germany. let's bring in our political correspondent kate brady with the very latest on the story hi kate can you tell us more details about what is being relaxed. exactly so as over june 15th all border controls on germany's borders with neighboring countries will indeed be lifted and at the same time that will allow aid to citizens and swiss citizens to travel freely into germany without checks but as you mentioned there are a couple of exceptions it's worth pointing out that controls on flights from spain will still indeed be in place until june 21st but of course all of these relaxed measures and relaxed controls are all subject to change depending on how the situation develops in the coming months when it comes to the $1000.00 pandemic kate germany's travel warning to most of europe will also be lifted starting june 15th but there are exceptions there as well can you tell us more about that. exactly similar rules but the travel warning will be lifted on june 15th both of the e.u. countries for any normal e.u. member states of the schengen zone and also for the united kingdom as well but agai

euro zone there are certainly some concerns outside of germany but this is within the country seen very much as the boost the german economy needs kate thanks so much for that. well as germany gradually leaves a lot down let's get you up to date as a mother coronavirus developments today global confirmed cases have now risen to more than 6500000 war than 384000 people have died austria's lifting all virus related border restrictions for all neighboring countries that is except italy as of today this comes after germany said it would be lifting a travel ban for $29.00 european countries that's coming up on june the 15th british doctors are testing a type of antiinflammatory provan to see if it reduces respiratory failure in patients with severe kovan symptoms and amazon has been sued for allegedly false during the spread of the corona virus by mandating unsafe working conditions the complaint filed by 3 employees and their family members in new york. well in the us the officer arrested over the killing of george floyd will now face an upgraded charge of 2nd degree murder 3 other officers at the scene last week will now also be facing

depending on how the situation develops in the coming months when it comes to the $1000.00 pandemic kate germany's travel warning to most of europe will also be lifted starting june 15th but there are exceptions there as well can you tell us more about that. exactly similar rules but the travel warning will be lifted on june 15th both of the e.u. countries for any normal e.u. member states of the schengen zone and also for the united kingdom as well but again spain will only be accepting a limited number of tourists from june 21st except for a large number at least up to almost 11000 german tourists who are going to be able to travel to the belair araik islands particularly to may all car huge tourist destination for many germans every year and so they're going to take part in what effectively will be a whole a day a pilot project to see how people cope with certain social distancing measures and coping with hygiene restrictions that are in place while the pandemic is still going but still while that able to enjoy a holiday if you look at all these measures together if you're in germany when you a

talking joining us now for more is our political correspondent kate brady good morning to you kate germany tends to be highly allergic when it comes to big spending programs taking on debt are we witnessing a general shift in how berlin handles the economy. we certainly are seeing a shift in of course these are unprecedented circumstances that germany and the rest of the rest of the world finds itself in right now and of course it took some 21 hours of marathon talks but in the end we know now that the german the governing german parties are going to be plowing some 130000000000 euros into rebooting the german economy and this certainly is a shift in the behavior here in germany of the days of penny pinching the cent pinching seem to be over at least for now in the initial response to the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and let's not forget that this is also on top of the 750000000000 euro financial aid package that was also announced by the german government back in the end of at the end of march so we certainly are seeing a shift here in bowen and some massive levels of spen

could not prevail let's get more on the story with our political correspondent kate brady hi kate you know germany's government has for years now avoided debt and championed this have balanced budget policy are we witnessing a shift now. we certainly are seeing a shift and it seems that those days at least for now in the initial response to the economic fallout of the current virus pandemic those days of penny pinching or sent pinching at least here in germany do at least for now seem to be over and let's not forget they say a stimulus that was announced late last night after a mammoth 21 hours of talks isn't just the only financial measure that germany's been implemented throughout the pandemic and also in the coming months we also at the end of march saw in the announcement from the german government again a financial aid package to the tune of some 750000000000 euros and we also have seen the german government decide to take a new debt as well a massive to do here in germany so it seems that they really are pulling out all of the stops to make sure that germany's economy the largest economy in eu

germany. let's get the latest with our political correspondent kate brady hi kate tell us more about what is being relaxed. well a massive move back towards what was the previous normal here in germany as of the 15th of june border checks on neighboring countries to germany will indeed be lifted so named people in neighboring countries will be able to travel into germany without having to quarantine or undergo any checks when they arrive in the country say they say will also apply to countries across the e.u. and also to people coming in from switzerland as well there is however one exception and that is spain and people flying in from spain to germany they won't be able to do that until the 21st of june which is when spain will also start except in some small numbers of tourists there as well kate we understand that germany's travel warning to most of europe will also be lifted starting june 15th but there are exceptions to that as well tell us more about that. exactly the main exception is indeed spain but interestingly that is going to be a vacation pilot project if you will on the belair of hi

i'm joined the studio by due to be a political correspondent kate brady kate this isn't the 1st such slaughterhouse break in germany are no lessons being learned well the same issue is coming up time and time again what's being attributed to the cause behind this outbreak the conditions that workers at these meat person plants work and especially live in there are a lot of migrant workers and most of the employees of from bulgaria and romania and it's already been known for a long long time long time before the pandemic as well that these conditions are definitely not the greatest these people are on very low wages and it means that companies like nearest and vest fleishman of the company that outbreaks as well can maximize profits and they say that they need to have these contract workers because they are so cheap in order to keep germany's meat and other produce as well we see this in so in other parts of the of the food sector that is well here in germany to keep those prices so cheap and it seems that all calls being made for to improve these conditions and to reassess the conditions in which contracts are sign

kate. this isn't the 1st such incident in germany are any lessons being learned well this is the same problem time and time again we already have you mentioned had an outbreak similar to this with best fleisher another meat processing firm here in germany just a few weeks ago and this comes down to a lot of working and living arrangements for these employees most of the migrant workers many of them bulgarians and romanians and the living conditions especially they can often be very cramped they live on extremely low wages some of them living a couple of employees to each individual room and so this is the perfect breeding ground for something like 19 so these issues have been very much apparent for a long long time but they've been cush to the side people turning a blind eye local authorities say and these meat person companies are simply too powerful and these companies at the same time say that they need to keep these contract workers who sometimes to to a certain extent are exploited in the way that they have to live and work that they have to have these contract workers so that they can k

since then there has been a rise in attacks by far right groups with germany stepping up its efforts to counter the violence. did abuse kate brady is in our parliamentary studios right now is going to talk to us more about this good morning kate what role does remembering the murder of her look play in how this country debates right wing violence. it does play an extremely important role and of course many issues including the issue of far right extremist violence and racism in germany has been very much pushed to the sidelines in recent months not least of all because of the coded 1000 pandemic going into the pandemic it was very much at the forefront of a discourse here in germany as we saw there in the report and there was the races shootings as well in her now earlier this year which had politicians and society debating once again how it should best tackle far right extremist violence and racism in the country and of course at the moment as well a lot of the world's attention is on the scenes are unfolding in the u.s. as well which is also a reminder as well on germany shouldn't forget that it does indeed have its own

brady with more on the story hi kate a richard grenell sparked a lot of controversy during his time in germany why is that a lot of that controversy came off the back of grinnell rather actively advocate in donald trump foreign policy and as you mentioned already very early on during his time in office as a u.s. ambassador to germany he was all public already publicly warning german companies to no longer trade with iran and that was following the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal and there's also been rather loud vocal criticism from grinnell over germany's military rather contributions to military spending and on top of that as well he had lashed out on previous occasions over germany's commitment to the controversial gas pipeline the north stream to gas pipeline with russia so plenty of issues there in a very short amount of time to ensure that he didn't make all that many friends here in the political sphere is so what prompted his departure now that we're not completely sure about so we know that he handed in his resignation on monday evening to donald trump but there is a lot of

by data political correspondent kate brady kate thanks for coming in this isn't the 1st time there's been a corona virus outbreak at a slaughterhouse in germany how can this keep happening well this comes down to has been attributed so far to some of the current working especially living conditions that many of these workers have to live in most of these employees nears and many other slaughterhouses as well particularly in western parts of germany migrants contract workers from bulgaria and romania and these living conditions that many employees have to put up with is it's no secret that it's something that's been discussed time and time again both by local authorities and national level here in germany as well but the meat processing industry in germany is so powerful and a lot of the the firms say that they need these contract workers to keep meat prices low in germany and so far that's how they've been able to pretty much turn a blind eye to some of these issues. that we're seeing in the accommodation for these migrants and how is this affecting the coronavirus numbers here in germany what we've seen just yesterday was the reproduction ra

correspondent kate brady is covering this story for us kate how does this so-called afro census fit into the public discussion that's going on in germany about racism right now. well of course the survey was already in the pipeline but as we've seen in recent days it's very much fits into a much bigger story right now taking place in germany and this is when you receive how poignant the timing is as well last saturday across germany we saw 150000 people taking to the streets to demonstrate against racism and at the same time though that is and we have here in germany will seen an increase in the number of cases of racist discrimination in the latest figures were just announced earlier this morning and so the hope is that now this for census will be able to fill in the gaps that have been left by the anti discrimination report which doesn't really break down the stats into different groups of people so there is hope that this will be able to fill in what the under discrimination report has left out. tell us more about how this survey will be rolled out what kind of questions will it. well there will be some very standard data collection

in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they'd like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germanyl. they said they'd never give up hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann‘s parents said that whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. now on bbc news, coronavirus: your stories. welcome to coronavirus: your stories, a programme about how covid is affecting the lives of people around the world. i'm philippa thomas. and this week we're hearing stories from the hospital wards. later, a junior hospital doctor who's also a national beauty queen. but i want to start with the stories of two men who've survived near—death experiences. we'll first go to philadelphia in the united states, where brett breslow has been undergoing weeks of rehabilitation. this is my last full day at the rehabilitation centre. i'm looking forward to going home and being with my family after, well, about 2.5 months of being separated from them. we'll hear more about your experience, brett, but iju

in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they'd like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germanyhey'd never give up hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann‘s parents said that, whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. china has warned britain not to interfere in its plans to impose tough national security laws in hong kong. beijing has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the uk government after boris johnson promised millions of people in hong kong a route to citizenship if china goes ahead with implementing the new laws. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins reports. china is determined to end all this, protests in hong kong, led by democracy activists, certain beijing will use new security laws to ensure they are crushed completely, possibly tried and jailed on the mainland. now boris johnson is threatening to stimulate a mass exodus from hong kong by relaxing the visa rules for many with british overseas passports. he wrote in the times, if china imp

in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they'd like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germanynever give up hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann‘s parents said that, whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. china has warned britain not to interfere in its plans to impose tough national security laws in hong kong. beijing has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the uk government after boris johnson promised millions of people in hong kong a route to citizenship if china goes ahead with implementing the new laws. our diplomatic correspondnet, james robbins reports. china is determined to end all this, protests in hong kong, led by democracy activists, certain beijing will use new security laws to ensure they are crushed completely, possibly tried and jailed on the mainland. now borisjohnson is threatening to stimulate a mass exodus from hong kong by relaxing the visa rules for many with british overseas passports. he wrote in the times, if china imposes it

in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they'd like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germanylive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann's parents said that whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. daniel sandford reporting there. at the start of this pandemic, a medic working with coronavirus patients for britain's national health service made the difficult decision to send her young daughters to live with her sister to protect them. she didn't see them for more than two months. but now they're back together, as daniela relph reports. etty and bella had not seen their mum for more than two months. this was the surprise reunion. mummy! oh, it was an amazing feeling. it's so hard to describe, i thought my heart was going to burst. it was brilliant. i think it was a really good choice because she had to help and save people's lives. 0h, bless you. susie was working in intensive care at the queen elizabeth hospital in kings lynn. knowing the risks she faced, she decided to move her daughters

in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they'd like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germanyne alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann‘s parents said that whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. daniel sandford with that report. when the coronavirus lockdown came into effect, many people found themselves stranded and alone. this was certainly true for the crew of the russian ship kruzenshtern, which found itself a long, long way from home. tim allman reports. when it comes to self—isolating, it doesn't get much more extreme than this. sailing into port in kaliningrad, the tall ship kruzenshtern gets quite the welcome. cadets back on land, though it's quite different since when they set sail. translation: when we started the voyage, everything was different. now it's not clear how we will live on, communicate on the ground. we don't know if we will be able to communicate with our families after not seeing them for six months. the kruzenshtern is one of the oldest and tallest masted

in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they'd like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germanyp hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann's parents said that, whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. and danieljoins me now. this is such a long—running mystery but how significant do you think this development could be?” but how significant do you think this development could be? i think it isa this development could be? i think it is a really big moment. you have three police forces in germany, britain and portugal all agreeing that this man is a key suspect. he isa that this man is a key suspect. he is a person that was living in the area at the time, whose mobile phone was being used in the town that evening, a man whose car was registered out of his name into someone registered out of his name into someone else's registered out of his name into someone else's name registered out of his name into someone else's name and he then left the country soon afterwards

christian b'; he is in prison in germany, but is understood to have been in the area of portugal where the mccann family were staying. a spokesman for madeleine's parents, katebelieve the development could be ‘very significant‘. nick beake reports. all those possible sightings. all those new leads. and all those false dawns. now, after 13 years, the most significant development in the case of madeline mccann. today in germany, police said they had a new suspect, and that they believed madeline had been murdered. translation: we are assuming that the girl is dead, and the suspect, we are talking about a multiple sexual predator who has already been convicted of crimes against little girls, and is serving a long sentence. last night on the german version of crimewatch, it was revealed that mobile phone records placed the now 43—year—old suspect in the area where the mccanns were staying. he took a call an hour before madeline disappeared. under german privacy laws, he is being referred to only as a christian b, but we know the convicted child sex attacker lived in portugal for over a decade, and is thought to have burgled hotels and holiday apartments. officer

in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they'd like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germany up hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann's parents said that whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. daniel sandford, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the odyssey is finally over. the odyssey is finally over. the russian ship forced to spend six months at sea, courtesy of coronavirus, finally makes it back to home port. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs play

in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they'd like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germanyy said they would never give up hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann‘s parents said that whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. daniel sandford, bbc news. and at about 7:10am we'll be talking to clarence mitchell, who acts as a spokesman for the mccann family. new charges have been announced against all four of the sacked police officers who were present at the death of african—american george floyd in minneapolis. his death has sparked protests across the us. derek chauvin, the officer who was filmed kneeling on his neck for almost nine minutes, will now face an upgraded charge of second degree murder. our los angeles correspondent david willis reports. huge protests continue to grip this country in response to george floyd's death. thousands converge on downtown los angeles and after violence here over the weekend, this time, the call for change was peaceful.

he is in prison in germany, but is understood to have been in the area of portugal where the mccann family were staying. a spokesman for madeleine's parents, kateey believe the development could be very significant. nick beake reports. all those possible sightings. all those new leads. and all those false dawns. now, after 13 years, the most significant development in the case of madeleine mccann. today in germany, police said they had a new suspect, and that they believed madeleine had been murdered. translation: we are assuming that the girl is dead, and the suspect, we are talking about a multiple sexual predator who has already been convicted of crimes against little girls and is serving a long sentence. last night, on the german version of crimewatch, it was revealed that mobile phone records placed the now 43—year—old suspect in the area where the mccanns were staying. he took a call an hour before madeleine disappeared. under german privacy laws, he is being referred to only as a christian b, but we know the convicted child sex attacker lived in portugal for over a decade and is thought to have burgled hotels and holiday apartments. offi

in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they would like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germanyhey said they would never give up hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann‘s parents said, whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. daniel sandford, bbc news, at new scotland yard. clarence mitchell is the spokesperson for the mccann family. he told the bbc that the family want to establish what happened to their daughter — and have not given up hope of finding madeleine alive. the family are very grateful, as they have been all the way through this, to the police forces involved, not least the british police but, now, the germans and, indeed, the portuguese police. they won't be doing any interviews, they would much rather the focus remains on the investigation and the appeal the police have just made overnight. but, as i say, they are grateful and they welcome this appeal. they simply want to establish what happened to their daughter, to find out the truth, and to b