this is it news live from berlin the bundesliga is back and the sporting world is watching. but there are no fans in the stadiums as german football becomes the 1st major league in europe to resume action we'll get the reaction to the 1st day back also on the show. meeting at the border germany and luxembourg's foreign ministers mark the lifting of controls between their countries authorities say that if they can keep the virus in check germans could resume free travel within the european union 5 needs cheap. and demonstrations take place across germany against

coronavirus restrictions thousands call for an end to lock down russia's. nick spicer welcome to the program the long wait for bonus league defense is now over german football has returned after a 2 months suspension due to the corona virus outbreak dortmund took on shocker in a crunch local game today while league leaders byron munich played to morrow the players follow strict hygiene measures and are of course playing to empty stadiums . and to tell us how it all went down i'm joined by did davis on door push standing outside the comparatively quiet stadium home to dortmund davis the entire sporting war world has been watching the bonus league his return how successful has it been

and what can other leagues learn from today do you think. one terms of crowd control actually works out spectacularly there were some police here in dortmund that were a little worried that the diversity of thought one fans wouldn't add here to the police that they gave to the fans of staying home and watching the game on television but they barely any fans showed up sticking to what the fans seemed said back in march when the game was originally supposed to take place that they would be in intensity games so in terms of people being outside his teams and causing issues of trying to get into the stadium things ran rather smoothly this afternoon and for actual blunders league give us the goods who won well bruce who dortmund have peered to have been taking their coronavirus had as little bit more serious than shaka did because they came out with

a 4 nothing victory in this historic darby between these 2 teams holland actually scored the 1st goal of the bundesliga restart when he connected with a pass and he and receive government tacked on 3 more after that so they definitely were prepared for this game and much more than a shocker where is there any way of knowing if playing in an empty stadium had an effect on the way the players actually played well actually a lot of these blunders sneak it teams have been hiring bring in special specialists to deal with the the new mental situation of playing games without stadiums that sebastian kayo one of the employees here for posey dominate former boards to do and captain he actually mentioned that is that they've that brazil dominant players have actually been working on mentally preparing not just physically preparing for when the bundesliga eventually returned so did everything go pretty much according

to plan. yeah i mean the stewards were a little worried that there was going to be some some far right move there were murmurs of farm right movement maybe taking advantage of events to push their own agenda but it was really quiet here outside the c.m. you could hear the faint whistle from the referee henri cheer from the players when a goal was scored but outside of that it was really it was a really quite spring day here outside a signal in a park all right davis outside the home of dortmund thanks for that. and here's a look at the results for a match to 26 in the bundesliga so far dortmund didn't need fans to dominate shell 4 goals to nil rb live so you can fry verge share the spoils of berlin down hoffenheim 3 nil a scoreless draw for dusseldorf and powder born blues to wolfsburg and there's lots of action to look forward to including buyer nuna cut in berlin on sunday as well

as sport germany has taken another major step towards returning to normalcy after months of coronavirus restrictions germany is relaxing checks at its borders with france switzerland and austria and in an even bigger step all border controls have been ended between germany and luxembourg. the border and may be open once again between germany and luxembourg and an easing of coronavirus restrictions but don't relax too much german foreign minister heiko must know early but not quite sure cannes with his luxemburg counterpart shown us a bone as a border crossing between the towns of pal and shank on. top if he hadn't been that nick will start border controls for denmark in the next few days and from june the 15th there will be no more checks at the borders with france austria and switzerland i'm hoping that the border controls that the polish and czech friends

currently do have will also be lifted in the forseeable future. however both warsaw and prague say they are keeping the restrictions in place for the foreseeable future. in switzerland smiles on celebrations off to is hoping its borders with germany and austria and now unmarried couples in long distance relationships can be viewed united once again previously only people who are married live in a registered partnership will have children together could anticipate finland and you don't stray a tight security remains on its border with germany but despite relief that the crossing is open once more chapman is still have reservations. after me because this is for me this has been a real challenge because me my girlfriend are expecting a baby and she needs a cross and in bavaria. up until now we could hardly meet

i was going to get easier now. to. europe isn't in the clear over the covert 19 pandemic yet but at last the seems to be something to see about. oneself and let's have a look now at all of the latest developments in the krona virus endemic spain's government says it will seek a fresh extension of its state of emergency that will last about a month until the transition out of walked on is completed british researchers are launching a trial to see whether dogs can smell 19 and humans before they show symptoms russian health authorities say they have registered an additional $9200.00 corona virus infections in the past 24 hours and the paul has reported its 1st death from corona virus the country has been on lockdown since march 24th and has 281 confirmed cases italy's government has announced that tourists will again be able

to visit from june the 3rd a 14 day mandatory quarantine period will also be scrapped it's a big step for a country recovering not only from one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks but also from the huge economic cost of the lock down. famous for once having too many visitors coronavirus has left. many here who rely on tourism eager for people to return but it's a balancing act between preventing a 2nd wife of coronavirus while reopening the city. i hope the authorities will manage the city in a way that is a compromise between the city we knew then and the one we're experiencing today. peaceably became the center of the coronavirus in europe in late february the government imposed a crippling shutdown and the pandemic killed over 30000 people areas on the

cars to have taken a huge hit but travelers will soon be allowed back in time for summer. months we've had only 2 overnight stays this gives you an idea of the situation. according to the regulations in force at the moment so it distancing face masks gloves and disinfection gel tourism accounts for more than a 10th of italy's g.d.p. and industry it's desperate to salvage many here are relying on people visiting some of the world's most iconic attractions once again. kenya's president has announced that the country will close its borders. in a statement on saturday he also extended an existing dusk to dawn curfew and the ban on movement. in london police

have arrested several people during a protest against coronavirus lockdown measures at least $100.00 people took part in the demonstration in hyde park. and german finance minister is proposing an aid package to help minister polities in the country he wants to invest $57000000000.00 euros to help cities and towns cope with declining tax revenues and to stabilize their finances germany is facing its deepest recession since world war 2 and. and people have demonstrated again in several german cities against the government's coronavirus restrictions despite some of those measures being lifted on friday thousands of demonstrators called for a complete end to the lock down demonstrations have been taking place since the end of march. that protesting against the government's corona restrictions and supporting more freedom once again thousands are gathering in stuttgart families with children corona deniers or people who are afraid of compulsory vaccinations.

because if we can't be beaten down and have our fundamental rights taken away let's decide is this is all a deprivation of liberty it's manipulating people and frightening entire groups of society that's crazy right side because i'm the mother of 3 i want them to go totally free as i did i don't want to have to secretly meet up with my 23 year old daughter from across germany organizers have called for demonstrations about constitutional rights like here in berlin. in munich only a 1000 people were allowed to the demo but at times more came the demonstration remained peaceful political scientist tom mann of it sees similarities between the protests and the far right piggy to movement got us to answer i don't believe that the number of people on happy with democracy in the government's policies is really risen but a polarized nation between the 2 sides has become a huge and has come back again due to the corona crisis. experts like mine of it's

a warning that the protest movement could radicalize you can already see more and more right wing extremists gathering including here in chicago. and our chief political editor because accuser is standing by for us in berlin what are the demonstrators trying to achieve in your. well there seems to be one common theme here at the very least and that the distrust of the states also in this crisis but also beyond because as we heard that there's a very broad spectrum of people meeting up there that ranges from people who are against vaccinations in general to conspiracy theorists who simply don't believe that there actually is a real epidemic or if there is that that was invented or placed by any particular person or sarti so at the same time there appear links to the far right movement which has been spotted at these demonstrations and that leads to growing

concern amongst policymakers in beilin that this could lead to some kind of destabilization of society here in germany. it's a bit strange as germany is slowly coming out of lockdown and you have these demonstrators are still hitting the streets or perhaps gathering momentum why's that. yes that doesn't really seem to make sense i mean their argument of course is that before they simply want a legally allowed to gather and as we saw in munich today more people turned up than were allowed for instance and that is in visa that's the location where you see the october fest is when 1000 demonstrators had gathered the police started dispersing the crouse some see that as evidence that the state is against freedom of speech and freedom of demonstrations and of gathering at the same time we hear policymakers time and time again say that they want to keep those restrictions as

sort as possible and now those are being taken back out back from the state and at that moment in time we see more demonstrators there's a clear concern here that this is yet another expression of movements many to the far right and in fact one for my a.f.d. politician has been spotted at such a demonstration in the brand of bugs today simply to question the very or 30 of the state's predictions amongst experts though point to the fact that these might go away as all restrictions are lifted we're still quite a bit away from that but we're simply down that road 81 percent of germans according to the latest polls reject these demonstrations so we can say this is a minority but it's a very loud one and the next couple of weeks will tell whether this could lead to a great a movement beyond this moment in time i did have used chief political correspondent can i can say thanks for that. and

a reminder of the top story we're following for you the bundesliga is back german football is the 1st major athlete in europe to its restart though spectators are a lot of stadiums closing doors and said celebrated if for no victories over the local shelter this is due to the news thanks for watching. what secrets lie behind the small. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d w world heritage 360 get the patch now.