this is to give you news a line from berlin a comeback of sorts for germany's elite football clubs amid the coronavirus. the bundesliga becomes the 1st major football league in europe to resume action after the lockdown but with new hygiene rules and no fans in the stadiums it was not quite football as we know it. and thousands of protesters call for an end to all coronavirus restrictions in germany big queues the government and scientists of lying about the dingy dangers of the infection and saving measures to control the

outbreak or unnecessary. a michael it's nice to see you with us germany's buddhist league or became the 1st major european football league to resume play this weekend after 2 month break due to the coronavirus pandemic the games played in empty stadiums under strict social distancing rules were being closely watched by other sporting leagues around the world but for fans all eyes were on their revered darby as bruce your dortmund thumped shaka at home though the celebrations were muted this doesn't look a sound like you usually been to see that game. playing shaka in front of an empty stadium due to the corona virus pandemic players who didn't start had to wear masks and keep their distance. but what's not unusual is some of each machine erling

holland scoring goals and 1900 pro to deadlock in the 26th minute for his 10th each goal of the season and it was immediate celebration with play as an evil to embrace one another. but there was no stopping to outland just before the break they made it to nil thanks to laugh i am for the. end it all started with this nifty pass from union pond. but the 1st half was want to forget. and so was the 2nd. one picked up exactly where they left off talk that has added a 3rd goal minutes into the 2nd half and if that wasn't enough gayo with the brace to seal a 4 no victory for the black and yellow was. there now one point behind leaky does a buy and munich moment is a 1000 bucks but we knew that we we had the support at home from the fans so we

were not. we were never afraid of anything we knew that we're going to win i don't mean players kept with tradition and the match with a celebration in front of an empty yellow was. also in the bonus league title contenders brucia muchin gone bok strengthen their position in the standings with a dominant performance at frankfurt on saturday evening gone but wasted little time to get ahead and never look back glad bob were quick out of the blocks in their return to action after a 2 month hiatus scoring within the 1st 40 seconds throughout the san play out. the visitors doubled their lead minutes later thanks to raimi bins of buying these crusts that found marcus to raam who jacked it in from close range 0. in the 2nd half after a foul ball and brill mbulelo. been said by any got on the scoresheet himself.

the conversion had a little help from kevin trapped by. frankfurt's andre silva netted a consolation goal for the hosts with 10 minutes to go but it was too little too late. we're very happy very tired and it was a very very tiring game as it could see the last 15 minutes i don't even know if it looked like something over with was running around but we're happy we're happy to be back we're happy that the people at home can see us play and we're happy that football is back the win moves lot about up to 3rd in the table following r.p. like 611 draw with freiburg earlier on saturday. as for frankfurt they remain in 13th place 5 points ahead of the relegation playoff spot. let's go a little deeper on all of this with ed mccambridge from our sports desk good morning ed 1st year football fan so quick one word to describe what it felt like to

see football come back very exciting as to what to expect you know so listen the whole world was waiting to see how germany was going to handle the return to this what's the verdict well this was football as we have never seen it before really was an unprecedented audience all around the world was choosing to find out how the bundesliga go on yesterday and a lot of people on twitter were saying you can really see the power of fans of these empty stadiums the games felt a little bit flat to begin with these big empty concrete bowls that they're playing football in there was a tree it's a play is warming up with masks on their faces social distancing goal celebrations you could hit almost everything the players said to one another the good and the bad and all of course everything the coaches were shouting from the bench but beneath all of that there was of course the football and as we've just seen there was a thumping victory for dortmund in there appeared to be something which a lot of people said what is this darby going to be like without any fans there we

will be like 6 stumble against freiburg so beneath it the football was also entertaining and i think people are glad to have it back you know it's interesting not everybody observed all the guidelines is not the case that is the case unfortunately for the 2nd goal in linz 3 nil win away to health and one they that bs of the captain and the striker unfortunately was involved in the controversial goal celebration was seeing it now his fellow teammate sort of came to hugging can i mean this was absolutely one of the things that d.f.l. said would not be allowed should be allowed to return these plays must keep their distance and in a rather sinister way he actually came out after the game and said that he'd already spoken to some of the club officials and said will i get in trouble if i do this was almost as if you've done this on purpose let's hear from him now. really hijra motions just like i asked our doctor before the match of the goalie count if someone does something like that that was the most important thing for me it's hard in those moments motions take over and we also waited

a very long time to be allowed to play again that i'll give up that doesn't mean we went off. well i mean you can understand why they celebrated like this although it's really important we should note to maintain those social distancing rules prescribe by the government this plenty of action to come today the number one team in the league by in munich of course take the pitch later on this afternoon how do you see day 2 of the return playing out close to be more of the same as if they go through with these empty stadiums hopefully some more social distancing goal celebrations but of course there are still football matches to be played cologne host relegation threats and mines and as you said league leaders by and are in the capital today against so there is plenty to play for and as we just saw the piece of it is that you know these players they want the points so it's going to be interesting to see if with all the emotion all the drama of the football matches if they can continue to maintain the social distancing laws but of course not fans so it can be another unusual day in the but in the other interesting data come ed

mccambridge from sports appreciate your time thank you searching gears now protests were held in cities across germany on saturday against the government's coronavirus restrictions small demonstrations have been taking place since the end of march but the crowd swelled last weekend despite many of the curbs being used political analysts fear the protests are being weaponized by far right extremists to sow divisions within society. that protesting against the government's corona restrictions and supporting more freedom once again thousands are gathering in stuttgart families with children corona denials or people who are afraid of compulsory vaccinations. because it just can't be there we're being beaten down and off fundamental rights are taken away from us that is that is this is all a deprivation of liberty it's manipulating people and frightening entire groups of society that's crazy right by 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 chinese 3 year old daughter from across germany organizers have called for demonstrations against the restrictions such as this one here. in munich only 1000 people are allowed to the demo but at times more came. political scientist tom mann of it sees similarities between the protests and the beginnings of the far right paquita movement. i don't believe that the number of people unhappy with democracy in the government's policies has risen over the polarization between the 2 sides has become huge with you and has come back again jus to the corona crisis the corner pocket. experts like mine of it are warning that the protest movement could radicalise you can already see more and more right wing extremists gathering. a look now at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic more than 4 and a half 1000000 people globally have been infected in over 311000 have died from the

disease that's according to the johns hopkins university in the us venezuela is reporting 45 new cases its biggest one day increase since the pandemic head and russia has reported over 9700 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on sunday arise from 9200 new cases reported the previous day. some of the other stories making news around the world now where than 15000 people have now died of covert 9000 in brazil that's according to the country's ministry of health the number of confirmed infections has also risen to over 230000 making brazil the country with the 4th highest number of cases in the world after the us russia and the u.k. . in hong kong police moved quickly to break up new anti-government protests in shopping malls several arrests were made protests have flared again in hong kong following the release of an official report on friday clearing police of wrongdoing they had been accused of using from talladega against pro-democracy demonstrators

last year. now former us president barack obama has criticized the u.s. government's response to the coronavirus pandemic but both obama made the comments in online graduation speeches for college and high school students without referring to trump directly obama said some leaders were quote pretending to be in charge during the current crisis is rebuke breaks with a convention that former presidents refrain from criticizing their successors. do what you think is right doing what feels good what can be and what's easy that's almost kids like unfortunately a lot of so-called grown ups including some with fancy titles important jobs still think that way which is why things are so screwed up as restaurants in some countries reopen they are required to ensure physical distancing in to protect staff against the coronavirus that's forcing many dining establishments rethink how

they can serve their constituents you have one restaurant in amsterdam has come up with a creative way for people to dine out safely. it's not just the perfect backdrop for a romantic dinner for 2 it's also a well photo concept from a clever amsterdam restaurant to are planning his next steps once measures to halt the coronavirus pandemic at least. we have to clovis we spent weeks cleaning and reorganizing and while we were doing that we kept thinking what could we do we came up with lots of ideas including this one that the 3 square meter greenhouses came from an artists collective that used to grow plants in them with different light colors the guests for tonight's trial of the restaurant of the future our employees and their friends. often doubters and if you're supposed to keep your distance but the question is for how long and how much

do you want to give up for it that's why this is a good idea you're not putting anyone at risk and you can enjoy life that's important to. staff where plastic visor is for protection so that guests can see their faces they wear gloves while serving the food on wouldn't likes to keep their distance but they must be careful not to tip over the boards or the candles. and every detail had to be carefully considered and tested to minimize contact a dedicated staff member looks after a single mini greenhouse all evening and they need to make sure that they don't poke their head inside it's already clear more staff are needed for fewer guests. it was always or directed to me as i was working you know the school hours will show you which means that perhaps old people and before we'll be having breakfast with. the result from that we'll be able to accommodate lots of people if you will see.

the concepts creators hope the author already as well quickly give the idea there so. approval when restaurants are allowed to reopen guests will be able to enjoy the romantic scenery of amsterdam's canals once again. so the euro vision song contest was supposed to take place in rotterdam in the netherlands this weekend but instead the event was held online with artists streaming their performances former your vision winner bjorn over vegas from the group welcome viewers to the broadcast . everybody knows why there couldn't be a mutual eurovision final this year. but we hope this show will comfort you in some small way. there was no official voting and no winner with a clear the event viewer shines a light featured songs from $41.00 national artists who also sang together and.

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