a daily life in france screech back into action as the two month lockdown is partitially liftfted the government warns that if the carpet nineteen pandemic resumes its wild race restrictions will l be brought baback in. across the country some lessons a are resuming in schools high streets are b back open f for business and workers are r returning to their desks we'll have more e om business i did sir what these changes memean. for francis bruised economy. and the british government put some meat on the bones of its lockdown easing plans boris johnson is there were queues to sending out

mixed messages. as he details his government's fifty one page ground land in westminster. hello i'm thomas waterhouse this is the latest world news for you from paps. the first day of renewed its is coming to a close here in france is one of europe's strictest covert nineteen confinements it's kosher sleet lifted. sixty seven million citizens are not able to leave their homes out any paperwork to justify the outing the tales of also started ringing in more shops textbooks on being flung open classrooms. and computer bins back on after a two month sleep in offices the health ministry as though it is monday reportedd a sharp rise in fatalities with two hundred and sixty three. more road forest deaths stood. with age but second way off in. a lingering fear the government

has a history that he's- could well be reversed catherine viets. has more. from calamity to a kalo. that's the new distance people are allowed to travel from their homes it's a moment that's been eagerly awaited by many as shops reopened across france. what we- please don't't let me see what i able to give people some the system to through. to its own was used feared the judicial generally. your body's and honour i could. in mulu is one of the city's hit by the corona. life is restore. the first for many the hair salon for an overdue. tram global phone able to overcome that come the pretty restricted only

to a business. the only physical. since i. despite the require to man on transport some are i for mo of as theyey head back to work. welcome some is the best to effort the crowd coululdn't move move. where to make on the phone number it's a scam hospital command to agreement assumes. while also avoiding triggering a second wave of infections. one day one of these changes france twenty four was generally has been monitoring the comings and goings of the gulf of the legal metro station a caribbean transport h hub which has both metro and already all cross city services and is also a key national and international railway station this is her updates. from that. as of

monday or face masks have become compulsory in public transportation across france i'm standing at dell deal station and that's a major transport hub in the capital city. wet regional lines a commuter train and a mentor lines meet at hayward the majority of people that we've seen have a been a wearing a face mask and his hearing issue at that new rule. has also been stick is that been deployed to stock up on that measure trains and buses and stations all across the network reminding people. to its head just a short distance when a possible the government on the other hand has been a- thing in the mail it's not a working from home remains a priority. when civil and global investors noticed. my on. public image try a lease a two ahead the one me to do rule considerable time and i will of your at this cities. well the south underway

of for on seeing it lifting of so than north east pockets of the which course includes the paris the capital remains very much a hot s spot zone many shos boutiques and businesses have reopened here even though cultural sites in most states is on pause and restaurants remain family shots. at the embassy in clovis casali been to the usually bustling shoals undies a avenue to film this next reports. paris open for business again priority numberr one guessing to hack us. for the poster. i don't is it someone. hello the cell is fully booked all week social distancing is clearly impossible and despite the mosques the staff here a are a little wary. so two months after the birth. remember the

sale items you want. cool cool cool. this call for. get more out of it. welcome to. this monday is the first opportunity in fifty five days not just for the heck out but to hit the high streets. the checker could you shift the yeah. the more the provision of a- global markets. we're doing the consummate that i'm going to use mutual put company which refers with you know max. getting the cash registers ringing is imperative for the french economy but independent shopkeepers s say there's stilla long roadd ahehead the focus on the will of the people wanted to ease the ecology sunny once you'll the- solidid- so anybodys jana keystone yeah. he's only

about party- because the future of level to the. susceptible to shop is maybe tentatively returning but france's biggest malls like forum dale justst behind me on to open yet that isn't clear that they'll be able to opopen doors again. well as you saw that t the lockdown which the macomb government puts in place back in march has very much battered the french economy which has contracted sharply and plunged into recession. and even though a factory shops and offices on on getting back to normal financial support will still be needed for them to ride his son a tree storm. for more we can speak now to our business editor kate moody who is standing by kate the french government has already enacted an emergenency stimulus package worth one hundred and ten billion euros how much further could it go. r. and as s long as

it takes at least that's what the finance and economy minister bruno le maire suggestedd this momorning c. d.. and tv. h he said that ththe governrnment's plalan to protect the economy has so far been fairly successful despite that contraction of five point 8% in the first quarter which is the worst performance since. world war two he says. these two will be according this is the sectors that aren't allowed to reopen yet especially touring tourism industrtry and strums ad take your that of course remain closed. phasese three will be a more wide ranging plan. to revive economic activity he says he tells expecected latee august early september a lobby of small andnd m medium size businesses here in france so that shohould in fact come up muchch sooner. but one of ththeg questionons now is gonna be how long the government will continue its massive partial unemployment or state spoponsord furlouough program. that's what supportingng stickcks in hand of private sector workers h here i. of it that means that up 284%

of that. or all. of ththeir minimumm. i well people on that program for to the lady figures it's all costing the some twenty four billion euros for labour minister may nearly a many co has said at will go on forever confirmed that the scheme will be gradually reduced fromm june e the firstst alalthough we don't know exactly how they're going to go about that he was supposed to prevent widespread layoffs and it's been mostly successful so far but of course winning companies off of this war is not going to be easy because they'll need to start. making money again before they can start taking their payroll okay looking ahead just wants allll the prospects for economic r recovey here in front. what twenties under our going to be a gloomy year for france and europe certaiainly- the frerench government forecasting ofofficially contraction 8% for this year. and pubublic debt climbing to araround a hunundred and 15% of gdp finance all those support progrgrams. at may economists suggestst that the

recovery- both on national and on a smaller business scale it's going to take much much longer than they had initially hoped. at the beginning of the damage will suggest only about 40% the french business leaders. say that they'll be back full production capacity by the end of this year. as we seen on the state of these these restrictions of factories and construction sites are cecertain. t to take time to be able to ramp up their actitivity against. stro the front economy do. all in part on how quickly households start spending again. last month i thinink tank said that the lock down has led to forced savings ofof around fifty five i. took someake it jusust resestrictions are easy up but others are going to be.e. very about therere's- onene thing we know.r thisis to be a great. cup time o call. you for example there are more loan will be. there were. carb emission. last week ninety of the come they business signed open. calling for it for

this to be an environmentally friendly economic recovery. k. me d. our business editor thank you very much. weaving office tuesday the british governments will be explaining how it plans to keep paying the wages of over six million people who have their working lives affected by cove it nineteen ahead of us statements the prime minister has laid out how his ruling seven tips. to slowly start easing restrict across the uk boris johnson has told lawmakers that it's a quote supriya difficult balance to lift the lockdown well it's preserving the country's hard won gains made to date brian quinn. has more. from caution to confusion. boris johnson sunday night speech announcing his government's p plan to ease the uk's coronavirus lockdown left many british people perplexed if anyone can make can you think of that the merry genius going into lock lock down they will makes messages.

during love- we've had inconsistency and i think you know today i was hoping to get a bit more clearar call. informrmation below again we've called on the qt. in his addresss the prime ministeter unveiled a plann many judged both complex and vague. june first remains the tentative target date for re opening schools and non essential retailers in the meantime however the government's guidance has changed from stay at home. to stay alert with the two can't work from homome quote at. in to do their job. some londoners different parse. fusion around here is to guide what and he not goingng to work and what you should do if you got to hi who taking then site appear much to at all. feast with from up parlementaire of the government's latestt communication lacked both clarity and reassurance johnson sought to defend himself monday when you're coming out of a

message that is so gloriously simple the stay at home there will inevitably be complexities that he's these rightly. alluded to u. k. is now the country hardest hit by car buyers in europe with more than thirty two thousand lives lost. finally a tally carried out by the- news agency estimates that i have a four point one five billion people. have been infected since the virus first appeared in china and after it's spread from a chihinese shows beijing has already started lifting some of its restrictions with disneyland. and several nightspots in shanghai reopening but the epicenter city of wuhan has just recorded its first cluster of new covet n nineteen cases as sit bone e explains. wuhan liftd its lockdownn a month ago on monday it reported its first cluster of infections since then. new covert nineteen cases

across china are now when two digit numbers on top of- honda city where the covert nineteen epidemic for started other cases were detected i in the nortrthern proncnces. thesese nw cases bring concern of a potential new wavee of infections that's why people hold on to the precautionary measures and why some restrictions are maintained to limit the risks. stilill chihina has went ahead then reopens businesses and schools where children will have to remain cautious. that's hard i don't want to look at me now john impartial judicial idea may jack boettcher eating the jew the bargello puji closure or merger toys y yet draw soldiers help almost all your data or don't. bars and restaurants have also reopened and leisure parks shanghai's disneyland park is the first in the world to re open but for a limited number of visitors only 20% of capacity. visitors temperature

checked at the gate and no one can walk around without a mask. with some exceptions. not so now to stay with us here on the fronts of twenty four. welcome to the show in the business world amazon is one of the big winners of the corona virus crisis with the surgeon people shopping online during lockdown. but in france a dispute with workers over safety conditions out there where has this has seen the company shut down operations here for more than four weeks. in a moment we'll hear from union that's representing staff amazon but first a reminder of the story so far with james is

in a- huge demands the amazon services in recent months. with french warehouses have been lying idle. we're not down and social distancing measures were imposed in mid march in france unions complained that many warehouse employees were still forced to work in close proximity to one another. they took comes into court on health and safety grounds and one resulting in a ruling t to force the company to restrict deliveries to essential goods. and risk a fine of a hundred thousand euros every time it broke the rules. i wasn't chose to close it six wararehouses on the sixteenth of april. does the normamal cycle also sheila flynn n okay you'll- get the ful cyclehould be moved edtdt vehicle says. if you single solution for you. a subsequent by the was rejected but amazon is now applying to a higher court to have the restrictions lifted. and it says is discussing steps towards re opening warehouses with its workers. with many of its ten

thousand staff now unable to work ms insults access to the french government's temporary employment scheme. the labor ministry rejected the claim saying the shutdown wasn't due to a drop in economic activity. a decision by the company after a legal ruling. unions points out that the online r retailer s stilill operating in frarance. t much is- situationon would be knowledgeable and- he i k know ma'am crucial up and lexi but some on as well what you need is a continuously.y. i'm n not familiarar with that. song okay. i closer is also by small businesses. that sell baked goods through the company's website. i'm joined now by stefan i was out on from the union study dance which was one of those it was tookk amazon at two course over this and it iss tough on thank you for being with us can you give us an idea for our viewers off the sorts of conditions. has it added you to this accident t the company. soo

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