i need to spot something one. of the cleaners social media shadow industry starts joining us on t.w. . this is g.w. news coming to you live from berlin a controversial new bill sparks fresh pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong riot police move to stifle protest says the government pushes it to pass the wall that would make it a prime to insult the chinese national anthem also on the show here in germany another month of social distancing while some coronavirus restrictions are being

eased in time for the summer tourism season people will have to keep their distance and as a 3 day cease fire with the taliban comes to an end the afghanistan government frees around $900.00 fighters from prison tolls grow for the militants to extend the troops. well i'm terry martin welcome to the program in hong kong police have fired pepper pellets to disperse crowds of protesters in the city center hundreds of riot police have surrounded the let's lights are building in anticipation of protests the territory's pro-democracy protesters have voiced their opposition to a bill criminalizing disrespect for china's national anthem which lawmakers are currently debating. we hope to join our

correspondent in hong kong a little later we hope to bring that to you before the end of this bulletin and now 1st to the corona virus pandemic here's a look at some of the latest developments there the number of people who have died of coded 9000 has passed 350000 according to johns hopkins university in the u.s. the united states counts for about a 3rd of those deaths thailand has extended its state of emergency laws for another month until the end of june the government says the laws are still needed as the country gradually eases restrictions india's top biomedical research body has backed the use of the n.t. malarial heidrick clora queen as a term treatment for corona virus this comes after the w.h.o. suspended its trial of the drug citing safety concerns and spain has begun period of national mourning in order of the victims of coven 19 for 10 days flags will be

hoisted at half mast in public buildings across the country. well here in germany the federal government and the 16 states have agreed to extend social distancing restrictions until june 29th this comes amid a debate over how quickly to ease the measures that have helped the country maintain a relatively low death rate in a coronavirus pandemic germany has already reduced some restrictions just in time for the summer tourism season. it's quiet at the daily farmer's market in potsdam a small city near berlin social distancing is no problem on days like these you report on tuesdays and wednesdays it's pretty empty but fridays and saturdays are very very busy the queue goes back from my stand right back to where the cars are parked everyone 1.5 metres apart you can do people stick to that hard yes yes they do the big debate is over easing the corona restrictions gradually and

steadily as the central government once or allowing regional states like to enjoy the freedom to loosen up more rapidly if they want. and in my view need to reinjure is moving too quickly all the states should get together and agree on a strategy on a united way forward in a minute because quite often and i had his hand on companies at 1st i thought it was good that there was a joint approach but now there are regions where there are hardly any new infections and i think there should be regional differences. the eastern states of to reinjure is loosening the restrictions social distancing will not be enforced next month because the premier says there's no longer any justification for infringing people's rights. no one and 239 known cases of infection are not

a legal basis on which to say to more than 2000000 residents we will be knocking on your door and asking whether there are too many people drinking coffee together in your house if you mentioned some coffee. but the premier of to various is warning against making dangerous assumptions to cloud could run off for anyone who thinks qur'an or is over is being naive since we don't know exactly how the science is going to develop the sensible course of action remains the same staying calm and prudent and acting on a step by step basis for. that caution gets a mixed response in potsdam but polls show 3 quarters of germans agree with the measured approach being taken by bavaria and in berlin let's go back now to our top story in hong kong where the parliament there is debating a controversial law that would make it a crime to insult the chinese national anthem for now we're joined by d.w.

correspondent phoebe call in taipei 50 we understand riot police have surrounded whole coast legislature building what's happening there today. a controversial national anthem bill will be tabled in hong kong just as chair of today for its 2nd reading so you have mentioned the law is going to thank at prohibiting this respect to the chinese national anthem so this is a piece of law like a ready being implemented in the mainland china and now the hong kong government is trying to push for the same set of legislation in hong kong in the bit to ban such like this respect and insults and it carries a maximum of 30 year imprisonment if anyone the valets the law and from the press from the perspective of many of the protesters and pro-democracy figures they think

they pose a risk that it may repress the citizens. in the photo sense that it may be freedom of expression of the people in hong kong so people have been calling for protests today to protest to demonstrate against this law and as you have see police have already the heavy guard the hold out just a tiff complex in a bit to prevent any large scale questions and co task but people are still coming out as we observed the pro-democracy movement in hong kong freebee is up in arms about beijing's plans to new laws particularly a new security law on the territory can we expect violent protests like we saw in hong kong last year. it's a difficult question to answer because. when you see like today there

have been the various causes out online the people. doing it other to come out again to turn out on the streets to protest on a law that they this equate with but we have sat like we have seen like the police have changed their tactics drastically they guard every like entrance of the metro stations and subway stations and they stop and search a large amount of people on the streets like to prevent anyone to gather and try to assemble with each other so it's getting more and more difficult and challenging or even more risky for people to gather and protest on the streets and also like even the back to hong kong is still implementing a social distancing room which prohibits any gatherings where like people went right over 8 people so these can be and other reasons are like excuse for the

authority to crackdown on such protests but. many frontline post has this they are still determined to protests. thank you very much for that was due to be kong in taipei. take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today greeks doctors or traversing the country's islands to test residents for covert 19 they're hoping to bolster testing capabilities there before tourists begin arriving greece will open up its borders to international travelers on june 15th. the 1st same sex weddings have taken place in costa rica after a ruling from its supreme court went into effect on tuesday. where the 1st couple to tie the knot costa rica is the 6th country in latin america to legalize same sex marriage. and u.s. president all trump is accused twitter of interfering in the u.s.

election this comes after the social media network attached a fact check label to 2 of trump's tweets it's the 1st time twitter has tagged a tweet by donald trump as unsubstantiated. a cease fire between afghan forces and the taliban has ended with reports of renewed fighting on wednesday morning the end of the 3 day cease fire on tuesday night came after hundreds of taliban prisoners were released as a as part of a u.s. deal with the insurgent group the cease fire was announced by the taliban for the ied celebrations at the end of ramadan. let's cross over now to kabul where we have correspondent ali latif on the line what's the status of the cease fire and the prisoner release that's happening. so far it seems as if that cease fire is being respected as if there are no large. that have been verified before

you know activity on both sides but has been there and large scale attacks but in terms of the. prisoner release so i was just on the way back from my gun law was that province in the east and you know we could see convoys of prisoners that were released you know passing through the streets you could tell their story gunfire as acquirers with flowers on them people taking pictures of those interesting is on the road from the provincial capital to the districts traditionally you don't see security forces vehicles in you don't see security forces fighters out on the street on the road they're usually in their bunkers and and their checkpoints and the time you actually saw their humvee you saw some of them getting out of the car patient ready so what it seems is as if maybe the taleban are refraining from attacking while the prisoners are being released so that the prisoners aren't

caught up in any kind of crossfire or that you know the prisoner releases and jeopardized but also maybe the government is being actually cautious and keep their word here of the prisoners you know staging attacks once again to come true ok this is an important step for the government releasing hundreds of taliban fighters what's the reaction from the taliban. the taleban you know so they they seem to be very they're they're very encouraged by it they put out a fairly positive statement from their representative and that said it's a positive that they refer to the couple governments as the other side you know there wasn't any sort of in in years in fiji every language which is usually attached to solve on descriptions of the kabul government and they also said that they will reiterate retaliate in terms of you know releasing government held prisoners as soon as possible as well and they said are of the significant number so it really seems as if you know they're very pleased by it and that maybe this

will have an effect on their really really thank you very much that was correspondent latif in kabul. international donors have pledged over 3000000000 euros just for refugees and migrants from bennett's as the coronavirus demick worsens their plight the pledging conference was hosted by the european union and spain and involved around 30 u.n. agencies and financial institutions more than $5000000.00 venezuelans have fled the economic chaos under president nicolas maduro is the story of one of those eggs and . it's a job no one else wants to do grueling dangerous work recovering bodies of covert 9000 victims. used to work as an electrician in his native venezuela before he migrated to peru 2 years ago to escape the dire economic crisis back home in his

new job he and his fellow workers from the funeral home collect as many as 10 bodies a day more than 400 since march. here they are picking up the body of a man who committed suicide because he couldn't get treatment after testing positive for the virus to and always worries the dangerous work yes to do might end up harming his family before returning home he always showers and wash this is closed with disinfectant sometimes he gargles with salt water. i'm always afraid afraid to infect my family when i go back home to my children but it's something that has to be faced and i have to continue working to put food on the table. peru has over 108000 confirmed covered 9000 cases and over 3000 deaths the 2nd hardest hit country in latin america after brazil the current lockdown conditions are making it even harder for the estimated 850000 and then as well when migrants in

peru to make ends meet has to keep working and hoping they'll stay healthy for his family including his elderly parents who remained in venezuela. just reminder of our top story riot police in hong kong a broken up protests in city's financial center they come as parliament debates a bill that would criminal that's any disrespect to the chinese national anthem activists fear it's part of beijing's move to strengthen control for the city. you're watching t.v. news thanks for being. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona update. 19 special next on d w.