close and personal as the pandemic. diaries starts me on w. . this is the w.'s live from berlin gives the green light to travel to restart. it looks like millions of your. summer vacation plans but what. looks like. the u.k. has the highest death toll and within britain people from ethnic minorities face

a much higher risk from the disease plus. food inflation is surging in germany as measures make it harder and more expensive to farm and harvest produce a closer look at the growing problem. and south africans desperate for a drink to homebrewing to get around the country's strict. during the pandemic. it's good to have you with us after weeks of lockdown borders are starting to reopen across europe the european commission has unveiled a plan to revive the butter tourism industry and make it possible for people to take a summer vacation at the same time the german government has announced that its border controls with other e.u. member states starting this coming weekend. 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. that is simply 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. 16th. the 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 that is in line with the cautious exit strategy set out by angela merkel on wednesday the chancellor was facing questions in the bundestag the unknown is that now it's not accepted all these previously unimaginable limitations in our lives in our walk and our businesses including temporary curbs on our rights only to risk sliding backwards now by dropping our guard 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 of been well above those in germany some spread of the disease may be hard to avoid but now it will be up to germany's border police to oversee what is sure to be a surgeon cross border journeys. our political correspondent kate brady joins me

for more on this kate germany and other e.u. countries see this as a lifeline to the tourism industry but the coronavirus will still be around this summer so what are you troubled look like. it certainly will be and the extent to which travel is even allowed will certainly depend on the situations that not only germany but also neighboring member states find themselves in in the coming weeks especially as we head towards our summer months and the school holidays but of course travel will look very different the so much should it go ahead we can expect for example to see masks being made obligatory the wearing of must be made compulsory on both planes and in airports and it's also likely that the number of guests that her tells and the tourist attractions as well will be limited to a much smaller number than usual to ensure that social distancing measures can still be a did to make sure that people can keep minimum recommended distance of $1.00 metres from each other and on top of that as well we've already heard some advice

from the e.u. commission recommended that perhaps travel be only permitted to regions where there is the capacity to treat tourists with medical cash should that be necessary as of course in the meantime germany like other nations both in europe and around the world all already preparing for the case that there may be a 2nd wave of that 19. in total borders borders with the european union but what about international travel. well germany still has a global travel warning in place until mid june and that's going to be that set to be reviewed in the coming weeks and horse the whole for the german interior minister he said yesterday again that he won't have serious issues serious problems he said in considering international travel particularly to the united states and to russia right now but as i say of course looking ahead to the situation is very

volatile at the moment and couldn't change very quickly by positively and negatively and the german. foreign minister has also hinted as well that should the situation changes accordingly positively then that still may be time to re-evaluate that that global travel warning a little earlier than planned especially when it comes to travel within the european union could pretty thank you very much for that turkey also wants to open its borders to tourists again the government is considering testing visitors from abroad as part of a plan to open the tourism season next month boxen turkey cities are food once again with the sound of children playing it's the 1st time they've been allowed to leave their homes in 40 days. god's eyes are finally free to play outside again for these children in eastham 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 lockdown ban added i was so bored at home and i missed going outside i want to go in my skating and now i make them a visit i play jump and run around at home all day sometimes we play songs on you tube and dance but still 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 the money goes to the ring outside today actually make me bits because it reminds me that i want to be that this every day 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 were banned from going

outside early on in the lockdown and everyone has to stay at home and most weekends this is when east and boy a city of 16000000 looks deserted. after recording some of the fastest growth in coded 19 infections in the world took a shelf officials now say they contain the spread of the virus and the government has relaxed some measures here dresses are allowed to work again shopping centers are allowed to reopen and present tragic times and one speaks of the new normal. when it's an all citizens should not get the impression that normalization means that we will be returning to how things work before march. 11th there are many examples in the world and in our country that have shown how the smallest act of carelessness during this pandemic can lead to major disasters joke ernie what for now going to the playground remains the exception for istanbul's children they

won't be allowed to go outside again until next week. let's have a look now at the latest developments in the caught on a lot has been and make the world health organization says it's impossible to predict when the virus may be controlled adding that it's likely it may never go away the united nations has warned the world is facing a mental health crisis as a result of isolation poverty and anxiety caused by the pandemic it's calling on authorities to do more to support people's mental illness the e.u. medicines agency says a vaccine for the virus could be ready in a year's time in an optimistic scenario that has the virus is not present in all 54 african countries often lesotho recorded its 1st case on wednesday nobody over a full point 3000000 people have been infected and more than 295000 people have died. the u.k. has seen the highest death toll from over 1000 in europe over 30000 people have

died since the pandemic began a disproportionate number of them from ethnic minorities for example a black of black people in the u.k. 4 times more likely to die from the virus than caucasians that's according to analysis by the national statistics agency showing the faults as the details from london. has had enough which is why she came here to downing street to protest even though she's 6 months pregnant she had to fight for protective hospital because it just wasn't enough. i'm here today for the doctors nurses and health. project and send 50 people more than 200 health care workers have died in britain so far 2 thirds of them were ethnic minorities. here in the united kingdom data has shown that the virus does indeed discriminate even though everybody has access to free health care experts are

unsure about the reasons but say they vary from overcrowded housing to preexisting medical conditions what is clear though is that covert 19 revealed longstanding existing inequalities in british society which rings true in this multiethnic neighborhood of brixton one of the colbert hot spots in the capital patients and hospitals across the country a 4 times more likely to die from coronavirus and white ones most people here where and have changed their behavior. much more carefully march. just this. and i just need to keep myself or my family safe that's the main thing so i don't know i'm not focused on the fact that . i don't even home or nothing. so far medics and experts haven't figured out why minorities. disproportionately

affected by covert 19 the government launched an inquiry last month there's also been discussion of shielding minorities from front line jobs and an realistic approach some say economic priorities. social actions. and. it's all very well. from other people's farms but if it's a choice. some people will be presented with with. back at downing street. hopes to encourage others to also speak up to prevent more deaths of ethnic minority patients and her colleagues. contending this pandemic has global efforts but long standing still face chronic divisions over issues like collective defense in the german newspaper developed

u.s. ambassador and director of national intelligence richard grinnell says germany is undermining need tools of containment this comes after plans to buy u.s. f. 18 fighter jets met resistance from within and. coalition planes are capable of launching nuclear warheads. germany has repeatedly said it intends to play a larger role in the world but decisions on how the country should approach its only defense capabilities are often hampered by political infighting. reports. this is what many wants to avoid america's drone who went from being considered a violation of international law to washington's method of choice the u.s. example has sparked concerns among the opposition and the public that german drones could see berlin on the wrong side of history

a driving force towards also mated machine warfare. yes underland it's great that other countries have it isn't a good argument to say we need it to keep the tendency towards automated warfare which means automated killing offers a depressing outlook at all german defense minister anecdotes come come on by once the drone just one item on the long list of unresolved to teach it purchase decisions she inherited from her previous s.s. . despite corona the defense ministry launched a webcast public debate on the matter when opposition m.p. summed up the last 10 years of argument over term and defense we'll call it let me say it bluntly at some point everyone here has to just barrel and say what they want and what they don't want. to have a nice military also wants to make another contentious purchase u.s. built f. 18 fighter jets those would ensure germany would remain able to deliver its part to

nato has u.s. led nuclear deterrent. currently the united states has stationed nuclear weapons in 5 european countries in small town crucial and germany along with the netherlands belgium italy and turkey while the u.k. and france have their own nuclear warheads. in a war scenario germany would have to use its ailing fleet of tornado fighter jets to deliver them but those are running out of spare parts fast. the governing coalition partner the social democrats have announced resistance to that replacement it's once a more passive role in nato. so i don't think there's anything wrong with having that debate i think it's an important question of democracy. military experts see this latest in a coalition rao as a defense as an attack on german credibility from within. i think

that position is increasingly untenable and frankly the rest of the world does not do us a favor while germany carney looks set to expand its military. regions like mali even within its own government and to do with defense remains a political minefield. for a brief look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world a powerful storm has hit the eastern philippines a typhoon made landfall just past noon local time have begun evacuating some 200000 people from coastal and mountainous areas of ferreting flooding and landslides this is social distancing would be nearly impossible. a close nuclear power plant in southwest germany has been demolished it's part of the country's plan to move away from atomic energy the phillipsburg plant was taken off the grid last year germany

is to replace fossil fuels with energy sources over the coming decades. the court has ruled that hungary circumvented by holding asylum seekers in prison like conditions at a border camp the case was brought by force from iran and afghanistan they've been kept in the camp after arriving by. the c.e.o. of paris based drug make a sound of for you has said that the u.s. could get 1st rights to its covert 1000 vaccine that if trials are a success the u.s. was 1st out of the blocks to fund some of these coronavirus research paul hudson said in an interview with bloomberg it's shaping up to be a major political row french politicians say prioritizing the u.s. would be unacceptable. correspondent lisa lewis joins me now from paris lisa what was the french

government's reaction to this. well there were and really happy about this obviously the u.s. secretary of state and yes this morning she said actually that that it was unacceptable that a company would put a vaccine 1st on the market in the u.s. and not in europe at the same time and that would depend on money during the day though seems that the government has been talking to said no fee to the company only view they are the health minister here has said that he talked to the c.e.o. in the u.s. and that it looked it sounded to him like that had been some kind of verbal slip really that he didn't mean it that obviously that the vaccine would also be available in europe and the authorities are now trying to calm things down a bit more here in france so does that mean that all this was just a huge misunderstanding. well i'm not sure because the head

of france sanofi has said in the news this morning that obviously the vaccine would be available at the same time in the us and on the french and the european market if and only if the europeans were as effective as efficient than as the the americans really so if you look at the us the us government has been promising hundreds of millions of euro's to sanofi to push for the development of the vaccine and they're also fast tracking procedures when it comes to r. and d. now normally it takes up to 10 years to put a new vaccine on the market and obviously if the american authorities are happy to fast track that to find a vaccine earlier now the company seems to be peeling to 2 french and european authorities to do something down these lines to make things easier for them so that they can produce the vaccine in europe and in france at the same time

as in the u.s. where does that leave efforts to collaborate between countries on the vaccine what are you seeing there. well you have about 100 different trials and projects to develop a vaccine and at the moment across the world there are several initiatives to cooperate one under the aegis of the world health organization france is quite active so that it's a cooperation between different countries to find a vaccine to exchange knowledge on the development of vaccines but there's also this european initiative with about 7 countries and that's led by fronts and they want to test for experimental drugs with 3200 patients now that's really not going any right seems because so far only france has found 700 patients happy to participate and only one other patient in luxembourg signed signed up to the

project so that's hardly enough to to reach the critical threshold and it seems that it's not that easy to cooperate when it comes to medical research here is a loose imbalance thank you very much for that. the price of food in germany has shot off aunts again by nearly 5 percent from the long that's according to a government report out today it's a picture repeated across the world food is becoming more difficult to farm due to knock down measures which is driving up the price of everyday goods. a half a kilogram of broccoli costs 3 euros a cali flour sells for for your us in recent weeks some produce prices have gone up noticeably in germany like here at a farmer's market in berlin of course prices for fresh fruit and vegetables normally vary with the season but this year is different says vendor kasten klink miller who sells regional produce here. i wish i'd been shontayne you know i've

been here for 10 years even longer i think and the customers buy from me because they know they're getting quality so they'll pay a little more and buy a little less but customers are viewing the price hikes of up to 50 percent with some concern. that if i want it cheap i'll go to the supermarket but i'd rather have good quality and the farmers have to make a living at least one person who's keeping a close watch on the prices here is hunsaker stuffed bear the market analyst keeps track of 40 different kinds of vegetables he says european market gardeners do a lot of their farming by hand in reserve. in germany and much of europe are harvested by seasonal workers in this year there aren't as many of them available as in other years and because of the coronavirus crisis there are also more restrictions that have been imposed such as distancing not so many people can be accommodated and all that is slowing productivity which leads to less being

harvested and the poor activity of it at that and the less there is the higher the prices but not all that stables are equally labor intensive and some prices haven't budged like those for carrots and tomatoes. and there are some other business headlines there's the u.k. government plans to slash startups on u.s. agricultural imports to boost the prospects of securing a quick trade deal that's according to reports of the british media the us in the u.k. began negotiations last week the issue of agricultural access is seen as key from the u.s. side but it is controversial with british farmers. each of you has announced a 55000000000 your stimulus package aimed at reviving the vitus its economy from minister. said the plan would provide emergency assistance to hard hit industries such as tourism agriculture and construction as well as aid to families and the unemployed. in south africa there's a ban on the sale of

a product that some consider essential alcohol the ban is part of some of the toughest restrictions on public life anywhere in the world right now due to the covert 1000 pandemic demand though is still high and police have reported robberies of closed liquor stores but an increasing number of south africans are trying to get around the restrictions in an entirely new way. in the township of lying out in cape town business for richard became you know has been brisk despite the coronavirus pandemic at his project stand one item in particular is selling very well pineapples he sells 20 cases every 3 days even though the price has doubled since public wish to actions began. this i'll defer to both is this is that was sitting at the moment now why is that it was because if it were there depending on if you're to get something to drink. that's

why michael b. has come here the hobby brewer shopping for pineapples as well as grapes from sugar . industry pilot. and. back home and a friend are testing their latest brew it's been fair mentoring and a bucket for 5 the thought process turns this liquid to alcohol. he says he can't understand why the government has banned the sale of alcohol. i think also it affects our financial state in terms of the country and also obvious people that people that depend on statically as well would have to make ends meet don't so now they can't i don't think the government should ban it i think the government should reconsider opening up and sell maybe a few hours maybe 3 hours during the day south africa has implemented a 5 tier social restriction system alcohol will only go on sale again when the country reaches

a let level 3 expected by the end of may according to government adviser salim abdul karim the country's pandemic peak will most likely be sometime between late july and september the extent to which we need emergency triode. call is a major continues. you know 3 different ways. of contributes in terms of modern vehicle accidents. interpersonal violence and injury i mean in china militants are also more. strongly linked to alcohol and then get it out of. use you know actually it's how it is local sources so are those those tend to occupy a very substantial amount of our emotions. meanwhile the shadow economy in the lying a time ship and across the country he's driving this cost millions in lost tax revenues

although the bassy are close to this is still possible to buy our call we learned there are several black market dealers who are still selling at a minimum 3 times their reasonable price of beer and wine for example we tried to talk to them but they did not want to talk to us on camera. michael but harvey plans to continue making his own pineapple beer even though he readily admits he'd much rather have a glass of fine red wine. just to the back of that evidence you know that. i'm.

going. to get. into the complex. south korea has been hailed as a model country in bringing the corona virus infection rate under control but the methods have raised privacy and public shaming from sars and now there are reports

that the virus is back again my guest this week is south korean foreign minister catacomb office has her government made too many compromises on citizens privacy in its efforts to contain the kind that may complicate the focus keep a close next on the lead a. whole. it's a deadly sin. and the whim of nature. it motivates us. to refuse to let us. greed. insatiable desire. to spend tribes and. putting danger he's been one big no i've come to the hose comfortless world because

i see the harm it has done to the world was out there is going to face the talk. we literally run the risk of being the 1st form of water to be responsible for all the expansion. while. we go in search of a documentary show. starts may 21st on t w. we realize that we will never be able to go back to life pre-code at 19 we have to live with this risk privacy is a very important human rights but it is not an absolute right have you sacrifice calls to improve human rights in order to keep the dialogue going well you keep saying concern we're not concerned south korea has been hailed as a model country in bringing its corona virus infection rate under control but the

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