this is g w news live from berlin tonight the closed borders within europe beginning to open again germany will start relaxing border controls this weekend and the european commission has unveiled a plan to revive tourism but can travel resume safely as long as the coronavirus threat remains also coming up free at last the children of turkey are allowed to go outside to play after being walked indoors for 40 days because of the coronavirus and what do you do when you're olympic dreams are put on hold while you order or

else will meet the japanese fencer who's keeping fit and earning money as a food delivery right. off and it's good to have you with us it is finally happening after weeks of lockdowns borders are starting to reopen across europe the german government today announced that it will begin relaxing border controls with other european union member countries this coming weekend at the same time the european commission has unveiled a plan to revive the battered tourism sector and to make it possible for people to take a summer vacation. border checks were supposed to be a thing of the past in europe change in zone germans were used to freedom of movement but the coronavirus put a stop to that cross border travel to neighboring austria switzerland and france

was limited to those with an urgent reason to move now the interior minister has announced a road map to get the roads open again. in this because it is simply needed that if people continue to show discipline observe the hygiene rules and wear face coverings then in spite of the easing of restrictions during may not only here but across europe we can foresee that the borders will be open on the 15th of june. 5th and 6th. race if akira hoping border points which were closed completely will be reopened and there will only be random checks by police all 4 countries have agreed to review their policies in mid june and there are hopes of freeing up travel to germany's other neighbors as well but the minister warned if the virus spreads the rules could change again. for some reason the picture worsens in the coming weeks then we will have to be prepared to react to that. when. given

that is in line with the cautious exit strategy set out by angle americal on wednesday the chancellor was facing questions in the bundestag. beyond the mistake melts away for you we've not accepted all of these previously unimaginable limitations in our lives in our walk and our businesses including temporary cubs on our rights only to risk sliding backwards now by dropping our god it would be depressing if we had to return to limitations which we hoped where in the past because we want too much too quickly. given that infections in eastern france have been well above those in germany some spread of the disease may be hard to avoid but now it will be up to jim and his board of police to oversee the sure to be a surgeon cross border journeys you know summer is coming for more on this i'm joined

now by our political correspondent in my mind was good to see you so we know that germany wants to ease some of its border controls are germany's plans are the in sync with those of the european union. well it is in the interest of the european union when it comes to its economy to lead goods and people move freely within the shank and so in an angle america confirmed that over made it 15 as of may to 15 there will be less controls on the borders with neighboring france switzerland and austria where all the other crossings will reopen and not just a few selected ones as has been the case for some weeks now and botha controls where they lifted altogether was a back sumburgh now to plan if all goes well is to eliminate border controls in all this tank end zone so $26.00 states by me do it and we do that german chancellor angela merkel she addressed that difficult balancing act today between controlling the virus and easing restrictions the german government does it enjoy

broad support across parliament and the population for its plans. well the easing of our necks ations ease of dividing a sure enough course and economy quicker questions of the pandemic of our diet here as is the case in not a country not of countries as well but despite germany's good results in tackling the pandemic so far for some in the polity amend the easing of frustrations isn't going fast enough so some of the opposition parties of the liberals also accuse the government to infringe fundamental rights by having limited freedom of movement and closed shops for example but if we look at the population 2 thirds of germans happy about the current state of things and supports the measures in place that's a bit less than at the beginning of the pandemic but overall general public has been duty following to so show this in singles wearing masks in public transport and shops for example or keeping their distances from one another in public spaces now we see patience is wearing thin here so there is

a come send out process we grow but oh so beyond the worry of the minority that their fundamental rights are being infringed they reserve wary of a majority of people here that for example the far right extremists or anti faxes for example might use process as a platform where they ideas you know we have certainly seen those for just taking place here in berlin and maybe we're just on the story for us tonight here in berlin thank you once heard the book heads the conservative party walk in the european parliament earlier we asked him or all countries in the european union coordinating how when when they open their borders with the job. well i see currently a common is the development towards a common understanding about what to do know so we see european wide in the last 2 weeks opening of our domestic rules and to a more liberal approach and now we have signals today of for example from the german government from the all serene government to come back to to a free and open europe and have in mind if we talk about the economic dimension of

the whole challenge ahead of us and that will be will be an enormous jelling challenge for europe then europe cannot recover disclosed bought us a single market is a fundamental principle for our economy and our companies cannot restart to do their business if we have still closed told us so everything is interlinked and that's why let's try to come step by step back let's open the borders with come in health standards is unified health and as an european level and then we have a good chance to manage it it was my friends they were there on europe's summer vacation turkey also wants to open its borders detours again the government is considering testing visitors from abroad as part of a plan to open the tourism tourism season next month meanwhile parks in turkey's cities are filled once again with the sound of children playing it's the 1st time that they've been awhile to leave their homes for 40 days.

i'm finally free to play outside again for these children in eastern boy it was the most beautiful day in weeks they were allowed to leave their homes for 4 hours after a long a very long time under markdown than ever that i was so bored at home and i missed going outside i want to go in my skating and now them a visit i play jump and run around at home all day sometimes we play songs on you tube and dance but you do i get bored a lot too it is so boring at home and i'm on the internet all the time i mean using it too much i might even be a little addicted by now my mum mostly reading outside today actually makes me bits because it reminds me did i want to be like this every day. parents have also been through a lot in the past weeks and well come to change of scene. but my daughter knows the

coronavirus is out there knows it can be dangerous today she's happy but she'd be happy if we could go to the seaside. is our christmas and is the hardest part is it to come when we go back to work now we have to figure out who is stay on and take care of the kids at that. age specific restrictions and 2 weekends curfews are essential element of the turkish call that 19 strategy children and teenagers but also those over $65.00 were banned from going outside early on in the lockdown and everyone has to stay at home and most weekends this is when eastern city of 16000000 looks deserted. after recruiting some of the fastest growth in coded 19 infections in the world top shelf officials now say they contain the spread of the virus and the government has relaxed some measures and dresses are allowed to work again shopping centers are up to reopen and present tragic times and one

speaks of the new normal. when it's a citizens should not get the impression that normalization means that we will be returning to how things were before lunch. alone there are many examples in the world and in our country that have shown how the smallest act of carelessness during this time democrats can lead to major disaster struck me what now going to the playground remains the exceptions to istanbul's children they won't be allowed to go outside again until next week. well here's a look at some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world chile's government has ordered a total lockdown of the capital santiago after a spike in corona virus cases infections jumped by 60 percent in just 24 hours the vast majority of cases in chile are in. double drums former campaign chairman paul

mann a ford has been released from federal prison into home confinement over virus concerns man a 4th was deemed a high risk due to his age and preexisting medical conditions he's serving a 7 year sentence after being convicted as part of the probe into russian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election. in italy servers have returned to the waves for the 1st time in 2 months as the country emerges from its walk down professional and amateur surfers were out in force as beaches reopen italy was the 1st country in the world to introduce a nationwide lockdown. oh ahead of the buddhist league is resumption this weekend the season does resume this weekend other major european football leagues are pressing ahead they hope to follow suit among them italy's syria which has voted to return to action on june 13th clubs have already started training on an individual basis and will be allowed

to train in 4 teams next week syria plans still need government approval the league was suspended at the beginning of march with italy one of the worst affected countries by the pandemic. the postponement of this year's tokyo olympics has had negative consequences for many athletes they've had to cut back on their training and look for other sources of income and most of their income of course was based around the games one japanese olympian has found a way of addressing both of those problems at the same time he's delivering food at the same time. rio miyake feels most at home with a fencing sword in his hand he want to silver medal for japan in the team for oil events at the london 2012 olympics but now the coronavirus has forced him to get on his bike working as a courier for the food delivery company eats the job serves 2 purposes for me archy

it's a source of income and a source of fitness. well they say because if you're now in day going into my savings for a living so i have to earn money for myself but i also thought by delivering food i can start my physical strength from weakening that's why i started this so you know that i got the what does it. mean alkies situation reflects the reality for many olympians who struggle to make ends meet tokio gains in particular were meant to be a shop window for japanese athletes but with the olympics and other competitions on hold so to a sponsorship deals. they shoot you all that is us and our training center has been closed and we don't have any matches because it's still unclear how i will qualify for the olympics. and i didn't feel i could accept sponsorship in such a situation. so i told my sponsors to hold off for the time being i stated that

when we do it's nice to see that. once his deliveries are completed me archy can get back to doing what he does best in the hope that sooner rather than later he won't just be jabbing into thin air. well police in new york state have paid a special tribute to hospital workers on long island. the tell me police organized a pipes in kuwait outside the sinai hospital to say medical staff for their wife's saving more during the call by this crisis the hospital had up to 90 people on ventilators at the same time at the height of the pandemic flu patients are watching at the hospital the number of those the patients has dropped dramatically

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