weekend border control says some of germany's neighbors are being eased this includes a luxembourg france austria and switzerland the goal is to resume free travel within the e.u. by mid june just in time for some holiday but it all still very much depends on keeping the virus in check the endless speeches of france and the majestic mountains of austria in any normal summer german tourists love to head for these and many other european beauty spots. but because of the corona virus the route to germany's neighbors has been blocked at the borders for many the pandemic has given travel a new importance just gets a lot of courses about our health all around the world but they can't take away our freedom to travel not because of corona or an economic crisis and of the tough days the spot in front of i'd like to go to spain i don't yet know if that's possible it depends if the spanish open their border at the moment there's no sign maybe we'll know in 4 weeks if you will. but there is a sign from the german government how it plans to reopen its frontiers the border with belgium and the netherlands was

restrictions starting today germany is lifting it border controls with luxembourg it's also relaxing checks at its borders with austria france and switzerland or far they say that if they can keep the virus in check germans could resume free travel within the e.u. by mid june just in time for the summer holidays. correspondent correspondent bastian hot issue is on the german austrian border in the town of kiefer's feldon from way he joins me now best in a big day way you border controls have there been further ages to what exactly is the situation there. yes so as you can see it's really quiet here and that mainly has to do with the fact that the police are no longer checking every single car that wants to cross the border as they did until last night now it's more random controls here every once in a while they fact out a car pull them over to see if they still have if they have a valid reason to cross the border because you still need that so up until yesterday or up until last night those reasons were for example commuters who were commuting for work or german residents who wanted to return home now that's been expanded s

restrictions starting today germany is lifting border controls with luxembourg it's also relaxing checks at its border with austria france and switzerland authorities say that if they can keep the virus in check germans could resume free travel within the a you by mid june just in time for the summer holidays. did his best and heart is has been monitoring the situation on the german side of the border with austria and told us what's different starting today. traffic is rolling here at the german austrian border only some cars are being pulled over to be inspected by the border police you still need a valid reason to enter the country that hasn't changed what has changed is the definition of what a valid reason is up to now it was mainly people commuting for work for example or say german citizens returning home now it's been expanded to also include for example people wanted to cross the border to visit their loved ones and family members on the other side and for some that makes all the difference. let's have a look at the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic spain's government says it will seek a fresh exten

restrictions starting today germany is lifting border controls with luxembourg it's also relaxing checks with its border with austria france and switzerland authorities say that if they can keep the virus in check germans could resume free travel within the e.u. by mid june just in time for the summer holiday. correspondent busseron hard ease on the german austrian border in the town of kiefer's fault and from where he joins me now boston it's good to see you again and it's clearly a big day where you are the border between germany and austria reopened just a few hours ago. give us a sense of what the situation is. yeah as you can see michael it's fairly quiet there's one car at the checkpoint right now but if you look over here this lane i've been i've been told is up until yesterday this was packed with cars at any given moment because police pulled over every car that wanted to cross the border now they're only checking at random if you do get pulled over like that car behind me they'll ask you why you want to enter the country then you have to make their case to the officers and if they think your reason is good enough

minister who says agreements have been reached with france switzerland and austria to ease trouble restrictions starting saturday a border checks of luxembourg will be entirely lifted from that day and similar measures are being discussed with denmark germany closed its borders to all but essential travel almost 2 months ago before the formal. or let's check in now on some other headlines from around the world the u.s. government's top infectious disease expert has warned lawmakers that cities and states could see a spike in coburg 1000 deaths if they lift their lockdowns too quickly anthony expressed his concerns while testifying before the u.s. senate from his home twitter c.e.o. jack dorsey says staff can continue from working working from home as long as they see fit even if it means forever he said the social media company favors the centralization of a flexible workforce but for those who prefer the traditional model twitter's offices will be their warm and welcoming selves once it is safe again. now fresh violence in afghanistan is threatening to further undermine the peace process that started in february between washington and the t

is relaxing checks at its borders with france switzerland and austria and in an even bigger step all border controls have been ended between germany and luxembourg. the border and may be open once again between germany and luxembourg and an easing of coronavirus restrictions but don't relax too much german foreign minister heiko must know early but not quite sure cannes with his luxemburg counterpart shown us a bone as a border crossing between the towns of pal and shank on. top if he hadn't been that nick will start border controls for denmark in the next few days and from june the 15th there will be no more checks at the borders with france austria and switzerland i'm hoping that the border controls that the polish and czech friends currently do have will also be lifted in the forseeable future. however both warsaw and prague say they are keeping the restrictions in place for the foreseeable future. in switzerland smiles on celebrations off to is hoping its borders with germany and austria and now unmarried couples in long distance relationships can be viewed united once again previously only people who are married live in a registered partner

as it was said we will and the border controls to luxembourg this night and we are open for further. lift lifting the restrictions to france to austria to switzerland deeply convinced this is a very important signal especially for those citizens who live next to the to the borders and certainly in a lot of reach and. the economy is linked to each other very intensively and it's very important for the people on both sides of the border that we lift these restrictions now mr my you're from the c.s.u. this is the ruling party and the biggest party in the state of bavaria and bavaria as we've been known to many of our international viewers is really a tourism hot spot not just within the e.u. but also internationally are you under any pressure from the tourism industry within a very all from a neighboring austria for instance to try and open the borders. certainly we are in a very intensive dialogue and discussion with the tourism industry but on the other hand. i'm deeply convinced that everyone understood that we had to impose this boss to restrictions and all the and also to impose these border controls because specially in austria an

hope by says agreements have been reached with france switzerland and austria to ease travel restrictions starting on saturday a border checks with luxembourg will be entirely lifted from that day and similar measures are being discussed with denmark germany closed its borders to all but essential travel almost 2 months ago. or more before groom our political correspondent kate brady is following the story for us hi kate give us the latest on this announcement. well that press conference where these measures are being announced is just coming to an end right now a lot of the details still being questioned but what we know so far is that indeed as you say there will be a relaxed border checks the in the coming days out of the 15th of may with friends austria and switzerland but there will still be some checks in place but with look some back however all of the border controls are being lifted and we can expect to see a similar situation with denmark as well for the german interior minister said that that would most likely be possible once denmark has finished its talks with its of the neighboring countries as well so suddenly started to see

luxembourg counterpart and john asked or at the this border crossing to officially lift border controls between the 2 countries germany is also relaxing checks at its borders with france switzerland and austria bastian hartig has been monitoring the situation on the german side of the border with austria and told us what's different starting today traffic is rolling here at the german austrian border only some cars are being pulled over to be inspected by the border police you still need a valid reason to enter the country that hasn't changed what has changed is the definition of what a valid reason is up to now it was mainly people commuting for work for example or say german citizens returning home now it's been expanded to also include for example people wanting to cross the border to visit their loved ones and family members on the other side and for some that makes all the difference thing let's have a look now at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic spain's government says it will seek a fresh extension of its state of emergency that will last about a month until the transition out of lockdown is completed british researchers are launching a trial to see whether dogs ca

luxembourg counterparts join us aboard as they hit this border crossing to officially lift border controls between the 2 countries germany is also relaxing checks at its borders with france switzerland and austria the best in hot issue has been monitoring the situation on the german side of the border with austria and told us what's different starting today traffic is rolling here at the german austrian border only some cars are being pulled over to be inspected by the border police you still need a valid reason to enter the country that hasn't changed what has changed is the definition of what a valid reason is up to now it was mainly people commuting for work for example or say german citizens returning home now it's been expanded to also include for example people wanting to cross the border to visit their loved ones and family members on the other side and for some that makes all the difference. italy's government has announced that tourists will again be able to visit from june 3rd a 14 day mandatory quarantine period will also be scrapped it's a big step for a country recovering not only from one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks but also the huge economic cost of lockdown. famou

for travel from germany to luxembourg have now been lifted we've also seen an easing of some of the restrictions that were in place for travel to switzerland austria and france from saturday you know allowed to make business trips and also travel for family visits as well across that border the interior minister horse and the office said that he hopes to see all restrictions disappear by the middle of next month and that date of june 15th has been set up as a potential date to see travel to germany from countries like the united states and russia allowed again also coming back over the weekend was the ball does league get football has finally returned albeit with no funds in the stadium and coaches and stuff having to observe social distancing certainly good to see even if union berland went down to nil a time to buy in munich football fans happy though bought not everybody so elated with the progress that's being made in opening up cunt. freeze and the lifting of corona restrictions we saw another weekend of demonstrations against those measures here in germany and elsewhere across europe with tempers flaring. up. another nation that's making moves to lift

luxembourg border either. denmark has said it is willing, in principle, to allow traffic to flow, but needs more time to work out the details. germany's borders with france, austriaand switzerland will first see looser controls. if there is no major spread of the virus, the checks will be completely lifted in mid-june. the borders with poland and the czech republic have not been closed by germany, but by the governments in warsaw and prague. those two countries are not yet ready to open their fronts to germany,y, but berlin is hopingo persuade them that uncertainty to has made some germans rethink their plans. >> i think i will just work a lot and then go away in the autumn. i don't think i i will take a holiday this year. it makes no sense there is still a long way to go until europe''s vacation hotspots are crowded. but from this weekend, germans whwho want to trtravel at leaste a timetable for when they will enjoy freedom of movement once again. . phil: lots of restaurants, cafes and hotels started to reopen across germany, a welcome relief to many, as some in the hospitality industry are choosing to stay closed. alex whiting has more. welcome. what requiremen

call is france along with belgium ireland luxembourg and a lot more so here and away and while they are still in the e.u. former u.k. m.p. george galloway as a georgian only hungary and austria seem to be pro israeli annexation of the west bank at this point the e.u. sets its foreign policy standards by consensus though so given that this is such a minority in favor of tacitly allowing israel to do this what will happen next. well the only thing that's ever been done by the european union by europe to punish israel for its egregious breach is of international law and human rights legislation is to force them to participate in the euro vision song contest which is cruel and unusual but not exactly punishment we even allow them to participate in european football championships even though of course they are not in europe so this is small talk and not our sun nothing else the european union will do nothing to stand up against what israel appears to be about to do i was going to say the european public opinion is something else and this will widen the breach between european public opinion and united states government policy but i want to a row of beans either so israel knows th