as up close and personal as the pandemic will in my. diaries starts many d.w. . this is deja vu news live for lent europeans might be getting their summer vacations after all the use expected to recommend the border restrictions be lifted allowing millions of people to travel to summer destinations but the continued trying to virus threat means not all countries will be laying out the welcome mat also coming up. a warning from the white house's top expert on the coronavirus

anthony she says the u.s. could see quote needless suffering and economic damage if lock downs are ended too soon. and the afghan president orders the military to restart operations against militants this after extremist attacked civilian targets including maternity ward killing mothers and it was. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today people are slowly returning to work and school across europe and later today the european commission is expected to make recommendations for summer vacation travel coronavirus lockdowns over the past months have been putting the brakes on free movement within the of course but for tourists hitting the road the typical summer getaway is likely to be different

from years past. these were europe speeches last summer crowded with some bathers. today they lay empty a consequence of the coronavirus restrictions across the continent the measures to contain the virus have impacted the tourism industry hard over a dozen schengen countries have put emergency border controls in place flights have been canceled and mandatory quarantines for travelers have been instated hospitality lobby groups say the tourism sector suffered an 80 to 90 percent loss in the 1st 4 months of 2020 and is braced for a disastrous summer season. interest hotspots like athens greece that's a huge worry for people reliant on paying guests for their income. my hope is that they're going to. do is bark. and god forbid if we don't that's going to be

a really bad flow for the just. airlines forced to ground most flights and suffering huge losses are also pushing to be able to resume travel across borders the e.u. institutions share their concern that this sort of lead border closures undermine one of the pillars of the european project free movement the challenge which lies ahead of us is to restore the integrity of the shanty an area. by returning to only restrict free movement of earth since goods and services let's be honest going back to morgan tonight if you will not easy. the process will be complicating then the states have introduced different measures you know very uncoordinated lander and unwinding these if it could different national restrictions will take some time. it's a process that can't come fast enough for many europeans waiting to find out

whether they will be able to reach the beaches for their summer holidays. their views back sanders following the story for us in brussels good morning to you max and sounding like good news what could it would give tells about the measures the commission is looking at today. well brian we have to wait and see what the commission are with the college of commissioners which concrete steps they are going to unveil later today they're going to be discussing the whole package this morning and presenting it to the public later this afternoon. as you said already these it's important to note that these are guidelines so not all of this is necessarily legally binding so the responsibility of implementing these suggestions to bring back safe and coordinated travel across the schengen area the responsibility lies within the member states but the talking points are going to be the lifting of border checks bringing back transport making transport more easy

again and with the holiday season coming up obviously tourism and one of the concrete measures that is likely going to be addressed and going to be mentioned today is that the implementation of green zones and this would mean defining regions in the member states that are relatively safe in terms of corona virus infection rate and allowing travel from and to these distillations 1st so meaning opening up gradually step by step not too fast not to risk a spike but also not too slow not to hurt the economy more than necessary ok so safe and coordinated those are 2 important operative words you're now would these measures apply to all the schengen countries you mentioned the green zones how's this going to be working with the member states in toto. in the long run yes all the shining countries but right now we're just looking at the regions parts of individual member states not at all the entire showing and showing

a region some the situation the whole situation regarding the 19 and the showing in countries varies or greatly so we still have regions in italy for example where there's a very high infection rate greece on the other hand another very popular tourist destination has relatively low infection rates also has to do with many factors come into play here but also they are going into lockdown pretty fast at the beginning of march with we're likely to see travel to those regions 1st tests at the border or prior to travel might be an option to get around this this this green zone suggestion regulation but we'll have to wait and see how the situation evolves and if we can ultimately see and how fast we can see all of shannon going to go back to the traveler a briefly if you could max any idea when this could take effect people are very anxious to to book their holidays right now well booking will be the problem i guess it just depends on if your flight's going to take place if the country's going to let you in if the hotel is going to be able to accommodate you but austria

for example already announced that they were going to not have. regular border checks starting this friday greece said by mid june they were going to welcome people back to their beaches france on the other hand said we're going to be closed until mid june so there are different plans and policies in place and i think will will find out a lot more it with the in the upcoming days max thanks so much for that from brussels today. and we're likely to find out more about germany's efforts to tackle the spread of the coronavirus when german chancellor on machall answers lawmakers questions in a few hours time the parliamentary sessions expected to focus on government measures and the economic impact of the lockdown we'll be bringing you live coverage of that event. in the u.s. the government's top infectious disease expert has warned lawmakers that citizen states can see a spike in code 1000 deaths that is if they left the law quickly i think how to

express his concerns while testifying before the u.s. senate from his home sumi sings have become the new normal for people all over the world during this pandemic on the popular took center stage in the u.s. senate us as the nation's top infectious disease expert warns against rushing to reopen the economy there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and death or it could even set you back row to try to get economic recovery. anthony fact she has served under 6 us president bush in his role on the white house coronavirus task force he's had to walk a tightrope between public health and the unscientific theories promoted by donald trump. but this very issue is going to disappear. it's

a question of when that when you talk about will this virus just disappear and as i accept publicly many times that is just not going to happen because it's such a highly transmissible virus and with the virus not going away she had another message for the senators safeguards like testing and contact tracing need to be in place before states open up. so if the community orders early region doesn't go by those guidelines and reopened the consequences could be pretty guard who are the consequences could be really serious. public health officials believe many kovac 19 deaths in the u.s. could have been avoided if or stiction is were put in place 2 weeks earlier. and they fear that if lawmakers battled to demands to quickly lift restrictions the death certificates for tens of thousands more victims would be signed

let's get your brief down some of the other stories making the news today u.s. secretary of state mike pompei i was in israel meeting prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his new governing partners many dogs could head of the talks on paper said they'd be discussing the current of a virus pandemic talks are also expected to include israel's plans to annex parts of the west bank israel's new unity government is said to be sworn in tomorrow a month on officials in yemen say at least 12 people died fierce clashes in the southern province of on tuesday fighting broke out between saudi backed government troops and separatists backed by the united arab emirates the 2 sides were allies until the separatist declared rule last month. and new violence in afghanistan threatens to further undermine the peace process there which began in february between washington and the taliban that is

authorities struggle to contain the pandemic the latest attacks were on a funeral for a police commander and on a maternity ward where infants and mothers were among the dead we'd like to advise you some of the images in a report are distressing. another day of deadly violence in afghanistan in the capital kabul gunmen disguised as police stormed a maternity hospital they killed 16 people including 2 newborn babies mothers and nurses. gun battles raged for hours as the security forces struggled to evacuate over $100.00 women and their infants. that were similar she looked like took my grandchild to the hospital to get a vaccine but. when i heard a gunshot we were outside of the hospital. i wanted to go inside. they shot me and one of my grandchildren was killed. so far no

group has claimed responsibility but the days violence extended beyond kabul a suicide bomber in the eastern province of not a hard target to the funeral killing 24 people and wounding dozens more the so-called islamic state which has a strong presence in our heart has claimed responsibility for this. the violence has provoked a strong response from the afghan government president ashraf ghani said the attacks left him no choice but to resume offensive military operations. to defend the country for the security and safety of the people in public places not to prevent the threats of taliban and other terrorist groups that. the afghan security and defense forces to come out of defensive mode back to offensive and stop their operations against the enemy. afghan forces have been refraining from

offensive action against the taliban as part of a cease fire deal brokered by the united states the taliban deny involvement in the attacks but there's a serious risk now that moves toward peace talks between the group and the government will be derailed. and we have more on that story at our website. well the economic costs of the pandemic are continuing to mount including in the german banking sector commits bog is in trouble once again announcing today that the crisis is cos they have $479000000.00 euro's now much of that has been but down to customers failing to pay back their loans time who's on the hook at all it's the taxpayer back in 2008 at the high point of the financial crisis already troubled camaron spunk with tottering and the german government bailed it out in a rescue action that ultimately totaled 18000000000 euros in return the state received a quarter of the bank's share its critics called the rescue action wildly expensive

especially for taxpayers commits banks fortune's revived but germany's 2nd largest lender never really recovered nor did share values in may 2008 the share price was around $140.00 euros now it's just 3 euros. and the state still has a stake more than a decade later it's the largest shareholder with more than 15 percent and no selloff in sight many economists see the billions spent to bail out the math bank as a big fat loss. it's a turkey our children aged 14 and under are finally being allowed to leave their homes for a few hours at least today for the 1st time in more than a month turkey has gradually been easing some of its run a virus locked down destructions shopping malls and hair salons have been allowed to reopen under strict hygiene requirements but some say some clearing istanbul and

ankara will be put back under lockdown again during the upcoming holiday weekend and the country's elderly population while it is still subject to curfews. this is due to. i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for joining us today. and for. language courses. video and audio. anytime anywhere. w.b.'s.