in recent years as well large chunks of gum cotton have been found on the beaches of northern germany because i'm region peter phones is constantly on the lookout while on his favorite beach his most recent find was in 2015. experts believe that germany's north sea coast is home to 1300000 tons of munitions with another 300000 tons on the country's baltic coast. stefan nehring is a marine biologist who has been tracking underwater ordinance for years. in 2003 he was asked by the authorities to examine dumps of poison gas near the north sea island of hell the land nearing was astonished to see the sheer number of munitions dumping sites marked on movie cool charts from the area. which i knew there were ordinance dumps primarily poison gas in the strait of scott iraq and off the island of borneo. but seeing all these areas marked right off our coast was completely new to me. and learning that we have far more accidents than previously known if you look at statements from the authorities back then they refer to a few handfuls of incidents caused by underwater munitions but my research ha

comes after many lockdown restrictions have been lifted cafes and restaurants have opened in northern germany and warm spring weather has brought more people out on the streets and into the parks. the rise in infection rates in germany has also coincided with several clusters of new cases in meat processing plants the outbreaks have led to the temporary closure of 2 companies employing hundreds of contract workers from eastern europe our correspondent sent us this report from one of the affected towns in western germany. animals are no longer being slaughtered here but goods are still being transported this large meat processing plant has been shut down at least 190 workers have tested positive for the corona virus the real number of workers infected is probably higher and that's provoked a backlash especially against the working conditions where a subcontractor employs hundreds of workers from eastern europe. they take years told me that people have to work 60 hours a week and more people who have to live in rundown mold infested cramped conditions who are carted to work and back in packed b

comes after many lock down restrictions have been left in cafes and restaurants have opened in northern germany were spring weather has brought more people out onto the streets and into the parks. well playgrounds across germany have been reopening giving children and parents a welcome outlet after weeks stuck at home while many families have been struggling to balance the demands of work childcare and home schooling under lockdown but a number of surveys have shown that it's the women who are bearing the brunt of unpaid labor in the home during the pandemic and that's raising a question are the gains made for gender equality over the last few decades. sometimes happiness is simply a trip to a reopened local playground a rare moment of respite from constant crisis mode after 8 weeks of parenting through a pandemic. kunsan mom i'm a mom can you do this mom it's not working mommy i want this i want that all i want . i'm fabulous. with daycares and elementary schools closed across germany the pandemic has made motherhood and around the clock job again for many moms it means the challenge of managi

you over to europe where as part of those loosening restrictions we mentioned restaurants in northern germany have begun reopening for diners that means a few changes such as waiters wearing masks tables that are further apart and new ways of ordering from the menu. it's been a while since restaurant owner concept in law has been able to have a chop with his regular as. the new rules mean he and his staff have to wear mufti . who was asked to do it. up and running but it's really hard because you have to maintain one and a half meter distance it's up to us to approach the gas they can't just wander in like they used to and say i'd like a table we have to take more of a. menu no longer comes in it's traditional form. instead you can order the meal of choice on your smartphone. the ordering system did seem a bit strange at the start but it's really great imo i was a bit scared of trying new things but i'm glad that cotton has reopened the place and that we can be here again. there aren't many bookings on the 1st day of reopening to limit the spread of infection the tables are further apart than

dormitories religious gatherings have resumed in france but worshippers have to wear face masks and in northern germany 7 people appear to have been infected at a restaurant the 1st such case since restaurants started reopening 2 weeks ago. what another weekend of been this legal action got off to an eerie start on friday as had to have berlin took on cross-town rivals new on inside an empty stadium in this league a new comers own one the capital city bragging rights with a one nil win back in november but this time hatter got their revenge. the yawning expense of the olympics study or a strange place for a local derby. to neon almost raise the roof in the 1st tough week pattinson is free kick a whisker away in the 43rd minute. but it was happy who broke the deadlock in the 2nd tough they got a piece of it just stumping header handing head to the lead in the 50th minutes social distancing well observed by the captive this week. a pinpoint cross and a trademark finish from the bosnia. disastrous only on defending straight from kickoff gave dodi luka back you know an opportunity to double headers lead p.

many lockdown restrictions have been lifted in germany cafes and restaurants have opened in northern germany and warm spring weather has also brought more. people out onto the streets and into the pot. correspondent kate brody is one of those in central berlin the softer news what can you run on as. a people where you are being social distancing rules exactly and so on the day i mean one of the parks in east and then here and it seems for the large part people are still a daring to the restrictions that are still in place on social contact making sure that people are keeping at least 1.5 metres apart from people that are not from their households and just anecdotally speaking from this afternoon it seems that a lot of people are now starting to meet with of the households i've seen several small groups meeting at a distance out of the sides of the picnic blankets and a lot of people are out just in different sports together exercising as well and that's something we're expecting to see increasingly in the coming days as most of germany 16 states will start to open more gastronomy cafes resta

comes after many lockdown restrictions have been lifted cafes and restaurants have reopened in northern germany warm spring weather has brought many people out onto the streets and into the parks. well coronavirus crisis is causing heavy job losses across many sectors of the german economy we have some new numbers out from the country's evo institute about half of all german hotels and restaurants cut staff and in the auto sector nearly 40 percent of businesses laid off workers we're seeing a similar picture for travel agencies as well. playgrounds across germany have reopened giving children and parents a very welcome relief after weeks stuck indoors many families have been struggling to balance the new demands of childcare and home schooling on top of their jobs and some new surveys show it is the women who are bearing the brunt of the work during the pandemic those findings are raising a question are the gains of equality eroding as a result of the crisis. sometimes happiness is simply a trip to a reopened local playground a rare moment of respite from constant crisis mode after 8 weeks of p

facing a very hard, serious fight to try and move through northern france before we can start to really get some traction on defeating nazi germanyeries, in which we tell the story of the allies advance across northern france, up to operation -- bottled up in the hedgerows. behind me, you can see how these acrossedgerows fields of france held up our military advancement. these hedgerows were so thick, for thousands of years, that you could have a german soldier on one side of a hedgerow, three feet away from an allied soldier, and the two would not even know they were there. tanks could not go through these hedgerows until we built some clippers, if you will, onto the front of these tanks. american ingenuity that allowed us to start busting through towards the liberation of france. the liberation of paris in particular is the second chapter in the race across france, and then, at the end of the gallery, we tell the story of operation market garden, our daring attempt to try and end the war before christmas of 1944 through a parachute drop that comes up one bridge to short in holland. to my right over year, as we move through the

but we are in a fight trying to face northern france before we can get traction on defeating nazi germany. we are now in the race across france galleries in which we tell the story of the allied advance across northern france up to operation cobra in july of 1945. behind me you can see how these wooded hedge rows across fields in france held up our military advancement. these hedge rows were so thick, that you could have a german soldier on one side of a headro three feet away, the two wouldn't know that they were there. tanks, in fact, could not go through these hedge rows until we built some clippers on to the front of the tanks. american ingenuity. started busting towards the liberation of france. the liberation of paris is the second chapter in the race across france. then at the end of the gallery, we tell the story of operation market garden. daring attempt to try and end the war before christmas of 1944 through a parachute drop that comes up one bridge too short in holland. to my right over here as we move through the gallery, we have some artifacts very interesting. marie louise,

1944 when we famously came up one bridge too far, too short from being able to invade in the northern germany, people still hope that the war might be over, if not by christmas, maybe a little later. some of these people included omar bradley and dwight eisenhower. however, this was a terrible misjudgment, unfortunately. as we got closer to the german border, basically, resistance stiffened. in this german bunker that we are standing in, we learned the story of the first, a brutal nasty affair that held us up and should have let us know that things in fact we're not going well. on top of the bunker, concrete here, you can see a fabrication of church steeples and buildings. what the germans used to do from the bunkers was actually use chalk and markers to write out the distances of these various landmarks in the landscape around them. this is how they would zero in and use their artillery and weapons to fire invasive forces. over here in the bunker we have a map used by the third armored division. this particular map was the property of lieutenant cooper who later went on to write a memoir abo

comes after many restrictions on movement have been lifted cafes and restaurants of open the northern germany warm spring weather has been bringing out more people onto the streets and into the parks. and playgrounds across germany have also reopened giving children and parents very welcome relief after weeks stuck indoors many families have been struggling to balance the new demands of childcare and home schooling on top of their jobs and some new surveys are showing it's women who are bearing the brunt of that work at home during the pen demick those findings are raising a question are the gains of gender equality eroding as a result of the strikes it's. sometimes happiness is simply a trip to a reopened local playground a rare moment of respite from constant crisis mode after 8 weeks of parenting through a pandemic. mom i can so mom i'm a mom can you do this mom it's not working mommy i want this i want that all i want . i'm fair my own. with day cares and elementary schools closed across germany the pandemic has made motherhood and around the clock job again for many moms it means the cha

now restaurants in northern germany have been reopening as part of the country's ongoing loosening of lockdown measures for visitors that means getting used to mask to waiters and sitting at tables that are further apart than they used to be. it's been a while since restaurant owner craft in law has been able to have a chop with his regular as. the new rules mean he and his staff have to wear masks . because of your back up and running but it's really hard because you have to maintain one and a half meter distance it's up to us to approach the guests they can't just wander in like they used to and say i'd like a table we have to take more of a. menu no longer comes in it's traditional form instead you can order the meal of choice on your smartphone. the ordering system did seem a bit strange at the start but it's really great i'm i was a bit scared of trying new things but i'm glad that cotton has reopened the place and that we can be here again. there aren't many bookings on the 1st day of reopening to limit the spread of infection the tables are further apart than they were before t

withjoe now in northern germany, news came through on the radio at home that hitler was dead and theed them. all the lights were on, you know. and fairy lights and everything! i thought that was the end of the war, and so did everybody else. joe died in 1997. their romance, born in war, had lasted more than half a century. "now i'm happy, dearwife, that our love will remain as strong as yesterday." "i hope you're not worrying about me too much, sweetheart, for you know i will be all right." now it's time for a look at the weather with thomas shafernaker. hello. for most of us so far it's been a nice day out there today, and that's how it's going to stay for the rest of the day and into the evening hours. there's the chance of a few showers developing, though, in one or two places but the vast majority of us will miss them. in fact, we've had a little bit of rain already to the west and southwest, with clouds spiralling into this area of low pressure that is parked just to the west of us. the vast majority of the country, a fine, bright, if not sunny day. temperatures, 22 this afterno

year but plenty of sunshine out across the west so this is what you can see cloudy skies in a northern germany but still people out and about even the having to wrap up fairly warm and then it's a bit sunny and a bit warmer across into southern areas of england stonehenge still shot to the public and then much warmer and even sunnier down into rome as you can see just on the beach hip and people absent back enjoying the warm weather plenty more warm sunshine across much of the mediterranean throughout much of fronts and across much of the u.k. there is a low cloud developing late in the day and still we've got plenty of rain across the central areas and in particular some heavy rain working away for the south and east as we go through the day want to cross into greece is what will start about unsubtle those to go through tuesday cloudy skies as well that's really where the bulk of the rains will be stretching all the way from western russia right down to the tip of greece that is warming up nicely into moscow 16 degrees even though it's a fairly cloudy cheese day and the warm day london a nice

really lit up very nicely the deep blue sky behind plenty of deep blue skies across much of northern germany the low countries france the u.k. down across into spain and portugal fought in the portugal that have some heat in place for 6 states including the capital because the temperature is also very high there's a heat wave in place not the same across much of the southeast and in fact as we go through soften in particular very heavy rain back in the forecast across northern sections ukraine pushing up into boundaries and also into the southern areas of russia we could see as much as 75 going to be accumulating in the next 2 or 3 days that will likely lead it to some flooding it's going to try to the central med in towards the southeast but not about to end athens with a high of 24 and northern africa mostly fine and dry time which is not too bad little bit low in the have been 29 in cairo but we'll see for the next couple of days those shows and cloud throughout syria and tunisia. egypt strongman and he's ruling with an ally and faced in the silence from his allies is deafening us perfect

people aren't going swimming, they are enjoying a meal in northern germany.taurant owner thought having people wear hats with pool noodles would not only encouraopen to limited guests but it might generate some laughs as well. it's gone viral around the world clearly. this is in germany, but it is pretty clever. maybe we'll see that happen here. who knows? >>> and closer to home in the making its best of thesiat th h t ive-througrraduat scol sfflace cap and the wel,uld upyesterday. the principal said it was heartbreaking not to give the students the regular ceremony tat they deserve, but the school is organizing a virtual one for june 9th. >>> this is such a special time of year and i hope all these different unique ways that these grads, lisa, are celebrating makes a difference and is memorable for all of them. >> oh, for sure. yes. definitely what memories are made of. we're looking at some sun this morning into the early afternoon for parts of you, the bay area, but san francisco a little hazy and foggy out there, temperatures here in the 50s, but our east

they are enjoying a meal in northern germany. a restaurant owner thought people wearing hats made of pool noodles would encourage social distancing, but as it has generate some laughs as well. i saw that going viral this week, and it is pretty funny. hey, at least they're being ae to go out and enjoy a glass of wine and rose outside while keeping safe. >>> closer to home in the east bay, hayward high school making best of the coronavirus graduation. they held their own drive-through for graduating seniors, school staff placed caps and gowns in the trunks o cars. principal of hayward high said it was heartbreaking not to give the student the regular ceremony they deserve but the school is organizing a virtual one for june 9th. >>> here at abc 7 we want to take time to celebrate the class of 2020 by featuring as many seniors as possible. grads on 7 or go to abc7news.com. congrats to all of you, class of 2020. ♪ ♪ >> congrats to all of them. lisa, what a fun time of year it is, that feeling of accomplishment. >> oh, yeah. seeing the

they are enjoying a meal in northern germany. a restaurant owner thought people wearing hats made of pool noodles would encourage social distancing as restaurants open to limited guests but, as i think it has done, generated some laughs as well. pretty funny. >>> closer to home in the east bay, hayward high school making best of the coronavirus graduation. they held their own seniors. school staff placed caps and gowns in the trunks of cars. line of stupt students, some with parents at the heel, drove up. principal of hayward high said it was heartbreaking not to give the student the regular ceremony they deserve but the school is organizing a virtual one for june 9th. that's still pretty sweet. >>> here at abc 7 we want to take time to celebrate the class of 2020 by featuring as many high school seniors as possible. you can get your grad or senior class featured by posting candid pics with the #gradson7 or go to abc7news.com. congrats to all of you, class of 2020. ♪ ♪ >> congrats to all of you guys. lisa is tracking that rain. n

joe now in northern germany, news came through on the radio at home that hitler was dead and war in europell of the lights were on. and very loads and everything! i thought that was the end of the war, and so did everybody else. joe died in 1997, their romance born in war had lasted more than half a century. "now i'm happy, dear wife, that our love will remain as strong as yesterday." "i hope you're not worrying about me too much, sweetheart, because you know i will be all right."john maguire, because you know i will be all right." john maguire, bbc because you know i will be all right."john maguire, bbc news. a lovely tail, isn't it, there? and just a reminder of what we have on the website there. the prime minister will review lockdown restrictions with his cabinet in the hours ahead. we are expecting an announcement on sunday. firstjohnson figures that is the best time to address the nation. you are watching bbc news. business news is coming up injust a moment. hello there. over the next few days, it looks like the temperatures are going to creep upwards. we could be looking at the mid—

withjoe now in northern germany, news came through on the radio at home that hitler was dead and the! i thought that was the end of the war, and so did everybody else. joe died in 1997 — their romance born in war had lasted more than half a century. "now i'm happy, dearwife, that our love will remain as strong as yesterday." "i hope you're not worrying about me too much, sweetheart, for you know i will be all right." john maguire, bbc news. a reminder of the top stories this morning. borisjohnson a reminder of the top stories this morning. boris johnson is a reminder of the top stories this morning. borisjohnson is holding a review of the coronavirus lockdown with the cabinet this morning with the suggestion some rules may be eased from next monday but ministers today still urging caution and telling people not to expect massive changes immediately. the bank of england sang today the uk is heading for its deepest recession on record —— saying today. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. a chilly start to a day earlier on but warming up now and that will be t

no navigatorn board, complained the old airman.s joe cattini so in germany 75 years ago, in the northernn germany on vy we were still fighting. >> reporter:an youal rl >> we had a pocket of s.s., who wouldn surrender. with the war over, as far as they were concerned it was death for them. we had to shell their barracks and eventually they did surrender. >> reporter: cattini landed in normandy on d day in june 1944 and fought his way across europe. >> i am not a hero. the heroes are the ones who died. they are the heroes. we were >> reporter: what do you think your legacy is? >> we have had 75 years of peace without fighting in europe. >> reporter: this may seem like a strange question but do you mi i your war? as glad when it was finished. i wouldn't like to go throh another war like that when you wake up in the morning and you n't know whether you will be able to go to sleep again that night. you may not be alive. ultimate victory was the d dayor invasion of normandy 11 months earlier. at last year's 75th anniversaryn medal of honorr ray lambert summed up the achievement. >> there's no

withjoe now in northern germany, news came through on the radio at home that hitler was dead and theights were on. you know. and fairy lights and everything! i thought that was the end of the war, and so did everybody else. joe died in 1997, their romance born in war had lasted more than half a century. "now i'm happy, dearwife, that our love will remain as strong as yesterday." "i hope you're not worrying about me too much, sweetheart, because you know i will be all right." john maguire, bbc news. it is really moving story and just pa rt it is really moving story and just part of our coverage over the next two days. ve day, of course, tomorrow. the sun isjust popping up andi tomorrow. the sun isjust popping up and i think 20 of us will be enjoying a bit of sun over the next couple of days. some beautiful sunrises out there this morning. a fantastic view of the moon last night. quite a chilly start to the day and some mist and fog for some of us. any mist and fog will be lifting pretty quickly. temperatures on the rise over the next few days. sunshine but also heavy showers around an

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piling in from the atlantic blustery showers rattling across the northwest pushing into northern parts of germany and pushing their way right across into the baltic states easing over towards that western side of russia russia showers into central parts down into the balkans pushing over to. pushing frost remain here and up into ukraine there you go there's that sunshine in sioux or spain madrid at 26 celsius and rising we could hit 32 degrees by the start of next week about 29 there as we go on through sunday still some showers there into france but fewer and further between joe see the showers a little further east with some of the on the shop side from time to time in turkey staying in the mix with some shabby rain from time to time across northern africa here it is settled you can see the seasonal rains across the heart of africa some big downpours that bring out just around us and the african republic easing over towards cameroon into west africa some of the in the shop side from time to time and the shasta in very nicely pushing right across sierra leone. but. when covert 19 1st struck chin

grappling with how to relax restrictions and allow more businesses to reopen here in germany restaurants in the northern state of meth member western pomerania have opened their doors again diners can now return to restaurant tables though they must sit 1.5 meters apart from other groups and staff have to wear masks the state has one of the lowest infection rates in germany but authorities warn lock down measures could return if infections increase. all right let's take a look now at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the number of covert 1000 cases has passed the 4000000 mark that's according to johns hopkins university in the united states the global death toll has surpassed 279000 egypt's president. has approved amendments to his country's state of emergency that grant him and security agencies additional powers former u.s. president barack obama called donald trump's response to the pandemic quote an absolute chaotic disaster obama made the comments about his successor during a leach call with former staff members and now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines arou

are gradually relaxing restrictions and allowing more businesses to reopen here in germany restaurants in the northern state of mecklenburg western pomerania have opened their doors again diners cannot return to restaurant tables although they must set 1.5 metres apart from other groups and staff have to wear masks the state has one of the lowest infection rates in germany but authorities warn a lockdown measures could return if infections rise. for more on how germany and other parts of europe are starting to reopen i'm joined by d.w. reporter joel dollar eye has been covering this story for us joe is it back to business as usual for restaurants in germany well not everywhere clear things are happening at different speeds in different places last week the german states the lend got the go ahead to start easing some of those restrictions and the state of mecklenburg west pomerania has raced ahead to open restaurants today however not all eateries are taking the opportunity to do so only about a 3rd are expected to open their doors that's because it's not clear if people are going to come back and also

are gradually relaxing restrictions and allowing more businesses to reopen here in germany restaurants in the northern state of mecklenburg western pomerania opened their doors again today diners return to restaurant tables although they must sit 1.5 metres apart from other groups and staff have to wear face masks the state has one of the lowest infection rates in germany authorities warn a lockdown measures that could return if infections rise. well for more on how germany and other parts of europe are starting to reopen i'm joined by w. reporter joel doré who's been following this story for us joel is it back to business for restaurants in germany or not everywhere clear things are happening at different speeds in different places last week the german states the lender got the go ahead to ease some of these restrictions and the state of west palm arabia has raced ahead to do so opening restaurants today however only about a 3rd of the restaurants there are expected to open their doors and take this opportunity that's because it could actually prove hard for them to make a profit while operating at h

see if anyone is convicted now for a brief look at some corona related headlines from germany restaurants in the northern german state of mecklenburg western pomerania have reopened after the regional government eased restrictions it's one of several eastern states with lower infection rights than in other regions hotels will be allowed to reopen to tourists on my think. thousands of people have protested in the german city of god against lockdown restrictions to control the coronavirus pandemic the demonstration was allowed to take place off to germany's constitutional court overturned and though the abandoned police said those attending mostly to physical distancing groups. well of all countries in latin america brazil is being hardest hit by the corona virus its death toll now tops 10000 as the country struggles to deal with the impact of the outbreak and then geo created by a group of former prisoners has stepped up to distribute aid to the most vulnerable in rio de janeiro those living in the favelas. this banner reminds residents of the power of petrified villa and rio de janeiro to stay home but n