don't worry we're never. sure 66 meters rising sea levels starts to slip on d w. this is a w newsline from berlin germany is set to relax border controls as soon as this weekend that means germans can think further afield when planning their summer holidays but how will countries mix with the continued coronavirus. also coming up a warning from the white house's top expert on the program to ours and she says the u.s. could see needless suffering and deeper economic damage if lock downs are ended too

soon. and the afghan president orders the military to restart operations against militants comes after extremist attacks civilian targets including a maternity ward killing mothers and. i'm sunni so was gone it's good to have you with us germany is set to ease border controls with neighboring countries starting this weekend and a further step towards loosening its coronavirus lockdown measures german interior minister abbas they hope by says agreements have been reached with france switzerland and austria to ease travel restrictions starting on saturday a border checks with luxembourg will be entirely lifted from that day and similar measures are being discussed with denmark germany closed its borders to all but

essential travel almost 2 months ago. or more before groom our political correspondent kate brady is following the story for us hi kate give us the latest on this announcement. well that press conference where these measures are being announced is just coming to an end right now a lot of the details still being questioned but what we know so far is that indeed as you say there will be a relaxed border checks the in the coming days out of the 15th of may with friends austria and switzerland but there will still be some checks in place but with look some back however all of the border controls are being lifted and we can expect to see a similar situation with denmark as well for the german interior minister said that that would most likely be possible once denmark has finished its talks with its of the neighboring countries as well so suddenly started to see the next phase an easing of restrictions here when it comes to border controls in which of course

have been in place for almost 2 months now in in response to the pandemic kate what does this concretely mean for germans who want to leave the country to go on vacation for example or tourists who might want to visit germany. well it certainly means to not get too excited just yet there is still a global travel warning in place in germany and that's going to stay in place until june till mid june june 14th and as we heard from 0 for that by june 15th however he is hoping that there will be. freedom of travel again which of course is right at the center of the european project this idea of open borders which of course gives you an indication of how difficult a decision it was a couple of months ago to reimpose border checks which haven't been seen for such a long time on many of of germany's borders but for now as i say that global travel warning is still in place heikal masa german foreign minister has also just

released a statement as well saying that there is signs there are signs that that could that travel warning could at least be eased for neighboring european countries early at the plan but at the moment the advice still stays in place that germans should try and avoid travel abroad even to neighboring countries right now and it seems that still. the holiday plans for many people here will be very much domestic and a staycation rather than a vacation this year kate just quickly do you think there's going to be any pushback from individual german states especially those that are on the border with other countries well quite the opposite for the interior minister minister has been in touch in recent days with the state premiers all of those states which border other countries and there was growing pressure from them as well as from businesses as well to open these borders which of course will ease travel and also a some of that economic pressure as well all right our political correspondent kate

brady with the latest thank you. and we're going to find out more about germany's efforts to tackle the spread when chancellor angela merkel answers lawmakers questions in around an hour from now a parliamentary session is expected to focus on government measures and the economic impact of the lockdown we'll be bringing you live coverage of that event. while few sectors have borne the economic brunt of the coronavirus pandemic quite like tourism to e the world's biggest travel and tourism company has just posted a loss of 740000000 euros for january to march it also warns it expects to cut as many as 8000 jobs yet it has come up with a plan it believes will help the world transition back to travel again. a stranded cruise ship. that wasn't even allowed to carry tourists anymore this 2 events that was carrying thousands of crewmembers as they awaited return to their home

countries but a covert 1000 outbreak necessitated a rapid evacuation. of the virus change things incredibly quickly for the travel sector. in the space of a few weeks a global industry has essentially disappeared. in germany travel operators have demanded government bailouts for their battered sector as well as a swift return to normality to itself has already been bailed out with a 1800000000 euro loan on behalf of the german government but now the company is looking to the future it has unveiled a 10 point post lockdown holiday plan. the idle german multinational believes the tourism can resume soon under certain conditions and its plan for hotels it proposes online check in strict 2 meter distancing rules an in-house contact tracing. for restaurants still need to limit the number of guests and extend

opening times while leisure events must guarantee distancing. disinfectant dispensers should be widely available while regular deep cleaning must be routine. to n.c.o. free to use and also says the company will only sell hard it is to destinations that pass its health checks we probably shouldn't expect such a plan to fill up the world's beaches any time soon but sooner or later the sun will rise again for tourism. we all just might have to keep our distance. in the us the government's top infectious disease expert has warned lawmakers that cities and states could see a spike in cold in 1000 deaths if they lift their lockdowns too quickly and he felt he expressed his concerns while testifying testifying before the u.s. senate from his home zoomie saying stuff become the new normal for people all over

the world during this pandemic on the public forum took center stage in the u.s. senate as the nation's top infectious disease experts warned against rushing to reopen the economy it is a real risk 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 could be avoided but could even set you back off the road to try to get economic recovery when i was anthony fact she has served under 6 us presidents bush in his role on the wife has coronavirus task force he's had to walk a tightrope between public health and the other scientific theories promoted by donald trump. but this virus is going to disappear. it's a question of what that when you talk about will this virus just disappear and as 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 you need to be in place before states open up. so if the community or as a region doesn't go by those guidelines and reopen 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 strictures were placed 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 in turkey children aged 14 and under are being allowed to leave their homes for a few hours today for the 1st time in more than a month turkey has gradually been easing some of its coronavirus lockdown

restrictions shopping malls and hair salons have been allowed to reopen under strict hygiene requirements but some cities including its temple and will be put back under lockdown again during the upcoming holiday weekend and the cult countries elderly population is still subject to curfews. let's bring indeed have you correspondent dorian jones in is that bill for more of this hi daryn good to see you so you have a 12 year old son tell us what lockdown has been like for your family. well it's going not be easy that's for sure and especially for my 12 year old son i mean i can't imagine to be locked in for 7 weeks not been able to go out to see one's friends he's been very has been a very difficult as he has been for the rest of the country but it has be said we are living in a modern near and he's been able to communicate play games with his friends online and that certainly has helped and also online education for him it's been

a great success he's receiving 7 hours a day face to face with teachers interacting with other pupils that has certainly mitigated the lockdown experience and that has been repeated maybe not to the same extent through out the country atoki has worked very hard on online education and helping to mitigate this but i doubted leigh i mean it has been extremely stressful and difficult time the words cabin fever have been repeated many a time at the dinner table but these few hours of relief are certainly welcome now . kids being allowed out this is part of the government gradually easing coronavirus restrictions do people there generally support to the government and its course of action. i think it's a mixture of feelings certainly there is a feeling of relief but the same time there is trepidation if not fear because undoubtedly with some arriving been able to go out to people over 65 they were released from lockdown for a few hours on sunday and now fully the children of the country this is certainly

welcome and the prospects of the lock down will be completely ended at the end of the month that is certainly a relief for small businesses to many of them have been close they have been suffering very very much many have gone out of business the fact now that many are now allowed to be open is certainly welcome they see this is a financial lifeline but there's also been the concern about the way this is being the regulations have been eased the opening of shopping malls has proved extremely contentious people point out the idea of having large numbers of people in a confined space may not be the best way forward for the government are countering saying that they are now getting on top of the virus they support the fact that their freights are now down to around 50. and also recovery rates data recovery rates are triple those of infection so the government say this is the time for easing but they too are aware of the risk of complacency on friday images of one of istanbul's most popular shopping streets crowded with people many wearing not wearing masks all the health minister culture tweeting complacency is

a danger and that has been echoed by president he in his speech this week said warning of a catastrophe of complacency and businesses that i've spoken to small ones they welcome the opening but they fear the risk of a resurgence of the virus and the lock down so turkey is performing a very difficult balancing act. reporting there from thank you. let's check in briefly on some other stories making headlines around the world u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe is in israel meeting prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his new governing party partner and guns out of the talks pompei all said they discussed the coronavirus emic talks are also expected to include israel's plans to annex parts of the west bank israel's new unity government is to be sworn in tomorrow to talk about the officials in yemen say at least 12 people died in 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 separatists declared itself rule last month. twitter c.e.o. jack dorsey says staff can continue working from home as long as they see fit even if that means forever he said the social media company favors decentralization and a flexible workforce but for those who prefer the traditional model twitter's offices would be their warm and welcoming selves once it is safe again. fresh violence in afghanistan is threatening to further undermine the peace process that started in february between washington and the taliban the latest attacks on a funeral for a police commander and on a maternity ward where infants and mothers were among the dead and a warning to our viewers some of the images in this 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. the gun battles raged for hours as the security forces struggled to evacuate over $100.00 women and their infants. that were similar but she's looking 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 i think that has been done. so far no group has claimed responsibility but the days violence extended beyond kabul a suicide bomber in the eastern province of naga heart targeted the funeral killing $24.00 people and wounding dozens more the so-called islamic state which has

a strong presence in our heart has claimed responsibility for destruction. 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 i order 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 ceasefire 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. now the economic costs of the pen

demick are continuing to mount including the german banking sector is in trouble once again announcing today that the crisis has cost at $479000000.00 euros much of that put down to customers failing to pay back loans are time and who is on the hook the taxpayer. back in 2008 at the high point of the financial crisis already troubled camaron spunk was tottering and the german government builded out in a rescue action that ultimately totaled 18000000000 euros in return the state received a quarter of the bank's shares critics called the rescue action wildly expensive especially for taxpayers commits banks fortunes 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 commits bank as a big fat loss. our financial correspondent chelsea delaney is in frankfurt for us hi shelby bank is back in the rad when will this bank be profitable again. well come it's covered the bank had hoped to post a profit this year that was their expectation before the crisis but now that they're really struggling with the loan losses in particular the people not paying back their loans their mortgages. do you think that this could relieve to a full year loss for commerce bank they are expecting the loan losses to be somewhere between $1000000000.14 for the year and that's going to make it really really difficult for them to post

a profit but even before corona virus really has started hitting their business commerce bank had also really been struggling that backdrop has been extremely challenging for all german and european banks with negative interest rates really making it difficult for a bank late comer its bank to make money off of its loans to to to corporations and to retail customers they had already had really been struggling with that but now they're also facing. bigger questions about what that what the future of this bank is going to look like today they're saying that they're going to have to reevaluate re-evaluate their cost structure again so that's going to mean mean closing more of its branches are also potentially cutting more jobs but there's certainly an urgency just given how dire the situation is. what about germany's biggest lender georgia bank they had put a hold on restructuring because of the pendennis now they're restarting cutting some jobs is doing just still on track for its restructuring.

chippings restructuring plans it's a little bit of a mixed bag right now on on their cost cutting size they are seeming to be on track they have to cut about $18000.00 jobs they had stopped because they didn't want to be cutting jobs in the middle of the of the crisis now they're restarting they do expect to to meet those cost cutting targets this year but on the profitability side they're saying it could be could be more challenging because like commerce bank they are also dealing with with a lot of customers not paying back loans they're also struggling with with the with the negative interest rate environment so so for georgia bank they are really trying to accelerate this and they had been doing quite well before coronavirus they had really been meeting all of these targets and busters were really really happy about this we had seen the stock run up quite a bit but now this is all really being turned around so i think investors are

really really concerned about about the potential that this does make it more difficult for the shipping to to meet in particular the profit targets going forward. thank you for joining us now facebook has agreed to pay out $52000000.00 in a settlement brought by workers who developed post-traumatic stress disorder while moderating disturbing content the social media company has not admitted causing harm but has agreed to provide counseling for content moderators more than 11000 workers who are eligible to receive the compensation which could open the door to lawsuits against a similar social media companies. and arthur sullivan from the business is with us for more on this story hi arthur thanks for joining us this decision is being called a landmark one why is it so significant well darry of condom operations to me is

quite new there has never been a ruling of this kind of force so it's been quite an unregulated area and it has become increasingly important the last few years and what the ruling essentially means although facebook has not directly admitted that this work causes harm for users or has a night either to perish and the other attendant elements of it are a tacit acknowledgement of how harmful this work is one of the most interesting legal precedents from the ruling or from the settlement rather is that the research done by facebook's lawyers and also lawyers for the plant of up to half of those who have worked in this content moderation job have suffered attendant mental health problems so for example addiction depression and as we already post-traumatic stress disorder so that means if you've got a job working in concert moderation facebook there's a possibility that you have a one in 2 chance of developing resulting mental health problems i mean what are these workers subjected to well i mean essentially they have to moderate the entire platform of facebook so that's 2300000000 users and all the things that go up there

so it's some of the most disturbing content you can imagine you have to check videos of murders suicides sexual abuse rick animal cruelty things that no one should really have to watch but someone has to do it but the problem is that many of these workers are working for 3rd party companies so they're extremely low paid they're on average earning around $30000.00 in america and much less than obvious like the philippines and india and when you contrast that with what an average fully contracted facebook worker and in turn would benefits and shares and so on but 250000 a year it means that people who are doing this incredibly difficult work are not being paid enough on top of that they have been shown to develop very serious problems so for example the post-traumatic stress disorder it's been shown that in many cases workers within weeks of starting this job and looking at these horrendous videos were developing problems in their dreams problems in their sleep and the serious effect. of post-traumatic stress disorder so you had a situation where people were doing this extremely damaging work but i've been out of quickly renumerated or also even trained and then counseling services were

simply not really there certain enough of the level that they needed to be so what do you think this ruling means for the future of content moderation because it's not just facebook it's a lot of social media platforms dealing with this exact thing so this ruling applies specifically to facebook and what's up an instrument facebook owns but it could open the door to you tube and twitter also facing similar cases from workers who have suffered as a result of having to moderate harm from disturbing content of the platforms but what is hoped by by those who brought this case is that it will 1st of all increase an awareness of just how serious this work is how important it is and how much it needs to be properly cared for both in terms of renumeration obviously but as the plaintiffs who've taken the case that it's not about money it's about been treated properly and having a safe environment in which to do this very important work all right author sullivan from business thank you so much in football the return of germany's bundesliga is just 3 days away but without fans under strict anti coronavirus guidelines matches will be played behind closed doors

with supporters only permitted to follow the action on t.v. in a league famed for its passionate supporters the lack of atmosphere is a concern but an app developed in munich might provide a solution. the blunders leader returns this weekend with guy still matches without fans but a new app may provide a solution to eerie scenes inside stadiums across germany one of its inventors victim raz believes it could make upcoming games more enjoyable and interactive for fans watching on t.v. . you know nothing really bad about it really good. remote stadiums have really good sound system so it sounds amazing it's really fun and. you know. you know press a button and the whole stadium is cheering and. some german clubs such as brazilian mentioned bloodbaths have found novel ways to fill their stands these cardboard cutouts of fans faces cost $19.00 euro's

a pop with proceeds going towards community projects the problem though they don't make any noise. the app provides an abundance of options cheering clapping singing and even whistling fans have their say at home and speakers inside stadiums respond the technology has already been in use in bella ruse one of the few european leagues to continue playing throughout the pandemic matches invention even provides a sense of home and away support to those watching from their sofa. the songs for one team come up with the left loudspeaker designs for the other to come up with the right loudspeaker. ration blocks which you have been stadiums usually but could artificial atmosphere be too much for beleaguered boomers league fans to stomach. it's not the real thing we'll never never said the real thing that did so much better than nothing amazingly better than the the bundesliga is yet to adopt the

idea and will make do without noise at the weekend but should eerily silent games cause fans to switch off perhaps a bit of extra buzz may need to be brought in. all right that's your news update for all the latest headlines follow us on twitter atika meaningless thank you for watching.

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