not only in public transport mentally but also in the streets for example and they're also happy to work from home and those people the majority are concerned when they hear that paos of people gather to protest without arrest they think so so this dancing measures for example thank you for that political correspondent emmanuel shows more countries begin to ease coronavirus lockdown measures some governments are making the wearing of face masks mandatory for many it's taking some getting used to the deaf community everyone's mouths being covered means they often can't understand what's being said. when the indonesian government made wearing masks mandatory phys. knew it would make life hard for him complete the day if she relies heavily on lip reading for communication so the professional seamstress took

matters into their own hands. i made normal mass of the stars. but then i tried to make the masts with the clear windows. i thought it would be difficult to make the masts with windows. softer a few tries they turned out to be nice and useful. this which proved fruitful better ridden and her husband who's also death have already sold more than 200 of the windowed masks and of begun supplying buyers all across the country user reviews have so far been positive and yet with ordinary mask people with hearing loss can guess what one is trying to say . because they can see your lips move when we communicate with others. i have many friends with hearing loss and this innovation is very helpful. and that was. a

sentiment being echoed around the world in belgium these deaf students are calling for transparent face masks to be more readily available they also want them to be used more widely and in the community they say it's not enough simply for diff people to wear them when you're so i could never do that with people. in the current situation with the coronavirus there are salespeople for example at the post office or at the pharmacy who have musts the problem is excess ability when it comes to deaf people that's why we need more people to wear transparent masks for the hearing impaired masks can add to the anxiety of living through a pandemic and as they look set to become the new normal at least for a while many in the diff community hope they will also become more inclusive. well dr joseph j. murray is president of the world federation of the deaf we asked him how deaf and

hearing had people a coping with the pandemic as

dr joseph j. murray from the world federation of the day this is d w news life still to come. i couples are finding new ways to tie the knot despite restrictions. we take a look at our people in rio are making their commitments official in these unusual times. and can you wear a 2nd wave of desert locusts descended on east africa estimates indicate that they swarms will be 20 times worse than those which hit the region just 2 months ago the u.n. says the locus prose an unprecedented threat to food security and to livelihoods.

this is home for the somebody who tribe and since recently millions of locusts the terrain is difficult but luck is 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 cost places that's going to be accessible by my home made up my back so the if we can talk before columbus in the. locust swarms can engulf hectares of land and as they eat their own 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. ye 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 contribution to the explosion of the locust

population and the covered 19 crisis is slowing down the fight against this infestation. this and this is using. we were getting the promotion. and what you harvey's in front of him and just locked down everything transported on this and then you have this little movement of this. to you when feeds 20000000 people in the region but is now warning twice that many could be threatened with hunger we hear more from g.w. correspondent no no no i'm neko in nairobi welcome. warm devastation despite being monitored i'm predictions made months ago yes it has and it's and i mean it this is the 2nd wave of locusts that has come now

in in may and there might be another wave of locusts expecting a 3rd wave in july and in june and july and part of the reason why this is because partly 1st of all the governments we have to too late when the initial. came. and then there's also they were very unprepared so there's very little equipment there's very as we saw in the report there are only a couple of airplanes to do aerial spraying and ground spares as well and and then thirdly it's the climatic conditions i mean we're in the rainy season at the moment but. it's been raining here since december and this has basically made the perfect breeding ground for the locusts. of horses appearing there hopes the idea that the swarms will abate by june or july how realistic is that. yes well that is the hope because june and july is the next big harvest season and

but there are couple of challenges to that so partly i mean that is a regional problem so if you look at one part of the region one region they might basically migrate back from another part and so for example of kenya of kenya if you appear to fight the locust invasion. they might come back from somalia where they can do very little about it because of conflict going on there and then also there are also governments also dealing with the corona pandemic at the moment which has as we heard before has. had an impact on the logistics and on getting pesticides and equipment into the country and also to the regions affected ok so what now it needs to happen then to avert a major food crisis in eastern africa while the un's food and agriculture organization f a o has called for

a $153000000.00 us dollars which they need which they say they need to respond to the crisis in the regions affected by by the locust invasion so that's eastern africa but also parts of asia and the arabian peninsula they've got about 70 percent of that budget so hopefully that will prevent the worst but otherwise there is also there's also a lot happening at the moment with in terms of trying to prevent the. food insecurity due to the corona outbreak due to the economic downturn. in the countries and hopefully they will be able to combine these efforts and and basically feed people who have either lost their crops or do not have enough money to buy them anymore at the moment thank you for that to be doubly correspondent. in nairobi. take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world now i will start in

iraq where there have been there renewed antigovernment of protests just days after the appointment of a new prime minister mustapha our dini and demonstrations taking from him to government corruption 1st erupted in the country last year one of the music 1st at signal office was to order the release of anti-government protesters from prison. iran's state broadcaster sends a missile launched during a naval training exercise killed 19 sailors on board 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. to brazil where the coronavirus pandemic has prompted civil servants to get creative with the services they offer prospective grooms and brides many of whom are deciding not to wait for the pandemic to pass before saying i do. the beaches of rio de janeiro may be closed off but life still goes on today this

car is their wedding coach nardo in the tahlia 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 corona virus 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 copartnership legal one last look at the papers all ok their 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 the services 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 leonardo and that talia felt they were ready to commit for life they sealed the deal with their signatures. the love is in the air in the car brazil has been very hard hit by the pandemic natalia is angry that president balsa now acts as though the crisis were not a serious issue. so 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. and i $1000000.00 that's a starting for the guitar player by a front man could during the band's celebrated unplugged concert in 1993 it's one of several items of memorabilia big option to offer next week next month in beverly hills i included a setlist from the same show the famously erotic cobain killed himself at the age of 27 afternoon from rocketed to fame the back of grunge albums never mind i'm in utero. now here's a reminder of our top stories at this hour france has begun to use its we coronavirus lockdown amongst other things people are now allowed to visit shops and

get a haircut but some areas including paris have been declared red zones and to subject to tighter restrictions. and germany's health minister says it is closely monitoring an increase in the country's corona virus infection rate you know as one comes as authorities so fight to control recent flare and infections linked to meet packing plants. are you watching b.w. news i'll be back in just a moment to the day the world news at the top of the i'm good.

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one asks healthy for doing. what. i need to stop or something while hoping. to social networks have any social responsibility at all. the cleaners social media's shadow industry starts to names on t.w. . the. governments around the world have begun to ease the lockdowns imposed to control the coronavirus pandemic france and england are amongst those that to make announcements today u.k. prime minister about his johnson has been criticised for sending out confusing messages in his national address on sunday so has today's clarification in parliament removed the confusion i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day.