the painting, valued at up to $6.5 million, was on loan to the singer laren near amsterdam.e singer laren museum just outside amsterdam, and this was what was taken: lent her town was painted in 1884 and depicts the spring garden at a rectory in the town in the south of the netherlands where van gough worked and lived for part of his life. experts value the painting at up to $6.5 million. translation: in 1884, he paints the vicarage garden in noonan, a very beautiful, tranquil spring garden where one woman is looking at flowers very quietly. an image of silence, of reflection and of tranquillity, which undoubtedly offered him comfort and inspiration. through him it gave us and our audience the same emotion. the painting was stolen early on monday morning on what would have been van gough‘s 167th have been van gough‘s167th birthday. the thieves came in by breaking the glass door, and at that point they got in and got through a few doors and took the painting. the museum's home to hundreds of valuable artworks but the thieves seems to have only one piece in mind. the singer la

the painting, valued at up to $6.5 million, was on loan to the singer laren museum near amsterdam., the singer laren museum just outside amsterdam, and this was what was taken. it was painted in 1884 and depicts the spring garden of the rectory in nuenen, a town in the south of the netherlands where van gogh lived and worked for part of his life. experts value the painting at up to $6.5 million. translation: in 1884, he paints the vicarage garden in nuenen, a very beautiful, tranquil spring garden where one woman is looking at flowers very quietly. an image of silence, of reflection and of tranquillity, which undoubtedly offered him comfort and inspiration. through him, it gave us and our audience the same emotion. the painting was stolen early on monday morning on what would have been van gogh‘s 167th birthday. the thieves came in by breaking the glass door, and at that point they got in and got through a few doors and took the painting. the museum is home to hundreds of valuable artworks, but the thieves seemed to have only one piece in mind. the singer laren museum, like others

thieves broke into the singer laren mususeum, which is near amsterdam. the 1884 painting is valued at up to 6 million euros. you're watching dw news. still to come, a bit of clarity in these uncertain times as a new date is set for the 2020 tokyo olympics. the games were postponed last week because of the pandemic. an estimated one third of the global population is living in a coronavirus lockdown, with restrictions on public life and a ban on gatherings of people. now, this has posed a serious problem for protest movements around the world, from the fridays for future climate strikes to hong kong's pro-democracy protest. but organizers are experimenting with online demonstrations, trying to voice their demands without gathering together. my colleague, he's been following this story for us. it's good to see you here in studio for a chahange. what does an online demonstration look like? >> i think people are still experimenting with this. there's always been some kind of online activism but this is really forcing their cards right now. they want to find o

the parsonage garden at nuenen in spring dates from 1884 and was snatched from the singer laren museumed because of the coronavirus outbreak since march the 12th. spain has passed a grim milestone in its battle with the coronavirus, overtaking china in the number of infections. there are now more than 85,000 cases in spain. only the united states and italy have more. tough new restrictions have come into force, as the capital madrid held a moment of silence to remember those lost. guy hedgecoe reports. the new normal in spain. the country's once—buzzing capital is now a virtual ghost town. spain has been in lockdown for over two weeks. but now that's been tightened further, as non—essential workers have been told to stay at home. the spread of the virus through care homes has been one reason the death rate in spain has been so high. the vast majority of spaniards have been complying with the terms of the national lockdown, but the government hopes that these new reinforced measures will help bring the virus under control and that that in turn will take the pressure off a health care se

in ottowa, a staff sergeant named larry laren got a call from his bosses. >> we become aware adam has been in touch with her. at that point my team was engaged to pursue that to the full extent. >> a 30-year veteran, he ran priority undercover projects for the royal canadian mounted police. his mission, find adam. if that was even his name. >> he reaches out on facebook, which means you have his facebook address, right? >> we do. >> you kind of know where he is. >> we know he's in somalia. >> right. >> we suspect he is using an alias, so the principle course of action tant is who is adam? and so to do that, we have to engage him directly through an under cover operation. >> under cover agent? >> correct? is he going to start getting in touch with adam? >> yes. >> that's where this man comes in. he's a canadian investigator who we've agreed to refer to by his cover name a.k.. >> right off the top, we want to acknowledge we are hiding your identity. we've changed your look. >> yes. >> that's because are you an under cover agent? >> correct. >> a.k. reached out to adam first by phone. th

the artwork from the singer laren museum east of amsterdamft early today, smashing a glass door and breaking in. >> ( translated ): who does such a thing? that is a parallel world of crime and money at we do not belong to. we are of the world of culture, we areere to share art and culture, much needed for society, with e people. >> woodruff: there is no word on the painting's value, but van gh's can fetch millions at auction. back in this country, a federalg today blocked texas from banning most abortions during the state's republican attorney general had included abortions in an order to postpone procedures deemed not medically necessary. the judge ruled the state is ghviolating a fundamental and, the coronavirus has claimed two lives in the music world. alan merrill died sunday in new york he co-wrote "i love rock and roll," a hit for joan jett in 1982. he was 69 years old. and, country singer joe diffie has died in nashville. his hits in the 1990's, included "home" and "ck-up man". joe diffie was 61 years ol still to come on the newshour: the pandemic and the gig economy. the virus's toll