the bad. this is the w.'s live from berlin on the america all gets grilled over germany's coronavirus response the chancellor faces lawmakers questions over cracks in germany's anti-piracy stafford's from containment strategy to economic recovery they demand answers for what lines actually look at what they're calling plans and her words of caution. meanwhile the push is on for tourists to come back germany

will be lax border controls as early as this weekend how can travel resume safely with the continued coronavirus routes to. last the afghan president orders the military to restart operations against militants that comes after extremists attack civilian targets including a maternity ward killing others and it stands. now as. i'm serious i was gonna it's good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel has warned that the country must not jeopardize the progress it's made and containing the coronavirus by moving too quickly to lift restrictions and parliament the chance for a fixed question is on the economic impact of the disease as well as on conditions for a seasonal workers after a large coronavirus outbreak at a slaughterhouse. germany is now emerging from

a nearly 2 months lock down but merkel warned the country would be living with the disease for some time to come. as the editor of the opinion view it would be depressing if we had to reintroduce restrictions that we all want to leave behind us because we want too much too soon. so let us be courageous and vigilant let us reopen public and economic life step by step whilst keeping an eye on how the pandemic develops for lessons and above all let us return to our workplaces schools cafes and sports clubs whilst following the new rules of social distancing hand-washing and respecting the need to protect each other and i firmly believe that if we remain consistent and prevent a relapse then we will all benefit. and then this because then in the next phase of the pandemic both possible protecting people's health and letting our

economy recover as quickly as possible protecting jobs and enjoying a social life. position of his need money in the foyer the home going or let's bring in our political correspondent kate brady for more on this story hi kate we heard the chance are there talking about that very difficult balance between controlling the virus on one hand and also easing restrictions on the other does the government have broad support across parliament for its measures. oh this certainly been a large gap between different parliamentary groups in the last week or so when it comes to specifically the easing or relaxation of restrictions in germany and a lot of that comes down to this rather contentious issue of this emergency break which was decided on the last week between angela merkel and the state premiers which means that if a district in germany reports more than 50 new cases per 100000 inhabitants over the past week then action appropriate action needs to be taken so we have seen some

places in germany that have put on hold the easing of restrictions there because that has a not now knock on effect on the local industry so going forward this will be something that the government and both federal and state level will be keeping an eye on as you mentioned as well there have been these outbreaks slaughterhouses as well which have had an impact on local numbers so there certainly imagine will be perhaps a reassessment in the coming weeks as to how effective this emergency brake is and how effective and these easing of restrictions are as well as of course the effects that they might be having on the new number of cases which is being closely observed here in germany kate what about among the german public i mean is there still widespread support for the government's course so far. well if you look at the polls around 2 thirds of germans currently support the current measures in place and the restrictions are still to

a certain extent in place here in germany but of course that's a big drop from earlier on during the pandemic when over 90 percent of germans supported the restrictions that were in place and the action that was being taken by the german government and at the same time as well just a few days ago at the weekend we saw an increasing number of demonstrations thousands of people across the country in various cities taking to the streets accusing politicians of infringing their rights and their freedoms here in germany but of course those protests have been looked at very closely in the following days this week particular as it's now become clear that they're worse than far right extremist walking among normal citizens your average citizens who are out on the streets calling for for the protection of their rights and so that is something that the government will be keeping an eye on as well as local authorities as well in the coming weeks as there are of course fears that those protests may even grow

yet and earlier we did hear the german interior minister has they hope to talk about easing some border controls bring us up to date on what's happening there or basically as of saturday may 15th there will be relaxed controls on the borders of france switzerland and austria and on the border of looks and border controls will be completely lifted and that could also be the case even with denmark as well but the horse suitable for and i'm going to medical research as well during the chancellor's question time that the plan is to have you free free travel across the e.u. by made june but of course in the meantime germany's global travel warning still remains in place all right our political correspond keep grady there for us thank you. as germany and many other countries across europe there are lockdown the aviation industry is preparing for a resurgence in passenger numbers depending on the airline that could mean

a radically different airport and on board experience let's take a look at what taking to the skies. flying during a pandemic passengers on board this booked out of ryanair flight from london to lisbon may have been wearing masks but they weren't able to keep much distance from each other. all over the world airlines are having to contend with the realities of the coronavirus at air france officials have been taking temperature readings of passengers before they board in the hope of stopping people with symptoms from flying the captains or disinfected every 5 days and some efforts are being made to keep people from getting too close to each other for stuff it means issuing and in forcing new restrictions. i'll make an announcement to the passengers to ask them to limit their movements during this flight to respect social distancing. movies think he said to. sustain on board caesarean is being kept to

a minimum and duty free shopping is no longer on offer all our customers are very funny everything on the train. crew members who we. knew once to relieve the trade to the customer and everything we spoke to individually at the leonardo da vinci international airport in rome they've been trying so-called smart helmets they allow temperature readings to be taken while people are in motion they work within a 7 metre radius it's just one example of a number of innovations in health and safety that have arisen because of the pandemic. you'll be a little bit of the airport official will be able to identify even within a group of people which individuals have a fever that needs attention. as lockdowns ease on travel resumes airlines will be left with

a gray service sponsibility than ever for maintaining public health. turkey has started easing some restrictions designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus towns and provinces are emerging from curfew with the intention of allowing tourists to return to the country starting at the end of may well starting today children aged 14 and under are being allowed to leave their homes for a few hours during the day for the 1st time in more than a month shopping malls and hair salons have been allowed to be opened under strict hygiene before but some cities including istanbul and ankara will be put back under lockdown again during the upcoming holiday weekend and the country's elderly population and children are still subject to curfews. let's bring in correspondent dorian jones in istanbul for more on this hi doreen 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 been not 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 and see one's friends he's been very very difficult as he has been for the rest of the country but has to be said we are living in a modern era and he's been able to communicate play games with his friends online and that certainly has helped and also online education for him has been a great success he's receiving 7 hours a day face to face with teachers interacting with other pupils that is 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 doubted lee 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 has a mixture of feelings certainly there is a feeling of relief at the same time there is trepidation if not fear because undoubtedly with some arriving been able to go out for people over 65 they were released from lockdown for a few hours on sunday and now for the children of the country this is certainly welcome and the prospect of the lockdown will be completely ended at the end of the month that is certainly a relief for small businesses to many of them have been closed 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 has been the regulations have been these 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 $50000.00 hard and also recovery rate 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 for a teen culture tweeting complacency is a danger and that has been echoed by president he in his speech this week said to one of the 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 another locked down so turkey is performing a very difficult balancing act current jones reporting there from its thank you. let's check in now and some other stories making headlines around the world the u.s. government's top infectious disease expert has warned lawmakers that cities and states could see

a spike in covert 1000 deaths if they left the last ounce to quickly anthony expressed its concerns while testifying before the u.s. senate from his home. u.s. secretary of state by pompei was in israel meeting prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his new governing partner any guidance ahead of the talks pompei all said they discussed the coronavirus pandemic talks are also expected to include israel's plans to annex parts of the west bank israel's new unity government will be sworn in tomorrow 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 on till the separatists declared self rule last month. to brazil now the response to the corona virus outbreak there has been complicated by conflict between president jarboe sonars federal government and the state's regional leaders are enforcing lockdowns against the wishes of the president the

death toll from the disease is the highest in latin america hospitals are struggling to cope the large numbers of patients and undertakers are struggling to bury the victims. undertakers from the public burial service and now start their day there on their way to pick up the body of a 41 year old man who is believed to have died of covert 19 right now and they're working around the clock to provide burials for brazil's many disadvantaged people the family of the deceased man silva panicked when they found his body in the bathroom his brother is still in shock. well gere was diabetic he died after a short severe illness with symptoms of kovac 19. years condition worsened within 3 days passed away at 7 o'clock this morning. what did he die of. suddenly he couldn't breathe anymore because. rogers family is convinced that he

died of this new virus as they call covert 19 their own rage because they think he should have survived. if you paid still be alive if there had been a bed in the intensive care units for him would have brought him to the hospital but it's best that he died at home and there was. a constant stream of mourners arrives at the coronavirus section of the cemetery in my analysis there is little time to bid farewell victims of covert 19 are transported to the final resting place shortly after they pass away 5 coffins at once the bodies must be buried quickly there's no time for ceremonies more than 4 times as many people are being buried in manassas usual up to 120 a day. among them are while saurus is a grandmother the hospital was unable to treat her. with a dispute at

a party they don't blame the doctors it's the governess fault the hospital where my grandmother was had only one ventilator walk but it didn't feel as though the health care system in manassas has been overwhelmed for weeks now there are not enough ventilators dead bodies are being stored in refrigerated containers at the same time many brazilians stand close to each other as they line up to claim their coronavirus aid a one time grant of the equivalent of $300.00 euros many are angry at the government as the payments have been delayed more the more we need to see it so we can pay our bills and for a baby food. bank our president says it's just a little blue these words are deadly president wasn't elected to spread this idiocy he's tearing the brazilian people apart. the brazilian president was slow to respond to the pandemic and has continued to play down the virus to this day.

folks back and says it's going to shut down its plan to vote again as it continues to struggle with coping 19 of the plant which is the world's biggest car factory will close for 4 days this month it only reopened 2 weeks ago after a 6 week shutdown more workers will be on the deuced schedules c.w. said this week that it sold 2 thirds fewer cars in april because of that and. let's bring in our financial correspondent get up you shall see delaney with more hi shall see so the plant only just reopened after a 6 week shutdown i mean how are markets taking these latest developments. certainly it's not the news that investors want to be hearing about the stock is down about 4 percent in frankfurt trading but it certainly underscores just how slow of a process it's going to be to get back to normality for these automakers there had been a lot of

a lot of excitement and when it when volkswagen reopened the plant 2 weeks ago it was seen as a symbol of things in the economy really getting back to normal but now of course all of these automakers are really starting to see just how weak the demand side is right now you mentioned they figure is across europe the sales figure was down 83 percent in some states and some countries they sold basically no vehicles at all so they are trying to get back up to production here but what demand it's going to look like when it's really going to rebound is the certainly a big question what are the prospects for the auto industry on a whole. even before coronavirus struck this was going to be a really challenging year for automakers they're having to invest a lot of money into the shift into electric vehicles they were preparing for tighter emission standards and now with the floor really falling out underneath the

market that's really going to accelerate accelerate a lot of the changes in the industry you've already seen a wave of consolidation and mergers like chrysler pujo because a lot of companies just can't handle the cost of the shift in the industry themselves but now with this immediate effect on the market from the 10 to mc we are seeing a lot more calls for things like state support. and france and also things like subsidies to to get the market back on its feet. and you reporting for us from frankfurt thank you very much. greece is notorious for its red tape bureaucracy but the coronavirus crisis has got things moving faster a new online government portal aims to streamline permit approvals and helps businesses hit by the pandemic recover sooner. this is how many greeks hand in paperwork at the tax office these days it's

a similar picture and other government agencies like the public health insurance greece is notorious for its slow moving bureaucracy but the covert 1000 crisis may be speeding things up for example architect marley f.o.t.r. who can now submit her building plans for approval on line because it will be the way it used to work was that we had to take all the project plans to the town planning inspector to the engineering inspector who would check them this process could last 2 years sometimes even a year and a half it once took me 2 years and. the online submission alone saves time and paper but now with the electronic licensing system the granting of permits is supposed to get faster to it's part of a government portal launched during the coronavirus lockdown so we decided to create a single point one a citizen scam basically find out what they're looking for and any new platform that we will be adding any new idea out in the set up is that we will be provided

with us citizens will be their undoing of that of these 2 entrepreneurs who opened the small piece through just before the lockdown started wished the portal had been up and running long ago it took them nearly 8 months to get their operating permits but will the portal really help businesses hit by the pandemic. we need a lot more radical changes than those offered by an online platform that just gives us various certificates or other things that make our lives easier clearly it's a very good service we should have had it years ago but it's not going to be enough for what we're experiencing now. the time of the coronavirus will bring about many changes in greece to an extent it may also help to make life simpler. combat's back says its costs relating to the pandemic amounted to almost 500000000 euros in the 1st quarter driving the bank to a 300000000 euro loss for the period it's more bad news for the german lender which

has seen its share price collapse by 98 percent over the last decade the culprit behind the losses last quarter customers failing to pay loans due to the coronavirus pandemic bank was bailed out by the german government in 2008 but has struggled ever since. 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 debt a warning to our viewers now 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. she's looking like took my grandchild to the hospital to get a vaccine. 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 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 disc tuck 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 start 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 your attacks but there's a serious risk now that moves toward peace talks between the group and the government will be derailed. now the coronavirus lockdown has meant that most people who would normally go to the gym have had to workout at home here in germany some states have now a lot of fitness centers to open again but only with strict hygiene regulations in place if you went to one gym to find out how it'll work. finally back in the

fitness studio but lifting weights isn't the only challenge in coronavirus times wiping down after a workout is compulsory this gym in bone in western germany has been permitted to reopen but new rules have been introduced so that social distancing and increased hygiene procedures become the norm before the need as we as all members to wash their hands on entry or use disinfectant we have disinfectant dispensers in the changing rooms and the showers well the toilets and also in the restaurant area there are disinfectant sprays for the equipment right across the premises hygiene standards now very high. employees also clean gym apparatus at regular intervals they wear masks but it is left to the discretion of members whether they follow suit many are just glad to be back and i have often hoped i have long hoped

that the fitness studios would reopen before the summer i'm very happy because just training a whole mess and the same the motivation is not the same. pieces of equipment must be placed 3 meters away from each other while jim members have to stay 1.5 metres apart that's all times just like a normal life. as the rules are good and they're not too restrictive because in the last 2 months we've got used to the idea of washing our hands more and using disinfectant and it's not mandatory to wear a mask while using the equipment so i don't think the rules are over the top. people in other parts of germany hope their fitness studios can reopen in the coming weeks many gym goers were hygiene conscious anyway but now it is a new ritual for. let's get a reminder now for our top story. german chancellor nachle has warned that the country will live with the coronavirus for some time to come but not this must not

jeopardise progress in containment to foster an enhanced. session lawmakers ask michael about how her government plans out businesses reopen and we cover something now emerging from a nearly 2 month lockdown. thanks for watching today we were back at the top of the hour.

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