this is deja vu news of live from berlin germans longing for summer holidays after a lockdown might get their moment in the sun with trona virus infections on the decline in europe germany has begun easing border controls with neighboring countries the move again it's good news for europe's tourism industry which took a major hit during the pandemic also coming up. this league of football kicks off again today but the players will have to adjust to stadiums without fans and one of the big games will see dortmund take on shall get in their 1st match after the

lockdown. a michael ok welcome to the program germany has taken another major step towards returning to normal so yeah after months of coronavirus restrictions starting today germany is lifting border controls with luxembourg it's also relaxing checks at its borders with austria france and switzerland authorities say that if they can keep the virus in check germans could resume free travel within the e.u. by mid june just in time for the summer holiday. correspondent bustin hartig is on the german austrian border in the town of kiefer's feld and from where he joins me now boston it's good to see you again in squarely a big day where you are the border between germany and austria reopened just

a few hours ago give us a sense of what the situation is. as you can see michael it's fairly quiet there's one car at the checkpoint right now but if you look over here this lane i've been i've been told is up until yesterday this was packed with cars at any given moment because police pulled over every car that wanted to cross the border now they're only checking at random if you do get pulled over like that car behind me they'll ask you why you want to enter the country then you have to make their case to the officers and if they think your reason is good enough to let you through if they don't they'll turn you back and they'll escort you back across the border to austria michel so it's random checking along that border what are some of the restrictions that will remain in place for certain. ok so those restrictions have been eased just a little bit since yesterday so before that basically only people who were

commuting for work for example or german citizens returning home they got to cross the border now that definition has been expanded that now includes people who want to visit family members on the other side of the border for example or people who have real estate on the other side that they need to tend to they now get to cross as well but still not possible it's crossing for touristic purposes or for shopping trips for example michel i see so it's still early and you likely haven't had a chance to talk to many travelers but what's the collective significance for people who have an intention of crossing from one side to the other. well look ok so 1st of all there's these people who live close to the border they routinely cross. before the corona crisis they they would cross the border just as a normal routine in their daily life now and at the moment they can't do that or only very restricted but on

a bigger scale holiday season is coming up so people want to know if they can go on a summer holiday austria is one of the favorite destinations for german citizens they want to go to the mountains they want to join their summer holiday there at the moment they don't know if they can do that now the border controls or the borders should be opened by june 15th but that is that depends highly on the number of infection so the german interior minister said if those infections surge on either side of the border then that there that the plan that they have opening the borders by june 15th can't go ahead and even the easing of the restrictions that are taking place yesterday or last night will be will be walked back michael our correspondent boston harty with the latest from the german austrian border much appreciated. now on the other side of that border australia is also moving forward with the easing of coronavirus restrictions on friday the country

took an important symbolic step by reopening its restaurants in traditional viennese cafes but strict safety guidelines will have to be observed it's the new normal in the age of covert 19. a toast to a new beginning after more than 7 weeks restaurants and cafes in austria have been allowed to reopen but only if they follow strict guidelines. staff must cover the nose and mouth. and tables have to be at least one metre apart with no more than 4 adults sitting together for many the welcome step says it's. not a quite the same normal state as before but i think it's good for everyone to get together again as most of you know people that if you cough does not have a hope the laws are going to be a little more lax so that more people can come together. is the use of also opened again as the government moves to lift restrictions across the country after

bringing the number of new infections under control and keeping deaths relatively low. art exhibitions the museums are also unlocking their dollars as admissions and if it ever set i missed it very market and us money that you can visit the museums on line with that of course that's not the same as in real life. larger cultural events such as concerts are being allowed to restart gradually between now and august as long as organizers devise safety measures that meet the government's approval. for now though it's a return to a semblance of normality but austria's approach is being closely watched by other countries also looking for ways of opening up the economy while preventing a 2nd deadly wave of the virus. let's have a look now at the latest developments in the krona virus pandemic the italian government is easing travel restrictions allowing people to move freely inside

their home region as of monday and between regions starting june 3rd india has surpassed china's tally of confirmed infections with nearly $86000.00 cases russian health authorities say they have registered an additional $9200.00 corona virus infections in the past 24 hours. we're going on to brazil now where the new health minister has quit after less than a month on the job his departure comes as the coronavirus pandemic rages in the country with hospitals overwhelmed in several states despite the spread of covert 19 brazil's far right president gibe also narrow continues to downplay the virus and opposes lockdown measures. as brazil struggles to fight the pandemic the country has become one of the world's hot spots for cope at 19 with the death toll now surpassing 800 people a day so the health ministers resignation could not come at

a worse time. i view their feet life is made of choices and today i chose to leave i can say that i gave the best of myself the days that i was here during this period it is not simple to be in a ministry like this one juror in such a difficult period where sanofi to the throne to face ties didn't give any reason for his decision but it's been clear he disagreed with president promotion of a controversial and to malaria drugs to fight cope with 19 and his push to reopen the economy. our people are dying yes they are and they regret that but many more are going to die if the economy continues to be restricted one of. the recent poll shows one 3rd of voters still back the president but more and more brazilians are on happy with how he's dealing with a pandemic. news of the health ministers resignation prompted banging

protests in major cities. demonstrate his accused boston arrow of recklessness and failing to save lives. well at long last the wait is over for boone his legal fans german football is returning after 2 months suspension due to the corona virus outbreak of course there's been so much talk about hygiene in empty stadiums but what about the actual football dortmund take on shell in a crunch local derby on saturday well league leaders by in munich or inaction on sunday brasier dortmund players will leave this tunnel later today and see exactly this a stadium empty of fans but despite the lack of atmosphere there will be plenty of passion on the pitch as the bundesliga resumes title challenges dortmund face arch

local rival shelter in german football big darby coach lucien farber expects it to be a surreal experience doing for this is i think a situation is a huge challenge for all coaches and all teams. but we know what we have to do this is our job so we asked for having to wear a mask on the sidelines we've got to do it. miss and that's. the last time 2nd place dortmund played a bonus league game in a packed stadium they boosted their outside title hopes with a 21 victory over mention glad back a well worked when after an ash rafa kimi was symbolic of their attacking her but shout often raise their game against dortmund players mosques will be off for the darby as david wagner's side look to continue their push for a european spot. training has been tweaked in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. distance has been kept where possible but the tackles are likely to fly

again storm and despite the eerie surroundings derby can honestly use it obvious that a very different to this with a full house and a great atmosphere. is not to be some real shame if there's no other way to do it then so be it on them as much as or without fans we've got to try and push ourselves somehow to push. the bundesliga played one game without fans in march when cloud back took on cologne as the coronavirus crisis began to hit but this weekend will be totally new for most of the players who have been quarantined in hotels during the week to try to avoid infection. leaders by munich face a tricky trip to uni on berlin on sunday they 'd are keeping themselves away from the cameras for now the defending champions of 4 points above dortmund with 9 games left but the title run in will be like nothing we have seen before.

so there you have it the bundesliga kicks off this weekend as the 1st major league in europe to get back in action and mccambridge from sports is here to tell us more about this that i've got to start by by asking you why germany went forward with this despite the fact that many people say it's an early restart for the season well this was bubbling over for a long time and a lot of the clubs in germany were using a lot of scary woods are saying things like survival we're going to go bust we need to get the football back on to survive and that was also coupled with the t.v. companies saying to the d.f.l. the german f.a. we will pay the bill costs money to these clubs we will save these clubs from going broke if you get the games back on and we can show them on television we have to watch yourself you know there's a lot of other industries in germany which are also suffering at the moment so why the football and the government saying it's very good for morale that so many football fans in germany let's get it back on let's push the mood to try and show people that look down you know is almost over so there's

a lot of criticism about the decision but it's going ahead and be interesting to see how this pans out and some would argue it's also part of the d.n.a. of german and germany's but but but anyway moving on the there are reports of course that some players also voiced their concerns about this early restart that it might be too premature is that still the case well when this is 1st house a lot of the players are saying do we really have to be guinea pigs for society here when it doesn't seem really fair we're the ones are going to go out they start training get sick go to different cities during a lockdown. and there was some plays in particular cloudy place they had a brain when he came out and said well i've actually got a family member in a in a pretty poor physical condition so it's not really fair for me to go out to training you know get infected with this virus and then take that home so he came out against it but over time i think a lot of these players a full and in line with what the club is once it's you know the club needs to get the money they've convinced the players and it's going ahead now clearly this is not american football but it's as anyone who knows who's played the sport is. it is

in fact a contact sport so the question is how will these games proceed you think this weekend will there be the same aggressive play with for example tackling how is it going to change what all is going to look very different to normal for well as we would you know there's no fans in the stadium among the other rules will be no hugging on the pitch they'll be no handshakes before the guy the players won't come out the same tunnel for the match no mascots no spitting which is the referee's going to have to try and score and enforce and also them the coaches on the sidelines are only allowed allowed to remove their mosques when giving instructions i'll have to stay a couple of metres away but like you say this is a contact sport and one of the big games today is the darby don't mean to get shout now you don't need to get those players to suddenly calm down they're all going to be fired up and ready to get stuck into one another so how it actually plays out on the pitch is going to be fascinating and a lot of these other leagues are going to be watching germany this weekend they want to get their league started to how things work out we very interesting and

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