cast. your podcast. at. science. this is news coming to you live from europe reopens most internal borders after months of travel bans restrictions to long the spread of coronavirus are lifted for all but a few areas warned this will still be a summer like no well also coming up standing up for press freedom in the philippines journalist maria teresa to keep fighting after being convicted of libel

press freedom advocates say the case is meant to silence critics of president detest. and more anger in the us after police killed an african-american outside a fast food restaurant police released a video showing the struggles calls for a short brooks his life. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us across europe borders are reopening today as more and more countries ease measures imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus ahead of the midnight reopening people gathered along the border between france and germany to celebrate their restored freedom of movement the frontier was one of many closed 3 months ago but not all of europe's internal borders are reopening today and the continent still remains closed to visitors from outside the e.u. . t.w.

correspondent is on the german french border and joins us from there bent this is a moment people there have been waiting a long time for isn't it. the bottom is close actually for 3 months due to corona measures and people in the region here across the border very happy that this is over not because their personal life got restricted very much family ties are cut and also book has had difficulties but you have to say that the border was not really closed border controls were invented people could cross with difficulties and also goods going back and forth but now this is also a good moment our joys moment for europe. because now the schengen travel area is back. achievements of the european union and now it's up and running again with a few exceptions. besides germany and france other e.u. member states of course are also reopening their borders but regulations do differ

from country to countries stay with this band while we take a look at what some of these countries are doing right now. european countries are beginning to lift their covert 19 restrictions meaning the board of 3 shange area is gradually opening up again here's a closer look at what the plans are from monday june 15th these countries are granting full or nearly full access to e.u. and shang and states germany belgium dystonia france iceland's italy poland switzerland slovenia and sweden some countries like a stone will require people to quarantine if they arrive from a country with a high infection rates. these states are only opening for citizens from particular countries austria czech republic denmark the throughway nia.

hungary norway. the netherlands slovakia and finland. tourism dependent greece is relaxing its rules the most welcoming international travelers from outside europe however people from badly affected countries will face testing and quarantine. found europeans are happy to be getting their freedom of movement back of course but are they not concerned that open borders to bring another surge in corona virus infections. well the level of concern is quite low now there's a fresh survey saying that 62 percent of the people in europe intend to travel within the schengen area in the next 2 or 3 months so tourism will be back infection rates for example here in germany and france on the other side of the border a quite low and even if they go up no the people here want to have to follow

a regional approach not closing up the borders but stopping infections in the hot spots will be the new recipe if they can they say here yukon take away from us again so come up to send you concept and there was also paris and berlin that they closed the border not regarding the circumstances along the bottom ben thanks so much t w is bound to look at the franco german border. now to some of the other stories making headlines this hour beijing is carrying out mass testing for the corona virus amid a new break in the capital that sparking fears of a 2nd wave authorities say $75.00 new cases are linked to the city's largest food market china managed to bring the epidemic largely under control through months of strict lockdown and the measures that have since been lifted. kim yo joel the sister of north korea's leader kim jong un has threatened military

action against south korea it's the latest escalation of tensions over defect defectors from the north who have been sending propaganda leaflets across the border through. london has marked the 3rd anniversary of the grenfell tower fire the bells of the city's churches told $72.00 times in tribute to each of the victims the devastating blaze in the apartment block show the ongoing investigation into the disaster has highlighted significant systemic failings by the london fired part. you would store shunts saying put has been found dead at his home in mumbai is believed to have taken his own life prime minister narendra modi paid tribute to the 34 year old calling him a bright young actor gone too soon. now to the philippines where

high profile journalist maria ressa has been found guilty of cyber libel the verdict is being seen as a major blow to press freedom there co-founded the website rappler and was charged over a 2 $1012.00 article that linked to businessman to murder human trafficking and drug dealing media watchdog said the case was filed in retaliation for the site's often critical reporting of president roh brederode to terror to 56 year old recent now faces up to 6 years in jail. on it's get more now from our correspondent on a sun toss in manila she's also a contributor to rappler i should point out you were in court earlier when the verdict was read describe the scene for us. there was much anxiety this morning as we waited for the verdict some people were expecting

actually a guilty verdict to be announced this fight how ridiculous and politically motivated these charges against maria are ridiculous because the charge of cyber libel was made for an article that was published before the law was passed the law was it was implemented retrial active and politically motivated because it was no less than the president who said in his state of the nation address that he would go there rafter because he won the coverage of raptor of the drug war at stake moves so since then the attacks of. her has not stopped maria summed it up quite well when she said that it was a devastating decision but it was not completely unexpected she likened this dark deed to the days of march and go on to the former dictator ferdinand marcos and i think she was right in doing so. in your opinion what does this verdict mean

for press freedom in the philippines. just far reaching implications on press freedom and freedom of speech and expression in the philippines so there have been a number of attacks on media outlets the largest t.v. broadcast station and has been shut down the largest national daily the philippine daily inquirer has also been threatened with closure now all of these the media institutions covered the drug war exposed the brutality of it and the extrajudicial killings at the hands of police so that's why it is not the government was in very happy with these media outlets you want them to shut down now this cyber libel sentence guilty sentence and media also sets a dangerous perceived dent this is cyber libel anyone who posts a critical of view or opinion on their social media pages like facebook could be deemed neighborhoods we've already seen this happening like in the case of maria

victoria beltran she posted a sarcastic comment about the government on facebook and with the tape i missed a train was named the d.w. freedom of speech awardee so this just signals today for us that no one is safe from expressing their critical views of the government just briefly and if maria goes to jail what do you think the impact will be all. yourself. there are 7 other cases that maria is facing this is just one that we saw today and if found guilty for all of those other charges she could face up to 100 years in prison so it's really quite heavy in terms of the impact of press freedom but maria because of her stature enjoys a lot of support from the international community now not all journalists enjoy this kind of support and that means that it's going to be a lot harder for small margin and i'm sorry smaller media outlets in remote areas

to to critically cover the government and abuses in their area now on a personal go and i do know maria and you know i saw her today she was she became a little emotional when she made a plea to everyone to say that you know we're being used as a cautionary tale to make you afraid and you shouldn't be afraid and just went on to say that you know we got to buckle up and do the work that's exactly the way the person really is and i thank you so much that was journalist. now the county medical examiner in the u.s. city of atlanta has ruled the death of intimate african-american at the hands of police homicide or a short brooks died of blood loss and organ damage from 2 gunshot wounds inflicted by officers they could face charges as early as wednesday for excess deaths has calls for their outrage in a country already in a state of upheaval after the police killing of george floyd in minneapolis.

the charred remains of this fast food restaurant is the scene of the latest incident fueling nationwide protests it was set on fire on saturday night dr richard brooks was shot and killed by police in the parking lot of. the anger still simmers atlanta residents on sunday gathered at the restaurant for a vigil. for them brooke's death is only one of many examples of excessive use of force by the police. could be anyone oh but that's how it is not live too sure you don't like this so i try to i try to personally i try to keep away from the police much as possible because i'd probably shoot the cue brooks resisted arrest after a brought the wiser trust found him over the limit he had too much the trying to drive us apart as one of. the could and what about brooks managed to wrestle free

and ran away after snatching a stun gun from the police security cameras show he was gunned down by an officer after brooks pointed the taser at him. through the lawyer representing books family argues the officer should not have used deadly force i've had cases where officers have ins tasers on victims and they all deal with in cork that things are deadly that cases aren't home for that's the case last year you cannot have it both ways. you can't say he were an off with a weapon that could kill somebody when you say it's not dead. since the killing of george floyd by a police officer last month the u.s. has been wild by protests books death has given the black lives matter movement fresh impetus my legs i know you are going to want.

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