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this is d.w. news live from berlin italy prepares to get back to business restaurants bars hairdressers and department stores are among the services reopening on monday after a 2 month quarantine the government warns the virus is still circulating and physical distancing rules need to be respected also coming up. brazil's president turns out to greet his supporters who defied stay at home orders to rally behind the walls of adults under pressure for downplaying the content of the steps and
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things that new infections sore. and defending bundesliga champions bar in munich have returned to action with a victory over your own berlin we'll take you to the stadium for some coach my post match not just. on pablo photo i.d.'s welcome to the program italy was the 1st country in europe to go into lockdown because of the corona virus and more than 2 months later many businesses in the country are preparing to open their doors again but it will be far from a return to normal authorities warn that the virus hasn't gone away and if new infections start to grow rapidly again restrictions may have to be reimposed. normally the tourist town of some to severe it would be packed in the middle of may but due to current of. restrictions residents haven't been allowed to sunbathe on
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their beaches for months. the money would well tomorrow with the weather permits i would like to come to the seaside with my bathing suits and go swimming if that's possible and present the umbrella. cafes and restaurants are slowly being allowed to open up under strict hygiene regulations so it's the cinema in new d.n.a. meanwhile in the fashion capital of milan the famous are in a sense a department store is opening its doors. as well as the use of personal protective equipment we take the temperature of everybody at the entrance and monitor the flow of people entering the exit in the building i believe that this is the 1st step towards a normal life but out on the 1000000 east streets most people are looking forward to looking beautiful again. it seems obvious to me the hairdresser. yes i have to go to the barber that's how much it's grown. out of money queues what i've
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missed the most it may not be the dog yet but for most italians life is about to get a little bit sweeter. well definitely some welcome change there don't you reporter joe old polaroid is with me here in the studio hi joel as we've seen there you know a big change in italy and it's of the welcome news for italians but it does come with plenty of risk it does also feel like the beginning not perhaps of the end but of the new phase of whatever is to come because italy was the 1st country in europe to impose those nationwide restrictions and we're seeing those restrictions being on rolled across europe but it does come with risk and that was acknowledged by the prime minister just ethicon to this weekend he said the country had to accept a degree of risk because it couldn't afford to do otherwise that it couldn't afford to wait for a vaccine and that if it didn't do if it didn't move now it would never be able to relaunch now authorities have warned they will move to shut down businesses again if necessary but this does come as italy is showing like some signs signs of
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success in its fight against the coronavirus on sunday recorded its lowest number of daily deaths since the peak of the crisis those numbers 145 people dying in a single day and you compare that with peak of the crisis there were more than a 1000 people dying so 145 is still too many but it is a big improvement on what we had definite big improvement and it's not just in italy of course where we're seeing you know big improvements in the situation tell us a little bit more about it and these positive numbers that we're seeing in other european countries other european countries improving spain which also had its lowest daily death toll since the peak of the cross' less than $100.00 people dying there on sunday also the united kingdom its lowest daily rate since march now while the situation is improving in some of these european countries let's not forget that around the rest of the world there are still grappling with rising numbers so in
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latin america and in africa the numbers are increasing and still looking very grim and those countries don't necessarily have the same resources to be able to combat this. crisis as europe does and let's not forget of course now monday is a big day for the w.h.o. the you know their convention is starting tell us more about what we can expect to come from their shorts called the wool health assembly is the governing body of the world health organization it's when the member states get together and decide on the policies and normally if that a major event on the diplomatic calendar but this year could be one of the most important global gatherings they are going to be talking about the joint development to try and find a vaccine for corona virus and some countries were posing that it should be made free for all however also here in warnings from some world leaders that we should get a hope so boris johnson the british prime minister says in a newspaper column published yesterday that there might never be a vaccine well joe thanks for bringing us that update
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moving on let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world 49 migrants have been rescued by spain's coast guard off the island of gran canaria the migrants had departed africa in dania and were inserted intercepted near the coast $35.00 of them are believed to be miners. afghan president ashraf ghani and his rival have agreed to share power the move ends months of political crisis after a builder refused to accept danny's victory in last september's presidential election. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has presented his new unity government to parliament the power sharing agreement with former rival benny gantz and more than a year of political deadlock under the deal netanyahu will be prime minister for 18 months before handing over to god's. well supporters of brazil's president
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nado have been holding rallies in several cities the demonstrations took place against the background of soaring figures of corona virus infections and related fatalities in brazil an audio attended one of the gatherings in front of the presidential palace in the capital brasilia figures show brazil has the 4th largest outbreak of coronavirus in the world nearly 240000 people are infected and more than 15000 have died of covert 19 balls and i don't has been heavily criticized over his policies to combat the spread of the coronavirus he wants to roll back the lockdown in brazil faster than many health experts advise the move is opposed by regional politicians and communities strongly affected by the pandemic one by one the sick keep arriving at this hospital north of rio de janeiro. it's
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barely been open for 2 weeks and already 90 percent of its intensive care units full. people are coming from all over the region as other hospitals become overwhelmed by the numbers of patients needing treatment because at 19 the local health secretary says they're facing an emergency. this disease is not kidding around and. whoever thinks it's a joke is going to lose their life brevity. brazil has become the epicenter of the disease in south america what's more experts say fatalities have not yet peaked and the worst is still to come yet despite the surge in deaths and new infections. the country's president jab also naru what's lockdown measures imposed by state governors to end so that people can go back to work. many though are
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choosing to ignore the president in this poor neighborhood some pollo leaders are urging people to stay home or potentially be killed by the virus. the district is home to nearly 300000 people and has the highest rate of infection in the city the residents are doing all they can to protect themselves but the obstacles. are we have a problem with water here there's no water here for 23 days the water just arrives at night. for all the efforts it seems to some the only option may be to sit it out and then hope for the best. researchers are testing whether a specially trained dogs could sniff out the corona virus in humans teams in the u.k. and the u.s. have begun trials to find out whether canines can detect unusual sense coming from
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people infected with the virus but showing no symptoms success could transform the global response to the pandemic. researches in england hope that man's best friend could help sniff out the corona virus some people unknowingly infected with it teams from 2 british universities are racing to find out if having coded 19 changes a person's body. the team has already successfully trained canine noses to detect other diseases like malaria they hope to do the same for the corona virus this could completely revolutionize the way that we are tackling this disease as part of this controlled experiment the dogs sniff south fabric samples worn by coronavirus patients and from people who are not carrying it. what you have to do 1st of all is collect souls of this of those people with them without being so the way we're going to do that is clicked in using face most people where you face most for
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a few hours and the other thing we're going to do is get people to know i was so strange but we know from previous experience this is a really good way clip is from people. in the us a group in philadelphia is carrying out similar trials there is such a say they need to see strong scientific evidence that this method does work before the virus sniffing dogs can be on a leash to him at ports and station. in the bundesliga on sunday in their 1st game since the return of the league leaders byron munich travel to promote its side on your own berlin and beat them to nail the defending champions now have a 4 point caution over dortmund in the standings. happy to be back at work. and grateful to be healthy with bard munich gunning for an 8th straight title
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they've needed maximum points against you know in berlin and they got them from the corner thomas thought he put the defending champions ahead early in the 1st half but. had to settle for an offside call instead just before the break you know it's never been so but it's helped by your take the leave after a foul early run gorecki who sold it well. byron pitts taker robert levin doggy back from a knee injury got the goalkeeper to guess wrong for his 40th goal in all competitions this season. after the break but we're successful from a quarter thanks to been told us that are the defenders 3rd goal this season wrapped up the 2 nil victory and what about some one of the teams are highly
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motivated and i think preparing for these games these last weeks there was so much anticipation for this moment to finally start again you could see that in the players because in their speed and also missing america despite their slow start but munich re stored their 4 point cushion at the top of the table. just seen it was a great return for defending champions byron munich and we spoke to use jonathan crane earlier who is outside the stadium here in berlin where the been asleep is back and safe things seem to be going to plan on the player with looks to be getting used to the new environment finds have largely stayed away both of which were concerns before we kicked off the bundesliga very much aware that eyes are on it this could be a pretty print for other leaks to follow it was so killian about pay at the french striker tweeting that he was watching the british maker of course the french league
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how it's been cancelled so this is good news for the brand of course we miss the fans that came lack something without fans in the noise inside the stadium but it is still the case it is still football and it's something we have to get used to. on sundays earlier in this league match my unspotted from behind to climb 8 too old for all cologne a file in the area gave cologne the chance to go ahead. mark converted from the spot just minutes after kickoff florian kinds added a 2nd in the 53rd minute but i n's 4 back taiwo i want to. cut the deficit before an incredible solo goal from here to salvage the point for relegation threatened minds. well don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just download our app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of
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